Monday, June 30, 2014

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 6/30/14




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Monday, June 30, 2014
For pro-life news updated throughout the day, visit LifeNews.com.
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• Supreme Court Rules Obama Admin Can’t Make Hobby Lobby Obey Pro-Abortion HHS Mandate
• Obama Wants to Force Americans to Pay for Abortion-Causing Drugs Since He Can’t Force Hobby Lobby
• Hobby Lobby in Pictures: Americans Cheer and Thank God After SCOTUS Victory
• Pro-Abortion Activists Threaten to Burn Down Hobby Lobby Stores After SCOTUS Ruling

More Pro-Life News• EWTN Wins Big Pro-Life Victory Against HHS Mandate on Heels of Hobby Lobby Decision
• Bobby Jindal Punks Obama on Hobby Lobby: “He’s Googling ‘Can an Executive Order Override Supreme Court?’”
• Kathleen Sebelius Totally Silent on Hobby Lobby Decision Bearing Her Name
• Justina Pelletier: “No One Should Be Put Through That — No One”
• Gosnell Worker Who Said Baby “Jumped” When I Snipped Her Neck in Abortion Heads to Prison
• Judge Upholds Ohio’s Decision Ordering Martin Haskell’s Late-Term Abortion Biz Closed
• New Poll: 58% of Americans Agree All Or Most Abortions Should be Banned
• Baby Delivered at 25 Weeks After Mom Was Shot and Killed Goes Home, Born as Mom Took Her Last Breath
• Planned Parenthood Gives Clinic Award for Killing More Babies in Abortions
• Euthanasia Activists Want Nursing Homes to Starve Patients to Death
• Asheville, North Carolina Abortion Clinic Closes Down For Good
• Activists: Fish Feel Pain So Protect Them; But Ignore Babies Who Feel Pain in Abortions
• 10 Truths I Learned About Planned Parenthood at the National Right to Life Convention
Supreme Court Rules Obama Admin Can’t Make Hobby Lobby Obey Pro-Abortion HHS Mandate The Supreme Court ruled today that the Christian-run Hobby Lobby doesn’t have to obey the HHS mandate that is a part of Obamacare that requires businesses to pay for abortion causing drugs in their employee health care plans.
The Obama administration was attempting to make Hobby Lobby and thousands of pro-life businesses and organizations comply with the HHS mandate that compels religious companies to pay for birth control and abortion-causing drugs for their employees. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/supreme-court-rules-obama-admin-cant-make-hobby-lobby-obey-pro-abortion-hhs-mandate/
Obama Wants to Force Americans to Pay for Abortion-Causing Drugs Since He Can’t Force Hobby LobbySo just how is the Obama administration spinning the Supreme Court’s decision today that dealt it a devastating blow? Now that President Barcack Obama can’t force Hobby Lobby and other companies and businesses to pay for abortion-causing drugs, he’s wanting to force Americans to pay for birth control and very early drugs that may cause abortions.
The White House has quickly converted the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision into a campaign-trail wedge issue, by calling on Congress to continue providing abortion-related drugs to a small number of women who work for Catholic employers. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/obama-wants-to-force-americans-to-pay-for-abortion-causing-drugs-since-he-cant-force-hobby-lobby/
Hobby Lobby in Pictures: Americans Cheer and Thank God After SCOTUS Victory The Supreme Court gave the pro-life movement a huge victory today. It determined the Obama administration couldn’t force Hobby Lobby and any other company or business that doesn’t want to pay for abortion-causing drugs or birth control for its employees to obey the HHS mandate forcing it to do so.
Before and after the decision, pro-life advocates flooded the steps of the Supreme Court building with signs and pictures and led chants as the justices were preparing to hand down their decision. Afterwards, they cried tears of joy, cheered and prayed to thank God for the decision. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/hobby-lobby-in-pictures-americans-cheer-and-thank-god-after-scotus-victory/

