Abortion Archives

October 27, 2008

Born Alive Truth Targets Obama

  Abortion survivor Gianna Jessen states, Seen this ad? In it, Senator Obama personally attacks me. I've dealt with worse; I survived an abortion. State Senator Barack Obama voted 4 times against laws to protect babies who survive abortions. Meanwhile, U.S. Senators voted 98-0 for Born Alive Infant Protections....

January 5, 2007

Attending the Annual March for Life?

If you are, consider attending Blogs4Life. The one day conference is located just a few blocks from the March and features noted pro-life leaders Bobby Schindler, Jill Stanek, Ramesh Ponnuru, and Joe Scheidler. In addition, Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KA) is set to appear....

November 2, 2006

Kyl vs Pederson on Abortion

Republican incumbent John Kyl faces challenger Democrat Jim Pederson in the upcoming election for U.S. Senate. Partial-Birth Abortion The partial-birth abortion procedure – used from the fifth month on – involves pulling a living baby feet-first out of the womb, except for the head, puncturing the skull and suctioning out...

October 25, 2006

Obama's Support for Partial Birth Abortion

How liberal is Barack Obama? His wife used the ban on partial birth abortion (sucking the brains out of half-delivered babies) as a scare tactic and fundraising ploy - read the rest by Jill Stanek...

June 13, 2006

The Miracle of Life

Photo: A baby the size of a mobile phone. The child, named Ruby Angel Dunn, was born at 25 weeks and weighed a mere 12.5 ounces at birth:Weighing less than a 1lb at birth, doctors warned her parents Kerry and Craig that she may not survive. And even if Ruby...

January 21, 2006

March for Life - Next Monday!!!

"On the 33rd anniversary of the Supreme Court's infamous Roe v. Wade decision, the 33rd annual March for Life begins at Noon, Monday, January, 23, 2006," announced Nellie Gray, president, March for Life Fund. Gray said that thousands of pro-life Americans will rally at the Mall and 7th Street for...

January 5, 2006

Urging Churches to Talk About Abortion

The following article provides an excellent way for churches to put into practice their confessed beliefs for the benefit of their congregation and the unborn. COLORADO SPRING, Colo., January 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - As US churches prepare to celebrate Sanctity of Human Life Week, January 15- 22, 2006, Focus on...

October 31, 2005

Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito and Roe v Wade

This is the first time, since Robert Bork in 1987, that we have a Supreme Court nominee who everyone thinks will likely overturn Roe v. Wade. Are there 50 votes in the Senate to confirm Alito? Politpundit does the analysis and concludes,That makes the roll call tally 50-54 votes in...

October 25, 2005

Support the Right to Life Act 2005

WASHINGTON, October 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On February 2, 2005, Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) introduced the Right to Life Act of 2005, which, if passed, would amend the U.S. Constitution to provide for the right to life for each born and pre-born human person, according to an Operation Rescue (OR)...

August 15, 2005

UK Considers Embryo Screening for Cancer

The UK's fertility watchdog is considering whether embryo screening technology should be used to stop babies from being born with genes that carry a higher risk of cancer [more]. Opponents claim that the move is a "slippery slope towards full-blown eugenics". No kidding! Actually, the UK is already on the...

July 25, 2005

Aborting the Viable Beyond 23 Weeks

A new study by British researchers finds that almost half of the babies who are born at 23 weeks into the pregnancy survive the premature birth. The results may prompt British lawmakers to move back limits on late-term abortions and could be used to strengthen laws in other countries. -...

May 27, 2005

Aborted Babies Sold for Beauty Treatments?

Joseph Farah of WorldNetDaily has published an editorial that exposes the practice of peddaling aborted babies in the former Soviet republics:In Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, women are being paid about $200 to have abortions and turn over their dead babies, which, in turn, are sold for over $9,000...

April 23, 2005

Bush Administration will Protect Abortion Survivors

The AP reports that the Bush administration released an educational statement related to the enforcement of a federal law requiring doctors to attempt to keep alive a child that survives an abortion.The Born-Alive Infant Protection Act of 2002 amends the legal definitions of "person,""human being,""child" and "individual" to include any...

April 13, 2005

Russian Abortion Killing and Sterilizing Millions; Demographic Collapse Likely to be Worse than Previously Predicted

LifeSiteNews - An English language news magazine from Moscow reports that up to one third of Russian abortions result in the death of the mother. The Russian government has been alarmed for some time at the impending demographic disaster created by the low birth rate. In addition, after decades of...

