Monday, July 29, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 7/29/13




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Monday, July 29, 2013

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Top Stories
• Miracle Baby: Congresswoman’s Daughter Defies Doctors’ Predictions She Would Die
• Howard Dean Admits Obamacare Includes Death Panels, Wants Them Repealed

• Court Forces Mennonite Company to Comply With HHS Abortion Mandate
North Carolina Pro-Life Bill That Could Close Abortion Clinics Becomes Law

More Pro-Life News
• They Said She Should Have Been Aborted, Now Baby Abigail is Defying the Odds
• Ex-Planned Parenthood Employees to Expose “Meat Market Assembly-Line” Abortions

• Mother Burns Newborn Baby to Death in Stove After Abortion Attempts Fail

• Last Abortion Clinic in Toledo, Ohio Closing on Wednesday
• Mom Refused Abortion of Disabled Baby: “While He Has a Heartbeat I’m Not Giving Up”
• Open-Womb Surgery Treats Unborn Baby’s Hydrocephalus
• Seeing a Baby on Ultrasound Made Abortionist Quit, Become Pro-Life
• Animal Rights Activist Compares Killing Animals to Slavery, Ignores Abortion

• William Wilberforce’s Great-Grandson: He Would Have Fought Abortion
• Abortion Doc Claims: Hysterectomy is “Basically an Early Cesarean Section”

• J.J. Reddick Denies Pressuring Girlfriend to Have Abortion
• Little Orphan Katie Weighed Just 10.5 Pounds at Age 9, Eli Project Saved Her

• Abortion Doc Who Almost Killed Patient Allowed to Practice in Utah
• Eugenics is Shifting From Killing the Disabled to Genetically Enhancing Kids

• Abortion Activists Can’t Stand Fetal Models Because They Show a Baby’s a Baby
• Catholic Relief Services Denies Promoting Abortion-Causing Drugs


Miracle Baby: Congresswoman’s Daughter Defies Doctors’ Predictions She Would Die
Doctors told Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler, a pro-life Republican from Washington state, that her baby had a potentially fatal diagnosis that would claim her life shortly after birth.

Beutler posted a message on Facebook in June saying her unborn child has been diagnosed with Potter’s Syndrome, a condition which prevents the child’s kidneys from developing properly and is typically fatal for the baby. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/miracle-baby-congresswomans-daughter-defies-doctors-predictions-she-would-die/
Howard Dean Admits Obamacare Includes Death Panels, Wants Them Repealed
When Congress debated Obamacare, pro-life advocates and Republicans like Sarah Palin were castigated for claiming the government-run health care program would include death panels that would ration health care treatment.

Now, former presidential candidate Howard Dean has essentially admitted they were right and is calling for the repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Monday he called the IPAB “essentially a health-care rationing body” that he believes will fail. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/howard-dean-admits-obamacare-includes-death-panels-wants-them-repealed/
Court Forces Mennonite Company to Comply With HHS Abortion Mandate
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.
In a 2-1 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation, owned by a Mennonite family, must adhere to the mandate. The company has 950 employees. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/court-forces-mennonite-company-to-comply-with-hhs-abortion-mandate/
North Carolina Pro-Life Bill That Could Close Abortion Clinics Becomes Law
Governor Pat McCrory officially put his name on a pro-life bill today that would stop abortions by helping pregnant women and stopping taxpayer financed abortions.

The bill would also subject abortion clinics to better health and safety laws that could wind up closing abortion facilities that are unable to comply and protect women’s health.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/north-carolina-pro-life-bill-that-could-close-abortion-clinics-becomes-law/


They Said She Should Have Been Aborted, Now Baby Abigail is Defying the Odds
Today Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler and her husband Daniel announced the birth of their daughter, Abigail Rose Beutler. This two week old miracle is being called the first baby to survive a prenatal diagnosis previously considered fatal.

Last month, Congresswoman Herrera Beutler (left) posted an announcement via facebook that her first child had been diagnosed in-utero with Potter’s Syndrome. Considered fatal, Potter’s Syndrome is “associated with a deficiency in amniotic fluid often caused by a baby’s prenatal kidney failure.” In addition to having kidney failure, without sufficient amniotic fluid in the womb the baby’s lungs are usually severely underdeveloped. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/they-said-she-should-have-been-aborted-now-baby-abigail-is-defying-the-odds/
Ex-Planned Parenthood Employees to Expose “Meat Market Assembly-Line” Abortions
Three former Planned Parenthood employees will testify before the Delaware state legislature tomorrow to expose the brutal practices the abortion company employed at the clinic where they worked. The three will testify before a bipartisan state senate hearing.
Nurses Joyce Vasikonis and Jayne Mitchell-Werbrich will recount the “meat-market style assembly-line abortions” which led them to quit their jobs. Former manager Melody Meanor will testify that Planned Parenthood’s negligence expands beyond abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/ex-planned-parenthood-employees-to-expose-meat-market-assembly-line-abortions/
Mother Burns Newborn Baby to Death in Stove After Abortion Attempts Fail
A Russian woman has allegedly burned her newborn baby to death in a stove after attempts at self-inducing abortion failed. The unnamed woman spend several months attempting to kill her baby in an abortion by taking various pills.
Last Abortion Clinic in Toledo, Ohio Closing on Wednesday
The last abortion clinic in Toledo, Ohio is closing on Wednesday. The Capital Care Women’s Center abortion business expects to close when its transfer agreement with the taxpayer-funded University of Toledo Medical Center expires on Wednesday. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/last-abortion-clinic-in-toledo-ohio-closing-on-wednesday/

