DEACON FOR LIFE

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, November 13, 2012

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 11/13/12

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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Top Stories
• Top Bishops: We Will Not Give In on Obama HHS Mandate
• Eric Holder Will Stay as Attorney General Despite Abortion Conflicts
• Six States Challenge Obama Administration s HHS Mandate in Court
• Pro-Life Gov. Bobby Jindal Mum on Whether He Will Run in 2016

More Pro-Life News
• Bishops Will Push HHS Mandate Conscience Protections in Congress
• Republicans Should Modify Our Message Not Moderate Our Values
• Lawsuit: Planned Parenthood Made Millions in Medicaid Fraud
• Woman: How Much Does an Abortion Cost? My Whole Life
• Judge Decides November 27 on Forcing Mentally Disabled Woman to Abort
• Ohio May Vote Wednesday to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding
• So-Called Vegetative Patient Communicates With Doctors
• Christians Must be Both Against Abortion and For Adoption
• Pro-Abortion Eugenics is Alive and Well in 2012
• China Has Not Abandoned Its One-Child Abortion Policy
• Hatchet Job Against Phill Kline Goes Before Kansas Supreme Court
• Abortion Groups Try to Kick Malta Pro-Lifer Off European Commission

Top Bishops: We Will Not Give In on Obama HHS Mandate
Two of the top Catholic bishops in the United States have made it clear the nation s Catholic bishops will not give up trying to stop the Obama HHS mandate or carve out sufficient conscience exemptions.

With Catholic leaders meeting in Baltimore this week, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Catholic officials are open to a conscience exemption. Otherwise, they will keep fighting the mandate, which forces religious groups Catholic or otherwise to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause early-term abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/top-bishops-we-will-not-give-in-on-obama-hhs-mandate/

Eric Holder Will Stay as Attorney General Despite Abortion Conflicts
Despite conflicts of interest on the issue of abortion, pro-abortion Attorney General Eric Holder will keep his position. President Barack Obama has reportedly asked his controversial attorney general to stay for the second term, and Holder has agreed despite enduring a firestorm of criticism pro-life advocates.

Just before the election, Human Events broke the news that Holder s wife and sister-in-law co-own, through a family trust, the building where a controversial abortion practitioner operates. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/eric-holder-will-stay-as-attorney-general-despite-abortion-conflicts/

Six States Challenge Obama Administration s HHS Mandate in Court
Americans United for Life (AUL) filed a brief today in Nebraska v. Health and Human Services, a case initiated by the state of Nebraska and six other states challenging the Obama Administration s HHS Mandate, which requires that employers provide insurance coverage for all forms of FDA-approved contraception, including life-ending drugs and devices classified as emergency contraception.

AUL filed the brief on behalf of the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons and six other national medical organizations, using medical evidence to demonstrate that certain FDA-approved contraceptives actually kill an unborn child after fertilization. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/six-states-challenge-obama-administrations-hhs-mandate-in-court/

Pro-Life Gov. Bobby Jindal Mum on Whether He Will Run in 2016
Still smarting from their defeat last week in the presidential election, conservatives are already talking about who will potentially become the GOP standard bearer in 2016 as Republicans hope to win the White House back from Democrats.

Most political observers say the GOP field will be much stronger than it was for the 2012 presidential election, which some of the biggest rising stars in the party sitting out and biding their time. Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal is among them and the pro-life conservative governor is mum on whether he will jump in the race. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/pro-life-gov-bobby-jindal-mum-on-whether-he-will-run-in-2016/

Bishops Will Push HHS Mandate Conscience Protections in Congress
A top legislative staffer for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says the nation s Catholic leaders will push again for Congress to approve conscience exemptions for the Obama HHS-Abortion mandate in Obamacare.

