Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With no mention of any of the thousands of success stories attributable to modern natural family planning (NFP) methods,
The New York Times has published a 1,000 word diatribe against the practice based solely on the story of one couple who ended up divorced after having more children than they wanted.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Besieged on all sides by lawsuits or state legislation aimed at either defunding them or regulating their abortion practice, a Planned Parenthood spokesman admitted that the amount of litigation they are currently involved in is "unprecedented."
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While speaking at a conference in New York City earlier this week, former Vice President Al Gore used updated language to rephrase the same old discredited notion that cutting down on the number of people in the world will somehow curtail pollution.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The only three abortion clinics in the state of Kansas have been notified by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) that they will be told by July 1, 2011, whether they will be granted licenses to perform abortions under a new law that will impose safety regulations the clinics may not be able to satisfy.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Connecticut lawmakers displayed an appallingly lopsided set of priorities this week when they decided to toss out a bill requiring minors to get parental permission before using tanning parlors rather than allow a pro-life lawmaker to require the same permission for minors seeking an abortion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A review by The Chicago Tribune has found that thousands of abortion procedures are not being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health, with many abortion providers also failing to adequately detail complications as required by law.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The pro-abortion governor of New Hampshire, John Lynch, has vetoed a new law which would have required abortionists to give written notice to at least one parent or guardian 48 hours before performing an abortion on a girl under the age of 18.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The trend to defund the nation's largest abortion provider continues as pro-life lawmakers in the North Carolina statehouse voted to override Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's veto, effectively stripping Planned Parenthood of all funding beginning July 1.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Only weeks after the U.S. Senate responded to public pressure and refused to approve the nomination of radical Goodwin Liu to the federal bench, another controversial judge who sided with notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller and Planned Parenthood has been nominated to the federal appeals court.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the launching of an investigation into oral contraceptives such as Yaz and Yasmin that contain drospirenone after new research suggests these pills increase the risk of blood clots more than other oral contraceptives.
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