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Thursday, June 30, 2011
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Top Stories
• Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Responds to Live Action Expose
• Planned Parenthood Receives Kansas Abortion License, Won t Sue
• Bachmann: Devastating Miscarriage Shaped Pro-Life Abortion Views
• Polls Have Rick Perry in Second in Republican 2012 Primary
More Pro-Life News
• New Hampshire Must Re-Vote on De-Funding Planned Parenthood
• Christie Asked to Veto Planned Parenthood Funding Again in NJ
• South Dakota Judge Halts 72-Hour Abortion Waiting Period Law
• Huntsman Takes Heat for Not Signing Pro-Life Pledge, Hits Back
• Delaware May Up Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Funding 25%
• Arizona Planned Parenthood Sues Abortion Drug Safety Rules
• Kansas Will Hold Hearing on Law Shutting Abortion Centers
• Abortion Advocates Target Pro-Life Rep. Allen West for Defeat
• Iowa OKs Abortion Funding Limits, Ultrasound for Women
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Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Responds to Live Action Expose
The Planned Parenthood abortion business has responded to a new expose video from Live Action showing its staffers admitting it doesn t need taxpayer funding because legitimate medical centers offer the same kind of health care.
Undercover phone calls released yesterday show Planned Parenthood of Indiana abortion business staffers admitting that they are not the only source of women s health care for women on Medicaid, even though denying women heath care has become the thrust of its argument against losing taxpayer funds.
One reason Planned gives in a new response for why it needs taxpayer funding is that it offers different services from other Medicaid providers. However, federally-funded non-abortion health care clinics offer all of the services Planned Parenthood does, and more, with the exception of abortions. That makes it appear Planned Parenthood is saying it needs state taxpayer funding in Indiana because it does abortions.
Planned Parenthood s new statement says: We focused on helping our patients even those posing as patients to find reproductive health care during the short period of time we were unable to provide services covered by Medicaid. We maintain, as we ve said all along, that just because there are other providers does not mean they offer the same patient-friendly hours, are accepting new Medicaid patients or offer the same services that PPIN offers.
Live Action president Lila Rose, in an email to LifeNews, says the video showing Planned Parenthood deceiving the public and lawmakers into believing the abortion business is vital to women s health is accurate. Rose said there are 800 other facilities in Indiana that take Medicaid, provide the same services, and most likely offer those patient-friendly hours everyone reportedly loves at Planned Parenthood. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-responds-to-live-action-expose/
Planned Parenthood Receives Kansas Abortion License, Won t Sue
Planned Parenthood will receive a license after all and will withdraw its lawsuit, slated for a hearing on Friday. However, two other abortion centers did not get licenses and are moving forward with their lawsuit. President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Brownlie said Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri told AP late Thursday that the state health department granted it a license reversing earlier reports that it would not receive one The other two abortion centers have not yet been inspected but do not believe they will receive licenses.
Brownlie indicates Planned Parenthood has received a one-year license to do abortions in Kansas under the new law. Acceptance of the license came after state health officials visited the abortion business a second time late Thursday.
Notwithstanding that the regulations are burdensome and unnecessary, the findings of the inspection indicate what we have known and said throughout this process, Brownlie said in the statement. Planned Parenthood operates with the highest standards of patient care and has rigorous safety procedures in place.
The statement also had the abortion business director attacking pro-life Gov. Sam Brownback.
This is radical, extreme government intrusion into private health care, Brownlie said. It seems Brownback is against more government regulations unless the regulations suit his agenda.
Kansans for Life responded to LifeNews, saying, This afternoon Kansas granted Planned Parenthood a facility license under the new law which begins tomorrow. Frankly, securing a license was never seriously in doubt and they knew it but used it for political purposes to re-position themselves as the victims of political persecution prior to their having to return to criminal court in Johnson County on July 15th after a two year interruption caused by former Attorney General Steve Six. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/planned-parenthood-receives-kansas-abortion-license-wont-sue/
Bachmann: Devastating Miscarriage Shaped Pro-Life Abortion Views
Campaigning in South Carolina, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said a devastating miscarriage helped shape her pro-life views on abortion. The compelling personal story ties in to her rationale for becoming a foster care mom.
