IFRL NEWS SHORTS FOR THURSDAY

NEWS SHORTS FOR THURSDAY

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Conservatives Say Gov't. Health Care Will LIterally Kill You

Once the Obama Administration completes their goal of passing an enormous spending bill with the promise of stimulating the US economy, they will set their sights on passing legislation to control the health care system throughout the nation, according to a conservative congressman who held a press conference for news reporters, Internet journalists and bloggers earlier this month. The Democrats, they said, are seeking to replicate the socialized medicine systems of other industrialized nations such as Britain, Canada and Japan. "The mainstream news media and liberal politicians are always praising the health care systems in other countries, but they never discuss the nightmare stories emanating from these countries' medical professionals," said political strategist Mike Baker.
http://www.newswithviews.com/NWV-News/news125.htm


S. Dakota Senate Panel Kills Plan for Pre-Abortion Meeting

A legislative committee is refusing to order doctors who perform abortions in South Dakota to schedule an appointment with patients a day before the procedure. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted 4-3 on Wednesday to kill SB92, which would have required a doctor to schedule time with a patient the day before an abortion, whether the patient wanted the appointment or not. On Wednesday, with the committee at full strength, the killing vote passed.
http://www.yankton.net/articles/2009/02/12/news/doc4993b1b2c725a562332662.txt


Abortion Supporters Pelt Pro-Lifers with Stones in France

Pro-life demonstrators outside a hospital in Grenoble France were violently attacked Sunday by abortion supporters.  NOVOpress, a French-language news agency, reports that 70 pro-life picketers outside the 'Couple-Child' Hospital were violently attacked by a pro-abortion mob of some 260 individuals.

A pro-life demonstration was scheduled for the early afternoon, but prior to the arrival of the pro-life demonstrators, a rowdy crowd of abortion supporters took up the designated area.  NOVOpress reports that when the pro-lifers arrived they were verbally and physically accosted.

Police intervened and remained on the scene until the pro-life demonstrators left an hour later.  Two pro-abortion activists were arrested for throwing stones.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/feb/09021109.html


Argentinean pro-lifers condemn abortion performed in Santiago del Estero

Pro-life groups are condemning the decision to perform an abortion at the Regional Hospital of Santiago del Estero on a mentally handicapped woman who became pregnant through rape.

The prolife group Servimedia of the Fundar movement said, "The crime of rape was followed by a new crime against an unborn person, who is absolutely innocent and defenseless.  The murder of an unborn person has taken place with the consent of the Courts and with State healthcare resources.  In this case, motherhood ceased to be a place of life and became a place of the deliberate and planned death of a baby."
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=15066


Ruling Imminent on Tiller Criminal Charges

A judge is expected to decide this week whether to dismiss charges against a Wichita doctor accused of violating Kansas' late-term abortion law. Dr. George Tiller is scheduled to go on trial March 16 on 19 misdemeanor counts of failing to obtain a second opinion for some late-term abortions from an independent physician. Tiller's lawyers have asked Sedgwick County District Judge Clark Owens to dismiss the case or suppress part of the evidence. Arguing to preserve the prosecution, the Kansas attorney general's office contends the defense failed to prove that Kline - who became Johnson County district attorney after being ousted as attorney general - did anything illegal in the Tiller investigation.Prosecutors also dismissed as "rank speculation" the claim that Morrison filed the charges against Tiller in hopes of pleasing his mistress, Linda Carter, who worked for both Morrison and Kline in the Johnson County district attorney's office. "The defendants' argument that Phill Kline deliberately incited Linda Carter to goad Paul Morrison into charging the defendant is so speculative as to be entirely without merit," Assistant Attorney General Barry Disney wrote. "Kline and Linda Carter vehemently deny the same. The defendant has absolutely failed to prove this claim."
http://www.kjrh.com/news/state/story/Ruling-imminent-on-Kan-abortion-provider-charges/XRoyxTO2gEu27qpvUJT4sA.cspx?rss=784


FOCA Abortion Policies Take a Back Seat

Lawmakers don't expect to push agenda yet

When Barack Obama was campaigning for president, he promised to enact legislation to prohibit the states from limiting the right to abortion. Now that Obama is in the White House and solid Democratic majorities are ensconced in Congress, opponents of abortion rights have been bracing for that and other major changes to abortion laws. "We deal in reality," said Nancy Keenan, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. "You have to be pragmatic, realistic and, in the end, strategic." Keenan said that solid majorities that could ensure passage of ambitious abortion-rights legislation don't exist. "The votes just aren't there," she said.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.abortion08feb08,0,3767889.story