Many women balk at ending the life of an unborn baby they felt move

By Sarah Terzo Ann Furedi comments on late-term abortions and women’s reluctance to get them [1]: “Many women, who would have few qualms about opting for a pregnancy to be terminated in its early weeks, balk at the thought of ending a life they have felt move inside them.” Ann Furedi runs the largest chain …

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What would you say in response when an unborn child is described in a demeaning and dehumanizing fashion?

By Dave Andrusko A while back, in response to a genuine bizarre article, I asked NRL News Today readers how they would respond to a blogger’s use of the deeply offensive sneer that the unborn is equivalent to a “parasite.” I was clear that I was not talking about “fetus,” which is silly (in normal …

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AMAZING: Researchers create groundbreaking images of baby hearts inside the womb

The technology gives an unprecedented look at an unborn baby’s heart. One of the researchers describes the images as “beautiful” By SPUC—The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Scientists have created unprecedented 3D images of a baby’s heart while still inside the womb–a development which could help the treatment of babies with congenital heart …

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Unborn Child Dignity Act Passes the Ohio Senate

COLUMBUS, Ohio–Today, the Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 27, the Unborn Child Dignity Act, by a vote of 24-7. This bill passed the day after the Senate Health, Human Services, and Medicaid Committee gave its approval. Senate Bill 27 requires that the remains of an aborted baby be either buried or cremated. Reporting for the …

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The mesmerizing impact of revealing what is Hidden in the Womb

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Late Tuesday night, a friend sent me a Facebook message. Too tired to read it, I waited until the following morning to view it. I was astounded. What my friend had sent me was a video of a 4D ultrasound. Granted, it is not the first …

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Using 3-D sculpture, Blind Mom “sees” unborn baby

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. As I love to say, one of the great delights of publishing online is that stories “live” forever in cyberspace. This means that people will run across stories I’ve composed that go back not just a few months but even decades! Or, alternatively, I will run across a previously published …

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Drug trial intended to help severely underdeveloped unborn babies ends tragically

By Dave Andrusko A study intended to help mothers whose unborn babies were severely underdeveloped has ended disastrously with the deaths of 11 babies whose mothers took sildenafil. Reuters is reporting that the Dutch trial using the drug, sold under the brand name Viagra, was halted Monday. Roughly half of 183 pregnant women participating were …

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MP shows scan of unborn daughter in Parliament

The first time a scan has been shown in Parliament? BY SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children An MP held up a scan of his unborn baby in the Commons chamber to make a point about parental leave offered to members of parliament. A baby first The Scottish National Party’s (SNP) David Linden wanted …

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Woman told her 11 week old baby was “collection of cells”

By Sarah Terzo A British woman spoke about the “counseling” she got before her abortion: “I went to see the BPAS [British Pregnancy Advisory Service]; the people I saw seemed impersonal, very businesslike in their attitude and there was no counseling… Although I was 11 weeks pregnant, I was told it was just a collection …

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Pro-Choice feminist writes about technology and the unborn as “patient”

By Sarah Terzo Pro-Choice feminist Kathleen McDonnell wrote in her book on abortion: “… Developments in medical technology are radically changing the nature of the abortion debate. Our expanding knowledge of fetal physiology and psychology makes it more and more difficult to simply dismiss the fetus in the abortion discussion. The fetus is literally becoming …

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