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Judge Tosses HHS Mandate Lawsuit, Head of Catholic Group: “We Won’t Obey It”
A judge has essentially attempted to force a leading pro-life Catholic group to obey the HHS mandate, which might compel it to pay for insurance that pays for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions.

Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, tells LifeNews he is very concerned after learning that Priests for Life’s lawsuit against the HHS contraception mandate was dismissed by a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

“Today, the judge in our case in District Court in Washington D.C. ruled against us regarding the HHS mandate. Because the mandate would go into effect for us on January 1, we filed, within an hour of the judge’s decision, an emergency request with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit, to provide an injunction to maintain the status quo, protecting us from the mandate until our appeal to the same court can be heard and decided.

“The judge’s decision today is a complete contradiction to Judge Cogan’s decision of just a few days ago in New York for organizations situated similarly to us and using exactly the same arguments.

“The New York decision recognized that the religious nonprofits were being forced to cooperate with evil.Our judge, instead, claims that we are not being forced to cooperate with evil. Our judge’s decision is wrong, and we are confident of victory in our appeal.

“Meanwhile, injunction or not, we will absolutely not obey, cooperate with, or tolerate in any way this unjust mandate. As Scripture says, we will obey God rather than men.”

The Supreme Court recently agreed to take a case from Christian-run business Hobby Lobby, which is suing the Obama administration over its mandate that it pay for birth control and abortion-causing drugs for its employees. But where do Americans stand on the issue of whether employers should be forced to comply with the mandate?

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http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/19/judge-forces-pro-life-catholic-group-to-obey-hhs-mandate/

Campaign Will Help Teacher Fired After Kicking Planned Parenthood Out of His Class
Bill Diss is the pro-life teacher who was fired this week after a local school board in the liberal bastion of Portland, Oregon was upset he dared to kick Planned Parenthood out of his classroom.

But the pro-life movement isn’t content to let Diss deal with the firing without support. Pro-life advocate Jimmy Nolan has created a campaign designed to raise funds for Diss to help him as he continues battling the school board.

Nolan, president of Crossroads Pro-Life, a national pro-life organization, says “All donations will go directly to Bill Diss.”

“Diss, an outstanding and highly qualified public school teacher from Portland, Oregon, has been fired by the Portland Public School District for being Pro-Life,” he said. “Diss raised Planned Parenthood’s ire when a “health education team” came into his computer science classroom uninvited and attempted to enroll his students in the Health and Human Services’ Teen Outreach Program (TOP). When the principal arrived at the classroom, she instructed the members of Planned Parenthood to ignore Mr. Diss and continue. Mr. Diss then asked the principal if he could leave the classroom because Planned Parenthood and their presentation violated his deeply held religious beliefs. The principal refused this request and forced him to stay.”

“Up until 2007, before his pro-life views became known to the school administration, Mr. Diss consistently got exemplary performance reviews for his teaching. Only after Mr. Diss’ public opposition to Planned Parenthood became public did the scrutiny and harassment begin,” Nolan added.

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http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/19/campaign-will-help-teacher-fired-after-kicking-planned-parenthood-out-of-his-class/

Hi Pro-life Friend,

My name is Rob Kania. I am a husband, father, entrepreneur, and like you, a pro-life supporter of the Susan B. Anthony List.

It’s a pleasure to write to you today about a cause that is so dear to me and my family: protecting innocent unborn children and their mothers.

I wanted to make sure you have heard about the generosity of longtime pro-life philanthropists Lynn and Foster Friess. From now until December 31st at midnight, they are offering to TRIPLE match every dollar that exceeds the SBA List’s fundraising totals from last December, up to $100,000.

As a father of four kids, I know how crazy this time of year can be, Pro-life Friend. Between Christmas gifts and parties, sometimes it is difficult to make room in the family budget for charitable donations. But I simply couldn’t let this chance pass by. My wife Natalie and I are stretching ourselves to give $250 to support the SBA List this Christmas.

