Category Archives: Abortion in the Courts

Gosnell Trial-Ineptitude and Pointing out Inconsistent Arguments for Abortion, HHS Mandate Unprecedented Violation of Religious Rights, Schoolteacher Booted for Fighting Planned Parenthood, Abortion and Heart Disease and Stroke, Only Five Abortion Clinics in Texas Would Survive Texas Bill

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20130322 LifeNews Radio Gosnell Arguments Ineptitude- HHS Unprecedented Violation-Teacher Booted-Vascular Disease Risk-5 Texas Clinics

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http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/21/gosnell-murder-trial-points-to-inconsistent-arguments-for-abortion/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/21/expert-kermit-gosnells-ineptitude-led-to-womans-abortion-death/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/21/catholic-bishops-hhs-mandate-unprecedented-religious-violation/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/21/portland-school-district-boots-teacher-fighting-planned-parenthood/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/21/new-study-abortion-can-lead-to-risk-of-heart-disease-and-stroke/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/21/texas-bill-could-close-37-of-42-abortion-clinics-for-problems/

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The questioning in the Gosnell murder trial is pointing to inconsistent arguments for abortion.  With a re-created abortion clinic displayed before jurors’ eyes, the court is witnessing seemingly every question about the beginning of life and viability and the rights of vulnerable babies and the care of mothers.  Thursday, an anesthesiologist testified that the anesthesia given to one woman who died was sufficient to stop her breathing and put her into a coma.

The more you look at the HHS mandate, the more you find tremendous problems.  The nation’s Catholic bishops took a new comprehensive look at the mandate and their General Counsel says new revisions of the contraceptive mandate are an “unprecedented violation of religious liberty” and must be changed.

In other news, a courageous Portland schoolteacher was given the boot from Benson high school.  Bill Diss has both attained great notoriety for his teaching skill and has been given years of grief for his personal pro-life activism in the Rose City. A new study shows abortion can lead to risk of heart disease and stroke. And 37 of 42 abortion clinics in Texas would close under a new bill that seeks to apply minimum standards to such surgical facilities.

Gory Details in Second Day of Gosnell Murder Trial, Pope Francis Continues Pro-Life Journey, US Bishops Ask House Republicans for Conscience Protections, China Abortions Exceed Population of US

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20130320 LifeNews Radio Gosnell Assistant Testifies-Pope Applauded Attacked-Bishops Seek Protections-China Abortion Numbers

Links:
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/19/gosnell-abortion-clinic-worker-admits-snipping-spines-of-10-babies/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/19/abortion-doc-kermit-gosnell-joked-as-he-snipped-babies-spinal-cords/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/19/pope-francis-applauded-for-blessing-disabled-man-before-inaugural-mass/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/19/media-attacks-pope-francis-pro-life-views-calls-him-medieval/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/19/bishops-want-hhs-mandate-protections-in-continuing-resolution/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/19/abortions-in-china-since-1971-higher-than-population-of-the-u-s/

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The details of the Gosnell murder trial are simply too much to tell-details are at our website.  However, in the latest day of testimony, a woman who worked for Gosnell off the books illegally wept as she told how she participated in the same actions that led to murder charges against Gosnell.

Pope Francis, in one of his first Tweets, said, “true power is service.  The Pope must serve all people, especially the poor, the week, the vulnerable.”  Just prior to his inaugural mass, Francis took time to stop and offer a blessing for a disabled man.  Meanwhile, major media outlets have begun a barrage of criticism of the new Pope. The latest charges say he is “medieval”.

Catholic bishops are turning their attention to US House Republicans, hoping they will place conscience protections to help stop the egregious nature of the HHS mandate that forces employers to pay for most anything that interdicts pregnancy.

Another report from the Financial Times points out China’s demographic problems.  It makes a direct link between China’s aging population and the fact that the number of abortions in China over the last 40 years has exceeded the population of the US.

