The new Planned Parenthood abortion clinic opening in Houston will be greeted with fanfare by its supporters – a gala is planned for April 30th to wine and dine in celebration of the clinic, which will be specially outfitted to perform late-term abortions, according to CNSNews.com.
This gala seems to have fundraising as its goal, with the tickets going for $350 a person or a platinum table for 10 at $25,000. Planned Parenthood already receives $350 million federal dollars (which cannot be used for abortions, but is use, writes CNSNews, for “family planning”…) but apparently needs more cash to fund their latest and greatest clinic, which will be the largest in the Western Hemisphere, Jill Stanek writes.
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has stated the obvious in a new report finding that millions of women are “disappearing” because of sex-selective abortions in developing countries in Asia.
The report, entitled “Power, Voice, and Rights: A Turning Point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific”, decries “gender inequality” in East Asia where it is estimated that there are 119 baby boys born for every 100 baby girls.
Here are the report’s findings about abortion:
• “Females cannot take survival for granted,” the report says on page 42. “Asia has the highest male-female sex ratio at birth in the world, with sex-selective abortion and infanticide leaving approximately 96 million missing women in seven countries. In most regions, women comprise 51% of the population, but only 49% in Asia-Pacific.”
• “The problem of ‘missing girls’ – in which more boys are born than girls, as girl fetuses are presumably aborted, and women die from health and nutrition neglect – is actually growing,” a UNDP summary of the report says.
• The summary continues, “China and India together account for more than 85 million of the nearly 100 million ‘missing’ women estimated to have died from discriminatory treatment in health care, nutrition access or pure neglect – or because they were never born in the first place.”
• While the world average for the life expectancy of women is 1.06 years longer than that of men, Asia’s ratio of female-to-male life expectancy is below this average. “This discrepancy stems from a lifetime of gender discrimination, starting from the deliberate abortion of female fetuses.”
The report goes even further, calling for “strict actions against sex-selective abortions…to balance the sex ratio at birth in many countries in the region, specifically those with alarmingly high male-over-female ratios at birth, such as China and India.” It calls for health professionals and the media to “act as watchdogs and influencers of attitudes” in countries where sex-selective abortions are illegal but the law is not effectively implemented. It also recommends that governments offer “incentives for girl children”.
It baffles me that the UN is surprised at this when they spend so much time promoting abortion around the world. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is specifically dedicated to “reproductive health” and is actually involved in the one-child policy of China that causes the very gender inequality they condemn!
The ignorance and hypocrisy of the UN is appalling. When will they wake up to the fact that abortion destroys lives and societies, causing many of the problems they try to fight?
To view the full 255-page, 14 MB report, click here. Abortion is mentioned on pages 22, 42, 75, 92, 142, 157, and 174.
Thousands of demonstrators have marched through Spanish cities to protest against a bill that will make it easier for women to seek an abortion.
In Madrid, families with young children carried banners, flags and balloons and chanted "No to abortion! Yes to life!".
The bill, already passed by parliament, introduces abortion on demand up to 14 weeks into a pregnancy. At present, a pregnancy can only be terminated in mainly Catholic Spain under specific circumstances. The new bill is due to come into force in July.
Last year Dave Wilkinson asked God for guidance. He
wanted to know what he could do to better fight abortion.
Wilkinson, an evangelical pastor, runs three Ventura County pregnancy clinics
that encourage women to choose alternatives to the procedure. He believes the
prevalence of abortion is the biggest test Christians face. "It's probably
one of the things that American Christians are going to have to stand before
God and answer for," Wilkinson said. "He will say, 'You, as
Americans, what did you do to fight abortion?' "
Pastor Dave Wilkinson’s drive is to end abortion –
literally. Wilkinson has converted an RV into a mobile pro-life force!
Wilkinson stops in some of Los Angeles’ poorest neighborhood to offer
ultrasounds, medical care, counseling and prayer – and he does it all for free
thanks to the parishoners of southern california church communities, and
equiptment donated by Focus on the Family.
The surveys asked registered voters about abortion funding and healthcare reform in the following members’ districts: Jason Altmire (PA-04), Paul Kanjorski (PA-11), Brad Ellsworth (IN-11), Baron Hill (IN-09), Steve Dreihaus (OH-01), Charlie Wilson (OH-06), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and John Boccieri (OH-16).
The results tell a clear, consistent story: Constituents represented by pro-life Democrats DO NOT want abortion funding in healthcare – and are much more likely to vote against there Representative next Election Day if he or she supports a healthcare bill with abortion funding.
At least three-in-five voters in these eight congressional districts agreed that “Abortion and abortion funding have no place in healthcare legislation.” Additionally, more than 70% of voters agreed in four of the districts surveyed (Ohio-06, Ohio-16, Indiana-08, and Indiana-09).
At least two-thirds of voters in each Congressional District opposed “using tax dollars to pay for abortions” and in all districts majorities “strongly opposed.” Furthermore, in three districts opposition reached 80% (Ohio-06, Ohio-16, and Indiana-08).
