LifeNews.com Headlines: Nov. 19, 2009
LOUISIANA CHOOSE LIFE LICENSE PLATE RAISES OVER $64K FOR PREGNANCY CENTERS
Baton Rouge, LA (LifeNews.com) – The Choose Life license plates in Louisiana have proved to be a boon to the work of pregnancy centers that provide tangible pregnancy help and abortion alternatives to women. The fund that receives the proceeds from the sales of the plates has donated tens of thousands of dollars to 20 different centers.
REID’S SENATE HEALTH CARE BILL HAS NO STUPAK AMENDMENT TO BAN ABORTION FUNDING
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has released the text of his new government-run health care bill to members of the Democratic Party. The new measure reportedly does not contain the Stupak amendment found in the House version that bans virtually all abortion funding.
CNN POLL: 61% OPPOSE TAX-FUNDED ABORTIONS, 63% OPPOSE ALL OR MOST ABORTIONS
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – As Congress remains embroiled in a massive debate over whether to force Americans to pay for abortions through the new government-run health care programs, a new CNN poll finds 61 percent oppose government funding abortions with public dollars.
PRO-ABORTION LEADER CLAIMS PRO-LIFE DEMOCRATS WILL OPPOSE STUPAK NEXT TIME
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – The House of Representatives will have one more chance to vote on a government-run health care bill and, when it does, the pro-abortion leader there says fewer pro-life Democrats will support the Stupak amendment that removes virtually all abortion funding from the bill.
WOMAN’S LAWSUIT: SHE YELLED STOP, PRACTITIONER CONTINUED WITH FORCED ABORTION
Flint, MI (LifeNews.com) – Alberto Hodari owns six abortion centers in Michigan and LifeNews.com has delivered multiple reports on how he has three of them up for sale. A new lawsuit from a woman who says he forced her to have an abortion could explain why Hodari is quickly moving to divest himself of his abortion business.
CATHOLIC BISHOPS VOTE TO REAFFIRM FOOD AND WATER FOR COMA, “VEGETATIVE” PATIENTS
Baltimore, MD (LifeNews.com) – The nation’s Catholic bishops have agreed to strengthen the requirement that Catholic hospitals give food and water to comatose or patients in a so-called “vegetative” state. The move drew praise and support from the family of Terri Schiavo, whose former husband killed in her by removing her nutrition.
PRO-LIFE DEMOCRATS GROUP SAYS NELSON, CASEY STILL SUPPORT ABORTION FUNDING BAN
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – Several mainstream media web sites in the last 48 hours have suggested that Sens. Ben Nelson and Bob Casey, the only Democrats in the Senate to call themselves pro-life, are backing down on supporting a ban on taxpayer funding of abortions such as the Stupak amendment.
CATHOLIC BISHOPS DISCUSS HELPING COLLEGES STICK WITH CHURCH’S PRO-LIFE TEACHINGS
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – The nation’s Catholic bishops are having their semi-annual meeting in Baltimore this week and one topic they are addressing has been prominent on the minds of pro-life Catholics. That’s the relationship between Catholic colleges and universities and the church’s pro-life teachings.
BALTIMORE CITY COUNCIL OKS MEASURE TARGETING PREGNANCY CENTERS ON ABORTION
Baltimore, MD (LifeNews.com) – The Baltimore City Council has signed off on a local ordinance that attacks pregnancy centers by making them post signs saying they do not do abortions or provide contraception. The proposal contains no stipulations for abortion centers saying they don’t provide alternatives.
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