Dexter, MI (LifeNews.com)—After almost a decade of success bringing the pro-life message to Southeast Michigan through the initiative of youth, Pinckney Pro-Life (PPL) is taking its message of hope across the nation under a new name - Impact73.org. “This change in name and logo stems from PPL’s longstanding goal of sharing our message with a wider audience,” PPL Director Kathy Hastings told LifeNews.com. Impact73.org refers to the group’s mission to impact changes in the hearts and minds of Americans in the aftermath of the 1973 court case of Roe v. Wade by empowering youth to build a culture of life. While many pro-life organizations work in the political arena, Impact73.org’s goal is to directly reach the “Roe v. Wade” generation. It is the belief of Impact73.org staff and supporters that it is people under the age of 35 that are going to end abortion. Impact73.org franchises PPL’s three largest projects - Project Lifeboard; LIFEtalks; and participation in the annual March for Life in Washington D.C. Experiencing significant success with these projects, PPL has already been able to duplicate that success in many areas including Nashville, Tennessee where eight Lifeboard billboards have gone up in high-traffic areas. Rachel’s Vineyard, an organization that assists post-abortive men and women, and crisis pregnancy hotlines frequently report that they receive calls from people who have seen the Lifeboards and that these people want help and information.
Because the Komen ‘Race for the Cure’ organization is a documented funder and partner of Planned Parenthood, click here for documentation, you may wish to familiarize yourself with these alternative agencies which work to prevent breast cancer without violating the sanctity of human life.
Breast Cancer Prevention Institute: Founded by Joel Brind, Ph.D. and Angela Lanfranchi, M.D.; a leader in the study of the link between abortion / contraceptives and breast cancer; 1-86-NO CANCER (1-866-622-6237); http://www.bcpinstitute.org
The Polycarp Research Institute: A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and disseminating high-quality research designed to enhance the physical, psychological and spiritual condition of mankind; 717-732-4904; http://www.polycarp.org
Coalition on Abortion / Breast Cancer: A leading international women’s organization that provides education and information on abortion as a risk factor for breast cancer; 877-803-0102; http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com.
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by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
July 15, 2009
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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com)—Dutch researchers say unborn children may have their short-term memory formed at 30 weeks into the pregnancy. The research provides yet another amazing revelation into the development of unborn children before birth, and another reason to adamantly oppose abortion.
Dr. Jan G. Nijhuis, director of the Centre for Genetics, Reproduction and Child Health at Maastricht University Medical Centre in Holland is behind the new research.
He and his team published their findings in the July/August issue of Child Development.
“This is the next step into a better insight in the development of the fetal central nervous system,” he told HealthDailyNews. “We aim to develop an ‘intra-uterine neurologic examination,’ which could then be used in fetuses at risk.”
In the research, the Netherlands scientists surveyed 93 pregnant women and they measured the responses from unborn children to repeated “vibroacoustic” stimulation.
“We used a vibroacoustic stimulator, which leads to a combined stimulus of vibration and sound,” Nijhuis told HDN. “The stimuli were applied to the maternal abdomen above the fetal legs for a period of one second every 30 seconds. We counted the number of stimuli after which the fetus does not respond anymore.”
When the unborn baby no longer responds to the audio stimulus, the child is referred to as “habituated”—in other words, they consider the sounds safe.
Researchers consider that a form of learning, where unborn children are aware of potential danger and recognize the sounds as something that will not harm them.
Dr. Richard O. Jones, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, responded to the study.
“I’m almost certain the baby heard it quite clearly and it was probably pretty loud,” he said.
“I almost wish I could do an ultrasound looking at the baby while they were making these loud noises. I would not be at all surprised to see the baby putting its hands over its ears,” he added.
Research has gone back as far as 1925, HDN indicates, with some studies involving car horns and electric toothbrushes. The unborn children involved in the study heard the sounds at 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38 weeks’ gestation.
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