Saturday, June 27, 2015

Miracle baby born with anencephaly defies the odds, turns one


Miracle baby born with anencephaly defies the odds, turns one

Little Angela Morales wasn’t supposed to live. When she was still inside her mother’s womb, doctors diagnosed her with anencephaly – a condition in which the brain and skull fail to develop, usually leading to the baby’s death before or shortly after birth.

Planned Parenthood: No new abortion clinics will open in Texas

Following a failed attempt to get the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to invalidate Texas abortion clinic regulations, Planned Parenthood President and CEO Cecile Richards told the Associated Press that the abortion giant does not currently plan to build any new clinics in the state.

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First they came for the preborn, and I did not speak out

I think sometimes it can be easy to stay silent on controversial issues because my life is not in immediate danger. I’m not in danger of being aborted. I’m not in danger of being euthanized. But if the humanity of my fellow brothers and sisters is in danger, then all of humanity is in danger.

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Woman asks for $1 million, or she will abort her 7-week baby

Her abortion is allegedly scheduled for July 10, but one anonymous mother is demanding that pro-lifers give her $1 million to keep her from killing her preborn baby through an abortion.

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As abortions decline, Planned Parenthood can’t (honestly) deny ultrasounds’ power

Recently, the Denver Post ran a piece by Krista Kafer exploring the part ultrasounds have played in the abortion rate dropping 10% nationally since 2010 and 9% in Colorado.

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Video: Alveda King, Star Parker and Catherine Davis speak against illegal abortion activity in Selma, Alabama

The Selma Project was a two day event focused on calling attention to the illegal activity of a medical clinic in Selma, AL. The Central Alabama Women’s Clinic run by Dr. Samuel G. Lett is a medical facility that is believed to be exceeding the number of abortions allowed for a facility that is not a licensed abortion clinic.

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Nurses share how babies born alive after abortions are killed or left to die

In the United States, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act requires abortionists and staff to give medical care to a child accidentally born alive during an abortion. However, Live Action has discovered through undercover investigations that many abortionists ignore this law.

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CLOSED: First abortion clinic shuts down in TX after court upholds pro-life law; more expected

Operation Rescue reports the first abortion facility closure in the wake of the recent Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision, which upheld HB 2, the sweeping pro-life Texas law which requires safety standards for abortion clinics. Unless the Supreme Court itself intervenes before the law requires full compliance on July 1, many other Texas abortion facilities will shut down.

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Planned Parenthood increases the number of abortions they perform to 33% of all abortions

While abortions are declining throughout the country, at Planned Parenthood, abortions are increasing. And the reason is largely because that has been Planned Parenthood’s strategy: as the report shows, they have focused on opening abortion “mega-centers”, abortion mills that are 10,000 square feet or larger.

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A father to the fatherless: The moving story of NBA broadcaster Ernie Johnson’s family

“There’s nothing better a dad can do than bless his son. Nothing.” -Ernie Johnson, Jr.

ESPN’s E:60 – Ernie Johnson: My story tells of the Johnson family that the public never sees. From his battle with cancer to his poignant family history, the real Ernie Johnson is a hero to many–especially his wife and children.

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New research review finds link between abortion and preterm birth

Dr. Pim Ankum from the University of Amsterdam’s Academic Medical Centre examined data from nearly 2 million women across 21 cohort studies, and concluded that dilation and curretage (D&C) procedures, whether to abort a living fetus or remove a miscarried one, increase a woman’s odds of giving birth before 37 weeks by 29% and before 32 weeks by 69%. The odds are higher still for women with multiple past D&Cs.

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