October 2017 Graham, Senators Introduce 20-Week Ban in the Senate WASHINGTON – On “There are only seven October 5, Senator Lindsey countries that allow wholesale Graham (R-SC), joined by at the 20-week Senate colleagues and pro-life period, including China and leaders, formally introduced North Korea. The United States the Pain-Capable Unborn Child should not be in that club,” Protection Act. said Graham. “I don’t believe The legislation would provide abortion, five months into common-sense protections for pregnancy, makes us a better unborn children at 20 weeks nation. America is at her best after fertilization, a point at when she’s standing up for the which there is significant least among us and the sooner scientific evidence that abortion we pass this legislation into inflicts tremendous pain on law, the better. We are on the these vulnerable human beings. right side of history.” On October 3, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) formally introducing the Pain-Capable See “Senators,” page 32 Pain-Capable legislation by a Unborn Child Protection Act into the Senate. With him is NRLC vote of 237-189. President Carol Tobias and Oklahoma Senator James Lankford. With your help, together we can win! Carol Tobias, National Right to Life President

As you’ve read in the pages The Pain-Capable Unborn of National Right to Life NEWS, Child Protection Act would the first week in October was a generally extend legal protection momentous one for the right- to unborn humans beginning to-life movement. at 20 weeks fetal age, based on On October 3, the U.S. congressional findings that by House of Representatives that point (and even earlier) the passed the Pain-Capable unborn child has the capacity Unborn Child Protection Act to experience great pain during by a vote of 237-189! an abortion. It is based on Two days later, on October 5, model legislation developed Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) by National Right to Life – introduced this vital bill in the legislation that has already U.S. Senate. I had the privilege been enacted in 16 states. of joining Sen. Graham at the press conference. See “Help,” page 11 Editorials “What kind of society do you want to live in?” October is Awareness Month. “During October,” The Jerome Lejeune Foundation says, “we applaud caregivers, families, and medical professionals -- but most of all, we applaud all the wonderful people with Down syndrome.” A French geneticist, Dr. Lejeune, a devout Catholic and pro-lifer, discovered the genetic cause of Down syndrome. Tragically that discovery has been used and continues to be used to search out and destroy children prenatally identified as having a full or partial extra copy of chromosome 21. However in 2017, we could say that the real Down Syndrome Awareness Month took place in August. For it was on August 15 that “CBS News: On Assignment [www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ down-syndrome-iceland] aired a 10-minute story on Iceland-- “’What kind of society do you want to live in?’: Inside the country where Down syndrome is disappearing”--as chilling a mini- documentary as you will ever watch. Geneticist Kari Stefansson, in the most telling of words, says that Iceland, a nation of 330,000, has “basically eradicated” Down Agusta, age 7. On average, Iceland has two people with Down syndrome born each year. syndrome. On average there are just one or two children born with CBS News Down syndrome per year. Actress Patricia Heaton responded with fury and keen insight: counselors and people with Down syndrome. While others may differ, I thought she did a very admirable job of helping the viewer understand what is at work and what is being lost when virtually 100% of children with Down syndrome are aborted in Iceland. Quijano interviewed a woman in her 30s with Down syndrome who is now living independently. She asked her, “For people who are listening and watching, what would you tell them about people who have Down syndrome?”

Elaine Quijano was the CBS News correspondent who See “Society,” page 30 conducted the interviews with parents and geneticists and genetic Finally acknowledging that pain-capable legislation is strongly supported by women and men

Of all the pro-abortion myths recycled by a compliant media, new drama starring Actress Connie Britton (ABC Good few are as egregiously off the mark and as damaging as the Morning America) and puppy-related infections insistence that the pro-life position is some outlier. If you were (CBS This Morning). silly enough to believe what you read in the Washington Post and the New York Times, you would think pro-life legislation, such as There the usual hit pieces in the Post and the Times and the the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, is widely opposed rest of usual suspects. But then, miracles of miracles, there was by substantial majorities of Americans. this story that appeared in the October 4 Washington Post under The truth is the exact opposite! the headline, “Most GOP lawmakers support banning late-term Which may be one reason that when the Pain-Capable Unborn abortions — and so do a lot of women.” Child Protection Act passed the House of Representatives 237- To his immense credit, after quoting the pro-abortion line that it’s 189, for the major television networks it was like the proverbial just “politicians playing politics with health care,” Eugene Scott tree in the forest that none of them heard fall. As Katie Yoder of (who, we are told “writes about identity politics for The Fix”) Newsbusters informed us observes, “But it’s not just social conservatives who want it to be During their Oct. 4 morning news shows, ABC, CBS and NBC didn’t mention the vote once. But they found time See “Spirit,” page 34 for others topics like fall fashion deals (NBC Today), a From the President Carol Tobias A progress report: repairing the damage inflicted by the Obama Administration Planned Parenthood. The House and the the staunchly pro-abortion senators, letting Senate employed the Congressional Review them know there is strong support for the Act and voted to nullify these regulations, bill among their constituents. thereby restoring authority to the states to Thirty-three states have senate races next direct Title X funds to providers they deem year. Every voter in those states should suitable. President Trump signed that bill know which candidates support the killing into law in April. of unborn babies who have developed to In addition, we started off 2017 with the point of being able to feel pain during President Trump not only re-issuing the an abortion. Are incumbent senators, or , gutted by President challengers to the incumbents, supporting Obama, but expanding it into the new the radical position of the abortion I had big dreams when this year started. “Promoting Life in Global Health industry that says there should be no limits We were going to change or repeal Assistance.” This initiative will apply pro- whatsoever on abortion? Obamacare with its many abortion- life conditions to a broad range of health- You can help to make sure that expanding provisions, and we were going related U.S. foreign aid. information becomes public knowledge. to remove federal taxpayer subsidies for the The Mexico City Policy required that, Ask the candidates where they stand on the more than 1,000 insurance plans that cover in order to be eligible for certain types of issue, and do it in a public setting, like at a elective abortion. foreign aid, a private organization must forum where the candidate takes questions We were also going to block the roughly sign a contract promising not to perform from the audience. If candidates are being half a billion federal-taxpayer dollars abortions, not to lobby to overturn pro-life interviewed on a radio show and listeners Planned Parenthood receives annually laws in other countries, or actively promote are able to call in to ask questions, get out through Medicaid and various other abortion as a method of programs. family planning. The That hasn’t happened and many pro-lifers new Assistance policy are understandably disappointed. After all, greatly expands the we wanted to overturn in less than a year array of overseas health what had taken the Obama Administration programs that are now years to put into place. covered by pro-life But pro-lifers are nothing if not resilient. policy. Working with congressional pro-life Right-to-Lifers leadership, we will diligently continue applauded a momentous to undo the damage inflicted on unborn move by the Senate, babies by eight years of President Obama. led by Senate Majority That also includes huge assists from the Leader Mitch administration of President Trump. McConnell (R-Ky.), to Although Obamacare is still the law of the require only a simple majority to confirm a your phone, dial the station, and ask that land, the Department of Health and Human nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. As you question. Services has taken a major step toward are aware, Senate Democrats were using the If you have built a friendly relationship enforcing a portion of the law ignored and filibuster to prevent a confirmation vote on with a local reporter who covers campaigns, unenforced by the Obama administration. Neil Gorsuch to the Court. By changing ask them to bring up the topic in an interview. HHS has announced that qualified health the rules, the Senate is now able to confirm The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection plan issuers must segregate collected a judge to any federal court by a majority Act is a federal bill awaiting action in the premiums to pay for abortion coverage; vote, rather than the 60 votes needed to end Senate. How would the senator, or other that enrollees be informed if abortions are a filibuster. candidate, vote on the bill? covered by a health plan; and that HHS will One of our top priorities remains We can’t let candidates slip by with some fully enforce these requirements as a step enactment of the Pain-Capable Unborn mumbo-jumbo about “” toward ensuring that federal tax dollars are Child Protection Act. That legislation has or being “pro-choice.” We need to know not used to subsidize coverage for elective passed the House of Representatives and exactly where the candidates stand and abortion. has been introduced into the Senate by Sen. how they will vote on specific legislation if Before leaving office, President Obama Lindsey Graham. elected. issued a regulation to prevent states from There is no question that passage in the Babies’ lives are on the line. That’s why redirecting Title X funds away from Senate will be difficult. I encourage all we won’t give up. That’s why we will keep providers deemed unsuitable, such as pro-lifers to contact their senators, even on keeping on. The babies deserve no less. 4 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org Virginia’s 2017 Governor Race: Will your vote count for the babies? By Karen Cross, National Right to Life Political Director

On November 7, Virginians child from abortion at the point President George W. Bush, children – this November. They will decide whether they he or she can feel pain. He also Ed championed pro-life will decide whether to support will vote to protect unborn opposes using taxpayer dollars Congressman Henry Hyde pro-abortion Ralph Northam, children in the Commonwealth, to pay for abortion. to receive the Presidential who will oppose any protective or whether they will line “National Right to Life Medal of Freedom. This year, pro-life legislation, or pro-life themselves up in agreement looks forward to working Gillespie accompanied Mike Ed Gillespie, who will sign with those who support abortion on demand. Their choice? Whether pro- life Republican Ed Gillespie or pro-abortion Democrat Ralph Northam will be the next governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. National Right to Life has endorsed Republican Ed Gillespie, a 100% pro-life candidate who will sign pro- life laws and support live- saving policies in Virginia to succeed pro-abortion Gov. Terry McAuliffe. The Virginia affiliate of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, has endorsed Northam. They have pledged to spend $3 million in the race supporting Northam, whose record as a member of the state (Left to right) Oliva Gans Turner, president, Virginia Society for Human Life, Ed Gillespie, Assembly was solidly pro- and Karen Cross, NRLC Political Director abortion. Northam’s position is so with him in Virginia to Pence for the Vice President’s legislation to protect unborn extreme that he supports implement pro-life policies historic speech to the March for children and their mothers from abortion on demand – that is, to protect unborn children Life. the pain of abortion. abortion for any reason anytime from abortion, and medically In 2017, the Virginia It’s up to Virginia voters to during the pregnancy. This dependent or disabled Assembly took the first step prove the pro-life movement is means he supports deliberately persons, whose lives are in redirecting monies from alive and well, and demonstrate taking the life of an unborn threatened by euthanasia and abortion providers to actual that they will protect the least baby’s life for any reason at all assisted suicide,” said David health care providers that will among us – our unborn children – even late in pregnancy when N. O›Steen, Ph.D., executive offer comprehensive health – by supporting Ed Gillespie the baby can feel excruciating director of the National Right care for more women and for governor. pain during abortion. to Life Committee. girls, closer to their homes. And it’s up to all of us to see And Northam also wants to Gillespie has a long history Planned Parenthood is counting that they succeed – to protect use your tax dollars to pay for of pro-life advocacy within the on Northam to win so he can all of Virginia’s vulnerable abortion. Republican Party. As chairman veto this and any other pro- citizens: the unborn, the elderly, Ed Gillespie is a strong of the Republican National life legislation that reaches the and those who are medically advocate for life. As governor, Committee, Gillespie strongly governor’s desk. vulnerable. he would support and sign supported the pro-life plank Virginia voters will decide Look for election updates pro-life legislation, including in the Republican platform. whether they will protect the in future editions of www. legislation to protect an unborn When he was Counselor to weakest among us – our unborn nationalrighttolifenews.org. www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 5 “Gosnell: America’s Biggest Serial Killer” is a gripping tale of absolute evil By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

I still remember the first of an anesthetic administered by skittish about a film in which an of people who attended the movie I ever saw in an actual staff with no medical training. abortionist is the villain, based screening. They were deeply theater. At the age of two, I It should be noted that the on the industry’s track record moved. I have seldom attended was entranced by the enormity grand jury believed that Gosnell of championing pro-abortion a movie in which I heard so of the screen and the beauty of was responsible for killing politics. many people openly crying. the characters as they danced Of course, the film hit close across it—larger than life, and to home—the theater was so filled with life. located about an hour’s drive As I grew older, I became from Gosnell’s Women’s accustomed to another genre of Medical Society. It is painful film—the kind that reveals ugly to realize that such reckless truths, so that brave-hearted disregard for innocent human men and women can strive to life could occur so close right the wrongs depicted on to the Norman Rockwell- the big screen. style town in Bucks County, Recently I had the opportunity Pennsylvania, where the to see a preview of a movie movie was screened. which tells the gripping story In the end, however, the of a real-life tragedy that experience left me with a played out near my hometown. profound hope: the more people Gosnell: America’s Biggest who see Gosnell, the more Serial Killer dramatizes the likely people will take positive, criminal investigation and Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer were invited decisive action to defend life, subsequent trial of Kermit to the The White House by Vice President Mike Pence. wherever and whenever it is Gosnell, an abortionist in West threatened, and demand that Philadelphia, who operated hundreds of late term babies, You might think with all abortion clinics no longer have what the Philadelphia District but they could bring charges in the coverage of Gosnell, you free rein to treat women like Attorney called a “House of only a handful of cases, because “knew” the story. In fact there cattle. Horrors.” he systematically destroyed so is much in Gosnell: America’s Please consider “liking” Gosnell is currently serving many records. Biggest Serial Killer that even Gosnell Movie at www. three consecutive life sentences Long in the works, the those who followed the case facebook.com/gosnellmovie/ for the murders of three full- filmmakers hope to release the closely will learn about for the and following it on Twitter. The term babies. He ended their movie next April ; so far, they first time. movie merits a groundswell of lives in a ghastly fashion in have yet to find a distributor I will offer no spoilers support, even before its major which he delivered them alive, willing to take the movie on. here, but suffice it to say that release. then “snipped” their spinal Producer Ann McElhinney, Gosnell is a riveting film which It is an example of art cords. who spoke at the 2018 National convincingly portrays the title exposing evil, but also Gosnell was also convicted Right to Life convention, character and the courageous inspiring the confidence that of involuntary manslaughter in said not one of the potential men and women who worked such evil can be overcome, if the death of female immigrant distributors said it was a bad to bring him to justice. only ordinary Americans take patient Karnamaya Mongar, movie. But one can surmise But I can reveal the impact the time and the initiative to do who succumbed to an overdose that Hollywood could be highly of the movie on the dozens what’s right.

