LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
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Top Stories
• LifeNews Tells Girl Scouts: We Won’t Stop Reporting Your Link to Planned Parenthood
• Teen Who Lost His Legs in Botched Abortion Makes State Wrestling Championships
• Kevin Grow, an 18-Year-Old With Down Syndrome, Signs an NBA Contract• She Was Conceived in Incest, Should She Have Been Killed in Abortion?
More Pro-Life News• University of Alabama Apologizes for Denying Pro-Lifers’ Free Speech
• Father of Aborted Baby: I Never Got to See My Daughter or Hold Her in My Arms
• Woman Defending Her Abortion: My Unborn Baby’s Soul Agreed to be Killed
• With Abortion, There Are No Do-Overs
• Virginia Budget Would Stop McAuliffe From Undermining Pro-Life Laws
• Irish Times Newspaper Bans Term “Pro-Life”
• Pro-Life Film Festival Provides a Stark Contrast to Hollywood “Values”
• Tennessee Abortions Drop 6% as Pro-Lifers Prepare for Statewide Abortion Battle
• West Virginia House Panel Passes Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks
• Missouri House Protects Pro-Life Doctors, Nurses Not Wanting to Assist Abortions
• North Carolina Attorney General Reluctantly Agrees to Defend Abortion-Ultrasound Law
• How Should Pro-Lifers Talk About Birth Control?
• Quebec Doctors Plan to Exploit Euthanasia Law That Hasn’t Passed Yet
LifeNews Tells Girl Scouts: We Won’t Stop Reporting Your Link to Planned Parenthood
Through our attorney, LifeNews has issued a response to Girl Scouts
USA, which recently sent us an a letter attempting to intimidate
LifeNews and pressure us to stop reporting on its links to the Planned
Parenthood abortion business.
During the last two weeks, LifeNews has brought international attention to the link between the Girl Scouts and the Planned Parenthood abortion business and the national boycott of Girl Scouts cookies sponsored by pro-life groups. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
Teen Who Lost His Legs in Botched Abortion Makes State Wrestling Championships
Nik
Hoot is quite the athlete. He’s a successful wrestler at a high school –
a fact that would likely earn him news coverage anyway. But Nik has
overcome the kind of obstacles very few encounter.
You see, Nik is a well-rounded athlete in spite of the fact that he is missing parts of both legs and doesn’t have a fully developed set of fingers. The Indiana teenager lives with these disabilities because his biological parents – an unknown couple from Russia – attempted to abort Nik. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
Through our attorney, LifeNews has issued a response to Girl Scouts
USA, which recently sent us an a letter attempting to intimidate
LifeNews and pressure us to stop reporting on its links to the Planned
Parenthood abortion business.During the last two weeks, LifeNews has brought international attention to the link between the Girl Scouts and the Planned Parenthood abortion business and the national boycott of Girl Scouts cookies sponsored by pro-life groups. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
Teen Who Lost His Legs in Botched Abortion Makes State Wrestling Championships
Nik
Hoot is quite the athlete. He’s a successful wrestler at a high school –
a fact that would likely earn him news coverage anyway. But Nik has
overcome the kind of obstacles very few encounter.You see, Nik is a well-rounded athlete in spite of the fact that he is missing parts of both legs and doesn’t have a fully developed set of fingers. The Indiana teenager lives with these disabilities because his biological parents – an unknown couple from Russia – attempted to abort Nik. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
Kevin Grow, an 18-Year-Old With Down Syndrome, Signs an NBA Contract
Kevin
Grow may be just the ticket for the Philadelphia 76ers as they look to
win games in the NBA this season. Grow, a high school senior with Down
syndrome who lives in the Philadelphia
area, signed a two-day contract with the team in a ceremony to encourage
the young man.
Kevin
Grow may be just the ticket for the Philadelphia 76ers as they look to
win games in the NBA this season. Grow, a high school senior with Down
syndrome who lives in the Philadelphia
area, signed a two-day contract with the team in a ceremony to encourage
the young man.
ESPN has more on this kevingrowtouching story about a kid who shows what it means to truly celebrate life. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
She Was Conceived in Incest, Should She Have Been Killed in Abortion?
On a hot summer day in June of 2008 Kristi Hofferber decided
it was time to talk to her adoptive parents about getting information
about her birth parents. Kristi never felt the need to step back into
her past, and always felt unsettled about it. But on this hot day in
June 2008 she decided to go back in time and what she found out about
her birth parents has become the biggest shock of her life.
She Was Conceived in Incest, Should She Have Been Killed in Abortion?
On a hot summer day in June of 2008 Kristi Hofferber decided
it was time to talk to her adoptive parents about getting information
about her birth parents. Kristi never felt the need to step back into
her past, and always felt unsettled about it. But on this hot day in
June 2008 she decided to go back in time and what she found out about
her birth parents has become the biggest shock of her life.
