There’s a good chunk of women who overestimate the effectiveness of the pill and condoms. About 45% of a group of 4,500 women looking to use these methods as a way to not have babies, put too much faith in these anti-baby having products. problem, science says, is that people conflate “ideal use” and “typical use.”

“We need to do a better job of educating the public – women and men – on the failure rates with typical use,” explains researcher David Eisenberg.

So here’s some education, ladies. On the Pill, the pregnancy rate with “typical use” is about 9% per year and using condoms, it’s between 18-21%. A lot higher than you thought, right?

~ The Atlantic Wire, April 27

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by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli

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• Wesley J. Smith posts the latest on a study of children conceived via IVF. Research shows a 37% higher risk of birth defects – and scientists can’t find the reason for it.

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by LauraLoo

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Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards sent a fundraising email this morning under an ominous caption…

I guess standing with Planned Parenthood is not supposed to be fun but frightening, kind of like watching a scary murder movie…

Indeed, the letter was intended to frighten Planned Parenthood supporters that their beloved organization and cause were losing ground at great speed by listing recent pro-life accomplishments. Of course, reading this list had the opposite effect on me, as I’m sure it will you:

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The most terrifying aspect of American Horror Story isn’t the shocking gore or gasping plot twists.

When our reproductive rights face a daily barrage of attacks, it’s frightening that the series so blatantly perpetuates myths surrounding the fear, stigma and shame of abortion and pregnancy.

~ Megan Kearns criticizing the treatment of abortion by the American Horror Story television series, Bitch Flicks, April 26

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During the predawn hours of April 20, Western Kentucky University student Elaina Smith desecrated a display that had been erected by pro-life group Hilltoppers for Life by draping condoms over each of the 3,700 crosses that had been constructed to memorialize the number of children killed each day by abortion in the U.S.

Hilltoppers had received permission from the university for their display.

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by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• In the Washington Times, Cathy Cleaver Ruse discusses the depths of Representative Jerrold Nadler’s ignorance:
  

  Mr. Nadler did make one concession at the committee meeting. “On the other hand,” he said, “an 8-month-old fetus or a 9-month-old fetus, in my opinion, is a human being.” Some concession. Can we not in 2012 call even a nearly born infant a human being as a matter of fact rather than opinion?

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by LauraLoo

Beyonce was named “Most Beautiful Woman of 2012” by People. 

I love the reason Beyonce cites for prefering to receive this award now.

Who would you choose as “most beautiful woman?”  For me, year after year it would always be: 1) my late mom Helen; 2) Aunt Mary and church-mom Ann; 3) all my close girlfriends.  God brought all of these wonderful women into my life and I am forever grateful!

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Planned Parenthood thinks it has been the target of another pro-life undercover sting, this one on sex selective abortions.

On April 23 Planned Parenthood’s Vice President of Education Leslie Kantor and Senior Medical Advisor Carolyn Westhoff coauthored an attempt to preempt an exposé they think may be coming in an RH Reality Check op ed:

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As a former sports attorney I have seen with my own eyes the night in and night out temptations that are placed in front of professional athletes.

Couple that with having to play on the hottest stage in sports and his limited talents, and I thought: ‘Why not challenge his personal notions’… which to me are not aligned with where we are currently within our own society.

~ Noel Biderman, founder of the extramarital dating website AshleyMadison.com, remarking on his offer of $1M to any woman who can provide proof of a sexual encounter with Christian NY Jets quarterback Tim Tebow (pictured above), as quoted by The Christian Post, April 25

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