6 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org SCCL Sign Vandalized on Life Chain Weekend By Holly Gatling, Executive Director, South Carolina Citizens for Life

The beautiful South Carolina trouble, including vandalism. never give up until all unborn from abortion, and to ban the Citizens for Life logo sign at So we did. babies are protected by law and cruel and hideous procedure of our office in Columbia was In the world we live in, it is welcomed into life. We know dismemberment abortion vandalized with profanity and illegal to deface property -- but our 48 years of educating the Pictured below are State graffiti apparently sometime not to kill an unborn baby. public at the State Fair has Fair volunteers, twin sisters during the weekend of "This act of vandalism saved babies' lives. Amy Fling and Cindy Moorer, September 30-October 1. Until is disgraceful," said SCCL Our Pro-Life exhibit It is the who enjoy showing off our the sign was repaired, we President Lisa Van Riper. longest, most time-consuming beautiful medically accurate covered up the filthy word so "Even more disgraceful is the educational event with do fetal models. As you can see that motorists and pedestrians wanton disregard for human here in the SCCL office but the twin sisters are having fun would not be offended. life that would undergird this As you can see, there is a big action. Think of the irony. This black X mark over the icon of sign is more protected than a the pregnant woman. child in the womb."

This is a malicious spiritual Another irony that does not attack against the sanctity of escape us is the fact that the human life. It is a desecration attack on our sign occurred of the concept of life created in during Life Chain weekend, the image and likeness of God. during 40 Days for Life, and We have filed reports with law right as SCCL is preparing for also most rewarding. For 12 exhibiting our fetal model of enforcement including the FBI our 48th annual Pro-Life Booth days, 10-to-12 hours a day, twins in the womb. and we will let you know if at the State Fair from October we demonstrate the humanity Please keep the safety of the anyone is caught. Why the FBI? 11-22. Lives are being saved in of the unborn child to tens of SCCL office and our volunteers, Before the Presidential election record numbers and abortion thousands of people. They sign of pregnant women, of unborn last November, an FBI agent promoters are enraged. our petitions demanding an end babies, and of every medically came to our office and gave us We will not be intimidated. to government-funded abortion, vulnerable member of our his business card. He said to We will carry on our pro-life to pass legislation to protect human family in your prayers. contact the FBI if we had any mission as always. We will pain-capable unborn children www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 7 Federal Judge will not hear ACLU case to allow 17-year-old undocumented teen to have abortion “Texas must not become a sanctuary state for abortions,” says state Attorney General By Dave Andrusko

Last week U.S. Magistrate Health and Human “form a substantially different not allow Plaintiffs Judge Laurel Beeler dismissed Services. case that does not have to glue two unrelated a request by the ACLU for a common questions of law and lawsuits together. temporary restraining order to Not that the ACLU didn’t fact” with the original claim, That is especially so force HHS to either transport try to make the case that Doe’s which alleged violation of the because Doe already an undocumented pregnant claims were closely related Establishment Clause of the has initiated her own 17-year-old teen to an abortion to the original case. Brigitte Constitution. Beeler ends the lawsuit in Texas, which clinic or allow her to be taken Introduction to her opinion is now pending before there. with this: the U.S. District Court In a 13-page decision Judge The court denies the before the Southern Beeler ultimately concluded motion for leave to file District of Texas. Doe California was not the proper an amended complaint. v. United State. … legal venue since the girl, who The Doe plaintiff is not She thus has other came unaccompanied from in this district. The opportunities to press Central America, is currently in wrongful acts for the her claim. the state of Texas. The ACLU new claims did not take said at the time the girl was 14 place in this district. … To be clear Judge Beeler weeks pregnant. The case is better was not sympathetic to the The ACLU tried but failed brought as a new government’s case. In her to piggyback the case of “Jane lawsuit. ruling, Beeler said, “The Doe” to a current lawsuit it has government may not want to against the federal government The attorneys general amicus facilitate abortion,” adding, “for allegedly allowing some had shrewdly argued “But it cannot block it. It religiously affiliated shelters to Federal District Judge The relief Plaintiffs is doing that here.” But she impose their religion on minors Laurel Beeler seek—namely, an concluded that the lawsuit by prohibiting their access to order granting Doe needs to be filed elsewhere, abortion,” the Texas Tribune Amiri, a senior staff attorney access to an abortion— presumably Texas. reported. with the ACLU Reproductive is fundamentally As NRL News Today reported According to Courthouse Freedom Project, argued that different from the last week, in response Texas News the original case and the case Establishment Clause Attorney General Ken Paxton’s On Oct. 5, the ACLU of “Jane Doe” were both efforts dispute in the currently amicus defended “the federal asked to add new to restrict unaccompanied operative complaint. government’s right to deny claims to its lawsuit, immigrant minors’ access to The proposed second access to abortion services to challenging a Trump abortion. amended complaint an unlawfully-present minor administration policy Amiri also told the Court establishes no nexus alien in Texas,” according to a issued in March that “judicial efficiency weighed at all between Doe news release. prevents shelters from in favor of letting the ACLU and any religiously “If ‘Doe’ prevails in this case, taking any steps to add new claims and new class affiliated entity. It does the ruling will create a right to facilitate immigrant representatives to its case in the not allege that Doe is abortion for anyone on earth minors’ access to Northern District of California,” housed at a religiously who enters the U.S. illegally. abortion without according to Nicholas Iovieno. affiliated shelter. And it And with that right, countless approval from the In some respects Beeler’s does not allege that any others undoubtedly would director of the Office of decision tracks arguments sectarian entity played follow,” Paxton said, adding Refugee Resettlement, made in the amicus filed by any role in the denial that “Texas must not become a a subdivision of the seven state attorneys general. of her request for an sanctuary state for abortions.” U.S. Department of She agreed that the new claims abortion. Rule 15 does 8 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org Born at 6 months and weighing just 13 ounces, Dylan is a ‘fighter’ who just celebrated his first birthday By Kelli

Dylan Franklin was born at 6 days — are given little aid New England Journal difference for the just six months gestation, and beyond comfort care, with no of Medicine [NEJM], survival rate of these weighed a mere 13 ounces. extra measures in an attempt reports that roughly preemies, but that not At such a premature age, to save their lives. Even more 25% of babies born all preemies are getting babies often have difficulty tragically, babies born at the at 22 weeks gestation this treatment. breathing on their own. But same age as Dylan can still be would survive if Dedrick and Paige Franklin legally aborted in the United “actively treated in a Only 22 percent of the of Memphis, Tennessee, States. hospital.” Even without 22-week-old babies were given lifesaving treatment, compared to 72 percent of 23-week-old and 97 percent of 24-week-old babies, the study found. Thankfully, little Dylan was given medical aid, even though his father says, “Nobody gave him a chance at all.” Despite his efforts to cry, Dylan had some trouble breathing independently at first, and his parents were warned that he might not survive the night. But one night turned into another, and into another. His father told WREG, “At times I felt like giving up, but I said as long as he’s fighting I need to keep on fighting right along with him.” remember distinctly how their While the abortion industry extra treatment, a small Now, Dylan is celebrating his son cried. “It was the smallest claims that children at that number of these babies first birthday. His parents say little cry. I didn’t expect to gestational age and older survive. A September he makes them laugh every day. hear him cry, but he cried,” are only aborted in dire 2015 study, published While doctors expected his mother told a local news circumstances (for example, in the Journal of the Dylan to have delays, it appears station, WREG in Memphis. to save the life of the mother American Medical at this time that he is developing Dylan’s father, Dedrick, told or because of a fatal fetal Association reported normally. “He can see, he can WREG, “A lot of people don’t abnormality), the reality is that that survival rates for hear, and he is functioning just give babies his size a chance, late-term abortions happen babies at 23 weeks fine. He’s now 14 pounds,” especially how small he was well past the age of viability, gestation has improved reports WREG. and the fact that the doctors told and they are committed for any to 33%; at 24 weeks, us he [was] gonna die.” reason whatsoever. the survival rate is Editor’s note. This appeared Dylan’s father, sadly, is According to Live Action 65%. at Live Action News and is correct. In some places, babies News’ Kristi Burton Brown: The NEJM study reposted with permission. born very early — especially A May 2015 medical found that active those born before 23 weeks, study, published in the treatment made a www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 9 Pro-Lifers see gains in the 2017 State Legislative Sessions By Ingrid Duran, Director, NRLC Department of State Legislation

Pro-life activists started the the abortion industry. Iowa of informed consent provision. both amended their parental 2017 legislative session on a set aside about $3.3 million in In addition to Kentucky, Iowa involvement laws in order to high note with the passage of state funds to recreate its own also passed an ultrasound law strengthen their state law and Ohio’s Pain-Capable Unborn family planning network so that along with a seventy-two hour close any loopholes. In West Child Protection Act (PCUCPA) it can prohibit the funding of waiting period. Now women in Virginia for instance, prior in December of 2016. From clinics that provide abortions. Iowa are given the opportunity to the change, the abortionist there moving forward the action In August, South Carolina’s to view the ultrasound, could waive the requirement was virtually nonstop with Governor Henry McMaster and receive a booklet with that notified the parent. many victories accomplished issued an executive order information on abortion risks, Three states enacted laws and the groundwork done for preventing state and local funds alternatives to abortions, and in an effort to assist pregnant future breakthroughs as well. mothers. Georgia amended The following is an overview their Positive Alternatives for of the very considerable Pregnancy program which achievements which were provides expectant mothers primarily the fruit of the work with life-affirming resources of NRLC’s state affiliates. and promoting healthy Kentucky would soon pregnancies and healthy babies. follow Ohio. Within the first Oklahoma also passed the week of their session they Choosing Childbirth Act which initiated and soon passed their directs the state department own PCUCPA. In so doing of health to create grants for Kentucky became the sixteenth pregnancy resource centers that state to pass a law protecting aid pregnant mothers and their from abortion the unborn unborn children. As part of an child when they have reached omnibus bill, Minnesota passed a stage where medical science a healthcare bill which provides demonstrates they are capable helpful information for of experiencing pain. pregnant students about their With both houses controlled legal rights and resources in by pro-life Republicans and order to assist them as a parent with a new pro-life Republican pursuing higher education. governor, Kentucky also Pregnancy resource centers passed National Right to Life have been increasingly under Committee’s model legislation attack by the pro-abortion on ultrasound display, in from subsidizing abortion local resources that can help a lobby. (See below.) Sometimes addition to a law that prioritized facilities. woman carry her baby to term. when a state does not have an the types of medical centers Two states, Arkansas and Wyoming passed two new adequate Woman’s Right to that receive Title X funding. Texas, passed a ban on pro-life laws, the first in 28 Know/Informed Consent law, Under this plan, states gruesome dismemberment years, one of them to offer pregnancy resource centers create a hierarchy of provider abortions, raising to eight women a chance to view an provide helpful information classifications, and distribute the number of states that ban ultrasound of their baby. to expectant mothers on the funds from the top category tearing living unborn children Utah became the fourth baby’s development and many first, then to the second, third, limb from limb. The Texas state to amend their informed times are able to provide an etc., giving preference to full dismemberment ban also consent law to provide women ultrasound for free. service health providers. This included provisions banning with the information that it has been a successful way to partial-birth abortions and is possible to halt a chemical significantly reduce funding regulations to require dignified abortion, provided the woman for abortion giants like Planned treatment of the remains of does not take the second of See “Gains,” page 33 Parenthood. aborted babies. the two drugs that make up the Besides Kentucky two other During the 2017 session, four chemical abortion regimen. states moved to stop funding states passed one or another type Indiana and West Virginia 10 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org National Right to Life applauds announcement that Trump administration will protect religious liberty and takes positive steps regarding abortion-covering insurance plans under Obamacare

