Monday, January 5, 2015

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 1/5/15





LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report

Monday, January 5, 2014

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Top Stories
• Three-Week-Old Conjoined Twins Survive Separation Surgery: “Keep Praying for Our Boys!”
• Doctors Said They Should Abort Their “Non-Viable” Baby, Now They’re Celebrating His First Birthday
• After Taking the Abortion Pill “I Knew I Made a Mistake,” Her Baby Was Saved When This Happened
• Holocaust Survivor Describes Seeing an Abortion Clinic: “A Death Factory is the Same Anywhere”


More Pro-Life News
• She Was Once Called “Retarded” Because She Has Down Syndrome, Now Her Art is Considered “Genius”
• This Mom’s Story Imagining Life If She Had Chosen Abortion Will Move You to Tears
• States Have Passed 231 Pro-Life Laws Stopping Abortions Since 2010
• Man Who Killed His Unborn Child By Tricking Girlfriend Into Taking Abortion Drug Faces Lawsuit
• Man Tries to Force Pregnant Girlfriend to Have Abortion By Poisoning Her Drink
• Woman Shot in the Head Because She Wouldn’t Take Pill to Kill Her Unborn Baby

• Pro-Life Stalwart Mike Huckabee Leaving Fox News for Possible Presidential Bid

• My Friend Is an Only Child Because Her Mother Aborted Her Brother
• Scientists Want to Create Babies With Two Dads, Turning Sperm Into Eggs

• Don’t Call Them Babies: Media Reports Claim “Two Fetuses Found Beside Road”
• Rapist Granted Request to be Euthanized to Avoid Life Sentence in Prison

• The Looming Medicaid Crisis Obamacare Created That No One is Talking About
• Pro-Life Irish Politician Lucinda Creighton to Start New Political Party




Three-Week-Old Conjoined Twins Survive Separation Surgery: “Keep Praying for Our Boys!”
Parents in Florida are delighted to let the world know today that their three-week-old twin boys Carter and Conner survived their separation surgery. Millions of people around the world have been praying for the boys since their birth last month.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/three-week-old-conjoined-twins-survive-separation-surgery-keep-praying-for-our-boys/


Doctors Said They Should Abort Their “Non-Viable” Baby, Now They’re Celebrating His First Birthday
In December 2013, Jett Morris was born at 25-weeks weighing 1.4lbs, which is less than a bag of sugar. Amazingly, he survived in the womb after his mother’s water broke at 20-weeks due to preterm premature rupture of membranes. However, prior to Jett’s birth, his parents were told to have an abortion because there was no way he would survive.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/doctors-said-they-should-abort-their-non-viable-baby-now-theyre-celebrating-his-first-birthday/



After Taking the Abortion Pill “I Knew I Made a Mistake,” Her Baby Was Saved When This Happened
Twenty year old Rebekah Buell never imagined that she would be a pro-life speaker. At only seventeen years old, she became pregnant with her first child, and despite all odds, finished high school, married the baby’s father, and started a promising college education.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/after-taking-the-abortion-pill-i-knew-i-made-a-mistake-her-baby-was-saved-when-this-happened/


Holocaust Survivor Describes Seeing an Abortion Clinic: “A Death Factory is the Same Anywhere”
An “uncompromising attempt to reconcile the world’s beauty with its cruelty.” This is how the LA Times’ Julie Salamon described the late Holocaust survivor Magda Denes’ memoir, Castles Burning. Perhaps this attempt at reconciling beauty with cruelty was muddled by Denes’ other uncompromising quality: fierce devotion to abortion.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/holocaust-survivor-describes-seeing-an-abortion-clinic-a-death-factory-is-the-same-anywhere/




She Was Once Called “Retarded” Because She Has Down Syndrome, Now Her Art is Considered “Genius”
An exhibit in Brooklyn, New York features the work of an artist who was once called “profoundly retarded” but whose work is now considered “genius.” Judith Scott was born in 1944, a member of the baby boom generation. But, per the standard of care, because Ms. Scott was born with Down syndrome, she was institutionalized.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/she-was-once-called-retarded-because-she-has-down-syndrome-now-her-art-is-considered-genius/


