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A person even saw a foetus being fed to the animals….

This is known to everyone in Beed, but the police are not taking action as [abortionist] Munde [is] influential.

~ Varsha Deshpande of Lek Ladki Abhiyan, an Indian anti-sex selection organization, discussing the heinous practice of feeding aborted female fetuses to dogs in order to hide evidence of the illegal practice, as quoted by The Daily Mail, May 23

In Maharashtra in the town of Beed, 801 girls are born for every 1,000 boys.

[HT: Lauren P.; photo via IndiaMike.com]

by LauraLoo

At a laundromat a father thinks it would be a good idea to put his toddler in a washing machine.

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Fabulous news from Gallup, today:

The 41% of Americans who now identify themselves as “pro-choice” is down from 47% last July and is one percentage point below the previous record low in Gallup trends, recorded in May 2009. Fifty percent now call themselves “pro-life,” one point shy of the record high, also from May 2009.

So while the number of Americans considering themselves pro-life has remained steady since 2009, the number calling themselves pro-choice has dived. Click to enlarge:

Continuing on with Gallup story:

Gallup began asking Americans to define themselves as pro-choice or pro-life on abortion in 1995, and since then, identification with the labels has shifted from a wide lead for the pro-choice position in the mid-1990s, to a generally narrower lead for “pro-choice” — from 1998 through 2008 — to a close division between the two positions since 2009. However, in the last period, Gallup has found the pro-life position significantly ahead on two occasions, once in May 2009 and again today. It remains to be seen whether the pro-life spike found this month proves temporary, as it did in 2009, or is sustained for some period.

Decline in “Pro-Choice” Views Seen Across Partisan Groups

The decline in Americans’ self-identification as “pro-choice” is seen across the three U.S. political groups.

Since 2001, the majority of Republicans have consistently taken the pro-life position, but by a gradually increasing margin over “pro-choice.” That gap expanded further this year, with the percentage of Republicans identifying as pro-life increasing to 72% from 68% last May, and those identifying as pro-choice dropping to 22% from 28%. Still, Republicans’ current views are similar to those found in 2009.

That is a huge majority, which should, of course, be a confirmation to Republicans in political leadership to carry forth the pro-life mantle with great party support.

More huge news from Gallup about Independents:

The percentage of political independents identifying as pro-choice is 10 points lower today than in May 2011, while the percentage pro-life is up by six points. As a result, pro-lifers now outnumber pro-choicers among this important swing political group for only the second time since 2001, with the first occurring in 2009.

More broadly, since 2009, independents have been fairly closely divided between the two abortion positions, whereas for most of the 2001-2008 period, significantly more independents were pro-choice than pro-life.

Even among Democrats, the pro-abortion gains seen last year are more than wiped out. Pro-life support increased  7% in one year, while abortion support has dropped by 10%. Per Gallup:

Democrats’ views on abortion have changed the least over the past 12 years, with roughly 60% calling themselves pro-choice and about a third pro-life. Democrats’ identification as pro-choice was above this range in May 2011, but has returned to about 60% in the current poll.

Why? Gallup thinks all the attention on abortion has had the effect of turning people away from the “pro-choice” label:

Since 2009, Americans have been closely divided in their identification with the labels most commonly used by each side of the abortion debate, although twice in that time period, including today, the percentage identifying as pro-life has been significantly higher than the pro-choice percentage. This represents a clear shift from 2001 to 2008, when Gallup most often found pro-choice adherents in the plurality.

Abortion has been the focal point of some prominent news stories in the past year, including congressional efforts to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood because of its abortion services, as well as to investigate Planned Parenthood’s financial practices. There was also a widely reported controversy over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure cancer foundation’s temporary decision to suspend grants to Planned Parenthood pending the outcome of that congressional investigation. And the ongoing conflict between the U.S. Roman Catholic Church and the Obama administration over mandated health insurance for contraception is partially related to abortion, in that some contraception methods, such as the “morning-after pill,” can halt the development of a fertilized egg.

Whether any of these controversies is related to the shift in Americans’ identification as pro-choice or pro-life is not clear. However, it is notable that while Americans’ labeling of their position has changed, their fundamental views on the issue have not. If the advantage for the “pro-life” position persists in future Gallup updates on abortion, these would seem to be important factors to look at to help explain the shift in labeling.

Looks like Komen bet wrong when aligning itself back with Planned Parenthood.

Gallup’s latter point may or may not be true. According to its poll, Americans have slowly been coming to the conclusion that abortion should be curtailed “under certain” circumstances, while activists on both ends remain staunch. That said, the numbers on our end have been creeping up, while the number of hardcore abortion proponents has remained flat:

[HT: Susie of Pro Life in TN]

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I see so many churches serving Starbucks coffee, and then talk about how pro-life they are.

If you’re pro-life, you might want to reconsider giving patronage to Starbucks. Starbucks is a financial contributor to Planned Parenthood.

Why not go to the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf instead? As far as I know, they don’t contribute to Planned to Parenthood, and they’re very open with troop support.

I figured we would see more Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf coffee being served in churches than Starbucks.

