Thursday, October 17, 2013

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

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Top Stories
• Obama Admin Had Attorneys During Shutdown Push HHS Abortion Mandate
• Baby Survives Failed Chemical Abortion, Doctors Said He Wouldn’t Live
Dead Newborn Baby Found in Bag After Girl Caught Shoplifting at Manhattan Victoria’s Secret
• White House: No Plans to Fire Kathleen Sebelius Despite Massive Obamacare Failure

More Pro-Life News

• Dear Abby Defends Mom Buying Condoms for Her Teen Daughter and Her Friends
• Mother Pre-Pays $1,575 for 21-Week Abortion, Pro-Life Prayer Warriors Change Her Mind

• Open Letter to Mom Who Killed Her Unborn Baby Because She Had Cystic Fibrosis
• Eight Cute Halloween Costume Ideas for Pregnant Women and Their Unborn Babies
• ESPN Fires Off Question to Pro-Life QB Philip Rivers Attacking His Large Family
• Dutch People Justifying Abortions by Burying Aborted Babies in Tiny Coffins

• Once-Paralyzed Man Given New Lease on Life Thanks to Adult Stem Cells
• Abortion Clinic Worker Says “I am Going to Run Over You,” Almost Hits Pro-Lifer With Car
• Six Tremendous People With Down Syndrome, What if They Were Aborted?

• The Abortion Industry Puts the Con in Population Control
• Colorado Spent $14 Million Illegally Funding Abortions With Tax Dollars

• Breakthrough in Down Syndrome Research Provides Hope for Babies Killed in Abortion
African Countries Issue Objections to Radical Abortion Agenda
• Tasmania Australia Defeats Bill to Legalize Euthanasia
• One Thing Not to Do If You Want to Convince Someone to be Pro-Life
Northern Ireland Facing Pressure to Legalize Abortions on Disabled Babies



Obama Admin Had Attorneys During Shutdown Push HHS Abortion Mandate
The state of politics in the 21st century has led most Americans to expect both sides of the aisle to use the government shutdown as a political pawn. But the Obama Administration has taken it a step farther, using the shutdown as a means to further advance its agenda of trampling the rights of conscientious business owners and entrepreneurs.

To be clear, front and center in the budget shutdown struggle was the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare.”
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/obama-admin-had-attorneys-during-shutdown-push-hhs-abortion-mandate/
Baby Survives Failed Chemical Abortion, Doctors Said He Wouldn’t Live
What a story out of the Namibian newspaper in Southwest Africa. Under the headline “Miracle baby survives abortion,” we learn from Clemans Miyanicwe that doctors told Rebeka Vandueruru Tjombe that her unborn baby could not survive and “ordered the mother to take abortion pills.” (What kind of pills is never described.)

The husband, Jephta Mooka Kaevara, told Miyanicwe that his wife texted him with the bad news and he went to the hospital where, he alleges, the doctor refused to tell him about his wife’s condition. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/baby-survives-failed-chemical-abortion-doctors-said-he-wouldnt-live/
Dead Newborn Baby Found in Bag After Girl Caught Shoplifting at Manhattan Victoria’s Secret
After staff at Manhattan’s Victoria’s Secret thought two teenage girls were shoplifting, authorities inspected their bags and found the body of a dead newborn baby in one of their bags. The security guard inspecting the bags reported it to the NYPD.
From a story with more details: The girls, both 17, were stopped by the store’s loss prevention officer. It was then that one of the girls admitted she had “a baby in the bag,” CBS 2 reported. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/dead-newborn-baby-found-in-bag-after-girl-caught-shoplifting-at-manhattan-victorias-secret/
White House: No Plans to Fire Kathleen Sebelius Despite Massive Obamacare Failure
The White House is standing by pro-abortion HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, saying there are no plans to fire her despite the abject failure that is Obamacare. A campaign to fire Sebelius has been growing since the abortive launch of the Obamacare exchange web sites.

From a report in The Hill: The White House stood by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday, as Republicans called for her resignation over the botched rollout of ObamaCare. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/white-house-no-plans-to-fire-kathleen-sebelius-despite-massive-obamacare-failure/

Dear Abby Defends Mom Buying Condoms for Her Teen Daughter and Her Friends
A Dear Abby column this week featured a concerned mom who had learned that the condoms she was buying for her 17-year-old daughter were being given to her daughter’s friends.

