Wednesday, June 18, 2014

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 6/18/14



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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

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Current Headlines

Top Stories
• Court Lets Obama Admin Force EWTN to Obey HHS Mandate
• Doctors Went to Remove Her Ovaries After Massive Stomach Pain and Found a 9-Pound Baby
• She Was a Surrogate Mom, But Then They Asked Her to Have a Sex-Selection Abortion
• Justina Pelletier’s Father: Make Sure This Never Happens to Another Child

More Pro-Life News
• Former Abortionist Describes Late-Term Abortion: Limbs Grasped and Removed Piece by Piece
• Unborn Baby Alerts Doctors and Saves His Mother’s Life

• “He Dropped Me Off at the Abortion Clinic and Never Returned, Now Every Day I Mourn My Baby”
• He Killed Babies Born Alive After Abortion, Until This Happened
• These Senators Support Late-Term Abortion and They’re Up for Re-Election, What Will You Do?
• I Don’t Need to Have an Abortion to be Equal With Men, I’m More Than My Uterus

• Watch How A Deaf-Blind Brazilian Follows Along With The World Cup

• Parents Beware: Planned Parenthood Uses Classrooms “Abstinence” Programs as a Trap
• Why Do Black Women Have More Premature Births Than White Women? Abortion
• Michigan Hospice No Longer Accepting Patients Due to Obamacare

• One Year After Wendy Davis’ Filibuster, the Pro-Abortion Movement is Losing
• California Increases Taxpayer Funding of Abortions by 40%

• Late-Term Abortionist Funds Ohio Attorney General Candidate David Pepper’s Campaign
• Maryland County Must Pay $375,000 for Attempting to Shut Down Pregnancy Centers



Court Lets Obama Admin Force EWTN to Obey HHS Mandate Just days before the Supreme Court is scheduled to consider the biggest case against the HHS abortion mandate that is a part of Obamacare, a lower court is forcing the Catholic television station EWTN to obey it.
U.S. District Court Judge Callie V.S. Granade of Mobile, Alabama issued an opinion yesterday denying EWTN Global Catholic Network protection from the government mandate that it must provide coverage of contraception, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization as part of its employee health care coverage. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/court-lets-obama-admin-force-ewtn-to-obey-hhs-mandate/
Doctors Went to Remove Her Ovaries After Massive Stomach Pain and Found a 9-Pound BabyStories of women who are pregnant and didn’t know it are ubiquitous — and there even a television show devoted to the entire phenomenon. But a story out of New Zealand takes this to another level.
Rebecca Oldham had stomach pain for months and underwent many tests to determine the cause without anything conclusive. She ultimately had three scans, two blood tests and six pregnancy tests but none revealed the pregnancy so it was eventually decided her ovaries were responsible and doctors decided removing them was the best course of action. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/doctors-went-to-remove-her-ovaries-after-massive-stomach-pain-and-found-a-9-pound-baby/
She Was a Surrogate Mom, But Then They Asked Her to Have a Sex-Selection Abortion I am not a fan of surrogate mothering. I am particularly opposed to commercial surrogacy, as it reduces gestation to a matter of breeding and can, in particular, lead to the profound exploitation of the surrogate mothers–known in the dehumanizing industry parlance, as ”gestational carriers.
The Daily Mail has a story about a surrogate who had two feel-good experiences, but then got out of the trade because she came to see its dehumanizing aspects. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/she-was-a-surrogate-mom-but-then-they-asked-her-to-have-a-sex-selection-abortion/

