liveaction--2020-01-08--Third busiest abortion facility in Massachusetts could soon shut its doors

One of the busiest abortion facilities in Massachusetts may be shutting its doors soon , and is begging for donations to help stay open .
Women ’ s Health Services in Brookline , a suburb of Boston , claims to only have a few months left if it doesn ’ t get more money , fast — even though it is the third busiest abortion facility in the state .
Women ’ s Health Services ( WHS ) , which has been open for 27 years , launched a GoFundMe page with the hope of raising $ 250,000 ; so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that goal .
Allegedly , the loss of a grant has left them with a financial deficit , requiring them to raise money to stay open .
“ If our clinic disappeared , many New Englanders would not have their urgent medical needs met , ” the clinic wrote .
“ As an independent provider that serves a vulnerable population and receives no government funding in politically uncertain times , it is devastating to imagine WHS closing its doors.
” READ : As Massachusetts tries to pass extreme pro-abortion bill , media paints @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boston Globe , WHS did not receive any government funding cuts , but did fail to receive a relief grant from the National Abortion Federation .
However , Planned Parenthood rushed to blame the potential closure on pro-life laws .
“ Independent abortion providers are a key part of the ecosystem of abortion access and are essential parts of their communities .
When politicians chip away at abortion access , independent providers can carry the heaviest burdens while fighting with fewer resources , ” Dr. Jennifer Childs-Roshak , chief executive of the Planned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boston Globe .
“ In a time of ongoing political attacks on health care access , we need all doors to stay open.
” This is an interesting statement , given the fact that Planned Parenthood centers now make up over 51 % of the nation ’ s abortion facilities , and the corporation has a reputation for driving independent facilities out of business .
As previously reported , Planned Parenthood is grabbing more and more of the market share for abortion facilities , and they have likewise been opening mega-facilities across the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , independent facilities like WHS .
It ’ s the same principle as when a Walmart opens in a small town and forces mom-and-pop shops to close .
But of course , it doesn ’ t suit planned Parenthood ’ s agenda to admit that they ’ re a large part of the reason so many small facilities close — even if the smaller facilities commit abortions Planned Parenthood doesn ’ t , like WHS .
WHS is the only abortion facility in the state of Massachusetts that commits abortions up to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
While the facility website doesn ’ t make it clear what abortion procedure they use , the most common procedure at that time is a dilation and evacuation , or D & E .
This is a violent procedure which takes multiple days , and involves ripping a preborn child apart limb from limb , when they almost surely can feel pain .
“ There isn ’ t any nonhospital facility that provides that .
Outside of this state , there are no providers of that care , so we have people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” facility medical director Laurent Delli-Bovi told WCVB .
Delli-Bovi said they have been operating at a loss since 2006 , and lose $ 170,000 a year .
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One of the busiest abortion facilities in Massachusetts may be shutting its doors soon, and is begging for donations to help stay open. Women’s Health Services in Brookline, a suburb of Boston, claims to only have a few months left if it doesn’t get more money, fast — even though it is the third busiest abortion facility in the state.
Women’s Health Services (WHS), which has been open for 27 years, launched a GoFundMe page with the hope of raising $250,000; so far, it is far short of that goal. Allegedly, the loss of a grant has left them with a financial deficit, requiring them to raise money to stay open. “If our clinic disappeared, many New Englanders would not have their urgent medical needs met,” the clinic wrote. “As an independent provider that serves a vulnerable population and receives no government funding in politically uncertain times, it is devastating to imagine WHS closing its doors.”
READ: As Massachusetts tries to pass extreme pro-abortion bill, media paints parental notification as bad
According to the Boston Globe, WHS did not receive any government funding cuts, but did fail to receive a relief grant from the National Abortion Federation. However, Planned Parenthood rushed to blame the potential closure on pro-life laws. “Independent abortion providers are a key part of the ecosystem of abortion access and are essential parts of their communities. When politicians chip away at abortion access, independent providers can carry the heaviest burdens while fighting with fewer resources,” Dr. Jennifer Childs-Roshak, chief executive of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, told the Boston Globe. “In a time of ongoing political attacks on health care access, we need all doors to stay open.”
This is an interesting statement, given the fact that Planned Parenthood centers now make up over 51% of the nation’s abortion facilities, and the corporation has a reputation for driving independent facilities out of business. As previously reported, Planned Parenthood is grabbing more and more of the market share for abortion facilities, and they have likewise been opening mega-facilities across the country — which then crowds out small, independent facilities like WHS. It’s the same principle as when a Walmart opens in a small town and forces mom-and-pop shops to close. But of course, it doesn’t suit planned Parenthood’s agenda to admit that they’re a large part of the reason so many small facilities close — even if the smaller facilities commit abortions Planned Parenthood doesn’t, like WHS.

WHS is the only abortion facility in the state of Massachusetts that commits abortions up to the state limit, which is 24 weeks. While the facility website doesn’t make it clear what abortion procedure they use, the most common procedure at that time is a dilation and evacuation, or D&E. This is a violent procedure which takes multiple days, and involves ripping a preborn child apart limb from limb, when they almost surely can feel pain. “There isn’t any nonhospital facility that provides that. Outside of this state, there are no providers of that care, so we have people coming from all over New England,” facility medical director Laurent Delli-Bovi told WCVB.
Delli-Bovi said they have been operating at a loss since 2006, and lose $170,000 a year.
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liveaction--2020-01-08--BLEEDING: Planned Parenthood lost 400,000 individual donors last year

