Friday, August 15, 2014

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 8/15/14




LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report

Friday, August 15, 2014
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Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Judge Orders Late-Term Abortionist Martin Haskell to Close His Clinic
• Planned Parenthood Abortion Doc Sexually Molested Patients for 20 Years
• Attention Pro-Lifers: Be Careful Where You Send Your ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Donation
• New Invention Gives Parents More Time to Grieve the Death of Their Stillborn Baby


More Pro-Life News
• Watch What These Twins Do When Mom Tells Them It’s Bedtime
• New Movie “The Giver” Praised for Having a Life-Affirming Message

• Mother Gives Birth to Rare Premature Identical Triplets Born 12 Weeks Early
• As World Mourns Robin Williams, Suicide Cult Pushes Homemade Suicide Kits
• Feminist Professor Apologizes for Destroying Pro-Lifer’s Sign, But Not for Assaulting Her
• Pro-Abortion Group Waves Bloody Hangers Outside Austin Courthouse to Protest Pro-Life Law

• The Pro-Life Movement is Winning the Abortion Debate Because We’re Having More Kids

• The Congratulations Project: Kids With Down Syndrome Celebrate Their Parents Choosing Life
• Today Show Host Savannah Guthrie Gives Birth, Prayed for Her “Baby” in the Womb
• Six-Month Pregnant Woman is the Latest Victim of the “Knockout Game”

• Judge Stops Abortions at Planned Parenthood Clinic Near Disney World

• Alaska Senator Mark Begich Opposes Bill to Ban Late-Term Abortions


Judge Orders Late-Term Abortionist Martin Haskell to Close His ClinicAn Ohio judge issued a ruling today ordering a late-term abortion practitioner to close his abortion facility.
Previously, Ohio passed a law requiring that all ambulatory surgical centers must be licensed by the state and, in 1999, it came to the attention of the Ohio Health Department that abortion clinics were not in compliance with the law, having never applied for licensing. The OHD began the process of insuring that all abortion clinics came into compliance. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/judge-orders-late-term-abortionist-martin-haskell-to-close-his-clinic/
Planned Parenthood Abortion Doc Sexually Molested Patients for 20 YearsThe Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine has filed a disciplinary petition against Vito Cordone for failing to report the sexual abuse of patients committed at his fertility clinic by former Planned Parenthood abortionist Ian Hardy.
In 1992, while Hardy was employed by Cardone’s Boston area infertility clinic, he began providing abortions for Planned Parenthood of League of Massachusetts, Inc. Why Hardy eventually left Planned Parenthood is unknown, but a Boston Globe article published on May 1, 2014, indicates that Hardy’s abhorrent sexual misconduct stretched back as far as 20 years. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/planned-parenthood-abortion-doc-sexually-molested-patients-for-20-years/
Attention Pro-Lifers: Be Careful Where You Send Your ALS Ice Bucket Challenge DonationYou have no doubt seen a video of a friend on Facebook being doused with buckets of ice water. What would possess a human being to do something so chilling? It is the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often called Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ALS is a devastating, progressive neurodegenerative disease that is fatal and has no cure.
Here is how Ice Bucket Challenge works. People video themselves getting doused with ice water then share that video on social media. They challenge others to do the same in the next 24 hours. If anyone rejects the challenge they are encouraged to give $100 to an ALS charity. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/attention-pro-lifers-be-careful-where-you-send-your-als-ice-bucket-challenge-donation/

New Invention Gives Parents More Time to Grieve the Death of Their Stillborn Baby
When a mother delivers a stillborn baby, the baby is born without any signs of life at or after 20 weeks of pregnancy. In the United States, about 1 in 160 pregnancies end in stillbirth, and most occur before the mother goes into labor.
While it is largely unknown what causes fetal death at this stage of a woman’s pregnancy, these are some factors that may contribute: placental problems, birth defects, poor fetal growth, infections, umbilical cord accidents, and chronic health conditions in the pregnant mother. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/new-invention-gives-parents-more-time-to-grieve-the-death-of-their-stillborn-baby/

