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A Passion to Serve, 2011

2012-01-27T13:54:00.000-05:00

A Passion to Serve: The new report includes updated data from 2010 to quantify the positive impact that PRCs are making upon the local and national community. With statistics and real-life anecdotes, this report records the development of the three major pregnancy resource networks: Care Net, Heartbeat International, and the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA). It also shows how this vital pregnancy help movement continues to flourish and offer a vast array of pregnancy and sexuality-related services, education, support, and outreach .

PRCs fill a dire need by offering abortion alternatives to women (and men) facing an unexpected pregnancy. In 2010, PRCs served over 2.3 million people with pregnancy assistance, abstinence counseling and education, community outreach programs and referrals, and public health linkages. A conservative estimate of community cost savings for these services during 2010 is over $100 million.

Injury-Prone New Mexico Abortion Clinics Operate In Shadows of Regulatory Gaps

2012-01-27T11:54:00.000-05:00

Injury-Prone New Mexico Abortion Clinics Operate In Shadows of Regulatory Gaps :Operation Rescue: A shocking number of medical emergencies at two Albuquerque abortion clinics over the past few months have raised questions about clinic safety and who is responsible for oversight. After months of investigation, pro-life groups have determined that abortion clinics often operate in regulatory gaps and actively seek to “fly under the radar,” as one regulator put it. This has created a public safety crisis in New Mexico.

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Michigan bucks trend, shows increase in abortions

2012-01-27T11:52:00.000-05:00

Abortion: According to statistics from the Michigan Department of Community Health released in January 2012, the number of abortions in Michigan increased by 4.25 percent in 2010. The report states that 23,307 abortions were performed in Michigan during 2010 compared to 22,357 in 2009. Since 1987, there has been a 52.5 percent decrease in the number of Michigan abortions.

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True purity: Not my own

2012-01-27T11:45:00.004-05:00

Daily Spurgeon: If, like the young man in the gospel narrative, we could say of the commandments, “All these things have I kept from my youth up,” yet would we count our virtues and obediences to be but dross that we might win Christ and be found in him.

Under hail of criticism CBS relents, adds some photos of pro-lifers to March for Life album

2012-01-27T08:43:00.000-05:00

Under hail of criticism CBS relents, adds some photos of pro-lifers to March for Life album | LifeSiteNews.com: CBS had uploaded a photo album with the title “Activists Hold Annual March For Life On Roe v. Wade Anniversary” – and then failed to include ANY photos of pro-life activists or the March for Life, instead posting five photos of a miniscule group of pro-abortion counter protesters.

Well, guess what? CBS got completely snowed under with negative comments. Tons of them. And now – surprise! – CBS has discovered that, oh, there were a whole pile of pro-life activists at the March for Life, and they DO have photos of them after all!

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Peoria abortion clinic inspection reveals violations

2012-01-27T08:26:00.000-05:00

Peoria abortion clinic inspection reveals violations - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com: While two ladies with a baby in a stroller stood outside the building praying Wednesday, Margaret Van Duyn was inside National Health Care Services, pulling out notebook after notebook, thick loose-leaf binders with titles like "OSHA Regulations," "Tissue Report" and "Post-Abortion Callback."

Combined, the notebooks represent the thousands of pages state health inspectors pored over one day last June when Peoria's only abortion clinic underwent its first health and safety inspection in more than a decade.

Inspectors uncovered dozens of violations, many of them related to documentation and record-keeping, though an Illinois Department of Public Health spokeswoman described several as "serious." All of the local clinic's problems were corrected by October.

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AbortionDocs.org Reveals Little Known Abortion Death In Nevada, Other Injuries

2012-01-26T14:36:00.000-05:00

AbortionDocs.org Reveals Little Known Abortion Death In Nevada, Other Injuries :Operation Rescue: The new web site AbortionDocs.org continues to add documentation daily, detailing abuses at abortion clinics in order to draw attention to the history unsafe and illegal abortion-related practices across America. “Abortionists have been able to hide their dirt until now, thanks to AbortionDocs.org,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue and Pro-Life Nation. “Finally, the truth is available to everyone.” One example is a set of recently added documents related to Nevada abortionist Adam Vincent Levy, who works at A-Z Women’s Center in Las Vegas.

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Planned Parenthood’s “cheeky” new ad campaign

2012-01-26T13:28:00.000-05:00

Planned Parenthood’s “cheeky” new ad campaign - Jill Stanek: According to PP of Northern New England’s Fall/Winter 2011 newsletter it hired “design powerhouse” Jager Di Paola Kemp in 2010 to “revolutionize” its architecture, equipment, and signage “to convey the nervy, confident, and intrepid nature of PPNNE and its next generation of patients.”

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Today, I returned to the abortion clinic where I aborted my babies 12 years ago

2012-01-26T12:48:00.000-05:00

Today, I returned to the abortion clinic where I aborted my babies 12 years ago | LifeSiteNews.com: "There are hundreds of churches within a 15-mile radius of this Orlando abortion clinic. While they are updating their offices, paying for sound systems, and preaching their fluffy messages, babies are dying…over 3000 a day. Friends, hear me, we must shake off our dullness and be SILENT NO MORE…and STAGNANT no more!

"I am angry with pastors who never mention abortion and will not lend a hand to people like my friend, John. I am angry with those who think that writing a check is enough and never think about actually doing anything for the unborn. I am angry with Christians who do nothing to stand for the least of these and still call themselves Christians."

Editor: I hear what she's saying, but "the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God" (James 1:19-20).

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2011 Set Stage for War Over Abortion : Roll Call News

2012-01-26T10:51:00.000-05:00

2011 Set Stage for War Over Abortion : Roll Call News: Anti-abortion activists achieved landmark success last year, no thanks to Congress. As tens of thousands protest legalized abortion outside the Supreme Court and Capitol today, leaders in the anti-abortion movement say state legislatures have provided cause to celebrate.

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Prevalence of Oral HPV Infection in the United States

2012-01-26T09:43:00.000-05:00

Prevalence of Oral HPV Infection in the United States, 2009-2010 - — JAMA: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the principal cause of a distinct form of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma that is increasing in incidence among men in the United States. However, little is known about the epidemiology of oral HPV infection. Among men and women aged 14 to 69 years in the United States, the overall prevalence of oral HPV infection was 6.9%, and the prevalence was higher among men than among women. Editorial

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Michigan Senate Panel Approves Choose Life License Plates

2012-01-26T09:37:00.000-05:00

Michigan Senate Panel Approves Choose Life License Plates | LifeNews.com: Right to Life of Michigan Legislative Director Ed Rivet said it was unclear how much money the plates could raise for Right to Life of Michigan but he said the pro-life organization has a mailing list of “hundreds of thousands” of homes in Michigan. Once the money is collected annually, an operating committee will decide which affiliated pregnancy centers and abortion alternatives agencies will receive funding from the proceeds raised from the sale of the plates.

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New Spanish government to roll back abortion legislation for first time in history

2012-01-26T09:05:00.000-05:00

New Spanish government to roll back abortion legislation for first time in history | LifeSiteNews.com: Spain’s new government, the moderately conservative People’s Party, has announced that it will seek to reform the nation’s abortion law, which permits abortion on demand during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, and allows minors to obtain the deadly procedure without the permission of their parents.

