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Did You Know? 2005
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(12/13/2005) “Why do we not know the
country whose citizens we are? Because we have wandered so far away
that we have forgotten it. But the Lord Christ, the king of that
land, came down to us and drove forgetfulness from our hearts. God
took to Himself our flesh so that He might be our way back.”
Augustine
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(12/06/2005) “What are we to make of
Jesus Christ?… The real question is not what are we to make of
Christ, but what is He to make of us?” –C. S. Lewis
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(11/29/2005)
“On the matter of abortion in general, 54 percent of Americans
oppose either all or most abortions as thirty-nine percent of those
polled believe abortion should only be legal in a few rare
circumstances, such as rape, incest or to prevent the death of the
mother. Another 16 percent say abortion should never be legal. ….
The CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll was conducted November 11-13 and had a
margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.”
Source: “Gallup
Poll: Americans Oppose Abortions, Want Limit but No Ban,” by
Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com Editor, November 28, 2005.
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(11/22/2005)
Isolated arm movements begin about 7¼ to 8½ weeks after conception,
with isolated leg movements starting after the first 7¼ to 10½ weeks
of life. Backward head movements first occur from 7½ to 10½ weeks.
Source: “Science Sheds Light on Unborn
Human Life,” by John F. Cogan.
www.sfuhl.org
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(11/15/2005)
“From its inception, Planned Parenthood wanted the involvement of
the clergy to promote its message that Hispanic women are better off
by destroying their children, Rojas explained. Castuera joins a
long-list of misinformed Hispanics that buy into the message of
death.” [Raimundo Rojas is director of Hispanic outreach for the
National Right to Life Committee. Rev. Ignacio Castuera, senior
pastor of St. John’s United Methodist Church in the Watts area of
Los Angeles, was hired as Planned Parenthood’s chaplain in 2004.]
Source: “Christian Leaders Won’t Meet with Planned Parenthood
‘Chaplain,’” by Steven Ertelt, November 11, 2005.
www.lifenews.com/nat1792.html
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(11/08/2005)
“The author of a new study claiming abortion is less likely to cause
women depression than carrying a pregnancy to term is an abortion
advocate who once participated in a web site to try to refute
pro-life arguments against abortion. Nancy Felipe Russo, professor
in psychology at Arizona State University, was the lead author of
the study, which appears in a recent publication of the British
Medical Journal.” Source: “Abortion
Advocate Was Lead Author of Disputed Depression Study,” by Steven
Ertelt, October 31, 2005,
www.lifenews.com.
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(11/01/2005)
By the time a woman confirms that she is pregnant, at five weeks,
the baby is already 1/3 inch tall, with a steadily beating heart, a
developing brain and nervous system.
Source: “What They Never Told You About the
Facts of Life” brochure. published by the Human Development Resource
Council, Inc., Norcross, GA. 2001
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(10/25/2005)
“A VCU [Virginia Commonwealth University] Life Sciences Survey was
conducted by telephone … from Sept. 14 through Sept. 29. When asked
which types of stem-cell research offered the greatest promise for
discovering new treatments for disease, … 44 percent named adult
stem cells, just 14 percent said embryonic stem cell research … and
only 7 percent said both types hold equal promise.”
Source:
“Poll: Americans
Think Adult Stem Cell Research Shows Better Promise,” by Steven
Ertelt, October 24, 2005.
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(10/18/2005)
“Single parenthood and poverty are about as closely related as you
can get.” (David Popenoe, co-director of the National Marriage
Project at Rutgers University)
Source: “Men Waiting Too Long to Marry, Says Census,” October 13,
2005,
www.newsmax.com
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(10/11/2005)
The first brain waves can be detected during the 6th week of
pregnancy.
Source: “What They Never Told You About the
Facts of Life” brochure. published by the Human Development Resource
Council, Inc., Norcross, GA. 2001
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(10/04/2005) The annual Lifewatch
Worship Service will be held on Monday, January 23, 2006 at 9:30 am
in the Simpson Chapel of the United Methodist Building in
Washington, DC. Later the same day, following the “March for Life,”
the Lifewatch board holds its business meeting at 3:00 pm in the
United Methodist Building. All are invited to attend.