WASHINGTON – On abortion-covering plans on a National Right to Life moral and religious rights of October 6, the Department of massive scale. President Carol Tobias added, conscience. Health and Human Services “While only comprehensive “We applaud President Trump “Rights of conscience are (HHS) released a bulletin legislative reform can cure the and his administration for extremely important to the through the Center for Medicare multiple abortion-expanding enforcing the law and seeking right-to-life movement to and Medicaid Services (CMS) components of Obamacare, to uphold the principles of the protect medical professionals, reiterating that qualified health today’s guidance from the Hyde Amendment to prevent religious institutions and plan issuers must segregate employers from being forced collected premiums to pay to participate in abortion,” for abortion coverage; that said Tobias. “We commend enrollees be informed if President Trump for keeping abortions are covered by a his campaign promises by qualified health plan; and that supporting these rights HHS intends to fully enforce of conscience. These rule these requirements as a step changes will help promote toward ensuring that federal tax a policy that protects pro- dollars are not used to subsidize life rights of conscience with coverage. regard to abortion.” A 2014 report by the Under President Obama’s Government Accountability administration, pro-abortion Office (GAO) provided forces not only put increasing dismaying confirmation of pressure on health care earlier predictions by National providers to violate their Right to Life that federally moral convictions with regard subsidized abortion coverage to abortion, but also backed would become a widespread efforts to force employers, feature of Obamacare. The Pro-life President Donald Trump including religious institutions report found that more than one and organizations that object to thousand federally subsidized Trump Administration takes a the use tax dollars to pay for abortion, to cover abortion in exchange plans covered good first step to keep the federal abortion coverage.” their insurance plans. elective abortion. The GAO government out of the business Additionally, HHS “No one should be forced findings validated previous of paying for abortion until announced interim final rule to participate in abortion charges by National Right to Obamacare can be replaced,” changes to the Affordable against their religious or Life that the federal taxpayer said Jennifer Popik, J.D., National Care Act and HHS coverage moral convictions,” Tobias is subsidizing the purchase of Right to Life legislative director. mandate that would protect said. www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 11 Sharing Our Adoption Stories By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

When I was a little girl, the years, but never told my I learned that my mother’s mother. The bequest came at favorite cousin, Valeria, had a time when our family was been adopted into the family. in severe financial straits, so I She was an individual with was exceedingly grateful to the many gifts, including a talent ballerina benefactor that I had for ballet and art. My father’s never actually met. wish was that someday Valeria Research indicates that, when would paint a portrait of my a woman is distressed by an mother that we could hang with unexpected pregnancy, she pride in our living room. views adoption as the worst Valeria lived far away, in option–worse than abortion. the western part of the United While we should do all we can States, so my mother was to support women who wish to unable to see her. But a phone parent their children, for those call from Valeria was a major who believe they are unable event in our home and brought to parent at this time, we must tremendous joy to my mother’s share with them the beauty of heart. adoption. When Valeria passed away, We need to share our adoption she left my sister and me stories. They can save lives, stacks and stacks of savings and help form families made bonds. Apparently she had and sustained by the heart. been buying them for us over Photo credit: unsplash.com With your help, together we can win! From page 1

Your National Right to Life Can you help us hit that Your continued support in the With your help, we can and our state affiliates have goal? form of financial contributions continue the fight to protect been on the front lines of A sacrificial contribution and grassroots activism is what unborn babies. With your help, fighting for the Pain-Capable of $250 or $500 would be has made your National Right we can enact the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Unborn Child Protection Act And it remains among the into federal law. right-to-life movement’s top With your help, WE CAN congressional priorities for the WIN. 115th Congress. To make a contribution, click If we can get it passed on www.nrlc.org/donate. You the Senate and to President can also mail your contribution Trump’s desk, he has pledged to my attention at National to sign the bill into law! Right to Life’s Washington That’s where you come in. headquarters: 512 10th Street We’re currently in the NW, Washington, DC 20004. final planning stages of our May God bless you for all national campaign to pass the you do on behalf of his most Pain-Capable Unborn Child precious children Protection Act. But in order tremendous. But even a more to Life the most respected to put the plan into action, we modest donation of $25 of $50 and most effective pro-life need to quickly raise more than will help us prepare for the organization in Washington, $50,000. battle ahead. D.C. 12 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org Judge upholds Iowa’s three-day waiting period By Dave Andrusko

On October 2 Polk County in Whole Woman’s Health which favor childbirth Waiting periods are both District Court Judge Jeffrey v. Hellerstedt changes the over abortion, even those common and common sense Farrell ruled that Iowa’s analytical framework, Judge measures do not further legislation. According to three-day waiting period Farrell responded a health interest.” Ingrid Duran, director of State is constitutional, rejecting The United States According, as applied Legislation for NRLC, 19 a challenge from Planned Supreme Court has to the present case, the states have 24 hour waiting Parenthood of the Heartland periods, three states have 48 and the American Civil hour waiting periods, and seven Liberties Union of Iowa, which states have a 72 hour waiting sued in May. period. One state has an 18 “The Iowa Act is arguably hour waiting period. the strictest mandatory waiting When he signed SF 471, then- period law in the country, but Gov. Terry Branstad said it was the only question to the court one of the most prolife bills is whether it complies with the passed in years. “I have been constitutional standard,” he fighting for the unborn since I wrote in a 48-page decision. “It ran for the Legislature in 1972, does.” and I have not stopped. I am The constitutional standard, really pleased with this General Farrell wrote, comes from Assembly and the progress that Planned Parenthood v. Casey– was made,” Branstad said at the whether the law places an time. “I think that this year was “undue burden” on a woman’s really a banner year for the pro- right to abortion. SF 47 does not. life movement. History was “The undue burden standard Polk County District Court Judge Jeffrey Farrell made this session.” Pool photo via KCCI-TV has been criticized, but it fairly There are other provisions balances the two competing in SF 471. The law prohibits interests of a woman’s right to established that the analysis from Casey abortions performed at 20 choose an abortion versus the state has an interest in remains unchanged by weeks and beyond (“that public’s interest in potential potential life, and that Hellerstedt.” provision was not a focus of life,” Judge Farrell wrote. it may promote that the lawsuit,” according to the “The evidence at trial focused interest by requiring In addition, Planned Register), and also requires on the hardships women face informed consent as long Parenthood of the Heartland, that women have the option when dealing with an unwanted as it does [not]create a one of PPFA’s largest affiliates, of viewing an ultrasound and pregnancy, but the public’s substantial obstacle to “contended that some sections receiving materials about risks interest in potential life is an a woman seeking an of the law violate the Iowa associated with abortion. interest that cannot be denied abortion. As stated in Constitution, citing a lack of due Planned Parenthood and the under the law. Both of these Casey, “Under the undue process and equal-protection ACLU immediately filed notice interests are important.” burden standard, a State rights,” reported Tony Leys and that they plan to appeal to the To the argument that the is permitted to enact William Petroski for the Des Iowa Supreme Court. 2016 Supreme Court decision persuasive measures Moines Register. www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 13 “Instead of Pain, We Should Fill These Children With Love”

Editor’s note. House Majority increasingly shows it. used brain scans and showed We should care for the Leader Kevin McCarthy (R- The European Journal of unborn children respond to defenseless—for those who CA) spoke on the House floor Anesthesiology describes how pain. will only be saved if we act to October 3 in favor of H.R. it is ‘critical’ to administer These children have noses, protect them. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn anesthesia during fetal eyes, and ears. You can hear We should care for the Child Protection Act, also surgery procedures. You their heartbeats and feel them marginalized—for those who referred to as Micah’s Law. know, a standard text on move. They are human. have their very humanity The Pain-Capable Unborn denied even as their noses, Last week I had the pleasure Child Protection Act—I like to eyes, ears, heartbeats, and of meeting a young boy named call it Micah’s Law—is called every movement are visible Micah Pickering. He was cute what it is because children like testaments of their life. and shy. And, as young boys Micah feel pain. Those children These children need love. often are, he’d give me a high- are strong, just like Micah is Their mothers need love. Let’s five, play around, and run where strong. And those children end the pain. These children are everybody had to catch him. should be protected. suffering, so let’s end the pain. Now, he gave me this bracelet. Now, I have to admit, These children want to live, so You see it says, ‘Miracles for Madame Speaker, across let’s end their pain. Micah.’ the aisle I sometimes hear Micah is a beautiful kid. And You know what? He is a beautiful speeches filled with there are millions of Micahs miracle, and he is strong. He compassion for the voiceless, who will never smile. Micahs was born prematurely at only the defenseless, and the who will never walk. Micahs 20 weeks. He spent the first 128 marginalized. They are trying who will never scrape their days of his life in a neonatal to speak for those who can’t knees and get into trouble. intensive care unit. Though he speak for themselves. But what Micahs who will never learn could fit in the palm of your about Micah? What about the to read. Micahs who will never hand, his parents couldn’t hold thousands of others like him fall in love and have children House Majority Leader him at first. His skin was so Kevin McCarthy killed the same age he was of their own. Micahs who will sensitive; the slightest touch born? What about the millions never have the chance to tell could cause little Micah intense human development, Patten’s who were never given a chance? their mother and father, ‘I love pain. Foundations of Embryology, Look into Micah’s face—I you.’ It didn’t matter where he was, shows how the basics of the think we all should—and tell We will never know these if he was in that intensive care nervous system are formed me he isn’t human. Look at him Micahs. Our lives our poorer unit or if he was still waiting for by week four. Doctor Ronald when he was born and tell me because their lives were cut that expected date to be born, Brusseau of Boston’s Children’s that child doesn’t have a right short. But there are more. he could feel, and he wanted to Hospital wrote that by week to live. Instead of pain—instead of live. 18, children have developed We should care for the pain—we should fill them with The fact is, children at 20 sensory receptors for pain. Two voiceless—for those whose love. weeks feel pain. Science independent studies in 2006 cries of pain are never heard. 14 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org The “other” abortion clinics that perform 2/3rds of all abortions By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRL Director of Education & Research

When it comes to abortion Performing the bulk of means is made clear by an Parenthood abortion clinic clinics, the big name has always America’s later abortions accompanying chart. The chart doesn’t typically do. been Planned Parenthood, There is not a whole lot more shows that more than half of There were over a hundred easily the nation’s largest in the way of statistics. The the abortions performed at 10 Planned Parenthood clinics abortion chain, performing 35% bulk of the report is devoted to weeks gestation or more are doing abortions at 14 weeks of all abortions in the United arguing why the “indies” are performed at the independent or more as recently as 2013, States. But that still leaves so important and ought to be clinics. That figure jumps to as well as more than a dozen about two thirds of abortions performing abortions at 20 unaccounted for. Who are those weeks at that time. But that other guys who snuff out the still leaves quite a few others lives of hundreds of thousands that PPFA does not abort. of babies each year? Absent the independent Tired of being in Planned clinics, authors of the report Parenthood’s long shadow and say, “access to abortion in a obviously not entirely happy clinic setting after 16 weeks that they don’t have the slick gestation would be diminished marketing or the big budget by 76 percent, and access after of the abortion giant, several 19 weeks would be nearly non- of the nation’s self-identified existent.” “independent abortion clinics” They want more money, (they call themselves “indies”) funding, insurance coverage have joined together as the One of the report’s many “Abortion Care Network” to complaints is that state funding issue a report on their work titled limits keep them from being “Communities Need Clinics: adequately reimbursed, The Role of Independent particularly when it comes to Abortion Care Providers in later abortions. Ensuring Meaningful Access The authors are upset that to Abortion Care in the United federal funds can only be States.” used in cases of rape or life That report can be found endangerment and that 33 at: abortioncarenetwork.org/ different states prohibit state wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ Medicaid funds from covering CommunitiesNeedClinics2017. abortion except in those pdf circumstances. To make things According to the report, worse, they point out that half “independent abortion care the states ban abortion coverage providers” comprise 25% of in their Affordable Care Act the abortion facilities in the (ObamaCare) Marketplace country but perform 60% plans. of the abortions in the U.S. Even in the 15 states that do (Besides the 35% performed allow state Medicaid money to by Planned Parenthood, the appreciated and funded rather 68% for abortions 10-16 weeks, cover abortion costs (two other report says 4% are performed than regulated or closed. The 76% for those at 16-19 weeks, states, Arizona and Illinois, the in hospitals and 1% in authors take pains to point out 87% of those at 19-22 weeks, authors say, legally could, but physician’s offices.) Another that “The majority of clinics and 96% of those at 23 weeks don’t), “reimbursement rates way of saying it, they want providing abortion care at or more. [1] are low and often do not come us to know that “3 in 5 people every stage of pregnancy are In other words, they want who have an abortion get care independent abortion clinics.” to clarify that are the they See “Other,” page 35 from independent abortion What this turn of phrase “at ones doing the later abortions care providers.” every stage of pregnancy” that your standard Planned www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 15 The coat hanger is a lie Why the “back-alley abortion” argument for legalized abortion doesn’t succeed By Paul Stark

