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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.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 8/28/12

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

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Top Stories
• Mitt Romney Becomes the Republican Nominee for President
• Abortion Survivor Rips Obama On Infanticide Support in New Ad
• GOP Convention Approves Solidly Pro-Life Abortion Platform
• Democrats Reverse, OK Catholic Leader to Pray at Convention

More Pro-Life News
• Planned Parenthood Sued by Family of Woman Killed in Abortion
• Ann Romney Recounts Multiple Miscarriages in New Interview
• Santorum, Bachmann, Perry Bash Obama at Pro-Life GOP Lunch
• Ellen Barkin Once Said She Would Force Daughter to Have Abortion
• Christians Have Responsibility to Vote to Further Pro-Life Cause
• Judge Dismisses HHS Mandate Lawsuit From Evangelical College
• Botched Abortion at Houston Planned Parenthood Injures Woman
• Obama s Pro-Life Backlash, Record Number of States Limit Abortions
• Obama Fears a Real Debate on His Lengthy Pro-Abortion Record
• New Prenatal Test Will Bring Eugenics Back to Germany
• Rich Foreigners Come to the U.S. to Select Their Baby s Sex
• A Catholic View: In-Vitro Fertilization, the Human Cost
• Pro-Life Kits Released to Help College RAs Help Pregnant Students

Mitt Romney Becomes the Republican Nominee for President
After the roll call of 50 states taken at the Republican convention, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney officially becomes the GOP nominee for president, to take on pro-abortion President Barack Obama.

Romney received 2061 delegate votes, with other candidates receiving 202 votes from delegates representing all 50 states and U.S. territories. New Jersey provided the votes that officially gave Romney enough to become the nominee. According to the RNC, the vote total broke down as follows: 2,032 delegates for Romney, 189 for Ron Paul, 9 for Rick Santorum, 1 for Michele Bachmann, 1 Jon Huntsman, 1 Buddy Roemer. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/mitt-romney-becomes-the-republican-nominee-for-president/

Abortion Survivor Rips Obama On Infanticide Support in New Ad
Abortion survivor Melissa Ohden hits President Barack Obama on the issue of abortion in a new pro-life television commercial sponsored by the Susan B. Anthony List that will run in the battleground state of Missouri.

Missouri has recently been at the center of the conversation on abortion thanks to controversial comments from its U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin concerning women, abortion and rape. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/abortion-survivor-rips-obama-on-infanticide-support-in-new-ad/

GOP Convention Approves Solidly Pro-Life Abortion Platform
Republicans at the 2012 GOP convention approved yet another solidly pro-life platform on the issue of abortion, which retains the language supporting a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution that has been a part of it since 1980.

The platform, on abortion, reads as follows: THE SANCTITY AND DIGNITY OF HUMAN LIFE Faithful to the self-evident truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/gop-convention-approves-solidly-pro-life-abortion-platform/

Democrats Reverse, OK Catholic Leader to Pray at Convention
Democrats have reversed course and are allowing Timothy Cardinal Dolan to deliver the benediction at the Democratic Party s convention, as he will also do this week at the GOP convention in Tampa, Florida.

Previously, in a slight to Catholics, pro-abortion President Barack Obama rejected Cardinal Dolan s similar offer of a prayer at the Democratic convention. Dolan told Democrats he would be grateful to deliver a blessing in Charlotte, according to the New York Post, but Obama turned him down. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/democrats-reverse-ok-catholic-leader-to-pray-at-convention/

Planned Parenthood Sued by Family of Woman Killed in Abortion
The Planned Parenthood abortion business is facing a civil lawsuit from the mother of the 24-year-old woman who died after a botched legal abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago in July.

Tonya Reaves died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on July 20 after emergency medical personnel took her there from Planned Parenthood following a failed abortion. at a Planned Parenthood clinic located at 18 S. Michigan Ave, according to the at a Planned Parenthood clinic located at 18 S. Michigan Ave. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/planned-parenthood-sued-by-family-of-woman-killed-in-abortion/

Ann Romney Recounts Multiple Miscarriages in New Interview
In a new interview slated to air tonight on CBS, Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, shares a personal moment in talking about the multiple miscarriages she suffered and how they affected her life and the life of her family.