While on the campaign trail in Rock Hill, South Carolina, the Minnesota congresswoman revealed she had a miscarriage decades ago and that the event led her to solidify her pro-life views and prompted her and her husband to become a foster home to 23 children over the years.
After our second child was born, we became pregnant with a third baby, Bachmann said, according to a Politico report. And it was an unexpected baby, but of course we were delighted to have this child. And the child was coming along, and we ended up losing that child. And it was devastating for both of us, as you can imagine if any of you have lost a child.
She said the miscarriage also prompted Bachmann and her husband Marcus to re-evaluate their personal and professional life goals.
At that moment we didn t think of ourselves as overly career minded or overly materialistic, she said, according to Politico. When we lost that child, it changed us. And it changed us forever.
We made a commitment that no matter how many children were brought into our life, we would receive them because we are committed to life, she added. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/bachmann-devastating-miscarriage-shaped-pro-life-abortion-views/
Polls Have Rick Perry in Second in Republican 2012 Primary
The buzz about pro-life Texas Gov. Rick Perry potentially entering the race for the Republican presidential nomination has him shooting up to second place in a new Fox News poll of Republicans nationwide.
Perry, who has a long record of pushing pro-life legislation on abortion and recently spoke in favor of life at a pro-life event for Hispanics in Los Angeles, trails only Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts governor pulls in 18 percent to 13 percent for Perry in the Fox News poll.
Behind the two state executives, pro-life Rep. Michele Bachmann receives 11 percent of the Republican support and pro-abortion former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani takes in 10 percent, even though it appears unlikely he will run and even more unlikely that he would earn the nomination after failing to get more than one delegate in the 2008 contest.
Sarah Palin, the pro-life former vice presidential candidate took in 8 percent in the new nationwide survey, pro-life Rep. Ron Paul received 7 percent, pro-life businessman Herman Cain received 5 percent and three pro-life advocates tied with 3 percent apiece: former governors Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and Jon Huntsman of Utah and former Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Rick Santorum, the pro-life former Senator from Pennsylvania received 2 percent and pro-abortion former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson received just one percent. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/polls-have-rick-perry-in-second-in-republican-2012-primary/
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New Hampshire Must Re-Vote on De-Funding Planned Parenthood
Last week, the members of the Executive Council rejected a taxpayer funded contract with the Planned Parenthood abortion business but it appears the members will have to vote again on voiding the 1.8 million contract.
In a move that generated little media attention or focus, New Hampshire became the latest state to scrap taxpayer funding of the Planned Parenthood abortion business when members of a panel voted 3-2 to revoke the funding. Members of the Executive Council said they made the decision because Planned Parenthood does abortions and spends large amounts of money paying its administrators huge salaries and lobbying the state government.
The Executive Council voided the contract with Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) with Councilor Dan St. Hilaire of Concord casting a vote against the contract along with David Wheeler of Nashua and Raymond J. Wieczorek of Manchester. The Union Leader indicated Raymond S. Burton of Bath and Chris Sununu of Newfields supported funding the abortion business.
Now, the New Hampshire Journal obtained an e-mail from Health and Human Services Commissioner Nick Toumpas, a Democrat, to council member Wheeler that it says makes it appear the council will have to re-vote on the state contracts, giving Planned Parenthood a second chance to make its case. In his letter, Toumpas admits HHS used strange budget numbers concerning the contracts and the newspaper says the wrong numbers are being used as an excuse to require a second vote. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/new-hampshire-must-re-vote-on-de-funding-planned-parenthood/
ACTION: Contact members of the Executive Council at http://www.nh.gov/council/ and ask them to vote against the Planned Parenthood contract.
Christie Asked to Veto Planned Parenthood Funding Again in NJ
Governor Chris Christie is getting a request from the leading pro-life group in New Jersey to, once again, veto state taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business.
