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Obama Chief of Staff: New Pro-Abortion Mandate Here to Stay

2012-02-14T07:49:00.002-06:00

by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 2/13/12

President Barack Obama’s right hand man said over the weekend that the revised mandate the administration put into place requiring insurance companies to distribute birth control and abortion-causing drugs to women at no cost is here to stay.

The Obama administration has revised its controversial mandate that had forced religious employers to pay for health insurance coverage that includes birth control and drugs like Plan B, the morning after pill, and ella that can cause abortions.

The revised Obama mandate will make religious groups contract with insurers to offer birth control and the potentially abortion-causing drugs to women at no cost. It will have religious employers refer women to their insurance company for coverage that still violates their moral and religious beliefs. Under this plan, every insurance company will be obligated to provide coverage at no cost.

Despite strong objections from the Cathodic bishops and pro-life groups, Jacob Lew told “Fox News Sunday” that the Obama administration believes the revised mandate addresses objections from pro-life and Catholic groups and is consistent with the president’s “very deep belief that a woman has a right to all forms of preventive health care, including contraception.”

Click on this link for the complete article.

Pro-life Komen VP who quit blasts Planned Parenthood’s ‘vicious attacks and coercion’

2012-02-08T22:31:00.001-06:00

by Ben Johnson |Tue Feb 07, 2012

ATLANTA, GA, February 7, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – After a week of bruising rhetoric and intense pressure from Planned Parenthood, Karen Handel resigned from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation this morning.

Pro-abortion organizations pressured the private charity to fire Handel as vice president for public policy and publicly said she instigated the decision to defund the abortion provider.
This afternoon, she broke her silence.

Speaking to Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly, Handel said the Komen foundation was subjected to an unprecedented attack by the nation’s leading provider of abortion. “What was unleashed over this past week was a vicious attack against a great organization and…individual attacks against [Komen founder] Nancy Brinker, an individual whom I admire greatly – and I would think all of us should be saddened that an outside org should put this kind of pressure on another organization.”

Follow this link for the complete article and the Fox News video clip.

NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE RESPONDS TO KOMEN DECISION REGARDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD

2012-02-03T20:48:00.000-06:00

Monday, February 3, 2012 | Jessica Rodgers

WASHINGTON – Succumbing to pressure from the mainstream media and Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen for the Cure today announced Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliates will remain eligible for grant funding. Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider, performing approximately 27% of all abortions annually in the United States

The following statement may be attributed to National Right to Life President Carol Tobias:

Shortly after news broke earlier this week that Komen was withdrawing future grant funding to Planned Parenthood and its affiliates, the abortion giant and its allies began a shrill online campaign to bring Komen to its knees by bullying the organization into submission.

Any decision to provide future grants approved for Planned Parenthood, which boasts a $1.1 billion budget, would be extremely and sadly misguided. Any grants to Planned Parenthood would be detrimental to women and their unborn children. Even in their own press statements, Planned Parenthood states that they refer for mammograms, an indication they don’t perform them.

Planned Parenthood is not in the business of fighting breast cancer, they’re in the business of performing abortions to the tune of more than 300,000 a year, which accounts for at least one-third of Planned Parenthood’s nongovernmental clinic income. In fact, Planned Parenthood has announced that all of their affiliates will be required to perform abortions.

National Right to Life strongly urges Susan G. Komen for the Cure and all cancer research organizations to approve no future funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest chain of abortion clinics. Right-to-life supporters do not want their donations for fighting cancer to go to organizations that perform abortions.

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters, is the nation's oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. Recognized as the flagship of the pro-life movement, NRLC works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Komen Also Stops Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research Centers

2012-02-01T18:16:00.000-06:00

by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 2/1/12

In addition to stopping funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business, Komen for the Cure has also quietly stopped funding embryonic stem cell research centers, another concern for pro-life advocates.

As LifeNews reported last July, Karen Malec of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer spent time examining Komen’s 990 Forms for the IRS for 2010 and she found that Komen has active relationships with at least five research groups or educational facilities that engage in embryonic stem cell research, which requires the destruction of unborn children in their earliest days for stem cells that have yet to help any patients.

The return showed donations from Komen totaling $3.75 million to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, $4.5 million to the University of Kansas Medical Center, $1 million to the U.S. National Cancer Institute, $1 million to the Society for Women’s Health Research, and $600,000 to Yale University. All of them have embryonic stem cell research programs.

