http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/prolife/ en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:47:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415890/posts I was crossing the Jacques Cartier Bridge on my regular Saturday-morning run recently when I began to think about suicide. Not for myself, but because of the 10-foot high fences that line either side of the bridge. Each picket is bent into an n shape at the top so scaling is, effectively, impossible. It's a barrier that means business, which is why it was installed years ago to prevent people jumping into the St. Lawrence. Its message is blunt: "We don't want you even thinking about committing suicide here." As such, it stands as a metallic contradiction given that Quebec's... National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415890/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:47:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415713/posts ... While the national health coverage debate has been roiled by questions of whether the government should be paying for end-of-life counseling, physicians [...], in consultations with patients or their families, are routinely making tough decisions about the best way to die. Among those choices is terminal sedation, a treatment that is already widely used, even as it vexes families and a profession whose paramount rule is to do no harm. Doctors who perform it say it is based on carefully thought-out ethical principles in which the goal is never to end someone’s life, but only to make the patient... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415713/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:01:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415570/posts LifeNews.com Note: Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and a special consultant to the Center for Bioethics and Culture. His most recent book is the Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World. This opinion column originally appeared in the Church Report.Terri Schiavo continues to prick our collective conscience, our sensitivity to the way she died -- deprived of all food and water, even the balm of ice chips for nearly two weeks -- as raw today as on the day she drew her last breath five years ago next March. Usually, the trauma remains... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415570/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:22:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415109/posts A non-partisan, black, *CHRISTIAN* woman publicly repents for voting for Obama despite his pro-abortion record. She explains why she was deceived and reaffirms her committment to putting Christ first. Before race. Before politics. You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415109/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:11:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415038/posts Wednesday December 23, 2009 Top Ten Good News Stories of 2009 Compiled by John-Henry WestenDecemer 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The following are the top ten good news stories of 2009, ranked according to popularity.1) 12-Year-Old Stuns Pro-Choice Teacher and School with Pro-Life Presentation  12-year-old "Lia" of Toronto become a star at her school and on Youtube with her five-minute pro-life speech, crafted for a school competition. A video of her speech has been watched over 800,000 times on Youtube.2) List of Bishops Opposing the Notre Dame Invitation and Award to President Obama83 U.S. bishops spoke out against Notre Dame's... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415038/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:27:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415023/posts When the Senate and House agree on a health care bill and if our tax money pays for ana portion directly or indirectly, I will revolt by not paying my personal taxes. I will prefer going to prison than have even one cent of my income pay for an abortion. I have been praying about this and other issues that affect my pro-life principles. If I call myself pro-life, then I must act on these principles in a way that will change my comfort level to the point of suffering. How many of us have fought with money and time... Dayton Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415023/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:44:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414917/posts Washington (CNSNews.com) – Six senators, including former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), when asked if it is morally right to take tax dollars from pro-life Americans to pay for health insurance plans that cover abortion, did not answer the question directly, but instead expressed their thoughts about the Senate health-care legislation. The Senate health-care bill at present mandates that the Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary make certain that at least one health-care plan in the government exchanges -- where people will use tax money to buy health insurance -- covers elective abortions. At the U.S. Capitol, CNSNews.com... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414917/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:15:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414858/posts A car crash victim who was believed to have been in a coma for the past 23 years has been conscious the whole time. Rom Houben was paralysed but could not let doctors know that he could hear every word they were saying, reports the Daily Mail. "I dreamed myself away," said Mr Houben, now 46, who doctors thought was in a persistent vegatative state. Doctors conducted a series of coma tests before concluding that his consciousness was "extinct". But three years ago, new hi-tech scans showed his brain was still functioning almost completely normally. Mr Houben said: "All that... Ananova http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414858/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:37:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414778/posts She kept it secret for seven months and now she's finally speaking out. On Thursday, Governor Sarah Palin sat down to answer questions about the new addition to her family. You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414778/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:21:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414547/posts The Senate health care bill is dead on arrival in the House of Representatives unless major changes are made, including removal of special “carve outs” for Medicaid funding for certain states and inclusion of language barring taxpayer-funded health plans that cover abortions, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) told CNSNews.com on Tuesday. Faced with the possibility that House Democratic leaders and the White House will try to force the U.S. House to accept “as is” the health care bill that the Senate is poised to pass on Christmas Eve, the pro-life Democrat said the Senate bill differs too much from the version... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414547/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:21:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414122/posts LifeNews.com Note: Sarah Palin is the former governor of Alaska and was the 2008 vice-presidential candidate. She is a pro-life stalwart and has won respect as the mother of a special needs child. Last weekend while you were preparing for the holidays with your family, Harry Reid’s Senate was making shady backroom deals to ram through the Democrat health care take-over. The Senate ended debate on this bill without even reading it.That and midnight-weekend votes seem to be standard operating procedures in D.C. No one is certain of what’s in the bill, but Senator Jim DeMint spotted one shocking revelation... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414122/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414115/posts BASEL, Switzerland, December 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Swiss Federation of Service to Patients (Patientenstellen der Schweiz) has called for a ban on a particular type of contraceptive pill after it was linked to the death last month of a 17-year-old German girl who died in a Swiss hospital.The girl, who died at the University Hospital of Basel, was taking a pill that includes drospirenone, a synthetic progestin, which is a compound included in newer brands, such as Yaz, Yasmin, and Yasminelle.This has been the third grave incident reported in Switzerland this year involving such contraceptives.  In each case, the... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414115/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:42:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414038/posts After Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced Saturday that he had decided to support the amended health bill that allows federal funding of abortion, he set to work defending the decision in terms more familiar on the lips of his liberal colleagues: emphasizing the need for a compromise, and highlighting the greater good of the health of millions of Americans. Yet Nelson left behind a still-reeling pro-life and conservative constituency questioning what could have prompted the sudden change in the senator - who days before seemed so placidly settled in his convictions against the bill, particularly regarding abortion. The tension leading... LifeSite News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414038/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:43:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414014/posts As a kid, Corrina Gura was fascinated by babies. She remembers visiting the specimens of preserved human embryos and fetuses on display in the Prenatal Development exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry with her parents. When her aunt was pregnant, she asked if she could rest her hand on her aunt's belly. Those experiences years ago helped shape Gura's current belief that a baby's life begins at conception. "All it needs is a place to grow and food, and it will survive, which is what I need," said Gura, who lives in Skokie and works as a projects... Chicago Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414014/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:06:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413997/posts I received this question from a friend on Facebook: So, Jill, what happened with Nelson? You and other pro-life leaders were advising people to be "calm" and to thank him, and all indications now are that he prostituted his vote like so many others. How do you know who to trust? My friend was speaking about a blog post I wrote Dec. 11 encouraging pro-lifers to maintain support of Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. In that post I relayed an e-mail received from Democrats for Life's president, Kristen Day, assuring everyone Nelson was unwavering in his refusal to vote for any... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413997/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:48:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413966/posts WH requested Stupak 'not say anything' on abortion, congressman says By Tony Romm - 12/23/09 02:36 PM ET Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said Tuesday the White House asked him to "hold off for a while and not say anything" about the abortion language in the Senate's healhtcare bill. The Obama administration reportedly asked the Michigan congressman to withhold judgement on the provision until "they [had] a chance to try to sell me the language," he explained -- a request Stupak later said he denied. "I don’t need to have a conference with the White House," Stupak told CNSnews.com. "I have... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413966/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2413852/posts If we adopt the compassion of time rather than that of cash, we are not trying to do the same thing as liberals, only a bit more cheaply. Instead, we must ask of every idea that calls itself compassionate, "Does it make great demands on men (and women) to give themselves to their brethren?" Are we offering not coerced silver, but our lives? If we talk of crisis pregnancies, are we actually willing to provide a home to a pregnant young woman? If we talk of abandoned children, are we actually willing to adopt a child? We need to ask... The Heritage Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2413852/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:28:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413798/posts Stupak: Obama Admin Bullying Me to Accept Abortion Funding in Health Care Washington, DC -- Congressman Bart Stupak, the pro-life Democrat who has been the consistent champion against abortion funding in the health care bill, says the Obama administration is trying to bully him. Stupak says in a new interview that he will not back down in the face of pressure from the White House. http://www.LifeNews.com/nat5810.