Friday, December 9, 2011

Heroic News: “Santorum: GOP should “not surrender” on pro life issues” plus 9 more



Santorum: GOP should “not surrender” on pro life issues

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Posted: 09 Dec 2011 10:34 AM PST

Santorum has been seen by some pro-life advocates as the standard bearer for pro-life and social conservative issues in the Republican constituency.

Hillary Clinton gets religion...but misses the point

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 10:31 AM PST

On Tuesday, Clinton said promoting the global acceptance of “gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people” is “one of the remaining human rights challenges of our time,” likening the effort to ending racial, sexual, or religious discrimination.

FDA crackdown on online sperm donation

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 10:08 AM PST

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says a California man who has fathered 14 children through sperm donation is breaking the law, and its trying to stop him from making further donations, KPIX reported.

Rep. Chris Smith fights for women's rights in China

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Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:48 AM PST

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) broke out the shades on Tuesday to join an international message to Chinese officials oppressing a blind advocate for forced-abortion victims.

Post-abortive woman recalls suicide attempt

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Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:47 AM PST

I was a quick-cutter. I would slice, slice, slice in short, rapid strokes, getting deeper with each cut. Each cut brought me incrementally closer to calm, to control. I almost always knew when to stop — I didn’t want to need stitches (because that would mean exposure), and most times I didn’t want to bleed to death.

Teen: 'Yaz destroyed my life'

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Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:34 AM PST

The White Bluff, TN teen started having unbearable chest pains that sent her to the hospital what seemed like every few days. Doctors initially couldn’t figure out what was wrong. “They kept telling me that it was just my body getting used to the medicine,” she says. “Finally, [when I was 17] I just stopped taking it.”

Powerful pro life film features abortion survivor

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Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:17 AM PST

A powerful new pro-life film is capturing the attention of Americans because it features the story of Melissa Ohden, a woman who survived a failed saline abortion attempt on her life and who is now a nationally-recognized speaker.

Michelle Duggar resting at home after discovering loss of baby #20

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Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:01 AM PST

During a routine check-up Thursday, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar received the heart-wrenching news that their 20th child no longer had a heartbeat and Michelle's pregnancy had ended.

Study claims abortion doesn't raise mental illness risk

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 08:55 AM PST

A recently-released study, the largest of its kind, has concluded that abortion 'does not raise the risk of mental illness' in post-abortive women, flying in the face of common sense and thousands of anecdotal accounts from victims.

Prop. 8 Proponents Optimistic After Court Hearing

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Posted: 09 Dec 2011 05:43 AM PST

Both sides of the legal battle in California over Proposition 8 – the 2008 voter-approved ballot initiative that defined marriage as between a man and a woman – faced off yet again and argued their case in a federal appeals court Thursday.

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