Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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Topics for April 3, 2013


 

Alabama bill regulating “WebCam” abortions on way to Governor’s desk for signature

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By Dave Andrusko Alabama continues to solidify its reputation as a pro-life state with passage of the Women’s Health and Safety Act. On Tuesday the House passed  HB57 by a vote 68-21.
 

The Culture of Life and the Culture of Death: dueling conversations

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By Melissa Ogden Editor’s note. Melissa, the survivor of a “failed” saline abortion in 1977, speaks all over the world including at the last two National Right to Life Conventions.

40 Years Too Many of Devaluing Human Life

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By Luis Zaffirini The 43rd annual National Right to Life Convention is right around the corner, and it’s coming to Dallas, Texas, this summer (June 27-29, 2013). The Convention is the premiere educational and motivational event for people
 

Gosnell Jury sees photos of aborted babies allegedly murdered at his Women’s Medical Society

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defense attorney Jack McMahon
By Dave Andrusko Jack McMahon, the attorney for abortionist Kermit Gosnell on trial for eight counts of murder, argued in a Philadelphia court room that Officer John Taggart exaggerated how bad the conditions were at Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society. 

After 40 weeks of pregnancy, a baby is born; After 40 years of Roe v. Wade, life begins again

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Editor’s note. Reproduced below with permission is the outstanding fetal development series created by Right to Life of Michigan ( www.rtl.org) for its “Life after 40” series which ran online from April 17, 2012, through January 21, 2013. 
 

“Holy Abortion” and the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

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By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. Written for the May 2003, edition of National Right to Life News, this editorial is part of our “Roe at 40” series that reprints some of the best work from NRL News

The story of Eli Reimer, the first American teenager with Down syndrome to reach a base case camp of Mt. Everest

Eli Reimer (r.)
after walking almost 17,600 feet up
Mount Everest in Nepal earlier this
month. His father says he might be the
first American teenager with Down
syndrome to make the death-defying
climb.
By Andrew Bair A 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. 
 

Pro-Life Perspective: the Death of Terri Schiavo and the Withholding Food and Fluids, Part Three

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Schiavo, shown here as she responds to
the tender touch of her mother, Mary
Schindler.
Editors note. This can be heard at prolifeperspective.com. Terri Schindler Schiavo’s parents’ fight for her right to life captured the attention of Americans across the country. Unfortunately, polling that contained inaccurate information about Terri’s case

Elder Suicide Depicted as “Rational”

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Broadbent
By Wesley J. smith The media have become pro suicide. You see this all the time, now. When elderly, disabled, or ill people kill themselves, reports depict the deed as empowering or laudable exercises in personal autonomy. 
 

Grand Jury Report on Kermit Gosnell: “standard procedure” to “slit the necks of babies that moved or breathed”

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By Dave Andrusko The most important point coming out of this excerpt from the 261-page Grand Jury report is that the now famous “Baby Boy A,” who was viable and very well developed when he was aborted alive

New Ultrasound Technology offers pictures of stunning clarity

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By Dave Andrusko Over at “Peggy Noonan Interrupts Blackout as Networks Continue to Ignore Abortionist’s Trial,” Matthew Balan tells us about the usual pro-abortion rigmarole heard on last Sunday’s “Meet the Press” 
 

Florida Planned Parenthood opposes bill to treat babies who survive abortion like any other baby

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By Dave Andrusko Like many of you, I was not working on Good Friday. As a result I did not see John McCormack’s story that appeared on the webpage of the Weekly Standard.
   
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