Troubled Columbus Abortion Clinic Will Close

Columbus Abortion Clinic With Troubled History Will Close :Operation Rescue: Capital Care Women’s Center, an abortion clinic in Columbus, Ohio, will be closing this week. Operation Rescue released leaked hospital transcripts last week that show a history of botched abortions Capital Care. This closure is one of several in the past few weeks that has brought the number of surgical abortion clinics to a new low of 659. 

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The California Institute for Regenerative Mendacity

The California Institute for Regenerative Mendacity » Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog: I remember the media’s swooning about campaign surrogates’ predictions that California’s Medicaid costs would shrink from the new treatments developed by CIRM grants, which would also stimulate an economic boom from all the businesses created by CIRM-funded breakthroughs. None of that happened, but that hasn’t stopped the Mandarins that run the CIRM from planning a ballot renewal in 2014.

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“From Planned Parenthood v. Casey until the ‘Day after Roe’: Casey’s Impact on Abortion Jurisprudence

VIDEO: AUL’s Legal Symposium – “From Planned Parenthood v. Casey until the ‘Day after Roe’: Casey’s Impact on Abortion Jurisprudence | Americans United for Life | AUL.org: On Thursday May 31, 2012, Americans United for Life presented a luncheon symposium entitled “From Planned Parenthood v. Casey until the ‘Day after Roe’: Casey’s Impact on Abortion Jurisprudence.” The event featured Erika Bachiochi, Michael Paulsen, Clarke Forsythe, and William Saunders.

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Ask Mr. Dad: Abortion not just a women's issue

Ask Mr. Dad: Abortion not just a women's issue - KansasCity.com: The Kansas City Star's Mr. Dad advice columnist was asked what men can do when their partner wants an abortion: "My girlfriend is pregnant. We'd talked about having children someday but hadn't expected it would happen so soon. She wants to terminate the pregnancy. But all of a sudden I'm feeling very depressed. I really want to be a dad and her decision to have an abortion is going to put an end to that dream, at least for a while. I've always thought of myself as pro choice, but now that the decision affects me, I'm not so sure. Do I have a vote here?"

This is a pertinent question in light of Father's Day coming up. Mr. Dad didn't do too badly. Here are some resources concerning dad's and abortion.

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ObamaCare: Worse than you think

This video from the Alliance Defense Fund shows how ObamaCare includes plans that fund elective abortions, charges people for life-saving drugs while making life-ending drugs free, and seriously fines those who do not comply.

In U.S., 46% Hold Creationist View of Human Origins

In U.S., 46% Hold Creationist View of Human Origins: Forty-six percent of Americans believe in the creationist view that God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years. The prevalence of this creationist view of the origin of humans is essentially unchanged from 30 years ago, when Gallup first asked the question. About a third of Americans believe that humans evolved, but with God's guidance; 15% say humans evolved, but that God had no part in the process.

Editor: We are not alone.

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As Year-Old Laws Take Hold, Abortions Tumble in Florida

As Year-Old Laws Take Hold, Abortions Tumble in Florida | Sunshine State News: Even as Planned Parenthood unleashes a $1.4 million advertising campaign against Mitt Romney in Florida and a handful of other states, the nation's leading abortion provider is losing business. From 2008 to 2011, the number of abortions dropped 19 percent in Florida, and that downward trend continues this year. State legislators take some of the credit for the decrease, citing tougher regulations on abortion clinics.

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Former president of APA says organization controlled by ‘gay rights’ movement

Former president of APA says organization controlled by ‘gay rights’ movement | LifeSiteNews.com: Dr. Nicholas Cummings was President of the APA from 1979 to 1980, and also served as a member of the organization’s Council of Representatives. He served for years as Chief of Mental Health with the Kaiser-Permanente Health Maintenance Organization, and is the author of the book “Destructive Trends in Mental Health: The Well-Intentioned Path to Harm.”

The APA “started changing pretty drastically by the late 1980s,” said Cummings.  “By the mid 1990s, the Leona Tyler principle was absolutely forgotten, that political stances seemed to override any scientific results. Cherry-picking results became the mode. The gay rights movement sort of captured the APA.” Recalling his own work with homosexuals who wanted to leave the gay lifestyle during his tenure at Kaiser Permanente, he said, “It’s a difficult therapy, and it’s not huge in terms of numbers, but yes we have seen success, and this is why the stance that ‘you can never change’—Ronald Reagan said ‘never say never’—it’s absurd."

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Why PRENDA won but lost... but won

Why PRENDA won but lost... but won: PRENDA (the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act) is not dead. It is still live and can be called again for a vote at any time, leaving the other side to worry whether they will see PRENDA return to the House floor for another vote yet this year. The inevitable passage of PRENDA has taken its first step. And the other side was lured into the debate, which will turn out to be quite unhelpful for them. 


