End of Life Issues (including Organ Donation):
Advance Directive: IRLC Patient
Self-Protection Document
(Life-affirming Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care from
IRLC. It needs changes for use in these states:
AK, AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, IN, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NV, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX,
UT, VT, WV and WI.)
"Brain
Death" is Not Death! See
why below
(raises serious concerns about vital organ donation)
Brain Damaged Man
Incapacitated for Six Years Imrpoves After Electrode Help
Connecting the Dots on End
of Life Issues
The Dangers of Hospice
The
Federal Government is Undermining Hospice (Wesley J. Smith)
New 02/08
Hospice Bait & Switch
Hospice Checklist
Hospice
Patients Alliance
(preserving the original mission of hospice)
Hospice
Patients Threatened: The Need for End-of-Life Activism
Human
Dignity in the ‘Vegetative’ State
Life is Worth
Living New 08/08
Life-Sustaining
Treatments and "Vegetative" State (Pope John Paul II)
The “Living Will”: Death Without
Dignity
Living Wills:
They sound good, but ...
Melbourne
Doctor: Most Donors Still Alive when Organs are Removed New 10/08
The morality
of organ donation
More
Hospitals Push For Organ Transplants 5 Minutes or Less After Heart Stops
New
England Journal of Medicine: 'Brain Death' is not Death - Organ Donors are Alive New 08/08
Non-Heart Beating
Organ Donation (NHBD)
NRLC
"Will to Live" Health Care Proxy
Organ
donation: The inconvenient truth
Organ
Harvesting Before "Brain-Death" Increasingly Common, Doctors Warn
Partnership for Medical
Ethics Reform
Permanent
Vegetative State (PVS) Diagnosis Often Inaccurate, More Data Shows
Pope Rules
"PVS" Patients May Not be Denied Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
Protective
Medical Decisions Document
(Life-affirming Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care from
Int'l Task Force)
Questioning Brain Death: Ethical
dilemmas at the beginning of death (by Jose A. Bufill, M.D.)
Re-thinking
the business of organ procurement and transplantation (Julie Grimstad)
New 09/08
Recovery
After "Brain Death":
"Brain Dead" Man
Saved from Organ Harvesting: "Brain Death is Never Really Death" New 04/08
Doctors Who Almost Dissected
Living Patient Show "Brain Death" is Not Reliable New 06/08
Woman
Diagnosed as "Brain Dead" Walks and Talks after Awakening New 02/08
Woman's Waking After
Brain Death Raises Many Questions About Organ Donation
New 05/08
Comatose Patient Glad Parents Didn't Listen
to Doctors' Euthanasia Suggestion More... New 08/08
Research on
"brain dead" and "almost dead" patients declared "ethical"
Research
throws concept of brain death into doubt
Researchers See Normal
Brain Activity in Another "PVS" Patient
Study
Reveals Brain Activity in PVS Patient
Understanding
Brain Death (by Paul A. Byrne, M.D.)
