End of Life Issues (including Organ Donation):
Advance Directive: IRLC Patient
Self-Protection Document
(Life-affirming Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care from
IRLC. It needs changes for use in these states:
AK, AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, IN, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NV, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX,
UT, VT, WV and WI.)
"Brain
Death" is Not Death!
(raises serious concerns about vital organ donation)
Brain Damaged Man
Incapacitated for Six Years Imrpoves After Electrode Help New 08/07
"Brain Dead" Man
Saved from Organ Harvesting: "Brain Death is Never Really Death"
New 04/08
Connecting the Dots on End
of Life Issues
The Dangers of Hospice
The
Federal Government is Undermining Hospice (Wesley J. Smith)
New 02/08
Hospice Bait & Switch
Hospice Checklist
Hospice
Patients Alliance
(preserving the original mission of hospice)
Hospice
Patients Threatened: The Need for End-of-Life Activism
Human
Dignity in the ‘Vegetative’ State
Life-Sustaining
Treatments and "Vegetative" State (Pope John Paul II)
The “Living Will”: Death Without
Dignity
Living Wills:
They sound good, but ...
The morality
of organ donation New 12/07
More
Hospitals Push For Organ Transplants 5 Minutes or Less After Heart Stops
Non-Heart Beating
Organ Donation (NHBD)
NRLC
"Will to Live" Health Care Proxy
Organ
donation: The inconvenient truth New 10/07
Organ
Harvesting Before "Brain-Death" Increasingly Common, Doctors Warn
Partnership for Medical
Ethics Reform
Permanent
Vegetative State (PVS) Diagnosis Often Inaccurate, More Data Shows New 07/07
Pope Rules
"PVS" Patients May Not be Denied Artificial Nutrition and Hydration New 09/07
Protective
Medical Decisions Document
(Life-affirming Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care from
Int'l Task Force)
Questioning Brain Death: Ethical
dilemmas at the beginning of death (by Jose A. Bufill, M.D.)
Research on
"brain dead" and "almost dead" patients declared "ethical"
Research
throws concept of brain death into doubt
New 12/07
Researchers See Normal
Brain Activity in Another "PVS" Patient
New 09/07
Study
Reveals Brain Activity in PVS Patient
Understanding
Brain Death (by Paul A. Byrne, M.D.)
Vegetative State
May Be Caused by Brain Cooling, Study Finds
Why
Catholics (and Everyone Else) Should Avoid Living Wills
Woman
Diagnosed as "Brain Dead" Walks and Talks after Awakening New 02/08
Yet Another
Sleeping Pill Awakening (using Ambien)
New 11/07
See also: Euthanasia
& Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia &
Assisted Suicide:
Advance "Mis-Directives": Euthanasia in Catholic Hospitals in the United States
Assisted Suicide
Danger Zone: Even though Haleigh Poutre is conscious, she’s not
necessarily safe
(Consciousness is no guarantee against euthanasia per AMA)
Declaration on Euthanasia
(Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, May 1980)
Death by
Ethics Committee
Death on
Demand: The assisted-suicide movement sheds its fig leaf New 07/07
Doctors
Kept Asking To "Let" My Father Die: Wall Street Journalist
Euthanasia: Imposed Death
(from Human Life Alliance)
Euthanasia Opponent Says Assisted Suicide Laws Can't be Adequately Controlled
Euthanasia
Research
Euthanasia Resources
Futile care “ethicists” push involuntary euthanasia
Hospice
Care: Involuntary Euthanasia Cases
International
Anti-Euthanasia Task Force
International
Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Killing Babies, Compassionately: The Netherlands follows in Germany's
footsteps
Life Tree
(check Timeline to learn about the
"right to die" movement's leadership )
March of Dimes Primer: The A-Z of Eugenic Killing (Randy Engel)
National Catholic Bioethics
Center
Not Dead Yet
Palliative Care
"Killing me softly"
Physician-assisted
Suicide: The Wrong Approach of End of Life Care
Resources:
Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
Right to Die Movement is
Really About Euthanasia, Not Compassion
Still in the World: A Pro-Life View of Death and Dying
Terri
Schiavo Case: In Depth
US
Palliative Care Academy Drops Opposition to Assisted Suicide
"We
Never Say No": The Right-to-Die Movement Abandons Pretense (Wesley
J. Smith)
Wesley
J. Smith Articles (he reports on bioethics)
See also: End
of Life Issues
Fetal Development:
Be
Not Afraid (cases of fetal abnormalities)
Development Of the Child
Diary
of an Unborn Child
Embryology:
Inconvenient Facts (William L. Saunders, Jr.)