Follow this link for the complete article

Komen to Stop Grants to Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz

2012-02-01T18:07:00.000-06:00

by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 1/31/12

After years of protests and criticism from pro-life advocates, the biggest breast cancer organization, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has announced it is halting further grants and donations to the Planned Parenthood abortion business.

Figures from August directly from the Komen for the Cure foundation show 18 affiliates of the breast cancer charity gave a total of more than $569,000 to the Planned Parenthood abortion business in 2010. That was down from the $731,303 Komen officials publicly confirmed in October 2010, when they acknowledged that 20 of the 122 Komen affiliates gave to Planned Parenthood during the 2009 fiscal year.

Now, Komen says it is halting all grants due to the impending investigation in Congress of the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Its new guidelines prevent it from funding any group under congressional investigation.

Follow this link for the complete article

A New Study Finds Abortion Safer than Giving Birth

2012-01-25T22:38:00.000-06:00

by Krystle Weeks | January 24, 2012 | Family Research Council Blog

As thousands were on the national mall in Washington, D.C. for the March for Life, Reuters reported on a study that suggests abortion is safer than giving birth. I find it odd that the release of such a study was timed to coincide with an event that celebrates and vows to protect the sanctity of life.

There are some interesting findings from this study commissioned by the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. One is the fact that the authors of the study, Drs. Elizabeth Raymond and David Grimes, used estimates from the Guttmacher Institute, which is tied to Planned Parenthood. Another finding that was particularly interesting is that they claim abortion is safer due to the amount of deaths that occurred during live childbirth.

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Obama Administration Decision on Contraceptive Mandate Defies Religious Freedom on Pro-Life Issues

2012-01-25T22:14:00.000-06:00

January 20, 2012 | FRC-NEWS

Today the Obama Administration issued a statement re-iterating the "contraceptive mandate" requiring all insurance providers cover the full range of FDA-approved drugs and devices would remain intact. This mandate, issued in August, includes drugs that work after conception to destroy life rather than prevent it. The statement included a postponement of one year for religious groups that do not already carry contraceptives and additionally would not be exempted under last year's narrow definition of "religious employer."

The mandate not only violates such existing conscience protections on abortion such as the Hyde/Weldon Amendment (in so far as Plan B and Ella are covered), but also violates the principles of the Church Amendments which protects conscience rights for those who object to contraceptives and other services on moral or religious grounds. Additionally, the U.S. government already funds domestic family planning at a level of $1.9 billion annually.

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Missouri sees lowest number of abortions since Roe v Wade

2012-01-25T22:05:00.000-06:00

by John-Henry Westen | JEFFERSON CITY, January 25, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com)

According to newly released State Department of Health figures, Missouri women had 1,019 fewer abortions in 2010 than in the previous year – a 9.4 percent decline.

The 9,796 abortions performed on Missouri women in 2010 marks the first time these numbers were below 10,000 since 1973, the year Roe v. Wade was decided. The peak year was 1980 when 21,671 Missouri women had abortions. The one-year 9.4 percent reduction was greater than the decrease in the five previous years combined (down 8.9 percent from 2004-2009).

Follow this link for the complete article: Link to LifeSite News article

October Baby - The Movie Coming March 23

2012-01-24T17:41:00.000-06:00

As the curtain rises, Hannah hesitantly steps onto the stage for her theatrical debut in college. Yet before she can utter her first lines, Hannah—unscripted—collapses in front of the stunned audience.

After countless medical tests, all signs point to one underlying factor: Hannah's difficult birth. This revelation is nothing compared to what she then learns from her parents: she was actually adopted … after a failed abortion attempt.

Bewildered, angered, and confused, Hannah turns for support to Jason, her oldest friend. Encouraged by his adventurous spirit, Hannah joins his group of friends on a Spring Break road trip, embarking on a journey to discover her hidden past … and find hope for her unknown future.

In the midst of her incredible journey, Hannah finds that life can be so much more than what you have planned.
Link to Movie Website

Restoration for the Past

2012-01-18T23:26:00.000-06:00

Psalm 71:20

Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

While it is always the goal to prevent the termination of the preborn life, it is equally important to show God’s love and mercy to restore lives from their past.

Maybe it was 25 years ago or maybe even yesterday, but you, or someone you know, is struggling with the pain of an abortion. Regrets of a past "choice" are not just "all in your head." Abortions affect your life in ways you could have never expected.

