My Daily Domestic Clips 11/08/2010 (a.m.)

• Pope Defends Family as Spanish Gays Hold ‘Kiss-In’ | The Blaze – Annotated The pope is a very brave defender of the faith. tags: currentevents pope papacy Catholic morality
  • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended traditional
    families and the rights of the unborn Sunday, directly attacking Spanish laws
    that allow gay marriage, fast-track divorce and easier abortions as he dedicated
    Barcelona’s iconic church, the Sagrada Familia.
  • It was the second time in as many days that Benedict had criticized the policies
    of Spain’s Socialist government and called for Europe as a whole to rediscover
    Christian teachings and apply them to everyday life.
  • As he headed to the church named for the sacred family, about 200 gays and
    lesbians staged a ‘kiss-in’ to protest his visit and church policies on
    homosexuals, condom use and a host of other issues.
  • Benedict has focused much of his pontificate on trying to fight secular trends
    in the West such as the legal recognition of same-sex unions.
• Association of Large Families
• Race for the Truth About the Susan G. Komen Foundation: Is Abortion and Hormonal Contraception a Prescription for Breast Cancer? « HLI America – Annotated Some important information about the possible contribution of artificial homones to breast cancer development. tags: currentevents cancer breastcancer
  • We live in the world of media messaging where the one with the most money and
    the loudest message wins the day. What is the “Race for the Cure”? Why are we
    not being told the truth about the real risks and prevention for breast cancer?
    According to the SEER data at the National Cancer Institute, there has been a
    400% increase in noninvasive — or “in situ” (in the same place) — breast cancer
    in pre-menopausal women since 1975. How do abortion, hormone replacement
    therapy, and hormonal contraception factor into the equation?
  • For years, abortion, hormonal replacement therapy and hormonal contraception
    have been largely ignored by most of the medical community and the media in
    general as significant risk factors for breast cancer. However, studies have
    consistently concluded that breast cancer risk increases as a result of these
    three factors.
  • There are many other studies that have been published as well that confirm that
    abortion presents increased risk to women for breast cancer, and that confirm
    that carrying a baby to full term provides a natural protection to the mother if
    the pregnancy is not unnaturally interrupted.
  • For years, doctors have been prescribing hormone replacement therapy for
    women who experience hot flashes and periods of sweating in menopause. The
    widespread belief was that these hormones would not only reduce a woman’s risk
    for heart disease but also keep her “youthful, sexy, and healthy.” This week the
    New York Times reported that studies have now confirmed that taking these
    hormones not only increases breast cancer risk, but “also make it more likely
    that the cancer will be advanced and deadly” (New York Times, Oct. 19,
    2010).
  • The number of young women on “the Pill” is alarming. Have these girls been
    told that “the Pill” has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the
    International Agency on Research for Cancer, a research arm of the World Health
    Organization? Are women in general being informed that any form of hormonal
    (estrogen-progestin combination) birth control (including “the Pill,” the patch,
    Depo-Provera, Norplant, Ortho Vera Patch, or any others on the market) are
    actually increasing risk for breast, cervical, and liver cancer?
  • It is necessary to give a much higher dose than that given in hormone
    replacement therapy because younger women have active, healthy ovaries. Does
    this give better context to the 400% increase in “in situ” breast cancer in
    pre-menopausal women since 1975?

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