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April 28, 2005

Dutch Doctor Admits Killing Disabled Newborns The UK news magazine, the Evening Standard, reports an extraordinary confession today by a Dutch doctor who admits to having euthanized disabled newborns. Dutch paediatrician Eduard Verhagen is in the forefront of a push to have the euthanasia of infants...

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Abortion staff ignores baby boy born alive? Several blogs have picked up the following Catholic Exchange article (also covered by WorldNetDaily ):Angele, a single mother in her thirties with two children, thought that abortion was the answer to her circumstances. At almost 23 weeks gestation, she entered...

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April 27, 2005

Euthanasia Hall of Shame: Hastings Center Harvesting the living? Rest assured that "despite what the press releases might say, the Hastings Center is working on it" ... Marlowe's Shade...

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April 25, 2005

Stem cells' promise is an empty one The public marketing of embryonic stem cell research differs from the reality, according to Kathleen Gallagher who wrote the following in a recent Newsday editorial:Despite all the hype of promises to come, no human therapies from embryonic stem cells have...

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Twin Survives Abortion - Mother Still Doesn't 'Get It' A 20-year-old Scottish woman is suing a hospital where she had an abortion in 2001 after one of her twins survived the operation. Stacy Dow, who is raising her now three-year-old daughter Jayde with her parents, said late on Sunday...

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April 24, 2005

Euthanasia Hall of Shame: The Wendland Case In case you haven't noticed, Marlowe's Shade is doing an excellent job reporting historical cases involving euthanasia and paralleling them with current events. Recently, the case of Robert Wendland was examined through a report by the International Task Force on...

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Misleading Scare Headline on Adult Stem Cells: 'Adult Cells Cancer Threat' International press is reporting the results of a study that apparently links the development of cancer to the use of adult stem cells. Stem cells from adults may cause cancer Old stem cells can become cancerous Stem cells cancer fear...

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April 23, 2005

Charlotte Wyatt-- something more to do From savecharlotte.com: Another request from Charlotte's parents-- would anyone who has been in a similar situation be able to write us about their case? He will give the letters to the judge for the next hearing. We need to prove...

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Saving an Abortion Survivor The AP reports that the Bush administration released an educational statement related to the enforcement of a federal law requiring doctors to attempt to keep alive a child that survives an abortion.The Born-Alive Infant Protection Act of 2002 amends the...

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Update on Clara Martinez From La Raza - "Let It Be as God Wishes" (HT: Sherri) That was how Salvador Martínez reacted to the forces unleashed by La Raza, which in 24 hours had obligated him to change his decision to suspend feeding for...

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April 22, 2005

Brain Death If as propagandist par excellence, Joseph Goebbels maintained, a lie repeated often enough is soon believed, the brainwashed public's blind faith in "brain death" is telling testimony to the pervasive power of the big lie. Regrettably, while the medical myth...

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April 21, 2005

Baby Charlotte Wyatt Needs Help: She Wants To Live Because she would likely never have the chance to run and play like other children, doctors decided that it was in her best interest to let her die. We received the information about Charlotte Wyatt by email today, and we've...

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British Courts Rule Against Charlotte Wyatt It wasn't enough. Justice Hedley was glad that little Charlotte could see, hear, respond and smile, but believed his former ruling should continue to hold--- no resuscitation. This on hearing from the majority medical opinion--- the same opinion that last...

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The Hard Truth "Ignorance sustained by denial is crippling this nation's response to abortion. When something is so horrifying that we can't stand to look at it, perhaps we shouldn't be tolerating it!" If you click the link below, it will take you...

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Freedom of Speech? Not if you speak against abortion A Massachusetts law that prohibits sidewalk counselors and pro-life advocates from approaching women seeking an abortion will stand unchallenged. The high court yesterday refused to hear an appeal by anti-abortion protesters who said the buffer zones allow women to hear...

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April 20, 2005

Abortion-Causing Morning-After Pill Approved Across Canada Without Prescription OTTAWA, April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - An order-in-Council signed yesterday will make it possible for all pharmacies across Canada to distribute the abortifacient drug levonorgestrel (morning after pill) without a prescription. "This drug is a double dose birth control pill...

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April 19, 2005

New Pope Ratzinger Seen as a Strong Pro-Life Advocate From LifeNews: The world's Catholic leaders have chosen a strong pro-life advocate and the top official under Pope John Paul II as the new leader of the church. German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was charged with teaching Catholics worldwide about the...

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April 18, 2005

Moving pictures stop abortion - Young mothers describe how ultrasound technology persuaded them to choose life for their children World Magazine's Lynn Vincent has written a wonderful article describing the power of ultrasound imaging in revealing the truth about the unborn. Three woman, predisposed to abortion, were interviewed who decided to keep their children after viewing them through an...

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Hearing Set for Tomorrow on Pro-Life Pharmacist's Request for Temporary Restraining Order Against Illinois Governor WAUKEGAN, Il., April 18 - The Lake County Circuit Court will hear arguments tomorrow at 9:15 a.m. in the case Scimio v. Blagojevich to rule on pharmacist David Scimio's motion for temporary restraining order against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's emergency...

