Friday, December 30, 2011

Parental Rights, NJ Nurses, EMILY blasts.

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Pro-Abortionists Fret as New Hampshire Parental Notification Law about to take effect.

Jennifer Frizzell, senior policy adviser for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, has created the “Judicial Bypass Advocacy Project” to assist under-age girls to negate as much as possible New Hampshire’s new parental notification law.

Twelve New Jersey Pro-Life Nurses Successful in Negotiated Settlement with Hospital.

Last week twelve pro-life nurses reached agreement with their employer, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, who they claimed in a lawsuit required them to participate in abortions or lose their jobs.

NJ Conscience Nurses Won’t Have to Catch . . . .

Conscience wins–this time. Nurses at a New Jersey hospital have settled their lawsuit that alleged their hospital tried to force them to receive abortion training and participate in terminations–one being notoriously told she would have to “catch the baby’s head.”

Pro-abortion Emily’s List Ranks Gingrich as Worst Pro-Life Candidate.

The pro-abortion political group Emily’s List has released a new ranking of the Republican presidential candidates and it labels former Speaker Newt Gingrich as the worst of the GOP hopefuls seeking to defeat pro-abortion Barack Hussein Obama.

Woman rushed to Hospital After Botched Abortion.

Another woman in California became the latest to be injured by a botched abortion as an ambulance rushed her to the hospital not long after she told pro-life sidewalk counselors she was getting an abortion.

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Objecting to objection? Kill or be killed?

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ACOG preventing doctors from objecting to Abortions.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ABOG) are restricting opportunities for healthcare professionals to object to abortion and contraception on grounds of conscience. This will accelerate the growing problem of physician shortage.

Refusal of abortion led to Houston woman's death, cops say.

Joseph Devla, of Houston, is charged with capital murder in the August 2010 death of Omoyeme Obehi Erazua, according to a complaint filed.

Newt Gingrich: Newly Minted Featured Chump--Planned Parenthood's take on the former Speaker.

Representative Gingrich cast 74 votes on reproductive rights, and all but two of them were anti-women’s health — putting him on the wrong side of women’s health 97 percent of the time, as per the abortion giant.

PPFA recycles wretched “Choice on Earth” slogan to raise money.

PPFA is back in the business of turning “Peace on Earth” inside out. From a reminder of Christ’s birth we have instead a reminder that PPFA violently snuffed out the lives of 332,278 unborn babies in 2009. Ever in the business of building bigger and bigger megaclinics, PPFA replaces “visions of sugar-plums dancing in their heads” with visions of dollar signs dancing over the bodily remains of mangled unborn children.

LifeWorks from New York State Right to Life.

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standing up for Life and more! Your monthly news update from New York State Right to Life.

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Friday, December 2, 2011

Obama forces, Frank announces, Nurses pressured.

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Obama still wants to force Catholic hospitals to provide contraception.

Abortion may be above Obama's pay grade, but forcing Catholic hospitals to provide contraception is a priority, despite being against religious beliefs; as allowing Catholic hospitals to opt-out may hurt his re-election bid.

Planned Parenthood Prez: most difficult year in our history.

Last week, Cecile Richards, the president of the Planned Parenthood abortion business, sent a fundraising plea to the pro-abortion activists that support the organization. She complained the last year has been the “most difficult year in our history.”

After announcing his retirement, pro-abortion Rep. Barney Frank announces support to repeal IPAB.

The day after pro-abortion Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) announced his retirement, he did something useful: he added his name to the list of Democrats supporting repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Read on.

“Late-Term” Abortions: Beyond Right and Wrong?

Anyone who has the slightest qualms about abortion in general, and late/late/LATE abortions in particular, can only read Ann Furedi's comments in amazement. There is a reason she is head of the British Pregnancy Advisor Service: she would never, ever, say no.

Nurse pressured to assist abortion

One of the nurses, Fe Esperanza R. Vinoya, talked with the Washington Post and said a manager at the hospital told her: “‘You just have to catch the baby’s head. Don’t worry, it’s already dead.’”

A follow-up to: ‘You just have to catch the baby’s head. Don’t worry, it’s already dead.’

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Friday, November 25, 2011

Thanksgiving, Berwick out, Cain in.

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Herman Cain signs pro-life pledge.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has signed the Susan B. Anthony List's pro-life pledge, which commits candidates to abide by four pro-life goals if elected to the presidency.

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Rationing Proponent Donald Berwick Announces Resignation.

Just before he would have been forced to leave his post, Donald Berwick, the symbol for much of what opponents feared most about ObamaCare, announced his resignation as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Planned Parenthood Gives Tips to Promote Abortion at Thanksgiving.

The New York affiliate of the Planned Parenthood abortion business is giving out tips to its supporters to push abortion at the Thanksgiving dinner table.

