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• Gosnell Jury Told Three Babies Per Day Born Alive in Toilets After Abortions
• Late-Term Abortion Doc Caught Comparing Unborn Baby to Meat in a Crock Pot
• Senator Blocks Resolution Seeking Hearings on Kermit Gosnell, Abortion
• Congressman s Powerful Admission: I Was Almost a Victim of Abortion
More Pro-Life News
• Barbara Boxer: Gosnell Horrors No Different Than Problems at Any Clinic
• Video: Abortionist Lies to Patient About Woman He Killed in Abortion
• Reporter Covering Gosnell Murder Trial Changes His Mind on Abortion
• Leroy Carhart Tells Woman to Complete Abortion in Her Hotel Room
• New Video is Second Time Carhart Compared Aborting Babies to Cooking Meat
• Baby Still Breathing After Failed Abortion Placed in Plastic Bag in Freezer
• Keeping Her Baby After Rape, Young Woman Finds Hope Rejecting Abortion
• Hollywood Gave Standing Ovation to Doc Comparing Abortions to Cooking Meat
• Clinic That Hid Baby Born Alive After Abortion Still Operating
• Abortion Clinic Inspections Could Have Stopped Gosnell s Horrors
• Planned Parenthood is a Deceptive $1.5 Billion Abortion Business
• Mom s Pro-Life Activism Began When She Named Her Aborted Child
• Family Business Sues Obama Over HHS Mandate, Would Pay $218,000 in Fines
• Church That Became Abortion Clinic Now a Houses Pro-Life Group
• North Dakota School Allows Pro-Life Poster After Initial Censorship
Gosnell Jury Told Three Babies Per Day Born Alive in Toilets After Abortions
The jury in the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell today reviewed testimony from Lynda Williams, who has also been charged with murder for snipping babies necks. Yesterday, the jury asked the judge in the case to allow it to hear a reading of the testimony today.
Williams has pleaded guilty to third degree murder and she testified in the Gosnell trial back on April 9 and 10. Much of the testimony was recorded via twitter by local Philadelphia reporter J.D. Mullane. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/gosnell-jury-told-three-babies-per-day-born-alive-in-toilets-after-abortions/
Late-Term Abortion Doc Caught Comparing Unborn Baby to Meat in a Crock Pot
The pro-life group Live Action has released a fourth video in a series of undercover videos catching late-term abortion practitioners and abortion clinics misleading women and showing indifference to the destruction of human life.
The videos show embattled abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell is not an anomaly. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/late-term-abortion-doc-caught-comparing-unborn-baby-to-meat-in-a-crock-pot/
Senator Blocks Resolution Seeking Hearings on Kermit Gosnell, Abortion
An unknown member of the U.S. Senate has blocked a resolution seeking hearings on abortion and abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell, who is on trial for murder for killing babies in abortion-infanticides.
UPDATE: Senator Lee s press secretary later identified the senator who opposed the Gosnell hearings resolution as Senator Rich Blumenthall of Connecticut. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/senator-blocks-resolution-seeking-hearings-on-kermit-gosnell-abortion/
Congressman s Powerful Admission: I Was Almost a Victim of Abortion
Congressman Marlin Stutzman, an Indiana Republican, has been one of the pro-life stalwarts in the House of Representatives.
He has exposed abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell on the floor of the House and now he is exposing another shocker: he was almost a victim of abortion. Below is the column he wrote for the Washington Times in which he makes the shocking revelations public. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/congressmans-powerful-admission-i-was-almost-a-victim-of-abortion/
Barbara Boxer: Gosnell Horrors No Different Than Problems at Any Clinic
In a speech today on the Senate floor, pro-abortion Sen. Barbara Boxer of California opposed a resolution calling for hearings on abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell and abortion.
As LifeNews has reported, Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal is leading the opposition to the resolution and Boxer joined him on the floor of the Senate today to articulate her opposition. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/barbara-boxer-gosnell-horrors-no-different-than-problems-at-any-clinic/
Video: Abortionist Lies to Patient About Woman He Killed in Abortion
A new undercover video released today shows late-term abortion practitioner LeRoy Carhart lying to a potential abortion patient. During the exchange with the patient, Carhart lies about how a woman he killed in a legal abortion died.