The New Jersey Senate passed the measure to restore the $7.5 million in funding 26-13 with all of the Senate Democrats voting to restore the Planned Parenthood funds along with Republicans Diane Allen and Jennifer Beck.
Two of the abortion business centers closed last year following the first veto of the funding.
New Jersey Right to Life is calling on the pro-life governor to line item veto $7.5 million out of the state budget for Planned Parenthood family planning clinics at a time when the state still faces a difficult financial situation. The organization says fraudulent activity, poor health and safety inspections, expose videos showing it looking the other way at sex trafficking and the fact that it is the leading abortion business should disqualify it from receiving state funds.
Yesterday, the Democratic-controlled Senate and Assembly passed their own budget which contains $7.5 million in taxpayer funds for Planned Parenthood family planning clinics, NJRTL director Marie Tasy said in an action alert email to her group s members. Please email and call Governor Christie today and ask him to please line item veto the $7.5M out of the budget for Planned Parenthood. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/christie-asked-to-veto-planned-parenthood-funding-again-in-nj/
ACTION: Contact the governor at http://www.nj.gov/nj/feedback.html
South Dakota Judge Halts 72-Hour Abortion Waiting Period Law
A judge in South Dakota issued a temporary injunction to halt enforcement of a new pro-life law in South Dakota that was scheduled to take effect tomorrow had it not been for a Planned Parenthood lawsuit.
Chief Judge Karen Schreier issued a written ruling today voiding the longest abortion waiting period in the country 72 hours. The measure also helps women find abortion alternatives. The ruling prevents the law from going into effect while the lawsuit continues.
She indicated the abortion business is likely to win its case in court and provided several ways in which she believed the law is unconstitutional making it appear that she will likely issue a ruling striking down the law once she holds oral hearings on the lawsuit. Schreier claims the law violates a woman s 1st and 14th amendment rights.
The law in question, which takes effect July 1, would require women considering an abortion to visit a crisis pregnancy center before going to an abortion business to get counseling on abortion s alternatives as well as the risks associated with having one. The idea behind the bill which goes further than legislation in other states is to get women tangible pregnancy help and support that they won t normally find at an abortion center. The counseling would not require any out of pocket expense on behalf of the women considering an abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/south-dakota-judge-halts-72-hour-abortion-waiting-period-law/
Huntsman Takes Heat for Not Signing Pro-Life Pledge, Hits Back
Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman has officially missed the deadline the pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony List gave him to join five other GOP presidential candidates in sighing a pro-life pledge on abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/huntsman-takes-heat-for-not-signing-pro-life-pledge-hits-back/
Delaware May Up Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Funding 25%
Pro-life advocates in Delaware are urging voters in the state to contact their state legislators and oppose a 25 percent increase in state taxpayer funding for the nation s biggest abortion business. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/delaware-may-up-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-funding-25/
Arizona Planned Parenthood Sues Abortion Drug Safety Rules
Planned Parenthood of Arizona has filed a lawsuit against the state seeking to overturn important health and safety rules the state legislature approved to protect women using the dangerous abortion drug RU 486. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/arizona-planned-parenthood-sues-abortion-drug-safety-rules/
Kansas Will Hold Hearing on Law Shutting Abortion Centers
State officials in Kansas have announced they will hold a public hearing on a new health and safety law that is already responsible for closing one abortion center that can t ensure it protects women s health. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/kansas-will-hold-hearing-on-law-shutting-abortion-centers/
Medicaid Abortion Funding Holds Up Iowa State Budget Deal
A battle over whether taxpayers should be forced to pay, via Medicaid, for abortions done at University of Iowa Hospitals is threatening to hold up a deal between state House Republicans and state Senate Democrats on the state budget. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/medicaid-abortion-funding-holds-up-iowa-state-budget-deal/
Abortion Advocates Target Pro-Life Rep. Allen West for Defeat
Pro-life freshman Representative Allen West, a Florida Republican, has been a target of pro-abortion forces since the day he first announced his 2010 candidacy for Congress. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/abortion-advocates-target-pro-life-rep-allen-west-for-defeat/
Iowa OKs Abortion Funding Limits, Ultrasound for Women
