Tuesday, March 26, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 3/26/13





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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

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Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Kermit Gosnell Drugged Women Having Abortions, Left Them for Hours
• North Dakota Governor Signs Bill Banning Most Abortions

• North Dakota Now First State to Ban Abortions Based on Down Syndrome
 Husband of Chinese Woman Forced to Abort at Seven Months Speaks Out

More Pro-Life News• Ex-NARAL Prez Blames Pro-Lifers for Gosnell Snipping Babies’ Necks
• HHS Mandate Draws More Opposition Than Any Obama Admin Policy

• Judge Dismisses EWTN Lawsuit Against Obama HHS Mandate

• Baby Found Abandoned in Dumpster, Umbilical Cord Still Attached• Planned Parenthood Gets Pro-Life Teacher Removed, Holds Sex Toy Class
• Abortion, Population Control Not a Method to Reduce Poverty
• Abortion Doctor Uses Bankruptcy to Evade Malpractice Lawsuits
• New York City Ad Campaign: Abortion Better Than Being Teen Mom
• Pope Francis’ Message to Pro-Lifers on Palm Sunday: We Will Win
• Liberal Euthanasia Activists Redfining Sedation Into Killing

• Indiana to Hear Bill to Stop Hurting Women With Abortion Drug
• University of Toledo Exposed as Supporting Local Abortion Business

• Stop Using the Liverpool Care Pathway as Backdoor Euthanasia
• San Francisco Attempts to Silence Pro-Life Sidewalk Counselors


Kermit Gosnell Drugged Women Having Abortions, Left Them for HoursMonday, testimony resumed in the Kermit Gosnell murder trial with a state inspector testifying about what she found inside Gosnell’s “House of Horrors” abortion clinic in West Philadelphia where he conducted his late-term abortion business for decades without inspection or accountability.
Elinor Barsony, a Pennsylvania Department of Health employee, told the court that in 2010, she conducted the first inspection of Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society abortion clinic since the early 1990s. What she found there was appalling. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/kermit-gosnell-drugged-women-having-abortions-left-them-for-hours/
North Dakota Governor Signs Bill Banning Most AbortionsNorth Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed three pro-life bills this morning, including one that would ban most abortions in the state. Dalrymple acknowledged a court battle is expected and asked state legislators to set aside funds to pay for the expenses.
The governor’s office released the following statement on the bills he signed. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/north-dakota-governor-signs-bill-banning-most-abortions/
North Dakota Now First State to Ban Abortions Based on Down SyndromeWith the governor’s signature on the ban today, North Dakota has become the first state to ban abortions based on genetic “defects” like Down Syndrome. When diagnosed before birth, such genetic abnormalities prompt couples to have abortions 90 percent of the time.
The state legislature approved the measure and Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed it today. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/north-dakota-now-first-state-to-an-abortions-based-on-down-syndrome/
Husband of Chinese Woman Forced to Abort at Seven Months Speaks OutThe husband of a woman brutally forced to have an abortion at seven months of pregnancy is speaking out about what happened.
As LifeNews reported yesterday, the graphic photograph of a of an aborted 7-month boy is widely circulating among Chinese people on the Internet following a horrifying forced abortion that took place on Friday. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/husband-of-chinese-woman-forced-to-abort-at-seven-months-speaks-out/

Ex-NARAL Prez Blames Pro-Lifers for Gosnell Snipping Babies’ NecksAs we approached the trial of Kermit Gosnell, NRL News Today not only offered loads of background explaining why the West Philadelphia abortionist would be on trial on eight counts of murder, we also talked about how (hard as it would be to believe) that the Abortion Establishment would somehow turn a man accused by prosecutors of slitting the necks of viable unborn babies aborted alive into a kind of martyr.
Or, put a different way, that Kermit Gosnell exists and did what he allegedly did not because he cared only for money and was indifferent to the health of women but because—you guessed it—of pro-lifers. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/ex-naral-prez-blames-pro-lifers-for-gosnell-snipping-babies-necks/
HHS Mandate Draws More Opposition Than Any Obama Admin PolicyA new report indicates the controversial pro-abortion HHS mandate has drawn more opposition than any other federal government regulation.
A report in The Hill indicates the Obama administration’s rule requiring businesses and organizations to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions has received input from more than 147,000 people — with most of them opposing the mandate. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/hhs-mandate-draws-more-opposition-than-any-obama-admin-policy/

