NEWS SHORTS FOR FRIDAY
"Pro-life" Dem candidate denies Obamacare covers abortions
On May 5 candidates Mark Critz (D, pictured above left) and Tim Burns (R, pictured above right) engaged in a debate for the upcoming special election for PA's 12th congressional district, the seat formerly held by the late Congressman John Murtha.
On the topic of health care reform, both candidates agreed that abortion should not be funded by taxpayer dollars. Or did they?
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An Annual Display Of The Abortion Divide
The people filing into the once-a-year public board meeting at Abington Memorial Hospital knew just where to sit. On one side of the room, an 81/2-by-11 sheet of paper had been taped to the wall with "Pro Life" printed on it. The 50 people crowding into that side, sitting on folding chairs, didn't need to look at the sign. They had done this for years. A few spilled over into the folding chairs on the other side of the room, chairs that had been largely empty. On the wall above those chairs was a sheet of paper with the words "Baby Killers Are Damned and Going to Hell." Abortion is the most divisive issue in America. It nearly sank the health care bill in Congress.
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5-Year Old Albino Son, Mother Killed for Body Parts Believed to Bring Wealth, Success in Africa
Activists: Mother, Son Albinos Killed in Burundi
Attackers in Burundi chopped off the limbs of a 5-year-old albino boy and pulled out his mother's eye, killing them over the belief that their body parts would bring wealth and success, human rights activists said Friday.
Those deaths and other recent attacks in Tanzania are part of long pattern of violence against African albinos. At least 10,000 have been displaced or gone into hiding since attacks against them spiked in late 2007, the International Federation of the Red Cross says.
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Florida Gov. Crist Swaying Toward Veto for Abortion Mandate Opt-Out, Ultrasound Bill
Facing immense pressure to veto a measure that both opts the state out of the federal health law's abortion mandate and requires ultrasounds before abortion, Florida governor Charlie Crist has said that, even though he is personally "pro-life," he may strike down the bill out of unwillingness "to impose my will on others."
The controversial bill, HB 1143, requires abortionists to give women an opportunity to view ultrasound images of their unborn children before an abortion, and to provide a "description of the fetus, including a description of the various stages of development." The bill includes an exception in cases where the mother is a victim of rape, incest, domestic violence, human trafficking, or at risk of life-threatening injury due to the pregnancy; it also allows for women to decline to view the ultrasound.
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Dr. Janet Smith blasts AFP for 'inaccurate' contraception article
Responding to a recent Agence France Presse (AFP) article that criticized Catholic teaching on contraception, well-known professor, Dr. Janet Smith, said that in her opinion, the poorly researched piece “was inaccurate and slanted from the beginning.”
In light of the recent 50th anniversary of the Pill being released to U.S. markets, the AFP reported on Thursday that in spite of Church teaching, the majority of Catholic women today use contraception.
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Young people march against abortion in Madrid, carry photos of Martin Luther King
Some 60 young people from pro-life organizations in Madrid took part in a march against abortion in the Spanish capital this week, calling on the government to provide more assistance to families and to reverse the country's new law on abortion.
Jose Maria Blanco, who directs the Nasciturus pro-life organization, told Europa Press the march was the “climax” of a year of activities the pro-life groups have carried out.
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