ENDEAVOUR FORUM NEWSLETTER No. 127, JULY 2007
IMPORTANT COMING EVENTS - MARK YOUR DIARY
Endeavour Forum Inc. Luncheon
In honour of Most Reverend Bishop Peter J. Elliott
12 noon on Saturday, 28th July 2007 at St. Patrick's Hall, Rogers St., Mentone Vic. 3194.
Welcome: Rev. Fr. John Walshe, Parish Priest,
St. Patrick’s, Mentone.
Introduction by Mrs. Anna Krohn,
Tutor, John Paul ll Institute for Marriage & Family
All welcome, $12 per head. RSVP Essential:
Mrs. Prue Oldham, (03) 9583 6835 or
Mrs. Margaret Butts, (03) 9589 5039.
Prayer
Matthew 18: 5 - 6 - 7. "Who receives a little child in My name receives Me. But who shall offend one ofthese little ones it were better for him that a mill stone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of these offences".
Society offends our children and our youth with the promotion of drink, drugs, sex and the replacement of God with sport.
We pray Heavenly Father for a revival of moral standards and for men and women in positions of authority who will set a moral standard, censor TV and other sources of immorality. We pray in Jesus Name knowing this is Your Will.
Amnesty International Adopts Secret Pro-Abortion Policy, "Not to be made public". Even opposes U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold partial birth abortion ban
By Gudrun Schultz, LifeSiteNews.com
Amnesty International has adopted a new policy supporting a "right" to abortion, a move which the organization is attempting to keep secret from the public, according to reports by First Things and Consistent Life. Ryan T. Anderson, writing for First Things, reported on a buried policy statement he unearthed from the members-only, restricted-content page of AI's US website. The policy outlined AI's new position on Sexual and Reproductive Rights that "includes support for abortion."
While the document claims AI would support abortion only in "particular circumstances," in effect the goals of the new position would support abortion on demand. Although AI denies that they are now supporting abortion as a human right, Anderson states that is simply not true.
AI even states that they oppose the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the partial birth abortion ban. "AI therefore opposes the provision of the federal law upheld by the Court in Carhart that imposes fines and up to two years in prison for doctors who perform particular types of abortions." Officials with the organization have made a significant attempt to keep the new policy secret. A letter by Karen Schneider, chair of AI’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights Working Group states “This policy will not be made public at this time.”
Member Organisation, World Council for Life and Family
NGO in Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC of the UN