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by Kelli I had really sharp pain in my left side and went into the doctor, and they said we think you might be pregnant. They told me I was six months and told me to get down to the ER. They did an ultrasound and told me it was twins…. They’re both just little […]
Oct.16, 2014 1:00 am | Pregnancy 8 Comments
Pro-life photos of the week: Pregnancy care center sign beats Planned Parenthood wall
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The Catholic Globe reported on an interesting competition in Iowa:
Location was a huge factor for Mary’s Choice, a pro-life pregnancy resource center in Sioux City as it is next to Planned Parenthood, because it could be seen by those entering the facility.
Sep.06, 2014 1:49 pm | Photo of the week 26 Comments
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
A judge in Iowa has upheld the ban on telemed/Skype abortions in the state:
The judge wrote that the medical board has significant authority to regulate such issues. “There is no question that the board has the power to establish standards of practice for the medical profession. Those standards include the authority to adopt and enforce standards regarding the minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing practice,” he wrote.
The system has remained in use while the two sides wrangled in court. The judge’s ruling is set to take effect in 30 days. A Planned Parenthood spokeswoman said her agency would file a legal appeal.
Aug.19, 2014 2:30 pm | Blogs 5 Comments
Stanek weekend question: Who’s to blame for abortion regret?
This weekend question comes via abortion apologist Amanada Marcotte, who wrote at RH Reality Check on March 3:
Iowa is now considering a bill that would allow abortion patients to sue a doctor for abortion regret, even if they received counseling and signed informed consent forms prior to the abortion. The bill gives women a ten-year window to come to the conclusion that they regret their abortion and to sue. Since none of us really knows where we’ll be in ten years, this opens abortion providers up to all sorts of unfair lawsuits, since there’s no way to know that the 21-year-old women’s studies major with a pro-choice button on her bag getting an abortion today is going to get married and join a fundamentalist church and decide she must produce “abortion regret” in penance before she’s 30.
Mar.08, 2014 6:22 am | Weekend question 59 Comments
Pro-life news brief 2-20-14
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
In the Wisconsin State Journal, Chris Rickert notices how some protestors are more equal than others:
Speeding its way through the city’s legislative process is an ordinance that would create “buffer zones” around patients as a way to keep anti-abortion protesters from trying to accost women going into Madison’s lone abortion clinic.
Under the ordinance, you risk a $300 ticket if you get within 8 feet of a patient with a leaflet or a plea to reconsider. And it doesn’t matter if you’re on a sidewalk or other public property if the property is within 160 feet of the clinic.
By contrast, there are no buffer zones or really any other meaningful government restrictions on free speech in the Capitol rotunda.
Feb.20, 2014 3:00 pm | Blogs 4 Comments
Iowa Dem lists colic among reasons webcam abortions should stay legal
by Kelli I want to let you know that we as women know about babies. We love them. We adore them. But we also know that they have the challenges they bring. They have colic, the sleepless nights, the finances, the disciplinary challenges, the education challenges, the birth defects, the mental health issues, the learning […]
Feb.13, 2014 1:00 am | Political anti-life bias 33 Comments
Pro-life news brief 11-6-13
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
Notorious abortionist Stephen Brigham has opened an abortion clinic in Philadelphia. Brigham’s presence has pushed other abortion providers to send an alert to the state.
The new clinic, Integrity Family Health, is on Bustleton Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia. The state Department of Health did an initial inspection and issued a permit, called a registration, eight weeks ago, then added the facility to its online list of abortion clinics in the Keystone State.
The new clinic’s connections to Brigham are circumstantial but were enough to concern some longtime critics of his operations – in this case, other abortion providers….
Then they called the toll-free number for Brigham’s multistate abortion company, American Women’s Services, and found that appointments were being made for Integrity Family Health. They also got Integrity’s prices, directions, and heard a recorded abortion-counseling message.
Then they alerted state health officials.
Nov.06, 2013 12:48 pm | Blogs 3 Comments
Planned Parenthood announces 6 closures; another sued for forced botch
From Wisconsin came welcome news this week that four Planned Parenthood clinics will soon close. From Huffington Post, February 18:
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced the closure of four family planning health centers on Monday as a result of the state legislature’s elimination of funding to the health care provider.
The clinics in Beaver Dam, Johnson Creek, Chippewa Falls and Shawano, which serve approximately 2,000 patients, will close between April and July of this year.
Feb.22, 2013 1:21 pm | Industry watch 10 Comments
Who Is Jill Stanek?
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.