Planned Parenthood ’ s latest annual report has revealed that the largest provider of abortions in the nation is bleeding donors .
According to American Life League ( ALL ) , Planned Parenthood lost almost 400,000 individual donors during the fiscal year ending last June .
Jim Sedlak , executive director of American Life League , has tracked Planned Parenthood data for many years and told Live Action News that between 2000 and 2010 , individual contributors dropped nearly 26 percent ( 24.57 % ) before beginning a climb upward .
Now , it appears that the organization ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a loss of nearly 27 percent ( 26.66 % ) from just the previous year .
While the reason for the donor mass exodus remains unclear , one question arises : could this be the reason why Planned Parenthood has doubled down to secure millions in taxpayer dollars ?
As Live Action News previously documented , the corporation saw a nearly $ 53 million increase in taxpayer dollars , reporting $ 563.8 million ( 2017 ) to $ 616.8 million ( highest amounts recorded in recent years ) in 2018 .
And , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Parenthood increased nearly 70 percent ( 69.82 % ) from $ 363.2 million in 2008 to $ 616.8 million in 2018 .
Also increasing : abortions .
In Planned Parenthood ’ s latest 2018-2019 annual report , the corporation reported its largest number of abortions in one year — 345,672 — an almost 13,000 increase from the previous year and a nearly seven percent ( 6.67 % ) increase from 324,008 in 2008 .
According to a recent analysis by Operation Rescue , “ Of the 710 abortion facilities currently open for business @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are Planned Parenthood facilities.
” Today , based on the latest abortion data , Planned Parenthood commits 40 percent of reported abortions in the U.S. • 39 per hour ; one abortion every 91 seconds • Since 2010 , Planned Parenthood has committed an of .
This tragic loss of preborn lives confirms what former Planned Parenthood president Leana Wen said when she admitted that abortion was the corporation ’ s “ core mission.
” The corporation hired Wen , an ER doctor , to replace its highly political former president , Cecile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be its focus in 2019 .
Shortly after Richards ’ departure , employees began jumping ship while staff began spilling long-held secrets and exposing the inner workings and toxic attitudes of the organization , founded 100 years ago by eugenicist Margaret Sanger .
Even Wen , the second of only two doctors to lead the alleged health care organization , eventually turned sour against Planned Parenthood ’ s fanatical abortion agenda .
She claimed it was the organization ’ s overwhelming desire to focus on abortion rather than broaden its role in providing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ departure .
READ : Planned Parenthood prez Leana Wen wasn ’ t fighting hard enough for abortion .
So they fired her .
ALL ’ s Sedlak believes that this abortion focus is what has hurt the organization with donors .
“ Apparently , as the truly abortion focus of the organization became more and more apparent , not only did Wen leave , but 400,000 individual donors to Planned Parenthood stopped giving .
That exodus resulted in Planned Parenthood reporting a $ 39.5 million drop in donations and a $ 26.5 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its taxpayer income increased by $ 53 million , ” he said in the group ’ s press release .
While some see a possible connection between Wen ’ s exodus and donors ’ departure , it is also possible that Wen ’ s attempts to shift Planned Parenthood ’ s focus to health care might have driven abortion-focused donors away .
The actual reason for 400,000 donors ’ departure , however , remains a mystery at this point .
The news follows years of controversies , bad PR and a serious image @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the exposure of Planned Parenthood ’ s role in the trafficking of aborted baby body parts , to whistleblower lawsuits , to staffers exposing how the corporation discriminates against pregnant employees .
This corporation has been a part of numerous scandals , abuses , and fraud , including covering up for child sexual predators .
The question remains : when will lawmakers finally and fully defund this corrupt organization ?
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Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report has revealed that the largest provider of abortions in the nation is bleeding donors. According to American Life League (ALL), Planned Parenthood lost almost 400,000 individual donors during the fiscal year ending last June.
Jim Sedlak, executive director of American Life League, has tracked Planned Parenthood data for many years and told Live Action News that between 2000 and 2010, individual contributors dropped nearly 26 percent (24.57%) before beginning a climb upward. Now, it appears that the organization’s donors are again tracking downward, showing a loss of nearly 27 percent (26.66%) from just the previous year.
While the reason for the donor mass exodus remains unclear, one question arises: could this be the reason why Planned Parenthood has doubled down to secure millions in taxpayer dollars? As Live Action News previously documented, the corporation saw a nearly $53 million increase in taxpayer dollars, reporting $563.8 million (2017) to $616.8 million (highest amounts recorded in recent years) in 2018. And, since 2008, Taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood increased nearly 70 percent (69.82%) from $363.2 million in 2008 to $616.8 million in 2018.
Also increasing: abortions. In Planned Parenthood’s latest 2018-2019 annual report, the corporation reported its largest number of abortions in one year — 345,672 — an almost 13,000 increase from the previous year and a nearly seven percent (6.67%) increase from 324,008 in 2008. According to a recent analysis by Operation Rescue, “Of the 710 abortion facilities currently open for business, 381, or 54 percent, are Planned Parenthood facilities.” Today, based on the latest abortion data, Planned Parenthood commits 40 percent of reported abortions in the U.S.
Abortions hit a record high:
345,672 increased 12,915 or 4 percent (3.88%) from 2017
947 per day
39 per hour; one abortion every 91 seconds
81 abortions for every adoption
35 abortions for every prenatal service referral
Since 2010, Planned Parenthood has committed an average of 330K abortions every year .
This tragic loss of preborn lives confirms what former Planned Parenthood president Leana Wen said when she admitted that abortion was the corporation’s “core mission.” The corporation hired Wen, an ER doctor, to replace its highly political former president, Cecile Richards, and vowed that abortion would be its focus in 2019.
Shortly after Richards’ departure, employees began jumping ship while staff began spilling long-held secrets and exposing the inner workings and toxic attitudes of the organization, founded 100 years ago by eugenicist Margaret Sanger. Even Wen, the second of only two doctors to lead the alleged health care organization, eventually turned sour against Planned Parenthood’s fanatical abortion agenda. She claimed it was the organization’s overwhelming desire to focus on abortion rather than broaden its role in providing actual health care which led to her departure.
READ: Planned Parenthood prez Leana Wen wasn’t fighting hard enough for abortion. So they fired her.
ALL’s Sedlak believes that this abortion focus is what has hurt the organization with donors. “Apparently, as the truly abortion focus of the organization became more and more apparent, not only did Wen leave, but 400,000 individual donors to Planned Parenthood stopped giving. That exodus resulted in Planned Parenthood reporting a $39.5 million drop in donations and a $26.5 million drop in total income—despite the fact that its taxpayer income increased by $53 million,” he said in the group’s press release.
While some see a possible connection between Wen’s exodus and donors’ departure, it is also possible that Wen’s attempts to shift Planned Parenthood’s focus to health care might have driven abortion-focused donors away. The actual reason for 400,000 donors’ departure, however, remains a mystery at this point.
The news follows years of controversies, bad PR and a serious image problem for the abortion business, ranging from the exposure of Planned Parenthood’s role in the trafficking of aborted baby body parts, to whistleblower lawsuits, to staffers exposing how the corporation discriminates against pregnant employees. This corporation has been a part of numerous scandals, abuses, and fraud, including covering up for child sexual predators.
The question remains: when will lawmakers finally and fully defund this corrupt organization?
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liveaction--2020-01-09--Indiana teen gets 65 years in prison for murdering pregnant girlfriend, preborn child

An Indiana teen who admitted to killing his pregnant schoolmate and their preborn child has been sentenced .
Aaron Trejo , 16 , received 55 years in prison for the murder of 17-year-old Breana Rouhselang and 10 years for feticide in the death of their preborn child — a total of 65 years .
Rouhselang was a cheerleader and softball player at Mishawaka High School and Trejo was on the school football team .
According to Fox 59 , Trejo pled guilty to the charges against him and admitted to having fought about the preborn child with Rouhselang before stabbing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a knife he had brought with him to meet her .
He put a black plastic bag over her head and torso and threw her in a dumpster .
He then disposed of her phone and the knife he used to kill her by tossing them in a river .
READ : Pregnant Mississippi woman killed at nine months for choosing to keep baby Trejo told police that he stabbed Rouhselang because she told him it was too late to have an abortion .
She was six months pregnant at the time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her mother told police .
As previously reported by Live Action News , Trejo told police that he “ took action… I took her life ” because Rouhselang reportedly “ waited too long to tell [ him ] about the pregnancy to get an abortion.
” Trejo also told police that “ he had been planning and thinking about killing Breana and the baby for about a week and had not told anybody.
” Live Action News also previously noted : An autopsy has confirmed that Rouhselang died from multiple stab wounds and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so tightly around her neck that strangulation was occurring before she died .
It also confirmed that Rouhselang was pregnant .
Her stepmother Nicole Rouhselang told reporters that her stepdaughter was about six months ( 20-24 weeks ) pregnant .
According to the Centers for Disease Control , murder is the second leading cause of death by injury among pregnant women , second only to car accidents .
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An Indiana teen who admitted to killing his pregnant schoolmate and their preborn child has been sentenced. Aaron Trejo, 16, received 55 years in prison for the murder of 17-year-old Breana Rouhselang and 10 years for feticide in the death of their preborn child — a total of 65 years. Rouhselang was a cheerleader and softball player at Mishawaka High School and Trejo was on the school football team.
According to Fox 59, Trejo pled guilty to the charges against him and admitted to having fought about the preborn child with Rouhselang before stabbing her in the heart in December 2018 with a knife he had brought with him to meet her. He put a black plastic bag over her head and torso and threw her in a dumpster. He then disposed of her phone and the knife he used to kill her by tossing them in a river.
READ: Pregnant Mississippi woman killed at nine months for choosing to keep baby
Trejo told police that he stabbed Rouhselang because she told him it was too late to have an abortion. She was six months pregnant at the time of her death, according to information her mother told police.
As previously reported by Live Action News, Trejo told police that he “took action… I took her life” because Rouhselang reportedly “waited too long to tell [him] about the pregnancy to get an abortion.” Trejo also told police that “he had been planning and thinking about killing Breana and the baby for about a week and had not told anybody.” Live Action News also previously noted:
An autopsy has confirmed that Rouhselang died from multiple stab wounds and noted that her scarf had been tied so tightly around her neck that strangulation was occurring before she died. It also confirmed that Rouhselang was pregnant. Her stepmother Nicole Rouhselang told reporters that her stepdaughter was about six months (20-24 weeks) pregnant.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, murder is the second leading cause of death by injury among pregnant women, second only to car accidents.
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liveaction--2020-01-09--Planned Parenthood’s plummeting health care services prove it’s not focused on women’s health

