Tuesday, May 31, 2016

LifeNews Report: 5/31/16





LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
For pro-life news updated throughout the day, visit LifeNews.com.
Top Stories
• Hospital Stops Abortions After Every Single Doctor Signs Pledge Refusing to Do Them
• While People Complain About Harambe the Gorilla’s Death, Thousands of Babies are Aborted
• The Life of the Child Was More Valuable Than the Life of Harambe the Gorilla
• Prominent Pro-Life Attorney David French Recruited as Conservative Alternative to Donald Trump

More Pro-Life News• Clinton Campaign Attributes Mounting Problems to the “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy”
• My Boyfriend and I Decided to Have an Abortion, But a Simple Prayer Changed Everything• I Was Kicked Out of My Class’ Facebook Page Because I’m Pro-Life
• Television Producer Wanted to Show an Abortion on Air, But Something Amazing Prevented It
• Abortionists Fight to Keep Dismembering Unborn Babies and Tearing Off Their Limbs
• What? Her Premature Baby Survived But That Only Made Her More Pro-Abortion 
• Head of Planned Parenthood Investigation Slams Democrats: You Can’t Handle the Truth 
• Late-Term Abortion Clinic That Killed Woman in 33-Week Abortion Caught Operating Without Permit
• Pro-Life Clinic Offering Women Real Choice Opens Next Door to Abortion Clinic 
• Jews and Atheists Say Abortion is Morally Acceptable, Protestants, Catholics and Mormons Say No 
• Planned Parenthood Releases New Movie That Portrays Pro-Life People in a Despicable Way
• Why are British Midwives Being Forced to Assist With Abortions?
Hospital Stops Abortions After Every Single Doctor Signs Pledge Refusing to Do Them
A hospital in Poland has stopped doing abortions after every single physician there signed a pledge refusing to do them. This good news is a lesson for the United States and other countries where abortion is legal — that getting doctors to stand up for life and the Hippocratic Oath is a method of protecting women and unborn children even within the confines of legalized abortion.
While People Complain About Harambe the Gorilla’s Death, Thousands of Babies are Aborted
Over the weekend, the nation became engulfed in a massive debate about a gorilla at the Cincinnati zoo who was shot and killed after a baby boy accidentally tumbled into his sanctuary.


The Life of the Child Was More Valuable Than the Life of Harambe the Gorilla
I hoped to avoid comment on the killing of Harambe the gorilla. But I keep getting asked, so here goes.
Prominent Pro-Life Attorney David French Recruited as Conservative Alternative to Donald Trump
The conservative leaders of the #NeverTrump movement are reportedly trying to recruit pro-life attorney David French as a conservative alternative to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Clinton Campaign Attributes Mounting Problems to the “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy”
With the conventions of both political parties coming closer and closer, and with the infighting between Hillary Clinton and Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders growing more vituperous by the day, it can’t be a good sign for the former Secretary of State when the editorial page of the Washington Post rips into her, as does sympathetic Post columnist Dana Milbank, and even Democratic flack NBC’s Chuck Todd voices skepticism.
My Boyfriend and I Decided to Have an Abortion, But a Simple Prayer Changed Everything
A few years ago, I met a young man who was raised Catholic. Jeremy ended up coming to our church through a mutual friend, and we became friends.

I Was Kicked Out of My Class’ Facebook Page Because I’m Pro-Life
Abortion is mandatory at Planned Parenthood. In 2011, the abortion business began requiring that all of its affiliates do abortions; and this week, the effects of that mandate continued with a new mid-west merger.

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Judie Brown: "Talent, time, and intolerance"



 
 

Judie Brown

Judie Brown
May 31, 2016

Babies lost to the slaughter of abortion, contraception, and in the science lab should not be remembered on just one day a year. If we want to change hearts and minds – and save lives – we must remember them each and every day.
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Saturday, May 28, 2016

Spirit & Life - Religious Freedom on Memorial Day

'His Holiness Pope John Paul II', 2005
'His Holiness Pope John Paul II', 2005 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)






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After decades of catastrophic birth rates -- the consequence of birth control and abortion, disdain for the natural family, the rejection of God and natural law, and population decline paralleled by an aging society -- Europe is facing a cultural, demographic, and economic crisis. This does not only impact the lives of Europeans; it also has far reaching global repercussions.
 
It is said that North America is 10-15 years behind Europe. What we see dramatically unfolding in Europe is a potential forecast of what we are to face, if unchanged. The United States is on a collision course with reality if we don't learn from Europe's mistakes. The U.S., for example, has seen the total fertility rate in the last several years sink below replacement level.
 
