Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on July 24 that his office had obtained a $1.4 million settlement against Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast for Medicaid fraud, with the settlement to be split between the state of Texas, the federal government, and the whistleblower (former PPGC employee Karen Reynolds). It turns out the AG was apparently only announcing his state’s cut. The total settlement is actually $4.3 million – almost $3 million more than previously known. Read MoreGovernor Shuts Down Pro-Abortion Protests With Chocolate Chip Cookies
>A gathering of North Carolina pro-abortion activists are upset with North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory. They have been protesting outside the governor’s mansion in response to his signing a pro-life bill that could close down shoddy abortion clinics. McCrory hasn’t been willing to meet with the rabid abortion activists, but he did stop by Tuesday afternoon with a plate of chocolate chip cookies. The gesture was so nice that the abortion activists were befuddled, made up a silly chant, and went home early. Read MoreCongresswoman’s Miracle Baby May be the First to Survive Potter’s Syndrome
< Abigail Rose Beutler’s birth has been met with significantly less fanfare than that of the royal baby, Prince George Alexander Louis Mountbatten-Windsor, but it was every bit as miraculous: Despite being given a prenatal diagnosis generally considered a death sentence, Abigail was born weighing two pounds, 12 ounces at 28 weeks’ gestation and has survived two weeks. Abigail, the daughter of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), was diagnosed with Potter’s Syndrome in utero. Read MoreWoman Didn’t Get Proper Anesthesia Before Abortion, Heard Girl Born Alive Cry
A woman named Julia Gallardo has posted video from 2011 with a shocking claim – that her friend had a late-term abortion, but was not properly anesthetized during the procedure and heard her baby girl, who had been born alive, cry. She also tearfully states that her friend’s family later found out that the baby girl had survived and was placed for adoption. Read MoreMSNBC Host Thomas Roberts Calls Abortion Clinics “Choice Providers”
For years, MSNBC has made it clear where it stands on the issue of abortion in America: on the side of promoting abortion rights advocates against any restriction or regulation on the taking of unborn life. Unsurprisingly, one of MSNBC’s most fervent abortion activists is Thomas Roberts, who apart from using his daily MSNBC show to promote gay marriage, has taken it upon himself to rail against any abortion safety laws as limiting “choice.” But on his July 30 program, Roberts took things a step further with Orwellian language designed to avoid the A-word. Read MorePlanned Parenthood Abortion Biz Closes Clinic in Schenectady New York
The Planned Parenthood abortion business is closing yet another center — this time in Schenectady, New York. A press release from Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson (PPMH) says: “After careful evaluation, we have decided to close our Ticonderoga health center, located at 171 Lake George Avenue, on August 27. Read More“She Didn’t Do It!” Prayers Save Baby From Abortion at the Last Minute
“I will set him in the safety for which he longs”. The verse from Psalm 12:5 floated through my mind as hot tears rushed down my cheeks. “Set him in the safety?” I assumed it was God telling me the baby my friends and I we’re earnestly praying for was aborted and now safe in heaven. I had every reason to believe that must be the case.Minutes prior a lady inside the abortion clinic texted me, saying her friend had left the waiting room to go behind the door. Read More
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Three former employees of the Planned Parenthood abortion business testified before the Delaware state legislature today and told lawmakers that the abortion giant frequently put women’s health and lives at risk. Nurses Joyce Vasikonis and Jayne Mitchell-Werbrich explained the “meat-market style assembly-line abortions” which led them to quit their jobs. Former manager Melody Meanor testified that Planned Parenthood’s negligence expands beyond abortion. 
Corbin Alfred McHenry was diagnosed in utero with Trisomy 13, a rare genetic disorder. While already battling the harsh label of “incompatible with life” this little miracle blessed the Earth seven weeks early. His family has created a Facebook page for prayers for him and it has already grown in just a few months to well over 267,000 people. praying for Corbin. 
Indiana has lost its battle to de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business — as a judge today issued a permanent injunction in the abortion giant’s favor in its lawsuit against the state over the de-funding law. U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt in Indianapolis issued the order preventing state officials from preventing Medicaid dollars from flowing the nation’s largest abortion company. 
Although pro-life groups mounted an amazing campaign to attempt to defeat the bill and turned out tens of thousands of pro-life people at multiple rallies against it, the Irish Parliament approved the measure. Now, Ireland’s head of state, President Michael D. Higgins, signed the country’s first bill on abortion into law. Abortions would be allowed when the life of the mother is supposedly in danger from the pregnancy and in cases when pregnant women may commit suicide, even though studies show abortion increases suicide risk for women. Pro-life groups worry this will open the door to legalizing abortions in other cases. 