Facts
of Fetal Development
In-Vitro
Fertilization
Just the Facts
Leading Physician
Convinced Babies Feel Pain at 20 Weeks of Pregnancy New 02/08
A Matter of
Belief or a Matter of Fact?
The
Michael Fund (International Foundation for Genetic Research)
(the Pro-Life Alternative to the March of Dimes)
Precious
Life (Testimony, Pictures, Information)
Science for
Unborn Human Life
Sound Wave
Images
(view ultrasound footage)
Truth
Booth
(view ultrasound images)
Ultrasound:
4D from GE
Ultrasound:
4D pictures of unborn babies
Unborn
Person
Government & Voting:
Candidate
Information
Catholics
in Political Life
(US Bishops: June 2004)
Find your
Districts & Legislators (select "By
Address" and enter your 9-digit zip code)
Faithful
Citizenship - A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility
(US Bishops: Oct 2003)
How to tell
a duck from a fox
(Archbishop Charles Chaput)
I Vote Values
Participation
of Catholics in Political Life
(Vatican: Nov 2002)
Politics
Nationwide
Voter's
Guide for Serious Catholics
Voter Infonet: Cook
County Elections
See also: Laws
& Legal Issues
Human Cloning
& Engineering:
Cloning
Information Website
Elliot
Institute
(Responding to the Threat of Unregulated Human Engineering)
Fetal
Tissue, Human Embryo and Cloning Research
(Who supports it?)
Hands Off Our Ovaries
(the case against egg extraction from women)
Human Cloning and Human Dignity
Human
Cloning Issues
Human Cloning
Human Cloning vs. Human Dignity
National Catholic Bioethics
Center
Resources:
Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
Shifting
Definition of Cloning
Stem Cell Research:
In-Depth
Summary of Reasons
to Ban Human Cloning
Use of Abortion Victim's Body
Parts For Research Has Become Major Industry New 12/07
Wesley Smith Articles
Why Embryonic Stem Cell Research? It's About Human Engineering, Not Ending
Disease
Why
Human Cloning Needs to be Banned
See also: Stem
Cell Research
IVF Concerns &
Alternatives:
FACT: in vitro fertilization (IVF) always kills human embryos
("The embryos are then assessed for viability, with only about
20% usually considered strong enough to implant successfully in a woman." LifeSiteNews)
Creighton
Model FertilityCare System
(offers alternatives to in vitro fertilization)
NaProTECHNOLOGY
(alternative to in vitro fertilization)
Pope
Paul VI Institute (founded by Dr. Thomas Hilgers)
Agents of Change
(compares NaProTechnology with IVF)
Assisted
Reproductive Technologies are Anti-Woman
(presents risks of in vitro
fertilization [IVF] for both mother and child)
Disturbing
trend: Designer children designed to be disabled (Joseph A. D'Agostino) New 05/07
Fertility Treatment is
Hugely Successful but Largely Ignored by Medicine (T. Baklinski) New 04/08
If Embryos are Human, then Fertility Clinics are Death Camps: Pro-abortion
Columnist
In-Vitro
Fertilization
In vitro fertilization
kills far more embryos than survive until birth
In Vitro
Fertilization Reports
In Vitro Fertilization Risks
In Vitro
Fertilization Treatment leads to Death of UK Woman
IVF
Children Suffer More Health Problems Than Naturally-Conceived Children
IVF
Conceived Children Have Nearly Twice as Many Health Problems More details New 07/07
IVF Increases Risk of Deformity, Finnish Study finds
IVF's Insidious Medical Defects New 12/07
Morally acceptable
options for infertile couples
One In Fifteen Embryos Make The Cut With New Grading Scale For IVF
Pope Condemns In Vitro
