Pro-Abortion Activists Gearing Up for 2007 Session
December 5th, 2006 by Peter
The nation’s largest abortion provider will distribute free morning-after pills at locations around Connecticut tomorrow. This appears to be part of a renewed attempt to force the state’s Christian hospitals to provide chemical abortions. From liberal blog Connecticut Local Politics:
Commentary: What does this have to with Connecticut Politics?
Plan B was a hot button issue for local politicians in the 2006 election cycle. Jodi Rell lost the NOW and NARAL endorsements because her views on Plan B and Catholic hospitals. One of Lamont’s first primary endorsements was from NOW PAC, which cited access to emergency contraception as a factor in it’s decision.
Many people believe that Plan B’s current availability over the counter means that access to ec is now a dead issue. They’re wrong. There is no law in Connecticut requiring hospitals or pharmacies to carry and distribute emergency contraception, and women who need the drug may still have difficulty obtaining it especially when Planned Parenthood clinics are closed. While it’s good that Plan B is now available without a prescription for women over the age of 18, there’s still work to be done to make sure all women who require the drug have access.
In the last legislative session pro-abortion activists claimed that rape victims were being denied the morning-after pill in state hospitals. Victim Advocate James Papillo testified that the claim was false and a cover for an attack on the religious liberty of Christian hospitals.
Pro-abortion activists have also claimed that “Plan B” does not cause abortions by redefining human life as beginning at implantation instead of conception. In the thread linked to above the author even claimed that the drugs do not prevent implantation, then said “there is no proof either way on implantation.” From the Family Research Council:
· Violation of Informed Consent. If the fact that Plan B can act as an abortifacient by one of its three operating mechanisms (by inhibiting implantation of a fertilized egg in a women’s uterus) is not clearly communicated to women who use the drug, it is a direct abuse of informed consent. Any efforts to communicate to women that Plan B physiologically acts strictly to prevent pregnancy infringes upon individually-held beliefs that pregnancy/life begins at conception. The literacy study results listed below indicating the high percentage of women miscomprehending Plan B’s OTC label amplify concerns about possible violation of informed consent, particularly in low literacy-level women who believe life begins at conception. A clear example of this violation regarding human subjects has been in studies marketing Plan B as “emergency contraception” or “EC” to populations of low-income Hispanic women.
Watch this blog for more information on what you can do to stop any new attack on the religious liberty of Christian hospitals that do not wish to provide these drugs.
Under the law as proposed, the Catholic hospitals would not be forced to provide EC. If they did not want to provide it, they would have the right to not provide it and not accept any state money. A fine distinction, but an important one.
Peter:
How ironic – on the day that we remember the blessed St. Nicholas of Myra, who became famous and beloved as the PROTECTOR of children, that the notorious Planned Parenthood would be distributing the morning after pills to destroy babies!
I am excerpting the following from a website dedicated to the most famous saint of the Orthodox Christian Church, who later became morphed into Santa Claus and other fictional characters:
“Through the centuries many stories and legends have been told of St. Nicholas’ life and deeds. These accounts help us understand his extraordinary character and why he is so beloved and revered as protector and helper of those in need.
“One story tells of a poor man with three daughters. In those days a young woman’s father had to offer prospective husbands something of value—a dowry. The larger the dowry, the better the chance that a young woman would find a good husband. Without a dowry, a woman was unlikely to marry. This poor man’s daughters, without dowries, were therefore destined to be sold into slavery. Mysteriously, on three different occasions, a bag of gold appeared in their home-providing the needed dowries. The bags of gold, tossed through an open window, are said to have landed in stockings or shoes left before the fire to dry. This led to the custom of children hanging stockings or putting out shoes, eagerly awaiting gifts from Saint Nicholas. Sometimes the story is told with gold balls instead of bags of gold. That is why three gold balls, sometimes represented as oranges, are one of the symbols for St. Nicholas. And so St. Nicholas is a gift-giver.
