Michigan bills seek dignified burial for abortion victims

Michigan bills seek dignified burial for abortion victims: A package of bills passed the Senate on November 10 with a vote of 30-8. Right to Life of Michigan says they have assurances from sponsors of the bill that the issue will be taken up in the House at the beginning of the next legislative session in January. The bills aim to give greater dignity to the remains of unborn children killed in abortion.

H.B. 5928 would change the Michigan health code “so that fetal remains will no longer be classified as ‘products of conception,’ along with the placenta, umbilical cord, and other uterine contents. Two other bills (S.B. 1563 and H.B. 5929) would directly legislate the methods hospitals and abortion clinics use to dispose of fetal remains.

The proposed legislation comes in response to the revelation in late October that abortion clinics in Delta Township and Saginaw had been illegally dumping fetal remains and medical records into a dumpster.

Testifying: Dr. Gerard Nadal before the NYC council

Testifying: The Power of the Holy Spirit (Part I) « Coming Home: 726,845 dead Black and Hispanic babies, out of the total of 922,272 [abortions in NYC] in that ten-year period alone represents a genocide in slow motion.

Michigan Abortion Clinic to Close

Closure of Two More Abortion Clinics Continues National Trend :Operation Rescue: Womancare of Downriver in Southgate, Michigan, which is owned by the troubled abortionist Alberto Hodari, is currently in escrow to a physician whose practice does not include abortions. Once escrow closes, so will the abortion clinic.

Life Prizes Announces Winners of $600,000 Award

Life Prizes Announces Award Winners This year's six winners are Douglas Johnson of National Right to Life, Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life, Alveda King, Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network, Marie Smith of the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues, and Jeanne Head, a pro-life U.N. representative.

Bill Brings Out Foes on Abortion

Bill Brings Out Foes on Abortion - WSJ.com: A contentious bill that would require about two-dozen so-called crisis pregnancy centers to disclose that they don't offer abortions drew more than 50 abortion supporters and opponents to a New York City Council committee meeting Tuesday. Members of the Committee on Women's issues weren't expected to vote on the bill, which has the support of Speaker Christine Quinn and the Bloomberg administration. Council Member Daniel Halloran raised questions about the city government telling a group that it must disclose what it doesn't provide, suggesting that Planned Parenthood should change its name to indicate that it also plans for nonparenthood.

Chris Slattery, representative for several NYC centers says, "I was grilled extensively for 20 minutes, but we defended EMC's work quite well, as did many top experts from across the U.S. We continue individual council member meetings day by day for at least the next week. Pray on!"

Police in Thailand find hundreds of fetuses hidden in Buddhist temple

Police in Thailand find hundreds of fetuses hidden in Wat Phai Ngern Buddhist temple: A strong odor emanating from the Wat Phai Ngern temple led police to the horrific scene Tuesday. A total of 348 dead fetuses -- wrapped in different colored plastic bags and newspapers -- were discovered in a temporary body storage area. Authorities are continuing their investigation and expect to find more fetuses in the upcoming days.

Police have already arrested undertaker Suthep Cha-bangbon, who was taken into custody and confessed to helping five clandestine abortion clinics dispose of the fetuses by cremation. No word was given on how long he had been storing the bodies or when he was planning on cremating them. Abortion is illegal in Thailand, except when the pregnancy poses a health risk to the mother, the fetus is abnormal or in cases of rape.

Legal Assistance for Filing YAZ lawsuits

YAZ Lawsuit | Legal Assistance for Filing YAZ lawsuits: Every day more women are reporting side effects they have experienced as a result of their prescription of Yaz. The numbers continue to rise, and it is obvious that there are dangers in taking this form of birth control. Yaz and contraceptive medications that are similar to Yaz have been producing side effects like heart attacks, blood clots, strokes, gallbladder disease, and many other complications.

No Charges for Unlicensed Abortionist as ND Prosecutors Ignore Laws

No Charges for Unlicensed Abortionist as ND Prosecutors Ignore Laws :Operation Rescue: State’s Attorney Birch Burdick has announced that he will not file criminal charges against an abortionist Lori Lynn Thorndike, who committed illegal abortions at the Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo, North Dakota, while her medical license was lapsed.

Brudick used abortion clinic rhetoric word for word by describing Thorndike’s licensing issues as “an administrative oversight” and noted that she had active medical licenses in South Dakota and Colorado at the time she was doing abortions on a lapsed license in North Dakota.

“North Dakota laws are very explicit. It is a Class B Felony to commit abortions in that state without a valid North Dakota medical license. Burdick has decided all on his own that the laws of North Dakota that were enacted for the protection of vulnerable women should not be enforced,” said Operation Rescue spokesperson Cheryl Sullenger.

Fargo clinic doctor renews license, but could still face charges

Fargo clinic doctor renews license, but could still face charges | INFORUM | Fargo, ND: A physician at Fargo’s Red River Women’s Clinic has reinstated her state medical license but still faces a review concerning possible criminal charges if it is shown she performed abortions without a license. Dr. Lori Thorndike, whose North Dakota medical license expired on June 30, renewed the license this week with the North Dakota Board of Medical Examiners.

Planned Parenthood closes Lawrence office

Planned Parenthood closes Lawrence office | State | Wichita Eagle: The Planned Parenthood office in Lawrence, Kansas, has closed because of a lack of demand for its services, according to a notice in the window. The closure leaves three locations in Kansas — all in the Kansas City area — that provide abortion services, according to Kansans for Life, an anti-abortion organization.

That group's director, Mary Kay Culp, said the Lawrence office provided medical, or chemical, abortions, but did not do surgical procedures.

Women's clinic that made local history is closing

Women's clinic that made local history is closing | Yakima Herald-Republic: After 31 years of providing health care services to area women, Yakima's first abortion clinic -- the Feminist Women's Health Center -- is closing Monday. With the expansion of Planned Parenthood abortion services in recent years, the region is now overserved. There isn't the patient volume for two main providers.