Republicans and Democrats in the state House in legislature have agreed to a compromise that secures limits on taxpayer funding of abortions in the state and allows women a chance to see an ultrasound before an abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/iowa-oks-abortion-funding-limits-ultrasound-for-women/
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Oakland bishop, speaking for USCCB, says New York legislature ignored ‘common good’ by approving same-sex marriage News release from USCCB WASHINGTON -- In response to last Friday’s enactment of a law redefining marriage in the State of New York, Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, expressed “grave disappointment with the legislature’s abandonment of the common good.” “Profoundly unjust law”
“Marriage, the union of a man and a woman, forms the foundation of social well-being by promoting love and respect between the two most fundamental representatives of the human community,” he said. “The institution of marriage also affirms the vital and unique importance to children of receiving care from both their mother and father together. Making marriage law indifferent to the absence of either sex creates an institutional and cultural crisis with generational ramifications yet to be seen. To eliminate marriage’s very essence – its essence as the union of husband and wife – from its legal definition is to ignore not only basic anthropology and biology but also the purpose of law generally. Law is meant to uphold the common good, not undermine it. Now, New York’s government will be forced to ignore that children have a basic right to be raised by their mother and father together. Also, as demonstrated in other states where marriage redefinition has occurred, officials there will be in a position to retaliate against those who continue to uphold these basic truths. This is a mark of a profoundly unjust law. The bill, entitled the Marriage Equality Act, was passed by a margin of 33 to 29 votes in the state senate and signed into law on June 24, four days after the legislative session was supposed to have ended. It dictates that “a marriage that is otherwise valid shall be valid ?regardless of whether the parties to the marriage are of the same or different sex.” The bill also directs that all other laws dealing with marriage or gender-specific subjects be reinterpreted to include two persons of the same sex who have obtained a marriage license. While the legislature included exemption language to give some protection to religious organizations -- language made public only in the last hours before the vote -- its actual legal effect will have to be scrutinized. Nonetheless, Bishop Cordileone noted, “Marriage is a fundamental good that must be protected in every circumstance. Exemptions of any kind never justify redefining marriage.” Thousands of people at the grassroots level contacted key legislators in New York, urging them to oppose redefining marriage. “Those courageous legislators and active citizens in New York who defended marriage should be applauded for their inspiring witness,” Bishop Cordileone said.
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Even though this may seem to be a crippling blow in the fight to maintain the sanctity of marriage, this is by no means the end. We need to remember, as Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., a Democrat from the Bronx said, "God, not Albany, has settled the definition of marriage a long time ago."
National Organization for Marriage (NOM) founding Chairman Prof. Robert George and co-writer of the Manhattan Declaration said in a recent interview in the National Review, "It is worth noting that what has happened in New York will have at least one significant good effect for the pro-marriage cause. It will re-nationalize the marriage issue and propel it into the 2012 presidential primaries and general election."
We must stand firm in our beliefs as they are being challenged from all sides. George reminds us that, "As we fight in other states and at the national level to prevent the redefinition and legal abolition of marriage, it is important to remember that this is merely the first step in a much larger struggle to renew and rebuild a healthy marriage culture."
As we continue to fight to rebuild marriage, let us not forget to take action.
Thank you for standing with the Manhattan Declaration as we continue to engage with culture about the sanctity of life, dignity of marriage, and religious liberty.
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LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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Current Headlines
Top Stories
• Expose : Planned Parenthood Staffers Admit Tax-Funding Not Needed
• Federal Appeals Court Panel Upholds Obamacare Against Lawsuit
• Planned Parenthood to Open New Abortion Business in Oregon
• Practitioners Sue Kansas Over Law Shutting Abortion Clinics
More Pro-Life News
• Girls in India: Sex-Selection Aborted Out of Existence
• Poland Parliament Votes This Week on Bill Banning Abortions
• Bill to Force Embryonic Research Funding Gets New GOP Backer
• Trial Begins: Man Allegedly Killed Girlfriend Refusing Abortion
• Ohio OKs Pro-Life State Budget Cutting Abortion Funding
• Planned Parenthood Sues South Dakota on 72-Hour Abortion Wait
• Wisconsin Pro-Life Group: Recall Elections Could Affect Abortion
• Medicaid Abortion Funding Holds Up Iowa State Budget Deal
• Kentucky Court: Who Leaked Decision OKing Secret Teen Abortions?
