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Abortion Activists Attempt to Use Zika Virus Outbreak to Legalize Abortion Volume 26, Number 2 March-April 2016 A review and analysis of worldwide population control activity Abortion Activists Attempt to Use Zika Virus Outbreak to Legalize Abortion By Jonathan Abbamonte The rapid spread of the Zika virus in the Western Hemisphere has many expectant mothers in hard- hit countries deeply concerned. Abortion activists have seized upon this public health crisis to argue that all unborn children who may have been exposed to the virus should be aborted. Very rarely hazardous to children or adults, Zika temporarily causes itchy rashes, joint pain, and conjunctivitis. In rare cases, it can cause a bout of Guillain-Barré syndrome. But recently Zika has been linked to microcephaly, a birth defect that has devastating effects on fetal brain and cranial development. They wanted to abort her because her mother had Zika Photo Credit: iStock Since May of last year, reported and have spread to countries across Human Rights and Gender, a partner cases have skyrocketed in Brazil Central and South America and organization of the International the Caribbean. The World Health Women’s Health Coalition based Organization (WHO) now estimates in New York City. In 2012, ANIS that up to 4 million people could and the National Confederation of Zika Virus 1 become infected by the end of Health Workers were effective in petitioning Brazil’s supreme court President’s Page 2 2016. This past Monday, the WHO declared the Zika outbreak a Public into legalizing abortion for infants From The Countries 3 Health Emergency of International with anencephaly (a severe birth May I Send You These Gifts? 4 Concern. defect where large portions of the Good News 6 Pro-abortion advocates are infant’s brain are missing). Latin American Page 7 exploiting the crisis to petition The radical pro-abortion group— Heartbeat Legislation 8 Brazil’s highest court to legalize Women on Waves—has also PRI in the News 10 abortion in cases where women advertised that it is currently offering Development Desk 11 have contracted the virus. Among abortion inducing drugs free of charge Correspondence 12 the organizations pushing for the to women in countries affected by the legalization of abortion in Brazil Zika outbreak. Women on Waves is ANIS: Institute of Bioethics, claims that it will ship the abortion CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 President’s Page FROM THE COUNTRIES Pro-Life Progress in the Land Down Under I am just back from Australia, Archbishop Porteous knows Kenya—Catholic Bishops in vaccine, which was suspected to be the hope that his birth will signal a where we held a successful three-day whereof he speaks. He has been Kenya have taken a stand against a “preventing women from having reverse in population decline. conference in the centrally located brought before the Tasmanian Anti- vaccination campaign launched by children.” In fact, past tests by a joint- See the Source: https://www. city of Albury. Sponsored by PRI Discrimination Commission to the Health Minister and the United commission have found that some of washingtonpost.com/news/ in conjunction with its Australian answer charges that he “offended, Nations. The Catholic Doctors the vaccinations promoted by the worldviews/wp/2016/02/01/for-the- affiliate, Family Life International, humiliated, and insulted” the feelings Association is warning women to avoid Health Minister in conjunction with first-time-in-28-years-a-baby-has- the event was a huge success. It of a lesbian by publishing a pamphlet the anti-malarial vaccine, believed to the UN and large pharmaceutical been-born-in-this-italian-town/?po brought hundreds of new people defending marriage as being between be purposefully contaminated by companies, were found to contain stshare=1201454351658116&tid into the pro-life movement, aired a man and a women. estradiol. Estradiol has been linked Beta-HCG hormone. Beta-HCG is =ss_fb new ideas about how to win pro-life I am not making this up. Tasmania’s to early puberty in girls (as early as naturally produced during pregnancy victories, and forged new alliances anti-discrimination law is so broad age 7) and testicular diseases in boys. and “When a non-pregnant —A among various pro-life, pro-family that, if someone accuses you of The United States In the past, Kenyan Bishops have woman is injected with a vaccine pro-life victory! The Washington groups. hurting their feelings, you can be advised against receiving the Tetanus combining tetanus toxoid and Beta- state Senate committee has passed The conference was opened by fined and put in jail by the Anti- HCG hormone, this combination a ban on sex-selective abortion. Bill Archbishop Julian Porteous, the Discrimination Commission. Of PRI Staff develops antibodies to […] HCG 6612 was introduced by Republican Archbishop of Hobart, Tasmania. course, since feelings are necessarily Founder: Fr. Paul Marx, OSB, PhD (1920-2010) “President’s Page” Continued such that, when an egg is fertilized, Senator Ann