LIFE NEWS 08/12/2014

Couple Who Wanted Surrogate to Abort Baby With Down Syndrome Also Wanted Their Money Back Surrogacy and IVF has objectified procreation. Now, it can be about not just having a baby to unconditionally love, but about ordering a baby that meets specifications.
Case in point: The notorious Australian biological colonialists who paid a Thai agency to hire a surrogate to carry their child, but then abandoned their son when it was discovered he has Down syndrome. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/couple-who-wanted-surrogate-to-abort-baby-with-down-syndrome-also-wanted-their-money-back/

Pro-Life Group Demands Info on IRS Deal With Atheist Group to Monitor Content of SermonsA pro-life group is demanding more information about a deal the IRS has struck with an atheist group to monitor the content of sermons.
The next time your pastor delivers a pro-life sermon or urges the congregation to stand up for pro-life values in the political or public arena, he could be taken to task by the IRS.
http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/pro-life-group-demands-info-on-irs-deal-with-atheist-group-to-monitor-content-of-sermons/

Sex Trafficker Took Her for an Abortion, But She Jumped Out the Abortion Clinic Window Last year, LifeNews shared a story about a woman named Veronica (referred to as ‘Ana’) who escaped forced abortion by jumping out of the window at an abortion clinic. Veronica was a former sex worker trafficked from Albania.

Now we’ve learned about the woman and organization responsible for helping her afterward. The London Evening Standard reports that a psychotherapist, Pippa Hockton, began working with street prostitutes when a man came to her for counseling at the Royal Free in Hampstead. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/sex-trafficker-took-her-for-an-abortion-but-she-jumped-out-the-abortion-clinic-window/

Black Democrat: Abortion is the Number One Genocide in the African-American CommunityIva, now 16, didn’t want anyone to know what happened. Fear was ever present. She is sharing her story publicly for the first time.

This innocent 15 year old simply wanted to sit in the park sketching trees on a beautiful sunny day at the end of June 2013. Normally she wouldn’t have gone alone but that day her mom said yes.It was broad daylight. It just didn’t seem da. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/black-democrat-abortion-is-the-number-one-genocide-in-the-african-american-community/

Abortion Backer Says Abortion is a “Great Thing,” “It Should be as Common as Possible”Almost every day at LifeNews, we get emails or social media comments from abortion backers who are upset that we refer to them as pro-abortion in our news reporting and analysis columns. They insist they do not support abortion but are merely pro-choice (never mind that the choice they advocate is terminating the life of a little baby boy or girl in an abortion).
sWhile they shy away from the label, every so often an abortion activist accidentally, or often purposefully, admits the truth. Here is one of those instances. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/abortion-backer-says-abortion-is-a-great-thing-it-should-be-as-common-as-possible/

Amazing Video Shows Unborn Baby’s Heart Beating at 7 WeeksSinger Beyoncé once called the heartbeat of an unborn baby “the most beautiful music I ever heard in my life.” “There’s no words that can express having a baby growing inside of you,” she said.

The development of unborn children is nothing short of fascinating and the fetal heartbeat is no exception. A baby’s heart begins to beat 18 days from conception, and by 21 days the heart is pumping blood through a closed circulatory system. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/amazing-video-shows-unborn-babys-heart-beating-at-7-weeks/

Doctors Told Her to Shut Off Life Support When Her Premature Baby Had a Brain Bleed, But She Said NoOn April 26th, 2013 Milo Joel Ausonio was born at 24 weeks. He weighed a little over one pound and was thirteen inches long. His mother, Marcie Ausonio was admitted to the hospital the day before because doctors thought she had Braxton Hicks, a condition where women go into false labor. Despite the doctor’s attempts to stop labor, her contractions were very much real, and Milo was born.

From the very beginning Milo and his family faced obstacles because of his premature birth. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/doctors-told-her-to-shut-off-life-support-when-her-premature-baby-had-a-brain-bleed-but-she-said-no/

Bitter Divisions Within the Pro-Abortion Movement No Longer Behind the Scenes LifeNews recently shared a story on Facebook that was published in July of 2013 called “Abortion Advocates Go Nuts Over Pro-Lifers Distributing Fetal Models.” http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/pro-abortion-politicians-find-models-of-unborn-babies-repulsive-and-shocking/

Pro-Abortion Politicians Find Models of Unborn Babies “Repulsive” and “Shocking” Two California Catholic universities–Santa Clara and Loyola–want not to cover “elective” abortion in their health insurance policies. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/11/california-may-force-catholic-universities-to-pay-for-abortions/

Calling Pro-Abortion People Names Won’t Change Their Minds Abortion is an injustice. Pro-life people are passionate about ending it. Those are good things. But they are no excuse for name-calling. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/calling-pro-abortion-people-names-wont-change-their-minds/

Texas Abortion Clinic Now Claims It Does Adoptions, But Its Web Site Doesn’t Mention Them Following the closure of several Texas abortion clinics due to a strict pro-life law passed last year in the state, an El Paso clinic says they now focuses on adoptions rather than killing babies. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/texas-abortion-clinic-now-claims-it-does-adoptions-but-its-web-site-doesnt-mention-them/

You Won’t Believe What This Man Does for His Wife With Alzheimer’s Every Single Day In 2014, an estimated 2.5 million people suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, and nearly 500,000 seniors die each year because of the disease. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/you-wont-believe-what-this-man-does-for-his-wife-with-alzheimers-every-single-day/

Dozens Protest Pro-Abortion Pennsylvania Governor Candidate Tom Wolf Dozens of pro-lifers had a message for Pennsylvania Governor Candidate Tom Wolf at a recent campaign stop: you’re too pro-abortion for Pennsylvania. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/dozens-protest-pro-abortion-pennsylvania-governor-candidate-tom-wolf/

Looking for an inspiring and motivating speaker for your pro-life event in 2014? Don't have much to spend on a high-priced speaker costing several thousand dollars? Contact LifeNews at news@lifenews.com about having LifeNews Editor Steven Ertelt speak at your event.

Why Would Christian Parents Ever Take Their Teen Daughter to Planned Parenthood? “Sally (not her real name) was a church-going Christian. She was also unmarried but had reason to think she was pregnant. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/why-would-christian-parents-ever-take-their-teen-daughter-to-planned-parenthood/
Nurse Obsessed With Suicide Voyeurism Persuades Two People to Kill Themselves The National Post reported on Friday August 8 that Minnesota prosecutors are seeking to once again convict William Melchert-Dinkel, a former nurse with an obsession with suicide voyeurism, with assisted suicide in the death of Canadian teenager, Nadia Kajouji. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/nurse-obsessed-with-suicide-voyeurism-persuades-two-people-to-kill-themselves/
Abortionist Reprimanded for Making Female Patients Undress in Front of Him When the phone rings at Operation Rescue, one never knows quite what to expect. http://www.lifenews.com/2014/08/12/abortionist-reprimanded-for-making-female-patients-undress-in-front-of-him/