Flossmoor Planned Parenthood Calls 911 for Patient "Bleeding Out"

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The Planned Parenthood clinic in Flossmoor, IL put a patient in grave danger after a surgical abortion last month. Two 911 calls were made by employees, the first of which described the patient as "bleeding out."

The Pro-Life Action League obtained 911 records from medical emergency calls made by the clinic on Oct. 9. A 25-year old woman was sedated and unconscious after having a surgical abortion but continued to bleed profusely. To save her from the life-threatening situation caused by the surgical abortion procedure, the clinic called for an ambulance twice.

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On the first call, the 911 dispatcher dispatched an ambulance and told the clinic worker to call her back if anything changed. An ambulance arrived at the abortion clinic three minutes after that first call. Before it arrived, however, a separate worker made another 911 call. She again asked for an ambulance and urgently stressed that the patient needed medical attention as soon as possible.

Operation Rescue, a pro-life organization which tracks medical emergencies caused by abortion clinics throughout the nation, has reported five medical emergencies caused by the clinic since it was opened in 2018.

“This Planned Parenthood was said to be a state-of-the-art abortion facility when it was built a couple of years ago, yet they can’t seem to keep their abortion clients out of the emergency room,” said Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue. “This shows yet again that abortion is not safe and carries more risks than Planned Parenthood wants women to believe. Women risk their health and even their lives when they walk through the doors of an abortion facility.”

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Leaked Biden Administrative Agenda Shows Plans to Undo Pro-Life Executive Orders

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Joe Biden's recently-leaked administrative agenda shows that one of his top priorities as a president would be to overturn President Donald Trump's pro-life executive orders.

The documents, attributed to a Biden-aligned organization called the Glover Park Group, show that Biden's early executive actions related to health care include, "Revers[ing] Trump actions on abortion and reproductive health care, including reversing the Mexico City Policy, restoring funding to Planned Parenthood and contraceptive coverage under the ACA."

The Mexico City Policy prohibits federal foreign aid funding from going to organizations that promote or commit abortions.

He also instituted a rule which required family planning organizations to stop promoting abortion, committing abortions, or co-locating with organizations that commit abortions if they wanted to receive Title X funding. Planned Parenthood refused to operate by those rules and instead chose to forego that funding. States and Medicaid have stepped in to fill that gap, however. Overall government funding of the abortion giant has not suffered as a result. Given the Biden administration's desire to restore funding to Planned Parenthood, it is a safe bet that the Title X rule would be reverted as well.

Biden has also promised to end Hyde Amendment, which is supposed to prevent federal tax dollars from being used to fund abortion. This amendment has been applied to every federal appropriations bill since 1976.

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Premature Baby Weighing 11 Ounces at Birth Comes Home from Hospital

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Harper Rose Schultz, who was born on June 29th at the gestational age of only 22.5 weeks, was finally able to go home with her family on Nov. 4. When she was born, Harper weighed just over 11 ounces, becoming the smallest micro-preemie ever to be resuscitated at the Covenant Healthcare in Saginaw, Michigan.

“She’s such a blessing and we are just so thankful,” her mother Emille Wendzik told reporters as she left the hospital with her family.

In a video released on the hospital's YouTube channel, Neonatologist Dr. Martin Nwankwo said, "...to see her grow from where we started to going home now in reasonably good shape, it’s mind-boggling for us. We’ve never done this before. And, to be honest with you, half the hospitals in the United States would not have attempted this."

Covenant Healthcare Communications Manager Kristin Knoll said that babies born as small as Harper only have a survival rate of 20%. That number is larger than zero, and Harper was lucky to be born at a hospital that valued her life enough to try and save it. While preemies may not be guaranteed to survive at that age, they should always be granted the chance; especially when qualified medical professionals are available to give them that chance.

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Chris Nikic Becomes First Person with Down Syndrome to Complete Ironman Triathlon

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On Nov. 7, Chris Nikic became the first person with Down syndrome to complete an Ironman triathlon. 

The Ironman consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile run. The three athletic feats must be completed within 17 hours.

“The doctors and experts said I couldn’t do anything,” Nikic told the Orlando Sentinel. “So I said, ‘Doctor! Experts! You need to stop doing this to me. You’re wrong!’”

“From the time he was born, we were told by everyone that he’d never do anything or amount to anything or be able to accomplish anything [beyond] being able to tie his own shoes,” his father Nik Nikic said. “And we believed them for the longest time.”

Chris completed the race in 16 hours, 46 minutes and nine seconds. His achievement was the culmination of years of training. His father commended his son for working so hard and said that Chris served as an example of how people with Down syndrome can still accomplish great things and live meaningful lives.

