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Members of Blessed John Paul II Chapter Knights of Columbus joined by their Chaplain, Monsignor Michael T. Mannion, National Life Center president and founder, Denise Cocciolone, and other friends of the NLC celebrated the groundbreaking of the Knights of Columbu NLC ultrasound project. The 882-square-foot, two-story addition to the NLC building at 686 N. Broad St. in Woodbury will provide space for an ultrasound exam room, a handicapped accessible bathroom, an exterior concrete ramp, additional office space, and much needed storage space for items to assist babies and young mothers. Monsignor Mannion blessed the addition and the staff from NLC...

At A Glance A large-scale clinical trial has found that annual screening with ultrasound in addition to mammography may find more cancers in women with dense breasts who are at elevated risk for breast cancer.For some groups of women, screening with MRI in addition to mammography helps detect breast cancer at an earlier stage.Supplemental screening with ultrasound or MRI increases the risk of false-positive findings. Media Contacts: RSNA Media Relations: (630) 590-7762 Maureen Morley (630) 590-7754mmorley@rsna.org Linda Brooks1-630-590-7738lbrooks@rsna.org CHICAGO — Results of a large-scale clinical trial presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America...

At A Glance Two studies explored ultrasound as an alternative to invasive biopsies for young women with lumps or other specific, localized signs or symptoms.Targeted breast ultrasound successfully distinguished between benign and cancerous tumors in all cases across both studies.The researchers recommend ultrasound as the tool of choice for evaluating palpable lumps in the under-40 population. Media Contacts: RSNA Newsroom 1-312-949-3233 Before 11/28/09 or after 12/03/09: RSNA Media Relations: 1-630- 590-7762 Linda Brooks1-630-590-7738lbrooks@rsna.org Maureen Morley1-630-590-7754mmorley@rsna.org CHICAGO — Targeted breast ultrasound of suspicious areas of the breast, including lumps, is a safe, reliable and cost-effective alternative to invasive biopsies for...

In late September, the abortionist at Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas, needed assistance, so he asked the center’s director Abby Johnson to hold the ultrasound probe during a dilation and evacuation abortion. Johnson watched as the 13-week-old unborn child attempted to avoid the probe. “I saw a full profile of the baby from head to foot,” she told me. Once the abortion procedure began, Johnson saw the child “crumple” under the pressure of the vacuum and then in an instant the child was gone. The reality of seeing the baby moving struck her as she stood in shock and dropped...

Baby Boy Gives Two-Finger Salute To The World... From Inside The WOMB DAILY MAIL REPORTER 09th November 2009 If Owen Skeffington grows up to show a lack of respect for authority, his parents can hardly complain that he didn't warn them. A scan taken at 27 weeks clearly shows the infant raising two fingers to the camera. Such was the hilarity at Royal Preston Hospital that the sonographer asked permission of his parents, Owen senior and Kelly, to put the picture on the wall. The 4D scan image of baby Owen Patrick Skeffington sticking his two fingers up to the...

The director of a southeast Texas Planned Parenthood office has resigned after eight years. Abby Johnson had a change of heart after watching an ultrasound of an abortion. She now works for the Coalition for Life, a pro-life group that often prays outside her old Planned Parenthood office. Johnson said her bosses pressured her for months to increase profits by performing more abortions. CBN News spoke with Johnson about what prompted her change of heart. Click play for her comments.

Planned Parenthood Director Resigns, Watched Ultrasound of Abortion Bryan, TX -- The director of a Texas-based Planned Parenthood has resigned her position saying that she has had a change of heart on abortion. The development highlights the powerful results ultrasounds have in convincing people of the humanity of the unborn child and the need to oppose abortions. http://www.LifeNews.com/state4534.html

Not even kidding - talk about a revolution in sidewalk pro-life counseling technology: The Star Trek Tricorder, a device that allows medics to check their patients in the field in the sci-fi TV show, took a step closer to becoming reality today thanks to a new device being shown off by General Electric in the US. The device, which is a cross between a mobile phone and an iPod was shown at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Tuesday. Called Vscan, the clamshell designed gadget is aimed at doctors, and possibly would-be parents who could use it in...