The decision to have an abortion may have been a choice based on an understanding of the available options and beliefs. In other situations, it may have been a choice based on pressure or influence of others.

What was intended to be a quick fix to a problem has lasting effects to the mother, father, family members, friends, counselors, or health professionals who were indirectly impacted by the termination of a life.

Any of these people might suffer from after abortion trauma. For many, emotions surface after the abortion experience, due to unresolved psychological, physical and spiritual aspects. But there is HOPE!

Many Christian Pregnancy Care Centers and Christian Counseling Centers provide counseling for abortion recovery. Please consider contacting one of these centers and start on your recovery journey.

Unplanned Fatherhood

2012-01-18T23:15:00.001-06:00

Psalm 127:3
Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.

While the majority of the pro-life discussions focus on the mother who bears the physical consequences, unplanned pregnancies impact both the father and mother emotionally and spiritually.

Maybe you or someone you know face an unplanned pregnancy right now and need help sorting out the options of fatherhood. Or perhaps you or someone you know are feeling the pain of past choices or mistakes and need help restoring joy in your life.

Guys for Life is a St. Louis based international ministry designed to offer support to men needing life-affirming help from a Christian perspective. Please contact them at (800) 799-9679.

link to website

Life – God’s Precious Gift

2012-01-18T23:04:00.002-06:00

Unplanned pregnancies are a life and death crisis faced by many in our community daily.
During the month of January, we are highlighting life – God’s precious gift.

Psalm 127:3 Behold, children are a gift of the LORD; the fruit of the womb is a reward.

Amid an ocean of voices that call for terminating the life of the baby, Christian pregnancy care centers stand as a beacon offering hope and options that save the life of the preborn child.These centers need your help. Please consider supporting these centers with your resources and time and be part of giving a child life.

link to website

Victory for a Woman’s Right to Know

2012-01-18T22:17:00.000-06:00

By Walter M. Weber 11:01 AM Jan. 11, 2012

Expectant mothers and their unborn babies won an important victory in federal court yesterday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rebuffed a challenge to the Texas sonogram bill, a new law that, among other things, requires abortionists, before doing an abortion, to take and display to the mother a sonogram of the unborn baby and to let the expectant mother hear the baby’s heartbeat. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) had filed an amicus brief, on behalf of itself and the Houston Coalition for Life (HCL), supporting the Texas law. The case is Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey, and the appeals court’s opinion is available here.

For the complete article, follow this link http://aclj.org/pro-life/victory-woman-right-know

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday

2012-01-18T22:00:00.001-06:00

Sunday, January 22, 2012 marks 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions that were handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Since 1983, Americans have observed Sanctity of Human Life Sunday (SOHLS) as a day to celebrate the intrinsic value of all human life. The video below was created by Focus on the Family. For more information about this event, please follow this link http://www.heartlink.org/beavoice/

Senate Democrats Attempt to Gut Pro-Life Abortion Policies

2011-11-12T11:48:00.001-06:00

by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 11/11/11

Senate Democrats are attempting to gut four pro-life policies in the minibus bill the Senate will consider next week, and Concerned Women for America is urging pro-life advocates to contact senators to urge support for them.

As LifeNews reported, the Senate is expected to vote soon on four key abortion issues of interest to pro-life advocates and they affect whether taxpayer dollars will pay for abortions and go to pro-abortion groups.

“Instead of working to get our fiscal house back in order, the Senate will be voting on a “minibus” spending bill next week that focuses on demolishing several pro-life protections,” CWA said in a legislative alert to its members today.

For the complete story, follow this link:
Senate Democrats Attempt to Gut Pro-Life Abortion Policies | LifeNews.com

Please contact your members of the Senate and urge strong support for these four pro-life amendments to the minibus bill. Tell senators to vote against the minibus if the amendments are not approved.

40 Days for Life ends with at least 508 lives saved from abortion

2011-11-07T23:00:00.000-06:00

by Shawn Carney, 40 Days for Life Campaign Director

November 7, 2011 (40DaysforLife.com) - Another 40 Days for Life campaign has come to an end — and we can look back now at lives FOREVER CHANGED.

During these 40 days, there have been 508 lives saved — that we know of — because of God’s response to your prayer!

From past campaigns, we expect the number to KEEP GROWING, as our local campaign leaders get their final reports in.

