NEWS SHORTS FOR THURSDAY
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Police: 15-Year-Old Was Killed After Refusing to Get Abortion
Royce Mitchell was pressuring 15-year-old Tiffany Wright to end her pregnancy - and took her to an abortion clinic - according to new court documents that may shed light on why police say Mitchell should be prosecuted for statutory rape. The documents, released Tuesday, say Mitchell took Tiffany - his adopted sister - to a Charlotte abortion clinic in mid-July but was turned away because, at 21 weeks of pregnancy, she was too far along. Within days, Mitchell planned a trip to an Atlanta clinic where Tiffany's pregnancy could be terminated, the documents say. Tiffany refused to go. On Sept. 14, Tiffany, a Hawthorne High junior, was fatally shot as she waited for her school bus on Mallard Creek Road. Doctors delivered her baby girl, but the infant died.
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Sheriff's Pre-Pay Abortion Policy Overturned
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio cannot force jail inmates who want an abortion to pay up front for transportation and security, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Robert Oberbillig sided with the American Civil Liberties Union, which challenged the sheriff's policy as an obstacle to a timely abortion. The judge said, however, that the inmates could eventually be billed for the transportation and security costs. Alessandra Solar Meetz with the ACLU said the decision removed an obstacle for inmates seeking an abortion. "It's pretty obvious that the judge recognized there was no legitimate jail interest in continuing to put forth this argument," Meetz said. Darrell Manhart, attorney for the sheriff, said, "This means the county will, in very many instances, likely not be paid at all and, therefore, it will have to be making transports for abortion services, that it otherwise is not required to do.
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200 abortionists, Jeanne Tiller get aborted eye-full at National Abortion Federation event
On October 17, the National Abortion Federation held a "Remembering Dr. Tiller" event at the Westin Hotel in Denver, with 200 abortionists from around the world attending. I simply can't imagine being in a room full of abortionists. Their hands, yuck. What did they talk about? Although the thought of all this truly creeps me out, this is the sort of event where I'd like to be a fly on the wall.
Jeanne Tiller accepted the award on behalf of her husband George, who was murdered May 31.
American Right to Life got wind of the event beforehand and were able to strategically place cars across the street from the Westin, honoring one of their maxims, "no child killing with tranquility."
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Archdiocese laments feminist praise for 30,000 legal abortions performed in Mexico City
The Archdiocese of Mexico City has criticized the so-called “success” celebrated by abortion supporters in the country after it was announced that 30,000 abortions have been performed in the capital since the practice was legalized.
The archdiocesan newspaper, “Desde la Fe,” published the statistics that were released by the Mexico City Institute of Women.
“These figures were presented as a triumph for the rights of women against the ‘shadowy interests’ of ‘the right and of conservatives,” the newspaper said.
“What are these people celebrating this as a triumph?” the article questioned. “Nothing less than the annihilation of more than 30,000 human lives, with the medical, technical, legal and economic support of the Federal District’s government, where not only the Legislative Assembly, but also the head of the government and supposed defender of Human Rights have actively intervened to carry out this massacre, an embarrassment for our times.”
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Oklahoma law that collects abortion stats won’t violate privacy
Proponents of Oklahoma legislation that would ban sex-selective abortions and would require the collection and internet publication of statistics on abortions in the state are denying critics’ claims that the bill would violate the privacy of women seeking abortions.
Statistical Reporting of Abortions Act is slated to take effect on Nov. 1, but it may be held up in court.
The Act requires the Oklahoma Department of Health to publish data online on all abortion patients, including the woman’s race, marital status, financial circumstances, years of education, number of previous pregnancies and her reason for seeking the abortion.
The law does not allow women’s names to be posted, but it requires women to answer 37 questions, including a question about the county in which the abortion is performed. Sen. Todd Lamb (R-Okla.) told CNN on Wednesday that the questions were derived from questionnaires used by the Guttmacher Institutehe, the former research arm of Planned Parenthood.
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Cord-Blood Clinic to Open in Arizona
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre in Gilbert, Ariz. is nearing completion.
The center will be a cord-blood donation facility, research lab for adult stem-cell treatments and offer genetic counseling. It will also serve as a private storage facility for cord blood.
Dawn Vargo, bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said adult stem cells derived from cord blood allow researchers to find treatments for diseases without harming a human embryo in the process.
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October 22, 2009
NEWS SHORTS FOR THURSDAY