A new ultrasound device, used in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), allows neurosurgeons to precisely burn out small pieces of malfunctioning brain tissue without cutting the skin or opening the skull. A preliminary study from Switzerland involving nine patients with chronic pain shows that the technology can be used safely in humans. The researchers now aim to test it in patients with other disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. "The groundbreaking finding here is that you can make lesions deep in the brain--through the intact skull and skin--with extreme precision and accuracy and safety," says Neal Kassell, a neurosurgeon at...

Welcome to American Life League's BabySteps DVD page! We're so glad you've found us. Please view the English-language narrated version of the video below and link to it often from your organization's web site. Help others see the miracle of life develop throughout a baby's 16 stages of growth. If you would like to view this video with audio narrations in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese) or Spanish— just click on the appropriate flag to load the video in the corresponding language.

Hartford, CT (LifeNews.com) -- Under a new bill pro-abortion Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell signed into law last week, an ultrasound of an unborn child can't be done without a medical reason or authorization from a physician. The bill could have a negative impact on pregnancy centers that use ultrasounds to help women considering abortion.Studies have shown that ultrasounds, which show the humanity of the unborn children throughout pregnancy, convince at least 80 percent of women considering an abortion to keep their baby.Rell claimed she signed the bill because she is concerned about the health and safety of mothers and...

HARTFORD - Crystal Streit is a first-time mother two months into her pregnancy when her husband left for Iraq. The 25-year-old Milford woman wasn't even showing yet at the beginning of Brian Streit's Marine deployment. But a budding, yet controversial, business sector that produces photos and videos of commercial fetal ultrasounds allowed the young father to see his daughter for the first time via the Internet, despite the thousands of miles that keep the couple separate. "I was wanting him to see it more than anything. He said it made him very homesick," she said. "It's not easy, because it's...

Technological advancements have afforded many benefits to the pro-life cause. Ultrasound imaging has revealed the child in the womb as a living, feeling human being, and at earlier stages than previously thought possible. The widespread use of such technology helps explain significant shifts towards the pro-life position -- both in sentiment and in deed, especially among young Americans -- over the last fifteen years. But medical technology has had some negative effects, too, especially for unborn babies with disabilities. Ultrasound imaging is routinely employed to discern genetic abnormalities in unborn children and to end the lives of those who fail...

Forty senators gave their blessing Friday to a bill that Nebraska Right to Life hailed as one of the strongest abortion ultrasound bills in the country, and one that could reduce abortions in the state. The bill (LB675), introduced by Lincoln Sen. Tony Fulton, requires providers of abortions to tell women of the medical risks of the procedure they are seeking, and that they cannot be forced to have an abortion. They also can request and be provided a list, compiled by the state Department of Health and Human Services, of healthcare providers and clinics that offer free ultrasounds performed...

Washington, D.C., May 20, 2009 (CNA) -- Some doctors and pro-life leaders now say modern ultrasound technology is partly responsible for Americans’ gradual shift to identifying themselves as pro-life. Nebraskan legislators are now considering joining other states that require that a woman considering an abortion be provided an ultrasound of her baby. A recent Gallup poll showed 51 percent of Americans now self-identify as pro-life, composing a majority for the first time. The change has led to speculation that improved ultrasound technology has helped change minds.

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Crack-addicted Felicia Anderson was pregnant with her third child when an ultrasound changed the direction of her life. "You could hear that baby's heartbeat strong and steady. Really, that's her personality today, a strong, vibrant little girl. And at that time, laying there, tears starting rolling down my face," Anderson, 44, recalled. In that moment, Anderson vowed to stay off drugs, something she'd been unable to do in more than a decade addicted to crack cocaine, even when she was pregnant with her first two children. Anderson didn't think she could do it alone, so, like...