When they’re not outright censoring the culture of life in America, the media play games with language to make their points. Journalists use language to denote a difference between life and death: a baby that’s wanted and a fetus that’s doomed or unwanted. One is a blessing, the other a problematic “clump of cells” From the end of June 2010 to June 2013, the networks dehumanized unborn children by using the word “fetus” in nearly half – 45 percent – of reports in connection with death. In relation to either problems and risks or medical issues, “fetus” appeared in 93 percent of reports. 
The president of the Planned Parenthood abortion business says the number one priority this year for the abortion giant is defeating the pro-life candidate for governor in Virginia. 
Investigators are looking into the death of a newborn baby, whose body was found in the back of a trash vehicle in Kansas City yesterday. Garbage workers found the baby’s body after seeing the arm of the child dangling over the side of a trash container in the truck. 
When Congress debated Obamacare, pro-life advocates and Republicans like Sarah Palin were castigated for claiming the government-run health care program would include death panels that would ration health care treatment. Now, former presidential candidate Howard Dean has essentially admitted they were right and is calling for the repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Monday he called the IPAB “essentially a health-care rationing body” that he believes will fail. 
A federal appeals court issued a ruling Friday forcing a Mennonite-owned company to comply with the HHS mandate, which compels companies to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions. In a 2-1 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation, owned by a Mennonite family, must adhere to the mandate. The company has 950 employees. 
Governor Pat McCrory officially put his name on a pro-life bill today that would stop abortions by helping pregnant women and stopping taxpayer financed abortions. The bill would also subject abortion clinics to better health and safety laws that could wind up closing abortion facilities that are unable to comply and protect women’s health. 
Today Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler and her husband Daniel announced the birth of their daughter, Abigail Rose Beutler. This two week old miracle is being called the first baby to survive a prenatal diagnosis previously considered fatal. Last month, Congresswoman Herrera Beutler (left) posted an announcement via facebook that her first child had been diagnosed in-utero with Potter’s Syndrome. Considered fatal, Potter’s Syndrome is “associated with a deficiency in amniotic fluid often caused by a baby’s prenatal kidney failure.” In addition to having kidney failure, without sufficient amniotic fluid in the womb the baby’s lungs are usually severely underdeveloped. 
A Russian woman has allegedly burned her newborn baby to death in a stove after attempts at self-inducing abortion failed. The unnamed woman spend several months attempting to kill her baby in an abortion by taking various pills.She reportedly hid the pregnancy from family members. 
After initially pleading not guilty to a 977-count indictment that includes charges related to kidnapping women and holding them in the basement of his home, where he raped them and assaulted them to the point of causing abortions, Ariel Castro has accepted a plea deal. Castro took the deal, according to an AP report, to avoid the death penalty. The plea means the victims and their families will be spared a long trial, having to endure the grisly details of Castro’s lengthy and horrific crimes. 
Late Thursday night, the North Carolina state Senate passed a pro-life omnibus bill that would stop abortions by helping pregnant women and stopping taxpayer financed abortions. The State Senate concurred by a vote of 32-13 with the State House, on SB 353, Health and Safety Law Changes. The State House worked with the Governor and his Department of Health and Human Services to reach an agreement for a compromise bill that accomplished pro-life goals in a way the governor would sign into law. 
I’ve been so enraged recently by the comments made by Nancy Pelosi about the presumed ignorance of pro-life leaders for many reasons. I was happy when I came across this article as I found it particularly poignant. Pro-abortion advocates continually trumpet their advancement of “comprehensive sex education” but if this is really the larger portion of their goal as they claim, why aren’t they doing their job? We all know the reason, pro-abortion advocates are just that; pro-abortion, at any time, for any price. 
Abortion advocates fight tooth and nail to hide the humanity of the child in the womb. Nothing is more detrimental to their cause than the public realizing the truth about what abortion does to a human being. That is why they so vehemently oppose measures to ensure mothers get the chance to see the sonogram image of their unborn child. They threw a fit when Facebook created the option for users to make pages for their unborn babies. 
Democrats in the U.S. Senate who face the prospects of tough re-election battles in 2014 are finally taking a position on the bill to ban late-term abortions after five months of pregnancy. They are opposing the measure — putting them at odds with a majority of Americans who support it. As John McCormack from the Weekly Standard reports: 
Upset that an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after she was raped decided to reject having an abortion, abortion activists in Chile vandalized a prominent Catholic church in the country — during Mass. From an AP report: Abortion-rights demonstrators vandalized Chile’s main cathedral during a Mass and used pews as barricades during clashes with police. 
A New York-based staffer for the Planned Parenthood abortion business has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $100,000 from the abortion giant via forged checks.From a local news report: A Planned Parenthood staff accountant has pleaded guilty to stealing $102,7333 between August 2012 and March 2013. 