All women of childbearing age -- 15 to 44 -- are having fewer abortions, according to recent state data. The rate of reported abortions for this group was 16.7 per 1,000 in 2009, compared with 18 in 2008. The pregnancy rate per 1,000 for the same group of women also dropped from 85.2 in 2008 to 83 last year.

Why are Anorexics More Likely to Have Unplanned Pregnancies and Abortions?

Why are Anorexics More Likely to Have Unplanned Pregnancies and Abortions? | TIME Healthland: New research published in the November issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology that shows women with anorexia nervosa are far more likely to have unplanned pregnancies and abortions. Researchers studied 62,060 women who participated in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. Just 62 women identified themselves as anorexic.

Half reported unplanned pregnancies, compared to 19% in the women without eating disorders; 24% of the anorexic women said they'd had an abortion, in comparison to 15% in the other group. The anorexic women were also younger than the other women when they delivered babies: 26.2 versus 29.9 years old.

“It wasn't just a subtle difference,” says Cynthia Bulik, the study's lead author. “It was really a whopping difference. We have got a public health message we've got to get out there.”

Editor: Is there also a link from abortion to anorexia?

What everyone needs to know about Planned Parenthood

Family Research Council: Planned Parenthood--What Every Parent, Teacher, Woman, Community Leader and Elected Official Needs to Know -- This document was originally published in September, 2010. In the original version please note the following corrections: on page 1, 2nd paragraph, 12th line and page 9, 2nd full paragraph, lines 8-9 'a net income' should be replaced with 'revenue.' The current pdf reflects these changes.

Why women risk one-night stands and casual affairs and their views on abortion

Why women risk one-night stands and casual affairs and their views on abortion | Mail Online: 18 percent of women in the survey have had an abortion - nearly 50 per cent regret it. Yet, the Royal College of Psychiatrists says there is no clinical evidence that women suffer psychologically as a result of early abortions.

Center for Reproductive Rights to sue the FDA over emergency contraception

According to a CRR email:" One year, seven months, and 23 days. That’s how long the Obama Administration's FDA has ignored a court order to reconsider its refusal to make emergency contraception (EC) available over-the-counter to women of all ages. . . . [T]he FDA . . .is breaking the president’s promise to restore scientific integrity to federal policies. The time for waiting is over. The Center for Reproductive Rights is taking the FDA back to court today."

Plenty of evidence on mental health effects of abortion

The American Association of Pro-Life Ob/Gyns website offers evidence based conclusions from the world literature on the mental health disasters following abortion for many women, disasters ranging from substance abuse, to depression, to suicide. 

No lease renewal

No lease renewal : WLKM Radio 95.9 FM: Officials with Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan have been denied an extension for leases at facilities in Three Rivers and Sturgis.

Leroy Carhart Forced to Move Late-Term Abortion Business out of Nebraska

Leroy Carhart Forced to Move Late-Term Abortion Business out of Nebraska: Late-term abortionist Leroy Carhart has announced he will attempt to set up shop in three different states in order to continue performing late-term abortions that are now illegal under a new Nebraska law.

Carhart says he plans to have three new abortion facilities up and running by January with one in the Maryland-D.C. area, and another in Council Bluffs, Iowa offering late-term abortions. He also is acquiring an Indianapolis abortion clinic, which specializes only in early-term abortions.

He said that the reason for moving his late-term abortion business out of Bellvue is Nebraska’s new abortion ban, Legislative Bill 1103. The law prohibits elective abortions after 20 weeks post-conception on the basis that science definitively shows an unborn child feels pain at that age.

‘I Had an Abortion’ Twitter Campaign Will Not Silence Thousands Who Regret Their Abortions

‘I Had an Abortion’ Twitter Campaign Will Not Silence Thousands Who Regret Their Abortions: A new campaign on Twitter asks women to say 'I had an abortion' and summarize that experience in 140 characters or less. The campaign was started by Steph Herold, a pro-abortion activist who launched the website Iamdrtiller.com to honor the murdered abortionist Dr. George Tille. Ms. Herold's aim is to destigmatize abortion. Participants think the tweets are one way to 'silence' Silent No More. But they will no longer be silent. Nor can the story of any abortion be told in just a few words.

“Hush Hush” E-Mail Reveals Back-Room Deal To Ignore Illegal Abortions In North Dakota

“Hush Hush” E-Mail Reveals Back-Room Deal To Ignore Illegal Abortions In North Dakota :Operation Rescue: Operation Rescue has learned through an intercepted secret e-mail that the North Dakota State Board of Medical Examiners has notified the Red River Women’s Clinic, the only abortion clinic in North Dakota, that the license of abortionist Lori Lynn Holst Thorndike has been restored and is currently in “Active-Unconditioned” status in spite of her operating illegally without an active medical license in that state since June 30, 2010.

Planned Parenthood Says Graphic Sex Guide for Youth is a Best Seller

Planned Parenthood Says Graphic Sex Guide for Youth is a Best Seller: According to International Planned Parenthood Federation, the brochure called “Healthy, Happy and Hot” has become their most popular publication. Aimed at young people with HIV, the brochure contains sexually explicit language and promotes casual sex with multiple partners.

Thirty Studies in Five Years Show Abortion Hurts Women's Mental Health

Thirty Studies in Five Years Show Abortion Hurts Women's Mental Health | LifeNews.com: Over 30 studies have been published in just the last five years and they add to a body of literature comprised of hundreds of studies published in major medicine and psychology journals throughout the world. The list is provided in the article; the conscientious reader is encouraged to check the studies out. No lies … just scientifically derived information that individual academics, several major professional organizations, and abortion providers have done their best to hide and distort in recent years.

Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz President Makes Almost $400K

Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz President Makes Almost $400,000 | LifeNews.com: In 2008, Cecile Richards received a salary of $385,163 plus $11,876 in benefits and deferred compensation.

