Facts of Life Email: January 11, 2005

CURRENT LIFE ISSUES:

u 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.

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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!

JOIN THE ADVENTURE!
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

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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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