LIFE NEWS 06/02/2014

Meriam Ibrahim Will Not be Freed, Attorneys Appeal Execution to International Court Over the weekend, news reports surfaced that a top Sudanese official indicated Meriam Ibrahaim would “be freed” after getting a death sentence from the government of Sudan for rejecting Islam. LifeNews was doubtuful when the reports surfaced and it turns out the official in question talked out of turn, with the court in Sudan indicating that only it has the power to overturn the decision.

Abdullahi Alzareg, an under-secretary at the foreign ministry, said the county was committed to protecting the woman and guaranteed religious freedom and indicated Ibrahim would be released and not face further charges. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/meriam-ibrahim-will-not-be-freed-attorneys-appeal-execution-to-interntional-court/

Babies are Being Dismembered in the Womb at Five Months Thanks to Harry ReidBabies are being dismembered in the womb at five months to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Because he is prohibiting the Senate from voting on a bill to ban late-term abortions after 20 weeks, member of the House combined for a collective letter today to speak out.
Today, Reps. Diane Black, a Tennessee Republican, and Trent Franks, an Arizona Republican, led a bipartisan effort of 105 Members of the House to send a letter to Reid urging him to allow for a vote in the Senate on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/babies-are-being-dismembered-in-the-womb-at-five-months-thanks-to-harry-reid/

My Visit to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Reminded Me Why I Oppose Abortion (LiveActionNews) — “When I learn about this mass killing process and see the tools and the remains and the pictures…I block the humanity…My heart still is not accepting that each one of them was an individual, intricate, valuable, hand-crafted human being. But my head knows. …If I accept the humanity in my heart, what have we done?”

I journaled those words in March of this year, crouched in a bottom bunk in a hostel in Krakow, Poland. I was not writing about abortion. I was writing about the Holocaust—writing out of stunned pain and confusion—having spent the day touring the sprawling, well-preserved complex known as Auschwitz concentration camp, a killing machine unlike any other. Over one million people died at Auschwitz during its five years of operation, the vast majority of them Jewish. Ninety percent of prisoners who entered Auschwitz died, most by immediate execution in one of the camp’s five gas chambers. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/my-visit-to-the-auschwitz-concentration-camp-reminded-me-why-i-oppose-abortion/

Woman Says Medical Condition Required Abortion, “I Had to Abort My Baby to Save My Life”It’s one of the biggest ethical dilemmas in the abortion debate for pro-life people: What should be done in a situation where an abortion is supposedly the only way to save the life of the mother.

Most pro-life people support the life of the mother exception — in fact polling data has been pretty consistent over the years in that only approximately 15 percent of Americans support a total ban for any reason. With 55 percent of Americans taking a pro-life position, only about 25% of pro-lifers oppose abortion for any reason. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/woman-says-medical-condition-required-abortion-i-had-to-abort-my-baby-to-save-my-life/

Researchers Develop Tiny Robotic Hand That Could Treat Unborn Babies’ Problems in the WombMost everyone in the pro-life movement is familiar with the photo of Samuel Armas clasping a doctor’s finger. That picture, taken during an in-utero surgery at a hospital at Vanderbilt University, received nationwide attention.
The photo was so inspiring that members of Congress brought it up during a hearing when a Senate committee hearing exploring the scientific and medical advances of surgery on unborn children. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/researchers-develop-tiny-robotic-hand-that-could-treat-unborn-babies-problems-in-the-womb/

Why My Daughter’s 19th Birthday Shames Those Who Think People With Down Syndrome Aren’t Fit to LiveWe have chronicled the plight of unborn children with Down Syndrome countless times over the years here at LifeNews. With the staggeringly high percentage of children with Down Syndrome becoming victims of abortion, we constantly do everything we can to celebrate their lives and contributions to society.