Mobile phones could be used to diagnose STIs

Mobile phones could be used to diagnose STIs | News | The Christian Institute: Scientists from the University of London are developing a new self-testing device which users can plug into their mobile phones for a near-instant diagnosis. Users will put some of their urine on the device, which will then need to be plugged into a mobile phone or computer. The device’s software will then diagnose any infection and recommend a course of action.

What the other side doesn't want anyone to see

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Embryo; approximately 8 weeks from conception, 10 weeks estimated gestational age from LMP.

Fighting Bullying With Babies

Fighting Bullying With Babies - NYTimes.com: Roots of Empathy arranges monthly class visits by a mother and her baby (who must be between two and four months old at the beginning of the school year). Each month, for nine months, a trained instructor guides a classroom using a standard curriculum that involves three 40-minute visits – a pre-visit, a baby visit, and a post-visit. The program runs from kindergarten to seventh grade. During the baby visits, the children sit around the baby and mother and try to understand the baby's feelings. The instructor helps by labeling them. "It's a launch pad for them to understand their own feelings and the feelings of others. It carries over to the rest of class."

Pregnancy-associated death

Pregnancy-associated death: a qualitative systemat... [Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2005] - PubMed result: Healthcare providers should understand that homicide is a leading cause of pregnancy-associated death, most commonly as a result of partner violence.

Fully inform women on abortion, say top medics

Fully inform women on abortion, say top medics | News | The Christian Institute: Women who seek a termination should be “fully informed” about the possible consequences, a group of consultant psychiatrists have said in a letter to a national newspaper. In the letter the medics highlighted a recent poll which showed the idea of “informed consent” enjoys massive public support.

They also pointed out that the Royal College of Psychiatrists has recommended that informed consent, including information on possible mental and physical risks to the woman, should be part of good practice in abortion provision.

Carhart Announces Pie-In-Sky Hopes to Expand Late-term Abortions

Carhart Announces Pie-In-Sky Hopes to Expand Late-term Abortions :Operation Rescue: Operation Rescue obtained a copy of a letter from Carhart dated September 22, 2010, outlining his wishes to expand and soliciting donations. The letter states he needs $450,000, but he told reporters yesterday that he actually needs $1.5 million.

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Mum has four abortions in three years

Mum has four abortions in three years | The Sun |Home Scotland|Woman: Stacy Cutler listens to her 22-week-old unborn child's heartbeat - and her eyes fill with tears. The grainy scan shows the fully developed fetus moving around inside her. But Stacy's tears are not of joy at seeing her baby for the first time. She has made the heartbreaking decision to have an abortion at this late stage.

The 22-year-old mum-of-one has terminated four pregnancies in the past three years. She felt that she was not financially or emotionally secure enough to have another child.

But while Stacy is sure she was simply doing the best for her family, many would say she was using abortion as a form of contraception with no regard for the rights of her unborn child. Here, she sets out her reasons so you can decide whether she is selfish and irresponsible or realistic about her ability to provide.

Hundreds of fetuses, newborns dumped in South Africa

Hundreds of foetuses, newborns dumped in South Africa:
Johannesburg's private 702 radio station quoted a report by the South African Medical Research Council and the Pretoria-based University of South Africa as saying at least 446 bodies of foetuses and babies under one years of age were turning up in in drains, gutters and rubbish bins in Gauteng province.

At least part of the problem was thought to stem from the proliferation of illegal abortion clinics. Many do not have proper systems for disposing of fetuses. The statistics also included some newborn babies.

Second North Dakota Abortion Practitioner Allowed Medical License to Expire

Second North Dakota Abortion Practitioner Allowed Medical License to Expire | LifeNews.com: Abortion practitioner Tami Lynn Holst Thorndike has medical licenses in Colorado and in South Dakota but her north Dakota license expired on June 30. Operation Rescue also received a tip that abortion practitioner Miriam McCreary of Minnesota allowed her medical license to lapse on the same date.

Late-Term Abortionist Carhart May Open New Clinics

Late-Term Abortion Practitioner Carhart May Open New Centers | LifeNews.com: The Facebook page of Trust Women Movie, a pro-abortion propaganda film made to honor Tiller and promote Carhart, has a posting saying Carhart “is working on opening two new clinics” and it asks abortion advocates to donate to help support their “trip to film this.” Also, KETV has confirmed Carhart is saying he will open three new abortion centers in December — including in southeastern Council Bluffs, another in Maryland and one in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Julie Schmit-Albin, the director of Nebraska Right to Life, responded to these reports, saying, "If LeRoy Carhart is opening two new abortion facilities, one wonders if they will be outside of Nebraska in order to escape our newly enacted law which bans abortion at 20 weeks based on babies feeling pain,” she said. The other potential is that “Carhart will leave Nebraska altogether for a state(s) that have fewer abortion restrictions on the books.” Before the update, the Nebraska Right to Life director speculated New Mexico, Kansas and a short move to Council Bluffs, Iowa — a suburb of Omaha – could be potential destinations for Carhart.

Abortionist Appointed To RI Governor-Elect’s Transition Team

Abortionist Inappropriately Appointed To RI Governor-Elect’s Transition Team :Operation Rescue: Rhode Island Governor-elect Lincoln Chafee has appointed Pablo Rodriguez, an abortionist who formerly served as Medical Director of Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island, to his transition team because he's a leader in the Hispanic community. In 2000, Rodriguez penned an essay about his abortion work in an unnamed Andean country where he mused about the irony of committing illegal abortions in a room with images of Jesus and Mary hanging on the wall, and made references to the religious protesters outside his Rhode Island abortion clinic.

Washington Post Wrong, Abortion Hurts Women's Mental Health

Washington Post Wrong, Abortion Hurts Women's Mental Health | LifeNews.com: A long time ago, pro-lifers realized that humanizing the unborn was not always an effective strategy, so they adopted other rhetorical and legislative strategies to protect the unborn. One such strategy has been to appeal to women’s self-interest by documenting the emotional pain that many women face after obtaining an abortion. (The Silent No More Campaign has been very effective at this.)

