WASHINGTON, D.C. (06-18-13) - Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest commended the U.S. House for voting to limit abortion after a child reaches 20 weeks - or about 6 months - of pregnancy. "Even though the bill did not contain explicit findings regarding the adverse effects of late term abortion on maternal health, there is no dispute that the health risks of abortion to women greatly increases with late-term procedures and the pain endured by the child in the womb is clearly horrific," said Dr. Yoest. "I applaud the members of the U.S. House for respecting the viewpoint of the vast majority of women, who do not support such gruesome abortion procedures performed against fully formed infants."

Recent polls reveal that 63% of all Americans--including 70% of women--support a 20-week limitation on abortion. The House voted 228 to 196 in favor of H.R. 1797, which would limit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

"This bill both safeguards unborn children and takes an important and necessary step toward protecting the health and safety of women from the dangers inherent in abortion," said Dr. Yoest, who noted that a woman seeking an abortion at 20 weeks is 35 times more likely to die from abortion than she was in the first trimester. At 21 weeks or more, she is 91 times more likely to die from abortion than she was in the first trimester.

The realities of the health risk of abortion to women is even acknowledged by the pro-abortion research organization, The Guttmacher Institute, which notes: "The risk of death associated with abortion increases with the length of pregnancy, from one death for every one million abortions at or before eight weeks to one per 29,000 at 16-20 weeks--and one per 11,000 at 21 or more weeks."

"Now the members of the U.S. Senate should stand with the women of America protect women and unborn, infant children, from dangerous, later-term procedures," said Dr. Yoest.

For more on the health risks of abortion to women, click here.

Source: Americans United for Life

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council (FRC) praised the passage of U.S. Rep. Trent Franks' (R-AZ) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797) on the House floor today. Despite President Obama's veto threat, FRC calls on the Senate to pass legislation to stop the inhumane painful abortion of unborn children 20 weeks and older.

FRC President Tony Perkins said of the vote:

"I applaud the House vote on a bill that is truly informed by modern science, which shows unborn children are fully capable of experiencing pain by 20 weeks after fertilization. Unborn children in their sixth month of pregnancy or later are routinely given anesthesia during prenatal surgery, so this legislation conforms federal abortion law to modern science.

WASHINGTON (June 18, 2013) -- The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives today passed landmark legislation to provide nationwide protection for unborn children who are capable of feeling pain, beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (equivalent to "22 weeks of pregnancy"), the beginning of the sixth month.

The legislation, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), is based on model legislation developed by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of state right-to-life organizations. The bill passed by a vote of 228-196, with six House members crossing party lines in each direction.

"This legislation reflects the views of the overwhelming majority of both men and women," said NRLC President Carol Tobias. "The Obama White House, and all but a handful of House Democrats, fought for essentially unlimited abortion in the sixth month or later, despite growing public awareness of the violence perpetrated by late-term abortionists such as Kermit Gosnell and the pain they inflict on unborn babies."

Tobias said a veto threat issued yesterday by the Obama White House was not surprising, "because as a legislator, Barack Obama said he would trust abortionists to take good care of any babies born alive -- he would trust the Gosnells, in other words. Obama's veto threat harkened back to his opposition to the ban on partial-birth abortion, and his attacks on the Supreme Court for upholding the ban on that brutal method of late abortion."

WASHINGTON, D.C./June 18, 2013 --

Yesterday on his national radio show Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, Family Research Council Action (FRC Action) President Tony Perkins interviewed Josh Duggar of The Learning Channel (TLC) show "19 Kids and Counting," and announced that Josh will be joining FRC Action as its executive director.

Commenting on the move, Perkins said:

Josh and his wife Anna have been an inspiration to millions of Americans who regularly tune in to see the Duggar family's show, and all of us at FRC and FRC Action have long appreciated their commitment to the pro-family movement. We welcome him to the FRC Action team and look forward to taking our grassroots outreach to the next level.