Planned Parenthood masquerades as a “ health care organization ” but data released from the organization ’ s 2018-2019 annual report calls this into question .
The report makes clear that Planned Parenthood ’ s number one focus is abortion , and shows that it has increasingly garnered a massive amount of the total number of abortions committed in the U.S. ( market share ) , committing the largest number of abortions on record in a single year in 2018 .
What the data also reveals is that Planned Parenthood serves only a small percentage of female clients in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one percent of the nation ’ s Pap tests and two percent of the nation ’ s breast cancer screenings ( not mammograms ) .
Planned Parenthood serves an estimated three percent of women of reproductive age : For years , Planned Parenthood has been propped up as a “ women ’ s health ” organization , yet it serves a very small percentage of female clients annually .
Planned Parenthood reports show 2.4 million clients annually in 2015 , 2016 , 2017 and again in 2018 , despite declining nearly 23 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million it served in 2006 , and 20 percent from the three million clients it claimed to serve just ten years ago ( 2008 ) .
In contrast , between 2015 and 2018 , federally qualified health centers ( FQHC ) – as identified by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration – serve tens of millions of women annually and have increased their patient load by nearly 17 percent ( 16.81 % ) .
• 2015 : FQHCs served 24,295,946 , of which 20,616,149 were medical clients .
• 2016 : FQHCs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medical clients .
• 2017 : FQHCs served 27,174,372 , of which 22,866,468 were medical clients .
• 2018 : FQHCs served 28,379,680 of which 23,827,122 were medical clients .
Planned Parenthood ’ s male clients are increasing .
In 2014 , Planned Parenthood reported serving more than 250,000 male patients .
In 2018 , a PP spokesperson told The Hill that men were “ 12 percent of the population that we serve.
” In 2018 , PP failed to break down the number of male and female clients in its report .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we estimate : • In contrast , out of the 28 million FQHC patients in 2018 , 16,361,355 were female and were male .
According to 2018 population data there were approximately 74,383,000 million women of reproductive age ( 15-49 ) in the U.S .
This means that the most that PP could have served in 2018 was just three percent ( .028 ) of the female population .
Planned Parenthood performs less than one percent of U.S. Pap tests : Planned Parenthood performed 255,682 pap tests ( cervical cancer screenings ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million performed annually in the U.S. PP ’ s Pap tests decreased nearly seven percent ( 6.73 % ) from 274,145 in 2017 but have dropped 78 percent ( 78.40 % ) from a high of 1,183,692 in 2004 .
According to a 2018 report published by the CDC , 69 percent of women aged 18 and over had a Pap test within the past three years .
The number of physician office visits during which Pap tests were ordered or provided in 2016 was 22.6 million , according to an analysis by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , due to 2018 population data increases we estimate that Pap tests were closer to 29.5 million in 2018 .
• PP ’ s share is 255,682/29,552,240 = .0086 x 100= .86 % — less than one percent .
Planned Parenthood performs less than two percent of clinical ( manual ) breast exams .
PP reported performing 265,028 breast exams in 2018 out of approximately 20 million breast exams annually .
PP ’ s manual breast exams decreased nearly 11 percent ( 10.56 % ) from the 296,310 it reported in 2017 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % ) from a high of 1,086,654 in 2000 .
According to MammaCare.org , “ Physicians and nurses perform clinical breast exams on an estimated 20 million U.S. women each year.
” This means that PP performs just 1.3 % ( .013 ) of breast exams nationally .
According to the CDC , 65.3 percent of women aged 40 and over had a mammogram within the past two years , and the number of physician office visits during which Pap tests were ordered or provided was 17.3 million , according to a 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , Planned Parenthood does not own mammography machines , according to a medical device database updated weekly by the Federal Drug Administration ’ s list of certified mammography facilities ( updated 1/6/2020 ) , and performed zero mammograms in 2018 .
In contrast , as previously stated , FQHCs performed 832,511 mammograms in 2018 .
Planned Parenthood provides less than one percent of prenatal care services in the U.S. : Undercover investigations conducted by Live Action have revealed that abortion — not prenatal care — is the primary service Planned Parenthood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care at the corporation actually increased eight percent ( 8.20 % ) from 9,055 in 2017 to 9,798 in 2018 and nearly four percent ( 3.87 % ) in past ten years ( 9,433 in 2008 to 9,798 in 2018 ) — the service has dropped 68 percent ( 68.49 % ) from a high of 31,098 in 2010 .
There were 22.5 million prenatal visits in the U.S. , according to a 2016 analysis by National Ambulatory Medical Care , which means that Planned Parenthood provides less than one percent ( .0004 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. — and as Live Action has previously shown , these are primarily referrals for care .
Planned Parenthood recently purged its websites of the term “ prenatal ” after Live Action ’ s Prenatal Deception Investigation , followed by our Ultrasounds Used for Killing Investigation , which showed that with few exceptions , the primary service Planned Parenthood offers to pregnant women is abortion .
While abortions have been decreasing nationwide , abortions at Planned Parenthood are increasing .
Live Action News has previously documented that : • Abortions nationwide have dropped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the latest ( 2016 ) CDC report .
• The U.S. abortion rate hit its lowest point since Roe v. Wade , according to ( 2017 ) Guttmacher data .
• Abortions are declining nationally after topping more than 20 million since 2000 .
In 2018 , despite the drop in national abortion numbers , Planned Parenthood has scooped up more of the nation ’ s total abortions , committing 345,675 abortions of the 862,320 abortions reported by the Guttmacher Institute ( 2017 ) — the highest committed by the corporation in recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increased nearly four percent ( 3.88 % ) from 2017 ‘ s 332,757 abortions , and 3.51 % from 2011 ( 333,964 ) .
In the past several years , abortions at Planned Parenthood have risen nearly seven percent ( 6.67 % ) from 324,008 in 2008 to 345,672 in 2018 .
As a result , PP now garners 40 percent of the abortion market share .
While Planned Parenthood is ratcheting up its abortion services and stacking up on “ excess revenue , ” it also inexplicably lost 400,000 donors in 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the corporation saw a nearly $ 53 million increase in taxpayer dollars , from $ 563.8 million ( 2017 ) to $ 616.8 million ( highest amounts recorded in recent years ) in 2018 .
And , since 2008 , taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood have increased by nearly 70 percent ( 69.82 % ) from $ 363.2 million in 2008 .
This has resulted in PP taking in excess revenue of $ 110 million in 2018 — and PP ’ s net assets totaled nearly nearly $ 2 billion that year .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ steep decline in health services , it has managed to bring in over $ 1.5 BILLION in excess revenue .
Since 2010 , Planned Parenthood has committed an of 330,000 abortions every year .
The corporation currently commits 81 abortions for every adoption and 35 abortions for every prenatal service referral .
Tragically , Planned Parenthood now ends the lives of 947 preborn babies every day ( 39 per hour ; one abortion every 91 seconds ) .
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Planned Parenthood masquerades as a “health care organization” but data released from the organization’s 2018-2019 annual report calls this into question. The report makes clear that Planned Parenthood’s number one focus is abortion, and shows that it has increasingly garnered a massive amount of the total number of abortions committed in the U.S. (market share), committing the largest number of abortions on record in a single year in 2018. What the data also reveals is that Planned Parenthood serves only a small percentage of female clients in the U.S., and still performs less than one percent of the nation’s Pap tests and two percent of the nation’s breast cancer screenings (not mammograms).
Planned Parenthood serves an estimated three percent of women of reproductive age:
For years, Planned Parenthood has been propped up as a “women’s health” organization, yet it serves a very small percentage of female clients annually. Planned Parenthood reports show 2.4 million clients annually in 2015, 2016 , 2017 and again in 2018, despite declining nearly 23 percent (22.58%) from the 3.1 million it served in 2006, and 20 percent from the three million clients it claimed to serve just ten years ago (2008).
In contrast, between 2015 and 2018, federally qualified health centers (FQHC) – as identified by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration – serve tens of millions of women annually and have increased their patient load by nearly 17 percent (16.81%).
2015: FQHCs served 24,295,946, of which 20,616,149 were medical clients.
2016: FQHCs served 25,860,296, of which 21,880,295 were medical clients.
2017: FQHCs served 27,174,372, of which 22,866,468 were medical clients.
2018: FQHCs served 28,379,680 of which 23,827,122 were medical clients.
Planned Parenthood’s male clients are increasing. In 2014, Planned Parenthood reported serving more than 250,000 male patients. In 2018, a PP spokesperson told The Hill that men were “12 percent of the population that we serve.” In 2018, PP failed to break down the number of male and female clients in its report. However, based on the above data, we estimate:
288,000 were male.
2.1 million were female.
In contrast, out of the 28 million FQHC patients in 2018, 16,361,355 were female and 12,018,325 were male .
According to 2018 population data there were approximately 74,383,000 million women of reproductive age (15-49) in the U.S. This means that the most that PP could have served in 2018 was just three percent (.028) of the female population.
Planned Parenthood performs less than one percent of U.S. Pap tests:
Planned Parenthood performed 255,682 pap tests (cervical cancer screenings) in 2018 out of an estimated 29.5 million performed annually in the U.S. PP’s Pap tests decreased nearly seven percent (6.73%) from 274,145 in 2017 but have dropped 78 percent (78.40%) from a high of 1,183,692 in 2004.
In contrast:
2015: While PP recorded 293,799 Pap tests, FQHCs performed 1,863,957 cervical cancer screenings.
2016: While PP recorded 281,063 Pap tests, FQHCs performed 1,951,006 cervical cancer screenings.
2017: While PP recorded 274,145 Pap tests, FQHCs performed 1,853,912 cervical cancer screenings.
2018: While PP recorded 255,682 Pap tests, FQHCs performed 1,802,595 cervical cancer screenings.
According to a 2018 report published by the CDC, 69 percent of women aged 18 and over had a Pap test within the past three years. The number of physician office visits during which Pap tests were ordered or provided in 2016 was 22.6 million, according to an analysis by the National Ambulatory Medical Care. However, due to 2018 population data increases we estimate that Pap tests were closer to 29.5 million in 2018.
128,488,000 (females 18 and older) x 69% (88,656,720)/by three years = (29,552,240.)
PP’s share is 255,682/29,552,240 = .0086 x 100= .86% — less than one percent.
Planned Parenthood performs less than two percent of clinical (manual) breast exams.
PP reported performing 265,028 breast exams in 2018 out of approximately 20 million breast exams annually.
In contrast:
2015: While PP recorded 321,700 manual breast exams, FQHCs performed 521,568 mammograms .
. 2016: While PP recorded 336,614 manual breast exams, FQHCs performed 561,269 mammograms .
. 2017: While PP recorded 296,310 manual breast exams, FQHCs performed 724,187 mammograms .
. 2018: While PP recorded 265,028 manual breast exams, FQHCs performed 832,511 mammograms.
PP’s manual breast exams decreased nearly 11 percent (10.56%) from the 296,310 it reported in 2017, and dropped nearly 76 percent (75.61%) from a high of 1,086,654 in 2000. According to MammaCare.org, “Physicians and nurses perform clinical breast exams on an estimated 20 million U.S. women each year.”
This means that PP performs just 1.3% (.013) of breast exams nationally.
Planned Parenthood performs zero mammograms.
According to the CDC, 65.3 percent of women aged 40 and over had a mammogram within the past two years, and the number of physician office visits during which Pap tests were ordered or provided was 17.3 million, according to a 2016 analysis by the National Ambulatory Medical Care. However, Planned Parenthood does not own mammography machines, according to a medical device database updated weekly by the Federal Drug Administration’s list of certified mammography facilities (updated 1/6/2020), and performed zero mammograms in 2018.
In contrast, as previously stated, FQHCs performed 832,511 mammograms in 2018.

