Wednesday, July 31, 2013

CMMB: Celebrate African Women's Day & St. Ignatius Day with us!




 
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Dear Friends,
Celebrate African Women's Day!

Celebrate African Women’s Day by making a gift to CMMB in honor of women and mothers who inspire us all!
Join us today in celebrating both the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola and African Women’s Day. They each have very special meaning for CMMB: St.Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits (Society of Jesus), worked to promote social justice throughout his life. Jesuits throughout history have sought to care for those who were often neglected – through schools, missions, parishes, and refugee services. Fr. Jerome Nadal, an early Jesuit, puts it this way:
Why are there Jesuits? The Society has the care of those souls for whom either there is nobody to care or, if somebody ought to care, for whom the care is negligent. This is the reason for the founding of the Society. This is its strength. This is its dignity in the Church.
We couldn’t have asked for a better model to lead our organization! For many decades, Jesuit ideals, support and leadership guided CMMB and helped to inspire our outstanding efforts to help “those souls . . . for whom the care is negligent.”
This is so true in the case of the women of Africa. CMMB currently supports health programs in Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, South Sudan and Zambia. And with our increased focus on the health of mothers and children, we are strengthening the family unit and the community: healthy women inspire healthy families and communities.
Today, we celebrate our Jesuit identity. We hope you’ll join us in prayer in honor of St. Ignatius and in tribute to the brave women of Africa. May they continue to inspire us.
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LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 7/31/13





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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

For pro-life news updated throughout the day, visit LifeNews.com.
Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Texas Planned Parenthood’s Fraud Was $4.3 Million, Three Times More Than Announced
• Governor Shuts Down Pro-Abortion Protests With Chocolate Chip Cookies

• Congresswoman’s Miracle Baby May be the First to Survive Potter’s Syndrome
Woman Didn’t Get Proper Anesthesia Before Abortion, Heard Girl Born Alive Cry

More Pro-Life News
• MSNBC Host Thomas Roberts Calls Abortion Clinics “Choice Providers”
• Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Closes Clinic in Schenectady New York

• “She Didn’t Do It!” Prayers Save Baby From Abortion at the Last Minute

• The Abortion Agenda: Increase Abortions by Increasing Number of Abortionists
• Studies Show Higher Risk of Suicide for Women Following an Abortion
• Mennonite Company Fights HHS Mandate: We Won’t be Forced to Comply
• She Wanted to be a Big-Time Reporter and Politician, Then She Became Pro-Life
• Judge Blocks Law That Could Have Made North Dakota Abortion Free

• Abortion Activists Overstate Savings From Family Planning Programs
• Abortion Access in America: How the Abortion Industry Demands Special Treatment

• Pro-Life Television Show “Facing Life Head-On” Wins Third Regional Emmy Awardrtion
• New Yorker Magazine’s In-Kind Contribution to Planned ParenthoodHer

• British Appeals Court Upholds Law Against Euthanasia
• Human Cloning is Here Now, It’s Time to be Worried

• Canadian Man Charged With Killing Man in Assisted Suicide


Texas Planned Parenthood’s Fraud Was $4.3 Million, Three Times More Than Announced
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on July 24 that his office had obtained a $1.4 million settlement against Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast for Medicaid fraud, with the settlement to be split between the state of Texas, the federal government, and the whistleblower (former PPGC employee Karen Reynolds).

It turns out the AG was apparently only announcing his state’s cut. The total settlement is actually $4.3 million – almost $3 million more than previously known. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/texas-planned-parenthoods-fraud-was-4-3-million-three-times-more-than-announced/
Governor Shuts Down Pro-Abortion Protests With Chocolate Chip Cookies
A gathering of North Carolina pro-abortion activists are upset with North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory. They have been protesting outside the governor’s mansion in response to his signing a pro-life bill that could close down shoddy abortion clinics.