Watch What These Twins Do When Mom Tells Them It’s BedtimeBy the time a baby becomes a toddler, they will need ten to thirteen hours of sleep a night. This is because toddlers are usually very busy learning about themselves and the world they live in. Some of the primary things toddlers love to do include, exploring, talking, asking questions, and playing.
They also love to have their hands on everything! After all this activity, if a toddler doesn’t get the sleep it needs, they can become irritable or fussy. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/watch-what-these-twins-do-when-mom-tells-them-its-bedtime/
New Movie “The Giver” Praised for Having a Life-Affirming MessageThe new movie, The Giver, adapted from Lois Lowry’s classic young adult novel, is being hailed by pro-life leaders as a genuinely pro-life movie.
Sometimes an author writes a story because she wants to write a good story, and Lowry’s story tells of the value of life and the tragedy of killing babies–and the elderly–we find somehow less valuable than others. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/new-movie-the-giver-praised-for-having-a-life-affirming-message/
Mother Gives Birth to Rare Premature Identical Triplets Born 12 Weeks EarlyStatistically, chances are one in a million that a mother will give birth to genetically identical triplets. This makes Brook Selley’s story all the more amazing.
When Brooke was living in in London, she found out she was having triplets and decided that she wanted to have her girls in the United States. She gave birth to identical triplets on October 8, 2013 at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. They were born 12 weeks early, and they were not able to leave the Intensive Care Unit for months. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/mother-gives-birth-to-rare-premature-identical-triplets-born-12-weeks-early/

As World Mourns Robin Williams, Suicide Cult Pushes Homemade Suicide KitsSuicide advocacy never stops. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/as-world-mourns-robin-williams-suicide-cult-pushes-homemade-suicide-kits/
Feminist Professor Apologizes for Destroying Pro-Lifer’s Sign, But Not for Assaulting HerLetters from fellow professors defending a pro-abortion feminist studies professor at University of California Santa Barbara who attacked a young pro-life activist, stole and destroyed her sign, and encouraged a group of students to violence, cite some rather odds reasons for her actions. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/feminist-professor-apologizes-for-destroying-pro-lifers-sign-but-not-for-assaulting-her/
Pro-Abortion Group Waves Bloody Hangers Outside Austin Courthouse to Protest Pro-Life Law“These coat hangers represent the terror enacted against women!” So screamed Alexandria Petersburg, an organizer for a pro-abortion group known as “Stop Patriarchy.” http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/pro-abortion-group-waves-bloody-hangers-outside-austin-courthouse-to-protest-pro-life-law/

The Pro-Life Movement is Winning the Abortion Debate Because We’re Having More KidsWe used to call my dear friend, mentor and colleague, Dr. Jack Willke, the father of the pro-life movement. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/the-pro-life-movement-is-winning-the-abortion-debate-because-were-having-more-kids/
The Congratulations Project: Kids With Down Syndrome Celebrate Their Parents Choosing LifePALS Programs provides a place for young adults with Down syndrome and their peers to have fun, grow as individuals, and build transformative friendships. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/the-congratulations-project-kids-with-down-syndrome-celebrate-their-parents-choosing-life/
Today Show Host Savannah Guthrie Gives Birth, Prayed for Her “Baby” in the WombWhew, just in time! Hours after we posted our story about Savannah Guthrie, the Today Show co-host delivered Vale Guthrie Feldman, all 8.5 pounds of her. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/today-show-host-savannah-guthrie-gives-birth-prayed-for-her-baby-in-the-womb/
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Six-Month Pregnant Woman is the Latest Victim of the “Knockout Game”By now, most Americans are familiar with the horrific Knockout Game, a creepy “sport” where people prey on random unsuspencting citizens and attempt to know them out with one sucker punch. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/six-month-pregnant-woman-is-the-latest-victim-of-the-knockout-game/
Judge Stops Abortions at Planned Parenthood Clinic Near Disney WorldPlanned Parenthood always tries to find special interest loopholes to ensure they can perform abortions whenever and wherever they want. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/judge-stops-abortions-at-planned-parenthood-clinic-near-disney-world/
Alaska Senator Mark Begich Opposes Bill to Ban Late-Term AbortionsIt’s not one of the most high-profile Senate races of 2014, but it’s one that pro-life advocates think they have a chance of winning with the hopes of recapturing the Senate from pro-abortion Senate Democrats, led by Harry Reid. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/15/alaska-senator-mark-begich-opposes-bill-to-ban-late-term-abortions/