In the coming days, keep an eye on your inbox for some exciting news and developments that have been in the works during this campaign and for the past few months! But for today, let’s look at some of the ways lives have been changed during 40 Days for Life — and thank God for his abundant blessings during this time of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion.

For the complete story, follow this link: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/40-days-for-life-ends-with-at-least-508-lives-saved-from-abortion

Mainstream Media calls Cain’s comments on Planned Parenthood racist roots ‘pants on fire’ lie

2011-11-05T18:38:00.000-05:00

by Kathleen Gilbert

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 4, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Several mainstream media “fact checkers” piled on to GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain after the latter reaffirmed his statements condemning Planned Parenthood’s eugenic roots. They downplayed founder Margaret Sanger’s eugenicist philosophy and accused Cain of a “pants on fire” lie.

In what became one of the highest-profile attacks on the group’s eugenic history in recent memory, Cain, who now leads the pack of GOP candidates in several polls, stood by his comments calling the birth control and abortion giant “Planned Genocide” for targeting the black community.

For the complete story, follow this link: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/media-calls-cains-comments-on-planned-parenthood-racist-roots-pants-on-fire

Also, see related post to the Mike Wallace 1957 Interview with Margaret Sanger at this link: http://gcclifeteam.blogspot.com/2011/11/time-capsule-mike-wallace-hammers.html

Time Capsule: Mike Wallace hammers Margaret Sanger in 1957 interview

2011-11-05T18:31:00.000-05:00

by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman

December 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In 1957, an aging Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood and the international birth control movement, agreed to an interview with CBS News’ Mike Wallace.

In stark contrast with the sympathetic reception Sanger could expect to receive today in a network television interview, Wallace hammered Sanger with difficult questions and caught her in contradictions, while Sanger squirmed, fidgeted, and denied statements she had made only a week earlier in pre-interview discussions with CBS staff.

This fascinating and sometimes chilling interview with Sanger can be found at the website of the Harry Ransom Center, which is located at the University of Texas, and which has published all of the installments of the Mike Wallace Interview from 1957 and 1958. In the interview, Sanger expounds upon her views on a variety of topics, including birth control, eugenics, population growth, homosexuality, marriage, and religion. Among the more revealing moments is Sanger’s explanation of the “greatest sin” of having children who violate her eugenic standards, and “have no chance ... to be a human being practically.”

For the complete story, follow this link: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/time-capsule-mike-wallace-hammers-margaret-sanger-in-1957-interview

417 babies saved from abortion during 40 Days for Life…so far

2011-10-31T20:31:00.002-05:00

by Shawn Carney, 40 Days for Life Campaign Director

October 31, 2011 (40DaysforLife.org) - Are you ready for another serving of Monday morning good news? Here it is! So far during this 40 Days for Life campaign, we now know of 417 babies whose mothers decided to reject abortion!

For the complete story, follow this link: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/417-babies-saved-from-abortion-during-40-days-for-lifeso-far

Bioethical company studying possible aborted fetal cell vaccine/autism link

2011-10-31T20:25:00.003-05:00

by John-Henry Westen

SEATTLE, WA, October 25, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - For years, pro-life donors have faced an increasingly common dilemma: a desire to support worthy biomedical research to find cures for diseases like cancer and heart disease without violating their moral or pro-life convictions.

“Unfortunately, most people would be shocked if they knew the extent to which fresh aborted fetal tissue and aborted fetal cell lines are used in biomedical research,” says Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director of Children of God for Life, an industry watchdog group. “In fact, it is so widespread there are actually few, if any, institutions that pro-life people can donate to in good conscience.”

Until now. Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute, (SCPI) of Seattle, Washington says it is the only non-profit biomedical research institute that refuses to use any morally objectionable research method at any step in the process.

For the complete story, follow this link: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-produced-a-label-to-assure-pro-life-investors-of-moral-investments

Mississippi personhood amendment has excellent chance of passing, say pro-life leaders

2011-10-31T20:21:00.002-05:00

by Kathleen Gilbert

JACKSON, October 28, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A constitutional referendum in Mississippi to declare all unborn children persons, which has the potential to permanently impact the national abortion debate, is on its way to become the first successful referendum of its kind in America, according to pro-life leaders.

For the complete story, follow this link: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/mississippi-personhood-amendment-has-excellent-chance-of-passing-say-pro-li

Obama Administration Calls Indiana's Ban of Planned Parenthood Illegal

2011-06-01T21:32:00.000-05:00

Published June 01, 2011 - FoxNews.com

The Obama administration has declared Indiana's new law that withholds some public funding for Planned Parenthood of Indiana illegal and is warning other states that some of their Medicaid funding will be in jeopardy too if they pass legislation barring any qualified health care provider.

