LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 2/26/15

LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report
Thursday, February 26, 2015

For pro-life news updated throughout the day, visit LifeNews.com.

Top Stories
• Ben Carson: Ridiculous How Abortion Activists Call Pro-Life People “Anti-Woman”
• With GOP Votes, Senate Committee Approves Pro-Abortion Loretta Lynch as Attorney General
• Not One Democrat Sponsors New Senate Bill to Ban Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
• Mom Was Told She Should Abort Her Baby With Down Syndrome, Her Response Was Perfect

More Pro-Life News• 13-Year-Old Girl Sold Into Slavery, Forced to Conceive Children and Deliver Babies for Sale
• This Baby is Guaranteed to Make You Smile, Child’s Laugh Make Her the Most Adorable Villain• Meet Seth: The Miracle Baby Born to a Mom Who Thought She’d Never Get to Have Kids
• The Doctors Said He Would Die, But Baby Easton is a Fighter
• Terminally Ill Mother Was Never Supposed to See Her Son’s 1st Birthday, But a Miracle Happened
• Chen Guangcheng: Hilary Clinton “Gave In” to China, Sold Out My Freedom to Chinese
• Planned Parenthood Fundraising Email: Abortion is “A Simple Way to Save Lives”
• Franklin Graham: America’s Morality is Crumbling Thanks in Part to Obama’s Abortion Extremism
• Oklahoma House Passes Bill to Ban Dismemberment Abortions Tearing Babies Limb From Limb
• Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Signs Bill Banning Webcam Abortions
• Kansas Doctor With History of Incompetence Secretly Signs on at Wichita Abortion Clinic
• Pro-Life Leader Empowers Nigerians Through Education Against Abortion

Ben Carson: Ridiculous How Abortion Activists Call Pro-Life People “Anti-Woman”
Likely Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson opened the conservative CPAC 2015 conference today with an inspiring speech to attendees. During his address, he touched on pro-life themes and complained how abortion advocates label people who are pro-life “anti-woman.”
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/ben-carson-complains-ridiculous-how-abortion-activists-call-pro-life-people-anti-woman/

With GOP Votes, Senate Committee Approves Pro-Abortion Loretta Lynch as Attorney General
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of pro-abortion Loretta Lynch as the next Attorney General, replacing pro-abortion Eric Holder in that top spot in the Obama administration. Lynch’s nomination now heads to the full Senate.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/with-gop-votes-senate-committee-approves-pro-abortion-loretta-lynch-as-attorney-general/

Not One Democrat Sponsors New Senate Bill to Ban Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
Members of the U.S. Senate today introduced legislation to completely ban taxpayer funding of abortions. Interestingly, not one Democrat signed on to the legislation, even though at least a couple of Senate Democrats claim to be “pro-life.”
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/not-one-democrat-signs-on-to-new-congressional-bill-to-ban-taxpayer-funding-of-abortion/

Mom Was Told She Should Abort Her Baby With Down Syndrome, Her Response Was Perfect
Two-year-old Gabe has Down Syndrome, but sometimes his mother, Sherry, forgets that her son has the genetic condition. Sherry explained more about Gabe on her blog, Hand Me Downs.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/mom-was-told-she-should-abort-her-baby-with-down-syndrome-her-response-was-perfect/

13-Year-Old Girl Sold Into Slavery, Forced to Conceive Children and Deliver Babies for Sale
In India, a 13-years old girl known as Phulmani was sold into slavery, forced to act as a surrogate mother and deliver six children by human traffickers from Jharkhand. Initially, an agent lured Phulmani to Delhi from her village with the promise of a job in the national capital.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/13-year-old-girl-sold-into-slavery-forced-to-conceive-children-and-deliver-babies-for-sale/

This Baby is Guaranteed to Make You Smile, Child’s Laugh Make Her the Most Adorable Villain
A video of a baby boy laughing has gone viral, and not because his laugh is charming, but because it’s mischievous. The baby in the video hails from Russia and his laugh sounds like he’s a mini villain from a Hollywood film.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/this-baby-is-guaranteed-to-make-you-smile-childs-laugh-make-her-the-most-adorable-villain/

