by LauraLoo

UPDATE, 8/6: Little Logan has passed away, just two days after his parents’ wedding.

8/5, 12p: As reported by Breitbart:

A 2-year-old boy with only weeks to live served as best man when his parents wed this past Saturday.

Sean Stevenson and Christine Swidorsky had planned to wed next year but moved up the ceremony to Saturday so their son, Logan (who has leukemia and other complications) could participate.

“We wanted Logan in our family pictures, and we wanted him to see his mother and dad get married,” Swidorsky said.

Logan has Fanconi anemia, a rare disease that often causes cancer. He was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at 14 months old and had a stem cell transplant a year ago. He lost one kidney to a tumor in March and now has a mass on his other kidney.

Last week, doctors told the couple the boy would live only two to three weeks more.

“It’ll be the hardest thing I’ll ever do, is bury my son,” Stevenson said. “You know it’s coming and you can’t do anything about it.”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub-89n0BAVk[/youtube]

Lesson for all: make every day count with your loved ones.

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[HT: Drudge Report]

And European countries are actively promoting higher birthrates.

Scare tactics.

~ Sarah B. Weir debating with colleague Beth Greenfield about the push for having children earlier in life rather than later, Yahoo Shine, August 2

Here were my top five favorite political cartoons this week. Be sure to vote for your fav in the poll at the bottom of the post!

by Steve Kelley at Townhall.com…

 by Paul Szep at GoComics.com…

 by Jerry Holbert at Townhall.com…

 by Chip Bok at GoComics.com…

 by Lisa Benson at GoComic.com, on new revelations that seem to spill every day on government/google snooping into our personal lives…

But God chose what the world considers foolish to shame the wise. God chose what the world considers weak to shame the strong.

~ I Corinthians 1:27, Common English Bible

by Hans Johnson

The family of Captain Hyrum Bronson  had a day of swimming near their home in Okinawa, Japan, awaiting his return in three weeks after being away Stateside for three months’ training, and then six months in Afghanistan. A family friend began filming, asking first daughter Charity, then his wife Bethany to give him a message.

Then, behind Bethany, holding daughter Celeste, came a surprise:

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[HT: Robert Winterfield]

Planned Parenthood is starting a new campaign…

This is because, in so many ways, Planned Parenthood will see a windfall of profits when Obamacare takes effect.

So, of course, PP  it is pushing Obamacare, as PP CEO Cecile Richards did in an email alert yesterday.

At the same time, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, chimed in (as we will surely see from others) with talking points on its website, asking the question, “What does Obamacare mean for you?”

Well? Now mere months before it supposedly takes effect, and twisting the question a tad, what does Obamacare mean to you? Has your opinion changed in the three years since its passage?

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

We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com.

• Wesley J. Smith reports on a life-affirming statement from the American Medical Association and the World Medical Association rejecting euthanasia and assisted suicide as incompatible with the role of the physician as healer. The groups believe these practices “would be difficult or impossible to control, and would pose serious societal risks.”
• Suzy B seeks help in telling the world that the “house of horrors” run by the imprisoned Dr. Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia was not an outlier. Three self-proclaimed pro-choice former employees of the Planned Parenthood of Delaware in Wilmington resigned over their concerns for the health and safety of patients, testifying before a state senate committee this week. As the media will try to ignore this, Suzy B is asking readers to:
  

  – Share our multistate FACT SHEET on abortion industry brutality happening nationwide.– Share one of our Planned Parenthood infographics on your Facebook and Twitter pages – These bright images pack a punch of information.

  – Share our TV ad featuring Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood manager who explained that her superiors actually told her to increase the number of abortions performed at the clinic.

  – Don’t forget to follow @SBAList on Twitter and on Facebook in order to check out our coverage of tomorrow’s hearing. We will keep you posted as this situation develops.”

• SPUC’s John Smeaton says the Nigerian people are taking a stand for life and family, despite pressures from First World leaders like Barack Obama. Catholic Archbishop Obinna “initiated a pro-life/pro-family conference and a march in his archdiocese.” This is a bold step, as the archbishop and people of Nigeria know that resisting pressures from countries like the United States could result in reduction or cessation of funding for their country.
• A Voice for Hope says, “If a person will not even speak up to defend the life of an innocent baby in the womb, they cannot be trusted to respect or do right by any life outside the womb either.”

• Secular Pro-Life finds medically inaccurate information posted on the website of Florida late-term abortionist Dr. Michael Benjamin (clinic pictured right), a member of the National Abortion Federation. On his website, he appears to mislabel a “hysterotomy” abortion as a “hysterectomy.” One has to wonder if this was a mere oversight or an example of Benjamin’s ignorance.
• One Dead, One Injured has a great recap of the month of July on their Facebook page:
  

  [N]ew laws passed NC, TX, WI and MO, new laws coming into effect in OH, AL KS, MS, and SD. 9 sites (including a couple of PP feeder sites) either closing or ceasing abortions, 2 cities becoming abortion clinic free, an IL Supreme Court win and PP forking over 1.4 million [later shown to be 4.3 million] in TX Medicaid fraud. I’ll call that a good month.

• At Stand True, Bryan Kemper documents the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s lock-out of pro-lifers who were attempting to deliver a letter requesting the release of Kermit Gosnell’s youngest victims for proper burial. Police informed the group – which included a priest, a lawyer and several pro-life leaders – that the public servant refused to receive their request. The video below shows security refusing pro-lifers entrance into the building. While the attorney was led to believe she would be allowed inside alone to deliver the letter, she was ultimately refused entrance:

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[Photos via John Smeaton and Secular Pro-Life]

by LauraLoo

As reported by People and Us…

X-Factor creator Simon Cowell (53) is expecting a child with New York socialite, Lauren Silverman (36).

Unfortunately, this news is filled with adulterous drama.  Lauren is still legally married to Andrew Silverman, who is a friend of Simon’s.

Simon has said in the past, “I do really, really like kids.  The problem is how much time you need to devote to bringing up kids. I’ve always dedicated all my life to work, and at 52, I’ve probably missed the opportunity.”

Apparently, he was wrong about that. His baby is due in March 2014.

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A “plus side” to this situation is that the innocent party, Simon and Lauren’s child, will have a chance at life. It would have been easy for Mrs. Silverman to abort to cover up this unplanned pregnancy.  Hopefully, $imon is so financially set he can make this baby a real priority in his life.

Perhaps, as it does with many men, fatherhood will change him for the better.  Your thoughts?

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