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Missouri Right to Life Releases Endorsements

7/31/2012

Missouri Right to Life recently released candidate ratings and endorsements. Click on the link below and then scroll down to get the pdf.
(link to ratings/endorsements)

20 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

7/30/2012

-Its effect would be binding on American families, courts, and policy-makers.
-Children of other nations would not be impacted or helped in any direct way by our ratification.
-The CRC would automatically override almost all American laws on children and families because of the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause in Article VI.
-A child’s “right to be heard” would allow him (or her) to seek governmental review of every parental decision with which the child disagreed.
-Christian schools that refuse to teach "alternative worldviews" and teach that Christianity is the only true religion "fly in the face of article 29" of the treaty.
-Allowing parents to opt their children out of sex education has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.
-Children would have the right to reproductive health information and services, including abortions, without parental knowledge or consent.
(link to full list of 20 concerns)

Baby With Down Syndrome Becomes Model for Fashion Designer

7/30/2012

Some of the most encouraging news in our world today is that people with Down Syndrome are beginning to be treated like the valuable human beings they are.
Prestigious fashion designer Dolores Cortés has become the latest in a line of companies to feature a child with Down syndrome as an adorable model. Dolores Cortés is a Spanish swimwear designer, and 10-month-old Valentina Guerrero has become the face of Cortés’ 2013 designs.
Valentina’s mother, Ceceliz told the Down Syndrome Association of Miami that when Dolores Cortés USA contacted her family, she “was excited mainly because the fact that they are placing Valentina on the cover of a catalogue sends a very clear message of inclusion; all children deserve the same opportunities, regardless of their physical, economic, social, racial or medical condition.”
And the designer is equally thrilled. “People with Down syndrome are just as beautiful and deserve the same opportunities,” Cortés said in a statement.
(link to full article)

Senate Disabilities Treaty Presents Abortion Concerns- Calls Needed

7/28/2012

But make no mistake–its innocuous name, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), masks a cunning attack on parental authority, unborn life, and U.S. sovereignty. Of course, this is a favorite strategy of liberal administrations: using treaties to get radical policies through the country’s backdoor. In this instance, it would bring our nation even closer to President Obama’s apparent goal of putting America under global governance.
While this is a noble cause that embodies the American ethic–treating people with dignity and respect–it gives the U.N. a profound stake in U.S. law and the rights of people across the country. Specifically, the CRPD takes aim at parents, declaring that an international body–not moms and dads–will be the ultimate authority on issues like education.
Under CRPD, the government would supersede parents in setting course plans for both gifted and special needs kids. The Homeschool Legal Defense Association is concerned–and rightly so. It maintains that this Convention signals a dramatic turnaround in parental rights.
And, of course, it wouldn’t be a U.N. proposal if it didn’t include a backdoor to greater abortion access. “The feminists saw to it that this treaty about disabilities includes language in Article 25 that requires signatories to ‘provide persons with disabilities… free or affordable health care,” Phyllis notes, “including in the area of sexual and reproductive health and population-based health programs.’”
Translation: the global community could force America to sanction sterilization or abortion for the disabled–at taxpayer expense!
(link to full article)

First Plaintiff Beats Obama HHS-Abortion Mandate in Court

7/28/2012

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys obtained the first-ever order against the mandate on behalf of Hercules Industries and the Catholic family that owns it. The administration opposed the order, arguing, contrary to the U.S. Constitution, that people of faith forfeit their religious liberty once they engage in business.
The decision only applies to the company, and the court emphasized the ruling did not apply nationwide.
Since Hercules Industries would be required to begin offering the new coverage when its self-insured plan renews on November 1, Alliance Defending Freedom has requested a preliminary injunction that could prevent the government from enforcing the mandate against the company by August 1, the date when the company would need to begin the process of making changes to its plan.
As is the case with many religious groups or employers, the mandate could subject the Newlands to millions of dollars in fines per year if they don’t abide by its requirements.
“Every American, including family business owners, should be free to live and do business according to their faith. For the time being, Hercules Industries will be able to do just that,” said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman after the decision.
(link to article)

American Cancer Society Claims Planned Parenthood Delivers Babies

7/28/2012

When the American Cancer Society’s financial support for Planned Parenthood was questioned, they responded with:
“The American Cancer Society has historically funded a very limited number of Cancer Control grants to local Planned Parenthood affiliates to implement smoking cessation programs that trained clinic staff to provide smoking cessation assistance to patients and pregnant women. The grants were used exclusivelyfor the implementation of cancer control programs to help patients seeking care. This program was specifically designed to improve the health of the unborn fetus and the child once born. The grants had the potential to do much good as Planned Parenthood delivers more children than any other medical practice in the US.”
The American Cancer Society’s grants to Planned Parenthood “to improve the health of the unborn fetus” is about as practical as the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of grants to the abortion giant for the imaginary mammograms Planned Parenthood offers.
Yes, Planned Parenthood does deliver babies…about 330,000 every year. The catch is these babies are delivered through a vacuum piece by piece, sucked into a jar, and thrown out as medical waste in the name of “choice.”
You can contact the American Cancer Society here.
(link to full article)