Meet Seth: The Miracle Baby Born to a Mom Who Thought She’d Never Get to Have Kids
At the Royal Derby Hospital in the United Kingdom, Amy Caulton received a life-saving kidney transplant when she was nine-years-old. She shared more about the experience with the Daily Mail.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/meet-seth-the-miracle-baby-born-to-a-mom-who-thought-shed-never-get-to-have-kids/

The Doctors Said He Would Die, But Baby Easton is a Fighter
Like all first time moms, Danielle Orris was a bit nervous when she first discovered she was pregnant, but once she made the announcement to her family, she was nothing but excited.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/the-doctors-said-he-would-die-but-baby-easton-is-a-fighter/

Terminally Ill Mother Was Never Supposed to See Her Son’s 1st Birthday, But a Miracle Happened http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/terminally-ill-mother-was-never-supposed-to-see-her-sons-1st-birthday-but-a-miracle-happened/

Chen Guangcheng: Hilary Clinton “Gave In” to China, Sold Out My Freedom to Chinese http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/chen-guangcheng-hilary-clinton-gave-in-to-china-sold-out-my-freedom-to-chinese/

Planned Parenthood Fundraising Email: Abortion is “A Simple Way to Save Lives” http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/planned-parenthood-says-in-fundraising-email-abortion-is-a-simple-way-to-save-lives/

Franklin Graham: America’s Morality is Crumbling Thanks in Part to Obama’s Abortion Extremism http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/franklin-graham-americas-morality-is-crumbling-thanks-in-part-to-obamas-abortion-extremism/

Oklahoma House Passes Bill to Ban Dismemberment Abortions Tearing Babies Limb From Limb http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/oklahoma-house-passes-bill-to-ban-dismemberment-abortions-tearing-babies-limb-from-limb/

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Signs Bill Banning Webcam Abortions http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/arkansas-governor-asa-hutchinson-signs-bill-banning-webcam-abortions/

Kansas Doctor With History of Incompetence Secretly Signs on at Wichita Abortion Clinic http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/kansas-doctor-with-history-of-incompetence-secretly-signs-on-at-wichita-abortion-clinic/

Pro-Life Leader Empowers Nigerians Through Education Against Abortion http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/26/pro-life-leader-empowers-nigerians-through-education-against-abortion/

From 40 Days For Life: DAY 9: Bad weather ... good news

 

Dear Deacon John,

 

There are only a few 40 Days for Life vigil locations having tolerable weather this week. But wouldn’t you know … it’s the places with the worst weather that are seeing some of the most amazing blessings right now!

 

In really bad weather, schools close ... offices close ... and some businesses close, too – even abortion centers.

 

So if God put shoveling snow on your schedule today, smile! You may be snowed in … but so is the abortionist!

 

McKinney, Texas

 

 

 

Icy Texas roads have been a big concern for vigil volunteers in McKinney this week … so Paul, the local leader, has stressed safety. “On a positive note,” he said, “Planned Parenthood closed due to weather for two days and is already scheduled to be closed Friday. That means Planned Parenthood is closed all week!”

 

Earlier in the campaign, it wasn’t snow and ice but rain that concerned Paul and his team. As they were arriving for an event last week, they saw rain in the distance. “We barely had the books sheltered under the plastic table before it started raining buckets,” he said. “Instead of setting up the sound equipment, we bundled up and prayed.”

 

People started showing up in the rain … but right before the event was set to start, the rain stopped. Eventually, more than 50 people turned out.

 

“I may have temporarily lost my voice by the end but everything went pretty smoothly even without a sound system,” Paul said. “After our closing prayer, a volunteer announced that someone had bought pizza for everyone. God is good!”

 

Roanoke, Virginia

 

Sean, the local leader in Roanoke, sent out a great message: “Zero abortions this week!”

 

“The snow came down hard and canceled our kick-off prayer rally,” he said, “but the snow did not cancel our prayers.”

 

And then it kept on snowing. And this time, the weather shut down Planned Parenthood.

 

“Because Planned Parenthood was closed,” Sean said, “women who were scheduled to have an abortion last week were not able to keep their appointments in Roanoke.”

 

Fullerton, Maryland

 

 

 

It was yet another cold day as 40 Days for Life volunteers in Baltimore’s Fullerton area rallied outside the abortion center. The local leaders shared some thoughts that were offered by the speakers at the event.

