Thursday, July 11, 2013

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

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Top Stories
• Texas Senate Committee Passes Pro-Life Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks
• Huffington Post Poll: Americans Back 20-Week Abortion Ban by 2-1 Margin

• North Carolina House Passes Pro-Life Bill That May Close Abortion Clinics
2013 Could Set Record For Number of Pro-Life State Laws Stopping Abortions

More Pro-Life News
• Planned Parenthood Rallies to Keep Abortions Legal Up to the Day of Birth
• Cecile Richards Can’t Say if Late-Term Abortions on Healthy Babies is Wrong

• Daughter Proud of Her Mother for Aborting Her Older Sibling

• Raped 11-Year-Old Girl From Chile Courageously Rejects Abortion
• Baby Given 1% Chance of Surviving Turns 10 After Mom Rejected Abortion
• “BroChoice:” Man Complains Casual Sex More Difficult if Abortions Banned
• “Abortion Was Supposed to Kill You Mom:” Why We Should Help Kids Understand Abortion
• Ireland Parliament Votes 127-31 to Legalize Some Abortions

• Unborn Babies Feel Pain Earlier, But at 20 Weeks It’s Excruciating
• Pro-Lifers Show Massive Support for Raped Teen Who Rejected Abortion and Kept Baby

• Pro-Abortion Writer Upset Hundreds Save Down Syndrome Baby From Abortion
• Planned Parenthood Abby Johnson Managed Stops Doing Surgical Abortions

• Abortionist Abandons Patients While He Sends Botched Abortion Victim to Hospital
• Save Money by De-Funding Planned Parenthood, Not by Aborting Viable Babies

• Illinois Upholds Parental Notification on Abortion After 18-Year Legal Battle
Abortions in Michigan Drop Again in 2012, Down 53 Percent Since 1987

• • Texas Senate Committee Passes Pro-Life Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks


Texas Senate Committee Passes Pro-Life Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks
A Texas state Senate committee has taken the next step in the process of getting a ban on late-term abortions in place in Texas. The panel approved the House-backed bill to stop abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Following the debate and vote, abortion activists at the committee hearing disrupted the committee by breaking into a protest song.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/texas-senate-committee-passes-pro-life-bill-banning-abortions-after-20-weeks/
Huffington Post Poll: Americans Back 20-Week Abortion Ban by 2-1 Margin
A new poll conducted for the liberal Huffington Post find Americans support the ban on late-term abortions starting at 20-weeks of pregnancy by almost a 2-1 margin.

“By a margin of 59 percent to 30 percent, respondents to the new poll said they would favor a federal law banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy,” HuffPo reported about its poll.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/huffington-post-poll-americans-ban-20-week-abortion-ban-by-2-1-margin/
North Carolina House Passes Pro-Life Bill That May Close Abortion Clinics
The North Carolina state House has approved a strong pro-life bill that has the potential of closing more abortion clinics in the state — following the closure of one that couldn’t meet basic health and safety standards.
The state House approved SB 353 on a 74-41 vote and the bill now heads back to the state Senate for a concurrence vote after changes in the House. The bill passed the Senate, 27-14.
2013 Could Set Record For Number of Pro-Life State Laws Stopping Abortions
As Texas moves a bill forward that would ban late-term abortions and could put some abortion facilities out of business that can’t follow basic health and safety laws, abortion activists are lamenting how states are passing so many pro-life laws.

A pro-abortion group that is a former Planned Parenthood affiliate and still receives funding for the abortion business, says the number of laws approved this year by state legislatures is ahead of 2012 and could break the record number of pro-life laws set in 2011. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/2013-could-set-record-for-number-of-pro-life-state-laws-stopping-abortions/

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Planned Parenthood Rallies to Keep Abortions Legal Up to the Day of Birth
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards and her pro-abortion friends took to Capitol Hill today to rally against a Congressional bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota and Rep Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut joined the nation’s biggest abortion business to rally for keeping abortions legal right up to the day of birth. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/planned-parenthood-rallies-to-abortions-legal-up-to-the-day-of-birth/
Cecile Richards Can’t Say if Late-Term Abortions on Healthy Babies is Wrong
The typical mantra for Planned Parenthood and other abortion proponents who want late-term abortions to be kept legal is to appeal to hard cases.
The rationale usually involves a woman who desperately wanted her unborn child but, because of some ultra-rare medical condition that may or may not necessitate an abortion, the mother decides to take her baby’s life instead of hold out hope or seek medical treatment for her or her child. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/cecile-richards-cant-say-if-late-term-abortions-on-healthy-babies-is-wrong/
Daughter Proud of Her Mother for Aborting Her Older Sibling
In a New York Times opinion piece this past Sunday, Beth Matusoff Merfish shared the story of her own mother’s abortion – and how proud and admiring of her mother the abortion made her.
Prefacing the story with an extended lament about the current state of affairs regarding the success of pro-life legislation in Texas, Merfish explains that the story of her mother’s abortion is in some ways a rite of passage in her family: her mother, Sherry Matusoff Merfish (an avid abortion activist), shared her abortion story with each of her daughters shortly before they left for college. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/daughter-proud-of-her-mother-for-aborting-her-older-sibling/
Raped 11-Year-Old Girl From Chile Courageously Rejects Abortion
Belén is the pseudonym she’s chosen to use to tell us her story. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/raped-11-year-old-girl-from-chile-courageously-rejects-abortion/

