LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 1/31/14

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Friday, January 31, 2014

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• Nancy Pelosi Will Receive Planned Parenthood’s Top Margaret Sanger Award
• Baby Born at 27 Weeks Via C-Section After Mother Declared Brain Dead
• Abortion Activist Sandra Fluke “Strongly Considering” Run for Congress• Police Had to Form Human Shield Around Pro-Lifers to Protect Them From Abortion Activists

More Pro-Life News• Planned Parenthood Billboard Near School Tells Kids: “Getting It On Is Free”
• Deaf Seattle Seahawks Player Gives Super Bowl Tickets to Deaf Twins
• An Accidental Tale of the Beauty and Selfless Love that is Adoption
• “Kid President” Tells Babies on the Day of Their Birth, “We’re Glad You’re Here”
• Women’s Cancer Center Closes Thanks to Obamacare
• Abortion Advocates Reduce Killing an Unborn Baby to a Puppet Show
• Man Gets 25 Years After Raping His Daughter, Taking Her for Abortion to Hide Crime
• 38 Belgian Pediatricians Oppose Measure Allowing Doctors to Euthanize Children
• My Son Has a Super Power: Down Syndrome
• Just 60 Percent of Americans Know Roe v. Wade is About Abortion
• Pro-Life Leaders Slam Networks for Pitiful March for Life Coverage
• Pro-Life Movement Has Been Successful Despite the Obama Administration
• You Are the Same Person Now as You Were in Your Mother’s Womb
• Judge Allows Ohio Late-Term Abortion Biz to Stay Open

Nancy Pelosi Will Receive Planned Parenthood’s Top Margaret Sanger Award Nancy Pelosi will receive the Margaret Sanger award — the top honor given out by the Planned Parenthood abortion business.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced today that House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will deliver remarks at the organization’s Annual Gala in Washington on march 27, where she will receive the award. Planned Parenthood is awarding Leader Pelosi the Margaret Sanger Award, the organization’s highest honor, “in recognition of her leadership, excellence, and outstanding contributions to” the pro-abortion movement during her career. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/nancy-pelosi-will-received-planned-parenthoods-top-margaret-sanger-award/
Baby Born at 27 Weeks Via C-Section After Mother Declared Brain DeadWith so many expressing disgust over a Texas hospital maintaining a brain dead woman named Marlise Munoz because she was pregnant, I became aware of a remarkably similar case last year that had a much happier ending. (See You Tube imbed below.)
From the 11/13/13 Daily Mail story: A baby which was 15 weeks old when its mother was declared brain-dead was delivered by Caesarean section at 27 weeks, after doctors kept the mother alive on life support. The Hungarian doctors who delivered the baby in July believe the birth is one of only three such cases in the world… http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/baby-born-at-27-weeks-via-c-section-after-mother-declared-brain-dead/

Abortion Activist Sandra Fluke “Strongly Considering” Run for CongressAbortion activists Sandra Fluke, best known for pushing the HHS mandate that forces religious groups to pay for birth control and abortion-causing drugs, is “strongly considering” a run for Congress.

From The Blaze: Sandra Fluke said she’s “strongly considering running” for Henry Waxman’s House seat after the longtime California Democrat announced he would retire from Congress this year. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/abortion-activist-sandra-fluke-strongly-considering-run-for-congress/
Police Had to Form Human Shield Around Pro-Lifers to Protect Them From Abortion ActivistsThis Saturday, we took some of our new student leaders into chaos.

After an exhausting week here in Washington, our team headed to San Francisco to distribute 5,000 I am the Pro-Life Generation signs and meet hundreds of our student leaders at the 70,000-person Walk for Life. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/police-had-to-form-human-shield-around-pro-lifers-to-protect-them-from-abortion-activists/

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Planned Parenthood Billboard Near School Tells Kids: “Getting It On Is Free” A Planned Parenthood billboard near a school in Memphis, Tennessee is drawing heavy criticism from local parents, who are upset by the message it’s sending their kids.
The billboard has the message “Getting It On Is Free” and a picture of a condom — something residents of a south Memphis neighborhood don’t like. The billboard has only been up one week and is already generating controversy. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/planned-parenthood-billboard-near-school-tells-kids-getting-it-on-is-free/

Deaf Seattle Seahawks Player Gives Super Bowl Tickets to Deaf TwinsEarlier this month, Duracell produced a commercial featuring the deaf Seattle Seahawks player, Derrick Coleman. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a must watch. And if you have seen it, watch it again. We filled you in on Coleman’s back-story when the Duracell ad was initially released:

