Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Kermit Gosnell Judge Drops Three Abortion-Infanticide Charges
• Dropped Gosnell Charge Includes 28-Week Old “Baby Boy B” Found in Freezer

• Dropped Gosnell Charge Was of Newborn Tossed in Shoe Box, Still Breathing
Gosnell Attorney: Baby Moving 20 Minutes After Neck Snipped “Wasn’t Alive”

More Pro-Life News
• Staffer Said Baby in Dropped Gosnell Charge Was “Beheaded”
• Planned Parenthood: Obama the Most Pro-Abortion President Ever

• Planned Parenthood Clinic Botches Abortion, Ambulance Called

• Planned Parenthood to Honor Woman Behind Obama Voting=Sex Ad
• Pro-Lifers: Obama Should Cancel Planned Parenthood Speech Given Gosnell Trial
• Pennsylvania House OKs Bill to Stop Abortion Funding in Obamacare
• Obama’s Symbiotic Relationship With the Abortion Industry
• Survivors of Abortion Now Saving Other Babies From Abortions
Terry McAuliffe Called Anti-Woman for Opposing Abortion Health Rules

• Girl With Down Syndrome Inspires Families to Reject Abortion
• Pro-Lifers to Protest Planned Parenthood Event With Sandra Fluke

• Minnesota House Approves Key Pro-Life Amendments on Abortion
• Scientists Obtain Brain Cells From Bone Marrow Stem Cells
Oregon Bill Attacks Pregnancy Centers Providing Abortion Alternatives



Kermit Gosnell Judge Drops Three Abortion-Infanticide Charges
The judge in the trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell has acquitted him of three of the eight murder charges the abortion business owner faces in his murder trial.

Gosnell faces eight total murder counts — one for killing a woman in a botched abortion and seven for killing babies in abortion-infanticides that involved live-birth abortions and snipping their necks after birth. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/kermit-gosnell-judge-drops-three-abortion-infanticide-charges/
Dropped Gosnell Charge Includes 28-Week Old “Baby Boy B” Found in Freezer (GRAPHIC)
The judge in the Kermit Gosnell murder trial dropped three charges against the abortion practitioner for killing babies in a gruesome abortion method that involved snipping their necks in infanticides.

One of the three charges the judge dropped includes a 28-week unborn baby who was killed in an abortion-infanticide and eventually discovered in a freezer at Gosnell’s clinic. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/dropped-gosnell-charge-includes-28-week-old-baby-boy-b-found-in-freezer/
Dropped Gosnell Charge Was of Newborn Tossed in Shoe Box, Still Breathing
As LifeNews reported today, the judge in the Kermit Gosnell murder trial dropped three murder charges related to babies he killed in his horrific abortion-infanticide process.
One of the three charges the judge dropped includes a 28-week unborn baby who was killed in an abortion-infanticide and eventually discovered in a freezer at Gosnell’s clinic.
Gosnell Attorney: Baby Moving 20 Minutes After Neck Snipped “Wasn’t Alive”
The defense attorney for abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell attempted to make the case to the jury today that workers for Gosnell are exaggerating the importance of movements in babies Gosnell killed. He was successful in getting three of the seven murder counts dropped related to the babies.

The grand jury report indicated one baby was “moving and breathing for 20 minutes before an assistant came in and cut the spinal cord, just the way she had seen Gosnell do it so many times.” http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/gosnell-attorney-baby-moving-20-minutes-after-neck-snipped-wasnt-alive/

Staffer Said Baby in Dropped Gosnell Charge Was “Beheaded”
During the murder trial today for abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell, the judge dropped three of the murder charges related to the babies he killed.

One of the three charges the judge dropped includes a 28-week unborn baby who was killed in an abortion-infanticide and eventually discovered in a freezer at Gosnell’s clinic. Another involved “Baby B,” about whom a Gosnell staffer testified was a newborn child who survived a failed abortion and was still breathing into a shoe box. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/staffer-said-baby-in-dropped-gosnell-charge-was-beheaded/
Planned Parenthood: Obama the Most Pro-Abortion President Ever
The nation’s biggest abortion business heaped praise on President Barack Obama today, in advance of his keynoting a Planned Parenthood gala on Thursday.