[Full Title:] Kansas Governor Signs Bill Ensuring Those Seeking Abortions Can See Ultrasound First Friday, March 27, 2009 TOPEKA, Kan. — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signs a bill ensuring that women and girls seeking abortions can see ultrasound images before the procedure.

Lance Cpl. Daniel Jordan turns up the speaker volume to hear the sound of his unborn child’s heartbeat during a video teleconference, March 14. The family spent nearly two hours talking and viewing images of their baby during the VTC. Photo by Cpl. Ryan Young, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Public Affairs. AL ASAD AIR BASE — On the monitor is a smiling woman, happy to see her husband in such clarity and to hear his voice without the fear of losing the phone signal. The doctor’s office she is in is full of people with the occasional glimpse of family...

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius Wichita, Kan., Mar 19, 2009 / 06:35 am (CNA).- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is being urged to sign new state legislation that would require Kansas abortionists to offer women an ultrasound image or heartbeat record of their unborn child before an abortion procedure. One pro-life advocate said the governor’s refusal to sign the bill would “extinguish” hopes she would work to reduce abortions.On Tuesday the Kansas Senate voted in favor of the bill by 36 to 2. The “Woman’s Right to Know Act,” S.B. 238, would also require clinics to post signs saying that coerced abortions...

A temporary ban remains in place against a state abortion law requiring ultrasounds. Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki Robertson on Thursday refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the law. Another hearing is set to begin March 30. The law requires an abortion doctor or medical technician to do an ultrasound at least an hour before the procedure and display the images of the unborn baby where the pregnant woman can see them. The doctor or technician also must describe what the woman is seeing including if the fetus’ heart is beating. The law was passed last year but has never...

Abortion foes in the Legislature have sown the seeds of what could develop into another battle over regulating abortion in South Carolina. Seven S.C. House lawmakers have prefiled a bill that would require women seeking abortions to be given a list of clinics and other facilities that provide free ultrasounds. That list could include pregnancy crisis centers — many run by antiabortion groups — that actively discourage abortion and encourage women to choose other alternatives. The bill expands upon the law the General Assembly passed this year that requires abortion providers to give women seeking an abortion the option of...

Your unborn baby cast in bronze ... it's the new foetal attractionSophie Goodchild, Health Editor 02.01.09 A CLINIC is offering mothers bronze models of their unborn babies.The London Ultrasound Centre, near Harley Street, is the first in the country to offer the service, which allows parents to "celebrate" their babies in the womb.A 3D printer uses ultrasound images to build a cast of the child. The models cost £1,200, take up to two-and-a-half weeks to make, and are created when the mother is at a safe stage of pregnancy at 24 weeks.Doctors say the technology could also help improve...

Two bills submitted to the Texas Legislature Tuesday would force doctors to show women ultrasounds of their unborn children two hours before they had an abortion. The identical bills, one submitted to the Texas House, as HB 36, and one to the Senate, as SB 182, were introduced by Rep. Frank Corte Jr., R-San Antonio, and Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, respectively. They outline the changes in procedures doctors would have to go through when a woman opts to abort her child. Most significantly, the bills would force doctors to perform an ultrasound on the woman and display the image of...

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An advocate group sued the state of Oklahoma over legislation that prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless she undergoes an ultrasound first. The Center for Reproductive Rights claims in the lawsuit filed Thursday in Oklahoma County District Court that the requirement intrudes privacy and endangers health and assaults dignity. The law effective as of Nov. 1 would make Oklahoma the fourth state in the country that requires that an ultrasound be performed prior to an abortion so that the woman can have a chance of viewing the fetus. The other states are Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi. The Oklahoma...

