Thursday, January 9, 2020

143 Abortion Clinics Kill Babies in Late-Term Abortions, Some Kill Babies Up to Birth (Democrats have allowed America to become a Nation of Mass Murder & Genocide. There Finale insult is they Declared Themselves Greater Than God.)

 NATIONAL   CHERYL SULLENGER   JAN 8, 2020   |   12:55PM    WASHINGTON, DC
A new survey of abortion facilities in the U.S. has revealed a new, disturbing industry-wide trend that shows that overall in 2019, surgical abortion facilities have expanded into the late-term abortion market, where lucrative multi-day procedures can reap quick profits.
The survey also found the following:
  • There are 710 abortion facilities in the U.S., comprised of 464 surgical and 245 medical abortion clinics.
  • The percentage of surgical abortion facilities that self-impose abortion limits at 13 weeks or earlier dropped from 46% in 2018 to 31% in 2019, meaning more are entering the second and even third-trimester abortion markets.
  • The number of abortion facilities willing to do abortions after 20 weeks gestation increased in 2019.
  • The national average cost of a first-trimester abortion rose to a record high of $603 in 2019, the greatest increase in three years.
  • The national average wait time for abortion appointments remains under a week at 6.8 days, which is more than two weeks less than it takes to arrange a first appointment with a family physician.
“Much of the data gathered during our survey this year either debunks pro-abortion rhetoric or red-flags dangerous trends,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue.  “We see women being exploited by rising prices and a rush to get abortions done.  We also see abortion becoming riskier with the new push into dangerous late-term abortions.  This information exposes areas where more can be done to save lives.”
Methodology
Each year, Operation Rescue conducts a nationwide survey that involves contact with each abortion business in the U.S.  The information gathered about the abortion clinics and their practices represents the most accurate data available.
This most recent data was compiled by Operation Rescue, which conducted a survey of all abortion facilities in the U.S. from November 18 through December 6, 2019.
Operation Rescue defines “abortion clinics” as those businesses that conduct abortions outside a hospital setting.  There are two categories of abortion clinics:
  • Surgical Abortion Clinics: These offices conduct surgical abortions. Almost always, surgical facilities also distribute abortion-inducing drugs.
  • Medical Abortion Clinics: These offices supply abortions through the administration of drugs (pills) or other chemical means. They do not conduct surgical abortions.
Gestational Age Limits

While most states set gestational limits for abortions, each abortion facility has its own self-imposed limit on how far into a pregnancy they are willing to conduct an abortion.
Because of the nature of chemical abortions, facilities that offer only that option limit abortions to 11 weeks or less.
But the number of surgical abortion facilities willing to push beyond the first trimester is on the rise.


In 2018, 46% of all surgical abortion facilities set an abortion limit of 13 weeks or under.  However, in 2019, only 31% of all surgical abortion facilities restricted themselves to the first trimester of pregnancy.
Surgical abortion clinics that set self-imposed abortion limits between 14-19 weeksgestation rose by eight percent in 2019, while clinics that now conduct abortions at 20 weeks or more rose by 3 percent.
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Currently, there are 143 surgical abortion facilities that will conduct abortions at 20 weeks or more.
Over the past ten years, the number of abortion facilities that are willing to openly conduct abortions into the third trimester of pregnancy starting at 28 weeks changed little – until 2019 when the number jumped from six to eight.
Planned Parenthood’s number of facilities that will do abortions at 20 weeks or higher dropped by two clinics in 2019, while independent abortion facilities that will do these dangerous and controversial abortions added a dozen locations.
This indicates that Planned Parenthood is more interested in expanding into the early-term medical abortion market than into the lucrative but risky late-term abortion market.
In fact, Planned Parenthood dominates in ownership of clinics that only offer abortions through chemical means, operating 211 out of the 246 such clinic now open.
While some of these facilities are very open about having no gestational limits for abortions, others may state limits under the third trimester of pregnancy.  However, since these will conduct abortions later for “fetal indications” or other so-called “medical” reasons, this essentially strips away all stated gestational limits.
Those clinics include:
  • Boulder Abortion Clinic in Boulder, Colorado.
    • Stated limit: As high as needed.  Owner: Warren Hern.
  • Capital Women’s Services in Washington, D.C.
    • Stated limit: 36 weeks.  Stake Holder: Steven Chase Brigham.
  • CARE (Formerly AbortionClinics.org) in Bethesda, Maryland.
    • Stated limit: 35 weeks.  Owner: LeRoy Carhart.
  • Pro-Choice Center in Beverly Hills, California.
    • Stated limit: None.  Owner: Josepha Seletz.
  • Southwestern Women’s Options in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    • Stated limit: None.  Owner: Curtis Boyd.
  • Washington Surgi-Clinic
    • Stated limit: 28 weeks.  Owner: Cesare Santangelo.
  • Women’s Med Center in Dayton, Ohio.
    • Stated limit: 22 weeks.  Owner: Martin Haskell.
  • DuPont Clinic, Washington, D.C.
    • Stated limit: None. Operators: Matthew Reaves, Stacey Rubin, & Jessica Kuperstock
First Trimester Abortion Costs