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Missouri sees lowest number of abortions since Roe v Wade

2012-01-26T09:02:00.000-05:00

Missouri sees lowest number of abortions since Roe v Wade | LifeSiteNews.com: According to newly released State Department of Health figures, Missouri women had 1,019 fewer abortions in 2010 than in the previous year – a 9.4 percent decline. The 9,796 abortions performed on Missouri women in 2010 marks the first time these numbers were below 10,000 since 1973.

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Oklahoma State Senator Introduces Bill Banning Aborted Fetuses In Food

2012-01-26T08:59:00.000-05:00

Ralph Shortey, Oklahoma State Senator, Introduces Bill Banning Aborted Fetuses In Food: Sen. Ralph Shortey of Oklahoma City introduced on Tuesday Senate Bill 1418, which prohibits "the sale or manufacture of food or products which contain aborted human fetuses." He says he based the bill on an article he read online about an anti-abortion group boycotting companies that allegedly use embryonic stem cells to research and develop artificial sweeteners.

. . . Even if Senomyx did use aborted fetal cells in its taste testing process, Shortey's bill does not address that particular practice. It addresses the issue of aborted fetuses in food, which is a problem that does not exist.

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Con Artist Starred in Sting That Sold Abortion Pill

2012-01-26T08:43:00.000-05:00

Con Artist Starred in Sting That Cost Google Millions - WSJ.com: Federal agents created a site selling weight-loss medications without a prescription. They also added another site selling the abortion pill RU-486, which in the U.S. can only be taken in a doctor's office.

Google's ad team in Mexico approved the site, so U.S. consumers searching for "RU 486" would see an ad for the site. Google ad executives allowed the agents to add the phrase "no prescription needed."

Days later, federal agents added links to buy the drugs directly. Such sales broke U.S. laws prohibiting the sale of drugs from outside the country and without a prescription.

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Trent Franks leading effort to restrain abortion in D.C.

2012-01-26T08:38:00.000-05:00

Trent Franks leading effort to restrain abortion in D.C. - The Washington Post: Franks, with the backing of the activist group, is leading an effort to put new restrictions on abortions performed in the city via the “District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.” The bill, which Franks introduced Monday, would prohibit abortions 20 weeks post-fertilization.

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Urge Congress to end the torment of unborn babies in the Nation's Capital!

2012-01-26T08:29:00.001-05:00

National Right to Life: Did you know that in our nation's capital, unborn children daily are subjected to terribly painful deaths, even during the sixth and seventh months of pregnancy, or even later? Did you know that these practices are perfectly legal -- because in the District of Columbia, abortion is now legal at any point in pregnancy, for any reason, as long as someone is willing to pay the abortionist for the gruesome "service"?

One abortion "clinic," situated not far from the Capitol Mall and the White House, openly advertises abortion on demand up to the beginning of the seventh month of pregnancy -- payable by a credit card. ("Checks and money orders are not accepted.") This facility mentions the method used for its late abortions -- "dilatation and evacuation," also known as "dilation and evacuation" or "D&E." However, they do not explain that in a D&E -- shown in this medical illustration -- the abortionist grasps the little arms and legs of the well-developed unborn baby and literally tears them off, one by one, by brute manual force.

Another abortionist advertises abortions "in Washington, D.C.," even in the seventh and eighth months. He describes using a different method -- employing ultrasound while thrusting a needle into the heart of the unborn child, and then injecting a lethal substance (either air, or a drug). This "service," he advises, is "not inexpensive," and that "payment can only be made by a bank electronic transfer."

Christian Counseling Today magazine features abortion

2012-01-25T16:29:00.004-05:00

Christian Counseling Today: Articles by Melinda Delahoyde, Chuck Swindoll, Alan Sears, Alveda King (abortion in the Black community), Linda Cochrane (abortion recovery), Randy Alcorn, Jeaneane Maxon (legal pitfalls in PCCs).

Man Convicted of Killing Girlfriend Who Refused Abortion

2012-01-25T15:56:00.000-05:00

Man Convicted, Killed Pregnant Girlfriend Refusing Abortion | LifeNews.com: In Broward County, Florida, a man has been convicted of two counts of murder for killing a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. The court determined that Edward Jermaine Babbs killed Stephanie Rabsatt by shooting her in the abdomen and head on Oct.1, 2009.

Rabsatt was almost 8 months pregnant with a son, who she had named Jayden. Babbs, who was the baby’s father, had been pressuring her to abort. Her refusal to have an abortion and the imminent birth of her son was what triggered the murder, according to police.

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Illinois Abortions Down 9 Percent

2012-01-25T15:55:00.000-05:00

Illinois Abortions Drop to 37-Year Low, Down 9 Percent | LifeNews.com: Abortions in Illinois have dropped 9 percent in 2010 from the prior year and the state health department indicates they are now at a 37-year low. Abortions are expected to drop further now that Rockford’s abortion business has closed.

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Social Issues Pocket Guide - eBook 99 cent download

2012-01-25T13:27:00.000-05:00

Social Issues Pocket Guide - eBook - Answers Bookstore: What does the Bible have to say about morality for today? When does life begin? What about stem cells, homosexuality, euthanasia, same sex marriage, and racism? Huge social questions abound in today’s culture. Be ready with answers that are based on the authority of God’s Word!

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NARAL’s “Who Decides?” Show the Enormous Difference Your Efforts Made in 2010-11

2012-01-25T09:42:00.000-05:00

NARAL’s “Who Decides?” Show the Enormous Difference Your Efforts Made in 2010-11 | NRL News Today: The landscape in the states is so bleak (from NARAL Pro-Choice America’s perspective) that it would be adding insult to injury to say that the nation merits a D-.

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The Power of your Words

2012-01-25T09:40:00.000-05:00

The Power of your Words | NRL News Today: “Today there are 400,000 fewer abortions annually than there were 20 years ago.”

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Woman died because she went to PP for preventive care

2012-01-25T09:39:00.000-05:00

Abortion In Washington: Washington Planned Parenthood Was Sued for Botched Cancer Screening, Patient Died: AbortionInWashington obtained court records which show how a local woman died after going to Planned Parenthood in Federal Way, south of Seattle, for a pap smear. She died because she did, in fact, have cancer, and PP missed it. She sued Planned Parenthood, but it was too late; she passed away, at the age of just 34, of endocervical adenocarcinoma, which metastasized into her brain and liver because it went undiagnosed.

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Pro-life laws and abortionists: beware the letter of the law

2012-01-25T09:06:00.000-05:00

Pro-life laws and abortionists: beware the letter of the law | LifeSiteNews.com: In 1994 a law was enacted in Pennsylvania that required a pregnant mother scheduled for an abortion be offered information on the gestation and development of the growing baby she planned to abort, hear a description of the abortion and risks from a doctor, have an opportunity to have her questions answered, and wait 24 hours before having the abortion (and for minors to have the consent of one parent—but that’s a nugget for another time).

