Wednesday, July 31, 2013

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

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Top Stories
• Texas Planned Parenthood’s Fraud Was $4.3 Million, Three Times More Than Announced
• Governor Shuts Down Pro-Abortion Protests With Chocolate Chip Cookies

• Congresswoman’s Miracle Baby May be the First to Survive Potter’s Syndrome
Woman Didn’t Get Proper Anesthesia Before Abortion, Heard Girl Born Alive Cry

More Pro-Life News
• MSNBC Host Thomas Roberts Calls Abortion Clinics “Choice Providers”
• Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Closes Clinic in Schenectady New York

• “She Didn’t Do It!” Prayers Save Baby From Abortion at the Last Minute

• The Abortion Agenda: Increase Abortions by Increasing Number of Abortionists
• Studies Show Higher Risk of Suicide for Women Following an Abortion
• Mennonite Company Fights HHS Mandate: We Won’t be Forced to Comply
• She Wanted to be a Big-Time Reporter and Politician, Then She Became Pro-Life
• Judge Blocks Law That Could Have Made North Dakota Abortion Free

• Abortion Activists Overstate Savings From Family Planning Programs
• Abortion Access in America: How the Abortion Industry Demands Special Treatment

• Pro-Life Television Show “Facing Life Head-On” Wins Third Regional Emmy Awardrtion
• New Yorker Magazine’s In-Kind Contribution to Planned ParenthoodHer

• British Appeals Court Upholds Law Against Euthanasia
• Human Cloning is Here Now, It’s Time to be Worried

• Canadian Man Charged With Killing Man in Assisted Suicide


Texas Planned Parenthood’s Fraud Was $4.3 Million, Three Times More Than Announced
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on July 24 that his office had obtained a $1.4 million settlement against Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast for Medicaid fraud, with the settlement to be split between the state of Texas, the federal government, and the whistleblower (former PPGC employee Karen Reynolds).

It turns out the AG was apparently only announcing his state’s cut. The total settlement is actually $4.3 million – almost $3 million more than previously known. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/texas-planned-parenthoods-fraud-was-4-3-million-three-times-more-than-announced/
Governor Shuts Down Pro-Abortion Protests With Chocolate Chip Cookies
A gathering of North Carolina pro-abortion activists are upset with North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory. They have been protesting outside the governor’s mansion in response to his signing a pro-life bill that could close down shoddy abortion clinics.

McCrory hasn’t been willing to meet with the rabid abortion activists, but he did stop by Tuesday afternoon with a plate of chocolate chip cookies. The gesture was so nice that the abortion activists were befuddled, made up a silly chant, and went home early. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/governor-shuts-down-pro-abortion-protests-with-chocolate-chip-cookies/
Congresswoman’s Miracle Baby May be the First to Survive Potter’s Syndrome
Abigail Rose Beutler’s birth has been met with significantly less fanfare than that of the royal baby, Prince George Alexander Louis Mountbatten-Windsor, but it was every bit as miraculous: Despite being given a prenatal diagnosis generally considered a death sentence, Abigail was born weighing two pounds, 12 ounces at 28 weeks’ gestation and has survived two weeks.
Abigail, the daughter of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), was diagnosed with Potter’s Syndrome in utero. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/congresswomans-miracle-baby-may-be-the-first-to-survive-potters-syndrom/
Woman Didn’t Get Proper Anesthesia Before Abortion, Heard Girl Born Alive Cry
A woman named Julia Gallardo has posted video from 2011 with a shocking claim – that her friend had a late-term abortion, but was not properly anesthetized during the procedure and heard her baby girl, who had been born alive, cry.

She also tearfully states that her friend’s family later found out that the baby girl had survived and was placed for adoption. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/woman-didnt-get-proper-anesthesia-before-abortion-heard-girl-born-alive-cry/

MSNBC Host Thomas Roberts Calls Abortion Clinics “Choice Providers”
For years, MSNBC has made it clear where it stands on the issue of abortion in America: on the side of promoting abortion rights advocates against any restriction or regulation on the taking of unborn life. Unsurprisingly, one of MSNBC’s most fervent abortion activists is Thomas Roberts, who apart from using his daily MSNBC show to promote gay marriage, has taken it upon himself to rail against any abortion safety laws as limiting “choice.”

