CNES
is proudly pro-life
Recent
Events
• Walk for Life West
Coast 2012
• Bioethics Symposium 2011
•
CNES member and student nurse wins scholarship
• CNES joins the 2011 "Walk
for Life West Coast" in San Francisco
• Fall Gala
raises funds for CNES mission
• CNES
co-sponsors "Consequences of the Bio-Medical Revolution"
•
CNES joins the 2010 "Walk for Life West Coast"
in San Francisco
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2012
Walk for Life West Coast
CNES members
and friends joined 50,000 others in San Francisco for the 2012
Walk for Life West Coast. The eighth annual event coincided
with the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
Enjoy photos,
videos and press coverage of the event at http://walkforlifewc.blogspot.com/
2011 Bioethics Symposium
Our November
Symposium featured world renowned speakers, and we felt blessed
to have them take time out of their busy, professional lives
to join us.
• Neurologist, psychiatrist and bioethicist Vincent Fortanasce
M.D.
•
Ob/Gyn Mary L. Davenport M.D.
•
Attorney James A. Rainboldt, Esq.
•
Chief of Neurology at Olive-View-UCLA D. Alan Shewmom,
M.D.
•
Executive Director of CALIF (Communities Actively Living
Independent & Free)
Lillibeth E. Navarro B.A., B.S., M.A.
•
Public policy and communications advisor Brian Johnston
• Ob/Gyn
Patrick J. Baggot M.D.
Six
units of Continuing Education could be earned by attending,
and many nurses took advantage of this opportunity. A DVD set
of this symposium is currently being produced for sale.
Symposium
attendee comments:
“The quality and expertise of the presenters were powerful.”
“Excellent quality of speakers and chosen topics.”
“I never realized all the complications for egg harvesting.”
“I will now speak out more than I currently do, and be
ready with resources.”
“Learning how all of these issues tied together.”
D.
Alan Shewmon M.D. one of our presenters and a world-famous expert
on brain death, prefaced his talk by saying the same thing,
“When I first saw the program, I wasn’t sure how
the topics all related, but as the day progressed, I realized
that the agenda was brilliantly put together.”
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Congratulations,
Celine Talbot
The
National Association of Pro-Life Nurses has named Celine
Talbot the winner of the 2011 National Nurses for Life
Student Scholarship. Celine is from San Gabriel, California,
and is a CNES member. Congratulations!
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2011 Walk for Life
CNES
were among the participants in the seventh annual Walk
for Life West Coast held on the 38th anniversary of
the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing
abortion. Over 40,000 citizens converged on San Francisco
from all over the West Coast in support of the value and dignity
of every human life.
Abby Johnson, who left her job as director of
a Texas Planned Parenthood clinic in 2009 told the young people
in the crowd,"You are the new generation of pro-lifers...It
makes sense to be pro-life. It doesn't make sense to be pro-choice...Technology
doesn't back it up...You're the movement. You're the next generation.
This is our time; make it count."
CNES
Gala October 23, 2010
The CNES
membership, guests, and friends enjoyed wine-tasting, food,
music, dancing, and fellowship under the stars at the home of
our president, Zonya, at our fall fundraising event. Our speaker,
Rebecca Kiessling gave her incredible story
of being conceived in a violent rape, and how her mother sought
unsuccessfully to abort her. The venue, a large patio overlooking
the Fullerton golf course, was magical, and the predicted rain
showers blessedly held off for the evening.
RECAP:
Life Symposium 2010
Consequences of the Bio-Medical Revolution
If you were unable to make it to the conference co-sponsored by
California Nurses for 
Ethical
Standards held on May 1st, 2010 at Biola University,
you missed an outstanding seminar. The topics were spot-on current,
and the speakers were outstanding. We worried on Friday that attendance
was going to be smaller than we hoped for, but our fears were
proved unfounded when more than 80 participants showed up on Saturday
morning.