Opening Salvo in Gosnell Trial, Biden Talks about Losing His Soul, Chris Smith Leading Another Delegation to the Vatican, 40 Days for Life

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20130319 LifeNews Radio Gosnell Trial Opens-Biden Talks Clumsily-Chris Smith-40 Days

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http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/18/prosecutor-kermit-gosnell-is-a-live-birth-abortion-killer/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/18/biden-i-must-attend-mass-for-pope-francis-or-ill-lose-my-soul/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/18/pro-life-champion-heads-house-delegation-to-inaugurate-pope-francis/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/18/423-babies-saved-so-far-from-latest-40-days-for-life-campaign/

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The lead prosecutor on Monday told a Philadelphia court what the Kermit Gosnell murder trial is and what it is not about.  He said the case has less to do with abortion than it does with the fact that Kermit Gosnell is a killer who took the lives of newly born babies.  Between a female patient and seven newborn infants, Gosnell is charged with more than 30 criminal counts.

Religious people with internal moral conflicts tend to get clumsy.  Joe Biden says that the Catholic Church has always debated within itself over whether abortion was always or intrinsically wrong.  His own bishop immediately reproved him and corrected that statement.  Now comes news that in a conversation with a foreign head of state, Biden inferred that he simply must attend a mass for Pope Francis or lose his soul.

Meanwhile, leading the delegation from the US House of Representatives, speaker John Boehner has chosen New Jersey Representative Chris Smith, a pro-life champion.

40 Days for Life has now seen 423 babies saved from abortion in the last 33 days.  And one abortion clinic after years of such prayer and vigil has said it will not renew its lease.

Pro-Life: Pope’s First Moment of Intimate Prayer and Blessing, Marco Rubio: Life Begins at Conception, Kermit Gosnell trial Monday, Injunction against HHS Mandate, Pro-Life Woman Attacked at Abortion Business

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20130315 LifeNews Radio Prayer Blessing-Rubio on Life-Gosnell Trial-HHS Injunction-Attack at Planned Parenthood

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http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/pope-francis-offers-his-second-blessing-to-pregnant-mom-unborn-baby/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/marco-rubio-not-anti-woman-to-be-pro-life-against-abortion/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/trial-of-abortion-doc-who-snipped-babies-spinal-cords-starts-monday/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/dominos-pizza-founder-wins-court-order-stopping-hhs-abortion-mandate/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/14/grandma-attacked-filming-fourth-botched-abortion-at-planned-parenthood/

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From the day Pope Benedict resigned, much of the media attention focused on those who treated the selection of a new pope as somewhat of a lobbying event, in hopes that a new pope could somehow not be so ardently pro-life.  Pope Francis may have subtly squelched any consideration of such. On his first full day as pope, Francis found a mother carrying an unborn child for his first individual moment of prayer and blessing.

A Florida Republican, considered a possible 2016 presidential candidate, directly took on abortion and the so-called war on women.  Senator Marco Rubio did not mince words saying, “science has proven that life begins at conception.”

In other pro-life news, the trial of Kermit Gosnell gets underway Monday with the prosecution showing the jury evidence from his gruesome Philadelphia abortion business.
Tom Monahan, the founder of Domino’s Pizza, won a preliminary injunction against the HHS mandate protecting his property management firm from participation in a ‘gravely immoral’ practice.
A woman documenting the fourth botched abortion in recent weeks at a Wilmington Planned Parenthood abortion business was attacked by someone coming from the abortion clinic.  Police are investigating and a suspect remains at large.

Pro-Life Jurors Dismissed from Gosnell Case, GAO Asked for More Information about Planned Parenthood Funding, New Pro-Life Amicus Brief Filed in Fourth Circuit Court, Botched Abortion in Colorado, UN Agreement Protecting Women against Violence Threatened

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20130308 LifeNews Radio No Pro-Life Jurors-GAO Planned Parenthood-4th Circuit Amicus-Hiding Abortion-UN Women and Violence

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http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/07/judge-in-kermit-gosnell-abortion-case-dismisses-pro-life-jurors/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/07/72-members-of-congress-call-for-investigation-of-planned-parenthood/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/07/appeals-court-asked-to-strike-down-obamas-hhs-abortion-mandate/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/07/planned-parenthood-tries-to-hide-botched-abortion-injuring-woman-2/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/07/un-agreement-on-violence-against-women-threatened-by-abortion-advocates/

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The horrific case involving Kermit Gosnell and eight counts of murder related to abortion will not have any potential jurors who profess being pro-life.  Six potential jurors who expressed religious, ethical or moral qualms about abortion or the death penalty have been dismissed.

