Researchers Identify Protein Essential For Embryo Implantation: Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have identified a key step in the establishment of a pregnancy. Their discovery shows how the hormone progesterone suppresses the growth of the uterus’s lining so that a fertilized egg can implant in the uterus. This key step, the researchers discovered, occurs when a protein called Hand2 suppresses the chemical activity that stimulates growth of the uterine lining, also known as the uterine epithelium.
At the start of each menstrual cycle, levels of the hormone estrogen begin to rise. Estrogen stimulates the cells in the uterine lining to increase in number, causing the epithelium to thicken. However, as the ovary releases an egg, levels of the hormone progesterone begin to rise. The elevated progesterone levels put the brakes on the estrogen-driven growth of the uterine epithelium. In this study, the researchers discovered that Hand2, previously found to increase in uterine cells as progesterone levels rise, is the switch that turns off estrogen’s stimulating effect on the epithelium.
Tabloid: Why You Should Wait
Reach your teenage audience with the message of abstinence with our brand new 12-page full-color tabloid! The information is factual and CDC documented and includes a wide range of abstinence topics for both young men and young women. Heritage House '76
A Deadly Domino Effect
A Deadly Domino Effect - Kathryn Jean Lopez - National Review Online: Abby Johnson talks with National Review Online’s Kathryn Jean Lopez about her journey from Planned Parenthood to pro-life activism.
Dr. Sherwin Raymond: Pioneer abortionist
Dr. Sherwin Raymond Obituary: View Sherwin Raymond's Obituary by The Record and Herald News: Dr. Sherwin Raymond of Ridgefield is remembered as a staunch defender of "a woman's right to an abortion." In the 1960s, he pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit abortion. The charge stemmed from his involvement in an illegal abortion ring operating in Hudson and Union counties. He served just under three years at Rahway State Prison.
ABC News Was OK With Videos Attacking PCCs
ABC News Was OK With Videos Attacking Pregnancy Centers | LifeNews.com: Given the reactions of the left to both the Acorn and Planned Parenthood stings you might be surprised to learn about a nearly identical sting, at least in terms of tactics, against crisis pregnancy centers that ABC did in 1991.
Apparently, back then, the left had zero problems with undercover video investigations which end up as edited and excerpted pieces trying to prove a political point. They were also perfectly fine with showing just how much contempt they had for the “bad guys” they recorded.
In fact, Chris Wallace’s entire ABC report is drenched in condemnation and outrage. What exactly did these crisis pregnancy centers do that was so worthy of ABC’s attacks? Well, the overarching criticism is that they don’t want women to have abortions for various different reasons that ABC didn’t agree with.
Apparently, back then, the left had zero problems with undercover video investigations which end up as edited and excerpted pieces trying to prove a political point. They were also perfectly fine with showing just how much contempt they had for the “bad guys” they recorded.
In fact, Chris Wallace’s entire ABC report is drenched in condemnation and outrage. What exactly did these crisis pregnancy centers do that was so worthy of ABC’s attacks? Well, the overarching criticism is that they don’t want women to have abortions for various different reasons that ABC didn’t agree with.
House Rep. defends abortion with ‘pregnancy-termination’ story: ‘I lost a baby’
Tim Schlittner, Rep. Jackie Speier's spokesman, told CNN today that the congresswoman did not consider the event the referenced on the House floor to have been an 'abortion,' but indicated that the pregnancy did not end spontaneously. "She did not consider it an abortion, it was a miscarriage," Schlittner said. "The fetus moved to where it could not survive, so they had to end the pregnancy."
"Chris Smith of New Jersey was talking about a procedure that's known as D and E, and that is the procedure that the congresswoman had," he noted. CNN reporter Kevin Litipak concluded that, "contrary to some news reports, Speiers did not have an abortion."
However, a Huffington Post article by Elise Foley late Friday afternoon reported that, "Speier underwent an abortion in her early 40s, while she was serving in the California State Assembly. The procedure used to terminate the pregnancy was the same type that Smith's book described."
"This was a wanted pregnancy, it was the second miscarriage I had had," Speier told HuffPost. "What they express doesn't come close to the experience that a woman goes through when she is losing a baby or when a pregnancy is terminated. It's a painful, gut-wrenching loss."
The headline on the article, originally entitled "Jackie Speier on sharing her emergency-abortion story: 'It just overwhelmed me,'" later changed to "pregnancy-termination story," omitting the abortion reference. LifeSiteNews
"Chris Smith of New Jersey was talking about a procedure that's known as D and E, and that is the procedure that the congresswoman had," he noted. CNN reporter Kevin Litipak concluded that, "contrary to some news reports, Speiers did not have an abortion."
However, a Huffington Post article by Elise Foley late Friday afternoon reported that, "Speier underwent an abortion in her early 40s, while she was serving in the California State Assembly. The procedure used to terminate the pregnancy was the same type that Smith's book described."
"This was a wanted pregnancy, it was the second miscarriage I had had," Speier told HuffPost. "What they express doesn't come close to the experience that a woman goes through when she is losing a baby or when a pregnancy is terminated. It's a painful, gut-wrenching loss."
The headline on the article, originally entitled "Jackie Speier on sharing her emergency-abortion story: 'It just overwhelmed me,'" later changed to "pregnancy-termination story," omitting the abortion reference. LifeSiteNews
In her own words: "Abortion" Fuels Intolerant Thinking
Obama White House rolls back Bush-era conscience laws for health providers
Obama White House rolls back Bush-era conscience laws for health providers | LifeSiteNews.com: The Health and Human Services Department under Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, issued the new “final rule,” which leaves health-care workers of federally funded entities a narrower conscience exemption that only protects them from having to participate in abortions or sterilizations. The new regulation replaces the earlier one enacted in the waning days of the George W. Bush administration, which broadened the interpretation of existing federal conscience statutes related to abortion to include health professionals opposed to emergency contraception, such as Ella or Plan-B, drugs which pro-life advocates say also act as abortifacients.
Obama distances himself from Planned Parenthood
Obama distances himself from Planned Parenthood - Jill Stanek: When asked about PP last week, Obama tried to minimize the sex trafficking sting as “manufactured” and only getting attention on the “blogosphere,” both claims of which are patently false. His own Dept. of Justice is now involved, after all, and the videos were repeatedly cited in GOP House testimony last week about an amendment to defund PP – which passed. But Obama did nothing to reassure PP beyond that. In fact, he only distanced himself from the sex trafficking sanctuary.
Stunning admissions by long-time pro-abortion leader
In a Washington Post guest editorial, Frances Kissling, former director of Catholics for Choice, admitted pro-abortion tactics aren't working and recommended changes. She also credited the pro-life movement with using "increasingly sophisticated arguments." Don't miss what she had to say:
The fetus is more visible than ever before, and the abortion-rights movement needs to accept its existence and its value. It may not have a right to life, and its value may not be equal to that of the pregnant woman, but ending the life of a fetus is not a morally insignificant event. Very few people would argue that there is no difference between the decision to abort at 6 weeks and the decision to do so when the fetus would be viable outside of the womb, which today is generally at 24 to 26 weeks. Still, it is rare for mainstream movement leaders to say that publicly. Abortion is not merely a medical matter, and there is an unintended coarseness to claiming that it is.
We need to firmly and clearly reject post-viability abortions except in extreme cases. Exceptions include when the woman's life is at immediate risk; when the fetus suffers from conditions that are incompatible with a good quality of life; or when the woman's health is seriously threatened by a medical or psychological condition that continued pregnancy will exacerbate. We should regulate post-viability abortion to include the confirmation of those conditions by medical or psychiatric specialists.
Those kinds of regulations are not anti-woman or unduly invasive. They rightly protect all of our interests in women's health and fetal life.
Washington State Senate SB 5274 Pulled!
Washington State Senate SB 5274 Pulled!: The Washington State Senate Committee has removed SB 5274 from Monday’s executive session agenda. The committee did not have enough votes to pass the bill out of committee. Therefore the bill is now dead in the Senate.
