April 30, 2013

Abortion

Most Say They Are Familiar with Planned Parenthood – But Don’t Know Planned Parenthood Performs Abortions by David N. O’Steen, Ph.D.

Abortion is the Number One Killer of Black Americans by Heidi Miller – Also check out Discrimination and Abortion by Dr. Lamb.

Five Ways to Halt the Advance of the RU 486 Abortion Drug by Randy O’Bannon Ph.D. 

Gruesome Gosnell Testimony by Steve Deace – While the mainstream media has generally ignored this story, Steve lays out, in 18 minutes, 17 years of the horrible work of Kermit Gosnell. 

Also, this is not an easy read, but gives more background on Kermit Gosnell:

“One of the strongest practical arguments in favor of the Roe regime is that abortion has been around since time immemorial and outlawing it only drove it underground, leading women to endanger themselves by seeking out the services of back-alley quacks. The Philadelphia grand jurors recounted a powerful example from their own city’s history. It was called the Mother’s Day Massacre. A young Philadelphia doctor ‘offered to perform abortions on 15 poor women who were bused to his clinic from Chicago on Mother’s Day 1972, in their second trimester of pregnancy.’ The women didn’t know that the doctor ‘planned to use an experimental device called a “super coil” developed by a California man named Harvey Karman.’ A colleague of Karman’s Philadelphia collaborator described the contraption as ‘basically plastic razors that were formed into a ball … They were coated into a gel, so that they would remain closed. These would be inserted into the woman’s uterus. قواعد لعبة البولينج And after several hours of body temperature, … the gel would melt and these … things would spring open, supposedly cutting up the fetus. betfinal ’ Nine of the 15 Chicago women suffered serious complications. One of them needed a hysterectomy. The following year, the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade. It would be 37 more years before the Philadelphia doctor who carried out the Mother’s Day Massacre would go out of business. His name is Kermit Gosnell. Back-alley abortions were indisputably a problem before 1973. That’s no defense of the Roe regime, which failed to solve it.”

From Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto (Source: Patriot Post, 4/22/13)

Adoption

Is the Left Launching an Attack on Evangelical Adoption? by David French – This is a terrific article.

Movie documents foreign adoption hurdles – “Stuck” hits home for many Iowans currently mired in the process – This is a recent story from the Des Moines register on international adoption and the documentary “Stuck” – “Stuck” is still on tour. It is a hard movie to watch, but please check it out. It is very well done. Also share the “Stuck” link with anyone you know who cares about this issue.

Family Life

Axiety (listen or download) – Face to Face, a radio program from Australia, recently featured a helplful program on anxiety – “Anxiety is a term that covers many fearful conditions such as phobias and obsessive compulsive disorders. A certain amount of nervous energy and fear is actually healthy and quite normal. But when these feelings take over and rule our life they need to be explored. This week, Richard Mau from Face to Face will be talking to some people who suffer from anxiety. You’ll gain understanding of the condition and find hope for managing it.”

How to Raise Girls – Thoughts from Rev. Dr. Gifford Grobien, assistant professor of systematic theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. استراتيجية الروليت

Creepy things children say to parents becomes Reddit hit by James Brooks – “A list of the most chilling things children say to their parents has become a hit on the online-forum Reddit, gaining more than 10,000 comments in less than 24 hours.”

Music

Here are a couple articles about the legendary country singer, George Jones:

George Jones, country superstar, has died at 81

George Jones: Troubadour of the Christ-Haunted Bible Belt by Dr. Russell D. Moore

Worldview and Culture

Well Done, Good & Faithful Servant by Steve Deace – Steve on Chris Broussard’s comments on ESPN regarding Jason Collins.