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Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 6/9/12

LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report
Saturday, June 9, 2012

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• Americans Rally Nationwide, Demand Obama HHS Mandate Reversal
• Polls Show Obama, Romney Close in 2012 Battleground States
• Christians Should Vote for Romney, Because Judges Matter
• Planned Parenthood Mtg on Overbilling Govt: We Won t Get Caught

More Pro-Life News
• Senate Votes Monday on Obama Pro-Abortion Judicial Pick
• Police Force Pro-Lifers to Put Signs on Ground at Public Rally
• New York Times Misleads on Abortion Properties of Ella, Plan B
• Stop Planned Parenthood From Setting Up Shop in Public Schools
• Chinese Officials Abduct Woman, Threaten Forced Abortion
• Guttmacher Fails to Debunk Chilean Abortion-Maternal Mortality Study
• We Must Defend Religious Freedom in This Election
• Louisiana Gov. Jindal Signs Pro-Life Ultrasound-Abortion Bill
• Brothers Race Across America to Support Down Syndrome Research
• Kansas Gov. Brownback Signs Key Pro-Life Conscience Bill
• Man May Get 25 Years for Trying to Kill Girlfriend s Unborn Baby

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Americans Rally Nationwide, Demand Obama HHS Mandate Reversal
Tens of thousands of Americans rallied today in more than 160 cities against the Obama HHS mandate that requires religious groups to pay for birth control and abortion -causing drugs for their employees. In the nation s capital, they demanded that the Obama administration roll back the controversial mandate.

The rallies are intended to send a message to the federal administration that the mandate is over-reaching, is an attack on the First Amendment rights of American religious institutions and significantly damaging to religious freedom and rights of conscience. Citizens across the country, national and regional rally organizers are concerned about closure of services to the poor, the sick, the elderly, the most vulnerable in society, because the Mandate would distinctly violate religious charitable institutions belief systems. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/08/americans-rally-nationwide-demand-obama-hhs-mandate-reversal/

Polls Show Obama, Romney Close in 2012 Battleground States
New polling data shows pro-abortion President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, who has been endorsed by numerous pro-life groups and leaders, are locked in a close race in some of the top 2012 battleground states.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Missouri Voters shows Romney earning 49% of the vote, while President Obama picks up 42% support. Six percent (6%) favor some other candidate, and three percent (3%) are undecided. Romney held a 50% to 41% lead in March and John McCain edged Obama 50% to 49% to carry Missouri in the 2008 election. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/08/polls-show-obama-romney-close-in-2012-battleground-states/

Christians Should Vote for Romney, Because Judges Matter
It s no secret that I have been and remain a vocal critic of Mitt Romney. To say that his conservative bona fides are suspect is an understatement. I have tremendous respect for a number of fellow evangelical Christians who say that they will not support his presidential candidacy. I expect I will anger some of them, and may even lose a few friends. Still, in November, I am voting for Mr. Romney and suggest that any Christian Republican, Democrat or independent should do the same.

Jesus admonished: Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves. (Matthew 10:16). It is through this biblical prism that I shine my multicolored analysis. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/08/christians-should-vote-for-romney-because-judges-matter/

Planned Parenthood Mtg on Overbilling Govt: We Won t Get Caught
I remember the meeting like it was yesterday. All of the clinic directors assembled in the main conference room. Sitting in a sort of squared-circle facing each other.

We were being told that we had all been guilty of fraudulent billing to the state and federal government. We didn t even know that we had been participating in the fraud. We were all sitting there in silence. What did this mean? Were we in trouble? Could we potentially get in trouble? So, I broke the silence. I simply asked, What are we going to do about the money we shouldn t have received? The response, We are going to hope we don t get caught. But What if we do get caught? Can we be held responsible? She then went into a long story about a similar situation she had once been in at a clinic where she once worked. The moral of the story was, yes, we could all be held responsible but not to worry, we wouldn t get caught. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/08/planned-parenthood-mtg-on-overbilling-govt-we-wont-get-caught/

Senate Votes Monday on Obama Pro-Abortion Judicial Pick
The Senate will vote on Monday on Andrew Hurwitz, President Obama s pro-abortion nominee to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Obama added to his pro-abortion record by placing yet another abortion activist in nomination to a top federal appeals court this time a lawyer credited with helping craft the Roe v. Wade decision. He appointed Hurwitz to the 9th Circuit Court, the most liberal appeals court in the country based in San Francisco and covering laws approved in western states. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/08/senate-votes-monday-on-obama-pro-abortion-judicial-pick/

Police Force Pro-Lifers to Put Signs on Ground at Public Rally
Yesterday afternoon, I joined concerned citizens from around the Dayton area at the Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally on the PUBLIC campus of Sinclair Community College. This was an official event sponsored by a campus group and part of a nationwide series of rallies being held today. I was the closing speaker for the rally, invited to speak to the crowd about getting involved and getting active.