“One of the oldest stories showing St. Nicholas as a protector of children takes place long after his death. The townspeople of Myra were celebrating the good saint on the eve of his feast day when a band of Arab pirates from Crete came into the district. They stole treasures from the Church of Saint Nicholas to take away as booty. As they were leaving town, they snatched a young boy, Basilios, to make into a slave. The emir, or ruler, selected Basilios to be his personal cupbearer, as not knowing the language, Basilios would not understand what the king said to those around him. So, for the next year Basilios waited on the king, bringing his wine in a beautiful golden cup. For Basilios’ parents, devastated at the loss of their only child, the year passed slowly, filled with grief. As the next St. Nicholas’ feast day approached, Basilios’ mother would not join in the festivity, as it was now a day of tragedy. However, she was persuaded to have a simple observance at home—with quiet prayers for Basilios’ safekeeping. Meanwhile, as Basilios was fulfilling his tasks serving the emir, he was suddenly whisked up and away. St. Nicholas appeared to the terrified boy, blessed him, and set him down at his home back in Myra. Imagine the joy and wonderment when Basilios amazingly appeared before his parents, still holding the king’s golden cup. This is the first story told of St. Nicholas protecting children—which became his primary role in the West.
“Another story tells of three theological students, traveling on their way to study in Athens. A wicked innkeeper robbed and murdered them, hiding their remains in a large pickling tub. It so happened that Bishop Nicholas, traveling along the same route, stopped at this very inn. In the night he dreamed of the crime, got up, and summoned the innkeeper. As Nicholas prayed earnestly to God the three boys were restored to life and wholeness. In France the story is told of three small children, wandering in their play until lost, lured, and captured by an evil butcher. St. Nicholas appears and appeals to God to return them to life and to their families. And so St. Nicholas is the patron and protector of children.”
“While it’s good that Plan B is now available without a prescription for women over the age of 18, there’s still work to be done to make sure all women who require the drug have access.”
This isn’t such a good thing, really, as there is already harm being done to us women by this stuff, and the CT legislature knew all about it but chose to ignore the scientific research. I know because I wrote them all about it.
This is something that is basically high-dose birth control pills. Morning After Pills are typically 10-20 times the progesterone and 5 times the estrogen as in the standard daily Pill, according to a national pharmacists organization: http://www.pfli.org/faq_oc.html
And 7 world-renowned medical journals can’t all be wrong: Journal of the Natl Cancer Inst (JNCI), Cancer, Anticancer Research, Archives of Internal Medicine, The Lancet Oncology/World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference.
Nine (9) published research studies from 1988-2005 found evidence of birth control pills leading to/increasing risks of Cervical cancer, fatal blood clots and Breast Cancer. I’ve got all the links to those objective sources if anyone wants, but here are a couple.
One study showed that women taking standard birth control pills are 14 times more likely to develop blood clots from airplane travel [published by the prestigious JAMA in its Internal Medicine Archives, Vol. 163 No. 22, December 8, 2003, in that link].
Another study found that those using birth control pills for 10 or more years double their risk of cervical cancer (which kills 5,000 women yearly). If they took it for 5-9 years, the risk is increased 60%. [this April 3, 2003 study, commissioned by the World Health Organisation, combined the data from 28 studies, involving 12,500 women with cervical cancer from several countries including the UK and USA. It was published in the Lancet, by researchers from Cancer Research UK’s Epidemiology Unit in Oxford, England, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France. (Reaney, Reuters)].
[Those with doubled risk of cervical cancer would include me, since that was how long I was on the Pill to try to stem the advance of my endometriosis, which ironically, I believe was caused by my abortion.]
From a women’s site (i.e, an objective, non-anti-abortion site):
The WomensIssues.About.com site USED TO SAY this (NOTE HOW THEY’VE REMOVED THIS PAGE SO AS TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT): “There are two types of morning after pill available. One morning after pill uses the hormones estrogen and progestin – the same hormones used in standard birth control. The other morning after pill uses progestin only. The morning after pill acts to delay ovulation, prevents fertilization, or inhibits implantation by altering the endometrium [again, emphasis mine but not the words themselves].”
