Wednesday, August 28, 2013

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 8/28/13





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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

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Top Stories
• Black Pro-Life Senator Not Invited to Speak at March on Washington
• Toppled Planned Parenthood Sign Shows Abby Johnson’s Abortion Clinic Closed
• Martin Luther King Jr.’s Niece: King Was Pro-Life on Abortion
BroChoice Activist Writes to Men on “How To Convince A Girl To Get An Abortion”

More Pro-Life News

• Video Game Has Players Help Women Find Abortion Clinics to Kill Their Babies
• Born With Cerebral Palsy, Expected to Die, Young Man Heads to College
• Obama Admin Gives Tennessee Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz a $795,000 Grant

• Why I am A Young, Black Woman Who is Proudly Pro-Life on Abortion

• Congress Must Protect Unborn Children From Painful Late-Term Abortions
• Abortion Supporters Demand Free Abortions for All at Your Expense
16 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Life Before Birth
• Abortion Activists in a Panic Over Wave of Abortion Clinic Closings
• That Unborn Babies Can Recognize Words Before Birth Proof of Their Humanity

• Iowa Abortions Drop 30 Percent in Last Five Years as Planned Parenthoods Close
• Satire: Shocking News Shows “Blobs of Tissue” Can Recall Words in the Womb

• Court Rules Obama Admin Can’t Force Family Law Firm to Obey HHS Mandate
• Clear Channel Caves, Agrees to Run Ads for Abortion Business
• Mississippi Fights Court Order Allowing Last Abortion Clinic to Stay Open



Black Pro-Life Senator Not Invited to Speak at March on Washington
Senator Tim Scott is not on only the only black Republican member of Congress, he’s the only black member of the U.S. Senate of either party.

However, organizers of the March on Washington to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s. famous “I Have a Dream” speech declined to invite the unabashedly pro-life lawmakers to participate.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/black-pro-life-senator-not-invited-to-speak-at-march-on-washington/
Toppled Planned Parenthood Sign Shows Abby Johnson’s Abortion Clinic Closed
A photo of the sign at the Planned Parenthood abortion business Abby Johnson used to manage is making the round of the Internet.

The abortion giant closed the Bryan-College Station, Texas abortion clinic and no one is more happy about the news than Abby herself — who tweeted and Facebooked the picture.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/toppled-planned-parenthood-sign-shows-abby-johnsons-abortion-clinic-closed/
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Niece: King Was Pro-Life on Abortion
Today is the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and martin Luther King Jr’s famous “I have a dream speech.” While the pro-abortion giant Planned Parenthood participated in Saturday’s March on Washington, King’s niece says the civil rights leader would have been pro-life on abortion.
Alexis McGill Johnson, Chairman of Planned Parenthood Federation, told rally participants that Planned Parenthood gave King an award. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/martin-luther-king-jr-s-niece-king-was-pro-life-on-abortion/
BroChoice Activist Writes to Men on “How To Convince A Girl To Get An Abortion”
The BroChoice campaign — which pushes the notion that supporting abortion is a good thing for men to do because it allows them to get out of the responsibility of becoming a parent by pressuring their partner to have an abortion — is getting worse.

Now, a writer at a popular blog called Return of Kings has written a manual on “How To Convince A Girl To Get An Abortion.” The column is as sick as the headline sounds.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/brochoice-activist-writes-to-men-on-how-to-convince-a-girl-to-get-an-abortion/
Catholic Charities will host the Florida Respect Life Conference October 18-19 in Palm Beach Gardens. Speakers include Bishop Estevez; Sisters of Life; David Bereit; Rita Diller; Donna Gardner; Thomas Lawlor; Rita Marker; Michael McCarron; and Susan Recinella. Respect Life: 561-360-3330 or www.diocesepb.org.

Video Game Has Players Help Women Find Abortion Clinics to Kill Their Babies
If Wendy Davis’ 11-hour filibuster to protect late-term abortion in the Lone Star State wasn’t proof enough of the Texas pro-abortion movement’s desperation, a new video game does the trick.

