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.

Thursday, November 22, 2012

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 11/22/12

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

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Top Stories
• 4th Straight Year: Obama Thanksgiving Resolution Doesn t Thank God
• Amazing 4-D Ultrasound Captures Baby Yawning in the Womb
• Doctors Help Baby With Heart Outside Chest After Mom Refuses Abortion
• Planned Parenthood: Thankfor for Abortion, Obama, HHS Mandate

More Pro-Life News
• Like Lincoln on Slavery, Pro-Lifers are Dedicated to Ending Abortion
• George Washington s Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789
• President Abraham Lincoln s 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation
• Feminist Activist Claims Good Women Have Abortions
• IVF Doctor Commodifies Children, Selling Discount Human Beings
• Save a Girl Campaign: The Bid to End Gendercide Needs You

4th Straight Year: Obama Thanksgiving Resolution Doesn t Thank God
For the fourth straight year, the Thanksgiving resolution from President Barack Obama fails to actually thank God which is the fundamental reason why Thanksgiving is observed.

In 1789, President George Washington issued a proclamation that set forth the main reason for Thanksgiving, saying, Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be. That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/22/4th-straight-year-obama-thanksgiving-resolution-doesnt-thank-god/

Amazing 4-D Ultrasound Captures Baby Yawning in the Womb
A British doctor has capture an amazing 4-D ultrasound photo of a baby yawning in the womb. Fetal development pictures like this help people understand exactly what is taking place in an abortion the destruction of human life.

These kinds of photos help people realize that the unborn baby before birth is a human being, whose features, personality and actions are rapidly developing. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/22/amazing-4-d-ultrasound-captures-baby-yawning-in-the-womb/

Doctors Help Baby With Heart Outside Chest After Mom Refuses Abortion
Doctors in Houston, Texas reconstructed Audrina s chest to make room for her heart after her mom refused to have an abortion. This is a beautiful pro-life story about courage and dedication and great to share with friends and family.

The video coverage from ABC News follows. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/22/doctors-help-baby-with-heart-outside-chest-after-mom-refuses-abortion/

Planned Parenthood: Thankfor for Abortion, Obama, HHS Mandate
Millions of Americans today are thanking God for many blessings, including the gift of life and family. But when you re the nation s largest abortion business, what are you thankful for?

Planned Parenthood today released a blog post and the nation s largest abortion company says it is most thankful for abortion, pro-abortion President Barack Obama, and his Obamacare law and HHS mandate that fund abortions and force religious groups that pay for drugs that may cause abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/22/planned-parenthood-thankfor-for-abortion-obama-hhs-mandate/

Like Lincoln on Slavery, Pro-Lifers are Dedicated to Ending Abortion
Last night, my husband and I went Christmas shopping for our boys and out to a movie, our first evening without Gunner and Bear in months. Which movie did we chose to see? Lincoln.

The movie picks up immediately after President Lincoln s re-election in January 1865. Against the advice of his Cabinet members and advisors, President Lincoln decides that before the end of the Civil War, the House of Representatives must pass the 13th Amendment, permanently abolishing slavery once and for all. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/22/like-lincoln-on-slavery-pro-lifers-are-dedicated-to-ending-abortion/

George Washington s Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation.

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/22/george-washingtons-thanksgiving-proclamation-1789/

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President Abraham Lincoln s 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation
The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added which are of so extraordinary a nature that they can not fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever-watchful providence of Almighty God.

In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign states to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere, except in the theater of military conflict, while that theater has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/22/president-abraham-lincolns-1863-thanksgiving-proclamation/

Feminist Activist Claims Good Women Have Abortions
I readily concede the obvious that I am not the target audience for stories at rhrealitycheck.org at the same time I ve been reluctant to grant what has become more and more apparent: I am dumbfounded by many of the arguments made in defense of abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/22/feminist-activist-claims-good-women-have-abortions/

IVF Doctor Commodifies Children, Selling Discount Human Beings
If you still doubt that in vitro fertilization (IVF) has commodified children and turned human procreation into human manufacturing to specifications, then read this LA Times story about a fertility doctor that is creating embryos in bulk, from one sperm donor and one egg donor, so that couples can get discount embryos. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/22/ivf-doctor-commodifies-children-selling-discount-human-beings/

Save a Girl Campaign: The Bid to End Gendercide Needs You
Reggie Littlejohn is busy. When we speak on the phone, she s in the process of traveling through Washington, D.C., by train and on foot. At one point, her train goes underground and we re cut off. Two weeks ago, we couldn t speak because she was traveling in Europe. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/22/save-a-girl-campaign-the-bid-to-end-gendercide-needs-you/

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