Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Heroic News: “Pro-life Democrats struggle to be heard at Charlotte convention” plus 6 more

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Pro-life Democrats struggle to be heard at Charlotte convention

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 12:03 PM PDT

Thirty-five years ago when the Democrats enjoyed a 292-seat majority in the House, there were 125 pro-life Democrats – including a young Rep. Al Gore of Tennessee. Now there are only 17.

American Airline boots Down Syndrome boy from flight

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:58 AM PDT

A California family who was not allowed to board their cross-country flight said Tuesday that they were discriminated against because their son has Down syndrome.

Bart Stupak Admits HHS Mandate = Taxpayer Funded Abortion

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:57 AM PDT

Remember Bart Stupak? Remember when he promised us that Obama’s executive order would prevent taxpayer funded abortion? When asked about the HHS mandate at a panel discussion related to the Democratic National Convention yesterday he admitted to being “perplexed” that it hasn’t prevented the HHS from mandating abortion-inducing drugs at taxpayer expense.

NY court debates 'artistry' of stripping

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:40 AM PDT

New York's highest court will consider legal arguments by a strip club on whether nude dancing is an art and deserves a state tax exemption as such.

Is Having Kids Becoming Unaffordable For Middle Class?

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:07 AM PDT

While the Great Recession is portrayed as being over by the media, its effects continue to guide many women’s decisions about when they will have kids, or if they ever will. The U.S. fertility rate, or the annual number of births to women in a specific age group, has plunged from an all-time high in 2007 of nearly 70 per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, to 66.7 per 1,000 in 2009.

Surgery in the womb yields wonderous results

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:47 AM PDT

Amie Phillips holds her 6.5-week-old daughter Zeppelin as she and her boyfriend Dan Gossman talk about an in utero spina bifida surgery that doctors at Mayo Clinic performed on Zeppelin when she was still in the uterus.

Planned Parenthood rally speakers frame pro-life views as anti-woman

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 04:35 PM PDT

Supporters of Planned Parenthood argued at a Sept. 4 rally that pro-life views amount to the belief that women are inferior and should not have certain rights.