Of his new role at FRC Action, Duggar said:

I'm very excited about joining FRC Action and working to promote the values that have always been close to my heart and my family. In this capacity, I will be engaging the grassroots and taking the message of faith, family and freedom all across America.

Josh is the oldest child of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, whose family stars in the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting." Josh has been interested in politics since he was young, when his father was a two-term Arkansas state representative and a candidate for U.S. Senate. In 2006 Josh founded a part-time consulting firm called Strategic Political Services. During the 2012 Republican presidential primary, Josh served as a surrogate for former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA). Josh and Anna married in 2008. They have three children including their two-week-old newborn son, Marcus.

The Democrat Party needs a permanent underclass in order to keep themselves alive as Santa Claus, to keep winning elections and stay in power.... one of the reasons for amnesty is to replace the 52 million people aborted.

More: JillStanek.com

Protecting Life in a Neonatal Wing

For you created my inmost being;
You knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Your works are wonderful,
I know that full well. -Psalm 139:13-14-

Pregnant with my seventh child, I was bedridden in the high-risk, neo-natal wing of the maternity ward for a week. I was waiting for a housekeeper to come run my home and help tend my six children. Although I faced six months of bed rest, that one week gave me perspective and kept me from sinking into self-pity. Two other women in my room were desperate to keep their babies in utero and finally become mothers. One of the two had suffered five miscarriages. She was stuck in a ward room for months, only going home after the birth of her baby.

Andrée Seu Peterson unmasks "comfort care", common language designed to obfuscate infanticide: A physician's failure to help a baby struggling for life is comforting only to the physician. The article resonates and infuriates. Like those the author quotes, experience has given me and so many who write on this topic, first hand knowledge of those who would manipulate care to end an "inconvenient" life.

June 13, 2013/Orlando, FL/Operation Rescue --

By Cheryl Sullenger

Police raided the Orlando Women's Center today and seized assets, including abortion equipment, in partial payment of a $37 million malpractice judgment levied against clinic owner abortionist James Scott Pedergraft IV.

Sidewalk counselor Michelle Herzog of Pro-life Action Ministries described to Operation Rescue a chaotic scene outside the abortion clinic with police, reporters, and other onlookers swarming about while movers loaded the content of Pendergraft's flagship abortion clinic into a large moving van pulled up to the clinic's front door.

Operation Rescue verified the closure. A receptionist at the abortion clinic was telling callers this morning that the clinic was "closed for maintenance" and did not know when, if ever, the clinic would reopen. She was referring callers to the EPOC abortion clinic, which recently underwent some property improvements.

"This day has been a long time in coming, and we hope that all of Pendergraft's abortion clinics will close and he will no longer be able to hurt innocent babies and their moms," said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. "We know that Pendergraft will stop at nothing to kill babies, so we expect him to put up a fight."

Pendergraft was hit with a massive In 2011, Pendergraft was hit with a whopping civil medical malpractice judgment of $36,737,660.16 in compensatory and punitive damages in a case involving a botched 20 week abortion that resulted in the live birth of a child physically damaged by Pendergraft's incompetent abortion process amid what was described as "third world conditions" with virtually no counseling. He has refused to pay a significant amount on the judgment. He claimed to reporters this morning that he had paid $100,000 so far on the huge judgment, but Operation Rescue was unable to confirm that he had paid anything.

Sidewalk counselors, including Herzog and Paula Risler, noticed Pendergraft standing across the street watching his clinic's contents being hauled out the front door and began witnessing to him. Jumping on the unique opportunity, the women began to witness to him of his need for repentance and forgiveness. Herzog indicated that Pendergraft responded to them with arrogance.

Pendergraft is currently serving his fifth career medical license suspension for a number of abortion abuses.

Previously, Operation Rescue discovered during an undercover investigation that Pendergraft was working with disgraced abortionist Harold Alexander in Maryland to conduct an illicit late-term abortion practice that specialized in lethal fetal injections. Women had the option of completing the abortion at Pendergraft's "secret" Maryland location or simply receiving the injection to kill their babies then return to the place of their choosing to deliver their dead fetuses.

