Pro-Abortion Strategist Criticizes Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Silence

Pro-Abortion Strategist Criticizes Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Silence: On the Huffington Post, Rebecca Sive, a pro-abortion strategist, wrote a note to Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, urging Richards to stop avoiding the word abortion and start defending the “right” to abortion. Sive warned, “Cecile: Your fight this morning after [the Senate vote against defunding Planned Parenthood] is about just one thing: keeping abortion safe and legal, not about whether ‘… Planned Parenthood can continue to provide Pap smears…’ Please, please: Don’t play us, the supporters you are dependent on, for fools. You can’t win without us; we need you to be straight with us; we both know what time it is, and it’s not the time you’re saying.”

Pro-Life Action League Hit with cyber attack

League Hit with Cyber Attack During the night of April 18-19, the Pro-Life Action League website was hit with a cyber attack. The “denial of service” (DoS) attack began shortly after business hours April 18 and continued through the night. The site was down for about 16 hours. ADoS attack involves bombarding a website server with bogus traffic in order to shut it down, preventing access by legitimate users. Multiple computers were involved in the attack on the League site.

Group to compile malpractice complaints against abortionists

The mantra "safe, legal, and rare" glosses over numerous malpractice complaints against abortion providers across the country. For every outrageous case that makes the news, such as the allegations against Kermit Gosnell, there are many more "mundane" injuries that go unreported in the media.

SecularProlife.org is on a mission to compile all these incidents into one central database, which will be freely available to abortion-vulnerable women via AbortionSafety.com. Their team of volunteer researchers will collaborate with local pro-life activists to obtain court documents, news reports, and other reliable information on abortion malpractice.

Michigan Abortion Clinic Fights to Remain Open

Michigan Abortion Center Fights in Court Today to Remain Open | LifeNews.com: An attorney for a Michigan abortion business will appear in court today to fight efforts by the state Attorney General who is seeking to close the center over improper licensing. Last month, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a lawsuit along with the Michigan Department of Community Health concerning the Lathrup Village-based WomanCare of Southfield that state officials say has been operating without a valid license since last summer.

Exorbitant charges for taxpayer funded abortions raise serious concerns

Regions Hospital charged the state of Minnesota an average of $1,448 for each of the 385 abortions it performed on low-income women in 2009 (most recent figures). Compared to the $290 average cost of a taxpayer funded abortion at all other abortion centers that year, Regions’ reimbursements were about five times those of other abortion centers. “Why the huge cost discrepancy?” asks MCCL President Leo LaLonde. MCCL

Pro-Abortion Blog Attacks Sarah Palin's Son, Saying He's "Retarded," "Somewhat Alive"

Pro-Abortion Blog Attacks Sarah Palin's Son: "Retarded," "Somewhat Alive" | LifeNews.com: The pro-abortion blog “Wonkette” is facing criticism from pro-life advocates for running a satirical post attacking Trig Palin, the son of former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin who has Down syndrome. The attack on the son of the pro-life former Alaska governor comes at a time when pro-life advocates are concerned about statistics showing approximately 90 percent of unborn children who are diagnosed with Down syndrome become victims of abortion.

Editor: It also comes at a time when most people recognize how offensive the term "retarded" is. Talk about being politically incorrect!

Where our Passion and Compassion comes from.

Abolitionist Society of Oklahoma: Where our Passion and Compassion comes from.: We judge that abortion is absolutely wrong. What we should not do is judge people as unworthy of our help. For if we say the unborn bear the image of God, so also do those men and women who are engaging in the destruction of the unborn. Bearing the image of God is not due to innocence, for if it were, we also would have lost ours. It is due to God's love and mercy toward us and His desire to know us and be known by us. Every person, no matter their sins or past, has the opportunity to do this through Jesus Christ. It is through His passion we find our compassion.

Editor: It's very disturbing to me when pro-life Christians engage in character assassination. It's okay, good, and right to disagree with the President, opponents in Congress, and abortionists -- and to point out where they're wrong -- but it must be dismaying to Christ the way they are attacked and belittled.

Reducing the risk of fraud in the PCC

ECFA Webinar Recordings: This is being promoted for churches, but I'm sure it has relevance for PCCs, too.

We like to think that no one would commit fraud in a church, however, the sad truth is that we see examples of it in the papers. Even worse yet, this fraud is attributed to all churches by some and therefore diminishes the effectiveness of carrying out the Great Commission. Join the Reducing Fraud in the Church Webinar to learn proactive steps your church can take to help prevent fraud in your church and to create an environment of accountability and integrity.

Get to Know: The Simeon Course on Biblical Exposition

Simeon Course: The Simeon Course is an online training course for people who want to get better at studying and teaching God’s Word. It’s an online course in the sense that it involves watching instructional videos, interacting with others over the content, and integrating what you are learning into your own work—all by means of the Internet. It’s a training course in the sense that its aim is to help people not just learn the Bible better, but be able to preach and teach from the Bible better.

Another abortuary would put area 'at risk'

Another abortuary would put area 'at risk' (OneNewsNow.com): Lori Berg is executive director and primary post-abortion counselor at Foothills Pregnancy Resource Center in Duarte. She says pro-life activists are doing their best to keep Planned Parenthood out of their city. Berg says the country's largest abortion-provider wants to build a clinic in Duarte that will provide surgical abortion procedures.

Efforts to defund Planned Parenthood move to states

Efforts to defund Planned Parenthood move to state level | LifeSiteNews.com: Days after Republican Congressmen in Washington abandoned the effort to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funds, the battle continues in state legislatures across the country.

Fact: 96% of Pregnant Women at Planned Parenthood Get Abortions

Fact: 96% of Pregnant Women at Planned Parenthood Get Abortions | LifeNews.com: Looking at a 2010 fact sheet from their own website, Planned Parenthood provided 324, 008 abortion services, 2,405 adoption referrals, and 9,433 prenatal services in 2008. When calculated, abortion services accounted for 96% of the services provided to pregnant women.

Here is the math for those who still doubt:

2,405 +9,433 = 11,838 (services to pregnant women which are not abortions)

11,838 / 324,008 = .036 = 3.6%

100% – 3.6% = 96.4% (of services provided to pregnant women are abortions)

While this is an astounding number, the actual number of abortions that Planned Parenthood provides may actually be more than that!