Jennifer McKenna Morbelli, a 29-year-old woman from New Rochelle, New York died from a botched 33-week abortion on February 7, 2013. The medical examiner s office confirmed a botched 33-week abortion killed the young woman. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/video-abortionist-lies-to-patient-about-woman-he-killed-in-abortion/
Reporter Covering Gosnell Murder Trial Changes His Mind on Abortion
Local journalist J.D. Mullane has been the most dogged reporter following the murder trial of Kermit Gosnell. When most media outlets ignored the trial of the abortion practitioner, Mullane was there chronicling every day of it.
In a new interview with pro-life former governor and Fox News host Mike Huckabee, Mullane talks about how the power of what Gosnell did changed one reporter s mind on abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/reporter-covering-gosnell-murder-trial-changes-his-mind-on-abortion/
Leroy Carhart Tells Woman to Complete Abortion in Her Hotel Room
Today s sting video of Leroy Carhart exposes the late-term abortion practitioner in a number of ways, but one that deserves attention is how he instructions women to complete their multi-day abortions in their hotel room.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/leroy-carhart-tells-woman-to-complete-abortion-in-her-hotel-room/
New Video is Second Time Carhart Compared Aborting Babies to Cooking Meat
he Internet is buzzing today over a new Live Action investigation video, which shows late-term abortion practitioner Leroy Carhart comparing abortion and the killing of unborn children to cooking meat in a crock pot. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/new-video-is-second-time-carhart-compared-aborting-babies-to-cooking-meat/
Baby Still Breathing After Failed Abortion Placed in Plastic Bag in Freezer
Abortion provider Raymond Showery was accused and eventually convicted of killing a five pound baby girl who survived an abortion at his clinic Southside Medical Center in El Paso in 1979. Showery aborted the baby by hysterotomy. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/baby-still-breating-after-failed-abortion-placed-in-plastic-bag-in-freezer/
Keeping Her Baby After Rape, Young Woman Finds Hope Rejecting Abortion
It was Christmastime 2010, and PJ* was just 14-years-old when some friends introduced her to the man who would rape her. He was in the military and was home on Christmas leave in the next town over. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/keeping-her-baby-after-rape-young-woman-finds-hope-rejecting-abortion/
Hollywood Gave Standing Ovation to Doc Comparing Abortions to Cooking Meat
Live Action is out with another shock video today of late-term abortion practitioner Leroy Carhart caught on film comparing killing babies in abortions to cooking meat. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/hollywood-gave-standing-ovation-to-doc-comparing-abortions-to-cooking-meat/
Clinic That Hid Baby Born Alive After Abortion Still Operating
The conservative web site National Review has an excellent article today exposing abortion clinics in the state of Florida that bear significant resemblance to the House of Horrors abortion clinic Kermit Gosnell ran. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/clinic-that-hid-baby-born-alive-after-abortion-still-operating/
Abortion Clinic Inspections Could Have Stopped Gosnell s Horrors
Earlier today we posted the letter to the editor Richard Doerflinger sent to the Washington Post. Mr. Doerflinger, associate director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, hoisted the Post s editorial board on its own petard. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/abortion-clinic-inspections-could-have-stopped-gosnells-horrors/
Planned Parenthood is a Deceptive $1.5 Billion Abortion Business
The public perception of Planned Parenthood tends to be favorable, even among those who identify themselves as pro-life. However, when confronted with the actual practices of the $1.5 billion non-profit, those favorable opinions turn sour, for good reasonhttp://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/planned-parenthood-is-a-deceptive-1-5-billion-abortion-business/
Mom s Pro-Life Activism Began When She Named Her Aborted Child
In the dream there is a glass house, and inside, a baby. The interior of the house is on fire, and there is no way in. The baby will surely die. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/moms-pro-life-activism-began-when-she-named-her-aborted-child/
Family Business Sues Obama Over HHS Mandate, Would Pay $218,000 in Fines
Today, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan challenging the Obama Administration s HHS Mandate. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/family-business-sues-obama-over-hhs-mandate-would-pay-218000-in-fines/
Church That Became Abortion Clinic Now a Houses Pro-Life Group
In his recently-released book, David Bereit (National Director of the 40 Days for Life Campaign) tells the story of a life-changing experience he had in 2004, during the first ever 40 Days for Life Campaign. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/church-that-became-abortion-clinic-now-a-houses-pro-life-group/
North Dakota School Allows Pro-Life Poster After Initial Censorship
One day after receiving a letter from Alliance Defending Freedom, a North Dakota high school and its district agreed to allow a student s pro-life poster that was part of a class assignment to be placed back on the walls of the school. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/08/north-dakota-school-allows-pro-life-poster-after-initial-censorship/
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