Friday, August 16, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 8/16/13


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Friday, August 16, 2013

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Top Stories
• Planned Parenthood Getting $214,000 in Obamacare Funds Accused of Medicaid Fraud
• This Pro-Lifer Has Saved More Than 1,000 Babies From Abortions
• Former Abortion Doctors: “I’ve Taken Lives of Innocent Babies,” “I’m Destroying Life”
Judge Stops Obama Admin From Unfairly Targeting Pro-Life Activist


More Pro-Life News

• NBA Player JJ Redick’s Ex Almost Died From Abortion He Pressured Her to Have
• Planned Parenthood Getting Obamacare Funds Broke Law to Sell Abortion Drugs
• Catholic Bishop Switches to Republican Party, Democrats Just Too Pro-Abortion

• Environmentalists Pushing to Give Mother Nature a “Right to Life”

• Two Kids With Down Syndrome Who Escaped Abortion Thank Pro-Life Congressmen
• Peer-Reviewed Study: Abortion is Not Safer for Women Than Childbirth
• New Jersey Planned Parenthood That Covered Up Statutory Rape Closing Down
• GOP Votes to Ban CNN, NBC From Primary Debate if Hillary Movie Shown
• The Painting That Saved a Baby’s Life From Abortion

• “Cheap, Government-Funded, and Common:” How Abortion Activists Want Abortions
• Planned Parenthood Leading Campaign to Endanger Women’s Health With Dangerous Abortions

• The “Forced Motherhood” Canard: A False Pro-Abortion Argument Attacking Pro-Lifers
• Women Blast Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz For Backing Malpractice Award Caps
• Late-Term Abortion Biz Sues Ohio City for Denying Permit for 8-Foot-Tall Sign



Planned Parenthood Getting $214,000 in Obamacare Funds Accused of Medicaid Fraud
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland is one of four affiliates of the Planned Parenthood abortion business to have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds to promote Obamcare. However, the abortion business faces accusations of massive Medicaid fraud.

As LifeNews reported, three more local affiliates of the Planned Parenthood abortion business are getting hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funding from the federal government to promote Obamacare. Among the grants listed were $295,604 for Planned Parenthood of Montana; $214,427 for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland; and $145,161 for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/planned-parenthood-getting-214000-in-obamacare-funds-accused-of-medicaid-fraud/
This Pro-Lifer Has Saved More Than 1,000 Babies From Abortions
John Barros has been ministering to women considering abortions in Florida for years and is credited by local pro-life advocates with saving more than 1,000 babies from abortions.

Now, a new video celebrates his work — and thousands have already watched it and celebrated with them. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/meet-the-pro-lifer-who-has-saved-more-than-1000-babies-from-abortions/
Former Abortion Doctors: “I’ve Taken Lives of Innocent Babies,” “I’m Destroying Life”
On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (January 22, 2013), Priests for Life began a daily project. Named “Expose Abortion,” the project releases a daily quote about abortion.
Yet these quotes are quite different from what many might expect. They are anything but simple quips. Instead, they provide a direct line to truth from inside the abortion industry. Fr. Frank Pavone writes (emphasis mine): http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/former-abortion-doctors-ive-taken-lives-of-innocent-babies-im-destroying-life/
Judge Stops Obama Admin From Unfairly Targeting Pro-Life Activist
Once again, a federal judge has stopped Attorney General Eric Holder’s political prosecution of a pro-life activist.

President Obama’s Department of Justice filed charges against Angel Dillard for a letter she wrote to Dr. Mila Means, who had announced plans to open an abortion facility in Wichita, Kansas. Dillard said that she wrote the letter to point out the practical disadvantages and difficulties associated with an abortion clinic and to appeal to Means to reconsider opening the abortion business – not to threaten him. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/judge-stops-obama-admin-from-unfairly-targeting-pro-life-activist/

NBA Player JJ Redick’s Ex Almost Died From Abortion He Pressured Her to Have
A few weeks ago, I reported on the bizarre “abortion contract” drawn up in 2007 between NBA player JJ Redick and his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa Lopez. As I reported, the “contract” stipulated that Lopez would receive $25,000 to abort the child, despite Redick’s denials that the baby was his. The contract was full of humiliating provisions, such as demands that Lopez be examined by a doctor of Redick’s choice in order to “prove” she wasn’t lying about the pregnancy or the abortion.