The image of a coat hanger innocent human being,” writes anything within reason that had abortion and suffer high has long served as a symbol Princeton ethicist Peter Singer, to be done was permissible. maternal mortality rates and to of the importance of legalized a defender of abortion. “The What do honest statistics other countries (such as most abortion. But that symbol is fact that restricting access to reveal? The incidence of in Europe and North America) based on a lie. abortion has tragic side effects maternal mortality—and that permit abortion and boast Before the U.S. Supreme does not, in itself, show that abortion-related mortality low mortality. They infer Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, the restrictions are unjustified,” specifically—declined from this correlation that laws which legalized abortion adds philosopher Mary Anne dramatically through the against abortion cause a high nationwide, many advocates Warren, who also supports middle part of the 20th century incidence of maternal death. of legalization claimed that But that’s a fallacy. thousands of women died each The highest-mortality nations year by undergoing dangerous are developing countries with abortions, sometimes poor maternal health care; performed in back alleys or the lowest-mortality nations using coat hangers. Today, are developed countries with abortion defenders warn that advanced maternal health bans or even modest restrictions care. This is true irrespective on abortion could lead to more of abortion policy. Some deaths. Legal and accessible countries, for example, permit abortion, they say, ensures the abortion and have high rates health and safety of women. of mortality because their Every death or injury is a health care system is poor. tragedy we should seek to Other countries prohibit most prevent. The abortion, “since murder due to antibiotics and other abortions and have very low argument, however, suffers is wrong regardless of the medical advances. By 1960, rates of maternal death (often from both a justice problem consequences of prohibiting Dr. Mary Calderone, Planned lower than that of the U.S.). and an evidence problem. it.” Parenthood’s medical director, These countries include Chile, concluded that “abortion, Ireland, Poland, Malta, the The justice problem The evidence problem whether therapeutic or illegal, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, First, if abortion is unjust, Second, empirical evidence is in the main no longer and Lebanon. then the dangers of choosing shows that laws against dangerous.” This steep drop The evidence from both the to participate in the injustice abortion do not have the in deaths occurred before the U.S. and around the world is are not a very good reason to terrible consequences that the 1973 legalization of abortion, clear. Legalized abortion is make it legal. No one would back-alley argument alleges. which had no apparent effect demonstrably unnecessary to say, “Society should authorize Dr. Bernard Nathanson, the on mortality rates. have an excellent standard of the killing of children so NARAL co-founder who “[T]he data suggest,” women’s health. that parents don’t have to helped lead the effort to legalize observes Joseph Dellapenna, jeopardize their own safety abortion, later acknowledged author of the most definitive We can protect both when they decide to get rid that his movement’s claims work of U.S. abortion history, Of course, we should never of their children.” Children about the number of deaths “that there have been as many minimize the horror of any are valuable human beings from illegal abortion were maternal deaths in the United pregnant woman’s death from who have human rights. They wildly inaccurate: States annually from legal an abortion. Nor, however, deserve protection under the I confess that I knew the abortions (estimates range should we ignore the deaths law. If human beings in utero figures [5,000-10,000 maternal from 15 to 35 per year) as there of nearly one million unborn are also valuable members deaths per year] were totally were maternal deaths from children in the U.S. each year. of the human family, then false, and I suppose the others illegal abortions in the years There’s no such thing as a they too deserve protection, did too if they stopped to think immediately before Roe v. “safe” abortion. regardless of the risks some of it. But in the “morality” of Wade was decided.” We can protect the right people might assume by trying our revolution, it was a useful Those who offer the unsafe to life of all human beings, to kill them. figure, widely accepted, so why abortion argument frequently including unborn children, and The back-alley argument, go out of our way to correct appeal to examples outside of safeguard the health of women therefore, “fails to meet the it with honest statistics? The the United States. They point at the same time. That’s what a [pro-life] claim that abortion overriding concern was to to some countries (such as just and compassionate society is the deliberate killing of an get the laws eliminated, and many in Africa) that prohibit ought to do. 16 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org Stem cells derived from the umbilical cords of newborn babies show promise in repairing damaged hearts By Dave Andrusko

In a first-of-its-kind study ethical concerns that divided 30 patients – Prentice emphasized that published in Circulation embryonic stem cells aged between 18 and “Unlike embryonic stem cells, Research, an American Heart do, and are not likely 75 – into two small adult stem cells continue Association journal, researchers to elicit a negative groups: one received to show their ability to from Universidad de los Andes immune response. treatment, and the other successfully treat numerous in Chile found that stem cells received a placebo. conditions, all without killing derived from the umbilical cords Sandoiu’s conclusion was Patients who received the stem cell donor.” Adult of newborn babies may lead to seconded by Dr. David Prentice, a single injection of stem cells transplants, he said repairs in damaged hearts and Vice President and Research mesenchymal stem remain the only improvements in heart muscle. successful use of stem “We are encouraged by our cells for patients, findings because they could as documented by pave the way to a non-invasive, hundreds of published, promising new therapy for a peer-reviewed scientific group of patients who face grim articles. Adult stem odds,” said Fernando Figueroa, cells can be isolated one of the authors of the study from many different and a medicine professor at the tissues, including bone University de los Andes. marrow, blood, muscle, “In heart failure, the heart’s fat, and umbilical cord muscles weaken and can no blood, and isolating the longer pump blood adequately adult stem cells from throughout the body,” explained tissues of a patient or Ana Sandoiu for Medical News a healthy donor does Today not require harming Worryingly, the or destroying the adult threat of heart failure is stem cell donor. increasing among people in the United States; The authors concluded that the number of people the treatment was “feasible and affected is currently set safe,” and that it “resulted in a at 6.5 million, and this significant improvement in left is expected to rise by 46 ventricular function, functional percent by the year 2030. status, and quality of life.” The authors of the “These findings suggest [that new study note that the intervention] could have an previous research has impact on clinical outcomes, already looked into supporting further testing through the potential of stem large clinical trials,” they add. cells derived from bone Illustration of the heart In its press release, the Credit: Image courtesy of American Heart Association marrow for treating American Heart Association heart failure, but they observed, “Despite medical say that umbilical cord- Director of the Charlotte Lozier cells, a type of adult advances, half of patients derived stem cells have Institute, who also explained stem cell, isolated from diagnosed with heart failure never been examined. more about the research. umbilical cords, showed will die within five years These are a more “This is just the latest study significant and long- of diagnosis, according to desirable avenue that shows effectiveness of lasting improvement in Figueroa. If affirmed in larger for treatment, the adult stem cells in treating the ability of their heart studies, these findings could authors add, as they damaged hearts,” he told NRL to pump blood and their provide a promising new are more accessible, News Today. overall health. treatment option for a condition do not pose any of the This controlled study As he does routinely, Dr. that currently has few.” www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 17 President Trump tells pro-life audience he has kept this promises By Dave Andrusko

In a speech to the 2017 Values which day we made official,” extremely important to the rights of conscience with regard Voter Summit frequently Mr. Trump added. right-to-life movement to to abortion.” punctuated by loud applause, In addition, “We have also protect medical professionals, In stark contrast under President Donald Trump laid taken action to protect the religious institutions and President Obama’s out a litany of promises that he conscience rights of groups like employers from being forced administration, pro-abortion said he had made and kept. the Little Sisters of the Poor.” to participate in abortion,” said forces not only put increasing “Some of those promises pressure on health care are to support and defend the providers to violate their Constitution. I appointed and moral convictions with regard confirmed a Supreme Court to abortion, but also backed Justice in the mold of the late, efforts to force employers, great Justice Antonin Scalia, the including religious institutions newest member of the Supreme and organizations that object to Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch,” abortion, to cover abortion in the President said to a standing their insurance plans. ovation at the Omni Shoreham Moreover, National Right Hotel in Washington, D.C. to Life congratulated the “To protect the unborn, I Trump administration for have reinstated a policy first reiterating that qualified health put in place by President plan issuers must segregate Ronald Reagan, the Mexico Pro-life President Donald Trump collected premiums to pay City Policy. (Applause.) “We for abortion coverage; that cherish the sacred dignity of enrollees be informed if every human life.” (Applause.) The President was alluding to NRLC President Carol Tobias. abortions are covered by a “To protect religious liberty, HHS’s announced interim final “We commend President Trump qualified health plan; and that including protecting groups rule changes to the ObamaCare for keeping his campaign HHS intends to fully enforce like this one, I signed a new and HHS coverage mandate promises by supporting these these requirements as a step executive action in a beautiful that would protect moral and rights of conscience. These toward ensuring that federal tax ceremony at the White House religious rights of conscience. rule changes will help promote dollars are not used to subsidize on our National Day of Prayer “Rights of conscience are a policy that protects pro-life coverage for elective abortion. 18 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org Decades after baby’s birth, fetal cells “come to a mother’s rescue” By Dave Andrusko

As we noted in the story Szabo’s lead is extremely Diego, by Louise McCullough, restore blood flow to on page 16, researchers from clever: director of stroke research at the injured brain. Universidad de los Andes in “Many moms carry the University of Connecticut “What scientists Chile found that stem cells photos of their children Health Center. don’t yet know, is derived from the umbilical cords in their wallets. The crux of the story is that whether the fetal cells of newborn babies may lead to “Yet mothers may be the fetal cells that remain in the were clustered around repairs in damaged hearts and surprised to learn that mother mouse’s body appear to the stroke site by improvements in heart muscle. they’re also carrying act like stem cells when they coincidence, or if they Lesson? While there is some of their children’s race to repair damage caused by really were acting like endless media hype for the stem cells attempting “potential” benefits of stem to regenerate tissue. cells harvested from unborn McCullough presented babies, in fact, adult stem cells her research in from bone marrow, umbilical abstract form. She has cords, blood, nasal cells–even not yet published the fat cells–are being used to full paper in a peer- improve health and save lives, reviewed journal.” all without harming the stem cell donor. Other scientists, working And right now. independently, have seen I’d like to revisit a story I similar behavior in mice with posted a while ago because it heart failure. Szabo writes is such a nice twist. Instead of “The mice who killing unborn babies for their recovered best were stem cells, which have not ones in which fetal helped anyone, this story talked cells integrated into about something widely known their heart tissue, in the scientific community, says [V.K.] Gadi, but news to most laypeople: who wasn’t involved years—even decades—after a in McCullough’s mother delivers her baby, some research. In a study in Fetal cells carried by moms after they give birth may provide stem cells of the fetal cells will remain in to help the body repair some damage. humans, researchers her body. (Photo: Andersen Ross Getty Images) found maternal cells To be clear these fetal at work in a diabetic cells, which are some of the cells, years or even a stroke in the mother’s body. child, apparently developing baby’s cells, are decades after the end of This raises intriguing (but as trying to repair insulin- not necessarily stem cells, but a pregnancy. And while yet still unclear) possibilities. producing cells, he are adaptable in their ability a baby photo can melt McCullough studied how says. to grow and repair tissues. a mother’s heart, the fetal cells operated in the Naturally, others are We’ve carried stories about this cells her child leaves mother mouse who had suffered examining what role fetal cells phenomenon previously. behind in her blood a stroke. Within three days, may play in diseases such as One from Liz Szabo writing may actually heal it, they clustered around the area cancer. in USA Today was particularly emerging research of the stroke. Szabo writes Szabo raises another helpful. It brought additional suggests.” “But these fetal fascinating possibility. That, breadth and depth to our cells were more like stem cells, “Fetal cells understanding of the ability of Or, as she puts it later, “[T] than bystanders, appear able to change into these fetal cells to “come to he fetal cells left behind in McCullough says. whatever specific type of cell is a mother’s rescue” in a story women’s bodies are more than They also began needed, McCullough says. So whose sub-headline reads, mementos.” dividing and giving fetal cells in a mother with liver “New study in mice shows that Szabo’s story begins with a rise to the types of damage could transform into fetal cells carried by moms after discussion of a paper delivered cells that line blood liver cells.” they give birth may actually at the American Heart vessel walls, as if Very amazing stuff. provide stem cells to help the Association’s International trying to form new body repair some damage.” Stroke Conference in San blood vessels to www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 19 National Right to Life praises U.S. House passage of legislation to protect pain-capable unborn children

