Are You a CIS Male or CIS Female?

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The title may be confusing, but you are one or the other–or maybe one of the 56 other “gender identities.”

If you have a Facebook account, and are uncertain of your gender, you can now choose from one of 58 gender identities–another check mark for gay activists, as far as their movement is concerned.

Of course, the issue is much larger than recognizing 58 different types of “gender.” Tying gender to anything other than biology complicates society and carries a number of unintended consequences, as we’ve written about in the past.

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Abortion Decline the Result of Contraceptive Use? Not So Fast.

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Two weeks ago, the Guttmacher Institute released a study examining why the abortion rate in America is the lowest it’s been since 1973. The study specifically examined the abortion decline from 2008-2011, which came immediately before a nationwide surge in pro-life legislation.

Guttmacher concluded,

“With abortion rates falling in almost all states, our study did not find evidence that the national decline in abortions during this period was the result of new state abortion restrictions. We also found no evidence that the decline was linked to a drop in the number of abortion providers during this period…Rather, the decline in abortions coincided with a steep national drop in overall pregnancy and birth rates. Contraceptive use improved during this period, as more women and couples were using highly effective long-acting reversible contraceptive methods, such as the IUD. Moreover, the recent recession led many women and couples to want to avoid or delay pregnancy and childbearing.”

Now, it certainly is well established that our national birth rate is not as high as it used to be, and it’s no secret contraceptive use is increasingly common. However, Guttmacher’s assertion is, more or less, that people who would have had abortions in years past are now simply avoiding pregnancy altogether.

We decided to test that hypothesis by looking at the abortion and birth rates for Arkansas. The results are not as simple as Guttmacher would have us believe. (more…)

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Former Planned Parenthood Employee Does Tell-All Interview

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A former Planned Parenthood employee has done a tell-all interview about her experiences working for the nation’s largest abortion provider.

Marianne Anderson, formerly a nurse at Indiana’s largest abortion facility, told The Criterion, 

“It was a money-grubbing, evil, very sad, sad place to work…I was always getting in trouble for talking too long to the girls, asking if they were sure they wanted to do this.

“You have to have so many [abortions] a month to stay open….In our meetings they’d tell us, ‘If abortions are down, you could get sent home early and not get as many hours.’”

Anderson also said the doctor performing the abortions was rude to patients, and that she often saw women and girls pressured into having abortions.

“This guy brought in a Korean girl. I had no doubt in my mind this girl was a sex slave. This guy would not leave her side. They could barely communicate. He wanted to make all the arrangements.

“During the ultrasound, she told one of the nurses that there were lots of girls in the house, and that the man hits them. She never came back for the abortion. I always wondered what happened to her. One of my co-workers said, ‘You’re better off to just let it go.’”

You can read Marianne Anderson’s full interview here.

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