NEWS SHORTS FOR WEDNESDAY
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Citizens call for elevated charges against abortionist
Business owner to face trial on 2 counts this week
A minister in Pompano Beach, Fla., has scheduled a news conference to call on prosecutors in Miami-Dade County to elevate the charges against Belkis Gonzalez, the owner of the Hialeah abortion business where a child named Shanice died in 2006.
Rev. O'Neal Dozier of the Worldwide Christian Center Church told WND he will ask prosecutor Katherine Rundel to raise the stakes in the prosecution, changing the counts from "tampering with physical evidence" and "failure to hold a medical license" to "murder, which is indeed the proper charge."
Gonzalez is scheduled to go to trial Friday for minor felony counts related to the death of Shanice Osbourne. Dozier's news conference is scheduled today.
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Planned Parenthood Rally Backs Sex-Ed Funding
A small group of demonstrators gathered in front of the Historic Chester County Courthouse (WEST CHESTER, PA) on Thursday afternoon to show support for comprehensive sex education. The demonstrators, who were affiliated with Planned Parenthood, said more funding needs to be made available for school sex education programs. And they said abstinence-only programs need to go. "Students need medically accurate, age-appropriate information, including information about condoms and birth control," said Joy Migala, a Planned Parenthood employee.
Click here for the full article.
Girl Scouts to Recognize Pro-Abort Community Leaders at 15th Annual Santa Barbara Women of Distinction Reception
Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast has announced three Santa Barbara area women as recipients of the 15th Annual Women of Distinction Award for having compassionately demonstrated extraordinary community altruism and leadership in their chosen fields. Carol Palladini, Founding Chair, Women's Fund of Santa Barbara. Ms. Palladini currently serves on the Oversight Committee of the Women's Fund of Santa Barbara--an organization which has given over $2 million since 2004 to programs that help educate, house, heal, and support women and families. Ms. Palladini has also been a Board member of the local Planned Parenthood affiliate and was its 2005 Volunteer of the Year. She served with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) as an advocate for foster children and Board President.
Click here for the full article.
YWCA Accused of Coercing Topeka Inmate to Have Abortion
A Topeka Capital-Journal report uncovered a web of illegal activity within the Topeka Correctional Facility that ended with inmate Tracy Keith receiving an abortion. Keith said that after a prison instructor raped her, she struggled with the decision of whether to have an abortion or choose adoption. However, after receiving counseling from the YWCA's Battered Women's Task Force, she chose to have an abortion. The pro-life community was critical of the counseling arrangements and with the result.
Click here for the full article.
N.J Governor Wants U.S. Taxpayer Funding for Planned Parenthood
New Jersey applied this week for the federal government's permission to offer free family planning services to about 70,000 residents who do not have medical insurance but do not qualify for subsidized care. At a Planned Parenthood office on Tuesday, Gov. Jon Corzine touted the step as a key to fill in a "health-coverage" gap. "This is another major incremental step to making sure everyone has access to health care,'' he said. He made the announcement with four weeks to go in his re-election bid. Both the Democratic incumbent and his Republican opponent, Chris Christie, are aggressively courting the votes of women. Corzine supports abortion rights; Christie does not. In left-leaning New Jersey, that's a contrast that Corzine likes to bring up.
Click here for the full article.
Did Planned Parenthood soak taxpayers?
Planned ParenthoodThe American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) is appealing a decision related to alleged fraud by Planned Parenthood affiliates in California.
ACLJ attorneys are representing a whistleblower in the case, a former financial officer of Planned Parenthood. No action was taken so a private lawsuit was filed. ACLJ's Jay Sekulow explains the rationale behind his client's suit.
"A private claim is authorized under federal law precisely because politically powerful groups like Planned Parenthood are often not prosecuted, not brought to any kind of civil justice for their overbilling practices," he states.
Click here for the full article.