Editor: Keep in mind that another service PP provides is pregnancy tests -- more than 1.1 million a year according to the fact sheet. Not every woman is pregnant, but many are; not every PP provides abortion, but they refer women to other providers. So far more than 324,008 abortions are facilitated by PP.

Meet the Abortion Providers: Classic pro-life videos now available on YouTube

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.: The Pro-Life Action League's 'Meet the Abortion Providers' conferences from the 80s and 90s showed the world the true face of the abortion industry, exposed by the people who lived it.

How one center is promoting volunteerism

Joanne Osterle "I was Born for This" from Crisis Pregnancy Centers of Phoe on Vimeo.

Abortion Centers in Delaware Affiliated With Gosnell Will Close

Abortion Centers in Delaware Affiliated With Gosnell Will Close | LifeNews.com: James Liguori, who represents the [owner] of the two Atlantic Women’s Medical Services in Delaware associated with Kermit Gosnell, said they will remain closed. He indicated the Wilmington, Delaware, abortion center has been put up for sale and the owner and operator of the abortion businesses wants “to move on. They don’t want to start over."

Editor: "Moving on." The spirit of our age. I hope she has a nice life.

Planned Parenthood CEO Can’t Defend Abortion

Planned Parenthood CEO Still Can’t Defend Abortion: On her April 13th MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow made the following observation: “The thing that no one really seems to be saying is, hey, it’s also really important that Planned Parenthood is able to provide access to abortion. Do you think that is emerging as a political problem here, that people – there aren’t enough people standing up specifically for the abortion rights side of this fight?”

Maddow was speaking to Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood. As she always does, Richards dodged the question by changing the subject. “Well, I think folks are very familiar with Planned Parenthood that we provide full reproductive health care in America. And that’s really important,” she answered. “But I think what is important, too, Rachel, that folks understand that literally what the House of Representatives and what Speaker Boehner are trying to do is not end abortion services. They are literally trying to eliminate birth control and cancer screenings for women.”

Login-4-Life

The Walk-4-Life has undergone a facelift! In keeping up with the “electronic” and economic times, the traditional Walk-4-Life has been converted with a contemporary twist.

Southside Pregnancy Center will host its FIRST-ever “Login-4-Life” ONLINE fundraising event

Those participating in the Login-4-Life event will register Online to take a “virtual walk.” Registered participants will receive a FREE, easy-to-use personal webpage. They will invite friends and family to view their online page to learn more about SPC and to sponsor them in their virtual walk. (Registered participants will receive a “virtual map” of online locations, along with a “Fun Facts” questionnaire that they must complete to satisfy the requirements of the virtual walk.)

The ONLINE event will last ONE WEEK - June 12 – June 19

Traditional Walkers: Those wishing to help raise funds for the ministry can participate by calling SPC for a Sponsor Sheet. Simply gather sponsors and collect their pledges the traditional way. Traditional Walkers will set their own date, place, time and mileage to Walk—Run—Bike—Swim or Skate-4-Life, and they can drop off or mail in their sponsor sheet and the collected funds to the SPC office in Oak Lawn by June 30th.

Injured patient In Washington was 16

Abortion In Washington: "She's 16": Under Washington state law a minor of any age who is pregnant may get an abortion without any parental or adult protections or involvement. It could be your daughter.

4th Abortion Emergency Transport in a Week

Minnesota Activists Reports 4th Abortion Emergency Transport in a Week :Operation Rescue: Brian Gibson of Pro-Life Action Ministries in Minneapolis, Minnesota, reports that an ambulance screamed into a Planned Parenthood parking lot there on April 14, 2011. This is the fourth emergency transport from an abortion clinic witnessed by pro-life activists in the span of a week.

Komen Admits Planned Parenthood Grants Don't Get Women Mammograms

Komen Admits Planned Parenthood Grants Don't Get Women Mammograms | LifeNews.com: In its email to people concerned about the Komen-Planned Parenthood connection, Komen official admit Planned Parenthood doesn’t provide mammograms for women with its grant money. Komen makes it clear the money is merely funneled through the abortion business to legitimate medical centers that actually perform mammograms.

Latest from At the Center magazine

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Rescued! By Kristen Maddox

Did You Find Us Through Google? By Nancy Knowlton

Faith vs. Fear: Facing Fearful Mindsets By Sydna A. Massé

Advantages of a Consultant By Bob Foust

Fundraising is for the Birds: Critical Lessons from the Life of Elijah By Ron Haas

At-home STD tests private — but wrong?

At-home STD tests private — but wrong? - Health - Sexual health - msnbc.com: While a minor for-profit industry for “at-home” STD tests has sprung up, research shows that their quality is often sketchy. So far, the federal Food and Drug Administration has not cleared or approved any at-home STD test for sale. But depending upon where you live, you might be able to save the money and order reliable at-home kits for some STDs for free.

Philadelphia offers free mail-order condoms to 11-year-olds

Philadelphia offers free mail-order condoms to 11-year-olds | LifeSiteNews.com: Health officials in Philadelphia have come under fire from outraged parents after launching a campaign offering free mail-order condoms to children as young as 11 years old as part of an STD education campaign.

Las Vegas Abortion Business Evicted

Las Vegas Abortion Business Evicted :Operation Rescue: Abortionist Frank Silver was evicted from his office on North Buffalo in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 10, 2011, but pro-lifers only just discovered the reason for its closure this month when a local woman posted photos of Silver’s eviction notice on her Facebook page. The building was sealed by authorities with an orange sticker that reads “Warning, Keep Out,” but the sticker has been broken. Silver had once done abortions at three Las Vegas clinics. He continues to operate at one remaining location. There are six abortion clinics left in Nevada.

The Legacy of Eve

The Legacy of Eve, Part 2: The Legacy of Eve - Answers in Genesis: Eve was the original bad girl of the Bible. She left a legacy of sin and despair that affects our parenting and marriages even today. But Eve has another legacy— through her seed came Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of man. Understanding Eve and how God worked in and through her gives us hope for today. In this presentation by Dr. Purdom, you will truly understand the life and legacies of Eve. You’ll discover that where sorrow and despair abound, God’s love and mercy abound still more, and lead us to a life marked by hope in the Creator whose Word is true and who keeps His promises.