Pro-Abortion Activists Threaten to Burn Down Hobby Lobby Stores After SCOTUS Ruling’The Supreme Court has ruled on behalf of Hobby Lobby against ObamaCare mandating them to pay for at least four drugs they deem abortive which would violate their religious freedoms! According to experts, the 5 to 4 decision applies to “closely-held” corporations.
Following the ruling, Twitter filled up with treats to burn Hobby Lobby to the ground. WARNING: Strong language and violence. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/pro-abortion-activists-threaten-to-burn-down-hobby-lobby-stores-after-scotus-ruling/
EWTN Wins Big Pro-Life Victory Against HHS Mandate on Heels of Hobby Lobby DecisionOn the heels of the Supreme Court ruling today that the Christian-run business Hobby Lobby doesn’t have to obey the HHS mandate that is a part of Obamacare that requires businesses to pay for abortion causing drugs in their employee health care plans, EWTN has won a victory of its own.
The Catholic television network is asking the courts to stop the Obama administration from enforcing the mandate against it while its own lawsuit continues. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/ewtn-wins-big-pro-life-victory-against-hhs-mandate-on-heels-of-hobby-lobby-decision/
Bobby Jindal Punks Obama on Hobby Lobby: “He’s Googling ‘Can an Executive Order Override Supreme Court?’”Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is already a pro-life rock star, but the governor may have one-upped himself with this excellent response to the Supreme Court decision today saying the Obama administration can’t force Hobby Lobby to obey the HHS mandate.
Jindal may have earned the prize for the best response to the decision. Well played Mr. Governor, well-played! http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/gov-bobby-jindal-punks-obama-on-hobby-lobby-hes-googling-can-an-executive-order-override-supreme-court/
Kathleen Sebelius Totally Silent on Hobby Lobby Decision Bearing Her NameHours after the Supreme Court knocked down Obama’s contraception mandate with regard to Hobby Lobby and other small business owners, there seems to be silence from the architect of this mandate, former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The last post on her twitter is from June 9th – so far she has not tweeted anything about this today: http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/kathleen-sebelius-totally-silent-on-hobby-lobby-decision-bearing-her-name/

Justina Pelletier: “No One Should Be Put Through That — No One” Justina Pelletier, the teenager at the heart of a controversial case of whether or not government can take away children from their parents and make their medical decisions for them, has spoken out now that a judge has allowed her to return home safely with her parents and family. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/justina-pelletier-no-one-should-be-put-through-that-no-one/
Gosnell Worker Who Said Baby “Jumped” When I Snipped Her Neck in Abortion Heads to Prison It’s been over three years since the release of a Grand Jury report documenting the horrors of Kermit Gosnell’s abortion clinic, and since he and his wife and several workers were charged. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/gosnell-worker-who-said-baby-jumped-when-i-snipped-her-neck-in-abortion-heads-to-prison/
Judge Upholds Ohio’s Decision Ordering Martin Haskell’s Late-Term Abortion Biz Closed Today, a Hamilton County magistrate ruled to uphold the Ohio Health Department’s decision to close the Lebanon Road Surgery Center, Martin Haskell’s Sharonville abortion clinic, for failure to meet Ohio medical standards. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/judge-upholds-ohios-decision-ordering-nartin-haskells-late-term-abortion-biz-closed/
New Poll: 58% of Americans Agree All Or Most Abortions Should be Banned At the National Right to Life convention last week, NRLC Executive Director, Dr. David O’Steen, unpacked polling data that reveals our nation’s view on abortion and explains why National Right to Life supports incremental or “step by step” legislation. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/new-poll-58-of-americans-agree-all-or-most-abortions-should-be-banned/
Baby Delivered at 25 Weeks After Mom Was Shot and Killed Goes Home, Born as Mom Took Her Last Breath Lailani Casara entered the world far too early on Christmas Day 2013. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/baby-delivered-at-25-weeks-after-mom-was-shot-and-killed-goes-home-born-as-mom-took-her-last-breath/
Planned Parenthood Gives Clinic Award for Killing More Babies in Abortions Maybe you’ve seen those awards given to local businesses for having a certain number of accident free days or hitting certain regional or area sales quotas. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/planned-parenthood-gives-clinic-award-for-killing-more-babies-in-abortions/
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Euthanasia Activists Want Nursing Homes to Starve Patients to Death No line in bioethics is ever fixed. Rather, the push to eradicate the boundaries that keep medical professionalism tied to Hippocratic values (sniffed at as “paternalism” by many in the field) continues unabated, with new boundary lines created, consolidated, and then moved again into ever-more extreme territory. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/euthanasia-activists-want-nursing-homes-to-starve-patients-to-death/
Asheville, North Carolina Abortion Clinic Closes Down For Good On the same day as the wonderful news came of the Supreme Court ruling in favor of pro-life free speech rights outside of abortion facilities, Asheville’s only abortion clinic, Femcare, announced that it is shutting down on Saturday. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/asheville-north-carolina-abortion-clinic-closes-down-for-good/
Activists: Fish Feel Pain So Protect Them; But Ignore Babies Who Feel Pain in Abortions Animal activists continually try to corral the acceptable methods and use of animals. Sometimes this is great.http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/activists-fish-feel-pain-so-protect-them-but-ignore-babies-who-feel-pain-in-abortions/
10 Truths I Learned About Planned Parenthood at the National Right to Life Convention Thursday night at the 44th National Right to Life Convention in Louisville, Ky., pro-life Drs. Randall K. O’Bannon and David N. O’Steen led a workshop entitled, “Planned Parenthood: Playing Politics, Selling Obamacare, But Abortion is Still the Bottom Line.” http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/30/10-truths-i-learned-about-planned-parenthood-at-the-national-right-to-life-convention/