Company With Motto “Honor God in All We Do” Sues Over HHS MandateAll their corporate offices display a document that reflects their core value, “Honor God in all we do by serving our customers and employees with honesty and integrity.”
Karen and Rod Mersinos’ business success is an example of the fruits of hard work and their Christian faith. Rod began as an hourly wage construction worker. He and Karen placed a second mortgage on their home to start their first company which ultimately grew into a multi-million dollar enterprise with 184 employees. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/25/company-with-motto-honor-god-in-all-we-do-sues-over-hhs-mandate/
Judge Dismisses EWTN Lawsuit Against Obama HHS MandateA federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit a Catholic television network filed against the HHS mandate that compel it to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions for its employees. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/judge-dismisses-ewtn-lawsuit-against-obama-hhs-mandate/
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Baby Found Abandoned in Dumpster, Umbilical Cord Still AttachedAs expected a Houston judge on Monday granted ongoing custody of Baby Chloe to Child Protective Services (CPS). Chloe, who was given her nickname by doctors, was found abandoned in a dumpster February 19, wrapped in Walmart plastic bag with about three inches of umbilical cord attacked to her stomach. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/baby-found-abandoned-in-dumpster-umbilical-cord-still-attached/
Planned Parenthood Gets Pro-Life Teacher Removed, Holds Sex Toy ClassLast week, a Portland, Oregon math teacher was led out of his classroom by police and is expected to be fired for his opposition to Planned Parenthood. For years, Benson High School teacher Bill Diss has protested Planned Parenthood of Columbia Willamette (PPCW) building an abortion facility as well as their infiltration into the city’s schools. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/planned-parenthood-gets-pro-life-teacher-removed-holds-sex-toy-class/
Abortion, Population Control Not a Method to Reduce PovertyAs states seek to balance budgets, population planning groups are touting abortion and contraception as money-saving measures. According to their crude calculus, Medicaid-paid births to poor mothers strain the social safety net and must be reduced. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/abortion-population-control-not-a-method-to-reduce-poverty/
Abortion Doctor Uses Bankruptcy to Evade Malpractice LawsuitsAs many abortionists are found to be over the course of time, abortionist Reginald Sharpe is a menace to society. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/abortion-doctor-uses-bankruptcy-to-evade-malpractice-lawsuits/
New York City Ad Campaign: Abortion Better Than Being Teen MomEarlier this month, the New York City Health Resource Administration unveiled a series of posters designed to combat teen pregnancy. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/new-york-city-ad-campaign-abortion-better-than-being-teen-mom/
Pope Francis’ Message to Pro-Lifers on Palm Sunday: We Will WinPope Francis preaches on pro-life in a very integral way. He gives strong and clear messages that derive from the very substance of the Faith and a very broad vision of the demands that Faith places upon us. The conclusions and applications for the pro-life movement are undeniable, even if he does not use the specific words “pro-life movement” and “unborn.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/pope-francis-message-to-pro-lifers-on-palm-sunday-we-will-win/
Liberal Euthanasia Activists Redfining Sedation Into KillingThere is an ongoing–and potentially lethal–discussion ongoing in bioethics and moral philosophy that would redefine death from the irreversible cessation of cardio/pulmonary function or neurological function, to a diagnosis of permanent unconsciousness. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/liberal-euthanasia-activists-redfining-sedation-into-killing/
Indiana to Hear Bill to Stop Hurting Women With Abortion DrugThe Indiana House Public Policy Committee announced that it will hold a hearing on a pro-life bill to protect women from the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug, Indiana Right to Life tells LifeNews that SB 371, a bill strongly supported by pro-life advocates, will get a hearing Wednesday.http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/indiana-to-hear-bill-to-stop-hurting-women-with-abortion-drug/
University of Toledo Exposed as Supporting Local Abortion BusinessOhio Right to Life today released documentation showing the taxpayer-funded University of Toledo is financially, and in other ways, supporting a local abortion business. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/university-of-toledo-exposed-as-supporting-local-abortion-business/
Stop Using the Liverpool Care Pathway as Backdoor EuthanasiaMy colleague, Paul Tully, SPUC’s general secretary, has issued the following stark appeal this afternoon concerning the Liverpool Care Pathway. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/stop-using-the-liverpool-care-pathway-as-backdoor-euthanasia/
San Francisco Attempts to Silence Pro-Life Sidewalk Counselorso hear pro-aborts talk, you’d think the only thing keeping the United States from being a “reproductive freedom” paradise is the fact that Americans who disagree have the audacity to insist on keeping their own rights, from the organizations their tax dollars fund to the services their businesses provide. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/26/san-francisco-attempts-to-silence-pro-life-sidewalk-counselors/

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