Planned Parenthood Was Behind Push for Ireland Bill Legalizing Abortions
by Pat Buckley | Dublin, Ireland | LifeNews.com | 7/25/13 1:58 PM The Irish Government has passed all stages of the so called “Protection of Life in Pregnancy Bill 2013” which will now be sent to the President Michael D Higgins for signature. The passing of this pro-abortion legislation is to be deplored and we put the Irish Government on notice that the pro-life people of Ireland will work without ceasing to have this anti-life legislation overturned as soon as possible no matter what it takes, commencing with an immediate legal challenge to its constitutionality. The Parliamentary debates of both…
Planned Parenthood Continues Pushing Women Into Dangerous Abortion Drug
by Randy O’Bannon Ph.D. | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 7/24/13 6:56 PM Visit the website for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, and look for “surgical abortion” in the “Abortion” section of their “Health Services and Information” heading. You won’t find it. Oh, it’s not that they don’t do surgical abortions. They do, to the tune of tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands a year. (The remainder of their 330,000 abortions are chemical—e.g., RU-486—abortions.) But unless you are watching very carefully, you would miss that, like a lot of others in the abortion industry, PPFA uses the…
Humanae Vitae at 45: Pro-Life Encyclical Still Right After All These Years
by John Jansen | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 7/25/13 3:32 PM On this day in 1968, Pope Paul VI, of happy memory, issued his landmark encyclical, Humanae Vitae, which reiterated the Catholic Church’s 2,000 year old teaching that artificial contraception is sinful. At the time, and perhaps even more so 45 years later, many people — Catholic and otherwise — are gobsmacked that at precisely a time when the winds of change were gale force, the Church vowed that she would cling to such an allegedly “outmoded” view of sexual morality. Yet, the fact that Paul VI would reiterate the…
Killing Babies in Abortions Will Save the Government Money?
by Michael Norton | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 7/25/13 10:16 AM “Priceless” is the value most moms and dads would put on their newborn child. A newborn represents the delicate and fragile nature of life itself. Many would call their newborn baby a “miracle.” But the current administration in Washington, D.C. does not seem to agree with the “priceless” evaluation—at least it does not act like it agrees. If there is a way to support the abortion industry with taxpayer dollars, President Obama and the rest of our government finds and implements it. Now, even the “non-partisan” Congressional Budget…
New Web Site Supports Moms With Unplanned Pregnancy Who Rejected Abortion
by Christina Martin | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 7/25/13 4:55 PM Washington, DC (LiveActionNews) — Jill Thaxton is a wife, mother of five, writer, and educator, and the creator of an uplifting new website, “Pregnant and Unplanned; Stories of Encouragement.” You may be curious as to why this Presbyterian, American Lit.-teaching Sugar Land, TX resident would take time out of her already busy schedule to start a site for pregnant women. Jill says it all began when she looked outside the comforts of her stable life and began to think about others who may be less fortunate. As she…
Abortionist Who Vowed Never to Stop Now Says He Will Close His Clinic
Harlingen, TX – Abortionist Lester Minto defiantly vowed earlier this month never to stop doing abortions, but yesterday he announced that he would close his abortion clinic, Reproductive Services in Harlingen, Texas, within the next 90 days. The abortion business has done 1,500-2,000 abortions yearly. Minto, who called the Texas abortion law “an insult to women’s intelligence,” told the New York Times he would keep doing abortions “whether that means under the cover of a mesquite tree or on a shrimp boat or going to Mexico” where abortions are also illegal. Waving a speculum at a pro-abortion rally, Minto…
Mom Works at Pregnancy Center That Saved Her Son From Abortion
by Christina Martin | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 7/25/13 6:25 PM Washington, DC (LiveActionNews) — Rachel Tipton Boyd, or Tippy, as friends like to call her, is a living example of God’s grace. She was born into a loving Christian family and grew up as a pastor’s daughter. During her adolescent years, Rachel developed strong faith and a heart to serve. As a 20-year-old she traveled to Japan on a mission trip. In 2007 she returned for a summer internship, and at 21, she decided to move to Japan as a full-time missionary with “Youth With a Mission.” Before…
Ireland Senate Approves Bill to Legalize Abortions in Second Stage Vote
by Steven Ertelt | Dublin, Ireland | LifeNews.com | 7/16/13 12:38 PM The Irish Senate is picking up where the Dail left off — by approving a bill to legalize abortions in the Second Stage vote today. The abortion bill carried on a 41-15 vote. Abortions would be allowed when the life of the mother is supposedly in danger from the pregnancy and in cases when pregnant women may commit suicide, even though studies show abortion increases suicide risk for women. Two Fine Gael Senators broke Party Whip — including Senator Fidelma Healy Eames and Senator Paul Bradford, whose wife Lucinda Creighton, lost the…
Abortion and Media Bias: When the Majority Doesn’t Rule
by John Stonestreet | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 7/18/13 11:40 AM When it comes to same-sex marriage we keep hearing that “the majority rules…” But that’s not the case with abortion. Ben Domenech of Real Clear Politics begins a great article by writing, “Obviously the overall story about how Americans view the right to marriage is one of ever increasing majorities. From just a few years ago, when Americans were split on the issue at best, they now have marked majorities in favor of same sex marriage—71 percent according to some polls, 86 percent according to others. The argument…
Texas Governor Rick Perry Signs Bill Banning Late-Term Abortions
by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 7/18/13 10:51 AM Governor Rick Perry of Texas today signed the ban on late-term abortions into law at a bill signing ceremony. The signing came after weeks of debate in the state legislature and passage of the bill despite an unruly pro-abortion mob. “Today’s signing builds on our continued commitment to protecting life for more than a decade. This is an important day for those who support life and the health of women in Texas,” Perry said. “Signing HB2 further solidifies the foundation on which the culture of in Texas is…
