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

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• Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life discusses Obamacare and President Obama’s comments against judicial activism, which are strange in light of his support for Roe v. Wade.

• At Live Action, Jenna Hines comments on the pro-life agenda she sees hidden within The Hunger Games.
• The Leading Edge shares the joys and sorrows of a family whose son, Eli, was born with spina bifida.
• Euthanasia Prevention Coalition highlights Wesley J. Smith’s recent article on a court decision in Germany that could open the door for assisted suicide there. With the economy faltering, it is easy to see how this could be used as a way to reduce the competition for scarce medical resources.
• Ethika Politika has a piece discussing why those pesky “wedge” social/moral issues actually help the conservative political movement.
• Americans United for Life refutes a HuffPo article which attempts to spin the abortion surcharge in Obamacare as a “rumor.”

• Culture Campaign follows the story in which the State of Wyoming has been ordered to pay pro-lifers $30,000 for a First Amendment violation:
  
  

  Rich Cathcart, head of the Wyoming State Building Commission, has said he ordered two WyWatch [Family Action] poster boards in the tunnel removed last year after receiving complaints. One poster featured a picture of [a developing] unborn fetus and the other a group of women saying that they regretted getting abortions.

After WyWatch filed its lawsuit early this year, the State Building Commission, which includes Gov. Matt Mead and the other four statewide elected officials, enacted a new policy banning all public displays of materials in the tunnel area.

I wonder what was most offensive: the Bibleverse on the display, the picture of the developing human, or the group of women. Somehow I think even if the verse weren’t on these displays, abortion proponents would still have complained. How dare pro-lifers show that actual human beings are affected by abortion!

[Photo via LifeSiteNews]

He’s making the announcement now, mentioning daughter Bella and the Duggar family, the need for strong families. From the Associated Press, a few minutes ago:

Rick Santorum is suspending his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, clearing a path for Mitt Romney to become the nominee.

I’m particularly sorry to see Santorum go, given his passion for the sanctity of human life.

And now, as the AP indicates, Romney is the presumptive nominee, who I will support.

by LauraLoo

An interesting Lutheran satire on recent Congressional healthcare hearings called, ”The All-Male Panel: A Play in Three Acts.”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naQbGZd3bjQ[/youtube]

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[HT: Jill]

I wrote in December 2011 about Planned Parenthood Ann Arbor deathscort Bernie Klein, well known to Michigan pro-lifers as your basic jerk.

But on September 30, Klein went too far and was charged with assaulting a sidewalk counselor.

After pleading down to the misdemeanor charge of “jostling,” Klein was convicted two weeks ago and slapped with a $250 fine.

Meanwhile, Klein continues to menace pro-lifers. This video was shot on February 25, 2012, after the assault and battery charges were filed and before Klein was convicted. If nothing else the man lacks common sense and/or self control.

Wearing the badge, “PLANNED PARENTHOOD STAFF,” Bernie is shown not only harassing pro-lifers but sideswiping the camera person.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWTmWPReLQc&sns=em[/youtube]

In 2009 Klein was arrested by the feds as part of an assisted suicide ring.

If anyone could fall under the category of “domestic terrorist,” it would be Bernie Klein.

But don’t expect Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate him any time soon. Holder is himself too busy harassing pro-lifers in his own unique way.

[HT: Dave Theisen of Real Estate for Life]

It was nothing short of devastating. But… it was probably the greatest, happiest ending.

I mean, it was so painful for us, but it was deeply joyful and deeply right for her.

~ Law & Order SVU star Mariska Hargitay, remarking on a past failed adoption after the baby’s mother decided to parent, as quoted by The Daily Dish, April 4.

Hargitay and husband, actor Peter Hermann, have since adopted two of their three children (Andrew and Amaya, pictured right, with Hargitay). Hargitay is also the daughter of now-deceased pro-life actress Jayne Mansfield.

[Photo via twirlit.com]

Planned Parenthoods in the State of  Texas have been drying up and blowing away like tumbleweeds since the legislature began shutting off the funding spigot in 2011. Since last May a lucky 13 mills have closed (12 plus 1).

So a $500,000 donation to Planned Parenthood would seem like a gift from, well, hell.

But the United States’ largest abortion provider has its standards.

That’s actually not the reason Planned Parenthood of Dallas rejected a half bmillion dollar gift from bestselling author Tucker Max, who coincidentally wrote, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, among other books I’ve never heard of but would be well suited for any Planned Parenthood library, such as Sloppy Seconds and A**holes Finish First.

No, in fact, pro-lifers can take a bow for infecting the organization with such paranoia that it decided its reputation couldn’t handle yet another hit. From Time:

It’s quite obvious that Planned Parenthood simply weighed the pros and cons. The organization wasn’t choosing between one closed clinic and a Tucker Max clinic. It was choosing between no clinics and a Tucker Max clinic.

While [brand strategist Ryan] Holiday writes that the donation would have been a case of “a win-win-win-win situation. Cut a check, keep a clinic open,” it quite obviously wasn’t that simple for the beleaguered organization. As Jill Filipovic points out at Feministe: “There are entire organizations and large numbers of politicians who have made it their mission to destroy Planned Parenthood. PP can’t afford to take unnecessary risks. Unnecessary risks can mean that the organization ceases to exist. That impedes their mission a hell of a lot more than not having an additional $500,000.”

For an organization that is constantly under attack from a right-wing base with a heavy religious following, accepted support from a man whose reputation is so incompatible with both Planned Parenthood and the GOP’s supposed values is nothing if not a political liability. Remember, this is the man who wants his name on a health clinic that provides abortions, among other services, because it would be funny. Associating themselves with Max would have all but guarantee that Planned Parenthood would face political backlash of some sort. It may be sad that an organization dedicated to providing women’s health services has to turn down a hefty donation in order to play political ball, but that’s the type of game that’s currently being played in the U.S.

PP’s hypocrisy is laughable. As Max pointed out in a rant against Planned Parenthood:

The Biggest Karmic Retribution: This whole thing went down in August. Since then, the Susan G Komen Foundation did the EXACT SAME THING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD THAT PP DID TO ME. They threatened to pull funding because they didn’t like the perception that came with who the recipient of the money was. And of course, a TON of people got upset at the Komen Foundation–and rightfully so, its total bullshit–yet those SAME PEOPLE are now MAD AT ME because Planned Parenthood did to me what the Komen Foundation did to them. What preposterous f***ing irony.

In the wake of his rejection Max tweeted, then deleted (surely on the advice of counsel) his previously subliminal thoughts of Planned Parenthood and its clientele…

by LauraLoo

Not only is this story riveting on its own merits, it shares some parallels to God’s divine intervention in saving human lives. 

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJwGX2y1kio[/youtube]

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[HT: Monte H]

Veteran reporter Mike Wallace has passed away on this Easter Sunday. One of his most revealing reports came from an interview with Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger.

It’s worth a watch.

~ Real Catholic TV via their Facebook page, April 8