“Kids with Down syndrome, typically, when they graduate from high school, they start living a life of isolation. They don’t go on to college; they don’t get a job,” Nik said. "Any level of inclusion they had, which was minimal, falls off a cliff. But Chris now trains six, seven days a week with friends. He goes and meets them at the lake, he goes to the track and runs with them, they come to our neighborhood and he rides bikes with them. He calls them every night, and they take his phone call ... and they invite him to their homes. The greatest gift that Chris has gotten in all this is the gift of belonging.”

Those with Down syndrome can live fulfilling lives. Abortion ends real lives with real value, and aborting unborn children with disabilities is no different.

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Alliance Defending Freedom Asks Supreme Court to Hear Title X Abortion Funding Case

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Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a brief with the Supreme Court asking it to take a case regarding a Health and Human Services rule preventing Title X family-planning funding from being used for abortions.

There is currently a split between the courts on the legality of the HHS rule. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Maryland blocked the rule, while a 9th Circuit decision in a separate case upheld them.

“No court can substitute its own policy views for the views of the elected branches of government,” said ADF Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch. “The Supreme Court has already recognized that the federal government has authority to prevent Title X funds from being used for abortion. The 4th Circuit chose instead to rely on the preferences of pro-abortion medical associations. The Supreme Court should take this case and affirm that HHS has the authority to issue a rule that the high court already deemed constitutional.”

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New Mexico Medical Board Investigating Abortionist who Abandoned Patient

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Franz Theard, an abortionist who runs Women's Reproductive Clinic in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, is now being investigated by the state.

Theard is responsible for botching the same woman's abortion two separate times last month. After a woman, currently known as Jane Doe, “unexpectedly delivered remains of her deceased baby at home” following a surgical abortion, she was told to come to the abortion clinic. Theard left in his car before the woman and her husband arrived, and pro-life witnesses say that police showed up before the victim and her husband did. When clinic workers refused to let her keep the remains of her child for cremation, police arrested the woman and her husband. Doe was arrested for disturbance of the peace, and her husband was arrested for interfering with Doe's arrest.

Abortion on Trial (AOT) attorney Mike Seibel has been retained as legal representation for Doe at no cost to her. "Dr. Theard's abandonment of Jane is not only a violation of the licensing act, but is also unprofessional, unethical, and is borderline criminal conduct," he said in a post on the AOT website.

Seibel filed a letter of complaint with the New Mexico Medical Board, and AOT announced on Nov. 8 that the board is launching an investigation of the abortionist.

Theard has been sued for medical malpractice eight times between the years 1987 and 2003.

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Planned Parenthood's Failed Attempt to Frame a Whistleblower

And Then There Were None, a pro-life organization made up of former abortion workers, recently highlighted the story of Mayra Rodriguez, revealing that Planned Parenthood attempted to frame her to prevent her from whistleblowing on an irresponsible abortionist.

"I was named Employee of the Year throughout all of Arizona and was ultimately installed as the Director of the busiest Planned Parenthood in the state (I actually oversaw three clinics at once)," Rodriguez wrote. "My record within the company was flawless, never once receiving a reprimand or poor performance mark, and my respect among the executives was more than I could have ever wanted."

When Rodriguez found that an abortionist almost sent a woman home with the head of her baby still inside her, she investigated the abortionist's record. She found that he had a history of complications, but Planned Parenthood was covering for him.

Before taking action, Rodriguez spoke with a co-worker about her plan to expose the abortionist, which she believes ultimately led to Planned Parenthood's retaliation.

Rodriguez was accused of multiple offenses and pressured to sign a document saying that she was at fault:

"On the document were things like patient complaints about me, reports of a poorly kept personal office, missing money and even missing instruments from the procedure rooms. For someone who had never had a reprimand in 17 years, it appeared I was a veritable whirlwind of negligence and criminal activity."

Rodriguez refused to sign. Shortly after, she was accused of having drugs in her desk and was fired. When she retaliated by suing Planned Parenthood, the jury unanimously ruled that she was wrongfully terminated. She was awarded $3 million, and now she speaks out against Planned Parenthood and abortion.

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Georgia Senate Races Could Determine U.S. Senate Majority

On Jan. 5, Georgia will hold two run-off elections which are likely to determine the balance of power between parties in the US Senate. 

Assuming the expected outcome that Republicans will win their Senate races in Alaska and North Carolina, the Republican party would have 50 senators total. The Democrat party would have 48. While pro-life issues do not have to be purely partisan, with both pro-life Democrats and pro-abortion Republicans demonstrating this, life issues have become increasingly partisan in recent years.

