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• In an attempt to further abortion worldwide, the United States and the European Union joined forces at the UN Commission on the Status of Women to ask for the deletion of “a reaffirmation that every human being has the inherent right to life, liberty and security of persons.”
• Authorities in Minnesota have charged a man with two counts of murder for killing his wife and his unborn child:
  

  The Dakota County attorney’s office charged Roger Earl Holland, 36, with two counts of second-degree intentional murder – one count in his wife’s death and one in her unborn child’s death. Bail was set at $1 million, or $750,000 with conditions….

  Holland called 911 last Thursday to report finding his wife, Margorie Ann Holland, in cardiac arrest at the foot of a staircase in their Apple Valley apartment, prosecutor James Backstrom said in a news release. Margorie Holland, who was nearly four months pregnant, and her unborn child died at a hospital later that morning.

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• The National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers was March 10. From the various pro-choice sources I read, it seems like it was less celebrated than usual.
• The Wichita Eagle interviewed one of the physicians who has signed up to provide abortions at the South Wind Women’s Center abortion clinic when it opens. South Wind is operating at the same location where George Tiller provided abortions in Wichita. The new physician says she’s never performed an elective abortion:
  

  She has been a board-certified OB/GYN for about 10 years but has never performed elective abortions. The doctor says abortion is probably not a choice she would make for herself.

  But she believes that women have the right to that option and she said she felt a calling to step up to provide that option. The doctor asked to not be named in this story…. The OB/GYN wants to remain anonymous for as long as she can.

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• A Wisconsin man has been charged with stalking after he allegedly threatened to kill his lover if she didn’t have an abortion.
  

  True Xiong, 46, demanded she undergo the procedure when she learned she was pregnant with his child in July, according to the complaint filed Monday in La Crosse County Circuit Court.

  She refused, and Xiong continued with his threats to kill her and the child, sometimes calling her two or three times a day. Xiong said he

  tampered with her car and rotated her bed, an action in Hmong culture meant to bring bad luck to the woman and her child, according to the complaint.

  Xiong, who is married, threatened the woman in person when he could no longer reach her by phone.

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat The Arkansas Legislature has overridden Gov. Beebe’s veto of the state’s 20-week abortion ban. An Alabama health committee heard testimony on legislation to regulate abortion clinics. One ob/gyn noted some of the problems created by circuit-riding abortionists: Matt Phillips, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Montgomery, spoke in favor […]

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• TIME provides more information on the teenage couple in Texas who sued to prevent the young woman’s parents from forcing her to have an abortion:
  

  The baby is due Sept. 16. According to [the baby’s father] Evan, he and R.E.K. — they began dating last summer — knew right away they would have the baby. “We’ve always been against abortion,” says Evan, who wants to become a welder (R.E.K. wants to attend nursing school). “As soon as we found out she was pregnant, we knew we wanted to keep it.”

  … It remains to be seen just how involved the girl’s parents will be with their new grandchild. While Burnside and her husband, who is not Evan’s biological father, are being supportive, the girl’s parents may find it harder to play a role: days after the judge’s ruling, Evan, a high school sophomore, married his pregnant girlfriend, a junior, in what Burnside calls a “shotgun” wedding.

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• In India, an abortionist and others have been sentenced to jail time for the 2003 death of a woman due to an illegal late-term abortion.
• Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains has issued a press release, which is basically a “no-comment,” in response to Ayanna Byer’s lawsuit against them for forced abortion.:
  

  Apart from these legal requirements, Planned Parenthood has long maintained its own high standard for protecting the privacy and confidentiality of each of our patients. Thus, we cannot comment on the care we provide to any particular patient, or confirm that any individual has sought our care.“Nothing is more important to us than the safety and well-being of the patients we serve.”

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• Slate’s William Saletan (a pro-choice writer) argues pro-lifers get legislation passed because they care more than pro-choicers:
  

  To cancel out that advantage, pro-choicers have to raise the intensity level. When the percentage of respondents who call abortion critical, very important, or a deal-breaker rises toward 30 percent or more, the balance of power begins to shift.Think about that when you see pro-lifers winning elections, passing laws, and marching in the cold. They don’t win because they’re a majority. They win because they care enough to fight.

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• A Lima, Ohio abortion clinic has closed. Note the hilarious bias in the article:
  

  A pregnancy services provider that lists non-surgical abortion among its services has shut its doors in Lima, but as of now, it’s unclear whether the closure is temporary or permanent.

  The Capital Care Network Lima office had its front door locked, lights off and curtains pulled shut Wednesday afternoon.

  Several calls made to the Lima and Columbus offices went unanswered — many of the calls would not go through.

  The wide range of pregnancy services that “pregnancy services provider” Capital Care Network Lima provided included abortion, abortion, abortion, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing and abortion counseling.