[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: Contraception, abortifacients and abortion: truth in full disclosure; Death panels? they're already here! More....

Mon Aug 17 15:39:38 MDT 2009

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/*On "contraception", abortifacients and abortion: truth in full disclosure*

/There are two very important health reasons for our opposition to the 
so-called "birth control pill", in addition to the moral reasons why we 
oppose it.  The first is that, contrary to popular thought, the birth 
control pill does not cut down the number of abortions, and even those 
who support the pill admit to this. It is extremely dishonest to promote 
the theory that the pill curtails abortion /per se/ when, in fact, the 
pill can and does work in at least three known different mechanisms of 
action, one of which is abortifacient. When the pill works by so-called 
"thinning the lining of the uterus", the embryonic child dies and this 
is known as an early chemical abortion. 
<http://www.go2planb.com/PDF/PlanBPI.pdf> Therefore, to suggest that the 
pill "keeps abortions from happening" is not accurate, and in fact, it 
is an act of mendacity. /*

In fact, because of the Pill and other abortifacients on the market, we 
have conservatively estimated that we have 4 to 5 time MORE abortions 
annually than that which is reported in many media outlets, by pro-life, 
pro-abortion and drive-by secular media.*/

Further, the so-called "birth control pill" is known to be carcinogenic 
and can cause a series of health problems for women and their future 
children. It has been linked to cancer, heart conditions, 
thromboembolisms and more. The steroids in oral "contraceptives" has 
been listed as a Class I carcinogen, meaning the link between the 
chemical and cancers are well documented, strong and confirmed. 
Moreover, it has now been found to have negative effects on the 
environment, particularly oceans and rivers.  Finally, at least 150 
different known negative effects occur in the female body from the 
highly potent steroids found in the Pill.

There is a great deal of research available on this subject, and we 
strongly recommend that individuals conduct an independent study of the 
literature on the pill. A good starting point is the PFLI website which 
contains a treasure trove of resources, <http://www.pfli.org/kemical> 
many of them free and some for purchase, both documents and publications 
on the deadly effects of the Pill and other known abortifacients.  
Another good resource is The Pill Kills web site 
<http://www.thepillkills.com>. There are many others which you can 
access via our Links page.
The material that PFLI cites is of the same or higher quality and 
scientific rigor  as material cited by pill community organizers. The 
difference being, our aim is to protect women's health and save preborns 
from chemical or mechanical abortion. The other side's objective is to 
have as many women as possible contracepting and aborting to abscond 
with both private and public funds for their aggrandizement 
<http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/AR_2007_vFinal.pdf>, regardless 
of the human material and spiritual cost.

We have never believed it is compassionate to deceive people by only 
telling them what they want to hear, or withholding key information that 
would be full disclosure of how the Pill works and the negative effects 
it has both on the physical health of moms and babies, as well as the 
negative spiritual and psychological effects on people and society as a 
whole .

There are cruel facts about the birth control pill that rarely see the 
light of day. It is our responsibility to make sure we provide this 
information through our educational outreach, so that, regardless of 
one's opinion, he or she has all the facts before making a decision one 
way or the other about the birth control pill. We opt in favor of full 
transparency and full disclosure.

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*/_OH LAW RESTRICTING MIFEPRISTONE NOW IN FORCE..._/* 
<http://lifenews.com/nb221.html>
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Obama's Conscience Claws: Will You be Forced to Perform Abortions? 
<http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33137>
Human Events
If legislation passes that covers abortion as an essential benefit and 
without a *conscience clause*, pro-life professionals and hospitals 
could be forced to *...*
See all stories on this topic 
<http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php%3Fid%3D33137&hl=en> 

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http://www.washtimes.com/news/2009/aug/14/white-house-adviser-backs-off-rationing/print/
Friday, August 14, 2009

  Palin target Emanuel renounces care rationing

Jon Ward </staff/jon-ward/> (Contact </staff/jon-ward/contact>)

Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, the White House official targeted by Sarah Palin 
and other conservatives as an advocate for health care rationing and 
"death panels," said Thursday his "thinking has evolved" on the need to 
decide who gets treated and who does not.

"When I began working in the health policy area about 20 years ago ... I 
thought we would definitely have to ration care, that there was a need 
to make a decision and deny people care," said Dr. Emanuel, a health 
care adviser to President Obama in the Office of Management and Budget, 
during a phone interview. He is the brother of Obama chief of staff, 
long time Chicago political boss, Rahm Emanuel.....[click link for the 
story]...

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http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/death_panel_is_not_in_the_bill.html

August 15, 2009

  'Death panel' is not in the bill... it already exists

*By* *Joseph Ashby* <http://www.americanthinker.com/joseph_ashby/>
Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin has come under fire for her Facebook 
post <http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=116471698434> accusing 
President Obama and the Democrats of including a "death panel" provision 
the health care bill. The Associated Press recently ran a 'Fact Check' 
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090811/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_end_of_life_q_a> 
article rebutting Palin's claim. 

AP argues that the bill's end-of-life counseling provision has been 
mistaken as a promotion of euthanasia and thus the death panel assertion 
by Palin and many other conservatives is false and misleading.

