US raises concern on China abortion policy

AFP: US raises concern on China abortion policy: The United States voiced opposition Monday to China's one-child policy after activists reported that a five-month-pregnant woman faces an imminent forced abortion. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said that the United States has asked China about the case of Cao Ruyi, who according to US campaigners will be forced to abort on Saturday unless she pays a hefty fine in Hunan province. "We make no secret that the United States strongly opposes all aspects of China's coercive birth limitation policies, including forced abortion and sterilization, and we always raise these issues with the Chinese government," Nuland told reporters.

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Why Do "Social Justice" Christians Ignore Pro-Life Issues?

Why Do "Social Justice" Christians Ignore Pro-Life Issues? | LifeNews.com: An abortion is the intentional killing of an unborn child inside (or partially inside) the womb. Social justice is . . . what exactly?

Again and again I see young social justice-focused evangelicals abandoning any effective voice for the unborn for the sake of an ephemeral, culturally-fashionable concept that as a practical matter means little more than advocating a utopian ideal through a grab-bag of banal, functionally socialist policies. Moreover, the embrace of social justice often drives them functionally into the arms of a political party and political movements that are dedicated to protecting and even subsidizing the “right” to kill children on a vast, industrial scale.

Social justice must be virtuous indeed to be worth such a high cost. So, what is it? Well, it turns out that to many on the Left, legalized abortion is an indispensable aspect of social justice. . . .

[I]n exchange for adopting fashionable leftist policies that at worst actually harm the people they’re trying to help and at best represent debatably-effective solutions to complex and intractable problems, the social justice Christian Left has thrown under the bus the most vulnerable citizens of this (or any) culture — unborn children. Because, you see, if you’re truly effective and outspoken in your opposition to abortion, then you’re just a “culture warrior.” And God knows, you don’t want to be one of those.

So, please, let’s drop the false moral pretense of “social justice.” You’re not fooling anyone. You’re a leftist seeking leftist solutions to known cultural problems, and in so doing you’ve elected to side with those who seek the legal right to intentionally kill children. Oh, you may claim to be pro life even as you work diligently to maintain and increase the power of those individuals and institutions that advance and protect our abortion regime, but you’ve made your choice in the real world.

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Keepin' It Real: What Would You Do If They Walked Into Your Church?

Keepin' It Real: What Would You Do If They Walked Into Your Church?:

• He has tattoos all over his arms and spent a few years in jail.
• He lived a homosexual lifestyle and  occasionally was a cross dresser.
• She is bipolar and comes from a broken home.
• She was a cutter and battled bulimia.
• He has been arrested and is still paying for some of his crimes.
• She comes from  a non-christian home and grew up in "the hood".
• He used to sell drugs, got kicked out of college, was addicted to porn.

What would you do if they walked into your church? Would you politely welcome them? Would you hope they don't come back?

Editor: I'd add one more to the list -- She has three children with three different dads and isn't married to the father of her unborn child. What would your church do?

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U.S. Senator Introduces Sex-Selection Abortion Ban

U.S. Senator Introduces Sex-Selection Abortion Ban | LifeNews.com: U.S. Senator David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, has introduced the Senate version of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, which would make it illegal to obtain an abortion due to a gender preference. Vitter’s bill has 26 co-sponsors and is similar to legislation the House supported with a majority vote that ultimately fell short because Democrats would not go along.

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Chinese woman forcibly aborted at seven months

Report: Chinese woman forcibly aborted at seven months (warning: extremely graphic) | LifeSiteNews.com: Feng Jianmei, was beaten and dragged into a vehicle by a group of Family Planning Officials while her husband, Deng Jiyuan, was out working. The officials asked for RMB 40,000 in fines from Feng Jianmei’s family. When they did not receive the money, the officials forcibly aborted Feng at seven months, laying the body of her aborted baby next to her in the bed.

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AZ justice cleared for confirmation to US appeals court

AZ justice cleared for confirmation to US appeals court : Welcome to StarNet - Tucson, Arizona: Central to the opposition was the fact that Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew Hurwitz was law clerk to U.S. District Judge Jon Newman when Newman voided a Connecticut law outlawing abortion in 1972. Further, in a 2003 law review article, Hurwitz said Newman's ruling became the precursor of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court saying women have a constitutional right to terminate their pregnancies.

Update: Senate confirms Hurwitz

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We Need Both Genders to Stand Up Against Abortion!

We Need Both Genders to Stand Up Against Abortion!: Men have every right to be talking and working against abortion! Gender does not validate or invalidate an argument, to discriminate so is to commit a logical fallacy. Beyond that, the argument that men are not affected by abortion is completely wrong! Millions of male babies have been aborted, each one of them having a father. Men have no legal say if their child is aborted against their will, so not only should men have a say on this issue, but men have been directly affected because they have had rights taken away from them as a result of legalized abortion!

