Friday, April 19, 2013

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Top Stories
• Gosnell Staffer: Newborn Was Tossed in Shoe Box, Still Breathing
• Limbaugh: Media Coverage of Gosnell Would Disrupt “War on Women” Mantra

• Gosnell Put Right Foot of 22-Week Baby in One Jar, Left Foot in Another
Abortion Advocates Now Blaming Pro-Lifers for Gosnell Horrors

More Pro-Life News
• Kermit Gosnell and Planned Parenthood: Pro-Infanticide Buddies
• New York Times Defends Its Insubstantial Coverage of Gosnell Trial

• Cuomo Bill Would Make New York a Haven for Another Kermit Gosnell

• Family-Run Business Wins Battle Against Obama HHS Mandate
• Will Governor Candidate Allyson Schwartz Answer Gosnell Questions?
• Pennsylvania May Vote Monday on Taxpayer Funding of Abortions
• Ohio Lawmakers Pass Amendments to De-Fund Planned Parenthood
• Abortion Clinic That Can’t Meet New Virginia Health Standards Closes
• Inquest Confirms Lack of Abortion Didn’t Kill Savita Halappanavar
• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback Signs Comprehensive Pro-Life Bill
Scientists Pressure Women to Sell Eggs for $50,000 or More

• Young Pro-Lifer Julia Pritchett Changing Her Generation on Abortion
• “Pro-Choicers” Can’t Handle Legitimate Debate With Pro-Lifers

• Protest Exposes New Owner of Wichita, Kansas Abortion Clinic



Gosnell Worker: Baby Surviving Abortion Struggled in Toilet Trying to Live
Kareema Cross worked for Kermit Gosnell for a harrowing four years helping with abortion procedures amid conditions so bad that she snapped photos to document them in 2008 — a year before the death of Karnamaya Mongar — then reported her boss to the authorities under a fictitious name.

But no one listened. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/gosnell-worker-baby-surviving-abortion-swam-in-toilet-trying-to-live/
Limbaugh: Media Coverage of Gosnell Would Disrupt “War on Women” Mantra
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has a theory about why the mainstream media is so reluctant to cover the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell. He thinks it is because doing so would disrupt the War on Women rhetoric the media has been pushing since the heat of the 2012 presidential election.

A transcript of Limbaugh’s Thursday show follows: http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/limbaugh-media-coverage-of-gosnell-would-disrupt-war-on-women-mantra/
Gosnell Put Right Foot of 22-Week Baby in One Jar, Left Foot in Another
From Tuesday’s Washington Post
“The evidence Monday included testimony from Sam P. Gulino, Philadelphia’s chief medical examiner, who described receiving scores of fetuses and baby parts to examine in 2010 after authorities raided Gosnell’s clinic. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/gosnell-put-right-foot-of-22-week-baby-in-one-jar-left-foot-in-another/
Abortion Advocates Now Blaming Pro-Lifers for Gosnell Horrors
Pro-lifers, indeed anyone who believes that the Establishment Media owes some allegiance to balanced coverage, were heartened by the surge of attention paid over the last week to the murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell. That hope was immediately tempered by the decision of the New York Times to confine its “daily coverage” to one day. (See “Prosecution to wrap up Thursday in Gosnell murder trial; NY Times already ends daily coverage.”)

We’ve offered our explanations for why there was a curtain over the entire Gosnell affair and why it’s been (at least temporarily) lifted. Conor Friedersdorf covers the explanatory waterfront in “14 theories for why Kermit Gosnell’s case didn’t get more media attention.” http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/abortion-advocates-are-blaming-pro-lifers-for-gosnell-horrors/

Kermit Gosnell and Planned Parenthood: Pro-Infanticide Buddies
The horrors that have been revealed by witnesses in the murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell are almost unspeakable. It appears the disgusting conditions found at his facility were just the tip of the iceberg.

As we hear further testimony, we have discovered that babies born alive were routinely killed with scissors. One worker testified that she heard a baby scream as it was killed and another worker said she witnessed a baby “jump” when it was stabbed with scissors. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/kermit-gosnell-and-planned-parenthood-pro-infanticide-buddies/
New York Times Defends Its Insubstantial Coverage of Gosnell Trial
Abortion champion Andrew Rosenthal, who happens to be editorial page editor of what historically has been the nation’s flagship daily, The New York Times, has written a peevish, “how dare you question the Great Oz”-type op-ed defending his paper’s insubstantial coverage of the Kermit Gosnell trial.