In Sunday’s Washington Post, Brenda Major responded to this strategy by arguing that it is based on faulty science. But, according to Michael New, her analysis is flawed.

Practitioner May Have Done Abortions in North Dakota With Invalid License

Practitioner May Have Done Abortions in North Dakota With Invalid License | LifeNews.com: North Dakota case abortion practitioner Tami Lynn Holst Thorndike has medical licenses in Colorado and in South Dakota but her north Dakota license expired on June 30. Tammi Kromenaker, the director of the Red River abortion center, the only one in the state, tried to dismiss any concern and said it was merely an “administrative oversight.”

Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic Closes in Kansas

Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Closes in Kansas, Three Left in State | LifeNews.com: Planned Parenthood of Lawrence quietly closed its abortion facility nine weeks ago located near the University of Kansas, where it did abortions on college students attending the university. With the closing, Kansas is now down to three abortion centers left in the state, which is good news for Kathy Ostrowski of Kansans for Life.

Bush: Pro-Life Views Affected after Seeing Remains of Miscarried Sibling

Bush: Pro-Life Views Affected after Seeing Remains of Miscarried Sibling: In a recent interview with NBC's Matt Lauer about the forthcoming book, former President George W. Bush explained that when he was a teenager his mother, Barbara Bush, suffered a difficult miscarriage. Barbara obtained the miscarried fetus, and put it in a jar in order to bring it in to the hospital. However, first she showed her teenage son his deceased sibling.

'I never expected to see the remains of the fetus, which she had saved in a jar to bring to the hospital.' He added: 'There was a human life, a little brother or sister. There's no question that affected me, a philosophy that we should respect life.'

Cultivating pro-life students

While most high school students enter college pro-life, a disconcerting number of them leave “pro-choice.” Human Life Alliance, page 3

Late-Term Abortions: Q&A With the Last Remaining Doctor Who Performs Them

Late-Term�Abortions: Q&A With the Last Remaining Doctor Who Performs Them – TIME Healthland: According to Warren Hern, "many of the people in the anti-abortion movement don't believe . . . in freedom. They don't believe in the fundamental premises of American society." Oh.

Serious Flaws in Study of Post-Abortive Teens

Serious Flaws in Study: A study in the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute's journal, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, claims to show that adolescents who have abortions have no increased risk of depression or low self-esteem. The study, published not in a peer-reviewed journal but in a publication of the former research arm of Planned Parenthood, attempts to contradict recent studies that have shown the mental health risks of abortion.

However, Priscilla K. Coleman, Ph.D., an expert on abortion and its effects on women, has identified numerous flaws in the study that 'seriously compromise' its findings, beginning with its small sample size.

HPV-Positive Cancers Spreading among the Middle-Aged: Scientific American

HPV-Positive Cancers Spreading among the Middle-Aged: Scientific American: Head and neck cancer patients were once primarily older heavy smokers and drinkers. Now, the majority who are diagnosed with the disease are closer to middle age (many ages 40 to 55) and developed it not from years of tobacco or alcohol use but rather because they engaged in oral sex.

HPV-positive cancer rates will continue to rise for at least the next decade or two. Why? Simple societal shifts: This increase that we are seeing could be arising from changes in sexual behaviors that have occurred over time in the United States. People seem to be having more types of sex with more people—and starting to do so at a younger age.

For Many Teens, Oral Sex Leads to Riskier Activity

For Many Teens, Oral Sex Leads to Riskier Activity: Most teens who engage in oral sex for the first time will have vaginal intercourse within six months, a new poll indicates. And half the teens who initiate oral sex in ninth grade will have vaginal intercourse before the end of junior year, the survey of California high school students finds.

Abortion's foes resort to deception: What I found when I went to a crisis pregnancy center

Abortion's foes resort to deception: What I found when I went to a crisis pregnancy center: EMC looks like a typical doctor's office - but it's not. It's a 'crisis pregnancy center' run by anti-abortion activists who seek to persuade pregnant women against having an abortion.

UN Agency Promotes Sex Ed From Birth

UN Agency Promotes Sex Ed From Birth � Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute: Last September, a torrent of criticism greeted new UNESCO guidelines on sexuality education for children as young as five. UNESCO removed some of the most explicit language in the revised guidelines, but retained an appendix with “guiding principles” that includes a Kinsey-inspired sex education curriculum for children from birth to age five. This curriculum instructs parents to provide anatomically correct dolls for young children to play with and inform them of diverse sexual relationships.

Editor: At least it's parent-based.

‘Please Close These Abortion Clinics!’

‘For the Love of God, Please Close These Abortion Clinics!’ :Operation Rescue Even though these clinics remain closed, phone numbers in those locations still ring in to a central office. Women are led to believe that abortion services are available locally, when they are not. Patients are then shuttled to other clinics controlled by Brigham,” said Newman. “It is a way to draw in abortion customers from areas they no longer service. As relieved as we were by the suspensions and clinic closures, the authorities really need to do more and close AWS down permanently. We knew that the suspensions would not alleviate the danger posed to the public by Brigham’s abortion mills that remain in operation right now, but what we discovered about Brigham’s current abortion staff was worse than we had imagined.

Couples become easy prey in tube baby boom

Couples become easy prey in tube baby boom: With sterility now affecting 40 million people in China, couples are increasingly turning to in vitro fertilization in order to have children. However, medical experts say that the commercialization of the practice in recent years has led to a spread of unlicensed clinics offering illegal services to parents and surrogacy agencies.

Editor: This is so ironic considering China's high rate of abortion -- 5 million a year or something like that -- and the incidence of forced abortion. Ironic and then some.

Call for pre-abortion counseling

The Press Association: Call for pre-abortion counselling: Doctors give more information to patients with ingrowing toenails than they do to vulnerable women seeking abortions, a Tory MP has said. Nadine Dorries urged the Government to instruct clinics to provide counselling to women who seek terminations. She said such 'informed consent' would lead to a reduction in UK abortion figures, currently around 200,000 a year.

