Thursday, August 8, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 8/8/13




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Thursday, August 8, 2013

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Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Judge Closes Down Illegally-Run Abortion Clinic in Alabama
• Last Mississippi Clinic Sends Woman to Hospital After Botched Abortion

• Facebook Group “Virgin Mary Should Have Aborted” Taken Down
Pro-Lifers Demand Mainstream Media Stop Its Abortion Bias, Censorship


More Pro-Life News

• Democrats Supporting Bills to Repeal Power of Obamacare Death Panels
• Toledo, Ohio Now Abortion Free as State Closes Down Capital Care Network
• Family Sues Because Nursing Home Won’t Starve Mother to Death

• Pregnant Woman Survives Lightning Strike to Give Birth

• Pregnant College Student Rejects Abortion, Plans to Become a Doctor
• Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Closing Two Centers in Colorado
• The Moral and Intellectual Bankruptcy of the Pro-Abortion Movement
• Pro-Life Group’s Web Site Faces Cyber Attack With Hundreds of Fake Donations
• Colorado Christian University Renews Lawsuit Against Obamacare HHS Mandate

• Pro-Abortion Terry McAuliffe Fundraising Off Wendy Davis Abortion Barbie Comment
• NARAL Video on “Lies Pregnancy Centers Tell Women” Contins No Lies
• Drug Company Stops Distributing Euthanasia Drug for Texas Executions

• Like Ariel Castro, Abortion Has Deastated Women, Children in Cleveland
• How Can You Ensure a Child’s Health if You Allow Abortion?
• Court Stops Illinois City From Prohibiting Mobile Pregnancy Center



Judge Closes Down Illegally-Run Abortion Clinic in Alabama
An Alabama judge has released a permanent injunction to close the abortion facility known as New Woman All Women in Birmingham, Alabama that was operating illegally.

On Monday, abortion clinic owner Diane Derzis faces a judge about the accusation she is illegally operating the New Woman All Women abortion clinic in Birmingham, shut down by the state of Alabama since 2012, but now operating illegally. Today’s decision appears here. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/judge-closes-down-illegally-run-abortion-clinic-in-alabama/
Last Mississippi Clinic Sends Woman to Hospital After Botched Abortion
An ambulance arrived at the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the only abortion clinic in Mississippi, at about 12:20 p.m. on Wednesday, August 7, and transported a female patient who emerged from the clinic in Mississippi on a gurney. The pale-skinned, brown-haired woman was covered head to toe with a blanket.

Activists from Pro-Life Mississippi photographed the incident. Those photos and a brief video taken at the scene were provided to Operation Rescue. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/last-clinic-in-mississippi-sends-woman-to-hospital-after-botched-abortion/
Facebook Group “Virgin Mary Should Have Aborted” Taken Down
Tens of thousands of people complained about a Facebook page that promotes the notion that the Virgin Mary should have had an abortion. Titled “Virgin Mary Should’ve Aborted,” the administrator of the page claims to “explain what really happened in the biblical times, since the bible is full of lies.”
After a massive campaign to contact Facebook and a corresponding hashtag campaign on Twitter, it appears the page has been taken down. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/facebook-group-virgin-mary-should-have-aborted-taken-down/
Pro-Lifers Demand Mainstream Media Stop Its Abortion Bias, Censorship
Leading pro-life advocates marched in downtown Washington, D.C. to the doorstep of ABC News’ Washington bureau to accuse the network and other mainstream media outlets of bias and censorship on abortion.

Fifty six days after the grisly trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell began, ABC broke its self-imposed blackout and finally offered coverage. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/pro-lifers-demand-mainstream-media-stop-its-abortion-bias-censorship/

Democrats Supporting Bills to Repeal Power of Obamacare Death Panels
The death panels that are a part of Obamacare are unraveling further — as even some Democrats are signing on to sponsor bills in Congress that would take away the power of the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