Premature birth gene 'discovered'

BBC News - Premature birth gene 'discovered': A gene linked to premature births has been discovered, scientists in the US and Finland have said. The researchers hope their study, published in PLoS Genetics, could eventually lead to a test for women at risk of a pre-term birth.

Family planning in China

Li's Story from All Girls Allowed on Vimeo.

Li's is the story of a mother's extraordinary love for her daughter. Though she went through numerous struggles and hardships, with AGA's help she is able to raise her daughter with no regrets.

Illinois House Defeats Bill on Abortion Center Regulations

Illinois House Defeats Bill on Abortion Center Regulations | LifeNews.com: Illinois House lawmakers defeated a bill yesterday that would protect women by putting more regulations of abortion centers in place, but the pro-life measure may have another chance to pass.

Currently, only five abortion centers in Illinois meet the standards — which ensure that outpatient surgeries are performed in the safest and cleanest environments and that, when complications occur, emergency personnel can get in and help get patients to a hospital as quickly as possible.

Minnesota Activists Reports Another Abortion Emergency

Minnesota Activists Reports 4th Abortion Emergency Transport in a Week :Operation Rescue: Brian Gibson of Pro-Life Action Ministries in Minneapolis, Minnesota, reports that an ambulance screamed into a Planned Parenthood parking lot there on April 14, 2011. This is the fourth emergency transport from an abortion clinic witnessed by pro-life activists in the span of a week.

Manchin wants more auditing of Title X funds

Manchin wants more auditing of Title X funds - NewsandSentinel.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information - Parkersburg News and Sentinel: The Title X Transparency and Verification Act would increase public scrutiny for family planning funding and add transparency to agencies' use of the money, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, said. Under the legislation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would post independent audits online for any agencies receiving money under Title X. Existing law prohibits federal funds from being used for abortions and requires independent audits verifying compliance, but the audits are not readily available to the public, Manchin said.

Planned Parenthood expansion plans

Planned Parenthood tells of expansion - Omaha.com: Planned Parenthood of the Heartland announced intentions Thursday to open six more health centers in Nebraska and six more in Iowa. Jill June, president of the Des Moines-based Planned Parenthood affiliate that serves Iowa and Nebraska, told a gathering in Omaha that the agency has more than $7 million committed to an $11.5 million capital campaign. She hopes to complete the expansion effort within the next five years.

Omaha has two clinics and Lincoln has two, although the agency will soon close its O Street center in Lincoln and open a new one at an unnamed location elsewhere in Lincoln. Planned Parenthood currently has no other clinics in Nebraska. The plan calls for health centers to open in Fremont, Grand Island, Norfolk, Kearney, Hastings and North Platte. In Iowa, which currently has more than 20 clinics, Planned Parenthood would add health centers in Carter Lake, Mason City, Clinton, Ottumwa, Muscatine and Marshalltown.

Editor: The article mentions there were about 100 people inside listening to the announcement and about 100 outside protesting.

Get to Know: Living Hope PCC and Maternity Home in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, young women who become pregnant out of wedlock, regardless of the circumstances, are often turned out of their homes. Most of them are not much older than children themselves. Many of the women currently residing at Living Hope Ethiopia were working as domestic servants and were raped either by a stranger or their employer and were turned away from their homes and livelihood when the resulting pregnancy became obvious. These women are young, poor, uneducated, and without family support. There are no safety nets for them. They have no shelters, no ministries or government programs to help them. There is a razor thin line between survival and starvation.

Before there was a Living Hope Ethiopia there were only three options for these women - acquiring an illegal, heartbreaking, and dangerous abortion, relinquishing the child to an orphanage, or watching their child slowly die from disease and malnutrition. Living Hope Ministries in Adama, Ethiopia is the first and only maternity home and Crisis Pregnancy Center in the country. Here, women receive shelter, nourishing food, unconditional love, education and life skills, and the ability to earn money that will provide them and their babies with a future and a hope.

The eloquence of Chris Smith

There is no organization in America, perhaps even on earth, that stabs, dismembers, decapitates, or chemically poisons more unborn children to death, than Planned Parenthood. For the innocent and perhaps inconvenient child in the womb, a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic is a house of horrors – a place where abortionists brutally destroy unborn children and deceive and hurt their mothers. Planned Parenthood is Hiding Something

Another NAF Abortion Clinic Transports Injured Woman Via Ambulance

Another NAF Abortion Clinic Transports Injured Woman Via Ambulance :Operation Rescue: Sirens could be heard from far away by pro-life witnesses as an ambulance rushed to the Presidential Women’s Center abortion clinic in West Palm Beach, Florida, last Saturday, April 9, 2011, to transport a woman to the hospital for emergency care.

The abortion clinic offers abortions through 23 weeks gestation and is a member of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), an affiliation of abortionists with notoriously poor health and safety records. This was the third reported emergency transport witnessed by pro-life activists from an NAF abortion clinic over the weekend of April 8-9, 2011.

One young girl, one unborn baby, and one very important life-changing decision

One young girl, one unborn baby, and one very important life-changing decision | SJA Today.org: Oftentimes, pro-choice supporters make statements like, “You do not know what it is like to grow up in poverty or with alcoholic parents,” or “No child would want to be born into poverty or into a family of alcoholics.” Well, I have lived that life, and, I must admit, if given the choice of having a family with money and no addiction versus the life I had, I would probably choose the first option. But, if given the choice between the life I had in Russia and that of a death sentence, I would choose the life I had.

State of Abortion Clinic Regulations in the States

FRC Blog » State of Abortion Clinic Regulations in the States: Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) exist in all 50 states across the US. They are health care facilities that perform surgical procedures not requiring overnight hospitalization. They can also be known as “outpatient” facilities, performing pain management, diagnostic, and other minor surgical procedures. Under this definition it makes sense that an abortion facility would fall under the category of an ASC and should thus be regulated as one, however, prior to the 2011 legislative session only one state, Missouri, defined and regulated their abortion clinics as Ambulatory Surgical Centers. This lack of regulation of a procedure that has been documented to pose health risks to women is a dangerous oversight which needs correcting.

Sexual abstinence -- numbers up, but funding down

Sexual abstinence -- numbers up, but funding down (OneNewsNow.com): 'It looks like truth is beginning to win the day when it comes to teens and sex,' responds Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association. '...I think [they] are beginning to learn that they need more than latex to protect themselves and they're choosing to wait -- [that's] very good news.' And that data, she argues, renders 'null and void' the typical claims by anti-abstinence advocacy groups that abstinence is unrealistic.

