Tuesday, January 6, 2015

LifeNews Pro-Life News Report 1/6/15




LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

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Top Stories
• New Congressional Bill Would Ban Late-Term Abortions After 20 Weeks
• War on Women? New Congress Opens With Record-Breaking 21 Pro-Life Women
• Doctor Euthanizes This Man’s Mother, He Had No Idea Until the Morgue Called to Claim Her Body
• Mother Threatened With Child Abuse Charges for Showing Pro-Life Film to Her Kids


More Pro-Life News
• Episcopal Church Hosting Planned Parenthood Event to Celebrate 42 Years of Abortion
• Newborn Girl Thrown From 17-Story Building in China With Umbilical Cord Still Attached
• Mother Who Was Declared Brain-Dead Gives Birth to Healthy Boy 9 Weeks Later
• Police Officer Forces Girlfriend to Have an Abortion, Then Beats Her Afterwards
• Young Woman Explains Why “I’m Done With Being Pro-Choice” on Abortion
• My Mother Was Raped Teen Who Abandoned Me at a Hospital, But I’m Glad She Chose Life

• Kid Rock Says “I Am No Fan of Abortion” But He Supports Abortion Anyway

• Decision Reversed: Rapist Won’t Get to be Euthanized to Avoid Life Term in Person
• Feminist Amanda Marcotte Calls Pregnancy a “Broken Leg,” Abortion a “Cast”

• This Amazing Program is Training Students to Lead the Pro-Life Movement
• Attorney Quits British Medical Association After It Pushes Abortion in Northern Ireland

• Scotland: MSPs May Kill Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide After First Hearing
• Pro-Life Group to Fight Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission’s Bid to Legalize Abortion




New Congressional Bill Would Ban Late-Term Abortions After 20 Weeks
Pro-life members of Congress today introduced legislation in the House of Representatives that bans abortions from after 20-weeks of pregnancy up to the day of birth. With Republicans controlling both the House and Senate, there is a guarantee that the important pro-life legislation will finally receive a vote in both chambers of Congress.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/new-congressional-bill-would-ban-late-term-abortions-after-20-weeks/


War on Women? New Congress Opens With Record-Breaking 21 Pro-Life Women
The bottom has fallen out of the abortion-centered “war on women” strategy. Why is that? Women just don’t agree with the shrinking ranks of the feminist Left like EMILY’s List and NARAL that unlimited abortion is the great liberator for women. And they are tired of the politics of division and grievance.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/war-on-women-new-congress-opens-with-record-breaking-21-pro-life-women/



Doctor Euthanizes This Man’s Mother, He Had No Idea Until the Morgue Called to Claim Her Body
Just weeks ago, the world watched as Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman with terminal brain cancer, followed through on her vow to take her own life. After receiving a prognosis of six months to live, Maynard and her husband moved from San Francisco to Portland, Ore., where it was legal to obtain a prescription that would allow her to die when she chose.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/doctor-euthanizes-his-mother-he-had-no-idea-until-the-morgue-called-to-claim-her-body/


Mother Threatened With Child Abuse Charges for Showing Pro-Life Film to Her Kids
A few days before Christmas, a U.K. mother of two reached out to Christian radio show program Stand Up For Truth with a plea for prayers and support. She had been notified that Child Protection Services would be contacting her because she had permitted her children to watch the pro-life documentary 180.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/mother-threatened-with-child-abuse-charges-for-showing-pro-life-film-to-her-kids/




Episcopal Church Hosting Planned Parenthood Event to Celebrate 42 Years of Abortion
An Episcopal Church in Wichita, Kansas is hosting an event sponsored by the Planned Parenthood abortion business to celebrate 42 years of legalized abortion. The United States marks the grim anniversary on January 22, the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion on demand.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/episcopal-church-hosting-planned-parenthood-event-to-celebrate-42-years-of-abortion/


Newborn Girl Thrown From 17-Story Building in China With Umbilical Cord Still Attached
Tragically, a newborn girl was thrown from a 17-story apartment complex with her umbilical cord still attached in China. On Saturday, the infant was found on a busy pavement lying in a pool of blood. According to the Central European News agency, neighbor On Chiang said he “spotted something on the ground and didn’t immediately recognize it.”