As The Hill reports: A wave of vulnerable Democrats over the past three months has signed on to bills repealing the board’s powers, including Sen. Mark Pryor (Ark.) and Reps. Ron Barber (Ariz.), Ann Kirkpatrick (Ariz.), Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) and Elizabeth Esty (Conn.). http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/democrats-supporting-bills-to-repeal-power-of-obamacare-death-panels/
Toledo, Ohio Now Abortion Free as State Closes Down Capital Care Network
The city of Toledo is finally abortion free as the state of Ohio has closed down the second of two abortion facilities that have closed up shop this year.
Today, Ohio Right to Life obtained documents issued by the Ohio Department of Health relating to a Toledo area abortion clinic violating state regulations. Capital Care Network of Toledo was provided notice by state health officials of its noncompliance, which according to state law, will result in the abortion provider closing in order to protect pregnant women’s health. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/toledo-ohio-now-abortion-free-as-state-closes-down-capital-care-network/
Family Sues Because Nursing Home Won’t Starve Mother to Death
This is how far the culture of death has come.
I reported earlier about the controversy in Canada in which a family wants a nursing home to stop spoon feeding their mother because she would not want to be kept alive with Alzheimer’s. But no one has the right to be starved. They have the right to refuse medical treatment–for example when sustenance has to be provided by tube. But “artificial nutrition and hydration” may be medical treatment under the law–I would prefer it weren’t–but spoon feeding is humane care that should never be denied. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/family-sues-because-nursing-home-wont-starve-mother-to-death/
Pregnant Woman Survives Lightning Strike to Give Birth
At least two old sayings went by the wayside on the 4th of July. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/pregnant-woman-survives-lightning-strike-to-give-birth/

Pregnant College Student Rejects Abortion, Plans to Become a Doctor
Two years ago, Students for Life of America launched our Pregnant on Campus Initiative, dedicated to helping Students for Life groups provide tangible support and services on campuses to make sure no young girl has to choose between her child or her education. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/pregnant-college-student-rejects-abortion-plans-to-become-a-doctor/

Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Closing Two Centers in Colorado
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, which runs abortion businesses or abortion referral clinics in Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico Wyoming,and Utah, is closing two centers in Colorado
. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-closing-two-centers-in-colorado/

The Moral and Intellectual Bankruptcy of the Pro-Abortion Movement
In the wake of a rising tide of pro-life sentiments and sensibilities in America, the utter bankruptcy of the pro-abortion position is being revealed, especially in its more militant forms. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/the-moral-and-intellectual-bankruptcy-of-the-pro-abortion-movement/
Pro-Life Group’s Web Site Faces Cyber Attack With Hundreds of Fake Donations
Stand True, a national pro-life youth organization, faced a cyberattack on its web site last night with attackers attempting to overload its web site and donation system with hundreds of fake transactions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/pro-life-groups-web-site-faces-cyber-attack-with-hundreds-of-fake-donations/
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Colorado Christian University Renews Lawsuit Against Obamacare HHS Mandate
Yesterday, Colorado Christian University (CCU) became the first non-profit organization to renew its lawsuit challenging the HHS abortion-drug mandate’s “accommodation,” which still forces the Christian university to violate its deeply held religious beliefs or pay crippling fines. The new challenge comes just weeks after the final rule was announced in June. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/colorado-christian-university-renews-lawsuit-against-obamacare-hhs-mandate/
Pro-Abortion Terry McAuliffe Fundraising Off Wendy Davis Abortion Barbie Comment
The pro-abortion candidate for governor in Virginia is using a comment from a conservative activist about Wendy Davis, calling her Abortion Barbie, to fundraise for his campaign. Terry McAuliffe is attempting to use a controversial comment by RedState founder Erick Erickson to bring in cash for his campaign. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/pro-abortion-terry-mcauliffe-fundraising-off-wendy-davis-abortion-barbie-comment/
NARAL Video on “Lies Pregnancy Centers Tell Women” Contins No Lies
“Crisis pregnancy centers lie to women about abortion and contraception,” NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue declared in an email to supporters Thursday. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/naral-video-on-lies-pregnancy-centers-tell-women-contins-no-lies/
Drug Company Stops Distributing Euthanasia Drug for Texas Executions
Time reported in a recent article that the State of Texas is running out of the drug that they use for executions because the company that produces the drug are upset that the drug was being used for ending human lives. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/drug-company-stops-distributing-euthanasia-drug-for-texas-executions/
Like Ariel Castro, Abortion Has Deastated Women, Children in Cleveland
The dangers posed to women and children in Cleveland have become increasingly apparent. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/like-ariel-castro-abortion-has-deastated-women-children-in-cleveland/
How Can You Ensure a Child’s Health if You Allow Abortion?
The following is a poignient letter to the editor Katie McCann, Public Relations Manager for Ohio Right to Life, submitted to the Athens Newspaper. She makes great points. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/how-can-you-ensure-a-childs-health-if-you-allow-abortion/
Court Stops Illinois City From Prohibiting Mobile Pregnancy Center
A federal court declared a city of Elgin zoning code unconstitutional Thursday after city officials used it to shut down access to free pregnancy information and services offered to young women through a mobile ultrasound facility. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/08/court-stops-illinois-city-from-prohibiting-mobile-pregnancy-center/

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