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Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo is strongly urging his priests to imitate him by praying for one hour in front of an abortion facility during this year's national Forty Days of Life. The Forty Days for Life will begin Sept. 26 and conclude Nov. 4. According to organizers, churches and groups in 89 U.S. cities and 33 states have agreed to participate by conducting vigils in front of abortion clinics, praying, and fasting. Bishop Aquila, who has committed to one hour of prayer at the abortion facility Sept. 28 at 10:30 a.m., wants to encourage participation by all of the faithful through his own example and the example of his priests.
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The church now inaccurately masquerades its official position as having "always" disallowed and opposed abortion. The medieval church was galvanized not by abortion per sebut by the midwives who carried out the abortions themselves. The handbook of the Inquisition stated: "No one does more harm to the Catholic faith than midwives."11 The church was not diametrically opposed to cause to die the not yet born, since it burned many expectant mothers as witches. Even the pregnant wife of a city councillor was tortured and burned at Bamberg, Germany, in 1630.12
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To perform an abortion except with the intent to save the life of the mother meant possible arrest. Physician-abortionists who devoted their practice exclusively to abortion risked police raids and prosecution. Raids were especially common in the 1940s and 1950s and served to expose publicly abortionists and their patients. Patients were commonly interrogated in police stations and courtrooms. Police and prosecutors went after patients rather than the referring physicians, who possessed more incriminating evidence than the women did. Because of the raids, many hospitals stopped conducting therapeutic abortions.
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November 1999 - Clinton Waives Limits on US Aid to Family Planning Programs Abroad. President Clinton waived restrictions imposed by Congress in the federal budget on US aid to international family planning programs, including those that advocate abortion rights. The State Department will now have a greater latitude in dispensing about 400 million dollars for foreign aid to family planning. However, according to the deal, the waiver will result in a 3.5% cut in family planning funding and will put a $15 million limit on assistance that can be given to groups that perform or advocate abortions. November 30, 1999 New York Times
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Verizon Wireless intended to prevent an abortion rights group from using its network to send text messages to its members. (You. Then with breathtaking insouciance, the statement ends ... "Verizon Wireless is proud to provide services such as text messaging, which are being. Every Verizon Wireless phone comes with a free customizable text messaging
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The Court recognized the fact that poverty may make it difficult, or impossible, for some women to get an abortion, but the court argued that this poverty was not the fault of the state, and therefore not the state’s responsibility. This decision reinforced that just because a person is guaranteed certain rights by the constitution, the government will not necessarily help a person exercise those rights. This permits states to erect economic barriers to constitutionally protected rights based on politically motivated value judgments.
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