Friday, March 21, 2014

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 3/21/14





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Friday, March 21, 2014

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Top Stories
• Hobby Lobby’s Battle Against Obama Admin’s HHS Mandate Heads to Supreme Court
• Abortion Clinic Found Storing Remains of Aborted Baby in Fridge With Medications
1-Pound Baby Kept Alive in Sandwich Bag Celebrates Her First Birthday• Judge Postpones Decision Again in Justina Pelletier’s Parents’ Custody Request

More Pro-Life News
• From Bump to Buzz: Couple’s Adorable Viral Video Shows Time Lapse of Pregnancy
• Angry Abortion Activists Vandalize Cross Memorial, Threaten to Kill Pro-Lifers

• Video Shows Humanity of Baby With Trisomy 13 Who Doctors Said “Was Incompatible With Life”
• The Clinic Turned the Sprinklers on Them But They Still Saved a Baby From Abortion
• My Little Sister Rose Has Down Syndrome, But She’s Happier Than Anyone I Know
• As Michelle Obama Visits China, Women’s Leader Tells UN Forced Abortions Continue

• When You Read What Abortion Activists Are Up to at the UN, Your Blood Will Boil

• Is It Ok To Abort My Child If Prenatal Testing Reveals He May Be Born With Special Needs?
• Planned Parenthood Launches Texas Group to Push Pro-Abortion Wendy Davis on Voters
• Kermit Gosnell Killed Legislator’s Cousin in an Abortion, Now Planned Parenthood is Trying to Defeat Her

• Poland: Midwife Ordered to Pay $17,000 After Opposing Abortions at Her Hospital
• Elle Magazine Puts Pro-Abortion Leader in 10 Most Powerful Women List
• Court Upholds Arkansas’ Requirement to See if Baby Has a Heartbeat Before Abortion

• Virginia Abortion Clinic Accused of Not Reporting Child Sexual Abuse
• Romania: Largest-Ever Pro-Life March for Life Will Take Places in 40 Cities


Hobby Lobby’s Battle Against Obama Admin’s HHS Mandate Heads to Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week in Hobby Lobby’s battle to protect itself from the HHS mandate that is apart of Obamacare. Hobby Lobby is challenging the mandate in court because it doesn’t want to be forced to pay for birth control and abortion-causing drugs for its employees.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for the landmark case of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores on March 25 determine whether individuals lose their religious freedom when they open a family business. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/hobby-lobbys-battle-against-obama-admins-hhs-mandate-heads-to-supreme-court/
Abortion Clinic Found Storing Remains of Aborted Baby in Fridge With Medications Police executed a search warrant on Ulrich G. Klopfer’s Women’s Pavilion abortion clinic in South Bend, Indiana, seizing documents and other property on Wednesday, March 19, 2014.
Police from the St. Joseph County Special Victims Unit participated in the raid. It is unknown exactly what kind of documents or other evidence the search warrant allowed police to take. According to news reports, the police apparently made copies of the seized documents and returned the originals to Klopfer on Thursday. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/abortion-clinic-found-storing-remains-of-aborted-baby-in-fridge-with-medications/

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1-Pound Baby Kept Alive in Sandwich Bag Celebrates Her First BirthdayLittle Lucia Sansbury weighed just one pound after she was born prematurely. She was so small that she was kept alive in a sandwich bag by doctors at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, England who did their best to keep her alive and help her grow.
Now, baby Lucia is celebrating her first birthday. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/1-pound-baby-kept-alive-in-sandwich-bag-celebrates-her-first-birthday/

Judge Postpones Decision Again in Justina Pelletier’s Parents’ Custody Request
Earlier this week a judge made the parents of Justina Pelletier wait until Friday for an answer in their lawsuit as they attempt to regain custody of their daughter. Now they’re going to have to wait until next Tuesday.
Justina’s parents and their pro-life attorneys appeared in court today along with DCF officials. Officials with Liberty Counsel, the pro-life law firm assisting the Pelletiers, informed LifeNews of the additional delay. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/judge-postpones-decision-again-in-justina-pelletiers-parents-request-for-custody/


From Bump to Buzz: Couple’s Adorable Viral Video Shows Time Lapse of Pregnancy A couple created a video that has gone viral showing a time lapse of a pregnancy. The video already has almost 500,000 views.
buzzAs Tom Fetcher writes on YouTube: We took photos every day through the 9 months of our pregnancy, this is the result (plus a little song I wrote called “Something New”). http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/from-bump-to-buzz-couples-adorable-viral-video-shows-time-lapse-of-pregnancy/
Angry Abortion Activists Vandalize Cross Memorial, Threaten to Kill Pro-LifersWhen a woman vandalized the post-abortion memorial crosses at the 40 day prayer vigil in front of the Bakersfield FPA abortion chamber, a teenage vigil participant told her to stop. When she reportedly moved toward him in a threatening manner, the teenager sprayed her with pepper spray to thwart an anticipated assault.