Vatican
Newspaper: Brain Death and thus Organ Donation Must be Reconsidered New 09/08
Vegetative State
May Be Caused by Brain Cooling, Study Finds
Ventilator
Relieves Lung Cancer Pain in Final Hours New 05/08
(livings wills refuse ventilators without flexibility
for a finding like this one)
Why
Catholics (and Everyone Else) Should Avoid Living Wills
Yet Another
Sleeping Pill Awakening (using Ambien)
See also: Euthanasia
& Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia &
Assisted Suicide:
Advance "Mis-Directives": Euthanasia in Catholic Hospitals in the United States
Assisted Suicide
Danger Zone: Even though Haleigh Poutre is conscious, she’s not
necessarily safe
(Consciousness is no guarantee against euthanasia per AMA)
Declaration on Euthanasia
(Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, May 1980)
Death by
Ethics Committee
Death on
Demand: The assisted-suicide movement sheds its fig leaf
Doctors
Kept Asking To "Let" My Father Die: Wall Street Journalist
Euthanasia: Imposed Death
(from Human Life Alliance)
Euthanasia Opponent Says Assisted Suicide Laws Can't be Adequately Controlled
Euthanasia
Research
Euthanasia Resources
Futile care “ethicists” push involuntary euthanasia
Hospice
Care: Involuntary Euthanasia Cases
International
Anti-Euthanasia Task Force
International
Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Killing Babies, Compassionately: The Netherlands follows in Germany's
footsteps
Life Tree
(check Timeline to learn about the
"right to die" movement's leadership )
March of Dimes Primer: The A-Z of Eugenic Killing (Randy Engel)
National Catholic Bioethics
Center
Not Dead Yet
Palliative Care
"Killing me softly"
Physician-assisted
Suicide: The Wrong Approach of End of Life Care
Resources:
Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
Right to Die Movement is
Really About Euthanasia, Not Compassion
Still in the World: A Pro-Life View of Death and Dying
Terri
Schiavo Case: In Depth
US
Palliative Care Academy Drops Opposition to Assisted Suicide
"We
Never Say No": The Right-to-Die Movement Abandons Pretense (Wesley
J. Smith)
Wesley
J. Smith Articles (he reports on bioethics)
See also: End
of Life Issues
Fetal Development:
Be
Not Afraid (cases of fetal abnormalities)
Development Of the Child
Diary
of an Unborn Child
Down Syndrome Tests
Risky for All Babies, Study Shows New 09/08
Embryology: Inconvenient Facts (William L.
Saunders, Jr.)
Facts
of Fetal Development
In-Vitro
Fertilization
Just the Facts
Leading Physician
Convinced Babies Feel Pain at 20 Weeks of Pregnancy New 02/08
A Matter of
Belief or a Matter of Fact?
The
Michael Fund (International Foundation for Genetic Research)
(the Pro-Life Alternative to the March of Dimes)
Precious
Life (Testimony, Pictures, Information)
Science for
Unborn Human Life
Sound Wave Images
(view ultrasound footage)
Truth
Booth
(view ultrasound images)
Ultrasound: 4D
from GE
Ultrasound:
4D pictures of unborn babies
Unborn
Person
Using Either Conception or Fertilization,
Human Life Has a Clear Beginning (J. C. Willke, MD) New 06/08
Your Developing Baby: video of motion in the womb
New 07/08
Government & Voting:
Candidate
Information
Catholics
in Political Life
(US Bishops: June 2004)
Find your
Districts & Legislators (select "By
Address" and enter your 9-digit zip code)
Faithful
Citizenship - A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility
(US Bishops: Oct 2003)
How to tell
a duck from a fox
(Archbishop Charles Chaput)
I Vote Values
Participation
of Catholics in Political Life
(Vatican: Nov 2002)
Politics
Nationwide
Voter's
Guide for Serious Catholics
Voter Infonet: Cook
County Elections
See also: Laws
& Legal Issues
Human Cloning
& Engineering:
Cloning
Information Website
Elliot
Institute
(Responding to the Threat of Unregulated Human Engineering)
Fetal
Tissue, Human Embryo and Cloning Research
(Who supports it?)
