How much does abortion impact the economy? By arguing a change in deportation policy of illegal immigrants could cost the U.S. economy $460 billion, the Center for American Progress (CAP) makes the case that every individual worker adds economic value. Their number presumes that 91% of current illegal immigrants are contributing to the economy and
Illinois recently passed a bill permitting State Medicaid to pay for abortion. Will ‘free’ abortion increase abortion rates? Recent Polls show the majority of Americans, including those that identify as pro-choice, oppose public funding of abortion. The Federal government reflects the will of the people on this with the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment restricts
If you were searching in the archives of CompassCare’s incorporation documents, you would find purpose statements. One statement reads: “To educate the… public concerning… abortion and… issues surrounding abortion.” This education presumes imparting knowledge but not opinion based on emotion or merely facts as observed by our senses. There is knowledge of this world theatre that is
Transcript On February 4, 2017, young, vibrant Keisha Adkins died because of an abortion. The autopsy report concluded, “She likely did have an infection from the abortion process.” Is abortion safe? One abortionist is known to have said, “There are only two kinds of doctors who have never perforated a uterus, those that lie and
Transcript Is abortion ethical medicine? If the purpose of medicine is to heal and maintain the health of the individual, we can then evaluate the merit of abortion and whether it qualifies as appropriate medical care. With abortion there are two individuals to be considered. For a woman facing unplanned pregnancy, abortion represents the interruption
Transcript According to the March of Dimes, 380,000 babies are born prematurely each year! Why? They are many causes but no one disputes that abortion is linked to future preterm deliveries. Not even abortionists. Surgical abortion increases relative risk of future preterm birth by 52% and low birth weight by 41%.1 The risk increases with
Transcript This August marks the two year anniversary of the first undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood and others in the illegal trafficking of baby body parts. That and subsequent videos sparked a flurry of state level investigations and legislation to stop the flow of taxpayer dollars to those organizations. In the fallout, the investigative journalists
Is moral correctness reasonable? If one were to listen carefully to anyone talking about how one person ought to treat another person in a civilized society, one might get the impression that morality is totally obvious, rational, universal, and easily actionable. That is, if any sane person were to just think about the intrinsic good
Expanded Transcript Is there really a link between abortion and breast cancer? Responding dismissively to studies correlating abortion with breast cancer, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists replied, “…women who have had an abortion or a miscarriage have the same risk of developing breast cancer … as women who have not.” But merging miscarriage
Radio Transcript Bob is 60, lying in hospital bed, after having one cancerous lung removed. He smoked for 40 years. Laura is 40; she too is lying in a hospital bed being treated for breast cancer. Medical researchers find correlations between certain diseases and certain behaviors. Like smoking and lung cancer, are there studies that
