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Obama-Clinton's worldwide abortion propaganda unit
The US House of Representatives is due to vote this week on the establishment of an Office of Global Women's Issues within the US State Department. The office will be responsible for coordinating efforts "relating to gender integration and women's empowerment in United States foreign policy." The head of the new office is Melanne Verveer (pictured), former chief of staff to Hillary Clinton, and reported to be pro-abortion Catholic. With Barack Obama as President and Mrs Clinton as Secretary of State, we can expect this new office to engage in a worldwide campaign to make abortion on demand a universal human right.
This is yet more evidence that, for Obama and Clinton, a pro-abortion position is not just something to be expected of a Democratic party administration. They now appear to be making the promotion of a so-called right to abortion among the highest priorities of US domestic and foreign policy, something the mainstream media has generally failed to report.
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OPINION: Sotomayor's abortion ties
Don't believe disinformation that she's pro-life
Rush Limbaugh is being too easy on Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Pro-life groups should not follow the famed radio host in assuming the Supreme Court nominee will have empathy for their legal or moral positions.
Mr. Limbaugh has been telling conservatives that Judge Sotomayor may not merit strong opposition after all, despite what he calls her record of "racist" statements. "I have to say that there's a better-than-50-50 shot she's pro-life," he said on June 5. "I could see being in favor of this nomination were she pro-life. Certainly could."
Mr. Limbaugh is almost certainly misreading the record. Americans who think the 1973 Roe v. Wade case legalizing abortion was wrongly decided -- and think the Supreme Court repeatedly compounded its error by limiting the power of states to regulate abortion counseling and the provision of abortion to minors -- should calmly but actively urge their senators to oppose Judge Sotomayor's nomination.
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NYC Law Makes It Easier To Press Charges Against Pro-Life Protesters Outside Clinics
A New York City law that will go into effect in July could make it easier for Pro-Life protesters to be arrested for restricting access to abortion clinics or harassing people trying to enter the facilities, the New York Times reports.
Current law allows authorities to make arrests only if the person directly affected, such as a woman entering a clinic, is willing to press charges. However, the new law would allow third parties, such as clinic workers, to press charges if they witnessed the activity, the Times reports. New York City's Dr. Emily's Women's Health Center and NARAL Pro-Choice New York spearheaded efforts to pass the legislation in response to Pro-Life demonstrators who target women on their way to clinics and attempt to persuade them to carry their pregnancies to term. Clinic workers report that the protesters also have harassed women as they left the subway or surrounded them as they walked to the clinic. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed the law in April. Joan Malin, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of New York City, said the group is "not against people demonstrating. But there is a line between freedom of speech and harassment and bullying" (Bosman, New York Times, 6/6).
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Pro-Life Group Interested in Buying Kansas Clinic
The leader of an anti-abortion group says the organization is interested in buying the now-closed clinic of slain abortion provider George Tiller.
Tiller's family announced Tuesday that his clinic in Wichita, Kansas, was shutting down permanently. The doctor was fatally shot on May 31.
Operation Rescue President Troy Newman said he would love to make an offer for the property and that his group had discussed the idea.
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Atlanta Clinic Asks to Keep Abortion Case Closed to Public
A Metro Atlanta clinic was facing a lawsuit Tuesday. The lawsuit stems from an abortion and the clinic is asking a judge to stop the flow of information about the case. The clinic cites recent violence and increased tension over the issue of abortion rights. The lawsuit is now before a DeKalb County judge. The issue is now the public's right to know in a highly-charged environment. The case focuses on the Northside Women's Clinic. The clinic and two doctors have been sued. The lawsuit follows the prosecution of a Hall County woman forging parental acknowledgement papers for an abortion for her son's girlfriend. Georgia law requires parental notification for children under 18 to have an abortion.
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Pregnant With Girl or Boy? At-Home Test May Tell You
Expecting moms can determine whether they're carrying a boy or a girl as early as 10 weeks after conception, according to makers of an over-the-counter gender prediction test. IntelliGender, the Plano, Texas, creator of the "Boy or Girl Gender Prediction Test," says scientists isolated certain hormones that when combined with a "proprietary mix of chemicals" react differently if a woman is carrying a boy or a girl. It claims that within 10 minutes of taking the urine test, a woman will be able to tell her baby's gender. The specimen will turn green if it's a boy, and orange if it's a girl.
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