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		<title>My First Magazine Byline</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2010/03/12/my-first-magazine-byline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maybe It's Just Me, But...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 March for Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lutheran Witness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I dislike self-promotion, but I just have to do this.  
I got my first magazine byline!
I wrote a short piece for the Lutheran Witness, the official magazine of the Lutheran Church&#8211;Missouri Synod. The article is a reflection on the 2010 March For Life and was in the printed magazine (March 2010 issue, no pun [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=666&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What are the Girl Scouts Supporting?</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2010/03/12/what-are-the-girl-scouts-supporting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A disturbing news item was recently published by the Catholic Family &#38; Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) about the activities of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). It would appear that WAGGGS worked in cooperation with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) to distribute a brochure entitled &#8220;Healthy, Happy and Hot&#8221; at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=655&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Apologies</title>
		<link>http://speaking4life.com/2010/03/11/my-apologies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maybe It's Just Me, But...]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gentle Reader,
I wanted to apologize for not writing more often. The past year (2009) has been one of those years that I wish could be erased from my memory. This year (2010) has not been much better (so far).
Through personal trials and tribulations, my thoughts have often wandered to you, gentle reader, and if you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speaking4life.com&blog=6665483&post=653&subd=lifetruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maybe It's Just Me, But...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Purity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persistent vegetative state]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maybe It's Just Me, But...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March for Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington DC]]></category>

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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>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maybe It's Just Me, But...]]></category>
		<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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:21:40 +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[Boehner amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dementia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 3962]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care rationing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality indicators]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maybe It's Just Me, But...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel producer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 3962]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manager's amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Section 555]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[assisted dying]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[death with dignity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euthanasia]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 3962]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income tax surcharge]]></category>
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		<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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