Wednesday, June 5, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 6/5/13




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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

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Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Judge Intervenes to Help Dying Girl Have Transplant After Sebelius Balks
• 20 Texas Lawmakers Demand Probe of Douglas Karpen, Killed Babies Born Alive

• Request Denied for Proper Burial for Babies Gosnell Killed in Infanticides
Third Doctor Loses License After Woman Killed in Botched Abortion

More Pro-Life News
• Gosnell’s Abortion Clinic Equipment Shown to Public, Body Parts Still in Disposal
• Peter Singer: Women Should Sacrifice Having Kids to Protect Environment

• Liberals Attack Congresswoman Whose Unborn Baby May Die, Suggest Abortion

• Two-Year-Old Emerges From “Vegetative State” After Adult Stem Cell Treatment
• Girl Scouts USA Pushes Video Honoring Pro-Abortion Activists
• I Survived a Failed Late-Term Abortion, But My Twin Brother Died
• Women Do Not Identify With Extremist Pro-Abortion Movement
• Florida Governor Signs Anti-Infanticide Bill Planned Parenthood Opposed
• Teen Pushes Baby Stroller Out of the Way of Shooting, Takes a Bullet
• Pro-Life Groups Rally to Stop More Kermit Gosnells, Ban Late-Term Abortions
• Baby Dies After Mom Gives Birth in Toilet, Throws Her in Dumpster
• Pennsylvania Legislature OKs Bill to Stop Taxpayer-Funded Abortions

• Women Deliver Conference’s Final Goal: Push Abortion at the United Nations

• Study: Abortions Would Quickly Drop 15 Percent if Roe Overturned
• Pro-Life Senator Ted Cruz to Address National Right to Life Convention




Judge Intervenes to Help Dying Girl Have Transplant After Sebelius Balks
A federal judge has intervened to give hope to a young girl who needs a lung transplant as doctors have only given her weeks to live. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius received national condemnation after she refused to get involved to help the girl.

Sarah Murnaghan has been hospitalized for three months with end-stage cystic fibrosis. She is not giving up hope. She wants to be a singer, but needs a lung transplant to live. Her parents have been with her constantly while she waits at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/judge-intervenes-to-help-dying-girl-have-transplant-after-sebelius-balks/

20 Texas Lawmakers Demand Probe of Douglas Karpen, Killed Babies Born Alive
Twenty Texas legislators have signed on to a letter demanding an investigation of Douglas Karpen, a Houston abortion practitioner who is being considered the second Kermit Gosnell for killing babies born alive after abortion.

A video expose’ of Douglas Karpen has three former abortion clinic employees of abortion practitioner Douglas Karpen exposing horrific practices that took place at his abortion clinic. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/20-texas-lawmakers-demand-probe-of-douglas-karpen-killed-babies-born-alive/
Request Denied for Proper Burial for Babies Gosnell Killed in Infanticides
The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office has denied a request from a leading pro-life Catholic priest who wanted to ensure the babies abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell killed in infanticides are given a proper burial.
In April, Father Frank Pavone, the director of Priests for Life, asked officials in the Kermit Gosnell murder trial case if he can have the bodies of the babies after the all of the court proceedings are finished. He wants a proper burial of the remains of 45 babies killed by the abortion practitioner and his abortion clinic staff. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/request-denied-for-proper-burial-for-babies-gosnell-killed-in-infanticides/
Third Doctor Loses License After Woman Killed in Botched Abortion
Operation Rescue has learned that The Maryland Board of Physicians has suspended the medical license of a third abortionist associated with the notorious Steven Chase Brigham after abortion patient Maria Santiago died in February, 2013.

Michael Angelo Basco was summarily suspended from practicing medicine in Maryland on May 29, 2013, the same day two of his associates, Iris E. Dominy and Mansuor G. Panah, were also issued suspensions. All four Maryland abortion clinics operating under the name Associates in OB/GYN Care, which is affiliated with New Jersey abortionist Steven Chase Brigham, were ordered to stop all surgical abortions on May 9. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/third-doctor-loses-license-after-woman-killed-in-botched-abortion/


Gosnell’s Abortion Clinic Equipment Shown to Public, Body Parts Still in Disposal
The filthy equipment from Kermit Gosnell’s dilapidated abortion business is being shown to the public for the first time.