Justina Pelletier’s Father: Make Sure This Never Happens to Another Child
In case you missed the exciting news, Massachusetts Juvenile Court Judge Joseph Johnston has signed the order for Justina to go home today.
After months of fighting this legal battle on behalf of the Pelletier family, we are thrilled that Justina is finally returning home.
Former Abortionist Describes Late-Term Abortion: Limbs Grasped and Removed Piece by PieceDr. Anthony Levatino is a pro-life physician from New Mexico but, before having a change of heart on the issue of abortion he was an OBGYN who also performed abortions.
Levatino did as many as 1,200 abortions — some of them after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Then, after his daughter died in a tragic automobile accident, he re-evaluated his position on abortion and stopped doing abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/former-abortionist-describes-late-term-abortion-limbs-grasped-and-removed-piece-by-piece/
Unborn Baby Alerts Doctors and Saves His Mother’s LifeTIn October, 2013, Byron Sanders told a Dallas, Texas, audience the true story of how his wife’s life was saved by their unborn son. It’s a truly remarkable story – one that proves the humanity and value of the unborn, as well as their capacity for great love.
Yes, as Byron Sanders’ family discovered, mothers need their children. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/unborn-baby-alerts-doctors-and-saves-his-mothers-life/
“He Dropped Me Off at the Abortion Clinic and Never Returned, Now Every Day I Mourn My Baby”“Since You Asked,” I gather, is a kind of advice column found at www.salon.com. Since no one would come away thinking this is a home for card-carrying pro-life activists, it is to Cary Tennis’ (and Salon’s) credit that he answered a letter from a deeply unhappy woman under the headline, “My Abortion Traumatized me: The father of my child dropped me at the clinic and disappeared. Every day I mourn.
Highpoints [actually low points]? http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/he-dropped-me-off-at-the-abortion-clinic-and-never-returned-now-every-day-i-mourn-my-baby/

He Killed Babies Born Alive After Abortion, Until This Happened Anyone who remembers pro-life activity last summer will recall the battle of getting HB 2 passed successfully and signed into law – Wendy Davis, pink sneakers, Planned Parenthood buses, protests in Austin, filibusters, and ultimately victory. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/he-killed-babies-born-alive-after-abortion-until-this-happened/

These Senators Support Late-Term Abortion and They’re Up for Re-Election, What Will You Do? Sometimes pro-life people wonder what they ca do to really make a difference when it comes to protecting unborn babies form abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/these-senators-support-late-term-abortion-and-theyre-up-for-re-election-what-will-you-do/
I Don’t Need to Have an Abortion to be Equal With Men, I’m More Than My Uterus Have you ever been told that a woman will lose all of her rights and become a second-class person, inferior, or subhuman if she cannot obtain a legal abortion?http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/i-dont-need-to-have-an-abortion-to-be-equal-with-men-im-more-than-my-uterus/
Watch How A Deaf-Blind Brazilian Follows Along With The World Cup Let’s face it, most Americans are not following the World Cup action with the same level of intensity as our friends around the world. worldcupBut here’s a moving story that should touch the hearts of all soccer, excuse me “football,” fans around the world. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/watch-how-a-deaf-blind-brazilian-follows-along-with-the-world-cup/
Parents Beware: Planned Parenthood Uses Classrooms “Abstinence” Programs as a Trap Throughout the nation, we see parents being convinced that sex education in the schools is a given, and they are settling for what they see as the lesser of the evils presented. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/parents-beware-planned-parenthood-uses-classrooms-abstinence-programs-as-a-trap/
Why Do Black Women Have More Premature Births Than White Women? Abortion Prematurity is associated with a wide variety of health risks. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/why-do-black-women-have-more-premature-births-than-white-women-abortion/
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Michigan Hospice No Longer Accepting Patients Due to Obamacare The pro-life movement repeatedly warned that health care rationing would ensure once Obamacare went into effect. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/michigan-hospice-no-longer-accepting-patients-due-to-obamacare/
One Year After Wendy Davis’ Filibuster, the Pro-Abortion Movement is Losing Would the magic last? http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/one-year-after-wendy-davis-filibuster-the-pro-abortion-movement-is-losing/
California Increases Taxpayer Funding of Abortions by 40% Even though California is in a major fiscal crisis and water emergency that is crippling its agricultural output, the Medi-Cal department decided to increase funding of abortion services by 40%. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/california-increases-taxpayer-funding-of-abortions-by-40/
Late-Term Abortionist Funds Ohio Attorney General Candidate David Pepper’s Campaign A later-term abortion practitioner in Ohio is funding the campaign of Ohio Attorney General candidate David Pepper. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/late-term-abortionist-funds-ohio-attorney-general-candidate-david-peppers-campaign/
Maryland County Must Pay $375,000 for Attempting to Shut Down Pregnancy Centers A Maryland county paid $375,000 in attorneys’ fees, costs, and nominal damages this week after a court battle won by a pro-life center represented by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys and allied attorneys. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/18/maryland-county-must-pay-375000-for-attempting-to-shut-down-pregnancy-centers/