Planned Parenthood provides less than one percent of prenatal care services in the U.S.:
Undercover investigations conducted by Live Action have revealed that abortion — not prenatal care — is the primary service Planned Parenthood offers to pregnant clients. While prenatal care at the corporation actually increased eight percent (8.20%) from 9,055 in 2017 to 9,798 in 2018 and nearly four percent (3.87%) in past ten years (9,433 in 2008 to 9,798 in 2018) — the service has dropped 68 percent (68.49%) from a high of 31,098 in 2010.
In contrast:
2015: While PP recorded 9,419 unspecified prenatal services, FQHCs served 552,150 prenatal patients.
2016: While PP recorded 7,762 unspecified prenatal services, FQHCs served 559,848 prenatal patients.
2017: While PP recorded 9,055 unspecified prenatal services, FQHCs served 573,026 prenatal patients.
2018: While PP recorded 9,798 prenatal services, FQHC’s served 563,740 prenatal patients.
There were 22.5 million prenatal visits in the U.S., according to a 2016 analysis by National Ambulatory Medical Care, which means that Planned Parenthood provides less than one percent (.0004%) of prenatal services in the U.S. — and as Live Action has previously shown, these are primarily referrals for care.
Planned Parenthood recently purged its websites of the term “prenatal” after Live Action’s Prenatal Deception Investigation, followed by our Ultrasounds Used for Killing Investigation, which showed that with few exceptions, the primary service Planned Parenthood offers to pregnant women is abortion.

Planned Parenthood commits 40 percent of U.S. abortions:
While abortions have been decreasing nationwide, abortions at Planned Parenthood are increasing. Live Action News has previously documented that:
Abortions nationwide have dropped 50 percent since 1980, according to the latest (2016) CDC report.
The U.S. abortion rate hit its lowest point since Roe v. Wade, according to (2017) Guttmacher data.
Abortions are declining nationally after topping more than 20 million since 2000.
In 2018, despite the drop in national abortion numbers, Planned Parenthood has scooped up more of the nation’s total abortions, committing 345,675 abortions of the 862,320 abortions reported by the Guttmacher Institute (2017) — the highest committed by the corporation in recent years. PP’s abortions have increased nearly four percent (3.88%) from 2017‘s 332,757 abortions, and 3.51% from 2011 (333,964). In the past several years, abortions at Planned Parenthood have risen nearly seven percent (6.67%) from 324,008 in 2008 to 345,672 in 2018.
As a result, PP now garners 40 percent of the abortion market share.

While Planned Parenthood is ratcheting up its abortion services and stacking up on “excess revenue,” it also inexplicably lost 400,000 donors in 2018. Live Action News previously documented, the corporation saw a nearly $53 million increase in taxpayer dollars, from $563.8 million (2017) to $616.8 million (highest amounts recorded in recent years) in 2018. And, since 2008, taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood have increased by nearly 70 percent (69.82%) from $363.2 million in 2008. This has resulted in PP taking in excess revenue of $110 million in 2018 — and PP’s net assets totaled nearly nearly $2 billion that year. Since 2000, despite PP’s steep decline in health services, it has managed to bring in over $1.5 BILLION in excess revenue.
Since 2010, Planned Parenthood has committed an average of 330,000 abortions every year. The corporation currently commits 81 abortions for every adoption and 35 abortions for every prenatal service referral. Tragically, Planned Parenthood now ends the lives of 947 preborn babies every day (39 per hour; one abortion every 91 seconds).
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liveaction--2020-01-09--Trump administration joins others in asking Supreme Court to uphold Louisiana abortion law