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News Alert: SCOTUS rules in Hobby Lobby case


Dear Defender of Life and Family,   


This morning the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Hobby Lobby case, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, that closely held for-profit corporations cannot be required to provide contraception coverage. The Court found that applying the HHS contraception mandate to closely held for-profit corporations violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. 

Please read Human Life International's statement on the Court's decision below, which can also be found on our website here:  

Hobby Lobby Case Underscores Deception on Contraception, When Life Begins

In a narrow 5-4 decision today concerning the HHS contraception mandate, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby that closely held for-profit corporations cannot be required to provide contraception coverage. The Court found that applying the HHS contraception mandate to closely held for-profit corporations violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

In reaction to today's decision, Human Life International President Father Shenan J. Boquet released the following statement:

"The full implications of this decision are not yet known, but this appears to be at least some good news in the fight for religious freedom.

"What many found deeply disturbing about this case was not only the assault on religious freedom, but the manipulation of scientific facts in order to support a radical political agenda promoting abortion.

"There's scientific consensus that when sperm meets egg and fertilization occurs, a new human life begins. Yet we see our own government and pro-abortion lobbyist groups like American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) play games with the words 'fertilization,' 'conception,' 'pregnancy,' and even 'abortion' to make it seem as though the drugs and devices in question in the Hobby Lobby case don't kill innocent human life-when it's scientific fact that they can, and do destroy new life in the womb.

"Not only does the HHS contraception/sterilization/abortifacient mandate seek to undermine our God-given freedom to practice our faith, the mandate furthers U.S. government support for the greatest human rights abuse in history, using taxpayer dollars to kill preborn human life.

"There's no doubt that legal action will continue on this mandate, and the many other troubling provisions of Obamacare. The American people must make clear to our elected representatives that we will not allow our religious liberty to be violated by our own government, especially in pursuit of an immoral agenda that furthers the erosion of human rights, and ends human lives."



Yours in the defense of life and family,

Adam Cassandra 
Communications Manager, Human Life International

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Supreme Court Rules Obama Admin Can't Make Hobby Lobby Obey Pro-Abortion HHS Mandate | LifeNews.com



The Supreme Court ruled today that the Christian-run Hobby Lobby doesn’t have to obey the HHS mandate that is a part of Obamacare that requires businesses to pay for abortion causing drugs in their employee health care plans.


The Obama administration was attempting to make Hobby Lobby and
thousands of pro-life businesses and organizations comply with the HHS
mandate that compels religious companies to pay for birth control and
abortion-causing drugs for their employees. However, the U.S. Supreme
Court today issued a favorable ruling in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.,
a landmark case addressing the Constitutionally guaranteed rights of
business owners to operate their family companies without violating
their deeply held religious convictions.


hobbylobby23Writing for the 5-4 majority, Justice Samuel Alito
handed down the decision for the high court, saying, “The Supreme Court
holds government can’t require closely held corporations with religious
owners to provide contraception coverage.”


