LIFE NEWS 09/16/2013

Obama Nominee for Judge Says Abortion Frees Women From “Conscription Into Maternity”
The United States Senate Judiciary Committee will vote this week on President Obama’s nomination of Cornelia Pillard to the court that many consider the second-most powerful and important in the land, the Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit. Of President Obama’s judicial nominees who have exhibited hostility towards unborn children, perhaps none is as flagrant, or as out-of-touch, as Cornelia Pillard.

In a 2007 law review article, Pillard wrote that “[r]eproductive rights, including the rights to contraception and abortion, play a central role in freeing women from historically routine conscription into maternity” (emphasis added). She believes there is an “equal protection” right to abortion—a position never adopted by the United States Supreme Court. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/obama-nominee-for-judge-says-abortion-frees-women-from-conscription-into-maternity/

As Pro-Lifers Remember Aborted Babies, Cecile Richards Recalls Wendy Davis’ Shoes
Yesterday, thousands of pro-life advocates went to memorial sites across the country to remember babies who were victimized by abortion.
As they did, the president of the Planned Parenthood abortion business recalled something different — Wendy Davis’ tennis shoes. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/as-pro-lifers-remember-aborted-babies-cecile-richards-recalls-wendy-davis-shoes/

Pro-Life Group: Newest Obama Judicial Pick More Pro-Abortion Than Ginsburg
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the heart and soul of the pro-abortion justices on the Supreme Court. Ginsburg not only favors Roe v. Wade and abortion, but wants the high court to reargue the basis for legalized abortion in a way to make it even tougher to overturn and to strike down pro-life laws nationwide.

In Cornelia Pillard, his nominee for the D.C. Appeals Court, President Barack Obama appears to have found a judicial nominee even more pro-abortion. That’s what National Right to Life legislative director Douglas Johnson tells LifeNews. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/pro-life-group-newest-obama-judicial-pick-more-pro-abortion-than-ginsburg/

Obama Wants Us to See Graphic Images of Kids Killed in Syria, But Not of Aborted Babies
WARNING: Graphic images appear at the bottom of this opinion column.
There probably isn’t a pro-life activist alive who didn’t think what I thought when watching President Obama give his speech about Syria this week. To garner support for his plan to attack that country, Obama implored the American people to view the images of innocent children who had been poisoned to death by their own president. It was clear Obama wanted us to emotionally invest in their tortured deaths: http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/obama-wants-us-to-see-graphic-images-of-kids-killed-in-syria-but-not-of-aborted-babies/

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Shocking Video: College Students Say “Women Need to Have More Abortions”
Students for Life’s Planned Parenthood Project has just started our 2nd week, and we are heading to Michigan right now -visiting 4 campuses in the next 4 days with our message of truth – truth about what Planned Parenthood is really about…abortion.
You see, last week was a whirlwind – we were in Colorado, New Mexico, and New York! And the verdict is in – our Planned Parenthood Project is making waves on campuses and causing student think about abortion and the abortion industry’s Goliath in a way never done before. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/shocking-video-college-students-say-women-need-to-have-more-abortions/

Abortion Workers Talk About “Sucking the Brains Out” of Babies in Abortions
It isn’t easy to hear the words day in and day out, or to see over and over the tiny bodies ripped apart or burned to death. It’s gut wrenching. It’s heartbreaking. And for Sarah Terzo of ClinicQuotes.com, it’s part of her life’s mission to expose the truth of abortion from the mouths of those who kill for a living.

As a young teenager, Terzo saw a picture of a child who had been aborted at eight weeks gestation. It had been ripped to pieces and Terzo instantly realized that this was a child who had been killed. The photo roused within her a deep desire to do whatever she could to protect babies from abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/abortion-workers-talk-about-sucking-the-brains-out-of-babies-in-abortions/

Head of Down Syndrome Group: I Chose Life Despite Counselor Pressuring Me to Abort
A mother’s love for her child goes beyond genetic makeup — a truth Michelle Sie Whitten knows all too well as she beams about her 10-year-old daughter, Sophia, who just happened to be born with an extra chromosome.

