Friday, November 22, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 11/22/13





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Friday, November 22, 2013

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Top Stories
• A Mother’s Love: Pictures Show Premature Baby’s Amazing First Year Progress
• Man Attacks, Threatens to Shoot Pro-Life Activist Outside Abortion Clinic
Student From Brazil Offers Her Virginity for Sale, Again
• I Was Scared About Having a Baby With Down Syndrome, Now I Love Him More Every Day

More Pro-Life News

• Examining JFK: Was John F. Kennedy Pro-Life on Abortion?
• Obamacare Exchange Director Won’t Condemn Racy “Got Insurance?” Ads

• 27 States Have Done Nothing to Stop Tax-Funded Abortions in Obamacare
• Christmas Parade Rejects Pro-Life Group’s Children’s Float “Life: A Precious Gift”
• “Open Your Hearts to Life” Video Honors Pope Francis’ Pro-Life Outreach
• Family’s Lawsuit Against Nursing Home to Starve Mother to Death Heads to Court

• Responding to the “Pro-Choice” Argument: “You’re a Man You Can’t Get Pregnant”
• Militant Pro-Abortion Icon Wendy Davis Not Militant Enough for Some
• From One Adoptee to Another: Dear Elijah
• Planned Parenthood Staffer Heads to Prison for Check Forging Scheme
• UK Rations Cancer Drugs, Pays for Aromatherapy
China Must Abolish Its One-Child Policy and the U.S. Must Push for It
• Arizona Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Pro-Life Law Stopping Tax-Funded Abortions
• Eastern Michigan University Will Stop Discriminating Against Pro-Life Group
• Wyoming Governor Appoints Pro-Abortion Attorney to State Supreme Court

A Mother’s Love: Pictures Show Premature Baby’s Amazing First Year Progress
A video and pictures of an amazing baby with a fantastic story are circulating the Internet today. In the pictures and video, Benjamin Scot Miller of Columbus, Ohio depicts the transformation of baby born extremely premature through his first year of life.

Miller documented his son’s first days in the neonatal intensive care and how he progressed enough to finally go home and celebrate his first birthday.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/a-mothers-love-pictures-show-premature-babys-amazing-first-year-progress/
Man Attacks, Threatens to Shoot Pro-Life Activist Outside Abortion Clinic
An angry man jumped out of his vehicle and threatened to shoot pro-life activist Mark Gietzen, who had offered to help him as he left a woman for an abortion at the South Wind Women’s Center abortion clinic, located inside a building where George Tiller once operated in Wichita, Kansas.

Gietzen, Director of the Kansas Coalition for Life, was setting up a pro-life display early on Thursday, November 21, when the man drove into the abortion clinic parking lot and dropped off a woman. As he left, Gietzen offered him pro-life literature and urged the man to go back and bring the mother of his baby out of the clinic. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/man-attacks-threatens-to-shoot-pro-life-activist-outside-abortion-clinic/
Student From Brazil Offers Her Virginity for Sale, Again
A young woman who attempted to auction off her virginity is attempting to auction it off again.
Catarina Migliorini, a Brazilian woman who reportedly sold her virginity for $780,000 on an Australian website seeking virgins, failed to finalize the deal and receive the money. Migliorini has received widespread publicity and modeling contracts — including a spread in Brazil’s version of Playboy magazine. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/student-from-brazil-offers-her-virginity-for-sale-again/
I Was Scared About Having a Baby With Down Syndrome, Now I Love Him More Every Day
Wow. Completely ambushed at 20,000 feet. That’s what just happened to me.

I am reading “Good and Perfect Gift” by Amy Julia Becker and read about how they feared exactly what I am struggling with now. What if my baby is one of the horrible stories that people don’t try to tell, but still get around? http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/i-was-scared-about-having-a-baby-with-down-syndrome-now-i-love-him-more-every-day/
Finally... moral, pro-life fiction that opens hearts and minds! “This is what I was hoping would begin to spring from the Indie World. No way would NYC Corporate Publishing ever allow something with this worldview through.” - a reader.

Examining JFK: Was John F. Kennedy Pro-Life on Abortion?
On the fiftieth anniversary of his death it is hard to avoid stories about John F. Kennedy (JFK) so I thought I would add another one. Most stories describe JFK as a devout Catholic, though most stories also highlight the former president’s extra-marital activities.