Rivers, and co- The Archbishop reminded us all subjective, there is no way to prove President: the HCG hormone that it produces sponsored by Republican Mike of how the traditional Christian your “innocence” of these charges. Steven W. Mosher Led by Family Life International is destroyed, thus leaving the woman Padden. Padden has been adamant understanding of the sacredness of Archbishop Porteous told us Executive Vice President: and other pro-life, pro-family Joel Bockrath in question permanently infertile.” that sex-selective abortion is the life and of the nature of marriage is that all of his friends have told groups, the Alliance has an Research Analyst: See the Source: http://www. “war on women.” He emphasized under attack. “With the ascendency him that they hope he does not Jonathan Abbamonte excellent chance of succeeding, genethique.org/en/africa-bishops- that this type of abortion is prevalent of a secular liberalism now engulfing go to jail, a sentiment I, for one, Editor: enshrining a proper understanding Moriah Bruno take-stand-against-official- here in the United States, and that our political parties we face the heartily seconded. Jailing a Catholic Development Coordinator: of marriage into Australia’s national vaccination-campaign-64484. it is occurring in more nations than danger of wholesale legislative change archbishop for teaching timeless Karen Shannon charter. And our conference gave Director, PRI Latin American Office: html#.Vlun6HarRD8 just China. The president of the which will threaten life, marriage and Catholic truths about marriage would it a further boost. Carlos Polo Washington Women’s Network— family,” he said. bring the issue into the public eye in Director, PRI European Office: In the Internet Age, it is Carlos Beltramo Angela Connelly—agrees: “I a way that nothing else would. increasingly difficult to get people Italy—The northern Italian challenge you not to be naïve, to Such an overreach would rouse Population Research Institute Review is published bi- to leave the comfort of their town of Ostana recently saw the birth monthly by: Population Research Institute open your eyes not just to what the Australian people from their Follow us on social media: computers and meet face-to- of a baby for the first time in 28 years. is happening globally, but what is apathy. It would force them to face. In truth, it is only worth The town now has a population of happening here,” she said. “We decide whether they want to live in organizing an event such as this if 85, including its new arrival. The P.O. Box 1559 / Front need to be strong enough to say a country which respects religious Royal, VA 22630 USA new ideas are brought to the fore, if city’s population began declining in Phone: (540) 622-5240 sex discrimination is not allowed freedom, or in a country where you E-mail: [email protected] / Internet: www.pop.org important new contacts are made, 1975. Since then, young adults have anywhere.” The Bill awaits actions in can be jailed for your beliefs. © PRI 2016 and if new, broad-based alliances migrated to larger cities in search the Senate Rules Committee. What is happening in Australia is can be made. Our Australian of work. Some Italian cities have See the source: http://www.lifenews. a lesson for all of us in the pro-life, conference accomplished all three. taken measures to prevent further com/2016/02/05/washington-state- pro-family movement. Secular leftists demographic decline. A town on senate-committee-passes-ban-on- are the most intolerant people on the an effort to defend the traditional the island of Sicily, for example, sold sex-selection-abortions/ planet. In Tasmania, they have gone understanding of marriage as being a limited number of houses for less so far as to set up a new inquisition, between a woman and a man. This than $2 in order to attract people complete with ruthless, even vicious, broad-based coalition is gearing up to the area. Another Italian town inquisitors, who are determined to for a national referendum on whether made health checks mandatory. Its punish all those who disagree with the constitution should be amended official goal was to keep the elderly • • • • • them. to define marriage exclusively as a alive longer. The mayor of Ostana Steven Mosher and Doctor John Batarelo at the Life and Family National At the conference everyone was relationship between one woman is throwing a party to celebrate Conference. urged to join the Marriage Alliance, and one man. the birth of baby Pablo, clinging to Population Research Institute Review 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 3 January-February 2016 “Zika Virus” Continued May I Send You These Gifts? inducing drugs by mail, including to attempting to reduce the incidence prospect based off previous work countries that make no exceptions of microcephaly by terminating the done on the development of a West This gift will help you logically and rationally demolish the false notion for the protection of unborn life lives of those who suffer from the Nile Virus vaccine.
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