Wednesday, April 16, 2014

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 4/16/14





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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

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Top Stories
• Conjoined Twins Doing Great After Separation Surgery, Almost Became Abortion Victims
• Buffett Foundation Tied to Clinic That Killed Woman in Botched Abortion
Teen Mom Asphyxiated Her Newborn Baby to Death, Put Infant in Her Shopping Bag• Dad’s Heartbreaking Letter After Miscarriage Features Picture of Baby’s Hands Touching His Fingers

More Pro-Life News
• Amazing Video of Conception to Birth Is Worth Watching Again and Again
• Meet the 1.5-Pound 26-Week Preemie Who Took on Pro-Abortion Wendy Davis and Won

• Report Confirms Obamacare Restricts Access to Life-Saving Medical Care
• Obama Admin Population Control Program Seeks to Reduce Black, Hispanic Births
• Justina Pelletier Tells Parents in Secret Letter She is Being “Tortured”
• Teacher Arrested After Sex With Teen Student Leads to Pregnancy, Abortion

• Big Time Rush Star James Maslow Treats Teen With Down Syndrome to “Prom” Experience

• Most Late-Term Abortions are Not Done for Medical Reasons
• Exposed: Former Planned Parenthood Director Says It Has Abortion Quotas
• Americans Spend $1.5 Million a Day Funding the Abortion Industry, This Will Help Stop That

• Kickstarter Rejects Second Pro-Life Movie After Banning Kermit Gosnell Film
• Arizona Governor Signs Pro-Life Bill for Surprise Inspections of Abortion Clinics

• Some Dutch Pharmacists Say No to Dispensing Drugs for Euthanasia
• Hundreds Protest Radical Bill for Abortions Up to Birth, Colorado Democrats Delay Vote
• Judge Overturns North Dakota Ban on Abortions After Six Weeks

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Conjoined Twins Doing Great After Separation Surgery, Almost Became Abortion VictimsEmmett and Owen Ezell were born in August in Dallas, Texas but they were very much unlike most sets of twins. They were are identical twins[1] joined in utero — a rare phenomenon that happens in as many as 1 in 200,000 births.
About half of such twins are stillborn, but Owen and Emmett survived not only the birthing process — their mother rejected abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/conjoined-twins-doing-great-after-separation-surgery-almost-became-abortion-victims/
Buffett Foundation Tied to Clinic That Killed Woman in Botched Abortion Operation Rescue has uncovered links between the Cleveland abortion clinic, Preterm, where a 22-year old African-American woman suffered a fatal abortion last month, and a foundation managed by the Warren Buffett family. This connection raises concerns that third-world-style abortion practices are being taught to hospital residents that will further endanger the lives of poor urban women of color.
On March 21, 2014, Lakisha Wilson was “not breathing at all” when she was transported by ambulance to the University Hospital Chase Medical Center where she was pronounced dead after suffering late-term abortion complications at Preterm. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/buffett-foundation-tied-to-cleveland-clinic-that-killed-woman-in-botched-abortion/
Teen Mom Asphyxiated Her Newborn Baby to Death, Put Infant in Her Shopping BagLast year, Tiona Rodriguez and Francis Estevez, both 17, were stopped for suspected shoplifting and a security guard found the baby’s body inside a bag. After questioning, Rodriguez told police officers that she had suffered a miscarriage the day before and did not know what to do.
Reports at the time indicated the dead newborn child found in her Victoria’s Secret bag was born alive and then likely asphyxiated to death. An autopsy done on the infant showed the baby was born alive at full term and it revealed that Rodriguez’s baby boy was actually born alive at full term and could have died of asphyxiation. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/teen-girl-asphyxiated-newborn-baby-to-death-put-infant-in-her-shopping-bag/
Dad’s Heartbreaking Letter After Miscarriage Features Picture of Baby’s Hands Touching His Fingers
Tommy Riles, father, audience warm-up comedian on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and founder of Life of Dad, a social network for fathers, recently shared a beautiful goodbye letter to his son who died at 20 weeks gestation. His words are accompanied by a picture of his son’s tiny, perfectly formed hands.
Together, they remind us all of the beauty and miracle of life inside the womb and love between parent and child.http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/dads-heartbreaking-letter-after-miscarriage-features-picture-of-babys-hands-touching-his-fingers/