But on his July 30 program, Roberts took things a step further with Orwellian language designed to avoid the A-word. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/msnbc-host-thomas-roberts-calls-abortion-clinics-choice-providers/
Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Closes Clinic in Schenectady New York
The Planned Parenthood abortion business is closing yet another center — this time in Schenectady, New York.
A press release from Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson (PPMH) says: “After careful evaluation, we have decided to close our Ticonderoga health center, located at 171 Lake George Avenue, on August 27. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-closes-clinic-in-schenectady-new-york/
“She Didn’t Do It!” Prayers Save Baby From Abortion at the Last Minute
“I will set him in the safety for which he longs”. The verse from Psalm 12:5 floated through my mind as hot tears rushed down my cheeks. “Set him in the safety?” I assumed it was God telling me the baby my friends and I we’re earnestly praying for was aborted and now safe in heaven. I had every reason to believe that must be the case.
Minutes prior a lady inside the abortion clinic texted me, saying her friend had left the waiting room to go behind the door. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/she-didnt-do-it-prayers-save-baby-from-abortion-at-the-last-minute/
The Abortion Agenda: Increase Abortions by Increasing Number of Abortionists
The headline to Steph Herold’s post at the pro-abortion site RHrealitycheck.org is, “What Contributes to a Positive Abortion Experience?” http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/the-abortion-agenda-increase-abortions-by-increasing-number-of-abortionists/

Studies Show Higher Risk of Suicide for Women Following an Abortion
One of the main arguments given for legalizing abortion in Ireland is that troubled women would become suicidal if they were forced to carry their pregnancies to term. Ironically, this was originally how abortions were made available in many US states before Roe versus Wade. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/studies-show-higher-risk-of-suicide-for-women-following-an-abortion/

Mennonite Company Fights HHS Mandate: We Won’t be Forced to Comply
A federal appeals court issued a ruling Friday forcing a Mennonite-owned company to comply with the HHS mandate, which compels companies to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/mennonite-company-fights-hhs-mandate-we-wont-be-forced-to-comply/


She Wanted to be a Big-Time Reporter and Politician, Then She Became Pro-Life
Today’s blog post is courtesy of Feminists for Life and our very own legislative director, Maria Gallagher. This month, Feminists for Life is publishing a series of pro-life conversion stories submitted by strong, pro-life women such as Maria.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/she-wanted-to-be-a-big-time-reporter-and-politician-then-she-became-pro-life/
Judge Blocks Law That Could Have Made North Dakota Abortion Free
The Red River Clinic, the sole public abortion business in North Dakota, reportedly performs an average of 1,200 abortions a yea. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/judge-blocks-law-that-could-have-made-north-dakota-abortion-free/
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Abortion Activists Overstate Savings From Family Planning Programs
Abortion advocates and population planners eagerly promote the idea that preventing births saves money. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/abortion-activists-overstate-savings-from-family-planning-programs/
Abortion Access in America: How the Abortion Industry Demands Special Treatment
In a column Friday, the Guttmacher Institute writes lamenting of the great distances women have to travel to obtain an abortion, noting one-third of women have to travel more than 25 miles for this elective surgery. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/abortion-access-in-america-how-the-abortion-industry-demands-special-treatment/
Pro-Life Television Show “Facing Life Head-On” Wins Third Regional Emmy Award
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has awarded the pro-life television show, Facing Life Head-On a Regional Emmy® Award for its program entitled Teens Making Healthy Choices.http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/pro-life-television-show-facing-life-head-on-wins-third-regional-emmy-award/
New Yorker Magazine’s In-Kind Contribution to Planned Parenthood
My thanks go out to the New Yorker which this morning emailed me Jeffrey Toobin’s “Daughters of Texas. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/new-yorker-magazines-in-kind-contribution-to-planned-parenthood/
British Appeals Court Upholds Law Against Euthanasia
A UK Court of Appeals has refused to impose legalized euthanasia on the country . http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/british-appeals-court-upholds-law-against-euthanasia/
Human Cloning is Here Now, It’s Time to be Worried
One of my friends, who doesn‘t really follow the biotech scene, said to me one time, “When you tell me to worry about it, I will worry about it.” I replied, “Worry. Now.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/human-cloning-is-here-now-its-time-to-be-worried/
Canadian Man Charged With Killing Man in Assisted Suicide
Several days ago, a man was charged with the crime of assisted suicide in Hamilton Ontario. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/31/canadian-man-charged-with-killing-woman-in-assisted-suicide/

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