Operation Rescue reported the dangerous late-term scheme to the Maryland Board of Physicians, which resulted in the license suspension of Alexander and assurances from the Board that Pendergraft's shady business had come to an end in that state.

"Pendergraft's troubles continue to compound as he tries to dodge his responsibility for hurting women while refusing to do the right thing and leave the abortion business. Please join me in praying for Pendergraft's repentance and a permanent close of all his five abortion clinics," said Newman.

HUIZHOU, GUANGDONG, China, June 10, 2013/Christian Newswire --

A full-scale family planning campaign is underway in a city in southern China, where all women of childbearing age are required to be fitted with IUDs or be sterilized, and similar campaigns have reportedly been launched in other provinces.

On June 5, some netizens posted the notices that have been distributed throughout the city of Huizhou. See photos of the notices below. The notices reveal that the large-scale joint government department campaign was a response to the "Circular on Further Improving the Launching, According to the Law, of Centralized Services for Population and Family Planning."

The notices posted online show that, to reduce the number of births in Huizhou, the government was requiring women who already had a child to be fitted with an IUD, while those with two children had to undergo a tubal ligation. Those who complied within a certain time frame would receive a financial reward. Meanwhile, those who did not comply would not be issued certificates by the family planning departments when their children are to enroll in school, social security departments will not process applications for social security services, hospitals will not issue relevant certifications, and the local government will refuse to handle all related services for them.

Furthermore, when registering for a household registration in Huizhou for a newborn, the mother must first present a certificate that she has been fitted with an IUD....

Read entire press release here.

Written by Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 (C-FAM) --

The dual use of what many consider an abortion drug came under debate at the just concluded Women Deliver Conference in Kuala Lumpur.

A leading expert on the uses of misoprostol fueled suspicions that the UN's push to make the drug more available is driven by its use in performing abortions. There are further fears it is crowding out other drugs that have been proven to save mother's lives in childbirth.

The doctor introduced as "Miss Misoprostol" shocked her audience and made her co-panelists visibly uncomfortable when she admitted, "We don't know if misoprostol saves lives." Beverly Winikoff, President of Gynuity Health Project, was referring to the UN's promotion of the drug as a way to prevent post-partum bleeding, a leading cause of maternal death.

Fellow panelist Ann Starrs, a leading misoprostol promoter, fought back saying the logical conclusion of Winikoff's remarks would be to stop advocating for the use of misoprostol for bleeding "because we still don't know enough." Starrs is president of Family Care International, a group that also promotes abortion. She argued that due to the short attention spans and expectations of policy makers, there needed to be "a little bit of hyperbole."

After hearing this exchange, one of several doctors in the audience pointed out that misoprostol is already listed as a life-saving commodity for women and children by the United Nations. He quipped, "Is there a difference between 'lives saved' and 'life-saving?'" The moderator interrupted the debate and ended the session ten minutes early.

This discussion of misoprostol largely skirted the topic of abortion, except where promoters of the drug acknowledged that some local community leaders are apprehensive about the double use of the drug.

In contrast, during events promoting the same drug for medical abortion, panelists stressed the importance of registering misoprostol as a treatment for postpartum hemorrhage in order to make it available in countries with laws protecting the unborn....

Read entire article here.

If we want abortion to end we must strike at the heart of abortion and the rebellion of women from God that produces the demand for abortion. While most pro-lifers rightly focus on women who are pressured into abortion, pro-lifers often neglect to focus on the heart of the pro-abortion position and the women who scream... "Abortion on Demand and Without Apology!"

Pro-Life Christians also rightly focus on the violation of God's Law when it comes to abortion that states: Do not murder (Ex.20:13; Deut. 5:17) , but neglect God's Word and His design and role of mother's to work in the home and teach their children (Titus 2:5, Deut. 11:19). Abortion is not about "Women's Health," but abortion is the greatest violation of what it means to be a woman and the destroyer of her body, mind, and soul! Abortion is about control and selfishness. If an "unwanted pregnancy" threatens to derail a woman's agenda to work outside of the home and her career, then abortion is the only solution.