• New York Times Cites Abortion Advocates as Neutral Sources
• What is the Pro-Life Catholic View of Human Embryo Adoption?
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Expose : Planned Parenthood Staffers Admit Tax-Funding Not Needed
A new expose released by Live Action shows Planned Parenthood staff at clinics across Indiana essentially admitting plenty of other options exist for women to obtain legitimate medical care other than at Planned Parenthood centers. That s even if the abortion business is ultimately de-funded under Indiana law.
Undercover phone calls released today show Planned Parenthood of Indiana abortion business staffers admitting that they are not the only source of women s health care for women on Medicaid, even though denying women heath care has become the thrust of its argument against losing taxpayer funds. Live Action, the group that recorded the calls, says its footage shows the reality is quite the opposite.
In an official press release, Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards claimed Indiana s defunding of Planned Parenthood would take away health care from thousands of women in Indiana. Yet, last week, Live Action s undercover investigators called 16 of the 28 Indiana Planned Parenthood centers posing as women on Medicaid concerned about where they could receive services if Planned Parenthood s funding was not restored.
Planned Parenthood staffers at all 16 locations admitted that women on Medicaid could still have access to medical care after the defunding. Staffers suggested local health clinics or state-assigned primary care physicians for Medicaid patients.
One Planned Parenthood staffer in Michigan City is recorded saying, Your primary care doctor should be able to do [a Well Woman exam,] I mean, that s what they re there for.
They have the same services we have, a Merrillville Planned Parenthood staffer admits. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/expose-planned-parenthood-staffers-admit-tax-funding-not-needed/
Federal Appeals Court Panel Upholds Obamacare Against Lawsuit
A federal appeals court upheld the Obamacare health care law that pro-life groups opposed because of abortion funding and rationing concerns, though the lawsuit is not either of the two premier lawsuits filed by Florida, Virginia and other states.
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the individual mandate contained in the 2010 health care law on a 2-1 vote. The ruling claims Congress has the power to force individuals to buy health insurance under its authority to regulate interstate commerce the main argument the Obama administration has been using to defend the law against the multiple lawsuits organizations, lawmakers and states have filed.
We find that the minimum coverage provision is a valid exercise of legislative power by Congress under the Commerce Clause, the court wrote.
The Sixth Circuit s decision came in the case of Thomas More Law Center v. Barack Obama and other challenges to Obamacare remain pending in other federal appeals courts, like the Eleventh Circuit, Fourth Circuit, and D.C. Circuit.A Michigan federal judge issued the first ruling in any of the cases concerning the Thomas More suit and upheld the law. U.S. District Court Judge George Steeh in Detroit rejected some of the claims filed in the lawsuit presented by the Thomas More Law Center, a pro-life legal group, saying Congress overreached in passing the law. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/federal-appeals-court-panel-upholds-obamacare-against-lawsuit/
Planned Parenthood to Open New Abortion Business in Oregon
Fresh from starting a massive new abortion facility in Portland, the Planned Parenthood abortion business is preparing a new facility in Eugene, Oregon that will promote abortions in the western part of the state.
Planned Parenthood of Southwest Oregon is preparing to break new ground on construction of the abortion facility in Lane County in August and, according to the Catholic Sentinel newspaper, it will be located next to a used car lot. Hearings are reportedly underway locally on approving the new abortion center, which will be located on a highway connecting Eugene and Springfield.
The newspaper indicates a federal grant of $74,000 is being used to help with construction of the new site and the abortion business is requesting city funds for on-site stormwater management. The closest current abortion facility location is in Salem, and the new abortion facility will make it so women don t have to travel as far to get them.