Baby Given 1% Chance of Surviving Turns 10 After Mom Rejected Abortion
Doctors frequently suggest abortion to parents in difficult pregnancy situations. That’s what makes decisions like this mother’s 10 years ago so encouraging. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/baby-given-1-chance-of-surviving-turns-10-after-mom-rejected-abortion/

“BroChoice:” Man Complains Casual Sex More Difficult if Abortions Banned
This week, Ben Sherman, a pro-abortion boy, took to his blog to explain the #brochoice movement.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/brochoice-man-complains-casual-sex-more-difficult-if-abortions-banned/

“Abortion Was Supposed to Kill You Mom:” Why We Should Help Kids Understand Abortion
“Abortion was supposed to kill you, Mom, and if it would have, I never would have lived…or gone to kindergarten…or taken gymnastics. I never would have gotten a hug from you or ate pizza.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/abortion-was-supposed-to-kill-you-mom-why-we-should-help-kids-understand-abortion/
Ireland Parliament Votes 127-31 to Legalize Some Abortions
Though polling data and massive public rallies show the Irish people are opposed, the Ireland Parliament today voted to legalize some abortions on a 127-31 vote. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/ireland-parliament-votes-127-31-to-legalize-some-abortions/
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Unborn Babies Feel Pain Earlier, But at 20 Weeks It’s Excruciating
Defenders of late abortions try to argue that the unborn child at twenty weeks is not capable of feeling pain, claiming the connections in the fetal brain are not fully formed. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/unborn-babies-feel-pain-earlier-but-at-20-weeks-its-excruciating/
Pro-Lifers Show Massive Support for Raped Teen Who Rejected Abortion and Kept Baby
After a long day at work as a medic, I just wanted to go to bed and get a good night’s sleep. Of course, before I could call it a night, I had to jump on Facebook and see everyone’s updates. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/pro-lifers-show-massive-support-for-raped-teen-who-rejected-abortion-and-kept-baby/
Pro-Abortion Writer Upset Hundreds Save Down Syndrome Baby From Abortion
Leave it to the pro-abortion activists at the left-wing blog Jezebel to pooh-pooh a heartwarming story about how hundreds of people stepped up to adopt a baby with Down Syndrome and prevent an abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/pro-abortion-writer-upset-hundreds-save-down-syndrome-baby-from-abortion/
Planned Parenthood Abby Johnson Managed Stops Doing Surgical Abortions
When Abby Johnson quit her job as the director of a large Planned Parenthood abortion business in Texas, it sent shockwaves throughout the abortion industry. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/planned-parenthood-abby-johnson-managed-stops-doing-surgical-abortions/

Save Money by De-Funding Planned Parenthood, Not by Aborting Viable Babies
The Congressional Budget Office, the allegedly non-partisan agency of Congress that assesses the financial impact of legislation, had added its two cents to the abortion debate. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/save-money-by-de-funding-planned-parenthood-not-by-aborting-viable-babies/
Illinois Upholds Parental Notification on Abortion After 18-Year Legal Battle
Illinois’ long-delayed Parental Notice of Abortion Act will finally go into effect within a matter of days thanks to the Illinois Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling this morning that the law does not violate the Illinois Constitution. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/illinois-upholds-parental-notification-on-abortion-after-18-year-legal-battle/
Abortions in Michigan Drop Again in 2012, Down 53 Percent Since 1987
Abortions in Michigan continue to decline as the state works to protect every unborn child possible from becoming a victim. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/abortions-in-michigan-drop-again-in-2012-down-53-percent-since-1987/
British Abortions Drop 2.5% as Fewer Teenage Girls Have Abortions
The British government has released a new report on abortions in England and Wales and the figures show a small decline in the number of babies victimized. The drop in abortions and abortion rates is attributed to a decline in the number of abortions done on teenage girls and their unborn babies. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/11/british-abortions-drop-2-5-as-fewer-teenage-girls-have-abortions/


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