April 10, 2005

Late-Term Abortion Scandal Hits Scottland

SCOTTISH hospitals have carried out abortions on severely abnormal foetuses as late as 34 weeks, an investigation by Scotland on Sunday has revealed. One hospital conducted an abortion just six weeks short of the baby’s due date after the mother refused an earlier offer to terminate 17 weeks into the...

February 2, 2005

Senate Priorities and Abortion

WHY NOT AN ANTI-ABORTION AMENDMENT? Here's an interesting question, posed by my friend Jon Rauch. The Senate Republicans have vowed to push their anti-gay marriage amendment, even though it won't stand a chance of getting the necessary 67 votes. The point is political and rhetorical. They are trying to build...

January 22, 2005

Remembering 32 Years and 45 Million Deaths

In the United States, over 45 million pre-born children have been killed since the Jan. 22, 1973 Supreme Court Decision that legalized surgical abortion. Each year, nearly 20,000 abortions are performed after the 21st week of pregnancy. - more at Pro-Life Blogs. See also La Shawn Barber for a round-up...

January 19, 2005

Roe Demands an End to Abortion

Norma McCorvey, known as the "Roe" in the infamous 1973 Roe v Wade Supreme Court Decision that legalized abortion, is petitioning the court to have the ruling overturned. On Monday she told Fox News, "We're going to be fling a Motion 60 brief tomorrow with the Supreme Court and ask...

January 15, 2005

March of Dimes Prevents Birth Defects?

The March of Dimes famous advertisement reads, "Give to the March of Dimes. Help prevent birth defects." The not-so-secret truth is that the organization has embraced abortion as one (the main?) means to accomplish their objective. If truth-in-advertising applied to them they would need to change their slogal to: "Give...

January 13, 2005

The Toll of Abortion

A reason to grieve: There were 246 abortions reported for every 1,000 live births in 2001, a ratio slightly higher than the one for 2000 - 245 abortions per 1,000 live births. - CNS...

January 7, 2005

Chinese Woman Tortured After Coerced Abortion Faces More Jail Time

Anyone who is uncertain about China's human rights policies should consider the plight of this poor Chinese citizen whose crime was getting pregnant. The response of the government was/is re-education (torture) and coerced abortion....

January 4, 2005

Abortionist Confesses 'Yes, I End Life'

Ten years ago John Salvi sprayed bullets into two Brookline abortion clinics, killing two people and wounding five. Boston Magazine used the anniversary of this crime to published the comments of a Brooline abortionist who performs as many as 10 abortions a day, twice a week. She states, I have...

December 22, 2004

Abortions and Taxes Pay Planned Parenthood's Bills

"Increases in abortions, more money from taxpayers' pockets, and bigger profit margins - all while clinics are closing down and donations are dwindling. That is the state of Planned Parenthood," said Jim Sedlak, executive director of American Life League's STOPP International, in response to the release of Planned Parenthood Federation...

December 3, 2004

Post Birth Abortions

Euthanasia of newborns is already being practiced in the Netherlands. Dutch doctors are asking the Netherlands government for guidelines on so-called "mercy killings" after revelations surfaced this week that a hospital in the European nation has been killing several newborns a year it determines are not healthy enough to live....

November 10, 2004

Abortion Debate Flares in Australia

The issue of abortion is becoming an increasingly hot topic in Australia, with the federal treasurer claiming it is a regional, and not a federal matter. [more]...

August 26, 2004

Partial-Birth Ban Underscores Election Importance

Deliver those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold {them} back. Prov. 24:11 We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these...

July 18, 2004

Thirteen Reasons for Abortion (in one paragraph)

A most enlightening article by Amy Barrett on why another aborted two of her children. My immediate response was, I cannot have triplets. I was not married; I lived in a five-story walk-up in the East Village; I worked freelance; and I would have to go on bed rest in...

May 22, 2004

Babies Feel Pain During Abortions

According to Dr. Paul Ranalli, neurologist at the University of Toronto, unborn babies between 20 and 30 weeks development may actually feel pain more intensely than adults. He says this is a "uniquely vulnerable time, since the pain system is fully established; yet the higher-level pain-modifying system has barely begun...

May 16, 2004

Abortion Facts and Statistics

Facts from Stop the Insanity 49% of pregnancies among American women are unintended; 1/2 of these are terminated by abortion. Each year, 2 out of every 100 women aged 15-44 have an abortion; 47% of them have had at least one previous abortion and 55% have had a previous birth....

May 15, 2004

Abortion is a Political Litmus Test for Kerry

In the political arena, abortion rightfully continues to be the litmus test for political candiates, including those on the left. Presidential candidate John Kerry has aspirations to create a bipartisan ticket including Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). There is a catch. "Senator McCain would not have to leave his party," Mr....