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Saturday, February 9, 2013
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• Catholic Bishops: HHS Mandate Revisions Don t Protect Religious Groups
• 78% of Pregnant Women Seeing an Ultrasound Reject Abortions
• DePaul Students Identified Who Trashed Memorial for Aborted Babies
• New Book Recall Abortion Shows How Abortion Destroys Women s Lives
More Pro-Life News
• Obama Interior Secretary Nominee s Firm Got Obamacare Waiver
• Medical Board Dismisses Case of Botched 35-Week Abortion
• Trent University in Canada Bans Pro-Life Group From Campus
• UK Doctors Group: Physicians Can t Encourage Assisted Suicides
• Today Show Proves Why So Many Down Syndrome Babies Aborted
• Planned Parenthood s Okay With Sex-Selection Abortions in the U.S.
• Probe Demanded of Planned Parenthood Doc Who Killed Woman in Abortion
• Book: America s Declining Birth Rate Started When Abortion OKd
• North Dakota Senate Approves Personhood Amendment Abortion Ban
• Obama Puts Abortion Activists on Global Development Council
• Alaska Paid for 623 Abortions With Taxpayer Dollars in 2011
• Planned Parenthood Pushes Politics in Abortion Clinic Waiting Rooms
• Quebec Doctors Forced Into Killing Patients in Assisted Suicide?
• Arkansas House Cmte OKs Ban on Abortions After 12 Weeks
Catholic Bishops: HHS Mandate Revisions Don t Protect Religious Groups
The nations Catholic bishops took their time to evaluate the 70-plus pages of proposed revisions the Obama administration released on Friday concerning the HHS mandate.
They say the proposed changes fail to adequately protect religious groups, telling LifeNews in a statement that they shows some movement by the Administration to rectify the issues associated with the mandate forcing coverage of birth control and abortion-causing drugs but they fall short. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/catholic-bishops-hhs-mandate-revisions-dont-protect-religious-groups/
78% of Pregnant Women Seeing an Ultrasound Reject Abortions
Ultrasounds before abortions are routine in some abortion clinics. In others, they are performed only under certain circumstances.
Former Planned Parenthood worker Catherine Anthony Adair said the following in an interview:
At the time I worked for Planned Parenthood ultrasounds were only done if the woman was unsure of the dates of her last menstrual period, or if the doctor ordered one. Women were not given the option of viewing the ultrasound. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/78-of-pregnant-women-seeing-an-ultrasound-reject-abortions/
DePaul Students Identified Who Trashed Memorial for Aborted Babies
Some 13 students at DePaul University have been identified who trashed a pro-life display meant to memorialize babies killed in abortions.
The DePaul University Young Americans for Freedom chapter hosted a Flags for Life Project to mark the 40th anniversary of the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. YAF club members set up 500 flags at 7:00AM Tuesday morning on the DePaul campus (half blue, half pink) to symbolize just some of the lives lost every day due to the injustice of abortion in our nation. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/depaul-students-admit-trashing-memorial-for-aborted-babies/
New Book Recall Abortion Shows How Abortion Destroys Women s Lives
The following is in an interview between pro-life youth activist Bryan Kemper and Janet Morana, of Priests for Life and Silent No More. Morana is the author of a new pro-life book Recall Abortion.
1. In your book, you note that the statistics and facts regarding the dangers of abortion are often covered up or even faked by pro-choice organizations. How can we encourage the secular media to expose these lies about abortion? http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/new-book-recall-abortion-shows-how-abortion-destroys-womens-lives/
Obama Interior Secretary Nominee s Firm Got Obamacare Waiver
Revelations have come out today that Sally Jewell, President Obama s nominee for Interior Secretary, received an Obamacare waiver for her company s firm.
This comes as pro-life groups and religious organizations are unable to get a broad conscience exemption from the Obama administration to opt out of the HHS mandate that compels them to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/obama-interior-secretary-nominees-firm-got-obamacare-waiver/
Medical Board Dismisses Case of Botched 35-Week Abortion
The New Mexico Medical Board has dismissed a case against an abortion practitioner who faced a disciplinary hearing held in November, 2012 on four acts of gross negligence during a 35-week abortion on a woman with a history of previous Cesarean Section that resulted in a ruptured uterus.
Local pro-life advocates and Operation Rescue had filed the original complaints with the NMMB after receiving a 911 recording of a medical emergency that took place at Southwestern Women s Options, a late-term abortion clinic in Albuquerque, on May 12, 2012. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/medical-board-dismisses-case-of-botched-35-week-abortion/
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Trent University in Canada Bans Pro-Life Group From Campus
Students applying to form a pro-life club at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario were rejected by the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA) last week on grounds that such a club would be exclusive . Trent Lifeline has secured legal counsel and is demanding that the decision be reversed and club status granted.