Follow this link for the complete story - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/01/obama-administration-calls-indianas-ban-planned-parenthood-illegal/?test=latestnews

Please pray that our country's leader will turn from their pro-abortion stance.

Planned Parenthood Challenges New South Dakota Abortion Law

2011-05-29T17:02:00.000-05:00

Published May 29, 2011 | FoxNews.com

A law scheduled to go into effect July 1 to require women to wait 72 hours and consult a crisis pregnancy center adviser before getting an abortion violates First Amendment rights, according to a lawsuit filed Friday by Planned Parenthood in U.S. District Court in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Calling South Dakota's abortion laws the most burdensome in the nation, Planned Parenthood said that HB 1217 aims to misinform pregnant women with the intent of dissuading them from getting an abortion.

Follow this link for the complete story http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/29/planned-parenthood-challenges-new-south-dakota-abortion-law/

Please pray for confirmation of this law and defeat of the planned parenthood challenge.

Planned Parenthood prepares lawsuit against Indiana defunding law

2011-05-02T21:35:00.000-05:00

INDIANAPOLIS, May 2, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Planned Parenthood is preparing to fight in court for its government funding in Indiana, should Governor Mitch Daniels follow through on his promise to sign a bill defunding the abortion giant, the first of its kind in the country to become law.

Gov. Daniels is expected to sign the legislation this week.

To read the rest of this article, follow the link to LifeSiteNews article

Appeals Court green-lights federally funded embryonic stem-cell research

2011-04-30T14:13:00.001-05:00

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 29, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal appeals court has overturned a district judge’s ruling that said the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) could not conduct embryo-destroying stem-cell research with federal funds under federal law.

The 2-1 decision from the D.C. Court of Appeals strikes down U.S. District Chief Judge Royce Lamberth’s August 23, 2010 decision, which declared the NIH was barred by the 1996 Dickey-Wicker amendment from funding further embryo-destroying research.

To read the complete article, follow this link: link to LifeSiteNews article

Unite For Life Webcast - May 17, 2011

2011-04-30T14:01:00.000-05:00

Unite for Life Webcast

FocusOnTheFamilyUSA

Apr 14, 2011

On May 17th at 8:00 PM in each time zone, come be a part of the UNITEforLIFE webcast with Abby Johnson, a former abortion clinic director for Planned Parenthood.
Learn more at http://uniteforlifewebcast.org/

New Arizona Abortion Bill Passed

2011-04-03T22:44:00.000-05:00

Several Life Affirming Bills Give Hope

2011-03-18T21:33:00.000-05:00

Several state bills have recently passed giving hope to the battle for life affirming efforts.

Here are a few of the most recent items along with a link for the complete articles:

Montana lawmakers cut Planned Parenthood, family planning funding - link to article
Oklahoma House believes life more important than money - link to article
State round-up: Pro-life laws advance in Illinois, New Hampshire and Idaho - link to article
Florida sees surge in pro-life legislation - link to article
Pro-life legislative round-up: Georgia bill seeks to put abortion clinics out of business - link to article
New Mexico House passes unborn victims of violence bill, opposed by Planned Parenthood - link to article
Idaho Senate passes bill clarifying that assisted suicide is illegal - link to article
Virginia victory as bill passes forcing abortion mills to adopt hospital standards - link to article
South Dakota bill mandates pregnancy help center counselling before abortion decision - link to article

Please keep praying state and federal legislators will affirm life that God has created.

LifeTeam Movie Night - February 26, 2011

2011-02-21T22:31:00.000-06:00

The GCC Lifeteam will be hosting a free movie night to highlight the Sanctity of Human Life month and to kick off the Spring quarter Sunday morning adult class on "Life Matters".

The movie, 'Sarah's Choice' starring Rebecca St. James, will start at 7:00 p.m. in the GCC Worship Center. Below is a clip from the movie.

We hope that you will be able to attend and invite friends. Please contact the church office if you have questions.

House passes budget with slew of pro-life changes

2011-02-21T22:28:00.000-06:00

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 21, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The government spending bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in the wee hours Saturday morning packed several pro-life punches: it not only bars all Planned Parenthood affiliates from receiving government funds, but also retakes several major pro-life battlegrounds lost during the Obama administration.

