Parents of Seven Children Reject Abortion to Have Baby With Trisomy 18
Nancy Flanders | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 8/4/13 7:12 PM Bernadette and Philip Smith were the proud parents of seven children – Philip Jr., Delores, Soma, Titus, Isaac, Israel, and Eden – when they were blessed to learn they would soon welcome an eighth child. But by the fourth month of the pregnancy, during a routine ultrasound, doctors learned there was a problem with the baby. The Smiths were told that their child had Trisomy 18, or Edward’s syndrome. “They told me that she was fatal,” explains Bernadette, “and that she wasn’t going to make it.” Trisomy 18 is considered…
Doctor Sings Happy Birthday to Every Baby He Delivers
by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 8/1/13 3:50 PM When he was in the White House President George W. Bush liked to say he wanted every child “welcomed into life and protected under law.” Dr. Carey D. Andrew-Jaja takes that to heart by welcoming every child he delivers with a song, “Happy Birthday.” “Andrew-Jaja, of Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC has delivered thousands and thousands of babies, but he welcomes each of them into the world, with a beautiful song,” the hospital says in an intro to a cute video it posted. “From “Happy Birthday,” to “It’s…
How a Son Learned From His Father to Defend Unborn Children
by John Stonestreet | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 7/23/13 12:01 PM Rebuilding a pro-life culture means more than opposing abortion. It also means caring for and defending the helpless at all stages. Fr. Thomas Vander Woude, pastor at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Gainesville, Virginia, has a special place in his heart for children born with Down syndrome. His recent parish campaign to save one such life grabbed headlines. But to understand this story, and why these children are so special to Fr. Vander Woude, you need to know another story. This one blew me away. Earlier this month,…
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…
