Heroic News: “Landmark Mississippi vote close to defining when life begins” plus 12 more

---

• Landmark Mississippi vote close to defining when life begins
• Down Syndrome parents need support against abortion
• Vatican does horrible job of being 'anti-science'
• Forced sterilizations in ... America? Women speak out on N.C. horror
• Gone, but not aborted: 14 hours that changed the world
• Miss. gov. supports 'Personhood' amendment
• High school teacher surveys students on sexual behavior, angers parents
• NFP: the myth of the 'contraceptive mentality'
• Pope: modern-day nihilism stems from despair over death
• Couple’s prayers for a child are answered through adoption
• Abby Johnson urges pro-life warriors to pray, press on
• Woman who became mother at 57 admits she was too old for IVF
• Pro-life doll at children's event evokes ironic parental anger

Landmark Mississippi vote close to defining when life begins Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:15 AM PST The amendment reaches so far beyond legal precedent and public opinion that even some pro life advocates — including the National Right to Life organization — are warning that it could harm efforts to overturn Roe.

Down Syndrome parents need support against abortion Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:38 AM PST Currently only pregnancies at high risk for Down’s Syndrome are screened (those involving older women), but new prenatal screening tests are making the elimination of all people with genetic disease ‘an achievable reality’.

Vatican does horrible job of being 'anti-science' Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:24 AM PST In a move utterly devoid of shock value to Catholics who have been paying attention at all, the Vatican has announced plans to fund NeoStem, a small adult stem cell research company in New York.

Forced sterilizations in ... America? Women speak out on N.C. horror Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:22 AM PST Elaine Riddick was 13 years old when she got pregnant after being raped by a neighbor in Winfall, N.C., in 1967. The state ordered that immediately after giving birth, she should be sterilized. Doctors cut and tied off her fallopian tubes.

Gone, but not aborted: 14 hours that changed the world Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:15 AM PST Abortion was an option presented by their first round of medical caregivers, but Brenden’s parents decided on life for their son. They set out to commemorate his short life so that he would not be forgotten. They opted for our clinic’s perinatal hospice program.

Miss. gov. supports 'Personhood' amendment Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:00 AM PST Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour offered his support Friday for an amendment to the state constitution that would define life as beginning at the moment of conception, saying he cast his absentee ballot for the measure despite struggling with its implications.

High school teacher surveys students on sexual behavior, angers parents Posted: 06 Nov 2011 07:09 PM PST The four-question survey, designed to keep students anonymous while teaching about disease and infection, asked students at Rio Rancho High School in Albuquerque to list who they had kissed in the past six months and whether they are sexually active. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/06/new-mexico-high-school-teacher-put-on-leave-over-student-sex-survey-1630005835/?test=latestnews#ixzz1cz9vgS1e

NFP: the myth of the 'contraceptive mentality' Posted: 06 Nov 2011 12:39 PM PST A recent Sunday was designated by the bishops of the United States as “Respect Life Sunday.” As we pray and work for an end to abortion, it is well to remember that there is a profound connection between the prominent use of birth control in a nation and the legalization of abortion.

Pope: modern-day nihilism stems from despair over death Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:26 AM PST Pope Benedict XVI told pilgrims to Rome Nov. 6 that a loss of faith in Jesus Christ has led many people to despair in the face of death.

Couple’s prayers for a child are answered through adoption Posted: 06 Nov 2011 10:19 AM PST Tom and Eileen Heinold had thought of adoption, but it was only following the death of their newborn daughter who suffered from a genetic disorder that a unique and miraculous opportunity presented itself.

Abby Johnson urges pro-life warriors to pray, press on Posted: 06 Nov 2011 06:00 AM PST Abby Johnson remembers holding a baby she helped save from an abortion after praying for her mother in front of an abortion clinic in Austin, Texas.

Woman who became mother at 57 admits she was too old for IVF Posted: 06 Nov 2011 04:54 AM PST Britain's oldest first-time mother has said an age limit should be set for women wanting IVF treatment after admitting struggling to bring up a child in her sixties.

Pro-life doll at children's event evokes ironic parental anger Posted: 05 Nov 2011 10:01 PM PDT While organizers were happy to see more than 3000 children participate in last weekend's Trick or Treat on Main Street in Loganville, a few parents left disturbed by a pro-life effort at the child-oriented affair.