 

Pastor Dale South observed that the Apostle Paul’s preaching in Ephesus was “bad for business” for the idol makers. “Our hope here as we gather for these 40 days,” he said, “is that we will rightly be accused of being bad for business for the abortion business ... but that it will be very good for the mothers and babies.”

 

“As a senior in high school I gave a speech on abortion,” Sherrie Palmateer told the group. “Unknown to me, a classmate was pregnant and considering abortion. Because of my speech, she did not abort her baby… and I just recently saw her 31-year-old daughter and grandchildren on Facebook. We never know who we are affecting. God knows. He just asks us to be His voice.”

Today’s devotional is from Carmen Pate of Alliance Ministries.

Day 9 intention

Pray that the post-abortive woman would be repentant, accept forgiveness, be healed and restored, and bring glory to God with her new life.

Scripture

I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.

— Psalm 32:5

Reflection by Carmen Pate

Because abortion is legal in America, many have justified their choice. “If it’s legal, it can’t be wrong, right?” 

We now have an entire generation of men and women who have never known abortion to be illegal; a generation of people who have never been broken over their sin of abortion.

As a result, the consequences of unconfessed sin weigh on their souls, yet they have never connected the dots as to why their hearts are heavy. No wonder we have millions of women who are struggling with depression, addictions, eating disorders and more.

Post abortion syndrome is very real but recovery begins when the individual agrees with God as David confessed in Psalm 51:3-4, 14, “Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight — that You may be found just when You speak, and blameless when you Judge. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation.” 

Brokenness is the key to accessing God’s glorious mercy and healing. Christ came to heal the brokenhearted and He is waiting with open arms to take the post-abortive woman on a glorious journey of healing and restoration if she will only run to Him.

God will not waste any sin we lay at His feet. Imagine millions of healed and restored post-abortive women like myself singing aloud of His righteousness and giving testimony of His love and forgiveness.

What a day of rejoicing that will be!

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we have turned our backs on you and your principles in your Word. We have allowed man to usurp Your role as God over life and the number of our days.

But we come to you in brokenness and repentance over our sin.

We cry out for Your mercy and ask you to remove the scourge of abortion from our land. Use us as your vessels, Lord, to bring the light of Your Truth to our nation once again. Because of Christ we pray, Amen.

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For life,

 

SHAWN CARNEY Campaign Director 40 Days for Life www.40daysforlife.com

 

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 2/25/15

LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

For pro-life news updated throughout the day, visit LifeNews.com.

Top Stories
• 17-Year-Old Who Awoke From Coma Pregnant After a Violent Rape Bravely Rejects Abortion
• Woman Arrested for Murder After Abandoning Her Newborn, Stray Dogs Ate The Baby
• 10 Pro-Abortion Myths That Need to Be Completely Debunked
• You Won’t Believe How This Pro-Life Doctor Saved a Woman’s Baby Midway Through an Abortion

More Pro-Life News• West Virginia Legislature Passes Ban on Abortions After 20 Weeks
• Obamacare Will Pay for Your Abortion But Won’t Include Your Baby in Your Health Insurance• Amazing Pro-Life Video “Stolen Moments” Gives a Face to Aborted Babies
• Man Shoots Pregnant Girlfriend in the Head and Kills Her Unborn Baby
• Pro-Abortion Group Protests 20-Week Abortion Ban in Empty Room, No One Attends Rally
• Doing This With Your Unborn Baby Really Will Improve Their Language Skills Later in Life
• Teenage Girl in India Dies After Being Forced to Take Abortion Drug
• Scientist: Giving Birth to Disabled Children is a “Crime Against Humanity,” Abort Instead
• Writer Argues Abortion is a Good Thing Because It Prevents Infanticide
• What This Abortion Clinic’s Website Tells Women Will Put Their Lives at Risk
• Britain Gives Final Approval to Scientists Creating Three-Parent Embryos
• Amnesty International Pressures Ireland to Legalize Abortions, Ignores Human Rights for Babies
• Canadian College’s Student Government Bans Pro-Life Student Group Without Explanation

17-Year-Old Who Awoke From Coma Pregnant After a Violent Rape Bravely Rejects Abortion
In Australia, 17-year-old April-lee Gillen was found lying unconscious and critically injured beside a road after an attempted abduction. A motorist found Gillen and brought her to Wollongong Hospital, where she was treated for a broken angle, collapsed lung and bleeding on her brain.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/17-year-old-left-in-a-coma-pregnant-after-a-violent-rape-bravely-rejects-abortion/

