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• Gosnell Jury Hears About Baby Surviving Abortion Struggling in Toilet
• Congress Launches Abortion Investigation After Kermit Gosnell Horrors
• Cleveland Kidnapper Forced Victim to Have Abortion Five Times
• Pelosi Admits Gosnell Abortion Case Disgusting, Silent on Hearings
More Pro-Life News
• Congress Demands to Know How States are Preventing More Kermit Gosnells
• Why is the Gosnell Jury Taking so Long? See the Jury Sheets
• Naming the 45 Babies Retrieved From the Gosnell Abortion Clinic
• Cher s Mom Almost Had Abortion, Changed Mind at the Clinic
• Kermit Gosnell Jury Evacuated After Smoke Smelled in Court Building
• Senate Democrats Blasted for Blocking Resolution for Gosnell Hearings
• Doctor Who Killed Women in Abortions Lies About Their Deaths
• 20,000 Pro-Life Canadians Join March for Life Against Abortion
• Planned Parenthood Seeks to Advance Abortion by Exploiting Rape Victims
• Rape Victim: Dealing With My Abortion Harder Than the Rape
• Washington Post Admits Biased March for Life Coverage After Shareholder Protest
• Obamacare SHOP Program May Force Small Businesses to Fund Abortionsld
• Chen Guangcheng s Elder Brother Chen Guangfu Violently Beaten
• Vermont Poised to Pass Worse Assisted Suicide Law Than Oregon
• Emergency Contraception Can End the Life of a Unique Human Being
• Hispanic Pro-Life Activist Who Was My Inspiration Passes Away
Gosnell Jury Hears About Baby Surviving Abortion Struggling in Toilet
The jury in the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell re-heared testimony today of a baby who was delivered alive after an abortion into a toilet and was seen struggling trying to live.
Gosnell is charged with four counts of first-degree murder for killing babies following delivery in an abortion process that involved snipping their necks and spinal cords. He also faces a third-degree murder charge related to the death of a woman, Karnamaya Mongar, 41, of Virginia, from a botched legal abortion. Gosnell, who has been in jail since his January 2011 arrest. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/gosnell-jury-to-hear-about-baby-surviving-abortion-struggling-in-toilet/
Congress Launches Abortion Investigation After Kermit Gosnell Horrors
A House committee has launched a nationwide investigation in response to the trial of Kermit Gosnell, the abortion practitioner charged with multiple counts of murder for gruesome abortions and infanticides.
The move follows letters from another committee to public health officials in all 50 states asking them what they are doing to prevent House of Horrors abortion clinics like the one Kermit Gosnell ran in Pennsylvania. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/congress-launches-abortion-investigation-after-kermit-gosnell-horrors/
Cleveland Kidnapper Forced Victim to Have Abortion Five Times
As more details emerge from the case of the Cleveland kidnapper who apprehended three teenage girls and forced them to live as sex slaves for a decade in his home, a leading pro-life attorney hopes more charges will be made.
Samuel Casey, the general counsel for the Law of Life Project has been closely following the case and he tells LifeNews it appears from reports of the crimes that the first young woman kidnapped by Ariel Castro, Michelle Knight, was raped, impregnated and forcibly aborted by Castro (right) at least five times during her more than ten year captivity. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/cleveland-kidnapper-forced-victim-to-have-abortion-five-times/
Pelosi Admits Gosnell Abortion Case Disgusting, Silent on Hearings
Never mind that Senate Democrats blocked a resolution calling for hearings on the Kermit Gosnell House of Horrors case and abortion, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters this afternoon the case is really disgusting.
Pelosi was asked if she was familiar with the Gosnell case and if Congress should hold hearings. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/pelosi-admits-gosnell-abortion-case-disgusting-silent-on-hearings/
Congress Demands to Know How States are Preventing More Kermit Gosnells
Republicans in the House of Representatives have sent letters to public health officials in all 50 states asking them what they are doing to prevent House of Horrors abortion clinics like the one Kermit Gosnell ran in Pennsylvania.
Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday sent a letter to public health officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to examine how each state regulates and monitors abortion clinics and protects the health and safety of women. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/gop-letters-ask-how-states-are-preventing-more-kermit-gosnells/
Why is the Gosnell Jury Taking so Long? See the Jury Sheets
Recently, LifeNews published an article to help answer the question of why the jury in the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell is taking so long.
Local Philadelphia reporter J.D. Mullane helped put this question in perspective with a startling image of all of the sheets of charges the jury has to contend with as it considers what crimes Gosnell is guilty of and whether he is innocent of any of the more than 250 charges. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/why-is-the-gosnell-jury-taking-so-long-see-the-jury-sheets/
Naming the 45 Babies Retrieved From the Gosnell Abortion Clinic
The trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell is about much more than the man himself. In a painful way, it brings America face to face with abortion, which, as the defense argued, is bloody and real.