The pro-life majorities in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana are reflected of the national trend. Americans do not want abortion in health care and are speaking out against it. Representatives beware, constituents are holding their representatives accountable: No federal funding for abortions – period!
Read about Georgia Right to Life spreading the truth about abortion in minority communities-
Via the LA Times:
Dozens of billboards have sprouted up over Atlanta tackling the
hot-button issue of abortion, this time using a controversial method:
race.
The billboards feature the cherubic face of a black baby
and a bold statement in large block letters: "Black children are an
endangered species."
The billboards direct people to a website
called toomanyaborted.com,
which says for African-Americans, abortion has become a crisis. Nearly
40% of all black pregnancies end in induced abortion, the website says,
which is more than three times the rate of white women and two times the
rate of all other races combined.
The Susan B. List Candidate Fund recently announced its endorsement of candidate Jane Norton, who is running for Senate in Colorado. Jane just released this campaign ad, showing off her pro-life street cred!
In 1999, as the top state health official in Colorado, Jane realized that state dollars were going to Planned Parenthood, whose use of the money to perform abortions violated at 1984 amendment to the Colorado state constitution. Jane single-handedly led the effort to bar state dollars from going to Planned Parenthood altogether. She was successful and Planned Parenthood in Colorado no longer receives any state funding.
Jane is EXACTLY the kind of woman we need in the U.S. Senate. I dedicated pro-lifer with a history of results! Colorado readers--see what you can do at www.janenortonforcolorado.com !
The Philadelphia abortionist who recently had his medical license suspended, Dr. Kermit Baron Gosnell, broke his silence yesterday, despite the recommendations from his lawyer.
Dr. Gosnell insists that he has done nothing wrong, though concedes that he has been a victim of "bad publicity" in the past. His practice was shut down after a women died from a botched abortion in his office, and dead babies in jars were found on display in his office. Among some of the bizarre statements he made to FOX29:
"If you're not making mistakes you're not really attempting to do something."
and...
"I try to give the same level of care I would want my daughter to receive."
At the 7-hour health care summit today, Minority Leader Boehner brought up the issue of taxpayer funded abortion. Boehner pointed out that since the creating of the Hyde amendment in 1977, the American people have not had to pay for abortions with their taxdollars, a reality that would change dramatically if the current health care reform legislation is passed!
Mintutes after Boehner had finished speaking, House Speaker and pro-abortion leader Nancy Pelosi said that Boehners words were "not factual."
Well, as the Weekly Standard's John McCormack aptly pointed out earlier this week, this is a lie!
President Obama's health care plan would use federal dollars to pay for abortions in at least three ways.
First, it contains Ben Nelson's so-called compromise
amendment in which allows insurance plans purchased with federal
subsidies to cover abortions. Nelson's amendment doesn't apply to the
whole bill, so there are two other provisions that would allow direct
federal funding of abortion.
The National Right to Life Committee notes
that Obama's plan would provide $11 billion dollars for community
health centers--$4 billion more than the original Senate bill--and
there is no language preventing these funds from paying for abortions.
Third, the Senate bill allows for direct federal funding of abortions on Indian reservations.
All three of these measures were slipped into the Senate bill at the last minute in the manager's amendment. Ben Nelson admitted that the funding of abortions on Indian reservations was an oversight
that would "have to be addressed in the conference." Except now there
isn't going to be a conference--just a House vote on the Senate bill
and some minor fiddling with the numbers through reconciliation with no
significant changes to the abortion language.
Members of Congress liked to hide behind the fig leaf of Nelson's
"segregation of funding" amendment to claim the bill banned abortion
funding, but they can't make this claim regarding community health
centers or Indian reservations.
The NRLC outlines more abortion-related problems in Obamacare here.
It is a little known fact that some abortion procedures can actually be stopped midway, and the child's life can be saved. This was the case for young mother Jamie Stout who decided to get a late-term abortion. Because she was 20 weeks along the abortion would be a three day process. Luckily, this didn't discourage her friends, family, and local pro-life advocates from convincing her to change her mind on the issue.
Thanks to their help, Stout changed her mind about the abortion and decided to save her child's life. Local pro-life advocates found two doctors who were able to reversethe abortion procedure and keep the child, who they havenamed Claire. Even better, baby Claire is now only a month away from being born, and her mother couldn't be happier.
“I feel totally excited and completely blessed now, given a second chance,” Stout said. “It was a big wake-up call not only for me but for my family, where we stand with our belief with God, faith and when life begins.”
‘Live Post’ over at POLITICOis
reporting that Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has selected
SBA-endorsed and great pro-life woman Marsha Blackburn to be one of four other
house Republicans to attend President Obama’s healthcare summit on Thursday.
Rep. Blackburn and other
Republicans will be meeting with Congressional Democrats, President Obama and
other administration officials to discuss the future of healthcare reform.