Predictably, the management of the abortion clinic where I worked was up in arms! Oppression! Mistrusting women! Logistical nightmare! … Increased price… We couldn’t possibly pay doctors to talk to the pregnant mothers!!

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Body of unborn baby discovered at Indiana sewage station

2012-01-25T09:04:00.000-05:00

Body of unborn baby discovered at Indiana sewage station | LifeSiteNews.com: City utility workers who were cleaning a screen at a pump house in Fort Wayne, Indiana made a gruesome discovery Monday: the body of an unborn child, estimated to be about 10-25 weeks gestation. According to local media, the body of the unborn child was collected by police to be examined by forensics.

Editor: 10-25 weeks is quite a span. You'd think they could be a little more precise.

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Doctors dispute study findings

2012-01-25T09:02:00.001-05:00

LifeSiteNews: Pro-life doctors say that, because [the study on the relative safety of abortion and childbirth] fails to include the long-term adverse effects of abortions, the years-old claim that abortion’s mortality rate is lower misrepresents the overall effects of abortion on women versus bringing a child to term.

“[Abortion] is not safe when you look into the long term,” Dr. Mary Davenport, president of the American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs, told LifeSiteNews.com. “They were only talking about immediate death. If you do the math, there is a much higher rate of risk-taking behaviors,” including suicide attempts and substance abuse, said Davenport.

Microbiologist and bioethics commentator Gerard Nadal told LSN that such data fails to account for the physical damage often sustained by women during abortions, including damage to reproductive organs that has been strongly linked to subsequent pregnancy complications or even sterility. Meanwhile, he said, abortion’s link to increased risk of breast cancer, and childbirth’s protective effect against cancer, is ignored.

Another OB/GYN, Dr. Matt Phillips of CEC For Life, agreed, saying the study’s claim is “at least 20 years old” and based on skewed information. “You can make the numbers look any way you want to make them,” he said.

The mental toll of abortion

2012-01-25T08:50:00.000-05:00

The mental toll of abortion: With abortion statistics alarmingly high in the United States, we live in a culture with an increasing number of post-abortive women struggling from the profound emotional and psychological consequences of abortion. . . . Science supports this sad reality.

In the fall, a meta-analysis was published in the prestigious British Journal of Psychiatry. The report was the most extensive of its kind to date -- the author looked at 22 published studies and data from more than 870,000 women. The results showed that women who have an abortion are at an 81 percent increased risk for mental health problems, including anxiety disorders, depression, drug abuse and suicidal behaviors. The study revealed the shocking statistic that close to 10 percent of all mental health problems in women can be directly attributed to abortion.

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A New Study Finds Abortion Safer than Giving Birth

2012-01-25T08:49:00.000-05:00

FRC Blog » A New Study Finds Abortion Safer than Giving Birth: There are some medical risks with childbirth, but the effects of abortion are much more dangerous and long-lasting. Jeanne Monahan, Director, Center for Human Dignity at FRC, recently published an editorial that appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which focused on abortion’s devastating impact on mental health.

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U.S. Senator: March for Life ‘has greater impact than you know’

2012-01-25T08:42:00.000-05:00

U.S. Senator: March for Life ‘has greater impact than you know’ | LifeSiteNews.com: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) told a meeting of pro-life leaders the day after the March for Life that the annual visit by hundreds of thousands of Americans “makes a difference. This determination to come to Washington every year has impact. It has greater impact than you know when you’re standing out there in the crowd, because everybody who knows you’re here, knows you’re going to be back. And knowing that you’re going to be back is probably even more important than knowing that you’re here.”

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Abortion rate in Oklahoma remains low

2012-01-25T08:40:00.000-05:00

Abortion rate in Oklahoma remains low | NewsOK.com: The abortion rate in Oklahoma remains low compared with the national average and held relatively steady throughout the past decade, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2012 Statistical Abstract.

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Va. begins writing permanent regulations for abortion clinics

2012-01-25T08:35:00.000-05:00

Va. begins writing permanent regulations for abortion clinics - Virginia Politics - The Washington Post: The emergency regulations, some of the toughest in the nation, include mandates on the size of exam rooms, the width of hallways and the number of parking spaces, as well as requirements for inspections, medical procedures and record-keeping.

Editor: Sound reasonable to me, given the conditions at that Birmingham clinic. Why are these considered "tough"?

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Moms to Tell Congress: Pregnancy Centers Good for America

2012-01-24T15:45:00.000-05:00

Moms to Tell Congress: Pregnancy Centers Good for America | LifeNews.com: For 40 years pregnancy help ministries affiliated with Heartbeat International have been receiving cards, thank you notes and letters from the women we serve. No one speaks to the lifesaving work of Heartbeat’s compassionate network of care better than these grateful women. That’s why Heartbeat took these moms and their babies to Capitol Hill on Jan 24.

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Abortion 14 Times Safer Than Giving Birth, Claims Study

2012-01-24T11:41:00.000-05:00

Abortion Is 14 Times Safer Than Giving Birth, Claims Study: Having a legal abortion is up to 14 times safer than giving birth, a controversial new study claims. American researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center in New York, suggest that women are more likely to die during or after childbirth than from complications of an abortion.

Researchers came to this conclusion after studying data from a leading sexual and reproductive health research centre, the Guttmacher Institute, on live births, pregnancy and abortion-related deaths.

Editor: That's like the pot being allowed to define "black."

At least the article gives Anthony Ozimic of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, the last word: "Whatever the merits or otherwise of this study and its authors’ conclusions, the fact remains that the Republic of Ireland, where abortion is banned, has one of the world’s best records on maternal health, better than the US or the UK where abortion is available easily. The key to saving pregnant women's lives, whether in the developed or developing world, are improvements in primary healthcare and specialist pregnancy care. Abortion neither treats conditions nor cures illness."

Related: FRC analysis

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More Money Next Year, Part I

2012-01-24T11:29:00.000-05:00

More Money Next Year, Part I Nonprofit | Leadership | Article / Position Paper | IdeaEncore Network: Most good non profits need more money next year. Does yours? If yes, set a goal to increase your income and, also, take action. Don’t, however, just take any action! Take the right actions.

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Louisiana responds to request for abortion files

2012-01-24T10:48:00.004-05:00

The Advocate: On the eve of a massive march against abortion through downtown Baton Rouge streets, the state health chief promised Friday to enforce a legal requirement that physicians who perform pregnancy terminations properly fill out the mandatory forms.

. . . State Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein on Friday met with representatives of 20 anti-abortion advocates who had filed public records requests seeking disclosure of about three decades worth of Reports of Induced Termination of Pregnancy.

Physicians are required by law to fill out a form for each procedure they perform. The reports are supposed to document 25 specific pieces of information about the woman and her pregnancy, how the procedure went and any complications.

Mike Johnson, a Shreveport lawyer, said the advocates he is helping suspect that many physicians over many years filled out the forms in advance and did not accurately portray what happened before, during and after the abortion. The state had either not noticed or ignored the improperly filed forms that are supposed to provide statistics used to set health-care policies, he said.

The goal of the public records requests was to press the Jindal administration to enforce the state law that levies penalties on physicians who fail to properly complete the forms, Johnson said.

Who is Nicola Riley, the Utah abortion doctor charged with murder?