The truth is during John F. Kennedy’s lifetime abortion was simply not the hot button issue it is today so there is little found that could point in one direction or another. One book, JFK, Conservative by Ira Stroll did find this quote: http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/examining-jfk-was-john-f-kennedy-pro-life-on-abortion/
Obamacare Exchange Director Won’t Condemn Racy “Got Insurance?” Ads
The head of the Obamacare exchange in Colorado is refusing to condemn the new racy campaign called “Got Insurance” — released last week with advertisements that are intended to tout the free birth control component of the Obamacare health care plan.
he ads are bathed in sexual overtones, with one ad having a woman declare: “Let’s Hope He’s as Easy as This Free Birth Control.” Another ad has a young woman hoping to score with popular actor Ryan Gosling now that she has her own free birth control. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/obamacare-exchange-director-wont-condemn-racy-got-insurance-ads/
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27 States Have Done Nothing to Stop Tax-Funded Abortions in Obamacare
Obamacare will entangle taxpayer funds in abortion coverage offered on state and federal exchanges and could force many Americans to unwittingly pay a surcharge for elective abortion.
This system could potentially place many Americans in an unwanted and unnecessary dilemma, forced to choose between violating their values by directly subsidizing abortion coverage or forfeiting the health care coverage that most closely meets their families’ unique needs. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/27-states-have-done-nothing-to-stop-tax-funded-abortions-in-obamacare/
Christmas Parade Rejects Pro-Life Group’s Children’s Float “Life: A Precious Gift”
Grand Rapids Right to Life wanted to enter a float in the local Christmas parade replete with children and the theme “Life: A Precious Gift.” http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/christmas-parade-rejects-pro-life-groups-childrens-float-life-a-precious-gift/
“Open Your Hearts to Life” Video Honors Pope Francis’ Pro-Life Outreach
The U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops has produced a new video honoring the pro-life spirit and mission Pope Francis has had thus far since becoming the leader of the Catholic Church. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/open-your-hearts-to-life-video-honors-pope-francis-pro-life-outreach/

Family’s Lawsuit Against Nursing Home to Starve Mother to Death Heads to Court
I have written about the Margot Bentley case before, and bring it up again because I think it may be the most important bioethical litigation now pending of which I am aware. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/familys-lawsuit-against-nursing-home-to-starve-mother-to-death-heads-to-court/

Responding to the “Pro-Choice” Argument: “You’re a Man You Can’t Get Pregnant”
I’ll admit, it’s not always easy to respond to this argument without coming across like a jerk. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/responding-to-the-pro-abortion-argument-youre-a-man-you-cant-get-pregnant/

Militant Pro-Abortion Icon Wendy Davis Not Militant Enough for Some
Even when the insincerity of pro-abortion politicians is transparent, for them even to pretend to believe that we’d be better off without aborting any children is going to incur the wrath of those who believe there are never enough abortions and to suggest otherwise is verboten. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/militant-pro-abortion-icon-wendy-davis-not-militant-enough-for-some/

From One Adoptee to Another: Dear Elijah
Recently, I received an email from a father who told me of his love for his adopted son, Elijah. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/from-adoptee-to-another-dear-elijah/

Planned Parenthood Staffer Heads to Prison for Check Forging Scheme
A New York-based staffer for the Planned Parenthood abortion business who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $100,000 from the abortion giant via forged checks is now headed to prison. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/planned-parenthood-staffer-heads-to-prison-for-check-forging-scheme/

UK Rations Cancer Drugs, Pays for Aromatherapy
Obamacarians tell us that their hoped-for health care rationing will be based on scientific principles and efficacy studies. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/uk-rations-cancer-drugs-pays-for-aromatherapy/
China Must Abolish Its One-Child Policy and the U.S. Must Push for It
Last week the Chinese government announced that a series of changes would be made in China’s social policy. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/china-must-abolish-its-one-child-policy-and-the-u-s-must-do-more-to-push-for-it/
Arizona Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Pro-Life Law Stopping Tax-Funded Abortions
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to uphold an Arizona law that limits the use of taxpayer funds for abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/arizona-asks-supreme-court-to-uphold-pro-life-law-stopping-tax-funded-abortions/
Eastern Michigan University Will Stop Discriminating Against Pro-Life Group
Eastern Michigan University has reached a settlement agreement in an Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuit filed on behalf of a pro-life student organization. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/eastern-michigan-university-will-stop-discriminating-against-pro-life-group/

Wyoming Governor Appoints Pro-Abortion Attorney to State Supreme Court
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead has appointed a pro-abortion attorney who formerly worked with the national pro-abortion group NARAL to the state Supreme Court. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/22/wyoming-governor-appoints-pro-abortion-attorney-to-state-supreme-court/

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