Attorneys for a chain of three Michigan late-term abortion clinics are claiming their client cannot afford to pay $350,000 in attorney fees to lawyers who successfully defended Gregg Cunningham and the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform in Northland’s frivolous lawsuit against them.

In 2011 Northland Family Planning Centers sued CBR for posting what it called “the most shocking 4-minute abortion debate you will ever see,” which juxtaposed a video produced by Northland touting “the goodness” of abortion with cuts showing the reality of abortion.

Northland claimed copyright infringement, and CBR counterclaimed protection under the Fair Use trademark law.

Six weeks ago Judge James Selna of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California dismissed Northland’s lawsuit on a Motion for Summary Judgment, meaning he thought Northland’s case was too weak to even bring to trial.

Because Northland’s case was deemed frivolous, attorneys at the American Freedom Law Center, which represented CBR, filed a petition for award of its fees of $350,000.

On June 30, Northland’s attorney group, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, responded by claiming Northland is almost broke and cannot pay the fees, submitting a statement by accountant Steven J. Plotnik:

In the 12 months ending June 30, 2012, Northland operated at a loss of $1,418. In the prior 12 months ending June 30, 2011, Northland’s income was $18,728.

Of course, those numbers are fishy. Three abortion clinics netted altogether less than $20,000 in one year? Cunningham has directed AFLC to pursue the financial award, which would likely bankrupt Northland.

ST&B also claims it represented Northland pro bono, which is odd. ST&B is the largest intellectual property law firm in the United States, and it flew a jaw-dropping seven attorneys to be present in the courtroom. What seems more likely is it only agreed to drop its fees after losing in such an embarrassing defeat.

Furthermore, as Cunningham wrote in an email about chain owner Renee Chelian (pictured right):

What I suspect Ms. Chelian is doing as an asset protection strategy is siphoning off virtually all Northland revenue in salary and benefits so there is nothing left to lose, in case her clinics ever lose a lawsuit, as happened in her recklessly meritless claim against CBR.  I have, therefore, asked our lawyers to explore all feasible means of pursuing Ms. Chelian’s personal assets to satisfy this fee award.

I want to make an example of Ms. Chelian by staying on the offensive and going after her personal assets, particularly if there is evidence that she has been paying herself inordinately lavish compensation to fraudulently avoid corporate liability for this sort of harassing lawsuit.

It is contrary to the public interest for the courts to permit business entities to intentionally operate without reserves which are adequate to meet their legitimate and foreseeable business responsibilities.  ‘

At a minimum, I want all the other abortionists who are closely monitoring Ms. Chelian’s humiliation in this case to think twice before they consider filing a similarly frivolous lawsuit against their anti-abortion critics.

Here again, is CBR’s disputed video. WARNING: Graphic…

Despite parents snarling and teachers playing Spin the Bottom with pupils, New York’s education system is considered progressive. Abortion clinics will be available in every high school by 2014.

~ Gossip columnist Cindy Adams, New York Post, July 30

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

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• Yesterday, although a simple majority of the House (220Y-154N-2P-55A) voted in favor of the D. C. Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, it still failed to pass, since 2/3 majority was needed under suspension of the rules. In National Review Online, Professor Michael New explains why calling for the vote was “shrewd politics and shrewd policy for the pro-life movement.”

• Culture Campaign  reports on the preliminary outcome in Colorado of Catholic-family owned business that was in effect told by the Department of Justice to violate their beliefs or close their business. But U. S. District  Judge John Kane  said not so fast.

  HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder put on unhappy faces after his ruling, because this – albeit round one – pro–life victory was critical to showing cracks in the Obamacare Mandate, which would secularize the workplace by preventing small business owners from operating their for-profit entities according to their religious beliefs.

• Down on the Pharm looks at the ratio of 30:1and asks if creating 30 embryos to get one successful birth outweighs the thousands destroyed in IVF and those stuck  in frozen limbo. Pharm recommends considering this alternative:

  American Life League has been touting NaPro Technology as an ethical alternative to the more invasive and abortive IVF.

  It focuses on addressing and solving the physical causes of infertility to assist couples in conceiving a child, and boasts a success rate above that of the IVF technologies.

• Coming Home tells us why  abortion advocates in the blue state of New York cannot not claim, “My body, my choice,” with a straight face anymore.  Their pro-abortion mayor has issued another dictum.  After banning the Big Gulp and taxing cigarettes to the hilt, Bloomberg is now going after mothers who choose bottle feeding. Quoting Fox News:
  
  Mayor Bloomberg is pushing hospitals to hide their baby formula behind locked doors so more new mothers will breast-feed….Under Latch On NYC, new mothers who want formula won’t be denied it, but hospitals will keep infant formula in out-of-the-way secure storerooms or in locked boxes like those used to dispense and track medications.

  With each bottle a mother requests and receives, she’ll also get a talking-to. Staffers will explain why she should offer the breast instead.

• Kristi Burton Brown of Students for Life writes an article at Live Action News outlining what they learned in their recent survey of young Americans age 18-24 on the issues surrounding abortion.  They find the youth approach is much more commonsense and less radical, but what be most troubling is the information gap, showing where our educational endeavors need to focus. Click to enlarge…

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[HT: Leslie - Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, New England]

And I gotta remind you, Russell, if you’re so upset about black people killing other black people in the hood, why aren’t you speaking out against the abortion clinics that are in the inner cities that are killing far more black people than shootings, you hypocrite?

