NEWS SHORTS FOR FRIDAY
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Court waves charges against pro-lifer accused of blocking abortion clinic traffic
A Kansas court has dismissed criminal charges filed against a pro-life woman who was arrested in the driveway of an abortion clinic for allegedly blocking traffic entering and leaving its parking lot. A police officer contradicted the city's claim that she had been ordered to cease her activities before her arrest.
Along with several other pro-life advocates, Carrie Kafka, an employee of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, has reportedly distributed educational information on a monthly basis for over a year on a public sidewalk next to an Overland Park, Kansas Planned Parenthood abortion clinic parking lot.
According to a press release from the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), Kafka was careful not to trespass or obstruct traffic entering or exiting the clinic and interacted only with those who willingly stopped their cars and invited a conversation.
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Is Leroy All Alone Or Is He The Feds' Sucker Bait?
Feminists Say Carhart Has Lost His Federal Protection... R-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ght
The US Department of Justice has withdrawn the federal marshals charged with protecting Leroy Carhart, MD, one of the few physicians in the country who provides late abortions. According to RH Reality Check, federal marshals left Carhart's Nebraska clinic two weeks ago, despite new campaigns targeting Dr. Carhart by anti-choice groups including Operation Rescue. Kansas NOW State Coordinator Marla Patrick said, "It is unconscionable that with the recent assassination of Dr. Tiller, and the numerous threats against abortion providers and their clinics, that the DOJ would remove Dr. Carhart's protection." Kansas NOW is urging US Attorney General Eric Holder to reinstate federal marshal protection to Dr. Carhart's clinic (at taxpayer expense), reports RH Reality Check.
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Driver Booked for Killing Unborn Baby
Man had drugs in his system
A St. Bernard Parish man who had drugs in his system when he drove through a red light in Slidell last year, causing a crash that killed his unborn child, was booked with third-degree feticide Tuesday, authorities said. Christopher M. Havers, 24, was arrested after a routine traffic stop, Slidell Police Department spokesman Capt. Kevin Foltz said. Havers was driving a Nissan Altima east on Gause Boulevard on June 7, 2008, with his 17-year-old girlfriend as a passenger when he ran a red light at the Interstate 10 intersection, Foltz said. The car smashed into the passenger side of a Nissan Pathfinder that was making a left turn through the intersection, he said. Havers' girlfriend, who was 6-months pregnant, was taken to Slidell Memorial Hospital, where doctors declared the child dead, Foltz said.
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Judge: N.D. Abortion Clinic Must Mention Ultrasound
A North Dakota judge ruled Wednesday that the state's only abortion clinic must tell patients they have the opportunity to see an ultrasound and hear a fetal heartbeat before having an abortion, but the clinic does not have to provide the services. A New York-based advocacy group representing the Red River Women's Clinic in Fargo challenged a new state law that requires the clinic to offer women the chance to see the images of their fetuses at least 24 hours before an abortion. The group said the provision about the fetal heartbeat was confusing and unconstitutionally vague.
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Senate Majority Leader: Protesters Are 'Evil-Mongers'
Town hall protesters are "evil-mongers," says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Reid coined the term in a speech to an energy conference in Las Vegas this week and repeated it in an interview with Politics Daily. Such "evil-mongers" are using "lies, innuendo and rumor," to drown out rational debate, Reid said. "It was an original with me," Reid said of the term. "I maybe could have been less descriptive," he said, adding that "I doubt you'll hear it from me again." Nevertheless, Reid worked in the word one more time during the interview.
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Americans United for Life Applauds Decision Protecting Women from Dangers of RU-486
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has dissolved an injunction against the enforcement of an OH law strictly regulating the provision of the dangerous abortion drug, RU-486.
Dr. Charmaine Yoest, CEO and President of Americans United for Life, stated, "This is a victory for women's health. Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers have readily admitted that they administer RU-486 in violation of the FDA-approved protocol for the drug. In response, Ohio rightly sought to protect women from such dangerous practices and the Sixth Circuit has ratified that decision."
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