Woman Arrested for Murder After Abandoning Her Newborn, Stray Dogs Ate The Baby
In Honduras, a 23-year-old woman has been charged with infanticide and abandoning a child after her newborn was left alone in a courtyard and eaten by stray dogs. The woman, Elda Esperanza Espino Garcia, lived alone and allegedly gave birth to the child behind a tree then left it alone while she returned to the house to get a blanket.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/woman-arrested-for-murder-after-abandoning-her-newborn-stay-dogs-ate-the-baby/

10 Pro-Abortion Myths That Need to Be Completely Debunked
Planned Parenthood clinics have been caught on tape telling women that no women were hurt at their clinics, even after medical emergencies had just occurred. The truth is that women do die from abortion, they do lose their future fertility, they do end up in emergency rooms.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/10-pro-abortion-myths-that-need-to-be-completely-debunked/

You Won’t Believe How This Pro-Life Doctor Saved a Woman’s Baby Midway Through an Abortion
Advancements in science and medical technology have proven to be great gifts to the pro-life movement time and time again. Doctors are able to routinely deliver premature babies at earlier and earlier stages of development.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/you-wont-believe-how-this-pro-life-doctor-saved-a-womans-baby-midway-through-an-abortion/

West Virginia Legislature Passes Ban on Abortions After 20 Weeks
The West Virginia state legislature passed a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks. More than 18,000 ‘very late term’ abortions are performed every year on perfectly healthy unborn babies in America.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/west-virginia-legislature-passes-ban-on-abortions-after-20-weeks/

Obamacare Will Pay for Your Abortion But Won’t Include Your Baby in Your Health Insurance
President Obama promised that under the Affordable Care Act those who needed health insurance would be covered and that the American people wouldn’t be funding abortions. Unfortunately, it turns out that both of these promises were falsehoods.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/obamacare-will-pay-for-your-abortion-but-wont-include-your-baby-in-your-health-insurance/

Amazing Pro-Life Video “Stolen Moments” Gives a Face to Aborted Babies
An amazing new pro-life video called “Stolen Moments” gives a face to “the lives ended by abortion” according to producer Jason Vaughn.
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/amazing-pro-life-video-stolen-moments-gives-a-face-to-aborted-babies/

Man Shoots Pregnant Girlfriend in the Head and Kills Her Unborn Baby
Authorities charged Brian D. Williams of Missouri Tuesday with four counts of murder in the deaths of three adults and an unborn baby. Maples’ unborn baby was estimated to be 7-8 weeks old. The baby died as “a result of being suffocated from Maples sustaining trauma from the gunshots.”
Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/man-shoots-pregnant-girlfriend-in-the-head-and-kills-her-unborn-baby/

Pro-Abortion Group Protests 20-Week Abortion Ban in Empty Room, No One Attends Rally http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/pro-abortion-group-protests-20-week-abortion-ban-in-empty-room-no-one-attends-rally/

Doing This With Your Unborn Baby Really Will Improve Their Language Skills Later in Life http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/doing-this-with-your-unborn-baby-really-will-improve-their-language-skills-later-in-life/

Teenage Girl in India Dies After Being Forced to Take Abortion Drug http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/teenage-girl-in-india-dies-after-being-forced-to-take-abortion-drug/

Scientist: Giving Birth to Disabled Children is a “Crime Against Humanity,” Abort Instead http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/scientist-giving-birth-to-disabled-children-is-a-crime-against-humanity-abort-instead/

Writer Argues Abortion is a Good Thing Because It Prevents Infanticide http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/writer-argues-abortion-is-a-good-thing-because-it-prevents-infanticide/

What This Abortion Clinic’s Website Tells Women Will Put Their Lives at Risk http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/what-this-abortion-clinics-website-tells-women-will-put-their-lives-at-risk/

Britain Gives Final Approval to Scientists Creating Three-Parent Embryos http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/britain-gives-final-approval-to-scientists-creating-three-parent-embryos/

Amnesty International Pressures Ireland to Legalize Abortions, Ignores Human Rights for Babies http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/amnesty-international-pressures-ireland-to-legalize-abortions-ignores-human-rights-for-babies/

Canadian College’s Student Government Bans Pro-Life Student Group Without Explanation http://www.lifenews.com/2015/02/25/amnesty-international-pressures-ireland-to-legalize-abortions-ignores-human-rights-for-babies/

From 40 Days For Life: DAY 8: Abortion numbers drop

Dear Deacon John,

 

When we held the first-ever 40 Days for Life campaign in front of the Planned Parenthood abortion center in Bryan/College Station, Texas back in 2004, local abortion numbers dropped by 28%.

