http://www.prolife.org.ph Prolife en http://www.prolife.org.ph/article/view/1186/ MANILA, Philippines - Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Manila will simultaneously toll their bells on Friday evening to protest the Reproductive Health bill now pending in Congress. An article posted on Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) website quoted Manila Auxiliary Bishop Bernardino Cortez as saying the simultaneous bell ringing at 6 p.m. on Friday expresses the Catholics' firm belief in life and commitment to stand up for life. http://www.prolife.org.ph/article/view/1185/ By Hilary White GLASGOW, Scotland, The work of the Church to protect the unborn, to assist "frightened young" pregnant women and to help to "secure a better standard of living and greater opportunities for the poor," far from being mutually exclusive, are closely interrelated works that cannot be separated from each other, according to the Catholic bishop of Motherwell. http://www.prolife.org.ph/article/view/1184/ "Natural Family Planning Awareness Week" highlights positive reasons for Church teaching on artificial birth control and offers healthy alternative By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., A new campaign promoting the benefits of a non-contraceptive method of planning families is underway from the US Catholic Bishops, who are trying to make Christians aware about how couples can space births in a natural way that enriches married love. http://www.prolife.org.ph/article/view/1183/ By Jenna Murphy PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA, This past Friday, a law mandating that South Dakota's physicians tell all women seeking an abortion that they are "terminating the life of a whole separate, unique living human being" went into effect. http://www.prolife.org.ph/article/view/1182/ MANILA, Reproductive Health bills pending in the legislature would weaken the Filipino family, a former ambassador said. http://www.prolife.org.ph/article/view/1181/ DAVAO CITY, If the youth is the hope of the motherland, then this premise was the reason why the Catholic Campus Ministry of Davao (CCMD) urged the young people of Davao to take a brave stand against anti-life policies. http://www.prolife.org.ph/article/view/1180/ This statement focuses on population policy in the context of poverty alleviation goals of the country. The main contention is the fact that population control measures are not effective in bringing down birth rates. The statement abstains from contentious debates relating to women's rights, health issues, pro-life vs. pro-choice polemic, the religious stance, environmental impact, eugenics and nativism. Those important debates, which should be reserved for separate fora, do not directly relate http://www.prolife.org.ph/article/view/1179/ Anna attempted abortion two times on her baby. The first time, she took abortifacient pills. When her tummy continued to grow, she went to an abortion clinic for a D and C. Still the baby in her womb developed so she decided to go on with the pregnancy. One of her turning points in her decision to go on with her pregnancy was when she went for check-up after the D and C in order to see if the baby was still there. Lo and behold, the technician had her look into the monitor to take a peek at http://www.prolife.org.ph/article/view/1178/ By John-Henry Westen SYDNEY, In his address to the hundreds of thousands of youth who welcomed him at Barangaroo, Sydney Harbour today, Pope Benedict XVI issued one of the strongest challenges he has yet made to work for the right to life of unborn children. "How can it be that the most wondrous and sacred human space - the womb - has become a place of unutterable violence?" he said. http://www.prolife.org.ph/article/view/1177/ Organization accuses United Nations of complicity in "genocide" against Mexicans By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MEXICO CITY, Members of Mexico's National Pro-Life Committee held a protest recently outside the offices of the United Nations in response to the organization's continuing support for abortion in Mexico and worldwide.