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Thursday, October 18, 2012

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Today’s blog posts:

- Man outside abortion clinic weeps: ‘It’s my baby, too!’ - Shawn Carney
- Would Planned Parenthood prez still make $400k if PP was stripped of $500 million in tax funding? - Jill Stanek
- Pope Broten: You are a misogynist - Michael Thompson

Todd Akin retakes lead in Missouri senate race, gains PAC support from Rand Paul

Kirsten Andersen Thu Oct 18 18:29 EST Politics

RandPAC has taken out a new ad in the critical race, which could give Republicans control of the U.S. Senate next year.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, broke with GOP leadership to aid Todd

Planned Parenthood flooded with calls to schedule 'imaginary mammograms' after Obama gaffe

John Jalsevac Thu Oct 18 16:54 EST Abortion

Yesterday Planned Parenthood admitted that it does not perform the cancer screening procedure.

Pro-life activists - one in jail - receive Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for fighting for pre-born

Peter Baklinski Thu Oct 18 15:28 EST Abortion

The medal commemorates the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada.

Department store Nordstrom supports redefining marriage

Johanna Dasteel Thu Oct 18 18:53 EST Homosexuality

Nordstrom is allowing the Washington State pro-Referendum 74 website to post an internal e-mail supporting the measure for same-sex "marriage."

Ex-gay families ask government take down links to websites demeaning ex-gays

Johanna Dasteel Thu Oct 18 17:32 EST Homosexuality

Some of the organizations market the homosexual lifestyle to children as young as 13.

Billboard company refuses to post pro-life ads in Indiana

Johanna Dasteel Thu Oct 18 16:54 EST Abortion

Lamar Companies shut out the Susan B. Anthony List for fear of a pro-life Democrat's lawsuit.

Steve Driehaus threatened suit.

New TV ad to feature Gallaudet University employee suspended for supporting marriage

Kirsten Andersen Thu Oct 18 15:41 EST Homosexuality

The Maryland Marriage Alliance says if Angela McCaskill can be punished for her views, "Who's next?"

Angela McCaskill, chief diversity officer at Gallaudet Unive

Bush-41 appointee strikes down part of the Defense of Marriage Act

Johanna Dasteel Thu Oct 18 13:59 EST Homosexuality

A Clinton-appointed judge issued the lone dissent.

Justice Dennis Jacobs joined the court in 1992.

'You wouldn’t force a vegetarian to buy you a hamburger' - 16 sec. video hits HHS mandate

John Jalsevac Thu Oct 18 11:52 EST Abortion

"It's that simple," says the punchy 16-second ad, released by the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

What’s behind the U.S. fertility drop?

Susan Yoshihara Thu Oct 18 10:48 EST Contraception

American women are on two diverging paths: those who have children and those who do not.

'Pretty spectacular' images of fetal development now available as iBook

Dave Andrusko Thu Oct 18 10:14 EST Bioethics

Conception to Birth: The Visual Guide to Your Pregnancy proves a picture is worth a thousand words.

Senator asks if Obama had a 'a set-up deal’ with CNN moderator Crowley

Ben Johnson Thu Oct 18 09:14 EST Politics

Republicans have been interrupted more often, given less speaking time, and received more probing questions at all debates this year.

NDP LGBTT critic admits ‘national anti-bullying’ motion really about ‘sexism,’ ‘homophobia’

Peter Baklinski Thu Oct 18 09:55 EST Homosexuality

Jim Hughes, Campaign Life Coalition president, called the NDP motion a “royal crock.”

Film on teen who awoke from coma before having organs harvested stirs 'brain death' debate

Thaddeus Baklinski Thu Oct 18 18:08 EST Bioethics

“Those bandits in the white coats gave up too quickly, because they wanted an organ donor,” said the Danish girl's father.

Carina Melchior is alive and well after being declared

Children to be taught 'heterosexuality not the norm' in Australian schools project

Hilary White Thu Oct 18 16:48 EST Homosexuality

"Heterosexism” is the practice of “positioning heterosexuality as the norm for human relationship,” according to the "Proud Schools" program.

Former Education Minister Verity Firth initiated the program

BREAKING: N. Ireland Attorney General calls for investigation of illegal abortion clinic

Hilary White Thu Oct 18 14:54 EST Abortion

Around 1,000 pro-life advocates gathered in Belfast today to protest the opening of the illegal abortion facility.

Russian priest saves 2,000 babies from abortion

Thaddeus Baklinski Thu Oct 18 13:40 EST Abortion

Thanks to his intervention, 20 percent of women refuse abortion and give birth to their children.

Ten myths about gay ‘marriage’

Peter Saunders Thu Oct 18 11:18 EST Opinion

Ten reasons why the government is wrong to redefine marriage