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

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• Big Blue Wave shines a light on the “French partial birth abortion” method, found in a document released by the French College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists:
  

  It consists of birthing a baby until the head and upper body is out and then committing feticide by injecting the umbilical cord with a lethal agent such as potassium chloride. This must occur before the first breath, so technically, it could even occur after complete expulsion.

• At Live Action, Kristi Burton Brown explains how words are used to frame the abortion debate, and why the term “pro-choice” is inaccurate.
• The FRC Blog points out how the case of Jennie McCormack, the single mother from Idaho who self-aborted at 20 weeks using illegally obtained RU-486, could quickly become the next Roe v. Wade.

• Down on the Pharm shares African Methodist Episcopal pastor Joseph Parker’s (pictured left) disappointment with Michelle Obama’s omission of life issues in her speech at the AME’s recent convention. Pastor Parker used the occasion to distribute copies of the documentary Maafa 21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America and to point out that “Obama’s government is supporting Planned Parenthood to the tune of a million dollars per day.”
• The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has the third installment in Alex Schadenberg’s speaking series from Australia and New Zealand on how to combat euthanasia’s legalization.
• Ethika Politika writes that the HHS contraception mandate is borne out of an anti-feminist view which disrespects and patronizes women and their decision-making abilities, declaring them to be “helpless.”

• Americans United for Life discusses the fight to uphold abortion clinic regulations for facilities that perform first trimester abortions in Virginia.
• Reggie Littlejohn of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers testified yesterday before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights. Joining her was Bob Fu, president of China Aid, and Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute. Ms. Littlejohn was also the first person to address the European Parliament on the issue of China’s One Child Policy. Read her powerful testimony.

[Photo via inthefightpastor.blogspot.com]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• FactCheck.org finds that the Obama campaign is twisting Romney’s position on abortion in their latest ad.
• In Colorado, a five-time DUI offender is responsible for a crash which injured a pregnant woman, her five-year-old son and killed her near-term unborn child.
• Another forced late-term abortion case in China is garnering attention:
  
  

  Pan Chunyan’s pregnancy was terminated at nearly eight months in April because she had violated the one-child policy, Beijing-based lawyer Zhang Kai said.

  Her husband sought legal help after hearing about another recent forced late termination in Shaanxi province….

  “They already paid a penalty but the pregnancy was still terminated forcibly,” Mr. Zhang told the BBC. He said Mr. and Mrs. Wu’s violation of the one-child policy did not give officials the right to terminate the pregnancy.

  In an open letter published by US-based aid group China Aid, Mr. Wu said “a group of people” took his wife “forcefully” to a local hospital on 6 April after a brief detention, where she was given an injection.

  China Aid has an open letter from Mr. Wu about the forced abortion of his unborn child.

Ryan Bomberger, known for his role as founder of The Radiance Foundation, a life-affirming organization that has become a major threat to Planned Parenthood with its bold TooManyAborted.com campaigns, has launched the separate endeavor, SoOutLoud.com, to more freely deal with political issues that are outside of the scope of his nonprofit role.

As a conservative, adoptee, and adoptive father who upholds famed orator Frederick Douglass (a Republican) as a profound source of inspiration, Bomberger is determined to create messaging that’s fearless, factual, and freeing.

He writes:

I’m as black as Obama, and I’m tired of any legitimate criticism of the President’s policy reduced to ludicrous charges of racism. Obama and the Democrat party have been recklessly defying our Constitution with a whole lot of hope and change that most Americans do not want…. It’s our duty to hold our government accountable. Both parties are guilty of diminishing the Constitution with thousands of pieces of legislation that only put layers of separation between Americans and our guaranteed Constitutional liberties. The Democrats – the party of slavery, Jim Crow laws, anti-women’s suffrage movement, the KKK, abortion, and generational welfare – is also the party of reconstruction as it dangerously dismantles the Constitution. This video just says out loud what many others are feeling.

The bold and original 2-minute animated music video, calling for President Obama to “get out” was released yesterday:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1863htDj2jo&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]

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[HT: Jill]

Last weekend, Michelle Obama encouraged churches to be bold in taking a political stand. [She] told the congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church… “To anyone who says that church is no place to talk about these issues, you tell them there is no place better — no place better….

… [W]e need ministers to reverse the current trend, to be strong and courageous and so convinced the battle is the Lord’s that they will fear no evil.

~ Pastor Bob Russell of Bob Russell Ministries, commenting on the Church’s role in society, July 8

[HT: Eric Metaxas; graphic via pnwpatriot.blogspot.com]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• India’s FDA is cracking down on the illegal distribution of abortion drugs in an effort to stop sex selection abortions. This crackdown has led some chemists to stop stocking the pills entirely:
  

  Gynaecologists in the city claim that following a crackdown by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on illegal sale of abortion pills to curb sex-selective abortions, chemists are reluctant to stock the pills, especially those prescribed to terminate a second trimester (between 12 and 20 weeks) pregnancy. The sex of a foetus can be determined during the second trimester.

• Ohio pro-lifers (including Stand True’s Bryan Kemper) are suing Sinclair Community College after the campus police forced them to take down a banner and lower their signs.

• An Indiana pro-lifer has pointed out to the Justice Department how the Fort Wayne abortion clinic doesn’t adhere to the Americans With Disabilities Act:
  

  The executive director of Allen County Right to Life today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice against the Fort Wayne Women’s Health Organization, alleging that the clinic at 2210 Inwood Drive does not provide handicapped parking spaces or a ramp for wheelchair access – an omission [Cathie] Humbarger says could endanger women who have just undergone surgery there.

  The Right to Life Office moved to 2126 Inwood a year ago, and Humbarger said that she has seen “women leaving (the clinic) in apparent discomfort. Moreover, these women were unable to walk unassisted – apparently as the result of having undergone an abortion. These women had to walk down steps and across a parking lot to their vehicles. On each occasion, these women were being physically held up by a (clinic) employee and/or an unidentified person.

• Also in Indiana, a Medicaid official claims the state’s attempt to defund Planned Parenthood runs contrary to federal requirements:
  

  Hearing officer Benjamin Cohen wrote that the Indiana law violated the federal requirement that individuals must have the freedom to obtain care from any qualified provider. Restricting that choice just because a care provider also offers non-covered care isn’t allowed, he wrote.

  Indiana asked the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago last August to lift U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt’s June 24, 2011, preliminary injunction blocking parts of the abortion law. The court has not yet ruled.

[Graphic via amsvans.com]

by LauraLoo

Here’s the third video in the Pampers “A Parent is Born” series. 

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp-FoSk29Ls[/youtube]

To revisit the first two videos, click here and here.

E-mail dailyvid@jillstanek.com with your video suggestions.

[HT: Jill]

Two days ago I went to the abortion clinic and the procedure just left me feeling down and tired. I haven’t spoken to Stevie since he dropped me off to the abortion clinic. And he’s just been blowing up my phone.

I’m still really mad at him. How you gonna sit out there and deny my baby?

~ Aspiring rapper Joseline Hernandez complaining about the indifference of the father of her aborted baby, as featured in the sneak preview of VH1’s Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta reality show, July 5

Relevant portion begins at 6:40

WARNING: Language content

How great is the goodness
you have stored up for those who fear you.
You lavish it on those who come to you for protection,
blessing them before the watching world.

You hide them in the shelter of your presence,
safe from those who conspire against them.
You shelter them in your presence,
far from accusing tongues.

~ Psalm 31:19-20, New Living Translation