Thursday, March 14, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 3/14/13





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Thursday, March 14, 2013

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Top Stories
• Pope Francis Offers His Second Blessing to Pregnant Mom, Unborn Baby
• Trial of Abortion Doc Who Snipped Babies’ Spinal Cords Starts Monday

• Remembering When Pope Francis Washed the Feet of Pregnant Moms
 Dominos Pizza Founder Wins Court Order Stopping HHS Abortion Mandate

More Pro-Life News• Grandma Attacked Filming Fourth Botched Abortion at Planned Parenthood
• Pope Francis: Defend the Unborn From Abortion Even if Persecuted

• Marco Rubio: Not Anti-Woman to be Pro-Life, Against Abortion

• When Kermit Gosnell’s Employees Wanted Abortions, They Looked Elsewhere• Atheist Professor Richard Dawkins: Pig More “Human” Than Fetus
• Planned Parenthood Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Heads to Appeals Court

• Pro-Life Women’s Group Wins Grassroots Organization Award at CPAC
• China Continues to Persecute Family of Activist Chen Guangcheng

• Preventing the Next Kermit Gosnell, Abortion “House of Horrors”
• Pro-Life Activists at UN Heartened by Election of Pope Francis

• Pro-Abortion Protestors Disrupt Talk by Pro-Life Canadian MP
• Bishops to Meet With Gov. Cuomo to Stop His Bill for Late-Term Abortions
• Obama Rationing Czar Donald Berwick Now Works for UK’s NHS
• Minnesota Man Charged With Killing Pregnant Wife, Unborn Child



Pope Francis Offers His Second Blessing to Pregnant Mom, Unborn BabyNewly-elected Pope Francis used his second-ever blessing as the head of the Catholic Church to bless a pregnant mother and her unborn child.
The blessing a symbolic overture to the pro-life movement and underscores the importance the Catholic Church places on protecting women and unborn children from abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/pope-francis-offers-his-second-blessing-to-pregnant-mom-unborn-baby/
Trial of Abortion Doc Who Snipped Babies’ Spinal Cords Starts MondayThe trial of the infamous abortion doctor who “snipped” the spinal cords of babies in a bizarre live-birth abortion procedure begins on Monday, with 12 jurors having been chosen this week.
Jury selection has concluded in Kermit Gosnell’s case and opening statements are expected to begin next week in the case. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/trial-of-abortion-doc-who-snipped-babies-spinal-cords-starts-monday/
Remembering When Pope Francis Washed the Feet of Pregnant MomsHe is a collection of firsts: the first non-European pope, the first Latin American pope, the first Jesuit pope, and the first pope to call himself Francis. Of the 5,800 journalists who were covering the conclave, none came even close to predicting the elevation of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy. Once again, as in the case of the Blessed John Paul the Great, the Holy Spirit has surprised us all.
By now everyone knows that the former archbishop of Buenos Aires is the Argentine-born son of an Italian railway worker who leads a life of apostolic poverty. He lives in a small apartment, cooks his own food, and rides the local buses to work. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/remembering-when-pope-francis-washed-the-feet-of-pregnant-moms/
Dominos Pizza Founder Wins Court Order Stopping HHS Abortion MandateThe founder of Dominos Pizza won his bid for a court order to prevent enforcement of the mandate while the lawsuit it filed against the Obama administration over the HHS mandate that forces religious employers to purchase drugs that may cause abortions for their employees continues.
Tom Monaghan calls requiring businesses, schools and other religious places to pay for such drugs a “gravely immoral” practice and filed suit earlier this month in federal court for Domino’s Farms, a business development complex he owns. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/dominos-pizza-founder-wins-court-order-stopping-hhs-abortion-mandate/