U.S. Teens Lose in Obama Administration’s Sex Education Agenda

U.S. Teens Lose in Obama Administration’s Sex Education Agenda | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.: Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the winners of $110 million worth of grant money for sex education programs for adolescents. The money will go to fund five-year cooperative agreements as part of the Obama Administration’s new Teen Pregnancy Prevention program.

However, while HHS stated that they “were hoping for and hopefully got a healthy mix” of programs, according to The Washington Post, “Abstinence proponents … identified just five ‘authentic’ abstinence programs receiving less than $5 million.” In total, 115 programs in 38 states received grants.

Valerie Huber of the National Abstinence Education Association stated, “Today’s funding announcement demonstrates a disturbing imbalance in a process touted to be open to abstinence education programs.”

Pro-life advocates help prevent forced abortion

Pro-life advocates help prevent forced abortion in Austin :: Catholic News Agency (CNA): After a temporary restraining order, the parents of a 16-year-old girl in Texas have agreed not to force their daughter to have an abortion against her will. Attorneys allied with the Alliance Defense Fund secured a temporary restraining order blocking the parents from forcing their daughter to go to an abortion facility. On Thursday they signed a long-term court order prohibiting them from forcing their daughter to have an abortion for the duration of her pregnancy.

Late-Term Forced Abortions Exposed on Chinese 'Twitter'

Late-Term Forced Abortions Exposed on Chinese 'Twitter' | LifeNews.com: Thanks to an Al Jazeera video posted on China’s version of Twitter, the truth of a gruesome, late-term abortion forced upon a mother in the modern city of Xiamen is now receiving more mainstream attention than it might have in a pre-Twitter era. According to an article on the Web site for Digital Journal, the reporter and her camera crew sneaked into the Chinese hospital to interview the Xiao Ai Ying. She believes that a sympathetic government official leaked the Al Jazeera Video onto the popular website that functions like Twitter, in an effort to expose the horrific crime.

Update from Uganda

Veronia Nakyewe, of The Comforter's Centre in Kampala, reports that Joy is out of the hospital and has no pain, but she can't see. Pray for her sight to return.

Also, last week, she and Dorcus attended a conference where they were able to speak to over 1600 pastors from Eastern Uganda and Kenya, present the sanctity of human life and calling them to defend life.

Prayer request: Post-abortion retreat

Omega House in Grand Rapids, MI, is hosting a post-abortion retreat this weekend. Pray for the facilitator -- her first time -- and for the participants to come prepared "to hear God's voice of reconciliation and hope as they face the painful truth of their abortions."

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Four Questions to Answer in Every Appeal

Four Questions to Answer in Every Appeal | Network for Good Learning Center - Learn how to raise money online for your nonprofit: It's great to state who you are and what you do, but if you never clearly ask for money and never appeal to potential donors correctly, your results won't amount to much. To do that you need to answer the following four questions every time you ask: Why me? Why now? What for? and Who says?

Get to Know: Christian Leadership Alliance

The Christian Leadership Alliance seeks to build the body of Christ by building people—enhancing the effectiveness of Christian organizations and large churches. We recognize that organizational effectiveness begins with individuals, and that the role of the leader as a faithful steward belongs to all who are called to serve through governance, leadership, management or resource development.

Five Things They Never Told Me About Christian Fundraising

Five Things They Never Told Me About Christian Fundraising - Christian Leadership Alliance: What's so Christian about the way we do our fundraising? Is Christian fundraising nothing more than secular fundraising, with some Bible verses strewn throughout our appeal letters?

Scott Rodin has been wrestling with these questions throughout his career, wanting to understand what our Christian theology has to do with our fundraising strategies and techniques. He discovered five things that mark us as distinctly Christian fundraisers, and change dramatically the way we carry out our work. "They are things I wish I'd learned a lot earlier."

Anonymous Abortionists Online

Concerned Women Blog � Blog Archive � Anonymous Abortionists Online: The new abortion drug ella, deceptively labeled as an “emergency contraceptive,” is being sold online by a company that sells Viagra, diet pills, and remedies for hair loss. All the buyer has to do is fill out a form and pay the jacked-up fee. Though “intended” for women over 18, anyone can buy it because anyone can fill out the form any way they want. A minor girl can claim to be over 18. A predatory man will state that he’s a woman.

It’s a way to avoid “embarrassing” conversations with a doctor, we’re told. We’ll hear the usual from the drug’s pushers that this will “help” women. But how does putting women at risk of predatory men who will slip ella into their food or drink, or allowing girls to suffer from undetected sexually transmitted diseases further women’s health?

'Introspection' brain networks fully formed at birth

'Introspection' brain networks fully formed at birth - life - 01 November 2010 - New Scientist: Could a fetus lying in the womb be planning its future? The question comes from the discovery that brain areas thought to be involved in introspection and other aspects of consciousness are fully formed in newborn babies.

Building Family Connections Curriculum Training

Check out what's in store for you at the Building Family Connections training. This is a conference that MASH (Michigan Association for Sexual Health) is hosting for the Medical Institute. The conference is a 2 1/2 day training that will be held in Novi, MI on Nov. 18-20. The cost is only $100 and includes all the training materials as well as breakfast and lunch. Registration has been extended from Nov. 1 to Nov. 8, 2010.

Arizona abortion clinic regulations to take effect

Arizona abortion clinic regulations to take effect - Health - msnbc.com: A decade after being mandated by Arizona law, new regulations on abortion clinics are about to take effect. The Department of Health Services regulations cover such issues as allowing only physicians to conduct surgical abortions and setting requirements for providing care after the procedure. The physician requirement means nurse-practicioners may no longer perform abortions.

Spokane's Planned Parenthood fined by state

Spokane's Planned Parenthood fined by state - Spokesman.com - Oct. 29, 2010: Planned Parenthood of the Inland Northwest will pay the state $345,000 after settling a 2009 audit that uncovered the clinic used incorrect codes and provided insufficient documentation for some claims billed to Medicaid. The original audit finding estimated the Spokane family-planning organization improperly billed Medicaid more than $629,000 for 333 patient procedures from March 2004 through February 2007. During that time, the clinic collected about $7.6 million from Medicaid.

