Planned Parenthood's missing millions
New GAO report reveals disturbing financial discrepancies
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on federal tax money funneled into Planned Parenthood and similar organizations raises more questions than it answers about the nation's largest abortion chain.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America's (PPFA) audits show the organization spent just $657.1 million between 2002 and 2008 from federal government grants and programs, but the abortion behemoth's own annual reports show that it took in $2.3 billion from government grants and programs during the same time period.
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Pro-Lifer says Feds Lawsuit for Entering Abortuary Based on False Information
A pro-life witness in San Antonio, Texas, is facing a lawsuit from the federal government after entering an abortion facility to offer pro-life alternatives to an abortion-bound couple. [The unconstitutional] federal law known as the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act was passed under President Clinton in 1994 and prohibits individuals from directly interfering with access to abortion. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in San Antonio by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, 56-year-old Juan Gaona is accused of entering the centre on April 17, 2009 and blocking the entrance to the waiting room before being forcibly removed by staff. Gaona was further accused of directing insults and profane language at abortion workers during his years of routine witness outside the abortion clinic. The San Antonio Express-News reports the suit could result in a restraining order and a $10,000 civil penalty.
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Man Charged with Vehicular Homicide after Preborn Baby Dies In Car Accident
Police say a 35-week-old fetus has died after a pregnant woman was thrown from her car in a crash in Cincinnati. Police say 19-year-old Jasmine Malone wasn't wearing a seat belt Sunday night when the car she was riding in ran off the road and slammed into several trees. Malone, 18-year-old driver Wesley Fain and a juvenile passenger were all injured and taken to a hospital. A message was left Monday for their conditions. Police have charged Fain with aggravated vehicular homicide.
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Groups Target Black Community in Arkansas with Billboards
Pro-Life groups have launched a billboard campaign in Arkansas targeting the black community. The billboards in Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pine Bluff feature a photo of a black child about 1 year old, the words "Black & Unwanted" and the names of the three sponsoring organizations: Arkansas Right to Life, TooManyAborted.com and the Radiance Foundation. "The abortion rate in the African-American community is three times higher than that of white women, a fact that most African-Americans find shocking," Rose Mimms, executive director of Arkansas Right to Life, said today. Mimms said 39 percent of all abortions in the U.S. are performed on blacks, though blacks comprise only 13 percent of the population.
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'The Law Must Speak for the Unborn Child': Senior Ghanian Leader Calls for Abortion Restrictions
Ghanian Parliament's Minority Leader, Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has called upon the Attorney General to significantly increase restrictions on abortion in the country.
Abortion in the Republic of Ghana is currently legal in cases of rape or incest, if the pregnancy is judged to threaten the woman's physical or mental health, or if there is "substantial risk" of fetal abnormality.
Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu says he wants to change the law to allow abortions only in cases where it is "necessitated by medical reasons."
He told the Daily Graphic newspaper that some constitutional provisions guarantee the right to life and the sanctity of life.
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Adult Stem Cells Restore Sight to People With Damaged Corneas
More good news on the adult stem cell front. The blind can see. From the story:
Patients blinded in one or both eyes by chemical burns regained their vision after healthy stem cells were extracted from their eyes and reimplanted, according to a report by Italian researchers at a scientific meeting. The tissue was drawn from the limbus, an area at the junction of the cornea and white part of the eye.
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