Fertilization: "Barrier protecting human dignity has been broken" New
02/08
Study Shows
Higher Rate of Birth Defects in Babies Conceived Through IVF
Study: Women Who Donate Eggs For
Fertility Research Face Loss of Life and Limb
Laws & Legal Issues:
Action Needed
Alliance
Defense Fund
American
Center for Law & Justice
Americans
United for Life
Catholic
Conference of Illinois
Find your
Districts & Legislators (select "By
Address" and enter your 9-digit zip code)
Legislative Action
Center
Life Legal Defense Foundation
State
Abortion Laws Summary
State of
Illinois Legislature
State of Illinois Supreme Court
State Rankings on Pro-Life Laws from Americans
United for Life IL Near Bottom at 38th New 01/08
Study:
Pro-Life Legislation Cut Abortions on Teen Girls by 50 Percent
Summary of Fetal
Homicide Laws New 09/07
Thomas
More Law Center (Michigan)
Thomas
More Society (Illinois)
United
States House of Representatives
United
States Senate
United
States Supreme Court
The
White House
See also: Government
& Voting
Marriage & Family:
Broken
Family Structure Leads to Educational Difficulties for Children
Children
Thrive When Parents Follow Religious Beliefs, Study Shows
Cohabitation
Ends in Separation 90% of the Time
Considerations Regarding
Proposals to Give Legal Recognition
to Unions Between Homosexual Persons (Vatican: June 2003)
Cultural
Landmines Parents Should Avoid New 04/08
Defending
Marriage
Demand For
Same-Sex Marriage Was Based on a Lie New 12/07
Divorce,
Single Parenting and Kids' Well-Being:
Studies Show Importance of Stable Family Structure
Environmental
factors may influence sexual orientation
Escalating
Church and State Clashes Over Gay Marriage Inevitable, Say U.S. Experts
Even
“Good” Divorce Hard on Kids, Study Confirms
Evidence
that Homosexual Behavior is Part of Psychiatric Disorder Ignored by APA
Ex-Lesbian
Charlene Cothran Tells AFTAH Banquet that ‘Born Gay’ Claim Is ‘Vicious
Lie’ New 10/07
Complete text of Charlene Cothran's
speech: "It's Time to Tell America"
Ex-Lesbian
Yvette Schneider Testifies to ‘Complete’ and Permanent Change New 11/07
Facts,
not flattery, about same-sex attraction New 05/07
Federal
Marriage Amendment fails in U.S. House
Federal
Marriage Amendment Defeated in U.S. Senate
Few
Homosexuals Interested in Tying the Knot
Florida Gay
'Marriage' Activists Abandon Challenges to Defense of Marriage Act
Former
Homosexual Says the Issue is Not Protecting Marriage; It's Homosexuality
Gay
"Marriage" a Bust in Spain
"Gays"
Don't Want "Marriage" After All New 07/07
Homosexual
'Marriage', Like Divorce and Common Law, Is False Freedom Says Pope
Homosexuality
and Hope
Homosexuality
and Psychiatry - Exposed: The Myth That Psychiatry Has Proven
That Homosexual Behavior Is Normal
"Homosexuality
Is Not Hardwired," Concludes Head of The Human Genome Project
Illinois'
New Dangerous "Sexual Orientation" Law
The Innate-Immutable
Argument Finds No Basis in Science
Is
Marriage Important?
Is There a
"Gay Gene"?
It's
the Behavior, Stupid! and Other Observations of a So-Called 'Homophobe'
Marriage
Amendment "Only Alternative" to Judicial Activism, Says Bush
More Than 50 Distinguished Scholars Issue Landmark Principles on the
Importance
of Marriage and the Public Good
NARTH
Report Shows Gay Activist Influence on Mental Health Organizations
Noted U.S.
Psychologists Condemn Gay Activist Influence on APA
Nurse
Questions Why Homosexuality Not Considered Disorder on Basis of Medical Consequences?