SB 5274, also known as The Limited Service Pregnancy Accountability Act, was designed to place strict restrictions and requirements on pregnancy help centers in Washington State. As a result many pregnancy help centers would be forced to close their doors.
SB 5274, also known as The Limited Service Pregnancy Accountability Act, was designed to place strict restrictions and requirements on pregnancy help centers in Washington State. As a result many pregnancy help centers would be forced to close their doors.
Ireland announces decision on morning-after pill
Ireland announces decision on morning-after pill | News | The Christian Institute: Girls of any age can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription from pharmacies in Ireland, following a controversial decision. Pharmacies will have discretion to sell the NorLevo brand of the morning-after pill to females of any age following a declaration by the Irish Medicines Board. The morning-after pill can cause an early stage abortion and the new move in Ireland is likely to alarm many.
Another Abortionist Bites the Dust
Another Abortionist Bites the Dust - Christian Newswire: Small Victories Ministries is pleased to announce the demise of another abortionist and butcher of babies and women. It appears former felon and abortionist Allen Palmer Jr. is closing his last known cutlery practice, Women's Care Gynecology, located in Bridgeton, Missouri. In speaking with his office manager she confirmed they are no longer doing abortions and closing their doors at the end of the month.
Mr. Palmer has been the subject of many lawsuits of medical malpractice, gross negligence and medical battery just to name a few at the Hope Clinic for Women, in Granite City, Illinois. It stands as the Midwest largest late-term abortion provider where just this past summer, Allen Palmer Jr. was terminated due to the surmounting lawsuits filed against him and Hope Clinic. It appears the final straw that broke this abortionist trail of destruction was the tsunami of lawsuits recently filed against Allen Palmer and several other hospital employees at an St. Louis area hospital where Allen Palmer Jr. has medical privileges.
Mr. Palmer has been the subject of many lawsuits of medical malpractice, gross negligence and medical battery just to name a few at the Hope Clinic for Women, in Granite City, Illinois. It stands as the Midwest largest late-term abortion provider where just this past summer, Allen Palmer Jr. was terminated due to the surmounting lawsuits filed against him and Hope Clinic. It appears the final straw that broke this abortionist trail of destruction was the tsunami of lawsuits recently filed against Allen Palmer and several other hospital employees at an St. Louis area hospital where Allen Palmer Jr. has medical privileges.
While others try to protect women, Planned Parenthood runs with scissors
While others try to protect women, Planned Parenthood runs with scissors | LifeSiteNews.com: The accusation that Republicans want women to go back to the day of coat hanger abortions is dated vile rhetoric at its worst. It has been the pro-life side, regardless of party, that has repeatedly stood up for the woman when it comes to her safety in relation to abortion.
Peruvians overwhelmingly reject abortion, gay ‘marriage’ in new poll
Peruvians overwhelmingly reject abortion, gay ‘marriage’ in new poll | LifeSiteNews.com: Despite the aspirations of major presidential candidates to legalize abortion and homosexual ‘marriage’ in Peru, the vast majority of Peruvians say they are opposed to both ideas, according to a new poll. More than three quarters of Peruvians, 76.3%, said they were opposed to the legalization of abortion, and only 17.4% said they support it. Another 6.3% said that they either didn’t know or had no opinion.
U.S. House votes FRIDAY MORNING on Pence Amendment to defund Planned Parenthood! Please call now!
Federal Legislation - Legislative Action Center: On the morning of Friday, February 18, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on an amendment that has been offered by Congressman Mike Pence (R-In.), which would deny all federal funds, through September 30, for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and 102 PPFA affiliates, which are named in the text of the amendment. The House debated the amendment, but did not vote, on February 17.
Add stunning prenatal imagery to your website . . . and earn revenue!
Become an EHD Affiliate: Is your organization involved in pregnancy-related education? Are you looking for prenatal imagery that will help your visitors appreciate the wonder of early human development? Would your organization benefit from additional revenue? If you answered yes to any of these questions, please read on.
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The Endowment for Human Development (EHD), a 501(c)(3) [nonprofit] corporation dedicated to improving health science education and public health, is pleased to invite owners of websites involved in pregnancy-related education to join our new (and free) affiliate program.
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Case Against Planned Parenthood Moves Ahead
Case With 107 Charges Against Planned Parenthood Moves Ahead | LifeNews.com: After two years of delay, the case with 107 charges against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri has finally moved forward. The charges, initially filed by former state attorney general Phill Kline, allege the abortion business potentially engaged in illegal abortions and violated state record-keeping laws.
Why am I not so excited about "the Bieb"?
Okay, so teen pop idol star Justin Bieber makes some statements in Rolling Stone that hint he's on our side, but I'm not falling all over myself to promote him as a role model as everyone else in the pro-life movement seems to be doing. (Are they doing it as a sort of tit-for-tat to the news 'House' actress Lisa Edelstein made a pro-choice ad?) Why can't I get on the band-wagon? Well, read what he actually said:
What makes me expect more is that I just read yesterday that Bieber claims to be a Christian. Let's hope someone takes him aside to school him on these matters so the next time Rolling Stone or E! come calling, he'll be ready with a better answer.
"'I don't think you should have sex with anyone unless you love them,' Bieber says. When asked if he believes in abstinence until marriage, Bieber – who is reportedly dating fellow teen star Selena Gomez – seems wary: 'I think you should just wait for the person you're...in love with.'"Uh, that's not abstinence. That's pretty much what everyone says who doesn't practice abstinence.
"He does have a solid opinion on abortion. 'I really don't believe in abortion,' Bieber says. 'It's like killing a baby?' How about in cases of rape? 'Um. Well, I think that's really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I don't know how that would be a reason. I guess I haven't been in that position, so I wouldn't be able to judge that.'"Okay, I will grant you that most 14-year-olds (let alone fully grown politicians) don't have a ready answer for that one. I can be grateful his heart's in the right place, but he's no Lia Mills.
What makes me expect more is that I just read yesterday that Bieber claims to be a Christian. Let's hope someone takes him aside to school him on these matters so the next time Rolling Stone or E! come calling, he'll be ready with a better answer.
Mobile PCC: On the road for life
Totally cool. Every center should be so nice. More pics here.
Top New York Pro-Abortion Activist Fired After Financial Misconduct
Top New York Pro-Abortion Activist Fired After Financial Misconduct | LifeNews.com: Kelli Conlin, president of NARAL New York, resigned last month after a forensics audit the pro-abortion group conducted uncovered financial problems dating back to 208, or even earlier. She had held the post for two decades and a source close to the situation says she was fired.
The accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron conducted the audit and found numerous questionable charges on NARAL credit cards Conlin used between 2008 and 2010. The audit also found questionable transactions in which Conlin transferred large sums of money between NARAL accounts to cover bonuses for her staff and herself. The New York chapter of NARAL has a $4.5 million budget and Conlin was paid $309,000 in 2009, which includes a $90,000 bonus.
The accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron conducted the audit and found numerous questionable charges on NARAL credit cards Conlin used between 2008 and 2010. The audit also found questionable transactions in which Conlin transferred large sums of money between NARAL accounts to cover bonuses for her staff and herself. The New York chapter of NARAL has a $4.5 million budget and Conlin was paid $309,000 in 2009, which includes a $90,000 bonus.
Ex-Planned Parenthood Director Joins Live Action
Ex-Planned Parenthood Director Joins Live Action: Today Live Action announced the addition of Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood director and employee of eight years, to the Live Action team as Chief Research Strategist. “Abby Johnson has seen the abuses inside Planned Parenthood with her own eyes and confirms the danger its clinics pose to women and young girls,” stated Live Action President Lila Rose.
CDC: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010: "A reliable way to avoid transmission of STDs is to abstain from oral, vaginal, and anal sex or to be in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner. For persons who are being treated for an STD (or whose partners are undergoing treatment), counseling that encourages abstinence from sexual intercourse until completion of the entire course of medication is crucial."
Pro-life group places bus ads in NYC
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Historic Medical Students for Life Tour Beginning Today
Historic Medical Students for Life Tour Beginning Today « Students for Life: The Medical Students for Life Bioethics Symposium and Tour begins today with stops at the University of Virginia School of Medicine (12-1pm) and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (7pm). All are welcome to attend the events.
