Monday, June 24, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 6/24/13




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Monday, June 24, 2013

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Top Stories
• Obama Admin Admits China’s One-Child Policy Ups Sex Trafficking, Won’t Condemn It
• Despite New Baby, Kanye West Promotes Abortion in New Album Yeezus

• Who’s War on Women? Gosnell and China Hurt Woman Via Abortion
Scientists May Grow Human Organs in Animals Within One Year

More Pro-Life News
• Poll: Irish Want Free Vote, Referendum on Abortion Not Government Bill
• Canadian Abortion Activist: “Naïve Reporters” Should Shut Out Pro-Lifers

• Michigan Cmte OKs Bill to Help Stop Secret Abortions on Teen Girls

• Will England Follow the U.S. in Voting for a Late-Term Abortion Ban?
• Web Site Behind Ads With Pregnant Teen Boys Promotes Abortion
• Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Vetoes Womb-for-Hire Surrogacy Bill
• British General Medical Council Must Support Conscience Rights on Abortion
• Lawyer for Man Tricking Woman to Taking Abortion Drug Wants Suspect Out on Bail

• Quebec is Trying to Legalize Euthanasia by Calling It Something Else
• Pro-Life Groups Were Wrong to Fight the Ban on Late-Term Abortions

• NPR Did 100 Stories on Trayvon Martin, Three on Kermit Gosnell
• Kansas Planned Parenthood Sues to Deny Women Informed Consent on Abortion



Obama Admin Admits China’s One-Child Policy Ups Sex Trafficking, Won’t Condemn It
The US State Department this past week released its yearly, “Trafficking in Persons Report.” China received an automatic downgrade to the lowest ranking, Tier 3, for being a destination country for sex-trafficking.

The State Department acknowledged the one-child policy as the “key source of demand” for sex-trafficking and forced prostitution within the country, but remained silent regarding the abolition of the harmful policy in its list of policy recommendations for China. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/23/obama-admin-admits-chinas-one-child-policy-ups-sex-trafficking-wont-condemn-it/
Despite New Baby, Kanye West Promotes Abortion in New Album Yeezus
Well, it finally happened: rapper Kanye West and professional famehound Kim Kardashian had their baby, a girl, this weekend. Unfortunately for the “happy” couple, though, the birth was marred by an ill-timed leaking of a single off Kanye West’s newest album, Yeezus. (The title is a mix of Kanye’s nickname, Ye, and Jesus. Get it?)

Just before Kim gave birth to his child, the song “Blood on the Leaves” hit the internet, and considering that this song is basically an ode to abortion, the leak was ill-timed indeed. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/22/despite-new-baby-kanye-west-promotes-abortion-in-new-album-yeezus/
Who’s War on Women? Gosnell and China Hurt Woman Via Abortion
Gosnell never happened. There never was a trial inPhiladelphia. Testimony was never received in a public courtroom that “this one is big enough to walk me to the bus.” We never heard that it was “raining blood” in that human abattoir, that late-term abortion facility.
There were never babies born alive, screaming as they were thrown into a toilet. There were never children who survived and who were stabbed in the neck and whose spinal cords were snip-snipped by Kermit Gosnell. None of this ever occurred. Those rows of “reserved” seats—so denoted for the national media—remained empty for weeks. Don’t look. Don’t report. If you ignore it, it all goes away. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/22/whos-war-on-women-gosnell-and-china-hurt-woman-via-abortion/
Scientists May Grow Human Organs in Animals Within One Year
A story in the Telegraph claims that Japanese scientists may soon grow human organs in animals–made from human stem cells–for later use in transplant surgery. I am dubious.

From the story: A panel of scientists and legal experts appointed by the government has drawn up a recommendation that will form the basis of new guidelines for Japan’s world-leading embryonic research. There is widespread support in Japan for research that has raised red flags in other countries. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/22/scientists-may-grow-human-organs-in-animals-within-one-year/


Poll: Irish Want Free Vote, Referendum on Abortion Not Government Bill
An opinion poll carried out by Amárach Research on behalf of the Life Institute and Family and Life shows that the vast majority of Irish voters believe Taoiseach Enda Kenny is wrong to try to force pro-life TDs and Senators to vote for his abortion legislation.