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413798/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:28:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413604/posts The Ronald Reagan U.C.L.A. Medical Center, one of the nation’s most highly regarded academic hospitals, has earned a reputation as a place where doctors will go to virtually any length and expense to try to save a patient’s life. “If you come into this hospital, we’re not going to let you die,” said Dr. David T. Feinberg, the hospital system’s chief executive. Yet that ethos has made the medical center a prime target for critics in the Obama administration and elsewhere who talk about how much money the nation wastes on needless tests and futile procedures. They like to note... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413604/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:44:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413500/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Tuesday morning, the Senate approved the Harry Reid manager's amendment to the government-run health care bill. Reid's amendment includes the so-called "compromise" language he agreed on with embattled Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska that keeps abortion funding in the bill. The Senate voted on the manager's amendment, number 3276, on a 60-39 vote. All Democrats in the chamber voted for the amendment while all Republicans, except absent pro-life Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, voted against it. With the vote today, the Senate now begins 30 hours of post-cloture debate that will continue throughout the day today... Lifenews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413500/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:11:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413387/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Hollywood elite and abortion promotion have long been synonymous but Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon is quickly becoming one of the leading pro-abortion voices in Tinseltown. Nixon followed up her Planned Parenthood fundraising letter earlier this year by wading into the health care debate.Nixon is joining abortion advocates who want to ensure taxpayer funding of abortion remains in the Senate government-run health care bill.Just one week after returning to the United States from filming the sequel to the popular television franchise's first feature film, Nixon is bashing a congressman's ban on abortion... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413387/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:08:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413383/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is getting attention for an interview yesterday in which she essentially admits that the American public would be forced to pay for abortions under the Senate health are bill and then relies on accounting gimmicks to suggests that's not the case. Sebelius spoke with BlogHer interviewer Morra Aarons-Mele yesterday and praised the new abortion language the Senate adopted in Harry Reid's manager's amendment. The language, submitted by Sen. Ben Nelson in conjunction with Sen. Bob Casey and pro-abortion Sens. Barbara Boxer and Patty Murray, opens the door to massive abortion funding. "I... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413383/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:03:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413368/posts "A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted, Because they are no more." Matt 2:18 In Bethlehem, Herod killed all male children under 2 years of age because he felt threatened. On Capitol Hill, battles are raging to keep the abortion mills running. Who threatens you, Pelosi? Why are you determined to murder our children, Reid? If they succeed, the vote is shaping up for Christmas eve, a night when we are all reminded of the Christ born in a manger, a star to guide the wise men... RenewAmerica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413368/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:31:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412685/posts Politics: Sen. Mary Landrieu was the new "Louisiana Purchase." Sen. Ben Nelson got the federal government to pick up his state's future Medicaid tab. Maybe we should just put Senate votes up on eBay. Nelson, the 60th vote in the middle-of-the-night Senate party line vote on health care reform, will go down in American political history as the inventor of the permanent earmark. His seemingly principled stand against including federal funding for abortion evaporated like the morning dew as he decided to take what was behind door No. 1. The deal for Nelson includes special Medicaid funding for Nebraska, along... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412685/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:24:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412611/posts Madison, WI (LifeNews.com) -- A Wisconsin state senator is expanding his call for an investigation of a Planned Parenthood abortion center shown on an undercover video misleading women about abortion and fetal development. Live Action's latest video has an abortion practitioner and staffer saying abortion does not kill a human being. The video also shows the staff misleading two women posing as potential abortion customers by telling them that the heart of the unborn child doesn't begin to beat until late in pregnancy -- instead of at about 22 days as is the case.Senator Glenn Grothman has already called... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412611/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:20:51 GMT