That’s why, without further ado, we provide you a clip of an excellent article today from British writer Dominic Lawson: http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/why-my-daughters-19th-birthday-shames-those-who-think-people-with-down-syndrome-arent-fit-to-live/

Abortion Practitioner Admits: “We are the Executioners”Pro-Choice author Magda Denes, PhD, interviewed clinic workers and observed abortions in a busy abortion clinic shortly after Roe versus Wade. Her book, In Necessity and Sorrow: Life and Death inside an Abortion Hospital is still valuable reading, even after all these years.

One of the doctors that Magda Denes interviewed describes his reaction to being called upon to save some unborn babies while aborting others: http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/abortion-practitioner-admits-we-are-the-executioners/

1,000 Texas Women Hospitalized Every Year After Botched Abortions A Dallas abortionist that was recently in the news when a hospital terminated his hospital privileges, sent a woman to a hospital one day before a judge ordered that the privileges be restored. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/1000-texas-women-hospitalized-every-year-after-botched-abortions/

Pro-Lifer Confronts Vandals Who Defaced Her Pro-Life Bumper Stickers, Her Reaction is Priceless Canadian pro-lifer Grace Dean recently had the bumper stickers on her car defaced by pro-abortion vandals. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/pro-lifer-confronts-vandals-who-defaced-her-pro-life-bumper-stickers-her-reaction-is-priceless/

Everyone Knows Maya Angelou, Who Fundraised for Planned Parenthood, Do You Know This Pro-Life Heroine? Numerous pro-life groups commented on Maya Angelou‘s passing last week. Most emphasized her courage in rejecting abortion when she became pregnant at the age of 16. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/everyone-knows-maya-angelou-who-fundraised-for-planned-parenthood-do-you-know-this-pro-life-heroine/

Teens Burn Body of Baby Killed by Abortion Drug, Receive Only a Warning Three teenagers in South Africa, where abortion is legal, burned the body of a baby victimized by abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/teens-burn-body-of-baby-killed-by-abortion-drug-receive-only-a-warning/

Bride Under Fire for Fastening Newborn to Train of Her Wedding Dress, Walking Down the Aisle Several news outlets, including the Daily Mail and the New York Daily News are reporting about Tennessee bride Shona Carter-Brooks. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/bride-under-fire-for-fastening-newborn-to-train-of-her-wedding-dress-walking-down-the-aisle/

Media, Planned Parenthood Hype New “Abortion Romantic Comedy” Here’s a new oxymoron, even for the liberal media: abortion comedy. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/media-planned-parenthood-hype-new-abortion-romantic-comedy/

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School Uses Babies to Show Inner City Children How to be Kind Out of the mouths of babes… or in this case, out of the word processor of Washington Post reporter Emma Brown explaining the impact of the very presence of babies. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/school-uses-babies-to-show-inner-city-children-how-to-be-kind/
Iowa Planned Parenthood Closes Two More Clinics, 12 Closed in Two Years The Planned Parenthood abortion business has closed two more clinics in the state of Iowa, bringing the total to 12 in the last two years. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/iowa-planned-parenthood-closes-two-more-clinics-12-closed-in-two-years/
Wisconsin Abortions Drop 16% After Pro-Life Law Allowing Women to See Ultrasound of Baby The pro-life movement has known for a long time that pro-life laws make a difference when it comes to protecting women and saving unborn babies from abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/wisconsin-abortions-drop-16-after-pro-life-law-allowing-women-to-see-ultrasound-of-baby/

300 Violations Found at Virginia Abortion Clinics and McAuliffe Wants to Reverse Health Standards When Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a review of Virginia’s abortion center health and safety standards, he said, “I am concerned that the … regulations adopted last year jeopardize the ability of most women’s health centers to keep their doors open and place in jeopardy the health and reproductive rights of Virginia women.”. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/300-violations-found-at-virginia-abortion-clinics-and-mcauliffe-wants-to-reverse-health-standards/
New Campaign Targets Justin Trudeau’s Ban on Pro-Life Candidates Last month, Justin Trudeau said that if you’re pro-life, you can’t be a candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/06/02/new-campaign-targets-justin-trudeaus-ban-on-pro-life-candidates/