Pro-life news brief 3-28-13
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
- A Pennsylvania man named Ruben Velazquez has pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend and unborn child. He faces two terms of 5 to 40 years.
- A woman who believes proposed legislation in North Dakota would prevent her from getting in vitro fertilization has allegedly threatened the life of a state lawmaker. The legislation appears to attempt to limit the number of embryos created in an IVF cycle to the number that will be implanted:
Richland County State’s Attorney Ron McBeth on Friday charged Nicolette Jean Knudson with threatening a public servant, a class C Felony punishable upon conviction with up to five years in jail, $5,000 or both.Court records obtained by Forum Communications show authorities allege Knudson called Sen. Margaret Sitte, R-Bismarck, at 3 a.m. Feb. 27 and threatened to kill Sitte if she interfered with her attempts to get pregnant via in vitro fertilization.