Abstinence on the rise among teens, young adults

Abstinence on the rise among teens, young adults - Kansas State Collegian - News: On her left hand, Kelby Burton, a sophomore in architectural engineering, wears a sterling silver ring inscribed with a delicate heart and a superimposed cross.
Some might guess she is married, but instead of representing a lifelong commitment to another person, Burton's ring symbolizes a vow to God.

'I have a promise between God and I that I will remain pure, abstinent until marriage,' she said. 'The ring is there to remind me of it.' And, according to new data released in March by the National Center for Health Statistics Burton is not alone.

The National Survey of Family Growth showed an uptick in abstinence among 15- to-24-year-olds. It revealed 29.9 percent of men had not had any sexual contact ever, while 28.3 percent of women had abstained.

Poll: Defunding Planned Parenthood is a popular idea

Poll: Defunding Planned Parenthood is a popular idea | Barbara Hollingsworth | Beltway Confidential | Washington Examiner: Fifty-four percent of Americans do not approve of using Title X family planning funds for abortions, and 43 percent “strongly” oppose giving any federal funds to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, according to a nationwide survey conducted between April 7 – 10th. Even 26 percent of pro-choice adherents rejected diverting taxpayer dollars for family planning organizations that provide abortions.

The Center Against Forced Abortions

Radio Interview: The Center Against Forced Abortions | After Abortion: The Center Against Forced Abortions (CAFA), a project of the Justice Foundation, provides legal help to pregnant mothers and helps them exercise their right to continue the pregnancy. CAFA provides legal assistance and training for pregnancy centers and other ministries, and documents to help enforce the rights of the mother to have her child.

House De-Funds Planned Parenthood, Senate Allows Funding

House De-Funds Planned Parenthood, Senate Allows Funding | LifeNews.com: House members voted 241-185 for a resolution that would prohibit the Planned Parenthood abortion business from qualifying for family planning funds. The vote saw almost all Republicans supporting de-funding while Democrats generally opposed it. After the House voted, members of the Senate voted 58-42 against the resolution to de-fund Planned Parenthood.

Editor: Check here to see how your Congressperson voted.

CORRECTED: House has not yet passed bill on PP

CORRECTED: House passes budget gutting D.C. abortions Correction: LSN incorrectly reported at 3:30 this afternoon that the House had passed the separate measure defunding Planned Parenthood based upon information from Planned Parenthood. However, that vote has not yet taken place.

BREAKING: House passes bill defunding Planned Parenthood

BREAKING: House passes budget gutting D.C. abortions, bill defunding Planned Parenthood | LifeSiteNews.com: The House passed a separate measure defunding Planned Parenthood, a provision that was cut from the original House budget in negotiations last week.

The vote on the budget bill was 260-167 with 59 Republicans voting against the budget measure, and 89 Democrats voting for it. Some Republican lawmakers had vowed to vote against the budget bill because some sources had claimed that the nearly $40 billion in cuts agreed to by the Obama administration were mostly illusory.

In addition to defunding D.C. abortions, the Continuing Resolution reduced funding for the United Nations Population Fund, which investigations have found to be complicit with China’s coercive one-child policy. The bill also reduces international and domestic family planning funds to Bush-era levels.

BREAKING: House passes final budget bill defunding D.C. abortions

BREAKING: House passes final budget bill defunding D.C. abortions | LifeSiteNews.com: The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday afternoon passed the final budget bill for FY2011, which includes a rider banning taxpayer funds for abortions in the District of Columbia, as well as other [unspecified] pro-life gains.

Latest on defunding Planned Parenthood

Latest on defunding Planned Parenthood votes/chatter - Jill Stanek: "Sources close to the situation told me yesterday they don’t believe Republicans intended to use Planned Parenthood as a bargaining chip, as has been speculated. They agreed it simply boiled down to Republicans not having the stomach to shut down the government over PP. That said, Republicans did get a major concession from President Obama and Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid re: PP as part of the final Continuing Resolution FY11 budget deal: an agreement for both houses of Congress to hold a separate vote to defund PP as well as a vote to defund Obamacare."

Obama cuts $600 million from Community Health Centers while protecting Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood | Obama cuts $600 million from Community Health Centers while protecting Planned Parenthood | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment: The American Principles Project Wednesday criticized the Obama administration for allowing the elimination of $600 million for Community Health Centers while protecting funding for Planned Parenthood as part of last week’s budget deal agreed to by Congress and the White House. Touting Planned Parenthood as a key women’s health-care provider, Democrats held firm to their promise not to allow cuts to the nation’s largest abortion provider. Community Health Centers, which do not perform abortions, provide health services to the needy — including mammograms and pre- and post-natal care.

Couple leaves Planned Parenthood, charged for visit

DAY 37: Walked out of Planned Parenthood | 40 Days for Life: A young couple arrived for an appointment at Planned Parenthood in Memphis. On their way inside, they declined to talk, but a little while later, the man came out. This time, a counselor was able to strike up a conversation. He confirmed the young woman was there for an abortion.

The counselor gave him information about resources available in Memphis. He thanked her and went back inside. Less than ten minutes later, the couple left the building. The young man raised his arms, smiled, and exclaimed, “We’re not going to do it!”

40 Days for Life participants waved as the couple drove off. But then they made a quick stop and circled back into the parking lot. It seems they’d gotten a phone call from Planned Parenthood. They may have called off the abortion, but they still owed $100 for the clinic visit!

Info on 70,000 stolen from Family Planning Council

Info on 70,000 stolen from Family Planning Council | 6abc.com: The Family Planning Council in Philadelphia has made public the theft of personal information of some 70,000 patients, which was stored on a flash drive. The suspect is a 40-year-old man by the name of Kelly Stanton, a former employee who has been arrested and arraigned. However, the flash drive itself is still missing.

The executive director of the Council declined to answer questions about the hiring of Stanton, whose rap sheet includes multiple convictions for theft, fraud, and other crimes.