WASHINGTON – With would generally extend legal – these babies are highlighting, that the support of a vast majority protection to unborn humans capable of feeling pain where this bill is not of House Republicans, and beginning at 20 weeks fetal and are considered by law, it is legal to kill due to the pro-life dedication age, based on congressional the medical profession these very developed of the House Republican findings that by that point (and to be a second patient. unborn children.“ leadership, the U.S. House of even earlier) the unborn child This legislation has Representatives on October 3 National Right to Life’s passed landmark legislation, “Key Points on the Federal 237-189, to extend federal Pain-Capable Unborn protections to unborn children Child Protection Act (H.R. who have reached 20 weeks 36)” is available at: www. fetal age, and those who are nrlc.org/uploads/fetalpain/ born alive during late abortions. KeyPointsOnPCUPA.pdf The bill is based on model In a nationwide poll of 1,623 legislation developed by registered voters in November National Right to Life in 2010, 2014, the Quinnipiac and enacted thus far in 16 states. University Poll found that 60% “This bill would save would support a law such as thousands of unborn babies the Pain-Capable Unborn Child annually from terribly painful Protection Act prohibiting deaths,” said Carol Tobias, abortion after 20 weeks, president of National Right while only 33% opposed such to Life. “It is now clear that legislation. the overwhelming majority Women voters split 59%-35% of House Democrats believe in support of such a law, while that painfully dismembering independent voters supported it babies, in the sixth month 56%-36%. and later, is just fine – now Some of the extensive let them try to explain that to evidence that unborn children their constituents.” have the capacity to experience The Pain-Capable Unborn has the capacity to experience saved lives, driving out pain, at least by 20 weeks Child Protection Act has great pain during an abortion. abortionists from states fetal age, is available on the been among the right-to-life Jennifer Popik, J.D., performing abortions NRLC website at www.nrlc. movement’s top congressional legislative director for National on these babies. And org/abortion/fetalpain and also priorities for the 115th Right to Life, added, this legislation has the here: www.doctorsonfetalpain. Congress. Like the state bills, “These are very power to speak to the com. the proposed federal law developed babies people of this country, 20 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org Mom, why didn’t you kill me, too, asks 3 year old sister of aborted sibling By Sarah Terzo

Editor’s note. The following “When my mom why she killed my me. My mom said she appeared at Clinic Quotes. picked me up that brother or sister and was in shock that her The quote itself comes from night I asked her why she didn’t kill 3-year-old would ask Teenbreaks.com. these questions. She answered them the best “When I was 3 years she could for me, and old I saw my mom on as I got older I learned TV. She was speaking more.” to a man about how she killed her baby This is the testimony of and regretted it. As Alex. She and her mom are she told her story and now pro-life speakers. how she became a pro- Even at three, Alex knew life speaker, I watched she’d lost a brother or sister. and listened. My Children pick up on things grandma didn’t think adults say, even things about I was old enough to abortion. understand. Director of Neurobiology on life beginning at conception By Sarah Terzo

Dr. Sean O’Reilly, Director of the Neurobiology Research Training Program at George Washington University:

“[T]here is nothing in the entire phenomenon of the transmission of life that deserves more to be called an event, scientifically speaking, that does fertilization. It is the natural and scientific boundary at which a new and genetically unique human individual can be said to begin his existence. We conclude, therefore, that by objective and scientific criteria the individual human being is a person throughout his [or her] entire biological development from conception, which is synonymous with fertilization, to natural death… Any other conclusion would be arbitrary, unsupportable by scientific fact or rational argument, divorced from objective reality, and based on a particular ideology, philosophy or creed.”

Direct report on S. 158 by Dr. Sean O’Reilly, dated July 2, 1981. Quoted on page 28 – 29 of Randall J Hekman, Justice for the Unborn (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Servant Books, 1984).

Editor’s note. This appeared at Clinic Quotes and is reposted with permission. www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 21 Bad News for Milwaukee’s Most Vulnerable By Amy Gehrke, Wisconsin Right to Life

The terrible news had broken beyond the pale. It is shocking Planned Parenthood always Wisconsin. The fact that money late on a Friday afternoon: that they blame Wisconsin’s follows the money — whether continues to flow through their Planned Parenthood would protective, pro-life laws for the it be from taxpayer’s wallets, doors is proof-positive they open a new, $8 million, state- closure of rural clinics while, gullible donors, or exploiting have no need for taxpayer of-the-art abortion facility at the same time, they build an women at the expense of their dollars. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on upscale clinic in Milwaukee’s children’s lives. Here in Wisconsin, the Tuesday, October 10th. Adding hot spot: The Third Ward. Within the last six years, number of abortions has been to this shocking news is the fact Planned Parenthood’s true Wisconsin Right to Life dropping steadily for years. In that the abortion giant is paying colors have been exposed once supported legislation signed fact, it has dropped 15% in the for the new killing center again: They don’t care about into law that directed a last three years alone, to an all- entirely with private donations. women. They care about cumulative $8 million away time low of 5,612 abortions in The new facility will be located money. from Planned Parenthood of 2016. Of course, that is 5,612 in Milwaukee’s trendy Third abortions too many, but the Ward, home to some of the city’s steady decline has shown that most expensive real estate. In our strategy of combining a addition, the 12,000-square-foot strong legislative agenda along clinic will feature an expanded with our powerful Veritas media waiting room, more exam and campaign targeting abortion- consultation rooms than their vulnerable women is working. existing Milwaukee facility, as Despite our success, Planned well as areas for women and Parenthood continues to be children. Children can relax and Enemy #1 to women and play in comfort while a little children everywhere. We will brother, sister, cousin, or friend continue to urge legislators to loses their life only a few feet completely defund the abortion away. giant. We will continue to fight Yet again, this leaves us with for laws that protect unborn just one question: Why does children and their mothers. We Planned Parenthood need will continue to educate society taxpayer money? regarding the truth about the The fact that Planned abortion industry so hearts and Parenthood continues to insist minds are changed to favor life. that they need taxpayer funding We will not stop until every while building an $8 million vulnerable member of our facility with private funds is society is protected. 22 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org Pennsylvania Planned Parenthood Fails Inspection After Inspection By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

“Care. No matter what.” that staff failed to inform the patient. (Rh-negative is a type the Planned Parenthood on That is a favorite slogan state of a serious incident in of blood group that does not Locust Street in Philadelphia of Planned Parenthood, the which a patient’s uterus was contain the Rh antigen in red also failed a building inspection nation’s largest abortion perforated. The patient was not blood cells.) Staff also failed in August, due, in part, to operation, which performs obstruction in the stairways. more than 320,000 abortions a These multiple violations at year. various Planned Parenthood But records from the facilities in Pennsylvania show Pennsylvania Department of that the abortion giant does not Health show that the abortion have an unblemished safety giant has failed inspection after record. Rather, numerous inspection since the beginning health and safety violations of the year. could potentially jeopardize the A March inspection of well-being of patients. a Planned Parenthood in These safety failures provide Harrisburg showed that yet more evidence why Planned the abortion center failed Parenthood should not be to maintain a sanitary receiving our hard-earned environment. taxpayer dollars. It would be An April inspection of far better to redirect those a Planned Parenthood in transported to a hospital, but to remove expired medications funds to federally qualified Warminster revealed that did later up in an emergency from an emergency kit. health centers which provide the abortion operation failed room hemorrhaging. The Planned Parenthood of comprehensive care to women, to ensure that emergency An August inspection at Western Pennsylvania failed including Mammograms– equipment was available a Planned Parenthood in inspection in August, when it something that no Planned in case a patient had to be Allentown revealed the facility was cited for building violations Parenthood in the country resuscitated. A follow-up failed to administer Immune which could have threatened the provides. inspection in August showed Globulin to an Rh-negative safety of patients. Meanwhile, www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 23 Now is the time to end the cruel pain of late abortions on helpless babies By Carol Tobias, President, National Right to Life Committee

Editor’s note. The following Kanwaljeet “Sunny” Anand Anand wrote, “It is my opinion perceived by a is remarks were delivered at a and Colleen Malloy. that the human fetus possesses possibly more intense than that press conference with Senator In a 10-page report submitted the ability to experience pain perceived by term newborns or Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), to a federal court and accepted from 20 weeks of gestation, older children.” other bill Sponsors, and as expert testimony, Prof. if not earlier, and the pain Dr. Anand does not wish to pro-life leaders to formally be drawn into the abortion introduce the Pain-Capable debate but his testimony Unborn Child Protection Act in stands. the Senate. Dr. Malloy, of Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Good morning! I am Carol Medicine, has testified before Tobias, president of National committees in both the House Right to Life, the national and Senate. She stated, “There federation of state right-to-life is ample biologic, physiologic, organizations. I am proud to hormonal, and behavioral stand here today with Senator evidence for fetal and neonatal Graham to offer our strong pain.… Many authors have support for the Pain-Capable substantiated that pain Unborn Child Protection Act. receptors are present and linked It is common to read in by no later than 20 weeks post articles about this legislation fertilization.” that unborn children do not Advocates of abortion try have the capacity to experience to deny that unborn children pain at 20 weeks fetal age. killed in late abortions feel Those kinds of claims ignore pain, but they are the ones the facts. dabbling in “junk science.” There is a large body Now is the time to end the of evidence that includes cruel pain of late abortions on testimony from such experts helpless babies. on fetal pain as Professors NRLC President Carol Tobias Thank you. 24 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org Deniers of the link between Abortion and Breast Cancer ignore the wave of new evidence from South Asia By Joel Brind, Ph.D.