“HHS’s contraception mandate substantially burdens the exercise of
religion,” the decision reads, adding that the “decision concerns only
the contraceptive mandate and should not be understood to mean that all
insurance mandates.”

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The unwitting death of many

From http://cal-catholic.com/
Freezer burn and poison take care of nearly half of frozen embryos

main_embryoThe following comes from a June 18 story in Crisis magazine.
Karla and Jacob began dating in 2009 when they were 42 and 32 years old, respectively. After Karla was diagnosed with lymphoma, and “despite neither of them thinking the relationship had long-term prospects,” both agreed to have human embryos created from their gametes. These were frozen for later use because treatment would, unfortunately, destroy Karla’s fertility. Their relationship was short-lived, yet, Karla’s only chance of giving birth to her own genetic children remained the use of the frozen progeny resulting from this relationship.
Jacob objected and the two went to court. This May, the Illinois judge ruled that Karla can transfer the embryos in spite of Jacob’s objection to “becoming a parent.” (He is, of course, already a parent of these embryos—he doesn’t want to bear the responsibilities that would follow a live birth of one of his children). This sad case is emblematic of many of the pitfalls and ethical problems inherent in the practice of freezing embryonic human beings for in vitro fertilization.
Cryopreservation of embryos keeps them alive but development is arrested as they remain frozen in a state of suspended animation. Submerged in liquid nitrogen in a freezer, dubbed a “Concentration Can” by the great geneticist, Jerome LeJeune, cryopreservation exposes these innocents to a host of risks, offenses, and further manipulation. The techniques used to freeze embryos today involve immersion in a solution of cryoprotectant (think anti-freeze) that reduces the likelihood of lethal ice crystals being formed inside the cells. They remain frozen indefinitely, entirely beholden to the whims of parents, the clinic, or government regulation.
The most obvious offense to their human rights is that the process of freezing and thawing the embryos leads to the death of many. A recent study indicated that 46 percent will not survive the freezing and thawing process. The two primary causes of death? Formation of ice crystals (freezer burn) or cytotoxicity (poison) from the cryoprotectant. As the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority has summarized, “Not all embryos will survive freezing and eventual thawing when they come to be used.  Very occasionally no embryos will survive.” Many will lose one or two cells, with associated risks not fully understood. In short, the freezing and thawing process exposes them to serious risk of harm and death.
But even if the technology was perfected and no deaths would occur (an exceptionally unlikely scenario), these human beings are frozen against their will and not for their own good. Consent to such a procedure cannot be presumed because IVF and the freezing of embryos do not offer reasonable hope of success or great benefit for the embryo. They offer, rather, significant risks that are well above what might be reasonably considered normal. These risks are accepted because of a prior choice for IVF which is, itself, an irresponsible herculean intervention with overall embryo survival rates hovering around 5-20 percent….
To read the entire story, click here.
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Heroic News: “Death row attorneys sue on behalf of inmates over 'human experimentation'” plus 7 more

Attorneys for six death row prisoners in Arizona filed a lawsuit against state officials Thursday alleging “human experimentation” in executions.
American zoos prefer contraception over euthanasia to curb populations, prevent breeding, or preserve genetic qualities of a given species. Creatures as big as lions and hippos and as small as meerkats and mice take birth control—it's crushed up in their feed, injected into their veins, and implanted under their skins.
The contraception mandate will not be axed completely; the Supreme Court has the power to narrow the rule's reach.
The Supreme Court is poised to deliver its verdict in a case that weighs the religious rights of employers and the "right" of women to free, employer-funded birth control of their choice.
Yesterday morning, in a unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that struck down a Massachusetts “buffer zone” law, sidewalk counselor Eleanor McCullen won the right to speak up freely to women entering abortion centers in Massachusetts.
"Most babies don't show up on their due dates, it's true...but you won't be born any other day this week or next week, because you were born into Heaven many months ago."
My name is Courtney. I’m sixteen years young. When I was 14, I was told that I am adopted. When I was 14, I also learned that there was much more to the story of my life. Not only am I adopted, but I am an abortion survivor. When my birth mother was somewhere around 7 weeks pregnant, she had an abortion.
A candidate seeking the Republican nomination for a Wisconsin congressional seat is invoking the argument that gay "marriage" will lead to incest, saying siblings will try to marry each other if bans on same-sex "marriage" are lifted.