MAP’s DO “prevent implantation” and that is considered, by the medical terminology not mine, “abortifacient” meaning that which aborts a pregnancy. If anyone would like cites from medical experts showing that, I can provide those (this is just getting to be a long comment).
Some who support abortion, even in the medical world, have tried to redefine when a pregnancy starts but the medical textbooks for most of our recent history have all said that conception (fertilization) is the medical start of pregnancy, not implantation.
Others at that other blog, sadly, could very well be wrong too about how this “does not lead directly to promiscuity.”
In an April 1, 2004 article, the Associated Press said in its headline: “Study: Morning-after pill won’t boost unprotected teen sex.” However AP’s article stated that “26 teens [girls aged 15-20] who were given the pills [in advance at home] reported using them 38 times…[while] in the group that…had to go out and get them, 20 teens reported using them 24 times.” Six more teens with easy access used MAPs to end possible pregnancies after unprotected sex, and, as a group, used them on fourteen more occasions of unprotected sex in six months. That is clearly “boosting unprotected teen sex”.
And unwanted teenage pregnancies may be low anywhere because some studies show that the number of abortions increase. In Finland and Scotland, studies showed that abortion rates stayed the same despite increased “over-the-counter” Morning After Pill use (by girls aged 15 or more) of 25% in one year and 300% over eight years, respectively. And even worse, in Finland, 23% more girls under 15 had abortions that year. The Scottish Council on Human Bio-ethics’ “Briefing Paper on the Morning-After-Pill,” Jan. 2002, found that, despite a 300% increase in the use of MAPs in Glasgow from 1992-1999, the abortion rate didn’t decline.
I am not one who thinks there’s an easy answer, certainly not to anyone victimized by rape or incest especially. I once was for abortion (and abortifacients such as the Pill et. al.) and after I had an abortion, and after 20+ years of denying the grief of it, I am against all that now. I don’t condemn anyone who differs from my thinking, and hope you won’t condemn me for speaking up here.
I just really honestly think that our society (and Planned Parenthood in particular who stands to make a profit of $18.3 million a year on MAPs alone nationwide; and I have the proof of that number too) has not told us women the entire truth. I think we’re entitled to know it.
“While it’s good that Plan B is now available without a prescription for women over the age of 18, there’s still work to be done to make sure all women who require the drug have access.”
This isn’t such a good thing, really, as there is already harm being done to us women by this stuff, and the CT legislature knew all about it but chose to ignore the scientific research. I know because I wrote them all about it.
This is something that is basically high-dose birth control pills. Morning After Pills are typically 10-20 times the progesterone and 5 times the estrogen as in the standard daily Pill, http://www.pfli.org/faq_oc.html
7 world-renowned medical journals can’t all be wrong: Journal of the Natl Cancer Inst (JNCI), Cancer, Anticancer Research, Archives of Internal Medicine, The Lancet Oncology/World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference.
Nine (9) published research studies from 1988-2005 found evidence of birth control pills leading to/increasing risks of Cervical cancer, fatal blood clots and Breast Cancer. I’ve got all the links to those objective sources if anyone wants, but here are a couple.
One study showed that women taking standard birth control pills are 14 times more likely to develop blood clots from airplane travel [published by the prestigious JAMA in its Internal Medicine Archives, Vol. 163 No. 22, December 8, 2003, in that link].
Another study found that those using birth control pills for 10 or more years double their risk of cervical cancer (which kills 5,000 women yearly). If they took it for 5-9 years, the risk is increased 60%. [this April 3, 2003 study, commissioned by the World Health Organisation, combined the data from 28 studies, involving 12,500 women with cervical cancer from several countries including the UK and USA. It was published in the Lancet, by researchers from Cancer Research UK’s Epidemiology Unit in Oxford, England, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France. (Reaney, Reuters)].