The 23-year-old California native defied the odds by pursuing sports despite coaches who couldn’t communicate well with him, and people who picked on and didn’t understand him. Coleman completed incredible football careers in both high school and college (UCLA), but his first try at the NFL after college didn’t work out. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/deaf-seattle-seahawks-player-gives-super-bowl-tickets-to-deaf-twins/

An Accidental Tale of the Beauty and Selfless Love that is Adoption“Adoption is real–and it’s forever.” – Dr. Bill Platypus, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Season 16, Episode 4: “Families”

I’ll talk to anyone. No, really. I chat up the other shoppers in line at the grocery store, then carry on a conversation with the cashier and the fella bagging the groceries. I’m Facebook friends with a couple I met on the four-hour bus ride home from last year’s March for Life. So it was this year.

http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/an-accidental-tale-of-the-beauty-and-selfless-love-that-is-adoption/

“Kid President” Tells Babies on the Day of Their Birth, “We’re Glad You’re Here” The “Kid President,” of YouTube fame, releases periodic speeches to boost the morale of humanity in general. Sometimes, his messages are directed at specific groups. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/kid-president-tells-babies-on-the-day-of-their-birth-were-glad-youre-here/

Women’s Cancer Center Closes Thanks to Obamacare The War on Women is supposedly waged by pro-life advocates opposing abortion and the Obama administrations HHS mandate forcing religious groups to pay for abortions and birth control. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/womens-cancer-center-closes-thanks-to-obamacare/

Abortion Advocates Reduce Killing an Unborn Baby to a Puppet Show Following President Obama’s State of the Union address, there was the Republican response by pro-life Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/abortion-advocates-reduce-killing-an-unborn-baby-to-a-puppet-show/

Man Gets 25 Years After Raping His Daughter, Taking Her for Abortion to Hide Crime A 39-year-old California man faces 25 years in prison after she raped and impregnated his daughter and then took her to a hospital for an abortion to attempt to hide the crime. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/man-gets-25-years-after-raping-his-daughter-taking-her-for-abortion-to-hide-crime/

38 Belgian Pediatricians Oppose Measure Allowing Doctors to Euthanize Children Is it desirable to extend the law on euthanasia to minors if a large number of experienced caregivers, who, day after day, care for seriously ill children and are able to relieve their pain? http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/38-belgian-pediatricians-oppose-measure-allowing-doctors-to-euthanize-children/

My Son Has a Super Power: Down Syndrome “If you want to know what people really think about kids with Down syndrome, tell someone you’re thinking of getting one.” http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/my-son-has-a-super-power-down-syndrome/

Looking for an inspiring and motivating speaker for your pro-life event in 2014? Don't have much to spend on a high-priced speaker costing thousands of dollars? Contact LifeNews at news@lifenews.com about having LifeNews Editor Steven Ertelt speak at your event.

Just 60 Percent of Americans Know Roe v. Wade is About Abortion Another year begins and the U.S. Supreme Court rulings legalizing abortion are still in place, although much altered since 1973. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/just-60-percent-of-americans-know-roe-v-wade-is-about-abortion/

Pro-Life Leaders Slam Networks for Pitiful March for Life Coverage One week later, and the networks have long forgotten about their scant coverage of the March for Life – after all, they have a whole year before they have to ignore it again. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/pro-life-leaders-slam-networks-for-pitiful-march-for-life-coverage/

Pro-Life Movement Has Been Successful Despite the Obama Administration Last week on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., hundreds of thousands of marchers soldiered together in near-zero wind chill temperatures to send an annual message of silent witness to the President, the Congress and especially the Supreme Court:. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/pro-life-movement-has-been-successful-despite-the-obama-administration/

You Are the Same Person Now as You Were in Your Mother’s Womb There has been some confusion on some of my articles as to what it means for humans to have an inherent nature as rational agents, so I’d like to take the time now to expound upon just what is meant by an inherent nature, as well as the concept of capacities and what they have to do with human personhood. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/you-are-the-same-person-now-as-you-were-in-your-mothers-womb/

Judge Allows Ohio Late-Term Abortion Biz to Stay Open Hamilton County Judge Jerome Metz has stayed an order issued by the Ohio Department of Health to close a late-term abortion clinic in Sharonville, Ohio, operated by Martin Haskell. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/judge-allows-ohio-late-term-abortion-biz-to-stay-open/

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Heroic News: “US board allows gynecologists to treat…men?” plus 4 more

• US board allows gynecologists to treat…men?
• Tranny student can use 'restroom of choice' at high school
• Newlywed discovered she was pregnant two months after husband's death
• Disney Channel same-sex couple episode yields protest
• Doctor walks six miles in snow to perform life-saving brain surgery

US board allows gynecologists to treat…men? A U.S. professional group that certifies obstetricians and gynecologists has loosened a decades-old restriction on its board-certified members treating male patients, after mounting pressure from doctors and researchers.