The pro-life case surrounding Louisiana ’ s abortion law , Act 620 , received a boost this week when the Trump administration submitted a friend of the court brief to the Supreme Court in favor of protecting the law .
The law requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at hospitals near their facilities .
This safeguard would be necessary in times where a patient may need further emergency medical attention after an abortion .
Currently , Louisiana has three main abortion facilities in operation with about 10,000 patients divided among them .
Only one of these facilities fulfills the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Daily Caller , a Louisiana abortion facility and two abortionists have opposed the law , claiming that it places a “ substantial burden ” on Louisiana women ’ s access to abortion and their “ right ” to an abortion .
Yahoo News goes on to explain that those opposing the law see no benefit for their patients through this law and claim it only serves as an “ obstacle ” to obtaining abortions .
The Trump administration , however , sees things differently .
“ Because plaintiffs challenging an abortion regulation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of causation ’ — that is , evidence that the regulation itself , rather than other causes , had ‘ the effect ’ of creating a substantial obstacle to obtaining an abortion — any assertion that abortion providers are unable to comply with a regulation must be subject to searching review , ” the administration ’ s brief reads .
READ : Admitting privileges are not ‘ based on a lie.
’ They ’ re needed due to the abortion industry ’ s abuses .
It was found that apparently only one abortionist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just one of the nine local hospitals , and another needed only to find a “ covering physician ” for his practice in the case of his absence , yet he did not do so .
The administration also points out in its brief that it is inappropriate for the abortion providers to stand in as representatives for their patients when there is an obvious differing of interests : Because the law creates compliance costs without any personal benefits for abortion providers , such providers have every incentive to see the law invalidated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ calculus is different .
The law imposes no direct costs on them , and they may see its benefits as quite significant ( while viewing any indirect costs as speculative ) .
Because plaintiff abortion providers have different and potentially conflicting interests , their suit does not provide assurances that Louisiana women themselves would have chosen to sue and to frame their suit in the same way if the providers had not sued .
In other words , the Trump administration and others believe those opposing the law have no standing to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are set for March 4th .
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The pro-life case surrounding Louisiana’s abortion law, Act 620, received a boost this week when the Trump administration submitted a friend of the court brief to the Supreme Court in favor of protecting the law. The law requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at hospitals near their facilities. This safeguard is necessary for times in which a patient may need further emergency medical attention after an abortion. Currently, Louisiana has three main abortion facilities in operation with about 10,000 patients divided among them. Only one of these facilities fulfills the law’s requirements.
According to the Daily Caller, a Louisiana abortion facility and two abortionists have opposed the law, claiming that it places a “substantial burden” on Louisiana women’s access to abortion and their “right” to an abortion. Yahoo News goes on to explain that those opposing the law see no benefit for their patients through this law and claim it only serves as an “obstacle” to obtaining abortions. The Trump administration, however, sees things differently.
“Because plaintiffs challenging an abortion regulation bear the ‘burden to present evidence of causation’ — that is, evidence that the regulation itself, rather than other causes, had ‘the effect’ of creating a substantial obstacle to obtaining an abortion — any assertion that abortion providers are unable to comply with a regulation must be subject to searching review,” the administration’s brief reads.
READ: Admitting privileges are not ‘based on a lie.’ They’re needed due to the abortion industry’s abuses.
It was found that apparently only one abortionist had applied for admitting privileges, to just one of the nine local hospitals, and another needed only to find a “covering physician” for his practice in the case of his absence, yet he did not do so.
The administration also points out in its brief that it is inappropriate for the abortion providers to stand in as representatives for their patients when there is an obvious differing of interests:
Because the law creates compliance costs without any personal benefits for abortion providers, such providers have every incentive to see the law invalidated. For women, however, the calculus is different. The law imposes no direct costs on them, and they may see its benefits as quite significant (while viewing any indirect costs as speculative). Because plaintiff abortion providers have different and potentially conflicting interests, their suit does not provide assurances that Louisiana women themselves would have chosen to sue and to frame their suit in the same way if the providers had not sued.
In other words, the Trump administration and others believe those opposing the law have no standing to do so.
Oral arguments in the case are set for March 4th.
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liveaction--2020-01-09--Planned Parenthood claims its adoption referrals are up. Here’s why we should question that.

According to Planned Parenthood ’ s 2018-2019 annual report , adoption referrals at the organization are up an astounding 51 percent ( 51.15 % ) , rising from 2,831 in 2017 to 4,279 in 2018 .
While this number gives the appearance that Planned Parenthood refers pregnant patients to adoption agencies , there is much more to this questionable story .
It ’ s important to note that Planned Parenthood does not share what constitutes an “ adoption referral ” at their facilities .
Keeping that information private means that “ adoption referral ” could really mean that the counselor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in 2017 , former Planned Parenthood manager Sue Thayer revealed to Live Action ’ s President Lila Rose how the abortion corporation defined “ adoption referral ” during her tenure as an employee .
According to Thayer , it ’ s all for show .
Despite the fact that there are abortion quotas at Planned Parenthood , Thayer said there is no such thing as adoption quotas .
However , she revealed that Planned Parenthood had partnered with a pro-choice leaning adoption agency just so it could use that connection in public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ If anybody even took information on adoption , we would check that box and that would count as an adoption referral , but in all those years – almost 18 years – that I worked there I never knew one client that chose adoption , ” Thayer told Rose .
“ The connection was really formed just for the purpose of being able to say to our donors that we partnered with an adoption agency .
And even people who are pro-choice seem to want to hear , ‘ Well , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ choice .
They have the choice of adoption.
’ Even though once the partnership was made I never – in all the connections I had with all the 17 centers in Iowa – heard anyone say that they had a client go and meet with the people from the adoption agency , ” she told Rose .
Thayer stated that anytime a patient physically took a brochure for the adoption agency , Planned Parenthood staff would mark the box for adoption referral .
So even if zero babies were placed for adoption through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the adoption agency , they would include the patient ’ s acceptance of the brochure in the annual report as an adoption referral .
However , according to Thayer , the chances that the women who took the brochures actually met with an adoption counselor were practically non-existent .
“ By the time they get to Planned Parenthood , they have a really high chance of having an abortion , because it ’ s pretty much – it ’ s what – it ’ s what we did there , ” said Thayer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a Planned Parenthood facility was really our goal.
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According to Planned Parenthood’s 2018-2019 annual report, adoption referrals at the organization are up an astounding 51 percent (51.15%), rising from 2,831 in 2017 to 4,279 in 2018. While this number gives the appearance that Planned Parenthood refers pregnant patients to adoption agencies, there is much more to this questionable story.
It’s important to note that Planned Parenthood does not share what constitutes an “adoption referral” at their facilities. Keeping that information private means that “adoption referral” could really mean that the counselor simply mentioned the word adoption. However, in 2017, former Planned Parenthood manager Sue Thayer revealed to Live Action’s President Lila Rose how the abortion corporation defined “adoption referral” during her tenure as an employee. According to Thayer, it’s all for show.
READ: Planned Parenthood documents reveal longtime disdain for adoption

Despite the fact that there are abortion quotas at Planned Parenthood, Thayer said there is no such thing as adoption quotas. However, she revealed that Planned Parenthood had partnered with a pro-choice leaning adoption agency just so it could use that connection in public relations to say they offer adoption referrals.
READ: Was Planned Parenthood’s president deceptive on adoption referrals?
“If anybody even took information on adoption, we would check that box and that would count as an adoption referral, but in all those years – almost 18 years – that I worked there I never knew one client that chose adoption,” Thayer told Rose.
“The connection was really formed just for the purpose of being able to say to our donors that we partnered with an adoption agency. And even people who are pro-choice seem to want to hear, ‘Well, ya know, Planned Parenthood is about choice. They have the choice of adoption.’ Even though once the partnership was made I never – in all the connections I had with all the 17 centers in Iowa – heard anyone say that they had a client go and meet with the people from the adoption agency,” she told Rose.
Thayer stated that anytime a patient physically took a brochure for the adoption agency, Planned Parenthood staff would mark the box for adoption referral. So even if zero babies were placed for adoption through the corporation’s phony partnership with the adoption agency, they would include the patient’s acceptance of the brochure in the annual report as an adoption referral. However, according to Thayer, the chances that the women who took the brochures actually met with an adoption counselor were practically non-existent.
“By the time they get to Planned Parenthood, they have a really high chance of having an abortion, because it’s pretty much – it’s what – it’s what we did there,” said Thayer. “To get them an abortion at a Planned Parenthood facility was really our goal.”
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liveaction--2020-01-09--HORRIFYING: Canada wants to partner organ harvesting with euthanasia

