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Babies 'feel pain before 24-week abortion limit', but will anyone care?

Babies in the womb can feel pain from an early stage of development, according to research by the world's leading expert on foetal pain.

Prof Sunny Anand of the University of Arkansas will present his report into foetal pain to MPs discussing changes to abortion law on Monday night.

His research concludes that the part of a baby's brain that can feel pain develops before the legal abortion limit of 24 weeks.

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The 24-week limit is a UK limit. Here in the good ole' US of A, we don't need no stinkin' limits.

Call to worship, Moloch-style

Roe vs. Wade "celebrated" by the blessing of an abortion clinic.

Posted over at Stand Firm, this article appeared in the Albany Times-Union.

Some of the disturbing statements:

To commemorate Tuesday's 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that affirmed a woman's right to an abortion, clergy blessed this city's new Planned Parenthood clinic in a ceremony dubbed "On Sacred Ground."

"Clergy have long supported Planned Parenthood's mission and believe women are moral decision-makers, and they trust their right to make a personal decision based on their moral beliefs and whether ... we concur ... we still need to respect that decision," Scharf said.

"The clergy were instrumental in getting abortion services legalized in the United States and right here in Schenectady," she added. "I know a member of the clergy who was part of an underground who directed young women to safe abortions before Roe v. Wade."

Probably the worst statement:

At Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Rev. Larry Phillips of Schenectady's Emmanuel-Friedens Church declared the ground "sacred and holy ... where women's voices and stories are welcomed, valued and affirmed; sacred ground where women are treated with dignity, supported in their role as moral decision-makers ... sacred ground where the violent voices of hatred and oppression are quelled."

And then this:

The Rev. Bill Levering, senior pastor of First Reformed Church of Schenectady, said the right to privacy is endowed by God.

"There are some decisions that are left to the individual. Even God respects the right of privacy. We make women into children when we say they cannot control their own bodies," Levering said.

Well, the last thing we want to do is make women into children. Then we might just choose to abort them.

An interesting blog

I found this blog while browsing around this morning. Well worth the time to read. The Western world needs many, many more women like this to stand up and shout "I'm not ready for my burqa yet ( or ever)!"

Multicultural tolerance and understanding is not going to stop these evils. Only taking a stand and defending ourselves will work.


And how can you not like a blogger who celebrates St. Crispin's Day?

Family Lent

A real Lenten resource, from the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Let's all worship the United Nations

(Millennium Development Goals Cross from here.)



Anglicat has this excellent post re: the "Stations of the Millennium Development Goals."

Some of the "stations" are just plain creepy. Like this one:

Station 5: Ask each pilgrim to write the name of every woman they know who gave birth during the past year. When the list is complete, draw a black cross next to the name of every 16th woman, symbolizing that one in 16 pregnant women die from childbirth complications in sub-Saharan Africa.

Charming. Let us celebrate those women we know who have given birth in the past year by imagining them dead.

Or how about this one:

Station 6: Using a white bed sheet and ink pad, have a pilgrim make a hand print every thirty seconds, symbolizing how many children are dying from malaria worldwide.

Just exactly how does this prevent a child from dying from malaria? All it does is make us feel good about feeling so bad that we put hand prints on a bed sheet. Hey, it is a lot of effort, ya know. Do you realize how hard it is to find a plain white bedsheet these days? But it's worth it, because now I am "aware".


The stuff that comes out of 815 is beyond parody.

More on Hindu/Episcopal Service in Los Angeles

This correction was in the LA Times yesterday:

Hindu-Episcopal service: An article in Sunday's California section about a joint religious service involving Hindus and Episcopalians said that all those attending the service at St. John's Cathedral in Los Angeles were invited to Holy Communion. Although attendees walked toward the Communion table, only Christians were encouraged to partake of Communion. Out of respect for Hindu beliefs, the Hindus were invited to take a flower. Also, the article described Hindus consuming bread during Communion, but some of those worshipers were Christians wearing traditional Indian dress.

I'm not really impressed. It seems that the ONLY reason Hindus apparently did not partake of the Eucharist was out of respect for Hindu beliefs, not any respect for Christian belief. I also note that the correction says "some" of those wearing traditional Indian dress were Christians. So I'm still not reassured that the sacraments were handled in any way reverently or properly.

And in a way, it doesn't really matter that this correction was printed (who ever reads the corrections anyway?). The impression given was that Hindus & Christians broke bread together, not in a fellowship meal but in the central sacrament of the Christian faith.