by LauraLoo A Texas woman was free on bail Wednesday, despite charges that she offered up her 3-year-old son for adoption on Craigslist to ease her anxiety. Stephanie Christine Redus was freed Tuesday after she posted $1,000 bond on a state charge of advertising the placement of a child, a misdemeanor. She is scheduled to […]

It happened like a movie! It was very hectic and fast but very calm and happy…. Amy [the mother] was like, “We need a blanket for the baby.” Joe [the father] and I were just looking at each other wild-eyed. It was a joyous thing. ~ Miami-based birth photographer Emily Robinson describing the experience of […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• The New York Times reveals the Archdiocese of New York already pays for a health care plan which covers abortion for some of its union employees:
  

  The archdiocese agreed to cover its own health workers long before Cardinal Dolan became archbishop of New York, and even today insists that it has no choice. As a result, about 3,000 full-time workers at ArchCare, also known as the Catholic Health Care System, receive coverage for contraception and voluntary pregnancy termination through their membership in 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, a powerful health care workers union, according to Dave Bates, a spokesman for the union.

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli

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• Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life discusses an analysis on abortion’s effect on women, released at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, utilizing data from several countries:
  

  Documented complications include hemorrhage, infection, cervical damage, uterine perforation, pelvic disease and retained fetal or placental tissue. Large record-based studies from Finland, Denmark and the United States found that maternal mortality rates were significantly higher after abortion compared to childbirth.

  Long-term risks of abortion, including subsequent preterm birth, infertility, cancer, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and placenta previa, can substantially impede future reproductive success. In addition, abortion is associated with increased risk of negative psycho-social consequences. For example, a 2011 meta-analysis published in the British Journal of Psychiatry found an 81 percent increased risk of mental health problems. Anxiety, depression, alcohol and drug use and suicidal behaviors have been found to increase following abortion, along with damage to key relationships.

by Hans Johnson Last Saturday residents of an apartment building in Jinhua, China heard a baby’s cries from a toilet on the fourth floor, and saw a tiny foot sticking up from the bottom of the bowl. Firefighters removed the section of pipe holding the baby and took it to the hospital where doctors and […]

In my opinion, this is not an abortion issue…. [Remee Lee] was poisoned. Her life was put in jeopardy. My life was put in jeopardy. This man took something from me. He killed a life growing inside me that had a heartbeat. This is not abortion. This is murder. ~ Caylinn Young of Oklahoma (pictured […]

by LauraLoo A 25-year-old mother went into labor as the monster Oklahoma twister approached last Monday.  She said, “I was five centimeters already and having contractions.” Shayla Taylor was on the second floor of the Moore Medical Center and was not particularly worried about the tornado.  Or at least that was the case until the […]

In every war, U.S. soldiers have given their lives for freedom and justice. We dishonor these fallen heroes when as a culture we tolerate the injustice of abortion. ~ Pro-life abolitionist Andy Moore on Facebook, May 27