McCrory hasn’t been willing to meet with the rabid abortion activists, but he did stop by Tuesday afternoon with a plate of chocolate chip cookies. The gesture was so nice that the abortion activists were befuddled, made up a silly chant, and went home early. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/governor-shuts-down-pro-abortion-protests-with-chocolate-chip-cookies/
Congresswoman’s Miracle Baby May be the First to Survive Potter’s Syndrome
Abigail Rose Beutler’s birth has been met with significantly less fanfare than that of the royal baby, Prince George Alexander Louis Mountbatten-Windsor, but it was every bit as miraculous: Despite being given a prenatal diagnosis generally considered a death sentence, Abigail was born weighing two pounds, 12 ounces at 28 weeks’ gestation and has survived two weeks.
Abigail, the daughter of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), was diagnosed with Potter’s Syndrome in utero. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/congresswomans-miracle-baby-may-be-the-first-to-survive-potters-syndrom/
Woman Didn’t Get Proper Anesthesia Before Abortion, Heard Girl Born Alive Cry
A woman named Julia Gallardo has posted video from 2011 with a shocking claim – that her friend had a late-term abortion, but was not properly anesthetized during the procedure and heard her baby girl, who had been born alive, cry.

She also tearfully states that her friend’s family later found out that the baby girl had survived and was placed for adoption. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/woman-didnt-get-proper-anesthesia-before-abortion-heard-girl-born-alive-cry/

MSNBC Host Thomas Roberts Calls Abortion Clinics “Choice Providers”
For years, MSNBC has made it clear where it stands on the issue of abortion in America: on the side of promoting abortion rights advocates against any restriction or regulation on the taking of unborn life. Unsurprisingly, one of MSNBC’s most fervent abortion activists is Thomas Roberts, who apart from using his daily MSNBC show to promote gay marriage, has taken it upon himself to rail against any abortion safety laws as limiting “choice.”

But on his July 30 program, Roberts took things a step further with Orwellian language designed to avoid the A-word. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/msnbc-host-thomas-roberts-calls-abortion-clinics-choice-providers/
Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Closes Clinic in Schenectady New York
The Planned Parenthood abortion business is closing yet another center — this time in Schenectady, New York.
A press release from Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson (PPMH) says: “After careful evaluation, we have decided to close our Ticonderoga health center, located at 171 Lake George Avenue, on August 27. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-closes-clinic-in-schenectady-new-york/
“She Didn’t Do It!” Prayers Save Baby From Abortion at the Last Minute
“I will set him in the safety for which he longs”. The verse from Psalm 12:5 floated through my mind as hot tears rushed down my cheeks. “Set him in the safety?” I assumed it was God telling me the baby my friends and I we’re earnestly praying for was aborted and now safe in heaven. I had every reason to believe that must be the case.
Minutes prior a lady inside the abortion clinic texted me, saying her friend had left the waiting room to go behind the door. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/she-didnt-do-it-prayers-save-baby-from-abortion-at-the-last-minute/
The Abortion Agenda: Increase Abortions by Increasing Number of Abortionists
The headline to Steph Herold’s post at the pro-abortion site RHrealitycheck.org is, “What Contributes to a Positive Abortion Experience?” http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/the-abortion-agenda-increase-abortions-by-increasing-number-of-abortionists/

Studies Show Higher Risk of Suicide for Women Following an Abortion
One of the main arguments given for legalizing abortion in Ireland is that troubled women would become suicidal if they were forced to carry their pregnancies to term. Ironically, this was originally how abortions were made available in many US states before Roe versus Wade. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/studies-show-higher-risk-of-suicide-for-women-following-an-abortion/

Mennonite Company Fights HHS Mandate: We Won’t be Forced to Comply
A federal appeals court issued a ruling Friday forcing a Mennonite-owned company to comply with the HHS mandate, which compels companies to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/mennonite-company-fights-hhs-mandate-we-wont-be-forced-to-comply/