The project follows the abortion provider s new strategy of building centers in low-income areas. Critics say it s a cynical business plan to earn income from a population that gets a relatively high number of abortions, the newspaper says. It adds that Planned Parenthood of Southwest Oregon says it has 27,000 customers annually.
Gayle Atteberry, the executive director of Oregon Right to Life, emailed LifeNews about the new center.
In its unrelenting drive to provide unregulated, quick abortions to every girl, Planned Parenthood is moving from its current location across from a high school to a location on a main thoroughfare with a bus line, she said. Oregon pro-lifers will do all we can to slow them down and save babies. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/planned-parenthood-to-open-new-abortion-business-in-oregon/
Practitioners Sue Kansas Over Law Shutting Abortion Clinics
Two abortion practitioners in Kansas have filed suit against a new law that has already resulted in temporarily closing one abortion center and may result in the closing of two others that may fail to meet the new health and safety standards.
The new law pro-life Gov. Sam Brownback signed requires abortion centers to meet the same basic health and safety standards as legitimate outpatient surgical centers such as, according to the bill, having an emergency door that can accommodate a gurney maintaining proper emergency equipment, drugs and protocols, having proper lighting and ventilation, lavatory areas, and spaces for the sterilization of surgical equipment. Clinics must also have a licensed nurse in the clinic when abortions are done.
The state health department has an 18-page checklist with more than 200 criteria abortion centers must meet in order to remain in compliance with the law. Abortion facilities must obtain an annual license from the health department and explain to officials the drugs and equipment used.
The Aid for Women abortion facility in Kansas City has lost its license to do abortions in Kansas as it was one of the three states that did not meet the regulations put in place by the state legislature this session. The Aid for Women abortion facility lost the license and an attorney for the abortion center received a notice that its application for a license had been denied by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Cheryl Pilate indicated Aid for Women would have to close at least temporarily while it pursues its legal options. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/practitioners-sue-kansas-over-law-shutting-abortion-clinics/
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Poland Parliament Votes This Week on Bill Banning Abortions
Members of the Polish Parliament are voting on Thursday on legislation that would ban all abortions in the country, which has long prohibited most abortions under its federal law to the chagrin of other European states.
The PRO Foundation has organized a grassroots campaign to lobby MPs to support the legislation and the nation s Catholic bishops have also played an integral role in advancing the legislation. The legislation is the result of a citizen-led initiative drive in which sponsors collected 100,000 signatures over the course of three months but which resulted in collecting 600,000 petitions in just two weeks.
This project is a chance to finally reject the heritage of Nazism and Communism which brought legal abortion to Poland in the first place, said Jacek Sapa of the PRO Foundation, according to Lifesite. It was Hitler and Stalin who imposed it on Poles and it s high time we clearly disassociate ourselves from those deadly ideologies.
The bill would remove the rape and incest exceptions from the current federal law in Poland and provide protection for pregnant women and unborn children starting at conception. Also, currently, Polish law allows for abortion in cases related to maternal health, if the pregnancy is the result of illegal activity, or if the unborn child is disabled.
Some Polish abortion practitioners have reportedly manipulated the law to do abortions on children with minor problems such as a cleft palate and others are misreporting the fetal age of the unborn baby at the time of the abortion to escape prosecution. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/poland-parliament-votes-this-week-on-bill-banning-abortions/
Girls in India: Sex-Selection Aborted Out of Existence
Slowly but surely one of the most outrageous violations of human rights is beginning to seep into public consciousness: the massive loss of female babies due to sex-selection abortion made possible by ultrasounds. We wrote about this most recently earlier this month The Persistence of Sex-Selective Abortion and the Silence of Pro-Abortion Feminists .
The past week two stunning insightful reviews appeared based on the same source as were my comments: The book, Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men, by journalist Mara Hvistendahl. I will provide the highlights of each along with the links.
160 Million and Counting, written by Ross Douthat, appeared in the New York Times (www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/opinion/27douthat.html?_r=1).
In many ways the most important insight was contained in the first two paragraphs.