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office released footage of the medical equipment taken from Gosnell’s abortion center that was used in the courtroom during the trial of the abortion practitioner on murder charges. The equipment they are showing includes an exam table, recliner and electronic monitoring machines and they come from Gosnell’s West Philadelphia facility, the Women’s Medical Society. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/gosnells-abortion-clinic-equipment-shown-to-public-body-parts-still-in-disposal/
Peter Singer: Women Should Sacrifice Having Kids to Protect Environment
Bioethicist Peter Singer compared women and children to cows overgrazing a field and said — at the global Women Deliver Conference last week, hailed as the most important meeting to focus on women and girls’ human rights in a decade — that women’s reproductive rights may one day have to be sacrificed for the environment.
The controversial Princeton University professor, known for championing infanticide and bestiality, was a featured panelist on Thursday at the three-day Women Deliver conference attended by Melinda Gates and more than 4,000 abortion and contraception activists in Kuala Lumpur. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/peter-singer-women-should-sacrifice-having-kids-to-protect-environment/
The Perfect Gift, Book 1 of the White Oaks Series, by Christian author Tina Boltinghouse, is now available as an e-book in many formats wherever e-books are sold. This family-friendly Christian fiction will delight and entertain while delivering a Christian message. Book 2 will address the issue of abortion.
Liberals Attack Congresswoman Whose Unborn Baby May Die, Suggest Abortion
Maybe it’s not a surprise, since they favor the destruction of human life in abortions, but pro-abortion activists are hating on a pro-life Republican congresswoman who shared on Monday how her unborn baby may die.
As LifeNews reported, Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler, a pro-life Republican from Washington state, recently shared the sad news about her unborn baby and a potentially fatal diagnosis. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/abortion-activists-hate-on-congresswoman-whose-unborn-baby-may-die/
Two-Year-Old Emerges From “Vegetative State” After Adult Stem Cell Treatment
The death crowd is certainly not going to like this story. It is being reported that a two-year old boy emerged from a persistent vegetative state (PVS) by treating him with umbilical cord stem cells. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/two-year-old-emerges-from-vegetative-state-after-adult-stem-cell-treatment/

Girl Scouts USA Pushes Video Honoring Pro-Abortion Activists
It’s hard to find two women more pro-abortion than Marlo Thomas and Amy Richards. But the Girl Scouts love ‘em. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/girl-scouts-usa-pushes-video-honoring-pro-abortion-activists/

I Survived a Failed Late-Term Abortion, But My Twin Brother Died
For those who are not familiar with my story, I am a late term abortion survivor. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/i-survived-a-failed-late-term-abortion-but-my-twin-brother-died/
Women Do Not Identify With Extremist Pro-Abortion Movement
Abortion advocacy groups refer to themselves as “women’s groups.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/women-do-not-identify-with-extremist-pro-abortion-movement/
Florida Governor Signs Anti-Infanticide Bill Planned Parenthood Opposed
Florida Governor Rick Scott is today signing into law a bill the legislature unanimously passed that would provide medical care and legal protection for babies who are born alive after failed abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/florida-governor-signing-anti-infanticide-bill-planned-parenthood-opposed/
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Teen Pushes Baby Stroller Out of the Way of Shooting, Takes a Bullet
Sarah Rivera, a 15-year-old student in the Bronx, New York, is being hailed as a hero after she bravely ran into the line of gunshot fire in her neighborhood to rescue a three-year-old in harm’s way. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/teen-pushes-baby-stroller-out-of-the-way-of-shooting-takes-a-bullet/
Pro-Life Groups Rally to Stop More Kermit Gosnells, Ban Late-Term Abortions
A new coalition of pro-life groups is banding together to hold state and federal officials accountable for enforcing existing laws that could have been used in Pennsylvania to stop abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/pro-life-groups-rally-to-stop-more-kermit-gosnells-ban-late-term-abortions/
Baby Dies After Mom Gives Birth in Toilet, Throws Her in Dumpster
Last week, 27-year-old Shavaughn Robinson of Richmond, Virginia gave birth to a baby in a toilet and later threw the child in the dumpster. Now, Robinson was indicted today on one count of first-degree murder after the baby died. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/newborn-baby-dies-after-mom-gives-birth-in-toilet-throws-her-in-dumpster/
Pennsylvania Legislature OKs Bill to Stop Taxpayer-Funded Abortions
The Pennsylvania legislature today gave the final okay to a bill that stops taxpayer funding of abortions. The Pennsylvania Senate vote send the bill to Governor Corbett, who is expected to sign it into law. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/pennsylvania-legislature-oks-bill-to-stop-taxpayer-funded-abortions/
Women Deliver Conference’s Final Goal: Push Abortion at the United Nations
One of the final announcements at Women Deliver, the global conference on family planning, was the launch of a social network campaign to demand countries include reproductive and sexual health and rights in the UN’s new development goals. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/women-deliver-conferences-final-goal-push-abortion-at-the-united-nations/
Study: Abortions Would Quickly Drop 15 Percent if Roe Overturned
On the Boston Globe’s Brainiac blog, Kevin Hartnett highlights an academic study that offers insights as to what would happen to the abortion rate if Roe v. Wade were overturned. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/study-abortions-would-quickly-drop-15-percent-if-roe-overturned/
Pro-Life Senator Ted Cruz to Address National Right to Life Convention
It is often said that everything is bigger in Texas. Later this month when the National Right to Life Convention rolls into Dallas, it will be no exception. This year’s convention is going to be epic. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/pro-life-senator-ted-cruz-to-address-national-right-to-life-convention/


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