Monday, April 22, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 4/22/13




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Monday, April 22, 2013

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Top Stories
• Obama to Attend Planned Parenthood Gala as Kermit Gosnell on Trial
• Gosnell Defense Starts This Week After Jury Hears of Brutal Infanticides

• Members of Congress Shocked After Watching Kermit Gosnell Documentary
Botched Abortion Victim: Gosnell “Left an Arm and Leg Inside Me”

More Pro-Life News
• Doctor Loses License: Severed Baby’s Limb in Botched Abortion
• New Report: Networks Still Censoring Gosnell Murder Trial

• Kermit Gosnell is Not an Exception, He’s the Face of Abortion

• Remembering a Baby Born Alive After a 22-23 Week Abortion
• Like Gosnell, Abortion Doctors Fine With Killing Late-Term Babies
• Kid With Down Syndrome Defies Doctors to be Cincinnati Reds Batboy
• Government Seeks 45 Years for Activist Who Shot Up Pro-Life Office
• Most Young People Don’t Know Planned Parenthood Does Abortions
Texas Bill Still Allows Doctors to Force DNR Without Consent

• Planned Parenthood and Gosnell: Bottom Line > Women’s Health
• Mother Says Abortion Activist Assaulted Her Teen Son Outside Clinic

• Washington Post Has History of Burying Abortion Horrors Like Gosnell

• Margaret Thatcher’s Views on Abortion Might Surprise You
• California Votes Tuesday on Allowing Nurses to Do Abortions
Savita Inquest Results Don’t Justify Ireland Allowing Abortion

• Activists Use Papayas to Teach Abortion Methods in Pro-Life Nations
• California Grants Show Ethical Stem Cells Still Help Patients Best



Obama to Attend Planned Parenthood Gala as Kermit Gosnell on Trial
This past week, after the U.S. Senate failed to pass the bill on universal background checks for gun purchases, President Obama gave a speech in the Rose Garden. Reports have claimed that he was “angry,” that he “lashed out,” and that the loss was an “emotional blow” to the president.

Indeed, President Obama has spent many hours for months campaigning for gun restrictions. And it seems that sensible people could reach a compromise to protect the innocent among us, while still preserving our constitutional right. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/obama-to-attend-planned-parenthood-gala-as-kermit-gosnell-on-trial/

Gosnell Defense Starts This Week After Jury Hears of Brutal Infanticides
The jaw-dropping testimony of the prosecution’s final witness in the frightful Kermit Gosnell murder trial overshadowed two other witnesses who testified against the man accused of running a “charnel house” where newborn babies struggling for life were summarily dispatched through virtual “beheadings.”

Former Gosnell employee Kareema Cross testified calmly and sometimes defiantly under defense questioning, of filthy conditions, reused medical equipment that spread venereal diseases from one patient to another, rampant misuse of sedation by poorly educated and unqualified employees, and the cold-hearted severing of spinal cords of babies born alive after late-term abortions that were done well past the legal limit in Pennsylvania. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/gosnell-defense-starts-this-week-after-jury-hears-of-brutal-inanticides/
Members of Congress Shocked After Watching Kermit Gosnell Documentary
Members of Congress were described as shocked after seeing a documentary on Friday that profiles the House of Horrors abortion clinic run by Kermit Gosnell where gruesome late-term abortions and infanticides occurred.
The Susan B. Anthony List and the Pennsylvania Family Institute hosted a Capitol Hill staff briefing and screening of the documentary film, 3801 Lancaster, for members of Congress and their staff. The film details Kermit Gosnell’s “house of horrors” clinic and the abortion practitioner who is currently on trial for the murder of seven newborn babies and one woman who died from a botched legal abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/members-of-congress-shocked-after-watching-kermit-gosnell-documentary/
Botched Abortion Victim: Gosnell “Left an Arm and Leg Inside Me”
The Kermit Gosnell murder trial has exposed some gruesome and sobering details about Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell and his “house of horrors” abortion clinic. While jurors have heard details about a woman Gosnell killed in a botched legal abortion, they won’t hear much about other women Gosnell killed or injured in abortions.

In one of the earliest articles about Gosnell’s brutal practice, Operation Rescue Senior Policy Advisor Cheryl Sullenger divulged additional information about these women. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/botched-abortion-victim-gosnell-left-an-arm-and-leg-inside-me/

Doctor Loses License: Severed Baby’s Limb in Botched Abortion
The Florida Board of Medicine took action to suspend the medical license of late-term abortionist James Scott Pendergraft, IV on Friday after he failed to pay the Board fines from a previous disciplinary action that totaled over $120,000.

The settlement agreement reached between the Board and Pendergraft orders that his medical license “shall be indefinitely suspended until such time as [Pendergraft] complies” with the order to pay his fines. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/doctor-loses-license-severed-babys-limb-in-botched-abortion/
New Report: Networks Still Censoring Gosnell Murder Trial
A new report from the Media Research Center shows the three network television stations are still censoring any coverage of the trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell.

