Monday, November 18, 2013

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Monday, November 18, 2013

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• Albuquerque Abortion Ban Would Stop Clinic Shooting Babies With Poison
• Nurse Behind Special Bath Talks About Viral Video: “Twins Were Born But Haven’t Realized It Yet”
Three-Day Old Baby With Breathing Disorder Dies at Philippines Hospital With No Power
• Mom Gives Birth to Three Premature Babies in 28 Months, All Survive

More Pro-Life News

• Premature Baby Found Alive in Morgue 10 Hours After Doctors Declared Death
• Abortion Doc: “I Am Destroying Life,” But It’s Not a Baby Until the Mother Says So

• MSNBC Host: Pro-Lifers Don’t Want Women to Have the Joy of Sex
• Feminist Amanda Marcotte Likens Unborn Children to Bacteria, Pregnancy to a Cold
• Undisputed Scientific Fact: Human Life Begins at Conception, or Fertilization
• “Every Child a Wanted Child?” Deconstructing the False Argument for Abortion

• Comedian Lizz Winstead Hosts Telethon to Raise Money for Abortions
• We Must Help Mothers With Disabled Unborn Children Facing Abortion Pressure
• Planned Parenthood Opens New Abortion Clinic Next to Adoption Center
• What Does the Bible Really Say About Human Life Before Birth?
• Teacher Rapes Student, Forces Her to Have Abortion to Cover Up the Crime
China Backtracks: Will Maintain One-Child Policy “Over a Long Period of Time”
• Scotland Assisted Suicide Bill Creates New Profession: “Suicide Facilitator”
• Euthanizing the Unhappy: The Urgent Need for Love
What are the Best Pro-Life Events for Students for Life Groups?


Albuquerque Abortion Ban Would Stop Clinic Shooting Babies With Poison
The abortion battle in Albuquerque usually doesn’t reach this kind of national attention-grabbing fever pitch, but resident of New Mexico will head to the polls tomorrow to cast ballots for a measure that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The ban would have far-reaching effects, as it would prohibit abortions at Southwestern Women’s Options, a notorious late-term abortion facility that kills unborn babies by shooting them through the heart with poison. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/albuquerque-abortion-ban-would-stop-clinic-shooting-babies-with-poison/
Nurse Behind Special Bath Talks About Viral Video: “Twins Were Born But Haven’t Realized It Yet”
A nurse who invented a bathing technique for newborns is weighing in on a viral video that has been seen by millions over the last week that features a parent washing newborn twins in a wash basin. The twin infants have their eyes closed and appear to be peacefully sleeping and enjoying the warm bathwater.

In the video, the twin babies finally begin to move and, when they do, they hold each other and snuggle closer. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/nurse-behind-special-bath-talks-about-viral-video-twins-were-born-but-havent-realized-it-yet/
Three-Day Old Baby With Breathing Disorder Dies at Philippines Hospital With No Power
The conditions in the Philippines are so grim that officials at a local hospital ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan were forced to use a chapel room at the medial facility to take care of patients. Unfortunately, with so little first-world medical care available to the typhoon, a three-day old baby with a sever breathing condition died after heroic efforts by her parents and staff.
The baby girl, according to an AP report, was born with a condition called newborn asphyxia, which is a failure to start breathing properly in the moments immediate after birth. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/three-day-old-baby-with-breathing-disorder-dies-at-philippines-hospital-with-no-power/
Mom Gives Birth to Three Premature Babies in 28 Months, All Survive
Cassana Rason has been called by her doctors a one-in-a-million mom because they know of no other mother who has done the same thing. What is Cassana’s special feat? She has given birth to three premature babies in the last 28 months and, despite the long odds, all of them survived.

The moving story helps focus on the fact that survival rates for premature babies are improving. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/mom-gives-birth-to-three-premature-babies-in-28-months-all-survive/
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Premature Baby Found Alive in Morgue 10 Hours After Doctors Declared Death
Officials in the capital city of Colombia found a premature baby in a local morgue 10 after doctors declared her dead. Her parents, blown away by the shocking news that their child was still alive, named her Miracles.

