A new global survey from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization shows that globally, the number of abortions has declined since 1995.
More interestingly, the study found that whether abortion is legal or not in a country, makes no difference abortion rates, and that nations where abortions are illegal have higher rates than nations where abortion is legal. Factors indicated that may help decrease abortion rates included increased accesability to contraceptives, poverty rates, and healthcare.
Given this information does it still make sense to vote for a politition who will veto bills to increase healthcare for children of low income families, support abstinence only sex education and would like to make abortions illegal in all cases?

Fun Game

From Free Press

worth watching

Burma Freedom Rally & Vigil

Hundreds of Monks and People Arrested and Killed

Sunday, Sept. 30th 4:30 to 5:30 pm

O’Donnell Park – Sun Burst Sculpture

East End of Wisconsin Ave. & Prospect Ave.

Hundreds of thousands of people, under the leadership of
Buddhist monks, have joined in national peaceful demonstrations
inside Burma, demanding a government that respects the will of the
people. The problem in Burma involves more than just these protests
that have happened in the past month – for decades the military
regime has maintained a steady strangulation of the country. Because

Imagine him outside your window:

To our friends in LSO:

On Tuesday Pope Benedict XVI issued an “Exhortation” summarizing several points of social interest.  The media has already seized upon several phrases in the Exhortation with the inevitable attending controversies.

We understand that our friends in LSO might find some of the perspectives taken by the Holy Father to be personally difficult.  The Catholic Student Association truly seeks to keep dialogue open and our lines of communication clear and compassionate.

A good post by Arianna Huffington about how the GOP is splitting. 

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America's top tier has grown infinitely richer and more removed over the past 25 years. It is not unfair to say that they are literally living in a different country. Few among them send their children to public schools; fewer still send their loved ones to fight our wars. They own most of our stocks, making the stock market an unreliable indicator of the economic health of working people. The top 1% now takes in an astounding 16% of national income, up from 8% in 1980. The tax codes protect them, just as they protect corporate America, through a vast system of loopholes.

Photo-caption contest winner; from HuffingtonPost