Hands Off Our Ovaries
(the case against egg extraction from women)
Human Cloning and Human Dignity
Human
Cloning Issues
Human Cloning
Human Cloning vs. Human Dignity
National Catholic Bioethics
Center
Resources:
Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
Shifting
Definition of Cloning
Stem Cell Research:
In-Depth
Summary of Reasons
to Ban Human Cloning
Use of Abortion Victim's Body
Parts For Research Has Become Major Industry
Wesley Smith Articles
Why Embryonic Stem Cell Research? It's About Human Engineering, Not Ending
Disease
Why
Human Cloning Needs to be Banned
See also: Stem
Cell Research
IVF Concerns &
Alternatives:
FACT: in vitro fertilization (IVF) always kills human embryos
("The embryos are then assessed for viability, with only about
20% usually considered strong enough to implant successfully in a woman." LifeSiteNews)
Creighton
Model FertilityCare System
(offers alternatives to in vitro fertilization)
NaProTECHNOLOGY
(alternative to in vitro fertilization)
Pope
Paul VI Institute (founded by Dr. Thomas Hilgers)
Agents of Change
(compares NaProTechnology with IVF)
Assisted
Reproductive Technologies are Anti-Woman
(presents risks of in vitro
fertilization [IVF] for both mother and child)
Disturbing
trend: Designer children designed to be disabled (Joseph A. D'Agostino)
Fertility Treatment is
Hugely Successful but Largely Ignored by Medicine (T. Baklinski) New 04/08
If Embryos are Human, then Fertility Clinics are Death Camps: Pro-abortion
Columnist
In-Vitro
Fertilization
In vitro fertilization
kills far more embryos than survive until birth
In Vitro
Fertilization Reports
In Vitro Fertilization Risks
In Vitro
Fertilization Treatment leads to Death of UK Woman
IVF
Children Suffer More Health Problems Than Naturally-Conceived Children
IVF
Conceived Children Have Nearly Twice as Many Health Problems More details
IVF Increases Risk of Deformity, Finnish Study finds
IVF's Insidious Medical Defects
Morally acceptable
options for infertile couples
One In Fifteen Embryos Make The Cut With New Grading Scale For IVF
Pope Condemns In Vitro
Fertilization: "Barrier protecting human dignity has been broken" New 02/08
Study Shows
Higher Rate of Birth Defects in Babies Conceived Through IVF
Study: Women Who Donate Eggs For
Fertility Research Face Loss of Life and Limb
Laws & Legal Issues:
Action Needed
Alliance
Defense Fund
American
Center for Law & Justice
Americans
United for Life
Catholic
Conference of Illinois
Find your
Districts & Legislators (select "By
Address" and enter your 9-digit zip code)
Legislative Action
Center
Life Legal Defense Foundation
Personhood
Colorado New 06/08
(Human Life Amendment on Nov 2008
Colorado ballot)
State
Abortion Laws Summary
State of
Illinois Legislature
State of Illinois Supreme Court
State Rankings on Pro-Life Laws from Americans
United for Life IL Near Bottom at 38th New 01/08
Study:
Pro-Life Legislation Cut Abortions on Teen Girls by 50 Percent
Summary of Fetal
Homicide Laws
Thomas
More Law Center (Michigan)
Thomas
More Society (Illinois)
United
States House of Representatives
United
States Senate
United
States Supreme Court
The
White House
See also: Government
& Voting
Marriage & Family:
Broken
Family Structure Leads to Educational Difficulties for Children
Children
Thrive When Parents Follow Religious Beliefs, Study Shows
Cohabitation
Ends in Separation 90% of the Time
Considerations Regarding
Proposals to Give Legal Recognition
to Unions Between Homosexual Persons (Vatican: June 2003)
Cultural
Landmines Parents Should Avoid New 04/08
Defending
Marriage
Demand For
Same-Sex Marriage Was Based on a Lie
Despite
Greater Social Acceptance, Divorce Still Seriously Damages a Child's Prospects in Life,
Study Finds New 07/08
Divorce,
Single Parenting and Kids' Well-Being:
Studies Show Importance of Stable Family Structure
Environmental
factors may influence sexual orientation
Escalating
Church and State Clashes Over Gay Marriage Inevitable, Say U.S. Experts
Even
“Good” Divorce Hard on Kids, Study Confirms
Evidence
that Homosexual Behavior is Part of Psychiatric Disorder Ignored by APA
Ex-Lesbian
Charlene Cothran Tells AFTAH Banquet that ‘Born Gay’ Claim Is ‘Vicious
Lie’
Complete text of Charlene Cothran's
speech: "It's Time to Tell America"
Ex-Lesbian
Yvette Schneider Testifies to ‘Complete’ and Permanent Change
Facts,
not flattery, about same-sex attraction
Federal
Marriage Amendment fails in U.S. House
Federal
Marriage Amendment Defeated in U.S. Senate
Few
Homosexuals Interested in Tying the Knot
Florida Gay
'Marriage' Activists Abandon Challenges to Defense of Marriage Act
Former
Homosexual Says the Issue is Not Protecting Marriage; It's Homosexuality
Gay
"Marriage" a Bust in Spain
"Gays"
Don't Want "Marriage" After All
Homosexual
'Marriage', Like Divorce and Common Law, Is False Freedom Says Pope
Homosexuality
and Hope
Homosexuality
and Psychiatry - Exposed: The Myth That Psychiatry Has Proven
That Homosexual Behavior Is Normal
"Homosexuality
Is Not Hardwired," Concludes Head of The Human Genome Project
Illinois'
New Dangerous "Sexual Orientation" Law
The Innate-Immutable
Argument Finds No Basis in Science
Is
Marriage Important?