UPI news service has more on what happened. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/premature-baby-found-alive-in-morgue-10-hours-after-doctors-declared-death/
Abortion Doc: “I Am Destroying Life,” But It’s Not a Baby Until the Mother Says So
In 2005 the Los Angeles Times ran a story by Stephanie Simon entitled “Offering Abortion, Rebirth.”
Simon interviewed an abortion provider named Dr. William F. Harrison and observed abortions at his clinic. Harrison died in 2010, after closing down his clinic because of health reasons. The article quotes Harrison saying: “I am destroying life.”
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/abortion-doc-i-am-destroying-life-but-its-not-a-baby-until-the-mother-says-so/

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MSNBC Host: Pro-Lifers Don’t Want Women to Have the Joy of Sex
Via Josh Feldman at Mediaite, we learn that Saturday’s Melissa Harris-Perry hootenanny on MSNBC once again addressed that the Lean Forward Network calls “The All-Out Assault on Women.” A feminist support circle discussed how pro-lifers should be banned from all “decision-making tables” and America needs to stop “sacralizing sperm.”
That transparently anti-Catholic crack came from religion professor Anthea Butler, causing Harris-Perry to proclaim “Anthea Butler wins Nerdland for the day!” The Commissar who will ban pro-lifers from debates is amazingly humorless “Daily Show” founder Lizz Winstead. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/msnbc-host-pro-lifers-dont-want-women-to-have-the-joy-of-sex/
Feminist Amanda Marcotte Likens Unborn Children to Bacteria, Pregnancy to a Cold
Feminist Amanda Marcotte is no stranger to reports at LifeNews, as she is one of the most in-your-face abortion advocates. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/feminist-amanda-marcotte-likens-unborn-children-to-bacteria-pregnancy-to-a-cold/
Undisputed Scientific Fact: Human Life Begins at Conception, or Fertilization
When it comes to the question of when human life begins, the science is crystal clear: human life begins at conception or fertilization. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/undisputed-scientific-fact-human-life-begins-at-conception-or-fertilization/

“Every Child a Wanted Child?” Deconstructing the False Argument for Abortion
In the 1960s, we were told that there were too many people, not enough resources, unwanted and abused children, abused women, poverty, and a host of other social ills. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/every-child-a-wanted-child-deconstructing-the-argument-for-abortion/

Comedian Lizz Winstead Hosts Telethon to Raise Money for Abortions
Actresses, comedians, women empowerment, laughter – why it must be an abortion party. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/comedian-lizz-winstead-hosts-telethon-to-raise-money-for-abortions/

We Must Help Mothers With Disabled Unborn Children Facing Abortion Pressure
You’ve probably heard the statistic before that as many as 90 percent of unborn children diagnosed with Down Syndrome become victims of abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/we-must-help-mothers-with-disabled-unborn-children-facing-abortion-pressure/

Planned Parenthood Opens New Abortion Clinic Next to Adoption Center
The Planned Parenthood abortion business is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a new facility in Forth Worth, Texas that is ironically located next to an adoption center. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/planned-parenthood-opens-new-abortion-clinic-next-to-adoption-center/

What Does the Bible Really Say About Human Life Before Birth?
The Bible does not support the view that some human lives are worth less than others. All are made in the image of God and all are equally precious. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/what-does-the-bible-really-say-about-human-life-before-birth/
Teacher Rapes Student, Forces Her to Have Abortion to Cover Up the Crime
A teacher in South Africa was found to have raped a student after she declined his sexual advances and he later took her for an abortion to cover up his crime after she became pregnant. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/teacher-rapes-student-forced-her-to-have-abortion-to-cover-up-the-crime/

China Backtracks: Will Maintain One-Child Policy “Over a Long Period of Time”
Under the misleading headline, “China to Ease One-Child Policy,” Xinhua News Agency reported last Friday that China will now lift the ban on a second child, if either parent is an only child. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/china-backtracks-will-maintain-one-child-policy-over-a-long-period-of-time/
Scotland Assisted Suicide Bill Creates New Profession: “Suicide Facilitator”
This is completely nuts. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/scotland-assisted-suicide-bill-creates-new-profession-suicide-facilitator/
Euthanizing the Unhappy: The Urgent Need for Love
The case of a Belgian woman who committed physician-assisted suicide after a sex-change operation reveals that we must not only look more closely at the causes of gender dysphoria, we must also offer all people the love that they so deeply need. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/euthanizing-the-unhappy-the-urgent-need-for-love/

What are the Best Pro-Life Events for Students for Life Groups?
Steve Wagner from Justice For All joins Gabi Vehrs and me to discuss what Students for Life clubs should do with their events. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/what-are-the-best-pro-life-events-for-students-for-life-groups/

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