Tranny student can use 'restroom of choice' at high school The rights of a transgender "girl" from Orono were violated when school administrators made him use a staff bathroom at his elementary school instead of the girls’ restroom, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday.

Newlywed discovered she was pregnant two months after husband's death A grieving bride discovered she was pregnant two months after her athletic husband tragically died at the age of 25.

Disney Channel same-sex couple episode yields protest The Disney Channel's recent decision to air its first TV show episode with a same-sex couple has drawn complaints from a group of parents concerned that it introduced “controversial topics that children are far too young to comprehend.”

Doctor walks six miles in snow to perform life-saving brain surgery Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw was at Brookwood Medical Center in Atlanta Tuesday morning when he was needed for emergency brain surgery at Trinity Medical Center. The problem was the sudden snowstorm had locked down traffic, and the neurosurgeon didn't get farther than a few blocks.

"Divorce, new marriages, and penance in the primitive Church."

When the Church of Rome Forgave Second Marriages

During the first centuries the divorced and remarried were pardoned of their sins and given communion, but later this practice was abandoned in the West. Today Pope Francis has brought it back onto the field, while the dueling goes on among the cardinals

by Sandro Magister




Read more here:
http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1350707?eng=y

Man who slipped girlfriend abortion drug receives maximum sentence

News Update We marched. Now what? Great Britain's missing daughters Facebook Twitter Man who slipped girlfriend abortion drug receives maximum sentence A Florida man who became infamous for slipping his girlfriend an abortion-inducing drug was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison on Monday, a move that required a fair amount of legal gymnastics and is spurring renewed efforts in Florida to pass legislation which will make it easier to punish the intentional harming of an unborn fetus. Read more... Smashing the spectrum of pre-born personhood denial Having dissected both the facts and the reasoning behind pro-abortion writer Bob Seidensticker’s characterization of the pro-life movement as dominated by insensitive males, I’d like to take one last post to examine his central theory of pre-born life, the “spectrum argument.” Read more... Sarah Silverman's Jesus doesn't understand biology By now you’ve probably heard that Sarah Silverman released an offensive video about being visited by “Jesus F***ing Christ.” Silverman is in a category that is hard to exactly call atheist, because if she really didn’t believe in God, she probably wouldn’t have such a problem with him. Anyway, in her video, she asks Jesus, “When does life begin?” His answer was totally Silverman-esque, but failed to take into account actual basic biology. Read more... A father's promise leads to a remarkable life of love, sacrifice For 31 years, Mikey Cortez lived in a coma-like state. At age seven, he was the victim of a drunk driver who stole the lives of his older brother and three other relatives. After doctors told his father Paul that his son might not live, he fell to his knees, took Mikey’s hand, and prayed. Read more... Salon writer believes abortion is a human sacrifice and she's okay with that What do we say, then, of mothers like Mary Elizabeth Williams, who believe that fetuses are living human beings, that the fetuses they have carried or will carry are their living babies, but in the same breath announce that those children’s lives are not as valuable as their own? Are they brave? Are they selfless? Do they know the true meaning of motherhood? Read more... Other Articles Obama in SOTU: We believe in 'dignity and equality of every human being' Kid President's surprisingly accurate speech to a baby on the day of its birth Primetime pro-life: 'Sherlock' acknowledges 'all three' Sally Kohn tries, fails to link pro-life laws and domestic violence Buffer zone laws are anything but pro-choice View this e-mail in your browser

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News from the trenches

Planned Parenthood, First and Grape streets, San Diego

January 30, 2014 

First and Grape streets

The following comes from a Jan. 25 email.
Today had beautiful weather downtown, but unfortunately it was extremely busy for PP. We had four Prayer Warriors who offered prayers for the workers and customers.
A woman in her 60s walking her dog came up to me and told me that I should be ashamed of myself because this “was a woman’s right, because it was her body,” and I responded “it’s a woman’s right to kill her child?”  She walked off.