About his piece is the air of a young child, his hand stuck firmly in the cookie jar, who rather than regretting his error is infuriated at being caught. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/new-york-times-defends-its-insubstantial-coverage-of-gosnell-trial/
Cuomo Bill Would Make New York a Haven for Another Kermit Gosnell
In the early 1970s, New York erupted into a hotbed of pro-life activism when it became one of the first states to legalize abortion. Forty-three years later, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Reproductive Health Act has once again thrust New York to the forefront of the ongoing debate over abortion policy in the United States.
However, the Reproductive Health Act differs in many important ways from the legislation that green-lighted abortion in New York in 1970. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/cuomo-bill-would-make-new-york-a-haven-for-another-kermit-gosnell/
Family-Run Business Wins Battle Against Obama HHS Mandate
A family-run business in Pennsylvania is the latest to beat the Obama administration’s HHS mandate in court. The controversial mandate compels businesses and organizations that are religiously-run to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/family-run-business-wins-battle-against-obama-hhs-mandate/

Will Governor Candidate Allyson Schwartz Answer Gosnell Questions?
We are all well aware that the Old Media establishment has done its level best to ignore Kermit Gosnell’s “house of horrors” abortion trial. But one person has yet to answer as to her thoughts on this trial: Pennsylvania’s Democrat gubernatorial candidate Allyson Schwartz, herself a former abortion provider. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/will-governor-candidate-allyson-schwartz-answer-gosnell-questions/

Pennsylvania May Vote Monday on Taxpayer Funding of Abortions
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives may take a vote on final passage of House Bill 818 as early as Monday, April 22. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/pennsylvania-may-vote-monday-on-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions/

Ohio Lawmakers Pass Amendments to De-Fund Planned Parenthood
Ohio state legislators passed pro-life amendments yesterday, including one that will de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/ohio-lawmakers-pass-amendments-to-de-fund-planned-parenthood/
Abortion Clinic That Can’t Meet New Virginia Health Standards Closes
The Hillcrest Clinic abortion business located in Virginia will close its doors after being the first facility in its region of the state to do abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/abortion-clinic-that-cant-meet-new-virginia-health-standards-closes/
Inquest Confirms Lack of Abortion Didn’t Kill Savita Halappanavar
The jury in the Savita Halappanavar inquest today returned a verdict confirming what pro-life advocates in Ireland have said all along: the fact that Halappanavar did not have an abortion did not claim her life. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/inquest-confirms-lack-of-abortion-didnt-kill-savita-halappanavar/
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback Signs Comprehensive Pro-Life Bill
This morning, Governor Sam Brownback signed HB 2253, the Pro-life Protections Act, into law. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/kansas-gov-sam-brownback-signs-comprehensive-pro-life-bill/
Scientists Pressure Women to Sell Eggs for $50,000 or More
There’s gold in them thar hills! Ounce for ounce, human eggs are probably the most valuable commodity on the planet, with highly intelligent and beautiful university women offered $50,000 or more for their ova for use in eugenic IVF. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/scientists-pressure-women-to-sell-eggs-for-50000-or-more/
Young Pro-Lifer Julia Pritchett Changing Her Generation on Abortion
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Julia Pritchett, a young pro-life activist from Arkansas. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/young-pro-lifer-julia-pritchett-changing-her-generation-on-abortion/
“Pro-Choicers” Can’t Handle Legitimate Debate With Pro-Lifers
After all of the ruckus at University at Buffalo this week, our team at Students for Life is shocked that, once again, pro-aborts don’t know how to defend their position. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/pro-choicers-cant-handle-legitimate-debate-with-pro-lifers/
Protest Exposes New Owner of Wichita, Kansas Abortion Clinic
When we found out that the new owner of the South Wind Women’s Center abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas had a practice in our own backyard, we knew we had to stage a full-blown protest outside her office, which we did. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/19/protest-exposes-new-owner-of-wichita-kansas-abortion-clinic/


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