For those who have had abortions, it brings them again in touch with a pain that is never really far away, and it brings them in touch yet again with their need for healing. This is especially true when we see what the Gosnell case has confronted us with: bodies of babies in bags and cartons in the freezer, severed feet in jars, some 45 babies retrieved in a raid on the clinic and entrusted to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/naming-the-45-babies-retrieved-from-the-gosnell-abortion-clinic/
Cher s Mom Almost Had Abortion, Changed Mind at the Clinic
A new report shows the mother of the famous singer Cher considered having an abortion and went as far as making an appointment and going to the an officer where a doctor did abortions after hours to take her daughter s life. Until Georgia Holt changed her mind. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/chers-mom-changed-her-mind-about-abortion-at-the-abortion-clinic/
Kermit Gosnell Jury Evacuated After Smoke Smelled in Court Building
The jury in the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell was suddenly evacuated from the courtroom after people on another floor of the Philadelphia court building smelled smoke. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/kermit-gosnell-jury-evacuated-after-smoke-smelled-in-court-building/
Senate Democrats Blasted for Blocking Resolution for Gosnell Hearings
Two Senate Democrats who prevented the Senate from adopting a resolution calling for hearings on abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell and problems with other abortion clinics are getting an earful from pro-lifers. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/senate-democrats-blasted-for-blocking-resolution-for-gosnell-hearings/
Doctor Who Killed Women in Abortions Lies About Their Deaths
A new video released by Live Action catches late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart denying that he has ever sent a patient to the hospital and rejecting responsibility for the documented deaths of two of his late-term abortion patients, Jennifer Morbelli and Christin Gilbert. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/doctor-who-killed-women-in-abortions-lies-about-their-deaths/
20,000 Pro-Life Canadians Join March for Life Against Abortion
Some 20,000 pro-life Canadians are participating in today s March for Life to draw attention to opposition to abortion, which has been allowed on demand in Canada since 1969. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/20000-pro-life-canadians-join-march-for-life-against-abortion/
Planned Parenthood Seeks to Advance Abortion by Exploiting Rape Victims
An effort to advance abortion by exploiting women raped in war stirs memories of an earlier campaign, its dangerous gadgetry, and a grisly abortionist now on trial for murder. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/planned-parenthood-seeks-to-advance-abortion-by-exploiting-rape-victims/
Rape Victim: Dealing With My Abortion Harder Than the Rape
Ireland, one of the few countries that has consistently defended women and children by saying no to legalized abortion, has seen the issue hotly debated over the years. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/rape-victim-dealing-with-my-abortion-harder-than-the-rape/
Washington Post Admits Biased March for Life Coverage After Shareholder Protest
During today s annual meeting of shareholders of The Washington Post Company, a shareholder activist of the National Center for Public Policy Research s Free Enterprise Project told Post Company management that biased reporting is causing a credibility problem that s obviously hurting your bottom line. . http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/washington-post-admits-biased-march-for-life-coverage-after-shareholder-protest/
Obamacare SHOP Program May Force Small Businesses to Fund Abortions
As business owners familiarize themselves with Obamacare and how it impacts their businesses, there is an important aspect of the new Exchanges with which every pro-life business owner should become familiar. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/obamacare-shop-program-may-force-small-businesses-to-fund-abortions/
Chen Guangcheng s Elder Brother Chen Guangfu Violently Beaten
Human rights activists have learned from forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng that his elder brother Chen Guangfu was beaten violently by two plain clothed young men this morning. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/chen-guangchengs-elder-brother-chen-guangfu-violently-beaten/
Vermont Poised to Pass Worse Assisted Suicide Law Than Oregon
Vermont seems poised to enact assisted suicide into state law. For the first three years, it will be a law with even fewer protective guidelines than the ephemeral Oregon rules. Then, the guidelines sunset and doctors would seem to be able do pretty much as they please. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/vermont-poised-to-pass-worse-assisted-suicide-law-than-oregon/
Emergency Contraception Can End the Life of a Unique Human Being
The media has been abuzz lately with conversations about emergency contraception. . http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/emergency-contraception-can-end-the-life-of-a-unique-human-being/
Hispanic Pro-Life Activist Who Was My Inspiration Passes Away
As of April 30, the pro-life universe is one star poorer than it was the day before. That was the day we lost Rebeca Josefina Flores Guerra (or, Josie, as she was known). http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/09/hispanic-pro-life-activist-who-was-my-inspiration-passes-away/
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