Thursday, November 21, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 11/21/13



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Thursday, November 21, 2013

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• Senate Democrats’ Break Rules to Take Away Filibuster on Judges From Republicans
• Judge Rules Pittsburgh Catholic Church Doesn’t Have to Comply With HHS Mandate
Undercover Video Shows Statutory Rapist Buying Plan B Drug for Girl He Raped
• Obamacare Denies Hospital Choice for Blind Child With Rare Bone Disease


More Pro-Life News
• Four Republican Senators Haven’t Co-Sponsored Late-Term Abortion Ban
• Abolishing the Filibuster Could Pave the Way to Overturn Roe v. Wade
• Planned Parenthood Obamacare “Navigator” Fined For Breaking Election Laws
• Belgium Senate Votes Next Week on Allowing Doctors to Euthanize Children
• Mother Wins Battle to Stop Graphic Sex-Ed Classes at Middle School
• California to Become the Abortion Capital of America: New Law Repeals Every Pro-Life Law

• MSNBC Hosts Sandra Fluke For Abortion Strategy Session
• Baby Doctors Declared Dead Saved After He Cried Right Before He Was Cremated
• Planned Parenthood Exploits Babies With Medical Problems to Justify Late-Term Abortions
• Australia’s Dr. Kevorkian Opens Internet Suicide Clinic
• Baby Born to “Brain Dead” Mother Doing Well Now
Ireland: TD’s Bill Would Legalize Abortions on Babies With Terminal Illnesses

• New York Times Argues for Health Care Rationing to Cut Health Care Spending
• Relying on God: Mother of Two Was Diagnosed With Cancer on Easter
Powerful Adoption Campaign Launched During National Adoption Month

• Tasmania, Australia Decriminalizes Abortion Making it Just Another Medical Procedure


Senate Democrats’ Break Rules to Take Away Filibuster on Judges From Republicans
Senate Democrats today voted to take away the ability of Republicans to use filibusters against judicial nominees, including those pro-life groups oppose because they are pro-abortion.

Senate Rule 22, requires 67 votes to change the rules. Because 67 members do not want to change the rules, Senator Reid had to break the rules to change them.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/senate-democrats-break-rules-to-take-away-filibuster-on-judges-from-republicans/
Judge Rules Pittsburgh Catholic Church Doesn’t Have to Comply With HHS Mandate
In yet another pro-life victory against the HHS mandate that forces churches and religious groups to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions for their employees, a federal judge has ruled that the Catholic Church in Pittsburgh doesn’t have to comply.

Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh made such a stink when he testified in court recently that he received national attention. He said would rather pay fines, no matter how much they might be that be forced to follow the directives of the abortion mandate. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/judge-rules-pittsburgh-catholic-church-doesnt-have-to-comply-with-hhs-mandate/
Undercover Video Shows Statutory Rapist Buying Plan B Drug for Girl He Raped
A new undercover video released today shows depicts an older man buying Plan B and asking the pharmacists and store clerks how to insert the drug into his girlfriend’s drink because she doesn’t want to take it.
In other scenes, his girlfriend, a minor, is with him and saying she doesn’t want to take it but he buys and says he will make her take it – all in front of the store employees. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/undercover-video-shows-statutory-rapist-buying-plan-b-drug-for-girl-he-raped/
Obamacare Denies Hospital Choice for Blind Child With Rare Bone Disease
The adverse effects of Obamacare are greater than the problem of more than 5 million Americans losing health insurance. The next wave of Obamacare problems involves health care rationing, that pro-life advocates predicted would be an issue, in the form of losing access to doctors and hospitals patients prefer.