SBA sends a big thanks to the congressional GOP for bringing
a staunch pro-lifer like Marsha to the healthcare summit. We hope you’ll join
Marsha in reminding President Obama that Abortion is not
healthcare!
Last week, life-affirming conservatives from across the country joined at Mount Vernon in Virginia to unveil the declaration that honors the commitment to the ideas of America's Founding. SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser is one of the original signers!
Philadelphia's CBS 3 is reporting that Dr. Kermit Gosnell, an abortionist in West Philadelphia is under investigation by state and federal authorities after a woman died following an abortion in his office. During a raid yesterday, police discovered more than two dozen frozen dead babies.
From CBS 3:
Sources tell Eyewitness News that the search came after a patient reportedly died following an abortion on November 20.
According to the State Board of Medicine, Dr. Gosnell had an unlicensed staff member conduct vaginal exams and administer medication.
In the November 20 case, the state claims the staff member administered Demerol, Promethazine and Diazepam to the female patient.
After the doctor arrived at the clinic, the patient was given more medication. After the doctor performed an abortion, the patient started to have an arrhythmia and later died, state officials said. Autopsy results are pending.
Sources also told Eyewitness News that during the search, investigators recovered more than two dozen fetuses stored in a freezer, some dating back 30 years.
The fetuses are now being analyzed to reveal if illegal late-term abortions may have been performed.
This certainly is not the first time Dr. Gosnell has come under legal scrutiny. In 1995, Dr. Gosnell got into trouble with the State Licensing Board for hiring non-certified employees who actually saw and treated patients.(Creative Minority Report, has more on Dr. Gosnells history of illegal abortion practices.)
This nightmare of a story begs the question..how can abortionists and the pro-abortion lobby claim to be on the side of women when women are dying all the time from botched abortions? Can you really claim to respect the dignity of women when you mutilate their bodies, kill them, and then keep their dead children as mementos?
The Suzy B blog is honored to have Kelsey Hazzard, President of SecularProLife.org as a guest blogger this week. Please comment and share! --nomatterhowsmall
The Abortion Fan Club By Kelsey Hazzard
A directory of abortion facilities is targeting college students with this advertisement on Facebook:
I’m offended both as a pro-lifer and as an advocate for correct grammar, but I will limit my commentary to the former. It used to be that even supporters of Roe v. Wade conceded that abortion was a tragedy. Now, we are no longer merely told to accept abortion as a necessary evil: we are told to embrace it, cherish it, and “become a fan” of abortion.
Facebook, of course, is dominated by students. Abortionists have long targeted this age group. According to Feminists for Life, one out of every five abortions is performed on a college woman. At the same time, survey after survey is showing that the millennial generation is pro-life. I am disgusted by the idea that abortion businesses think that I might become a fan of the institution that has killed countless members of my generation, and subjected many others to post-abortion stress.
I am not suggesting that we should campaign to have Facebook censor the ad; doing so would make us little different from the anti-free-speech zealots who attempted to bring down the Tebow Super Bowl commercial. Nor can we stand by and do nothing while pro-abortion forces try to win back the pro-life generation. Instead, I propose that pro-life Facebook users be on the lookout for the ad and pledge $1 to a pro-life group each time they see it. A generous donor has agreed to match contributions to SecularProLife.org up to $500; gifts to your local CPC or campus organization would also be appropriate.
It’s easy to become discouraged by advertisements for abortion. Always remember our fans: the children whose lives have been saved, the mothers who have been provided with the resources they need to choose life, and the women who have found healing after an abortion through pro-life programs. They need us to stand up to the abortion industry. What will you do to help?
Kelsey Hazzard is the president of SecularProLife.org and a first-year student at University of Virginia School of Law.
We’re getting tired of saying it, Mr. President!
Abortion is still not healthcare!
Today, SBA would like to remind President Obama that we already have a bipartisan consensus on healthcare: that Abortion should stay out of it! more»
Susan B. Anthony List endorsed Senate candidate Jane Norton from Colorado was on the Fred Thompson show this past week to talk about her campaign. Visit her website at www.janenortonforcolorado.com You can listen to the interview by opening up the file below.
As the Health Care Summit between President Obama and congressional leaders approaches, the Susan B. Anthony List, in coalition with 31 nation and statewide pro-life groups, sent President Obama a letter urging him to listen to the pro-life American majority. The health care debate has divided the country, but there has been one area of consistent bipartisan consensus: across all demographics, Americans do not want taxpayer-funded abortion in health care reform.
The same coalition also sent a letter to members of the Republican leadership who will be meeting with the President. Seventy two percent of Americans agree that taxpayer dollar should not be used to fund abortion on-demand. Stupak language must be added to any health care bill and we will work endlessly to support members of Congress who work for Life!
The Susan B. Anthony List is dedicated to advancing, mobilizing and representing pro-life women in the political process.
Its connected Candidate Fund increases the percentage of pro-life women in politics.
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has stated the obvious in a new report finding that millions of women are “disappearing” because of sex-selective abortions in developing countries in Asia.