Delaware abortion clinic inspections likely

Delaware medical facilities that perform abortions and other procedures requiring anesthesia would be subjected to complaint-driven inspections for the first time ever under a bill that moved closer to becoming law Tuesday. Delaware Online

IRS Questions Organization Over Involvement with '40 Days for Life' and 'Life Chain'

IRS Questions Pro-Life Organization Over Its Involvement with '40 Days for Life' and 'Life Chain' - Christian Newswire: In its demand letters, the IRS has sought to know whether Christian Voices for Life does 'education on both sides of the issues,' whether members of the group 'try to block people to [sic] enter a ... medical clinic' during '40 Days for Life' and 'Life Chain' events, whether members of the group 'attempt to talk to someone trying to enter a medical clinic,' and to 'please explain what you are [doing] during' 40 Days for Life and Life Chain vigils.

North Dakota GOP senator tables historic ban of all abortions

Outrage after North Dakota GOP senator suddenly tables historic measure banning all abortions | LifeSiteNews.com: Pro-life advocates and sponsors of a North Dakota bill that would make it illegal to kill any unborn child are fuming after the measure was unexpectedly tabled Monday by a Republican senator.

Life Dynamics releases tapes from 2002 sting operations that further implicate Planned Parenthood

Until yesterday only a select few of those audiotapes had ever been released to the public. But due to vast public interest in the topic of underage rape cover-up at abortion mills, particularly PPs, has decided to release them all. The home page for access is ChildPredator.com. Get background info at “Understanding the Tapes,” and then have at it with audiotapes and transcripts from PP and NAF abortion mills in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. LifeNews

PP's fuzzy math

The Fate Of Women If There Were No Planned Parenthoods In GA – Planned Parenthood’s Fuzzy Math « Social Justice Begins in the Womb – Daily Pro-life Updates from the BK Lounge: Bryan Kemper relates, "In the state of Georgia alone there are 222 federally Title X funded health clinics that provide all of the services that Planned Parenthood provides and DO NOT perform abortions. Not only do they provide the same services but many of them provide Mammograms, a service Planned Parenthood DOES NOT provide."

Editor: I did a quick check of Michigan Title X recipients. There are 88 community health centers and 29 Planned Parenthood offices. Not all PP's offer abortion, but they all refer for abortion. My next question is, "How many community health centers refer women for abortions?"

Women with congenital heart disease are more likely to have been born preterm

A survey of women born in Sweden has revealed three significant links between being born prematurely and having an inborn heart defect, what doctors call congenital heart disease (CHD). First, women with CHD were more likely to have been born preterm or small-for-gestational age (SGA) than women without CHD. Secondly, when women with CHD have children, their babies are more likely to have a congenital malformation than children of unaffected women. They are also more prone to give birth to children preterm or SGA and their babies are more often delivered by cesarean section. And thirdly, mothers of women with CHD were more often single/unmarried or older than mothers whose children did not have heart disease. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Action needed! Call your Senators

Federal Legislation - Legislative Action Center: The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on Thursday, April 14, or Friday, April 15, on two special bills that are strongly supported by National Right to Life. Please follow the guidance below to call the offices of your two U.S. senators immediately to urge them to support these bills.

FDA Rejects Gardasil for Older Women

Medical News: FDA Rejects Gardasil for Older Women - in OB/Gyn, STDs from MedPage Today: In the agency's judgment, clinical trial data failed to show that Gardasil effectively prevented infections in women 27 to 45 years old.

More teens using oral contraceptives

More teens using oral contraceptives - Health - Sexual health - msnbc.com: Eighteen percent of teenage women ages 13 to 18 filled prescriptions for oral contraceptives in 2009, a proportion that has steadily risen since 2002. The number of commercially insured teens filling birth control prescriptions from 2002 to 2009 increased 63 percent, while prescriptions for those with Medicaid rose 38 percent. Older teens account for the bulk of the prescriptions.

Two Abortion Injuries Inflicted by NAF Member

As NAF Celebrates, Video Documents Two Abortion Injuries Inflicted by NAF Member :Operation Rescue: As the National Abortion Federation prepared for its annual conference in Chicago this week, one of its former Board members sent two abortion patients to the hospital. Two women were transported for emergency care in one day from the Affiliated Medical Services abortion clinic located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The condition of the two women is currently unknown. Both incidents took place on Friday, April 8, 2011, less than two hours apart.

Federal Budget Battle Frustrates D.C. Residents

Federal Budget Battle Frustrates D.C. Residents : NPR: All day Friday Democratic lawmakers told reporters they were blocking efforts by Republicans to use the budget deal as a way to end funding for [Planned Parenthood]. But as the midnight deadline for a government shutdown loomed closer, President Obama spoke to House speaker John Boehner. John, I'll give you D.C. abortion. I am not happy about it, is what the president is reported to have said. And with that an agreement was reached. What the President gave Boehner was a provision that allows Congress to prohibit the use of locally raised tax dollars to pay for abortions for low income women in Washington, DC.

According to the latest D.C. census, the number of African-Americans in the city is alarmingly low. In one decade, "the black population dropped by more than 39,000." Experts say the percentages haven't been this low since World War II. Do liberals think that's a coincidence? Obviously, the local Planned Parenthood clinics are doing their job. So while Mayor Vincent Gray rages on about taxation without abortion representation, he should stop and consider where his city would be in another 10 years without the legislation. FRC

Planned Parenthood: A Thorn In Abortion Foes' Sides

Planned Parenthood: A Thorn In Abortion Foes' Sides : NPR: One in 5 women in the United States has visited a Planned Parenthood clinic. That makes the organization highly popular — and makes anti-abortion activists that much more irritated that Planned Parenthood continues to get federal funding: about $360 million in 2009, the last year for which statistics are available. Florida State professor Rohlinger says what the anti-abortion movement hates most about Planned Parenthood is its persistence: 'It basically stands in the way of its primary goal, which is to make the abortion procedure inaccessible in the U.S.'

Politico reports that online contributions to Planned Parenthood have grown by 500 percent since the House passed the bill that would have stripped its federal funding.

Bob Casey Will Vote Against De-Funding Planned Parenthood

Bob Casey Will Vote Against De-Funding Planned Parenthood | LifeNews.com: The office of Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, who claims to be a pro-life Democrat, has confirmed he will not vote for an amendment to de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business.

Victory over sexual violence

I was in a new town, no family, few friends close by, no health insurance and not a clue how to take care of myself during pregnancy.