If both pro-abortion Democrats win their Georgia Senate races, then both parties would have 50 Senators. Furthermore, if Joe Biden becomes president, pro-abortion Kamala Harris could become a tie-breaking vote for contentious legislation moving through the Senate. 

In Georgia, candidates must participate in a run-off election if no candidate receives 50% of the vote. This was the case for both of the state's senate races. Both seats are currently held by pro-life Republican incumbents, but both are also contested by pro-abortion Democrats.

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Trump Recognizes November as National Adoption Month

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Oct. 30 recognizing November as National Adoption Month. In a White House press release, he praised adoption as an alternative to abortion.

“During National Adoption Month, we recognize birth families who make the difficult decision to place their children up for adoption, commend foster parents who care for children from different backgrounds, and celebrate adoptive parents who open their families to those children in need,” Trump said.

The president pointed out that he signed an Executive Order on Strengthening the Child Welfare System for America’s Children in June, which was designed to help keep American families together by prioritizing partnerships between public and private organizations. The executive order also provides resources and support for those who age out of foster care.

"My Administration believes that every human life has inherent value, and encourages adoption as an alternative to abortion. All children, born and unborn, deserve a chance to have a better, more prosperous future. I commend the selfless men and women who preserve the majesty of God’s creation by providing children with a chance at a better life.

This month, we celebrate the blessings of adoption and renew our resolve to promote a culture of respect for every human life.  Countless Americans dedicate their time, energy, and resources to the adoption process, and we honor their selfless contributions as community members, faith leaders, caregivers, role models, and families. Our Nation is strengthened by the sacred institution of the family, and devoted parents who love and protect their adopted children. As a Nation, let us commit to ensuring a brighter future for all of our Nation’s children."

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Planned Parenthood Partnered with Celebrity Musicians for Swing State Ad Campaign

As part of its political spending for the 2020 elections, which was originally planned to be $45 million, Planned Parenthood partnered with celebrity musicians to get out the vote for pro-abortion candidates.

Planned Parenthood's campaign, ironically named "We Need Every Voice," called on pro-abortion fans of popular musicians to go vote. Beastie Boys, Billie Eilish, Foo Fighters, Katy Perry, Tenacious D, and many others added their names to a newspaper ad advocating for voters to vote pro-abortion. Some musicians even made songs and videos promoting abortion and voting for pro-abortion or left-leaning candidates.

“United, our voices can change the direction of this country,” reads the newspaper ad. “After the rushed confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in the midst of a pandemic, we now face a Supreme Court that puts our health and freedoms, including our right to safe and legal abortion, at extreme risk. The damage already inflicted on our country will last for generations. We can’t afford any further assaults on our reproductive freedom — our right to control our bodies. We need your voice.”

Celebrities often use their influence to peddle the dangerous practice of abortion to young, impressionable fans. Planned Parenthood takes advantage of that relationship to increase the profit it already makes from abortions throughout the country.

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Planned Parenthood Drops Lawsuit Against Arizona Abortion Restrictions

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On Tuesday, Planned Parenthood dropped its lawsuit challenging several pro-life laws in Arizona. The challenged restrictions included a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions, a ban against non-doctors carrying out abortions, and laws against using telemedicine to prescribe abortion pills.

In its lawsuit, Planned Parenthood Arizona claimed that these pro-life laws caused them to complete 40% fewer abortions since 2011. Further, Planned Parenthood argued that they contributed to the closure of four Arizona abortion clinics.

Arizona's 24-hour waiting period came into effect in 2009. Parts of that law were temporarily blocked by courts until 2011, but the provisions were ultimately upheld.

Planned Parenthood's 2019 lawsuit was attempting to argue that the combination of Arizona's pro-life laws, rather than any individual one, created an "undue burden" on a woman's ability to choose abortion.

Planned Parenthood provided no explanation for the sudden dismissal. The abortion giant may have internally considered how Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts's concurring opinion in June Medical Services, L.L.C. v. Russo would affect their case, or it may have dropped the lawsuit in response to Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court.

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Louisiana Voters Pass Love Life Amendment

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On Tuesday, Louisiana voters approved Amendment #1, known as the Love Life Amendment, for the state's constitution. This legislation ensures that judges can't rule that there is an implied right to abortion in the state's constitution.

The amendment was authored with bipartisan support from State Rep. Katrina Jackson (D) and State Sen. Beth Mizell (R). It received support from both chambers of Louisiana's legislature and Gov. John Bel Edwards before it was approved by voters.