Obama will deliver the keynote address at the organization’s annual gala dinner in Washington DC on Thursday, April 25. The “Time For Care” dinner, attended by Planned Parenthood’s supporters and national and local leaders from across the country, will honor champions of abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/planned-parenthood-obama-the-most-pro-abortion-president-ever/
Planned Parenthood Clinic Botches Abortion, Ambulance Called
A Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul Minnesota is the latest to injure a woman in a botched abortion.
Brian Gibson, Executive Director of Pro-Life Action Ministries, informed LifeNews of the failed abortion and said photos taken from grainy video clearly show an ambulance stopped to unload at the nearest entrance to Planned Parenthood and then directed by abortion center officials to the main entrance deep in Planned Parenthood’s compound far from the street where it was loaded. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/planned-parenthood-clinic-botches-abortion-ambulance-called/
Planned Parenthood to Honor Woman Behind Obama Voting=Sex Ad
The Planned Parenthood abortion business will honor liberal comedian Lena Dunham, the woman behind the controversial Obama campaign video equating first-time voting to losing your virginity. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/planned-parenthood-to-honor-woman-behind-obama-votingsex-ad/
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Pro-Lifers: Obama Should Cancel Planned Parenthood Speech Given Gosnell Trial
Given the national attention over the trial of an abortion practitioner charged with multiple counts of murder for killing babies in gruesome abortion-infanticides, a leading pro-life group is calling on President Barack Obama to cancel his keynote speech at Thursday’s Planned Parenthood gala. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/pro-lifers-obama-should-cancel-planned-parenthood-speech-given-gosnell-trial/

Obama’s Symbiotic Relationship With the Abortion Industry
When I read that President Obama refused to comment on the murder trial of abortion butcher Kermit Gosnell “because it’s an active trial,” I knew immediately he wasn’t being truthful. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/obamas-symbiotic-relationship-with-the-abortion-industry/

Pennsylvania House OKs Bill to Stop Abortion Funding in Obamacare
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed House Bill 818 on Tuesday, supporting the Commonwealth’s longstanding policy of not using taxpayer dollars to fund abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/pennsylvania-house-oks-bill-to-stop-abortion-funding-in-obamacare/
Survivors of Abortion Now Saving Other Babies From Abortions
After 40 years of legal abortion in the United States, the case for life is poignantly made by abortion survivors themselves. These are people whose mothers were headed to see the abortionist, but by a miracle of grace were saved. Now, looking back as adults, they realize that their personal connection gives them a responsibility to promote the message of life. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/survivors-of-abortion-now-saving-other-babies-from-abortions/
Terry McAuliffe Called Anti-Woman for Opposing Abortion Health Rules
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe opposes new rules the state has instituted to protect the health and safety of women injured by abortions and that opposition has earned him criticism from a women’s group. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/terry-mcauliffe-called-anti-woman-for-opposing-abortion-health-rules/
Girl With Down Syndrome Inspires Families to Reject Abortion
I stuck a new photo on my wall today at work, near the family photos, pregnancy hotlines and images of babies in the womb. This picture is of a pretty young girl sitting beside a beaming grandfatherly man. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/girl-with-down-syndrome-inspires-families-to-reject-abortion/
Pro-Lifers to Protest Planned Parenthood Event With Sandra Fluke
It’s been quite some time since we’ve had the chance to protest an appearance of Cecile “I work hard for my salary” Richards in our hometown of Chicago. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/pro-lifers-to-protest-planned-parenthood-event-with-sandra-fluke/
Minnesota House Approves Key Pro-Life Amendments on Abortion
Several pro-life amendments supported by Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) were offered in the Minnesota House of Representatives on Monday. All were approved as part of the $11 billion health and human services budget bill and the health insurance exchange bill the House passed late last night. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/minnesota-house-approves-key-pro-life-amendments-on-abortion/
Scientists Obtain Brain Cells From Bone Marrow Stem Cells
Sometimes in science the best discoveries are those that are unexpected. Researchers in California were trying to get bone marrow stem cells to grow by introducing an antibodies to the cells. Instead the cells began to form neural cells. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/scientists-obtain-brain-cells-from-bone-marrow-stem-cells/
Oregon Bill Attacks Pregnancy Centers Providing Abortion Alternatives
Oregon Right to Life issued an action alert today asking pro-life people to contact their state legislators and urge opposition to a bill that attacks pregnancy centers providing women with abortion alternatives. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/23/oregon-bill-attacks-pregnancy-centers-providing-abortion-alternatives/


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