One day, during a desperate call to a friend from home, I went over my so-called choices. She made a comment to me, “I know you are feeling overwhelmed with sadness and pain and despair right now, but just know, no single feeling lasts forever. An abortion will.” That hit me like a ton of bricks.

Upon deeper reflection, I realized that while I did not know who the father of my baby was yet, I did know who his mother was. And that was me. Feminists for Life, page 10, video

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

ER docs didn't report problems from Philly abortion clinic as required

Grand jury: ER docs didn't report problems from Philly abortion clinic as required | PennLive.com: Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which operates two hospitals within a mile of Gosnell’s squalid abortion clinic in West Philadelphia, saw at least six of his patients — two of whom died. But they largely failed in their legal and ethical duties to report their peer’s incompetence, according to a grand jury report.

Carol Tobias assumes leadership of NRLC

On Saturday, April 9, Carol Tobias was elected president of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the national federation of 50 state affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters. Tobias, who becomes the 8th NRLC president since Roe v. Wade, succeeds Wanda Franz.

Since when is a baby picture "shocking, unsettling" or "manipulative"?

A billboard company has rejected pro-life ads that were sponsored by the New Jersey pro-life group Life Education Council, requesting that the pro-life group remove a photo of a baby from the ad, because the image “might be deemed shocking, unsettling or even manipulative.”

Oregon Effort to Attack Pregnancy Centers Stopped

Oregon Effort to Attack Pregnancy Centers Stopped, Pro-Life Win | LifeNews.com: SB 76, was prompted by abortion advocacy groups that have launched a nationwide campaign against pregnancy centers that take away their business by providing tangible pregnancy support. The bill was defeated Wednesday when a Senate Committee passed over the bill after hearing strong testimony from pregnancy center directors, former clients, and other advocates. Care Net President Melinda Delahoyde praised the Oregon legislators for refusing to lend support to the bill.

Planned Parenthood rally pressures senators to fund abortion giant

Showdown: Planned Parenthood rally pressures senators to fund abortion giant | LifeSiteNews.com: The rally, which drew a disputed 4,000 participants according to Planned Parenthood’s count, came one day before the government was expected to shut down all non-necessary operations, with the GOP standing firm against the administration’s plans for the Continuing Resolution (CR) that would fund the government for the next six months. A short-term CR offered by Republicans on Monday was rejected by both President Obama and Senate leader Harry Reid, who criticized the bill’s stripping of taxpayer funds for abortions in the District of Columbia.

Tapes Show Planned Parenthood Injured Woman in Botched Abortion

Tapes Show Planned Parenthood Injured Woman in Botched Abortion | LifeNews.com: The Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Everett, Washington, sent a woman to the hospital in late March. Local pro-life advocate Mary Emanuel was at the abortion facility at the time and said, “We are still investigating as to the severity of the botched abortion and only pray that it was not fatal or caused serious injuries.” Since then, Emanuel obtained the recording of the 911 call Planned Parenthood officials placed to emergency personnel.

In the call, the Planned Parenthood caller casually tells the dispatcher that abortion center staff “have a patient that is bleeding that we need to transfer to the hospital immediately. We just did an abortion on her.” After confirming the patient was “not yet” in shock, the caller asked that the ambulance and emergency responders use the side door of the facility to not draw as much attention.

Abortion foes' tactics highlight high NYC rate

Abortion foes' tactics highlight high NYC rate | Page 2 of 2: Experts point to a myriad number of possible factors — social, economic, financial — to explain the statistics on abortions and unintended pregnancies in New York City. Rachel Jones, a senior researcher at the Guttmacher Institute, said that the procedure is more accessible in the city because there are fewer laws in New York that regulate abortion, state insurance pays for the procedure and public transportation makes it easy to get to providers. 'We are a geographically concentrated area,' she said. 'It is easy to find a clinic and it is easy to get there.'

Pros and cons of online auction fundraisers

Teleseminars Sponsored by the NonProfit National Resource Directory: Many nonprofit groups are considering adjusting their fundraising strategy to include online auctions. Before you decide to produce an online auction, there are several inherent challenges you should consider.

Planned Parenthood's millions still missing

DILLER: Planned Parenthood's millions still missing - Washington Times: Politifact asked Planned Parenthood to explain the billion-plus dollar mystery. Every point made underscored the inability of the GAO to fully report the abortion giant’s federal income based on the information it had from Planned Parenthood.

Kansas abortion rates nosedive

Kansas abortion rates nosedive | LifeSiteNews.com: The abortion rates in Kansas have nosedived, according to a new report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The report showed that abortions in Kansas fell 12 percent last year from 2009 numbers, and were down 32.4 percent when compared with the 2000 figures. Abortions reached a high of 12,445 in Kansas in 1999, but are now at the lowest level since 1988.

The Wichita Eagle speculated that part of the reason for the declines in the past year, particularly in late-term abortions, may be the death of abortionist George Tiller, who specialized in late-term abortions. Tiller was shot and killed in May of 2009; Scott Roeder has been charged with his murder.
Whereas there were an average of 300 late-term abortions in Kansas per year prior to 2010, that number fell to just one last year, performed on a baby with anencephaly. At the same time, Kansas legislators have launched a major pushback against abortion in the state.

MASH 2011 Spring Conference - May 6

The Michigan Association for Sexual Health invites you to their spring conference with Dr. John Van Epp, president and founder of loveThinks and the author of How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk.

May 6, 9 am-4 pm at Spring Arbor University's Poling Center in Spring Arbor, MI. Cost $50/person or $35/person in a group of three or more. Call (517) 374-1171 or email for more information.

QUERY: Brochure on contraception?

A director asked whether BFL had a "nice, concise brochure on why centers don't provide or refer for contraceptives." She went on to describe how "when you have a mother looking for a contraceptive for her daughter because 'you know they are going to do it anyway' you want to have a concise answer. We have brochures on the types of contraceptives and their failure rates."

We don't have that type of brochure. We do deal with the issue in our training manual, and maybe we should put something together -- with input from you. But I also thought I would query the list and ask if you know of any such brochure that's already out there.

Use the comment feature to respond, or email me.

