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"Where abortion is hidden, abortion is tolerated."

LEGISLATION ENSURES ABORTION PROVIDERS FOLLOW RULES

KUAM - June 18, 2015

...while the decision to follow through with a pregnancy is up to the mother of the unborn child, the law dictates that the mother be given the opportunity to make an informed decision - a law that abortion providers are allegedly not following.

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ELECTION 2014

Voting Guides

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TIM ROHR WITH RAY GIBSON ON K57

October 30, 2014, on the Esperansa list of pro-life candidates here

ESPERANSA RAISES $10,160

to pay for the printing of the "printed materials" required by the Informed Consent law.

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SENATOR RESPICIO: THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE

Just in case you were thinking of voting for him again, readhere.

RESPICIO RIDES AGAIN

Just when you thought he was on our side.

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SESSION AGENDA

Bills 193 and 195 are on the agenda for the Legislative Session beginning Tuesday, 10/29.

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READ

"Kaitlyn's Story" - a Guam abortion story with a happy ending.

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NEWS

The strange testimony of Drs. Bordallo and Bez on Bill 195-32

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PUBLIC HEARING ON BILL 168-33. MAY 4, 2016, 2PM. LEGISLATURE PUBLIC HEARING ROOM.

Bill 168 introduced by Sen. Frank Aguon Jr. and substituted by the author provides an enforcement provision to abortion-reporting laws and increases penalties for noncompliance.

BILL WOULD TOUGHEN ABORTION PENALTIES - PDN - Sep. 08, 2015

Sen. Frank Aguon Jr., D-Yona, last week introduced a measure meant to impose harsher penalties on abortion providers that don’t comply with a section of Guam’s abortion-reporting law. Link

ABORTION LAW NOT BEING FOLLOWED

PNC News - June 17, 2015

The Guam Memorial Hospital says physicians have yet to report the number of pamphlets that were shown to women prior to an abortion.

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May 6, 2016

Report: Chamorro women account for 61 percent of abortions on Guam

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June 21, 2015

Abortion reports criticized

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Jan. 21, 2017

Abortion law toughened

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Aug 28, 2016

Pesch: Looking at Guam's abortion laws

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Feb. 26, 2017

Guam abortions up nearly 10%

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Feb. 25, 2017

Historical abortion statistics, Guam

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June 27, 2017

Guam abortion reporting requirements may conflict with federal privacy laws

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Esperansa's answer

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MORE ABOUT THE UNCLAIMED FETUSES

On June 26, the PDN ran a story about the Mass and burial for 12 unclaimed human fetuses reportedly retrieved from the GMH morgue, and reportedly (from the information received from the Director of Public Health) were the result of miscarriages.

The next day, a story was posted at JungleWatch.info calling into question the claim that all the fetuses were the result of miscarriages, noting that GMH policy discourages "technological support" and recommending only "palliative care" for babies born as late as 27 weeks and weighing less than 750 grams, whereas premature babies in other places, born as early as 21 weeks, are being saved.

It appears from today's story that the PDN decided to do a little digging and found the following:

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RESPONSE TO PDN EDITORIAL, JUNE 28, 2017

In "Our View: Repeal abortion law that violates patients' rights" (Pacific Daily News, June 28), the PDN editorial staff begins with this:

A law passed late last year that requires women, prior to an abortion, to certify on a government checklist they have received information regarding the health risks of abortion must be repealed.

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SOME ACTUAL FACTS ABOUT GUAM'S ABORTION REPORTING LAW

The following is from a just released PDN story:

Sen. Frank B. Aguon Jr., D-Yona, who wrote the law, asked whether Public Health verifies compliance with the abortion law, particularly the requirement that printed materials be made available to patients prior to the abortion, and that a checklist is completed, certifying that the patient received the information. The printed materials provide information about the development of the fetus and about alternatives to abortion.

"We have not verified whether the law is being followed, as there may be issues related to HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)," Public Health Director James W. Gillan said in a response letter to Aguon. CONTINUED

See the updated summary of The Esperansa Project's legislative efforts to regulate the abortion industry on Guam and better protect the unborn and their mother.