…Now, unless you’re not paying attention, you may often hear liberals expressing their concerns of controlling the population. And I can tell you right now population control and gun control go hand-in-hand in the overall desire of the liberal elite to control the black community.

~ Alfonzo Rachel schooling Def Jam record label founder Russell Simmons (pictured right) over the racist origins of gun control and population control via PJTV’s ZoNation, July 31

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

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• If a former Planned Parenthood manager can muster the courage to lead a 40 Days for Life campaign outside of her former workplace, could God be calling YOU to lead one in your community? Watch the inspiring video showcasing the former PP manager who led the vigil to close the Storm Lake, Iowa, center:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7stI8Y6flg[/youtube]

• Abstinence Clearinghouse has a helpful post educating non profits on the benefit of Twitter and using it to gain helpful exposure and grow your nonprofit.

• Americans United for Life outs the World Health Organization for ignoring an inconvenient truth: Mothers who choose abortion are not informed of what the future may hold when they are pregnant with their “wanted” children. This is especially the case for women experiencing multiple abortions:
  

  Unfortunately, one significant, and modifiable, risk factor for preterm birth was completely ignored by the WHO report: prior termination of pregnancy. There is a large and growing body of scientific data documenting this risk factor for pre-term birth. More than 120 peer-reviewed studies, from more than a dozen countries, have found a statistically significant increased risk of preterm birth or low-birth weight after a termination of pregnancy.

• Tweets like the one below spotted by the Anti-Abortion Gang showcase the need for education that should have been gained in the 9th grade biology book:
  

  Birth doesn’t change who or what a baby is.  It’s always been the same developing human being, since the day of his/her conception.

• Ever wonder why Obama and the abortion industry are more than best friends? Mark Crutcherhas a must read blog showing how the full implementation of Obamacare will show that the ultimate bailout of the abortion industry is going to be  BIG, which is why he will abandon all before big abortion. He is depending now on the return on his investment with them.

  The Obamanazis figured out a long time ago that the abortion industry’s only hope for survival is for socialized medicine to convert every $350 patient-paid abortion into a $3000 taxpayer-paid abortion. Equally important is that, since customers will be getting their babies butchered at no charge, the abortion rate is not going to drop. In fact, it’s going to skyrocket.

  To put it bluntly, Obamacare is a permanent stimulus package for the abortion industry.

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• U.S. District Judge James Teilborg says Arizona’s fetal pain/20+ week abortion ban can take effect:
  
  U.S. District Judge James Teilborg said the statute may prompt a few pregnant women who are considering abortion to make the decision earlier. But he said the law is constitutional because it doesn’t prohibit any women from making the decision to end their pregnancies.

  The judge also wrote that the state provided “substantial and well-documented” evidence that an unborn child has the capacity to feel pain during an abortion by at least 20 weeks.Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed the measure into law in April, making Arizona one of 10 states to enact types of 20-week bans.

• Here’s the latest report on the 248 unborn children found dumped in a Russian forest and the police investigation. This report notes the children were all late-term (approximately between 22-26 weeks).

• It’s amazing how the editorial board of the Washington Post can write something like this regarding the vote on D.C. Pain Capable Unborn Child Act without ever thinking about the lives of unborn children:
  
  But that won’t stop the issue from being demagogued or used as a rallying point or an appeal for money in the upcoming presidential and other national elections. What gets lost in the gamesmanship are the lives that could be impacted. During Tuesday’s limited debate, someone should read the powerful words of Christy Zink, a D.C. woman who knows the pain of terminating a wanted pregnancy because of gross fetal abnormalities.

• Former police officer Noah Pestak has been charged with statutory rape. He allegedly also tried to get the girl to have an abortion:
  
  But last week, Pestak was charged with statutory rape. He is also charged with tampering with evidence. The Sierra County Sheriff’s Office says that is because he tried to get the girl to have an abortion.

  The criminal complaint indicates Pestak gave her $425 to pay for the abortion, but she missed the appointment and then decided not to have the procedure. The complaint indicates Pestak then asked for his money back and got it. The girl and her father then reported the incident, concerned that Pestak would not provide for the baby.

• A Japanese company has developed a way of taking a MRI image of an unborn child and turning it into a 3-D statue:
  
  A Japanese firm Fasotec has sensed the need and has thus in collaboration with Parkside Hiroo Ladies Clinic in Mintao-ku, Tokyo devised ‘Shape of the Angel’, a miniature 3D replica of the fetus that you can actually keep as a memorabilia for the rest of your life. The process requires the fetus to be photographed using MRI, the photo is then processed with a custom built 3D software. A 3D printer is then used to create the resin for the mother’s body and the white resin for the fetus.

by Hans Johnson

Many see the Affordable Care Act as the first step down the road toward emulating Britain’s health system, as celebrated during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.

In a recent speech to the Royal Society of Medicine in London, Professor Patrick  Pullicino charged that some 130,000 patients are “allowed to die” or, rather, are killed off every year. That is about 29% of the 450,000 deaths in British hospitals and hospices under National Health Service care.

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