Wednesday, December 4, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 12/4/13





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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

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• 82 Percent of Abortions in NYC, 64% in Texas Were on Black or Hispanic Babies
• “My Unborn Baby Saved My Life:” Pregnancy Destroys Mom’s Cancerous Tumor
Women File More Than 600 Complaints Against Indiana Abortion Doc
• Inspiring True Story of a Woman Who Survived an Abortion

More Pro-Life News

• NAACP Lawsuit Against Black Pro-Lifer Heads to Court
• Abortionist Who Kept Remains of 35 Aborted Babies Fined for Botched Abortions

• Is Abortion Justified When a Baby is Disabled?
• What Every Pro-Lifer Needs to Know About The Girl Scouts’ Link to Planned Parenthood
• Baby Born Prematurely at 25 Weeks Makes Precious Thanksgiving Card
• New Jersey Governor Christie Opposes Bill Legalizing Assisted Suicide

• Courts Should Reject Lawsuit Seeking Personhood for Chimpanzees
• Billboard Campaign Highlights How Abortion Kills 1 in 4 Children in Canada
• Planned Parenthood Without Walls: The Abortion Giant’s New Business Plan
Doctor Assisted Suicide? Nope! Activists Want Netherlands to Allow Anyone to Kill Patients
• Responding to Abortion Activists Claiming Human Life Doesn’t Begin at Fertilization • Embryonic Stem Cell Research Falls Out of Favor as Scientists Use Ethical Stem Cells
• Catholic High School Students Will Pray at Abortion Clinics Nationwide on Friday
• Senator Mark Pryor Uses Bible in Re-Election Campaign Ad, But He’s Pro-Abortion
• Church Holds Huge Baby Shower for 52 Women Who Rejected Abortion, Chose Life


82 Percent of Abortions in NYC, 64% in Texas Were on Black or Hispanic Babies
The new report from the Centers for Disease Control had good numbers across the nation when it came to abortion — with abortions declining three percent in 2010 after a five percent decrease in 2009. But they also contained shocking figures showing abortion targets blacks and Hispanics.

The CDC Abortion Surveillance Report dated November 29, 2013 reveals that in 2010, 56.7% of abortions reported to the CDC nationwide were done on Hispanic and Black women.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/82-percent-of-abortions-in-nyc-64-in-texas-were-on-black-or-hispanic-babies/
“My Unborn Baby Saved My Life:” Pregnancy Destroys Mom’s Cancerous Tumor
An extraordinarily story out of England today has a mother talking about how her unborn child saved her life.

Nicola Weller went to hospital for surgery to remove a tumor from her womb after somehow becoming pregnant even though she was on an IUD. The scan showed she was pregnant and Weller was shocked because she had been fitted with the contraceptive coil. Doctors discovered the pregnancy hormones had caused the tumor to disintegrate, meaning she did not require any treatment for it. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/my-unborn-baby-saved-my-life-pregnancy-destroys-moms-cancerous-tumor/
Women File More Than 600 Complaints Against Indiana Abortion Doc
Women have filed more than 600 complaints against an Indiana-based abortion practitioner saying he submitted false and misleading reports to state health officials about their abortions.
Representatives from Indiana Right to Life and Lake County Right to Life held a press conference late Tuesday announcing that 626 consumer complaints were filed against Gary’s Friendship Family Planning abortion doctor Ulrich Klopfer, who lives in Illinois but does abortions in Indiana. Each complaint is the result of a terminated pregnancy report containing errors or omissions, the group says. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/women-file-more-than-600-complaints-against-indiana-abortion-doc/

Inspiring True Story of a Woman Who Survived an Abortion
Melissa Ohden is a walking miracle. Ohden’s mother, an unwed teenager at the time of her pregnancy, went through a saline-infused abortion, a procedure that soaked Melissa’s body in saline solution for five days. Her mother was expected to give birth to a dead baby.
But a nurse heard Melissa crying on that day in 1977 at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.

NAACP Lawsuit Against Black Pro-Lifer Heads to Court
The NAACP lawsuit against a black pro-life leader who exposed its pro-abortion views in an article appearing at LifeNews.com is heading to court next week.