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April 17, 2005

Why Censor Ultrasound? Pro-abortion forces won a victory in the Illinois House Wednesday as State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan (R-Park Ridge) successfully passed HB 2492 which would make it a criminal offense for an ultrasound to be administered without a doctor's order. Bryon Preston...

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BREAKING NEWS - AFTER NEARLY 30 DAYS CLARA IS BEING FED I have just received confirmation from Jorge Medores, editor of a Chicago Newspaper called "La Raza", that Clara Martinez has had her feeding tube re-connected and is receiving nourishment. The Human Services Inspector General's office of the Governor, who contacted...

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Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Save Lives Hidden Nook points out another non-embryonic stem cell success story:In 2000, a woman donated the blood from her newborn daughter's umbilical cord so scientists could pull precious stem cells from it and freeze them. Two years later, those donated cells...

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Big Companies Pursue Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Part II A few days ago I wrote a post about big companies who have in-house programs involving the active pursuit of embryonic stem cell research. Orthodoxy has written a better article which I've reproduced in full below. From articles in the...

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April 16, 2005

The Fight for Clara: A Battlefront Update Earl gives an update on BlogsforTerri about Clara: I just got off the phone speaking with Pastor Guillermo Espinoza, a godly man who is doing his best to defend the life of Clara Martinez. A few clarifications around some of...

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ACTION ITEM - Schiavo-Like Case Addressed by Local Pastor Action Item - Please distribute: What: Join Pastor Espinoza at a Prayer Meeting Why: to pray for Clara Martinez, who has not been fed for almost 30 days, and make known her plight to the community Where: 3939 West 59th...

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TWENY-NINE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD Several people have emailed me the following story about Clara Martinez, a Chicago woman who is reportedly being starved to death. Martinez suffered a debilitating stroke a year ago and her husband signed a "Do Not Resuscitate" order that led...

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April 14, 2005

Updated: Terri Schiavo Attorney Calls on Georgia Court Late this evening I spoke with Ken Mullinax regarding the Gibbs Lawfirm’s press release which we posted in full earlier in the day. We had contacted him after we, along with several readers, noted a few discrepancies in what had...

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Aborting the Handicapped Eighty percent of couples who find out during pregnancy that their child has Down Syndrome choose to have an abortion. According to a New York Post column, this is dismaying to, among others, the American Association of People with Disabilities,...

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Mae Magouirk, Pulled from Hospice, is Doing Well Last week, Mae Magouirk was transported from a hospice in LaGrange, Ga., to the University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center, where she is now in the critical care unit. The fundamental problem with Mae’s prior placement in hospice "care" is that...

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April 13, 2005

Schumer v. Reality on Bush Judges The Committee for Justice, which defends and promotes constitutionalist judicial nominees, today rebutted liberal Sen. Charles Schumer's (D-NY) consistently misleading characterizations of the debate on President Bush's judicial nominees. SCHUMER: "We have approved 204 judges… out of 214." REALITY: When...

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Russian Abortion Killing and Sterilizing Millions; Demographic Collapse Likely to be Worse than Previously Predicted An English language news magazine from Moscow reports that up to one third of Russian abortions result in the death of the mother. The Russian government has been alarmed for some time at the impending demographic disaster created by the...

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The Fate of Ora Mae Magouirk In an intense life-and-death tug-of-war reminiscent of the Terri Schiavo case, the fate of Ora Mae Magouirk is still raging, despite the transfer Saturday of the 81-year-old widow to the University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center in Birmingham for treatment of...

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Stem Cell Bill Fails in Seattle After days of delay, the Senate yesterday killed a bill that would regulate stem-cell research, with two Republicans who originally supported the measure jumping back to join their caucus. Senate Minority Leader Bill Finkbeiner, R-Kirkland, was the lone Republican to...

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Massachusetts Gov. Vows to Veto Embryonic Stem Cell Bill Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — a Republican and abortion opponent — is vowing to veto a bill that will give scientists more freedom to conduct embryonic stem cell research in the state. - more He is going need encouragement ......

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Big Companies Initiate Embryonic Stem Cell Research NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some large companies in the United States are pursuing plans to study stem cells drawn from early stage human embryos, a newspaper said Tuesday, thrusting them into the heated debate over the controversial branch of drug...

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Updates from Ken Mullinax Wednesday morning, Attorney Jack Kirby of LaGrange, Ga., will file a motion before Judge Boyd, on behalf of A. B. McLeod, which request that the Judge order Beth Gaddy to allow her Grandmother's brother and sister (A. B. McLeod, Lonnie...

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Advice about Living Wills Do not sign a living will or any of its variants. If you have signed one, rescind it immediately and destroy every copy. Do not sign an advance directive that would deny you treatment on the basis of vague and...

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April 12, 2005

Misdiagnosing PVS - Cranford and Terri Schiavo CNSNews reporter, Jeff Johnson, has written an excellent article about one of the expert witnesses who testified that Terri Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Dr. Ronald Cranford gave the same confident opinion ("105 percent sure") of his...