The mom, who was proud that her daughter felt comfortable enough to confide in her, was concerned about the price of supplying multiple sexually-active teenagers with condoms, but alas, she considered that perhaps this expense was worthwhile “if I can help to prevent an unwanted pregnancy.” The question, from “Safe Sex Advocate in Iliinois,” went like this: http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/dear-abby-defends-mom-buying-condoms-for-her-teen-daughter-and-her-friends/
Mother Pre-Pays $1,575 for 21-Week Abortion, Pro-Life Prayer Warriors Change Her Mind
Late-term abortion received a fair amount of US media attention earlier this year — coverage centered around the brutal practices and murder trial of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell.
Gosnell was convicted of murder. But the ugly practice of late-term abortion continues. And one Texas mom is very thankful for the volunteers who were outside praying when she recently went in for her $1,575 late-term abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/mother-pre-pays-1575-for-21-week-abortion-pro-life-prayer-warriors-change-her-mind/

Open Letter to Mom Who Killed Her Unborn Baby Because She Had Cystic Fibrosis
My heart is broken for you, Addie Morfoot. I can feel the regret, the pain, the torture in the words you shared at Salon.com this week. The sheer thought of what you did to your undoubtedly beautiful, smart, and resilient daughter makes my stomach turn and sends chills through my body – a body which carries a defective cystic fibrosis gene. Just like yours.
And just like your Annie, my “Peanut” has cystic fibrosis. I can only imagine what the thought of your actions must do to you.http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/open-letter-to-mom-who-killed-her-unborn-baby-because-she-had-cystic-fibrosis/
Eight Cute Halloween Costume Ideas for Pregnant Women and Their Unborn Babies
Listicles are all the rage right now among pro-life groups — and a new listicle at Buzzfeed shows eight great ideas for how pregnant women can enjoy the fun of Halloween while getting their unborn babies involved in the spirit of the season. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/eight-cute-halloween-costume-ideas-for-pregnant-women-and-their-unborn-babies/
ESPN Fires Off Question to Pro-Life QB Philip Rivers Attacking His Large Family
ESPN Magazine fired a number of questions from fans at San Diego QB Phillip Rivers. One of them is wildly inappropriate. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/espn-fires-off-question-to-pro-life-qb-philip-rivers-attacking-his-large-family/

Dutch People Justifying Abortions by Burying Aborted Babies in Tiny Coffins
Writing about my home land is something I have generally refrained from since moving to Canada several years ago. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/dutch-people-justifying-abortions-by-burying-aborted-babies-in-tiny-coffins/

Once-Paralyzed Man Given New Lease on Life Thanks to Adult Stem Cells
Here is the latest in the many stories we’ve carried about the remarkable improvements in patients who have been treated not with embryonic stem cells (there have been no such improvements) but with ethically unobjectionable adult stem cells which are obtained from bone marrow, blood, fat tissue, umbilical cord blood, and other tissues after birth. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/once-paralyzed-man-given-new-lease-on-life-thanks-to-adult-stem-cells/
Abortion Clinic Worker Says “I am Going to Run Over You,” Almost Hits Pro-Lifer With Car
Miguel Abaunza has a heart to pray for the unborn. Abaunza prays on the sidewalk near the Hilltop Women’s Reproductive Clinic in El Paso, Texas. www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/abortion-clinic-worker-says-i-am-going-to-run-over-you-almost-hits-pro-lifer-with-car/
Six Tremendous People With Down Syndrome, What if They Were Aborted?
Every person we know plays a role in our lives—a role that would be absent without them. Imagine if 90% of your peers disappeared. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/six-tremendous-people-with-down-syndrome-what-if-they-were-aborted/
The Abortion Industry Puts the Con in Population Control
Control. Someone has it. And, too often, it’s not you. We live in a culture that has disdain for self-control, unfortunately allowing all kinds of forces to remotely control so many aspects of our lives and the very definition of our humanity. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/the-abortion-industry-puts-the-con-in-population-control/
Colorado Spent $14 Million Illegally Funding Abortions With Tax Dollars
Although the Colorado state Constitution prohibits public funding of abortions, the Planned Parenthood abortion business has received $14 million in taxpayer funds from the state.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/colorado-lawsuit-state-spent-14-million-illegally-funding-abortions-with-tax-dollars/
Breakthrough in Down Syndrome Research Provides Hope for Babies Killed in Abortion
This year scientists announced a major breakthrough and a possible gene therapy for Down Syndrome. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/breakthrough-in-down-syndrome-research-provides-hope-for-babies-killed-in-abortion/
African Countries Issue Objections to Radical Abortion Agenda
African government leaders attending the recent Ministerial Segment of the African Regional Conference on Population and Development, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), voiced opposition to a well-orchestrated and coordinated effort to advance the radical agenda of “sexual and reproductive health and rights”. . http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/african-countries-issue-objections-to-radical-abortion-agenda/
Tasmania Australia Defeats Bill to Legalize Euthanasia
The state legislature in Tasmania, Australia has defeated a bill that would have legalized euthanasia — thanks to a coalition of organizations banding together.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/tasmania-australia-defeat-bill-to-legalize-euthanasia/
One Thing Not to Do If You Want to Convince Someone to be Pro-Life
The Washington Post reports something I’ve noticed in my dialogues with pro-choice people. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/one-thing-not-to-do-if-you-want-to-convince-someone-to-be-pro-life/
Northern Ireland Facing Pressure to Legalize Abortions on Disabled Babies
The Belfast Telegraph reports that revised guidelines on abortion are to be brought before the Northern Ireland Executive within weeks . http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/17/northern-ireland-facing-pressure-to-legalize-abortions-on-disabled-babies/

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