Public health groups stand with PP

In two letters to Congressional leadership sent this week, more than 30 leading medical and public health organizations expressed their support for continued funding of Planned Parenthood and the national family planning program (Title X):

American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Nurse Mid-Wives, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Nurses Association, American Public Health Association, American Social Health Association, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, Doctors for America, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health, National Association of Social Workers, National Coalition of STD Directors, National Medical Association, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, and The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, Advocates for Youth, AIDS Action Baltimore, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), HIV Law Project, HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA), HIVictorious, Inc., International Women's Health Coalition, National Council of Jewish Women, National Minority AIDS Council, Physicians for Human Rights, Professional Association of Social Workers in HIV and AIDS, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS), START Westminster, The AIDS Institute, The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, and Treatment Access Expansion Project

A new dawn in pro-life health care

Home -- The Morning Center: For too many women facing a life-changing pregnancy, after Christian churches and ministries urge her not to abort the life that is within them, the only financial “help” they receive is a recommendation to apply for a government program. It is time for the Body of Christ to offer loving, quality maternity care in Jesus’ Name to anyone who needs it—-free of charge.

The Morning Center is the next step in the pro-life movement. Together, we can bring a new day in maternity care and lavish the love of Christ on women and unborn children who desperately need it. We plan to establish our first Morning Center in a major city during the coming 18 months. Will you join us in this groundbreaking effort? We want to change health care with The Morning Center, a full-service, unashamedly Christian maternity hospital. Christian Newswire

Significant rise in oral contraceptive use among teens

Significant rise in oral contraceptive use among teens: study | LifeSiteNews.com: The study found that the rise in contraceptive use increased with the age of the girls and when they were covered by Medicaid or commercial insurance. It revealed that 3.7 percent of 13-year-olds with Medicaid and 2.8 percent with commercial insurance were prescribed contraceptives in 2009. In 18-year-olds, however, the data shows a sharp increase, with 27.1 percent of those with Medicaid and 30.5 percent with commercial insurance prescribed oral contraceptives.

Discarded aborted babies in plastic jars discovered in India

Discarded aborted babies in plastic jars discovered in India | LifeSiteNews.com: Only days after 2011 census data revealed a child-sex ratio in India of 914 girls to every 1,000 boys, police uncovered a grim confirmation of the reality of sex-selective abortions in one of the world’s most populous countries. Aborted babies, the majority of them girls, had been stuffed in plastic jars filled with chemical water and dumped on the roadside in the Kishanganj district of India’s Bihar state.

Filipino youth advocate chastity, not ‘reproductive health bill’

Filipino youth advocate chastity, not ‘reproductive health bill’ | LifeSiteNews.com: Sexual purity is the best solution to unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, and not the government’s proposed reproductive health bill, according to what the Philippine bishops’ news service said is a “growing” number of youth in the Philippines.

Summit 2011 brochure now online

The Summit brochure will soon be on it's way to your mailbox (if we have your mailing address), but you can get a sneak peek online. For instance, you'll learn how our featured speakers, Anne Nelson and Pastor Andy Merritt, will bring into focus the Summit's theme: The Heart of God in Ministry. You'll learn who our workshop speakers are and discover the important topics they'll be covering. And you'll learn why you don't want to miss this year's Summit.

Registration for the Summit is available through the Online Store. Choose one- or two-day registration from the catalog. Register NOW, while early-bird discounts are in effect (until July 4)! If you're a Paid Associate of Partners in Ministry, login first in order to receive your 15% discount.

Massive Medical Board Investigation of Texas Abortionists Now Underway

Massive Medical Board Investigation of Texas Abortionists Now Underway :Operation Rescue: The Texas Medical Board has notified Operation Rescue that investigations of twelve Texas abortionists are now underway based on complaints filed by Troy Newman last month.

Building housing Delaware abortion clinic up for sale

A building in Wilmington where Pennsylvania prosecutors allege late-term abortions were started by a doctor facing murder charges in Philadelphia is up for sale. A listing by Jack Stape Realtors is asking $795,000 for the Baynard Boulevard building. Atlantic Women's Medical Services will leave the building following the sale. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who is accused of killing infants delivered alive following late-term abortion procedures, worked part time at Atlantic Women's Medical Services. Delaware Online

Undercover Part II: Don’t be fooled by the abortion industry

Undercover Part II: Don’t be fooled by the abortion industry | LifeSiteNews.com: Instead of attacking the PRCs with “truth in advertising” campaigns and laws such as in New York and Austin, Texas, the abortion industry and their largest chain, Planned Parenthood, should look at their own advertising to consumers.

Exposing the Planned Parenthood business model

Exposing the Planned Parenthood business model - The Hill's Congress Blog: Planned Parenthood’s claim that abortions make up just 3 percent of its services is also a gimmick. That number is actually closer to 12 percent, but strategically skewed by unbundling family planning services so that each patient shows anywhere from five to 20 “visits” per appointment (i.e., 12 packs of birth control equals 12 visits) and doing the opposite with abortion visits, bundling them together so that each appointment equals one visit.

Alabama Honors Pregnancy Centers

Pro-Life Groups Applaud Alabama for Honoring Pregnancy Centers | LifeNews.com: The Alabama Senate passed a Resolution Honoring Pregnancy Care Centers, thanking the non-profit organizations throughout the state for their tremendous service to women, children, and the community. HJR 16 passed the Alabama House in early March; Americans United for Life drafted the model resolution and worked for its passage.

Galion's Planned Parenthood to close

Galion's Planned Parenthood to close | Mansfield News Journal | mansfieldnewsjournal.com: One of the factors in the decision to close the Galion office was the decline in the youth population in Crawford County. Editor: This was apparently not an abortion clinic.

Emergency at Planned Parenthood Aurora

Emergency at Planned Parenthood Aurora « Pro-Life Hotline: As he was praying, a sidewalk counselor witness an ambulance tearing around the corner from New York Street and sped into Planned Parenthood's parking lot. "I've seen a few ambulances come to Planned Parenthood and this one was certainly moving with purpose. The EMTs leaped out of the ambulance and ran into the side door of the facility. . . . Shortly afterward, one, two and finally three Aurora police cars sped into the lot and set up a sort of perimeter around the ambulance. A few minutes later, the EMTs came back out with a gurney and, as is their habit, Planned Parenthood's employees' first priority was to hold up a sheet over their victim so nobody could see what they had done to her."