Consider the case of Zoe Newton. Like many Americans who face sever medical conditions and problems, her family is losing access to the hospital that has been providing their daughter with top rate care. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/obamacare-denies-hospital-choice-for-blind-child-with-rare-bone-disease/
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Four Republican Senators Haven’t Co-Sponsored Late-Term Abortion Ban
Four Republican Senators have not yet signed on as co-sponsors of the bill to ban abortions after five months.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a pro-life South Carolina Republican, introduced the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act earlier this month at a press conference with representatives of leading pro-life groups. In June, the House approved the legislation and the vote for the bill broke down on mostly partisan lines with Republicans supporting the ban on late-term abortions and Democrats opposing it. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/four-republican-senators-havent-co-sponsored-late-term-abortion-ban/
Abolishing the Filibuster Could Pave the Way to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Democrats and abortion activists are gleefully cheering a vote Senate Democrats took today to abolish the filibuster. The immediate effect of the vote is that Senate Democrats can quickly approve pro-abortion nominees President Barack Obama has sent forward for lower courts.
But, are there unintended consequences? http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/abolishing-the-filibuster-could-pave-the-way-to-overturn-roe-v-wade/
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Planned Parenthood Obamacare “Navigator” Fined For Breaking Election Laws
From the Burlington Free Press, November 19: The Vermont Office of the Attorney General has settled another campaign finance complaint from the 2010 election.
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England has agreed to pay a $30,000 penalty to settle a complaint filed by group known as Let Vermont Vote. The group said Planned Parenthood failed to register its Action Fund as a political action committee and file contribution reports. The complaint also said the PAC had accepted contributions bigger than the $2,000 per donor limit. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/planned-parenthood-obamacare-navigator-fined-for-breaking-election-laws/
Belgium Senate Votes Next Week on Allowing Doctors to Euthanize Children
Euthanasie Stop in Belgium is reporting that the Belgian Senate will vote on the bill to extend euthanasia to children with disabilities on November 26. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/belgium-senate-votes-next-week-on-allowing-doctors-to-euthanize-children/
Mother Wins Battle to Stop Graphic Sex-Ed Classes at Middle School
“Safer sex curriculum” is a very inaccurate term for the salacious instructional fare promoted and taught by Planned Parenthood. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/mother-wins-battle-to-stop-graphic-sex-ed-classes-at-middle-school/
California to Become the Abortion Capital of America: New Law Repeals Every Pro-Life Law
A new law that has already been passed in California is guaranteed to make it the abortion capital of America. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/california-to-become-the-abortion-capital-of-america-new-law-repeals-every-pro-life-law/


MSNBC Hosts Sandra Fluke For Abortion Strategy Session
Following two split rulings on abortion this week, one at the ballot box and one by the Supreme Court, the folks at MSNBC have engaged in an all-out assault pushing their pro-abortion agenda across their network. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/msnbc-hosts-sandra-fluke-for-abortion-strategy-session/
Baby Doctors Declared Dead Saved After He Cried Right Before He Was Cremated
A newborn baby doctors declared dead in China was found to be alive two days after he was thought to be dead and sent to a funeral home to be cremated. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/baby-doctors-declared-dead-saved-after-he-cried-right-before-he-was-cremated/

Planned Parenthood Exploits Babies With Medical Problems to Justify Late-Term Abortions
Planned Parenthood Action Fund has created a series of videos featuring tearful mothers who underwent late-term abortions to prevent the birth of their children who had medical problems. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/planned-parenthood-exploits-babies-with-medical-problems-to-justify-late-term-abortions/
Australia’s Dr. Kevorkian Opens Internet Suicide Clinic
Australia’s Philip Nitschke is Jack Kevorkian, squared, but without our late ghoul’s willingness to put his own freedom on the line for his beliefs. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/australias-dr-kevorkian-opens-internet-suicide-clinic/

Baby Born to “Brain Dead” Mother Doing Well Now
In a very rare event earlier this year, a pregnant women in Hungary who was declared “brain dead” was kept alive for three months on life support by doctors until her baby could be safely born. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/baby-born-to-brain-dead-mother-doing-well-now/
Ireland: TD’s Bill Would Legalize Abortions on Babies With Terminal Illnesses
As the debate in Ireland over whether unborn babies with terminal illnesses should be aborted heats up, a member of the Dáil has proposed a bill to legalize abortions in such cases. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/ireland-tds-bill-would-legalize-abortions-on-babies-with-terminal-illnesses/
New York Times Argues for Health Care Rationing to Cut Health Care Spending
The New York Times is on a crusade to get their readers to consume fewer health care resources as they reach the end of life. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/new-york-times-argues-for-health-care-rationing-to-cut-health-care-spending/

Relying on God: Mother of Two Was Diagnosed With Cancer on Easter
My dear friend Angela Faddis died from colon cancer at age 32 leaving behind her husband Chris and her two young children, Gianna and Augustine.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/relying-on-god-mother-of-two-was-diagnosed-with-cancer-on-easter/
Powerful Adoption Campaign Launched During National Adoption Month
The Radiance Foundation, known nationally for its bold TooManyAborted.com abortion awareness campaigns, has always promoted the beautiful life-affirming option of adoption. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/powerful-adoption-campaign-launched-during-national-adoption-month/

Tasmania, Australia Decriminalizes Abortion Making it Just Another Medical Procedure
My dear friend Angela Faddis died from colon cancer at age 32 leaving behind her husband Chris and her two young children, Gianna and Augustine.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/21/relying-on-god-mother-of-two-was-diagnosed-with-cancer-on-easter/
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