Vincent
Fortanasce M.D. started off the day with a very entertaining
presentation regarding insights on Alzheimer’s and the DEAR
program he’s developed for identifying risk factors and
prevention of the disease. Some participants complained that he
didn’t have enough time allotted. It’s true that he
ran over and couldn’t fully address how euthanasia is becoming
prominent for Alzheimer’s patients.
Fritz
Baumgartner M.D. covered the Bioethics of the Human Embryo
including an overview of different types of stem cells, fertilization
and the important difference between conception and fertilization,
and some interesting comparisons of today’s debate on the
subject with what happened in Nazi Germany.
Betty
Odello RN, BSN, MA explained the mechanics and ethics
of genetic engineering and 
the
newest developments in that fertile field. She also covered other
dilemmas such as genetic testing, gene therapy, stem cell research,
and transgenetics.
Christopher
M. DeGiorgio M.D. discussed the history of conscience
protection under the laws of the United States. He then went on
to explain the threats to this protection today and how these
threats will affect the medical profession in the future.
Kathleen
Timm RN, MS, CNS, MAHCM spoke about the underlying issues
at the heart of end of life decisions. She clarified the ethical
differences in decisions which do support and those which do not
support the dignity of the human person.
William
A. Anderson, J.D. described the different legal documents
that patients are asked to sign and their implications. He explained
a fairly recent document, POLST (Physician’s Orders for
Life Sustaining Treatment)/MOLST (Medical Orders for Life Sustaining
Treatment) that is working its way through various health care
institutions. Proponents tout it as designed to improve the quality
of care people receive at the end of life, but in fact it holds
hidden dangers within.
CNES
had fifteen nurses sign up for CE credit, and here is a sampling
of some of their comments on the course evaluation form:
"This
is THE best and most informative symposium that I have ever attended.
All the speakers were extremely knowledgeable in their presentations
and held my attention from beginning to end."
"Excellent
speakers, please invite them again."
"Great,
eloquent and inspiring speakers. Today’s symposium made
me very proud to be a Catholic and as a result will do my best
to utilize my knowledge and experience to protect life."
"It
was wonderful to be in a room with ~80 same minded people - very
empowering."
2010
Walk for Life
The sky was
threatening, but they came. The sky got darker, and still they
came. It started to rain, and still they came: tens of thousands
from all over the U.S. and Canada, too. The crowd was estimated
at 35 to 40,000. “Awesome!” “Fabulous!”
“Life Changing!” “Marvelous!” “Those
are just a few of the words that we’ve heard to describe
the 6th Annual Walk for Life West Coast,” said Lisa Hamrick,
one of the organizers.
Often huddled
together under umbrellas as the pouring rain let loose from the
Heavens, the rain never dampened the spirit and energy of the
vast crowd assembled together. Several speaker including David
Bereit, National Director of 40 Days for Life, Abby Johnson (a
former director of a Planned Parenthood Clinic who had an amazing
conversion to pro-life), and Paul Ginoux-Defermont,an organizer
of the walk for life in Paris, France, who flew in to be with
us!
The
mood was upbeat as the crowd started their 2½ mile trek
from Justin Herman Plaza to the Marina Green Park. A sea of people
as far as the eye could see marched as one, praying and singing
along the way. It was a heartwarming, touching, beautiful sight.
The sun came out as the first of the walkers reached the Park
where food, festivities, and the information faire awaited them.
Our CNES table was set up and ready for business.
It was exciting to see the interest we attracted; lots of information
handed out. Sure hope you can join us next year. It’s an
experience you’ll never forget.
The
sixth annual Walk for Life West Coast’s 2010’s motto
was “Abortion Hurts Women.”
Rev. Clenard Childress, Director of LEARN, rallied the crowd before
everyone left the Plaza for the Walk:
“You
are the only movement that can bring America back to its’
rightful place. You are the only movement that says ‘we
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all mankind is created
equal’. . . You believe that! You believe that all of
our citizens have the right and should have access to the dream
and the right to life!”