Editor: Think of what a PCC could do with $345,000.

Election Panic: Abortion is in 'Extreme Danger'

Panic: Abortion is in 'Extreme Danger' Says Planned Parenthood as Election Looms: The nation's top abortion lobbies are rallying supporters to mitigate what is expected to be a Republican and pro-life takeover at the polls.

A "Hidden Minefield" at Pregnancy Centers

In a New York Times opinion piece, Ariel Kaminer chronicles her experience at the Brooklyn-based crisis pregnancy center Expectant Mother Care, where she was "administered a therapeutic technique that might be called the Love Bomb." Kaminer writes that during her sonogram, Linda Marzulla, the center's director, said that "[i]t's my body, my choice ... invoking the old abortion-rights rallying cry with a new, antiabortion twist, 'but someone else is involved, too.'" National Partnership for Women & Families

Brits don’t know true number of aborted babies

Brits don’t know the true number of aborted babies | News | The Christian Institute: Last week a ComRes poll revealed that almost one in three people believe there are less than 20,000 abortions in Britain each year, and one in ten thought there were between 20-50,000. Over 40 per cent of the respondents said that they didn’t know. Just 3 per cent of respondents correctly estimated that the number of abortions taking place each year was between 150,000 and 250,000.

ellaOne an abortifacient - not 'birth control' (OneNewsNow.com)

ellaOne an abortifacient - not 'birth control' (OneNewsNow.com): A coalition of pro-life groups has launched EllaCausesAbortions.com to emphasize the dangers of the new 'morning-after' pill, ellaOne.

Men Can Be Victims of Abortion Coercion, Too

Men Can Be Victims of Coercion, Too: Men have no legal say when it comes to abortion, and often little opportunity to support their partners and unborn children. Men and teenage boys who don't want the abortion may be silenced, left out of the discussion, or be victims of coercion along with their partners.

Only Abortion Practitioner in Wyoming Seeks County Coroner Position

Only Abortion Practitioner in Wyoming Seeks County Coroner Position | LifeNews.com: Brent Blue, a Democratic contender in the general election, runs the Emerg-A-Care abortion business. Located in this liberal tourist town in the northwest corner of the state, it is the only abortion center in Wyoming. That makes his Republican opponent, pro-life candidate Kiley Campbell, wonder why he is seeking the position. Is he hoping to cover up problems in his abortion business?

CDC Report Shows Teen Pregnancy Rates have Dropped

New CDC Report Shows Teen Pregnancy Rates have Dropped: While a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report provides more evidence that abstinence messages decrease teen sexual activity and pregnancy, Planned Parenthood has put its own spin on the numbers to promote its childhood sex education programs.

The recently released CDC report entitled 'State Disparities in Teenage Birth Rates in the United States' acknowledges that teenage birth rates have continued to decline since their peak in 1991. It then examines the ethnicity of teen mothers in 2007, and finds they are predominantly Hispanic and black in almost every state.

Last Surviving Founding Member of NARAL

Aborted babies, patient records found in MI abortion mill dumpster; laws to stop introduced

Aborted babies, patient records found in MI abortion mill dumpster; laws to stop introduced - Jill Stanek: On February 27 pro-lifer Chris Veneklase found the aborted remains of 17 babies in medical ziplock bags, with the names of their mothers labeled on the outside, in a dumpster at the Womans Choice abortion mill in Lansing.

Veneklase contacted Dr. Monica Miller of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and together they searched the dumpster several more times to retrieve more biohazardous waste and patient records, some from the “sister” mill in Saginaw.

In early April Veneklase and Miller contacted authorities and put together a meeting with state and local law enforcement as well as State Rep. Rick Jones, in whose district the mill is located, and the MI Right to Life legislative liaison.

An investigation was launched involving the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Eaton Co. prosecutor, and Eaton Co. Sheriff’s office, whose detectives conducted more searches of trash and retrieved more evidence.

LifeNews.com Launches Improved Pro-Life News Web Site

LifeNews.com Launches Improved Pro-Life News Web Site | LifeNews.com Check out LifeNews' new look and advanced sharing capabilities. Good job, Steve!

Year-End Giving and Receipting Issues

ECFA Event Registration: December 07, 2010 - Online/Telephone Webinar - 60 Minute Session starting at 1:00 PM Eastern

Join us for the Year-End Giving Issues Webinar with Dan Busby, ECFA president, John Van Drunen, CPA and attorney, ECFA director of compliance, and Michael Batts, Managing Partner, Batts Morrison Wales & Lee, P.A., Orlando, FL.

Get to Know: I Am Music for Life

“I Am Music For Life” is a radio program that plays exclusively pro-life music. Peter Jorgensen writes: "It is my mission to have music that is; pro-life, pro-family, pro-adoption and pro-support of single parents as an alternative to abortion, played for as many listeners as possible. I started I Am Music for life in March of 1991, and it’s played on Saturday evenings at 9 through a Christian radio station in Cohoes, NY (WHAZ 97.4 FM). 

"The current airing of the programs costs $100/ month. I’m asking for your support in this endeavor, and as support is received, I will have the program played in more and more areas throughout this wonderful God-fearing country of ours."

Abortion, contraception, and breast cancer

Concerned Parents Report, Abstract, Abortion Risks: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Concerned Parents Report provides a chart of medical study summaries which suggest that abortion and contraception use can be contributing factors to the development of Breast Cancer.

Chinese Woman Given Forced Abortion at Eight Months

Chinese Woman Given Forced Abortion at Eight Months Pregnancy | China | Epoch Times: Xiao Aiying’s second baby was born dead after a poisonous injection. “Oh, my baby, I am so sorry! You left us even before you could see the light,” the mother wailed after getting out of the operating room. A low-level Chinese Communist Party bureaucrat in the family planning office, carrying out the regime’s one-child policy, had destroyed the fetus at eight months.