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From CMMB: Your Weekly Reflection in Prayer 6/29/14

June 29, 2014
Weekly Prayer Reflection for Summer
“You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.”
 Matthew 16:18
June 29, 2014
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
Dear Friends,
Instead of the normal Sunday Scriptural readings and prayers, this Sunday we celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. This is unusual, and it points to the importance of these two saints, and indeed of all saints in the Christian tradition. Peter was the chief of the apostles, the leader of the early Church, and Paul took the gospel message to the nations, to the ends of the earth.
By celebrating these two saints with such solemnity, the Church is pointed to the importance of human cooperation, that almighty God looks to and depends upon human help and cooperation to achieve His goals and wishes for humanity.
One important aspect of God’s action in the world is that of healing. Here, too, God looks to human help and cooperation in the countless doctors, nurses, research scientists, and suppliers of medicines who bring medical help to those in need. Can we not look to the men and women who support and work with and for the Catholic Medical Mission Board as those who, like Saints Peter and Paul, cooperate in building God’s Kingdom? We, too, cooperate with the healing Spirit of God. We witness and make present God’s healing and compassionate hand in our world today.
Let us Pray for God’s Blessing:
May almighty God bless you, for He has made you steadfast in Saint Peter’s saving confession, and through it has set you on the solid rock of the Church’s faith.
Having instructed you by the tireless preaching of Saint Paul, may God teach you constantly by his example to win brothers and sisters for Christ.
Thus by the keys of Saint Peter and the words of Saint Paul, by the support of their intercession, may God bring us happily to that homeland that Peter attained on a cross and Paul be the blade of a sword. Amen.

 Rev. Peter Schineller, S.J., CMMB Board of Directors

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Big pro-life week: Supreme Court win follows abortion clinic closings

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Monday will dawn with more hope for the unborn in Alabama, where the only abortion clinic in the northern region of the state will close its doors.

Mom who risked her life to carry triplets to term, has died from cystic fibrosis

Kandace Bowers, the mother with cystic fibrosis, who risked her life and defied doctors by refusing to terminate her triplets, has died almost 4 years after giving birth. Read more...

Abortionist kicked out of Illinois; denied admitting privileges at 3 Milwaukee hospitals

An Illinois abortionist who transplanted to Wisconsin after his filthy Rockford facility was shut down by authorities has been unable to obtain hospital admitting privileges within a 30-mile radius of his Milwaukee facility.

Abortionist Dennis Christensen was ordered by a District Judge William Conley to try to obtain hospital admitting privileges as he mulls a decision over whether or not to reinstate a currently-blocked Wisconsin state law requiring them. Read more...

Lawmakers reject pro-abortion sex education in public schools

The state of Louisiana has passed a new pro-life bill prohibiting groups that perform elective abortions from presenting sex education materials or instruction in state public schools. HB 305, signed into law by the state’s pro-life Governor Bobby Jindal, prevents children from being targets of sex-education that promotes abortion. Read more...

Six ways to stop abortion

It’s easy to think of stopping abortion in broad terms: ending it all. And while that’s an excellent goal – exactly the goal we should have – abortion is stopped one abortion at a time. When one mom chooses life, abortion is stopped.

So, let’s cover six ways to stop abortion. Read more...

Pulling the plug on the violinist argument for abortion

For all pro-lifers have done to debunk the “bodily autonomy” argument for abortion—the idea that abortion is merely exercising a pregnant woman’s absolute right to revoke her unborn son or daughter’s “permission” to use her body whenever, however, and why-ever she wants—it occurs to me there’s one aspect of it we've been neglecting. Read more...

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Saturday, June 28, 2014

In-Vitro Fallout: Donor IVF Teen Says “I Wish I Had Never Been Born”

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Having reached 16, and with the support of her clearly devoted parents, Gracie is speaking out because she wants anyone contemplating such a decision to understand just how difficult her life has been, despite being raised by a couple who adore her.



