Saturday, November 15, 2008

Americans United for Life has Petition Against FOCA

Americans United for Life is a large Pro-Life organization that has been gathering signatures for a petition against the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). According to the AUL website:

FOCA will do away with state laws on parental involvement, on partial birth abortion, and on all other protections.
FOCA will compel taxpayer funding of abortions.
FOCA will force faith-based hospitals and healthcare facilities to perform abortions

Right now the Petition is nearing 150,000 signatures.

In addition to the above listed abortion related issues, FOCA would set a new precedent for federal usurpation of legislative ability from individual states.

Sign the PETITION here
Americans United for Life (AUL) website

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Surgeon Charged with Killing Patient for Organs

Ruben Navarro, a 25 year old terminally ill patient and potential organ donor who had been unconscious, stopped breathing on his own on January 29, 2006. He was put on a respirator, but February 3, Dr. Roozrokh's staff removed the respirator - claiming that this was hospital policy after a patient receives 5 days of life support without signs of recovery. When Ruben continued to live, Dr. Roozrokh is charged with attempting to induce "cardiac death". After reportedly telling his nurses, "Let's just give him some more candy," Dr. Roozrokh had high doses of morphine and Ativan administered to Ruben. Ruben's heart continued to beat, yet his organs were deemed unusable and he died several hours later.

Full story from LifeSite News