2012-01-24T10:43:00.000-05:00

Who is Nicola Riley, the Utah abortion doctor charged with murder? | The Salt Lake Tribune mobile edition: The first of two stories, this draws on records released by medical licensing boards in New Jersey and Maryland, including interviews with physician Nicola Riley, injured patient D.B. and her mother, C.B. See part two.

Related: Abortionist released on bail

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IL cracks down on abortion clinics

2012-01-24T08:55:00.000-05:00

An increased scrutiny of Illinois abortion clinics in the wake of revelations about a "house of horrors" in Philadelphia revealed that some facilities had gone up to 15 years without inspections, and two now have closed after regulators found health and safety violations. The renewed oversight by state regulators led to the permanent closure of a clinic in Rockford earlier this month, following the closing of a clinic in suburban Chicago last October, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request.

One of those facilities — the Women's Aid Clinic in Lincolnwood — closed when the owner decided to surrender its license rather than pay a $36,000 fine or endure an expensive legal fight with the state. The fine was for violations including the clinic's failure to perform CPR on a patient who died after a procedure. Its owner told the AP her clinic was safe and she felt victimized by the surprise inspection after 15 years.

While Illinois is working on the backlog of neglected inspections, the documents reviewed by the AP show that a few abortion clinics in the state still haven't been checked in more than a decade. One in Chicago hasn't been inspected in 16 years. Another in the suburb of Wood Dale was last inspected nearly 15 years ago.

State officials attribute the lag to a lack of funds and resources, noting that the state's 24 trained health inspectors are responsible for inspecting nearly 2,000 facilities.

. . . In 2011, Illinois inspectors visited all nine licensed abortion clinics that are defined as pregnancy termination centers, a category that limits them to first-trimester abortions and no other procedures. . . . The inspection sweep of the nine clinics didn't include other centers that perform more services than first-trimester abortions and are classified as ambulatory surgery centers. Anti-abortion groups said there are four such centers. . . . Illinois law doesn't specify how frequently either type of abortion clinic must be inspected. Both kinds must renew their licenses annually, but no inspection is required with that. . . . A third type of health facility providing abortions isn't licensed or inspected in Illinois. These clinics are considered to be similar to doctors' offices, which aren't licensed by the state, and the majority of their services aren't surgical procedures. Planned Parenthood clinics fall into this category.

. . . Sharon Levin, vice president of the National Abortion Federation, a standard-setting body for providers, said the Philadelphia case is unusual and shouldn't be used as a basis for a crackdown. State regulators should inspect abortion clinics as often as they do other similar medical facilities, Levin said, but 15 years between inspections is excessive. "We have clinical policy guidelines and we regularly inspect our members ..." she said, "but we would consider 15 years too long." ABC News/AP

Record turnout for Paris March for Life

2012-01-24T08:43:00.000-05:00

Record turnout for Paris March for Life: unprecedented support from Catholic Church | LifeSiteNews.com: The 8th annual March for Life attracted a record number of French pro-lifers on Sunday. This year’s march was considered especially crucial by local pro-lifers, since 2012 will see presidential and legislative elections in France. While the abortion issue has been more or less ignored in political debate in recent years, the organizers of the March for Life hope that the increasingly popular event will help draw attention to the issue.

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Women are not fragile flowers!

2012-01-24T08:37:00.000-05:00

A message to pro-choice advocates: Women are not fragile flowers! | LifeSiteNews.com: Canadian women are intelligent, bright and sensible. We do not need you to protect us from the realities of abortion or shield us from the potential risks associated with undergoing the “medical procedure.” You claim to be challenging the work and messages of crisis pregnancy centres and pro-life groups in the name of women’s “rights,” but frankly I’d appreciate it if you would take the time to care about our health. And by care, I mean something more substantial than indiscriminately throwing around the terms “back alley” and “clothes hanger” every time someone questions the ‘unquestionable’ benefits of abortion for Canadian women.

Editor: I think our side is just as guilty of portraying women as weak, defenseless, ignorant victims. Here's video from Girls Gone Wise that underscores that truth: http://youtu.be/da5MVb-p-Dk

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Celebrate Life, Embrace Grace...end Abortion

2012-01-23T13:55:00.000-05:00

Celebrate Life, Embrace Grace...end Abortion | Fox News: We are winning the fight, and a renewed focus on restoring a culture of life has never been more important. Start now. Celebrate life. … Embrace grace. … End abortion.

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Sex determination possible at five weeks after conception

2012-01-23T13:20:00.000-05:00

BioNews - Sex determination possible at five weeks after conception: A test has been developed to determine the sex of an embryo from only five weeks old. In the UK current tests can only determine sex from 11 weeks after conception and as they are invasive, risk causing miscarriage. The new test, which was developed by scientists at the Kwan Dong University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, relies on a blood sample from the mother and therefore carries no risk to the child.

Editor: No risk, unless the child is a girl.

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Political Calculations: The Throughput of Abortion Providers

2012-01-23T11:24:00.001-05:00

Political Calculations: The Throughput of Abortion Providers: How many abortion procedures do the highest volume abortion providers perform every day? "Throughput" is a term that comes from high volume manufacturing operations, which refers to the amount of material that is processed within a given amount of time, or in the case of computers, the number of operations that are performed within a set time interval.

The question arises because of the great differences we observed in the annual caseloads for the various types of abortion providers.

Related: The Volume Pricing of Abortion- $135 million for Planned Parenthood

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Behind the Door: What Really Goes on Inside an Abortion Clinic (Part 1) «

2012-01-23T11:11:00.000-05:00

Behind the Door: What Really Goes on Inside an Abortion Clinic (Part 1) «: Candace Dye, owner and administrator of A Woman’s World Medical Center – the Treasure Coast’s only operating abortion clinic, was recently visited by an inspector from Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration. The visit marked the fourth year in a row that deficiencies were noted in the clinic’s operation, and yet, the clinic remains in business.

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Former client returns to help operate pregnancy center

2012-01-23T11:07:00.000-05:00

Former client returns to help operate pregnancy center | Arkansas Catholic | January 21, 2012: Candice McMellon knows what pregnant teens, young unwed mothers are going through.

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Judge may still force mentally ill Catholic woman to have an abortion

2012-01-23T10:42:00.000-05:00

Judge may still force mentally ill Catholic woman to have an abortion | LifeSiteNews.com: A Massachusetts woman who was spared a forced sterilization could still be forced to abort her unborn child against her will, if a lower court judge orders it.

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No Gurney Access Endangers Two Injured Abortion Patients in Alabama

2012-01-23T09:36:00.000-05:00

39 Years After Roe V. Wade, No Gurney Access Endangers Two Injured Abortion Patients in Alabama :Operation Rescue: Two women were transported from a Alabama abortion clinic yesterday after paramedics had to hand-lift a partially clad woman from a narrow doorway and down several steps to an awaiting gurney. A second woman was wheeled to her gurney in a wheelchair. The incident took place at the New Women All Women abortion clinic in South Birmingham.

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Britain OKs Television Ads For Abortion Clinics

2012-01-23T09:35:00.000-05:00

Britain OKs Television Ads For Abortion Clinics | Fox News: The Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice says there is no justification for barring private clinics that offer post-pregnancy services, including abortions, from advertising on television.

