NEWS SHORTS FOR THURSDAY
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True Love Waits gets more Africa funding
After successfully launching True Love Waits in six African countries a little over a year ago, the ministry has received an additional $350,000 to expand its abstinence-until-marriage message into two more countries. The funding was made available through LifeWay Christian Resources' A Defining Moment major-donor campaign.
An evaluation is underway to determine the two countries best suited for the expansion, said Jimmy Hester, cofounder of True Love Waits.
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=29367&ref=BPNews-RSSFeed1119
Child-Rape Coverup at Center of Tiller Hearing
A 10-year-old girl who received an abortion became the center of a Kansas attorney general's argument to obtain patient records from a Wichita clinic. Here was a possible child-rape victim, officers for then-Attorney General Phill Kline told a Topeka judge in 2006 -- and a crime that abortion provider George Tiller didn't report, as required by law. They wanted to find out whether Tiller hadn't reported other crimes, and they needed his records to do that. The hearing is also making public for the first time details of a secret investigation conducted for three years by the state's top prosecutor against Kansas abortion providers. The case of the 10-year-old girl who received a late-term abortion has become the center of Tiller's defense team's argument. Documents produced by lawyer Dan Monnat showed: The girl came with her mother from another state, carrying a letter from their local prosecutor's office. The letter said the girl needed "an immediate medical procedure that (could) only be done" at Tiller's Women's Health Care Services clinic.
http://www.kansas.com/news/story/603723.html
Planned Parenthood Funds Held by City Council
Funding for eight youth programs hit a snag Tuesday as the inclusion of a Planned Parenthood-run program drew complaints from those who oppose the group's educational tactics and abortion services. The City Council was reviewing $500,000 for Community Youth Development program providers in the city's 78415 ZIP code. The city simply disburses these federal and state funds in coordination with the state Department of Family and Protective Services. The council was to vote on all of them together. The council members voted to delete the $30,000 for Planned Parenthood and approved the remaining funding for Boys & Girls Club of Corpus Christi, Communities in Schools, YMCA, YWCA, Youth Odyssey, Nueces County Mental Health Mental Retardation and Serco of Texas, a work force development company.
http://www.caller.com/news/2008/nov/18/planned-parenthood-funds-held/?partner=yahoo_headlines
30-Day Age Limit for `Child-Dumping' Law Advances
A 30-day age limit in the Nebraska [child-dumping] law appears headed for final approval. The state Legislature voted 41-6 Wednesday to give second-round approval to the limit. A final vote is expected Friday and then the bill will go to Gov. Dave Heineman, who has said he would support a 30-day age limit. If Heineman signs the bill, it would become effective immediately. "The rails are greased and the train's heading down the track," said state Sen. Tom Carlson. Thirteen other states have 30-day age limits. Most of the children dropped off at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect in July have been preteens or teenagers as old as 17. A 15-year-old girl was left at a hospital by a relative, making her the 35th child abandoned under the law, state officials said Wednesday. The girl, a Nebraska resident, was dropped off Tuesday at a hospital in Grand Island. She was placed in a foster home. Hospital officials have said some of the children cried hysterically for their parents or guardians not to leave.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081119/D94IA2DO0.html
Court Orders Approval of Ariz. ‘Choose Life’ License Plates
Order follows U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of state’s appeal
A federal court on Wednesday ordered the Arizona License Plate Commission to approve a specialty license plate featuring the words "Choose Life."
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and the Center for Arizona Policy represented the applicants for the plates, the Arizona Life Coalition.
"Pro-life groups shouldn't be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs," said ADF Senior Counsel Gary McCaleb. "Many other groups have been allowed to participate in the Arizona specialty plate program. The commission had no legitimate reason to selectively exclude this group. We're pleased that the plates will soon be available to the public.”
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08112003.html
Censorship of Pro-Life Information Begins on Pennsylvania Campus
Officials at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania refuse to run an advertising supplement on abortion in the student newspaper, "The Campus."
The 12-page advertising supplement "We Know Better Now," sponsored by Human Life Alliance, provides detailed information on pregnancy and the impact of abortions on student's lives.
"Our goal is to provide information on the humanity of the pre-born child and gruesome realities of abortion," stated Jo Tolck, executive director for Human Life Alliance.
At Allegheny College, officials for "The Campus" had already accepted payment for the November 13 edition when a local supporter noticed it did not appear in the paper.
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/372748740.html
