http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/infanticide/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051066/posts February 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - There was a time, not so long ago, when pro-lifers, in an effort to galvanize the apathetic, would recount to them the disturbing opinions of a certain Princeton professor, Peter Singer, who, amongst other things, has long held that it is ethical to kill disabled newborn children. For instance, in a 2006 interview Singer was asked point-blank: “Would you kill a disabled baby?” His response? “Yes, if that was in the best interests of the baby and of the family as a whole.” “Many people find this shocking,” he continued, “yet they support a woman's... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051066/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:47:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047278/posts Writes countries must continue to examine the moral, medical, ethical and legal aspects of direct killing of disabled infants By Hilary White July 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A professional journal for pediatric nurses has produced an article examining the ethics of infanticide according to the Dutch Groningen Protocol. The Protocol permits the killing of babies in the Netherlands on the judgement of a physician based on "quality of life" criteria. The article, appearing in the May-June 2008 edition of the Journal of Pediatric Nursing, and jointly authored by J. Catlin and Renee Novakovich, talks about the effects of the Protocol... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047278/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:44:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045583/posts Illinois Senate Bill 1093 Introduced February 22, 2001 Amended in Judiciary Committee March 27, 2001 Passed by the state Senate on March 30, 2001 - - - - - 92_SB1093eng SB1093 Engrossed LRB9207891WHtm 1 AN ACT concerning abortion. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 is amended 5 by changing Section 6 as follows: 6 (720 ILCS 510/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 81-26) 7 Sec. 6. (1) (a) Any physician who intentionally performs 8 an abortion when, in his medical... Sean Robins http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045583/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:42:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2044123/posts Speaking Well of the Dead Crisis November 1997 Fr. George William Rutler 0n July 29, 1997, a representative philosophe of our abortion culture, retired Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, was lavishly eulogized in St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C., where the Requiem Mass for President Kennedy had been sung in 1963. Richard Cardinal Cushing was relatively constrained back then, because liturgical depredations had not yet switched into high gear. It was not thus when our president, who vetoed the ban on partial-birth abortions, was permitted to announce to all corners of the cathedral for consumption in all corners of the... CRISIS Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2044123/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:52:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043122/posts A CNN reporter interviewing me a couple weeks ago about Barack Obama's opposition as state senator to the Illinois Born Alive Infants Protection Act groaned more than once that this topic was "complicated."She was referring to Obama's various explanations through the years for blocking Born Alive and lately his outright denial that obstructing legislation declaring live aborted babies legal persons had anything to do with endorsing their death.I finally emailed her, "It is clear: Obama strongly opposed legislation to protect abortion survivors. This is horrible, so of course he will try to make it 'complicated,' but it is not."Obama... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043122/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 22:48:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041952/posts A pro-life activist in Illinois says Barack Obama has repeatedly mischaracterized his opposition to the Illinois Born Alive Infants Protection Act while he was a state senator. The Federal Born Alive Infants Protection Act was signed into law in 2002 after receiving unanimous support from the U.S. Senate. The measure that forces hospitals to give medical care to abortion survivors -- if warranted -- even received the backing of liberal senators Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts ), Barbara Boxer (D-California), and Hillary Clinton (D-New York). Obama now says he did not support the Illinois measure because it "lacked the Federal language clarifying... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041952/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:11:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041974/posts Following are 10 excuses Obama has given through the years for voting "present" and "no" on the Illinois Born Alive Infant Protection Act, or BAIPA. Click on the link for the list of Obama's top ten excuses for supporting baby killing:http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59702 "wnd.com must be excerpted per copyright complaint from Joseph Farah" WorldNetDaily (http://www.wnd.com) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041974/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:40:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039434/posts Infanticide is becoming a touchy subject for Barack Obama. So much so that his supporters either deny that their candidate ever voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, or they describe his votes as "procedural," as if Obama never really opposed providing medical treatment for infants who survived an abortion. The facts show otherwise. The Born Alive Infant Protection Act was first introduced in the Illinois legislature in 2001 after nurse Jill Stanek revealed that babies born alive in Christ Hospital in botched abortion procedures were left to die, unattended by medical personnel. That same year Stanek testified before... Catholic online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039434/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:13:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035878/posts Wichita, KS, June 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A murder investigation has been opened involving Shelley Sella, a California abortionist employed by George Tiller, who according to a former employee is reported to have intentionally stabbed to death an infant born alive during an abortion at Tiller's Women's Health Care Services abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas. On the advice of an attorney, Operation Rescue reported the incident to the Wichita Police Department after a former Tiller employee, Tina Davis, told Troy Newman and Cheryl Sullenger of the stabbing in April. It is believed that the alleged infanticide took place sometime in... