Friday, August 2, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 8/2/13





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Friday, August 2, 2013

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Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Abortionist Curtis Boyd: “Am I Killing? Yes, I Am. I Know That.”
• Planned Parenthood Abortion Business Has Engaged in $12.5 Million in Medicaid Fraud

• Majority of Americans Back 20-Week Abortion Ban, Women More Than Men
Abortion Survivor: My Mom Tried to Abort Me Three Times, God Protected Me

More Pro-Life News
• Mainstream Media Ignores Massive Fraud at Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
• Lawmaker: Wendy Davis Should Pay for Special Session to Ban Abortions
• Patients are Being Euthanized Every Day – And It’s Getting Worse

• Pro-Lifers Will Protest Mainstream Media’s Bias in Abortion Coverage

• Genetic Testing to Abort “Imperfect” Babies? Who are We to Judge?
• Abortions Decline 7.4 Percent in Arizona Thanks to Pro-Life Laws
• North Dakota 20-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect, Not Challenged in Court
• Why Did North Carolina Not Inspect a Filthy Abortion Clinic Since 2006?
• It’s “Anti-Science” to Oppose Creating Human Embryos With Three Parents?

• Georgette Forney: From Abortion Regret to a Life of Redemption and Pro-Life Leadership
• NPR Edits the Pro-life Out of Its Lindy Boggs Salutes

• Euthanasia Lobby Exploits Case of Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Assisted Suicide
• Ambassador Lindy Boggs Passes Away, Remembered as a Pro-Life Heroine



Abortionist Curtis Boyd: “Am I Killing? Yes, I Am. I Know That.”
At age 76, Curtis Boyd, infamous late-term abortionist, has performed thousands of abortions on viable babies. Ironically, Boyd was raised in a Christian home in Texas, and later in life became an ordained Baptist minister. Then, with complete disregard to God’s commandments, Boyd left the church and opened up a back alley abortion clinic in Athens, Texas.

Before Roe V. Wade in 1973, the Supreme Court Decision that decriminalized abortion in the United States, Boyd was aborting children by the hundreds. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/abortionist-curtis-boyd-am-i-killing-yes-i-am-i-know-that/
Planned Parenthood Abortion Business Has Engaged in $12.5 Million in Medicaid Fraud
The good people at Alliance Defending Freedom have forwarded me the settlement agreement between Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast and the United States of America, the Texas Attorney General, and whistleblower Karen Reynolds, for charges that PPGC committed Medicaid fraud between 2003-2009. The settlement was signed by all parties on July 24 and 25.

As I wrote yesterday, PPGC has agreed to pay $4.3 million. According to the settlement, the money will be divied three ways: http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/01/42nd-abortion-clinic-closed-this-year-due-to-filthy-unsafe-conditions/
Majority of Americans Back 20-Week Abortion Ban, Women More Than Men
Despite a so-called War on Women by pro-lifers when it comes to banning abortions after five months, a new national poll finds a majority of Americans support such a ban and women are more likely than men to back it.
A Quinnipiac University national poll released today found “the Republican-led effort in Congress and in many state capitols to reduce from 24 weeks to 20 weeks the time period during a pregnancy in which almost all abortions should be legal is striking a chord with voters.” http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/congresswomans-miracle-baby-may-be-the-first-to-survive-potters-syndrom/
Abortion Survivor: My Mom Tried to Abort Me Three Times, God Protected Me
Here’s Beth’s story. Beth is a photographer, and I will be sharing more in upcoming months about a project she is working on that embraces the beauty of life.

“I am 25 years old and a product of multiple failed abortion attempts. I was born in India to an unwed 15 year old who felt her only option was abortion. My birth mother went to abort me but was stopped due to running into an old friend of hers, who was also connected with my (adoptive) parents, which is where the adoption process began. In the care of this women, my birth mother tried again to get rid of her unborn child. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/abortion-survivor-my-mom-tried-to-abort-me-three-times-god-protected-me/

Lawmaker: Wendy Davis Should Pay for Special Session to Ban Abortions
Wendy Davis and the pro-abortion mob in Texas forced the state to spend possibly as much as $2.4 million to hold another special session to complete it’s working to ban late-term abortions.