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Why Racial Justice Is a Gospel Issue

Moore to the Point – Black and White and Red All Over: Why Racial Justice Is a Gospel Issue: How can white supremacy be true if humanity is made from “one blood” in the creation of Adam? How can one segregate evangelistic crusades if the cross of Christ atones for all people, both white and black? If God personally regenerates repentant sinners, both white and black, how can we see people in terms of “race” rather than in terms of the person? If we send missionaries across the seas to evangelize Africa, how is it not hypocrisy not to admit African-Americans into church membership? The biblical power of the argument is true, regardless of whether all the civil rights pioneers believed in biblical orthodoxy.

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“Just As Long As It's Healthy...”

“Just As Long As It's Healthy...” - Desiring God: Every couple experiencing pregnancy gets this question: do you want a boy or a girl? Many will respond this way, “we don’t care, just as long as it's healthy.”

But "healthy" exists on a spectrum of possibilities just like disability.  And that spectrum is becoming narrower with every year that passes. Last week, The New York Times reported that University of Washington genome scientists were able identify the DNA sequence of a fetus with 98% accuracy, and with safer, non-invasive techniques.

Editor: "It"?

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City of churches will still pay for abortion

GR abortion insurance change fails | WOOD TV8: Commissioner Dave Shaffer said he wanted to change the language in the city employee health care plan to more narrowly define when an abortion can be covered by insurance. But in the end, no one else on the commission supported moving the idea forward.

As it reads now, insurance will pay for a city employee's abortion if it's deemed "medically necessary." Shaffer argued the current language is too broad and opens the door for taxpayers to in effect be forced to pay for abortions under any circumstances. He proposed some new language. "That would say in regards to our healthcare plan that we wouldn't fund abortion except in the case of life of the mother or rape or incest," he explained.

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UK experts: Research methods to make embryos from 2 women, 1 man should be allowed if safe

UK experts: Research methods to make embryos from 2 women, 1 man should be allowed if safe - The Washington Post: An influential British bioethics group says that couples who face the risk of having a baby with certain genetic diseases should be allowed to use eggs from two women to produce the embryo. Such controversial procedures should only be allowed if they are proven safe, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics said Tuesday, but its advice seems likely to reignite debate. Currently, such treatments are only allowed for research in the U.K., and British law forbids altering a human egg or embryo before transferring it into a woman.

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Sex-selection, abortion, and the pro-choice movement: Why liberals shouldn't gulp

Sex-selection, abortion, and the pro-choice movement: Why liberals shouldn't gulp: "It doesn’t matter that sex-selection abortions are rare in the United States. They do happen. And it doesn’t matter how slimy and slippery slopey the anti-choicers tactics are. (Aren’t you used to that yet? They’re good!) What’s relevant is that it’s entirely irrelevant why a woman wants an abortion."

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Genetic Test on 3,500 Anomalies Could Lead to More Abortions

Genetic Test on 3,500 Anomalies Could Lead to More Abortions | LifeNews.com: As some parents seek to give birth to only “perfect” children who are supposedly free from any physical or mental disabilities, such genetic testing proves to continue to be controversial. While it helps some parents know what to expect or how to help their children after birth, it lends to extremely high abortion rates of children with any hint of “something wrong.”

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Doctors caught in the abortion wars

Doctors caught in the abortion wars - Salon.com: The antiabortion movement is increasingly targeting doctors -- and a few partisan physicians are lending it a hand.

Editor: "Targeting" is an unfortunate word choice. And why are pro-life doctors the only ones labeled "partisan"?

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The pro-abortion generation is disappearing, the pro-life generation rising

The pro-abortion generation is disappearing, the pro-life generation rising | LifeSiteNews.com: The few negative comments we received about this display could be  counted on our fingers. Almost every negative comment came from an older woman or a man.

I watched, as parents of a college-age girl were frustrated because their daughter was excited about our display and very vocally pro-life. They were not happy when she put a donation into our jar. I could see the pain on the faces of a couple of women who were obviously post-abortive as they cursed us for having a display showing life. “Appalling, disgusting, sick”; these are just a few of the words I heard about the beautiful pictures of children developing in the womb.

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What Does Gov. Scott Walker’s Recall Victory Mean for Unborn Children?

What Does Gov. Scott Walker’s Recall Victory Mean for Unborn Children? | NRL News Today: Gov. Walker is a true believer in preserving the sanctity of human life. He began his advocacy for life as a student at Marquette University where he was leader of the campus pro-life group. As a state Assembly Representative and now as Governor, Walker has established an unprecedented record of leadership and support for the most vulnerable among us. 