She Wanted to be a Big-Time Reporter and Politician, Then She Became Pro-Life
Today’s blog post is courtesy of Feminists for Life and our very own legislative director, Maria Gallagher. This month, Feminists for Life is publishing a series of pro-life conversion stories submitted by strong, pro-life women such as Maria.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/she-wanted-to-be-a-big-time-reporter-and-politician-then-she-became-pro-life/
Judge Blocks Law That Could Have Made North Dakota Abortion Free
The Red River Clinic, the sole public abortion business in North Dakota, reportedly performs an average of 1,200 abortions a yea. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/judge-blocks-law-that-could-have-made-north-dakota-abortion-free/
Looking for a Pro-Life Speaker for 2013?
Looking for a pro-life speaker for your next banquet, conference or convention? LifeNews.com editor Steven Ertelt is a low-cost speaker who can entertain and educate your audience as well as help you with a fundraising pitch if necessary. He can also speak on any pro-life topic. For more information, email news@LifeNews.com.
Abortion Activists Overstate Savings From Family Planning Programs
Abortion advocates and population planners eagerly promote the idea that preventing births saves money. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/abortion-activists-overstate-savings-from-family-planning-programs/
Abortion Access in America: How the Abortion Industry Demands Special Treatment
In a column Friday, the Guttmacher Institute writes lamenting of the great distances women have to travel to obtain an abortion, noting one-third of women have to travel more than 25 miles for this elective surgery. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/abortion-access-in-america-how-the-abortion-industry-demands-special-treatment/
Pro-Life Television Show “Facing Life Head-On” Wins Third Regional Emmy Award
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has awarded the pro-life television show, Facing Life Head-On a Regional Emmy® Award for its program entitled Teens Making Healthy Choices.http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/pro-life-television-show-facing-life-head-on-wins-third-regional-emmy-award/
New Yorker Magazine’s In-Kind Contribution to Planned Parenthood
My thanks go out to the New Yorker which this morning emailed me Jeffrey Toobin’s “Daughters of Texas. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/new-yorker-magazines-in-kind-contribution-to-planned-parenthood/
British Appeals Court Upholds Law Against Euthanasia
A UK Court of Appeals has refused to impose legalized euthanasia on the country . http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/british-appeals-court-upholds-law-against-euthanasia/
Human Cloning is Here Now, It’s Time to be Worried
One of my friends, who doesn‘t really follow the biotech scene, said to me one time, “When you tell me to worry about it, I will worry about it.” I replied, “Worry. Now.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/human-cloning-is-here-now-its-time-to-be-worried/
Canadian Man Charged With Killing Man in Assisted Suicide
Several days ago, a man was charged with the crime of assisted suicide in Hamilton Ontario. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/canadian-man-charged-with-killing-woman-in-assisted-suicide/

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Heroic News: “The Childless Twenty-Somethings” plus 3 more

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Posted: 31 Jul 2013 12:17 PM PDT
New social circumstances in the West lead to more couples putting off families. What exactly are the repercussions of this social phenomena?
Posted: 31 Jul 2013 08:35 AM PDT
In the midst of the celebration about same-sex ­'marriage,' some Minnesotans are quietly mourning.
Posted: 31 Jul 2013 04:03 AM PDT
A major U.S. law enforcement operation, which saved over 100 minors from prostitution rings and arrested over 150, drew praise from a congressman known for toughening laws against sex trafficking.
Posted: 31 Jul 2013 03:51 AM PDT
A British appeals court upheld a law against euthanasia in rejecting appeals from two severely disabled men who argued that doctors should be allowed to legally kill them.

Judie Brown: "Aborting justice over dead bodies"

 

Judie Brown

Judie Brown
July 31, 2013

In our society, an entire group of people are dismissed and denied the most basic right – the right to life. And, day after day, laws are continually formed and twisted so that preborn babies are thought of as nothing and discarded as trash. A society cannot function when so many members are thrown away. A society cannot function when so many members are looked upon as burdens and as objects of disgust. Today's commentary addresses this mentality and cautions us about its repercussions.

To read the article, click here: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/brown/130731
 
 
 
 
 

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 7/30/13





LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

For pro-life news updated throughout the day, visit LifeNews.com.
Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Planned Parenthood Put Women at Risk With After Hours Abortions, No Staff Present
• Picture of Baby With Trisomy 13 Surviving 116 Days Goes Viral

• Indiana Loses Battle to De-Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Business
Ireland President Signs Bill to Legalize Abortions Despite Pro-Life Objection

More Pro-Life News
• Study: Television Networks Use “Fetus” to Hide Reality of Abortion
• Planned Parenthood Prez: Top 2013 Goal is Beating Ken Cuccinelli