Center seeks to purchase sonogram By Olivia Cobiskey ocobiskey@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 535 DIXON - Connie Ambrecht slid the transducer across Carlotta Wood's round belly, and an image slowly started to appear on the monitor - a head. Then an arm. Then a leg. "She moved," said Wood, 23, of Albany. Ambrecht watched the image of the fetus appear and disappear on the monitor before announcing to the crowd in the other room that the unborn child was 15 weeks along. The demonstration was part of the Hope Life Center's annual banquet Thursday at the Brandywine. The center hopes to raise...

<p>A Lorain, Ohio, woman got an ultrasound in preparation for her first baby, but instead of seeing the image of an infant, Monet Sledge.</p> <p>"I was shocked like really," said Sledge.</p> <p>She showed the picture to her sister Tequoia Smith, a married mother of four who has seen her share of ultrasounds.</p>

Opponents Call Proposal Micromanaging Medical Care TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Two state lawmakers said they have a plan to reduce the number of abortions in Florida. The proposal would require women to have an ultrasound before they could have an abortion in Florida. Sen. Dan Webster and Rep. Trey Traviesa are sponsoring the bill. Under Webster's plan, doctors would be required to give a woman the option of seeing the ultrasound pictures unless she's the victim of rape, incest or human trafficking. If the woman does not want to see the ultrasound, she would be required to sign a waiver. Figures...

DENVER (BP)--A Colorado ministry to women in crisis pregnancies recently received a big boost toward its efforts to save human lives -- a new sonogram machine. The SBC's Psalm 139 Project -- an effort of the convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission to educate Southern Baptists on the value of ultrasound technology in crisis pregnancy situations -- selected Riverside Pregnancy Center to receive the equipment. The project also provides a way for individuals to contribute to a fund that places the machines in qualified centers. Psalm 139 was the inspiration for the project. The Old Testament verses affirm the fact...

The thirty years since Roe v. Wade has seen a remarkable explosion of medical technology - technology that has made abortion easier and safer, that has allowed it to move from hospital procedure to outpatient procedure, and that has brought the mortality rate down from 4.1 per 100,000 to 0.6 per 100,000. Yet, despite the improvements, the number of physicians who are willing to perform abortions is at the lowest it has ever been in thirty years. According to a recent study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, only 1,819 physicians in this country, most of them gynecologists, were performing abortions...

Friday Five: Jill Stanek by Jennifer Mesko, associate editorA life-changing event catapulted her into the pro-life movement, and now she's obsessed with it. (Editor's Note: This is the second in our series of Friday interviews with people of interest to family advocates. The format is simple: five questions every Friday.)When Planned Parenthood tried to sneak an abortion clinic into suburban Chicago this year, it forgot to do its homework on local life advocate Jill Stanek. She, along with thousands of other pro-lifers, helped to delay the opening of the nation's largest abortion clinic for 14 days.Eight years ago, Stanek...

by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorOctober 5, 2007Topeka, KS (LifeNews.com) -- A pro-life group has filed an official complaint against late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller in what is the latest skirmish in the battle to prosecute him for allegedly doing illegal abortions. The group says Tiller and a colleague broke state laws on late-term abortions but also provided women a substandard level of care.The latter complaint is what is most germane for the State Board of Healing Arts, which licenses and oversees physicians in the state.Operation Rescue relied on medical records from Michelle Armesto, a Topeka resident, for its complaint. Armesto testified...

Even a "Raving Atheist" Can Be Pro-Life - Interview Special to LifeSiteNews.com by Laura Freeburn Editor's Note: The following, until now unpublished, interview was conducted with the popular blog personality "the raving atheist".  The blogger, a lawyer who will not divulge his real name, has nonetheless acquired pseudonymous fame.  He is featured, as "the raving atheist" in the anti-Christian documentary film 'The God who wasn't there". His pro-life convictions are based solely on scientific evidence for the life of the unborn.  He is firmly opposed to belief in God.  The interview is published here as it provides interesting insights.Is it...