Mom Refused Abortion of Disabled Baby: “While He Has a Heartbeat I’m Not Giving Up”
Carrie Curtis received suggestions from her doctor to have an abortion of her disabled son, who was diagnosed with Potter’s Syndrome. That is a condition which prevents the child’s kidneys from developing properly and is typically fatal for the baby. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/mom-refused-abortion-of-disabled-baby-while-he-has-a-heartbeat-im-not-giving-up/

Open-Womb Surgery Treats Unborn Baby’s Hydrocephalus
A baby diagnosed with hydrocephalus while in his mother’s womb was born free of the condition two months after doctors operated on his brain during a landmark open-womb surgical procedure. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/open-womb-surgery-treats-unborn-babys-hydrocephalus/

Seeing a Baby on Ultrasound Made Abortionist Quit, Become Pro-Life
Dr. Joseph Randall was an abortionist who practiced for many years before leaving and becoming pro-life. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/seeing-a-baby-on-ultrasound-made-abortionist-quit-become-pro-life/
Animal Rights Activist Compares Killing Animals to Slavery, Ignores Abortion
What we do to animals is not equivalent to the same actions being done to people! But animal rights types keep making that false comparison. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/animal-rights-activist-compares-killing-animals-to-slavery-ignores-abortion/
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William Wilberforce’s Great-Grandson: He Would Have Fought Abortion
As many readers know, it was William Wilberforce in the waning years of the 18th century who successfully led what seemed to be an utterly quixotic campaign to end the British slave trade. In 2007, a wonderful film, “Amazing Grace,” was released about his story. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/william-wilberforces-great-grandson-he-would-have-fought-abortion/
Abortion Doc Claims: Hysterectomy is “Basically an Early Cesarean Section”
Recently, as I was doing some pro-life research, an ad came up for an abortion business in south Florida. I clicked it, not only because I enjoy costing them money, but also because you can find some incredible things on abortion websites. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/abortion-doc-claims-hysterectomy-is-basically-an-early-cesarean-section/
J.J. Reddick Denies Pressuring Girlfriend to Have Abortion
The documents clearly indicate a contract signed by Lopez and Redick that required pregnancy termination in order for Redick to continue in a relationship with her and he agrees to pay her 25 grand if he ends the relationship prior to one year (weird)….but he is not the dad. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/j-j-reddick-denies-pressuring-girlfriend-to-have-abortion/
Little Orphan Katie Weighed Just 10.5 Pounds at Age 9, Eli Project Saved Her
Katie was an orphan in Bulgaria, and at the age of nine, she weighed just 10.5 pounds. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/little-orphan-katie-weighed-just-10-5-pounds-at-age-9-eli-project-saved-her/
Abortion Doc Who Almost Killed Patient Allowed to Practice in Utah
It says a lot that the state of Maryland revoked Nicola Riley’s license to practice medicine. . http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/abortionist-who-almost-killed-patient-in-abortion-allowed-to-practice-in-utah/
Eugenics is Shifting From Killing the Disabled to Genetically Enhancing Kids
Eugenics is evil in that it presumes that some human beings are better than others, and moreover, that we have a duty to control procreation to improve the human herd. In the USA, the first iteration of this great wrong–a political progressive project, by the way–led to hundreds of thousands of involuntary sterilizations. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/eugenics-is-shifting-from-killing-the-disabled-to-genetically-enhancing-kids/
Abortion Activists Can’t Stand Fetal Models Because They Show a Baby’s a Baby
ABC News just released a shining example of professional journalism. The video can be viewed here. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/abortion-activists-cant-stand-fetal-models-because-they-show-a-babys-a-baby/
Catholic Relief Services Denies Promoting Abortion-Causing Drugs
In our month-long, on-the-ground investigation of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) activities in Madagascar, Population Research Institute (PRI) found that the organization was directly involved in the promotion and distribution of contraceptive and abortifacient drugs and devices in contravention of Church teaching. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/29/catholic-relief-services-denies-promoting-abortion-causing-drugs/

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