• Body of Newborn Baby Found in Trash, Arm Dangling From Over the Side

• Babies in UK Can be Aborted At 40 Weeks for Cleft Lip, Commission Wants It Stopped
• Choose Bro-Life: Time for Pro-Life Men to Stand Against Abortion
• While Abortion Activists Demanded the Right to Kill Babies, I Miscarried Mine
• Pro-Life Leader Thomas Peters: Thank You for Prayers, Still Can’t Use My Hands
• “Catholics for Choice” Calls Vatican, Pro-Life Leaders “Religious Extremists”

• Kansas Planned Parenthood Admits Abortion “Terminates the Life of a Human Being
• Tomorrow’s the Deadline to Join the Next 40 Days for Life Pro-Life Prayer Campaign

• Religion or Science: What is the Basis for the Pro-Life View?
• Biking for Babies Campaign Raises $50,000 for Pregnancy Centers

• No, Society Should Not Allow Creation of Three-Parent Embryos
• World Medical Association and AMA Oppose Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide

• Abortion Clinic Owner Accused of Misusing Funds to Run Abortion Biz


Planned Parenthood Put Women at Risk With After Hours Abortions, No Staff Present
Three former employees of the Planned Parenthood abortion business testified before the Delaware state legislature today and told lawmakers that the abortion giant frequently put women’s health and lives at risk.

Nurses Joyce Vasikonis and Jayne Mitchell-Werbrich explained the “meat-market style assembly-line abortions” which led them to quit their jobs. Former manager Melody Meanor testified that Planned Parenthood’s negligence expands beyond abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/planned-parenthood-put-women-at-risk-with-after-hours-abortions-no-staff-present/
Picture of Baby With Trisomy 13 Surviving 116 Days Goes Viral
Corbin Alfred McHenry was diagnosed in utero with Trisomy 13, a rare genetic disorder. While already battling the harsh label of “incompatible with life” this little miracle blessed the Earth seven weeks early.

His family has created a Facebook page for prayers for him and it has already grown in just a few months to well over 267,000 people. praying for Corbin.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/picture-of-baby-with-trisomy-13-surviving-116-days-goes-viral/
Indiana Loses Battle to De-Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Business
Indiana has lost its battle to de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business — as a judge today issued a permanent injunction in the abortion giant’s favor in its lawsuit against the state over the de-funding law.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt in Indianapolis issued the order preventing state officials from preventing Medicaid dollars from flowing the nation’s largest abortion company. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/indiana-loses-battle-to-de-fund-planned-parenthood-abortion-business/
Ireland President Signs Bill to Legalize Abortions Despite Pro-Life Objection
Although pro-life groups mounted an amazing campaign to attempt to defeat the bill and turned out tens of thousands of pro-life people at multiple rallies against it, the Irish Parliament approved the measure.

Now, Ireland’s head of state, President Michael D. Higgins, signed the country’s first bill on abortion into law. Abortions would be allowed when the life of the mother is supposedly in danger from the pregnancy and in cases when pregnant women may commit suicide, even though studies show abortion increases suicide risk for women. Pro-life groups worry this will open the door to legalizing abortions in other cases. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/ireland-president-signs-bill-to-legalize-abortions-despite-pro-life-objection/

Study: Television Networks Use “Fetus” to Hide Reality of Abortion
When they’re not outright censoring the culture of life in America, the media play games with language to make their points. Journalists use language to denote a difference between life and death: a baby that’s wanted and a fetus that’s doomed or unwanted. One is a blessing, the other a problematic “clump of cells”

From the end of June 2010 to June 2013, the networks dehumanized unborn children by using the word “fetus” in nearly half – 45 percent – of reports in connection with death. In relation to either problems and risks or medical issues, “fetus” appeared in 93 percent of reports. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/study-television-networks-use-fetus-to-hide-reality-of-abortion/
Planned Parenthood Prez: Top 2013 Goal is Beating Ken Cuccinelli
The president of the Planned Parenthood abortion business says the number one priority this year for the abortion giant is defeating the pro-life candidate for governor in Virginia.
From a news story about an interview with Cecile Richards
Body of Newborn Baby Found in Trash, Arm Dangling From Over the Side
Investigators are looking into the death of a newborn baby, whose body was found in the back of a trash vehicle in Kansas City yesterday.
Garbage workers found the baby’s body after seeing the arm of the child dangling over the side of a trash container in the truck.
Babies in UK Can be Aborted At 40 Weeks for Cleft Lip, Commission Wants It Stopped
A parliamentary commission in the United Kingdom is calling for changes to abortion laws — specifically, laws that amount to eugenics against babies with disabilities. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/babies-in-uk-can-be-aborted-at-40-weeks-for-cleft-lip-commission-wants-it-stopped/

