by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• The Morning Call has an article on the state of Pennsylvania’s decision to pull the operating registration of Steven Brigham abortion clinic in Allentown:
  

  The department pulled the registration after it learned that Allentown Medical Services lost its lease at 2200 Hamilton St. Since registrations for abortion facilities are specific to a location, losing the lease broke the terms of the registration, the state said.

  Additionally, Brigham and clinic officials showed a “chronic inability… to comply with the most fundamental statutory and regulatory requirements,” Deputy Secretary for Quality Assurance Anna Marie Sossong wrote in a revocation letter.

I have a soft spot for pro-life converts, which Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is. I think pro-lifers could do a much better job of supporting them. I think it is time for that to happen for some of us who have been reluctant about Romney. The fact that he used to be pro-abortion is the major hang-up.

I’ve told the story before of meeting then-gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie at the New Jersey’s Rally for Life in 2009, where he was being maligned by his primary opponent as a fake, a political opportunist. There were even a few boos when he was introduced. Feeling sorry for Christie, who looked a little out of place, I approached his table during dinner, introduced myself, and sat down to offer encouragement for his conversion. He lightened up and talked a mile a minute, describing how he had changed his view on the life issue when becoming a father in the 1990s.

To start out pro-abortion and end up pro-life cannot be an easy process, particularly when one is in the public eye.

by LauraLoo An Argentine woman who insisted on seeing the presumably lifeless body of her premature baby found the infant alive in the drawer of a hospital morgue.  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gbLcasbqJY[/youtube] I have to admit this is one of my greatest fears and have to believe other people think likewise.  What if the medical professional who declares you […]

Katha Pollit, in the April issue of The Nation, lays out 6 reasons why giving to [the National Network of Abortion Funds] directly or to a local abortion rights fund is such a powerful act: 1. With a very small investment, you can change a woman’s life forever 2. Your donation helps women in crisis […]

I’m sure October Baby producers loved that headline, which sandwiched their little pro-life movie between one of the top box office draws of all time and the sequel to another box office smash.

Here’s another one for their scrapbook…

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• A female infant in India has died after being beaten by her father:
  
  

  Police arrested her 25-year-old father, Umar Farooq, who relatives alleged tortured the child as he was upset at having a daughter instead of a son.

• Authorities in China allegedly caught a group of people providing illegal gender tests via ultrasound.

by LauraLoo Meet 2-year-old William Stokkebroe, who is already quite an accomplished dancer.     [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wt824D1Bqg&feature=email[/youtube] Email LauraLoo with your Lunch Break suggestions. [HT: Hans Johnson]

That night I tried reading about the procedures, but I kept feeling nauseous. Sophia was now moving regularly, and we were planning a 21-week D&E or induced birth. The horror pressed into us. We holed up in our house and grieved, deliberated and found scraps of distraction to keep us sane. We whispered to Sophia, […]