2016 ABORTION REPORT

With the recent introduction of The Unborn Child Protection Act of 2018 in Guam's Legislature this past week, Guam has entered into the most controversial area of abortion legislation yet: pain-capable abortion limits. CONTINUED

LATEST NEWS

Please go to www.EsperansaProject.blogspot.com for the most current posts.

ROE DOESN'T SAY THAT

In opposing the current legislation banning abortions after 20 weeks gestation, Attorney Anita Arriola argued:

"The decision to continue or end a pregnancy is one that must be made by a woman in consultation with those she trusts - not by the government of Guam.

The United States Supreme Court has long recognized as much in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113,163-64 (1973), the Court held that: (1) a state may never ban abortion prior to fetal viability-that is, before the fetus has reasonable likelihood of sustained survival outside the woman’s body; and (2) a state many ban abortion after viability only if there are adequate exceptions to protect a woman’s life and health."

Arriola references pages 163-164 of Roe...CONTINUED

GUAM DOCTOR DEFINES HUMANITY OF THE UNBORN

HelpThemBoth.org reports that Dr. Annie Bordallo, a well known local OB/GYN, at a public hearing relative to banning abortions on Guam after 20 weeks, said the following:

"The procedure itself involves, the procedure that Dr. Freeman does, involves an injection of medication into the amniotic fluid that stops the baby's heart. The patient is then given medication that puts her into labor and she delivers a stillborn fetus."

While Dr. Bordallo posited the above in opposition to the legislation (Bill 232-34), pro-life advocates could not have asked for more!

In declaring this, Dr. Bordallo has affirmed:

1. The object is a "baby" (not just a tissue mass).
2. The "baby" has a heart and it is beating.
3. The "baby" is capable of feeling pain (otherwise there would be no need to stop his or her heart, and even though she argues that the baby "most likely" does not feel pain until the 29th week).
4. Stopping "the baby's heart" kills a human being (since the "baby" is not a baby elephant).

As all of this was said at a public hearing, it has been officially read into the record, and can be used to support a different version of the bill (should this one stumble), and all abortion regulation going forward.

Dr. Bordallo's, April 10 declaration, essentially confirms the humanity of the "object" of abortion, and in doing so, lays out the real question before us as a civilized society:

When, and by what means, is it moral, licit, legal, and humane, for one human being to kill another?

Our answer to this question, via this legislation, will define us.

NEWS STORIES

Abortion bill draws mixed comments

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New bill would further restrict ability to have abortions on Guam

Group seeks signatures in support of anti-abortion bill

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S "GREATEST SELF-INFLICTED WOUND"

ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS

- Summary of Key Abortion Cases here
- 13 Worst Supreme Court Decisions here

Doe v Bolton (summary-condensed) here
- Bill stirs debate over Roe v Wade here
- Two extreme anti-abortion measures take aim at Roe v Wade here
- State polices on later abortions (as of 5/18) here
- An overview of abortion laws (as of 5/18) here
- Roe doesn't say that (Rohr) here

FORCED ABORTION

See the report Forced Abortion in America.

FACTS

on abortion-related deaths

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ADOPT

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READ

2015 Abortion Report Press Release

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KNOW

the facts about abortion on Guam

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LEARN

about the abortion methods used on Guam

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READ

Congresswoman Bordallo and Abortion in Obamacare

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LISTEN K57:

9.19.13 Why the informed consent for abortion law has yet to be implemented nearly one year after being signed into law. link

NEWS!

9.19.13 November 6 will mark one year since P.L. 235, requiring informed consent for abortion was signed into law. Find out why and what is being done about it here.

Go here for full report.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND LETTERS

NEWS!

9.24.13 KUAM news story on Bill 193-32, amending the informed consent law to allow for its full implementation

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NEWS!

9.26.13 Tim Rohr with Ray Gibson on Bill 195-31, Infant Child's Right to Life Act

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NEWS!

9.25.13 Senator Aguon introduces "Born Alive" legislation. Read our newsletter

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NEWS!