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LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 6/28/14



LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report
Saturday, June 28, 2014
For pro-life news updated throughout the day, visit LifeNews.com.
Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Meriam Ibrahim and Her Family Released on Bail, But Not Free to Leave Sudan
• This 77-Year-Old Grandma Got the Supreme Court to Uphold Pro-Life Free Speech
• She Was Clinically Dead But Gave Birth to a Miracle Daughter
• In-Vitro Fallout: Donor IVF Teen Says “I Wish I Had Never Been Born”

More Pro-Life News• MLK Jr’s Niece Explains Why We’re Not “Free at Last,” Hint: It’s Not Why You Think
• The Most Compassionate Haircut Ever
• Justina Pelletier’s Law Would Stop Federal Funding of Dangerous Medical Research on Foster Children
• Wendy Davis Filibuster Anniversary Event Featured “God Bless” Abortion Prayer
• How Can Unborn Babies Be a “Blob of Tissue” When They Can Feel Immense Pain During Abortion?
• Bioethicist: There are Times When It’s in Children’s Best Interest to Euthanize Them
• Why are Pro-Lifers Called Anti-Woman When We Want to Protect Unborn Children?
• Honest Liberal Admits Roe v. Wade “Hardly on a Secure Footing”
• Meet the Internet Baby! LOL!
• Gov. Bobby Jindal Signs Law Protecting Unborn Babies When Their Mom is Declared “Brain Dead”
• Pro-Lifers Can’t Forget: It’s Our Duty to Protect the Elderly, Sick and Dying
• New Jersey Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide Dies After Failing to Get Enough Support
• Huntsville Abortion Business Puts Move on Hold, Shuts Down Today
Meriam Ibrahim and Her Family Released on Bail, But Not Free to Leave Sudan After being re-arrested less than a day after being released from death row for her Christian faith, Meriam Ibrahim and her American family have reportedly been released from the custody of Sudanese police forces on the condition that they not leave Sudan, as possible charges are brought against them.
They are not free. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/28/meriam-ibrahim-and-her-family-released-on-bail-but-not-free-to-leave-sudan/
This 77-Year-Old Grandma Got the Supreme Court to Uphold Pro-Life Free SpeechYesterday morning, in a unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that struck down a Massachusetts “buffer zone” law, sidewalk counselor Eleanor McCullen won the right to speak up freely to women entering abortion centers in Massachusetts.
The 77 year-old grandmother recently gave a revealing interview to NPR. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/27/this-77-year-old-grandma-got-the-supreme-court-to-uphold-pro-life-free-speech/
She Was Clinically Dead But Gave Birth to a Miracle Daughter Melanie Pritchard was as prepared as you can be to deliver her second baby. When she was pregnant with her first she had done all the research necessary to find a pro-life OB/GYN and drove 25 minutes of her way just to see that doctor.
Her unborn child’s life was of the highest value to her, and she wanted to ensure that her doctor felt the same way. It turned out to be one of the best and most important decisions of her life.http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/22/she-was-clinically-dead-but-gave-birth-to-a-miracle-daughter/
In-Vitro Fallout: Donor IVF Teen Says “I Wish I Had Never Been Born”This story is so heartbreaking and so indicative of the complicated ethical web the fertility industry has spun. Gracie Crane is a UK teenage girl full of angst, but not the kind that troubles most teenagers. She was adopted as a “leftover” IVF embryo. Gracie keenly feels the loss of her genetic roots, but the law in the UK prevents her from ever knowing who her biological parents are. The pain is so acute, some days she says she wishes she were never born. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/27/in-vitro-fallout-donor-ivf-teen-says-i-wish-i-had-never-been-born/
MLK Jr’s Niece Explains Why We’re Not “Free at Last,” Hint: It’s Not Why You ThinkMartin Luther King, Jr’s fight for civil rights is not over, insists his niece Dr. Alveda King. Speaking at the 44th annual National Right to Life convention in Louisville, Ky., King explained that she is continuing her uncle’s legacy because the presence of abortion shows that not all of us can enjoy that freedom for which he fought.
King encouraged the audience to chime in with her as she sang the last few verses of “How Great Thou Art” during her keynote speech for the NRLC prayer breakfast. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/27/mlk-jrs-niece-explains-why-were-not-free-at-last-hint-its-not-why-you-think/
The Most Compassionate Haircut EverSacrifice. It’s a word that has gotten lost in this self-indulgent world, where “It’s all about you” is a popular sales slogan.
So what would you sacrifice for someone in need? The world spends billions of dollars on hair care product to take care of their locks on a yearly basis. But here’s a really nice haircut that didn’t cost much, except in terms of what it sacrificed. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/27/the-most-compassionate-haircut-ever/
Justina Pelletier’s Law Would Stop Federal Funding of Dangerous Medical Research on Foster ChildrenLiberty Counsel Action is proud to support “Justina’s Law,” a bipartisan bill that prohibits federal tax dollars to be used for medical experimentation on a ward of the State.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) joined with Reps. Karen Bass (D-CA), Tom Marino (R-PA), and Jim McDermott (D-WA), to introduce “Justina’s Law” in a response to the case of Justina Pelletier. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/28/justina-pelletiers-law-would-stop-federal-funding-of-dangerous-medical-research-on-foster-children/