God used those 40 days of prayer, fasting and 24-hour vigil in that community to bring 1,000 people into the pro-life movement for the very first time.

That was just the beginning. After much prayer and persistence ... that Planned Parenthood facility closed its doors. Today, that building serves as the location for our international headquarters.

Prayer transformed that community ... and it can transform your community.

That facility is just one of 60 abortion centers that have closed following 40 Days for Life campaigns outside their doors. These closures do not happen overnight. But they do show the power of prayer.

Could your city be the next to become abortion-free?

Spring Valley, New York

 

 

“Even though the sacrifice is great,” said Eileen, the local coordinator in Spring Valley, “there is great joy in saying yes to God’s will.”

 

The first week of this 40 Days for Life campaign has been quite cold, but volunteers have gathered to pray each day – generally standing in the snow – across from the Planned Parenthood center. There is much at stake here.

 

Eileen said there has been a steady decline in the number of abortions in Rockland County, where Spring Valley is located. In 2006, the year before 40 Days for Life started, the county recorded 704 abortions. By 2012, that number had been cut in half ... to 351.

 

Of course, Eileen said, “one abortion is too many and we have much more work to do. But we are witnessing the direct result of prayer power!”

 

Greenville, South Carolina

 

 

The 40 Days for Life team in Greenville says so far, this campaign has been “amazing” … as unusually cold weather has swept into the area.

 

Right before their big weekend event, a driver leaving the abortion center stopped to deliver a message to the people praying – a woman who had come for an abortion changed her mind.

 

Then during their rally, they learned that two more babies had been saved the day before.

 

“Our prayers and sacrifices – especially braving this extremely cold weather – are being honored by God,” said one of the volunteers. “Praise the Lord for all his blessings!”

 

Overland Park, Kansas

 

 

Add Overland Park to the list of cities where volunteers have described the first week of the campaign as “very cold.”

 

But Wendy, the local leader, said “single digits could not dampen the spirits of the faithful who gathered on the sidewalk outside the Center for Women’s Health abortion facility … and there is much excitement and enthusiasm.” 

 

Volunteers are praying on the public sidewalks surrounding the abortion center. Wendy says by their presence, they are “proclaiming faith that God is taking the ground and that abortion will end here.”

 

Today’s devotional is from Rev. Rob Schenck, president of Faith and Action.

Day 8 intention

We pray for a renewal of our zeal to offer generous help to the unborn and their families.

Scripture

If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant when they complained against me, what then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him? Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?

— Job 31:13-15

Reflection by Rev. Rob Schenck

The ground is level as we stand before God.

Job lived with an awe provoking sense of God's expectation of him, particularly regarding his obligation to care for the weak and needy.

He knew that in God's economy everyone stands on level ground when it comes to our status as God's creatures. Because of that central truth, we must take care of each other.

Job also knew that he didn't deserve any of the good things God gave to him. Instead, those blessings came to Job from God's benevolent heart.

As an extension of that knowledge, Job instinctively linked his obligation to be generous to others to God's kindness toward him.

As in Jesus’ parable of the unmerciful servant (Matthew 18:23-35), Job knew that it is an egregious sin to deny to others what we enjoy ourselves.

He actually calls down on his own head severe condemnation and even punishment should he fail to share with others out of his own abundance (see verses 16-23).

Proverbs 3:27 reads, “Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.” Some things are so obvious that we don't even need to pray except to ask of God forgiveness and the power to do what so obviously needs doing.

Prayer

God, forgive us when we try to explain away the obligation we have to help others who need help.

Enable us to not devalue them because they are in the circumstance that they are in, but to see them for what they are, those, who like us, were formed by your hand in their mother's womb. Amen.

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For life,

SHAWN CARNEY Campaign Director 40 Days for Life www.40daysforlife.com