This is best articulated from the mouth of the nation's most notorious late-term abortionist Curtis Boyd who states the driving factor that motivated him to become an abortionist: "What drove me was the knowledge that an unplanned pregnancy could ruin a woman's life. I realized that when it came to pregnancy, women were at a significant disadvantage."

This is the true heart of women who demand abortion and the most neglected by pro-life Christians....

Read entire article here.

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2013 /Christian Newswire --

Today, Coalition for Life of Iowa founder Susan Martinek testified to the House Ways and Means Committee on the harassment and intolerance her organization was subjected to by the Internal Revenue Service. Tom Brejcha, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Society, accompanied Martinek to the hearing as her counsel.

"Coalition for Life of Iowa's testimony today, coupled with the many other pro-life organizations we've represented against the IRS, make it undisputedly clear that pro-life organizations were systematically treated in an unfair and biased manner by the IRS," said Brejcha. "Even New York Representative Charles Rangel, a liberal Democrat, referred to a 'cancer' inside the IRS that must be fixed."

Martinek shared how the religious and educational group she heads, an organization already incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation under Iowa law, was asked to surrender First Amendment rights of assembly, free speech, and religious expression. "In particular," she recalled, "the IRS wanted our assurances that we would not bother Planned Parenthood!"

"The IRS's questions centered on our educational activities, potential political activities, our prayer groups, and signage," explained Martinek. Coalition for Life of Iowa was verbally directed by IRS Agent Ms. Richards to sign, under penalty of perjury, a declaration that they would not picket Planned Parenthood, and told that, once the signed declaration was sent, they would receive their IRS determination letter.

Martinek shared details of the harassment, which Brejcha labeled as "blatant and offensive," and she told the Committee, "I speak today so that what happened to us -- the IRS's demonstrated harassment, improper questions, and intolerance toward our message -- may not happen to others."

Martinek testified alongside other witnesses including Tea Party advocates and the Chairman of the National Organization for Marriage. Her testimony repeatedly drew questions from members of Congress sitting on the Ways and Means Committee on both sides of the aisle.

Read Susan Martinek's testimony given before the House Ways and Means Committee here or watch it on YouTube here.

Read the statement given to Congress by Coalition for Life of Iowa concerning the group's harassment by the IRS here.

Read more about Susan Martinek here.

By Wendy Wright and Lisa Correnti

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (C-FAM) --

Drawn by the promise of helping poor women, over 3,000 power-brokers, policy-makers and aid workers gathered in Kuala Lumpur this week for Women Deliver, a global conference on women's health.

A billionaire and a princess graced the stage to tell nurses and clean water advocates that any effort to help poor women is secondary to giving them contraception and abortion.

Sexual and reproductive rights are "at the core of human life," said Princess Mary of Denmark. Until women have power not to have children, they won't have power to improve nutrition, grow crops, or deliver babies safely, said Melinda Gates.

"Pregnancy is not natural," said Francis Kissling, the former head of Catholics for Choice.

And with that, the sharp divide became apparent between first-world activists who want a universal right to abortion and the poor women they believe should have fewer children....

Read entire article here.

May 30, 2013/Germantown, Maryland/Operation Rescue --

The autopsy report of Jennifer Morbelli, the 29-year old woman who died from complications to a 33-week abortion in February, was released yesterday by the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, who attempted to whitewash LeRoy Carhart's responsibility for Morbelli's death.

The Medical Examiner's findings are in keeping with the cause of death released earlier and recorded on her death certificate, which was obtained by Operation Rescue. That cause of death was listed as Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation "due to or as a consequence of Amniotic Fluid Embolism following Medical Termination of Pregnancy," making it clear that the abortion was the event that led to her death.

The report emphasized that the complication occurred after the dangerous late-late term abortion was completed, and reiterated that the manner of death was "natural" even though she would not have died had she not receive the abortion.