Dominique Monlezun, National Coordinator for Medical Students for Life, will be speaking with Dr. John Bruchalski, a former abortion provider, founder of the pro-life Tepeyac Family Center in Virginia, and one of the nation’s foremost medical experts on pro-life health care.
Dominique Monlezun, National Coordinator for Medical Students for Life, will be speaking with Dr. John Bruchalski, a former abortion provider, founder of the pro-life Tepeyac Family Center in Virginia, and one of the nation’s foremost medical experts on pro-life health care.
‘Worst attack - ever’: Planned Parenthood reeling from attacks on all fronts
‘Worst attack - ever’: Planned Parenthood reeling from attacks on all fronts | LifeSiteNews.com: In a desperate attempt to rally pro-abortion forces to head-off proposed defunding and allegations of illegal activity at Planned Parenthood, CEO Cecile Richards sent out an email on February 14 with the subject line “the worst attack – ever.” Richards said that the “anti-choice House leadership is forcing a vote on the most dangerous legislative assault on women’s health in Planned parenthood’s 95-year history. They want to shut down every Planned Parenthood health center in America.”
Will God Praise Us?
Will God Praise Us? - Answers in Genesis: Which would you rather have: fallible and fickle human beings praising you or the infallible, all-powerful, all-knowing God praising you?
PCC sponsors Sexual Integrity Conference
The San Bernardino PRC is "really excited about the Sexual Integrity Confernece we are doing at Judson Baptist Church this weekend. Our goal is to schedule one of these each quarter in community churches, schools or organizations."
I asked for more information, and this is what they told me: "We use Heartbeat Sexual Integrity material. Plan the conferences to begin on Friday night and then most of the day Sat. We have four main speakers on the four pillars on which the Heartbeat curriculum is built. Then break into small groups after each main session. Serve snacks both days and lunch on Sat. The hosting organization takes care of the logistics/food. We bring our team in and do the whole things. For girls 11-18. Don't like having that broad an age range together, but it seems to work and it's the only way we can make the most of our time."
Huge drop in Zimbabwe HIV rate fuelled by rise in abstinence, fidelity
Huge drop in Zimbabwe HIV rate fuelled by rise in abstinence, fidelity: UNAIDS-funded study | LifeSiteNews.com: Despite the proliferation of massive condom campaigns in the fight against HIV/AIDS, another study has shown that the most effective strategy is to promote marital fidelity and sexual responsibility.
The new study from Zimbabwe, where HIV prevalence has dropped 50% since peaking in the late-1990s, found that the success was driven primarily by changes in sexual behavior, particularly a drop in casual, commercial, and extramarital sex.
The researchers found that the change in behaviour was motivated by fear of the infection, stemming from the country’s high rate of AIDS mortality. They say it was amplified by economic decline because men had less money to pay for sex or to maintain multiple sexual relationships.
The new study from Zimbabwe, where HIV prevalence has dropped 50% since peaking in the late-1990s, found that the success was driven primarily by changes in sexual behavior, particularly a drop in casual, commercial, and extramarital sex.
The researchers found that the change in behaviour was motivated by fear of the infection, stemming from the country’s high rate of AIDS mortality. They say it was amplified by economic decline because men had less money to pay for sex or to maintain multiple sexual relationships.
Planned Parenthood Advises Man With STD to Donate Blood
Planned Parenthood staff in Roanoke, Virginia told the Live Action undercover agent who said he thinks he might have an STD to attempt to donate blood because he can get free testing. David Schmidt, the research director for Live Action, responded to the comments this way in a blog post on Monday.
“Today I called a couple blood donation centers and asked them if was good advice for people who think they might have STDs to donate blood. They said that it was very bad advice and that if people think they have an STD or other condition that they should address that condition before attempting to donate blood,” he said. ” I was also told that if one attempts to donate blood and is found to be ineligible through testing, they will only tell you that you are ineligible. They will not tell you the details of your positive result so that blood donation centers don’t get abused as disease testing centers.”
“It appears that they have had to put in policy to prevent the very thing that Planned Parenthood is encouraging. This direction from Planned Parenthood staff is making it harder for blood donation centers to collect good blood and save lives,’ Schmidt added. LifeNews
Endangered: Our Future in Peril
Welcome to Human Life Alliance: This latest publication from HLA details the staggering impact of abortion across the globe as well as the foundational reasons it is becoming so widespread. Endangered reaches out to men and women considering abortion and educates them on the humanity of the preborn child and the consequences of abortion for women and men. It also goes more in depth to examine forced abortion, maternal mortality, feminism, and the funders and providers of abortion. This publication is designed to be used around the world.
'Woman, thou art loosed!'
"On April 20, 2005, as I read Luke 13:11-13, 'Woman, thou art loosed!' The Lord Jesus spoke peace to my heart about my abortion after almost 30 years of carrying the grief. As I read those words, it was as if Jesus spoke them directly to me and, I knew He not only could, but He desired to forgive me of this terrible sin. Like that woman, I could not pick myself up, but He both could and did. I experienced that same inner joy that I had felt so many years before when He saved me." Sherry, Anchor Missionary Baptist Church, Anchorage, Alaska
Gov Announces Major Changes After Gosnell Abortion Horrors
Gov Announces Major Changes After Gosnell Abortion Horrors | LifeNews.com: PA Gov. Tom Corbett immediately ordered his nominees for Secretary of Health, Dr. Eli Avila, and Secretary of State, Carole Aichele, to review the charges and problems and recommend changes to the existing system of monitoring abortion centers to ensure they don’t happen again elsewhere. Corbett also held people responsible, — including seven members of the staff of the Department of Health, as well as the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, a branch of the Department of State, who are no longer employed. Another four employees named in the grand jury report have resigned.
Get to Know: Abortion Blackout
Abortion Blackout | End abortion by 2020: Over 3,000 people have pledged to wear black on Fridays to mourn the lives lost to abortion. They've also pledged to donate $1 a week in support of 50 PCCs across the country.
Most Women Obtaining Abortions Report Their Partners Know of and Support Their Decision
Most Women Obtaining Abortions Report Their Partners Know of and Support Their Decision: The overwhelming majority of women obtaining abortions in the United States (82%) report that the men by whom they got pregnant knew about the abortion, and nearly eight in 10 perceived these men to be supportive. A new analysis of data from the Guttmacher Institute’s 2008 survey of women obtaining abortions suggests that most women are able to rely on their partners for support, which previous research has shown improves women’s postabortion well-being.
One Abortionist Quits While Lawsuit Convinces Second Abortionist To Move
One Abortionist Quits While Lawsuit Convinces Second Abortionist To Move :Operation Rescue: Greg Linhardt has dropped plans to open an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas. Abortionist Mila Means has agreed to abandon her plans to begin abortions at her current office.
ACTION ALERT: US House to vote this week on defunding PP and other pro-life issues
Federal Legislation - Legislative Action Center: On February 15, 16, and 17, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on multiple abortion-related amendments to a bill (H.R. 1) that will fund all federal programs through September 30, 2011. Of particular importance is an amendment to be offered by Congressman Mike Pence (R-In.), which would deny all federal funds, through September 30, for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and 102 PPFA affiliates, which are named in the text of the amendment. CALL NOW! And pass it on!
National Day Of Mourning
National Day Of Mourning - American Life League: The Nation's Largest Grassroots Catholic Pro-Life Organization: On February 28, in response to the continued epidemic of abortion in the black community and the recent revelations of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnells house of abortion horrors, a National Day of Mourning has been called into being. Across the country, Americans are invited to mourn the loss of over 55 million babies killed (disproportionately over 16 million of which are black babies) by the Supremely wrong constitutional decision of legalized abortion. We will gather to mourn the loss of life and the wounding of women by the violent act of 'choice.'
Planned Parenthood event cancelled by venue
Planned Parenthood officials in Florida believe pressure from anti-abortion activists led to the sudden cancellation of a fundraiser Friday night, but cited no specific intimidation attempts. Oak Harbor officials informed them Thursday their event would not be hosted at its clubhouse.