Nonprofit post-pregnancy services are already allowed to advertise on television, and their for-profit counterparts are allowed to advertise in all other media.

Conservative lawmaker Nadine Dories said the move would desensitize people to the seriousness of getting a termination.

But committee spokesman Matt Wilson said the new rules would not allow companies to say: "Come to us to get an abortion." He said clinics would have to promote an "array of services."

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Teleseminar: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, Noon

2012-01-23T08:54:00.000-05:00

Teleseminars Sponsored by NonProfit Direct: The NonProfit National Resource Directory: Lead With the Need: How Data Gets Grants with Mark Goldstein, Communication Mark

To receive grant funding, it is necessary to submit a proposal that identifies and successfully documents a dire need. The need has to be compelling enough to pull at the heartstrings and established enough to satisfy the intellect. Data accomplishes both of these aims, when used correctly and convincingly, providing a strong start to any proposal.

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Obama Celebrates Roe vs. Wade Decision

2012-01-23T08:41:00.001-05:00

LifeNews: On Sunday, President Barack Obama released a statement celebrating the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision that allowed for 54 million abortions. The decision, handed down on January 22, 1973, overturned pro-life laws offering protection for unborn children in most states across the country, and made abortions legal and virtually unlimited.The statement Obama released says:

As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this Supreme Court decision not only protects a woman’s health and reproductive freedom, but also affirms a broader principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose and this fundamental constitutional right. While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue- no matter what our views, we must stay united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant woman and mothers, reduce the need for abortion, encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption. And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.

HPV infection linked to heart disease in women

2012-01-20T15:48:00.000-05:00

eNewsletters Online - email newsletters made easy - www.enewslettersonline.com: A recent study has shown a strong association between HPV and heart disease in women. The likelihood of having cardiovascular disease in the presence of a positive HPV DNA was twice that of HPV DNA negative women, even after controlling for other factors such as blood pressure, medical conditions, health/sex behaviors, cardiovascular risk burden and management. In fact the likelihood of having a cardiovascular disease when positive for the cancer causing HPV types was close to three times that seen in HPV negative women.

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Girls Uncovered: New Research on the effects of America's Sexual Culture on Young Women

2012-01-20T15:47:00.000-05:00

eNewsletters Online - email newsletters made easy - www.enewslettersonline.com: The Medical Institute is pleased to announce the release of the new book Girls Uncovered that reveals new research on what America’s sexual culture is doing to our young women, by Joe S McIlhaney, Jr., MD and Freda M. Bush, MD with Stan Guthrie, MA.

This revealing book addresses the numerous challenges confronting our young women today, in a deeply sexual culture. It will equip parents, mentors and educators with the knowledge needed to help them in assisting our young women overcome these pressures, enabling them to make healthy decisions for a more fulfilling life.

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U.S. teen pregnancy rate remains highest in developed world

2012-01-20T15:36:00.000-05:00

U.S. teen pregnancy rate remains highest in developed world - latimes.com: Teen pregnancy rates in the United States have fallen in recent years, but the country still has a higher rate than any other developed country.

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Abortionist Riley Arraigned on Murder Charges, Held in Maryland on $300,000 Bail

2012-01-20T11:56:00.000-05:00

Abortionist Nicola Irene Riley was arraigned this morning in a Cecil County court on charges that she murdered a healthy, viable pre-born child during an illegal late-term abortion last year. She has been ordered held on a $300,000 bond at the Cecil County Detention Center. Her employer, the notorious Steven Chase Brigham, who was released on $500,000 bail on January 6, 2012. Operation Rescue

Baby scan parties criticised for encouraging fetal rights

2012-01-20T11:33:00.000-05:00

Baby scan parties criticised for encouraging foetus’ rights | News | The Christian Institute: Britain’s top midwife has criticised mums who celebrate their pregnancy by showing off scanned images of their baby because it might encourage people to consider the rights of unborn children.

In a column for the BBC News website Professor Cathy Warwick hit out at the practice of holding baby scan parties – dubbed “foetus parties” – where friends and family can view 3D or 4D images of an unborn baby.

The Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives questioned whether the parties encouraged the view that babies have a life of their own, and therefore rights, prior to birth.

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Ohio Bill Honors PCCs

2012-01-20T11:06:00.000-05:00

Ohio Bill Honors Abortion Alternative Pregnancy Centers | LifeNews.com: Today, the Ohio House of Representatives introduced legislation to honor the work of life-affirming pregnancy centers. Representatives Bill Hayes (R) and Michael Henne (R), along with 25 other representatives, sponsored HCR 32, a resolution that will declare support of the pregnancy resource centers that offer integrity and compassion to women in Ohio.

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Get to Know: AbortionWiki

2012-01-20T10:57:00.000-05:00

Main Page - AbortionWiki: "AbortionWiki aims to be the reference of choice for all information relating to abortion. The act of abortion has killed more individual humans than all genocides or natural disasters in history put together. While AbortionWiki takes an unashamed pro-life stance, we also recognise that fact is fact. The truth supports the pro-life position and so for our benefit and for the benefit of all people we will enforce stringent referencing on all statements. We will be open to immediate correction if something stated as fact is proven to be either badly referenced or actually false. Opinions, where presented, will be quoted as such. Various perspectives will be covered but will not be endorsed by this website. We want people on all sides of these debate to be able to come to us for truth. As once said, the truth will set us free."

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Superheroes and peanuts

2012-01-20T10:27:00.000-05:00

Superheroes and peanuts | LifeSiteNews.com: "Here’s what makes my birth mother a real, true mother . . . and my hero: She didn’t do what was best for herself . . . she did what was best for her child. She stood up and walked out of an abortion clinic. . . . She had to find a place to live, had to find her own support system, had to deal with very big issues on her own. But, she did this for me."

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Resources from NonProfit Direct

2012-01-20T10:04:00.000-05:00

Editor: Let me put in a good word for Partners in Ministry's Standards for Excellence manual, which addresses many of these issues . . . and more!

Remembering Roe in Michigan

2012-01-20T09:56:00.003-05:00

Local prolife groups in Michigan have planned prayer vigils, rallies, marches and special services to recognize the 39th memorial of legalized abortion. Learn about events in your community.

What Every American Needs to Know

2012-01-20T09:51:00.000-05:00

Share a small card with a big message. "What Every American Needs to Know" postcard/handout shows that most abortions are unwanted or coerced. It offers clear facts showing the synergy of coercion that comes from all sides.

Texas suit over forced abortion threat resolved, attorney says

2012-01-20T09:48:00.000-05:00

Texas suit over forced abortion threat resolved, attorney says - CNN.com: The case of a Corpus Christi, Texas, teen who sued her family because she said they wanted to force her to have an abortion "has been resolved," her lawyer says. Stephen Casey, who represents the 14-year-old, said the judge agreed Tuesday with his side's request to dissolve the suit. Casey said he is barred from sharing the details and gave no further comment.

On Friday, Casey said the teen, who is about 10 weeks pregnant, wants to carry her child to term. She has not finalized her decision, whether it's adoption or parenting the child.