72 members of Congress are asking the Government Accountability Office for information about government money possibly being funneled to Planned Parenthood.  This request follows up on a 2010 GAO report on Planned Parenthood funding that raised more questions than it answered.

The Fourth Circuit Court is quickly becoming one of the next battle grounds against the HHS mandate.  A new amicus brief by a broad range of religious and political legal groups says that ObamaCare’s employer mandate has become the “bludgeon” with which the government feels empowered to cripple the consciences of employers who may take religious exception to paying for the fuzzy collection of contraceptive agents including abortifacient drugs.

Other stories at LifeNews include details of another botched abortion that a Colorado abortion business may be trying to hide, and a UN agreement on violence against women may be scuttled because some member nations are refusing the agenda of abortion advocates.

Maryland Legislators Question Carhart Clinic License, No Conscience Protection in Continuing Resolution, Texas Considers Restricting Abortion, Arkansas Restricts Abortions to 12 Weeks

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20130307 LifeNews Radio Abortion Clinic Regulations-Conscience Protections-Texas Pain Restrictions-Arkansas 12 Week

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http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/06/why-is-clinic-that-killed-woman-in-33-week-botched-abortion-still-open/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/06/new-continuing-resolution-doesnt-include-hhs-mandate-protections/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/06/texas-new-preborn-pain-bill-would-ban-abortions-after-20-weeks/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/06/arkansas-oks-nations-most-strict-law-bans-abortions-at-12-weeks/

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Legislators in Maryland are asking why the abortion clinic is still open that killed a woman last month in a dangerous late-term botched abortion.  Not only are they questioning why LeRoy Carhart’s Germantown abortion business was not shut down immediately, they are questioning why a previous complaint from last November did not prompt an investigation and inspection of the clinic before the death of Jennifer Morbelli.  They ask what triggers a license suspension to protect the public if not a patient’s death.

The new Continuing Resolution designed to relieve automatic federal budget cuts required by law does not include the conscience protections against the Obama administrations HHS mandate for which pro-life advocates were hoping.  Pro-life focus now turns to the Healthcare Conscience Rights Act for relief from the HHS-ObamaCare rules.

Court rulings allow for states to restrict abortion and while new legislation would add Texas to the list of states that restrict abortion by the pain inflicted during an abortion, Arkansas legislators, overriding a governor’s veto passed a law Wednesday restricting abortions to the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.  If a heartbeat is detected, abortion is banned in Arkansas.

Healthcare Conscience Rights Act Introduced, Gosnell Clinic a Horror Story, Two Michigan Abortion Centers Close, Arkansas Senate Overrides Abortion Ban Veto

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20130306 LifeNews Radio Rights Act-Gosnell Horror-Abortion Closings-Arkansas Veto Override

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http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/05/bill-may-be-last-chance-to-stop-obamas-hhs-abortion-mandate/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/05/obsessed-with-death-kermit-gosnell-kept-jars-of-severed-baby-feet/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/05/abortion-clinic-closes-after-doing-abortions-for-30-years/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/05/arkansas-senate-overrides-veto-of-ban-abortions-at-12-weeks/

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Members of Congress, with the backing of major pro-life groups, are introduced the Health Care Conscience Rights Act, to stop the Obama administration’s assault on pro-life religious freedom via the HHS mandate. This bold act may be the last chance for Congress to take action to mitigate the conscience problems associated with President Barack Obama’s contraceptive and abortifacient mandate.

