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          ABORTION/PARENTAL NOTIFICATION

                                               
 
 

Did you know that in Connecticut a fourteen year-old girl needs her parents permission to legally obtain a body piercing or take medication at school, but can obtain an abortion without them even being aware of it? 
 
 

    Rep. T.R. Rowe Speaks on Parental Notification for Abortions  

     May 4, 2010 - Representative T.R. Rowe makes the point on the floor of the House that the law requires   parents be involved when their children get piercings, or in the case of a proposed bill, refuse to dissect frogs in school... but not when they choose to get an abortion.Watch the video below. 

     Click here to find out more information on Parental Notification laws.


 
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             CHURCH TEACHING AGAINST ABORTION CONSTANT THROUGH CENTURIES
To help end confusion caused by recent misrepresentations of Catholic Church teaching on abortion, the U.S. bishops’ Committee
on Pro-Life Activities has issued a two-page fact sheet called “Respect for Unborn Human Life: The Church’s Constant Teaching.”
 

   
Special Notice
    October, 2009 - Connecticut Catholic Conference releases 
       "The State of Abortion In Connecticut - Second Annual Report" 
 
      

                                      Pro-Life Attitude Growing in U.S.

 
May 28, 2010 - Shift to Pro-life: The "New Normal"  - A new poll shows more people are pro-life. 

January 21 , 2008 - NUMBER OF ABORTIONS DOWN  - A new report on the number of abortions in the United States is gratifying to those in the pro-life movement. read the article below.

Time Article on how both sides see the decline in the numbers - 2008 
 
Another Topic --- Abortion Reduction Legislation - Let the Taxpayers Beware!, by Susan E. Wills,
  United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
 
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