This Mom’s Story Imagining Life If She Had Chosen Abortion Will Move You to Tears
Darby was 16-years-old when she found out she was pregnant; and like most teenagers who find themselves facing unplanned pregnancies, she was afraid and didn’t know what she should do. ifshehadchosenShe knew that she only had three options: keep her baby, have an abortion or choose adoption.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/this-moms-story-imagining-life-if-she-had-chosen-abortion-will-move-you-to-tears/





States Have Passed 231 Pro-Life Laws Stopping Abortions Since 2010
No wonder abortions are at historic lows and 73 abortion facilities closed last year alone. These huge pro-life victories have come about in part because states have approved 231 pro-life laws to stop abortions since 2010.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/states-have-passed-231-pro-life-laws-stopping-abortions-since-2010/


Man Who Killed His Unborn Child By Tricking Girlfriend Into Taking Abortion Drug Faces Lawsuit
There were always broad hints that the conviction of John Andrew Welden for tricking his girlfriend Remee Jo Lee into taking Cytotec which caused her to miscarriage their baby, was not the final word in the case. A story Friday in the Tampa Bay Times proves that to be true.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/man-who-killed-his-unborn-child-by-tricking-girlfriend-into-taking-abortion-drug-faces-lawsuit/



Man Tries to Force Pregnant Girlfriend to Have Abortion By Poisoning Her Drink An Indiana man, Jarod Rebuck, was charged with attempted feticide after mixing abortion-inducing herbs into the drink of his pregnant girlfriend. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/man-tries-to-force-pregnant-girlfriend-to-have-abortion-by-poisoning-her-drink/
Woman Shot in the Head Because She Wouldn’t Take Pill to Kill Her Unborn Baby A man who worried his girlfriend may be pregnant shot her in the head because she refused to take the morning-after pill, which he believed would either prevent her from becoming pregnant or end the life of her developing unborn child shortly after conception. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/man-shoots-girlfriend-in-head-because-she-wouldnt-take-pill-to-kill-her-unborn-baby/


Pro-Life Stalwart Mike Huckabee Leaving Fox News for Possible Presidential Bid Mike Huckabee, the pro-life former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate is reportedly eying another bid for the GOP nomination for president. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/pro-life-stalwart-mike-huckabee-leaving-fox-news-for-possible-presidential-bid/
My Friend Is an Only Child Because Her Mother Aborted Her Brother When we consider the effects of abortion, we usually think of those most directly affected: the mother, the father, the aborted child. But abortion’s effects are much more far-reaching and insidious. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/my-friend-is-an-only-child-because-her-mother-aborted-her-brother/
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Scientists Want to Create Babies With Two Dads, Turning Sperm Into Eggs I wrote here the other day about how scientists believe they may be able to turn skin cells into usable eggs and sperm. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/scientists-want-to-create-babies-with-two-dads-turning-sperm-into-eggs/
Don’t Call Them Babies: Media Reports Claim “Two Fetuses Found Beside Road” The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “fetus” as “a human being or animal in the later stages of development before it is born.” http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/dont-call-her-a-baby-media-reports-claim-two-fetuses-found-beside-road/
Rapist Granted Request to be Euthanized to Avoid Life Sentence in Prison Apparently, the Belgian rapist who wanted euthanasia rather than spend life in jail will be snuffed by a doctor forthwith, in a country that rejects the death penalty. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/rapist-granted-request-to-be-euthanized-to-avoid-life-sentence-in-prison/
The Looming Medicaid Crisis Obamacare Created That No One is Talking About The Medicaid program, which provides insurance coverage for lower income Americans, has expanded under the Obama Health Care law and now covers over one-fifth of Americans. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/the-looming-medicaid-crisis-obamacare-created-that-no-one-is-talking-about/
Pro-Life Irish Politician Lucinda Creighton to Start New Political Party Irish politician Lucinda Creighton has today announced plans to set up a new political party in eight weeks’ time. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/05/pro-life-irish-politician-lucinda-creighton-to-start-new-political-party/