(Referral to Web sites not produced by The Illinois Federation for Right to LIfe is for informational purposes only and does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the sites' content.)
Citizens call for elevated charges against abortionist
Business owner to face trial on 2 counts this week
A minister in Pompano Beach, Fla., has scheduled a news conference to call on prosecutors in Miami-Dade County to elevate the charges against Belkis Gonzalez, the owner of the Hialeah abortion business where a child named Shanice died in 2006.
Rev. O'Neal Dozier of the Worldwide Christian Center Church told WND he will ask prosecutor Katherine Rundel to raise the stakes in the prosecution, changing the counts from "tampering with physical evidence" and "failure to hold a medical license" to "murder, which is indeed the proper charge."
Gonzalez is scheduled to go to trial Friday for minor felony counts related to the death of Shanice Osbourne. Dozier's news conference is scheduled today.
Click here for the full article.
Planned Parenthood Rally Backs Sex-Ed Funding
A small group of demonstrators gathered in front of the Historic Chester County Courthouse (WEST CHESTER, PA) on Thursday afternoon to show support for comprehensive sex education. The demonstrators, who were affiliated with Planned Parenthood, said more funding needs to be made available for school sex education programs. And they said abstinence-only programs need to go. "Students need medically accurate, age-appropriate information, including information about condoms and birth control," said Joy Migala, a Planned Parenthood employee.
Click here for the full article.
Girl Scouts to Recognize Pro-Abort Community Leaders at 15th Annual Santa Barbara Women of Distinction Reception
Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast has announced three Santa Barbara area women as recipients of the 15th Annual Women of Distinction Award for having compassionately demonstrated extraordinary community altruism and leadership in their chosen fields. Carol Palladini, Founding Chair, Women's Fund of Santa Barbara. Ms. Palladini currently serves on the Oversight Committee of the Women's Fund of Santa Barbara--an organization which has given over $2 million since 2004 to programs that help educate, house, heal, and support women and families. Ms. Palladini has also been a Board member of the local Planned Parenthood affiliate and was its 2005 Volunteer of the Year. She served with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) as an advocate for foster children and Board President.
Click here for the full article.
YWCA Accused of Coercing Topeka Inmate to Have Abortion
A Topeka Capital-Journal report uncovered a web of illegal activity within the Topeka Correctional Facility that ended with inmate Tracy Keith receiving an abortion. Keith said that after a prison instructor raped her, she struggled with the decision of whether to have an abortion or choose adoption. However, after receiving counseling from the YWCA's Battered Women's Task Force, she chose to have an abortion. The pro-life community was critical of the counseling arrangements and with the result.
Click here for the full article.
N.J Governor Wants U.S. Taxpayer Funding for Planned Parenthood
New Jersey applied this week for the federal government's permission to offer free family planning services to about 70,000 residents who do not have medical insurance but do not qualify for subsidized care. At a Planned Parenthood office on Tuesday, Gov. Jon Corzine touted the step as a key to fill in a "health-coverage" gap. "This is another major incremental step to making sure everyone has access to health care,'' he said. He made the announcement with four weeks to go in his re-election bid. Both the Democratic incumbent and his Republican opponent, Chris Christie, are aggressively courting the votes of women. Corzine supports abortion rights; Christie does not. In left-leaning New Jersey, that's a contrast that Corzine likes to bring up.
Click here for the full article.
Did Planned Parenthood soak taxpayers?
Planned ParenthoodThe American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) is appealing a decision related to alleged fraud by Planned Parenthood affiliates in California.
ACLJ attorneys are representing a whistleblower in the case, a former financial officer of Planned Parenthood. No action was taken so a private lawsuit was filed. ACLJ's Jay Sekulow explains the rationale behind his client's suit.
"A private claim is authorized under federal law precisely because politically powerful groups like Planned Parenthood are often not prosecuted, not brought to any kind of civil justice for their overbilling practices," he states.
Click here for the full article.
