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Furor Erupts over Removal of Pro-Life Billboard

B y Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A billboard declaring the womb to be the "most dangerous place for an African American" has been removed from its prominent location in Manhattan,prompting outrage among pro-life activists who are calling its removal "an outrageous act of censorship."

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Planned Parenthood's Misleading Mammogram Claims

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Even though Planned Parenthood always uses the "we provide access to other services such as mammograms" excuse for needing government funding, pro-life blogger Jill Stanek recently revealed that the organization doesn't perform mammograms at all but merely refers women elsewhere for these services.

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Parents of "Baby Joseph" Suffering Threats and Harassment by Hospital

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A Canadian hospital is now threatening and harassing the parents of a 13 month-old boy who is suffering from a terminal neurological condition, denying them private visits and trying to force their consent to having the child's life support removed.

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Former Head of Catholics for a Free Choice: "Pro Choice Activists Are in a Time Warp"

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

In an op-ed appearing in the Washington Post, Frances Kissling, a well-known abortion rights activist and former head of the now defunct Catholics for a Free Choice, said that if the pro-choice movement in America wants to survive, it has to stop pretending it's 1970 by denying that a fetus is a human being and that abortion is more than just a "medical matter" between a woman and her doctor.

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Obama Administration Guts Conscience Protection Regulations

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Obama administration has decided to rescind most of the regulations put in place by President George W. Bush to protect health care workers who refuse to provide services they find objectionable on personal and religious grounds.

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U.S. House Defunds Planned Parenthood, Battle Now Moves to Senate

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

By a vote of 240-185, the U.S. House approved an amendment on Friday that cuts off all federal funding of Planned Parenthood. The amendment, which is part of a measure to fund all government agencies through September 2011, now moves to the Senate where a decision will have to be made before March 4 in order to avoid a government shutdown.

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Lawmaker Delivers Impassioned Speech on House Floor in Defense of Life

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) delivered an impassioned and hard-hitting speech on floor of the U.S. House of Representatives last night in which he outlined all of the reasons why Planned Parenthood does not deserve taxpayer funding and why his colleagues should vote in favor of the Pence Amendment, which will strip the organization of all federal funds.

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