Friday, May 10, 2013

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Friday, May 10, 2013

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Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Exhausted Kermit Gosnell Jury Goes Home, Two Weeks With No Verdict
• Gallup Poll: 58% of Americans Oppose All or Most Abortions

• Poll: Media Bias Results in Few Americans Following Gosnell Murder Trial
Details of Kermit Gosnell Abortion Horrors Taking Emotional Toll on Jury

More Pro-Life News
• White House Celebrates Mother’s Day Promoting HHS Abortion Mandate
• Cardinal O’Malley to Boycott Boston College Graduation’s Pro-Abortion Speaker

• Mother’s Day Love: Mom Fights for Baby Given 25% Chance to Survive

• Seeing is Believing: Videos Show The Inhuman Abortion Industry
• Pennsylvania Abortion Activists Fought New Anti-Gosnell Laws, But Lost
• Nationwide Campaign Will Use Lawsuits to Bring Down Abortion Industry
• DEA Bust Shuts Down Ohio Abortion Clinic Stealing Women’s Blood
• We Must Continue Efforts to De-Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
We Trusted God to Help Save Our Miracle Twin Girls From Death
• Vermont Senate Approves Bill Legalizing Assisted Suicide

• Ireland Abortion Activists Want to Criminalize “Ecocide” Against Plants
Judge Won’t Stop Ruling Allowing Plan B Drug for Teen Girls

• Activists Exploit Sick Woman’s Plight to Legalize Abortion in El Salvador
• Pro-Life Women’s Group Awards Young Women Active Against Abortiony



Exhausted Kermit Gosnell Jury Goes Home, Two Weeks With No Verdict
An emotionally exhausted jury in the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell is going home for the weekend.

After two weeks of deliberations — with much of it spent getting an understanding of how to apply the law from the judge in the case and listening again to testimony of Gosnell staffers about how he and his staff killed babies in abortions and infanticides — the jury has no verdict. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/exhausted-kermit-gosnell-jury-goes-home-two-weeks-with-no-verdict/
Gallup Poll: 58% of Americans Oppose All or Most Abortions
With the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell in full swing, a new Gallup poll of Americans nationwide find well over half oppose all or virtually all abortions.

Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll, conducted May 2-7, find 58 percent of Americans want either all or almost all abortions illegal — with 20% saying it should be illegal in all circumstances and 38% favoring it in only in a few circumstances. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/gallup-poll-58-of-americans-oppose-all-or-most-abortions/
Poll: Media Bias Results in Few Americans Following Gosnell Murder Trial
A new national Gallup poll today shows few Americans are paying attention to the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell, in what may be a reflection of the poor coverage of it in the mainstream media.
As the survey, which shows a majority of Americans are pro-life on abortion, shows, only about one-quarter of Americans say they have followed news of the case either very closely (7%) or somewhat closely (18%). http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/poll-few-americans-paying-attention-to-kermit-gosnell-murder-trial/
Details of Kermit Gosnell Abortion Horrors Taking Emotional Toll on Jury
Day Eight of jury deliberations in the Kermit Gosnell murder case ended yesterday without a verdict after more testimony from another witness was read back.

The jury heard the testimony of Adrienne Moton, the first of Gosnell’s former employees to testify. Moton previously pled guilty to one count of third degree murder for snipping the spinal cord of Baby D, two counts of conspiracy and one count related to corrupt organizations. Her guilty plea allows her the possibility of a lighter sentence based on her cooperation with the prosecution. She has not yet been sentenced. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/details-of-kermit-gosnell-abortion-horrors-taking-emotional-toll-on-jury/

White House Celebrates Mother’s Day Promoting HHS Abortion Mandate
The White House found a way to celebrate Mother’s Day early, by sending out a series of tweets today promoting Obamacare.

The official White House Twitter account specifically touting the HHS abortion mandate that compels religious groups to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions under their employee health care plans. The mandate is so egregious it has drawn more than 100 lawsuits from religious groups, business, school and others who are not allowed to opt out under the narrow provisions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/white-house-celebrates-mothers-day-promoting-hhs-abortion-mandate/
Cardinal O’Malley to Boycott Boston College Graduation’s Pro-Abortion Speaker
Archdiocese of Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley will boycott the commencement at Boston College because the Catholic educational institution is hosting the Prime Minister of Ireland at a time when the nation faces a government bill that would okay some abortions.

