ALL Pro-Life Today: RAPED, PREGNANT AND AFRAID

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 COMMENTARY RAPED, PREGNANT AND AFRAID Compassion, love, sympathy and outrage-all are among the range of emotions that are evoked upon hearing about the victims of rape and incest. When those crimes result in a pregnancy, many people think it's justified to abort the human being growing inside the womb. But, as we see in today's commentary, these crimes have two victims. While the crime itself is a horrible thing, it cannot be compounded by the killing of a human person. Today's commentary gives us stories of hope-stories of love and life-that show the beauty that can result from something despicable. [ Read the full article click here. ] If you know of someone who could benefit from receiving Pro-Life Today, we ask that you please forward this message and ask them to subscribe. American Life League works hard on a daily basis to provide relevant news, which is made possible by your donations. SIMPLE CHANGES CAN TRANSLATE INTO GREATER THINGS You may not think it can make a difference, but even a monthly pledge of $5 translates directly into our dedicated staff being able to produce more valuable information, resources and services for the pro-life community. This is the equivalent of skipping a visit to Starbucks, or bringing lunch to work instead of going out for fast food, or skipping the popcorn the next time you go see a movie. Not only can forgoing these simple pleasures help you stay healthy, but it can have a direct, positive impact on our fight against abortion and Planned Parenthood.  Please make your tax-deductible gift today by using our secure on-line donation form. HEADLINES Abortion foes fill Bluffs meeting Omaha World-Herald If LeRoy Carhart wants to build an abortion clinic in Council Bluffs, it won't come without a fight. That was made clear Monday evening by those who jammed City Hall as well as by the City Council's action on a vacant piece of ground. Carhart, the Bellevue doctor who once performed late-term abortions in Nebraska, recently said he plans to open an abortion clinic in Council Bluffs. If so, it won't be on Avenue G and North 15th Street. At its meeting Monday, the council unanimously agreed to dispose of 24,393 square feet of vacant city ground near that intersection, but with the stipulation that an abortion clinic could not be built there. Second embryonic stem cell trial approved The Christian Post The U. S. Food and Drug Administration gave the green light for a clinical trial to treat 12 patients all diagnosed with Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy, an incurable which destroys vision in young children. The trial, to be conducted by Massachusetts biotechnology company Advanced Cell Technology, is the second human trial of embryonic stem cells to be approved in the United States. ACT received FDA approval through the Orphan Drug Act which designates a special status to products which treats rare diseases and conditions. Cardinal Burke: It's 'very clear' pro-abort politicians should be refused Communion Life Site News On the eve his elevation to the Cardinalate on November 20, Archbishop Raymond (now Cardinal) Burke told a Vatican Radio interviewer that his stand on refusal of Communion to pro-abort politicians or public figures is based on "the God-centered thinking which has marked the discipline of the Church" - namely, that a person who persists publicly in grave sin is to be denied Holy Communion.