When We Can't Save Everyone

When We Can't Save Everyone: When we release our clients to the Lord, we recognize that it is God's power, not ours, which changes them. When we see spiritual progress in their lives, we can give God the glory instead of taking the credit for ourselves. And when those we try to help stumble and fall, we can entrust them to the Lord, who alone is able to pick them up and get them back on their feet.

Mind Your IRS Ps & Qs

Centerboard: Mind Your IRS Ps & Qs: Leaders of organizations must be aware of all IRS filing requirements and see to it they're submitted at the proper time. While the executive director and staff do the actual work of filling out forms and making deposits, the executive board is ultimately responsible. Are your board members aware of this accountability? Do they have a plan to ensure the ministry's full compliance?

Preserving A Dying Legacy

Preserving A Dying Legacy: Westside Pregnancy Clinic is standing strong in South LA. "We are rebuilding a dying legacy by educating Black Americans of all of their options. By collaborating with local agencies, schools, and health care providers, we are creating a safety net of services that will empower individuals to make informed pregnancy and sexual health choices."

Doing the Baby Bottle Boomerang

Doing the Baby Bottle Boomerang: The Baby Bottle Boomerang has raised an estimated $65 million for pro-life ministries throughout the United States and Canada. Centers share their best tips in this article.

Using Distance Learning to Train Those in Special Circumstances

Marketing 101: : Using Distance Learning to Train Those in Special Circumstances: To find out what is available in your state and which may benefit your clients in continuing their education through their crisis pregnancy and perhaps even graduating from high school with a diploma, visit http://www.nacol.org.

What they won't tell you about ella - webcast

Event: October 26 9 PM Eastern Please join Students for Life of America, the Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, LifeNews.com, Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, and Americans United for Life on Tuesday, October 26th at 9:00pm EST to find out what Planned Parenthood and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration aren't telling women about ella and the abortion-breast cancer link and how you can take ACTION!

Oxon Hill man sentenced to 30 years for killing pregnant girlfriend

Oxon Hill man sentenced to 30 years for killing pregnant girlfriend: An Oxon Hill man has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for killing his pregnant girlfriend, whom he ran over with a car and left to die in May 2009. Bernard Bellamy Jr., 21, faced a first-degree murder charge for the slaying of Valicia Andrea Demery, 19, of District Heights. He pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge of second-degree murder, as part of a plea agreement.

Police said Bellamy and Demery argued whether Demery should have an abortion. Bellamy sent Demery, who was four months pregnant, threatening text messages the night before her death.

Building Family Connections Curriculum Training

MASH — Michigan Association for Sexual Health � Building Family Connections: The Michigan Association for Sexual Health is pleased to partner with the Medical Institute for Sexual Health for the Train the Trainer event:

Building Family Connections (BFC)
What: This 2.5 day Train the Trainer event is designed to equip your staff and volunteers to present the BFC curriculum to parents

When: Nov. 18-20, 2010 (9-5 pm on Thursday and Friday; 9-1 on Saturday)

Where: Novi Sheraton - Northwest Detroit Metro area near I-696 and I-275 interchange

Cost: $100 for the 2.5 day training, a copy of the BFC Teacher Guide and other Medical Institute teacher materials.

Panel reviews issues related to telemedicine

Panel reviews issues related to telemedicine: A state panel that oversees and regulates physicians and medical practices in Iowa will need more time to review issues pertaining to the use of telemedicine – including Planned Parenthood’s procedure whereby doctors prescribe and dispense abortion-inducing pills to patients in rural Iowa clinics.

Parents stopped from forcing Texas teen to abort

ADF - News Release: Alliance Defense Fund allied attorneys representing a 16-year-old girl secured a temporary restraining order Monday from a Texas court that blocks her parents from forcing her to have an abortion against her will.

On two occasions, the teenager’s mother literally dragged her to local abortion facilities, including International Healthcare Solutions and Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region, demanding that her daughter terminate the life of her child. Though she refused and the child’s father also does not want the baby killed, her parents continued to insist that they will force her to have the abortion. The court’s order prevents that from happening.

The Most Wanted Surrogates in the World

The Most Wanted Surrogates in the World: Magazine: glamour.com: To get an idea of how common surrogacy is among military spouses, consider this: Active-duty U.S. service members make up less than one half of one percent of the U.S. population. Yet military wives make up 12 to 15 percent of their surrogate pool. And according to an unscientific poll, more than 19 percent of respondents said they were military surrogates.

What drives these women to take on such an emotionally and physically demanding job? Surrogates cite a desire to help another couple finally have a family. Then there’s the bottom line. Financial concerns figure into these decisions—for military wives, often struggling to make ends meet; for infertile couples who could save thousands of dollars using a military surrogate.

Continue to pray for Joy in Uganda

Veronica Nakyewe writes this note: "Thank God for your prayers. Today we . . . were able to transfer Sister Joy to a private Hospital where she is receiving medical treatment required for her condition. There has been a lot of silent and low morale with in us all here at The Comforter’s Center. And today will be able to get sleep with the knowledge that Sister Joy is being taken care of and in the right hands at least.

"In the public Hospital, She slept on the floor for several days before and she only got a bed after some one died. And since then many have been coming in the same ward and leave dead. With Sister Joy now in the private Hospital. We hope she will be able to recover with in time. I will keep you update.

"But thank you, for your encouragements, there have been days where I needed just encouragement words and many of you have been standing with us. We are partners in everything. And special thanks to our Big Family of the Kingsland Baptist Church for coming to the rescue of our wounded warrior."