Naomi Elster, described as and challenge the reader to use they did not mention abortion at a particularly good opportunity a scientist and a volunteer for common sense and reason. all. to measure the ABC link. the Abortion Rights Campaign, To begin with, this study Elster But by 2013, a Chinese In the 20 studies that have says, “It’s time to talk about the cites was published in 2004–13 research team headed by Dr. been published which address pseudoscience corrupting the years ago! Time has not stood Yubei Huang published a meta- the ABC link—all within in the .” (The ARC is still. Millions of abortions have analysis [1] of 36 recent studies last decade—the average risk an Irish coalition organized to been performed since that time in mainland China. The team increase for breast cancer is make abortion legal on demand (as well as decades before), and documented a 44% increase in 150%! With a mortality rate of in Ireland.) millions of cases of breast cancer breast cancer risk among those about 50% for breast cancer in I couldn’t agree more. cases have been diagnosed with one or more abortions –up South Asia (compared to about The real question is, of 20% in the West), that means course, who’s peddling the that literally millions of women pseudoscience? can be expected to die of breast Elster certainly claims that cancer there in the coming major authorities—specifically decades, because they had one naming the WHO—are on or more abortions. her side, i.e., “that having an Recall that Elster cited “a abortion does not increase breast huge analysis of more than 50 cancer risk.” Plus, she cites her separate research studies” that own “background in breast supposedly showed no ABC cancer research.” link. But not one of the more than So for those who have a 50 separate research studies in genuine interest in getting China and South Asia that were beyond the perennial credentials much more recently published battle to actually know the truth, were included. (There are quite I guess I’ll just have to double a few other recent studies in down on appealing to common the Mideast, Central Asia and sense, including the common worldwide since then as well. to an 89% increased risk with elsewhere, which have also been sense of biology. Therefore I must ask of those those with 3 or more abortions. published in the last few years). To be clear the only actual who are on my side, who insist That’s even more than the I wonder if Ms. Elster would scientific evidence Elster cites that there is a link between average 30% risk increase with dispute any of these even more is “a huge analysis of more than having an induced abortion and abortion that my colleagues and compelling facts about the ABC 50 separate research studies increasing the risk of having I at Penn State Medical College link. But I suspect she cannot with a total of 83,000 breast breast cancer (the ABC link), documented in our 1996 meta- hear me, being stuck in her cancer patients and survivors” should we then not be witnessing analysis of worldwide studies up time machine, parked in denial (that) found “no evidence” of an a worldwide explosion in breast to that point. And in China, with around 2004. abortion-breast cancer link. cancer incidence since 2004? almost all abortions done after I could go on at considerable Would this not be especially a woman has her first child, the [1] A meta-analysis is a study length to critique this fatally evident in places where abortion effect on breast cancer risk on that pools the results of many flawed “collaborative has skyrocketed, such as China breast cancer risk is still muted. studies, thus increasing the reanalysis” by Valerie Beral et and South Asia over the last few That’s because another well overall statistical power to find al. (as I have done many times decades? (Remember breast known fact is that a woman’s or strengthen a significant result. before, including in NRL News cancer often takes 20 years to breasts are more vulnerable Today). But when most people show up following an event that to cancer-causing influences Editor’s note. Joel Brind, see or hear that it was done by may trigger it, such as abortion.) before she has her first child. Ph.D. is a Professor of Human researchers at Oxford University In fact, we are witnessing just Now, my group from the Breast Biology and Endocrinology at and published in the Lancet (one such an explosion. Cancer Prevention Institute is Baruch College, City University of the premier medical journals In 2008, a high profile about to publish a meta-analysis of New York. He is co-founder in the world), they stop reading group of scientists wrote in of studies done on women in of the Breast Cancer Prevention or listening (or thinking). It the prestigious Journal of the South Asia (India, Pakistan, Institute, Somerville, NJ, and MUST be true. National Cancer Institute: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka). As I a frequent contributor to NRL So I’ll just stick to facts that “China is on the cusp of a breast have recently discussed here News Today and National Right are absolutely not in dispute cancer epidemic.” Interestingly, previously, South Asia provides to Life News. www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 25 WashPost: True–US 1 of Only 7 Countries with Elective Abortions Past 20 Weeks By Katie Yoder

The pro-life movement is Anthony List. it seemed extreme for with this talking point. correct in saying most countries Ye Hee Lee confirmed that just seven countries Still, we did not find the restrict abortion more than the numbers were right. out of 198 to allow caveats rise to the level the United States. Even The “This one seemed a bit elective abortions after of One Pinocchio. Washington Post admits it. surprising, so we looked into 20 weeks of pregnancy. We award the elusive On October 9 the Post investigated “Is the United States one of seven countries that ‘allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy?’” While fact checker Michelle Ye Hee Lee initially found the statistic cited by the Trump administration “dubious,” she stressed that the claim was “backed by data.” The fact check came after it,” she wrote. “And it turned But upon further Geppetto Checkmark the Trump administration out, it’s backed by data,” digging, the data back when a factoid announced support for the including, she said, information up the claim. We should surprisingly turns out to Pain-Capable Unborn Child from groups that support note that some of the be true, as in this case.” Protection Act, a media- abortion. seven countries allow [Emphasis added.] censored bill banning abortion Citing the institute’s research, abortions after 20 weeks, after 20 weeks. The bill passed she listed the seven countries but ban it after 24 weeks. According to the Post, the the House and was introduced that allow abortion without And other countries have “prized” Geppetto Checkmark in the Senate Oct. 5. restriction: Canada, China, no federal limits, but stands for “statements and Following the House vote, Netherlands, North Korea, legislate at the state or claims that contain “the truth, Ye Hee Lee revealed that a Singapore, the United States provincial level, similar the whole truth, and nothing but “dramatic statistic” cited by the and Vietnam. to the United States. the truth. Trump administration caught She pointed to some “minor Further, what is In the past, Ye Hee Lee her attention. caveats,” including “the fact telling that research has explored other abortion “7 out of 198 nations allow that elective abortion is legal from both sides of the statistics, such as in 2015. When elective abortions after 20 in a certain country does not reproductive rights Planned Parenthood claimed weeks of pregnancy,” a press mean all the women there have debate confirm this that abortion consisted of only release from the White House access to abortion services or to figure. It’s not easy 3% of its services, she called supporting the 20-week clinics.” But the statement, she to boil down complex the number “misleading.” abortion ban read. The number stressed, still held true. abortion laws in a cross- originally came from the He Yee Lee concluded: comparative manner like Editor’s note. This appeared Charlotte Lozier Institute, the This statistic seemed this, and there are some at Newsbusters and is reposted research arm of the Susan B. dubious at first, because minor caveats associated with permission. 26 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org Babies Not Only Die but Suffer Excruciating Pain during Dismemberment Abortion

Editor’s note. These are Supreme Court’s 2000 Stenberg In an expert report prepared Judiciary Committee, said: excerpts from the remarks v. Carhart decision, Justice for the U.S. Justice Department, “When we speak of infants at 20 of Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) Kennedy observed that in D&E Dr. Kanwaljeet S. Anand, a weeks post-fertilization we no delivered October 3 during dismemberment abortions, pediatrician specializing in the longer have to rely on inferences House debate on the Pain- “The fetus, in many cases, dies care of critically ill newborns or ultrasound imagery, because Capable Unborn Child just as a human adult or child and children who has conducted such premature patients are Protection Act. would: It bleeds to death as it is intensive research of pain and kicking, moving and reacting torn limb from limb. The fetus stress in the human newborn and developing right before our Overwhelming majorities of can be alive at the beginning and fetus said: “…the human eyes in the neonatal intensive Americans—some 60%-64% care unit.” according to pollsters—support Dr. Malloy went on to say, legal protection for pain- “in today’s medical arena, we capable unborn children. resuscitate patients at this age Today we know that unborn and are able to witness their babies not only die but suffer ex-utero growth.” She says “I excruciating pain during could never imagine subjecting dismemberment abortion—a my tiny patients to horrific cruelty that rips arms and legs procedures such as those that off a helpless child. involve limb detachment or A former abortionist, Dr. cardiac injection” Anthony Levatino, testified In an undercover video before Congress that he had released by David Daleidan, performed 1,200 abortions— a Planned Parenthood over 100 late-term abortions up Medical Director explains to 24 weeks. that before beginning a late Dr. Levatino described what abortion she completes a the abortionist actually does to clinical documentation form the helpless child. “Imagine if that says “I intend to utilize you can that you are a pro-choice dismemberment techniques for obstetrician/gynecologist like this procedure.” I was.” Using a Sopher 13” of the dismemberment process fetus possesses the ability to Notice the words– clamp with rows of ridges or and can survive for a time experience pain from 20 weeks “dismemberment techniques”– teeth, “grasp anything you can” while its limbs are being torn gestation, if not earlier, and the in order to “extract the fetus in inside the womb. off.” Justice Kennedy added pain perceived by the fetus is multiple parts.” “Once you’ve grasped in the Court’s 2007 opinion in possibly more intense than that But seriously, we’ve known something inside, squeeze on Gonzales v. Carhart that D&E perceived by term newborns or much of this for years. In 2006 I the clamp to set the jaws and abortions are “laden with the older children…” authored the Unborn Child Pain pull hard—really hard. You power to devalue human life…” Why? Dr. Anand points out Awareness Act that garnered feel something let go and out Even if pain wasn’t present, that “the highest density of 250 votes in favor—including pops a fully formed leg about dismembering a child is pain receptors per square inch 40 Democrats—to 162 against. six inches long. Reach in again violence against children and of skin in human development I remember thinking on the and grasp anything you can… inhumane. But these babies occurs in utero from 20 to 30 day of the vote: “how can and out pops an arm.” He noted actually suffer. weeks gestation…Thus, a fetus anyone vote to refuse to make that “a second trimester D&E Dr. Robert White, professor at 20 to 32 weeks of gestation child pain information part of abortion is a blind procedure.” of neurosurgery at Case would experience a much more informed consent?” He said, “Reach in again and Western Reserve University, intense pain than older infants Congressman Trent Franks has again with that clamp and tear said an unborn child at 20 or children or adults.” authored four extraordinarily out the spine, intestines, heart weeks gestation “is fully Dr. Colleen Malloy, important bills over the years and lungs.” capable of experiencing pain… assistant professor, Division Madame Speaker, even U.S. without question, (abortion) of Neonatology at the Supreme Court Justice Kennedy is a dreadfully painful Northwestern University, in See “Suffer,” page 27 gets it. In his dissent to the U.S. experience…” her testimony before the House www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 27 Babies Not Only Die but Suffer Excruciating Pain during Dismemberment Abortion From page 26 to actually protect pain-capable the child born alive shall be technology and medical science in a decade—will be the new babies in federal law from the immediately transported and advance. Micah Pickering is a standard of care for extremely violence of abortion including admitted to the hospital.” healthy 5 year old today. He premature infants. Building a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Sixteen states have enacted was born prematurely at 20 bridge between the mother’s Protection Acts that passed pain-capable unborn child weeks and was the size of this womb and the outside world, the House of Representatives laws that closely parallel the M&M candy bag. Micah is the the artificial wombs provide in 2013 and again in 2015. bill before us today. These face of the pro-life movement. a soft, sterile, fluid filled Tragically, President Obama include Ohio, Texas, Nebraska, That is why the bill before us environment for the child to vowed to veto this child Idaho, Oklahoma, Alabama, today is “Micah’s Law.” continue to grow. protection legislation and the The babies we seek to protect Senate failed to even pass it. from harm today may survive However, should the House if treated humanely, with pass HR 36 today and if expertise and compassion—not the Senate passes it as well, the cruelty of the abortion. President Trump has said he 4 years ago, Pennsylvania would sign it. abortion doctor Kermit Not only will babies be Gosnell was convicted of protected by federal law at five murder, conspiracy to kill and months and the pain suffered by involuntary manslaughter and these babies averted, but H.R. sentenced to life imprisonment. 36 requires that a late abortion Even though the news of permitted under limited Gosnell’s child slaughter was circumstances provide the “best largely suppressed by the opportunity for the unborn child mainstream media, many of to survive” and that “a second my colleagues may remember physician trained in neonatal that Dr. Gosnell operated a resuscitation” be “present and large Philadelphia abortion prepared to provide care to a clinic where women died child” to the same degree as the and countless babies were Born-Alive Infants Protection dismembered or chemically Act of 2002. Georgia, Louisiana, Arkansas, A recent study of nearly 5,000 destroyed often by having Thus, “any health care North Dakota, South Dakota, babies published in the New their spinal cords snipped—all practitioner present at the time West Virginia, Wisconsin, England Journal of Medicine gruesome procedures causing shall humanely exercise the South Carolina, Kentucky and confirmed that nearly a quarter excruciating pain to the victim. same degree of professional Kansas. of the premature babies born at The Pain-Capable Unborn skill, care, and diligence to Madame Speaker, I 22 weeks survived. (Let me note Child Protection Act, Micah’s preserve the life and health respectfully ask that my that the 22 weeks gestational Law, is needed now more of the child as a reasonably colleagues respect unborn age referred to in the study is than ever because there are diligent and conscientious children as our nation’s littlest equivalent to 20 weeks fetal Gosnells all over America, health care practitioner would patients who like any other age using the age dating system dismembering and decapitating render to a child born alive at patient may need diagnosis and employed by H.R. 36). pain-capable babies for profit. the same gestational age in the benign interventions to treat Researchers at Children’s The bill protects kids from course of a natural birth.” disability or disease. Hospital of Philadelphia preventable pain—and death. Moreover, “following the And preemies are surviving (CHOP) are developing a care required to be rendered… earlier and healthier as technology that they hope— 28 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org How Many Women are at Risk from Shoddy Abortion Centers? By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