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(9/27/2005)
“China’s family planning agency admitted that officials in the
eastern province of Shandong had carried out forced abortions and
sterilizations, state media reported. …. Beijing introduced its
controversial one-child policy more than 25 years ago…. The policy
makes it illegal for urban couples to have more than one child but
allows rural couples to have a second child if their first is a
daughter. ”Source:
“China admits forced abortion, sterilizations in eastern province,”
Yahoo! News, Sept. 19, 2005.
http://news.yahoo.com
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(9/20/2005)
“Like toddler and adolescent, the terms embryo and fetus … refer to
… humans at particular stages of development. Fetus is a Latin word
variously translated “offspring,” “young one,” or “little child.”
It’s scientifically inaccurate to say a human embryo or a fetus is
not a human being simply because he’s at an earlier stage of
development than an infant. This is like saying that a toddler isn’t
a human being because he’s not yet an adolescent.”
Source: Randy Alcorn,
Why Pro-Life? Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers, Multnomah
Publisher, Inc., Sisters, OR, c.2004, p.33. ISBN #1-59052-369-5
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(9/13/2005) “If you read
Roe and
Doe [Roe
v Wade and Doe v
Bolton], you may be surprised to see how little they
have to say about protecting women, and how much they have to do
with protecting doctors.”
Source: “From Culture
Wars to Building a Culture of Life,” by Mary Ann Glendon,
The Cost of “Choice” – Women Evaluate the Impact of Abortion,
edited by Erika Bachiochi, Encounter Books, San Francisco, CA, c.
2004, p.7.
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(9/06/2005) “I’ll always be a part of
you. Trust your soul, know it’s always true. If I could talk, I’d
say to you, ‘Can I live? Can I live?’”
Source: “Can I Live?” chorus. Rap song by Nick Cannon
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(8/30/2005)
“Two of five authors of an article published in [The Journal of the
American Medical Association] on Wednesday saying that fetuses
probably cannot feel pain before the 29th week of pregnancy did not
tell the journal that they had abortion-related activities that
might be seen as a conflict of interest…. …. One author, Susan J.
Lee, a medical student, is also a lawyer who for eight months from
1999 to 2000 worked in the legal department at Naral, an abortion
rights group. Another author, Dr. Eleanor A. Drey, performs
abortions and is medical director of an abortion clinic.”
Source: “Study
Authors Didn’t Report Abortion Ties” by Denise Grady, The New
York Times, August 26, 2005.
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(8/23/2005) By the
7th week of the pregnancy, the embryo begins to move spontaneously.
Source: “The First Nine Months” brochure,
published by Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO., c.1990.
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(8/16/2005) “A new
CBS News poll finds a majority of Americans oppose abortions in all
or most circumstances. The poll follows on the recent surveys
showing most Americans believe abortions should either be illegal or
happen in a very limited set of circumstances. …. While 53 percent
took a pro-life position opposing all or most abortions, some 68
percent of those CBS News polled said abortion should be more
restricted than it is now.”
Source: “Majority
of Americans Oppose Most Abortions, CBS News Poll Shows,” by
Steven Ertelt, August 11, 2005.
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(8/9/2005) “When she got pregnant, the joy
[April Thompson] wanted to share with her employer quickly turned
sour when, she said, her boss demanded that she get an abortion or
risk losing her job. Thompson’s attorney, Ed Buckley, said the woman
was eventually fired … for refusing to get the abortion.”
Source: “Firm
ordered abortion, ex-employee says,” The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Aug. 4, 2005
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(8/2/2005) An embryo, or a new human,
comes into existence when a zygote is produced at fertilization by
the combination of a sperm with an ovum. Most major organs and organ
systems are formed during the embryonic period. The mother may not
be aware of her pregnancy during this critical period, especially in
the third and fourth weeks when the embryo is quite vulnerable.
Source: “Science Sheds Light on Unborn Human Life,” by John F.
Cogan. www.sfuhl.org
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(7/26/2005) The Lifewatch office will
be closed for about a week because we are moving on July 27.