“Louisiana has overwhelmingly passed the Love Life Amendment and shown its love for mothers and babies!,” said Benjamin Clapper, Executive Director of Louisiana Right to Life.

“With the passage of this amendment, our citizens have mandated that state judges can never use our Constitution to enshrine abortion or the taxpayer funding of abortion in Louisiana. We the people, through our legislators, can pass laws defending life without the intervention of judges.

“We encourage other states to pass their own version of the Love Life Amendment. For too long, activist judges around the nation have usurped the power of state legislatures and declared a right to abortion-on-demand. It’s time we changed this in every state across America.

“We look forward to the day Roe v. Wade is overturned and Louisiana can once again protect all our citizens, including those waiting to be born. Moving forward, the pro-life movement will continue to support mothers and babies and work toward a day when every child is protected by law and welcomed with love in our nation.”

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Colorado Voters Reject Late Term Abortion Ban

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A Colorado ballot measure that would have banned abortion after 22 weeks was rejected by voters on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.

The measure, titled Proposition 115, would have made it illegal for a doctor to commit or attempt to commit an abortion on any child after 22 weeks. A doctor who broke this rule would have been charged with a misdemeanor and fined.

Proposition 115 author Erin Behren pointed out in October that Colorado is one of only seven states that haven't restricted abortion in any way since its legalization. “We are an extreme outlier, as 43 other states limit abortion, as does most of the rest of the world. Our citizen’s initiative was created to bring our state in line with modern medical understanding of fetal development.”

Babies have survived birth as young as 21 weeks with medical assistance.

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Tennessee Pro-Life Democrat Removed from Party Loses House Reelection Bid

Tennessee State Rep. John DeBerry Jr.
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Pro-life Tennessee State Representative John DeBerry, who was forced to run as an independent after being removed from the Democratic party in May, lost his reelection campaign on Tuesday.

DeBerry, who is also a minister in the Church of Christ, has served as a civil rights advocate in Tennessee's House of Representatives since 1994, but he was criticized by the Democratic party for several of his policy positions, including his pro-life beliefs.

"The fact that I had to be removed from the ballot and run as an independent... It says a lot about where things are right now," DeBerry said on Tuesday.

In a September interview with CNA, he said that he had no regrets about holding firm to his pro-life beliefs, despite opposition from his party.

“My work in Nashville as a legislator is nothing more than an extension of my work as a child of God, as a Christian,” DeBerry told CNA.

“And I take to heart Ephesians chapter 6, ‘We wrestle not against flesh and blood’—people are not the enemy,” he said, but “there are those who make laws that are blasphemous of God’s law.”

“I have always made my focus staying in accordance to the laws of God, even when my votes are made.”

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Facebook Blocks Illinois Right to Life Ad Fundraising for Crisis Pregnancies

Illinois Right to Life, not to be confused with the Illinois Federation for Right to Life, was surprised to learn on Monday that Facebook denied their advertisement designed to raise money to help pregnant women experiencing financial difficulties.

The right to life group's charity effort, named Project Love, provides pregnant women in financial crises with grants to help them pay for expenses and necessities. When Illinois Right to Life attempted to fundraise for Project Love on Facebook, the tech giant responded that the fundraiser was too political and violated their policies about ads posted near election day.

Brittany Clingen Carl, Vice President of Illinois Right to Life, told The Federalist, “Helping women facing crisis pregnancies isn’t a political issue. It isn’t even a social advocacy issue. It’s simply doing the right thing by helping women and their children when they desperately need support.”

Censorship by big tech has become an increasingly prevalent issue for pro-life advocates. Sincere efforts to help women keep their children during times of financial hardship don't deserve to be treated this way.

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Trump Admin Announces New Effort to Enforce Mexico City Policy

USAID Acting Administrator
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John Barsa, the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, announced in an Oct. 30 press release that his agency is making a new effort to ensure foreign organizations receiving assistance from the United States abide by abortion-related restrictions. These restrictions should prevent these organizations from providing or promoting abortion, but they have gone largely unenforced.

“The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is committed to the well-being of all women and children, and to ensuring all of our partners are in compliance with abortion-related legal restrictions and the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA) Policy,” reads USAID's press release.

The press release also says the actions USAID will take include “training, implementation, monitoring, and documentation” as well as “possible sanctions and consequences for non-compliance.”

Recipients of USAID funding also received a letter from Dr. Alma Golden, USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health. It reads, “As a reminder, the statutory restrictions related to abortion apply to all U.S. foreign-assistance funds, not just health funds, including USAID-funded activities implemented by both U.S.- and non-U.S.-based partners.”

Golden's letter asks USAID recipients to report documentation of their compliance with abortion restrictions by Nov. 30.