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/newborn-girl-thrown-from-17-story-building-in-china-with-umbilical-cord-still-attached/





Mother Who Was Declared Brain-Dead Gives Birth to Healthy Boy 9 Weeks Later
According to the Daily Mail, an Italian mother who was declared brain-dead in October has given birth to a baby boy nine weeks after doctors agreed to keep her on a life support machine to save the child.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/mother-who-was-declared-brain-dead-gives-birth-to-healthy-boy-9-weeks-later/


Police Officer Forces Girlfriend to Have an Abortion, Then Beats Her Afterwards
It seems as if there is no depths to which some men will sink when a woman refuses to abort their baby—and even if they do. ABC News 4 reported Monday that Officer Sierra Shivers, a member of the North Charleston, South Carolina police Department, has been placed on unpaid administrative leave.

Click to Read at LifeNews.com:
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/police-officer-forces-girlfriend-to-have-an-abortion-then-beats-her-afterwards/



Young Woman Explains Why “I’m Done With Being Pro-Choice” on Abortion With every new year, the new generation is facing the facts more honestly on the subject of abortionhttp://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/pro-life-video-of-the-day-woman-explains-why-im-done-with-being-pro-choice-on-abortion/
My Mother Was Raped Teen Who Abandoned Me at a Hospital, But I’m Glad She Chose Life As I sit at the fire station working my shift as a medic/firefighter, waiting for our next emergency, my heart is heavy. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/my-mother-was-raped-teen-who-abandoned-me-at-a-hospital-but-im-glad-she-chose-life/


Kid Rock Says “I Am No Fan of Abortion” But He Supports Abortion Anyway In 2014, LifeNews reported on Kid Rock’s surprise visit to a man with Down syndrome on his 30th Birthday. Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert James Richie, showered the man with gifts, including tickets to his next concert. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/kid-rock-says-i-am-no-fan-of-abortion-but-he-supports-abortion-anyway/
Decision Reversed: Rapist Won’t Get to be Euthanized to Avoid Life Term in Person After an initial decision allowing the Belgian rapist who wanted euthanasia rather than spend life in jail to kill himself rather than endure prison, authorities have overturned the decision. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/decision-reversed-rapist-wont-get-to-be-euthanized-to-avoid-life-term-in-person/
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Feminist Amanda Marcotte Calls Pregnancy a “Broken Leg,” Abortion a “Cast” Fresh pro-abortion talking points for a new year! Who said feminism was out of ideas? http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/feminist-amanda-marcotte-calls-pregnancy-a-broken-leg-abortion-a-cast/
This Amazing Program is Training Students to Lead the Pro-Life Movement Far too often, young people in the pro-life movement are referred to as “future pro-life leaders.” http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/this-amazing-program-is-training-students-to-lead-the-pro-life-movement/
Attorney Quits British Medical Association After It Pushes Abortion in Northern Ireland A Peer has resigned from the British Medical Association’s medical ethics committee because it supports extending Britain’s abortion law to Northern Ireland. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/attorney-quits-british-medical-association-after-it-pushes-abortion-in-northern-ireland/
Scotland: MSPs May Kill Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide After First Hearing The Edinburgh News is reporting that the Scottish assisted suicide bill may die in the Health and Sport committee.. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/scotland-msps-may-kill-bill-to-legalize-assisted-suicide-after-first-hearing/
Pro-Life Group to Fight Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission’s Bid to Legalize Abortion In response to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission’s announcement on 10th December 2014 that it is to take the Department of Justice to the High Court to demand the legalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/06/pro-life-group-to-fight-northern-ireland-human-rights-commissions-bid-to-legalize-abortion/