Effective July 28, the new mailing address will be:
Lifewatch/TUMAS
P. O. Box 306
Cottleville, MO 63338
The new phone number will be 636-294-2344.
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(7/19/2005) “I had an abortion at 17
and it was the worst thing I ever did. I would never recommend it to
anyone because it comes back to haunt you.”
Source: Sharon Osbourne (wife of Ozzy), “London Daily Mail,” Dec.
18, 2004.
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(7/12/2005)
“The annual meetings of six regional Conferences of the United
Methodist Church have adopted significant resolutions to address the
denomination’s response to the serious problem of abortion.” The
Florida, North Georgia, Arkansas, Illinois Great Rivers, and North
Indiana Annual Conferences passed legislation dealing with
post-abortion healing, and the Louisiana Conference resolved to
“reflect prayerfully on whether agencies of our Church should
continue their membership in the Religious Coalition for
Reproductive Choice.”
Source: “Good
News: Annual Conferences Pass UMAction Resolutions,” by John
Lomperis, July 5, 2005.
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(7/5/2005)
“Hundreds of scientists who back embryonic stem cell research are
meeting in California to discuss the current state of the
controversial research are admitting they’ve not made much progress
and losing millions in trying to perfect it. …. James Thomson, the
Wisconsin biologist who was the first to isolate embryonic stem
cells also admits they have been oversold.”
Source: “Scientists at Embryonic Stem Cell Research Mtg. Admit
Failures,” by Steven Ertelt, June 23, 2005,
www.lifenews.com/bio1052.html
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(6/28/2005)
By the 8th week of pregnancy, the developing life is now called a
fetus–Latin for “young one” or “offspring.” Everything is now
present that will be found in a fully developed adult. Only time to
grow is needed.
Source: “The First Nine Months” brochure, published by Focus on the
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(6/21/2005)
“A new Gallup poll shows the public is split on the issue of
embryonic stem cell research…. …. Approximately 6 in 10 Americans
(58%) say they are following the debate very or somewhat closely.
Another 27% are following it ‘not too closely,’ while just 15% are
not following it at all.”
Source: “Poll: Republicans Oppose Embryonic Stem Cell Research,
Public Split,” by Steven Ertelt, May 26, 2005.
www.lifenews.com/bio994.html
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(6/14/2005)
“The annual meetings of three regional conferences of the United
Methodist Church have adopted significant resolutions on abortion.
…. The resolution passed by the Florida Conference … commended to
local church leaders the addition by the 2004 General Conference of
a new paragraph to the denomination’s Social Principles. …. …the
North Indiana Conference overwhelmingly passed a similar resolution.
…. Meeting June 5-8, the Louisiana Conference passed a resolution
that noted serious concerns about the Religious Coalition for
Reproductive Choice (RCRC).” Source:
“Good News: Annual Conferences Pass UMAction Resolutions,” by
John Lomperis, June 14, 2005.
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(6/7/2005)
“’Operation Outcry addresses the women’s rights aspect of the
pro-abortion dogma and contrasts their ideas with our actual
experience. …. We are women who have attempted suicides, lived out
lies and … who have received forgiveness and healing in Jesus
Christ. And now we are women speaking the truth that abortion
‘rights’ advocates do not want to hear, namely, that abortion hurts
women’” [says Caron Strong].
Source: ”Actress Caron Strong Helps Lead
Post-Abortion Outreach Group,” by Matt Abbott, June 6, 2005,
www.lifenews.com/nat1364.html
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(5/31/2005) By 9 weeks after conception, all
the structures necessary for pain sensation are functioning; the
unborn baby feels pain for the first time.
