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Per NBC, October 11:

Morocco barred Dutch abortion rights activists Thursday from docking their campaign ship to spread awareness about safe abortion methods in a Muslim country that bans the practice….

Earlier Thursday, Marlies Schellekens, a doctor from Women on Waves, said that Smir harbour was “totally blocked by warships so no one can get in,” a day after Rabat said the activists would be barred from arriving by sea.

More from the Associated Press:

10/3, 4:30p: Women on Waves has announced it will arrive in Smir, Morocco, on October 4 at 1a.

10/2, 11:14a: Because there is not enough social unrest in the Middle East, I agree it is the perfect time for the so-called “abortion ship” to stir the waters even more.

Pro-life activist Gary Boisclair is creating quite a stir in his primary bid against Muslim Democrat incumbent Congressman Keith Ellison in Minnesota’s 5th District, up to and including death threats.

Boisclair freely admits he is running against Ellison solely to take advantage of federal law that forces television stations to air federal candidates’ ads uncensored.

Boisclair is airing three graphic ads, one on Ellison’s support of abortion, one on the underbelly of Ellison’s religion, and one on a combination of the two issues….

6/9, 8:40a: Fox News provided great coverage of the Rally for Religious Freedom in Washington, D.C.: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8mXdzOPEX8[/youtube] CatholicVote.org has photos from rallies around the country. StandUpForReligiousFreedom.com is reporting crowd totals of 45,409 so far of 99 cities reporting. The rally I attended in Chicago featured a jazz band, balloon trees, a flash mob, and confetti. […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Clarke Forsythe and Mailee Smith discuss the link between abortion and suicide and a court to determine the fate of South Dakota’s informed consent law. William McGurn argues that Rick Santorum shouldn’t drop his social issues campaigning: Dropping the social issues is also not practical for another reason: […]

Folks, let me tell you something. Don’t be surprised if the regime reverses this. I’ve heard that they’re rethinking it, that Obama might be rethinking this ban that he’s put in effect on the Catholic church and the schools and so forth. And it could be true. It could be true. I mean even Muslim […]

Great opening line in this MedPage Today article, August 24: There may be fewer obstetrician/gynecologists performing abortions than previously estimated, researchers said. The good news is that only 14% of 1,031 ob/gyns responding to a new survey said they commit abortions, down from 22% in 2008. The results were published in the September issue of […]

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN and Kelli As always, 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 says “I told you so”: Vermont has passed a single payer healthcare plan with no means to pay […]