Is There a
"Gay Gene"?
It's
the Behavior, Stupid! and Other Observations of a So-Called 'Homophobe'
Love
Isn’t Enough: 5 Reasons Why Same-Sex Marriage Will Harm Children New 07/08
Marriage
Amendment "Only Alternative" to Judicial Activism, Says Bush
More Than 50 Distinguished Scholars Issue Landmark Principles on the
Importance
of Marriage and the Public Good
NARTH
Report Shows Gay Activist Influence on Mental Health Organizations
Noted U.S.
Psychologists Condemn Gay Activist Influence on APA
Nurse
Questions Why Homosexuality Not Considered Disorder on Basis of Medical Consequences?
Preschool
Damages Children’s Social Skills and Emotional Development
Prominent
U.S. Gay Activist Now Publicly Speaking Out Against Homosexuality
Psychiatrist
Says Homosexuality is a Disorder that Can be Cured
New 05/08
Publisher/Founder
of Black Lesbian Magazine Leaves Gay Lifestyle to “Give Heart and Soul to God”
Research
Finds Homosexuality More Dangerous Than Smoking
Right to
Treatment to Leave Homosexual Lifestyle Recognized
by American Counseling Association
Seven
Additional States Vote to Constitutionally Protect Traditional Marriage; Arizona Rejects
Still
Sexually Attracted to Men but Happily Married to a Woman
Study
Claiming Biological Basis for Homosexuality “Absolute Rubbish”: NARTH
Psychiatrist
Study Finds
Christian Counseling Effectively Assists Leaving Homosexual Life-Style
Study Finds
New Evidence that Childhood Family Factors Influence Sexual Orientation
Study
Finds Same-Sex Abuse Rampant in Illinois Foster Care System
Study Shows
Family Instability Has Bad Effect on Children’s Behavior
Successful
Female Author Says Working Mothers Short-Change Children
Theology of the
Body (reflections of Pope John Paul
II)
Top Vatican
Cardinal: Gay Marriage is "A Crime Which represents the Destruction of the
World"
Two
Mommies Is One Too Many (James C. Dobson Ph.D.)
Left's
Criticism of Dr. Dobson's Article Unfounded
U.S.
Bishops' Conference Promotes Federal Marriage Amendment
USCCB
Reaffirms Support for Federal Marriage Amendment
Voters in
11 States Ban Homosexual "Marriage" Despite Massive Media Bias
15,000
African Americans March to Support Traditional Marriage in Georgia
2,400 lawmakers warn
of Kinsey influence
| "Christians need
to understand that their cowardly retreat from expressing the view that homosexual conduct
is wrong carries with it devastating consequences for individual lives, public education,
parental rights, speech rights, and religious rights--let alone truth." (from a concerned parent) |
Americans
for Truth
Concerned
Women for America
Courage
International
(Fr. John Harvey)
Culture
Campaign
Defend
the Family
EXODUS International New 02/08
Family
Research Council
Focus on
the Family
Guide
for Natural Parenting
Illinois
Family Institute
Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
Life
Site News
National
Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH)
Protect
Marriage
Protect Marriage Illinois
Redeemed
Lives Ministries
Renew
America
Rescuing
Homosexuals
Stephen Bennent Ministries
Straight Talk Radio
The Howard Center: for Family,
Religion, and Society
Theology of the Body
(articles and analysis)
TrueMarriage.net
TruthatSchool.org
Natural Family Planning
(NFP):
Billings
Method
Couple To
Couple League
Couple
To Couple League - Chicago
Creighton
Model FertilityCare System
FertilityCare
Centers of America
(based on Creighton Model
FertilityCare System and NaProTECHNOLOGY)
Married Love and the Gift of Life
NaProTECHNOLOGY
(including alternatives to In Vitro Fertilization)
Natural Family Planning: A Question-Answer Book
One
More Soul (find NFP-only physicians)
Pope
Paul VI Institute (founded by Dr. Thomas Hilgers)
Study Shows Natural Family
Planning Technique More “Effective” Than Contraception
Testimony on NFP
Benefits
Women’s
health care – A new era
(discusses NaProTechnology)
See also: Contraception
Population Control:
Population
Research Institute
UN
Population Division
6.5
Billion and Rising -- For a Time
Aging
Global Population is "Profound" and "Irreversible": UN Report
Aging of
World Population, Not Population Growth, is Cause for Alarm: PRI Researcher
Canada in
