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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2010
First there was the Pill, then Plan B (the “morning-after” pill). Now, meet Ella. Approved by the FDA today, this drug prevents pregnancies up to five days after intercourse. Which also means, in lay terms, that it also acts as an abortifacient. I wonder what’s next. So far, we have drugs that contracept/abort one day [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2010
In what should come as no surprise, the US resumed its trend of following Europe in a declining fertility rate. A portion of “Table 1″ is provided above. From the report: The 2008 preliminary estimate of the total fertility rate (TFR)) was 2085.5 births per 1,000 women–2% ower than the rate in 2007 (2,122.5) (Table [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010
In the Let’s Start Encouraging Young Folks to Marry and Procreate Sooner department, we have this from The London Telegraph: The new research by the Univeristy of St Andrews and Edinburgh University is the first to colate the actual decline of the “ovarian reserve” – the potential number of eggs women are born with – [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 2nd, 2009
In a marked departure from the Bush administration mandate, the National Institutes of Health today authorized the use of embryonic stem cell lines taken from “leftover” frozen embryos at two infertility clinics. Note that these embryos were originally conceived to become living children of their parent/donors; now under the Obama administration such “leftovers” can be [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2009
From Baptist Press: When ACP information is examined against research conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, it is evident that demographic changes in our country have been the major shaping force of our membership numbers, not outdated methodologies nor a generation gap in the leadership of our churches and institutions. . . The data show [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2009
Biopolitical Times is reporting about Florida-based Proactive Family Solutions‘ travel-to-India-to-donate-your-eggs program. Notes the PFS site: Egg donors are usually compensated thousands of dollars for their time and effort relating to their egg donation. Proactive Family Solutions program is unique. In addition to monetary compensation, we give our donors a free trip to India where the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7th, 2009
At Science Progress, Marcy Darnovsky, associate executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society argues that in this age of OctoMom, The fertility industry’s professional societies offer a potential avenue for self-regulation of the field, but their existing recommendations are too often ignored. Other countries regulate assisted reproduction to protect the well-being of all [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
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