According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2016, the most recent year with data available, 91% of all abortions take place in the first trimester of pregnancy, at or below 13 weeks gestation.
The national average cost of a first trimester abortion in 2019 was $603.
The cost of a first trimester abortion has steadily risen over the past five years when the national average cost was $577 — $26 less than 2019.
The cost of an abortion varied by type of abortion and by kind of facility.  The average cost of a surgical abortion was $620.
Chemical abortions at surgical abortion facilities nationwide averaged $584.  However, abortion drugs at a clinic that only offer chemical abortions was higher at an average of $604.
The fact that abortion drugs obtained at non-surgical abortion facilities are more expensive than the same drugs dispensed by a surgical abortion facility is an interesting one, especially since it is less expensive to operate a pill clinic because it does not have to be equipped to conduct surgeries and needs no surgically trained staff which might require higher salaries.
Only speculative explanations exist for this price inconsistency.
The state with the highest cost of a first trimester surgical abortion is Wyoming at $1099, while the state with the highest average price for abortion-inducing drugs is Colorado at $858.
North Carolina came in as the state with the lowest average cost for a first trimester surgical abortion at $408.  Nebraska held the distinction of having the least expensive medical abortions.  Its three abortion facilities average just $287 for abortion drugs.
Wait times for appointments
It is not unusual to hear news reports about how women must wait weeks to get an abortion appointment due to the passage of pro-life laws.
This is just not true.
The national average time a woman must wait for an abortion is 6.8 days – under a week.  This time is measured from the day a woman picks up the phone to make an appointment to the day of her actual abortion procedure.  It includes a first appointment and state-mandated reflection times of 24-72 hours.
In contrast, one 2017 report notes that nationally it takes an average of 24 days to get an appointment with a family physician, between 12 and 51 days to get an appointment with an obstetrician, and 32.2 days to get an appointment with a dermatologist.
“Because we obtained data from every abortion facility in the U.S., we know that this is the most accurate data out there on actual abortion wait times,” said Newman.  “News reports that say women have to wait weeks for abortion appointments are nothing but fake news that is meant to manipulate public opinion against pro-life laws.”
Conclusions
Late-term abortions
Abortion facilities are seeking to replace lost income due to decreased demand for abortion.  One way to increase profits is to expand into the second and third trimester abortion market where clinics have been known to charge over $20,000 for the latest of abortions.
“It takes a lot of 600-dollar abortions to earn what they can charge for one third trimester abortion,” said Newman.  “When expanding into late-term abortions becomes a quick way to make a lot of money, it becomes a predatory practice.  Late-term abortions pose grave dangers to women.  As the pregnancy progresses, the risks of life-threatening complications or death go up with it.”
Until a complete ban on all abortions can be accomplished, Operation Rescue supports gestational limits on abortions.
Profit-taking
The increase in abortion costs is reflective of what a woman would pay out of her pocket.  However, many clinics operate on a sliding scale or can bill insurance to cover part of the costs.  Many abortion businesses also receive subsidies from the federal and state governments, along with reimbursements from private abortion funds.  This allows abortion clinics to raise prices and profits, while not driving away customers.
“We are thankful that President Donald Trump has already acted to stop Title X Family Planning grants from going to businesses that conduct or refer for abortions,” said Newman.  “But more must be done. We must completely defund abortion businesses of all state and federal tax dollars as well as remove the option for Obamacare plans to pay for abortions.”
Rush to close the deal
While the national average wait time for abortions is under a week, there are still many places, like California, where women can walk into to an abortion facility without an appointment and walk out after having an abortion all on the same day.  This is predatory practice that many states have addressed with reflection periods and other regulations to keep abortion businesses from preying on women in crisis when good decision-making is difficult.  However, more needs to be done to protect women in all states from these abusive abortion practices that pressure and rush women into abortions.
Reason for hope
In all, the pro-life movement has never been in a better position with President Trump establishing an administration that values and protects life from conception until natural death, and is appointing conservative justices that will uphold pro-life laws that have dominated state legislatures.  Reversing the wrongly-decided Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision looks likely should President Trump be re-elected in November.  The future looks bright for legislation that will save innocent lives and spare women harm from abortion.
“There is more work to be done to push the ball over the goal-line and make America abortion free,” said Newman.  “We want to see abortion clinic numbers drop to zero.  We want to see abortions drop to zero.  Until that happens, we have much to do, and our survey shows areas where we can focus attention to save even more lives.  The Abortion Cartel is desperate and fighting back, but we have been equipped with the information, tools, and conditions we need to finally move on to victory.”
LifeNews.com Note: Cheryl Sullenger is a leader of Operation Rescue.