Friday's cocktail party would have offered a buffet, dancing and a live auction featuring an 18-karat gold cocktail ring with 31 full-cut diamonds and various works of art, Planned Parenthood said. Tickets for the "Cocktails with a Twist" fund raiser were $100, according to the organization's web site. TC Palm
Friday's cocktail party would have offered a buffet, dancing and a live auction featuring an 18-karat gold cocktail ring with 31 full-cut diamonds and various works of art, Planned Parenthood said. Tickets for the "Cocktails with a Twist" fund raiser were $100, according to the organization's web site. TC Palm
One Abortionist Quits While Lawsuit Convinces Second Abortionist To Move
One Abortionist Quits While Lawsuit Convinces Second Abortionist To Move :Operation Rescue: Greg Linhardt has dropped plans to open an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas. Abortionist Mila Means has agreed to abandon her plans to begin abortions at her current office.
Planned Parenthood held rape victim hostage and attempted to coerce late-term abortion
Planned Parenthood held rape victim hostage and attempted to coerc late-term abortion: police report | LifeSiteNews.com: A Police Investigation Report reveals that staff at a Kennewick, WA Planned Parenthood abortion facility held a pregnant teen and victim of statutory rape hostage and attempted to coerce her into a late-term abortion.
The September 2008 report, recently obtained by pro-life blogger ‘Abortion in Washington,’ documents the police investigation of the case of a 14-year-old un-named teen at the hands of Planned Parenthood staff worker Andrea Smasne. The girl, 22 weeks pregnant, was held by Smasne at the abortion mill against the express wishes of her father and even police directives.
The September 2008 report, recently obtained by pro-life blogger ‘Abortion in Washington,’ documents the police investigation of the case of a 14-year-old un-named teen at the hands of Planned Parenthood staff worker Andrea Smasne. The girl, 22 weeks pregnant, was held by Smasne at the abortion mill against the express wishes of her father and even police directives.
How's the Planned Parenthood boycott doing?
Life Decisions International: To date, at least 274 corporations have ceased funding Planned Parenthood!, which has cost the abortion-committing Goliath more than $40 million!
Editor: It's a long, hard way to fight them, but effective.
New Obama Budget Funds Sex Ed Over Abstinence on 16-1 Margin
New Obama Budget Funds Sex Ed Over Abstinence on 16-1 Margin | LifeNews.com: The new $3.73 trillion FY 2012 budget President Barack Obama proposed today may ratchet up the deficit, but it continues to drive down the amount of spending on abstinence education compared to spending on comprehensive sex education promoting condoms and birth control. The National Abstinence Education Association says the ratio of sex ed spending to abstinence spending remains over 16 to 1.
The reality of late-term abortion
Life Issues Institute - Connector February 2011: Most abortionists who specialize in doing abortions in the second- or third-trimester go quietly about their killing business without any media fanfare.
In the United States, there are at least 10 late-term abortionists doing abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy who have gotten a fair amount of media attention. Some of them are facing financial, licensing or criminal issues, and most are notorious, unabashed by the headlines they make. But they are just a fraction of the people who kill viable babies for a living.
The Guttmacher Institute indicates that 20% of abortionists will do abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. This means that in 2005, over 350 late-term abortionists killed pre-born babies beyond the 5th month of pregnancy.
Tiananmen Dissident Turned Software Entrepreneur Urges End to Forced Abortions in China
Ling Chai, the former Chinese dissident leader during the Tiananmen massacre, has found a new calling. She now works to to end China's One-Child Policy. "The brutal and violent enforcement of the one-child policy is the largest crime against humanity," Chai told a crowded room of about 100 people. "It is the inhumane secret slaughter against mothers and babies; it is a Tiananmen massacre taking place every hour."
Chai went into hiding after the protests in Hong Kong and fled for the United States in 1990. She was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In November 2009, however, Ling's activism was transformed when she learned about the effects of China's One-Child Policy. Chai said she was helping serve as an interpreter at a congressional hearing about the policy, when she heard graphic testimony of a Chinese woman dragged to an abortion clinic by local officials.
Chai said she experienced a "spiritual transformation" from that moment. She said she became a Christian in December 2009 and that helped her understand hope amid evil. She launched a nonprofit advocating against the One-Child Policy, All Girls Allowed, in June 2010. The World Health Organization reported over 500 female suicides per day in China in 2008, the only country in the world in which more women take their lives than men. ABC News
Chai went into hiding after the protests in Hong Kong and fled for the United States in 1990. She was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In November 2009, however, Ling's activism was transformed when she learned about the effects of China's One-Child Policy. Chai said she was helping serve as an interpreter at a congressional hearing about the policy, when she heard graphic testimony of a Chinese woman dragged to an abortion clinic by local officials.
Chai said she experienced a "spiritual transformation" from that moment. She said she became a Christian in December 2009 and that helped her understand hope amid evil. She launched a nonprofit advocating against the One-Child Policy, All Girls Allowed, in June 2010. The World Health Organization reported over 500 female suicides per day in China in 2008, the only country in the world in which more women take their lives than men. ABC News
The 'Unbortion': Chicago Hospital Persuades Women to Halt Abortions
The 'Unbortion': Chicago Hospital Persuades Women to Halt Abortions - TIME Healthland: This article ends asking whether it's ethical to try to get a woman to reconsider her abortion decision.
Emergency Transport from St. Louis Planned Parenthood; Another Case for Defunding
Emergency Transport from Planned Parenthood Makes Another Case for Defunding :Operation Rescue: Emergency responders removed a patient from a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday morning and rushed her to the emergency room at Barnes-Jewish-Christian Hospital.
A witness, pro-life sidewalk counselor Marty Bennet, took over a dozen photos of the dramatic incident as the woman was wheeled out the clinic and into an awaiting ambulance. Photos showed that the woman’s head was covered and that there was no IV bag or any other sign of ongoing emergency care. There was no evidence that any Planned Parenthood staff member accompanied her to the hospital.
Bennet left a note offering assistance on the vehicle that accompanied the ambulance to the hospital. Later, the husband of the botched abortion victim contacted him to thank him for his concerns. He indicated that his wife is in stable condition.
A witness, pro-life sidewalk counselor Marty Bennet, took over a dozen photos of the dramatic incident as the woman was wheeled out the clinic and into an awaiting ambulance. Photos showed that the woman’s head was covered and that there was no IV bag or any other sign of ongoing emergency care. There was no evidence that any Planned Parenthood staff member accompanied her to the hospital.
Bennet left a note offering assistance on the vehicle that accompanied the ambulance to the hospital. Later, the husband of the botched abortion victim contacted him to thank him for his concerns. He indicated that his wife is in stable condition.
Early medical abortions: Bid to change law fails
BBC News - Early medical abortions: Bid to change law fails: A legal bid to allow women having an early medical abortion to take some of their pills at home has been rejected by the UK High Court. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service had challenged the law, arguing women should choose where they complete their treatment.
Women currently have to make two visits and are given pills each time. The Department of Health opposed the change, which would have covered England, Scotland and Wales. Early medical abortions involve taking two sets of pills. These are taken 24 to 48 hours apart in order to induce a miscarriage.
Women currently have to make two visits and are given pills each time. The Department of Health opposed the change, which would have covered England, Scotland and Wales. Early medical abortions involve taking two sets of pills. These are taken 24 to 48 hours apart in order to induce a miscarriage.
Mother-baby Bond: The Biology Of Love
thevisualMD.com – Health Centers - Child Health - Mother-baby Bond The Biology Of Love - Nurturing Development: A baby’s nutritional environment actually begins before conception, because the health and nutrition of the mother-to-be can have repercussions for her baby. Dietary deficiencies in a pregnant woman can affect the growth and development of her fetus. In general, though, a woman’s body shows a remarkable capacity to compensate the fetus with any nutrients in short supply in the expectant mother’s diet.