Comments by Wesley J. Smith: Pro lifers are attacking the abortion license piece, by piece, by piece. Expect . . . federal and state legislation seeking to outlaw sex selection abortion. (Four states already do, but this will really raise the profile of the issue.) That would put the pro choice side into a tight political box. If they let it go, they would be admitting that there is a reason for abortion that is so illegitimate it should be outlawed. But if they oppose, they are in the position of defending sex selection. I predict that latter will be seen as preferable to the former. Thus, once such a law is enacted, look for PP, other pro choice groups and the ACLU to sueto legally prevent the legal prevention of sex selection abortions. That would transform “female feticide”into the next “partial birth abortion” and materially help the pro life cause.

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Former Democratic Party state chairman says party needs to make room for pro-lifers

Former Democratic Party state chairman says party needs to make room for pro-lifers | LifeSiteNews.com: A former state chairman of the Democratic Party has said his party has become too intolerant on the issue of abortion. Former Alabama Party Chairman Joe Turnham said, “the national platform does not welcome those who oppose abortion even though our whole life position is a natural fit with Democratic priorities of aiding the hungry, poor and downtrodden.”

Commentary on the "whole life" position

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Global Warming Hysteria: Greenland Melted in 1930s

Wesley J. Smith: Recently unearthed photographs taken by Danish explorers in the 1930s show glaciers in Greenland retreating faster than they are today, according to researchers. After the expedition returned the photographs were used to make maps and charts of the area, then placed in archives in Denmark where they lay forgotten for decades. Then, in recent years, international researchers trying to find information on the history of the Greenland glaciers stumbled across them. It now appears that the glaciers were retreating even faster eighty years ago: but nobody worried about it, and the ice subsequently came back again.

Evolutionary Call to Arms

Feedback: Evolutionary Call to Arms - Answers in Genesis: “Ignoring the creationist threat will not make it go away,” warns paleontologist Russell Garwood in his article “Reach out to defend evolution,” published May 16 in the journal Nature. He wrote an article condemning the way creationists, especially Answers in Genesis, present the work of evolutionists to the public and called upon evolutionists to get more aggressive and proactive in their defense of evolution. The problem, according to Dr. Garwood, is that the shrewd, calculating “creationist machine” uses evolutionary academic research as “fodder” to “feed anti-evolution disinformation.”

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Abortion on demand? Ontario will pay. Medically necessary procedures? Not so much.

Abortion on demand? No problem, Ontario will pay. Medically necessary procedures? Not so much. | LifeSiteNews.com: Two years ago, Sharon Milan's mother was diagnosed with sinus cancer which resulted in the removal of half of the roof of my mother’s mouth, forcing her to have a prosthetic replacement. "When we inquired about funding through OHIP for this medical treatment, we were swiftly rejected." However, an Ontarian woman, no matter how old she is, no matter what stage of pregnancy she is at, can walk into an abortuary for any reason, and have an abortionist kill her baby -- and that’s completely funded.

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Obama Gives Medal of Freedom to Justice Who Called Partial-Birth Abortion Exercise of 'Liberty'

Obama Gives Medal of Freedom to Justice Who Called Partial-Birth Abortion Exercise of 'Liberty' | CNSNews.com: Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote a Supreme Court opinion arguing that a woman was exercising her right to "liberty" when she hired a doctor to kill her child through the procedure known as partial-birth abortion. "That holding--that the word 'liberty' in the Fourteenth Amendment includes a woman’s right to make this difficult and extremely personal decision--makes it impossible for me to understand how a State has any legitimate interest in requiring a doctor to follow any procedure other than the one that he or she reasonably believes will best protect the woman in her exercise of this constitutional liberty," Justice Stevens wrote in his concurring opinion in Stenberg v. Carhart.

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Bioethics: real life or an “esoteric puzzle”?

BioEdge: Bioethics: real life or an “esoteric puzzle”?: Corruption is not a chapter heading in most bioethics textbooks. But a passionate article in a recent issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine suggests that it is fundamental. “If bioethicists are now the guardians of medical ethics, how is it that they have nothing to say about medical corruption?”

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Chen Guangcheng's Brother Escapes House Arrest, Too

Chen Guangcheng's Brother Escapes House Arrest, Too | LifeNews.com: Blind attorney and activist Chen Guangcheng’s older brother, Chen Guangfu, escaped from his home in Shandong province, where he was under strict surveillance. Chen has made it to Beijing where he is seeking legal help for his son, who has been charged with intent to murder.