In February 2003, the first 15 draft articles of the constitution for the European Union were released. They contained references to member countries' national identity and to human rights, as well as commitments to social justice and the environment, but they contained no mention of God or religion. As Pope St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict, and others pointed out, it was a clear rejection of Europe's fundamental root in Christianity.
 
Pope John Paul was not surprised at the draft. Like millions in Europe, he experienced first hand the consequences of an ideology that rejected God, the Church, and Christian anthropology. In November of 1982 he called upon Europe to reclaim its identity:
 
I, Bishop of Rome and Shepherd of the universal Church, from Santiago, utter to you, Europe of the ages, a cry full of love: Find yourself again. Be yourself. Discover your origins. Revive your roots. Return to those authentic values which made your history a glorious one and your presence so beneficent in the other continents.
- Santiago de Compostela, Spain November 9, 1982
 
These challenging words of Saint John Paul II addressed to King Juan Carlos of Spain and representatives of European organizations and universities reminded them that Europe could still be a beacon of civilization to the world if she reclaimed her proper identity. Europe's history is fundamentally rooted in the spread of the Gospel. Her history is incomprehensible without Christianity, which shaped her culture, expansion, and global influence. Her soul is Christian, and her land eventually became the home of religious freedom, justice, liberty, respect for life, and the dignity of the human person.
 
Sadly, western and central Europe, as recently witnessed with Ireland's legalization of homosexual unions and allowance of abortion in certain cases, continues to reject its Christian roots and embrace secularism. She places excessive weight upon economic "progress" through individualism, materialism, and hedonism.
 
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Eastern Europe, on the other hand, continues to show signs of transformation. In Romania, a petition was submitted recently with three million signatures demanding that natural marriage be protected in law. Poland has elected a Christian and patriotic government, and finds itself under attack from the West for exercising its democratic rights. My own recent mission trips to Slovakia and Belarus also reveal hopeful signs of a culture radically attempting to reclaim its root identity in Christianity and the centrality of life and the natural family. Having had radical atheism and the evils of contraception and abortion imposed upon them by ideological systems opposed to God, Eastern Europe is emerging from under this shadow.
 
The United States has, even at the local level, unfortunately embraced the secular mentality of western and central Europe.
 
- At East Liverpool High School in Ohio, graduating students were refused the ability to pray the Lord's Prayer in their commencement ceremony - a 70-year tradition. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation, forced the removal of the prayer from the program. Courageously, Valedictorian Jonathan Montgomery ignored the totalitarian mandate and led his classmates in the prayer. The response of the school board president is to have a non-denominational service next year.
 
- To honor the fallen heroes remembered during the up-coming Memorial Day celebration, a display of 79 handmade crosses were erected in Hiram, Georgia, representing the 79 Paulding County residents who died defending America's freedom. One anonymous caller voiced discontent with the Christian display - the use of crosses - prompting the City Manager to have them removed.
 
- Even the mighty State of Texas is not exempt from the onslaught against religious freedom. Abundant Life Fellowship Church in Corpus Christi wanted to build the tallest cross in America on their campus, but an atheist activist, Patrick Greene, objected. Greene filed suit in district Court, insisting that the 230-foot cross to be erected off of Interstate 37 gave preference to religion. Abundant Life Fellowship had to explain in court why it was perfectly constitutional to build a cross on church grounds; fortunately, Judge Missy Medary agreed and tossed out the claim.
From these local battles to President Obama's insane Soviet-like diktat forcing all public schools to allow boys to use girls' bathrooms or lose funding, we have ample reason for grave concern. The ultimate consequences of such bombardments are unknown; however, we have seen through the US judicial system, state and federal legislation, and executive mandates from the President, a rejection of constitutional rights to religious freedom. The Obama administration's legal war against the Little Sisters of the Poor may have failed, for now, but the intention of our political class is clear.
 
As we celebrate Memorial Day this weekend we rightly give thanks for the sacrifices of those who gave all to defend our country and our freedoms. Gratitude and humility are the only just responses when one learns of the tremendous sacrifices of our military and their families. A further response demanded of us, however, is courage and perseverance. We owe it to those who died for these freedoms, those who enjoy what remains of them today, and those who will come after us, to fight for them however we can, given our state in life. Let us first, however, pray for wisdom and peace -- the true peace of Our Lord, Jesus Christ -- to be our goals.
 

 
Sincerely yours in Christ,  
Father Shenan J. Boquet 
President, Human Life International
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Bishop Paprocki: We Ask You to Use the Correct Bathroom




Bathrooms Now Legislated? Who knew?

by Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, Catholic Times:
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Once again common sense has been turned on its head in our culture, this time by transgender activists agitating for people to be able to use the bathroom that they feel corresponds emotionally to their self-identified gender rather than the anatomical gender of their biological sex. The issue has emerged prominently in recent national and local news.