In the short time he has been governor, a number of laws that will make a difference have been signed, including to take dollars away from Planned Parenthood, curb the abortion involvement of the University of Wisconsin Hospital Authority, protect taxpayers from paying for abortions, and protect women from coerced and dangerous RU486 chemical abortions. As a result of that law, Planned Parenthood and one other abortion clinic have stopped doing chemical abortions in Wisconsin.

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Answering Objections

Stand to Reason Blog: Answering Objections: If the Bible is from God and not from culture, wouldn't we expect that it would conflict with every culture at every time? And that is what we see. If it was produced merely by men living in a particular culture, it would reflect a particular culture rather than conflict with it.  So rather than cultural objections working against the Bible, it's actually an indication that it stands outside of culture  And that's a line of argument that the Bible is from God, not man.

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IVF 'higher risk of complication'

BBC News - IVF 'higher risk of complication': There is a higher risk of complications and multiple births in pregnancies that result from IVF techniques, say experts. A report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said there were increased risks of premature births, low birth weight and congenital abnormalities. However, it said the vast majority of IVF children were as healthy as other children.

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Children with 'three parents' could become reality

Children with 'three parents' could become reality - Telegraph: The controversial techniques would allow women with serious inheritable diseases to avoid passing them on to her children. The conditions, collectively known as mitochondrial disease, can cause severe disability and death.

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The United Methodist Church’s pro-abortion ideology might have aborted Jesus

The United Methodist Church’s pro-abortion ideology might have aborted Jesus | LifeSiteNews.com: There are many on the “religious left” who have decided that religion is nice, God is good, but the culture is more important. Therefore, they have decided to take the pieces they like best of the Bible—good, loving God who forgives all weakness—and mix them with the lies of the culture—abortion should be a woman’s choice because it’s not a life until, well, they don’t know until when, but not until they say so at least.

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Top Anglican bishop condemns abortion, promiscuity, divorce

Top Anglican bishop condemns abortion, promiscuity, divorce in reflection on Queen’s Jubilee | LifeSiteNews.com: The Right Reverend Richard Chartres, bishop of London, raisef concerns about the state of the family and its children in England, including the unborn, and says “the 2012 Jubilee offers us an opportunity to pause and reflect not only on an extraordinary reign but also on what the Jubilee could mean to us as a nation.”

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Undercover in America

New from Live Action! Abortion clinics in Arizona caught skirting the law against aborting on the basis of gender.

Michigan House to take up pro-life omnibus bill on June 7

Prolife Action Center: On Thursday, May 31, a package of three bills was introduced in the Michigan House that represents the largest collection of prolife legislation ever addressed at one time in the legislature. House Bill 5711 is an omnibus bill combining several currently introduced prolife bills into one large new omnibus bill. Here is a brief description of the bills included in the “Prolife Bus" (along with their former bill numbers). Contact your Michigan legislator today!

Related:
Louisiana passes three pro-life bills, NC restricts Planned Parenthood funding, and more
Indiana abortion rate drops another 5% in 2010; lowest rate since 1977

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Blackballing Nat Hentoff

Real Clear Religion: Nat Hentoff is a legendary civil libertarian and journalist. He's and atheist and also pro-life. His conversion from pro-choice to pro-life, and the fallout that resulted, is explained in an essay in the new book, The Debate Since Roe: Making the Case Against Abortion 1975-2010. It's a compendium of essays from the journal Human Life Review.

A famous liberal who was a staple at the Village Voice and who had a column in the Washington Post, in the 1980s Hentoff actually let himself be swayed by evidence about abortion. It happened when Hentoff was reporting on the case of Baby Jane Doe.

‘Walking though fire’: A mother’s desperate fight against breast cancer, and for her unborn baby

‘Walking though fire’: A mother’s desperate fight against breast cancer, and for her unborn baby | LifeSiteNews.com: Pam agreed to the full removal of her breast because she wanted to do all she could to keep her unborn baby safe. After waking weak and dazed from the operation, Pam was immediately told by her oncologist that the cancer had spread further than expected, infecting her lymph nodes. She was told that she must be prepared to make decisions that would be in her best interest. “I have to tell you that as your oncologist, you are my patient and my goal is to save your life,” Pam remembers her oncologist saying. “If we want to save your life, the best thing for you to do would be to have an abortion.”

Today, 16-year-old son Thomas is a “perfectly fine strapping young man” who plays football, runs track, and does well at school. He has no health problems and is “perfectly normal,” she says. But "the rest of the story" couldn't have happened if this mother hadn't courageously withstood tremendous pressure to abort -- from her doctors, husband, and in-laws. You'll want to read the rest of this remarkable story.
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