[Those with doubled risk of cervical cancer would include me, since that was how long I was on the Pill to try to stem the advance of my endometriosis, which ironically, I believe was caused by my abortion.]
From a women’s site (i.e, an objective, non-anti-abortion site):
The WomensIssues.About.com site USED TO SAY this (NOTE HOW THEY’VE REMOVED THIS AS TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT): “There are two types of morning after pill available. One morning after pill uses the hormones estrogen and progestin – the same hormones used in standard birth control. The other morning after pill uses progestin only. The morning after pill acts to delay ovulation, prevents fertilization, or inhibits implantation by altering the endometrium [again, emphasis mine but not the words themselves].”
It DOES “prevent implantation” and that is considered, by the medical terminology not mine, “abortifacient” meaning that which aborts a pregnancy. If anyone would like cites from medical experts showing that, I can provide those (this is just getting to be a long comment).
Some who support abortion, even in the medical world, have tried to redefine when a pregnancy starts but the medical textbooks for most of our recent history have all said that conception (fertilization) is the medical start of pregnancy, not implantation.
Commenters at that other blog, sadly, could very well be wrong too about how this “does not lead directly to promiscuity.”
In an April 1, 2004 article, the Associated Press said in its headline: “Study: Morning-after pill won’t boost unprotected teen sex.” However AP’s article stated that “26 teens [girls aged 15-20] who were given the pills [in advance at home] reported using them 38 times…[while] in the group that…had to go out and get them, 20 teens reported using them 24 times.” Six more teens with easy access used MAPs to end possible pregnancies after unprotected sex, and, as a group, used them on fourteen more occasions of unprotected sex in six months. That is clearly “boosting unprotected teen sex”.
And some studies show that the number of abortions increase. In Finland and Scotland, studies showed that abortion rates stayed the same despite increased “over-the-counter” Morning After Pill use (by girls aged 15 or more) of 25% in one year and 300% over eight years, respectively. And even worse, in Finland, 23% more girls under 15 had abortions that year. The Scottish Council on Human Bio-ethics’ “Briefing Paper on the Morning-After-Pill,” Jan. 2002, found that, despite a 300% increase in the use of MAPs in Glasgow from 1992-1999, the abortion rate didn’t decline.
I am not one who thinks there’s an easy answer, certainly not to anyone victimized by rape or incest especially. I once was for abortion (and abortifacients such as the Pill et. al.) and after I had an abortion, and after 20+ years of denying the grief of it, I am against all that now. I don’t condemn anyone who differs from my thinking, and hope you won’t condemn me for speaking up here.
I just really honestly think that our society (and Planned Parenthood in particular who stands to make a profit of $18.3 million a year on MAPs alone nationwide) has not told us women the entire truth. I think we’re entitled to know it.
“While it’s good that Plan B is now available without a prescription for women over the age of 18, there’s still work to be done to make sure all women who require the drug have access.”
This isn’t such a good thing, really, as there is already harm being done to us women by this stuff, and the CT legislature knew all about it but chose to ignore the scientific research. I know because I wrote them all about it.
This is something that is basically high-dose birth control pills. Morning After Pills are typically 10-20 times the progesterone and 5 times the estrogen as in the standard daily Pill, http://www.pfli.org/faq_oc.html
7 world-renowned medical journals can’t all be wrong: Journal of the Natl Cancer Inst (JNCI), Cancer, Anticancer Research, Archives of Internal Medicine, The Lancet Oncology/World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference.
Nine (9) published research studies from 1988-2005 found evidence of birth control pills leading to/increasing risks of Cervical cancer, fatal blood clots and Breast Cancer. I’ve got all the links to those objective sources if anyone wants, but here are a couple….
One study showed that women taking standard birth control pills are 14 times more likely to develop blood clots from airplane travel [published by the prestigious JAMA in its Internal Medicine Archives, Vol. 163 No. 22, December 8, 2003, in that link].