The purpose of Trent Lifeline is to engage with the student body regardless of what someone s position is on abortion, said Heather Anne Robertson, President of Trent Lifeline. Anyone can bring their ideas and opinions to the discussion. To exclude us in the name of being inclusive is absurd. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/trent-university-in-canada-bans-pro-life-group-from-campus/
UK Doctors Group: Physicians Can t Encourage Assisted Suicides
Almost a year after its consultation closed, the UK General Medical Council issued on 31 January its guidance about what doctors can and cannot do with patients who consult them about assistance with suicide. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/uk-doctors-group-physicians-cant-encourage-assisted-suicides/
Today Show Proves Why So Many Down Syndrome Babies Aborted
I ve written before about the Down syndrome holocaust happening in our country and around the world. For every ten babies diagnosed prenatally with Down syndrome, only one will get to live. The other nine will be killed, simply because they have an extra chromosome. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/today-show-proves-why-so-many-down-syndrome-babies-aborted/
Planned Parenthood s Okay With Sex-Selection Abortions in the U.S.
When Live Action released videos of Planned Parenthood staffers encouraging and assisting in alleged sex selection abortions, it unleashed a pro-abortion firestorm. Planned Parenthood and other pro-choice organizations launched a campaign against proposed legislation banning sex selection abortion and tried to debunk the videos by claiming that sex selection abortions are a myth. They insisted that such abortions never happen. However, a little bit of research shows that these abortions are occurring and have been occurring for a very long time, since the very legalization of abortion in Roe Vs. Wade. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/planned-parenthoods-okay-with-sex-selection-abortions-in-the-u-s/
Probe Demanded of Planned Parenthood Doc Who Killed Woman in Abortion
A legal group has called for a state investigation into the Planned Parenthood abortion practitioner who killed Tonya Reaves, a 24-year-old black woman, in a failed abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/probe-demanded-of-planned-parenthood-doc-who-killed-woman-in-abortion/
Book: America s Declining Birth Rate Started When Abortion OKd
Jonathan Last, a journalist who writes for The Weekly Standard, the Wall Street Journal, and the LA Times, among others, has just authored a book entitled, What to Expect When No One s Expecting: America s Coming Demographic Disaster. You can read a summary of Last s arguments in this Wall Street Journal article and/or watch the seven-minute interview with him below:. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/book-americas-declining-birth-rate-started-when-abortion-okd/
North Dakota Senate Approves Personhood Amendment Abortion Ban
The North Dakota Senate today approved a personhood amendment that backers claim will lead to banning abortions in North Dakota. However, leading pro-life groups are concerned the measure would only entrench legalized abortion further. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/north-dakota-senate-approves-abortion-personhood-amendment/
Obama Puts Abortion Activists on Global Development Council
President Obama s appointments last month to his Global Development Council signal his intent to prioritize abortion over necessary life-saving health issues. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/obama-puts-abortion-activists-on-global-development-council/
Alaska Paid for 623 Abortions With Taxpayer Dollars in 2011
In 2011 the State of Alaska paid for at least 623 abortions with state funds, your money. This constituted nearly 40 percent of all abortions performed in Alaska that year. Prior to 2001 the state paid only for abortions where the life of the mother was endangered or the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest consistent with federal law. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/alaska-paid-for-623-abortions-with-taxpayer-dollars-in-2011/
Martin Luther King Jr s Legacy Lives Through Pro-Life Alveda King
Dr. Alveda King s life is full of reminders about the significance of every single human life. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/martin-luther-king-jrs-legacy-lives-through-pro-life-alveda-king/
Planned Parenthood Pushes Politics in Abortion Clinic Waiting Rooms
Have you ever even once been approached in the waiting room of a healthcare clinic by staff asking you to sign petitions, training you on legislative issues, helping you register to vote, and discussing with you how to stay informed and get involved in advocacy on the local level. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/planned-parenthood-pushes-politics-in-abortion-clinic-waiting-rooms/
Quebec Doctors Forced Into Killing Patients in Assisted Suicide?
No one should be forced to kill or participate in killing. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/quebec-doctors-forced-into-killing-patients-in-assisted-suicide/
Arkansas House Cmte OKs Ban on Abortions After 12 Weeks
After the Arkansas Senate approved the bill, an Arkansas state House committee voted today for a bill that would ban a good percentage of abortions in the state. The measure would ban abortions at the point when a unborn child s heart starts to beat. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/07/arkansas-house-cmte-oks-ban-on-abortions-after-12-weeks/
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