Twenty years ago the economist Amartya Sen published an essay in The New York Review of Books with a bombshell title: More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing. Not a word about abortion; the explanation for wildly off-kilter sex ratios in the developing world was attributed to neglect of women Douthat writes. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/girls-in-india-sex-selection-aborted-out-of-existence/
Bill to Force Embryonic Research Funding Gets New GOP Backer
Rep. Diana DeGette, a Colorado Democrat, is re-introducing her bill today to force taxpayers to finance embryonic stem cell research and the legislation is getting the support of a Republican who is becoming the top GOP lawmakers to back it.
The legislation is designed to expand President Barack Obama s decision to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research and it could pave the way for a battle over federal restrictions on research destroying human embryos.
DeGette says the bill is designed to codify Obama s executive order which would prevent a future pro-life president from overturning it. Instead of issuing a subsequent executive order, a future pro-life president would be forced to rely on Congress to approve a bill putting the Bush protections back in place.
Previous versions of the bill, which was vetoed twice by pro-life President George W. Bush, had pro-abortion Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware as the chief GOP lawmaker pushing the legislation. Now, according to a new report in The Hill, Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Charlie Dent is taking his place as the lead Republican co-sponsor. Dent has a mixed record on abortion according to the National Right to Life Committee having voted against Obamacare and taxpayer funding of abortions but voting to fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business and for using taxpayer funds to do abortion training. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/bill-to-force-embryonic-research-funding-gets-new-gop-backer/
Trial Begins: Man Allegedly Killed Girlfriend Refusing Abortion
The trial has begun for a Navy man charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a pregnant woman who refused his request for an abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/trial-begins-man-allegedly-killed-girlfriend-refusing-abortion/
Ohio OKs Pro-Life State Budget Cutting Abortion Funding
The Ohio state legislature today passed a state budget which includes multiple pro-life amendments ensuring the state is not involved in abortion funding with taxpayer money. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/ohio-oks-pro-life-state-budget-cutting-abortion-funding/
Planned Parenthood Sues South Dakota on 72-Hour Abortion Wait
The Planned Parenthood abortion business is asking a judge to stop the new law that has the longest abortion waiting period in the country 72 hours. The measure also helps women find abortion alternatives. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/planned-parenthood-sues-south-dakota-on-72-hour-abortion-wait/
Wisconsin Pro-Life Group: Recall Elections Could Affect Abortion
A Wisconsin pro-life group is urging pro-life voters in the state to pay attention to the recall elections and to support pro-life lawmakers because the results of the elections could affect abortion legislation. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/wisconsin-pro-life-group-recall-elections-could-affect-abortion/
Medicaid Abortion Funding Holds Up Iowa State Budget Deal
A battle over whether taxpayers should be forced to pay, via Medicaid, for abortions done at University of Iowa Hospitals is threatening to hold up a deal between state House Republicans and state Senate Democrats on the state budget. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/medicaid-abortion-funding-holds-up-iowa-state-budget-deal/
Kentucky Court: Who Leaked Decision OKing Secret Teen Abortions?
The Kentucky Court of Appeals is not happy that a decision it issued earlier this year allowing teens from another state to obtain abortions in the Bluegrass State without abortion practitioners notifying their parents became public. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/kentucky-court-who-leaked-decision-oking-secret-teen-abortions/
New York Times Cites Abortion Advocates as Neutral Sources
Recently the Times has run several stories on various abortion legislation in the states, none more slanted than Eric Eckholm s piece on Monday, New Laws in 6 States Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/new-york-times-cites-abortion-advocates-as-neutral-sources/
What is the Pro-Life Catholic View of Human Embryo Adoption?
It has been estimated that there are as many as half a million frozen IVF embryos in fertility clinics across the United States waiting to continue their lives. Some are abandoned or forgotten. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/what-is-the-pro-life-catholic-view-of-human-embryo-adoption/
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Yesterday, in a split 2-1 decision, a divided panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of Obamacare in the case of Thomas More Law Center v. Barack Hussein Obama, the first case to challenge the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