In “Choice: Texas,” designed by Carly Kocurek and Allyson Whipple and currently in development, players hunt for abortion access in Texas via the “choose-your-own-adventure” technique – and confront obstacles such as geography and healthcare. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/video-game-has-players-help-women-find-abortion-clinics-to-kill-their-babies/
Born With Cerebral Palsy, Expected to Die, Young Man Heads to College
Contrary to popular opinion abortion hurts women. TheUnChoice.com is an evidence-based Elliot Institute campaign to raise awareness about unwanted abortions, post-abortion issues and maternal deaths and to provide help, hope and healing.
The US-based Elliot Institute publishes research and educational materials and works as an advocate for women and men seeking post-abortion healing. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/born-with-cerebral-palsy-expected-to-die-young-man-heads-to-college/

Obama Admin Gives Tennessee Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz a $795,000 Grant
The Obama administration has given the Planned Parenthood abortion business in Tennessee a three-year grant totaling $795,000.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Grants Management is responsible for the grant to Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region (PPGMR) to expand its HIV prevention programs and to integrate HIV prevention with its contraception and birth control programs. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/obama-admin-gives-tennessee-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-a-795000-grant/
Why I am A Young, Black Woman Who is Proudly Pro-Life on Abortion
In high school I dreamed I’d be like Oprah. When I got a career, I imagined it’d be something cool like a talk show host. In college I embraced reality and thought a teacher might be a wiser choice. When I envisioned my future, I never thought I’d spend eight years of my life as a pro-life activist. Trust me when I say that wasn’t on my radar. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/why-i-am-a-young-black-woman-who-is-proudly-pro-life-on-abortion/


Congress Must Protect Unborn Children From Painful Late-Term Abortions
Pain. We all dread it. Avoid it. Even fear it. And we all go to extraordinary lengths to mitigate its severity and duration. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/congress-must-protect-unborn-children-from-painful-late-term-abortions/

Abortion Supporters Demand Free Abortions for All at Your Expense
Abortion advocates like to call pro-lifers the extremists, but is that really the case? As evidence, let’s examine Jessica Valenti’s latest pro-abortion rallying cry. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/abortion-supporters-demand-free-abortions-for-all-at-your-expense/

16 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Life Before Birth
We all began our journey from the moment we were conceived. Here’s some of the facts of life you may not know about your time in your mother’s womb. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/16-things-you-didnt-know-about-your-life-before-birth/
Abortion Activists in a Panic Over Wave of Abortion Clinic Closings
Despite congratulating themselves on the supposedly “unnecessary” abortion regulations — a conclusion pro-aborts basically came to by investigating themselves — a fairly significant number of abortion clinics have still been closing. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/abortion-activists-in-a-panic-over-wave-of-abortion-clinic-closings/
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That Unborn Babies Can Recognize Words Before Birth Proof of Their Humanity
I reject personhood theory that requires an organism to have certain conscious capacities to attain moral value. I believe that being human is the primary question. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/that-unborn-babies-can-recognize-words-before-birth-proof-of-their-humanity/
Iowa Abortions Drop 30 Percent in Last Five Years as Planned Parenthoods Close
The number of abortions in Iowa has dropped 30 percent in the last five years and a pro-life group says they will fall further if the state bans the practice of webcam abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/iowa-abortions-drop-30-percent-in-last-five-years-as-planned-parenthoods-close/
Satire: Shocking News Shows “Blobs of Tissue” Can Recall Words in the Womb
In a shocking study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that fetuses who hear specific, repeated sounds in utero are likely to recognize those sounds – and differentiate them from others – after they are born. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/satire-shocking-news-shows-blobs-of-tissue-can-recall-words-in-the-womb/

Court Rules Obama Admin Can’t Force Family Law Firm to Obey HHS Mandate
This past Friday, Federal District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, issued a preliminary injunction banning the enforcement of the HHS Mandate in a lawsuit filed by The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/court-rules-obama-admin-cant-force-family-law-firm-to-obey-hhs-mandate/
Clear Channel Caves, Agrees to Run Ads for Abortion Business
For several months Clear Channel radio refused paid ads from the new Southwind abortion clinic operating inside George Tiller’s former abortion clinic in Wichita. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/clear-channel-caves-agrees-to-run-ads-for-abortion-business/
Mississippi Fights Court Order Allowing Last Abortion Clinic to Stay Open
Not willing to wait for seven more months to protect women, the Mississippi Department of Health has filed an appeal to the court injunction that is currently barring it from enforcing an abortion law that would close the last remaining abortion clinic, Jackson Women’s Health Organization (JWHO). http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/28/mississippi-fights-court-order-allowing-last-abortion-clinic-to-stay-open/

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