The New York Times has joined in the death panel bashing 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/health/policy/14panel.html?_r=1>. Jim 
Rutenburg and Jackie Calmes assert the following:

    There is nothing in any of the legislative proposals that would call
    for the creation of death panels or any other governmental body that
    would cut off care for the critically ill as a cost-cutting measure.

The AP is technically correct in stating that end-of-life counseling is 
not the same as a death panel.  The New York Times is also correct to 
point out that the health care bill contains no provision setting up 
such a panel.

What both outlets fail to point out is that /the panel already exists/.

H.R. 1 (more commonly known as the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, even 
more commonly known as the Stimulus Bill and aptly dubbed the Porkulus 
Bill) contains a whopping $1.1 billion to fund 
<mailbox:///C%7C/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Thunderbird/defaults/profile/bo/Mail/Local%20Folders/Inbox?number=4223413#> 
the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research. 
The Council is the brain child of former Health and Human Services 
Secretary Nominee Tom Daschle. Before the Porkulus Bill passed, Betsy 
McCaughey, former Lieutenant governor of New York, wrote in detail 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mccaughey&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs> 
about the Council's purpose.

Daschle's stated purpose (and therefore President Obama's purpose) for 
creating the Council is to empower an unelected bureaucracy to make the 
hard decisions about health care rationing that elected politicians are 
politically unable to make. The end result is to slow costly medical 
advancement and consumption. Daschle argues that Americans ought to be 
more like Europeans who passively accept "hopeless diagnoses."

McCaughey goes on to explain:

    Daschle says health-care reform "will not be pain free." Seniors
    should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age
    instead of treating them. 

Who is on the Council 
<http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/os/cerbios.html>? One of its most 
prominent members is none other than Dr. Death 
<http://www.nypost.com/seven/07242009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/deadly_doctors_180941.htm?&page=1> 
himself Ezekiel Emanuel. Dr. Emanuel's views on care of the elderly 
should frighten anyone who is or ever plans on being old. He explains 
the logic behind his discriminatory views on elderly care as follows:

    Unlike allocation by sex or race, allocation by age is not invidious
    discrimination; every person lives through different life stages
    rather than being a single age. Even if 25-year-olds receive
    priority over 65-year-olds, everyone who is 65 years now was
    previously 25 years.

On average 25-year-olds require very few medical services. If they are 
to get the lion's share 
<mailbox:///C%7C/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Thunderbird/defaults/profile/bo/Mail/Local%20Folders/Inbox?number=4223413#> 
of the treatment, then those 65 and over can expect very little care. 
Dr. Emanuel's views on saving money on medical care are simple: don't 
provide any medical care. The loosely worded provisions in H.R 1 give 
him and his Council increasing power to push such recommendations.

Similarly hazy language will no doubt be used in the health care bill. 
What may pass as a 1,000 page health care law will explode into perhaps 
many thousands of pages of regulatory codes. The deliberate vagueness 
will give regulators tremendous leverage to interpret its provisions. 
Thus Obama's Regulatory Czar Cass Sunstein will play a major role in 
defining the government's role in controlling medical care.

How does Sunstein approach end of life care? In 2003 he wrote a paper 
<http://aei-brookings.org/admin/authorpdfs/redirect-safely.php?fname=../pdffiles/phprW.pdf> 
for the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies arguing that 
human life varies in value. Specifically he champions statistical 
methods that give preference to what the government rates as 
"quality-adjusted life years." Meaning, the government decides whether a 
person's life is worth living. If the government decides the life is not 
worth living, it is the individual's duty to die to free up welfare 
payments for the young and productive.

Ultimately it was Obama himself, in answer 
<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/gop/2297628/replies?c=16> to a 
question on his ABC News infomercial, who said that payment 
determination cannot be influenced by a person's spirit and "that at 
least we (the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness 
Research) can let doctors know and your mom know that...this isn't going 
to help. Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the 
painkiller."

Maybe we should ask the Associated Press and New York Times if they 
still think we shouldn't be concerned about a federal "death panel."
203 Comments <javascript:void('0');> on "/*'Death panel' is not in the 
bill... it already exists*/"

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*Euthanasia Advocates Authored Part of Obamacare
*http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106812 
<http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=18096&N=323&L=2273&F=H>
World Net Daily
Part of the controversial health care reform proposal in Congress that 
discusses "end-of-life" counseling and medical procedures that could be 
rationed based on the age of the patient and other factors was written 
by suicide advocates who argue openly for the "right" to death, 
according to reports. "The group Compassion & Choices, formerly known as 
the pro-euthanasia Hemlock Society, also says it had a hand in crafting 
Section 1233, writing July 27: 'Compassion & Choices has worked 
tirelessly with supportive members of Congress to include in proposed 
reform legislation a provision requiring Medicare to cover patient 
consultation with their doctors about end-of-life choice (section 1233 
of House Bill 3200),'" writes Jill Stanek, RN.
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*/ALL Report/: 'Obamacare: Abortion's Trojan Horse'

**

*Catholic Charities USA, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and the 
Catholic Health Association have all thrown their weight behind Obama's 
push for health care "reform."  In response, American Life League 
exposes the "Trojan horse" hidden in the bill that opens the way for 
abortion, calling on pro-lifers to demand that the bill be scrapped! 

*To view the latest /ALL Report/, go to 
**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip1-MCsZ5Kg* 
<http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=18096&N=323&L=2244&F=H>

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