This compensation can come, however, at the expense of the mother’s stores of these nutrients in her own body. A pregnant woman should make every effort, then, to eat a well-balanced, healthy diet throughout her pregnancy, both for her sake as well as the baby’s. The same goes after the baby is born.
'One More Girl' unveils truth behind HPV vaccine travesty
'One More Girl' unveils truth behind HPV vaccine travesty: This provocative film documents the stories of the numerous girls adversely affected by the HPV vaccines - giving these young women and their families a chance to speak out - share their dismay and sense of betrayal for simply believing the pharmaceutical and medical industries were protecting them when marketing HPV vaccines for the prevention of cervical cancer.
Filled with stories of anguish, loss of innocence, guilt on the part of mothers who encouraged their daughter's to get the vaccine - and financial devastation as families use their hard-earned savings to find a cure for their daughter's illness, leaving no viewer untouched. Interviews with mothers whose daughters lost their lives after receiving the vaccine bring tears to your eyes - raising the question of how the marketing of a medical experiment got by the world's health regulatory agencies.
Pro-life coalition sponsors ‘vigil for victims’ in front of every Planned Parenthood nationwide
Pro-life coalition sponsors ‘vigil for victims’ in front of every Planned Parenthood nationwide | LifeSiteNews.com: A coalition of many of the country’s most prominent pro-life organizations is sponsoring a “vigil for victims of underage sex trafficking” today. The event seeks to put a pro-life presence in front of every single Planned Parenthood facility across the country. The vigils will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in each U.S. time zone.
Valentine's Day reflection on love
Colleen Tronson, director of Metro Women's Center in Crystal, MN writes:
As we approach Valentine's Day with all its talk of love, we have to ask ourselves, "Do we really love our clients?" I would say for the most part, humanly, we do. But do we love them enough to tell them the truth about their sin in relation to sexual activity outside of marriage, about the sin of abortion, about their need for a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?
As I am writing this, I am asking myself, "What about my own sinfulness apart from God's grace in my life?" OUCH! As we confront our own need of grace from the Lord when we fail, I pray that we will extend that grace to our clients. While we need to have confrontation, it needs to be done with great love and care. We ask God for boldness in witnessing--not boldness to bang someone over the head with the biggest Bible we can find--but surgical boldness, to get to the heart of the matter using God's Word (Hebrews 4:12)
I heard someone once say, "There is great wisdom in knowing when to use a flyswatter and when to use a cannon." I have been grateful that the Lord hasn't given up on me and that people have been patient and longsuffering-more than I deserve at times! Many of our clients have been rejected by Christians because of their past choices, and it has made them leery of exposing their hearts for fear of rejection. This keeps them from the help they desperately need. I pray that as we go forward, we will be approachable, grace-filled, welcoming representatives of God's love for our clients.
Foes seek to de-fund, discredit Planned Parenthood
Foes seek to de-fund, discredit Planned Parenthood - WSJ.com: 'We've been here for the past 95 years, and we'll be here for the next 95,' said Planned Parenthood's president, Cecile Richards.
Pregnancy Center Bill Makes it Out of Committee, and Threatens Abortion Blowup On House Floor
House Bill 1366 (Washington state) would for the first time impose regulations on the storefront operations that abortion opponents have established to counsel pregnant women about their options. Another big blowup over abortion appears destined for the House floor after a committee Thursday passed a bill that would impose stiff rules on crisis pregnancy centers. The next stop for the House bill this year is the Rules Committee, where House Democratic leaders get to decide whether the issue advances to the House floor – and whether they want to reopen that can of worms. The House panel adopted a few modest amendments that clarified and toned down some of the rules.
If women’s groups or other critics believe that a pregnancy center is violating the rules, they would be allowed to sue. The ironic thing about it is that 16 years ago the two sides argued precisely the opposite positions – women’s groups were battling parental notification and “informed consent” laws, and they told lawmakers to butt out.
There’s no question that the crisis pregnancy centers are proving a major influence in the never-ending political debate. They have sprung up in every medium-to-large city of the state, and in 2009 they served 62,000 young women. The House bill is one of two measures in the state Legislature this year that would regulate their conduct. The other, Senate Bill 5274, got a hearing last week that drew hundreds of onlookers and proved the best-attended meeting so far of this year’s legislative session. The Senate bill awaits action in the Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee. WA State Wire
There’s no question that the crisis pregnancy centers are proving a major influence in the never-ending political debate. They have sprung up in every medium-to-large city of the state, and in 2009 they served 62,000 young women. The House bill is one of two measures in the state Legislature this year that would regulate their conduct. The other, Senate Bill 5274, got a hearing last week that drew hundreds of onlookers and proved the best-attended meeting so far of this year’s legislative session. The Senate bill awaits action in the Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee. WA State Wire
Your Basic All-Purpose Garment
Your Basic All-Purpose Garment: Your basic all purpose garment is not a black cotton tee. It’s love.
Before Jesus, we wore ill-fitted, dirty clothes. After meeting Jesus, we’ve been dressed in a new wardrobe.
Before Jesus, we wore ill-fitted, dirty clothes. After meeting Jesus, we’ve been dressed in a new wardrobe.
Solomon on social media
Blogger Tim Challies offers some wise and much needed guidelines for all of us who post online. EPM, page 4
Philly abortion doctor finds lawyer
Philly abortion doctor finds lawyer in murder case | 6abc.com: Gosnell has secured a prominent Philadelphia criminal lawyer, Jack McMahon, days after a judge denied him a public defender after learning he and his wife own at least six properties between them, including a beach house near Atlantic City, N.J. 'It's totally not fair for him to be tried, convicted by everybody in this city, the paper, the radio, the TV, when he hasn't had a single hearing on this,' McMahon said after the hearing.
Editor: Boo hoo.
DC Planned Parenthood Staffer Counsels Sex-Trafficker How Underage Girls Can Get Abortions And Testing, No Questions Asked
DC Planned Parenthood Staffer Counsels Sex-Trafficker How Underage Girls Can Get Abortions And Testing, No Questions Asked: New undercover audio released today by Live Action reveals yet another Planned Parenthood clinic, this time in Washington, D.C., more than willing to aid and abet a self-identified sex trafficker exploiting underage girls, including girls from other countries. A woman posing as a prostitute and “manager” of young girls for “sex work” meets with a staffer at Planned Parenthood’s Egypt Center on Minnesota Avenue, NE, in Washington, D.C. The Planned Parenthood staffer counsels the sex trafficker on how to get the girls tested, the best way for them to get an abortion and how to work the system if they don’t have health insurance.
Marie Stopes advocates anal sex for teens
Marie Stopes advocates anal sex for teens in explicit ‘safe sex’ music video | LifeSiteNews.com: Anal sex is strongly linked to many dangerous and deadly diseases, including HPV, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and Herpes. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have outlined the grave risks of anal sex, especially the potential of contracting HPV. A sexually explicit music video sponsored by abortion giant Marie Stopes International is promoting anal sex as a contraceptive option for teens.
Return of the Back Alley
Return of the Back Alley - Rich Lowry - National Review Online: Legal abortion was supposed to end “back-alley abortions,” both their dangers and their entanglements with shady characters. But the practice and the mores of the back alley are with us still, tolerated by people for whom the ready provision of abortion trumps all else.
More on big-government back-alley abortions, from Mark Steyn: The back alley is back, and supersized: The above New Jersey clinic [earlier under investigation] performs 10,000 abortions a year. When the pro-choice rally ends and Cameron Diaz, Ashley Judd and other celebrities d'un certain age return to Hollywood, and the upper-middle-class women with the one designer baby go back to their suburbs, a woman's "right to choose" means that, day in, day out, the blessings of this "right" fall disproportionately on all the identity groups the upscale liberals profess to care about - poor women, black women, Hispanic women, undocumented women, and other denizens of Big Government's back alley. A government back alley, licensed and supposedly regulated, is worse than the old kind, because it implies the approval of the state, and of society.
