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Opinion Piece Examines Abortion-Rights Opponents' Response To Connection Between Recession, Abortion
In response to recent news reports from Reuters, the Associated Press and other media outlets tying the recession to an increase in demand for abortion, the antiabortion-rights community is arguing that women are "choosing their own material comfort over the life of their unborn children" -- an interpretation that is "wrong on several accounts" -- Double X contributor Anna Murphy Paul writes in an opinion piece."No one wants her most intimate decisions to be driven by money," but, at the same time, "opting not to have a child you can"t afford to raise can be a realistic and responsible -- if painful -- choice, one often based on taking good care of the kids you already have" Murphy Paul says. She continues, "Nor is the intrusion of economic concerns on childbearing a phenomenon of this recession, or even the loosening of sexual mores over the past half-century; historically, financial hardship has been an ever-present motivation for ending a pregnancy."Murphy Paul cites the results of a 2005 Guttmacher Institute survey that found that nearly three-fourths of respondents said that the reason they decided to have an abortion was that they "could not afford a baby right now," which was the second-most common reason. The report found that the top reason for having an abortion was that children would interfere with women"s education, work or ability to care for dependents, all "concerns that are also largely economic in nature," Murphy Paul writes. She notes that at the time the study was published, "the Dow was still riding high, and the housing bubble seemed it would never pop." Murphy Paul adds that a 1987 Guttmacher survey on the same subject produced results "almost identical" to the 2005 survey.However, "to hear the pro-life activists tell it, women aren"t really struggling with difficult choices -- they just don"t want to give up the luxuries to which they"ve become accustomed," Murphy Paul writes. Abortion-rights opponents promote offers of counseling and no-cost infant supplies provided through "pregnancy re centers" to support women who choose not to have an abortion, but such centers often provide misleading information or offer little assistance beyond the first few months after birth, she says."Pro-life activists are surely right about one thing: It"s tremendously sad when a woman decides that she can"t bring into the world a child whom under better circumstances she would have welcomed," Murphy Paul continues. However, the "harsh rhetoric about selfishness and irresponsibility help far less than an acknowledgement of -- and lasting aid with -- the true costs of raising a child," she writes. According to Murphy Paul, in "the absence of such help, the most responsible act is to face economic reality head-on. For some women, that may mean abortion" (Murphy Paul, Double X, 5/15).
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Stem Cell Scientists First To Be Awarded Victoria-California Collaborative Grants To Drive Stem Cell Research Forwards

committee member (1993-2000) and Chairman of the UK Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (1999-2000), and as an elected member of the committee of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Scientists of Great Britain (2000-2001). Professor Pouton was elected a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists in 2003. Since moving to Monash University, Professor Pouton has established a research group focused on pharmaceutical applications of stem cell biology in collaboration with his MIPS colleague, Dr John Haynes. Professor Pouton has supervised 38 completed PhD students and is the author of 70 peer-reviewed publications. He has received over $7 million of independent research funds, including a current $1.8 million grant from Pfizer Inc. to investigate low molecular weight inducers of differentiation in mouse embryonic stem cells. BACKGROUND: About the Australian Stem Cell Centre The Australian Stem Cell Centre is Australia"s Biotechnology Centre of Excellence. The ASCC was selected in 2002, in a competitive bid process, as Australia"s Biotechnology Centre of Excellence (BCE), to capitalise on Australia"s significant strengths in the general field of stem cell research. The Centre provides a unique opportunity for stem cell researchers to deliver outcomes that will benefit the wider Australian biotechnology industry and ultimately contribute innovative solutions to human health challenges. The Centre was established with the financial and in-kind support of institutions ("Stakeholders"). The current voting Members, who retain ultimate oversight of the Centre, are: Monash University, University of Queensland, Florey Neuroscience Institutes and University of Adelaide. The additional Stakeholder institutes are: University of Melbourne, Baker IDI, Murdoch Children"s Research Institute, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute and Mater Medical Research Institute. The ASCC is governed by a Board of Directors with independent scientific oversight and support from an eminent Scientific Advisory Board. Total funding of $100 million has been awarded to the ASCC by the Australian Government and is administered by the Australian Research Council and the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. The funding is provided in instalments from 2002 to 2011. To complement Australian Government funding, the State Government of Victoria"s Science Technology and Innovation program awarded the Australian Stem Cell Centre a further $11 million to support some key infrastructure in Victoria. Together the ASCC and partnering organisations support a critical mass of Australian stem cell research that is internationally competitive. The ASCC currently funds research at leading institutes and universities in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales with the major clusters of activity centred in Victoria and Queensland. By providing stem cell specific funding, the Centre in its first seven years of operation has supported in excess of 200 researchers, more than 70 students in over 30 research projects across Australia. About Monash University Monash University is one of Australia"s finest universities, and is recognised as a global centre of biomedical and health research. As a member of the "Group of Eight" universities that between them undertake over 70 per cent of the research conducted in Australia"s 39 universities, Monash"s capabilities and achievements have resulted in the University gaining a formidable reputation - a remarkable achievement for an institution with a history extending for only 51 years. Over 700 researchers operate within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, not including the significant research contributions made by the Monash Institute for Medical Research, the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute and a proliferation of research being undertaken in conjunction with our clinical schools and other partner organisations in Australia and worldwide. A clear mission to improve public health and the human condition on the widest scale permeates both the Faculty"s and the University"s vision and research objectives. Monash is also respected for its excellence in healthcare education, consistently ranked in the top 50 universities in the world, and in the top four universities in Australia, by the Times Higher Education Supplement. Monash consistently receives the highest amount of performance-based funding from the Australian Government of any university in Australia, in recognition of its teaching and learning excellence in health disciplines. From the time of its formation, Monash University has maintained a strong international focus, and can claim to be Australia"s most international university with its own campuses in Malaysia and South Africa, and a centre at Prato in Italy. About 30 per cent of the University"s students come from 130 different countries. Together with research collaborations with leading universities all over the world, this results in an international approach that helps to build cultural understanding and mutual respect - essential for peace and security through the challenging times of the 21st century. About Florey Neuroscience Institutes Florey Neuroscience Institutes (FNI) is the largest brain research group in the Southern Hemisphere and the sixth largest neuroscience facility in the world. FNI is made up of the Howard Florey Institute, the Brain Research Institute and the National Stroke Research Institute. With more than 500 research and support staff on two campuses, FNI scientists are searching for cures to the complex, debilitating and sometimes life threatening brain disorders that affect three million Australians. Through our clinical and basic research facilities in Parkville and Heidelberg, Victoria, we are investigating Parkinson"s, Huntington"s and Motor Neuron diseases. We are world leaders in Stroke and Epilepsy and brain imaging research and have exceptional teams working on Multiple Sclerosis, addiction and traumatic brain and spinal cord injury among others. Florey Neuroscience Institutes

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