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Home The Sadness of Life After Abortion    FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS Recently I read an article about the effects of abortion, which included "post abortion syndrome." Could you please explain what that is? Post Abortion Syndrome (PAS) falls under the category of "post-traumatic stress disorder." The American Psychiatric Association (APA) defines a post-traumatic stress disorder occurring when "the person has experienced an event that is outside the range of usual human experience that would be markedly distressing to almost anyone." Clearly, abortion, the direct killing of an innocent human life, fits this definition. Consequently, the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical...

A Fort Huachuca soldier honors the memory of Chief Warrant Officer Christopher G. Nason at a Wednesday memorial service at the Main Post Chapel. Nason, the first post soldier to die in Iraq, was symbolically present by a pair of boots, rifle, helmet and identification tags. (Mark Levy-Herald/Review) FORT HUACHUCA -- A pair of boots, a rifle, a helmet and a set of identification tags were placed in the front of the Main Post Chapel Wednesday representing Chief Warrant Officer Christopher G. Nason. In a combination religious and military memorial ceremony, Nason, the first Fort Huachuca soldier to die...

RELEASED GUANTANAMO PRISONERS TELL OF DESPAIR AND ISOLATION... DEVELOPING...

Sex, sadness and suicide by Rebecca Hagelin Even those TV viewers who consider themselves big fans of the teen soaps – "Beverly Hills 90210," "Party of Five" and the now-defunct "Dawson's Creek" – must have realized that something about the way those shows depicted sex just didn't ring true. The "cool" kids, the kids everyone wanted to be like, were the ones who "did it." Supposedly, they were tough enough and strong enough to have sex and then walk away. They were able to "do it" for "its" sake. They didn't have to get involved in the maw of personal...

LONDON - Yusuf Islam, formerly known as pop singer Cat Stevens (news), has recorded two songs to express his opposition to a U.S.-led war on Iraq.

http://www.readme.biz The spoken word is of Yitzhak Rabin (B'M). The former and assasinated Prime Minister of Israel who said that the Likud Party is afraid of peace etc. and he also says that certain things will not happen (while the pics show otherwise). Very powerful and sad presentation. The theme and final wording at the end is that the country of Israel is bleeding because of the adventures of the left in peace. We must not let the left get to power again.