by Hans Johnson

Andy and Sarah Justice, having tried unsuccessfully to conceive in their 3 1/2 years of marriage, considered a fertility specialist but balked at the expense. The Tulsa, Oklahoma couple then turned to adoption through an agency affiliated with a faith-based crisis pregnancy center.

They got surprising news when they accompanied the birth mother to a doctor’s appointment: the ultrasound showed triplets were on the way! Andy seemed nonplussed, telling his wife, “Well, that’s great. You said you wanted kids!”

A week after Joel, Hannah, and Elizabeth were born on May 18, Sarah learned she was pregnant – with twins! “God has a sense of humor”, she said.

A report from KOTV:
NewsOn6.com – Tulsa, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports – KOTV.com |

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[HT: Kelli]

What they’re trying to do make abortion more difficult to access and unaffordable for women, and this is one of the ways they can do that….

It’s not something that you plan for.

~ Gretchen Borchelt, director of state reproductive health policy at the National Women’s Law Center, responding to reports that 21 states have now banned private health insurers from providing abortion coverage, as quoted by Jeffrey Young in the Huffington Post, September 3

Also noted in the article:

Thirty-three percent of women who had abortions in 2008 were uninsured, 30 percent had private health insurance and 31 percent were enrolled in Medicaid, according to a 2010 Guttmacher Institute report. Nevertheless, 57 percent of these women paid for their abortions out of pocket, including 63 percent of those with private insurance. Women with insurance coverage pay for abortions for several reasons, including having plans that won’t cover it, not knowing what their insurance benefits are, or wanting to keep an abortion secret from family members….

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by LauraLoo

Warning: Mature topic not suitable for children.

Authentic Intimacy released a new 10-week DVD Bible study on August 1 entitled, “Passion Pursuit: What Kind Of Love Are You Making?” in response to a need for women to be able to “ask their most private questions and receive God honoring, Biblical, practical answers.”

In this video, creators Linda Dillow and Dr. Juli Slattery discuss a common problem among women – putting intimacy on the back burner due to sheer lack of energy:

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In addition, Chris Fabry of Moody Radio’s Chris Fabry Live interviewed Linda and Juli about the study, as did Anita Lustrea and Melinda Schmidt of Midday Connection.

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I am not a huge fan of abortion, but we both had sports careers, plus we could not financially handle a baby,” said Mr. Haslem, noting how he struggled with supporting Kedonis, the son he had in high school, who is now 14 and who lives with his mother.

“Udonis appreciated that I was willing to have an abortion,” Ms. Rein said. “I found him caring, supportive, nurturing and all over me to be sure I was O.K. I saw another side of him during that difficult time and fell deeply in love. He had a big heart and was the whole package.”

~ Miami Heat basketball player Udonis Haslem and partner Faith Rein openly discussing their college abortion in a New York Times wedding announcement, via Think Progress, September 3

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

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• Clinic Quotes pulls a quote from the wayback machine (1976) showing the mindset of the people who make their living performing abortions. A director of nursing from an abortion facility is quoted:
  

  In some ways it is very boring, these abortions — the same thing day after day. In fact the nurses are excited about complications because it’s something different.

• Abolitionist Society has a new poster in response to President Obama’s voiced concern that the Syrian government is murdering its own people with chemical weapons (pictured left).
• The Guiding Star Project discusses NaPro Technology as a better, more ethical treatment for infertility, as compared to IVF:
  

  Many couples are completely unaware of a fast-growing technology for achieving pregnancy called NaPro Technology. This innovative technology is an approach to fertility that adheres to the guidelines provided by a woman’s natural cycles. The Creighton Model of fertility care is the foundation for this approach, monitoring the bio-markers which showcase hormonal changes in a woman’s cycle.

  Coupled with natural supplements, and sometimes laparoscopic surgery, NaPro Technology has a very high success rate when used to achieve pregnancy. Because NaPro is a fertility-care based approach and not just a fertility-control approach, many women who achieve pregnancy through this method may find it to be less stressful, more inclusive and a better option overall in catering to the needs of their entire person – mind, body and soul.

• Josh Brahm was interviewed by his “new favorite Christian organization Soulation… about how pro-lifers can love pro-choice people better while discussing an emotional issue like abortion”:

by Hans Johnson

Before a hearing last Wednesday held by the Iowa Board of Medicine concerning tele-med abortions, a group of 50 protesters  rallied at the State Capitol. Leading a 5 1/2 minute prayer was Midge Slater (pictured right) of Des Moines, thanking God for abortion rights, abortion doctors, and taxpayer funding for abortions.

Attending with heads bowed were Democrat gubernatorial candidates State Representative Tyler Olson and State Senator Jack Hatch. They thought better of joining in the applause afterward. The prayer went unanswered as the Board voted on Friday to end tele-med abortions.

These are excerpts:

“We pray for women who have been made afraid of their own power by their paternalistic religion.”

“Today we pray that all women will know that they are created in the image of God, good and holy, moral and wise.”

“Today we pray for the families we’ve chosen. May they know the blessing of choice.”

See the whole transcript here.

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At RedState, Rick Yuzzi offers his translation of the prayer:

“Thank you, oh Lord, for doctors who are willing to use their medical skills to help kill over a million unborn children each year, most of the time simply for the convenience of the mother.”

“We pray for elected officials that they may always support a women’s right to make our own medical decisions, and we say it that way so people will think Republicans want to take those rights away… conveniently leaving out the fact that we’re talking about killing our unborn children.”

“We pray that poor women will be given money by our government so they can kill their unborn children, too, and we pray that they would have access to birth control. May they know that it’s the government’s responsibility to make sure there are no consequences for their bad choices or their irresponsibility in having children they cannot afford.”

“Today, we pray that we can export these progressive ideals to developing countries, so they too can kill their unborn children.”

“We pray for women who are afraid to break away from backward religions that value human life at any stage. May they learn to be brave so they can kill their unborn children without the thought that it might be wrong in Your eyes for some reason.”

“Today we pray for the families that have already chosen to kill their unborn children. May they know the blessing of having that choice, instead of the regret that so often follows.”

“Today we pray that all women will know that they are made in the image of God… good and holy, moral and wise, but that they are able to ignore the fact that they are choosing to kill an unborn girl or boy who is also created in the image of God.”

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[HT:Suki; photo via Flickr]

Even more troubling, the sellers assure they won’t ask questions and don’t care what the tests are being used for. However, there aren’t very many uses for a positive pregnancy test, outside of confirming a woman is pregnant. Unless you want to make, say, a dreamcatcher.

The ads continue to appear across the country, all with the same no-questions-asked, I’m-always-by-my-phone language. Might there also be a market for negative pregnancy tests?

~ Audra Schroeder, discussing recent Craigslist ads for positive pregnancy tests at a cost of around $25 each, The Daily Dot, August 29

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by LauraLoo

As reported in the DailyMail:

Rachel Hope, 42, is a property developer from Los Angeles. She is attractive, successful… and wants to be pregnant by January 2014. After 18 months of searching for a potential baby father, she has signed up to a website giving her access to thousands of men across the world who, like her, aren’t looking for a relationship, but want a child with someone who’ll take their parenting role seriously. Instead of strings attached, there’s an umbilical cord. “I’m in serious talks with three men – one from India, one from Germany and a gay man from the US,” says Rachel.

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Is there an increase of people around the world who really think this is a great way of parenting their children? Also, do you see any benefits to this type of co-parenting, or do you think this will destroy children since they do not have any sense of security because mommy and daddy are not in love and committed to each other?