"Some have seized on the word 'natural' as the manner of death, but that only means that it wasn't a homicide or suicide. It certainly does not rule out physician incompetence and negligence," said Operation Rescue president Troy Newman.

Operation Rescue staff currently have an open complaint against Carhart with the Maryland Board of Physicians. The MDBP confirmed earlier this week that Carhart is still under investigation in the Morbelli death, which means he could still face discipline up to and including license revocation.

"When abortionists fail to provide continuity of care, women die," said Newman. "There is no doubt that Carhart abandoned his patient after the abortion, and that is a serious issue of negligence that must be addressed before yet another woman dies at his hands."

Witnesses at the Germantown abortion clinic where Carhart conducted the late-term abortion on Morbelli said that she appeared "weak and pale" as the multi-day procedure progressed. They also report that she spent more time in the clinic than patients usually do, and noted that they saw Carhart leaving the clinic with his suitcases just minutes after Morbelli left on the final day of the abortion.

Another witness at the hospital told Operation Rescue that as Morbelli's condition deteriorated in the hours after the abortion, efforts by the family to reach Carhart for emergency instructions were futile. Out of desperation, the family finally took Morbelli to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital where emergency room staff also attempted to reach Carhart and the clinic staff, again to no avail. That left the hospital physicians in the dark about her condition and prior medical treatment, causing a delay in providing the care she needed. As a result, Morbelli died.

"The national media seems to be in a rush to clear Carhart, but if his responsibility for neglecting Morbelli is swept under the rug, it is only going to place the lives of women in continued danger from fly-by-night abortionists who drop into town, do their dirty work, then fly out, leaving others to clean up their messes," said Newman.

News reports have repeatedly attempted to whitewash Carhart's involvement in Morbelli's death, especially after a criminal investigation was closed last week and the Health Department declared that it found "no deficiencies" at the Germantown Reproductive Health Services abortion clinic related to Morbelli's death, even though serious deficiencies were in fact documented, including a lack of emergency plan.

"It's important to note that Carhart has not been cleared of culpability in Morbelli's death," Newman continued. "Carhart was involved in a second third-trimester abortion death in Kansas, for which he escaped responsibility, which makes the Morbelli death even more tragic, and the need to bring him to justice more urgent."

May 29, 2013/Baltimore, MD/Operation Rescue --

Operation Rescue has learned more about the death of an abortion patient at a shoddy Baltimore abortion clinic located in a residential condo complex. The operating license of that facility, Associates in OB/GYN Care, is currently suspended after state inspectors determined that it posed a danger to the public.

Computer aided dispatch transcripts show that a 911 call was placed from 3596 N. Calvert, Suite 110, in Baltimore on February 13, 2013, at 12:49 pm for a patient who was unconscious and not breathing. The CAD transcript indicated that the patient was possibly dead. Paramedics arrived at the scene and were able to revive the patient. She was transported her to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead two days later.

Police also responded to the 911 call and interviewed abortionist Iris E. Dominy, who admitted to police that she had performed an abortion on 38-year old Maria Santiago. Dominy said that after the abortion, Santiago passed out and went into cardiac arrest.

An inspection conducted by the Maryland Department of Health on February 20, 2013, indicated that Santiago was 12.5 weeks pregnant at the time of the abortion. Dominy told the inspector that Santiago slept throughout her abortion. According to the deficiency report issued after the inspection, Dominy completed the abortion on the sleeping woman then left the room. An unqualified worker was left alone with the patient. That worker occupied herself with filling out paperwork while the patient remained on the abortion table. Sometime later, she called for a second worker to help her dress the patient and move the unconscious woman to the recovery area. The second worker noticed that Santiago was pale and not breathing. Dominy was notified and returned to the procedure room where she sat the unconscious Santiago up and began a "sternum rub." No one at the clinic, including Dominy, had current CPR certification. A crash cart in the hallway was not used and the defibrillator was broken.

The inspector noted that Santiago's death certificate showed she died from Severe Pulminary Edema, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Hypoxia Brain Injury. No one knows how long Santiago went without breathing. It was found that staff failed to provide proper post-anesthesia care and observation.