Preschool
Damages Children’s Social Skills and Emotional Development
Prominent
U.S. Gay Activist Now Publicly Speaking Out Against Homosexuality New 07/07
Psychiatrist
Says Homosexuality is a Disorder that Can be Cured New 05/08
Publisher/Founder
of Black Lesbian Magazine Leaves Gay Lifestyle to “Give Heart and Soul to God”
Research
Finds Homosexuality More Dangerous Than Smoking
Right to
Treatment to Leave Homosexual Lifestyle Recognized
by American Counseling Association
Seven
Additional States Vote to Constitutionally Protect Traditional Marriage; Arizona Rejects
Still
Sexually Attracted to Men but Happily Married to a Woman
Study
Claiming Biological Basis for Homosexuality “Absolute Rubbish”: NARTH
Psychiatrist
Study Finds
Christian Counseling Effectively Assists Leaving Homosexual Life-Style New 09/07
Study Finds
New Evidence that Childhood Family Factors Influence Sexual Orientation
Study
Finds Same-Sex Abuse Rampant in Illinois Foster Care System
Study Shows
Family Instability Has Bad Effect on Children’s Behavior
Successful
Female Author Says Working Mothers Short-Change Children
Theology of the
Body
Top Vatican
Cardinal: Gay Marriage is "A Crime Which represents the Destruction of the
World"
Two
Mommies Is One Too Many (James C. Dobson Ph.D.)
Left's
Criticism of Dr. Dobson's Article Unfounded
U.S.
Bishops' Conference Promotes Federal Marriage Amendment
USCCB
Reaffirms Support for Federal Marriage Amendment
Voters in
11 States Ban Homosexual "Marriage" Despite Massive Media Bias
15,000
African Americans March to Support Traditional Marriage in Georgia
2,400 lawmakers warn
of Kinsey influence
| "Christians need
to understand that their cowardly retreat from expressing the view that homosexual conduct
is wrong carries with it devastating consequences for individual lives, public education,
parental rights, speech rights, and religious rights--let alone truth." (from a concerned parent) |
Americans
for Truth
Concerned
Women for America
Courage
International
(Fr. John Harvey)
Culture
Campaign
Defend
the Family
EXODUS International New 02/08
Family
Research Council
Family
Research Institute
Focus on
the Family
Guide
for Natural Parenting
Illinois
Family Institute
Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
Life
Site News
National
Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH)
Protect
Marriage
Protect Marriage Illinois
Redeemed
Lives Ministries
Renew
America
Rescuing
Homosexuals
Stephen Bennent Ministries
Straight Talk Radio
The Howard Center: for Family,
Religion, and Society
TrueMarriage.net
TruthatSchool.org
Natural Family Planning
(NFP):
Billings
Method
Couple To
Couple League
Couple
To Couple League - Chicago
Creighton
Model FertilityCare System
FertilityCare
Centers of America New
09/07
(based on Creighton Model
FertilityCare System and NaProTECHNOLOGY)
Married Love and the Gift of Life
NaProTECHNOLOGY
(including alternatives to In Vitro Fertilization)
Natural Family Planning: A Question-Answer Book
One
More Soul (find NFP-only physicians)
Pope
Paul VI Institute (founded by Dr. Thomas Hilgers)
Study Shows Natural Family
Planning Technique More “Effective” Than Contraception
Testimony on NFP
Benefits
Women’s
health care – A new era
(discusses NaProTechnology)
See also: Contraception
Population Control:
Population
Research Institute
UN
Population Division
6.5
Billion and Rising -- For a Time
Aging
Global Population is "Profound" and "Irreversible": UN Report New 09/07
Aging of
World Population, Not Population Growth, is Cause for Alarm: PRI Researcher
Canada in
Population Crisis: Seniors to Outnumber Children in a Decade
Documentary
Explores Global Demographic Crisis New 02/08
Family
Planning Graduation (is needed)
HLI
Commentaries on Population Control
Japan
Facing Population Crisis with Baby Shortage
The
Myth of Overpopulation and the Folks Who Brought it to You
The
Population Controllers and Their War on People
USAID
Population Control Activity Advances Despite Plummeting Birthrates
The
World's Underpopulation (David E. Smith) New 04/08
Post Abortion
Assistance:
Abortion Changes You New 04/08
Abortion Hurts
Women Psychologically
Abortion Recovery Directory
(sponsored by Abortion
