Monday, July 1, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 7/1/13




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Monday, July 1, 2013

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Top Stories
• Texas Bill Filed to Ban Abortions at 20-Weeks After Mob Stops Last One
• Doc Tells Woman: Sit on the Toilet for an Abortion, Don’t Call 911

• Video: Pro-Life Activists Sing Amazing Grace to Drown Out Abortion Protestors
Our Son Has Impacted Thousands, Though He Lived Only a Few Minutes

More Pro-Life News
• Mom Makes Kids Hold Signs at Texas Rally for Late-Term Abortions
• Activist Groups Paying People to Protest Texas’ 20-Week Abortion Ban

• Wendy Davis Was a Single Mom Who Chose Life, Now She Pushes Abortion

• Obama Admin’s HHS Mandate Changes Still Violate Religious Conscience
• Gov. Christie Vetoes Bill Funding Planned Parenthood for Fifth Time
• Study: Abortion Ups Breast Cancer Risk Six-Fold, Millions of Women Have Died
• Liberal Web Site: We Need Abortion Because Pregnancy Makes You Fat
• Wendy Davis Condemns Politicians Using Abortion to Boost Their Careers

• Ohio Gov. John Kasich Signs Budget De-funding Planned Parenthood
• Dewhurst: Pro-Abortion Mob Won’t Shut Down Texas Pro-Life Bill a Second Time
• NAACP Attacks Arizona Bill Prohibiting Abortions Based on Race

• President of Company That Made Wendy Davis’ Pink Shoes Backed Romney
• Minnesota Abortions Drop to Historic Low, Down 3.3 Percent in 2012

• Abortion Statistics: 1.2 Million Babies Die Every Year From Abortions
University at Buffalo Charges Pro-Life Group $650 for Free Speech



Texas Bill Filed to Ban Abortions at 20-Weeks After Mob Stops Last One
Texas legislators today filed a new bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks and hold abortion facilities accountable for breaking health and safety laws after a pro-abortion mob derailed the previous bill.

The bill would ban abortions after 20 weeks and hold abortion clinics accountable by making them meet basic health and safety standards that have closed facilities in other states that are unable to comply. The bill also requires all abortion clinics to meet the same health and safety regulations as an ambulatory surgical center, requires a doctor providing abortions to secure admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, and lastly, requires a doctor to personally administer the abortion-inducing drugs to the patient. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/texas-bill-filed-to-ban-abortions-at-20-weeks-after-mob-stops-last-one/
Doc Tells Woman: Sit on the Toilet for an Abortion, Don’t Call 911
A new undercover video shows how a late-term abortion practitioner abandons women during the multi-day abortion process and leaves them alone in hotel rooms to deliver babies, telling them to “just sit on the toilet.”

Live Action has released the sixth video in its latest undercover investigation. The video exposes abortion doctors at Southwestern Women’s Options in Albuquerque, New Mexico revealing disturbing aspects of the facility’s protocol, including the practice of leaving women alone in hotel rooms to deliver their dead children. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/abortionist-abandons-women-to-birth-babies-in-hotel-room-just-sit-on-the-toilet/
Video: Pro-Life Activists Sing Amazing Grace to Drown Out Abortion Protestors
Hundreds of pro-life advocates gathered inside the Texas state capitol today to show their support for bills that have been filed that would ban late-term abortion and hold abortion clinics accountable for putting women’s health at risk.
Abortion advocates showed up and dotted the floor of the capitol rotunda but were no match for the pro-lifers, who sang “Amazing Grace” to drown out their chants. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/video-pro-life-activists-sing-amazing-grace-to-drown-out-abortion-protestors/
Our Son Has Impacted Thousands, Though He Lived Only a Few Minutes
Friday June 14th did not turn out as I expected.

I started the day enjoying a pedicure with the bride to be and very good friend Megan along with her mom Cathy and all of her bridesmaids. We had an enjoyable lunch and ran a few errands and then were headed home to start preparing for the rehearsal. Starting on the Tuesday before I had some mild spotting, it was never anything much and dark brown, a normal pregnancy occurrence. I never had any pain at any point. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/our-son-has-impacted-millions-though-he-lived-only-a-few-minutes/

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Mom Makes Kids Hold Signs at Texas Rally for Late-Term Abortions
Most of the people who attended a small rally today at the Texas capitol to protest a ban on late-term abortions lawmakers are considering were adults. But one mother made her small children hold pro-abortion signs at the protest.

