by Hans Johnson

Among those attending last year’s trial of spine-snipping abortionist Kermit Gosnell (pictured right) in Philadelphia were husband and wife documentary filmmakers Phelim McAleer and  Ann McElhinney, who were in town to promote FrackNation. Having seen the notoriously reluctant reporting of the atrocities firsthand, they intend to tell the story the mass media had to be shamed into covering. In order to reach a wider audience, the film will be a made-for-television drama, based on the grand jury report and court testimony.

Right from the start they met with resistance, having to abandon the crowdfunding site for their previous film because they were told to tone down their description of the crimes for which Gosnell was convicted.

Recently, fans of the Veronica Mars TV show were requested to contribute $2.1 million for its film version. Now McAleer, McElhinney, and fellow journalist Magdalena Segieda are asking fans of life to match that:

[youtube]http://youtu.be/CAAll1R29vs[/youtube]

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by Kelli

… [T]here can be little doubt that in today’s United States, the social cost of publicly opposing abortion is significantly higher than the social cost of publicly proclaiming Christ.

Or will we simply bow to expediency and avoid engagement wherever the cultural cost is highest?

~ Michael Spielman, reacting to a sports league’s rejection of displaying a pro-life banner while accepting an anti-smoking banner for public display, Abort73.com, March 31

[Image via zazzle.com]

by LauraLoo

Homeless mom Shanesha Taylor faces child abuse charges after police said she left her two young sons in a car while she went for a job interview.  Taylor claims she had no child care available to her.  She remains in jail, and her children have been put in the custody of Arizona’s Child Protective Services.

Taylor’s arrest has spurred an online fundraising drive to help with her legal expenses.  Scottsdale resident Amanda Bishop has coordinated the effort and has raised nearly $30,000.  The fundraising site acknowledges that Taylor made a ‘terrible mistake’ but urges compassion.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq0hdRRwt14[/youtube]

Justice or mercy?  Your thoughts.

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by Carder

We didn’t know at first it was a baby coming, but once we did it happened fast….

… I had been feeling fine until the past few days and I had been getting my “womanly thing” every month until last month.

~ Jennifer Scollin explaining how she discovered she was pregnant at the moment she delivered her 9-pound, 3-ounce son Cole Michael Thomas Dillman, via Yahoo! Shine, April 1

[Photo via Connecticut Post]

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

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• Americans United for Life is glad that a higher court upheld the Fifth Circuit Court’s ruling on Texas’ abortion clinic regulations:
  

  “Women in Texas will now be protected from abortion industry misuse of life-ending drugs and will be provided greater protections from deadly events inside under-regulated, under-monitored and under-supervised clinics, run by profiteers,” said Dr. [Charmaine] Yoest. “I’m not surprised that an all-woman panel of judges understood the nuances of laws designed to protect women.”

• At Live Action, Calvin Freiburger believes there’s a reason why even some pro-choice authors can’t avoid sounding pro-life:
  

  First, to exclude the unborn, you have to consciously go out of your way. “Every human life except x, y, or z is worth the same, and worth saving.” In the case of [Dr. Seuss’] Horton, not only do you have to add an exception, but you also have to remove [the] “no matter how small” – half of the quote!

  Second, there’s no way around the fact that accepting abortion is an affront to all the other values we associate with basic human dignity. If some of us may be killed by another human being for any reason, we cannot be equal. Suctioning and slicing apart a tiny human being can’t be considered “compassionate” per any sane understanding of the term. The “pre-viability” argument for abortion turns the idea of weakness on its head, changing it from sign of needing protection into a license to kill. And the cheap rationalization that “unwanted” or disabled babies wouldn’t have lives worth living anyway is the ultimate in cynicism, a declaration that we’re all ultimately hopeless slaves of circumstance.

  Like it or not, these quotes are inherently pro-life, and pro-lifers who use them as such are hardly guilty of twisting anything. If anything, our only crime is assuming their own authors actually meant what they wrote.

• Big Blue Wave discusses the case of a Georgia abortionist who is being prosecuted for Medicaid fraud:
  

  Over the course of three years, Malloy charged the state Medicaid program $255,000 for ultrasounds that he never performed. He also charged $132,000 for abortion office consultations and procedures.

• Bound4Life responds to a Politico article which suggests that some SCOTUS Justices are skeptical about the Obama administration’s claim “that for-profit companies have no religious rights under federal law.”

• Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is happy to have the support of UK Prime Minister David Cameron (pictured right), who has publicly stated he would vote against the Assisted Suicide Bill which is being debated in the House of Lords.
• Josh Brahm invites you to listen to his podcast about understanding and responding to the pro-choice bodily rights argument.
• The latest 40 Days for Life campaign is more than halfway complete, and the fruits of their labor are pouring in. In one case, an abortion worker in Sacramento quit and asked sidewalk counselors for prayer. Please pray that more workers will have the courage to leave this grisly profession.
• Ethika Politika has a lengthy post which challenges the views and practices of adoption in America:
  

  … [M]uch like American Exceptionalism or capitalism, [adoption] has become one of those topics that many conservatives, particularly religious conservatives, do not dare criticize. In fact, many conservatives, especially Christian pro-lifers — and I am one — may not even realize that the subject of modern adoption warrants reflection.

• The Lost Generation has a message for those “kinda, sorta pro-life” candidates:
  

  Where do a focus on the economy and a neglect of vital social issues get us? In the past, they’ve gotten us slavery and discrimination. They gave Germany the Holocaust. When moral people focus on the economy and put their blinders on for social issues, do we think our opposition ignores the social issues?

• FRC Blog shares video of remarks made by FRC’s own Cathy Ruse regarding what she heard when listening to the Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Supreme Court oral arguments:

[youtube]http://youtu.be/P6W7fPq2jgI[/youtube]

[Cameron photo via famousface.us]

by Hans Johnson

It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention.  Debbie Elnatan, a music therapist in Israel,  is a mother who one day found it a necessity to make an invention of her own after some concerning news about her son Rotem, who has cerebral palsy:

When my son was two years old, I was told by medical professionals that he didn’t know what his legs are and has no consciousness of them. That was an incredibly difficult thing for a mother to hear. I started to walk him day after day, which was a very strenuous task for both of us. Out of my pain and desperation came the idea for the Upsee and I’m delighted to see it come to fruition.

She designed a harness for young special needs children that aided them in sitting up straight, improving breathing. and also freeing their hands. By attaching it to a belt worn by an adult they can stand and walk and play.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/i1HfyUStrww[/youtube]

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[HT: Carla; photo via Firefly]

by Kelli

I don’t think I would have adopted my boys [Jeremy, 12, Bradley, 11; he also has a daughter Tara, 28] had I not had the illness. It humanized me, taught me not to be a jerk. It made me do things I never would have done….

It forced me to focus on things that were important.

~ Fox Business anchor Neil Cavuto, discussing how his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis changed him, USA Today, March 28

[HT: Susie Allen; photo via roordawrite.blogspot.com]

by LauraLoo

While recently vacationing in the Bahamas, actress Gwyneth Paltrow made some patronizing comments that have offended moms who work 9-5 jobs and don’t have the luxuries that women like Gwyneth – who makes millions of dollars per movie – have:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhKXBXb7Eis[/youtube]

And let’s not forget some of the most unsung heroes on the planet are single moms (and dads, for that matter).  They do the 9-5 grind and then come home to raise good children.

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