( National Review ) My very first anti-euthanasia column , published in Newsweek , warned that societal acceptance of assisted suicide/euthanasia would eventually include organ harvesting “ as a plum to society.
” I was called an alarmist and a fear-monger , but alas , I was right .
In Belgium and the Netherlands , mentally ill and disabled people are killed in hospitals at their request , and then , their bodies are harvested — with the success of the procedures written up with all due respect in organ-transplant medical journals .
Our closest cultural cousins in Canada are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not only allowing organ harvesting to be conjoined with euthanasia , but “ medically assisted death ” is being boosted increasingly as “ a boon.
” Note the celebratory lede in this Ottawa Citizen story : Ontarians who opt for medically assisted deaths ( MAiD ) are increasingly saving or improving other people ’ s lives by also including organ and tissue donation as part of their final wishes .
In the first 11 months of 2019 , MAiD patients in the province accounted for 18 organ and 95 tissue donors , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 109 per cent increase over 2017 .
( Figures for December 2019 are not yet available . )
According to Trillium Gift of Life Network , which oversees organ and tissue donation in Ontario , the 113 MAiD-related donations in 2019 accounted for five per cent of overall donations in Ontario , a share that has also been increasing .
In 2018 , MAiD-related donations made up 3.6 per cent of the province ’ s total donations , and in 2017 just 2.1 pe Many of these killed organ donors will not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also generally not have been provided suicide-prevention services as the suicidal ill and disabled who ask for euthanasia are increasingly abandoned to the “ death with dignity ” mindset in Canada .
Canada decriminalized medically assisted death in 2016 , and Ontario , through Trillium , immediately moved to the forefront of organ and tissue donation through MAiD , becoming the first jurisdiction in the world to proactively reach out to those who had been approved for assisted death to discuss donation .
When a death is imminent , whether through a hospital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be notified .
“ And , as part of high-quality end-of life care , we make sure that all patients and families are provided with the information they need and the opportunity to make a decision on whether they wish to make a donation , ” [ Trillium CEO Ronnie ] Gavsie says .
“ That just follows the logical protocol under the law and the humane approach for those who are undergoing medical assistance in dying .
And it ’ s the right thing to do for those on the wait list.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ suicidal ill and disabled Canadians — with the active support of the organ transplant community — is that their deaths can have greater value to Canada than their lives .
In other words , organ donation as an offshoot of euthanasia has indeed been defined “ as a plum to society.
” Someday , Canada will probably dispense with the euthanasia part altogether and go straight to killing by organ harvesting — already being proposed bioethics and medical journals .
That would make for more viable organs , don ’ t you know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denigrate as “ the yuck factor , ” there is indisputable logic to that idea , which we could call fruit from a legally poisonous tree .
Those with eyes to see , let them see .
Editor ’ s Note : This article was published at National Review and is reprinted here with permission .
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(National Review) My very first anti-euthanasia column, published in Newsweek, warned that societal acceptance of assisted suicide/euthanasia would eventually include organ harvesting “as a plum to society.” I was called an alarmist and a fear-monger, but alas, I was right. In Belgium and the Netherlands, mentally ill and disabled people are killed in hospitals at their request, and then, their bodies are harvested — with the success of the procedures written up with all due respect in organ-transplant medical journals.
Our closest cultural cousins in Canada are enthusiastically following the same utilitarian path, not only allowing organ harvesting to be conjoined with euthanasia, but “medically assisted death” is being boosted increasingly as “a boon.” Note the celebratory lede in this Ottawa Citizen story:
Ontarians who opt for medically assisted deaths (MAiD) are increasingly saving or improving other people’s lives by also including organ and tissue donation as part of their final wishes.
In the first 11 months of 2019, MAiD patients in the province accounted for 18 organ and 95 tissue donors, a 14 per cent increase over 2018 and a 109 per cent increase over 2017. (Figures for December 2019 are not yet available.)
According to Trillium Gift of Life Network, which oversees organ and tissue donation in Ontario, the 113 MAiD-related donations in 2019 accounted for five per cent of overall donations in Ontario, a share that has also been increasing. In 2018, MAiD-related donations made up 3.6 per cent of the province’s total donations, and in 2017 just 2.1 pe
Many of these killed organ donors will not have been imminently dying. They will also generally not have been provided suicide-prevention services as the suicidal ill and disabled who ask for euthanasia are increasingly abandoned to the “death with dignity” mindset in Canada.
READ: Canadian bishops sound alarm after judge strikes down euthanasia restrictions
Canada decriminalized medically assisted death in 2016, and Ontario, through Trillium, immediately moved to the forefront of organ and tissue donation through MAiD, becoming the first jurisdiction in the world to proactively reach out to those who had been approved for assisted death to discuss donation. When a death is imminent, whether through a hospital or MAiD, Trillium must by law be notified.
“And, as part of high-quality end-of life care, we make sure that all patients and families are provided with the information they need and the opportunity to make a decision on whether they wish to make a donation,” [Trillium CEO Ronnie] Gavsie says. “That just follows the logical protocol under the law and the humane approach for those who are undergoing medical assistance in dying. And it’s the right thing to do for those on the wait list.”
The clear message being sent to suicidal ill and disabled Canadians — with the active support of the organ transplant community — is that their deaths can have greater value to Canada than their lives. In other words, organ donation as an offshoot of euthanasia has indeed been defined “as a plum to society.”
Someday, Canada will probably dispense with the euthanasia part altogether and go straight to killing by organ harvesting — already being proposed bioethics and medical journals. That would make for more viable organs, don’t you know. Once one gets past what bioethicists denigrate as “the yuck factor,” there is indisputable logic to that idea, which we could call fruit from a legally poisonous tree.
Those with eyes to see, let them see.
Editor’s Note: This article was published at National Review and is reprinted here with permission.
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liveaction--2020-01-09--Pro-abortion violence: Feminist group sets pro-life German journalist’s SUV on fire at his home

Gunnar Schupelius , a German pro-life journalist who writes for the newspaper B.Z.
, was a victim of arson on New Year ’ s Eve .
Nederlands Dablad reported on the attack , saying that his car was set on fire and almost completely burned .
Two other vehicles were also damaged .
Schupelius ’ car was parked in front of his home , which could be concerning , as these violent abortion advocates seemingly know where he lives .
The group Feministische Autonome Zelle took credit for the attack , which was allegedly in response to Schupelius writing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Life last year .
In a blog post , the group admitted to the arson and also admitted to knowing that Schupelius lives there with his children , and published the location of his home .
“ Since he does not consider climate change to be proven and driving is not a necessity but a symbol of personal freedom , we have decided to curtail this freedom a little bit for the self-proclaimed defender of these ‘ rights ’ and to meet him where it hurts : with his car , ” they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today .
The BMW SUV parked in front of his apartment on Wiesbadener Strasse in Berlin-Wilmersdorf just before the intersection with the south-west corner .
Schupelius lives there with his children on the ground floor.
” The post ended with an ominous sentence , seemingly forewarning of more violence in the future .
“ Gunni , since this is already the second warning , we would strongly recommend that you change your job , ” they wrote .
“ Understand your immobile start to the new year as a strong suggestion for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Disturbingly , pro-lifers have more and more frequently been victims of violent attacks from abortion advocates .
In addition to this recent arson , pro-lifers have been punched repeatedly in the face , been roundhouse kicked , had hair torn out , and had their noses broken .
As this violence increases , pro-lifers would be well warned to take caution at all times , but to not let the abortion movement intimidate them out of exercising their rights .
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Gunnar Schupelius, a German pro-life journalist who writes for the newspaper B.Z., was a victim of arson on New Year’s Eve. Nederlands Dablad reported on the attack, saying that his car was set on fire and almost completely burned. Two other vehicles were also damaged. Schupelius’ car was parked in front of his home, which could be concerning, as these violent abortion advocates seemingly know where he lives.
The group Feministische Autonome Zelle took credit for the attack, which was allegedly in response to Schupelius writing to invite Germans to join the March for Life last year. In a blog post, the group admitted to the arson and also admitted to knowing that Schupelius lives there with his children, and published the location of his home.
READ: The media’s glaring failure to report pro-abortion violence
“Since he does not consider climate change to be proven and driving is not a necessity but a symbol of personal freedom, we have decided to curtail this freedom a little bit for the self-proclaimed defender of these ‘rights’ and to meet him where it hurts: with his car,” they wrote. “We torched his SUV today. The BMW SUV parked in front of his apartment on Wiesbadener Strasse in Berlin-Wilmersdorf just before the intersection with the south-west corner. Schupelius lives there with his children on the ground floor.”