Another study found that those using birth control pills for 10 or more years double their risk of cervical cancer (which kills 5,000 women yearly). If they took it for 5-9 years, the risk is increased 60%. [this April 3, 2003 study, commissioned by the World Health Organisation, combined the data from 28 studies, involving 12,500 women with cervical cancer from several countries including the UK and USA. It was published in the Lancet, by researchers from Cancer Research UK’s Epidemiology Unit in Oxford, England, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France. (Reaney, Reuters)].
[Those with doubled risk of cervical cancer would include me, since that was how long I was on the Pill to try to stem the advance of my endometriosis, which ironically, I believe was caused by my abortion.]
From a women’s site (i.e, an objective, non-anti-abortion site):
The WomensIssues.About.com site USED TO SAY this (NOTE HOW THEY’VE REMOVED THIS AS TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT): “There are two types of morning after pill available. One morning after pill uses the hormones estrogen and progestin – the same hormones used in standard birth control. The other morning after pill uses progestin only. The morning after pill acts to delay ovulation, prevents fertilization, or inhibits implantation by altering the endometrium [again, emphasis mine but not the words themselves].”
It DOES “prevent implantation” and that is considered, by the medical terminology not mine, “abortifacient” meaning that which aborts a pregnancy. If anyone would like cites from medical experts showing that, I can provide those (this is just getting to be a long comment).
Some who support abortion, even in the medical world, have tried to redefine when a pregnancy starts but the medical textbooks for most of our recent history have all said that conception (fertilization) is the medical start of pregnancy, not implantation.
(cont.)
Commenters at that other blog, sadly, could very well be wrong too about how this “does not lead directly to promiscuity.”
In an April 1, 2004 article, the Associated Press said in its headline: “Study: Morning-after pill won’t boost unprotected teen sex.” However AP’s article stated that “26 teens [girls aged 15-20] who were given the pills [in advance at home] reported using them 38 times…[while] in the group that…had to go out and get them, 20 teens reported using them 24 times.” Six more teens with easy access used MAPs to end possible pregnancies after unprotected sex, and, as a group, used them on fourteen more occasions of unprotected sex in six months. That is clearly “boosting unprotected teen sex”.
And some studies show that the number of abortions increase. In Finland and Scotland, studies showed that abortion rates stayed the same despite increased “over-the-counter” Morning After Pill use (by girls aged 15 or more) of 25% in one year and 300% over eight years, respectively. And even worse, in Finland, 23% more girls under 15 had abortions that year. The Scottish Council on Human Bio-ethics’ “Briefing Paper on the Morning-After-Pill,” Jan. 2002, found that, despite a 300% increase in the use of MAPs in Glasgow from 1992-1999, the abortion rate didn’t decline.
I am not one who thinks there’s an easy answer, certainly not to anyone victimized by rape or incest especially. I once was for abortion (and abortifacients such as the Pill et. al.) and after I had an abortion, and after 20+ years of denying the grief of it, I am against all that now. I don’t condemn anyone who differs from my thinking, and hope you won’t condemn me for speaking up here.
I just really honestly think that our society (and Planned Parenthood in particular who stands to make a profit of $18.3 million a year on MAPs alone nationwide) has not told us women the entire truth. I think we’re entitled to know it.
For some reason all the URL links in those 3 sections got omitted when I posted. Let’s see if I can put them in in text:
“develop blood clots” http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/163/22/2771
“double their risk of cervical cancer” http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/pressreleases/2003/april/39472
“WomensIssues.About.com site”
http://web.archive.org/web/20051101162831/http://womensissues.about.com/cs/reproductive/a/blmorningafter.htm
“the number of abortions increasing”
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/mar/03031906.html
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-willsprint032102.html
Here’s the implantation proof cite:
When pregnancy (i.e., fertilization of the egg, not implantation) has occurred, these four chemicals/“hormonal contraceptions”—the pill, emergency contraception, Norplant, and Depo-Provera–can, in fact, prevent implantation, as does the IUD and other similar devices, therefore, they do in fact terminate an already-created human life.