Grandma Attacked Filming Fourth Botched Abortion at Planned ParenthoodA 63-year old Catholic grandmother of 12 was violently attacked yesterday outside the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Wilmington, Delaware, as she filmed the fourth abortion injury there in less than five weeks.
Earlier in the day Rae Stabosz had been praying outside the Planned Parenthood clinic when a woman and her mother came to the clinic. Rae learned that the woman was suffering complications to an abortion she received on March 8. Rae persuaded them to go to St. Francis hospital where it was discovered that aborted baby body parts, including a leg and foot, had been left behind by the abortionist. The woman required additional surgery and was referred to legal counsel. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/grandma-attacked-filming-fourth-botched-abortion-at-planned-parenthood/
Pope Francis: Defend the Unborn From Abortion Even if PersecutedThomas Beckwith’s ancestors, enduring the hardships of a storm tossed ocean voyage, landed on American shores in 1626 to escape religious persecution from England. One hundred and fifty years later, one of his ancestors, as a member of the Connecticut militia, fought against the tyrannical British king in the Revolutionary War. Today, Thomas Beckwith, a devout Southern Baptist, and his family-owned Beckwith Electric Company, Inc, filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new form of tyranny and religious persecution—the HHS Mandate.
The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, today announced it filed a 48-page federal lawsuit in a Florida Federal District Court against the Obama Administration challenging the HHS Mandate. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/pope-francis-defend-the-unborn-from-abortion-even-if-persecuted/

Marco Rubio: Not Anti-Woman to be Pro-Life, Against AbortionSenator Marco Rubio, a pro-life Republican from Florida who is widely considered a potential 2016 presidential candidate, took on abortion and the so-called War on Women head on in a speech today at CPAC.
Appearing before thousands of conservative activists at the annual convention, Rubio said he believes life begins at conception and that opposing abortion does not equate to hating women. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/marco-rubio-not-anti-woman-to-be-pro-life-against-abortion/
When Kermit Gosnell’s Employees Wanted Abortions, They Looked ElsewhereAs of Tuesday, 12 jurors had been selected for the murder trial of abortionists Kermit Gosnell. The search is still on for six alternates for a trial expected to last two months. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/when-kermit-gosnells-employees-wanted-abortions-they-looked-elsewhere/
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Atheist Professor Richard Dawkins: Pig More “Human” Than FetusThe atheist proselytizer Richard Dawkins has decided to rattle the cages by claiming on Twitter that a pig is more human than a human fetus. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/atheist-professor-richard-dawkins-pig-more-human-than-fetus/
Planned Parenthood Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Heads to Appeals CourtThe lawsuit from a former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic manager who sued the abortion giant accusing it of engaging in massive fraudulent activities is now heading to a federal appeals court.http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/planned-parenthood-medicaid-fraud-lawsuit-heads-to-appeals-court/
Pro-Life Women’s Group Wins Grassroots Organization Award at CPACLast night the SBA List was honored to receive the award for Grassroots Organization of the Year at the prestigious Weyrich Awards Dinner. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/pro-life-womens-group-wins-grassroots-organization-award-at-cpac/
China Continues to Persecute Family of Activist Chen GuangchengChen Guangcheng, the human rights advocate who escaped China after years of human rights abuses against him following his expose of massive forced abortion campaigns, may be enjoying a peaceful life in the United States. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/china-continues-to-persecute-family-of-activist-chen-guangcheng/
Preventing the Next Kermit Gosnell, Abortion “House of Horrors”Abortionist Kermit Gosnell is on trial for eight counts of murder. The victims are one abortion patient, and seven born-alive infants whose spinal cords were severed at Gosnell’s “house of horrors” abortion facility in Pennsylvania. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/preventing-the-next-kermit-gosnell-abortion-house-of-horrors/
Pro-Life Activists at UN Heartened by Election of Pope FrancisDuring the course of the last 19 years I have often reported about events happening at the United Nations FROM inside the United Nations. Nothing I’ve ever seen, heard, read or reported on compares to this day. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/pro-life-activists-at-un-heartened-by-election-of-pope-francis/
Pro-Abortion Protestors Disrupt Talk by Pro-Life Canadian MPAn event with MP Stephen Woodworth at the University of Waterloo yesterday was derailed as protestors shouted down the speaker, preventing Mr. Woodworth from continuing his presentation to the students assembled. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/pro-abortion-protestors-disrupt-talk-by-pro-life-canadian-mp/
Obama Rationing Czar Donald Berwick Now Works for UK’s NHSThe NHS is a disaster, squared–caused by socialized systems, rationing, and centralized control. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/obama-rationing-czar-donald-berwick-now-works-for-uks-nhs/
Minnesota Man Charged With Killing Pregnant Wife, Unborn ChildOne of those tragic, tragic stories… The Dakota County attorney’s office has charged a Minnesota man with two counts of second-degree intentional murder –one count in the death of Margorie Ann Holland, Roger Holland’s pregnant 37-year-old wife, and one in her unborn child’s death, the Lacrosse Tribune reported. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/minnesota-man-charged-with-killing-pregnant-wife-unborn-child/

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