Recovery Int'l Network)
Be
Not Afraid (support in cases of fetal abnormalities)
Hope
After Abortion (Project Rachel)
(or call 888-456-HOPE)
In Our Midst Ministries
Legal Action for
Women
Operation
Outcry
Post
Abortion Stress Syndrome (PASS) Support
New 05/07
Post-Abortion
Trauma & Healing (Elliot Institute)
Priests For Life
Project Rachel
(or call 800-5WE-CARE)
Rachels
Vineyard (post-abortion ministry)
(or call 877-HOPE4ME)
Ramah International (post-abortion
healing)
Silent No More Awareness
Spiritual Healing
Time
to Speak
(Love From Above Inc -- (866) Time 2 Speak)
Victims
of Choice
Women Deserve Better
Pregnancy Help &
Support:
Abortion is never the best choice for a woman
Abortion
Alternatives (800-400-4205)
Aid
For Women (312-621-1100)
American Association
of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG)
Find
an AAPLOG physician
Be
Not Afraid (support in cases of fetal abnormalities)
Birthright
(773-233-0305 or 800-550-4900)
Care Net
Care Net of DuPage (630-455-0300)
Catholic Charities
Maternity Services (800-CARE-002)
Early Induction of Labor (NCBC Statement)
FertilityCare
Centers of America New
09/07
(based on Creighton Model
FertilityCare System and NaProTECHNOLOGY)
From One Mom
to Another: Keep Your Baby - A Personal, True Story
Having Your Baby When Others Say No!
Healthy
Baby Born Despite Adverse Diagnosis New 02/08
Healthy Baby Narrowly
Escapes Late-Abortion At Tiller’s Clinic New 02/08
LIFECALL:
Resources for Pregnant Women
M.I.S.S. Foundation
New 05/07
(providing crisis support and long term aid to
families after the death of a child from any cause)
National Life Center (800-848-LOVE)
One
More Soul (find NFP-only physicians)
Option
Line (pregnancy help) (800-395-HELP)
PASS Pregnancy Care Centers
Pope
Paul VI Institute (founded by Dr. Thomas Hilgers)
(home of Creighton Model FertilityCare System
and NaProTECHNOLOGY)
Pregnancy
Centers
Pregnancy
Insurance
(helping women navigate pregnancy and maternity insurance
options)
Prenatal
Partners for Life
(for parents who face a negative in utero
diagnosis)
Prenatal Testing Brings
Inherent Moral Dangers, Leads to Abortion (Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk)
Prenatal Testing of
Babies Doesn't Have to End in Abortion, Alternatives Available (M. Klatt) New 04/08
Society for the Preservation of
Human Dignity (PHD)
Statement
on early induction of labor (National Catholic Bioethics Center) New 02/08
Surgical
Advances for Unborn Patients
A tale of two
terminally ill children
TeenBreaks (for young people: teenage pregnancy, etc.) New 04/08
Tribute Video to Short
Life of Handicapped Baby Inspires Tens of Thousands
TTTS
Prenatal Treatment: Katie's Story
When What Seems Broken is Perfect: The Mother of a Disabled Child Tells
her Story
The Women's Center (708-425-0707, 773-283-1400, and 800-400-4205)
WomanCare
Services (Berwyn, IL) (708-795-6000)
Woman's
Choice Services (630-261-9221)
Pro-Life Commentary:
Additional
Pro-Life Commentaries
Celebrate Life Magazine New 02/08
The
Embryonic Jesus Story
"Evidence Doesn't Matter" --
APA Spokesperson Says of Abortion Complications
Generations
for Life
Humanity of the
Unborn
Illinois Review
(check categories of : abortion, HPV
vaccination, stem cell research, etc.)
Innocent blood: How lying marketers sold Roe v. Wade to America
Jill
Stanek's Blog
Jill Stanek's Columns
Mark Crutcher's Blog New 11/07
On the Trail to Rodham and Gomorrah
(Mark Crutcher) New 11/07
Pro-choice vs. Pro-Life: a different
perspective
RFFM.ORG
(includes frequent
commentary on Pro-Life topics)
Testimony
of a Sidewalk Counselor
Wesley J. Smith Blog and Wesley
J. Smith Articles (he reports on
bioethics)
Pro-Life Involvement:
Action Needed
American
Life League
Catholic
Medical Assocation
Center for Bio-Ethical Reform
Child
Predators (evidence & steps to end the abuse)
Concerned
Women for America
Contact the Media
Culture
Campaign
Family
Research Council
Find your
Districts & Legislators
Human Life Alliance
Human Life International
Illinois
Citizens for Life
Illinois
Federation for Right to Life
Life Chain (10/7/07): check Illinois locations
Life
Chain Network
Life
Decisions International
Life Dynamics
Inc.