Source: “What They Never Told You About the Facts
of Life” brochure. Published by the Human Development Resource
Council, Inc., Norcross, GA. 2001
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(5/24/2005) “As a vote nears in
Congress on legislation that would authorize the use of taxpayer dollars to pay
for unproven embryonic stem cell research, momentum is building around an
alternative bill that would promote the use of adult stem cells. …. Adult stem
cells can be obtained from the blood…. ‘The best kept medical secret has been
that thousands have been successfully treated with cord blood stem cells for
more than 67 diseases including Leukemia and Sickle Cell Anemia,’ [Rep. Chris]
Smith [said]. …. Pro-life House members should be urged to support ‘the Chris
Smith cord blood bill’ as an ethical alternative to the embryo-killing research
promoted by H.R. 810….” Source: “Adult Stem Cell Research Bill Gains Momentum as House Vote
Nears,” by Steven Ertelt, May 23, 2005.
www.lifenews.com/bio976.html
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(5/17/2005) “…. We commit our
church to continue to provide nurturing ministries to those who terminate a
pregnancy, to those in the midst of a crisis pregnancy, and to those who give
birth. We particularly encourage the Church, the government, and social service
agencies to support and facilitate the option of adoption.”
Source: “Social Principles,”
paragraph 161J, 2004 Book of Discipline, page 102.
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(5/10/2005) “According
to a new poll of the American public, both pro-life activists and
abortion advocates strongly support laws that allow parents to be
involved when their teenage daughter is considering an abortion. ….
Some 78 percent of those polled favor parental notification laws and
72 percent support parental consent laws. …. Even those polled who
favor legalized abortion still say parents should be allowed to know
about their daughters’ major medical decisions like an abortion.”
Source: “Poll: Seventy Percent
Support Parental Involvement on Abortion,” by Steven Ertelt, April
27, 2005.
www.lifenews.com/nat1308.html
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(5/3/2005) “Women who have had
an abortion appear to have an increased risk of having a very
preterm infant in future pregnancies, French researchers report in
the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology....The
investigators conclude that induced abortion ‘increases the risk of
preterm births, particularly extremely preterm deliveries.’”
Source:
“Abortions Tied to Subsequent Preterm Delivery,” by David
Douglas, Reuters Health Information, April 27, 2005.
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(4/26/2005) “Women who are
experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserve to experience
unplanned joy.”
Source: Patricia Heaton, actress
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(4/19/2005) By the fifth month of
pregnancy, the baby may jump/startle in response to a loud noise.
Source: “Making an Informed Decision About Your Pregnancy”
brochure, published by Frontlines Publishing, Grand Rapids, MI.
1994.
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(4/12/2005) A Wirthlin Worldwide
poll taken the night of the last presidential election (11/2/04) found that
abortion was a major issue in how people voted. Forty-two percent of respondents
said that abortion affected the way they voted. Of those for whom abortion was
an issue, 56% voted for President Bush, and 36% voted for John Kerry.
Source:
Wirthlin Poll, 11/2/04.
www.nrlc.org/Post/OSteen110404.html
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(4/5/2005) The “General Board of Church and Society” and the
“General Board of Global Ministries, Women’s Division” are among the member
organizations of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC).
Source:
www.rcrc.org/about/members/index.htm
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(3/29/2005) “A new human being is conceived when a sperm
fertilizes an egg. The sperm has 23 chromosomes and so does the egg. But the
fertilized egg has 46, half from each parent, and is genetically unique. These
46 chromosomes, which are fixed at conception, establish the child’s sex and are
a blueprint for how it will develop, both during pregnancy and after birth.”
Source: “Science Sheds
Light on Unborn Human Life,” by John F. Cogan.
www.sfuhl.org
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(3/22/2005) “The press has the facts wrong, they have
consistently used the wrong language, and there is a repeated effort in all that
you read and here in the media an urgency to sway the American people that Terri
is somehow less than human.” (Raimundo Rojas, Hispanic outreach director for
the National Right to Life Committee)
Source: “Media
Bias in Terri Schiavo Case at Extreme Levels in AP, Reuters
Reports,” by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com, March 21, 2005.
www.lifenews.com
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(3/15/2005) “In a historic
pro-life victory, the United Nations has called on all nations of the world to
ban all forms of human cloning. The Declaration adopted by the General Assembly
… urges countries to ‘prohibit all forms of human cloning inasmuch as they are
incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life.’ …. 84
countries voted in favor of the Declaration, while only 34 voted against it.”
Source: Catholic Family &
Human Rights Institute, March 11, 2005, Vol. 8. No. 12,
www.c-fam.org
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(3/8/2005) Blood vessels begin to form
about 13-18 days after fertilization. On about the 20th day, the
foundation of the brain, the spinal cord, and the entire nervous
system is established.