Whitten, the executive director of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation in Denver, Colorado, spoke with Townhall about her passion for improving the lives of people with Down syndrome, including her own precious daughter, whom she gave life despite a counselor prompting her to terminate her pregnancy. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/head-of-down-syndrome-group-i-chose-life-despite-counselor-pressuring-me-to-abort/

How to Communicate to a Friend Considering an Abortion
“I’m pregnant, and I want an abortion.” How should one react when a friend says those words. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/how-to-communicate-to-a-friend-considering-an-abortion/

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Pro-Life Role Models: Family is Adopting and Raising 22 Kids
Hector and Sue Badeau are a couple who have led an extraordinary life, and as such, have an extraordinary story to tell. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/pro-life-role-models-family-is-adopting-and-raising-22-kids/

Abortion Support Undermines President Obama’s Moral Leadership
Whether we are talking about respect for a nation or for an individual, nothing undermines respect more than duplicity — saying one thing and acting differently. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/abortion-support-undermines-president-obamas-moral-leadership/

Adoptive Couple Gives Birth to Son Who Was a Frozen Embryo for 19 Years
Conception is the beginning of human life and the process by which a unique human being comes into existence. Most unborn children spend nine months growing and developing from that point until birth. For little Liam Burke, it was 19 years. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/adoptive-couple-gives-birth-to-son-who-was-a-frozen-embryo-for-19-years/

Pregnancy Center to Open Next to Planned Parenthood Abortion Business
The operators of a pregnancy center in Idaho that offers women abortion alternatives started a new project this weekend — opening a pregnancy center next to a Planned Parenthood abortion business. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/pregnancy-center-to-open-next-to-planned-parenthood-abortion-business/

Wishful Thinking Won’t End Abortion: Pro-Life People Must be Patient
When I became actively involved in the behind-the-scenes work of legislative advocacy on behalf of pregnant women and their babies, I quickly learned that wishful thinking wasn’t going to cut it.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/wishful-thinking-wont-end-abortion-pro-life-people-must-be-patient/

William and Kate Accept Inspiring Painting From Child With Down Syndrome
Infants, children and adults with Down syndrome often suffer the effects of social and ethical stigmas. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/william-and-kate-accept-inspiring-painting-from-child-with-down-syndrome/

We Can’t Fight Infant Mortality Without Also Fighting Abortion
Lowering the infant mortality rate is a great task that is very rightly commanding passionate, bipartisan attention not only in Ohio, but throughout the nation. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/we-cant-fight-infant-mortality-without-also-fighting-abortion/

India Gender Crisis: Mortality Rate for Girls 75% Higher Than Boys
On Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, part of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, considered the issue of India’s missing girls. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/india-gender-crisis-mortality-rate-for-girls-75-higher-than-boys/

Adult Stem Cells, The Future of Medicine: One Patient’s Story
Watch Tony’s story of triumph over his disease, and learn why Tony calls adult stem cells “the Future of Medicine”.. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/adult-stem-cells-the-future-of-medicine-one-patients-story/

Terry McAuliffe Vows to Put Abortion Above Women’s Health in Virginia
At a campaign event this week, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe pledged his unwavering — and disturbing — support for abortion providers and facilities in the state of Virginia if given the governor’s seat. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/terry-mcauliffe-vows-to-put-abortion-above-womens-health-in-virginia/

Pro-Lifers Take on Massachusetts Abortion Law Prohibiting Free Speech
Americans United for Life filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of 40 Days for Life, the community-based pro-life campaign, in a legal challenge to a 2007 Massachusetts law creating a “no-pro-life speech zone” and criminalizing pro-life speech on public sidewalks within 35 feet of an abortion clinic. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/pro-lifers-take-on-massachusetts-abortion-law-prohibiting-free-speech/

Euthanasia Activist Phillip Nitschke Pushes Killing Prisoners Via Euthanasia
A commentary in the Washington Square News, riffing off of the suicide of Ariel Castro, argues that prisons should implement euthanasia for people sentenced to life in prison. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/16/euthanasia-activist-phillip-nitschke-pushes-killing-prisoners-via-euthanasia/