More on big-government back-alley abortions, from Mark Steyn: The back alley is back, and supersized: The above New Jersey clinic [earlier under investigation] performs 10,000 abortions a year. When the pro-choice rally ends and Cameron Diaz, Ashley Judd and other celebrities d'un certain age return to Hollywood, and the upper-middle-class women with the one designer baby go back to their suburbs, a woman's "right to choose" means that, day in, day out, the blessings of this "right" fall disproportionately on all the identity groups the upscale liberals profess to care about - poor women, black women, Hispanic women, undocumented women, and other denizens of Big Government's back alley. A government back alley, licensed and supposedly regulated, is worse than the old kind, because it implies the approval of the state, and of society.
Plan B Over-the-Counter Application is Filed, But CRR Says FDA has Enough Evidence
Plan B Over-the-Counter Application is Filed, But CRR Says FDA has Enough Evidence | Center for Reproductive Rights: Teva, the manufacturer of the emergency contraceptive Plan B, announced that they filed an over-the-counter application for Plan B One-Step with the Food and Drug Administration this week. The application requests that the agency make the emergency contraceptive available without a prescription for women of all ages.
Real worship
What Is Worship Not? - Answers in Genesis: The Bible commands us, “whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). We are told to “continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God” (Hebrews 13:15–16, ESV).
Hospital offers help for women who want to halt abortions
Hospital offers help for women who want to halt abortions - Chicago Tribune: Working with two anti-abortion groups, Resurrection Medical Center, the largest hospital of one of Chicago's largest Catholic health care systems, has put in place a practice that when a woman arrives in the emergency room with an activist seeking to stop a second-trimester abortion, she should be treated immediately. Since October, four women have arrived at the hospital seeking to halt their abortions, and three of them had their abortions stopped.
Most U.S. teens want to be virgins when they marry
Most U.S. teens want to be virgins when they marry | LifeSiteNews.com: A poll conducted with youth aged 13-18 in late 2010 found a majority of young people in the US - 61 percent - would like to be virgins when they get married. Additionally, 63 percent said that, presuming they had lost their virginity, they would change the past if possible and regain it.
The survey was conducted from August through October 2010 by Drs. Rene Paulson and Jacquelyn Pennings under the auspices of the Christian youth research and outreach organization OneHope as part of their Spiritual State of the World’s Children study. 5,108 teens between the ages of 13 and 18 in the United States were recruited to take the online survey through a panelist company and through social networking websites.
A press release from OneHope announcing the release of the study today said the results of the survey were “surprising” given the high teen exposure to sexually explicit media content.
The survey was conducted from August through October 2010 by Drs. Rene Paulson and Jacquelyn Pennings under the auspices of the Christian youth research and outreach organization OneHope as part of their Spiritual State of the World’s Children study. 5,108 teens between the ages of 13 and 18 in the United States were recruited to take the online survey through a panelist company and through social networking websites.
A press release from OneHope announcing the release of the study today said the results of the survey were “surprising” given the high teen exposure to sexually explicit media content.
Trial of Gosnell Moving Ahead
Grisly Abortion Practitioner Gosnell’s Trial Moving Ahead | LifeNews.com: A judge ruled on Wednesday that the case against a grisly abortion practitioner, Pennsylvania-based Kermit Gosnell, can move forward. He could have been charged with the deaths of hundreds of babies in this gruesome live-birth abortion method, but prosecutors focused on the seven cases they believed would be most likely to result in a conviction.
Today’s ruling also allowed the cases prosecutors filed against nine of Gosnell’s staff, including his wife and sister-in-law, to move forward. They face charges ranging from murder in association with the deaths of the woman from the abortion and the babies to obstruction of justice and other counts associated with covering up the alleged crimes.
Today’s ruling also allowed the cases prosecutors filed against nine of Gosnell’s staff, including his wife and sister-in-law, to move forward. They face charges ranging from murder in association with the deaths of the woman from the abortion and the babies to obstruction of justice and other counts associated with covering up the alleged crimes.
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Chinese blogger brings stolen children home
A Chinesee academic has harnessed the power of the country's huge, frenetically innovative blogosphere in a stand against child-trafficking. The crime has become a national scourge in which as many as 60,000 children a year are abducted from the streets and sold. Child-trafficking in China overwhelmingly involves minors from the larger cities being stolen from their parents and sold for between 20,000 and 70,000 yuan ($2995-$10,475) to families in rural provinces.
In the 15 days since Yu Jianrong established his Twitter-style account, the microblog -- entitled Take a Picture to Rescue Begging Children -- has exploded in popularity and commands a network that reaches into local government and media In just a few days of operation, the blog is thought to have saved half a dozen children from misery, reuniting them with their parents after years of separation. The professor has nearly 110,000 readers following the updates and, more critically, a 1000-strong and rapidly swelling national photo archive of possible child-trafficking victims. Users can upload pictures of children who may have been abducted. The pictures have been recirculated to some of the best-read microblogs in China, where their potential audience has morphed into the tens of millions. The Australian
In the 15 days since Yu Jianrong established his Twitter-style account, the microblog -- entitled Take a Picture to Rescue Begging Children -- has exploded in popularity and commands a network that reaches into local government and media In just a few days of operation, the blog is thought to have saved half a dozen children from misery, reuniting them with their parents after years of separation. The professor has nearly 110,000 readers following the updates and, more critically, a 1000-strong and rapidly swelling national photo archive of possible child-trafficking victims. Users can upload pictures of children who may have been abducted. The pictures have been recirculated to some of the best-read microblogs in China, where their potential audience has morphed into the tens of millions. The Australian
Thoughts on Valentine's Day
Tonya Delnay, abstinence educator with Willing to Wait, comments: "Valentines Day is in contrast to God. Not because of the world's commercialization of it, but because of its message to give your heart away. God's word says we are to guard our heart because its our continual supply of life; its where we love God and love others! Don't flaunt your heart, protect it!"
A Birth-Defect Breakthrough: Prenatal Spinal Surgery
It's a landmark in the controversial, 30-year-old field of fetal surgery: Surgeons are reporting success in treating a common, serious birth defect called spina bifida — before birth.
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Brett Hallman had a surgery — as a 25-week fetus — to treat his spina bifida. Now, he's an active first grader who enjoys swimming and other sports.
A new study, published online in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that repairing the most severe form of spina bifida during pregnancy can reduce the paralysis and brain damage that often result when the defect isn't corrected until after birth. NPR
Post-Abortive Women to Protest NARAL Abortion Celebration
Post-Abortive Women to Protest NARAL Abortion Celebration | LifeNews.com: For the sixth consecutive year, Silent No More members will greet NARAL supporters outside their annual luncheon at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, located at 2500 Calvert St. They will hold signs that say “I Regret My Abortion” or “I Regret My Lost Fatherhood.” The pro-life advocates also will be there as people leave the luncheon.
“We feel it’s important to have a presence when they’re celebrating, to show that there’s another side to this” said Nancy Tanner, Silent No More regional coordinator for Northern Virginia. “Many of us are hurt by abortion and regret that decision.” All pro-lifers are welcome to join the peaceful protest.
“We feel it’s important to have a presence when they’re celebrating, to show that there’s another side to this” said Nancy Tanner, Silent No More regional coordinator for Northern Virginia. “Many of us are hurt by abortion and regret that decision.” All pro-lifers are welcome to join the peaceful protest.
WA House Committee to Vote Thursday on Bill Attacking PCCs
Washington Votes Thursday on Bill Attacking Pregnancy Centers | LifeNews.com: This Thursday, February 10th at 10am, the House Healthcare & Wellness Committee is scheduled to take executive action on HB1366, a bill that would place significant legal liabilities on pregnancy resource centers because they do not perform or refer for abortion.
Bible Questions Answered
Bible Questions Answered: 259,875 Bible Questions Answered!
Do you have a question about God, Jesus, the Bible, or theology? Have you ever needed help understanding a Bible verse or passage? Are there any spiritual issues in your life for which you need advice or counsel?
Do you have a question about God, Jesus, the Bible, or theology? Have you ever needed help understanding a Bible verse or passage? Are there any spiritual issues in your life for which you need advice or counsel?
