Tuesday, April 16, 2013

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

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Gosnell behind ‘Mother’s Day Massacre’ over 40 years ago that injured 9 women

Ben JohnsonTue Apr 16 12:31 ESTAbortion
Gosnell tested an abortion "super-coil" that caused plastic razor blades to lacerate the women's wombs.
Kermit Gosnell

Gosnell in 1972: I perform abortions because ‘I am very concerned about the sanctity of life’

Ben JohnsonTue Apr 16 10:58 ESTAbortion
"I personally would never agree to have an abortion performed on any woman bearing my child," Gosnell said.
Kermit Gosnell said he acted out of reverence for life.

Retired Detroit bishop rebukes archbishop: same-sex ‘marriage’ backers ‘okay’ to receive Communion

Patrick B. CraineTue Apr 16 10:56 ESTFaith
A retired auxiliary bishop in Detroit has publicly rebuked his archbishop, urging Catholics who support same-sex “marriage” to continue receiving Communion.

MSNBC host digs in heels over controversial PSA claiming children belong to ‘whole communities’

Kirsten AndersenTue Apr 16 17:38 ESTFamily
Harris-Perry said the ad was about whether the government has "a right to impinge on individual freedoms in order to advance a common good.”

Judge rules against Christian innkeeper who refused to rent bedroom to lesbian couple

Kirsten AndersenTue Apr 16 17:21 ESTFaith
Diane Cervelli and Taeko Bufford, from Long Beach, CA, sued Aloha Bed and Breakfast owner Phyllis Young after she refused to rent them a room in 2007.

Yale conference to promote ‘non-human personhood’: will feature infanticide advocate Peter Singer

Thaddeus BaklinskiTue Apr 16 16:53 ESTAbortion
Move over Personhood USA, there’s another personhood movement in town: except this one isn’t seeking to grant personhood rights to unborn human beings, but to apes and elephants.

Mississippi’s last abortion facility violating state law on RU-496, complaint states

Ben JohnsonTue Apr 16 15:36 ESTAbortion
Jackson Women's Health Organization has not reported a single chemical abortion in the last five years.

‘Marriage equality’ means legalized polygamy too: Slate columnist

Patrick B. CraineTue Apr 16 13:45 ESTFamily
A column published by Slate on Tuesday has a leading social conservative academic saying 'I told you so'.

Gosnell kept the remains of 47 aborted babies in cat food containers, milk jugs: medical examiner

Cheryl Sullenger                                  Tue Apr 16 09:11 ESTAbortion
Tempers ran high in the courtroom Monday as the attorneys debated whether Gosnell’s murder victims were born alive.

Creator of first IVF baby dies: said scientists, not God, were in charge

Michael Cook                                  Tue Apr 16 18:03 ESTOpinion
Robert Edwards, the inventor of IVF, died two days after Margaret Thatcher. History may show that his impact was even greater than hers.

Thousands join dozens of spontaneous protests as France fast-tracks gay ‘marriage’ law

Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent                                  Tue Apr 16 16:17 ESTFreedom
Young people are massively answering calls to join spur-of-the-moment demonstrations via their cell phones and social media. For the Minister of the Interior and the police forces, the situation is turning into a nightmare.

Tens of thousands of Peruvians march in opposition to the legalization of abortion

Matthew Hoffman, Latin America CorrespondentTue Apr 16 13:31 ESTAbortion
The massive turnout was in part the result of a call by the Archdiocese of Lima, headed by Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne

Irish government-appointed committee recommends gay ‘marriage’ referendum

Hilary WhiteTue Apr 16 13:07 ESTFaith
Seventy-nine of 100 Convention members, made up of citizens and parliamentarians, voted to recommend amending the Constitution, while 19 voted against.

The redefinition of marriage: the fight is about justice

Denise J. Hunnell, MD                                  Tue Apr 16 11:50 ESTOpinion
When procreation is viewed as irrelevant to marriage, marriage becomes an institution solely for the benefit of adults. Children are dehumanized and become no more than marital accessories.

Termination not medically warranted when Savita requested it, doctor tells inquest

Hilary WhiteTue Apr 16 10:41 ESTAbortion
Dr. Knowles said that the medical team at Galway University Hospital should have been aware earlier that the patient’s condition was deteriorating.

A second chance: how God called me out of Planned Parenthood, to a crisis pregnancy center

Angie                                  Tue Apr 16 09:47 ESTOpinion
I thought it was ok to work as a nurse at the Planned Parenthood clinic, as long as that clinic didn't perform abortions. I was wrong.

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