She also had them sporting the burnt orange color abortion activists wore today to standing solidarity with pro-abortion state Senator Wendy Davis, who is leading the charge to keep abortions legal up to the day of birth. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/mom-makes-kids-hold-signs-at-texas-rally-for-late-term-abortions/
Activist Groups Paying People to Protest Texas’ 20-Week Abortion Ban
Debate begins anew today in Texas as state legislators file legislation that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and hold abortion facilities accountable for following health and safety laws.
Abortion activists are out in force today to protest the bill and Katie Pavlich of Town Hall discovered they are getting money to do so.
Wendy Davis Was a Single Mom Who Chose Life, Now She Pushes Abortion
Texas Senator Wendy Davis chose Life. She was a 19 year old single mom (briefly married then divorced) in financial dire straits. But she overcame her circumstances to prove that hard work, persistence, and embracing the life of her daughter didn’t keep her from achieving her dreams. Her life didn’t end. It flourished.
She graduated top of her class from both Texas Christian University and from Harvard Law School. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/wendy-davis-was-a-single-mom-who-chose-life-now-she-pushes-abortion/
Obama Admin’s HHS Mandate Changes Still Violate Religious Conscience
On Friday, the Obama administration released the final changes to the HHS mandate that compels religious groups that pay for birth control drugs and pills that may cause abortions. The changes offered no new protections for religious groups that say the HHS mandate violates their conscience rights. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/obama-admins-hhs-mandate-changes-still-violate-religious-conscience/

Gov. Christie Vetoes Bill Funding Planned Parenthood for Fifth Time
Governor Chris Christie has no interest in funding the Planned Parenthood abortion business with taxpayer dollars and, for the fifth time, vetoed a bill to do just that. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/gov-christie-vetoes-bill-funding-planned-parenthood-for-fifth-time/

Study: Abortion Ups Breast Cancer Risk Six-Fold, Millions of Women Have Died
A study published in the Indian Journal of Community Medicine (May, 2013) found a 6.38-fold greater risk of breast cancer among women with histories of induced abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/study-abortion-ups-breast-cancer-risk-six-fold-millions-of-women-have-died/

Liberal Web Site: We Need Abortion Because Pregnancy Makes You Fat
Women need abortion, we’re told, because it is just terrible and awful to force an unwanted pregnancy onto a woman. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/liberal-web-site-we-need-abortion-because-pregnancy-makes-you-fat/
Wendy Davis Condemns Politicians Using Abortion to Boost Their Careers
Latest dispatch from the Department of Pot-Meet-Kettle. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/wendy-davis-condemns-politicians-using-abortion-to-boost-their-careers/
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich Signs Budget De-funding Planned Parenthood
Last week, CNK Campaign Director Dr Peter Saunders wrote to the Home Secretary Theresa May advising her (and, in separate letters, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and local MP Frank Dobson) about the visit of Australian assisted suicide enthusiast Philip Nitschke and urging her to prevent him from entering Britain to conduct a seminar on methods people can use to kill themselves. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/ohio-gov-john-kasich-signs-budget-de-funding-planned-parenthood/
Dewhurst: Pro-Abortion Mob Won’t Shut Down Texas Pro-Life Bill a Second Time
Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst addressed the National Right to Life Convention in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, affirming his commitment to passing protective legislation for mothers and their unborn children in the upcoming second special legislative session. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/dewhurst-pro-abortion-mob-wont-shut-down-texas-pro-life-bill-a-second-time/

NAACP Attacks Arizona Bill Prohibiting Abortions Based on Race
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a motion to intervene Monday in a lawsuit filed by a branch of the NAACP and others against an Arizona bill that prohibits gender- and race-based abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/naacp-attacks-arizona-bill-prohibiting-abortions-based-on-race/
President of Company That Made Wendy Davis’ Pink Shoes Backed Romney
While obviously less important than her actions, it was hard not to notice the pink sneakers Texas State Senator Wendy Davis wore (with her Erdem dress) during her 11-hour filibuster on Monday. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/president-of-company-that-made-wendy-davis-pink-shoes-backed-romney/
Minnesota Abortions Drop to Historic Low, Down 3.3 Percent in 2012
Abortion numbers have dropped for the sixth straight year in Minnesota, according to the latest annual Abortion Report issued today by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/minnesota-abortions-drop-to-historic-low-down-3-3-percent-in-2012/

Abortion Statistics: 1.2 Million Babies Die Every Year From Abortions
Dr. Randall O’Bannon of National Right to Life, is responsible for the development of many factual publications and resources that have contributed to the growing body of pro-life literature. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/abortion-statistics-1-2-million-babies-die-every-year-from-abortions/
University at Buffalo Charges Pro-Life Group $650 for Free Speech
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a pro-life student group filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the University at Buffalo for charging the group unconstitutional fees in order to exercise its freedom of speech. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/01/abortion-statistics-1-2-million-babies-die-every-year-from-abortions/


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