ALL PRO-LIFE TODAY REPORT 1/17/2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

People Are Silently Dying for Big Money   By Judie Brown          Touted as a dream and as a breakthrough in science, and funded in part by the federal government, human embryonic stem cell research is a topic many people do not understand. While finding cures for diseases and ailments is a laudable aspiration, this cannot be done at the expense of a human life. And that is what we are, indeed, talking about when we discuss the use of human embryonic stem cells. Read today's commentary for Judie Brown's insights and to learn more about the realities behind this kind of research.      [ Read the full article  here. ]                                                HEADLINES Judge advances Obama administration's case against elderly pro-life activist Life Site News A federal judge has ruled that the Justice Department may proceed with its prosecution of a peaceful 80-year-old pro-life counselor. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge James Emanuel ("Jeb") Boasberg denied Richard Retta's petition to have federal charges dismissed. The Obama administration alleges that Retta violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act in January 2011 by standing in front of a woman at a D.C. abortion mill, blocking the entrance. The federal complaint states she was only able to enter the facility with the "extraordinary assistance" of two employees. As she entered, Retta told her, "Don't let them kill your baby."   Abortion clinic workers plead guilty Fox Charlotte Two abortion clinic workers pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder in deaths at a Philadelphia clinic where seven babies were allegedly killed with scissors and a patient died from an overdose of painkillers. Andrea Moton, 34, admitted her involvement in the death of one baby. Sherry West, 52, pleaded guilty in the February 2009 death of Karnamaya Mongar, a Bhutanese immigrant. Neither worker was properly trained for the work they did at the clinic run by Dr. Kermit Gosnell, authorities said. South Jersey woman says daughter was denied transplant because of mental disability News Works A South Jersey woman is fighting the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on a recommendation to deny her three-year-old daughter a kidney transplant. Chrissy Rivera said a CHOP doctor told her in a meeting last week he would not recommend her daughter for a transplant because she has Wolf-Hirschorn syndrome, which causes delayed growth and physical and intellectual disability. "We were shocked," said Rivera. "We thought we were going into a meeting to learn about what happens in a transplant and we were told she wasn't eligible."