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Monday, February 11, 2013
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• Probe Begins on 33-Week Botched Abortion That Killed Woman
• Full Text of Pope Benedict s Declaration of His Resignation
• Pro-Life Vigil at Clinic Remembers Woman Killed in Abortion
• Haters Tweet Death Threats to Pope After Resignation News
More Pro-Life News
• Court Forces Arizona to Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
• Is Maryland s Governor Partly to Blame for Woman s Abortion Death?
• Pro-Life Leaders Praise Pope Benedict After Retirement News
• Legal Abortion Death Highlights Dangers of Late-Term Abortions
• Arkansas Gov. Signs Ban on Abortion Funding in Obamacare
• New Research: Abortion Poses Higher Risk of Death than Giving Birth
• Abortion Doc Who Snipped Babies Spinal Cords Faces Trial
• We Will Convert People to Pro-Life By Being Right, Not Loud
• Courage: Raped, Impregnated 13-Year-Old Girl Keeps Baby
• Teen Births Decline to Record Low, New Government Figures Show
• Texas Bill Gives Doctors Authority to Deny CPR to Patients
• North Dakota Senate OKs Bill That Could Make State Abortion-Free
• Should Mothers Who Have Abortions be Charged With Murder?
• Ireland Pro-Lifers: New Irish Times Abortion Poll Distorted
• Belgium: Young Woman With Anorexia Becomes Euthanasia Victim
Probe Begins on 33-Week Botched Abortion That Killed Woman
The woman who died and was a victim of a botched 33-week abortion has been identified as 29-year-old Jennifer McKenna Morbelli, of New Rochelle, New York.
A report from pro-life blogger Jill Stanek says two sources confirmed the identity of the victim. Morbilli died Thursday as the result of fatal complications suffered during an abortion at 33 weeks at the hand of late-term abortion practitioner LeRoy Carhart. The abortion took place at the Germantown Reproductive Health Center in Germantown,. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/probe-begins-on-33-week-botched-abortion-that-killed-woman/
Full Text of Pope Benedict s Declaration of His Resignation
The following is the full text of Pope Benedict XVI s declaration today that he will step down from his position as Pope due to health concerns.
The Pope has been a pro-life champion and applauded for continually pressing pro-life concerns on issues like abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia, and bioethics topics like human cloning and stem cell research. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/full-text-of-pope-benedicts-declaration-of-his-resignation/
Pro-Life Vigil at Clinic Remembers Woman Killed in Abortion
A pro-life vigil at a late-term abortion clinic in Maryland today remembered 29-year-old Jennifer McKenna Morbelli, of New Rochelle, New York, who was killed in an abortion last week.
Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, helped lead a prayer vigil and press conference this morning at the site of the abortion clinic where Morbelli died.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/pro-life-vigil-at-clinic-remembers-woman-killed-in-abortion/
Haters Tweet Death Threats to Pope After Resignation News
It didn t take long for news of Pope Benedict XVI s planned resignation to hit the Internet before haters went to Twitter to flood his account with death threats and harassing messages.
A sample of the vile tweets follows (Warning: very graphic language). http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/haters-tweet-death-threats-to-pope-after-resignation-news/
Court Forces Arizona to Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
U.S. District Judge Neil Wake overturned a pro-life bill that, in part, allowed the state to opt out of funding the Planned Parenthood abortion business with taxpayer dollars.
At issue before the judge was a new Arizona law barring public funding for abortion agencies like Planned Parenthood. The Obama Administration is siding with Planned Parenthood in arguing that the new state law allegedly violates federal Medicaid requirements. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/court-forces-arizona-to-fund-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz/
Is Maryland s Governor Partly to Blame for Woman s Abortion Death?
I previously wrote about the death of Jennifer Morbelli. The question must be asked: Is the administration of Governor Martin O Malley partly responsible for her death?
Based on the various accounts, Morbelli was 33 weeks pregnant when she died this past Thursday at Shady Grove Hospital in the DC suburbs of Maryland. Morbelli was a married kindergarten teacher from New Rochelle, New York. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/is-marylands-governor-partly-to-blame-for-womans-abortion-death/
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Pro-Life Leaders Praise Pope Benedict After Retirement News
After Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world today by announce he will retire from his position as the head of the Catholic Church, leading pro-life advocates are praising him for his dedication to pro-life issues.