The mandate forces religious groups and businesses to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions for their employees and it contains only a narrow exemption that most groups do not qualify for under the law. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/bishops-will-push-hhs-mandate-conscience-protections-in-congress/

Republicans Should Modify Our Message Not Moderate Our Values
The political philosophy of the Republican Party and Governor Mitt Romney during the presidential campaign was to downplay social issues and focus solely on jobs and the economy. Four year ago, McCain, like Romney, could not and would not articulate the full panoply of conservative values. Their strategy didn t work in 2008, and it didn t work in 2012.

The Republican Party had enormous success in the 2010 mid-term election. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/republicans-should-modify-our-message-not-moderate-our-values/

Lawsuit: Planned Parenthood Made Millions in Medicaid Fraud
A federal court in Texas will hear this week how the Planned Parenthood abortion business in Texas defrauded taxpayers.

On Thursday, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Michael J. Norton will present oral arguments against motions to dismiss Johnson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, a lawsuit that alleges repeated false, fraudulent, and ineligible claims for Medicaid reimbursements through the Texas Women s Health Program. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/lawsuit-planned-parenthood-made-millions-in-medicaid-fraud/

Woman: How Much Does an Abortion Cost? My Whole Life
I am speaking to you today because abortion hurts women. It s taken me over 34 years to be healed, strong and brave enough to share my story. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/woman-how-much-does-an-abortion-cost-my-whole-life/

Judge Decides November 27 on Forcing Mentally Disabled Woman to Abort
Nevada District Court Judge Egan Walker is presiding over hearings to determine if a 32-year-old mentally disabled woman should be permitted to carry her pregnancy to term or whether it is in her best interests to be forced to have an abortion against the will of her parents who are her guardians. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/judge-decides-november-27-on-forcing-mentally-disabled-woman-to-abort/

Ohio May Vote Wednesday to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding
Ohio lawmakers may vote on Wednesday on legislation that would cut funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation s largest abortion business. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/ohio-may-vote-wednesday-to-cut-planned-parenthood-funding/

So-Called Vegetative Patient Communicates With Doctors
The battle to protect patients in a so-called vegetative state from euthanasia took a positive turn today with the news that doctors have been able to communicate with one patient. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/so-called-vegetative-patient-communicates-with-doctors/

Christians Must be Both Against Abortion and For Adoption
In a compelling op-ed in Her.meneutics, Thea Ramirez writes of the need for Christians not only to be against abortion but for adoption. Are we really for life if unwilling to help bring unwanted pregnancies to term for women who do not want to parent?, she asks. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/christians-must-be-both-against-abortion-and-for-adoption/

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Pro-Abortion Eugenics is Alive and Well in 2012
Wouldn t it be great if politicians and other public figures actually told us what they believe rather than talking out of both sides of their mouths. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/pro-abortion-eugenics-is-alive-and-well-in-2012/

China Has Not Abandoned Its One-Child Abortion Policy
The China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) a think tank affiliated with the Chinese government has recommended that China gradually phase in a two-child policy over the next three years, and then cease all birth limits in the year 2020, according to a China Daily report. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/china-has-not-abandoned-its-one-child-abortion-policy/

Hatchet Job Against Phill Kline Goes Before Kansas Supreme Court
On Thursday, the final drama in a long and complex chapter of abortion history will play out in a Kansas courtroom. On the line is the law license and career of a former Attorney General and District Attorney who is accused of ethics violations for the way he handled investigations of illegal late-term abortions and the concealment of child rape by abortion clinics. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/hatchet-job-against-phill-kline-goes-before-kansas-supreme-court/

Japan Proposes Robots to Help Elderly as Population Implodes
I have previously highlighted Japan s huge demographic time bomb and the fact that virtually all Western countries now suffer from this same problem to a greater or lesser degree. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/12/japan-proposes-robots-to-help-elderly-as-population-implodes/

Abortion Groups Try to Kick Malta Pro-Lifer Off European Commission
Malta is one of the few pro-life countries in Europe and the pro-abortion member nations of the European Union are increasingly ostracizing the tiny national from the Mediterranean. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/13/abortion-groups-try-to-kick-malta-pro-lifer-off-european-commission/

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