Next Summit: The heart of God in ministry

Save the dates . . . July 21-22, 2011 - Grand Rapids, MI

a conference for PCC staff, volunteers, and board members

Featured speaker: Andy Merritt

Workshop topics:
Poverty and abortion
Helping clients get off welfare
Motivational interviewing
Biblical counseling
Evangelism
Abortion recovery
Board issues
Growing a ministry
Utilizing mentors

Twin fetuses learn how to be social in the womb

Twin fetuses learn how to be social in the womb: Researchers have been studying pregnancies involving twins. Psychologist Umberto Castiello explained that newborns appear to be already 'wired' to interact socially with other humans soon after birth, and previous research has demonstrated that within only a few hours after birth babies can imitate gestures of people around them and make other social interactions. Studying twins in the womb made it possible to see investigate the pre-wired hypothesis and see if socialization was already apparent while still in the womb.

In Memory of the Greatest Pro-Life Orator

In Memory of the Greatest Pro-Life Orator, Christian News, Conservative Commentary: Any other black woman with her credentials and background would have been celebrated in culture and the media, but Dr. Jefferson was marginalized because of her pro-life views. In its obituary, the New York Times called her an 'anti-abortion activist.' The co-director of National Right to Life called her 'probably the greatest orator of our movement. In fact, take away the ‘probably.' If you want to see how articulate she was, go to youtube.com and type in Mildred Jefferson. If you never knew her, or knew of her, you will be impressed and understand how much the pro-life movement will miss her voice.

Fatal Clostridium sordellii Infections after Medical Abortions

As previously reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, Planned Parenthood Federation of America health centers changed their recommended regimen for medical abortions in the years 2006 and 2007, administering buccal rather than vaginal misoprostol and adding routine prophylactic antibiotics (doxycycline) in response to rare reports of serious infection after medical abortion. The effectiveness of this revised regimen in preventing C. sordellii infections and the safety of routine administration of antibiotics for this procedure remain unknown.

C. sordellii toxic shock syndrome may occur in reproductive-age women regardless of pregnancy status. Clinicians should be aware of common clinical features, including abdominal pain, hypotension, tachycardia, third-space fluid accumulations, hemoconcentration, and marked leukemoid response, typically without fever.

Scholars Return to ‘Culture of Poverty’ Ideas

Scholars Return to ‘Culture of Poverty’ Ideas - NYTimes.com: Seeking to recapture the topic from economists, sociologists have ventured into poor neighborhoods to delve deeper into the attitudes of residents. Their results have challenged some common assumptions, like the belief that poor mothers remain single because they don’t value marriage.

Related: Liberals Reexamining the Culture of Poverty? Guess Again

Abortion access and training expands in Utah

Abortion access and training expands in Utah | The Salt Lake Tribune: In July, the University of Utah joined a national program to train physicians in contraception and abortion techniques. And in August, Planned Parenthood of Utah started offering first-trimester abortions, becoming the state’s fourth provider.

Supporters say the need for expanded training has been highlighted by a botched abortion in Maryland by Utah doctor Nicola Riley. Maryland’s medical board suspended her license in August, accusing her of endangering patients’ safety. Riley, who also provides abortions in Utah, still has her local medical license. "There are bad people in every profession,” said Karrie Galloway, CEO of Planned Parenthood Association of Utah. “That’s why it is so important that we have training programs … so that medical students and post docs have the skills and the training to provide the best care possible.”

Editor: Emphasis added. The article goes on:

“'We’re there because we need to be good at it. We need to be able to pick up when anyone else slows down.' In opening the new Metro Health Center, 160 S. 1000 East, Galloway took advantage of a pot of money available to add abortion services. The Consortium of Planned Parenthood Abortion Providers gave the Utah clinic an undisclosed amount."

Editor: When you go to the article, pay attention to the sidebar at left, 'Legislator Responds.' Very interesting.

Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, said he was troubled that the state-owned University of Utah was offering an abortion-related fellowship. “If that is the case, it’s something the Legislature should definitely look at,” said Wimmer, adding that he wants to ensure no state money is subsidizing the program. And Wimmer said Planned Parenthood’s decision to offer abortions means it will lose credibility at the Legislature, where the organization previously stressed that it did not terminate pregnancies. “That was the only argument that they had that carried any water with some of the people in the Legislature,” he declared. “They have lost any moral high ground they ever had for them to perpetuate optional abortions.”

Abortion agenda aimed at Hispanics

Abortion agenda aimed at Hispanics, pro-lifers say: In the United States, where 15 percent of the population is Hispanic, about 25 percent of the abortions performed annually are done on Hispanic women.

Planned Parenthood opened its largest center in the country last March in a Houston, Texas, neighborhood that is predominantly Hispanic and black. The six-story building houses administrative offices as well as a clinic where women can have abortions up to the 24th week of pregnancy. And in Arizona, where about 30 percent of the population is of Hispanic origin, pro-lifers contend the organization has long set its sights on the minority community.

Pro-Abort Group Pushes Images that Hide Humanity of the Unborn

Image by lunar caustic via Flickr

Approximately 6 weeks estimated gestational age from conception, 8 weeks from LMP.

As reported by the blog Big Blue Wave, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada is recommending three pictures to media outlets, two that depict the unborn child’s gestational sac rather than the unborn child himself. The third is a shot of a woman holding a positive pregnancy test. “It’s a complete denial of reality,” said Mary Ellen Douglas, national organizer for Campaign Life Coalition. “They think they can show a blob and this is what the little baby is. Well, what’s inside there? Is there a heart beating in there?” LifeSiteNews

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Newly Released Documents Show Iowa Telemed Abortion Corruption Scandal Reaches Highest Levels of Government

Newly Released Documents Show Iowa Telemed Abortion Corruption Scandal Reaches Highest Levels of Government :Operation Rescue: Operation Rescue has received a 906-page packet of documents that was obtained from the Iowa Attorney General’s office through the open records act that reveals an effort by Attorney General Tom Miller and his staff [to] hinder OR’s efforts to obtain a criminal investigation of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and their “telemed” remote-controlled abortion pill distribution scheme. The documents were sent to Operation Rescue from an anonymous source.

Pro-choicers can't keep their story straight

Mad Men's Joan didn't get an abortion, and pro-choice whining about it bashes their own myths and stereotypes. Jill Stanek