Top Six Planned Parenthood Deceptions: In Order of Increasing Absurdity
» Top Six Planned Parenthood Deceptions: In Order of Increasing Absurdity - Big Government: Since the beginning of Live Action's latest release, Planned Parenthood has attacked them and attempted to discredit the growing evidence of institutional and rampant abuse cover up. Here is a top six list of some of the deceiving statements that Planned Parenthood has made in just the past few days.
The Planned Parenthood Contraception Canard
The Planned Parenthood Contraception Canard - By Michael J. New - The Corner - National Review Online: Low-income earners seeking contraceptives have alternatives to Planned Parenthood. The Live Action videos prove this.
The Virginia video shows a Planned Parenthood employee running through the price list for services and then counseling the pimp to go to the county health department for free services if he can’t afford Planned Parenthood. In light of this, one wonders why Planned Parenthood is receiving $300 billion a year from the federal government for services to low-income earners — when they encourage low-income earners to seek services from government agencies.
Born This Way, But How?
Lady Gaga Was Born This Way, But Does She Know How? | LifeNews.com: Lady Gaga fans everywhere have marked their calendars for the release of the first single off the artist’s new album, Born This Way. The single, which bears the same name as the album, is a celebration of each person’s individual identity. However, we did not receive our unique personalities and characteristics at birth.
Banquet speaker
PRC Banquets: Bob Reccord would tell you that the details of his life have made him passionate about the value of life for all children—not just those who are born into “ideal” circumstances. Bob is a sought-after speaker at PCC banquets.
Giving Pimps Discounts, on the Tax Payers’ Dime
» Planned Parenthood NY: Giving Pimps Discounts, on the Tax Payers’ Dime - Big Government: Live Action's new undercover video shows a Planned Parenthood supervisor/practitioner offering guidance on how the pimp’s underage sex slaves can get insurance through taxpayer funded programs to pay for abortions and other services even if the underage girls are not U.S. citizens.
Planned Parenthood workers are quick to recommend that the self-identified pimp use the New York Medicaid system for free services for his sex slaves. Keep in mind that Planned Parenthood receives over $300 million from taxpayer funds. How much of this money is going to discounts for pimps?
Meanwhile, PP spends millions of tax-payer dollars to polish their image as "the trusted provider of women's health care."
Woman accused of killing baby sentenced to Planned Parenthood
Woman accused of killing baby given suspended prison term, freed on probation - baltimoresun.com: Lakesha Haynie plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter in smothering death of her 1-month-old infant. While she was able to walk free for the first time since her arrest 10 months ago, she will be on probation for five years, must report to the Department of Social Services if she becomes pregnant again, and is forbidden to have unsupervised contact with children ages 6 and younger. She must also attend a counseling program at Planned Parenthood on Jan. 24.
Pro-Life Activist Calls Planned Parenthood's Attempts to Retrain a Sham
Pro-Life Activist Calls Planned Parenthood's Attempts to Retrain a Sham | Christianpost.com: Lila Rose responded to the abortion giant's plan to retrain staff in the wake of undercover operations carried out by Live Action: 'This announcement by Planned Parenthood is nothing more than window dressing to try and patch over a major crisis engulfing all levels of Planned Parenthood – from the front line staffer to the hierarchy of the organization.'
2002 videos show that nothing has changed for Planned Parenthood
Live Action's discoveries are nothing new. They echo findings of Life Dynamic's undercover sting operations in 2002.
‘House of Horrors’ abortionist made over $1.8 million/year, now claims to be broke
‘House of Horrors’ abortionist made over $1.8 million/year, now claims to be broke | LifeSiteNews.com: In addition to the income from his abortion business, Kermit Gosnell allegedly also made money by selling illegal prescriptions to drug addicts. Investigators are now trying to figure out exactly how much he made, and where it all went.
According to the grand jury report, a search of Gosnell’s Philadelphia home uncovered $240,000 in cash and a gun hidden in a filing cabinet in his 12-year-old daughter’s bedroom. Other than that, his income appears to be unaccounted for except for his assets and real estate investments.
According to one report, Gosnell and his wife own seventeen properties, a motorboat, a Dodge Durango, a Ford F-150 pickup truck and a Ford Expedition. Despite these assets, Gosnell now claims to be broke, and has requested a court-appointed attorney, a request which was refused. One thing investigators do know: the money did not go towards improving the conditions of his facility.
According to the grand jury report, a search of Gosnell’s Philadelphia home uncovered $240,000 in cash and a gun hidden in a filing cabinet in his 12-year-old daughter’s bedroom. Other than that, his income appears to be unaccounted for except for his assets and real estate investments.
According to one report, Gosnell and his wife own seventeen properties, a motorboat, a Dodge Durango, a Ford F-150 pickup truck and a Ford Expedition. Despite these assets, Gosnell now claims to be broke, and has requested a court-appointed attorney, a request which was refused. One thing investigators do know: the money did not go towards improving the conditions of his facility.
Pharmacy Mistakenly Gives Pregnant Woman Abortion Pill
Pharmacy Mistakenly Gives Pregnant Woman Abortion Pill - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver: She is six weeks pregnant and when she went to the pharmacy to pick up an antibiotic her doctor had prescribed, the pharmacist gave her an abortion drug by mistake. Mareena Silva might lose her unborn child because of the prescription drug error, which occurred last Thursday. 'I took it because I thought it was mine,' Silva said.
Silva said the pharmacist gave her the prescription of methotrexate. After she took it, Silva was nauseated.
'I came back and I looked at the bottle and it wasn't my name,' she said. The methotrexate was intended for a 59-year-old woman with the exact same last name as Silva's and a similar first name.
Silva said the pharmacist gave her the prescription of methotrexate. After she took it, Silva was nauseated.
'I came back and I looked at the bottle and it wasn't my name,' she said. The methotrexate was intended for a 59-year-old woman with the exact same last name as Silva's and a similar first name.
Portugal’s abortion problem worse than ever after four years of decriminalization
Portugal’s abortion problem worse than ever after four years of decriminalization, pro-lifers say | LifeSiteNews.com: The Portuguese Federation for Life is calling for a revision of the nation’s abortion legislation after a nurse was given a suspended sentence of three years years in prison for running an illegal and clandestine abortion clinic in the city of Matosinhos.
‘Puzzling’ that UK still pushing morning-after pill despite rise in STDs says study author
‘Puzzling’ that UK still pushing morning-after pill despite rise in STDs says study author | LifeSiteNews.com: It is “puzzling” that government policy makers are still pushing the morning-after pill (MAP) on young people, when it has done absolutely nothing to reduce teen pregnancies, Professor David Paton told LifeSiteNews.com today. In fact, he said, the MAP project seems to be making the situation worse by increasing teen rates of sexually transmitted diseases.
Paton is Chairman of Industrial Economics at Nottingham University Business School and the co-author of a study published last week in the Journal of Health Economics, that showed a correlation between increased availability of MAP among young people and a significant jump in rates of sexually transmitted diseases.
Paton is Chairman of Industrial Economics at Nottingham University Business School and the co-author of a study published last week in the Journal of Health Economics, that showed a correlation between increased availability of MAP among young people and a significant jump in rates of sexually transmitted diseases.
Pennsylvania Holds Hearing on Gosnell
Pennsylvania Holds Hearing on Abortion Practitioner Gosnell | LifeNews.com: Members of two Pennsylvania Senate committees expressed shock that state regulators would not be held criminally liable for failing to take action against Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society.
Petition to defund Planned Parenthood
FRC Action: American taxpayers are forced daily to subsidize the atrocity of abortion to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Sign the petition to defund the abortion industry!
Planned Parenthood to Retrain Staff After Sex Trafficking Scandal
Planned Parenthood to Retrain Staff After Sex Trafficking Scandal | LifeNews.com: Officials at PP should have shown great concern about the potentially illegal activities and immediately reported them to authorities. Because that was not done, Planned Parenthood said Monday it would retrain thousands of staff people across the country in the proper procedures for dealing with sex traffickers in the future. The abortion business also said it would fire any staffers violating those procedures.
End Trafficking Now Webcast!