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), now running for president on his pro-life agenda, has introduced a bill that would require doctors to perform an ultrasound, then show it to a pregnant woman, before performing an abortion. "We can reduce the number of abortions and help people reflect on the humanity of the unborn child by providing more information to women," said Brownback. According to a posting on his website, the bill, officially known as the Ultrasound Informed Consent Act, places the requirements on the doctor, not the woman. A doctor would be required to share the ultrasound results with the woman...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Sam Brownback, the Kansas senator and Republican presidential candidate, has introduced a new bill that would require abortion practitioners to perform an ultrasound and allow women contemplating an abortion to see the pictures of their unborn child. The hope is that it will persuade many women to keep their baby.The Ultrasound Informed Consent Act is similar to bills lawmakers in states like Texas, South Carolina and Georgia have proposed.Pregnancy centers routinely show women ultrasound photos and a high percentage of women decide against having an abortion."It is necessary and right to provide a woman seeking...

Italian Hospital Aborts Healthy Twin and Leaves Handicapped Sibling Mother returns and has Down syndrome child aborted By Elizabeth O'Brien MILAN, Italy, August 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A fierce abortion debate has erupted in Italy after a mother pregnant with twins reported doctors to the authorities for aborting her healthy unborn baby while leaving the handicapped one alive. Italian news agencies recently discovered that a hospital killed the "wrong" child in a pair of unborn twins in June. According to media reports, after the 38-year old woman discovered the so-called "mistake", she returned and had the second one, who was...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A leading pro-life advocate says that the new trend in state legislation toward requiring abortion practitioners to allow women to see an ultrasound image of their unborn child prior to the abortion is changing hearts and saving lives. Gary Bauer, the former GOP presidential candidate, says more states should follow the lead.Ultrasound images have worked in pregnancy centers. When women see a technologically amazing picture of their baby, they typically realize abortion is the worst decision they could make.This July, Mississippi and Georgia became the latest states to help women see a picture of their...

-SNIP- The increasing use of ultrasound exams at crisis pregnancy centers brings criticism from clinics that provide abortion. They see its use as manipulating pregnant women. Eve Espey, obstetrician/gynecologist at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, said CPCs are looking at legislation to force women to view an ultrasound before having an abortion. "I think it's very much a coercive measure," said Espey, "because I think it gets back to your basic right to have the information you want to have."

The National Right to Life Committee said it’s “in complete disagreement” with an ad sponsored by a state affiliate that attacks Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family Action.The ad, which appeared in today’s Colorado Springs Gazette, asked Dobson to “repent” of his statement that a recent Supreme Court ruling will protect preborn children.That ruling affirmed a federal ban on partial-birth abortion, a procedure that involves delivery of a baby feet first, making an incision in the back of the child’s head, and removing brain matter so that the dead child slips more easily through the...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Abortion involves the ending of the life of a baby before birth and sometimes involves the use of an ultrasound before the abortion procedure is carried out. Shouldn't women be entitled to see what the abortion involves and whose life will be taken in the process? That's the thought of pro-life advocates and the legislatures of 10 states that have approved legislation allowing women to see an ultrasound before the abortion is done. They've been used in pregnancy centers for many years and women who go there and see the development of their unborn child almost...

Atlanta, GA (LifeNews.com) -- Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue today signed into law a bill that requires abortion practitioners to show a woman considering an abortion an ultrasound of her unborn baby if she wants to see one beforehand. Pro-life groups and legislators hope the measure will help reduce the number of abortions. With the signing, Georgia will become the tenth state in the nation to pass an ultrasound law -- important because many women change their minds about having an abortion when they see one.The measure will go into effect on July 1 and representatives of Georgia Right to Life,...

Beijing, China (LifeNews.com) -- China has long been at the center of forced abortion controversies with its one-child policy that prohibits families there from having additional children. Now, news that a college in the Asian nation is forcing its female students to submit to pregnancy tests is furthering those fears. Officials at the technical college in Urumqi, the capital of the far western region of Xinjiang, are defending the compulsory pregnancy tests as benefiting both the college and the students who attend. Urumqi officials say they have been using the forced pregnancy testing system for years and that students who...

