NEWS SHORTS FOR FRIDAY

NEWS SHORTS FOR FRIDAY (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.) Renelique Gone Wild! Abortionist Attacks New York Reporter Revoked Florida license doesn't stop abortionist quack Pierre Renelique from setting up shop in New York NEW YORK -- A New York television news station has released a shocking expose in its "Shame, Shame Shame" segment on abortionist Pierre Relenique, whose Florida medical license was revoked for his part in a botched late-term abortion that resulted in a live birth and for falsifying medical records to hide the fact that the baby was born alive then intentionally killed. The news reporter, Arnold Diaz, discovered that Renelique had moved to New York and is working at the Clinton Place Medical Center in the Bronx. A receptionist at that clinic insists that Renelique is not doing abortions there.  Click here for the full article. Lawsuit Filed Against Personhood In Nevada Anti-Personhood Groups Sue To Stop Proposed Constitutional Amendment CARSON CITY, Nev. - A legal challenge was expected to be filed by the end of the day against a proposed Nevada ballot measure that seeks to define a person and override Nevada's abortion laws. The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood planned to file the challenge late Thursday in Carson City District Court on behalf of a doctor, pharmacist and a pregnant woman. Among other things, 'pro-abort' lawyers said the suit will argue that the description of the initiative's purpose violates a single-subject rule and is misleading. The Nevada "personhood" initiative was filed last month by Richard Ziser, a conservative activist in Las Vegas. It seeks to define a person and extend due process rights to "everyone possessing a human genome" from the beginning of biological development through end of life. Click here for the full article. China's One-Child Policy Leads To Coerced Abortion, Sterilization, Columnist Parker Writes Although "no one supports forced abortion," coerced abortions and involuntary sterilizations "are commonplace in China" under the country's one-child policy, syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker writes in the Washington Post. The Chinese Communist Party "insists that abortions are voluntary" under the policy, but "electronic documentation recently smuggled out of the country tells a different story." The documentation was presented to members of the House Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Tuesday, Parker says. The evidence presented by ChinaAID and Women's Rights Without Frontiers included "tales of pregnant women essentially being hunted down and forced to submit to surgery or induced labor," Parker continues. Citing a conversation with Reggie Littlejohn, founder and president of WRWF, Parker writes that a woman who does not have a "birth permit" or has an "out of plan" pregnancy "has to surrender her unborn child to government enforcers, no matter what the stage of fetal development." Click here for the full article. Texas judge rejects Planned Parenthood bid to gag former clinic director A Texas court has rejected an effort by Planned Parenthood to impose a restraining order on a woman who formerly directed an abortion clinic there, but has now become a pro-life activist. The court found no reason to believe that Abby Johnson had taken confidential files from the Planned Parenthood clinic that she directed, or that she was likely to divulge patients' records. Johnson has said that her superiors at Planned Parenthood were encouraging her to promote abortions in order to bring more revenue for the organization. A restraining order would have compromised Johnson's ability to continue telling that story. Click here for the full article. Senate Dems Plan For Floor Fight On Abortion Coverage In Health Reform Bill Senate Democrats are preparing for a fight over abortion coverage when floor debate begins on the chamber's version of health care reform legislation, CQ Today reports. According to CQ Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) version of the bill, which is yet to be released, is not likely to include restrictions on abortion coverage that will be strong enough to satisfy antiabortion-rights members. Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said they have not decided if they will offer an antiabortion amendment to Reid's bill. Nelson on Tuesday said, "I think the Hyde Amendment is fairly clear and it ought to be carried over into any legislation here." He added that the "question of how you do it is of course going to be open. That'll probably be a big debate on the floor." Click here for the full article. Obamacare: Nonstory–Bill Does Not Refuse to Pay For Withdrawal of Food and Fluids A few conservatives are trying to make mistaken hay out of the House bill's payment of doctors who withhold food and fluids, even though it will not pay to "promote assisted suicide" (the nuances about which I discussed here) in the end of life counseling provision (revised and made better from the original version, as I also discussed here).  From the story:     The health-care bill that cleared the House on Saturday says federal funds cannot be used to "promote" assisted suicide, euthanasia or mercy killing. But Rep. Charles Boustany, Jr. (R-La.), who is a surgeon, says the bill does not prohibit the use of federal funds to pay health care providers who provide "end-of-life care" that involves denying food and water to a patient. "H.R. 3962 does not rule out using federal funds to reimburse health providers should they withhold nutrition or hydration," Boustany spokesman Rick Curtsinger said. "The bill says end-of-life care planning materials may not 'promote' assisted suicide, but it leaves this term intentionally vague so the ban might not apply in states with 'death with dignity' laws." Click here for the full article.