Going through the grand jury report for the murder trial of Kermit Gosnell reads like a horror movie.  Some of the more mundane items: investigators say Gosnell distributed or wrote prescriptions for addictive drugs, something that would’ve garnered Gosnell hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.  Late-term abortions, which often failed and delivered premature but live births presented the situations and actions which ultimately led to the murder charges against the abortionist.

In other news, two more abortion centers have closed in Michigan after charges of illegal disposal and an abortion practitioner being sued for the death of a woman in a failed abortion.  And the Arkansas 12 week abortion ban continues to make news as that state’s Senate has voted to override their governor’s veto.  Some people in pro-life circles fear the Arkansas ban, if rejected by courts, could entrench Roe V Wade.

Kermit Gosnell Murder Case Underway in Philadelphia, Health Care Conscience Rights Act to Be Proposed, HHS Probing Loophole for Abortion Funding in States’ Laws, Abortion and a 90% Increase in Breast Cancer

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20130305 LifeNews Radio Gosnell Murder Case-Rights Act-HHS Probing Loophole-Abortion Breast Cancer

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http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/04/d-a-abortion-doc-who-snipped-babies-spinal-cords-committed-murder/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/04/new-bill-would-stop-obama-admins-assault-on-religious-freedom/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/04/700-pages-of-new-obamacare-rules-put-in-place-more-abortion-funding/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/04/abortion-helps-cause-90-increase-in-breast-cancers-in-33-years/

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The complicated, gruesome case of Kermit Gosnell got underway in Philadelphia Monday with three jurors being selected.  While there are rumors of Gosnell trying to negotiate a better deal with prosecutors, he faces eight murder counts.  The story is loaded with tragic details of abortions botched, squalid conditions in his clinic, and multiple defendants who worked with Gosnell, some of whom had no medical background.

Members of Congress are working on a new major bill to stop the White House assault on pro-life religious freedom under the HHS mandate.  The Health Care Conscience Rights Act would take the focus off Kathleen Sibelius for drafting the rules creating the mandate and put them on legislators who vote for or against this new bill.

The federal budget sequester seemingly has had no effect on Health and Human Services.  On the first afternoon of the President’s doomsday, the agency was so productive it pumped out more than 700 new pages of ObamaCare regulations.  Buried in those pages is a plan designed to directly fund abortion using the laws of individual states to circumvent the Hyde amendment.  And another story at LifeNews dot com provides another likely link between abortion and a 90% increase in breast cancer.

Philadelphia Murder Case against Abortionist Kermit Gosnell Jury Selection, Changes in China’s One Child Policy, Local 40 Days for Life Campaign Gets TV Coverage

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20130304 LifeNews Radio Gosnell Jury-Streamlining Abortion-40 Days on TV

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http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/03/jury-selection-begins-monday-on-abortion-doc-who-snipped-spinal-cords/
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/03/china-shows-no-signs-of-abandoning-one-child-abortion-policy/
http://www.kpax.com/news/pro-life-demonstration-continues-in-livingston/

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Jury selection is to begin Monday in the Philadelphia murder case against abortionist Kermit Gosnell, whose squalid “house of horrors” abortion clinic and callus, almost flippant attitude toward his macabre abortion practices shocked the nation.  Troy Newman of Operation Rescue says, “the Gosnell case is a watershed moment for the issue of abortion.” He says the discovery of Gosnell’s practices shed light on an abortion industry run amok.

Reggie Littlejohn of Women’s Rights without Frontiers is countering rumors that China’s one child policy might be reviewed.  She says instead that the Communist Party there is simply considering moving the policy’s administration from China’s Family Planning Agency into the Ministry of Health.

40 Days for Life is the vigil outside abortion clinics and prayer around the world to bring an end to abortion.  There may not be major networks covering this story yet, however, a local TV station in Montana covered the 40 Days for Life campaign in Livingston.  The story quoted one pro-life activist as saying that they are always praying for the staff of the abortion business, and noted that small numbers of pro-life demonstrators are nevertheless always outside the local abortion business there.