MEN
CAN SUFFER A MYRIAD OF GRIEF ISSUES FOLLOWING A PARTNER'S ABORTION
Washington,
DC -- Abortion is frequently considered a woman's issue and one
where men should have little no role in the decision and likely have
little or no ill-effects afterwards. However, one man who regularly
counsels men who have been involved in an abortion says that claim is
unfounded. Kevin Burke is the associate director of Rachel's
Vineyard Ministries, a group that reaches out to those adversely
affected by an abortion to provide them hope and healing. In an
interview with Zenit, Burke says men suffer from a myriad of problems
following a partner's abortion -- especially one in which they lent
their support or persuaded their partner to have. "We
have all heard the exhausted phrase repeated over the years that
'abortion is a private personal decision between a woman, her health
care provider and her God,'" Burke explained. "Men were seen
to be peripheral figures in the process, detached and unaffected by
the woman's 'choice.'" "The
reality is that men are involved in 95% of all abortion decisions, and
they are profoundly impacted by their participation in the abortion of
their child," Burke added. Source: Life News, August
30, 2007
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Week of August 31, 2007
FRED
THOMPSON SET TO LAUNCH HIS CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK, OPPOSES ABORTION
Washington, DC -- Actor and attorney Fred Thompson announced Thursday that he will make the formal declaration next week that he is officially a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. The former Tennessee senator has said repeatedly in recent months that he opposes abortion and embryonic stem cell research. In a statement he released today, Thompson said, "I believe that there are millions of Americans who know that our security and prosperity are at risk if we don't address the challenges of our time." The official announcement will come in a video broadcast on his web site followed by a five day tour of key primary battle ground states like Iowa and South Carolina. Thompson is scheduled to participate in a television appearance next week but will not participate in a debate that is slated for Wednesday night in New Hampshire. He has spent months running a potential campaign for president that has partially shielded him from criticism and allowed him to boost his polling numbers on the hopes that he could salvage what some see as a poor field of Republican candidates. Weeks ago, Thompson repeated the statements he's made repeatedly over the last several months that he opposes abortion. "I think Roe v. Wade was a bad decision. I think it was bad law and bad medicine," Thompson said in an appearance on CNN. "You don't just get up one day and overturn the entire history of the country with regard to nature and major social policy, without any action by Congress, without any action by the American people or constitutional amendment, and that's what happened," Thompson explained. The former Tennessee senator continued, "It shouldn't have happened. It ought to be reversed." Source: Life News, August 31, 2007
Washington, DC -- Actor and attorney Fred Thompson announced Thursday that he will make the formal declaration next week that he is officially a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. The former Tennessee senator has said repeatedly in recent months that he opposes abortion and embryonic stem cell research. In a statement he released today, Thompson said, "I believe that there are millions of Americans who know that our security and prosperity are at risk if we don't address the challenges of our time." The official announcement will come in a video broadcast on his web site followed by a five day tour of key primary battle ground states like Iowa and South Carolina. Thompson is scheduled to participate in a television appearance next week but will not participate in a debate that is slated for Wednesday night in New Hampshire. He has spent months running a potential campaign for president that has partially shielded him from criticism and allowed him to boost his polling numbers on the hopes that he could salvage what some see as a poor field of Republican candidates. Weeks ago, Thompson repeated the statements he's made repeatedly over the last several months that he opposes abortion. "I think Roe v. Wade was a bad decision. I think it was bad law and bad medicine," Thompson said in an appearance on CNN. "You don't just get up one day and overturn the entire history of the country with regard to nature and major social policy, without any action by Congress, without any action by the American people or constitutional amendment, and that's what happened," Thompson explained. The former Tennessee senator continued, "It shouldn't have happened. It ought to be reversed." Source: Life News, August 31, 2007