Romney had the miscarriages in her 40s and the couple s youngest son was reportedly devastated by the news, reportedly collapsing in tears in front of his mother as she informed him of the loss of one of her babies before birth. Mitt Romney himself had not heard the story of his son s reaction until Ann Romney shared it with CBS. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/ann-romney-recounts-multiple-miscarriages-in-new-interview/

Santorum, Bachmann, Perry Bash Obama at Pro-Life GOP Lunch
Former GOP presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, and Michele Bachmann headlined a luncheon today honoring pro-life Republicans leaders that took place in conjunction with the first day of the Republican convention. Both of them took on pro-abortion President Barack Obama.

The Republican National Coalition for Life, part of Eagle Forum, co-sponsored the treasure Life event with the Family Research Council. Santorum received an award for his pro-life work along with Bachmann and Gov. Rick Perry, who also sought the GOP nomination. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/santorum-bachmann-perry-bash-obama-at-pro-life-gop-lunch/

Ellen Barkin Once Said She Would Force Daughter to Have Abortion
Actress Ellen Barkin, who has caused national controversy for a re-tweet of a comment about Hurricane Isaac killing pro-life Republicans at the GOP convention, is no stranger to controversy. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/ellen-barkin-once-said-she-would-force-daughter-to-have-abortion/

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Christians Have Responsibility to Vote to Further Pro-Life Cause
A few days ago, my wife, Patty, overheard a customer in the grocery store talking to one of the clerks. The clerk kept saying, I m not going to bother to vote. It doesn t make any difference. My vote doesn t count. But the customer kept trying to change her mind. As Patty walked up to join the conversation, she found that the customer was the young clerk s own high school civics teacher. She obviously had not taught her very well, but the teacher was making up for it that day, doing her job better than she ever had before. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/christians-have-responsibility-to-vote-to-further-pro-life-cause/

Judge Dismisses HHS Mandate Lawsuit From Evangelical College
One of the nation s top evangelical colleges has seen a federal judge dismiss its lawsuit opposing the Health and Human Services mandate that forces religious institutions to pay for and refer women for abortion-causing drugs, birth control and contraception. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/judge-dismisses-hhs-mandate-lawsuit-from-evangelical-college/

Botched Abortion at Houston Planned Parenthood Injures Woman
Last Thursday, August 23, 2012 two ambulances and a fire truck responded to a 911 call at Planned Parenthood Houston, the largest late term abortion facility in the nation. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/botched-abortion-at-houston-planned-parenthood-injures-woman/

Obama s Pro-Life Backlash, Record Number of States Limit Abortions
In May we told you about the proliferation of pro-life laws that had been birthed since President Obama took office and posed the question Is President Obama the best thing to happen to the pro-life movement? This is, of course, the opposite of what we would expect under the leadership of a man that, arguably, is the most pro-abortion president in history. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/obamas-pro-life-backlash-record-number-of-states-limit-abortions/

Obama Fears a Real Debate on His Lengthy Pro-Abortion Record
This could be Barack Obama s worst fear: A real debate. The Obama campaign s strategy has been clear since the moment Mitt Romney emerged as the Republican Party s presumptive nominee. Obama and his allies strategy has been to hit Romney hard with personal attacks, define him negatively in the public eye and make him unpalatable to voters. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/obama-fears-a-real-debate-on-his-lengthy-pro-abortion-record/

New Prenatal Test Will Bring Eugenics Back to Germany
A new controversial prenatal blood test for Down syndrome, developed by biotech company LifeCodexx, launched this month in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Lichtenstein. It seems that we are in for another life protection scandal in Europe, and possibly for the return of mainstream eugenics to German-speaking Europe. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/new-prenatal-test-will-bring-eugenics-back-to-germany/

Rich Foreigners Come to the U.S. to Select Their Baby s Sex
They have to come here because sex selection using IVF and preimplantation genetic diagnosis is illegal where they live. It needs to be illegal in America as well. Here is why. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/rich-foreigners-come-to-the-u-s-to-select-their-babys-sex/

A Catholic View: In-Vitro Fertilization, the Human Cost
It can be difficult initially to understand why the Church opposes procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). The Church teaches that children are the crowning glory of marriage. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/a-catholic-view-in-vitro-fertilization-the-human-cost/

Pro-Life Kits Released to Help College RAs Help Pregnant Students
Pregnant on Campus, an initiative of Students for Life, recently released their new Resident Advisor Kits to equip Resident Advisors (RAs) to effectively resource women facing a crisis pregnancy on campus. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/28/pro-life-kits-released-to-help-college-ras-help-pregnant-students/

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