We consider ourselves very blessed to be able to contribute that much towards this incredible offer. Please know that whatever you can give – whether that’s $25, $250, or even $500 or more – Marjorie and her team will make each penny count.

Please take advantage of this generous Triple Match offer and make your Christmas gift to SBA List now. 

Please join Foster and Lynn Friess as well as me and my family in going all-in to save as many children and women as possible in the year ahead. Remember, Foster and Lynn have offered to triple match every dollar received before December 31st at midnight that exceeds the SBA List’s fundraising total for last December.

Let’s all chip in and give the SBA List the Christmas gift they need to WIN for LIFE in 2014!

I hope you have a very Merry Christmas. May God bless you.

— Rob and Natalie Kania

PS: I read I that Foster and Lynn always consider Matthew 25: 35-40 when making donations to non-profits and charities. That verse says that “When you do it for the least of my brethren, you do it for Me.” That struck me and my family as we considered what to contribute. Who is in more need of our love and protection than the beautiful, innocent unborn child in the womb, made in God’s image and likeness? If you agree, join me in making the biggest Christmas gift you can right now. 

Dear Friend,

Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report is full of information Americans need to know.  The media is refusing to talk about it, but we are determined to get the truth out. People are being lied to and lives are at stake.

Prenatal care is down.  Cancer screenings are down.  And Planned Parenthood is still destroying 149 children for every adoption referral it processes.

Will you help Live Action combat America’s abortion behemoth with a 100% tax-deductible donation today?  We’re hoping you can send us a $150 donation to start out strong against Big Abortion in 2014.

Here’s some of what happened at Planned Parenthood in 2012:

-327,166 babies killed in the womb.  Thanks to Planned Parenthood, 10% of the U.S. population will never see their first birthday.

-“We are the largest provider of sex education in the U.S.”   Planned Parenthood is infiltrating schools nationwide, peddling teen promiscuity, faulty contraception, and expensive abortions.

-Cancer screenings down 39% since 2009, adoption referrals at 0.02% of all services.

Live Action did groundbreaking work in 2013 to make sure that Planned Parenthood’s next report will show fewer abortions, less blood money, and less forced taxpayer funding.  With your $150 donation, we’ll conduct even more high-impact investigations, compile even more penetrating research, and change even more hearts and minds in 2014.  Will you donate today?

Keep in mind what Planned Parenthood didn’t mention in its 2012 report:

-The “meat-market, assembly-line abortions” at Planned Parenthood Delaware, where three self-described “pro-choice” nurses to quit in disgust

-The Kermit Gosnell trial, which Planned Parenthood barely acknowledged in a lukewarm “condemnation” that completely ignored Gosnell’s pre-born victims

-Live Action’s Inhuman investigation, which exposed the lie – perpetrated by a spooked Planned Parenthood – that Kermit Gosnell was an outlier in the abortion industry

We have a lot to be proud of from 2013.  Live Action’s work helped set up the environment for one of the best years ever for pro-life legislation.  And we’ll see more and more of this momentum – but only if you step up and support us in this most important cause.  Please click this link and send us your $150 donation TODAY.

I was fifteen when I founded Live Action.  With your help, what we’ve accomplished in the last ten years is beyond any expectation I could have had then.  But now the bar is set even higher.   We have to ensure that these evils are exposed, and that we share the truth about the preciousness of every life, for the sake of the most vulnerable in our country.

Planned Parenthood would love for the American people to ignore its latest report, but I have a message for them: we are watching.  With your help, we will usher in a new age, where human life is cherished and protected.

Yours in the fight for life,

Lila Rose
President
Live Action

Columbus Dispatch – Adoption

I would like to share this story with you from today’s front page of the Columbus Dispatch regarding adoption legislation that our pro-life Governor signed yesterday allowing adult adoptees to access their records in Ohio.  Ohio proudly supported this bill as it will allow individuals adopted between 1964 through 1996 to access vital personal records, while still allowing birth parents to remain in anonymity.

