Monday, August 25, 2014

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 8/25/14







LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report

Monday, August 25, 2014

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Top Stories
• Pro-Lifers Slam Massive Fines Obama Wants on Catholic Nuns Who Oppose HHS Mandate
• Catholic Church Warns Pro-Lifers About Ice Bucket Challenge Donations
• Pregnant Couples Defend Aborting Babies With Down Syndrome: “Loving Kids Like That is a Waste”
• Tax-Funded PBS to Air Propaganda Film “Humanizing” Docs Who Do Third-Trimester Abortions


More Pro-Life News
• Wife of Leading Pro-Life Activist Still Missing Almost 50 Days After Disappearance
• Your Heart Will Break When You See What He Was Making
• Doctors Offered Them a Chance to Abort Their Disabled Baby, But They Trusted God
• She Didn’t Want to Disappoint Her Parents, So She Didn’t Tell Them She Aborted Their Grandchild
• The Hardest Place for Us to Take Our Special Needs Child? Our Church
• You Won’t Believe What These Youth Spent Three Months Doing to Promote the Pro-Life Message

• Abortion is Perfectly Fine, But Don’t Disturb the Pregnant Pandas

• Pope Francis Asked to Ban Planned Parenthood Staff From Catholic Church Positions
• Number of Suicide Tourists Heading to Switzerland Doubles in Four Years
• Construction of New Orleans Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Stopped After Violations

• She Was Dragged Out of Her Home in the Middle of the Night and Forcibly Aborted at Six Months
• Euthanasia Targets People Living With Disabilities



Pro-Lifers Slam Massive Fines Obama Wants on Catholic Nuns Who Oppose HHS Mandate
On Friday, the Obama administration revised the HHS mandate rules — the first revision since losing to Hobby Lobby at the Supreme Court. The revisions provide no relief from the mandate and essentially restate how pro-life groups, like the Little Sisters, will have to pay huge fines if the violate the mandate.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/pro-lifers-attack-massive-fines-obama-wants-on-catholic-nuns-who-oppose-hhs-mandate/ 



Catholic Church Warns Pro-Lifers About Ice Bucket Challenge Donations
A Catholic Archdiocese is warning pro-life advocates about the final destination of donations for the popular Ice Bucket Challenge, which has become a pop culture and social media phenomenon. The popularity of the #IceBucketChallenge continues on social media across the nation.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com: http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/catholic-church-warns-pro-lifers-about-ice-bucket-challenge-donations/
Pregnant Couples Defend Aborting Babies With Down Syndrome: “Loving Kids Like That is a Waste”
By now, most pro-lifers have heard the cruel and elitist comments made by Richard Dawkins about aborting Down syndrome babies. Dawkins claims that the “ethical” choice is to abort all babies with Down syndrome, even though these children often lead happy lives and enrich their families and society.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com: http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/pregnant-couples-defend-aborting-babies-with-down-syndrome-loving-kids-like-that-is-a-waste/


Tax-Funded PBS to Air Propaganda Film “Humanizing” Docs Who Do Third-Trimester Abortions
Looking for something to do on Labor Day? The taxpayer-funded PBS has an answer for you: a move that “humanizes” late-term abortionists who kill unborn children in the third-trimester.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/tax-funded-pbs-to-air-propaganda-film-humanizing-docs-who-do-third-trimester-abortions/



Wife of Leading Pro-Life Activist Still Missing Almost 50 Days After Disappearance
Almost 50 days ago, Kerry Messer, president of the Missouri Family Network, reported his wife missing. Messer is well-known in the state capital as the head of a pro-life group and he’s often speaking out about pro-life issues as they relate to Show Me State politics.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/wife-of-leading-pro-life-activist-still-missing-almost-50-days-after-disappearance/


Your Heart Will Break When You See What He Was Making
The life of an orphan is something many of us cannot understand. When a child loses her parents, whether it is because of a catastrophic accident or parental abandonment, the long-term effects can be astronomical.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com: 
http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/your-heart-will-break-when-you-see-what-he-was-making/

 
Doctors Offered Them a Chance to Abort Their Disabled Baby, But They Trusted God
Chad Judice is well-known amongst pro-lifers, as he has written and spoken about his son Elijah, who was diagnosed in 2008 with spina bifida while in the womb and was indeed born with the condition. Elijah is very much alive though, and even just recently started his first day of kindergarten.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/doctors-offered-them-a-chance-to-abort-their-disabled-baby-but-they-trusted-god/



She Didn’t Want to Disappoint Her Parents, So She Didn’t Tell Them She Aborted Their Grandchild
When a bill requiring minors getting abortions to inform their parents was being considered, a blogger posted some stories from teenagers speaking out either in favor or against the bill. This young man was the father of an aborted baby.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/she-didnt-want-to-disappoint-her-parents-so-she-didnt-tell-them-she-aborted-their-grandchild/

The Hardest Place for Us to Take Our Special Needs Child? Our ChurchI am new to this journey. My daughter Faith is only 5 years old. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/the-hardest-place-for-us-to-take-our-special-needs-child-our-church/
You Won’t Believe What These Youth Spent Three Months Doing to Promote the Pro-Life MessageOn August 16th, Canada’s Crossroads walkers completed their three-month pilgrimage from Vancouver to Ottawa – across the entire length of the massive country. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/you-wont-believe-what-these-youth-spent-three-months-doing-to-promote-the-pro-life-message/

Abortion is Perfectly Fine, But Don’t Disturb the Pregnant PandasThese days you can’t drive to your local grocery story without seeing a bumper sticker that says “Save the Pandas” or “Protect our Whales." http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/abortion-is-perfectly-fine-but-dont-disturb-the-pregnant-pandas/
Pope Francis Asked to Ban Planned Parenthood Staff From Catholic Church PositionsShould volunteers or employees of the Planned Parenthood abortion business be allowed to hold leadership positions within the Catholic Church? http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/pope-francis-asked-to-ban-planned-parenthood-staff-from-catholic-church-positions/
Number of Suicide Tourists Heading to Switzerland Doubles in Four YearsThe numbers of ‘suicide tourists’ going to Switzerland to take their own lives has doubled in four years, reports a study published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/number-of-suicide-tourists-heading-to-switzerland-doubles-in-four-years/

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Construction of New Orleans Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Stopped After ViolationsTwo contractors have been cited for violations in Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast’s latest woe while attempting to construct a new abortion clinic in New Orleans. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/construction-of-new-orleans-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-stopped-after-violations/
She Was Dragged Out of Her Home in the Middle of the Night and Forcibly Aborted at Six MonthsLiu Xinwen was dragged out of her home in the middle of the night by 20 officials, who kicked down her door and restrained her husband. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/she-was-dragged-out-of-her-home-in-the-middle-of-the-night-and-forcibly-aborted-at-six-months/
Euthanasia Targets People Living With DisabilitiesThis article is taken from the website of The Saturday Paper and was first published under the title of ‘Living with Dignity’. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/25/euthanasia-targets-people-living-with-disabilities/