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Mother gives birth to baby boy after carrying him outside her uterus
A woman defied the odds - and medical advice - by giving birth to a healthy baby she had carried just outside her uterus. Doctors had thought Nicollete Soto, 27, from Phoenix, Arizona, was carrying the foetus in her abdomen, completely outside her womb. She was warned that carrying her child to full term could risk both their lives. But Miss Soto was adamant she wanted to keep the baby. Read full article >>
FDA Questions Safety of Birth Control Pills Containing Drospirenone
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now reviewing studies involving drospirenone-containing birth control pills after recent findings that indicated the drug is associated with an increased risk of blood clot. Two studies among those being evaluated had conflicting results with earlier research regarding the benefits and risks of drospirenone-containing contraceptives. Read full article >>
Mother of Aerosmith Singer Steven Tyler's Aborted Baby Speaks Out
My maiden name is Julia Holcomb and I am writing in response to Kevin Burke’s article Post Abortion Trauma from the National Review. I found the article he wrote about Steven Tyler remarkably compassionate while outlining the trauma of abortion. My name was mentioned in this article, as it has been in several other articles that have been written lately, and in several books. I decided it was time to tell my story honestly, to the best of my memory, hoping to bring closure and peace to this period of my life. Read full article >>
Rocker Steven Tyler of Aerosmith Haunted by Girlfriend’s Abortion
Long before he won accolades as an American Idol judge, Steven Tyler was a bona-fide rock star, with all that that implied. In 1975, when he was in his late 20s and the lead singer for the band Aerosmith, Tyler persuaded the parents of his 14-year-old girlfriend, Julia Holcomb, to make him her legal guardian so that they could live together in Boston. Read full article >>
Pregnant with cancer, women struggle to heal for two
With a black tweed hat on her bald head and a purple blouse stretched over her big belly, Lisa Peterson Bender leans forward in the clinic chair, the better to see the ultrasound images of her unborn daughter.
Up on the screen, the tiny girl opens her mouth, furls her fingers and kicks her legs in vibrant 3-D as a technician confirms that, for now, all appears well with the baby being carried by a woman who has cancer. Read full article >>
Woman Selling 'Suicide Kits' reignites right-to-die debate
Sharlotte Hydorn, 91, says she's 'just interested in helping people' who might otherwise suffer painful deaths. FBI agents raided her home last week in an investigation of possible mail fraud or other violations. Read full article >>
Common's "Retrospect for Life" Music Video
Nick Cannon's "Can I Live" Music Video
Nick Cannon's powerful music video capturing the true tragedy of abortion. Click here to watch video >>
The Pro-Life Legacy of Dr. Bernard Nathanson
Bernard Nathanson, a co-founder of what is now NARAL Pro-Choice America, passed away at the age of 84 yesterday. Nathanson, along with Norma McCorvey (the Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade) is one of the most famous converts to the pro-life cause. In addition to co-founding NARAL, Nathanson served as the director of the Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health (CRASH), New York’s largest abortion clinic. Nathanson has written that he performed more than 5,000 abortions and was responsible for more than 75,000 throughout his career. Read full article >>
Kathie Lund
As a longtime member of Right to Life of Southern California, Kathie Lund knows that one of the strongest testimonials to life is the care and nurturing of a close, loving family. Which is exactly what she has done --- with an infectious enthusiasm, and an ever-present smile. Read full article >>
Santorum invokes Obama's Race in abortion debate
The Republican ex-senator, who is exploring a possible 2012 presidential bid, made the comments "The question is -- and this is what Barack Obama didn't want to answer: Is that human life a person under the Constitution? And Barack Obama says no," Santorum says in the interview, which was first picked up by CBN's David Brody. "Well if that person, human life is not a person, then, I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say, 'We are going to decide who are people and who are not people.'" Read full artcle >>
Birth Control pills the entire pregnancy and baby still makes it
Jessica Genaw didn't know she was pregnant when she delivered a 7-pound, 10-ounce baby boy on New Year's Eve, myFoxDetroit.com reported.
"I just was having really bad stomach cramps," said Genaw, who took birth control pills throughout the entire pregnancy. "I was just really sick all day."
Genaw, of Harrison Township, Mich., told the TV station she thought it would help if she took a bath, but the cramps got worse and eventually she felt like she had to push. Read full article >>
Contraception could be free under health care law
WASHINGTON – Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thanks to the new health care law.
That could start a shift toward more reliable — and expensive — forms of birth control that are gaining acceptance in other developed countries.
But first, look for a fight over social mores.
A panel of experts advising the government meets in November to begin considering what kind of preventive care for women should be covered at no cost to the patient, as required under President Barack Obama's overhaul. Read full article >>
