By Denise J. Hunnell, MD, a former Converging Roads participant: Are there significant consequences when doctors and nurses provide health care that violates their moral or professional principles? The APPROPRICUS study, results of which were reported in the December 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), suggests that the inability of physicians to practice medicine in accord with their personal ethical standards leaves them professionally dissatisfied and clinically less effective. Read more at www.tinyurl.com/conscience-rights
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Violating Conscience Rights of Medical Professionals
January 11th, 2012
Abortion by zip code
December 28th, 2011
Rev. John A. Leies, SM, STD, a previous presenter for Converging Roads conferences, reveals an interesting discovery about why abortions were low in certain zip codes according to a study done in a New York City. You will be delightfully surprised: http://www.satodayscatholic.com/Leies_110411.aspx
Hearing the Heart of a Child
December 28th, 2011
Our Associate Director, Arland Nichols, reflects on joy of hearing the heartbeat of a child in the womb: http://tinyurl.com/hearing-the-heart-of-a-child
Honoring Veterans: Reflections from a Soldier’s Wife
November 11th, 2011
Every time we see one, she yells it – “Daddy’s flag!” I did not teach my daughter to refer to our country’s flag as Daddy’s flag. Read more at http://tinyurl.com/DaddysFlag
Waiting, groaning for new life
November 7th, 2011
Below is an article by our Director, Chris Stravitsch, which gives encouragement to expectant parents as they wait and groan for the gift of new life:
Her Fireman Died: Reflecting on the Value of Human Life
October 24th, 2011
Read a reflection by our Director published by Life News:
Denise Burke, JD, of AUL in Washington Times
October 5th, 2011
Denise Burke, JD, Vice President of Legal Affairs for Americans United for Life, will be one of our presenters at our spring 2012 regional conference. You can read a recent article she wrote for the Washington Times in the ongoing fight against Planned Parenthood.
Unraveling the Ideology of IOM and HHS
September 28th, 2011
Americans were promised objectivity, but received a Planned Parenthood ideology instead. Arland Nichol’s article published in The Public Discourse reveals how the HHS mandate on contraception was based on insufficient research: http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/09/4031
Teach the True Meaning of Human Sexuality
September 27th, 2011
Read our Director’s recent article titled, “Parents, Get in the Game: Teach the True Meaning of Human Sexuality” posted on HLI America’s Truth and Charity forum:
Betrayal or Integrity? The Choice is Yours
February 11th, 2011
Our Associate Director, Arland Nichols, has recently published an article with New Oxford Review titled, “Betrayal or Integrity? The Choice is Yours”. View a portion of the text here: http://www.newoxfordreview.org/article.jsp?did=1210-nichols
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