Obama and the Civil Rights of Transgender People

In North Carolina, in response to an ordinance adopted in Charlotte that would have allowed transgender people to use whatever bathroom they wanted, the state legislature passed a law in March blocking local governments from enacting rules that grant such privileges to transgender people. A similar law recently passed in Mississippi allows people to withhold services from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals on religious grounds. In response, President Barack Obama has said that these laws in North Carolina and Mississippi are “wrong” and “should be overturned.” The Obama administration used the Department of Justice to warn the state of North Carolina that its new law limiting bathroom access violated the civil rights of transgender people.
Here in Illinois, in response to a federal complaint, the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 in suburban Chicago earlier this year granted a transgender student, who was born male but identifies as female, limited access to the girls locker room at Fremd High School. Similarly, a transgender student at a Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 school has been granted access to a locker room designated for the opposite sex. The Chicago Public Schools have announced that their students, teachers and staff could use whichever restroom matches their self-selected gender identity.
Nearby in central Illinois, a transgender student at Williamsville High School who was born with female anatomy but identifies as a male recently resolved a complaint filed in October with the Illinois Department of Human Rights. The school had previously provided a private bathroom for the transgender student, who complained that this was unacceptable, saying, “It made me feel like I was being treated differently and ostracized.” So now all transgender students at Williamsville High School will have access to the restroom and locker room facilities of the gender they identify with emotionally, not the biological gender that they were born with.
Earlier this month, a group of Illinois students and parents sued the Obama administration over its stance on transgender students’ access to school bathrooms and locker rooms, arguing that the U.S. Department of Education is illegally forcing local authorities to let children use facilities that correspond to their subjectively chosen gender identity. The complaint alleges that the federal government has violated students’ fundamental right to privacy and parents’ constitutional right to instill moral standards and values in their children.

It is a Mental Illness

The transgender activists would have you believe that their politically correct ideology is based on science; however, the American College of Pediatricians has pointed out that transgenderism is classified as a mental illness and therefore has warned legislators and educators that conditioning children to accept transgenderism as normal is child abuse. They advised, “When an otherwise healthy biological boy believes he is a girl, or an otherwise healthy biological girl believes she is a boy, an objective psychological problem exists that lies in the mind, not the body, and it should be treated as such.”
Dr. Paul McHugh, psychiatrist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital, was so concerned about the psychological origins of gender-identity disorder that he halted the practice of sex-reassignment surgery at his institution. He concluded that the research demonstrated that Johns Hopkins should no longer participate in what he called “unusual and radical treatment” for “mental disorders.”

Destroying the Very Essence of the Human Creature

The Catholic Church has some clear teachings on transgender issues. Catholics are called to treat everyone with compassion. Yet the church maintains that people may not change what Pope Benedict XVI called “their very essence.” In a speech at the Vatican on Dec. 23, 2008, Benedict directly addressed transgender issues by cautioning Catholics about “destroying the very essence of the human creature through manipulating their God-given gender to suit their sexual choices.”

Your Gender is a Gift from God

Similarly, in his encyclical Laudato Si, issued last year on the environment, Pope Francis called for men and women to acknowledge their bodies as a gift from God which should not be manipulated. “The acceptance of our bodies as God’s gift is vital for welcoming and accepting the entire world as a gift from the Father and our common home,” the pope wrote, “whereas thinking that we enjoy absolute power over our own bodies turns, often subtly, into thinking that we enjoy absolute power over creation” (no. 155).
In his recent apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), Pope Francis warns that gender ideology “denies the difference and reciprocity in nature of a man and a woman and envisages a society without sexual differences … It is one thing to be understanding of human weakness and the complexities of life, and another to accept ideologies that attempt to sunder what are inseparable aspects of reality. Let us not fall into the sin of trying to replace the Creator. We are creatures, and not omnipotent. Creation is prior to us and must be received as a gift. At the same time, we are called to protect our humanity, and this means, in the first place, accepting it and respecting it as it was created” (no. 56).
Here in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, we ask that people respect these teachings of the Catholic Church in their use of facilities in our churches and schools. People who are confused about their gender identity — especially children and adolescents — should be treated with compassion and provided counseling rather than being further confused by activists promoting their political ideology.
May God give us this grace. Amen.
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Judie Brown: "Daleiden the warrior"



 

Judie Brown

Judie Brown
May 28, 2016

In today's world, we don't often see men fighting for the truth at great personal cost. Let us keep this real hero in our prayers.