One legislator has an idea on how to recoup the expenses: Make Davis, who has raked in a large sum of money to her political action committee, pay for it. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/lawmaker-wendy-davis-should-pay-for-special-session-to-ban-abortions/
Mainstream Media Ignores Massive Fraud at Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
Is fraud a religion story? Not necessarily. Are the actions of Planned Parenthood religion stories? Not necessarily.
But what about the larger issue of the ongoing problems that the mainstream news media have had covering abortion and other social issues related to religion? Is it worth noting here, for instance, the very odd lack of coverage of Planned Parenthood’s recent settlement over fraud allegations? http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/mainstream-media-ignores-massive-fraud-at-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz/
Patients are Being Euthanized Every Day – And It’s Getting Worse
But I wonder how many people actually read this, or are even aware of the World Medical Association and their strong stance against this growing issue. Indeed, the vast majority of Americans have no idea that euthanasia is so widespread; occurring every single day in the United States and worldwide.
In fact, it is getting worse and most of the general public are unaware how frequently patients, whether agreeing to it or not, are being purposely killed, and in the most barbaric ways. This includes the elderly, those with Alzheimer’s, the cognitively disabled and others. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/patients-are-being-euthanized-every-day-and-its-getting-worse/
Pro-Lifers Will Protest Mainstream Media’s Bias in Abortion Coverage
Last week, we sent letters to the “big three” news distributors – ABC, CBS, and NBC – demanding a better standard in abortion reporting. We’re tired of the mainstream media censoring the facts of the abortion debate and depriving Americans of information.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/pro-lifers-will-protest-mainstream-medias-bias-in-abortion-coverage/

Genetic Testing to Abort “Imperfect” Babies? Who are We to Judge?
Imagine you and your spouse find out you’re expecting. Having experienced this moment a few times, I know there’s nothing quite like it. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/genetic-testing-to-abort-imperfect-babies-who-are-we-to-judge/

Abortions Decline 7.4 Percent in Arizona Thanks to Pro-Life Laws
A new report from the state health department in Arizona shows the number of abortions there has declined more than seven percent, thanks in part to the passage of more pro-life laws limiting abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/abortions-decline-7-4-percent-in-arizona-thanks-to-pro-life-laws/

North Dakota 20-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect, Not Challenged in Court
Pro-lifers know we have to hold our breath every time we pass protective legislation. Almost inevitably, the laws are challenged. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/north-dakota-20-week-abortion-ban-takes-effect-not-challenged-in-court/
Why Did North Carolina Not Inspect a Filthy Abortion Clinic Since 2006?
Following a routine inspection—the first since 2006– the Femcare abortion clinic in Asheville, North Carolina has had its license suspended. It is the third North Carolina abortion clinic to have sanctions imposed in just a matter of months. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/why-did-north-carolina-not-inspect-a-filthy-abortion-clinic-since-2006/
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It’s “Anti-Science” to Oppose Creating Human Embryos With Three Parents?
Ha! Hank Campbell, the founder of Science 2.0, wants me booted from National Review. Apparently I am “anti science” because I wrote here opposing three-parent IVF based on moral and ethical concerns. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/its-anti-science-to-oppose-creating-human-embryos-with-three-parents/
Georgette Forney: From Abortion Regret to a Life of Redemption and Pro-Life Leadership
Regrets — everyone has them and one of the true indicators of a person’s character is how well he or she can learn from his or her mistakes, failures and errors and move forward to a productive and meaningful life. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/georgette-forney-from-abortion-regret-to-a-life-of-redemption-and-pro-life-leadership/
NPR Edits the Pro-life Out of Its Lindy Boggs Salutes
On July 27, 2013, former Democratic congresswoman Lindy Boggs died at the age of 97. She achieved a number of firsts in her career, including being the first woman to serve in Congress from Louisiana and the first woman to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican for Bill Clinton. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/npr-edits-the-pro-life-out-of-its-lindy-boggs-salutes/
Euthanasia Lobby Exploits Case of Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Assisted Suicide
A Pennsylvania case has caught the eye of the pro-euthanasia lobby. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/02/euthanasia-lobby-exploits-case-of-pennsylvania-woman-charged-with-assisted-suicide/

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