Introduction to Abortion--A Crisis of Facts  It often becomes necessary to remind people-pro-lifers and others-that it is not only a surgical abortion that takes the life of a preborn baby. The life of a preborn baby can also be taken via several forms of contraception. It is frequently forgotten, or not realized, that this can occur, but it happens daily. Read today's commentary for more on why stating all the facts is of utmost importance. [ Read the full article here. ]
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| HEADLINES |  | | New health insurance plans will be required to cover birth control The Hill The Obama administration on Monday released a proposed regulation that adopts an Institute of Medicine panel's recommendations that health plans cover a slate of women's preventive health services, including contraception, without out-of-pocket fees starting next year. | | 'Unconstitutional': pro-life pastor wins challenge against California 'bubble zone' Life Site News
A constitutional challenge against the City of Oakland's 2008 'bubble' ordinance, which prohibits pro-life sidewalk counselors outside abortion facilities from standing within 8 feet of women seeking abortions, has resulted in a ruling that the city's law is unconstitutional. Pro-life witness Rev. Walter Hoye brought the constitutional challenge forward. On July 28, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the city erred when it was disclosed that the enforcement of the bubble ordinance only applied to those who tried to dissuade women from abortion and not to those who encouraged them. | | Mistake loses Planned Parenthood $5 million in funding in Ohio Life Site News A Planned Parenthood affiliate in Ohio has lost $5.05 million - or 12 % of its overall budget - over the next five years after they filed an incomplete application for the funding. Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio has 90 employees at nine locations, but says it does not plan layoffs as a result of the mistake, and will strive to make up the difference with private donations. In response the organization has announced that patients will have to pay for services that were previously free. | |