PLANNED
PARENTHOOD HESITANT ON BACKING RUDY GIULIANI DESPITE ABORTION VIEW
Washington,
DC (LifeNews.com) -- Rudy Giuliani may be the only pro-abortion
candidate on the Republican side of the presidential contest, but that
doesn't mean he has the support of the nation's most prominent abortion
business. A Planned Parenthood official says she doesn't necessary
support the former New York City mayor. Giuliani's pro-abortion
position is a stark contrast to the rest of the Republican field, which
may be split on embryonic stem cell research but pretty solidly opposes
abortion. Sarah Stoesz, President of the Planned Parenthood Action
Fund, told the pro-abortion Reality Check web site that she is more
concerned about promoting abortion than supporting an anomaly in a
political party. "We want to look at a candidate's broad
commitment to reproductive health care," she said. "If a
candidate supports abortion rights but would not fund greater to access
to birth control, that would not be a candidate we would
support." That means Giuliani would need to make a strong
commitment to supporting the morning after pill and pushing Planned
Parenthood's goals on it. That would include removing the age
limit to purchase the Plan B drug, as teenagers cannot buy it over the
counter, and forcing pharmacists nationwide to dispense it. As a
result, Planned Parenthood likely couldn't support the former mayor. Source: Life News, August 31, 2007
CONNECTICUT
ABORTION CENTER STAFFER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SEXUAL ABUSE
Bridgeport, CT -- The employee of an abortion facility in Connecticut is headed to prison for three years for sexually abusing girls at a modeling agency he owned. Michael Britt, who worked as a janitor at an abortion center, is the subject of another case involving sexual abuse and abortion. Britt was convicted of sexually assaulting three teenagers from Norwalk who went to his modeling agency. During the sentencing hearing, Britt told Superior Court Judge Richard Comerford Jr. he only had "praises and forgiveness" for the young women he abused. Britt tried to get a reduced sentence, according to a Connecticut Post report, and told the judge, "I'm a good husband and I think I did enough time." However, Judge Comerford gave Britt a sentence of 10 years in prison, suspended after he serves three years, and another 10 years of probation. Britt must also register as a sex offender. Senior Assistant State's Attorney Cornelius Kelly made it clear that the abortion center employee would be back before a judge if he run afoul of the law following his prison sentence. "I just want to assure Mr. Britt that after he is released should he make a misstep I will be here to prosecute him for violating his probation," Kelly said, according to the newspaper. Britt sexually abused the teens, aged 18, 17 and 14, in March and April 2005 after they signed papers to be models. He lured them by telling them that they couldn't become models unless they had intercourse with him. Source: Life News, August 30, 2007
Bridgeport, CT -- The employee of an abortion facility in Connecticut is headed to prison for three years for sexually abusing girls at a modeling agency he owned. Michael Britt, who worked as a janitor at an abortion center, is the subject of another case involving sexual abuse and abortion. Britt was convicted of sexually assaulting three teenagers from Norwalk who went to his modeling agency. During the sentencing hearing, Britt told Superior Court Judge Richard Comerford Jr. he only had "praises and forgiveness" for the young women he abused. Britt tried to get a reduced sentence, according to a Connecticut Post report, and told the judge, "I'm a good husband and I think I did enough time." However, Judge Comerford gave Britt a sentence of 10 years in prison, suspended after he serves three years, and another 10 years of probation. Britt must also register as a sex offender. Senior Assistant State's Attorney Cornelius Kelly made it clear that the abortion center employee would be back before a judge if he run afoul of the law following his prison sentence. "I just want to assure Mr. Britt that after he is released should he make a misstep I will be here to prosecute him for violating his probation," Kelly said, according to the newspaper. Britt sexually abused the teens, aged 18, 17 and 14, in March and April 2005 after they signed papers to be models. He lured them by telling them that they couldn't become models unless they had intercourse with him. Source: Life News, August 30, 2007
MISSOURI
ABORTION PRACTITIONER WANTS TO JOIN LAWSUIT AGAINST HEALTH CODE
St.