It also shows that 86 per cent of voters would prefer to see the abortion issue resolved by popular referendum than by the politicians in Leinster House. A similar proportion believe that if legislators are to decide the issue they should be allowed a free vote. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/22/poll-irish-want-free-vote-referendum-on-abortion-not-government-bill/
Canadian Abortion Activist: “Naïve Reporters” Should Shut Out Pro-Lifers
Joyce Arthur, executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, recently blasted media outlets for being too “balanced” in their coverage of Dr. Henry Morgentaler’s death by interviewing pro-life Canadians.
The pro-life perspective “is an extremist view,” not deserving of “legitimacy” and “does not deserve equal time or respect in Canada” railed Arthur in a recent Rabble.ca piece. According to Arthur, “naïve reporters” should not be interested in the pro-life expression of “concern for women’s well-being,” or the perspective that all human beings, including those at earlier stages of development, deserve human rights. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/22/canadian-abortion-activist-naive-reporters-should-shut-out-pro-lifers/
Michigan Cmte OKs Bill to Help Stop Secret Abortions on Teen Girls
On June 18, the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee approved, by a 3-1 vote, legislation designed to prevent minors seeking abortion without parental consent from “judge shopping.”
Minor girls who have been denied a judicial bypass at one court would not be permitted to seek a bypass at another county court. S.B. 254 also creates guidelines for judges in making a determination regarding the maturity of the girl seeking an abortion, and her best interests. These guidelines are consistent with the line of questioning recommended by the Michigan Benchbook, and include taking into consideration whether the minor girl’s parents have neglected or abused her. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/22/michigan-cmte-oks-bill-to-help-stop-secret-abortions-on-teen-girls/
Will England Follow the U.S. in Voting for a Late-Term Abortion Ban?
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would reduce late abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/23/will-england-follow-the-u-s-in-voting-for-a-late-term-abortion-ban/

Web Site Behind Ads With Pregnant Teen Boys Promotes Abortion
If you live in Chicago, or anywhere else with a news channel, it’s likely you’ve seen one of these ads depicting pregnant teenage boys. The Chicago Department of Health followed Milwaukee’s lead by plastering them on billboards and buses across the city in an attempt to lower their teen pregnancy rate, which is reportedly 1.5 times higher than the national average. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/22/web-site-behind-ads-with-pregnant-teen-boys-promotes-abortion/

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Vetoes Womb-for-Hire Surrogacy Bill
The Louisiana Legislature recently passed a bill that threatened to transform the state into our version of India–a country in which destitute and desperate women are exploited for their gestational capacities by a surrogacy industry and its foreign customers. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/22/louisiana-gov-bobby-jindal-vetoes-womb-for-hire-surrogacy-bill/

British General Medical Council Must Support Conscience Rights on Abortion
When two Glasgow midwives won the right to opt out of supervising abortions last April I suggested that the General Medical Council (GMC) needed to revise its professional guidance on the matter which now seemed to be at odds with the law. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/23/british-general-medical-council-must-support-conscience-rights-on-abortion/
Lawyer for Man Tricking Woman to Taking Abortion Drug Wants Suspect Out on Bail
The lawyer of a man who police say tricked his pregnant girlfriend into taking an abortion causing drug is requesting bail for his client, who is being charged with product tampering and murder in the death of the couple’s 6 to 7-week-old unborn baby. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/23/lawyer-for-man-tricking-woman-to-taking-abortion-drug-wants-suspect-out-on-bail/
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Quebec is Trying to Legalize Euthanasia by Calling It Something Else
The following article was written by Margaret Somerville and published in the Globe and Mail on June 19, 2013. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/22/quebec-is-trying-to-legalize-euthanasia-by-calling-it-something-else/
Pro-Life Activist Abby Johnson Gives Birth to Baby Boy Luke
Abby Johnson, the former planned Parenthood abortion facility director, gave birth to a baby boy on Thursday night. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/21/pro-life-activist-abby-johnson-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-luke/
Lucy: A Heartbreaking Tribute to a Daughter Lost to Abortion
In 2009, the Christian rock band Skillet released a single called “Lucy.” http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/21/lucy-a-heartbreaking-tribute-to-a-daughter-lost-to-abortion/
Pro-Life Groups Were Wrong to Fight the Ban on Late-Term Abortions
A lot of people have asked me about Georgia Right to Life’s response to the 20-week abortion ban. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/21/pro-life-groups-were-wrong-to-fight-the-ban-on-late-term-abortions/
NPR Did 100 Stories on Trayvon Martin, Three on Kermit Gosnell
As a news organization funded in large part by those on the left and staffed by those on the left, NPR often hews to the priorities of the left in its coverage. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/21/npr-did-100-stories-on-trayvon-martin-three-on-kermit-gosnell/

Kansas Planned Parenthood Sues to Deny Women Informed Consent on Abortion
In a desperate move to appease its base–in the wake of increased pro-life laws that reflect the will of the people but jeopardize the bottom line of abortion businesses–Planned Parenthood has sued section 14 of the Kansas 2013 Pro-Life Protections Act, claiming it violates first and fourteenth amendment rights to free speech and abortion access. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/21/kansas-planned-parenthood-sues-to-deny-women-informed-consent-on-abortion/


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