Archive for February, 2013

Medical Matters, The Effects of Light on the Menstrual Cycle

By Joy DeFelice, RN, BSN, PHN

“As different as night and day” is an expression we’ve all used. But that distinction has become blurred over generations by ever increasing sources and length of light. As a result, many women do not experience a true nighttime anymore. They are in, or surrounded by, light 24 hours a day.
Since the Fall of 1976, we have consistently observed that the presence of light during the woman’s major sleep period can affect one or more phases of her menstrual cycle. This will be seen in the woman’s charted pattern, and also applies in determining breastfeeding and pre-menopausal Basic Infertile Patterns. (more…)

Smart phones and “Truth Booths” combine to show the humanity of unborn children

by Dave Andrusko
Source: LifeSiteNews

A smile that changes a heart

A smile that changes a heart

 

(National Right to Life News) – A colleague at National Right to Life recently emailed me a photo of an ad that appeared in her local newspaper. It was titled, “Reflections: the Ultimate Prenatal Experience” and was about 3d and 4D ultrasounds.

This was separate from, but instantly reminded me of, what are known as “Truth Booth” about which we have written twice in NRL News Today. (See “Mall Kiosks Ideal for Continual Pro-life Education,”  and “Smart Phones Provide Mobile Tool to Help Women Choose Life.“)

Truth Booths are unmanned kiosks showing ultrasound images of the developing unborn child in the womb. Millions have already seen them at malls, community fairs, schools and other public and private venues throughout the United States and Canada. (more…)

10 Good Reasons to Give up Contraception for Lent


BY J.Q. Tomanek

Source: ignitumtoday.com

  1. She is not sick.  Stop jacking your wife up on hormones.
  2. Freedom.  It is dumb to let a little pill control your wife.
  3. All.  Nothing says “I love you” better than actions that say “I desire your complete goodness, fertility included.”
  4. Counter-culture.  Planned Parenthood will think you are crazy; this is a good thing.
  5. Adventure.  So many pay lots of money for extreme experiences like Tough Mudders or sky diving; natural bio-tracking encourages looking at life as an adventure inside your own home.
  6. Self-control.  Tough?  Yes.  Impossible?  No.  You are more than the sum of your sexual urges.
  7. Humility.  Trust me, when you are fighting the urge to abuse yourself, you realize how weak you may be and how much you need grace.
  8. Common sense.  A stomach digests.  Lungs help you breath.  The tongue tastes and helps you speak.  The marital act is designed for unity AND procreation; it is not rocket science to know this.
  9. Fulfilled.  Yea, you know that emptiness is-this-all-there-is-to-sex feeling after contracepted un-intercourse?  It goes away over time when you re-familiarize yourself with the mystery of the human person and how sex is such a great gift when shared completely and totally free.
  10. Obedience.  The Church says it is wrong.  Why take advice from some old white guy in Rome?  Well, he leans on 2000 years of history, a global mindset, and is the Vicar of Christ.  I might ask you, “Why take the advice from some MTV sex symbol that thinks he knows better than 2000 years of tradition?”

The Rescuing Hug

This is an amazing story of twin baby girls. One baby was not expected to live.
A hospital nurse fought to put them in the same incubator. The stronger baby wrapped her arm around her sister, and her touch allowed the struggling baby’s heart to stabilize and her temperature to return to normal.

The People-Haters Are At It Again

By Steven W. Mosher


In the UK he is a household name. He has
done a beautiful series of documentaries for BBC on
the world’s wildlife. He was even knighted by the
Queen.
And he is a bona-fide, certified, take-noprisoners
people hater.
The hater in question, Sir David
Attenborough, made the news last week by
comparing the human race (that is, you and me) to a
plague on the planet. Going even further, he
predicted that disaster would befall us within the
next half-century unless something is done to stop
our reckless reproduction. (more…)