The closing of the Hillcrest It seems fair to say that if within Hillcrest’s walls before at risk because abortion centers Women’s Medical Center in Hillcrest were a diner, it would the safeguard became law. are not sufficiently regulated in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has have been forced to close down The law grew out of the their states? How many other to be a relief to the women immediately, without a seven recommendations of the grand casualties have resulted from who submitted Google reviews month window of opportunity jury in the case extreme pro-abortion policies condemning the abortion center to jeopardize the health of more in West Philadelphia. Gosnell, that place the holy grail of as uncivilized and unsafe. customers. a long-time abortionist, is now abortion above women’s health Consider the words of Kaylee, We also really don’t serving consecutive life terms and safety? who wrote, “They just wanted know how long Hillcrest your money. & I gotta live with compromised women’s safety, my mistake I made everyday. because no abortion centers in hearing that machine… Seeing Pennsylvania were inspected other (babies’) blood… I just for more than 15 years. The wanted to tell my story so inspection blackout was the hopefully people who see this result of the pro-abortion do not go there.” policies of former Governors In February, during an Tom Ridge (a Republican) and inspection of the long- Ed Rendell (a Democrat) who standing abortion center, state feared that inspecting abortion health department regulators centers would, in fact, lead to uncovered 44 pages worth of their closures and therefore health and safety violations– decrease access to abortion. everything from supplies dating Once Pennsylvania’s back 13 years to staff members common sense abortion center who had failed to undergo regulation law went into in connection with the killing The closing of Hillcrest routine criminal background effect several years ago, state of three full-term babies. He is is obviously a victory for checks. regulators cited Hillcrest for also serving time as a result of women in Pennsylvania. But, But it was not until mid- violations four times in six the death of a female immigrant wherever abortion facilities September when Hillcrest gave years. With that kind of track patient, Karnamaya Mongar, operate loosely regulated or not up its license to do abortions in record, one wonders how whose death was entirely regulated at all, female patients the Commonwealth and shut its many women were sickened, preventable. are being treated as second- doors for good. maimed, or otherwise harmed How many other women are class citizens. www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 29 The problem with pro-abortion philosophy By Josie Luetke

In a You Tube video published At the time of writing, explain why her argument, mistakes – the conflation of on July 25, as part of a series the video has over 700,000 which hinged upon defining the killing and letting die, the called “Philosophy Time,” views and over twice as many moral community around traits neglect of the special parent- featuring actor James Franco dislikes as likes. If you want like consciousness, reasoning, child relationship, the purpose and his friend Eliot Michaelson, a laugh, check out the highly etc., did not justify infanticide. of one’s kidney vs. one’s uterus Princeton University critical comments section. She could only say that – and implies that in situations philosophy professor Liz where a child is left in the Harman tries to justify the view care of an adult without the that early-stage abortions are adult’s consent, the adult would morally neutral. have the “right to refuse” Her argument, in a nutshell, this responsibility if it would is this: If a fetus does not have constitute a great burden, even moral status, it is not wrong if it means killing the child. to abort it. If a fetus does not My point is that while have a future, it does not have disagreements over first moral status. If a fetus will principles may be difficult to be aborted, it does not have a resolve, generally speaking, future. Therefore, if a fetus will your average fellow on the be aborted, it does not have street, whether he knows it or moral status. Therefore, if a not, has the same first principles fetus will be aborted, it is not Eliot Michaelson and actor James Franco as pro-lifers – a belief in human wrong to abort it. rights and their universality. Harman tells Franco and “So what’s her consensus on infanticide would usually be Pro-choice intellectuals like Michaelson that they did have a failed abortion?” asks one wrong (provided that there are Harman, Warren, Singer,and moral status as because commentator. Another: “I others willing and able to care Thomson are the ones who are they had futures. Fetuses who find it quite implausible that for the baby and that it does at odds with society. are aborted or miscarried, someone’s moral status depends not have severe disabilities), In order to be consistent in however, do not have moral on whether other people want and conceded that under her one’s pro-choice philosophy, status, nor did they ever have them to exist.” view, an infant is not a person. one has to accept some pretty moral status, because they have A lot of people recognize Philosopher Peter Singer also morally repugnant conclusions. no future (even if that is not that this is a pretty terrible bit that bullet, and is now quite In the James Franco video, known until they die.) argument. “She works for well-known for his defense of Harman basically did the work I imagine some eyebrows are Princeton!” you might exclaim. infanticide and non-voluntary for us in respect to exposing raised or furrowed right now. Yes. However, while the flaws euthanasia of the cognitively what those are in her own Franco’s and Michaelson’s in Harman’s argument might disabled. argument. They exist for every expressions throughout the be particularly obvious, I want Judith Jarvis Thomson’s philosophical argument that the video were also very amusing. to argue, especially because justification of abortion pertains best and brightest of abortion In addition to appearing to I’ve just resumed my study to bodily autonomy instead of advocates have to offer through. engage in circular reasoning, of philosophy in [a university . She erroneously They simply need to be brought Harman fails to explain why setting], that actually, in terms compares being pregnant to to light, and with a little luck this argument should not of philosophical defenses for being kidnapped and having people will have the same apply to late-term abortions, abortion, it’s not that unique in one’s circulatory system derision for abortion as they assaults on the mother that terms of its weaknesses. plugged into that of a famous have for Harman’s defense of it. result in the death of the fetus, One of the more prominent violinist with a kidney ailment or even the murder of born pro-choice philosophers who so that you may preserve his Editor’s note. This appeared persons (through presumably makes a personhood argument life. Abortion, she says, would in the October issue of The it is because she thinks there is in favour of abortion, Mary be the equivalent of unplugging Interim, a Canadian pro-life some other reason they would Anne Warren, had to add a yourself from this violinist. publication, and is reposted have moral status). postscript to her article to This analogy makes numerous with permission. 30 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org “What kind of society do you want to live in?” From page 2

“It’s hard for me to say,” We ended a possible of which results in Down were born with Down she responds. “They just see life that may have had syndrome.” syndrome in Iceland, Downs. They don’t see me.” a huge complication... Just offering the test is, of including Ingadottir’s Quijano interviewed preventing suffering course, a not-so-subtle nudge in daughter Agusta, who Helga Sol Olafsdottir who for the child and for the direction of having the test is now 7. … “counsels women who have a the family. And I think and almost all Icelandic women Since the birth of her pregnancy with a chromosomal that is more right than do. daughter, Ingadottir abnormality” at Landspitali University Hospital where 70% of all babies are born. They speak to her when deciding whether to continue or end their pregnancies. Olafsdottir tells women who are wrestling with the decision or feelings of guilt: “This is your life — you have the right to choose how your life will look like.” She showed Quijano a prayer card inscribed with the date and tiny footprints of a fetus that was terminated. seeing it as a murder There are a handful of women has become an activist Quijano noted, “In -- that’s so black and who have the test and don’t for the rights of people America, I think white. Life isn’t black abort, or don’t have the test with Down syndrome. some people would and white. Life is grey.” at all, or have an “incorrect” The piece ends with Quijano be confused about diagnosis. They have a very asking a keen question: “What people calling this ‘our Of course the decision is black different view. do you imagine the future for child,’ saying a prayer and white for the nearly 100% At age 40 Thordis Ingadottir your daughter to be?” or saying goodbye or of babies with Down syndrome was already the mother of two. “I will hope that she will be having a priest come who are discovered and then The test told her the odds were fully integrated on her own in -- because to them aborted. They are in the cross- 1 in 1,600 that she would have terms in this society. That’s my abortion is murder.” hair of the “Combination Test,” a child with Down syndrome. dream.” She concludes Olafsdottir respond- which uses an ultrasound, Quijano tells us “Isn’t that the basic ed, “We don’t look blood test and the mother’s However, the needs of life? at abortion as a mur- age, to “determine whether the screening test is only 85 “What kind of society der. We look at it as a fetus will have a chromosome percent accurate. That do you want to live in?” thing that we ended. abnormality, the most common year, 2009, three babies www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 31 Pro-Life Students’ Union president faces impeachment for removing illegal abortion information ‘Bullying tactics to try to discard a democratically elected president’

Editor’s note. The following Lambasted for following also incur thousands in legal without being charged. They comes from SPUC--the Society the law fees. As CEO of the company, maintain that as a pro-life for the Protection of Unborn Ms. Ascough, who is openly this was not something I was woman, Ms. Ascough cannot Children. pro-life, has maintained able to stand over, and so I represent the views of the throughout the controversy decided to follow the legal Students’ Union, which is Katie Ascough: that she took the decision after advice offered by the Union’s officially pro-choice. “It was clear from the outset that some Bulying tactics students didn’t want It seems clear that Ms to give me a chance as Ascough is being targeted for SU President because of her pro-life beliefs. In an open my views on abortion.” letter in which she defended her actions over the pamphlet, she An impeachment referendum concluded: has been called against the “Another alarming president of University College matter is the Dublin’s Students Union, Katie bullying tactics of Ascough. a group of students A petition was signed by to try and discard a 1,200 students in protest at Ms. democratically elected Ascough’s decision to remove SU president. Some illegal abortion information Katie Ascough: "It was clear from the outset that some students members of the Impeach from a pamphlet given to new didn’t want to give me a chance as SU President because of UCDSU President my views on abortion students. The information in campaign posted pro- the ‘Winging It’ magazine impeachment tweets that was removed included a lawyer confirmed it was lawyer.” She has now published and Facebook posts on the prices of abortion in other illegal to publish the abortion the lawyer’s letter, which stated the day of my election countries and information information, and those involved his opinion that the information back in March, before I on abortion pills, including a could be subject to fines, not as provided was in breach of had the chance to make promotion for Women on the because of her personal beliefs. the Act. even one presidential Web. Providing information She said that each person However, students have action or decision. on abortion overseas is strictly involved in publishing the criticised her for having the It was clear from regulated in Ireland, under content, if prosecuted, “would pamphlet reprinted, at an the outset that some the Regulation of Information have been at risk of up to alleged cost of €8,000, and students didn’t want (Services outside the State for €4,000 in fines each, a personal have claimed that the Union to give me a chance as Termination of Pregnancies) criminal conviction, and, if has distributed the illegal SU President because of Act, 1995. prosecuted, the Union could information for decades my views on abortion.” 32 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org Graham, Senators Introduce 20-Week Abortion Ban in the Senate From page 1 “At five month gestational months of development, and euphemisms change the fact Bill Cassidy, Thad Cochran, age, babies have 10 fingers it is absolutely critical that the that a 20-week old baby can Bob Corker, John Cornyn, and 10 toes, they can yawn, Senate take up this legislation see, swallow, and flex her arms Tom Cotton, Mike Crapo, stretch, make faces – and they to protect our most vulnerable.” and legs,” said Senator Ben Ted Cruz, Steve Daines, Joni can feel pain,” said Senator “I applaud the House for Sasse (R-Nebraska). Ernst, Mike Enzi, Jeff Flake, Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). “It’s passing this bill; it is now time Graham was joined at Deb Fischer, Chuck Grassley, unconscionable that the United for the Senate to act on this,” the press conference by Orrin Hatch, John Hoeven, States is currently one of only said Senator James Lankford representatives of organizations James Inhofe, Johnny Isakson, 7 countries in the world that (R-Oklahoma). “So many which strongly support the Ron Johnson, John Kennedy, allows abortions after five children are alive, healthy, and legislation and have worked James Lankford, Mike Lee, months; we are currently in the growing today who were born to help push for its passage. Jerry Moran, John McCain, same company of China and prematurely at five months They include National Right Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, North Korea. I’m fighting for pregnancy. We should not to Life Committee, Susan B. David Perdue, Rob Portman, this legislation in honor of my allow elective abortions past Anthony List, Family Research James Risch, Pat Roberts, friend and fellow Iowan, Micah five months of pregnancy, Council, Americans United for Mike Rounds, Marco Rubio, Pickering, an incredible 5 year especially when science shows Life and Concerned Women for Ben Sasse, Tim Scott, Richard old who was born prematurely, that unborn babies feel pain at America. Shelby, Luther Strange, Dan at five months gestation. This this stage.” The legislation has been Sullivan, John Thune, Thom legislation could protect up “Washington has a debate cosponsored by forty-five Tillis, Pat Toomey, Roger to 10,000 lives like Micah’s between empty euphemisms senators, including Senators Wicker, and Todd Young. every year by preventing like ‘choice’ and basic John Barrasso, Roy Blunt, abortions after about 5 science – none of the usual John Boozman, Richard Burr, www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 33 Arkansas AG asks appeals court to reject PPFA’s attempt to block implementation of State’s law regulating chemical abortions By Dave Andrusko Arkansas Attorney General last week it would not review access to abortion services. Leslie Rutledge has asked the decision reached by Circuit This commonsense law will the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Judge Raymond Gruender of help ensure that medication Appeals to reject a request from St. Louis, Chief Judge William abortions are conducted in a Planned Parenthood that would Jay Riley of Omaha, Neb., safe, responsible manner and prevent implementation of and Senior U.S. District Judge with appropriate protections the state’s law which requires James Gritzner of Des Moines, for women. I will continue abortion clinics providing sitting by designation. to defend Act 577 as Planned chemical to “In a unanimous opinion, the Parenthood continues its have a contract with another 8th Circuit recognized that the challenge.” physician with admitting lower court incorrectly analyzed In a statement, Aaron privileges at a local hospital the law,” Attorney General Samulcek, interim president and who agrees to handle any Rutledge said in a statement CEO of Planned Parenthood complications. provided to Fox News. “The Great Plains (PPGP), said, “This Planned Parenthood wants injunction was vacated because is not over. We’re continuing the 2015 law held in abeyance Planned Parenthood failed to to serve our patients in Little while it appeals a three-judge show that the state law is a Rock and Fayetteville while we panel’s decision in favor of the Arkansas Attorney General substantial obstacle, preventing do everything in our power to law. The full 8th Circuit said Leslie Rutledge most women from having protect their access to care.” Pro-Lifers see gains in the 2017 State Legislative Sessions From page 9

