LIFE NEWS 11/15/2013

Amazing Video: “Twins Were Born But Haven’t Realized It Yet”
A beautiful and amazing video has been circulating the Internet over the last 24-48 hours. The video shows a parent washing newborn twins in a wash basin. The twin infants have their eyes closed and appear to be peacefully sleeping and enjoying the warm bathwater.

The twin babies finally begin to move and, when they do, they hold each other and snuggle closer. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/amazing-video-twins-were-born-but-havent-realized-it-yet/

Thousands Turn Out as Make a Wish Foundation Helps BatKid Save San Francisco
When the citizens of San Francisco need someone to save the day, they have a hero they can turn to in Miles, a 5-year-old cancer-stricken boy, a.k.a. Batkid.

Miles is a member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which is making the little boy’s dream come true by turning Miles’ wish to be Batman into an all-out extravaganza in San Francisco.

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/thousands-turn-out-as-make-a-wish-foundation-helps-batkid-save-san-francisco/

Forced Abortion in China Will Continue, Despite “Easing” of One Child Policy
Under the misleading headline, “China to Ease One-Child Policy,” Xinhua reports that China will now lift the ban on a second child, if either parent is an only child. This minor reform will not “ease” the One Child Policy. It will merely tweak it.

All the reasons for this adjustment are economic or demographic: China’s dwindling labor force, the country’s growing elderly population, and the severe gender imbalance. Completely absent from the discussion is the issue of human rights violations. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/forced-abortion-in-china-will-continue-despite-easing-of-one-child-policy/

Democrats Won’t Apologize to Cancer Patients Losing Health Insurance Due to Obamacare
Despite multiple stories of patients with cancer getting national attention because they lost health insurance plans due to the rules and regulations associated with Obamacare, top Democrats refuse to apologize to them. That includes House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.
The Weekend Standard reports on a press conference last night during which the Democrats refused to apologize. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/top-democrats-wont-apologize-to-cancer-patients-losing-health-insurance-due-to-obamacare/

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Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Closing Four Clinics in Iowa
The Planned Parenthood abortion business is closing four clinics in Iowa and pro-life advocates in the Midwestern state are celebrating the news. Iowa Right to Life confirmed Friday afternoon to LifeNews that Planned Parenthood of the Heartland is closing four clinics next month.

“Ankeny, Fort Dodge, Mount Pleasant and Washington, Iowa, will see the abortion giant leave their town,” stated Jenifer Bowen, Executive Director of Iowa Right to Life. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-closing-four-clinics-in-iowa/

Obama’s New Surgeon General Backs Obamacare, Said It Wouldn’t Cause Cancellations
If you like Obamacare and its abortion funding and rationing of health care, Vivek Hallegere Murthy will let you keep it. Murthy is the physician President Barack Obama will nominate to become the next Surgeon General.

Murthy, if confirmed, would replace Regina Benjamin, who supported abortion. Prior to her selection as Surgeon General, Benjamin served on the board of directors of a pro-abortion organization and appeared to support an American Medical Association vote asking colleges to teach more about abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/obamas-new-surgeon-general-backs-obamacare-said-it-wouldnt-cause-cancellations/

How Much Pain Did I Experience in the Abortion I Survived?
I pinched my finger in a door the other day, and as I let out a yelp of pain in response, simultaneously, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind that I hadn’t let cross it in a long time: ‘I wonder how much pain I experienced during the abortion that I survived?’

This is a terribly unpleasant thought for me to consider, as you can imagine, and one that I have tried to keep at bay in my mind, nearly as much as the the equally real thought that I was meant to be killed through it. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/how-much-pain-did-i-experience-in-the-abortion-i-survived/

Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic Caught With Rusty Suction Machines, Expired Drugs
Operation Rescue has obtained a copy of an inspection report issued by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services detailing 14 pages of violations at the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in St. Louis discovered during an inspection of the facility in January, 2013. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/planned-parenthood-abortion-clinic-caught-with-rusty-suction-machines-expired-drugs/

Organization Compares Abortion to Getting Your Tonsils Out
The Irish Family Planning Association is Ireland’s “leading sexual health charity” which “provides sexual health, family planning, pregnancy counselling and training services,” according to its website. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/organization-compares-abortion-to-getting-your-tonsils-out/

Principal Tells Hearing: Fire Teacher Who Kicked Planned Parenthood Out of His Class
As Planned Parenthood loses the control they’re accustomed to have over government funding and legislation, they may be getting a bit desperate. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/principal-tells-hearing-fire-teacher-who-kicked-planned-parenthood-out-of-his-class/

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Mechanic Invents Device to Save Third-World Moms, Babies From Dying During Pregnancy
The contraption, called the Odón Device, works like this: A doctor fits a plastic bag inside a lubricated plastic sleeve and fits it around the baby’s head. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/mechanic-invests-device-to-save-third-world-moms-babies-from-dying-during-pregnancy/

China Claims It’s Reforming It’s One-Child, Forced Abortion Policy, But is That True?
Reports from news outlets across the world today claim China is reforming it’s one-child policy, but is that really the case?http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/china-claims-its-reforming-its-one-child-forced-abortion-policy-but-is-that-true/

Hotel Gives Discounts to Women Getting Late-Term Abortions at 25 Weeks
As pro-life groups continue to campaign for a measure residents of Albuquerque, New Mexico will vote on Tuesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a new undercover video exposes how one local hotel is offering discounts for late-term abortion patients. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/hotel-gives-discounts-to-women-getting-late-term-abortions-at-25-weeks/

Taxpayer-Funded University Employee Lobbies Students to Oppose Abortion Ban
Last night, Students for Life of America (SFLA) received disturbing video footage showing an employee, Sarah Crawford, of the taxpayer-funded University of New Mexico lobbying students to vote against the Albuquerque Late Term Abortion Ban happening this Tuesday, November 19th. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/taxpayer-funded-university-employee-lobbies-students-to-oppose-abortion-ban/

Bill Gates Foundation Openly Supports Abortion at International Conference
When world leaders pledged over $2.6 billion to Melinda Gates’ global family planning campaign, she assured them, “This is not about abortion.” . http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/bill-gates-foundation-openly-supports-abortion-at-international-conference/

Senator Mark Kirk Cancels Pro-Life Group’s Use of Building Saying it “Discriminates”
Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) abruptly canceled access to a Senate Office building meeting room the night before a scheduled Capitol Hill Symposium. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/senator-mark-kirk-cancels-pro-life-groups-use-of-building-saying-it-discriminates/

Rule Change Stops Push to Harvest Organs of People Still Alive on Life Support
I wrote back in April that a core ethical rule in organ transplant medicine was threatened with a dangerous turn that would allow doctors to bring up donation to the families of disabled patients before a decision to cease life support was made. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/rule-change-stops-push-to-harvest-organs-of-people-still-alive-on-life-support/

Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bill Allowing “Choose Life” License Plates
The Wisconsin Assembly has approved AB 206, a bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Andre Jaque (R- De Pere) which would allow a “Choose Life” license plate in the state. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/wisconsin-assembly-passes-bill-allowing-choose-life-license-plates/

Scotland MSP Pushes Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide; Would Target Elderly, Disabled
Margo Macdonald MSP today launched her new assisted suicide bill in Scotland. The Scottish government has said it does not support a change in the law and the British Medical Association (BMA) has in response reiterated its opposition to assisted suicide. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/15/scotland-msp-pushes-bill-to-legalize-assisted-suicide-would-target-elderly-disabled/