About 30 minutes later, the woman returned with her husband, who shouted death threats, claiming that he was “god” and joined his wife in further vandalizing vigil resources. During this time, the prayer vigil continued uninterrupted. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/angry-abortion-activists-vandalize-cross-memorial-threaten-to-kill-pro-lifers/

Video Shows Humanity of Baby With Trisomy 13 Who Doctors Said “Was Incompatible With Life”When doctors tell parents of disabled children who have Trisomy 13 that their baby is “incompatible with life,” it’s the kind of statement that hurts to the core. Professional photographers Geoff and Cheyenne Schultz are hoping to show the humanity and dignity of one such baby.
They recently posted a blog about little baby Avonlea Powell, who has Trisomy 13. Avonlea’s parents, Melissa and Brian Powell, learned form their own doctors at six months into the pregnancy that their baby was supposedly “incompatible with life.” http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/video-shows-humanity-of-baby-with-trisomy-13-who-doctors-said-was-incompatible-with-life/
The Clinic Turned the Sprinklers on Them But They Still Saved a Baby From Abortion At the end of the last 40 Days for Life campaign, I had the joy of seeing a 3-year-old girl, whose mom changed her mind and left her abortion appointment … after seeing the 40 Days for Life volunteers. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/the-clinic-turned-the-sprinklers-on-them-but-they-still-saved-a-baby-from-abortion/
My Little Sister Rose Has Down Syndrome, But She’s Happier Than Anyone I Know It’s 1970, and the radio is blaring out the top of the pops in our family kitchen, way down in the south of New Zealand. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/my-little-sister-rose-has-down-syndrome-but-shes-happier-than-anyone-i-know/
As Michelle Obama Visits China, Women’s Leader Tells UN Forced Abortions Continue The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) is “the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.” http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/as-michelle-obama-visits-china-womens-leader-tells-un-forced-abortions-continue/

When You Read What Abortion Activists Are Up to at the UN, Your Blood Will Boil It’s nearly midnight on the penultimate day of this 2-week Commission on the Status of (some) Women and after almost a hundred hours worth of negotiating there are still some 80 paragraphs that have not yet been agreed upon. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/when-you-read-what-abortion-activists-are-up-to-at-the-un-your-blood-will-boil/
Is It Ok To Abort My Child If Prenatal Testing Reveals He May Be Born With Special Needs? When Rick and Abbie Smith learned that their son Noah was born with Down syndrome they made a decision to celebrate his life and use his story to show the world that all life has value and worth. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/is-it-ok-to-abort-my-child-if-prenatal-testing-reveals-he-may-be-born-with-special-needs/
Planned Parenthood Launches Texas Group to Push Pro-Abortion Wendy Davis on Voters As expected Planned Parenthood’s “advocacy” arm has officially thrown down the gauntlet in Texas where pro-life Attorney General Greg Abbott goes head to head with pro-abortion feminist “icon” state Sen. Wendy Davis. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/planned-parenthood-launches-texas-group-to-push-pro-abortion-wendy-davis-on-voters/
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Kermit Gosnell Killed Legislator’s Cousin in an Abortion, Now Planned Parenthood is Trying to Defeat Her Last year, State Rep. Margo L. Davidson, an African-American first term Democratic legislator from Upper Darby supported a bill in the Pennsylvania legislature that would hold abortion facilities accountable for following basic health and safety standards. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/kermit-gosnell-killed-legislators-cousin-in-an-abortion-now-planned-parenthood-is-trying-to-defeat-her/
Poland: Midwife Ordered to Pay $17,000 After Opposing Abortions at Her Hospital How much does the truth cost? For a Polish midwife, it could cost up to 50,000 z?otych (approximately $17,000). http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/poland-midwife-ordered-to-pay-17000-after-opposing-abortions-at-her-hospital/
Elle Magazine Puts Pro-Abortion Leader in 10 Most Powerful Women List Calling your opponents un-American and agitating for the most extreme pro-abortion position doesn’t just get you the attention of Daily Kos or Democratic Underground. It can get you props from a mainstream women’s magazine. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/elle-magazine-puts-pro-abortion-leader-in-10-most-powerful-women-list/
Court Upholds Arkansas’ Requirement to See if Baby Has a Heartbeat Before Abortion On Friday a federal district court in Arkansas upheld the Arkansas heartbeat testing requirement. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/court-upholds-arkansas-requirement-to-see-if-baby-has-a-heartbeat-before-abortion/
Virginia Abortion Clinic Accused of Not Reporting Child Sexual Abuse The Family Foundation of Virginia this week released the following to the media regarding the possible violation of state law by a Roanoke abortion center and the Department of Health. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/virginia-abortion-clinic-accused-of-not-reporting-child-sexual-abuse/
Romania: Largest-Ever Pro-Life March for Life Will Take Places in 40 Cities This year, almost 40 Romanian cities will see the fourth edition of the March for Life, the biggest yet both in participation and reach. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/21/romania-largest-ever-pro-life-march-for-life-will-take-places-in-40-cities/