Thursday, July 18, 2013

Heroic News: “Why do we kill the handicapped?” plus 7 more

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Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:22 PM PDT
"I have a friend with Down syndrome. I will call him Tim. Tim probably does not know how unusual his birth was. In our enlightened society, 90% of children like Tim are shredded with a vacuum tube or slowly dismembered, one limb at a time, prior to their birth. All of this is done out of compassion, or course."
Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:09 PM PDT
On the same day as Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed the state's new late-term abortion ban into law, Planned Parenthood has announced that they are closing three more clinics in the state, one of which performs abortions.
Posted: 18 Jul 2013 04:14 AM PDT
Young boys preening in front of mirrors putting on makeup, picking flowers in skirts, and prancing in heels and dresses at a talent show: all these are depicted in controversial photoessay, featured on Slate this week, documenting an annual summer camp for gender confused boys. The images are drawing praise from gay activists, and criticisms from pro-family leaders.
Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:54 AM PDT
Embryo testing is progress built on failure, termination, and tragedy. But we only hear about the happy endings.
Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:24 AM PDT
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is set to sign into law sweeping new abortion restrictions that sparked weeks of protests at the state Capitol.
Posted: 17 Jul 2013 11:56 PM PDT
Last week, the Texas state Senate passed the sweeping pro-life legislation that was thrust into the national spotlight when state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) foolishly filibustered the bill last month.
Posted: 17 Jul 2013 11:49 PM PDT
An able-bodied 58-year-old woman, Chloe Jennings-White use a wheelchair to get around, and fantasizes about being a paraplegic and wants to undergo spinal surgery to make her legs stop working. Begging the question: if people are allowed to select their gender and whether their baby lives or dies, why should this be any different?
Posted: 17 Jul 2013 11:44 PM PDT
The French like to make fun of the British, joking about their repressed ways in matters of the heart. But when it came time to debate same-sex 'marriage,' it was France that betrayed a deep conservative streak in sometimes violent protests — while the British showed themselves to be modern and anti-traditional marriage.