The post ended with an ominous sentence, seemingly forewarning of more violence in the future. “Gunni, since this is already the second warning, we would strongly recommend that you change your job,” they wrote. “Understand your immobile start to the new year as a strong suggestion for a new start away from Axel-Springer!”
Disturbingly, pro-lifers have more and more frequently been victims of violent attacks from abortion advocates. In addition to this recent arson, pro-lifers have been punched repeatedly in the face, been roundhouse kicked, had hair torn out, and had their noses broken. As this violence increases, pro-lifers would be well warned to take caution at all times, but to not let the abortion movement intimidate them out of exercising their rights.
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liveaction--2020-01-09--Baby born premature at 21 weeks is fighting for his life in Georgia

A baby born extremely premature is being called a miracle baby by his parents , as he fights to survive at Emory Decatur Hospital in Georgia .
Born in December at just 21 weeks , Jemarius Jachin Harbor Jr. has a lot going against him , but his parents — and his doctors — aren ’ t giving up .
Jemarius was born on December 20th , weighing just 13 ounces , and measuring smaller than a hand .
“ I had just 21 weeks at 12 o ’ clock , 12:12 I had him .
He ’ s actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s my miracle baby , ” his mother , Jessica McPherson , told Fox5 .
When she went into labor , she and her fiancé told doctors to do all they could to save their son .
“ We looked at each other in the eye and I told him just give it a try , ” she recounted .
“ I just want you to try as long as you try that ’ s all that matters to me , don ’ t just up and say that you can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ haven ’ t done it doesn ’ t mean it can ’ t be done.
” Previously , she lost two other premature babies , who were both born at 22 weeks .
While McPherson and her fiancé , Jemarius Harbor Sr. , are holding on to hope , there ’ s no denying that their son has a long road ahead of him .
READ : Born premature at 21 weeks , Eliora celebrates her first birthday “ At 22 weeks some are surviving but 21 weeks is [ very rare ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ short of a miracle , ” Gina Phillips , Director of Medical Services at Pregnancy Aid Clinics , told Fox5 , but added there was reason to remain optimistic .
“ They did have a 21-week-old and four-day baby girl [ who ] survived in Europe and without any complications .
She ’ s several years old now , which is great news for the parents of Jemarius.
” McPherson agreed .
“ If this child can make it maybe my child can make it as well , ” she said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good days and going to be bad days because he is so small , but as long as we stay positive that ’ s all that matters.
” The baby Phillips mentioned in Europe isn ’ t the only one to have survived being born at 21 weeks .
Lyla Stensrud was born in San Antonio at 21 weeks , and is now a healthy five-year-old girl .
Lyla ’ s mother , Courtney , said she shared their story publicly to give hope to other parents in their situation .
Though the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ youngest premature baby to ever survive , as medicine advances , it ’ s entirely possible that more and more preemies can as well .
As a recent study found , up to 71 percent of preemies can survive if they are given active care , as opposed to just palliative care .
While viability is often thought to be 23 weeks , younger and younger infants are surviving .
Many of them , like Jemarius , simply need to be given the opportunity .
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A baby born extremely premature is being called a miracle baby by his parents, as he fights to survive at Emory Decatur Hospital in Georgia. Born in December at just 21 weeks, Jemarius Jachin Harbor Jr. has a lot going against him, but his parents — and his doctors — aren’t giving up.
Jemarius was born on December 20th, weighing just 13 ounces, and measuring smaller than a hand. “I had just 21 weeks at 12 o’clock, 12:12 I had him. He’s actually has a fighting chance, that’s my miracle baby,” his mother, Jessica McPherson, told Fox5. When she went into labor, she and her fiancé told doctors to do all they could to save their son. “We looked at each other in the eye and I told him just give it a try,” she recounted. “I just want you to try as long as you try that’s all that matters to me, don’t just up and say that you can’t do it. Just ‘cause you haven’t done it doesn’t mean it can’t be done.” Previously, she lost two other premature babies, who were both born at 22 weeks.
While McPherson and her fiancé, Jemarius Harbor Sr., are holding on to hope, there’s no denying that their son has a long road ahead of him.
READ: Born premature at 21 weeks, Eliora celebrates her first birthday
“At 22 weeks some are surviving but 21 weeks is [very rare]; it would be [nothing] short of a miracle,” Gina Phillips, Director of Medical Services at Pregnancy Aid Clinics, told Fox5, but added there was reason to remain optimistic. “They did have a 21-week-old and four-day baby girl [who] survived in Europe and without any complications. She’s several years old now, which is great news for the parents of Jemarius.”
McPherson agreed. “If this child can make it maybe my child can make it as well,” she said. “You know there are going to be good days and going to be bad days because he is so small, but as long as we stay positive that’s all that matters.”
The baby Phillips mentioned in Europe isn’t the only one to have survived being born at 21 weeks. Lyla Stensrud was born in San Antonio at 21 weeks, and is now a healthy five-year-old girl. Lyla’s mother, Courtney, said she shared their story publicly to give hope to other parents in their situation. Though the medical journal Pediatrics says Stensrud is the youngest premature baby to ever survive, as medicine advances, it’s entirely possible that more and more preemies can as well.
As a recent study found, up to 71 percent of preemies can survive if they are given active care, as opposed to just palliative care. While viability is often thought to be 23 weeks, younger and younger infants are surviving. Many of them, like Jemarius, simply need to be given the opportunity.
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liveaction--2020-01-09--New poll’s skewed wording likely led to understated support for pro-life position

( National Review ) The National Opinion Research Center ( NORC ) recently released a poll about the role of religion in public policy .
Much of the media coverage of the poll has focused on differences in public attitudes among various religious groups .
For instance , many news outlets have noted that that white Evangelicals have significantly more conservative opinions regarding both abortion and LGBT issues than members of other faith traditions .
Some media outlets noted that the poll found that only a small percentage of respondents favor legal protections for the unborn .
Specifically , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ making abortion illegal except in cases of rape or incest , or when the life of the pregnant woman is at risk.
” Just 37 percent of respondents said they either “ slightly favored ” or “ strongly favored ” such a policy .
But the wording used in the poll likely understates support for the pro-life position , because respondents who favor legal protection for all unborn children with no exceptions easily might have offered a negative response to this question based on the way it was phrased .
Polls that offer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to provide a far more accurate measure of public attitudes toward abortion .
READ : Poll : Most Americans think abortion facilities should be held to same standards as hospitals For instance , since 2008 , NBC News and the Wall Street Journal have conducted six polls on abortion offering respondents five different policy choices .
These polls show that an average of 46 percent of Americans think abortion should be either illegal or legal only in cases of rape , incest , or to save the life of the mother .
Similarly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Knights of Columbus found that 48 percent of Americans think abortion either should be banned or allowed in only a limited set of circumstances .
Over the past decade , public attitudes on abortion remained relatively stable , which in some respects is an accomplishment for the pro-life movement .
There is a substantial body of public-opinion research indicating that individual attitudes on the legality of abortion are strongly correlated with attitudes toward the morality of premarital sex .
But while polling data indicate Americans have been adopting more permissive attitudes on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ morality , opinions on abortion have remained mostly the same .
Making progress in the court of public opinion on sanctity of life issues will doubtless be difficult in a sexually permissive culture , but pro-lifers must continue to engage in this debate as we continue our efforts to restore legal protections to the preborn .
Editor ’ s Note : This article was published at National Review and is reprinted here with permission .
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(National Review) The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) recently released a poll about the role of religion in public policy. Much of the media coverage of the poll has focused on differences in public attitudes among various religious groups. For instance, many news outlets have noted that that white Evangelicals have significantly more conservative opinions regarding both abortion and LGBT issues than members of other faith traditions.
Some media outlets noted that the poll found that only a small percentage of respondents favor legal protections for the unborn. Specifically, the poll asked respondents whether they favored “making abortion illegal except in cases of rape or incest, or when the life of the pregnant woman is at risk.” Just 37 percent of respondents said they either “slightly favored” or “strongly favored” such a policy.
But the wording used in the poll likely understates support for the pro-life position, because respondents who favor legal protection for all unborn children with no exceptions easily might have offered a negative response to this question based on the way it was phrased. Polls that offer a range of options for answers tend to provide a far more accurate measure of public attitudes toward abortion.
READ: Poll: Most Americans think abortion facilities should be held to same standards as hospitals
For instance, since 2008, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal have conducted six polls on abortion offering respondents five different policy choices. These polls show that an average of 46 percent of Americans think abortion should be either illegal or legal only in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. Similarly, a 2019 Marist poll commissioned by the Knights of Columbus found that 48 percent of Americans think abortion either should be banned or allowed in only a limited set of circumstances.
Over the past decade, public attitudes on abortion remained relatively stable, which in some respects is an accomplishment for the pro-life movement. There is a substantial body of public-opinion research indicating that individual attitudes on the legality of abortion are strongly correlated with attitudes toward the morality of premarital sex. But while polling data indicate Americans have been adopting more permissive attitudes on a range of issues pertaining to sexual morality, opinions on abortion have remained mostly the same. Making progress in the court of public opinion on sanctity of life issues will doubtless be difficult in a sexually permissive culture, but pro-lifers must continue to engage in this debate as we continue our efforts to restore legal protections to the preborn.
Editor’s Note: This article was published at National Review and is reprinted here with permission.
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liveaction--2020-01-10--Supreme Court, Department of Justice agree: Equal Rights Amendment expired decades ago