Choose Bro-Life: Time for Pro-Life Men to Stand Against Abortion
Men, it’s time to man up. There is a new movement in America, and it’s called “bro-life.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/choose-bro-life-time-for-pro-life-men-to-stand-against-abortion/

While Abortion Activists Demanded the Right to Kill Babies, I Miscarried Mine
So. It’s been a while. I stopped writing about abortion because I started to feel a little bit overexposed, maybe even repetitive. Hadn’t I said everything I needed to say about abortion? Was it making any difference, anyway. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/while-abortion-activists-demanded-the-right-to-kill-babies-i-miscarried-mine/

Pro-Life Leader Thomas Peters: Thank You for Prayers, Still Can’t Use My Hands
Thomas Peters is a leading pro-life blogger and activist with Catholic Vote and is well known on Twitter for his pro-life advocacy. Two weeks ago, the pro-life word learned that he had been critically injured.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/pro-life-leader-thomas-peters-thank-you-for-prayers-still-cant-use-my-hands/
“Catholics for Choice” Calls Vatican, Pro-Life Leaders “Religious Extremists”
Recently, David J. Nolan, editor of Conscience, the Catholics for Choice “news journal,” wrote, “Religious extremists . . . have an immoderate, uncompromising approach to politics and, given the chance, they would deny basic rights and require fundamental changes to the way most people want to live.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/catholics-for-choice-calls-pro-life-leaders-religious-extremists/
Looking for a Pro-Life Speaker for 2013?
Looking for a pro-life speaker for your next banquet, conference or convention? LifeNews.com editor Steven Ertelt is a low-cost speaker who can entertain and educate your audience as well as help you with a fundraising pitch if necessary. He can also speak on any pro-life topic. For more information, email news@LifeNews.com.
Kansas Planned Parenthood Admits Abortion “Terminates the Life of a Human Being
Six weeks ago, Kansans for Life characterized the Planned Parenthood lawsuit against the newly-passed Pro-Life Protections Act as “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.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/kansas-planned-parenthood-admits-abortion-terminates-the-life-of-a-human-being/
Tomorrow’s the Deadline to Join the Next 40 Days for Life Pro-Life Prayer Campaign
40 Days for Life is an amazing campaign that unites believers to fast, pray and hold peaceful vigils asking God to end abortion. Since 2004 campaigns have been held in all 50 states as well as countries in Europe, South America and Africa. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/tomorrows-the-deadline-to-join-the-next-40-days-for-life-pro-life-prayer-campaign/
Religion or Science: What is the Basis for the Pro-Life View?
One of the most shocking conversations I have experienced occurred on a train. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/religion-or-science-what-is-the-basis-for-the-pro-life-view/
Biking for Babies Campaign Raises $50,000 for Pregnancy Centers
Despite numerous “potholes” in their 1,000 mile bike ride from New Orleans to Chicago, Biking for Babies met their goal of raising $50,000 for pregnancy resource centers. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/biking-for-babies-campaign-raises-50000-for-pregnancy-centers/
No, Society Should Not Allow Creation of Three-Parent Embryos
The UK rubber stamp Embryo Authority–which for example allowed human cloning experiments with animal eggs–is on the verge of permitting the manufacture of three-parent embryos. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/no-society-should-not-allow-creation-of-three-parent-embryos/
World Medical Association and AMA Oppose Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide
The world’s professional medical associations overwhelmingly oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/world-medical-association-and-ama-oppose-euthanasia-assisted-suicide/
Abortion Clinic Owner Accused of Misusing Funds to Run Abortion Biz
Operation Rescue has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), and the Kansas Bureau of Investigations (KBI) against Trust Women PAC demanding a full investigation of the political action committee that appears to be partially funding a “for-profit” abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/30/abortion-clinic-owner-accused-of-misusing-funds-to-run-abortion-biz/

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