Timeline, Planned Parenthood website point to negligence in death of Tonya Reaves

7/28/2012

Kudos to CBS Chicago for investigating the death of Tonya Reaves after her abortion at a ChicagoPlanned Parenthood on July 20.

Reaves was kept at Planned Parenthood three to four hours longer than the norm.
This will all come out in court – if Reaves’ family indeed sues, or if they don’t settle out of court and allow documents to be sealed – but it appears obvious Reaves exhibited complications that kept her at the clinic, and Planned Parenthood tried to contain the damage until it got out of control.
I expect that since they both did D&Es, Planned Parenthood and Northwestern will accuse each other of being the ones that perforated Reaves’ uterus, particularly since Northwestern didn’t discover the perforation until after its own D&E.
Northwestern also should anticipate being sued for what looks like a lot of lag time, lax treatment, and a potential missed diagnosis on its part.
(link to full blog post by Jill Stanek)

FBI Questions Pro-Life Advocate

7/20/2012

A prominent pro-life advocate’s son-in-law received a surprise visit from the Obama administration last week — one that a legal group says should be a cause of concern for anyone who works to protect preborn children.
On July 13, Andy Moore of Texas answered a knock at his door to find two FBI agents standing on his porch. Moore is the son-in-law of Jill Stanek, one of the country’s most outspoken pro-life bloggers.
According to Stanek’s blog, the agents then quizzed him extensively about his personal life — including church groups he belongs to, his belief system, how long he’s known his wife and his connection to Stanek. They also encouraged him to feel free to tell them anything about fellow pro-life advocates he thought they should know, and mentioned that a felony conviction could get him deported.
Afterward, Moore contacted the Life Legal Defense Foundation (LLDF) for advice.
“It sounds like they’re setting him up for some kind of FACE violation, aside from the fact that they seem to be monitoring what he and Jill are doing,” said Executive Director Dana Cody, referencing the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances law. “It’s very intimidating to say the least. And very chilling for people who go out on the sidewalk to counsel. So we’ve advised Andy to not talk to them again without counsel present. Basically, unless there’s videotape, it becomes a he said/she said (situation), and law enforcement is going to side with the clinic. They typically do.”
All sidewalk counselors and other advocates should “definitely videotape” their activities outside abortion centers.
(link to full article)
(link to Life Legal Defense Foundation)

Action Needed to Stop Unlimited Abortions in Nation’s Capital

7/20/2012

Leading pro-life groups are urging pro-life advocates today to do everything possible to secure a House vote for a bill, that passed in committee this week, to stop unlimited abortions in the nation’s capital.
The National Right to Life Committee has been leading the charge for the legislation and its president, Carol Tobias, is asking for calls and emails to get the bill moved forward before Congress wraps up to begin the Fall election season. From a letter to NRLC’s members provided to LifeNews:
In our nation’s capital, babies who can feel great pain are being brutally dismembered on a regular basis. We’re trying to stop it. But we need your help. Time is very short.
In the District of Columbia, abortion is now legal for any reason, until the very moment of birth. That’s because a local body called the “District Council” repealed the entire abortion law.
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Hidden Abortion Agenda in UN Convention on Disability Rights

7/20/2012

Parental groups have been warning against the loss of parental rights in the CRPD. But now there is further concern if this treaty is ratified.
Senator John Kerry (D–MA), Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, is calling for a vote by July 26 on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)—just two months after President Obama sent the treaty to the Senate. Despite its attractive and seemingly innocuous title, the CRPD represents yet another push to ensconce abortion rights in an international treaty.
A nuanced reading exposes the more subtle and invidious abortion agenda of the treaty. Specifically, Article 25 of the Convention requires States Parties to: “[p]rovide persons with disabilities with the same range, quality, and standard of free or affordable health care and programs as provided to other persons, including in the area of sexual and reproductive health and population-based public health programmes.”[2]
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Missouri Right to Life recently released candidate ratings and endorsements. Click on the link below and then scroll down to get the pdf.(link to ratings/endorsements)

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Missouri Right to Life recently released candidate ratings and endorsements. Click on the link below and then scroll down to get the pdf.
(link to ratings/endorsements)