Tuesday, April 2, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 4/2/13





LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

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Current Headlines

Top Stories
• New Planned Parenthood Statement Defends Pro-Infanticide Remarks
• Planned Parenthood’s Pro-Infanticide Stance Similar to Obama’s

• Once Again, MSNBC Talking Head Calls Unborn Babies “Things”
 Speak Out Now: Pro-Lifers Must Oppose the HHS-Abortion Mandate

More Pro-Life News• Doctor Killed 300 Patients in Euthanasia to “Free Up” Hospital Beds
• First U.S. Teen With Down Syndrome Reaches Mt. Everest Base Camp

• Bill Gates’ Condom Contest Will Ensure Continued AIDS Crisis

• Sorry Joe Biden and Andrew Cuomo, You Can’t be Catholic and Pro-Abortion• Cartoon Film “Skiff and AJ’s Fantastic Voyage” Touts Pro-Life Message
• Washington: Bill Blocked That Forces Insurance Coverage of Abortion
• 21 States Cut Abortion Funding From Obamacare, Pennsylvania Should Too
• UK Government Approves Genetically Engineered “Three-Parent” Embryos

• Virginia Pro-Lifers Asked to Help Stop Tax-Funding of Abortion
• Scientists Want to Scavenge Aborted Fetal Eggs for IVF Treatment
• Activist Chen Guangcheng to Meet President George W. Bush
• Indiana OKs Bill Requiring Inspection of Abortion Drug Sellers

• Identity of New Wichita, Kansas Abortion Practitioner Exposed



New Planned Parenthood Statement Defends Pro-Infanticide RemarksThe Florida affiliate of the Planned Parenthood abortion business has released a new statement defending the remarks its lobbyist made that drew national condemnation for essentially endorsing infanticide.
The pro-life bill, HB 1129, ultimately cleared the House Criminal justice Subcommittee. The bill would require that medical care be given to newborns, likely to be premature, who survive botched abortions. The care would be given at a hospital and not at the abortion clinic. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/new-planned-parenthood-statement-defends-pro-infanticide-remarks/
Planned Parenthood’s Pro-Infanticide Stance Similar to Obama’sPlanned Parenthood has been condemned for what many see as promoting infanticide — but its position is very similar to the one President Barack Obama had when he was an Illinois state senator.
The Planned Parenthood abortion business in Florida received national condemnation for its testimony during a committing hearing against a bill in the state legislature that would provide medical care and legal protection for babies who are born alive after failed abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/planned-parenthoods-pro-infanticide-stance-similar-to-obamas/
Once Again, MSNBC Talking Head Calls Unborn Babies “Things”MSNBC guest Melissa Harris-Perry upset pro-life advocates recently when she talked about how much it costs “to have this thing turn into a human” when referring to an unborn baby. Over Easter weekend, she did it again.
Harris-Perry’s earlier comment made pro-lifers wonder whether she has any grasp on the science behind fetal development. On Easter, she was back with another off-putting comment referring to children before birth as things. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/once-again-msnbc-talking-head-calls-unborn-babies-things/
Speak Out Now: Pro-Lifers Must Oppose the HHS-Abortion MandateOnly one week remains to submit comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) opposing its anti-life mandate that forces private health insurance plans to cover drugs and devices with known life-ending mechanisms of action, including the abortion-inducing drug ella.
The comment period provides an important opportunity to directly address the Obama Administration about its decision to prioritize the abortion industry’s agenda at the expense of First Amendment guarantees. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/speak-out-now-pro-lifers-must-oppose-the-hhs-abortion-mandate/

Doctor Killed 300 Patients in Euthanasia to “Free Up” Hospital BedsA Reuters news article that was written by Anthony Boadle and published on March 28 has reported that Dr. Virginia Soares de Souza has been charged with 7 counts of murder and may have killed 300 patients in order to, reportedly, “free-up” beds. (Doesn’t that sound familier) It has been suggested that de Souza could be one of the world’s worst serial killers.
Several years ago I heard a talk by a Dutch physician who did euthanasia. He referred to the patients who were nearing death, but not dying quickly, as “bed blockers.” I was shocked that he suggested, so plainly, how euthanasia was solving the problem of the “bed blocker”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/doctor-killed-300-patients-in-euthanasia-to-free-up-hospital-beds/
First U.S. Teen With Down Syndrome Reaches Mt. Everest Base CampA courageous young man from Oregon made history with the first recorded account of an American teenager with Down syndrome to reach a base camp of Mt. Everest. After nearly two weeks of walking, 15-year old Eli Reimer reached 17,600 feet. Eli’s father, Justin, joined his son for the ascent in an effort to raise funds for their family’s charity, The Elisha Foundation.
“It was surreal,” Justin Reimer told HLN in an interview. “To be standing there at that place and see the smile on Eli’s face and the sense of accomplishment that he had, and the fact that his health was better than any of us at that point… it was humbling, it was inspiring, just an amazing moment.” http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/first-u-s-teen-with-down-syndrome-reaches-mt-everest-base-camp/

