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.

Monday, November 26, 2012

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 11/26/12

LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report
Monday, November 26, 2012

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Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Supreme Court Orders New Look at Obamacare, Abortion Funding
• Senate May Vote Wednesday on Treaty Promoting Abortion
• Pro-Life New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Will Seek Re-Election
• Rick Santorum Open to Running for President Again in 2016

More Pro-Life News
• Sandra Fluke Nominated for Time s Person of the Year
• House Republican Leader: Cut Obamacare, IPAB to Avert Fiscal Cliff
• Study Shows Abortion Linked to High Breast Cancer Risk
• Five Abortion Workers Leave One Clinic, Three Leave Another
• Leaked Report Suggests Ireland Should Allow Some Abortions
• Does Someone Have to be Pro-Life to be a True Christian?
• Stillborn at 40 Weeks: Canada Says My Sister Wasn t a Human Being
• Liberal Web Site: Pro-Lifers are Slut-Shaming Slimebuckets
• Abortion Backers Falsely Say Contraception Caused Abortion Drop
• Philosophical Arguments Destroy Pro-Choice Case on Abortion
• Forced Abortion Opponent Chen Guangcheng Named Rebel of the Year
• Tennessee: Abortions Decline 4 Percent New Figures Show
• Top Texas Demcorat Blasts Pro-Life Ultrasound Law, Gov. Perry

Supreme Court Orders New Look at Obamacare, Abortion Funding
The Supreme Court today ordered a federal appeals court to take a new look at the controversial Obamacare law and whether it unconstitutionally forces taxpayers to fund abortions and birth control, violating religious freedoms.

The high court ordered the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to consider the case of Liberty University, a Christian college that contends Obama s health care law violates the school s religious freedoms. A federal judge rejected the case and the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the lawsuit was premature but did not deal with the main points the lawsuit brought up. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/supreme-court-orders-new-look-at-obamacare-abortion-funding/

Senate May Vote Wednesday on Treaty Promoting Abortion
The Senate may vote on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) this week, a measure that has had pro-life advocates concerned for months. The U.S. already enacted the strongest piece of disabilities legislation in the world but international activists are pushing the measure anyway.

Ton Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council, has previously noted the pro-life concerns, saying abortion advocates put language in the treaty in Article 25 that requires signatories to provide persons with disabilities free or affordable health care including in the area of sexual and reproductive health and population-based health programs. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/senate-may-vote-wednesday-on-treaty-promoting-abortion/

Pro-Life New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Will Seek Re-Election
Governor Chris Christie, a pro-life advocate who is the governor of New Jersey, filed papers today to seek re-election. His race, along with the race for governor in Virginia, are the two most high-profile election battles in 2013, an off election year for Congress.

Christie has delighted pro-life advocates on multiple occasions by vetoing bills handed to him by the state legislature that would force state taxpayers to finance the Planned Parenthood abortion business. In June, for the fourth time, Christie vetoed such a bill. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/pro-life-new-jersey-gov-chris-christie-will-seek-re-election/

Rick Santorum Open to Running for President Again in 2016
Rick Santorum became the surprise conservative candidate in the Republican presidential election process in 2012, but the pro-life former senator fell short when going up against former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.

Now, in a new interview with the Weekly Standard, the strong pro-life advocate says he is open to potentially seeking the nomination in 2016. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/rick-santorum-open-to-running-for-president-again-in-2016/

Sandra Fluke Nominated for Time s Person of the Year
She became the face for the pro-abortion movement during the 2012 elections and the laughingstock of pro-lifers for her relentless push to force Americans to pay for her birth control. College student Sandra Fluke has been nominated as a potential Person of the Year by Time Magazine.

Fluke is apparently unable to figure out how to purchase low-cost birth control from places like Target, Wal-Mart or her local pharmacy. Still, Time magazine felt she was qualified enough to include her with legitimate newsmakers and leaders who are significantly more deserving of the award and recognition. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/sandra-fluke-nominated-for-times-person-of-the-year/

House Republican Leader: Cut Obamacare, IPAB to Avert Fiscal Cliff
House Republican Leader Eric Cantor put some specifics on the table for lawmakers currently embroiled in the debate over what to do avert the coming fiscal cliff. Cantor says that not only should Obamacare be on the table as a potential cut, the Independent Payment Advisory Board should be sent to the scrap heap.