~ Alfonzo Rachel criticizing conservatives who complain about liberal entities but continue to support them with their wallets, PJTV, May 17

Calling it the States of Refuge campaign, 15 pro-life activist groups launched a yearlong endeavor beginning January 22, 2012, to close any or all of the lone abortion clinics remaining in each of five states.

The goal of the groups is to “establish the first abortion-free states since Roe vs. Wade,” adding even one closure would be a “breakthrough in our nation.” I agree such a closure or closures will constitute a milestone. Those states are:

• Little Rock, Arkansas
• Jackson, Mississippi
• Fargo, North Dakota
• Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Jackson, Wyoming

The scope of the pro-life groups includes Truth Tours using large abortion pictures on both city streets and major college campuses, mailers to all churches in those states, and a five-state funeral procession carrying an aborted baby.

Last week States of Refuge focused on Jackson, Wyoming, and Dr. Brent Blue, who commits abortions at Emerg-A-Care.

In an effort to thwart the effort, because both last year and this year pro-lifers planned their protests during the city’s annual Elkfest – which resulted in pro-abortion violence – the city went so far as to ban the display of abortion pictures, which the State Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional April 10.

(Yes, those are elk antlers in the top photo and photo right.)

So a group called Jackson Hole United formed…

… to do all they could legally to keep people from seeing the reality of abortion by conducting “Project Detour,” holding their own signs encouraging traffic to avoid the pro-lifers. Reported Rachel Maddow:

If you saw the protesters somewhere, you reported it on the Jackson Hole United Facebook page, with a call for help holding up signs. “Turn here to avoid to avoid protesters,” one sign read. Another said, “Stay calm. Graphic images ahead.” The results weren’t perfect, but Elkfest happened peacefully.

Maddow’s linked article doesn’t say who vandalized whom, although I knew it had to be abortion proponents. Otherwise the piece would have screamed “pro-life violence!”

But to confirm I spoke with Pastor Mark Holick, who was present and said the perpetrators were indeed abortion proponents who, in one case, spray painted one of the Truth Trucks, and in another swerved a car toward pro-lifers who were holding signs.

Here were some of the signs advocating “Civility Compassion Love” by way of abortion support or denial…

It is hard to fathom there are churches that support abortion, although we know it is true.

In Jackson, five area churches joined the Jackson Hole United effort.

One was Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole.

Below is a video of Rev. Dr. Paul Hayden explaining to his  congregation – relatively aged, I note – this past Sunday why their church was being picketed and how in Christ pro-abortion beliefs are as valid as pro-life beliefs.

I can think of no better example of the “lukewarm church” than this. Hayden also implied the abortion issue is political, not religious…

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[Top photo via Jackson Hole Daily; 2nd photo (of Pastor Flip Benham) and bottom photo (of Leslie Hanks) via Leslie Hanks of The Passionate Pro-Lifer; 3rd photo via Jackson Hole United; 4th and 5th photos via Maddow]

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

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• Fox News has a piece on President Obama’s favorability decline among Catholics and women – a likely backfiring of the “war on women” rhetoric and attacks on religious freedom:
  

  The Obama administration no doubt knew it would lose some support with Catholics in the mandate. But they surely did not anticipate the strong and unified voice with which Catholic leaders, in particular bishops, responded even after the administration offered a compromise widely rejected as an accounting gimmick….

  As for whether the government should single out birth control to be mandated and cost-free when so many other drugs are not, again a clear majority of women — sixty-three percent — say “no.” After all, is your mother’s blood pressure medication or your child’s asthma medicine free by federal decree?

• Abstinence Clearinghouse links to an article which suggests that “the rise of those who exploit children sexually can be attributed to the lack of prosecution of perpetrators,” which rests on the shoulders of Obama’s Justice Department “for not taking any child pornography cases since Obama’s inauguration in 2009.”

• Fletcher Armstrong and a group from the Maryland Center for Bio-Ethical Reform educated Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure participants in Philadelphia with pictures on the breast cancer/abortion link, since Komen has decided to again support Planned Parenthood. Participants had three opportunities to view the pictures showing the links.
• Abolitionist Society of OK posts an essay on the pro-choice arguments regarding bodily sovereignty and the question of when human life begins.
• Euthanasia Prevention Coalition reports on the potentially misleading wording of a pro-assisted suicide ballot measure introduced in Massachusetts.
• Live Action shares the story of a divorced mother of three who experienced an unplanned pregnancy. Though she feared the unknown, she chose life and now views her son, Adam, as one of her greatest blessings in life.
• Kansans for Life updates readers with the news that two abortion clinics will have to pay more than $220k in attorney’s fees after abortion lawyers overbilled for services in an attempt to bilk Kansas taxpayers.
• MN Citizens Concerned for Life discusses some disconcerting information and risks that organ donors should know:
  

  [I]n 1968, a group of doctors established an entirely new definition of death: the loss of “personhood.” This subjective, philosophical determination of “brain death” is now the standard which enables physicians to declare a person to be dead, and then keep the “beating-heart cadaver” warm, pink and breathing until transplant procedures can be performed.

  Dr. Michael DeVita of the University of Pittsburgh’s Medical Center describes this new category of humanity as only “pretty dead.”

by LauraLoo

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