A black woman came up to PP with three cute boys in tow, the oldest of which I would say was maybe seven or eight years old.  I offered her information, and she said “That’s crazy!  I don’t believe in abortion!  He could be the President!” and I said “That’s true! You never know!”  If ever there was a common sense reason not to abort your child, she said it. Only God knows the future.  She was only there for a short time and then left.  Her car wouldn’t start, and one of the guards helped her with jumper cables to get her car started.  I told him I was proud of him for doing a good deed, and we both laughed.
Another woman came up, and I offered her information saying “Please give this to anyone you know who may be pregnant, that she may give her child a chance at life,” and she stopped and looked at the bookmark with the picture of the six-week ectopic pregnancy.  She said, “OK, I will, but this picture is too much.” I replied,  “But that is the reality.”  She took the information and walked in.  Not long after, she came out, and told me  “I didn’t do it.” I said, “So you changed your mind?” and she said, “Yes.”  Someone came by in a little bit and picked her up and she left.

From Judie Brown: Dear Friend of the Babies,

Dear Friend of the Babies,   While we remember the unborn who have died through the scourge of abortion, we also gather each year in Washington, D.C. to renew our mission and remind each other that we are far from alone in this battle. This year American Life League gave away over 1,200 bags filled with our popular pro-life t-shirts, buttons, stickers, DVDs and printed materials! We gave away over 30,000 items to March for Life attendees who will take the life-saving tools back to their cities and hometowns to spread the message of life! Highlights this year included American Life League's very own Director of Defend the Faith, Michael Hichborn being awarded the Law of Life Achievement Award at the The Law of Life Summit which is organized annually by Ave Maria Law School. ALL's Director of Outreach, Rey Flores, was invited by EWTN Spanish for an interview about our work in fighting against Planned Parenthood's sex-ed programs in schools across the country. We also had the chance to meet and chat again with many of our pro-life colleagues at the annual Rose Dinner and at the March for Life Convention. ALL's Celebrate Life magazine editor Stephanie Hopping attended the Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco, CA on January 25 where she distributed hundreds of ALL pro-life signs and bumper stickers.  Thank you so much, my friend, for your prayers and support which helped us defend the babies in the media and allowed us to get our life- and soul-saving materials into the hands of thousands of dedicated pro-lifers from all 50 states and beyond. To help us replenish our materials, can you help us today with a generous gift? Our witness for Christ and for Our Lady of Life must continue full-speed, so do please pray and send a gift today. God Bless You! Sincerely yours in the Lord Who IS Life, Judie Brown, President American Life League

Heroic News: “Stem cell breakthrough may be simple, fast, cheap” plus 5 more

• Stem cell breakthrough may be simple, fast, cheap
• Brain-dead girl showing signs of life?
• Southwest Airlines Funds Radical 'Gay Task Force'
• Abortion Funds Go National
• Graphic pro-life images: Are they effective?
• Indiana House passes revised gay 'marriage' ban

Stem cell breakthrough may be simple, fast, cheap We run too hard, we fall down, we're sick -- all of this puts stress on the cells in our bodies. But in what's being called a breakthrough in regenerative medicine, researchers have found a way to make ethical stem cells by purposely putting mature cells under stress.

Brain-dead girl showing signs of life? A video released over the weekend shows Jahi McMath, who was left in a precarious medical state following a botched tonsillectomy, alive and moving her toes. Jahi was the subject of a national debate recently as her parents fought a hospital that wanted to remove her life support.

Southwest Airlines Funds Radical 'Gay Task Force' Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) is exposing the radical corporate giving priorities of Southwest Airlines -- including Southwest's role as a major funder of the annual homosexual activist "Creating Change" conference put on by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF).

Abortion Funds Go National In 2013, new state laws tightening regulations on abortion clinics had an unexpected consequence: They spurred the growth of “abortion funds,” nonprofits dedicated to helping pregnant women pay for abortions.

Graphic pro-life images: Are they effective? There are pro-life picketers who choose to carry gruesome signs outside abortion clinics that show the bloody aftermath of abortion.

Indiana House passes revised gay 'marriage' ban The Indiana House of Representatives approved a proposal Tuesday that would place the state's gay "marriage" ban in the state constitution, while leaving the door open to eventual approval of civil unions.