As the Rally was starting the campus police informed us that all the signs and banners people were holding must be put on the ground after a complaint from a homosexual advocacy group leader. The police walked around the crowd telling people to put their signs down, that they could not hold them in their hands. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/09/police-force-pro-lifers-to-put-signs-on-ground-at-public-rally/

New York Times Misleads on Abortion Properties of Ella, Plan B
The recent New York Times article by Pam Belluck, asserting that so-called abortifacient drugs may not be abortive at all, is a wonderful example of convolution of facts to obscure reality. First of all, lumping together two very different drugs and calling them morning-after pills allows for clever confusion of what is known about the mechanism of action of each drug, and the role of progesterone in helping the embryo to implant and sustain the pregnancy.

Plan B and Ella are very different drugs with very different mechanisms of action. Plan B is a progestin, a type of progesterone. Progesterone is a hormone that must be in a woman s body for her to be able to allow the embryo to implant and develop the placental connections between the embryo and the mother. But Plan B is a very large dose of progesterone, higher than the woman s body would normally make. It is the effect of that high dose which is under debate. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/09/new-york-times-misleads-on-abortion-properties-of-ella-plan-b/

Stop Planned Parenthood From Setting Up Shop in Public Schools
When I first read the headline of this story I was hoping I was reading wrong or that it was a parody. Unfortunately I was reading correctly and this was a real news story. Planned Parenthood, the nation s largest provider of abortion has set up one of their death camps inside the walls of a public high school. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/08/stop-planned-parenthood-from-setting-up-shop-in-public-schools/

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Chinese Officials Abduct Woman, Threaten Forced Abortion
Chen Guangcheng may have made it to the United States safely, after fleeing Chinese persecution against him for exposing campaigns of thousands of forced abortions and sterilizations, but the persecution continues. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/08/chinese-officials-abduct-woman-threaten-forced-abortion/

Guttmacher Fails to Debunk Chilean Abortion-Maternal Mortality Study
A recent study which demonstrates that abortion restrictions in Chile have not hurt maternal-mortality outcomes has received a considerable amount of attention. As I wrote previously, this study is very important for several reasons. It is methodologically rigorous, it analyzes reliable public-health data, and it looks at one of the few countries to place restrictions on abortion after a period of legalization. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/09/guttmacher-fails-to-debunk-chilean-abortion-maternal-mortality-study/

We Must Defend Religious Freedom in This Election
Priests for Life is proud to have assisted the process by which Americans from coast to coast organized rallies for religious freedom on Friday, June 8. These rallies, along with our lawsuit (and 22 others) against the HHS mandate, will bring about a change. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/08/we-must-defend-religious-freedom-in-this-election/

Louisiana Gov. Jindal Signs Pro-Life Ultrasound-Abortion Bill
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, on Thursday, signed into law a key pro-life bill that allows women a chance to see an ultrasound of their unborn baby before considering an abortion. Ultrasounds have proven effective in helping mothers weighing a possible abortion choose life for their baby. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/08/louisiana-gov-jindal-signs-pro-life-ultrasound-abortion-bill/

Brothers Race Across America to Support Down Syndrome Research
Dr. Jérôme Lejeune was a remarkable man. He was the geneticist who discovered the cause of Down Syndrome and his was a devout Catholic. Dr. Lejeune was appalled at the way his discovery was being used: in a prenatal seek-and-destroy mission against those with Down Syndrome. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/08/brothers-race-across-america-to-support-down-syndrome-research/

Kansas Gov. Brownback Signs Key Pro-Life Conscience Bill
Pro-life physicians, pharmacists and their supporters gathered Wednesday with Gov. Brownback for the ceremonial signing of the new Healthcare Rights of Conscience law, a top priority for Kansans for Life. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/08/kansas-gov-brownback-signs-key-pro-life-conscience-bill/

Man May Get 25 Years for Trying to Kill Girlfriend s Unborn Baby
A South Dakota man is on trial and may face up to 25 years in prison for attempting to kill his girlfriend s unborn baby. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/09/man-may-get-25-years-for-trying-to-kill-girlfriends-unborn-baby/

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