Bill Gates’ Condom Contest Will Ensure Continued AIDS CrisisBill Gates, the man who brought you a new and improved “third world” toilet and microwaves to treat malaria, is now, through his Grand Exploration Challenges program, offering up to $100,000 for a new and improved condom.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is concerned that many men do not use condoms consistently because they see them as interfering with the spontaneity and pleasure of sex, and so it is calling for condoms in new shapes, packaging and materials that will “significantly preserve or enhance pleasure, in order to improve uptake and regular use.” http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/bill-gates-condom-contest-will-ensure-continued-aids-crisis/
Sorry Joe Biden and Andrew Cuomo, You Can’t be Catholic and Pro-AbortionIt is the opinion of myself and other faithful, Catholic pro-lifers that Vice President Joe Biden and Governor Andrew Cuomo be denied communion as a result of their pro-abortion views. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/sorry-joe-biden-and-andrew-cuomo-you-cant-be-catholic-and-pro-abortion/
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Cartoon Film “Skiff and AJ’s Fantastic Voyage” Touts Pro-Life MessageSkiff and AJ’s Fantastic Voyage is an animated short film that runs about 35 minutes and follows Skiff and AJ on an educational journey about life. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/cartoon-film-skiff-and-ajs-fantastic-voyage-touts-pro-life-message/
Washington: Bill Blocked That Forces Insurance Coverage of AbortionA Washington Republican state lawmaker is standing tall and single-handedly thwarting a bill in the state legislature that would force insurance companies to pay for abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/washington-bill-blocked-that-forces-insurance-coverage-of-abortion/
21 States Cut Abortion Funding From Obamacare, Pennsylvania Should TooI know what it’s like for a woman to struggle to support two daughters on a retail salary. I saw my mother do it for years, faced with the hardship of serving as the primary breadwinner of her family when her disabled husband could no longer work. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/21-states-cut-abortion-funding-from-obamacare-pennsylvania-should-too/
UK Government Approves Genetically Engineered “Three-Parent” EmbryosGreat Britain’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which oversees fertility treatments and embryo research in that nation. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/uk-government-approves-genetically-engineered-three-parent-embryos/
Virginia Pro-Lifers Asked to Help Stop Tax-Funding of AbortionTwo leading pro-life groups are asking Virginia pro-lifers to call and email their state legislators to urge them to help stop taxpayer funding of abortions. Statements LifeNews received from the Virginia Family        Foundation and the Virginia Society for Human Life explain more about the Wednesday vote. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/virginia-pro-lifers-asked-to-help-stop-tax-funding-of-abortion/
Scientists Want to Scavenge Aborted Fetal Eggs for IVF TreatmentScientists are keeping aborted fetal ovaries alive in order to scavenge their eggs. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/scientists-want-to-scavenge-aborted-fetal-eggs-for-ivf-treatment/
Activist Chen Guangcheng to Meet President George W. BushChinaAid and The George W. Bush Institute are co-hosting a live online chat with blind Chinese lawyer and human rights activist Chen Guangcheng about freedom and the rule of law on Wednesday April 3. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/activist-chen-guangcheng-to-meet-president-george-w-bush/
Indiana OKs Bill Requiring Inspection of Abortion Drug SellersThe Indiana state House today approved a bill supported by the state’s leading pro-life group to limit the dangerous abortion drug RU 486 and protect women’s health. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/indiana-bill-requires-inspections-of-abortion-drug-sellers/
Identity of New Wichita, Kansas Abortion Practitioner ExposedThrough an undercover investigation conducted by Operation Rescue, it has been learned that Chicago area abortionist Cheryl Chastine has made plans to fly to Wichita to provide abortions at South Wind Women’s Center, a proposed new abortion clinic located in George Tiller’s former abortion building on East Kellogg. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/02/identity-of-new-wichita-kansas-abortion-practitioner-exposed/

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