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7 Abortionists and 550 Abortion Clinic Employees Have Quit Their Jobs in the Last 7 Years

7 Abortionists and 550 Abortion Clinic Employees Have Quit Their Jobs in the Last 7 Years 

 NATIONAL   MICAIAH BILGER   JAN 8, 2020   |   7:55PM    WASHINGTON, DC
More than 500 abortion workers have left the industry since Abby Johnson began her outreach to them seven years ago.
According to the Christian Post, 550 abortion clinic employees and seven doctors have left their abortion jobs with the help of And Then There Were None.
Johnson herself worked at a Planned Parenthood abortion facility for years, even receiving an award at one point for her dedication. Eventually, she left after realizing that abortions, not women, were Planned Parenthood’s top priority, and abortions kill unborn babies.
Seven years ago, Johnson began And Then There Were None to help other abortion workers quit and find meaningful employment elsewhere.
Meagan Weber, Johnson’s assistant, told the Post that Johnson’s book, ministry and, most recently, the “Unplanned” film based on her life have helped encourage other abortion workers to quit.
“And so here we are seven years later, and we’ve helped 550 workers and seven full-time doctors,” Weber said.
And Then There Were None provides counseling, financial assistance, job help and more to people who want to get out of the abortion industry.
“Leaving your job in the abortion industry is not like leaving your job in a fast food outlet,” Weber said. “It has the same high turnover rate, but you don’t just leave your job, you leave your friends, you leave your ideology … you go from one day championing women’s rights and abortion rights to the next day having to humble yourself and say, ‘I was wrong. I was part of a very evil system,’ and they have to come to terms with that. So there is a lot of emotional trauma, and there is abandonment.”
Laura Ricketts, who also works for And Then There Were None, said they want to help the workers heal, as well as leave.
“As we walk through the process of healing them, as we meet their practical needs with financial assistance, with resume writing, with jobs search help, as we help them pay their bills, get back on their feet, once their practical needs are met, they are ready to meet their emotional and spiritual needs,” she said.
They reach out with love, not condemnation, understanding that some abortion workers feel stuck, others have been deceived and still more are trying to cover up the pain from their own abortions.
“We always say that nobody grows up wanting to work in the abortion industry. Nobody,” Johnson’s website abortionworker.com states. “We see ourselves as being part of a pro-love movement. That we want to love these workers out of the clinics. We want to love them to a path of healing, and we want to love them back into a relationship with Jesus Christ.”

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CBS Has Been Peddling Fake News Since 1973 When Walter Cronkite Misled About Roe v. Wade