In February, the NAACP threatened to sue LifeNews.com and Ryan Bomberger, a LifeNews blogger , for a column that took the civil rights organization to task over its abortion position. The NAACP is upset about a column Bomberger wrote at LifeNews titled, “NAACP: National Association for the Abortion of Colored People,” which notes the organization’s 44th Annual Image Awards. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/naacp-lawsuit-against-black-pro-lifer-heads-to-court/
Abortionist Who Kept Remains of 35 Aborted Babies Fined for Botched Abortions
Abortionist Nicola Riley had been issued a public reprimand and ordered to pay a penalty of $5,000 for unprofessional conduct related to a botched abortion at a secret late-term abortion clinic in Elkton, Maryland, operated by the disgraced abortionist Steven Chase Brigham.
Meanwhile in New Jersey, Brigham has drawn more charges after an interview with the woman who was injured revealed in an interview that she did not sue Brigham for her botched abortion because he did not have the required malpractice insurance. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/abortionist-who-kept-remains-of-35-aborted-babies-fined-for-botched-abortions/
Is Abortion Justified When a Baby is Disabled?
The New York Times recently published an article titled “My Abortion, at 23 Weeks.” The author explains that she was pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl, but that the boy was diagnosed with a herniated diaphragm. He would require surgery and life support for a period after birth.
The author and her husband could not bear “the thought of hearing him gasp for air,” so they chose to have their son aborted with a lethal injection into his heart. “He died in a warm and loving place, inside me,” she writes. It was for his own good, she thought. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/is-abortion-justified-when-a-baby-is-disabled/
What Every Pro-Lifer Needs to Know About The Girl Scouts’ Link to Planned Parenthood
Is there really a connection between the abortion industry and the Girl Scouts? It’s heart-breaking and, for some, despite the mounting evidence, impossible to believe. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/what-every-pro-lifer-needs-to-know-about-the-girl-scouts-link-to-planned-parenthood/
Baby Born Prematurely at 25 Weeks Makes Precious Thanksgiving Card
Brad Fischetti sent me the most darling little photo from a close friend of the family, who wrote. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/baby-born-prematurely-at-25-weeks-makes-precious-thanksgiving-card/

New Jersey Governor Christie Opposes Bill Legalizing Assisted Suicide
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stated during a press conference that he is opposed to the assisted suicide bill that is sponsored by Assemblyman John Burzichelli. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/new-jersey-governor-christie-opposes-bill-legalizing-assisted-suicide/
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Courts Should Reject Lawsuit Seeking Personhood for Chimpanzees
I have been receiving media calls and emails about the wholly expected lawsuits by the Non Human Rights Project to obtain writs of habeas corpus for chimpanzees. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/courts-should-reject-lawsuit-seeking-personhood-for-chimpanzees/

Billboard Campaign Highlights How Abortion Kills 1 in 4 Children in Canada
A new billboard campaign in Canada bears a frightening message: the statistic that one in four unborn children are killed in abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/billboard-campaign-highlights-how-abortion-kills-1-in-4-children-in-canada/
Planned Parenthood Without Walls: The Abortion Giant’s New Business Plan
Planned Parenthood has a new plan for driving business to its abortion facilities and getting its salacious sex education programs into schools. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/planned-parenthood-without-walls-the-abortion-giants-new-business-plan/

Doctor Assisted Suicide? Nope! Activists Want Netherlands to Allow Anyone to Kill Patients
Euthanasia isn’t about using medical means to end suffering. Rather, activists ultimately believe that there is a fundamental right to suicide, including using any method the self-destructive person desires to exercise the choice to end all choices. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/doctor-assisted-suicide-nope-activists-want-netherlands-to-allow-anyone-to-kill-patients/


Responding to Abortion Activists Claiming Human Life Doesn’t Begin at Fertilization
I would now like to address several arguments which are commonly raised against the life and humanity of the unborn.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/responding-to-abortion-activists-claiming-human-life-doesnt-begin-at-fertilization/
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Falls Out of Favor as Scientists Use Ethical Stem Cells
When it comes to stem cell news you can use the best source is Family Research Council’s resident mad scientist, Dr. David Prentice. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/embryonic-stem-cell-research-falls-out-of-favor-as-scientists-use-ethical-stem-cells/

Catholic High School Students Will Pray at Abortion Clinics Nationwide on Friday
What started out as the dream of a small Catholic High School class in Beloit, Kansas, has turned into a national pro-life event aimed at activating youth to stand against abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/03/catholic-high-school-students-will-pray-at-abortion-clinics-nationwide-on-friday/
Senator Mark Pryor Uses Bible in Re-Election Campaign Ad, But He’s Pro-Abortion
Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor has a new television commercial for his 2014 re-election bid that relies on a Bible and Christian statements to swing voters in this conservative state back to his side for next year’s election.http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/senator-mark-pryor-uses-bible-in-re-election-campaign-ad-but-hes-pro-abortion/

One Abortion for Every Two Births in Bulgaria
On Tuesday, Dr. Randall K. O’Bannon, NRLC’s Director of Education, explained in thoughtful detail the latest abortion figures provided by the Centers for Disease Control–and what they mean (“CDC Report Shows Decline in Abortions for 2010; abortion rates and ratios both down”). http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/one-abortion-for-every-two-births-in-bulgaria/
Church Holds Huge Baby Shower for 52 Women Who Rejected Abortion, Chose Life
Embrace Grace and Gateway Church hosted one of the largest baby showers for crisis pregnancies thrown by a church. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/church-holds-huge-baby-shower-for-52-women-who-rejected-abortion-chose-life/
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