Daily Pro-life Media Report
1) Fr. Frank is mentioned as a past recipient of Legatus’s Cardinal John J. O’Connor Pro-Life Award in a LifeSiteNews.com article on the recipients of this year’s award, Life Site News co-founders John-Henry Westen and Steve Jalsevac.
Link: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lifesitenews-founders-receive-top-pro-life-award-for-unlocking-the-power-of
2) Fr. Stephen is mentioned in an Albuquerque Journal feature article on local pro-life activists Bud and Tara Shaver. The story states in part, “In 2013, Imbarrato formed Protest ABQ. He has since stepped back from that to devote more time to working with the national organization, Priests for Life. Bud is now the executive director of Protest ABQ, and Tara is the senior policy adviser. They have a core group of 20 to 30 people who can quickly mobilize, and a base of up to 100 people.”
Link: http://www.abqjournal.com/715311/news/couple-are-albuquerques-antiabortion-crusaders.html
3) The Houston grand jury that indicted David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt of the Center for Medical Progress allegedly did not even vote on the criminal liability of Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood attorney Josh Schaffer told the Associated Press that a prosecutor for the Houston district attorney’s office told him that the jury never took such a vote. Cheryl Sullenger of Operation Rescue says, “No vote means no investigation [occurred].”
Link: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/grand.jury.that.indicted.anti.abortion.probers.did.not.even.vote.on.planned.parenthoods.liability/78224.htm
4) Federal Judge William Orrick, an Obama appointee, on Friday refused to allow David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress to attach three hours of video recordings made at National Abortion Federation meetings to an amicus brief he will file with the U.S. Supreme Court in the Whole Women’s Health v. Cole case. The recordings are currently restricted by a restraining order issued by Judge Orrick last July.
Link: http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Setback-in-S-F-for-abortion-opponent-facing-6797202.php
5) Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky says that it received authorization to perform abortions at its Louisville clinic from the administration of outgoing Democratic Governor Steve Beshear. The administration of new Republican Governor Matt Bevin says that the advice PP received from Gov. Beshear’s administration was wrong and that the abortion business still has not gone through the proper procedures to obtain a license to perform surgical abortions. The Planned Parenthood clinic agreed Friday night to stop performing abortions for now.
Links: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/31/planned-parenthood-kentucky-authorized-abortions/79606258/
http://www.wtvq.com/2016/01/29/update-louisville-planned-parenthood-clinic-to-halt-abortions/
6) A federal judge ordered North Carolina to pay over $1 million in legal fees to Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights, the ACLU, and others who successfully challenged the state’s pre-abortion ultrasound law. The law’s requirement that an abortionist describe to a woman her unborn baby’s ultrasound image prior to an abortion was held to violate the right to free speech.
Link: https://enewspf.com/2016/01/29/planned-parenthood-yet-another-blow-to-anti-abortion-politicians-and-extremists/
7) About 5,000 pro-lifers took part in the Nebraska Walk for Life Saturday outside the state capitol in Lincoln. Speakers included Governor Pete Ricketts, Lieutenant Governor Mike Foley, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer, and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry.
Link: http://norfolkdailynews.com/news/join-in-long-fight-against-abortion/article_29e32dcc-c85d-11e5-b481-a32a02955242.html
8) The Louisiana Life March between Pineville and Alexandria drew 1,200 people on Saturday. The event was the first of its kind for the central Louisiana cities.
Link: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/31/1200-join-alexandria-pineville-anti-abortion-march/
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9) About 800 pro-lifers attended Saturday’s Midwest March for Life in Jefferson City, Missouri. Speakers at a pre-march rally in the State Capitol Rotunda urged Missouri’s Democratic attorney general to pursue a vigorous appeal of a court decision that is allowing a Columbia abortion clinic to remain open after the state revoked its abortion license.
Link: http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/politics/activists-push-at-capitol-rally-to-eliminate-abortion/article_049e6555-5e5f-5ffe-9ae4-59784cc3cf40.html?comments=focus
10) About 250 parishioners gathered at Holy Name Church in Mt. Auburn, Ohio, Saturday for Mass followed by a “mini-march” to a Planned Parenthood clinic. The Mass was led by Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis Schnurr.
Link: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/01/30/archbishop-leads-prayer-march-against-abortion/79563052/
11) Celebrity restauranteur Joshua Woodward was sentenced to nine years in prison Friday morning in Los Angeles after pleading no contest to killing his unborn child by giving his pregnant girlfriend misoprostol without her knowledge. Woodward was engaged to another woman when his girlfriend of six years announced she was pregnant with his child.
Link: https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/what-do-you-say-to-the-man-who-gave-you-an-abortion-against-your-will
12) A British commission today gave permission to the Francis Crick Institute to begin the world’s first authorized experiments involving the genetic modification of existing human embryos. Scientists will use between 30 and 120 “spare” embryos from IVF clinics around Great Britain in order to try to understand the causes of miscarriage and infertility. Critics say the move will open the door to designer babies. A Chinese team of scientists began such work last year, but it did not have the permission of government regulators.
Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12133410/British-scientists-granted-permission-to-genetically-modify-human-embryos.html
13) Women on Web, an offshoot of Women on Waves, is offering free abortion pills to women in Latin American countries where the Zika virus is prevalent. Women in countries such as Columbia, Argentina, and El Salvador who say they are less than nine weeks pregnant can participate in an online consultation which will be reviewed by doctors. The women are then sent the pills through the mail. The Zika virus, which is spread through mosquito bites, is said to increase the risk of microcephaly in unborn babies.
Link: http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/health/551726/women-on-web-offer-free-abortions-to-women-in-the-zika-zone.html
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