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		<title>News the Public Needs to Know</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2010/02/04/news-the-public-needs-to-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Purity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post published two articles this week that bolsters the pro-life side of the argument in two areas: abstinence and end-of-life issues.
The first article appeared on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 regarding a recently published study on abstinence-only education programs. Researchers conducted a study between 2001-2004 that had four groups of children involved. Here&#8217;s an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=647&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LCMS and the 2010 March for Life</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2010/01/24/2010-march-for-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I participated in my 9th March for Life in Washington DC last week. It was a great day to be in the nation&#8217;s capital to show our legislators that we want them to pass laws that defend human life (or correct ones that don&#8217;t). After hearing from pro-life legislators from the Senate and the House, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=640&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forced Abortion in China</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2009/12/14/forced-abortion-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[China; Chuck Colson; Breakpoint; force abortions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written before about abortion in China, but click here to read (or hear) today&#8217;s Chuck Colson Breakpoint message about the testimony of a Chinese woman who was forced to have an abortion.
Here is an excerpt from that message:
A Chinese woman called Wujian—not her real name—recently testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=634&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quality Indicators for People with Dementia</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/05/quality-indicators-for-people-with-dementia/</link>
		<comments>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/05/quality-indicators-for-people-with-dementia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boehner amendment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something new for pro-life Americans to be concerned with that showed up in the manager’s amendment to H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act; click here to download a copy.
A new section was added that should cause everyone to question where this so-called “health care reform bill” is heading. The new section is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=616&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biofuels and Health Care</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/04/biofuels-and-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/04/biofuels-and-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[biofuel producer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 3962]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The manager&#8217;s amendment to H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act was released last night; click here to download a copy.
After a quick review, I have not seen any changes to the parts of H.R. 3962 that deal with abortion. Therefore, tax-payer funded abortions and all the other concerns I have highlighted remain in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=603&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Plans Forced to Provide Assisted Suicide Counseling</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/04/health-plans-forced-to-provide-assisted-suicide-counseling/</link>
		<comments>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/04/health-plans-forced-to-provide-assisted-suicide-counseling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://speaking4life.com/?p=596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another little gem found in H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act involves the requirement for your health insurance plan to provide and pay for assisted suicide counseling.
Section 240 requires that all companies offering a qualified health benefits plan to “provide for the dissemination of information related to end-of-life planning to individuals seeking enrollment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=596&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forced to Buy Health Insurance?</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/04/forced-to-buy-health-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/04/forced-to-buy-health-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[income tax surcharge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Revenue Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Section 501]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://speaking4life.com/?p=579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, includes this little gem:
Section 501 will amend Part VIII of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. If a taxpayer is not enrolled in a Health Insurance Exchange qualified health benefits plan at any time during the taxable year, then he will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=579&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HR 3962 &#8211; Tax Surcharge on High Income Earners</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/03/hr-3962-tax-surcharge-on-high-income-earners/</link>
		<comments>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/03/hr-3962-tax-surcharge-on-high-income-earners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maybe It's Just Me, But...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 3962]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income tax surcharge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[public health insurance option]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://speaking4life.com/?p=586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent most of the past four days reading and re-reading sections of H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act and have come across some surprising details. Click here to download a PDF version of the bill.
For example, Section 551 will amend Part VIII of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=586&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Tax-Payer Funded Abortion Prohibited by H.R. 3962?</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/02/is-tax-payer-funded-abortion-prohibited-by-h-r-3962/</link>
		<comments>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/02/is-tax-payer-funded-abortion-prohibited-by-h-r-3962/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maybe It's Just Me, But...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 3200]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hyde amendment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://speaking4life.com/?p=577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On October 29, 2009, the House of Representatives introduced H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act. This is the reconciled bill between the competing bills introduced in the House over the summer, including H.R. 3200. Supporters of H.R. 3962 claim that there is a provision that states tax-payer funded abortions will not be allowed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=577&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The VA&#8217;s &#8220;Your Life, Your Choices&#8221; Document</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/01/the-vas-your-life-your-choices-document/</link>
		<comments>http://speaking4life.com/2009/11/01/the-vas-your-life-your-choices-document/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maybe It's Just Me, But...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advance directives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[end-of-life decisions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In all the hullabaloo regarding H.R. 3200 over the summer, one document that was regarded as an example of how the government would treat end-of-life decisions was the Veterans Affairs&#8217; document Your Life, Your Choices: Planning for Future Medical Decisions.
I had previously written on the LCMS World Relief and Human Care website that this document [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=565&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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