Texas House votes to send millions in family planning funds to pro-life centers instead

Texas House votes to send millions in family planning funds to pro-life centers instead | LifeSiteNews.com: Lawmakers in the Texas House have just voted to approve amendments to the state budget that will divert millions of dollars from family planning funding to organizations that instead provide alternatives to abortion. Some of the money will also go to groups that help those with mental handicaps, or further other medical services. As of press time, lawmakers have yet to vote on an amendment that would defund Planned Parenthood by prohibiting family planning dollars from going to any abortion provider.

Arizona Gov to Sign Pro-Life Bill Banning Telemed Abortions

Arizona Gov to Sign Pro-Life Bill Banning Telemed Abortions | LifeNews.com: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer will sign into law on Saturday a pro-life bill that would protect women by requiring abortion centers to meet certain health and safety regulations and that will also promote ultrasounds.

Planned Parenthood CEO: “We work just like a hospital” (while opposing being regulated like one)

Planned Parenthood CEO: “We work just like a hospital” (While they oppose being regulated like one): While attempting to defend the $300 million that the nation’s largest abortion provider receives from the government, Richards admitted that at Planned Parenthood: “We work just like a hospital.” Really? That’s interesting. Because Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed a bill this week that requires surgical abortion clinics to be regulated as hospitals or outpatient surgical centers. And Planned Parenthood complained bitterly.

Politically correct foolishness

Concerned Women Blog: Even though each year one-in-four sexually active young people will contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD), the new politically correct way to educate our children on STDs is to consider them nothing more than an infection — a sexually transmitted infection (STI). We’re so afraid of not being tolerant and of making people feel bad about themselves that we’re willing to de-emphasize the abhorrent nature of an STD by downgrading it to an “infection?”

Editor: I may be dense, but I don't really see that much difference between a disease and an infection. Neither sound too good to me.

"I Can't Forgive Myself"

True Woman | "I Can't Forgive Myself": Nancy Leigh DeMoss writes, "Whenever I speak on the subject of forgiveness, invariably someone will tell me, 'I’ve never been able to forgive myself for what I’ve done.' Interestingly, the Bible never speaks of the need to forgive ourselves. But I think what many of these women are really saying is that they have never been able to feel forgiven for what they have done. They are still carrying a sense of guilt and shame over their failure.

"Though they know that God can forgive them, deep down they do not believe they are truly, fully forgiven. They find it difficult to accept God’s mercy and forgiveness. They feel that in order to be restored into favor and fellowship with God, there is something further they must do to atone for their sin.

"The problem is that a lifetime of 'good deeds' is not sufficient to deal with the guilt of even one sin against a holy God. Like a stubborn stain that no dry cleaner can remove, sin makes a stain that cannot be washed away by any amount of human effort. There is only one “solution” that can deal with the guilt of our sin—the blood of Jesus."

MUST READ: Planned Parenthood Enabled My Abuse; Now I'm Pro-Life

Planned Parenthood, Abortion Enabled My Abuse; Now I'm Pro-Life | LifeNews.com: Planned Parenthood is the Great Enabler that not only allows for the cycles of exploitation and abuse, but feeds it with their lies and what they do not say. Because Planned Parenthood’s idea of a “final solution” leaves no room for personal responsibility and accountability. Vulnerability is their target, from the innocent defenseless life in the womb to the fearful young girls and women caught in abusive relationships. My life testifies to this as that of my mother. . . . We became part of the statistics that Planned Parenthood never records or admits.

No organization can do good work when they lie, cover the truth, destroy innocent human life, and feed promiscuity at the cost of abuse of young girls. No organization can do good when it endorses “sexual freedom” but does not address the psychological and relational aspects of a person, especially girls. No organization can do good when it offers birth control to minors while remaining silent about abuse. And how can any organization do good when it destroys entire families, as I myself have experienced?

Relay for Life: Can you participate?

Pro-Lifers: Don't Support American Cancer Society Relay for Life | LifeNews.com: The American Cancer Society is not an organization I can support, as they have been linked to organizations that support abortion, human cloning and Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.

Get to Know: Decisions, Choices & Options

About Us: Decisions, Choices & Options: Facts about Teen Pregnancy is an intensive educational approach targeting the issue of teen pregnancy utilizing current factual data on each of the three options facing a young woman, her family and the entire school population in an unplanned pregnancy. Decision- making skills are empahsized as each option is explored. Students come face to face with the reality of just how difficult this decision is and gain a new understanding of the need to avoid teen pregnancy.

Latest from the Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change

Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change: "Toward Evidence-Based Practice: Use of Scientific Literature Reviews with a Focus on Suicide Risk and Abortion," by Priscilla K. Coleman, PhD

Cut Planned Parenthood's funding

Cut Planned Parenthood's funding - CNN.com: Using figures from Planned Parenthood, I calculate that from 1981 to 2009, the last year for which published figures are available, the group's abortion tally grew by a yearly average of 9,000. This trajectory renders talk about making abortion 'rare' little more than rhetorical.

Lies: PP's chosen language

Mona Charen: As Rep. Mike Pence, R-IN, who authored the legislation, pointed out, the bill 'does not reduce funding for cancer screenings or eliminate one dime of funding for other important health services to women; the money that does not go to Planned Parenthood as a result of the Pence Amendment will go to other organizations that provide these services.'

. . . Planned Parenthood does perform breast exams, which are a form (though, according to the latest research, a dubious one) of cancer screening. And the clinics do provide Pap smears, which screen for cervical cancer. So why did Richards feel the need to lie about the mammograms?

Komen Planned Parenthood Grants Questioned

Komen Planned Parenthood Grants Questioned After Mammogram Expose' | LifeNews.com: The information that Live Action uncovered raises questions about the millions of dollars the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has given in grants to the abortion business, which it says is partly for mammograms.

Planned Parenthood Relying on Obama to Save Taxpayer Funding

Planned Parenthood Relying on Obama to Save Taxpayer Funding | LifeNews.com: Not content to take any risks with its federal funding, Planned Parenthood has cozied up to Obama — starting with Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards snagging time with First Lady Michelle Obama at an event for women earlier this month. Politico reports, “Members of the Obama administration have also had low-profile meetings with abortion rights advocates. And groups like Planned Parenthood that have been targeted by conservatives largely feel reassured by the positive signals the White House has thus far shown on protecting their funding.”