( National Review ) In a post a year ago , I highlighted the highly dubious claim by supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment that the amendment remained ripe for ratification and that it was only one state short of the threshold needed for ratification .
As I pointed out , the seven-year period for ratification that was part of Congress ’ s proposal of the ERA expired in 1979 .
Further , even if one were to assume that Congress lawfully extended the ratification deadline by majority vote in 1978 , that extended deadline expired in 1982 .
Even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed to start over after the 1982 deadline passed .
And by dismissing as moot in October 1982 a case challenging the validity of that deadline extension , the Supreme Court clearly signaled its own judgment that ratification of the ERA had failed .
In September , Justice Ginsburg herself recognized that the ratification process would need to “ start [ ] over again.
” So it ’ s no surprise , and ought not to be controversial , that the Department of Justice ’ s Office of Legal Counsel has issued an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ERA proposed in 1972 long ago expired and that , in the event that another state were to purport to ratify that amendment , the National Archives should not and could not certify the ERA to be part of the Constitution .
Given that OLC ’ s advice binds the National Archives , this opinion ought to put an end to the ratification charade .
READ : Why the Equal Rights Amendment could actually be damaging to women Here is the concluding paragraph of OLC ’ s 38-page opinion : For the reasons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ERA Resolution has expired and is no longer pending before the States .
Even if one or more state legislatures were to ratify the 1972 proposal , that action would not complete the ratification of the amendment , and the ERA ’ s adoption could not be certified under 1 U.S.C .
§ 106b .
In addition , we conclude that when Congress uses a proposing clause to impose a deadline on the States ’ ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment , that deadline is binding and Congress may not revive the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Accordingly , should Congress now “ deem [ the ERA ] necessary , ” U.S. Const .
art .
V , the only constitutional path for amendment would be for two-thirds of both Houses ( or a convention sought by two-thirds of the state legislatures ) to propose the amendment once more and restart the ratification process among the States , consistent with Article V of the Constitution .
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(National Review) In a post a year ago, I highlighted the highly dubious claim by supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment that the amendment remained ripe for ratification and that it was only one state short of the threshold needed for ratification. As I pointed out, the seven-year period for ratification that was part of Congress’s proposal of the ERA expired in 1979. Further, even if one were to assume that Congress lawfully extended the ratification deadline by majority vote in 1978, that extended deadline expired in 1982. Even supporters of the ERA recognized that they needed to start over after the 1982 deadline passed. And by dismissing as moot in October 1982 a case challenging the validity of that deadline extension, the Supreme Court clearly signaled its own judgment that ratification of the ERA had failed.
In September, Justice Ginsburg herself recognized that the ratification process would need to “start[] over again.”
So it’s no surprise, and ought not to be controversial, that the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel has issued an opinion advising the National Archives that the ERA proposed in 1972 long ago expired and that, in the event that another state were to purport to ratify that amendment, the National Archives should not and could not certify the ERA to be part of the Constitution. Given that OLC’s advice binds the National Archives, this opinion ought to put an end to the ratification charade.
READ: Why the Equal Rights Amendment could actually be damaging to women
Here is the concluding paragraph of OLC’s 38-page opinion:
For the reasons set forth above, we conclude that the ERA Resolution has expired and is no longer pending before the States. Even if one or more state legislatures were to ratify the 1972 proposal, that action would not complete the ratification of the amendment, and the ERA’s adoption could not be certified under 1 U.S.C. § 106b. In addition, we conclude that when Congress uses a proposing clause to impose a deadline on the States’ ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment, that deadline is binding and Congress may not revive the proposal after the deadline’s expiration. Accordingly, should Congress now “deem [the ERA] necessary,” U.S. Const. art. V, the only constitutional path for amendment would be for two-thirds of both Houses (or a convention sought by two-thirds of the state legislatures) to propose the amendment once more and restart the ratification process among the States, consistent with Article V of the Constitution.
Editor’s Note: This article was published at National Review and is reprinted here with permission.
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liveaction--2020-01-10--Newborn found alive, wrapped in blanket, on South Carolina homeowner’s porch

On January 4 , a newborn baby was discovered abandoned on a porch in Cherokee County in South Carolina .
According to the sheriff ’ s department , the baby girl was discovered outside a Blacksburg home around 8:30 a.m .
Someone rang the doorbell , and the homeowner discovered the baby on the porch wrapped in a blanket .
The homeowner then took the baby to a local medical facility , and from there the newborn was transferred to Spartanburg Medical Center and taken into emergency protective custody by the state .
Weighing less than five pounds , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prematurely around 35-36 weeks .
Investigators are still seeking information related to the abandonment , and are seeking the identity of the person who left the baby on the porch .
South Carolina , like all states , has a safe haven law which is intended to avoid the potentially tragic outcome of newborn abandonment .
South Carolina ’ s safe haven law grants immunity to anyone who safely surrenders an unharmed baby up to 60 days after birth at a designated safe haven location .
These locations include hospitals , fire stations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and synagogues .
WSPA.com notes , “ Investigators are asking anyone who had information about the baby or the identity of the person responsible for leaving the child to call Crime Stoppers at 888-CRIME-SC or Captain Daniel Ward with the Cherokee County Sheriff ’ s Office at 864-489-4722 extension 119.
” The South Carolina safe haven law is named Daniel ’ s Law after a child who was recovered from a landfill where he was buried shortly after birth .
The nurses who cared for him named him Daniel , and legislation was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and likely fatal abandonment of newborns .
There have been several recent stories of babies safely surrendered under similar safe haven laws around the country .
Sadly , despite this life-saving alternative for parents in difficult circumstances , there have also been many stories in recent months of babies abandoned in circumstances that could have easily ended in tragedy .
One newborn girl was left naked in the woods , while another was abandoned in a plastic bag .
In Texas , a newborn was recovered after being left next to a dumpster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ desperate acts remain unknown .
No matter the circumstances , there is hope and there is help .
Parents facing a crisis deserve to know that they are not alone .
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On January 4, a newborn baby was discovered abandoned on a porch in Cherokee County in South Carolina. According to the sheriff’s department, the baby girl was discovered outside a Blacksburg home around 8:30 a.m. Someone rang the doorbell, and the homeowner discovered the baby on the porch wrapped in a blanket.
The homeowner then took the baby to a local medical facility, and from there the newborn was transferred to Spartanburg Medical Center and taken into emergency protective custody by the state. Weighing less than five pounds, the baby is believed to have been born prematurely around 35-36 weeks.
Investigators are still seeking information related to the abandonment, and are seeking the identity of the person who left the baby on the porch. South Carolina, like all states, has a safe haven law which is intended to avoid the potentially tragic outcome of newborn abandonment. South Carolina’s safe haven law grants immunity to anyone who safely surrenders an unharmed baby up to 60 days after birth at a designated safe haven location. These locations include hospitals, fire stations, law enforcement offices, and churches and synagogues.
WSPA.com notes, “Investigators are asking anyone who had information about the baby or the identity of the person responsible for leaving the child to call Crime Stoppers at 888-CRIME-SC or Captain Daniel Ward with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office at 864-489-4722 extension 119.”
READ: BABY SAVED: 21-year-old mother brings newborn to California fire station safe haven
The South Carolina safe haven law is named Daniel’s Law after a child who was recovered from a landfill where he was buried shortly after birth. The nurses who cared for him named him Daniel, and legislation was enacted to try to prevent such dangerous and likely fatal abandonment of newborns.
There have been several recent stories of babies safely surrendered under similar safe haven laws around the country. Sadly, despite this life-saving alternative for parents in difficult circumstances, there have also been many stories in recent months of babies abandoned in circumstances that could have easily ended in tragedy. One newborn girl was left naked in the woods, while another was abandoned in a plastic bag. In Texas, a newborn was recovered after being left next to a dumpster.
The circumstances of each of these desperate acts remain unknown. No matter the circumstances, there is hope and there is help. Parents facing a crisis deserve to know that they are not alone.
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