Reclaiming Our Children

Abortion Clinics and Waiting Room Men: Sociological Insights

Interesting:

Authors:

Arthur B. Shostak, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Drexel University (Phil. PA); Ross Koppel, Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania and Principal Investigator, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Perkins, Kenyon College

Sen. Hillary Rodman Clinton startled friends and foes alike when on Jan.24, 2005, at an event marking the 32nd anniversary of the High Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade, she urged opponents to find "common ground" to help prevent unwanted pregnancies and reduce abortions (a "sad, even tragic choice to many, many women"). (1) Ever since media attention to this possibility has been unusually high, though one revealing omission persists:  While one would not know this from media and social science neglect, about 600,000 men (male partners in ill-timed and unwanted pregnancies) accompanied a client to her abortion appointment last year (about half of all abortion-seeking women generally have a man sitting by in the clinic or doctor's waiting room).

In this paper we will explain why the presence of the waiting room males offers a remarkable opportunity to make rapid gains - common ground gains - in reducing the frequency and toll of abortions.  We will explore several intriguing sociological dimensions of the subject, and end by recommending policy changes we think worth support from both pro-Choice and even anti-Abortion activists.

read the rest here:http://www.menandabortion.com/articles.html#wait

Nurse suing Mt. Sinai over forced abortion needs our support

This is from my friend Tom Feranda blog..I thought it was important to pass on..

Please send her a word of support!

This woman, Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo needs our moral support.

NURSE 'FORCED' TO HELP ABORT - New York Post

The hospital even exaggerated the patient's condition and claimed the woman could die if the nurse, a devout Catholic, did not follow orders, the nurse alleges in a lawsuit.

"It felt like a horror film unfolding," said Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, 35, who claims she has had gruesome nightmares and hasn't been able to sleep since the May 24 incident

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Her pleas were rejected, and instead she was threatened with career-ending charges of insubordination and patient abandonment, according to the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court.

She is being aided by the pro-life Christian group, the Alliance Defense Fund, a group Alliance Defense Fund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   very unpopular with the ACLU.

One of our subscribers has been in contact with Mrs. Cenzon-DeCarlo, and what this lady and her husband needs are letters of encouragement. They have received hate mail and phone calls since the story was broken by the Post.

You can email a note to Cathy at adfmedia@telladf.org. Write the note to Cathy and it will be sent on to her.

If you would like to send by regular mail, here is the address:

Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo, Correspondence

Alliance Defense Fund

15100 North 90th St.

Scottsdale, AZ85260

Please take the time to send a note and say a prayer - this famiily is under tremendous pressure.

This woman, Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo needs our moral support.

NURSE 'FORCED' TO HELP ABORT - New York Post

The hospital even exaggerated the patient's condition and claimed the woman could die if the nurse, a devout Catholic, did not follow orders, the nurse alleges in a lawsuit.

"It felt like a horror film unfolding," said Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, 35, who claims she has had gruesome nightmares and hasn't been able to sleep since the May 24 incident

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Her pleas were rejected, and instead she was threatened with career-ending charges of insubordination and patient abandonment, according to the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court.

She is being aided by the pro-life Christian group, the Alliance Defense Fund, a group Alliance Defense Fund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   very unpopular with the ACLU.

One of our subscribers has been in contact with Mrs. Cenzon-DeCarlo, and what this lady and her husband needs are letters of encouragement. They have received hate mail and phone calls since the story was broken by the Post.

You can email a note to Cathy at adfmedia@telladf.org. Write the note to Cathy and it will be sent on to her.

If you would like to send by regular mail, here is the address:

Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo, Correspondence

Alliance Defense Fund

15100 North 90th St.

Scottsdale, AZ85260

Please take the time to send a note and say a prayer - this famiily is under tremendous pressure.

Heartbreaking

Of course they blame the lack of contraception :

China Performs 13 Million Abortions Yearly

(BEIJING) — China performs about 13 million abortions every year, mostly for single young women who experts say know little about contraception, state media said Thursday in a rare disclosure of sensitive family planning statistics.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1913626,00.html?iid=digg_share

Father Benedict Groeschel Tribute

Many of you may know Fr Benedict from his EWTN show "Sunday Night Live"
 http://www.ewtn.com/tv/prime_sunday.asp

This year marks the 50th anniversary of his ordination.
Father Benedict is, along with Chris Bell, the founder of Good Counsel Homes of which Lumina is a ministry. Please visit the link below if you would like to attend a mass in thanksgiving for Father's priesthood. There also is an opportunity to be part of a tribute book or give a donation in his name to continue the work of Good Counsel.

http://www.goodcounselhomes.org

Seek God first Not the results

Another insight during my retreat was "seek God first and not the results". W so often want to see the results of our prayers or the things we do. If we do not see results we tend to think God is not answering our prayers. I guess this pretty much goes along with our "I want it NOW" attitude..even with our dealing with our healing.