The College is scheduled to award Edna Kenny an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/cardinal-omalley-to-boycott-boston-college-graduations-pro-abortion-speaker/
Mother’s Day Love: Mom Fights for Baby Given 25% Chance to Survive
In view of Mother’s Day, we reflect on how very few things in life can compare to the love of a mother for her child. When a child faces an illness or disability, somehow that maternal bond becomes even stronger and more beautiful. Losing that opportunity to love a little miracle is just one reason abortion is such a tragedy.
Little nine-month-old Ryan Black is one of those miracles. He has hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which means that the left side of his heart didn’t develop in the womb. When he was born, he had severe breathing difficulties and had to be rushed 50 miles to a special heart unit at another hospital. He was given only a 25-percent chance of survival. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/mothers-day-love-mom-fights-for-baby-given-25-chance-to-survive/
Seeing is Believing: Videos Show The Inhuman Abortion Industry
o you remember the great movie “Amazing Grace,” about William Wilberforce, the Christian Parliamentarian who led the charge to abolish the British slave trade. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/seeing-is-believing-videos-show-the-inhuman-abortion-industry/

Pennsylvania Abortion Activists Fought New Anti-Gosnell Laws, But Lost
If you’ve been following the Kermit Gosnell trial at all, you might have come to the conclusion that Pennsylvania is the most lax state in the nation when it comes to abortion law and the regulation of abortion facilities. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/pennsylvania-abortion-activists-fought-new-anti-gosnell-laws-but-lost/

Nationwide Campaign Will Use Lawsuits to Bring Down Abortion Industry
Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards told The Hill a couple days ago she thrives on controversy. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/nationwide-campaign-will-use-lawsuits-to-bring-down-abortion-industry/

DEA Bust Shuts Down Ohio Abortion Clinic Stealing Women’s Blood
Last month the State of Ohio ordered the closing of two the state’s abortion clinics: the Capital Care facility in Cuyahoga Falls and the Center for Choice facility in Toledo. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/dea-bust-shuts-down-ohio-abortion-clinic-stealing-womens-blood/
We Must Continue Efforts to De-Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
While the Students for Life of America team are on campuses every day across the country educating and activating the college-aged students; Planned Parenthood markets too, for their “create-a-customer” business model. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/we-must-continue-efforts-to-de-fund-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz/
We Trusted God to Help Save Our Miracle Twin Girls From Death
My story begins in mid-December 2001. I was newly married, healthy, excited and shocked to be carrying twins! All had been going along in the pregnancy just fine until one Saturday morning. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/we-trusted-god-to-help-save-our-miracle-twin-girls-from-death/
Vermont Senate Approves Bill Legalizing Assisted Suicide
The Vermont state Senate approved a measure to make the state the third to legalize assisted suicide, following Oregon and Washington. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/vermont-legislature-approves-bill-legalizing-assisted-suicide/
Ireland Abortion Activists Want to Criminalize “Ecocide” Against Plants
Radical environmentalists want to criminalize the development of the land and resources as a “crime against peace,” they call “ecocide.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/ireland-abortion-activists-want-ecocide-against-plants-flowers/
Judge Won’t Stop Ruling Allowing Plan B Drug for Teen Girls
A federal judge says teenage girls as young as 15 are allowed to purchase the Plan B morning after pill over the counter while the case against a ruling initially allowing it continues. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/judge-wont-stop-ruling-allowing-plan-b-drug-for-teen-girls/
Activists Exploit Sick Woman’s Plight to Legalize Abortion in El Salvador
It is almost depressing to think about, but there are people around the world hailed as champions of human rights who have made a career advocating for the death of their fellow humans, while those seeking the protection of all human life are labeled “cruel” and “inhuman.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/activists-exploit-sick-womans-plight-to-legalize-abortion-in-el-salvador/
Pro-Life Women’s Group Awards Young Women Active Against Abortion
Every Spring, the Susan B. Anthony List presents its Young Leader Awards to a group of young women who embody the pro-life legacy of Susan B. Anthony, to honor and encourage a new group of young pro-life women leaders in their efforts to stand up for Life. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/10/pro-life-womens-group-awards-young-women-active-against-abortion/
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