End Trafficking Now Webcast! « Students for Life: Join Students for Life of America to learn about Live Action’s new undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood's cover-up of sex trafficking and learn how you can use these videos to end trafficking on your campus! Join us on Thursday, February 10, 2010 at 9:00pm EST.
Register now to receive the webcast passcode! After registering you will be sent an email with your passcode and call-in or website information. To participate, you can call-in via your phone or Skype or listen online at the webcast website. Questions can be submitted before and during the presentation.
New abortion-counter web page
A new website from Life Matters TV offers real-time “abortion counters” intended to heighten the awareness of the viewer to the reality & magnitude of the abortion holocaust. "As far as we know, this site is unique in having many different abortion counters on one page." It includes counters for the US and worldwide today, US since 1973, for this year, and since you loaded the page. Other sites offer only a single counter, and a some use out-of-date statistics.
Get to Know: All Our Lives
All Our Lives | Freedom for Women and Children to Flourish: "Welcome to All Our Lives! We are working for a world free of domination, coercion, and violence in our sexual and reproductive lives. We are working for reproductive peace.
"'Reproductive peace' is a philosophy that combines principles of the reproductive justice and consistent life ethic movements. Like our sisters in the reproductive justice movement, we condemn and fight the many intersecting injustices that work against women's ability to live, love, and reproduce -- or not -- freely. And like consistent life ethic proponents, we reject violent solutions such as abortion and seek to respond to injustice and challenges in ways that preserve human life before and after birth.
"Nobody is defending women's right to make all non-violent choices about their sexual and reproductive lives without advocating for abortion as well. All Our Lives is changing that. Our mission is to model a woman-centric, non-violent and inclusive approach to issues of health, sexuality, and reproduction."
"'Reproductive peace' is a philosophy that combines principles of the reproductive justice and consistent life ethic movements. Like our sisters in the reproductive justice movement, we condemn and fight the many intersecting injustices that work against women's ability to live, love, and reproduce -- or not -- freely. And like consistent life ethic proponents, we reject violent solutions such as abortion and seek to respond to injustice and challenges in ways that preserve human life before and after birth.
"Nobody is defending women's right to make all non-violent choices about their sexual and reproductive lives without advocating for abortion as well. All Our Lives is changing that. Our mission is to model a woman-centric, non-violent and inclusive approach to issues of health, sexuality, and reproduction."
Editor: Progressive and pro-life.
Dinah: An adventure with fatal results
Had Dinah been content to remain a 'keeper at home' (Titus 2:5), a terrible massacre would have been averted, but her desire for novelty and forbidden company spelled disaster. Josephus tells us that Dinah went to the Canaanite annual festival of nature worship (Numbers 25:2) - a forbidden association for an Israelite. Sin, shame and death came to Dinah and Shechem through the windows of their eyes and ears (see Genesis 39:7 ). All the Women of the Bible
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Is the Obama administration hiding abortion statistics?
Conservative blogger and CNN correspondent Erick Erickson is alleging that the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) three-month delay in releasing its annual Abortion Surveillance Report is evidence of an attempt on the part of the Obama administration to deliberately conceal the statistics revealed in this year’s report. The report, which releases data up to three years prior to the publication year, is typically published in late November. The 2010 report, however, has not yet been published.
Today, the conservative blog is reporting that the CDC has scheduled the data to be released in February, and that the delay was due to the fact that “the population data needed to develop rate/ratio statistics was not available at the time we normally prepare the ASR.” “This ignores the fact that the CDC’s 2010 report will use data from 2007,” wrote Erickson.
CDC Spokesperson Karen Hunter told LifeSiteNews in an interview that the delayed data was natality data from the National Center for Health Statistics. “The folks who write the report need that information to calculate the abortion ratio and rate,” she said, adding that the data is typically provided in May but was not furnished until August this year, which set the report back three months. LifeNews
Another Live Action video: Exposing PP in the Bronx
New undercover Live Action footage from inside a Bronx, NY Planned Parenthood clinic for the first time shows a Planned Parenthood Supervisor/Practitioner willing to assist a man posing as a pimp, even offering guidance on how the pimp’s underage girls can get insurance through tax payer funded programs to pay for abortions and other services even if the underage girls that are not U.S. citizens. When told by a man posing as a pimp that he needs help with girls he manages as young as 14-15 years old, a Bronx New York Planned Parenthood Staffer is unphased and offers to go one better: “We see people as young as 13….everything is totally confidential.”
Planned Parenthood Videos Shock VA Governor, Attorney General
Planned Parenthood Videos Shock VA Governor, Attorney General | LifeNews.com: Reacting to the Live Action videos, Gov. Bob McDonnell reportedly saw the footage and said he is “deeply troubled” by what he saw. “The apparent actions of the clinic employee, if accurate, are alarming,” McDonnell spokesman Tucker Martin told the Associated Press.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has already received the full, unedited footage of the Planned Parenthood expose’ videos and he told CBS 6 WVTR in Richmond that they are “shocking.” Cuccinelli said he is particularly concerned that abortion centers are aiding and abetting the sex trafficking industry.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has already received the full, unedited footage of the Planned Parenthood expose’ videos and he told CBS 6 WVTR in Richmond that they are “shocking.” Cuccinelli said he is particularly concerned that abortion centers are aiding and abetting the sex trafficking industry.
Dangerous Abortion Biz Owner Could be Released From California Prison
Dangerous Abortion Biz Owner Could be Released From California Prison | LifeNews.com: Budget cuts in the state of California could allow the release of Bertha Bugarin who ran several seedy abortion clinics in Southern California that once constituted the second largest abortion business in the state. Her abortion centers, which targeted Hispanic women, were squalid and dangerous and ultimately responsible for two decades of fraud, rape, botched abortions, and patient deaths.
In February 2009, Bugarin was sentenced to three years and four months in prison on charges of pretending to be a physician and doing abortions without a medical license. She pleaded no contest to seven felony counts in Los Angeles Superior Court after facing charges that she put more than a dozen patients at risk by doing abortions on them or giving them the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug without having medical training.
Had she been found guilty and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law on all charges, Bugarin could have faced 15 years in prison but she sobbed uncontrollably and begged for leniency and mercy and received a slightly lesser sentence than the five years prosecutors sought. Now, she may be free entirely.
In February 2009, Bugarin was sentenced to three years and four months in prison on charges of pretending to be a physician and doing abortions without a medical license. She pleaded no contest to seven felony counts in Los Angeles Superior Court after facing charges that she put more than a dozen patients at risk by doing abortions on them or giving them the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug without having medical training.
Had she been found guilty and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law on all charges, Bugarin could have faced 15 years in prison but she sobbed uncontrollably and begged for leniency and mercy and received a slightly lesser sentence than the five years prosecutors sought. Now, she may be free entirely.
Baltimore Judge's Ruling Helpful to Other Pregnancy Centers, Says ADF
Baltimore Judge's Ruling Helpful to Other Pregnancy Centers, Says ADF | Christianpost.com: U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis ruled on Jan. 28 that city council violated the pregnancy centers' freedom of speech by requiring “pro-life” pregnancy centers to post such a sign. Alliance Defense Fund Senior Council Casey Mattox anticipates the Baltimore judge’s ruling will be favorable towards the pending case of a Silver Spring pregnancy resource center forced to post signs declaring that it is a limited-service pregnancy center.
Mattox told The Christian Post on Wednesday that the current law in Montgomery is carefully worded to put pregnancy centers at a disadvantage. “It was intentionally worded to regulate pregnancy center and not regulate abortion centers,” he said.
Mattox told The Christian Post on Wednesday that the current law in Montgomery is carefully worded to put pregnancy centers at a disadvantage. “It was intentionally worded to regulate pregnancy center and not regulate abortion centers,” he said.
Liberal groups defend Planned Parenthood
Groups defend Planned Parenthood - Kate Nocera - POLITICO.com: Liberal groups -- Media Matters, People for the American Way, the NAACP, Sierra Club -- are banding to come to the defense of Planned Parenthood in the wake of the recent controversy over videos taped inside clinics. Conservative groups say the films provide more than enough evidence for Congress to immediately defund the women’s health centers.
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