Kristi
was adopted at birth into a loving home and was raised in the Lutheran
church. She grew up knowing she was adopted and was the only child for
this young married couple out of Illinois. She was never sure why her
birthmother placed her up for adoption and was never sure if she ever
really wanted to know the reason why. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
University of Alabama Apologizes for Denying Pro-Lifers’ Free Speech
Yesterday, the University of Alabama apologized to the pro-life group
on campus, Bama Students for Life, and reversed their decision after
they removed Bama SFL’s approved student display on campus because an
administrator deemed it “offensive.” The University stated that will
allow Bama Students for Life to set up their pro-life display on campus
once again.
Bama Students for Life and Students for Life of America thank the University of Alabama officials for rethinking their decision and allowing pro-life students to openly express their First Amendment and free speech rights on campus. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
Yesterday, the University of Alabama apologized to the pro-life group
on campus, Bama Students for Life, and reversed their decision after
they removed Bama SFL’s approved student display on campus because an
administrator deemed it “offensive.” The University stated that will
allow Bama Students for Life to set up their pro-life display on campus
once again.Bama Students for Life and Students for Life of America thank the University of Alabama officials for rethinking their decision and allowing pro-life students to openly express their First Amendment and free speech rights on campus. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
Father of Aborted Baby: I Never Got to See My Daughter or Hold Her in My Arms
I
received an interesting email this morning, reminding me that we have
new readers all the time. She began with a very nice expression of
gratitude for the work of National Right to Life News Today and
especially a post we’d written about women as the second victim of
abortion.
Her very polite point was there are other victims of abortion, beginning with the baby’s father. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/I
received an interesting email this morning, reminding me that we have
new readers all the time. She began with a very nice expression of
gratitude for the work of National Right to Life News Today and
especially a post we’d written about women as the second victim of
abortion.
Woman Defending Her Abortion: My Unborn Baby’s Soul Agreed to be Killed
There
are many good reasons for pro-lifers of faith to familiarize themselves
with secular reasoning against abortion. Christian pro-lifers often
cite religious texts and doctrines to oppose abortion. And while “God
hates abortion” may be a compelling argument for fellow Christians, we
need to recognize that pro-choicers can use religion too. People’s
interpretations of scripture differ, of course.
There
are many good reasons for pro-lifers of faith to familiarize themselves
with secular reasoning against abortion. Christian pro-lifers often
cite religious texts and doctrines to oppose abortion. And while “God
hates abortion” may be a compelling argument for fellow Christians, we
need to recognize that pro-choicers can use religion too. People’s
interpretations of scripture differ, of course.
And
apart from scripture, “my personal religious beliefs” can be manipulated
by a creative person to justify practically anything.http://www.lifenews.
With Abortion, There Are No Do-Overs The little backward arrow icon on my emails has become one of my best friends. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
Virginia Budget Would Stop McAuliffe From Undermining Pro-Life Laws
The budget (HB 30) advanced by the House Appropriations Committee
Sunday included several limitations on taxpayer funding of abortion,
abortion providers and, maybe most importantly, on the governor’s
office. For good reason. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
Irish Times Newspaper Bans Term “Pro-Life”
The Irish Times, a daily Irish newspaper that claims an adult
readership of more than 320,000 along with more than 3.6 million unique
online users per month, has banned the term “pro-life” from its pages. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
Pro-Life Film Festival Provides a Stark Contrast to Hollywood “Values”
The pro-life movement has been embraced by every medium of
communication and expression in the modern world, and its role in cinema
is steadily increasing. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
Tennessee Abortions Drop 6% as Pro-Lifers Prepare for Statewide Abortion Battle
With data sure to play a role in the debate over an amendment to the
Tennessee state Constitution, figures from the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) show that while the overall number of abortions has gone
down in the state over the past decade, there’s been a steady increase
in the percentage of out-of-state women having their abortions in
Tennessee. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
West Virginia House Panel Passes Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks Unborn babies who are capable of feeling pain won a great victory in the West Virginia House of Delegates today. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
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Missouri House Protects Pro-Life Doctors, Nurses Not Wanting to Assist Abortions
The Missouri House of Representatives has adopted legislation which
would protect the conscience rights of doctors, nurses, and other
medical professionals. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
North Carolina Attorney General Reluctantly Agrees to Defend Abortion-Ultrasound Law
No doubt he was gritting his teeth as he composed his statement, but on
Friday North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper(D) said the state
will appeal . http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
How Should Pro-Lifers Talk About Birth Control?
We’ve been wanting to shoot an episode on this topic for several years,
and it’s finally done! It’s sometimes a contentious topic among
pro-life people, but it’s an important one nonetheless. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
Quebec Doctors Plan to Exploit Euthanasia Law That Hasn’t Passed Yet
On February 13, 2014 the National Post published an article, by Graeme
Hamilton, explaining that Quebec’s doctors are planning to extend the
euthanasia law, even before it has become law. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/