Just how pro-abortion are some college students? They were happy to sign a fake petition to legalize abortions in the nonexistent fourth trimester of pregnancy. >The Media Research Center set up the fake petition drive and interviewed students to find out show how solidly they support abortion on demand for any reason throughout pregnancy — and beyond. 
A new Washington Post poll shows Americans support a late-term abortion ban prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy by a margin of 56 to 27 percent. Just 27 percent of those polled by the newspaper say they oppose banning late-term abortions — a position taken by President Barack Obama and Planned Parenthood. The number of people who support banning late-term abortions is actually higher if those who want all abortions banned are included in the figures. 
The pro-life community on Twitter flooded a hashtag abortion activist Wendy Davis used today to answer questions. Ostensibly to respond to constituents and Texans with a variety of questions, pro-life advocates bombarded the hashtag with questions of their own about Davis’ opposition to the ban on late-term abortions that won her adoration from extreme abortion activists. 
With the Republicans in the House of Representatives spearheading passage of the bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, pressure is now on Democrats in the Senate to allow a vote on the bill. The Senate bill is in progress and Senator Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who is steadfastly pro-life, hopes he will be able to lead the effort to get Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid to allow a vote on the measure. 
Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, presided this morning over a memorial service for an aborted baby. Joining pro-life leaders from around the nation associated with Operation Save America, Fr. Pavone preached at the service this morning. “We are holding this service in full view of the public. We are not ashamed of our youngest brothers and sisters, who continue to be brutalized by abortion. We are committed to showing the world the violent atrocity of abortion,” Pavone said. 
A top pro-abortion lawmaker attached language to a U.S. Senate bill that would force Americans to pay for abortions for volunteers in the Pease Corps at taxpayer expense. The Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013, sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), was included in the Senate Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, which advanced out of committee on Thursday. The bill would allow the Peace Corps to provide its volunteers with health insurance coverage for abortion in cases of rape or incest, or when the life of the woman is in danger. 
Rachel Tipton Boyd, or Tippy, as friends like to call her, is a living example of God’s grace. She was born into a loving Christian family and grew up as a pastor’s daughter. During her adolescent years, Rachel developed strong faith and a heart to serve. As a 20-year-old she traveled to Japan on a mission trip. In 2007 she returned for a summer internship, and at 21, she decided to move to Japan as a full-time missionary with “Youth With a Mission.” Before the dream of her heart became a reality, Rachel went through a major identity crisis. For two months she lost direction and was caught up in a life of drinking, partying, and rebellion. 
The Planned Parenthood abortion business must repay $1.4 million dollars in Texas after it was found to have participated in a massive Medicaid fraud scheme. Last year, a former employee of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast has filed a whistleblower’s complaint with the Attorney General of Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice. The PPGC employee alleges that the abortion business engaged in an elaborate Medicaid fraud scheme. 
Lila Rose of Live Action has had enough and her pro-life group has started a new campaign, March on the Media, to combat the epidemic of pro-abortion bias when it comes to reporting on abortion issues. 
George Alexander Louis. The new baby to Prince William and Kate Middleton has been named. The two-day old child is third-in-line to the throne and will officially be named His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge. An AP report provides more information on the Royal Family and how things have gone after George’s birth: Palace officials say Prince William and his wife Kate are spending “private and quiet time for them to get to know their son” — and, perhaps, to figure out ways to shield him from intense public and media interest. 
During the pro-abortion protests leading up to the Texas vote on the late-term abortion ban, the Internet was shocked to see a young girl hold a sign saying “Jesus Isn’t a D—, Keep Him Out of May Vagina.” Earlier this month, a man on Twitter accepted responsibility for the sign, saying his young daughter made it and had her friend hold it. Billy Joe Cain is an Austin resident who is a video game producer and has no problem with young girls holding vulgar signs referring to sexual parts. In fact, he said he is “proud” of her. 
Yesterday, MediaTakeOut.com released an abortion contract dating back to 2007 between NBA player J. J. Redick and then-girlfriend Vanessa Lopez. I’ve had this and other documents related to that abortion for the better part of two weeks but out of concern for Vanessa wanted to make contact with her before going public. 
Republicans on a House committee approved a bill today that would restore the Mexico City Policy. That is the policy enacted by President Ronald Reagan and Republicans presidents since him that prohibits taxpayer funding of the Planned Parenthood abortion business in international family planning programs. The policy specifically prohibits funding groups that promote or perform abortions overseas. Organizations that promise not to be involved in abortion can receive funding under the policy, which Democratic presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have overturned by executive order. 
Former president George H.W. Bush shaved his head to show support for the son of one of his Secret Service security detail who was diagnosed with Leukemia. “Our little guy received some high-powered support this week when President George Bush 41 volunteered to shave his head to show his support for Patrick and Patrick’s Pals,” the Patrick’s Pals website said. 