The story of David Daleiden, founder of The Center for Medical Progress, has recently developed a new twist. Best known for his investigative journalism, Daleiden, with the help of collaborators, used hidden cameras to document the untold story of Planned Parenthood's baby body parts business. The CMP document How Planned Parenthood Profits from Fetal Tissue 'Donation'contains copious footnotes and reads like a textbook case of discovery regarding how the business is conducted.
To read the article, click here:
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/brown/160528
 
 
 
 
 
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Friday, May 27, 2016

LifeNews Report: Every Single Planned Parenthood Now Does Abortions





LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report
Friday, May 27, 2016
For pro-life news updated throughout the day, visit LifeNews.com.
Top Stories
• Every Single Planned Parenthood Affiliate Now Kills Unborn Babies in Abortions
• Pro-Abortion “Comedian” Sarah Silverman Jokes About Abortion, Semen at Charity Event for Kids
• Ted Cruz: I’ll Fight to Keep the Republican Platform Pro-Life, “You Have My Word”
• Only 19% of Pro-Life Voters Say Donald Trump Shares Their Views on Abortion

More Pro-Life News• Cecile Richards on New Planned Parenthood Clinic: “We Definitely Built This to Do Abortions”
• Planned Parenthood Pushes Bill Making It Illegal to Record Undercover Footage Like David Daleiden Did• 60-Year-Old Woman Wants to Use Her Deceased Daughter’s Eggs to Give Birth to her Grandchild
• West Virginia Becomes Latest State to Ban Dismemberment Abortion Tearing Off Baby’s Limbs
• Is Abortion Okay When the Mother’s Life is in Danger? A New Video Has Answers 
• Indiana University Sues to Stop Pro-Life Law So It Can Use Aborted Babies in Research
• Why Do They Call Them “Fetus” and “Vegetables” When Certain People are “Unwanted?”
• Two-Year-Old Cries When She Sees Her Sister’s Ultrasound Photo: “I Love Her So Much”
• Church Speaks Up Against New Abortion Biz Opening Next Door: “Killing Babies is a Crime”
• Pro-Abortion Play “Remarkably Normal” Tries to Make Aborting Babies Look Perfectly Fine
• Pro-Euthanasia Film “Me Before You” Panned by Disability Rights Campaigners
• Media is Essentially Running Free Advertising for the Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz 
Every Single Planned Parenthood Affiliate Now Kills Unborn Babies in Abortions
Abortion is mandatory at Planned Parenthood. In 2011, the abortion business began requiring that all of its affiliates do abortions; and this week, the effects of that mandate continued with a new mid-west merger.
Pro-Abortion “Comedian” Sarah Silverman Jokes About Abortion, Semen at Charity Event for Kids
Comedian Sarah Silverman appears to be on some sort of sick mission to convince Americans that aborting an unborn baby is funny. This week, however, her raunchy comedy routine backfired.

Ted Cruz: I’ll Fight to Keep the Republican Platform Pro-Life, “You Have My Word”
Former Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says he will pull out all the stops to keep the Republican Party platform pro-life. His decision comes as a response to presumptive nominee Donald Trump who said in April that he “absolutely” wants to change the Republican party’s current pro-life platform to promote abortions in cases of rape or incest.
Only 19% of Pro-Life Voters Say Donald Trump Shares Their Views on AbortionThe past few weeks have been kind to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Several polls have shown that his favorability rating has been increasing among Republicans from a range of demographic groups. Indeed, a recent Gallup poll finds that 66 percent of Republicans now view him favorably.

Cecile Richards on New Planned Parenthood Clinic: “We Definitely Built This to Do Abortions”
Is Planned Parenthood about selling abortions or women’s health care? Well, the CEO of the abortion business, Cecile Richards, cleared that up yesterday aft the grand opening of a new abortion facility in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Planned Parenthood Pushes Bill Making It Illegal to Record Undercover Footage Like David Daleiden Did
The Planned Parenthood abortion business s fighting David Daleiden and pro-life advocates on all fronts after his organziation released undercover footage showing top abortion business officials at multiple locations discussing how Planned Parenthood sells the body parts of unborn babies for profit. Now, in California, the abortion giant is pushing a bill that would make recording such undercover footage illegal.

60-Year-Old Woman Wants to Use Her Deceased Daughter’s Eggs to Give Birth to her Grandchild
A 60-year-old British woman is in the midst of a court battle over her late daughter’s frozen eggs. The BBC reports the mother, who is unnamed in the report, wants to use the eggs to give birth to her grandchild.
West Virginia Becomes Latest State to Ban Dismemberment Abortion Tearing Off Baby’s Limbs
Sunday, May 29, marks the 90th day since final passage in the West Virginia legislature of the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act (SB 10). It will now take effect.
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