Posts Tagged ‘Telemed abortions’
Are telabortions in compliance with the law?
By Tre Critelli In September of 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the marketing and use of mifepristone (brand name Mifeprex, but commonly known as RU-486) for the termination of early intrauterine pregnancy, which is defined as a pregnancy of 49 days or less counting from the last menstrual period. The FDA conditioned the distribution of…
Read MoreShould we turn Iowa into the abortion Mecca of America?
By Tom Quiner What a beautiful state, Iowa. Our soil is black and loaded with life. We feed the world. Our people are sensible, hard-working folks. There are no finer people in the world than Iowans. I’ve had the opportunity to travel the country over the years. Americans are great everywhere. But Iowans are always…
Read MoreVending machine abortions victimize women
By Jeane Bishop Four years ago I helped my daughter and her friend with their National History Day project. The 10 year old girls studied Dr. Nancy Hill, a pioneer female doctor in Iowa. The girls and I discovered that Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, (1821-1910) the first female physician in this country, became a doctor in…
Read MoreThe risks of a “vending-machine attitude” toward gynecological care
By Tom Quiner Maggie Dewitte is Executive Director for Iowans for L.I.F.E. She stood up before the Iowa Board of Medicine last Friday and read a statement prepared by Dr. Donna J. Harrison on the dangers of telabortions. Dr. Harrison is President of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (www.aaplog.org). Here are the takeaway…
Read More“I lied through my teeth”
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejm9KjnMHV4] The year was 1995. The partial-birth abortion debate raged. The Executive Director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers went on ABC’s Nightline. Ron Fitzsimmons said partial birth abortion, the procedure where the fetus’ skull is crushed and its brains suctioned, was only performed in situations to save the mother’s life.…
Read MoreWhy TeleMed abortions should be halted
By Tom Quiner I attended a rainy outdoors press conference this afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa, on a subject that will have national implications: TeleMed abortions. For the uninitiated, TeleMed abortions are abortions that take place without a doctor physically present. The doctor dispenses advice from afar via a computer screen. Planned Parenthood (PP) is…
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