Back to defending Pro-Abortion Obama to Catholics.

Writing in the National Catholic Reporter, Douglas Kmiec tells Catholics to get over the fact that the Obama administration is about to adopt new ObamaCare rules to require insurance companies and religious organizations to pay for "benefits" such as birth control, contraception, and drugs that can cause abortions.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Opting In & Opting Out

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Senators Want Info on Obama Denying Catholic Grant Over Abortion
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A group of 27 senators are asking the Obama administration to provide more information concerning the grant the Obama administration denied to the nation’s Catholic bishops because they refused to refer for abortions.

Emails show Kagan excited about ObamaCare passage
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At her confirmation hearing in 2010, now-Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan claimed that she was not" asked at any time to give her opinion on the merits of the ObamaCare. Newly released emails suggest that whether or not she was asked, Kagan was not shy about her enthusiasm for the bill.

NJ Hospital Should Tell the Truth about Its Abortion Policy.

Real trouble comes not so much from breaking the rules but from lying to cover it up. Yet that’s exactly what the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is doing to cover up its illegal insistence that nurses assist in abortions, in violation of their religious and moral beliefs.

It’s Not that Easy to “Bow Out” of ObamaCare
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Think that you can -- and maybe will -- opt out of ObamaCare? Think again!

Supreme Court to Hear Main Lawsuit Challenging ObamaCare
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the main lawsuit seeking to challenge the Obamacare law that pro-life groups opposed because it allowed taxpayer funding of abortions, failed to protect conscience rights and sparks rationing concerns.

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Elections, Judges & A Pro-Life Compilation.

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November 8, 2011: Election Day

One year out from the 2012 general election, voters in parts of the nation have been busy with “off-year” and special elections. An overview follows.

Left-leaning DC Appeals Court upholds ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate requirement.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a key proviso of ObamaCare—that most Americans get health insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty (the so-called individual mandate).

Ohio voters approve measure opposing Pro-Abortion ObamaCare.

Ohio voters on Tuesday night sent a strong message to pro-abortion Barack Hussein Obama by approving a ballot measure intended to keep government from requiring Ohioans to participate in a health care system.

Mississippi Personhood Amendment fails.

Mississippi voters on Tuesday made the Magnolia State the second to reject a personhood amendment that would have put the state on record as defining human life beginning at conception.

Barack Hussein Obama’s Pro-Abortion Record: A Pro-Life Compilation

A long, long compendium listing Obama's pro-abortion vision, activities and total commitment to abortion -- Lest we forget!


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Friday, November 4, 2011

ObamaCare, Shades, Spain.

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Nurses File Suit to Stop Requirement to Participate in Abortions.

Last September, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey hospital initiated a policy change requiring nurses to participate in abortions or be terminated.

Shades of healthcare rationing.

States Limit Medicaid Hospital Stays, Highlighting Inadequacy of Health Care Financing.

Congress told ObamaCare violates Pro-Life conscience rights.

Members of Congress heard from panelists today in a hearing who told them that the insurance mandate the Obama administration is likely to add to the Obamacare health care reform law will violate conscience rights of pro-life advocates.

Spain's Partido Popular vows abortion law change.

Spain's centrist opposition Popular Party promises to modify the country's abortion law if elected, as per the party's manifesto released Sunday.

Pro-Lifers: Obama Religious Outreach can’t hide abortion record.

The Democratic National Committee announced today a new director of religious outreach who will undoubtedly attempt to help Obama get votes from social conservatives, whom he has turned off with his extensive pro-abortion record.

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Friday, October 28, 2011

NC, ObamaCare & Backdoor Euthanasia

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“Right to View” provision of NC’s “Woman’s Right to Know” law under attack.

District Judge enjoins ultrasound requirement in North Carolina’s “Woman’s Right to Know Law,” but other life-saving provisions take effect.

Supreme Court to pick ObamaCare lawsuits next month.

The Supreme Court will take its very first look at the lawsuits challenging ObamaCare next month when members of the high court meet on November 10 to decide which, if any of the multiple cases it will consider.

Issa Report: ObamaCare Hurts Married Couples.

A report from House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa says ObamaCare penalizes married couples by making it more difficult for them to obtain insurance subsidies.

Kansas pre-natal video website wildly successful.

While opponents have taken to the courts to try to stop new constitutional laws regulating abortion clinics and health insurance, they cannot prevent 24/7 access via smart phone or computer to the best scientific information on pre-bornlife.

Backdoor to euthanasia in England.

Official watchdog, the ‘Care Quality Commission’ (CQC), has found that hospitals are making use of ‘do not resuscitate’ (DNR) orders outside of medical guidelines, and that these potentially-lethal notices are being placed on the files of patients and being applied without the knowledge of either the patient or their relatives.