One of the things I found interesting was that Father Michael Sopocko the spiritual director of St Faustina, never got to see the fruits of the Divine Mercy message before he died. There was a ban on the message which was not lifted until 3 years after his death. http://thedivinemercy.org/message/sopocko/

Still, he stayed faithful to Gods will for him.

Something for all of us to think about.

New research backs abortion-breast cancer link

Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Jul 29, 2009 / 12:14 am (CNA).- A Turkish researcher has reported a statistically significant 66 percent increase in breast cancer risk among women who have had an abortion.

Dr. Vahit Ozmen and his colleagues at the Istanbul Medical Faculty and Magee-Women's hospital conducted a retrospective study in breast cancer risk factors which discovered the connection. Their study was published in the World Journal of Surgical Oncology, an open access, peer reviewed online medical journal.

The researchers also reviewed the contemporary literature on the possible abortion-breast cancer link, saying “the majority of the studies reported that induced abortion was associated with increased breast cancer risk
read the rest here: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=16692

Abortion - more harm than good

Abortion - more harm than good

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/28/2009 6:30:00 AM

A survey shows increased recognition of the harm of abortion.

The poll conducted by Marist College suggests that over half (53%) of the American public believes abortion does a woman more harm than good. Georgette Forney of Silent No More says that is because more hurting women are opening up to loved ones about their abortion experiences.
 
"We're the norm. We are women who have had abortions and then come to a place -- sometimes the day after, sometimes 20 years later, sometimes 30 years later -- when we realize that we didn't just have an abortion like you have your tonsils out, but that the abortion took the life of our child," she contends.
 
Forney says at that point women begin to deal with the grieving and the emotional scars abortion causes. She notes that sometimes the pain emerges in forms of detrimental behavior, alcohol and drug abuse, or even nightmares. She points to a feeling of never being able to atone for the guilt -- and recommends women in that situation visit her organization's website for help.
 
The Marist poll indicates that 26 percent of respondents believe an abortion improves a woman's life.

Quick Fix

As you know part of my time away was for my personal retreat which I attended with The Families of Nazareth Movement http://www.familiesofnazareth.us/ in Santa Barbara, CA at the Old Mission http://santabarbaramission.org/ .
The retreats are all based on the charism of the movement which comes from the books of S.C. Beila, and can be found here: http://inthearmsofmary.org/

We were blessed to have 4 priests direct the retreat including the North American Spiritual leader of the movement, Rev Jarek Zaniewski.

I will try to share some thoughts that impacted me over the next few days..here is the first, said by Fr Jarek:

"We need, not a quick fix, but the crucifix"

So often, as post abortive people we want to find a quick way out of the pain .
We want healing NOW.

In truth, healing is a crucifixion. A dying to ourselves and our ways in order to live with Christ and allow HIs healing love to transform us. Knowing Christs love gives us the courage to look at ourselves so we can understand what happened regarding our abortion decision.
We need to look at the "truth" of our sinfulness and well as the "truth" of God's great love for us.
It is only in the light of this tremendous love that we have the courage to change...

St Louis

Ou r "Hope and Healing "weekend retreat in St Louis went very well. It was a huge blessing for me to be there and meet the wonderful women who attended. Marisol Pfaff and Sister Catherine Marie were wonderful and their work with "Entering Canaan" is really taking off.  Please keep them in your prayers as well!

Here is a picture of some of the women (who of course are ok with being posted)
MArisol is the one on the left and Sr catherine second from right)
If you are post abortive and in the St Louis area, call them! http://stlprojectrachel.org/

Nurse forced to participate in abortion speaks out

I do not know who this women is, but I admire her courage and thank her for speaking out. Keep her in your prayers!

New York City, N.Y., Jul 28, 2009 / 05:12 am (CNA).- "It felt like a horror film unfolding," said Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, the Brooklyn nurse who says she was forced to aid an abortion against her will.  Now Cenzon-DeCarlo is speaking out, describing the terror she felt as she was asked to sacrifice her religious convictions for the sake of her job.

Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, a devout Catholic, says she has been having nightmares and difficulty sleeping ever since the incident took place on May 24, reports the New York Post.

        

"I couldn't believe that this could happen," Cenzon-DeCarlo told the Post, describing how she was threatened with charges of insubordination and patient abandonment, which could result in possible loss of a job and nursing license, if she did not participate in the abortion.

Although she was told that it was an emergency and the woman would die if she did not assist, Cenzon-DeCarlo observed that the woman had not received the treatments typically given to a patient whose life is in danger as the hospital claimed it was.

read the rest here: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=16679