Amazing Video of Conception to Birth Is Worth Watching Again and Again No matter how many times I watch Alexander Tsiaras’s short film, “Conception to birth – visualized,” I walk away feeling amazed.
Tsiaras, a professor at Yale University, helped to create the stunning video that shows a baby’s development in the womb from conception to birth. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/amazing-video-of-conception-to-birth-is-worth-watching-again-and-again/
Meet the 1.5-Pound 26-Week Preemie Who Took on Pro-Abortion Wendy Davis and WonJohn Mark weighed 1 lbs, 4.8 ounces when he was born at 26 weeks. His mother, Chief of Staff for Texas State Senator Kelly Hancock, Mia Garza McCord delivered John Mark on April 10, 2013.
johnmarkMore than two months later, Wendy Davis would propel herself into national abortion stardom with her filibuster of Senate Bill 5. Davis opposed the legislation that prohibited abortion after five months based on the scientific evidence that preborn babies are capable of experiencing pain during an abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/meet-the-1-5-pound-26-week-preemie-who-took-on-pro-abortion-wendy-davis-and-won/

Report Confirms Obamacare Restricts Access to Life-Saving Medical CareA Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report now documents that Obamacare exchange plans, while often cheaper, are restricting access to life-saving medical care.
According to the CBO’s recently released “Updated Estimates of the Effects of the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act, April 2014,” Obamacare’s insurance provisions will cost $104 billion less than projected over the next decade. However, these savings will come at tremendous cost. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/report-confirms-obamacare-restricts-access-to-life-saving-medical-care/
Obama Admin Population Control Program Seeks to Reduce Black, Hispanic Births A new Obama administration program is facing criticism because of its population control-based focus on reducing black and Hispanic births. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/obama-admin-population-control-program-seeks-to-reduce-black-hispanic-births/
Justina Pelletier Tells Parents in Secret Letter She is Being “Tortured” Lou Pelletier, Justina’s father, has released a photo of a portion of an incriminating letter he says Justina wrote and snuck to them during one of their recent visits. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/justina-pelletier-tells-parents-in-secret-letter-she-is-being-tortured/
Teacher Arrested After Sex With Teen Student Leads to Pregnancy, Abortion A 29 year old female teacher who admitted she was had sex with a 17 year old student 20 to 30 times and aborted the child the student fathered has been arrested in Florida. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/teacher-arrested-after-sex-with-teen-student-leads-to-pregnancy-abortion/

Big Time Rush Star James Maslow Treats Teen With Down Syndrome to “Prom” Experience When Hannah Wackernagle was a baby, her mother Hollie would rock her and stare at her face and pray for acceptance. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/big-time-rush-star-james-maslow-treats-teen-with-down-syndrome-to-prom-experience/
Most Late-Term Abortions are Not Done for Medical Reasons In a house editorial about an Arizona law that restricts abortions after 18 weeks, the editors of the New York Times assert that “the overwhelming number of abortions occur well before 20 weeks; later abortions mostly often involve severely troubled pregnancies that pose risks to a woman’s health or life.” http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/most-late-term-abortions-are-not-done-for-medical-reasons-2/
Exposed: Former Planned Parenthood Director Says It Has Abortion Quotas There’s a big difference between what Planned Parenthood says, and what they do. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/exposed-former-planned-parenthood-director-says-it-has-abortion-quotas/
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Americans Spend $1.5 Million a Day Funding the Abortion Industry, This Will Help Stop That The only thing that makes Tax Day worse is finding out where exactly your tax dollars are going. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/americans-spend-1-5-million-a-day-funding-the-abortion-industry-this-will-help-stop-that/
Kickstarter Rejects Second Pro-Life Movie After Banning Kermit Gosnell Film Crowdfunding web site Kickstarter has rejected a second pro-life movie after prohibiting the producers of the upcoming Kermit Gosnell film from using it to raise funds for their movie. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/kickstarter-rejects-second-pro-life-movie-after-banning-kermit-gosnell-film/
Arizona Governor Signs Pro-Life Bill for Surprise Inspections of Abortion Clinics Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed a pro-life bill that the state’s pro-life groups were pressing for her to sign after approval by the state legislature. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/arizona-governor-signs-pro-life-bill-for-surprise-inspections-of-abortion-clinics/
Some Dutch Pharmacists Say No to Dispensing Drugs for Euthanasia As we move into a morally polyglot society–with the culture of death rushing to the fore–the question of medical conscience will become increasingly hot button. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/some-dutch-pharmacists-say-no-to-dispensing-drugs-for-euthanasia/
Hundreds Protest Radical Bill for Abortions Up to Birth, Colorado Democrats Delay Vote Hundreds of pro-life people turned out for protests yesterday at the state capital in Denver, Colorado to oppose a radical pro-abortion bill that would allow abortions up to birth, declare abortion a fundamental right and prevent any pro-life legislation. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/hundreds-protest-radical-bill-for-abortions-up-to-birth-colorado-democrats-delay-vote/
Judge Overturns North Dakota Ban on Abortions After Six Weeks A federal judge has overturned a law the North Dakota legislature passed to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/16/judge-overturns-north-dakota-ban-on-abortions-after-six-weeks/