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Protect Life bill & Fear

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H.R. 358: Protect Life Act.

Tracking the United States Congress: Everything you want -- and need -- to know about the Protect Life Law, which just passed the House of Representatives.

National Right To Life applauds House approval of PROTECT LIFE ACT, slams Obama for threat to protect abortion subsidies with veto.

By a bipartisan vote of 251-172, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Protect Life Act (H.R. 358), as Secretary of Health and Human Services Sebelius vehemently defended ObamaCare to a NARAL Pro-Choice America fundraiser, saying ‘we are in a war’ with critics of ObamaCare.

Protect Life Act: New bill would allow hospitals to refuse to perform abortions.

Check out HuffPost's pro-abortion two-fer: bashing the Protect Life Bill and the Catholic Church at the same time.

WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF?

Pro-abortion groups file suit against North Carolina "Woman's Right to Know" law.

MRLC President Jeanne Head 2010 Life Prizes Video.

A 2010 Life Prizes Winner Jeanne Head of National Right to Life discusses her work and organization.


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Friday, October 14, 2011

Protect Life Bill, Obama + San Jose.

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House OKs legislation stopping abortion funding in ObamaCare

The House approved the Protect Life Act, to stop abortion funding in ObamaCare, 251-172: 236 Republicans and 15 Democrats for, 170 Democrats and two Republicans against.

Obama threatens veto of pro-life bill

Barack Hussein Obama's press secretary says Obama will veto the pro-life Protect Life Act, just passed by the House.

Nancy Pelosi, and usual suspects, blast Protect Life Bill

Nancy Pelosi says the Protect Life bill is a "savage" attempt to withhold health care for women, allowing doctors to refuse to perform abortions particularly dangerous and that women can die on the health providers' floor. Crazy??!!

ObamaCare: The Facts On Abortion

Population Research Institute's simple, factual explanation of how ObamaCare expands abortion coverage in the United States.

San Jose Articles refute claim of international right to abortion

The San Jose Articles were introduced at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Drafted by a large group, the Articles refute the claim that there is a right to abortion under international law that all nations must accept.

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Friday, October 7, 2011

Protect Life Act, Courts and Polls.

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U.S. House takes up Protect Life Act on Oct. 13! Act today!

House of Representatives expects to take up Protect Life Act (H.R. 358) October 13, 2011, to correct the numerous abortion-expanding provisions of ObamaCare. Act today!

Supreme Court will impact 2012 election

The Supreme Court term that began this week will be remembered not for the important cases already on the High Court’s docket, but for the four blockbuster cases knocking on the Court’s door.

Mexico’s Supreme Court upholds 2nd pro-life amendment

On Thursday Mexico’s supreme court upheld the right of a state to pass a pro-life amendment to its constitution to protect unborn children.

Rasmussen Reports Presidential Ballot 2012

"Generic" Republican holds six point lead over Obama in a hypothetical 2012 match-up, 47% to 41%.

New Hampshire Fights Obama on Planned Parenthood Funding

The New Hampshire Executive Council is not giving up its fight to revoke taxpayer funding from Planned Parenthood and members of the council, which voted to revoke a $1.8 million contract, are fighting back against an Obama decision to force the state to fund the abortion business.


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Friday, September 30, 2011

ObamaCare, PP & Investigating

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Doctors And AMA Split Over Contentious Issue Of ObamaCare

According to a new survey, the majority of doctors do not believe that the AMA represents their views and interests. Much of that dissatisfaction stems from the organization’s support for Obama’s contentious health care package.

ObamaCare lawsuit appears headed for Supreme Court

The Justice Department is expected to ask the court to overturn an August decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that the law’s requirement to buy insurance is unconstitutional. The suit was brought by 26 states, the National Federation of Independent Business, and several individuals.

Survey Says ObamaCare is partly responsible for increased costs -- now!

The signature legislation of the Obama Administration, the Affordable Care Act, came under damaging assault Wednesday from a Kaiser Family Foundation survey that found it has already partially contributed to increasing health care costs.

Pro-Abortionists Misrepresent Where Public is on Pro-Life Legislation

The NY Times decries an intensified drive by "anti-abortion forces" who oppose abortion on demand."

House Committee to investigate Planned Parenthood

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s investigation subcommittee, sent the president of Planned Parenthood a letter asking for documentation to answer questions about the nation’s leading abortion provider’s “institutional practices and policies” and its “handing of federal funding.”

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Wrongful life, NRLC & Abortionist's Truth.

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Couple Gets $4.5M Because Doctor Didn’t Suggest Abortion

A Florida couple will receive $4.5 million after winning a wrongful birth lawsuit claiming their son, born with no arms and one leg, should have become a victim of abortion.