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Congressmen support FDA protocol for abortion pill

2012-01-20T09:44:00.000-05:00

Congressmen support FDA protocol for abortion pill :: Catholic News Agency (CNA): Nearly 20 members of Congress voiced their support for an Ohio law regulating the use of the abortion drug RU-486 in compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration protocol. The legislators backed the law in a brief filed in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which would prohibit abortion providers from encouraging women to use RU-486 in “off-label” ways that have not been approved by the FDA.

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Pro-Life Leaders and Law Students: 'The End of Roe v. Wade is Imminent' - Christian Newswire

2012-01-20T09:43:00.000-05:00

Pro-Life Leaders and Law Students: 'The End of Roe v. Wade is Imminent' - Christian Newswire: The first-ever "Law of Life Summit,"at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, January 21, at 4:00 PM, will gather established individuals and organizations from the American pro-life movement together with pro-life law students for a visioning discussion focused on the coming final phase of the fight against the Roe v. Wade legalized abortion regime. More information: www.LawLife.org.

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Abortionist Nicola Riley Now En Route to Maryland to Face Murder Charges

2012-01-19T14:39:00.000-05:00

Abortionist Nicola Riley Now En Route to Maryland to Face Murder Charges :Operation Rescue: Nicola Riley has been transported from the Salt Lake City Jail and is now on her way to Maryland to face charges of murder related to the killing of healthy, viable late-term babies at a secret late-term abortion mill operated by the notorious Steven Chase Brigham.

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Report shows decline in Pennsylvania abortions

2012-01-19T10:02:00.000-05:00

Pennsylvania Department of Health report shows decline in abortions; groups credit resources available to women | PennLive.com: Abortion rights advocates and opponents are cheering a report released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health showing a decline in abortions. Both advocates and opponents credit the growing number of programs and resources available to women — although the types of programs referenced differed.

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Roe v. Wade and the dishonest industry it spawned

2012-01-19T09:50:00.001-05:00

Roe v. Wade and the dishonest industry it spawned - The Washington Post: Abortion provider Merle Hoffman called a news conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday morning to announce the results of an alarming new study she commissioned:

Abortion rates have exploded since the economic collapse, she warned, as nearly three-quarters of women ending their pregnancies say they simply can’t afford to have a baby. Hoffman expanded on that trend to forecast a “dim future” for women if a Republican wins the White House: a world of abortion “slave states” and “underground railroads” and “pre-Roe reality.”

There was just one problem with this hysteria: The data in the study she presented were from 2008 — before the impact of the recession was felt. . . .

If the “choice” rally participants really wanted to preserve legal abortion, they’d be wise to drop the sky-is-falling warnings about Roe and to acknowledge that the other side, and most Americans, have legitimate concerns. Not every compromise means a slippery slope to the back alley.

But this is no time for reason; this is time for collecting donations. At the Press Club, abortion provider Hoffman gave a full-throated defense of her own abortion (“I had committed myself to my work” and didn’t want to be “diverted”), coupled with dire warnings about the future of legal abortion (“relentless attacks . . . will be impossible”). Hoffman likened her defense of the procedure to Martin Luther’s 95 Theses. “Abortion is a life-affirming act,” she said, and “abortion is often the most moral choice.”

NRLC commentary
Albert Mohler commentary

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ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX, I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

2012-01-19T09:03:00.000-05:00

FRC Homepage: When a prominent homosexual magazine vowed, "We will teach your kids the new norms," they meant it. And a massive 45-page attack on your child's innocence reveals how. This week, a coalition of American "health" organizations released its National Sexuality Education Standards, a document meant to transform what public schools teach your kids about sex.

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CTV sting operation tries to catch crisis pregnancy centre giving misinformation

2012-01-19T08:49:00.000-05:00

CTV sting operation tries to catch crisis pregnancy centre giving misinformation | LifeSiteNews.com: On December 15th, 2011, CTV News in British Columbia launched a sting operation against the South Fraser Pregnancy Options Centre in Surrey, BC, with the what Executive Director Laura Lansink said was “the hope that our peer-counselor would give false or biased information.”

The Pregnancy Options centres are associated with the Canadian Association of Pregnancy Support Services (CAPSS), a national, non-political, registered Christian charity, committed to equipping pregnancy support services.

Jon Woodward of CTV News called the Centre, saying that he had received a ‘complaint’ from a client who believed the Centre had given her false medical information regarding the risks of abortion.

In a subsequent phone call he admitted this person had been sent from CTV News to the Centre with a hidden camera with the intent of exposing the organization for providing supposedly false information.

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Mexican prosecutors ordered to track number of women imprisoned for abortio

2012-01-19T08:40:00.000-05:00

Mexican prosecutors ordered to track number of women in Mexico imprisoned for abortion | LifeSiteNews.com: The effort to record the number of women incarcerated for killing their unborn children represents a new phase in a growing consensus in the country in favor of eliminating criminal penalties for abortions.

The trend against imprisonment was given a strong impetus when pro-abortion groups began to publicize the cases of several women imprisoned in the state of Guanajuato for having had “spontaneous abortions.”

Although the women had all given birth in the third trimester and had been convicted of infanticide, the murder of their newborn children, the country’s media repeated the claim that the women had been imprisoned “for abortion.” The state’s governor soon capitulated to demands for their release.

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Decision blasts judge’s order to force abortion

2012-01-19T08:38:00.000-05:00

Decision blasts judge’s order to force abortion - BostonHerald.com: In a December hearing, the Department of Mental Health applied for temporary guardianship for the parents of the 32-year-old woman — referred to as “Mary Moe” — to let them consent to an abortion for their daughter, who already had one child currently in their care.

Harms approved guardianship, ruling Moe could be “‘coaxed, bribed, or even enticed ... by ruse’ into a hospital where she would be sedated and an abortion performed,” the appellate ruling states. “Additionally ... and without notice, the judge directed that any medical facility that performed the abortion also sterilize Moe at the same time to avoid this painful situation from recurring.”

The decision notes that Moe, when asked whether she would have an abortion, told Harms she “wouldn’t do that,” but that based on her “substantial delusional beliefs,” Harms found Moe incompetent to make a decision.

An appeals court overturned the decision.

Related page from the Holocaust Museum: MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED: VICTIMS OF THE NAZI ERA

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Back alley abortions, Planned Parenthood style

2012-01-19T08:32:00.000-05:00

STOPP - Stop Planned Parenthood - Back alley abortions, Planned Parenthood style: It looks like back alley abortions are making a comeback, thanks to Planned Parenthood. The front door of the PP office in an Omaha, NE, strip mall is always locked. Signs direct women to a back alley entrance.

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Customized brochures

2012-01-18T13:42:00.000-05:00

Promotional brochures from the PRC Print Shop (associated with Heritage House) are designed to be edited easily to fit your center's needs. "Just give us your address, phone number, and hours and we will send you a proof! But, you can do more! If you see something in the brochure that doesn't match what you want to portray, just let us know how to fix it and the brochure will be perfectly tailored to your center."