Columbia, SC (LifeNews.com) -- The South Carolina state Senate approved a version of a bill on abortion and ultrasounds that is weaker than the legislation the state House approved in March. The Senate bill, backed with a voice vote, removed the requirement that the abortion practitioner review the ultrasound with the woman considering an abortion. When the House approved its measure on a 91-23 vote, its bill included language saying the abortion practitioner must go over the ultrasound if the mother wants to see it. State health regulations already require an ultrasound at 14 weeks into pregnancy but the Senate...

Austin, TX (LifeNews.com) -- The Texas state legislature is advancing two bills that would help limit the number of abortions done in the state. The first measure it will consider is a bill the state Senate approved to allow the state to collect information associated with abortions such as insurance payments used to pay for it or the women's reasons for having one. The idea behind the bill is to learn more about why women have abortions so those reasons can be addressed. Sen. Florence Shapiro, a Plano Republican, is behind the measure (SB 785), which also collects data on...

The dark secret is that seventeen states have, or are considering, ultrasound legislation. The darkest part is that this ultrasound allows women to physically view their babies prior to a possible abortion. Hideously, South Carolina could be the first state to make the viewing mandatory, making women view another life in their bodies before they kill it. Who could possibly require such a thing? But this information is not surprising. We learn that more and more Crisis Pregnancy Centers now have ultrasound equipment that allows women intending to abort, to see exactly what is to be aborted. Some ultrasounds actually...

Janeen Daniels was on her way into a Chicago clinic for an abortion when a couple approached and suggested she had other options. She accompanied them to a "crisis pregnancy center," where she was given a referral for an ultrasound exam of her uterus and the promise of help if she decided to carry her pregnancy to term. "Once I saw the ultrasound pictures -- he was 10 weeks old, moving already -- I decided to keep him," said Daniels, 29. The child, Steven, is now 3, and Daniels can't imagine life without him. To her the pregnancy center was...

Columbia, SC (LifeNews.com) -- South Carolina is one of the early primary states in the race for the presidency and local issues sometimes become topics for the candidates to discuss. A proposal in the state legislature to ask women considering an abortion to first view an ultrasound has the support of some of the GOP candidates. The measure is advancing through the legislature and is expected to eventually get to Gov. Mark Sanford's desk. Pro-life groups support it as another method of helping women avoid abortions -- as a large percentage of pregnant women who see ultrasounds at pregnancy centers...

(CBS/AP) With calls of emotional blackmail from opponents, a measure requiring women seeking abortions to first review ultrasound images of their fetuses advanced Wednesday in the South Carolina Legislature. The legislation, supported by Republican Gov. Mark Sanford, easily passed 91-23 after lawmakers defeated amendments exempting rape or incest. The House must approve the bill again in a routine vote before it goes to the Senate, where its sponsor expects it to pass. Some states make ultrasound images available to women before an abortion, but South Carolina would be alone in requiring women to view the pictures. Supporters hope women would...

Chris Slattery waiting for clients in his mobile ultrasound center along a street in the Bronx. He hopes that pregnant women will forgo abortions after seeing ultrasound images of their fetuses. Antiabortion activists are unveiling the newest weapon in their arsenal: a motor home with an ultrasound machine, which they plan to park outside Englewood's abortion clinic when it reopens.  The goal is to persuade women to abandon their scheduled abortions after seeing the visual image of the growing life within them.  "When women later see ultrasounds of babies that are at the same stage as their baby was,...

Women seeking abortions in South Carolina would be required to view an ultrasound image of their fetus before the procedure under a proposal gaining support from lawmakers. If enacted, it would be the first law of its kind in the nation. Some states make ultrasound images available to women before an abortion, but South Carolina would be alone in mandating that women see the pictures. Proponents say women would change their minds after seeing an ultrasound and choose instead to keep the child or offer it for adoption. To reduce abortions, women need "as much background as possible when they're...