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035878/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:19:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035631/posts Wichita, KS - June 24, 2008 - A murder investigation has been opened involving Shelley Sella, a California abortionist employed by George Tiller, who is reported to have intentionally stabbed to death an infant born alive during an abortion at Tiller's Women's Health Care Services abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas. Operation Rescue reported the incident to the Wichita Police Department after a former Tiller employee, Tina Davis, told Troy Newman and Cheryl Sullenger of the stabbing in April. It is believed that the alleged infanticide took place sometime in the past two years. In addition, the incident has been reported... Operation Rescue http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035631/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:21:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031130/posts The Audacity of Death By DANIEL ALLOTT June 5, 2008 According to Barack Obama, Gianna Jessen shouldn't exist. Miss Jessen is an exquisite example of what antiabortion advocates call a "survivor." Well into her third trimester of pregnancy, Gianna's biological mother was injected with a saline solution intended to induce a chemical abortion at a Los Angeles County abortion center. Eighteen hours later, and precious minutes before the abortionist's arrival, Gianna emerged. Premature and with severe injuries that resulted in cerebral palsy. But alive. Had the abortionist been present at her birth, Gianna would have been killed, perhaps by suffocation.... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031130/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:48:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027674/posts The controversial and colorful advocate for the disabled, Harriet McBryde Johnson, died earlier this week at her Charleston home. Johnson first came to national prominence when she publicly challenged Princeton’s Peter Singer on the ethics of euthanizing profoundly disabled infants, and dedicated her life to improving the quality of life for those in institutions she called the “gulag”:Harriet McBryde Johnson, a feisty champion of the rights of the disabled who came to prominence after she challenged a Princeton professor’s contention that severely disabled newborns could ethically be euthanized, died on Wednesday at her home in Charleston, S.C. She was 50.... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027674/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:38:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026598/posts According to Barack Obama, Gianna Jessen shouldn't exist. Miss Jessen is an exquisite example of what antiabortion advocates call a "survivor." Well into her third trimester of pregnancy, Gianna's biological mother was injected with a saline solution intended to induce a chemical abortion at a Los Angeles County abortion center. Eighteen hours later, and precious minutes before the abortionist's arrival, Gianna emerged. Premature and with severe injuries that resulted in cerebral palsy. But alive. Had the abortionist been present at her birth, Gianna would have been killed, perhaps by suffocation. As it was, a startled nurse called an ambulance, and... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026598/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:37:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018901/posts A Virginia law banning a type of late-term abortion is still unconstitutional, even though a similar federal ban was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the same court’s 2005 ruling striking down the law. The Supreme Court had ordered the appeals court to take another look at Virginia’s statute after the ruling on the federal ban. The appeals court cited a key difference between the federal and state bans on the procedure that abortion opponents call “partial-birth abortion.” The... MSDNC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018901/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 23:38:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2016375/posts When Obama's Catholic supporters attacked Catholic League president Bill Donohue for his criticism of their candidate, they did not mention Obama's support for infanticide. The question will inevitably arise for the distinguished group of Catholics supporting Obama as to how they can defend his preference for infanticide in cases where a child survives a botched abortion. The fury Obama's Catholics vented toward Donohue will only force them to face that question sooner than they may have expected.  It's clear to me how it will be answered: It won't. Obama's Catholics are already attempting to reframe the abortion issue in their favor.... Inside Catholic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2016375/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 16:36:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013205/posts An Alaska woman, accused of killing her newborn baby boy at her parents’ Grand Junction home, gave birth at a neighbor’s home, wrapped him in a plastic garbage bag and left him in a tote bag in a closet that her parents found more than two months later, according to her arrest affidavit. Morgan Hite, 22, of Wasilla, Alaska, is in custody on a no-bond warrant, but she refused extradition to Grand Junction during a court hearing Wednesday in Palmer, Alaska. Hite has retained an attorney, and her next court appearance is June 6. GJ Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013205/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 19:55:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012833/posts A 14-year-old Bridgeton teenager was charged Wednesday with murder for allegedly drowning her newborn child in a public toilet last weekend. According to Cumberland County Prosecutor Ron Casella, the teenager, identified in a complaint by the initials "I.S.," was charged with purposely causing the death of her newborn baby boy during a Cinco de Mayo celebration Sunday at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds, in Millville. "She