H.R. 1, known as the Continuing Resolution, which has now been sent to the Senate for a vote, re-establishes the Mexico City Policy, which bars foreign aid funds from going to international organizations that perform or promote abortion. President Obama had struck down the policy by Executive Order three days after his inauguration in January 2009.

Follow this link for the complete article http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/house-passes-budget-with-slew-of-pro-life-changes

Abby Johnson's 'Unplanned' Journey to Pro-Life

2011-01-23T22:53:00.000-06:00

Sunday, January 23, 2011

In her new book, Unplanned, pro-lifer Abby Johnson exposes the reality of abortion she once witnessed as the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas.

Johnson left the abortion business in 2009 after witnessing a fetus respond to an ultrasound-guided abortion.
Abby Johnson spoke with CBN News Reporter Wendy Griffith in depth about her experiences before and after her departure from Planned Parenthood. She talks about her renewed relationship with God and even her own decision to have an abortion years ago. Click play to watch this exclusive extended web-only interview.

Follow this link for the complete article - http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/healthscience/2011/January/US-Abortion-Rate-Rises-After-Years-of-Decline/

Life Issues Return to Congress

2011-01-22T09:06:00.000-06:00

Citizen Link - a Focus on the Family Affiliate has posted the following video to describe the new enthusiasm in the political arena.

The change in power in the U.S. House of Representatives means pro-life legislation is once again a possibility. Federal Policy Analyst Ashley Horne discusses what’s ahead.

http://www.citizenlink.com/2011/01/life-issues-return-to-congress-c3/

Unborn twins interact with each other as early as 14 weeks

2011-01-15T18:52:00.000-06:00

PADOVA, Italy, January 12, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Unborn twin babies socialize as early as week 14 of gestation, a new study has shown.

Italian researcher Dr. Umberto Castiello of the University of Padova and associates used an advanced method of ultrasonography, which enables the movements of the babies to be recorded over time in 3D, to study five pairs of twins from a sample of low-risk pregnant women attending the Institute of Child Health I.R.C.C.S. Burlo Garofolo.

The purpose of the study was to see how twins interacted with each other in their mothers’ wombs and to determine if the interaction was intentional or accidental.

Follow this link for the complete story - link to Life Site News article

‘The tiniest babies’: survival of babies born weighing less than 400g on the increase

2011-01-15T18:47:00.000-06:00

IOWA CITY, January 14, 2011 (LifeSiteNEws.com) - A project by Dr. Edward Bell of the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, to create a registry of surviving infants with birth weights of less than 400 grams has found that, while still rare, the chances of survival of these tiny children is rising.

The “Tiniest Babies Registry” has compiled data on 110 babies born between 1936 and 2010 weighing between 260 and 397 grams at birth and having gestational ages from 21 to 34 weeks.

Follow this link for the complete story. link to Life Site News article

This news certainly counters those who feel that babies in the early stages of pregancy should be terminated because they are not viable outside the womb.

‘Most pro-life’ Congress sworn in

2011-01-15T18:43:00.000-06:00

WASHINGTON, DC, January 5, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Today marked the swearing in of what some, including pro-life Representative Chris Smith, have labeled the “most pro-life” congress in living memory, and possibly even in history.

Ninety-four new House members were sworn in, as well as 13 new senators. Republicans now hold a 242-193 majority in the House, while Democrats hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate.

Follow this link for the complete story. link to Life Site News article

Please pray for our elected leaders that they will make Godly life-affirming decisions.

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, January 23, 2011

2011-01-15T18:34:00.000-06:00

Thrive St. Louis, through its Pregnancy Resource Centers and new Mobile Medical Centers, reaches out to woman in crisis pregnancies with God's love. This ministry provides woman life-affirming solutions where all too often the loudest voice the world offers is that of an abortion.

John 10:10 - I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Visit the following Youtube link for an inspirational video put out by Thrive.

Link to YouTube SOHL video

Study Shows Progress With Stem Cell Alternative

2010-09-30T19:24:00.000-05:00

Published September 30, 2010 FoxNews.com

In what could lead to new and less controversial approaches for treating conditions like diabetes and Parkinson's disease, researchers in Boston announced Thursday that they have made significant progress in creating stem cells from human skin -- without using human embryos.