Wendy Davis Filibuster Anniversary Event Featured “God Bless” Abortion Prayer Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wendy Davis held a celebration of her pro-abortion filibuster on Wednesday, and the event began with a pro-abortion prayer. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/27/wendy-davis-filibuster-anniversary-event-featured-god-bless-abortion-prayer/
How Can Unborn Babies Be a “Blob of Tissue” When They Can Feel Immense Pain During Abortion? Dr. Carter Snead, director of Notre Dames Center for Ethics and Culture and a leading expert in Public Bioethics, gave a compelling lecture entitled, “Fetal Pain, the Moral Imagination, and Our Common Humanity”, during the first day of the 44th annual National Right to Life Convention. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/28/how-can-unborn-babies-be-a-blob-of-tissue-when-they-can-feel-immense-pain-during-abortion/
Bioethicist: There are Times When It’s in Children’s Best Interest to Euthanize Them None are so blind as those who refuse to see. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/21/bioethicist-there-are-times-when-its-in-childrens-best-interest-to-euthanize-them/
Why are Pro-Lifers Called Anti-Woman When We Want to Protect Unborn Children? The National Right to Life Convention opened yesterday with a three-member panel discussion featuring National Review Online editor Kathryn Jean Lopez, President of Lutherans for Life, Dr. Jean Garton, and EWTN Radio/TV host, Joy Pinto. National Right to Life President, Carol Tobias, moderated the discussion. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/27/why-are-pro-lifers-called-anti-woman-when-we-want-to-protect-unborn-children/
Honest Liberal Admits Roe v. Wade “Hardly on a Secure Footing” I’ve written before that it isn’t only pro-life scholars who believe the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion was fundamentally flawed: Honest abortion proponents agree. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/21/honest-liberal-admits-roe-v-wade-hardly-on-a-secure-footing/
Meet the Internet Baby! LOL! At LifeNews, we love babies and we love celebrating life with infants and newborns. After all, we’re in the baby saving business. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/22/meet-the-internet-baby-lol/
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Gov. Bobby Jindal Signs Law Protecting Unborn Babies When Their Mom is Declared “Brain Dead” Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill yesterday which will protect the pre-born children of women who are declared “brain dead” in Louisiana. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/27/gov-bobby-jindal-signs-law-protecting-unborn-babies-when-their-mom-is-declared-brain-dead/
 
Pro-Lifers Can’t Forget: It’s Our Duty to Protect the Elderly, Sick and Dying On Friday morning, attendees of the National Right to Life Convention heard some of our Nation’s leading experts in the “Bioethics War on Humans” debate. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/28/pro-lifers-cant-forget-its-our-duty-to-protect-the-elderly-sick-and-dying/
New Jersey Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide Dies After Failing to Get Enough Support Today, I am happy to share the good news that the Assembly pulled A2270, the Assisted Suicide Bill from the Board List around 8 p.m. last night after the sponsor was unable to get enough votes to pass the bil. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/27/new-jersey-bill-to-legalize-assisted-suicide-dies-after-failing-to-get-enough-support/
Huntsville Abortion Business Puts Move on Hold, Shuts Down Today A Huntsville, Alabama, abortion business that has failed to meet new licensing regulations, will shut down todayl. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/27/huntsville-abortion-business-puts-move-on-hold-shuts-down-today/








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