Louis, MO -- A Missouri abortion practitioner wants to join a
lawsuit the Planned Parenthood abortion business has filed against a
Missouri law protecting the health and safety of women. The statue in
question makes sure abortion centers meet the same health requirements
as legitimate medical facilities. Allen Palmer, who operates a
private abortion business in St. Louis, plans to appear in a federal
court on Friday morning to argue that she should be allowed to
participate in the case. He also wants to overturn the health and
safety law and get a judge to rule it's unconstitutional. Palmer
wants the court to rule that the law should also be prohibited from
being enforced at his abortion center as Planned Parenthood successfully
got an injunction in its case. The law was scheduled to take
effect on Tuesday, but Planned Parenthood argued it would cost millions
of dollars to refurbish its abortion centers in Columbia and Kansas City
to meet the new requirements. That would require the abortion
business to close the facilities down. Source: Life News, August 30, 2007
WEST
VIRGINIA MAN INDICTED FOR KILLING PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND, UNBORN CHILD
Charleston,
WV-- A West Virginia man is the second person to be indicted under a
law that provides protection and justice for pregnant women and their
unborn children. The state's unborn victims law, one of three dozen
across the nation, allows prosecutors to hold criminals accountable for
killing or injuring both mother and child. James Louis DeGasperin,
a 35 year-old teacher from Preston, is charged with killing his 25
year-old girlfriend Lori Casteel and her unborn child. Casteel,
her son Collin, and her unborn baby, were all killed when DeGasperin hit
her with a baseball bat and then killed Collin with a shotgun
blast. In addition to his indictment on first degree murder in the
deaths of Casteel and Collin, DeGasperin was indicted for first degree
murder in the death of the baby as well because Casteel was six months
pregnant at the time. That can happen because the West Virginia
legislature, in 2005, approved Senate Bill 146 and it became law that
May when Gov. Joe Manchin signed it. Under the statute, "a
pregnant woman and the embryo or fetus she is carrying in the womb
constitute separate and distinct victims" for purposes of the state
laws governing murder, manslaughter, and certain other crimes of
violence. Source: Life News, August 30, 2007
NORTH
CAROLINA DEMOCRATS FEUD OVER WHICH CANDIDATE IS MORE PRO-ABORTION
Raleigh,
NC -- Two North Carolina Democrats are feuding over which one most
strongly supports legalized abortion and making taxpayers fund it with
public money. The debate isn't likely to endear either candidate to
pro-life voters in the southern state. Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue is
slated to face state Treasurer Richard Moore in the state's 2008 primary
in May. Though the election is nine months away, the contest has already
gotten heated. Stephanie Dorko, Moore's finance director, passed
around an email yesterday to leading political activists criticizing
Perdue's abortion record. Her email is a response to an invitation she
received to join a group of women backing Perdue's re-election.
"I am uncomfortable with Beverly Perdue's wavering position on
choice," Dorko wrote, according to a Charlotte News and Observer
report. "Over the course of her public career, she has taken a
variety of conflicting positions on a women's right to choose."
According
to the newspaper, Dorko claimed that Perdue, when she was the head of
the state Senate's appropriations committee in 1995, nearly cut all of
the state funds to help poor women pay for abortions. At the time,
North Carolina was one of a handful of states to use taxpayer funds to
pay for abortions. Source: Life News, August
30, 2007
CHINESE
PARENTS TAKE FAMILY PLANNING OFFICIALS TO COURT OVER FORCED ABORTION
ILLINOIS
GOVERNOR BLAGOJEVICH SIGNS EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH BILL
Washington,
DC-- Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday signed a bill that would force
taxpayers there to spend money on embryonic stem cell research. His
signing the measure is the latest action going against the views of
pro-life advocates on whether unborn children should be sacrificed to
advance scientific research. The measure would set up an institute
under the Illinois Department of Public Health to award grants for the
research, which has never helped any patients. It also makes
embryonic stem cell research legal and establishes procedures for
couples to donate their "unwanted" human embryos for
studies. Blagojevich has angered lawmakers over the last two years
with executive orders spending state dollars on embryonic stem cell
research without the backing of the legislature. He has previously
spent $15 million on embryonic stem cell research and the bill would put
that funding into state law. The governor says he backs the bill
because he wants to lure researchers to the state and because he thinks
embryonic stem cell research is the hope for patients. Source: Life News, August 30, 2007
WOMAN,
ABORTION PRACTITIONER SPEAK OUT IN ITALY BOTCHED ABORTION CASE
Rome,
Italy -- The investigation has begun in the case of a botched
abortion done on a woman carrying twins. One of the unborn children was
healthy and the other was afflicted with Down syndrome and the target of
the abortion. Now, the mother of the twins and the abortion practitioner
are speaking out. The case is raising the ugly specter of
abortions done to kill disabled people. Doctors told Italian media
that the babies moved during the abortion procedure and changed position
compared to their locations during a pre-abortion examination. The
mother, who has a young son, said her life had been ruined by the
abortion. The unnamed woman is 38-years-old and was 18 weeks pregnant at
the time of the abortion -- done at the San Paolo hospital in Milan in
June. "Neither my husband nor I can sleep at night," she
told the Corriere della Sera newspaper. She said the happiness she and
her husband had about the pregnancy has become heartbreak. They
are "truly desperate over this terrible mistake," she said and
added they are consulting with attorneys to determine what to do
next. Meanwhile, Anna Maria Marconi, the abortion practitioner,
said the woman requested the abortion after an amniocentesis test
pointed to the Down syndrome. Source: Life News, August
30, 2007