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NH House Votes to Strip Abortion Providers of Taxpayer Funds

2012-01-18T11:53:00.000-05:00

NH House Votes to Strip Abortion Providers of Taxpayer Funds | SBA-List: This morning, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed HB 228 by an overwhelming margin of 207 to 147, prioritizing state-controlled family planning dollars away from abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood. The funding is prioritized to public and private entities that provide comprehensive health care to women and do not perform abortions. The bill’s language, inserted as an amendment by Rep. Warren Groen (R-Rochester), was developed by the Alliance Defense Fund and the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List). The bill now heads to the State Senate.

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NH GOP to take on Planned Parenthood | Concord Monitor

2012-01-18T09:03:00.000-05:00

GOP to take on Planned Parenthood | Concord Monitor: In October, a Republican-controlled House committee voted 12-5 to kill a bill that would bar government funding for Planned Parenthood in New Hampshire. With a vote on the House floor scheduled for tomorrow, however, Republican leaders are urging their caucus to reject the committee's recommendation and pass the bill anyway.

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‘The way to be a millionaire was to do 40,000 abortions a year’

2012-01-18T08:53:00.000-05:00

Former abortionist: ‘the way to be a millionaire was to do 40,000 abortions a year’ | LifeSiteNews.com: “I wanted to be a millionaire,” says former clinic owner Carol Everett on the trailer to The Gift of Life. “And the way for me to be a millionaire was to do 40,000 abortions a year.” Everett’s story is one of several on the new documentary, hosted by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, which also explores the testimony of several individuals who were nearly the victims of an abortion, but were spared.

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FRC Delivers Second Pregnancy Report

2012-01-18T08:40:00.001-05:00

Family Research Council will release a second edition of A Passion to Serve: How Pregnancy Resource Centers Empower Women, Help Families, and Strengthen Communities during ProLifeCon on January 23, 2012. Building on the original PRC report, the second edition includes new data from 2010 regarding the national network of almost 2,000 pregnancy resource centers, as well as estimated local cost savings for the plethora of services offered by the centers. The report includes information such as the number of people annually served by the Pregnancy centers (over 2.3 million) as well as the number of volunteers (71,000) and volunteer hours (over 5.5 million). Tune in to ProLifeCon for the most encouraging information on these life-affirming centers.

Visit A Passion to Serve, where you will be able to download your own free copy on January 23.

Concealing fetus sex could curb abortion trend

2012-01-17T13:09:00.000-05:00

Concealing fetus sex could curb abortion trend: CMAJ editional: An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal is calling for doctors performing prenatal ultrasounds to conceal the sex of the baby for the first 30 weeks, to curb a trend toward "female feticide" in the Asian community.

While reaction to the idea of withholding such information from parents has been mixed, there appears to be broad agreement that the practice of female feticide should be eliminated."

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A Few Good Accounting Packages

2012-01-17T11:51:00.001-05:00

A Few Good Accounting Packages Nonprofit | Financial Management - Functional accounting | Article / Position Paper | IdeaEncore Network: Is tax season a time of time of stress, chaos and panic, or a relatively trouble-free period? Can you access the information you need in your accounting software, create reports and track restricted funds, or does just logging on make you worry about crashing your computer?

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Unified Chart of Accounts (UCOA)

2012-01-17T11:51:00.000-05:00

Unified Chart of Accounts (UCOA) Nonprofit | Financial Management - Accounting | How to / Guide | IdeaEncore Network: The UCOA, Unified Chart of Accounts, is a chart of accounts template which cross-references nonprofit accounting accounts with Form 990, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and other uniform reporting requirements. Included in Intuit's QuickBooks, Sage’s Peachtree and others.

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Nonprofit Bookkeeping Test

2012-01-17T11:50:00.000-05:00

Nonprofit Bookkeeping Test Nonprofit | Financial Management | Multiple Content Formats | IdeaEncore Network: If you're not an accountant, it can be hard to hire a qualified bookkeeper. How can you tell if an applicant really knows bookkeeping? CPA Dennis Walsh created this terrific assessment test to give candidates for nonprofit bookkeeping and accounting jobs.

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4 Rules and a Template for the Perfect, Donor-Friendly Website

2012-01-17T11:47:00.000-05:00

4 Rules and a Template for the Perfect, Donor-Friendly Website - Sumac: Research shows that you have about three to seven seconds to grab a website visitor’s attention. When it comes to donors, however, it’s not just about grabbing their attention... it’s about giving them the information they need, and making it easy for them to donate. Does your organization’s website do this well, or could it be a little more donor-friendly?

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Are Abortion-Adoption Clinics the Answer We’ve Been Looking For?

2012-01-17T11:17:00.000-05:00

Are Abortion-Adoption Clinics the Answer We’ve Been Looking For?: The Choice Network in Ohio supposedly offers both options. Live Action's Kristi Brown thinks this is a horrible idea. . . . "Both choices are treated the same. Though one leads to murder and one to life, the facility takes no position."

What do you think?

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CNN Poll: 62% Want All or Most Abortions Made Illegal

2012-01-17T10:00:00.000-05:00

CNN Poll: 62% Want All or Most Abortions Made Illegal | LifeNews.com: A new CNN national poll of Americans finds results that are almost identical to a Gallup survey earlier this year, and it shows 62% of Americans want all or most abortions made illegal.

CNN asked the question, “Do you think abortion should be legal under any circumstances, legal under only certain circumstances, or illegal in all circumstances?” The survey found 25 percent of Americans want all abortions legal while 21 percent want all abortions illegal, and it had a large group of 53 percent of Americans saying abortions should be legal only under certain circumstances.

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It's not "just" about saving babies

2012-01-17T09:59:00.000-05:00

Pastor Adam Barton blogs for ICU Mobile:

Some pregnancy centers have asked, “Do we have to share the gospel with everyone? Our answer is, “yes” for the following reasons:

1. We are called to share the truth of Jesus Christ. This is our highest calling as God’s children.

2. Save the woman, save the baby. Abortion is often a symptom of a much greater spiritual problem. Women are likely to repeat an abortion without knowing God.

3. Often, we will only see our clients one time. We have to assume that this may be our only opportunity to share.

4. It works. It’s proven. Around 40% accept Christ as their savior aboard the mobiles in our fleet. It will continue to as long as we continue to be bold.

5. Women in these difficult circumstances are highly receptive to the gospel.

6. Regardless of timing, sharing the gospel is better than not sharing at all.

7. There may have been other believers that have already laid the seeds before us.

8. We don’t need to “break the ice” before engaging in the gospel. Remember, they are coming to us in a time of need. Barriers are already broken down to begin with which makes it appropriate to share the gospel at first meeting.

9. It’s beneficial for staff to share each time. They don’t have to think twice about sharing or not, and it keeps them spiritually ready and mindful of Kingdom work—not just saving babies.

10. People/churches outside the “pro-life” arena will be more likely to support the ministry if sharing the gospel is a necessary part of what we do.

United Way Sent $1.9 Million to Planned Parenthood in 2008

2012-01-17T09:41:00.000-05:00

United Way Sent $1.9 Million to Planned Parenthood in 2008 | LifeNews.com: Each local United Way determines whom they will support through their grant programs and their lists of charitable organizations in the area. While most United Way organizations claim they do not fund programs for abortion services, in truth, some do support Planned Parenthood or other abortion-advocate agencies.