Source: “Science Sheds Light on Unborn
Human Life,” by John F. Cogan. www.sfuhl.org
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(3/1/2005) “The United
Nations on Friday [February 18] adopted a resolution asking all governments
around the world to ban all forms of human cloning. …. The international
group’s legal committee voted 71 to 35 with 43 abstentions to adopt the
non-binding proposal sponsored by Honduras and backed by the United States. The
measure now goes to the full 191 nation assembly, which is expected to approve
it. ”Source: “United
Nations Adopts Resolution Encouraging Human Cloning Ban,” by Steven Ertelt,
February 19, 2005,
www.lifenews.com .
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(02/22/05) “I plead with all that
I am for the Supreme Court to take Roe v. Wade and reverse it.
”Source: Norma McCorvey—aka Jane Roe—in Jan. 18,
2005 statement asking the US Supreme court to vacate (reverse) the decision
named after her.
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(02/15/05) By
week 9 of the woman’s pregnancy, all internal organs are present and
functioning in the unborn baby.
Source: “Making an Informed Decision About
Your Pregnancy” brochure. published by Frontlines Publishing, Grand
Rapids, MI. 1994.
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(02/08/05) “A frozen embryo destroyed in a Chicago fertility
clinic was a human being whose parents are entitled to file a wrongful-death
lawsuit, a Cook County judge ruled Friday. Attorneys on both sides of the
abortion issue said it was the first such ruling they had heard of as the
country debates whether stem cells derived from embryos can be used in research
and medicine.” Source: “Destroyed embryo deemed human,” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 5, 2005,
www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-egg05.html
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(02/01/05) “Can
there be any doubt that there is silence and passivity about
abortion in our Church? How often is a sermon about abortion or an
educational forum on abortion offered in our congregations? How many
congregations are involved in supporting crisis pregnancy centers in
their communities or offering tangible support to women with
unwanted pregnancies? …. I am a bishop, not a philosopher or a
politician. I do not profess to understand all the complexities
involved in the philosophical debates about when a human being
becomes a ‘person.’ ….Yet I can feel. ….What I feel is revulsion at
the moral horror that is abortion. …. In our time and place, in our
own Christian communion, we who are United Methodists also have a
responsibility to live according to our first rule, which is to do
no harm. Do no harm to the unborn! Do no harm to the witness of the
Church as a peaceable people! Do no harm to the Gospel of peace!”
Source: Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker, Lifewatch
Worship Service, January 24, 2005. Full text of sermon may be found
at
www.ird-renew.org.
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(1/18/05) On Monday, January 24,
2005, the 32nd annual March for
Life will be held in Washington, DC. Florida Bishop Timothy W.
Whitaker will preach at the Lifewatch Service of Worship at 9:30 am in the
United Methodist Building (immediately next door to the United States Supreme
Court). Lifewatch supporters will carry a banner in the march. Afterwards, the
Annual Lifewatch Board Meeting will be held in the United Methodist Building at
3:00 pm. Anyone in town for the March for
Life is invited to join United Methodists as we do our part to bring
the plight of unborn children and their mothers to the public’s attention.
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(1/11/05)
Both the upper and lower lips are forming early in the sixth
week after conception. The beginnings of the eyelids and the fingers
are also forming during the sixth week. By the sixth to seventh
weeks after conception, the heart is contracting 40-80 times each
minute. Source: “Science Sheds Light
on Unborn Human Life,” by John F. Cogan.
www.sfuhl.org
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(1/4/05) “A new report from the
Centers for Disease Control shows abstinence-only education is working as fewer
teens are having sex and that the age in which young people begin having sex is
on the rise. Teen pregnancy rates are also on the decline. …. In fact, the
report shows that abstinence education has been so successful that the total
number of teens abstaining from sex before marriage nearly achieves 2010 targets
previously set. Source: “New CDC Report Shows
Abstinence Education Works, Pregnancy Rates Lower,” by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com, December 13, 2004.
www.lifenews.com/nat1038.html
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