CURRENT
LIFE ISSUES:
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Recent
reports out of India indicate that
gender-selective abortions have taken the
lives of over 10 million girls. Researchers
based in Canada and India looked through
data from a national survey, conducted among
1.1 million households in 1998, and at
information about 133,738 births that took
place in 1997. The
study published by the London-based medical
journal comes on the heels of a report last
October by the United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA), which warned that infanticide
or abortion was driving India towards a
gender imbalance with alarming social
consequences. Afghanistan, China, Nepal,
Pakistan and South Korea face similar
problems, the UNFPA said.
Read
the complete story at our news page!
u International shifts in attitudes toward euthanasia and assisted suicide reflect those in the United States, where Oregon has already legalized such practices. Several cases have seen judicial leniency, including severely reduced prison sentences and sometimes no punishment at all for the killings of spouses, parents, and children. These kinds of attitudes on the behalf of justices are dangerous, especially for the uninformed voting public! Learn more about euthanasia, including how you can help keep it out of the law books!
u Further developments in the scandals surrounding South Korea's embryonic stem cell research practices have shed light on the dangers of egg procurement. The fear that cloning would exploit women was the major reason the United Nations called for its ban last year. The U.N. was concerned that cloning would create an international market for eggs and egg donors that would exploit women. Side effects from the hormone therapies and procedures used to obtain the eggs range from hemorrhaging after surgery to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. To learn more about these issues, check out CPLC's documentary, The Human Experiment.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CPLC:
u Would you like to play a big part in our upcoming pro-life efforts? Be a sponsor for our annual Prayer Breakfast and Rally! All sponsorships are tax deductible and include a free table for ten. This year's event will take place Tuesday, January 24th. The breakfast will be held at the the Grand, followed by pro-life workshops and a rally held at the Capitol. This event marks the 33rd anniversary of the Roe V. Wade decision and features great pro-life speakers and opportunities for involvement. You won't want to miss it! Go to www.californiaprolife.org/breakfast or call our office at 1-800-924-2490 for more information!
u Plans are already underway for the 2006 CPLC Youth Oratory Contest! This unique opportunity is open to all high school juniors and seniors. Students research, write and present an original pro-life speech on abortion, euthanasia, infanticide, or embryonic stem cell research and compete for local, state, and national honors! Visit www.californiaprolife.org/speak for all the details!
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CPLC has a variety
of educational resources for you to share with your
community. Learn
more about all the current issues and how to get
involved!
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"Let
me give you the definition of ethics: it is good to
maintain life and to further life. It is bad to damage
and destroy life. And this ethic, profound and
universal, has the significance of a religion. It is
religion."
Albert
Schweitzer
California ProLife Council (CPLC) www.californiaprolife.org is the largest statewide organization in California solely dedicated to pro-life issues. CPLC is a non-sectarian, non-partisan, non-profit grassroots organization of pro-life groups and individuals in California dedicated to protecting and fostering the most basic value of our society-respect for LIFE itself. We seek to educate our community in regard to abortion, euthanasia, and infanticide, to identify and organize the pro-life population of the state into an effective team, and to restore respect for human life to public policy. California ProLife Council is the California affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee, Inc. www.nrlc.org
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