"Iris Dominy isn't fit to practice medicine and we call on the Maryland Board of Physicians to immediately suspend her medical license until full revocation proceedings can be conducted," said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. "As long as Dominy is seeing patients, their lives and heath remain in jeopardy."

View the Health Department Deficiency Report

Wednesday, May 29, 2013/Washington/Alliance Defending Freedom --

An Alliance Defending Freedom opinion letter sent to a House committee Wednesday outlines serious constitutional problems with a proposed bill that would require the Federal Trade Commission to regulate the speech of pro-life pregnancy resource centers.

"Pregnancy resource centers, which offer real help and hope to women, shouldn't be punished by political allies of abortion sellers," said Senior Counsel Casey Mattox. "These centers serve women free of charge without burdening the taxpayers. They deserve Congress's praise, not its condemnation, especially in the wake of the recent Gosnell atrocities in Pennsylvania."

The proposed bill, HR 2030, requires the Federal Trade Commission to create and enforce rules that would regulate the speech of local, non-profit, pro-life pregnancy resource centers.

The broad language of the bill redefines a "non-profit" as a for-profit business: "The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this Act with respect to an organization that is not organized to carry on business for its own profit or that of its members as if such organization were a person over which the Commission has authority."

"'As if' is the revealing phrase," Mattox noted. "The bill itself acknowledges that the commission has no authority to regulate the free speech of local non-profits. But the lawmakers who sponsored this bill want to order the commission to do so anyway in their brazen attempt to harm the efforts of pro-life charitable organizations."...

Read entire article here.

May 24, 2013/Washington, DC/Operation Rescue --

During a House Judiciary Committee Hearing discussing the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (HR 1797) held on May 23, 2013, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) courageously displayed photos released by Operation Rescue depicting one aborted baby that was apparently killed after birth at a Houston, Texas, abortion clinic operated by Douglas Karpen. The photos were provided by former clinic workers who came forward to blow the whistle on Karpen's heinous acts.

The photos were shown in support of the legislation that would provide nationwide protection for unborn children after 20 weeks when they are known to feel pain. HR 1797 was amended from applying only to the District of Columbia to a national bill after grisly details of babies being born alive then brutally murdered came out during the murder trial of late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who was convicted of three counts of first degree murder in the deaths of three newborn babies.

Rep. Franks asked Dr. Anthony Levatino, a former abortionist and one of the three pro-life witnesses who powerfully testified of the need for this legislation, to estimate the fetal age of the photo that was displayed on a large screen in the hearing room, Dr. Levatino replied that he estimated the baby to be between 24 and 28 weeks gestation, which is beyond the legal limit of up to the 24 week milestone in Texas.

"Now if a healthy baby - otherwise healthy - were born alive at that age, what would be his or her chances of long-term survival?" asked Rep. Franks.

Dr. Levantino remarked without hesitation, "The majority would survive."

Another bombshell dropped during the hearing came from Dr. Maureen Condic, who is Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She testified that the fetus is capable of reacting to pain as early as 8-10 weeks. This is when most abortions in America take place.

Continue reading this article (includes links)

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23, 2013 /Christian Newswire --

Women Deliver, a global conference on maternal health, has tapped pro-infanticide philosopher Peter Singer and partial-birth abortionist LeRoy Carhart to train family planning advocates. While the conference purports to address health needs of poor women and an "unmet need" for contraception, many sessions promote unregulated abortion up to birth.

C-FAM, an international pro-family group, expects this will cause trouble for speakers like Melinda Gates. Last year, the wife of billionaire Bill Gates elicited pledges from presidents to advance her family planning campaign within their countries by promising it will not include abortion or population control.

C-FAM will report on Women Deliver as it meets May 27 - 31 in Kuala Lumpur.

"Women Deliver is billed as a next step in Melinda Gates' campaign. Gates assured supporters that her campaign has nothing to do with abortion or population control. Yet the speakers and workshops at Women Deliver advocate practices -- like unlimited abortion -- that will increase maternal and newborn deaths," said Wendy Wright, C-FAM's Vice President for Government Relations and Communications.

