UPDATE 4:41p: Obama is apparently headlining a Planned Parenthood Federation of America event on the same night in the same vicinity, but in Washington, D.C., not Baltimore – which dials down the irony by a notch but not the audacity.

9:30a:Were Planned Parenthood of Maryland thinking of a clever name for its annual gala in 2013 rather than 2005, I’m betting it would have backed away from “Right to Shoes.”

Or am I the only one who, when reading that, immediately thought of the 50+ jars of baby feet mass murdering abortionist Kermit Gosnell kept as trophies? Click to enlarge…

I think not. I think Planned Parenthood of Maryland event planners groaned when they realized months ago Gosnell’s trial would likely coincide with their posh party, knowing those darn severed baby feet, which, of course, will never wear shoes, would be entered as exhibits.

Now that the media has been shamed into covering Gosnell’s trial, PPMD has surely been fretting someone would come along and note the irony.

But the mainstream media is either blind to the connection, or too polite, particularly since the irony has been notched up a degree with the news our pro-infanticide president will be attending.

This will be the first year Obama, who isn’t willing to make a statement about the person who may go down in history as the United States’ most prolific serial killer, will be attending PPMD’s gala since he became president.

Coincidental? I think not. Obama is known for his audacity about abortion. In light of Gosnell, and in light of the mounting untoward publicity against Planned Parenthood, audacity is certainly called for.

[Bioethicists] Giubilini and Minerva [the same authors of a paper last year supporting infanticide for Down syndrome] are expressing surprise that the Down syndrome community opposes their agenda of eugenics and infanticide….

They would like to dismiss anyone who disagrees with their conclusions as being irrational because we don’t appreciate the opportunities of what they promote. Well, that is all very elitist and pompous, but… [w]hat opportunities of freedom and well-being do they promote that we don’t appreciate?

That it should be permissible to kill new born babies who have Down syndrome….

And there is a problem, because the non-academics don’t agree.

And there is another problem. The Down syndrome community isn’t lying down and been rolled over.

And we can’t be readily dismissed as being irrational.

And the solution? [They] want to change the way they promote this wonderful opportunity that we were denied to kill our babies after they were born….

… [T]here is a serious disconnection between this academic nonsense and the reality of what it means to be human and to recognise the dignity of all human life… the founding principle of human rights, one that Giubilini and Minerva are trying to redefine….

Unconditional love… compassion… acceptance… dignity….

All of those human terms would be a fresh change for the language of the bioethicist who sees those with Down syndrome as “burdens”, “disadvantages” and worthy targets for infanticide.

All based in their own ignorance, fear and academic theory, as opposed to the actual lived experience of our wonderful community.

~ Saving Downs, April 19

[Photo via righttolife.org.nz]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• Longtime abortion advocate and abortionist David Grimes tries to intentionally deceive Washington Post readers with this quote:
  

  David Grimes, former head of the CDC’s abortion surveillance branch, said clinics like Gosnell’s were commonplace before Roe v. Wade, the court case that legalized abortion. Today, the problem of substandard clinics is so small that the branch, which investigated problem clinics, no longer exists, he said.“The legalization of abortion stands out as a public health triumph,” he said. “Over 1,000 women died every year from illegal abortion in the 1940s. Now it’s less than a handful a year. That’s the story, not one aberrant doctor in Philadelphia.”

  Wait. 1,000 women died every year in the 1940’s? Wasn’t abortion legalized in the 1970’s? Why is Grimes using statistics from 30 years before abortion was legalized to make his case?

  Oh yeah, that’s right – because in 1972, 39 women (as opposed to over a thousand) died from illegal abortion. An additional 24 women died from legal abortion in 1972.

• Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate has an article on how the reactions of abortionist Kermit Gosnell’s jury have become less visible:
  

  “It was way more visible, the reaction of the jurors, in the beginning. You could read the emotion on their faces,” [NBC10 reporter Emad] Khalil said.

As time marched on, however, jurors barely reacted, according to Khalil, at even the most gruesome details or images.

“There’s only so much the brain can handle,” said [jury consultant Melissa] Gomez, who has a Ph.D. in Psychology. “It’s not that it becomes less disturbing or upsetting, but it’s just not as shocking.”

• Gosnell reportedly turned down several plea deals:
  

  Dr. Gosnell has rejected several plea deals from prosecutors, the last before jury selection started March 4. The offer would have let him serve life in a federal prison rather than in the Pennsylvania system, and let his wife, Pearl, 52, keep their West Philadelphia home.

• Also at the Washington Post, Rickie Solinger has a column about abortion myths which is unsurprisingly filled with its own myths.Ramesh Ponnuru points out that Solinger can’t even cite the source of one of her claims accurately.

[Photo by Susan Schary/NBC10]

by LauraLoo

It was reported that a Minnesota hospital apologized Wednesday for mishandling a stillborn baby boy whose body was found in linens that had been sent to Crothall Laundry Services in Red Wing.

Regions Hospital officials later announced on Friday that they believe a second set of remains of a stillborn baby were sent in a basket of linens to the laundry service as well.

“This was a terrible mistake, and we are deeply sorry,” Chris Boese, the hospital’s chief nursing officer said in a statement. “We have processes in place that should have prevented this but did not. We are working to identify the gap in our system and to make sure this does not happen again.”

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Something seems fishy about this. What are your thoughts?

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[Article HT: Drudge Report]

Wishing you the happiest of birthdays!

From the whole team at JillStanek.com

Ecstatic for the upcoming arrival of his baby boy, Bublé, who’s been serenading Lopilato’s stomach, isn’t letting anything stand in his way when it comes to being a doting dad — even if his audience is a little hard of hearing.

“[I was singing to the baby] early on, really early on, and I didn’t know because I’ve never had a baby before… and in the middle of singing my wife starts laughing and says, “The baby is two months and has no ears to hear you!”

~ Singer Michael Bublé (pictured with wife Luisana Lopilato) describing his experience serenading his preborn son, via People, April 17

[HT: Laura Loo]

Reading through your clever comments this morning prompted me to think of another weekend question, or rather a “complete this sentence”: Blaming pro-lifers for Gosnell is like…

For instance:

Commenter Ninek: “… like blaming vegans for an e-coli outbreak at a shoddy meat processor.”

Commenter SM: “… like blaming folks who work to prevent the murder of toddlers for the murder of school-age children.

And my friend Bryan Kemper on Twitter…

blaming the #gosnell house of horrors on pro-lifers is like blaming the Vietnam war on hippies #prochoicelogic @StevenErtelt @JillStanek

— Bryan Kemper 🇺🇸 (@BryanKemper) April 17, 2013

Can you think of any other examples?

Here were my top five favorite political cartoons this week. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite in the poll at the bottom of the post.

I mentioned last Sunday I anticipated more political cartoons about Kermit Gosnell to be forthcoming. Of course, none of us knew the Boston Marathon bombing was just one day away, which understandably diverted attention from the infanticide abortionist. But liberal Signe Wilkinson at GoComics.com still found time to blame pro-lifers for the mass murderer…

 Conservative Chip Bok at Townhall.com noted with sarcasm what I’m sure is absolutely true in some circles…

 Speaking of infanticide, liberal Jim Morin at GoComics.com thinks there’s just no time to legislate against it…

 On to other news of the week, first by Steve Breen at …

 And closing out with another good one by Chip Bok at Townhall.com…