In 2007, when scientists first reported they had reprogrammed skin cells into stem cells, it was hailed as an alternative to getting stem cells from embryos, which are then destroyed. Since then, researchers have been working on fine-tuning the method.

Follow this link for the complete story.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/09/30/study-shows-progress-stem-cell-alternative/

Planned Parenthood Scared by Tea Party Success

2010-09-28T18:24:00.000-05:00

By Kathleen Gilbert

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In addition to discontent with out-of-control spending and government expansion, the American Tea Party movement is motivated by a strong devotion to the right to life of the unborn - something that appears to have caught the pro-abortion establishment, including Planned Parenthood, off-guard.

In a Facebook post Monday, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America expressed frustration at the burgeoning popularity of thoroughly pro-life candidates who have shot to stardom thanks to Tea Party momentum.

Follow this link for the complete story.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/sep/10092310.html

Three Decades of Forced Abortion...and Counting: China to Continue One-Child Policy

2010-09-28T18:20:00.000-05:00

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski

BEIJING, September 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Sept. 25, 1980, the Communist Party Central Committee issued a statement saying that "in 30 years, when our current extreme population growth eases, we can then adopt a different population policy.” But while the 30th anniversary of China's coercive one-child policy came and went this past week, the Chinese government has shown no signs of easing the policy, and instead expressed its intent to continue the use of forced abortion and sterilization, with no end in sight.

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Judge Won't Let Stem Cell Money Keep Flowing

2010-09-07T22:26:00.000-05:00

Published September 07, 2010 Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has turned down the Justice Department's request to temporarily delay his order that could shut down federal funding for some stem cell research.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth on Tuesday turned down federal officials' request for a stay.

Lamberth blocked federal dollars from going to certain stem cell research on grounds the research could violate a law prohibiting use of taxpayer dollars in work that destroys a human embryo.

The Justice Department wanted to keep the money flowing until an appeal could be heard of Lamberth's ruling. But Lamberth turned down the request.

Some scientists believe stem cell research could eventually lead to cures for spinal cord injuries, Parkinson's disease and other ailments.

WorldNetDaily - Fraud Charges Plaguing Planned Parenthood; Developing Cases Could Lead to Cutoff of Federal Funding

2010-09-07T22:18:00.000-05:00

September 06, 2010 By Brian Fitzpatrick, WorldNetDaily

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is forcing Planned Parenthood to defend itself against a whistleblower's allegations of fraudulent overbilling of the federal government.

The whistleblower's attorneys contend that if the abortion industry's leading player loses the case, the defeat would reinforce perceptions of a pattern of fraudulent billing in other states, raising the possibility that Congress eventually might cut off federal funding for the organization.

The appeals court on Aug. 24 rejected Planned Parenthood's motion to dismiss a former employee's lawsuit alleging that the organization fraudulently overbilled the government for services provided in California. Planned Parenthood will have to defend itself in trial court against the suit.

According to American Center for Law and Justice senior litigation counsel Walter Weber, who is representing the plaintiff in the California case, "The precedent is ACORN. When the level of scandal around a certain organization reaches a boiling point, Congress might say no more money."

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Louisiana Officials Suspend Abortion Clinic's License

2010-09-03T23:04:00.000-05:00

Published September 03, 2010 Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana health officials suspended an abortion clinic's license Friday, the first time the state has used its new authority to shut down such a facility over health and safety concerns.

The Louisiana health department ordered the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport to immediately cease performing the procedures, saying an investigation found the clinic failed to ensure that a physician performed and documented a physical exam on each woman before a procedure. The clinic also failed to follow several procedures involving anesthesia, including not properly monitoring vital signs, the agency said.

Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a law in June giving the health department the authority to shut down clinics. Before the law took effect, the clinics could continue to operate while appealing a license suspension.

"When we see this level of egregious conduct at a facility, it is incumbent on us to take steps necessary to protect our residents," said the agency's Interim Secretary Anthony Keck. "The Legislature gave us this authority because they recognized we must have the ability to stop unsafe practices that place these already vulnerable women in danger."

The clinic's patient service manager, Kathleen Pittman, said she knew nothing about the license suspension.

"This is the first I'm hearing of it," she said. "We closed at 5 p.m. and had not received any such notice."

The health department said it faxed the notice to the clinic Friday afternoon.

Pittman said the facility normally operates Monday through Saturday. Besides abortion procedures, the clinic offers pregnancy testing and counseling, emergency contraception and adoption referrals.