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April 11, 2005

Euthanasia of Infants by Doctors Responsible for Nearly Half of Newborn Deaths in Belgium BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, April 11, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) - Belgian doctors are directly responsible for nearly half of the 253 deaths of newborn babies during a year long period, a new study reports. The controversial report, published in The Lancet, covers a...

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Judge Boyd Writes BlogsforTerri I'm reproducing Judge Boyd's letter regarding Mae Magouirk in full. I won't add commetary other than to point the reader to my prior assertions here, Richard's commentary and the actual court order with related comments here. Judge Boyd's Letter:I am...

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Mae's Family Removed from Her Room Ken Mullinax sent the following email today:MY Aunt Mae is now being nourished and hydrated at UAB medical Center. HOWEVER, BETH GADDY HAS ISSUED AN ORDER TO THE MEDICAL STAFF AT THE CCU-UNIT of UAB WHICH PREVENTS MAE'S BROTHER (A....

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More on Mae Magouirk and her Delivery from Certain Death Mae Magouirk was transported from the hospice in LaGrange, Ga., to the University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center, where she is now receiving adequate care. According to her nephew, Ken Mullinax, bloggers and their readers played a significant role in helping...

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April 10, 2005

Hospital admits abortion at 34 weeks SCOTTISH hospitals have carried out abortions on severely abnormal foetuses as late as 34 weeks, an investigation by Scotland on Sunday has revealed. One hospital conducted an abortion just six weeks short of the baby’s due date after the mother...

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April 9, 2005

Mae Magouirk - out of the Hospital - Thanks to Bloggers Just received telephone call (3:00 PM ET) from Ken Mullinax, nephew of Mae. Terri saves another life! Followed by this email: THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF THE FRIENDS OF TERRI, MY AUNT MAE MAGOUIRK HAS BEEN AIR LIFTED...

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The Ugly Face of Euthanasia From the Telegraph:Eleven elderly patients on the same hospital ward were deliberately starved to death, an inquest was told yesterday. The patients, all men aged between 67 and 93, died after having their food and drink needlessly withdrawn, according to...

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April 8, 2005

Every Third Russian Abortion Ends in Patient's Death Staggering news from Russia:Two million abortions are performed in Russia every year, with only 1.5 million children actually being born. Moreover, badly performed surgeries kill every third patient and leave many infertile for the rest of their lives, Vladimir Kulakov,...

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Abortion Advocates Push Litmus Test for FDA Nominee Politics and a radical pro-abortion agenda are a dangerous combination, especially when used to force the approval of an over-the-counter abortificient. A few Senators are tying the acceptance of President Bush's nominee to head the FDA to the approval of...

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April 7, 2005

Mae Magouirk - not comatose - not vegetative - not terminal, BEING STARVED AND DEHYDRATED TO DEATH (Update) RECEIVED VIA EMAIL - EMERGENCY Please propagate throughout the Internet! UPDATE 1(noticed question in comments about authentication): This was confirmed by lengthy telephone call before it was posted. I personally spoke with Kenneth Mullinax, and have more details than has...

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Pavone Slams Living Wills Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, who was with Terri Schiavo during the hours and moments before her death, issued the following statement today:"In response to the Schiavo case, many think they should draw up a living...

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April 6, 2005

Bill Gives Unborn Equal Protection COLUMBIA, S.C. -- An unborn child would have rights to due process and equal protection of the law under a bill passed by the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. The measure passed on a 15-to-5 vote. It would establish that rights...

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April 5, 2005

The Execution of Terri Schiavo Commentary by Judie Brown (American Life League), Washington Dispatch April 5, 2005 It is with great sadness that we reflect upon the death of Terri Schiavo, an innocent victim of a heinous crime, who was unjustly sentenced to die an...

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Schiavo neurologist views Alzheimer patients as physician-assisted 'suicides' Years before he categorized Terri Schindler Schiavo in the persistent vegetative state, which led to her death by dehydration, neurologist Dr. Ronald Cranford was building the case for removing feeding tubes from society’s vulnerable....

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April 4, 2005

Massachusetts Legislature Votes to Use Clonned Embryos for Research Reuters reports that the Massachusetts legislature overwhelmingly cleared a bill that will allow research using embryonic stem cell, including those obtained from closed humans. Although the Governor opposes the bill, the Democratic controlled state legislature will most likely be able...

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April 3, 2005

Some Vague Living Wills Allow Starvation Look out for some of those "Living Wills" forms. Some will allow you to starve or dehydrate to death with vague wording, incomplete forms, or state law. WorldNetDaily reports:Amid the national crush to fill out living wills in the wake...

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April 2, 2005

Pro-Life Advocate Pope John Paul II Died Today AP - Pope John Paul II, the Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, has died at 84, the Vatican announced in an e-mail Saturday. Fr. Frank Pavone,...

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April 1, 2005

UN Steps Up Vigorous Call for Universal Access to Abortion Now our internationals are planning to use a disease to further their euthanasia agenda for the unborn children of the world.

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