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Couple Suffering Botched Abortion Arrested as Abortionist Flees

Last week, a woman suffering from a botched abortion and her husband were both arrested outside of Women’s Reproductive Clinic in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Pro-life advocates present at the scene say that the resident abortionist fled the scene before the incident occurred.

“Coalition for Life staff witnessed Dr. Theard [who runs the abortion business] quickly exit the facility, get in his car, and flee the scene,” Southwest Coalition for Life wrote in a Facebook post. “Minutes later, the police arrived at the clinic BEFORE the clients arrived. The woman then arrived and entered the facility with a bag containing the remains of her child which she intended to have cremated for burial after receiving medical attention.”

Pro-life advocates were able to speak with the woman before police took her and her husband away. She told them that she took the abortion pill, but it failed. Afterward, she was convinced by clinic staff to come in for a surgical abortion. Days after the surgical abortion, she was in severe pain and unexpectedly delivered additional remains of her deceased child at home. The couple then called the abortion facility, which told them to return.

The clinic allegedly took her child's remains and refused to give them back. When the woman became upset, the police arrested her for disturbance of the peace. Her husband attempted to reason with them, but he was tasered and arrested for interfering with her arrest.

Coalition for Life worked with police to allow the woman to seek medical attention for an infection caused by the botched abortion. She is now connected with Abortion on Trial attorneys at no cost to her.

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House Passes Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Pro-Lifers Concerned it will Force Employers to Pay for Abortions.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act by a vote of 329-73 on September 17, 2020. The bill was then sent to the Senate, where it has not yet received a vote. Pro-life activists are concerned that the legislation, if passed, would create an opening for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to require employers to cover abortion in employer-sponsored health plans.

According to House Resolution 1107, the legislation was created "to eliminate discrimination and promote women’s health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition."

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act passed from the House without a long-standing Civil Rights Act provision to exempt religious organizations from making employment decisions that conflict with their faith. An amendment to add this provision was voted down.

The bill is now being considered by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in the Senate.

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Parents in India Create "Savior Sibling" to Save Son

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Kavya Solanki became the first child in India created purely to save a sibling's life. After the procedure was successful, ethicists fear the popularization of a new practice that views unborn children as a commodity.

Sahdev and Aparna Solanki's son, Abhijit, was born with thalassemia major. The life-threatening disorder causes blood to have less hemoglobin and blood cells than normal. As a result, the blood will not carry oxygen as effectively.

“Every 20-22 days, he needed 350ml to 400ml blood. By the age of six, he’d had 80 transfusions,” Sahdev told the BBC. “Abhijit was born after my first daughter. We were a happy family. He was 10 months old when we learnt that he was thalassaemic. We were devastated. He was weak, his immune system was compromised and he often became ill.”

The family learned that a bone marrow transplant could cure Abhijit, but they could not find a match. When Abhijit's father learned about savior siblings, they contacted fertility specialist Dr. Manish Banker, who spent six months creating and screening embryos to match Abhijit.

It is assumed, as is often the case with embryos created for IVF, that the unused embryos were destroyed.

“After Kavya’s birth, we had to wait another 16 to 18 months so that her weight could increase to 10-12kg,” Banker told the BBC. “The bone marrow transplant was done in March. Then we waited for a few months to see whether the recipient had accepted the transplant before announcing it.”

Not only does this practice potentially destroy human beings; it also creates a human being who must take on the risk of donating tissue from their body without being able to properly give consent.

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National Black Pro-Life Coalition Files Racial Discrimination Claim Against Planned Parenthood

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The National Black Pro-Life Coalition announced last week that it filed a racial discrimination claim with the Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights against Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The coalition argues that Planned Parenthood has unfairly and maliciously targeted Black women and their unborn children for almost 100 years.

The complaint argues that Planned Parenthood's roots in the eugenics movement have caused it to reproduce systemic discrimination and racism ever since Roe v. Wade. Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger was notorious for her “Negro Project” designed to end the black population in America, as well as her personal mission “to promote eugenic birth selection throughout the United States so that there may be more well-born and fewer ill-born children ― a stronger, healthier and more intelligent race.”

The coalition's claim argues that Planned Parenthood “has provided its services in a manner that perpetuates the systemic racism that was rife in America before 1964,” and that its “services have resulted in a disproportionate and negative impact and treatment of Blacks and increasingly Latinos.”

The National Black Pro-Life Coalition includes multiple pro-life leaders and organizations, such as Catherine Davis of the Restoration Project, Alveda King (niece of Martin Luther King Jr.), Rev. Dean Nelson of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, and others.

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