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Pro-life Nation Launches with Interactive New Tool: AbortionDocs.org

2012-01-17T08:48:00.000-05:00

Pro-life Nation Launches with Interactive New Tool: AbortionDocs.org :Operation Rescue: Pro-life Nation’s first project is the launching of a groundbreaking web site AbortionDocs.org. This site is a searchable database that endeavors to list every surgical abortion clinic, every “abortion pill-only” clinic, and every abortionist in the United States. The website boasts that it contains the largest collection of documents ever compiled on the abortion cartel—and is growing daily.

Documents include photos, medical license applications, malpractice suits, disciplinary records, news articles, videos, criminal histories, and more.

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Blacks, Young Adults Least Likely to OK Planned Parenthood

2012-01-17T08:44:00.000-05:00

Blacks, Young Adults Least Likely to OK Planned Parenthood | LifeNews.com: An eye-opening nationwide survey reveals that the groups Planned Parenthood targets—namely those under the age of 35, blacks, and lower-income people—are the least likely to support their government funding.

The question was simple: “Should Tax Dollars for Family Planning Go To Organizations that Perform Abortions?”

The majority of respondents (54%) opposed granting tax funding to abortion-performing family planning groups, with 43% noting that they are “strongly” opposed to it. In contrast, just 20% of respondents noted that they would “strongly” support taxpayer funding for such groups. Interestingly, 26% of pro-choice respondents rejected giving taxpayer dollars to abortion-providing organizations.

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Abortion Clinic Workers Plead Guilty to Stabbing Babies to Death with Scissors

2012-01-17T08:41:00.000-05:00

Abortion Clinic Workers Plead Guilty to Stabbing Babies to Death with Scissors | Charlotte News | Weather | Carolina Panthers | Bobcats | FOX Charlotte | National News: Two abortion clinic workers pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder in deaths at a Philadelphia clinic where seven babies were allegedly killed with scissors and a patient died from an overdose of painkillers.

Andrea Moton, 34, admitted her involvement in the death of one baby. Sherry West, 52, pleaded guilty in the February 2009 death of Karnamaya Mongar, a Bhutanese immigrant. Neither worker was properly trained for the work they did at the clinic run by Dr. Kermit Gosnell, authorities said.

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FDA Advisors who Endorsed Contraceptive had Industry Ties

2012-01-17T08:34:00.000-05:00

FDA Advisors who Endorsed Contraceptive had Industry Ties: The Food and Drug Administration should disregard a joint advisory committee’s support of a controversial birth control pill because four members of the panel had ties to either the contraceptive maker or the maker of a generic version, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) said Wednesday in a letter to the FDA. In the letter, the watchdog group questioned why members with ties to Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals were allowed, in essence, to endorse the company’s second-best-selling franchise without announcing their ties during the meeting.

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Pro-life play provokes socialist backlash in Spanish city of Merida

2012-01-16T10:15:00.000-05:00

Pro-life play provokes socialist backlash in Spanish city of Merida | LifeSiteNews.com: Vidiana: Abortion Clinic, tells the story of seven pregnant women who plan to have abortions, but change their minds after an eighth pregnant woman convinces them to keep their children. It is scheduled to be shown in the city government’s Alcazaba Cultural Center. The play’s director, Isidro Leyva, notes that it is “very descriptive, with difficult moments in which it is explained, for example, how abortions are done.”

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Silent No More releases song

2012-01-16T09:02:00.001-05:00

Georgette Forney, President of Anglicans for Life. “Now, with Jamie’s song, we have our own anthem and what we hope is that women who are still suffering their regret in silence will hear the song and realize they are not alone.”

Kansas, abortion clinics on verge of dismissing federal lawsuit as fight moves to state court

2012-01-16T08:57:00.000-05:00

Kansas, abortion clinics on verge of dismissing federal lawsuit as fight moves to state court | The Republic: Two Kansas doctors who filed suit in state and federal courts over new rules for abortion clinics are preparing to drop one of the lawsuits. Dr. Herbert Hodes and his daughter, Dr. Traci Nauser, perform abortions at offices in Overland Park. They sued last year after the Kansas health department issued rules reflecting a new state law regulating abortion clinics.

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Abortion Industry’s “Mission Is To Pressure Women”

2012-01-16T08:51:00.000-05:00

Abortion Industry’s “Mission Is To Pressure Women” | After Abortion: “Planned Parenthood’s mission is to pressure as many women into having an abortion as it can,” a former abortion facility worker, Catherine Anthony Adair, has revealed. (Read her op-ed piece in The Washington Examiner.)

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The Selling of Abortion

2012-01-16T08:49:00.000-05:00

The Selling of Abortion | After Abortion: Like most other commercial businesses, the abortion industry has a specialized sales force and a carefully defined marketing strategy. The sale force is composed of abortion counselors who “help” women decide about abortion. Their marketing strategy is to tell their clients as little as possible ‑‑ and never anything negative ‑‑ about their product.

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Women Speak Out About “Counseling” in the Abortion Industry

2012-01-16T08:48:00.000-05:00

Women Speak Out About “Counseling” in the Abortion Industry | After Abortion: Many people assume that if a woman or girl goes to an abortion facility, she wants an abortion. But many women and girls who have been there say that they were looking for information and help — often help to continue a pregnancy or stop someone seeking to pressure or force them to abort — rather than abortion. Sadly, this is not what they usually get.

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Unborn Baby's Kick Saves His Dad's Life

2012-01-16T08:41:00.000-05:00

Unborn Baby's Kick Saves His Dad's Life | The Stir: According to Sara McDonald, who is 7 1/2 months pregnant, her husband, Thomas, wouldn't be here today if her baby hadn't given her a very powerful sign that something was wrong -- a big kick. She says that kick from her baby, Cameron, jolted her out of a deep sleep where she found her husband unresponsive.

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Rockford abortion clinic will not reopen due to lack of support

2012-01-13T15:44:00.000-05:00

Rockford abortion clinic will not reopen due to lack of support - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star: The Northern Illinois Women's Center, which has been providing abortion services in Rockford for nearly 40 years, is closing. The clinic's director confirmed today that the clinic's owners have decided to close the clinic's doors for good after being closed by the state for three months.

The clinic's decision is based on a lack of support from the community, the political climate surrounding the abortion issue both locally and nationally and the challenge the clinic would face in rebuilding staff, the director said.

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San Francisco Abortion Ads Draw Ire Of Pro-Life Group

2012-01-13T09:32:00.000-05:00

San Francisco Abortion Ads Draw Ire Of Pro-Life Group (PHOTOS): A series of pro-choice banners posted on city-operated utility poles running up and down San Francisco's Market Street have drawn the ire of an anti-abortion group. Since the new year began, dozens of banners trumpeting reproductive rights have been flying above the iconic San Francisco boulevard. Part of the Center for Policy Analysis' Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women, the advertisements carry slogans like "U.S. Out of My Uterus," "Catholics for Choice," and "Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights."

Life Legal Defense Foundation has demanded that the city remove the offending signage or face the possibility of legal action.

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