If the President is serious about joining us and fixing the problem he ought to be putting ObamaCare on the table, he said. There is no question in my mind, that is the largest expansion of government programs that we ve seen. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/house-republican-leader-cut-obamacare-ipab-to-avert-fiscal-cliff/

Study Shows Abortion Linked to High Breast Cancer Risk
A study in the Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention shows abortion increases the risk of breast cancer for women.

C. Yanhua of the First Peoples Hospital of Kunming in Yunnan province and his colleagues found the abortion-breast cancer association after comparing data from 263 cases of breast cancer and 457 controls without the disease. Their analysis covers the years 2009-2011. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/study-shows-abortion-linked-to-high-breast-cancer-risk/

Five Abortion Workers Leave One Clinic, Three Leave Another
Tis the season to be joyful and thankful. We are certainly thankful for all of you! As of this email, our ministry has helped THIRTY-EIGHT workers leave the abortion industry!! Thank you, Lord, for new beginnings! And thank YOU for your continued suppor. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/five-abortion-workers-leave-one-clinic-three-leave-another/

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Leaked Report Suggests Ireland Should Allow Some Abortions
A leaked copy of the report the government of Ireland is expected to release in response to the death of Savita Halappanavar conducted by an expert panel named to examine the nation s pro-life laws on abortion suggests some abortions should be allowed. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/leaked-report-suggests-ireland-should-allow-some-abortions/

Does Someone Have to be Pro-Life to be a True Christian?
I wasn t a Christian when I became pro-life. I was kind of anti-Christian. I was converted on the basis of science, reason, ethics, and human rights. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/does-someone-have-to-be-pro-life-to-be-a-true-christian/

Stillborn at 40 Weeks: Canada Says My Sister Wasn t a Human Being
Having worked with the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform for a year now and being confronted with the issue of abortion on a daily basis, I was fully aware of the gravity of the situation here in Canada. However, it was not until a few weeks ago that I realized that the current status quo has serious personal implications for my family. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/stillborn-at-40-weeks-canada-says-my-sister-wasnt-a-human-being/

Liberal Web Site: Pro-Lifers are Slut-Shaming Slimebuckets
Some left-wingers don t beat around the bush. Take this Daily Kos blog post, titled The REAL Pro-Life Movement: Murderers, Rapists, Incest-Enablers, Pedophiles, and Liars. . http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/liberal-web-site-pro-lifers-are-slut-shaming-slimeballs/

Abortion Backers Falsely Say Contraception Caused Abortion Drop
According to Dictionary.com, a policy wonk is defined as a person who studies a subject or issue in an excessively assiduous and thorough manner. When it was started years ago, the Washington Post Wonk Blog definitely fit that definition, despite its liberal slant. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/abortion-backers-falsely-say-contraception-caused-abortion-drop/

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Philosophical Arguments Destroy Pro-Choice Case on Abortion
Science can be a wonderful tool in the pro-life advocate s arsenal. [1] However, science can t dictate morality, it can only inform morality. Science can tell us that something we are harming or killing is human; science can t tell us that it s wrong to kill that human. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/philosophical-arguments-destroy-pro-choice-case-on-abortion/

Forced Abortion Opponent Chen Guangcheng Named Rebel of the Year
Chen Guangcheng was a celebrated hero for the pro-life movement by exposing and supporting victims of forced abortion campaigns in China. After he escaped the house arrest that followed and sought refuge at the American Embassy, Chen became a household name and an international celebrity. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/forced-abortion-opponent-chen-guangcheng-named-rebel-of-the-year/

Tennessee: Abortions Decline 4 Percent New Figures Show
The number of abortions in Tennessee has fallen four percent, mirroring the five percent decline seen in the new report issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/tennessee-abortions-decline-4-percent-new-figures-show/

Top Texas Demcorat Blasts Pro-Life Ultrasound Law, Gov. Perry
In a letter to supporters, the Chair of the Democrat Party in Texas, Gilberto Hinojosa, mocked Thanksgiving in Governor Perry s house, jeering at Governor Perry giving thanks for the new Sonogram Law that is already saving lives. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/26/top-texas-demcorat-blasts-pro-life-ultrasound-law-gov-perry/

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