Life
Education and Resource Network (African-American
perspective)
March for Life
(Washington, D.C.)
Missionaries To The Preborn
National
Life Chain
Not Dead Yet
Operation
Outcry
Orthodox
Christians for Life of Chicago
Priests
For Life
Pro-Life
Action League
Pro-Life
Corner
(provides Pro-Life
bulletin quotes for each week of the year)
Pro-Life
Day of Silent Solidarity
Secretariat
for Pro-Life Activities (USCCB)
Small
Victories Ministries
Speak
Out Illinois
State of
Illinois Legislature
Students
for Life of America
Upcoming
Events
40 Days for
Life (Sept 26 - Nov 4,
2007)
Commentary on successes and experiences of 40 Days
for Life from around the nation
Check 2008 locations for these dates:
February 6 to March 16, 2008
Sept 24 to November 2, 2008
Pro-Life News:
Catholic
Family and Human Rights Institute (monitors the U.N.)
Catholic
News Agency
Catholic
Online
Christian Communication Network
Covenant
News
Illinois
Family Institute
Illinois
Federation for Right to Life
IRLC Pro-Life
Newsline
LifeIssues.Net
LifeNews.com
Life
Site News
One
News Now
Operation Rescue
Pro-Life
America
ProLifeBlogs
The
Fact Is
townhall.com
Westley
J. Smith Blog
ZENIT
-- The World Seen From Rome
Sex Education:
FACT: "comprehensive" sex education leads to more
abortions, not less
DEFINITION: "Comprehensive" sex education --
everything you ever wanted to know about sex and were
afraid to ask, as well as everything you didn't want to know about sex but were forced to
find out. (Fran Eaton)
Canadian Teens Say Parents,
Not Sex-Ed, is Best for Info on Healthy Sexuality
College
Women at Risk for Psychiatric Illness from Casual Sex Commentary
“Comprehensive”
Sex Education is Ineffective, Abstinence Works, Major Study Shows New 06/07
Comprehensive
Sex Education Gets Failing Grade
New 06/07
Comprehensive
Sex Education vs. Authentic Abstinence: A Study of Competing Curricula
(claims that "comprehensive sex education" places an emphasis on
abstinence are false)
Condom
Education a Failure, Reports the New England Journal of Medicine (Dale O'Leary)
Emerging
Answers Begs the Question of Objectivity on Abstinence Education New 11/07
Exposing Planned
Parenthood
Heritage
Foundation Research
A
Psychoanalytic Look at Today's Sex Education
(this analysis was written in 1985 and
appears to be prophetic about the ongoing problems created by many sex educators)
"Responsible sex
education" is irresponsible
Sex Education
(more sex education & easier teen
access to birth control produces more abortions)
Sexualized Images of Women in the Media are Harmful to
Girls' Self-Image and Healthy Development (American Psychological Association)
Study Finds Early Sex Linked to Teen Delinquency Which Can Last into
Adulthood
UK Study Finds Sex Ed and Morning After Pills Encourage Promiscuity
What Do Parents Want Taught in Sex Education Programs?
See also: Abstinence
/ Chastity
Stem Cell Research:
Center
for Bioethics & Culture Network
Do
No Harm
(Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics)
Definition of the Embryo:
Time to Be Clear, Very Clear
Embryonic Stem Cell
Motives
Fetal
Attraction: What the Stem Cell Scientists Really Want
National Catholic Bioethics
Center
National
Cord Blood Program
Researchers: We Can Make Embryonic Stem Cells Without Destroying Life New 11/07
Pro-Life Advocates Say New Embryonic Stem Cell
Research Method Ethical
Resources:
Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
Stem Cell Research:
In-Depth
Stem Cell Research
Summary
See also: Human
Cloning & Engineering
Vaccines:
National
Vaccine Information Center