With adoption being an immediate primary focus of Ohio Right to Life, it is our goal to pass HB 307 right after the New Year. HB 307 is our comprehensive adoption reform legislation to make adoptions less expensive, less bureaucratic and more efficient for families in Ohio. We have great leadership and bi-partisan support for HB 307.

Thank you again for all that you do to serve the cause for LIFE in Ohio. We are blessed to be fighting this fight with you.

Merry Christmas!

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/12/20/with-law-all-adoptees-get-access-to-records.html

With law, all Ohio adoptees get access to records
By  Catherine Candisky <mailto:ccandisky@dispatch.com>
The Columbus Dispatch Friday December 20, 2013 6:10 AM

For decades, adoptees and their supporters have fought for access to their birth records.
Like-minded lawmakers have introduced numerous bills in the General Assembly over the years, but all were doomed by opposition from anti-abortion forces, including the influential Ohio Right to Life. Those groups feared it would promote abortion because fewer women would opt for adoption if their identities weren’t kept private.
But yesterday, Mike Gonidakis, executive director of Ohio Right to Life and the father of two adopted children, was among those celebrating as Gov. John Kasich signed into law a bill giving an estimated 400,000 adult adoptees access to their original birth certificates.
“Times have changed so much,” Gonidakis said. “Now there is the Internet and Google, and you can find out all sorts of things about people in 10 minutes.”
Senate Bill 23, approved unanimously by the Senate and by a 91-2 vote in the House, will allow those adopted between January 1964 and September 1996 to obtain their adoption files from the Ohio Department of Health’s Bureau of Vital Statistics, just like those adopted before and after those dates can.
“This was the seventh bill in 25 years,” said Betsie Norris, executive director of the Adoption Network Cleveland.
“I’m still in the ‘you’ve-got-to-pinch-me’ phase. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop.”
Ohio Right to Life’s support was the tipping point in the Republican-controlled General Assembly, she said.
“It was huge,” Norris said. “They took out a lot of the concerns. I never saw it as an abortion issue, but because they had opposed it in the past made it a hot potato.”
Right to Life had opposed such legislation for 40 years, long before Gonidakis joined the organization. When adoption supporters came to him a year ago to encourage the organization to reconsider, he said he couldn’t think of a good reason to continue opposing the bill. He spoke to his board members and they agreed.
“It’s become a non-issue, and it’s just the right thing to do,” he said.
It also created one of those rare times that abortion foes found themselves on the same side as abortion-rights supporters such as NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. The two groups did not coordinate their efforts, but both testified at legislative hearings in favor of the bill.
“Politics makes strange bedfellows at times,” Gonidakis said.
Under the new law, records will be available starting in March 2015. There will be a one-year waiting period after the bill becomes law in 90 days to give parents an opportunity to request that their names be redacted from the birth certificates given to the adoptees. Those who do so still must give detailed medical histories that will be available to the adoptees.
The bill also closes a perplexing gap in Ohio law for adoptees born from 1964 to 1996 who have been caught between two laws.
Original birth certificates in Ohio adoptions before 1964 already are available to adult adoptees. In September 1996, the law was changed to allow those adopted from that date forward access to their birth certificates upon reaching age 21, unless the birth parent asked not to be identified.
Rep. Dorothy Pelanda, R-Marysville, the sponsor of the House version of the bill, said Right to Life’s support and an amendment to the bill giving birth mothers the opportunity to have their names redacted were key to the bill’s passage.
“We’ve worked so tirelessly for 25 years. I was very emotional” at the bill signing, she said. “ I have been a family lawyer for 31 years, having represented both birth mothers and adoptees, and our youngest child is adopted, and I know how important that document is to her.”
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Laura Beth Kirsop
Director of Communications
Ohio Right to Life
(614) 547-0099 ex. 309
http://www.ohiolife.org

• Requires the Obamacare exchanges to prominently disclose if an insurance plan covers abortions
• Requires the disclosure of the amount of the “abortion fee,” a surcharge required under Obamacare for plans that include abortion