Related:

• Chen Guangcheng to address Council on Foreign Relations
• Stability trumps all other concerns in China
• China hits couple with record $204,000 fine for having second child
• Hillary Clinton comments on Chen's predicament; more here
• Chinese Communist Repression Against the Supporters of Chen Guangcheng: He Peirong and Jiang Tianyong

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Neonatology Professor: Unborn Babies Feel Pain at 20 Weeks

Neonatology Professor: Unborn Babies Feel Pain at 20 Weeks | LifeNews.com: Testifying at the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing was Colleen Malloy, MD, an assistant professor, Division of Neonatology/ Department of Pediatrics, at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “There is ample biologic, physiologic, hormonal, and behavioral evidence for fetal and neonatal pain,” Prof. Malloy told the committee. “In fact, by 20 weeks post-fertilization (22 weeks by LMP), the fetal brain has the full complement of neurons that are present in adulthood.”

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Sex Selection Is New Front in Abortion Battle

Sex Selection Is New Front in Abortion Battle - Washington Wire - WSJ: House leaders could bring the bill back for a vote under standard procedures requiring only a simple majority, but have not committed to do so. In any event, the bill is not likely to pass the Democratic controlled Senate, so critics viewed the vote as a political ploy to appease anti-abortion activists who are especially important to the GOP in an election year.

Related: Sex-selection vote exposed Obama, Democrats’ abortion extremism

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Christian, Jewish Groups Opposed Sex-Selection Abortion Ban

Christian, Jewish Groups Opposed Sex-Selection Abortion Ban | LifeNews.com: The church-related groups Methodist Federation for Social Action, Justice and Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ and Presbyterian Voices for Justice voiced their opposition to the sex-selection abortion ban. They were joined by a number of Jewish groups, including:  Hadassah, Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, Jewish Women International, National Council of Jewish Women, Union for Reform Judaism, Women of Reform Judaism, and the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism.

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WH: Aborting a Baby Because She's a Girl Part of 'A Very Personal and Private Decision'

WH: Aborting a Baby Because She's a Girl Part of 'A Very Personal and Private Decision' | CNSNews.com: The President says he opposes gender discrimination but refuses to punish those who perpetrate it and profit from it.

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‘Dad’ deleted from NHS baby guide – for sake of gay couples

‘Dad’ deleted from NHS baby guide – for sake of gay couples | News | The Christian Institute: “Dad” has been removed from a taxpayer-funded baby guide after a single complaint that same-sex couples were being excluded. The Scottish NHS guide, called Ready Steady Baby, now features the word “partner” instead of “Dad.”

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Disability and the Gospel: How God Uses Our Brokenness to Display His Grace

Amazon.com: Disability and the Gospel: How God Uses Our Brokenness to Display His Grace (9781433530456): Michael S. Beates, Joni Eareckson Tada: Books: Michael Beates’s concern with disability issues began nearly 30 years ago when his eldest child was born with multiple profound disabilities. Now, as more families like Michael’s are affected by a growing number of disorders and difficulties ranging from autism to food allergies, the need for programs and paradigm shifts is greater than ever. Beates thus seeks to motivate churches to pursue ministry to children and adults with developmental disabilities. He works through key Bible passages on brokenness and disability to develop helpful principles for believers and churches, teaching them first to embrace their own brokenness and then to embrace those who are more physically and visibly broken.

Martin Luther and Childhood Disability in 16th Century Germany: What did he write? What did he say?

Independent Living Institute: Martin Luther's views on disability have been widely misapprehended and caricatured on the basis of a few items in a dubious edition of shorthand notes of conversations. His written and spoken arguments across 30 years (1517-1546) concerned with childbirth and infancy, devils, superstitions, changelings, prodigies, folly, disablement, deafness, participation in Christian sacraments, and exegesis of Biblical texts on disabled people, give a more reliable and interesting guide to his views, in the context of Luther's personal involvement with sickness, disability and practical care. Historically, European social and religious developments contained a broader range of views on disability than is commonly supposed, with some challenges for 21st century thought and practice.

President Obama Opposes the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act for provision it does not include

NRLC: Would President Obama support a measure that “opposes gender discrimination” if doctors did not HAVE “to determine the motivations behind a very personal and private decision”? Have I got good news for the President. H.R. 3541 has NO SUCH REQUIREMENT!

Related:
Obama and 168 House Members Defend Sex-Selection Abortion
The real war on women
Planned Parenthood says it does not endorse sex-selection abortion
Time for a reprieve for baby girls

Get to Know: Embrace Grace

about: The primary goal of Embrace Grace is to empower churches across the nation to be a safe and non-judging place for the girls to run to when they find out they are pregnant, instead of the last because of shame and guilt. We provide curriculum for the churches as well as offer grants to organizations that may not be able to afford the expenses involved with helping young women with crisis pregnancies.

If the church, the body of Christ, would join together to support these girls that choose life, young moms will be more open to not abort their baby. Whether they keep their baby or place for adoption, Embrace Grace is a support system for them as they begin their journey of being a young mother or blessing another family with their baby.

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