World Family Policy Center Newsletter
* News relative to protecting the family worldwide *
Volume
3 Issue 41 - November 2, 2004
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Quote of the Day: “One thing I know: they only ones among you who
will
be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to
serve.”
—Albert Schweitzer
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Today’s Contents:
A.
Featured Articles:
1. Bishop Attacks School Condom Plan
2. Anti-Gay Remarks Spark EU Row
3. Born in America, Adopted Abroad
4. Poll Finds Abortion Hurts Women
5. Imitating Mom May Build a Better
Conscience
6. California Poised to Pass Stem-cell
Measure
B.
Coming Events
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FEATURED
ARTICLES
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1. Bishop
Attacks School Condom Plan
Holyoke tries to stem teen
pregnancies
By David Abel
October 26, 2004
The Roman Catholic bishop of
Springfield protested yesterday the Holyoke School Committee's recent decision
to make condoms available to students in grades 6-12, arguing that the school
system is ''an endorser and an enabler of early adolescent sex."
''I am profoundly
disappointed and disturbed," Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell said in a
statement, contending that school officials are reducing sex to ''meaningless
self-gratification."
''This decision is, in
effect, a millstone around the necks of parents," he said.
Some members of the School
Committee, which approved the policy several weeks ago, said they had to act
because of the city's high teenage birth rate and high incidence of AIDS. It's
unclear how many school systems across the state make condoms available,
because the state Education Department doesn't track the policy, a department
spokeswoman said. At least one school system, Cambridge, makes condoms
available in school health clinics, according to the Massachusetts Association
of School Committees.
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2. Anti-Gay
Remarks Spark EU Row
Parliament challenges
conservative appointee Wednesday.
By Peter Ford
The Christian Science Monitor
PARIS – For a man belittled
months ago as an obscure weakling, Jose Manuel Barroso is stirring up a lot of
trouble.
By stubbornly defending the
appointment of an Italian minister who has criticized homosexuality and single
motherhood, the incoming European Commission president is locked in a power
struggle with the European Parliament that threatens to precipitate an institutional
crisis - and undermine his moves to push Europe to the right.
The trouble began when
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appointed Rocco Buttiglione to the
Commission. (Unlike other presidents, EU Commission chiefs do not pick their
cabinets; they merely assign jobs to commissioners named by their governments.)
As prospective commissioner
for justice, freedom and security, Mr. Buttiglione, a conservative Catholic,
and friend of the Pope, told a European parliament committee that he regarded
homosexuality as a sin, and marriage as an institution for women to have
children and enjoy the protection of a man.
To read entire article:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1027/p07s01-woeu.html
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3. Born in America, Adopted Abroad
African-American babies are
going to parents overseas even as US couples adopt children from other
countries
By Dawn Davenport
The Christian Science Monitor
October 27, 2004
Adrian Stokkeland, a
2-year-old in Canada, dances with his mom to the music of Elvis and sleeps with
his most treasured possession, a box of toy cars. Emma Sonnenschein, an
energetic 19-month-old in Germany, loves to "help" her mom around the
house. Elisa van Meurs, a 5-year-old in the Netherlands, is a real girly-girl.
Her favorite outfit is a Minnie Mouse dress, paired with a Snow White tiara and
pink Barbie shoes.
Adrian, Emma, and Elisa have
more in common than their charm and being the apple of their parents' eyes. All
are black children born in the United States and adopted as infants by parents
in other countries.
They also are representatives
of a little-known trend: At the same time the US is "importing"
increasing numbers of adoptive children from Russia, China, and Guatemala, it
is "exporting" black babies to be adopted in other countries.
To read entire article:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1027/p11s01-lifp.html
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4. Poll
Finds Abortion Hurts Women
by Keith Peters
Washington, D.C.,
correspondent
November 1, 2004
A new Wirthlin survey says
Americans know the truth about abortion — it almost always harms women.
A new Wirthlin Worldwide poll
finds most Americans believe abortion is almost always a bad thing for women —
and knowing someone who's had one doesn't change their minds.
Dorinda Bordlee, staff
counsel for Americans United for Life, the group that commissioned the survey,
said the results show that "the 30-year social experiment on women has
proven that abortion is not a great constitutional right that liberates
women."
"This has been
something," she said, "that has really exploited women."
To read entire article:
http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0034364.cfm
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5. Imitating
Mom May Build a Better Conscience
Saturday, October 30, 2004
By Jennifer Warner
Researchers found that
differences in how toddlers imitate their mothers can be related to how
developed their conscience is as preschoolers.
The study showed that
toddlers who enthusiastically imitate their mothers tend to develop a sense of
right and wrong sooner than those who don’t.
“Our results demonstrate a
clear link between toddler-age readiness to imitate and preschool-age
conscience,” write researcher David Forman of Concordia University, and
colleagues.
To read entire article:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137119,00.html
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6. California Poised to Pass Stem-cell
Measure
By Hil Anderson
United Press International
Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 1 (UPI)
-- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger all but declared victory Monday in the campaign
to pass a controversial ballot measure that, if it lives up to the tantalizing
promises of its promoters, will make California a leader in the development of
stem-cell research.
A newly released poll showed
California voters leaning strongly toward passage of Proposition 71, a $3
billion bond measure that would help bankroll stem-cell research, despite an
11th-hour counteroffensive out of the Beltway that called the proposal an
expensive boondoggle.
To read entire article:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041101-072129-6338r.htm
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COMING
EVENTS
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November
29-30, 2004
The Doha
International Conference for the Family
Doha, Qatar
The Doha International
Conference for the Family follows upon the
celebration of the
International Year of the Family and will be a
two-day conference in Doha,
Qatar, under the patronage of Her
Highness Sheikha Mouza Bint
Nasser Al-Misnad., Consort of His
Highness The Emir of Qatar
and President of Supreme Council for
Family Affairs, State of
Qatar.
The conference represents an
international assemblage, bringing
together international VIPs,
governmental and non-governmental
organizations (NGOs),
scholars, academicians, and civil society
leaders who will be invited
by the State of Qatar to participate in
a family conference. This conference will call upon all nations of
the world to restate the
principles related to family life embodied
in the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, and to adhere to
values and endeavor to
promote the role of the family as it is the
natural and fundamental group
unit of society and is entitled to
protection by society and
state.
To register online:
www.dicf.org.qa
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Note: The preceding article
excerpts are highlights of current events and
do not necessarily represent
the views of the World Family Policy Center
or Brigham Young University.
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