SPECIAL SESSIONS bills in their special session: Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, concerted effort from pro-lifers Both Missouri and Texas a law that removes elective Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, everywhere in order to speak passed prolife laws during their abortion from standard private Iowa, Kansas, Maine, out on behalf of the unborn. special session. As part of health insurance coverage; a Maryland, Mississippi, While this number does not Missouri’s omnibus bill, their requirement that consent be Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, reflect the countless hours of state Attorney General now has obtained from the patient or Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, hard work put in by pro-lifers equal jurisdiction with the local surrogate before most Do Not North Carolina, New York, in every state, even if in those prosecutor to enforce prolife Resuscitate (DNR) orders Rhode island, Tennessee, Utah, states where it may have been laws. may be written; reporting and Wyoming. difficult to get a prolife law In addition HCS SB 5 requirements for abortion The passage of at least forty passed in the 2017 session, we also provides for annual complications; and another bills in eighteen states is also know this is not the end. unannounced abortion clinic law on reforming their existing grounds for a deep appreciation There is a vibrant energy in the inspections; whistleblower reporting requirements on for readers like you who stay prolife movement that confirms protection for employees of abortions. connected with NRLC and our what we already know: we take abortion clinics who choose state offices and who call and/ both our wins and losses of the to speak out; an abortion DOCTOR-ASSISTED or write your representatives past session, we learn and apply complication reports; protection SUICIDE and ask their support. You fill the lesson, we move forward for pregnancy resource centers Pro-lifers were also able to the halls and show up to the knowing we are making a and faith communities from defeat the multi-state efforts legislative hearings. This is difference, and we never ever being forced to participate in to legalize doctor-prescribed the reason why at the end of give up. abortions. killing. Measures defeated each session it’s a collective Texas passed four prolife this year include those in victory for us, because of the 34 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org Acknowledging that pain-capable legislation is strongly supported by women and men From page 2 illegal for women to have what rewrote the question, most antiabortion activists call a significantly eliminating the ‘late-term abortion.’ A large exceptions for rape and incest percentage of women share that were included in the 2014 that view.” poll. Still 42% of women said (By the way a pro-abortion they would support the ban as writer recently complained did 51% of men. that her side also talks about Scott also acknowledged “late-term abortion.” They do a Marist Poll released in because it makes sense.) January. In that survey of 2,720 In a November 2014, a adults, 59% supported banning Quinnipiac University poll abortions after 20 weeks, found that in a nationwide poll, including “nearly half — 49 60% said they would support a percent — of Democrats.” law such as the Pain-Capable Had he dug a little deeper Unborn Child Protection Act Scott would have found that prohibiting abortion after exactly the same percentage 20 weeks, while only 33% of women as men–59%– opposed such legislation. supported the ban in the Marist Women? Women voters Poll. split 59-35% in support of There is widespread such a law, while independent public support for a ban on voters supported it by 56- abortions performed at 20 36%. Almost exactly as many weeks and beyond, the age Democrats (46%) supported at which science has shown the bill as opposed it (47%). the unborn child is capable Illustrating how widespread is of experiencing pain as she is support for such a law, there aborted. And why not? Most was majority support in all Americans understand that age groups, including 57% of aborting children who can those 18-29! experience horrific pain is In January 2017, the beyond the pale. Quinnipiac poll completely www.NRLC.org National Right to Life News October 2017 35 The “other” abortion clinics that perform 2/3rds of all abortions From page 14 close to covering the actual cost is. These abortionists, they propaganda, the report tries in Texas after the passage of the of care.” say, endure hostility and to claim that a major culprit clinic regulations law, only two This is particularly face “politically-motivated, in these closures is a recent had reopened as of July 2017. problematic for them when it medically unnecessary barriers flurry of “TRAP” laws – comes to later abortions: to accessing care.” the Targeted Regulation of The Impetus for …there’s a significant Abortion Providers. These Pro-Life Legislation disparity in reimburse- “Taking up the Slack” laws “place burdensome The authors want to attribute ment amounts between With the national drop off requirements on abortion care the rash of clinic closings first and second tri- in pregnancy and abortion providers – including medically to a surge in “anti-abortion mester abortion care. rates, the report says that unnecessary building codes and legislation” starting in 2010. While abortion costs women still seeking abortions impossible to meet admitting Two things are worth noting increase with gestation- are more likely to younger, privileges for doctors.” about that date. al age, the reimburse- poorer, and “women of color.” Texas, as always, is the First, a lot of pro-life ment rates in many So “independent abortion prime example, critical to legislation was passed in the states do not increase care providers remain critical abortion supporters. It was the preceding decades– parental accordingly, covering when it comes to providing admitting privileges and safety involvement laws, waiting significantly less of the care for those with the fewest regulations portions of a 2013 periods, informed consent or cost of second trimester resources.” Texas law the Supreme Court right to know legislation, and abortion as compared They also take up the slack overturned in its 2016 Whole a national partial-birth abortion with a first trimester from hospitals with regard Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ban, to name a few. Funding abortion. to abortions after the first decision. limits were also passed, trimester. Hospitals “primarily The majority prevailed in that including a law in Texas that They label these insurance focus of patients with more decision, to a large degree, by pulled state family planning reimbursement rates “unjust,” complex medical needs” when arguing that the increased travel money from abortion clinics in alleging these are just one of it comes to those later abortions. distances resulting from closed 2011, years before the laws the the factors making it “nearly In other words, the “indies” are clinics were too burdensome Supreme Court considered in impossible” to keep clinic the ones, by and large, covering for women in certain parts of Hellerstedt. doors open. the elective second trimester or Texas. Second, abortion advocates later abortions where there is As we at National Right to don’t like to talk about what Covering States and Patients no medical issue involved. Life have pointed out, and at it was in 2010 that spurred Planned Parenthood Doesn’t The authors mention again least one justice noted in his all the clinic regulations – the Authors are determined their displeasure that Medicaid dissent, clinics in Texas, like raid of Kenneth Gosnell’s to make the case that the or private insurance does not many in the rest of the country, abortuary in February of 2010. independent abortion clinic is cover these. They characterize closed for many reasons, That police raid unearthed sometimes the only abortion this as unreimbursed “care,” several before the Texas law appalling unsanitary conditions clinic in the state. This is the ignoring that these are the sort passed or took effect. and horrific patient abuses not case in Kentucky, Mississippi, of elective, not health-related But the truth is abortionists to mention hundreds of nearly North Dakota, West Virginia procedures, that insurers get old and retire, or exit in full-term babies the Grand Jury and Wyoming. typically do not cover. scandal, with no one left to report says Gosnell delivered In four other states – replace them. Inspections close alive and then killed. The more Arkansas, Oklahoma, Many clinics are closing a clinic, or the clinic gets so old it heard, the more the public Georgia, and Nevada – they The report notes that 56 that it isn’t worth renovating. wanted to make sure that are the only ones performing independent abortion clinics Consolidation occurs, with similar abuses could not occur surgical abortions. “Without have closed in just the past two business going to a new in their states. independent providers,” says years, 80% of which performed regional megaclinic. That the abortion industry the report, “abortion access second trimester abortions However the biggest factor, itself failed to police Gosnell’s in those four states would or later. As a consequence, to which the authors only clinic or expose his abuses be limited to medication the authors say, “abortion briefly allude, is that demand made arguments that such laws [chemical] abortion within the care becomes increasingly for abortion is down and there were “unnecessary” – repeated first 10 weeks of pregnancy.” difficult to access as pregnancy simply aren’t enough abortion here – fall on deaf ears. The authors also want to progresses.” patients to sustain the business. make sure the reader realizes Falling in line with a lot of This helps explain why, of the See “Other,” page 36 what a noble sacrifice this previous abortion industry 20 clinics the report says closed 36 October 2017 National Right to Life News www.NRLC.org The “other” abortion clinics that perform 2/3rds of all abortions From page 35

What the report And operations with Minneapolis, Minnesota, and There are many more, but doesn’t tell you caseloads of 5,000 or more, Baltimore. Maryland. this is enough to see that the The authors give the while only representing 1%-2% The Women’s Centers has field of “independent abortion impression that they are of all “providers,” nevertheless clinics in Atlanta, Cherry Hill, clinics” isn’t populated by speaking out on behalf of a few accounted for 17% and 13% of NJ, Philadelphia, Hartford, CT, saintly, small time community small operators, valiant public abortions for 2008 and 2011, and Chester, PA. do-gooders but includes servants just trying to help respectively. Dr. Willie Parker is the enterprises that perform people and somehow make The loss of just 36 of the independent abortionist who thousands and thousands of ends meet. There may be some clinics with a volume of performs about 40 abortions a abortions annual. smaller operations among the 1,000 to 4,999 abortions, and week at the only abortion clinic three hundred or so independent 11 clinics with a caseload of left in Mississippi, the Jackson The Problem is not the image clinics they represent, but 5,000 or more, appears to have Women’s Health Organization but what is done there are also quite a few high been associated with a drop of (Daily Mail, 10/4/17). If he The industry still believes volume enterprises in the mix. 154,440 abortions from 2008 works fifty weeks a year, he that if it their independent There were 926,190 abortions to 2011. That would account would be performing about abortionists can just get the performed in the U.S. in 2014. for virtually the entire decline 2,000 abortions annually. respect that they deserve, if they Of these were about 324,000 from 1,212,400 abortions in Merle Hoffman runs the can be seen as heroes helping were performed at Planned 2008 to 1,058,500 abortions in for-profit Choices Women’s underprivileged women, if they Parenthood. That leaves about 2011. Medical Center in Queens, can just get rid of those pesky six hundred thousand to be Corollaries between New York and would qualify as clinic safety regulations, and if performed by other abortionists. caseloads and abortion an “independent abortion care they can get more states to fund If this report’s 60% figure performed are not yet available provider.” Her precise volume their work and more insurance is correct, that would mean for 2014. But the loss since is unknown (her clinic is said companies to cover their about 555,714 abortions were 2011 of 64 clinics with a to see about 50,000 a year, but services, they’ll be able to stay performed by the 450-470 caseload of 1,000 to 4,999 not all are abortion patients), in business. independent operators the along with another closure but she is known locally as a What they fail to see, authors say were in existence of one clinic with a caseload “Millionaire Abortionist.” In however, is that the problem in 2014. of 5,000+abortions, are very 2016, her clinic saw revenues isn’t their image, but what they For 460 clinics, this works likely to have constituted the of about $10 million. do and to whom. They are not out to a caseload of 1,208 per major part of the additional Illustrating both that abuses solving women’s problems, clinic. drop of 132,310 abortions didn’t stop with Gosnell and just killing their babies and Some will do fewer, some recorded from 2011 to 2014. that clinics close for reasons wanting someone to pay for will do a lot more. According other than oppressive clinic it They are not noble “health to previous reports by the Who are these “other guys?” regulations, notorious late term care professionals,” but hired Guttmacher Institute for Planned Parenthood mega- abortionist James Pendergraft assassins, killing, not curing. 2008 and 2011, although they clinics were some of the major IV, owner and operator of four represented only 20% of the players for sure, but by no independent abortion clinics in [1] “Gestation” here is total providers for that year, means all. Whole Woman’s Florida was arrested in South measured in terms of weeks “providers” with caseloads Health has not only clinics Carolina in October of 2015 on since a woman’s last menstrual of 1,000 to 4,999 accounted in Texas (Ft Worth, Austin, drug charges. His clinics closed period, or “LMP.” The baby for about 64%-65% of those McAllen and San Antonio), and he is to stand trial this would be about two weeks abortions. but also in Peoria, Illinois, coming November. younger.