was served with a complaint alleging murder. Specifically, she gave birth to the baby in a public toilet, then removed him from the working toilet bowl and placed him in the tank," Casella said Wednesday.... star ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012833/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 03:14:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998689/posts The Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments today over subpoenaed medical records of notorious abortionist George Tiller, who is accused of performing late-term abortions — which are illegal in Kansas — at his Wichita clinic. In January, the Sedgwick County grand jury subpoenaed about 2,000 late-term abortion records from Tiller’s clinic; the judge reduced that to 250. Tiller is refusing to turn over the records, claiming it would violate his patients’ privacy. However, the grand jury requested that all patient-identifying information be redacted from the subpoenaed records before the jury receives them. Tiller's attorneys argued the grand jury investigation constitutes harassment,... CitizenLink http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998689/posts#comment Tue, 8 Apr 2008 22:51:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996551/posts A 14-year-old girl gave birth in a restroom at her junior high, and the baby boy cried once before she tried to flush him down the toilet, killing him, officials said Thursday. An autopsy confirmed the baby was alive when born Wednesday at Cedar Bayou Junior High in Baytown, near Houston. The boy was probably full term and cried before the mother, an eighth-grader, tried to flush him, said police Lt. Eric Freed. AP, via Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996551/posts#comment Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:41:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996278/posts BAYTOWN, Texas -- A 14-year-old gave birth to a baby in a junior high school bathroom and tried to flush the newborn down the toilet, killing the infant, police told Houston television station KPRC. Grief counselors helped students and staff on Thursday deal with the incident. Baytown police said the eighth-grade student delivered the near full-term baby at Cedar Bayou Junior High School on Wednesday morning while she was alone. The baby was born alive, investigators said. "We understand that the baby was alive when it was born and that the girl attempted to flush the child down the toilet.... The Indy Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996278/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:57:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994520/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Barack Obama is drawing gasps from pro-life advocates today over comments he made during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania over the weekend. The leading Democratic presidential candidate appeared to back a potential decision by his daughters to seek an abortion saying he wouldn't "punish" them with a baby. Obama's remarks are likely to add another reason to the list pro-life advocates are developing as to why he won't get their vote this November. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994520/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:47:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993402/posts Teenagers should be given the right to medically assisted suicide and the parents of terminally ill younger children should be able to choose euthanasia under proposals from members of Belgium's coalition government. The plans to extend rules allowing doctors to perform euthanasia on terminally ill people suffering "constant and unbearable physical or psychological pain" comes amid heated Belgian debate on the issue. Under existing Belgian laws, in place since 2002, patients, other than newborn babies, must be over 18 to qualify for assisted suicide, a situation that Bart Tommelein, leader of Belgium Liberals, wants changed. Mr Tommelein, whose party is... telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993402/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:25:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986512/posts Margaret Sanger would have loved Barack Obama Rev. Clenard H.Childress Clenard Childress March 15, 2008 Revelations of eugenic ideology and the racist practices of Planned Parenthood are unfolding more and more. The public is just beginning to believe what people of conscience have known long ago: Planned Parenthood has diabolically perpetrated their murderous plot to surgically eliminate those they deem undesirable. In other words: kill the babies of unsuspecting minority women by aborting their children. Then, tell them this is a "good thing" for you and your people. No other ethnic group in the United States has been decimated... renewamerica.us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986512/posts#comment Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:06:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985816/posts Sen. Barack Obama (D.-Ill.) portrays himself as a thoughtful Democrat who carefully considers both sides of controversial issues, but his radical stance on abortion puts him further left on that issue than even NARAL Pro-Choice America. In 2002, as an Illinois legislator, Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act, which would have protected babies that survived late-term abortions. That same year a similar federal law, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, was signed by President Bush. Only 15 members of the U.S. House opposed it, and it passed the Senate unanimously on a voice vote. Both the Illinois and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985816/posts#comment Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:52:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981626/posts HIALEAH, Fla., March 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Results of a forensic pathologist's review of documents and slides related to the autopsy of a baby born alive during an abortion at a Hialeah clinic in 2006, reveal that non-medical workers may have committed manslaughter when they shoved the struggling baby girl into a biohazard bag and tossed her on the roof of the clinic to die. The Thomas Moore Society, who is representing the mother of the baby, named Shanice Denise, hired forensic pathologist Abdullah Fatteh to inspect the available evidence, including the county autopsy report, microscopic slides prepared by the... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981626/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 00:30:47 GMT