Her name is Savita Halappanavar. Reporting in the UK Guardian at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/14/ireland-abortion-law-woman-death gives us this story…. Admitting dx apparently was 17 wk gestation, with spontaneous rupture of membranes. About 3 days later, heart tones were lost, a D&E was done, and at some point along the timeline, sepsis apparently developed. We can NOT tell in […]
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Nov 20, 2012 Dear ProLife Colleague, If you have not yet, you WILL hear about this case in the media. The case: On Oct 21, a 31 year old married Hindu lady, a dentist by trade, at 17 wks gestation was admitted to Univ. Hospital Galway in Ireland. Her name is Savita Halappanavar. Reporting in
Nov 12, 2012 Dear ProLife Colleague, In the Nov election, at least two candidates (Indiana, Missouri) can attribute a large portion of their loss to media capitalization of well-meaning but very clumsy or misinformed statements about rape in the abortion context. It is a hot topic. Actually, the person rarely heard from is the rape
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Nov 1, 2012 Dear ProLife Colleague, Thank you for voting your values this coming Tuesday!! Preterm birth, (and especially Very Preterm Birth, Nov 1, 2012 Dear ProLife Colleague, Thank you for voting your values this coming Tuesday!! Preterm birth, (and especially Very Preterm Birth,
October 2012 The following comments are in response to an article in the February, 2012 journal “Obstetrics and Gynecology” which declares abortion to be safer than childbirth. A thoughtful study of our response to the journal article will give the reader balanced information with which to refute that grossly erroneous mantra. IS ABORTON SAFER THAN
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Dear ProLife Colleague, Another political candidate has put his head in a meat grinder with a statement about abortion. Republican Rep. Joe Walsh (Ill.) said Thursday that abortions are “absolutely” never necessary to save the lives of pregnant women. “With modern technology and science, you can’t find one instance,” Walsh said. “There is no such
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Dear Pro-Life colleague, There is tremendous pressure on Ireland to cave in to the European Union Standards regarding induced abortion availability. Like the wolf in sheep’s clothing, the pressure comes in the guise of reducing maternal mortality (abortion is supposed to do that, you know. Not!!) As noted below, Ireland has one of the lowest
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Dear ProLife Colleague, This letter will be different from most of our letters. It describes a world that really does exist in a land that has a government enforced one child policy. It will probably turn your stomach. But it is the real world for a huge number of women. This report is put together
Dear ProLife Colleague, Here is more information on abortion’s association with increased maternal mortality rates. This record linkage study contradicts the established mantra that abortion is safer than childbirth. It is not safer. More info on this topic is available at: https://www.aaplog.org/complications-of-induced-abortion/induced-abortion-and-maternal-mortality/ Elliot Institute News Release Higher Death Rates After Abortion Found in U.S., Finland and Denmark Large Record Linkage
http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/09/05/eurpub.cks107.abstract http://afterabortion.org/2012/multiple-abortions-increase-risk-of-maternal-death-new-study/ Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Calhoun BC. Reproductive history patterns and long-term mortality rates: a Danish, population-based record linkage study Eur J Public Health, first published online September 5, 2012 Dr. Coleman’s summary See more info at: http://www.wecareexperts.org/content/second-study-using-danish-population-data-led-wecare-director-published-european-journal-pub The general purpose of this more extensive study was to explore the effects of particular patterns
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