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...mainline Protestantism in the U.S. today is that it is in deep trouble. This stunning turnabout is apparent in the unprecedented hemorrhaging of memberships in the three major faiths that date from colonial times. The United Church of Christ (which includes most Congregationalists) has shrunk 20% since 1965, the Presbyterian Church 25%, and the Episcopal Church 28%. As for two related denominations that mushroomed in the 19th century, the United Methodist Church has dropped 18%, and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 43% after a de facto schism. Together, these five groups suffered a net loss of 5.2 million souls...
...response, Dr. David Rothman of New York City's Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center notes, "This is not a country that has ever turned its back on new technology." On the broader issue of rationing, many opponents argue that the new Oregon and Alameda County regulations are inherently unfair, since the limits on health-care protection apply only to the poor, particularly the young. Dr. Sam Flint, a director of the American Academy of Pediatrics, notes that children account for roughly 50% of the Medicaid population but receive only about one-fifth of health-care dollars. Meanwhile, the elderly get about...
...abortion. In addition to being the author of several books, Koop was known for an antiabortion film he produced in which a thousand black and white dolls were scattered over the salt wastes of the Dead Sea to represent millions of aborted fetuses. Koop, who became an evangelical Presbyterian in his 30s, explains his views against abortion and against withholding food and medical care from congenitally deformed newborns simply: "If you had led my life, you would understand." As a pediatric surgeon for 33 years, Koop saved many ^ babies no bigger than his hand. In the course of treating...
Despite his success in Washington, Koop's real calling is medicine. By the time he was five, he knew he wanted to be a doctor like his uncle. At 15, he ! would take the subway on weekends from Brooklyn to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, pinch a white lab coat, and take a seat in the balcony of the operating room, transfixed for hours by amputations and appendectomies. Back home, while his father was at the office, he would persuade his mother to help her precocious only child round up stray cats and dump them into a sterile trash...
...Chinese (or Jewish or Presbyterian) mother broods when an adult offspring says, "I'm my own person!" Her response is, "How can she be her own person? When did I give her up?" The author writes with both inside and outside knowing, and her novel rings clearly, like a fine porcelain bowl...