Posts Tagged ‘Human Trafficking’
The Hyde Amendment’s Effect on Human-Trafficking Victims
Americans overwhelmingly oppose opening public coffers to the abortion industry.
Read MoreThe Use of Psychotropic Drugs in Survivors of Human Trafficking
As psychiatrists who are also Christians, we evaluate and treat patients who have experienced many types of trauma, including trauma in childhood, adolescence, and trauma extended into adulthood. Prolonged, chronic trauma can be particularly damaging, affecting the minds, brain, spirits and bodies of victims, sometimes causing persistent physical and mental health problems, even when people are living under the Grace and Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Read MoreTrafficking Victims: No Health Professional Helped Me
Recent research indicates that more than 80 percent of trafficking victims in the United States have contact with the healthcare system in the course of being trafficked. Some are even brought to the clinic by their trafficker.
Read MoreHuman Trafficking: What Can I Do About It?
Do you want to get involved in the fight against human trafficking, but simply don’t know where to start? In this article published in the fall 2015 edition of Today’s Christian Doctor, Drs. Allen Pelletier, Clydette Powell and Gloria Halverson outline easy steps for you take to help spread awareness and join the battle to end human trafficking.
Read MoreHuman Trafficking Report Inflated by U.S. State Department
n the weeks leading up to a critical annual U.S. report on human trafficking that publicly shames the world’s worst offenders, human rights experts at the State Department concluded that trafficking conditions hadn’t improved in Malaysia and Cuba. And in China, they found, things had grown worse. The State Department’s senior political staff saw it differently — and they prevailed.
Read MoreSenate Passes Human Trafficking Bill
It took a month of back-and-forth between Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the bill’s author, and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to find a compromise. They settled on creating two funding streams in the bill. One collects fines from traffickers and uses them for survivor services, excluding health care.
Read MoreThe Point Washington Update – March 2015
In this issue: Abortion and human trafficking, Marriage merits, and Religious freedom.
Read MoreChristian Doctor’s Digest – February 2015
Dr. David Stevens is joined by Dr. Alveda King about her book King Rules, Dr. Steve Sartori and Dr. Ann Tsen about CMDA’s new coaching program and Theresa Flores about human trafficking.
Read MoreThe Point Washington Update – January 2015
Commentary and update on the state of legislative activities in Washington involving CMDA member interests. In this issue: Assisted Suicide, Pro-life march, and Human Trafficking.
Read MoreThe Point Washington Update – August 2014
Commentary and update on the state of legislative activities in Washington involving CMDA member interests. In this edition: Human trafficking, Contraceptive mandate, and Marriage debate.
Read MoreChristian Doctor’s Digest – May 2014
Helping you overcome the challenges you face everyday. Mark Gregston shares from his book Tough Guys and Drama Queens about raising teenagers. Katherine Welch, MD discusses Human Trafficking and how we can make a difference in the fight. Then Babak Iranmanesh, MD shares his testimony on how he came to Christ from a Muslim background.
Read MoreThe Point Washington Update – April 2014 (Second Edition)
Commentary and update on the state of legislative activities in Washington involving CMDA member interests. In this edition of The Point: CMDA members, staff raise awareness of human trafficking, CMDA members in NEJM on conscience, and New health care reform agenda.
Read MoreSecrets
Unable to tell anyone what was happening because of the threats from her father, Melissa began acting out in various other ways at school. Because of her acting out, Melissa was sent to a special program during her seventh grade year. She mentioned the abuse happening at home, but a simple letter from each parent denying the abuse was enough to keep any further investigation from occurring.
Read MoreThe Point Washington Update – September 2013
Commentary and update on the state of legislative activities in Washington involving CMDA member interests. In this edition of The Point: CMDA human trafficking expert teaches doctors and students, Washington Post: Zygote is not a “living being” and Lawmakers focusing on abortion and harms to women.
Read MoreThe Point Washington Update – June 2013
Commentary and update on the state of legislative activities in Washington involving CMDA member interests. In this edition of The Point: High court rules on two cases on same-sex marriage, and SCOTUS strikes “prostitution pledge” requirement for AIDS, human trafficking grants.
Read MoreChristian Doctor’s Digest – May 2013
Interviews about children. Robb Brandt, MD shares from his book You Deserved a Better Father. Jedd Medefind discusses the Christian Alliance for Orphans. Deena Graves enlightens us about Human Trafficking in the US and strategies to combat it. Then Richard Swenson, MD talks about writing his book Last Flight Out of Oz with his son.
Read MoreSomebody’s Daughter, Somebody’s Sister
Where are you in the battle against human trafficking? Do you know that it likely happens in your own city and not just in some faraway place on the other side of the globe? Are you mourning and grieving over this evil of human trafficking? Are you doing something besides just condemning this evil?
Read MoreThe Point Washington Update – April 2013
Commentary and update on the state of legislative activities in Washington involving CMDA member interests. In this edition of The Point: Video chronicles abortion clinic horrors, Administration invites help in battling human trafficking, and CMDA and others urge HHS to reconsider contraceptives mandate.
Read MoreThe Point Washington Update – March 2013
Commentary and update on the state of legislative activities in Washington involving CMDA member interests. In this edition of The Point: CMA human trafficking commentary published in Washington Times, House pushed to pass conscience protections, and Miss America promotes sexual risk avoidance education.
Read MoreAs President and Nation Focus on Human Trafficking, CMDA Physicians Call for Intervention by Medical Professionals
Following President Obama’s proclamation marking January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the 16,000-member Christian Medical Association is calling for increased training and awareness among medical professionals to recognize, report and treat victims of modern-day slavery.
Read MoreThe Point Washington Update – January 2012
Commentary and update on the state of legislative activities in Washington involving CMDA member interests. In this edition of The Point: Human trafficking, International health, and the Contraception mandate.
Read MoreSeeking Justice for Modern Day Slaves
When Jill was 14, she was forced to run away from home to escape repeated physical and sexual abuse. She ended up in the home of Bruce who found her alone at a local mall and promised her a job in his home “business.”
Read MoreSpectators or Saints – Which Will We Be?
Human trafficking today is a 44 billion dollar a year industry. With over 28 million humans in slavery worldwide, it is likely that Christian doctors will encounter one or more victims in their practice. We can make a difference, if we care and dare.
Read MoreHuman Trafficking: The Slavery of the 21st Century
The 2005 US State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report estimates that between 600,000 and 800,000 men, women, and children are trafficked across international borders every year. This number is dwarfed by the several million that are estimated to be trafficked within their home countries.
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