NEWS SHORTS FOR MONDAY
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National Life Chain To Link Up Against Abortion
The central Illinois portion of the National Life Chain to protest abortion will be linked from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 4 on sidewalks along University Street, Northmoor and Allen roads. The Peoria chain will link the city's abortion clinic, National Health Care, 7405 N. University St., to the Esther House, an in-house, long-term facility for women and women with children at 6847 N. Allen Road. Life Chain is intended to be a peaceful and prayerful public witness by people who oppose abortion. It is an effort by the Christian community to make a visual statement as participants stand for one hour, praying for the nation and for an end to the practice.
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Springfield Planned Parenthood to Offer Abortion Drugs
Local Springfield reporter publicizes Planned Parenthood killing babies by drug induced abortions in a positive light. When a person calls evil good it is evidence that they are cursed by God and given over to a reprobate mind (Isaiah 5: 20-24; Romans 1: 28-32).
Elective abortions will be available in Springfield for the first time next year when Planned Parenthood of Illinois begins to dispense abortion-inducing pills at its downtown health center. “We’re thrilled with this expansion of services,” Planned Parenthood board member Lyn Schollett of Springfield said Wednesday. “I think we’ll actually find there’s a lot of support for these services in the community.” Planned Parenthood officials have discussed the need for easier access to abortion services in the Springfield area for years, said Steve Trombley, president and chief executive officer of Chicago-based Planned Parenthood.
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Obamacare Is 21st Century Eugenics
The relationships between American Eugenicists and their German counterparts only grew stronger for the most part in the years leading up to World War II. The 1920's continued to see trans-Atlantic cooperation between the scientists, with parties from both groups traveling overseas to see the work being done and share any new insights they may have achieved. Harry Laughlin, the superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office used his position to collate & disseminate Nazi propaganda in the U.S.
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Forced Abortions and Mass Sterilization Needed to Save the Planet
Forced abortions. Mass sterilization. A "Planetary Regime" with the power of life and death over American citizens. The tyrannical fantasies of a madman? Or merely the opinions of the person now in control of science policy in the United States? Or both? These ideas (among many other equally horrifying recommendations) were put forth by John Holdren, whom Barack Obama has recently appointed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology -- informally known as the United States' Science Czar.
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Scott Roeder Trial Reset Again - Jan. 11, 2010 - Eleven Days Before Roe v. Wade Anniversary
The trial of the man accused in the killing of Wichita abortion provider George Tiller has been rescheduled to Jan. 11. The Sedgwick County District Attorney's office announced the new date Wednesday. Scott Roeder's trial had previously been scheduled to begin Jan. 25. Roeder is accused of shooting Tiller on May 31 as the doctor was ushering during Sunday morning services at his Wichita church. The 51-year-old suspect is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault.
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Women Are Risking Their Lives to Have IVF Babies
Couples who are desperate to have children are undergoing insemination procedures in spite of risks that could prove fatal, warns fertility expert. Women are risking death and bankruptcy in their desperation to become mothers, according to Professor Sammy Lee, one of the country's leading experts on infertility. Some couples going through fertility treatment are driven by an urge "stronger than addiction and more powerful than obsession", said Lee, who pioneered egg donation in the UK when he was chief scientist of the IVF programme at Wellington Hospital, London.
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