C-FAM also discovered the often-repeated statistic that 220 million women have an "unmet need" for contraception -- a powerful advocacy point -- is inflated. A study by the Guttmacher Institute reveals the duplicity.

"Guttmacher adds the number of women who choose not to use contraception to the group of women who cite lack of access -- and claims the combined group of women have an 'unmet need' for contraception. Most of these 220 million women will not use contraception regardless of its availability because of side effects, personal opposition, infrequent sexual activity, they just had a baby or are breastfeeding, or their partner is opposed," said Wright.

"Women Deliver encourages tactics that increase unsafe abortions. One campaign backs the inferior drug misoprostol for bleeding after childbirth over a superior medication -- because misoprostol can be used for abortions. The goal is to get abortion drugs into nations where abortion is unacceptable or illegal," Wright said.

U.S. health secretary Kathleen Sebelius will also speak at Women Deliver. Sebelius imposed a contraception/abortion mandate against employers that has sparked 50 lawsuits for violating constitutional rights. Her close ties to late-term abortionists as governor prompted accusations that she shielded abortionists from prosecutions.

C-FAM's live reports from Women Deliver will be available at www.c-fam.org and www.turtlebayandbeyond.org.

C-FAM representatives and Wendy Wright attended the two previous Women Deliver conferences and provided these final reports:

Six Problems With "Women Deliver"

Six More Problems with "Women Deliver"

May 22, 2013/Omaha, Nebraska/Operation Rescue --

Lindsey Creekmore, a registered nurse working for late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart in both his Bellevue, Nebraska, and Germantown, Maryland abortion clinics had had charges filed against her nursing license by Attorney General Jon Bruning who is accusing her of improperly drugging patients.

Creekmore, the only registered nurse in Carhart's employment, is accused of incompetence and negligence for administering incorrect intravenous dosages of sedatives and a labor-inducing drug to 11 patients between January 2011 and March 2012.

The complaint also alleges that Carhart's Bellevue abortion clinic did not provide proper staffing for women in recovery. Nebraska law states that registered nurses cannot delegate complex nursing tasks to unlicensed workers, a law that Creekmore apparently routinely violated.

Her behavior violates the scope of practice in that she acted outside the boundaries of her profession and constitutes unprofessional conduct.

"Clinic records show a significant pattern of substandard care practices that, in any surgical center, would endanger the health and safety of the public," Bruning said in a press release issued today. "We are seeking license revocation."

Creekmore will face a formal disciplinary hearing on Aug. 5th disciplinary hearing before the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Division.

"This action proves that Carhart is operating a shoddy abortion business that endangers the lives of women through improper drugging and lack of proper post-operative monitoring, both violations of which can endanger the lives of patients," said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. "We will be informing the authorities in Maryland of this action and asking for similar discipline."

For years, Operation Rescue has alleged that Carhart and his staff have engaged in shoddy, dangerous practices and have taken action to see that Carhart and Creekmore were disciplined.

"The Nebraska complaint against Creekmore validates our accusations. It is our belief that these allegations are just the tip of the iceberg," said Newman.

Carhart is currently under investigation by the Maryland Board of Physicians based on an Operation Rescue complaint for the death of Jennifer Morbelli, who died from complications to a 33-week abortion done by Carhart in Maryland.

Read Attorney General Bruning's Press Release
Read the Creekmore Complaint Petition

Of the 6.3 Million Abortions Performed in the UK from 1968 to 2011 only 143 or (0.006%) were performed for immediate threat to the "Life of the Mother". Only .37% (less than half of 1%) were performed over medical concerns that continuing the pregnancy would pose a threat to the mother....

While Pro-Choice advocates love to drag out the Life Of the Mother argument to support abortion rights it would seem to be the least likely reason for supporting the law in the UK and probably here as well. Though it's often cited as the most compelling....

Read entire article here.