Population Crisis: Seniors to Outnumber Children in a Decade
The
coming population bust (Jeff Jacoby) A
world without children New 06/08
Documentary
Explores Global Demographic Crisis New 02/08
Family
Planning Graduation (is needed)
HLI
Commentaries on Population Control
Japan
Facing Population Crisis with Baby Shortage
The
Myth of Overpopulation and the Folks Who Brought it to You
The
Population Controllers and Their War on People
USAID
Population Control Activity Advances Despite Plummeting Birthrates
The
World's Underpopulation (David E. Smith) New 04/08
World Welcomes Baby
6,666,666,666 But Overpopulation Not a Reality (Colin Mason) New 05/08
Post Abortion
Assistance:
Abortion Changes You New 04/08
Abortion Hurts
Women Psychologically
Abortion Recovery Directory
(sponsored by Abortion
Recovery Int'l Network)
After
Abortion (Elliot Institute)
Be
Not Afraid (support in cases of fetal abnormalities)
Hope
After Abortion (Project Rachel)
(or call 888-456-HOPE)
In Our Midst Ministries
Legal Action for
Women
Operation
Outcry
Post
Abortion Stress Syndrome (PASS) Support
Post-Abortion
Trauma & Healing (Elliot Institute)
Priests For Life
Project Rachel
(or call 800-5WE-CARE)
Rachels
Vineyard (post-abortion ministry)
(or call 877-HOPE4ME)
Ramah International (post-abortion
healing)
Silent No More Awareness
Spiritual Healing
Time
to Speak
(Love From Above Inc -- (866) Time 2 Speak)
Women Deserve Better
Pregnancy Help &
Support:
Abortion is never the best choice for a woman
Abortion
Alternatives (800-400-4205)
Aid
For Women (312-621-1100)
American Association
of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG)
Find
an AAPLOG physician
Be
Not Afraid (support in cases of fetal abnormalities)
Birthright
(773-233-0305 or 800-550-4900)
Care Net
Care Net of DuPage (630-455-0300)
Catholic Charities
Maternity Services (800-CARE-002)
Early Induction of Labor (NCBC Statement)
FertilityCare
Centers of America
(based on Creighton Model
FertilityCare System and NaProTECHNOLOGY)
From One Mom
to Another: Keep Your Baby - A Personal, True Story
Having Your Baby When Others Say No!
Healthy
Baby Born Despite Adverse Diagnosis New 02/08
Healthy Baby Narrowly
Escapes Late-Abortion At Tiller’s Clinic New 02/08
LIFECALL:
Resources for Pregnant Women
M.I.S.S. Foundation
(providing crisis support and long term aid to
families after the death of a child from any cause)
National Life Center (800-848-LOVE)
One
More Soul (find NFP-only physicians)
Option
Line (pregnancy help) (800-395-HELP)
PASS Pregnancy Care Centers
Pope
Paul VI Institute (founded by Dr. Thomas Hilgers)
(home of Creighton Model FertilityCare System
and NaProTECHNOLOGY)
Pregnancy
Centers
Pregnancy
Insurance
(helping women navigate pregnancy and maternity insurance
options)
Prenatal
Partners for Life
(for parents who face a negative in utero
diagnosis)
Prenatal Testing Brings
Inherent Moral Dangers, Leads to Abortion (Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk)
Prenatal Testing of
Babies Doesn't Have to End in Abortion, Alternatives Available (M. Klatt) New 04/08
Society for the Preservation of
Human Dignity (PHD)
Statement
on early induction of labor (National Catholic Bioethics Center) New 02/08
Study
Finds Common Infertility Treatments Are Unlikely To Improve Fertility New 08/08
Surgical
Advances for Unborn Patients
A tale of two
terminally ill children
TeenBreaks (for young people: teenage pregnancy, etc.) New 04/08
Tribute Video to Short
Life of Handicapped Baby Inspires Tens of Thousands
TTTS Prenatal Treatment: Katie's
Story
When What
Seems Broken is Perfect: The Mother of a Disabled Child Tells her Story
"Why
I Love the Baby of the Man Who Raped Me" New 08/08
The Women's Center (708-425-0707, 773-283-1400, and 800-400-4205)
WomanCare
Services (Berwyn, IL) (708-795-6000)
Woman's
Choice Services (630-261-9221)
Pro-Life Commentary:
Additional
Pro-Life Commentaries
Celebrate Life Magazine New 02/08
The
Embryonic Jesus Story
"Evidence Doesn't Matter" --
APA Spokesperson Says of Abortion Complications
Generations
for Life
Humanity of the
Unborn
Illinois Review
(check categories of : abortion, HPV
vaccination, stem cell research, etc.)