The Catholic Church and Pope Benedict are, naturally, pro-life, but these leaders were elated that he never failed to press pro-life issues in terms of their importance and elevated status over any other political issues facing the world. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/pro-life-leaders-praise-pope-benedict-after-retirement-news/
Legal Abortion Death Highlights Dangers of Late-Term Abortions
Senior Fellow Peter Sprigg represented FRC today at a Maryland Coalition for Life (MDCFL) press conference in Germantown, Maryland where it was announced that a 29 year-old woman was pronounced dead at a Germantown hospital as a direct result of complications from a 3rd trimester abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/legal-abortion-death-highlights-dangers-of-late-term-abortions/
Arkansas Gov. Signs Ban on Abortion Funding in Obamacare
The governor of Arkansas today made his state the latest to cut abortion funding in the controversial Obamacare health care legislation that requires states to set up health insurance exchanges and Americans to purchase health insurance. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/arkansas-gov-signs-ban-on-abortion-funding-in-obamacare/
New Research: Abortion Poses Higher Risk of Death than Giving Birth
For years abortion advocates and researchers have been asserting that an abortion is in fact safer than carrying a pregnancy to term. They contend that pregnancy is a long process and the chance of complications during the gestational period and birth is significantly higher than complications resulting from the abortion procedure. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/new-research-abortion-poses-higher-risk-of-death-than-giving-birth/
Abortion Doc Who Snipped Babies Spinal Cords Faces Trial
Abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia-based doctor who faces murder charges in the deaths of seven babies and a patient in a botched abortion, goes on trial next month. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/abortion-doc-who-snipped-babies-spinal-cords-faces-trial/
We Will Convert People to Pro-Life By Being Right, Not Loud
I was having a conversation with an extremely smart, badass pro-life dude in Washington, D.C. a couple weeks ago. I had had a couple drinks, so I was being really honest. You know how it is. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/we-will-convert-people-to-pro-life-by-being-right-not-loud/
Courage: Raped, Impregnated 13-Year-Old Girl Keeps Baby
I blogged last week about a Ms. Magazine article lamenting how difficult it is for young women of color to get abortions. The author used the story of her 14-yr-old cousin to demonstrate the trouble an adolescent has getting a clandestine abortion. Never once did Ms. or the author worry about how the girl got pregnant. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/courage-raped-impregnated-13-year-old-girl-keeps-baby/
Teen Births Decline to Record Low, New Government Figures Show
New government figures show teen births have declined to a record low. With figures also showing abortions at their lowest point in history nationally and in most states, the figures are positive. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/teen-births-decline-to-record-low-new-government-figures-show/
Texas Bill Gives Doctors Authority to Deny CPR to Patients
A measure in the Texas legislature is under fire from a national pro-life group that say it would allow doctors the right to refuse giving CPR to patients. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/texas-bill-gives-doctors-authority-to-deny-cpr-to-patients/
North Dakota Senate OKs Bill That Could Make State Abortion-Free
The Red River Clinic, the sole public abortion provider in North Dakota, reportedly performs an average of 1,200 abortions a year. Yet its fly-in abortionists have no admitting privileges with local hospitals, should a woman suffer complications from her abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/north-dakota-senate-oks-bill-that-could-make-state-abortion-free/
Should Mothers Who Have Abortions be Charged With Murder?
A bill was introduced in the Iowa House this week that would define abortion as murder. According to the Ames Tribune, February 7. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/should-mothers-who-have-abortions-be-charged-with-murder/
Ireland Pro-Lifers: New Irish Times Abortion Poll Distorted
The presentation by The Irish Times of today s Ipsos MRBI poll on abortion was grossly distorted , according to the Pro Life Campaign. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/ireland-pro-lifers-new-irish-times-abortion-poll-distorted/
Belgium: Young Woman With Anorexia Becomes Euthanasia Victim
Belgium is a vivid demonstration of the abandonment and darkness that euthanasia can t help but eventually become. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/11/belgium-young-woman-with-anorexia-becomes-euthanasia-victim/
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