Although the bombing of the Boston Marathon rightfully commanded much of the media’s attention last week, the Big Three broadcast networks still found time for a host of superficial and inconsequential “news” stories while continuing to censor the horrific details of abortionist Kermit Gosnell’s murder trial in Philadelphia, the Media Research Center says. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/new-report-networks-still-censoring-gosnell-murder-trial/
Kermit Gosnell is Not an Exception, He’s the Face of Abortion
Kirsten Powers has done a national service, by virtue of her now famous USA Today column, of getting the news of the trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell on the national radar screen.
This of course, is the horror story of a cesspool in Philadelphia posturing as an abortion clinic, operating without inspection for 17 years. Gosnell, the doctor who ran the place, has been formally charged of murder of one woman and seven infants. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/kermit-gosnell-is-not-an-exception-hes-the-face-of-abortion/
Remembering a Baby Born Alive After a 22-23 Week Abortion
A Gyn Diagnostics Center, an abortion clinic in Hialeah, Florida, has a slick and professional-looking website. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/remembering-a-baby-born-alive-after-a-22-23-week-abortion/
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Like Gosnell, Abortion Doctors Fine With Killing Late-Term Babies
The details coming from the trial of abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia are brutal and disturbing. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/like-gosnell-abortion-doctors-fine-with-killing-late-term-babies/

Kid With Down Syndrome Defies Doctors to be Cincinnati Reds Batboy
The pernicious search and destroy mission to wipe people with Down off of the planet through eugenic abortion is taking so much love out of the world. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/kid-with-down-syndrome-defies-doctors-to-be-cincinnati-reds-batboy/

Government Seeks 45 Years for Activist Who Shot Up Pro-Life Office
The government is seeking a 45-year prison term for a liberal activist who shot up a pro-life organization’s national office in Washington, D.C. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/government-seeks-45-years-for-activist-who-shot-up-pro-life-office/
Most Young People Don’t Know Planned Parenthood Does Abortions
Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, has set their sights on college-aged women – preying on them in their moments of crisis and panic. We must expose Planned Parenthood as the big abortion business that they are — and show young people just how Planned Parenthood is profiting off of them. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/most-young-people-dont-know-planned-parenthood-does-abortions/
Texas Bill Still Allows Doctors to Force DNR Without Consent
Back in February, I complained about Texas SB. 303, which would allow doctors to impose a Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) Order on a patient’s file without consent. Since then, I have been to Austin testifying against the bill, and some salutory changes were made, although the bill still seems unacceptable to me. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/texas-bill-still-allows-doctors-to-force-dnr-without-consent/
Planned Parenthood and Gosnell: Bottom Line > Women’s Health
In recent days, the trial of Kermit Gosnell has brought abortion to the headlines of even the mainstream media. After years of his crimes being public knowledge and over a month of him being on trial, the blackout has ended and America is suddenly asking, “How could this happen?!” . http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/planned-parenthood-and-gosnell-bottom-line-womens-health/
Mother Says Abortion Activist Assaulted Her Teen Son Outside Clinic
A mother of a teenage boy says her son was assaulted by a pro-abortion activist outside an abortion clinic in Huntsville, Alabama during a December 2012 protest. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/mother-says-abortion-activist-assaulted-her-teen-son-outside-clinic/
Washington Post Has History of Burying Abortion Horrors Like Gosnell
During the past couple of weeks there has been a concerted effort by pro-lifers to get the mainstream media to cover the ongoing trial of notorious late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/washington-post-has-history-of-playing-down-abortion-horrors-like-gosnell/
Margaret Thatcher’s Views on Abortion Might Surprise You
John Smeaton of SPUC has this week published a short blog listing Baroness Thatcher’s voting record on abortion which he describes as ‘mixed, with a move in a more positive direction in her later parliamentary years. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/margaret-thatchers-views-on-abortion-might-surprise-you/
California Votes Tuesday on Allowing Nurses to Do Abortions
California state legislators will vote Tuesday on whether or not the abortion law in the Golden State should be expanded to allow nurses to do surgical abortions, even though licensed physicians kill and injure women in abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/california-votes-tuesday-on-allowing-nurses-to-do-abortions/
Activists Use Papayas to Teach Abortion Methods in Pro-Life Nations
The latest effort to recruit abortionists relies on stealth and fresh fruit. Using a papaya as a uterus, medical students learn abortion techniques under the guise of “miscarriage management.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/activists-use-papayas-to-teach-abortion-methods-in-pro-life-nations/
Savita Inquest Results Don’t Justify Ireland Allowing Abortion
The jury in the Savita Halappanavar inquest has returned a unanimous verdict of death by medical misadventure. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/savita-inquest-results-dont-justify-ireland-allowing-abortion/
California Grants Show Ethical Stem Cells Still Help Patients Best
The most recent round of grants by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) demonstrates – again – where the future of stem cell research lies. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/22/california-grants-show-ethical-stem-cells-still-help-patients-best/


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