by LauraLoo
As Lacey Rose grew in her mother’s womb, doctors noticed some terrible congenital defects that they said would ultimately take her life. But her parents prayed to God that His will be done – and what happened next can only be described as a miracle.
Lacey Rose from chrisdediego on GodTube.
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During the state ceremonies yesterday for Pope Francis’ arrival in Brazil, the group of priests I a [sic] with (it is our annual summer gathering) note that he was all long-face during the playing of the anthems.
We think we know why.
~ Fr. Z and friends having fun with Pope Francis (pictured with Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff ) on the occasion of World Youth Day at Rio de Janeiro, What Does the Prayer Really Say?, July 23
Caption reads: “They promised Us babies. We see no babies to kiss. ¿Dónde están los niños?”
Jivin J pointed to a New York Times article that fawned over “overnight sensation” Wendy Davis, a Democrat Texas state senator who is a big fan of late-term abortions.
But that was just the tip of the iceberg, according to Culture and Media Institute:
Remember the media blackout of the Gosnell trial? Earlier this year, Philadelphia late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted of three counts of murder – two of them delivering babies and then killing them in his filthy “house of horrors” clinic. He was also found guilty of more than 230 other felony and misdemeanor charges
Pundits and journalists excused the media neglect, saying late term abortion was just too uncomfortable, the descriptions of the clinic too lurid, or dismissing it as a “local” issue. That’s not how the broadcast networks have treated the pro-abortion crusade of Texas Democrat Wendy Davis….
In the 19 days since her June 25 filibuster, ABC, CBS and NBC have devoted 40 minutes, 48 seconds of their morning and evening news programs to stories including Davis. That’s more than three times the 13 minutes 30 seconds they gave Gosnell during the entire 58 days of the murder trial….
Unfortunately, when real evil reared its head in Philadelphia this spring, the networks were missing in action much of the time, and only grudgingly covered Gosnell’s horrific crimes. Nor have they been interested in the behavior of Davis’ most ardent supporters in Texas, who’ve chanted“Hail Satan!” and “F*** the Church” to drown out prolifers, and given little girls signs saying things like, “If I Wanted Government in my Womb, I Would F*** a Senator.”
But hey, they’re busy celebrating Wendy Davis and her rags-to-elegant-white-suit story.
MSM admitted after being called out by Kirsten Powers and the pro-life #Gosnell tweet fest that their pro-abortion bias blinded them on the abortion issue. But the mea culpa obviously hasn’t made a difference in their coverage of the issue.
We need to continue calling them out, although I doubt such examples as the above effect the bulk of them. I still do hold out hope for the rare authentic journalist or for the cumulative effect.
Nevertheless, despite the odds, we are winning in the court of public opinion.
I am only more strongly convicted to press on via new and social media. We are the balance.
by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli
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Getting pregnant now can be good family planning for the future even if you have a termination. I am convinced of that….
Contrary to how much people think, an aborted pregnancy can help preserve fertility and perhaps keep you from developing certain physical problems later in life.
This, of course, flies in the face of studies and statistics that show women who have abortions are more likely to miscarry and give birth prematurely.
The medical examiner’s office says that anyone can claim those bodies for a funeral…. We have papers, we had the legal paper we issued. And they are refusing to even talk to us.”
In Canada we are experiencing a crisis of care within our medical system as we continue to build a more centralized, controlled, bureaucratic, financially bankrupt, morally negative system. We have stopped caring about individuals and we have turned “best practices” into a one-size fits all system.
Every nation needs adopt systems of patient centred care.
by Kelli
Yesterday, MSNBC’s tampon earrings fan Melissa Harris Perry spilled the beans on which side of the abortion debate is more strongly based in science:
When a pregnancy is wanted… it is easy to think of the bump as a baby, but not every pregnancy is a fairy tale….
When does life begin? I submit the answer depends an awful lot on the feeling of the parents – a powerful feeling – but not science. The problem is that many of our policymakers want to base sweeping laws on those feelings.
On her program, Harris-Perry features Dr. Willie Parker of Family Planning Associates of Chicago and Physicians for Reproductive Choice as her “expert” on fetal pain.
What she doesn’t say is that Parker’s clinic in Chicago does abortions up to 23.5 weeks, but he is also known for performing abortions in other states. He points to his “Christian faith” as the reason he performs abortions.
Perry and her pro-choice guests try very hard to equate abortion with “all other choices” that are made by women:
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by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
However, this wasn’t a failed pregnancy and the reason the state didn’t charge her with feticide is because the child wasn’t a fetus. The evidence clearly suggests that Purvi Patel ordered abortion drugs online, took them, gave birth at her home, and then disposed of her 30-week child (who was born alive) in a dumpster. Pregnancies that don’t result in successful live births will only be viewed possible crimes if the mothers lie about their pregnancies and gestational ages, and toss their living children into dumpsters.
In short order, she pumped life into the moribund Texas Democratic Party, recharged the state’s women’s movement, raised nearly $1 million in two weeks for her re-election campaign and, not least, was beseeched by supporters and some in her party to run for governor in 2014, which might be a quixotic quest in a state that has not elected a Democrat to that office in 20 years.
[Davis photo via businessinsider.com]
On Monday’s Fox & Friends, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) discussed possible efforts to attempt to block funding for Obamacare. According to Politico, “There is a growing support among Republicans for a plan to shut down the government to block funding” for the program:
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[I]f the case were about transparency, then the City Council — and state legislators — should get busy passing legislation requiring abortion clinics to post how many abortions they have provided, how many women have been seriously injured or died in a clinic and whether the clinic has ever lost its license.
That would be useful information, because abortion is a serious medical procedure that should be performed by qualified medical professionals. And quality care is not always the norm in Maryland….
I do not expect legislators to force abortion clinics to be open with their data, however, because the crisis pregnancy center law was never about transparency — it was about pushing an agenda.
The impetus for it was a series of reports by NARAL Pro-Choice America, including one on Maryland, alleging crisis pregnancy centers were a “growing threat to women’s health.” Their crime: providing free pregnancy tests, parenting classes, diapers and baby supplies….
The verdict from the reports is that not providing abortions, or counseling women against abortions, is dangerous. Thus entered the City Council to protect women from the purveyors of baby clothes and adoption advice.
[T]he City Solicitor’s Office is busy trying the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns… in the court of public opinion… [and] investigating the center to show that its real goal is to make money and that it is not honest in how it describes its services….
On the front page of the center’s website, it says that it does “not perform or refer abortions.” … It receives no money from the government… [and] provides services free of charge.
It’s rolling in so much money, the Archdiocese of Baltimore recently sent out a request in church bulletins on its behalf: “Please consider picking up an extra pack of diapers, wipes, and baby toiletries on your next trip to Target, Walmart or the grocery store.”
I’m glad the city knows a suspect operation when it sees one.
~ Marta H. Mossburg, remarking on attempts to force pregnancy resource centers in Baltimore to post signs stating what services they do not offer, The Baltimore Sun, July 16
[Pictured above is Lindsay Rupprecht, coordinator of the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, via The Dialog]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
