by Kelli

Figures from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) reveal that a staggering two-thirds of women having an abortion were using a contraceptive at the time they conceived.

“Ultimately women cannot control their fertility through contraception alone, and need accessible abortion services as a back-up for when their contraception lets them down,” said Ann Furedi [pictured], BPAS’ chief executive, in a press release.

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

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• Big Blue Wave links to an article by Matt Archbold at the National Catholic Register which claims pro-lifers are losing the abortion debate. BBW apparently agrees:
  

  We’ve argued for the humanity of the unborn on the assumption that people accepted the intrinsic worth of a human being. Which they now don’t, because belief in God is waning. There is no way to argue the intrinsic worth of a human being without reference to God. We have a big problem and we need to confront it, pro-lifers.

  Hmm… I wonder what Secular Pro-Life would say in response to that.

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• Women’s Rights Without Frontiers reports on a tragedy in China where a toddler was run over by a van when family planning officials attempted to collect a fine from the child’s family. Because of great protest in the village, the officials have been arrested. WRWF president Reggie Littlejohn encourages pro-lifers to keep shining the spotlight on this, and other, human rights violations:
  

  Our hearts break to learn of the violent death of an innocent child, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his parents. Those responsible for this violent death must be held accountable. Too often, under the glare of international scrutiny, the Chinese Communist Party will arrest officials who have committed a heinous human rights violation. Then as soon as the attention of the world shifts away, these same officials are restored to their former positions or even promoted.

They are handed leaflets with fanciful claims about how abortion will raise their risk of cancer and mental illness. They are shown ‘life-size’ models of their unborn baby and subjected to ‘pavement counselling’ to encourage them to ‘choose life.’ For the present at least, women are no longer tormented with ‘gifts’ of little knitted baby […]

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com. The San Francisco Chronicle has a story on Monty Patterson, father of Holly Patterson, who died of sepsis in 2003 as a result […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat The Illinois Supreme Court will take up IL’s parental notification law which has been in limbo since 1995. Slate’s William Saletan (a pro-choicer who favors some abortion restrictions) describes his debate with UK abortion proponent Ann Furediregarding limits on late-term abortion and while his conclusion (cognition, interaction and […]

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN As always, we welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com. Serge at LTI discusses a recent article by British Pregnancy Advisory Service director Ann Furedi, who rejects the gradualist view of abortion in […]

by The Swamp (Chicago Tribune’s Washington bureau), Obama will get rid of the Bush administration’s conscience rule sometime today: Taking another step into the abortion debate, the Obama administration today will move to rescind a controversial rule that allows healthcare workers to deny abortion counseling or other family planning services if doing so would violate […]