“Progestin-only Contraceptives may be administered by mouth, injection, implants, intrauterine devices and vaginal rings. This discussion will focus on Norplant implant, followed by Depo-Provera injection and the mini- pill.
“What is the mechanism of action of progestin-only contraceptives? Pregnancy is prevented by inhibiting ovulation; thickening and decreasing the amount of cervical mucus (making it more difficult for sperm to penetrate); creating a thin uterine lining; and premature destruction of the follicle that releases a ripened egg and becomes a corpus luteum.” (the above quote is from the book, “Contraceptive Technology” Sixteenth Revised Edition, by Robert Hatcher M.D., used by SIECUS and the Fronske Health Center, Northern Arizona University , see the 3 links at the bottom of the comment)
“Creating a thin uterine lining” results in preventing implantation of the fertilized egg in the uterus, which is what is called by medical doctors “abortifacient.”
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0829052089/002-8605926-1760032?v=glance
http://www.thebody.com/siecus/report/resources.html “Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States”
http://www4.nau.edu/fronske/brochures/norplant.html (that page is now removed from public view but is still seen on the webarchived page it first originated on Jul 07, 2003 as: http://web.archive.org/web/20030707232833/http://www4.nau.edu/fronske/brochures/norplant.html
I could go on a long time about this kind of stuff. I won’t (unless asked), but have any of you seen the 2005 press release by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)?
Keep in mind the MAP is an oral contraceptive. It’s called emergency contraception. Remember it’s typically 10-20 times the progesterone and 5 times the estrogen as in the standard daily Pill.
http://www.ourgyn.com/article_retrieve_printer.php?articleid=186
“Use of OC’s increases risk of breast, cervix and liver cancer…It is of enormous public health importance that we identify and understand the full range of effects of these products…. Worldwide, more than 100 million women – about 10% of all women of reproductive age – currently use combined hormonal contraceptives.”
And now even more of us women will use more of them (and our 13 year old daughters too, if those who want them to have it over the counter have their way), with the increased dosages in the Plan B pill, which when readily available over the counter is already being used more often, as the earlier cited study showed.
Do we really know what we’re getting ourselves into, ladies? Do you gents who object to this website’s statements really know what you’re supporting for the women in your lives? It’s clear the media and the medical community at large aren’t really telling us the whole truth, because the majority of us in this country don’t want to hear it.
I could go on even longer about this kind of stuff. I won’t (unless asked), but have any of you seen the 2005 press release by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)?
Keep in mind the MAP is an oral contraceptive. It’s called emergency contraception. Remember it’s typically 10-20 times the progesterone and 5 times the estrogen as in the standard daily Pill.
http://www.ourgyn.com/article_retrieve_printer.php?articleid=186
“Use of OC’s increases risk of breast, cervix and liver cancer…It is of enormous public health importance that we identify and understand the full range of effects of these products…. Worldwide, more than 100 million women – about 10% of all women of reproductive age – currently use combined hormonal contraceptives.”
And now even more of us women will (and our 13 year old daughters too, if those who want them to have it over the counter have their way), with the increased dosages in the Plan B pill, which when readily available over the counter is already being used more often, as the earlier cited study showed.
Do we really know what we’re getting ourselves into, ladies? Do you gents who object to this website’s statements really know what you’re supporting for the women in your lives? It’s clear the media and the medical community at large aren’t really telling us the whole truth, because the majority of us don’t want to hear it.
It’s somewhat ironic that I find this post today. For Catholics, it’s the Holy Day of the Immaculate Conception. For what it’s worth, it might help explain to those who aren’t Catholic why the implantation issue is what it is, from a religious perspective (which isn’t the only one, of course).
I went into some detail a year ago today, here: “…it’s the reason why Catholics celebrate the Immaculate Conception of Mary today. Not the Immaculate Implantation of Mary…
Arggh. I keep forgetting to just put the URL in without the href stuff in front of it. That last comment referred to the quote as “here”:
http://afterabortion.blogspot.com/2005/12/invitation-for-catholics-for-free.html
Sorry about the double post. My bad.