When the story broke, Redick responded by taking the low road, stopping just short of calling Lopez a liar. He claimed that “Ms. Lopez did not and has never terminated a pregnancy of a child fathered by me.” http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/nba-player-jj-redicks-ex-almost-died-from-abortion-he-pressured-her-to-have/

Planned Parenthood Getting Obamacare Funds Broke Law to Sell Abortion Drugs
One of the four Planned Parenthood abortion business affiliates to get taxpayer funding from Obamacare was accused of breaking state laws to sell abortion drugs in New Hampshire.
As LifeNews reported, three more local affiliates of the Planned Parenthood abortion business are getting hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funding from the federal government to promote Obamacare. Among the grants listed were $295,604 for Planned Parenthood of Montana; $214,427 for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland; and $145,161 for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/planned-parenthood-getting-obamacare-funds-broke-law-to-sell-abortion-drugs/
Catholic Bishop Switches to Republican Party, Democrats Just Too Pro-Abortion
Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island says he has officially switched his voter registration to the Republican party because the Democratic Party is just too pro-abortion.
From a local news report: “The a-ha moment for me was the 2012 Democratic National Convention. It was just awful,” Tobin, 65, told the Rhody Young Republicans during an event at the Holy Rosary Band Society Hall in Providence. The leader of Rhode Island’s roughly 621,000 Catholics said he had been a registered Democrat since 1969. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/catholic-bishop-switches-to-republican-party-democrats-just-too-pro-abortion/
Environmentalists Pushing to Give Mother Nature a “Right to Life”
I can’t think of a faster way to destroy the economy than to give human-style “rights” to “nature.” But the “nature rights” movement is growing–and too few people are paying attention. Such “it can’t happen here” attitudes are dangerous because they allow one side to fight a war as the other side sleeps. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/environmentalists-pushing-to-give-mother-nature-a-right-to-life/


Two Kids With Down Syndrome Who Escaped Abortion Thank Pro-Life Congressmen
Recently my beautiful daughter Chloe and her remarkable friend Alex who were born with a diagnosis of Down syndrome went to the US Capitol in Washington DC to meet with and thank two congressmen who are true pro-life champions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/two-kids-with-down-syndrome-who-escaped-abortion-thank-pro-life-congressmen/

Peer-Reviewed Study: Abortion is Not Safer for Women Than Childbirth
How often do you hear a child disposal apologist repeat the talking point that abortion is safer for the mother than childbirth? http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/peer-reviewed-study-abortion-is-not-safer-for-women-than-childbirth/

New Jersey Planned Parenthood That Covered Up Statutory Rape Closing Down
A Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in New Jersey that was caught on an undercover phone call willing to do an abortion on a 14-year-old girl who it was told was a victim of statutory rape is closing. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/new-jersey-planned-parenthood-that-covered-up-statutory-rape-closing-down/
GOP Votes to Ban CNN, NBC From Primary Debate if Hillary Movie Shown
The Republican Party says it will not work with CNN and NBC to host 2016 presidential primary debates with its candidates if the television channels air a documentary movie promoting Hillary Clinton. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/gop-votes-to-ban-cnn-nbc-from-primary-debate-if-hillary-movie-shown/
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The Painting That Saved a Baby’s Life From Abortion
Last year, Ron DiCianni, an artist whose work is popular in evangelical circles, painted “Before I Formed You In The Womb.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/the-painting-that-saved-a-babys-life-from-abortion/
“Cheap, Government-Funded, and Common:” How Abortion Activists Want Abortions
“Cheap, government-funded, and common.” That’s how The Atlantic’s Emily Matchar, currently living in the People’s Republic of China, described Chinese abortion policy last week in her piece outlining varying abortion laws worldwide. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/cheap-government-funded-and-common-how-abortion-activists-want-abortions/
Planned Parenthood Leading Campaign to Endanger Women’s Health With Dangerous Abortions
To hear America’s biggest abortion business tell the tale, “Planned Parenthood accepts reasonable regulation of abortion care for health and safety reasons.” . http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/planned-parenthood-leading-campaign-to-endanger-womens-health-with-dangerous-abortions/
The “Forced Motherhood” Canard: A False Pro-Abortion Argument Attacking Pro-Lifers
The Kansas City Star recently chronicled a protest staged on August 9 by the Abortion Rights Freedom Riders outside A Better Choice, a pregnancy resource center in Wichita, which shares a parking lot with the pro-life group Operation Rescue. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/the-forced-motherhood-canard-a-false-pro-abortion-argument-attacking-pro-lifers/
Women Blast Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz For Backing Malpractice Award Caps
Women who have been injured in medical malpractice are blasting the Planned Parenthood abortion business for opposing a ballot measure that would loosen those caps. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/women-blast-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-for-backing-malpractice-award-caps/
Late-Term Abortion Biz Sues Ohio City for Denying Permit for 8-Foot-Tall Sign
Citing negative impacts on the community by an abortion clinic operated by the notorious late-term abortionist Martin Haskell, the Sharonville, Ohio, Zoning Board of Appeals has denied a request made by Women’s Med Center for permission to place a sign advertizing the abortion business in an area where signs are not allowed. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/16/late-term-abortion-biz-sues-ohio-city-for-denying-permit-for-8-foot-tall-sign/

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