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A child's brain waves are measurable 42 days after conception.
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The following information can
be used for church and faith bulletins in the weeks and months ahead. Right to Life of Michigan will provide concise,
educational information on a monthly basis for church bulletins or church newsletters. Feel free to
edit information as needed. If more information is desired, visit the Right to
Life of Michigan web site at www.rtl.org.
Please pass this information on to your church leader or prolife
representative.
Need a prolife resource? Check out Right to Life of
Michigan's web page dedicated to faith resources: http://rtl.org/faith_school/faithresources.html
Supreme Court nominee Kagan revised
ACOG memos on partial-birth abortion
While working as a staffer in the
Clinton White House, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan worked with the
American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists to revise their statement on the medical necessity of partial-birth abortion so it would
be easier for President Clinton to defend his veto
of legislation to ban partial-birth abortion. ACOG experts were unable to find
one situation where partial-birth abortion would be necessary to save a mother's
life yet Kagan added language saying partial-birth abortion “may be the best and
most appropriate procedure” to save a woman’s life. Visit Right Life of Michigan at www.rtl.org or call
1-800-57 WOMAN to learn how pregnancy centers in your area can truly help women
experiencing untimely pregnancies.
HHS approves Pennsylvania
insurance plan to cover abortion
The Department of Health and Human
Services has approved a plan to give $160 million of federal tax dollars
to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a "high risk" insurance program which
includes the coverage of abortion. One section of the plan asserts that
“elective abortions aren’t covered” but then proceeds with language to allow the
coverage of any abortion (with the exception of sex-selection abortions). To
learn more about how the national health care reform includes
abortion provisions, visit Right to Life of Michigan at www.rtl.org.
Blind patients treated with adult stem cells in Italy
Italian scientists have
documented how they have successfully treated dozens of patients who were
partially blinded when their eyes came in contact with chemicals. Researchers
extracted stem cells from the healthy parts of patients’ eyes, grew them and
then put them in the burned eyes. The study, which was published in the New
England Journal of Medicine, notes that treatment worked completely in 82 of 107
patients and partially in 14 more. To learn more, visit the Right to Life of
Michigan web site dedicated to stem cell research, www.stemcellresearchcures.com.
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You Can Get Involved!
If you would have time and interest in supporting activities of your local Jackson Right to Life organization, we would like to hear from you. Our Board meets monthly. If you wish to join us please feel free to contact us. Volunteer opportunities include: church representative for your church, help setting up 3600 flag display, Jackson County Students for Life, Jackson County Fair JRL Booth, Jackson Area Life Chain, JRL Memorial Motorcade, JRL Annual Dinner, and JRL Education Fairs. Your help in support of the unborn and birth mothers is greatly needed. We may be contacted through the link or phone below. Thank you.
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