Weekly Briefing

Dangerous MAP Ads Threaten Public Health

March 26, 2004 Volume 6 / Number 12 Dear Colleague: On February 20, 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it would delay for 90 days its decision to approve over-the-counter (OTC) status of the morning-after pill (MAP). The FDA said it needed more

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The Morning-After Pill and Abortion

March 19, 2004 Volume 6 / Number 11 Dear Colleague: In rejecting Plan B’s application to approve the morning-after abortion pill (MAP) for over-the-counter (OTC) distribution, the FDA should also designate this chemical as an abortion drug.  The medical establishment, which has abandoned the science

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World Congress of Families

Dear Colleague: PRI is a proud co-sponsor of this year’s World Congress of Families (III), which takes place on March 29-31, 2004, in Mexico City, Mexico. This is the world’s largest conference of pro-family leaders and grass-roots activists, bar none. More than 2,000 family activists

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‘Emergency Contraception’ and the Dangers to Adolescents

March 5, 2004 Volume 6 / Number 9 Dear Colleague: Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) delayed until May its decision on Women’s Capital Corporation’s application for over-the-counter (OTC) status for the morning-after pill, so-called emergency contraception (EC). In order to educate

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The Dangers of the Morning-After Pill | Taking Plan B Too Much

Updated January 3, 2020 In the mid-nineties, the World Health Organization (WHO) began to realize that increased access to routine methods of contraception led to increased rates of abortion. So a new method of post-coital “contraception” was zealously sought and promoted: the morning-after pill.1 WHO

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About F.A.C.E: Forced Abortions Now Legal In the U.S.

February 27, 2004 Volume 6/ Number 8 Dear Colleague: A federal court has ruled that an abortionist can perform an abortion on a woman even if she does not want one, setting a dangerous precedent for forced abortion in America. Warning: The following report contains

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Power Grab by USAID

February 20, 2004 Volume 6/ Number 7 Dear Colleague: President Bush’s African AIDS Initiative has been turned on its head. Designed to promote abstinence-only programs and with a conscience clause to protect religious organizations from secular bias, it has now been totally absorbed by USAID.

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A Letter to President Bush: Stop USAID’s Promotion of Abortion

February 13, 2004 Volume 6/ Number 6 Dear Colleague: Ten pro-life members of the Peruvian Congress have charged, based on rock-solid evidence, that USAID supported efforts in Peru to legalize surgical abortion in that country. USAID/Peru has gone into paroxysms of denial, while USAID Administrator

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President Bush Supports Children

February 6, 2004 Volume 6/ Number 5 Dear Colleague: There’s good news from the Bush White House for parents with children. President Bush has urged Congress to make permanent his $1,000 per-child tax credit. Strengthening the economy by strengthening families is the right way go.

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USAID Promotes Abortion in Peru

January 29, 2004 Volume 6/ Number 4 Dear Colleague: President Bush spoke forcefully at the 22 January March for Life about the “real progress we’ve made toward building a culture of life in America.” He called particular attention to his “refus(al) to spend taxpayers’ money

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World Congress of Families

Dear Colleague: PRI is a proud co-sponsor of this year’s World Congress of Families (III), which takes place on March 29-31, 2004, in Mexico City,

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Power Grab by USAID

February 20, 2004 Volume 6/ Number 7 Dear Colleague: President Bush’s African AIDS Initiative has been turned on its head. Designed to promote abstinence-only programs

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