Does the Pill cause cancer? The journal Linacre Quarterly published an article entitled The Reasons Hormonal Contraceptives and Induced Abortion Increase Breast-Cancer Risk. In that article, Dr. Angela Lanfranchi, Clinical Professor of Surgery at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School points out; “In 2005,…the UN’s World Health Organization classified hormonal contraceptives as Group 1 carcinogens for breast,
Why do environmentalists care about abortion? The Center for Biological Diversity says on their website, “Human population growth is at the root of our most pressing environmental issues.” Earlier this year, Michael Brune from the Sierra Club said during a TV interview, “[Abortion] helps to address the number of the people that we have on
Virtually all FDA approved childhood vaccines are manufactured using aborted baby cell lines. Starting in 1979, pharmaceutical companies began producing vaccines using fetal cell lines from aborted babies, instead of nonhuman cell lines. Research is just now being done on the safety and efficacy of the manufacturing formula. Over the following 20 years, fetal cell
Janice came to CompassCare for an initial pregnancy appointment. She lives at home and is finishing up her senior year of high school. Janice came to the appointment with her friend’s mom. The tears started during her ultrasound as she stared at her active nine week old baby on the screen. And the tears kept
“…and He healed them” (Mt 15: 30c). Her mother died when she was 12. Her father’s alcoholism left her abandoned to care for her younger siblings. Now she is pregnant. Night after night, this orphan underlined her loneliness on her couch, turning over a sad, utilitarian calculus of whether she would let her child live.
Do black lives matter to the abortion industry? Here are the facts: Black women make up approximately 6% of the U.S. population but account for 35% of all abortions.2 On average, 346 black babies are aborted every day.3 17.9 million black babies have been aborted since 1973.4 If not for abortion, the black community would
If a baby is aborted because of its gender, is that sexism? If a baby is aborted because of a genetic disorder like Down Syndrome, is that discrimination? In 2016, Indiana passed a law banning abortion based on sex, race, and genetic abnormalities. Recently, U.S. District Court Judge Pratt granted Planned Parenthood’s request for a
How much does abortion impact the economy? By arguing a change in deportation policy of illegal immigrants could cost the U.S. economy $460 billion, the Center for American Progress (CAP) makes the case that every individual worker adds economic value. Their number presumes that 91% of current illegal immigrants are contributing to the economy and
Illinois recently passed a bill permitting State Medicaid to pay for abortion. Will ‘free’ abortion increase abortion rates? Recent Polls show the majority of Americans, including those that identify as pro-choice, oppose public funding of abortion. The Federal government reflects the will of the people on this with the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment restricts
If you were searching in the archives of CompassCare’s incorporation documents, you would find purpose statements. One statement reads: “To educate the… public concerning… abortion and… issues surrounding abortion.” This education presumes imparting knowledge but not opinion based on emotion or merely facts as observed by our senses. There is knowledge of this world theatre that is
