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Date:         Sat, 5 Sep 1992 17:28:07 EDT
From:         MKLINE%VDH.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU
Subject:      Misc. Pro Life

Subject: Misc. Pro Life


    Misc Pro Life Tidbits from Virginia Right To Life Newsletter.

    POPULATION PROPAGANDA
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    The U. S. news media inundates us with the need to control
population. Many knowledgeable observers hold the view that this is what
the Earth Summit held in Brazil during June is all about. Even the United
Nations, ever seeking more money, disseminates its scare population
growth forecasts via the N.Y. Times and a TV media. The Hudson Institute,
which conducted a scholarly study on this issue, reports the world could
feed another 2 billion right now, mainly on the good land diverted from
crops by government policies in the U.S. and Argentina. The Report claims
we could feed another 4 billion by adopting the latest high-yield
technologies. The study reports, The TV's "Race to Save the Planet"
series says flatly that food production is falling behind population
growth. THIS ISN'T SO. A USAID survey reveals that Third World food
production continues to rise twice as fast as its population. For a copy
of the Hudson report, write us.




    ABORTION AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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    Church representatives feed us the argument, that to be pro-life, we
must also be anti-capital punishment. That is part of the consistent life
ethic nonsense promoted by some, including Joseph Cardinal Bernadin.
Linking abortion and capital punishment actually undermines our ethical
consistency. Abortion is ALWAYS evil and therefore ALWAYS wrong. It is
impossible to abort a guilty baby. Capital punishment and killing is a
just and defensible war  can be rightfully conducted. To place abortion
and capital punishment in the same category makes chaos of morality and
leads us to misinterpret God's law. There is a fundamental difference
between defending the innocent and punishing the guilty.




    FETAL TISSUE DEBATE
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    Congress continues to debate the use of fetal tissue and continues,
for the most part, to ignore the most fundamental aspect of this
matter---ONLY LIVE TISSUE TAKEN FROM A LIVE PRE-BORN CHILD IS USABLE. In
other words, many legislators are willing to kill the child in order to
save the tissue in a timely manner. The Bush Administration claims this
is not necessary. It claims 750,000 spontaneous miscarriages occur each
year in the U.S. and that 100,000 of these occur in hospitals.

    Another 100,000 pre-born children are surgically removed each year
because they can not survive in the mother's fallopian tube. This is
identified as an ectopic pregnancy, considered an indirect abortion.
(MAKS> I see they don't object to this as others have attempted to say in
the past.) Most of these fetuses are not useable because of disease,
abnormalities and other reasons. However, about 10% of these provide
useable tissue. This more than meets the need of the research community.
To date only 100 fetal tissue transplants have occurred in the U.S.

    Some of our nation's most prominent doctors claim such sources are
sufficient for research, and we need not rely on induced abortions to
obtain fetal tissue. Since a pre-born child is part of the human family,
why is there a need to pursue this course of action that many in Congress
suggest unless it is for financial profit?



    PRO_LIFE POTPOURRI
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    * National surveys reveal that in 1973, 1% of the abortions were
because parents wanted a child of the opposite sex. In 1998, with the
development of more sophisticated technology, it was approximately 20%.
Since 1.6 million babies are aborted each year, about 320,000 are
destroyed because they are the wrong sex for their parents. Pro-abortion
feminists should note that most sex-selection abortions target unborn
girls.
    MAKS> This reminds me of a special where they aid in countries that
          allow sex selection abortions, the choice is usually male. This
          is distorting the population and if it continues, many
          countries are looking at populations of 75% male and 25%
          female if the trend continues.

          It's almost like the story of the farmers that got upset with
          chicken hawks because they would lose an occasional chicken.
          They declared all out war, killed off all the chicken hawks
          they could find and were over run with mice shortly afterwards.

          Being one of the classic cases of "control" going astray, they
          now stopped the killing of many species to prevent extinction,
          many, but not the unborn child.

Maks
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