 OPINION   DAVE ANDRUSKO   JAN 8, 2020   |   8:16PM    WASHINGTON, DC
When we flip the calendar over to December, even more than usual, we come to think about the anniversary of an earth-shattering event that will be only seven weeks away: January 22, 1973.
Last year attention focused a great deal around the obvious—that it had been 40 years since seven Supreme Court justices turned abortion jurisprudence upside down. Dissenting Justice Byron White called this an “act of raw judicial power,” adding that the court majority’s “ judgment is an improvident and extravagant exercise of the power of judicial review that the Constitution extends to this Court.”
Let’s begin by talking about what you hear in a 4-minute long, grainy kinescope of “CBS Evening News” from January 22, 1973.
The video begins with anchor Walter Cronkite looking up for the cue when he will be on camera as we hear the roll call of the names of all the correspondents who would be reporting from around the world. (Pretty impressive list, by the way, not only of journalists but also of the breadth of coverage.)
Cronkite announced that an unnamed “landmark decision” that day had “legalized abortions,” a moment later adding, “during the first three months.” Correspondent George Herman took it from there to explain the details.
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In light of the ancient technology (and the over four decades that have passed), I couldn’t help thinking of Cronkite’s “You are There” series which used real network correspondents to tell historical stories as if those stories were being televised live. Only this, of course, was not a re-enactment from the past, but living history.
Alas, Herman, like Cronkite and all correspondents, only partially described the decision[s] accurately. Herman alluded to a second case but did not clarify that it was Roe’s companion case—Doe v. Bolton—that fleshed out the expansionary impact of what Roe meant.
Three things stood out in Herman’s report, besides the initial error of reporting Roe as if it limited abortion to the first trimester.
One was a reference that later in pregnancy “the states may take legal action to protect the unborn child”! “Child”?
Second, the decision[s] “thus sets limits on the right to abortion on demand,” which, in fact, Roe and Doe did not.
Third, and this is key to understanding where Justice Harry Blackmun, the author of Roeand Doe, was in 1973 (he became much more of an ardent pro-abortion feminist in later years), Herman reported, “In effect the court made abortions subject only to the decision of the pregnant woman’s doctor.” Not the woman, but “the pregnant woman’s doctor.”
Two guests were briefly interviewed. The first was Alan Guttmacher, “president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and a leader in the International Planned Parenthood Federation in the 1960s and early 1970s,” according to the Guttmacher Institute, formerly known as the Alan Guttmacher Institute. Guttmacher was spun off from PPFA in 1968 and has ever since earned the misbegotten reputation as a non-partisan source of abortion-related information.
Guttmacher told CBS Evening News, “I think to raise the dignity of a woman and give her freedom of choice in this area is an extraordinary event.” January 22, 1973, he accurately predicted, would be seen as a “historic day.”
Father James McHugh gave the pro-life response. At the time McHugh was executive director of the U.S. Bishops’ Office for Pro-Life Activities. McHugh (who later became Bishop McHugh) spoke of the decision having withdrawn “human rights” from the unborn.
“The judgment of the court will do a great deal to tear down the respect previously accorded human life in our culture,” he accurately predicted.
In case you think our Movement has not made an enormous difference, consider this. Near the end Herman remarks, “New York State, among others, already has liberalized abortion. Now the rest of the country must follow suit.”
He concludes by remarking matter-of-factly, “If the experience of New York State is any guide, America will eventually have one abortion for every two births.” [Emphasis added.]
Just yesterday we reported on the continued decline in the number of abortions, the abortion rate, and the abortion ratio. Tremendously encouraging news.
And why this has come to pass—and not a fulfillment of Herman’s prophecy? For one reason and one reason only: you.
LifeNews.com Note: Dave Andrusko is the editor of National Right to Life News and an author and editor of several books on abortion topics. This post originally appeared in at National Right to Life News Today —- an online column on pro-life issues.

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Mom Rejects Aborting Daughter Who is One of 13 People in the World With This Rare Condition (Where There Is Life, There is Always Hope.)

 INTERNATIONAL   MICAIAH BILGER   JAN 8, 2020   |   1:36PM    LONDON, ENGLAND
Emily Norris is proof that there always is a reason to choose life for a baby in the womb.
Before she was born, the now 7-year-old British girl was diagnosed with an extremely rare genetic disorder, the Metro reports. Doctors suggested an abortion when her mother, Nicol, was 20 weeks pregnant with her.
But Nicol Norris refused, and today she is incredibly thankful that she did.
“Doctors didn’t have the chance to influence our decision because as soon as they mentioned abortion we shot it down, as it was not something we’d ever consider,” she said. “And thank God we didn’t, as she’s doing really well now.”
According to the report, Emily, of Norwich, England, has a genetic disorder that is so rare that there is no name for it. Only 13 people in the world are believed to be living with it.
The disorder affects Emily’s lungs and kidneys, and she has undergone multiple surgeries already in her young life. For the first five years of her life, Emily ate through a feeding tube, her mother said.
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Here’s more from the report:
Emily’s right lung was made up of cysts due to a condition called congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation, and 70% of it was removed before her first birthday. Doctors then discovered she had a multicystic dysplastic kidney which was removed when she was three.
But the little girl is an overcomer. Her mother described her as upbeat and energetic. She proudly announced Emily’s recent achievement of a bronze medal in karate, just a year after beginning the sport.
Her story is a beautiful example of the potential in every human life. Abortion destroys that potential and any hope for the future for that child. But choosing life, as Emily’s mother did, trusts that a child’s life is valuable, no matter what their abilities, and believes that every human being can overcome challenges and live a fulfilling life.
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