Innocent blood: How lying marketers sold Roe v. Wade to America
Jill
Stanek's Blog
Jill Stanek's Columns
Mark Crutcher's Blog
On the Trail to Rodham and Gomorrah
(Mark Crutcher)
Pro-choice vs. Pro-Life: a different
perspective
RFFM.ORG
(includes frequent
commentary on Pro-Life topics)
Testimony
of a Sidewalk Counselor
Wesley J. Smith Blog and Wesley
J. Smith Articles (he reports on bioethics)
Pro-Life
Involvement:
Action Needed
American Life League
Catholic Medical Assocation
Center for Bio-Ethical Reform
Child Predators
(evidence & steps to end the abuse)
Concerned Women for America
Contact the
Media
Culture Campaign
Family Research Council
Find your
Districts & Legislators
Heritage House (supplier of Pro-Life materials)
Human
Life Alliance
Human Life International
Illinois Citizens for Life
Illinois Federation for Right
to Life
Life Chain (10/5/08): check Illinois locations
Life Chain Network
Life Decisions International
Life Dynamics Inc.
Life Education and
Resource Network (African-American
perspective)
Life is Worth Living New 08/08
March for Life
(Washington, D.C.)
Missionaries To The Preborn
National
Life Chain
Not Dead Yet
Operation
Outcry
Orthodox
Christians for Life of Chicago
Priests
For Life
Pro-Life
Action League
Pro-Life
Corner
(provides Pro-Life
bulletin quotes for each week of the year)
Pro-Life
Day of Silent Solidarity
Respect
Life Office, Archdiocese of Chicago
New 08/08
Secretariat
for Pro-Life Activities (USCCB)
Small
Victories Ministries
Speak
Out Illinois
State of
Illinois Legislature
Students
for Life of America
Students for Life of
Illinois New 07/08
Upcoming Events
40 Days for
Life (last one: Sept 24 - Nov 2, 2008)
Commentary on successes and experiences of 40 Days
for Life from around the nation
Check locations from Fall 2008 Chicago
Aurora Downers
Grove Champaign
Next: February 25 to April 5, 2009
Pro-Life News:
Catholic Family and Human Rights
Institute (monitors the U.N.)
Catholic News Agency
Catholic Online
Christian
Communication Network
Illinois Family
Institute
Illinois Federation for Right
to Life
IRLC Pro-Life Newsline
LifeIssues.Net
LifeNews.com
Life Site News
One News Now
Operation Rescue
Pro-Life America
ProLifeBlogs
The Fact Is
townhall.com
Westley J. Smith
Blog
ZENIT -- The World Seen
From Rome
Sex Education:
FACT: "comprehensive" sex education leads to more
abortions, not less
DEFINITION: "Comprehensive" sex education --
everything you ever wanted to know about sex and were
afraid to ask, as well as everything you didn't want to know about sex but were forced to
find out. (Fran Eaton)
Canadian Teens Say Parents,
Not Sex-Ed, is Best for Info on Healthy Sexuality
College
Women at Risk for Psychiatric Illness from Casual Sex Commentary