National Right to Life on YouTube's nationalrighttolife's Channel

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A pro-abortionist tells it like it is??!!

Amanda Marcotte, a pro-abortion blogger, backs Pro-Life assertions about PPFA about abortion being the lifeblood of the abortion behemoth.

When You think “Planned Parenthood…”

This year United States House of Representatives passed, for the first time ever, a bill that would cut off federal funds for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America -- a significant step forward in the attempt to pull the nation’s largest abortion provider out of the pockets of taxpayers.

Obama fundraiser linked to loan program that aided Solyndra

The White House faced mounting political complications as a second top fundraiser for Obama was linked to a federal loan guarantee program that backed the now-bankrupt Silicon Valley solar energy company.

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Stem cells, slippery slope, DC abortion funding.

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New Study Show Critical similarity between Embryonic Stem Cells and Ethical Alternative

A study out of the University of Wisconsin released late Sunday night concludes that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are 99% identical. While caution should always be exercised, the potential impact is enormous.

Swedish doctor Charged with infant euthanasia

More about the slippery slope.

Woman Who Killed Infant Freed by Canada’s Pro-Abortion Law

Still more about the increasingly slippery slope.

Arizona Planned Parenthood Won’t Appeal

Planned Parenthood announced today that it will not appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court the Court of Appeals ruling which upheld the 2009 Abortion Consent Act.

House and Senate Panel at odds on bill funding abortions in Nation’s Capital.

While the House has approved a government funding measure that keeps the ban on taxpayer funding of abortions in the District of Columbia, a panel controlled by Senate Democrats has moved in the opposite direction.


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Friday, September 9, 2011

All Around The USA

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New Hampshire: Obama wants to give $1.8M to Planned Parenthood.

In the wake of a decision by the New Hampshire Executive Council to revoke a $1.8 million grant Planned Parenthood, Obama is trying to reinstate the funding.

New Orleans abortion mill Shut down again.

For the second time, the Department of Health and Hospitals issued an order halting operations at Gentilly Medical Clinic for repeated health and safety regulations.

Next Step for the Texas Sonogram Law.

During the recent Legislative Session, the Sonogram Bill was passed and signed into law by Governor Rick Perry, protecting a pregnant woman’s right to view her unborn child and hear the heartbeat of that child. Judge Sam Sparks enjoined crucial parts of this law.

BAN SEX SELECTION ABORTION IN NEW YORK!

New York State Right to Life strongly supports legislation sponsored by Senator Greg Ball and Assemblyman Marcos Crespo to prohibit sex selection abortion in New York,used to prevent the birth of a child of an undesired sex: abortion is chosen solely based on an unborn baby’s gender.

Mass ballot prop for "Assisted Suicide" gets OK.

So-called Death with Dignity Act would allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to patients with supposedly less than six months to live.


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Thursday, September 1, 2011

NRLC, Planned Parenthood & Obama.

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We need to support and encourage new abortion providers.

As simple as it is chilling: More abortions are necessary for ‘Reproductive Justice.’

Judge Orders Kansas to give Tax Money to Planned Parenthood

In the latest skirmish in the battle between Kansas and Planned Parenthood, a judge has ordered the state to provide taxpayer funds to the abortion giant.

Possible abortion death in New Mexico, Medical Board stalling investigation

ACTION: Contact Lynn Hart, the director of the New Mexico Medical Board at 505-476-7221 and lynns.hart@state.nm.us requesting investigation of this possible abortion death.

Top Pro-Abortion Activists to Headline Obama Fundraiser

In September, some of the top pro-abortion activists will headline a fundraiser for Barack Hussein Obama's up-coming campaign. This fundraiser is no surprise given the close relationships that he has with the abortion industry.


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Friday, August 26, 2011

Life Prize, States + Biden.

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Life Prizes Award Winners & Ceremony

UN Representative for National Right to Life and a Representative of the International Right to Life Federation, MRLC's Jeanne E. Head, debates the most politically powerful - from the Washington to the United Nations.

New Hampshire Won’t Reinstate Planned Parenthood Funding

The health department in New Hampshire will not reinstate $1.8 million in taxpayer funding revoked earlier this summer by the Executive Council, which will likely cause the abortion industry to scale back in the Granite State.

Virginia: Draft of abortion rules goes public

The Virginia Department of Health regulations to tighten up control of the state's abortion clinics is expected to be made public Friday, a week ahead of schedule.

Rick Perry signs pro-life pledge

On August 24th, Texas Governor Rick Perry became the seventh Republican presidential candidate to sign the Leadership Pledge.

Biden to China: “Not Second-Guessing” One-Child Policy

Joe Biden "fully understands" and is “Not Second-Guessing” this policy, which has resulted in forced sterilizations and coerced abortions.


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