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U.S. House Panel to Examine Policy of Legal Abortion Until Birth in Nation's Capital; Bill Would Ban Abortion of Pain-Capable Unborn Children in the Federal District
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- The U.S. House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution today will hold a hearing examining the policy of legal abortion until birth currently in effect in the nation's capital, and an NRLC-backed bill that would protect unborn children in the federal District after they have reached 20 weeks fetal age, based on their capacity to experience pain.

The bill, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 3803), is patterned on an NRLC-originated model bill that has already been enacted in six states. It currently has 194 House cosponsors.

"Many states are moving to protect pain-capable unborn children, with Georgia joining the list just this month," said NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson. "But with respect to the nation's capital, which the Constitution makes an exclusively federal jurisdiction, it is Congress that has the immediate responsibility to act. Any lawmaker who votes against this bill is voting to ratify the current District policy, under which abortion is legal without limitation to the moment of birth."

"The Constitution makes it crystal clear that the responsibility rests solely with Congress, and with the President," Johnson said, noting that Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution provides that Congress shall "exercise exclusive jurisdiction in all cases whatsoever, over such District . . ."

Johnson added, "This legislation is NRLC's top congressional priority for 2012. NRLC does not regard its House scorecard for the 112th Congress as complete until the House has voted on this bill -- but lawmakers can vote early by cosponsoring the bill, and 194 have already done so. A vote against H.R. 3803 will be scored by NRLC as a vote to ratify a policy of unlimited legal abortion until the moment of birth in the nation's capital."

H.R. 3803 was introduced by Congressman Trent Franks (R-Az.), who is also the chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution. In the bill, Congress adopts "findings" (declarations of fact) that by 20 weeks after fertilization (if not earlier), the unborn child has the capacity to experience great pain. The bill then prohibits abortion after that point, except when an acute physical condition endangers the life of the mother. The abortion method most often used at this stage, the "D&E," is depicted in a medical illustration posted here.

The Judiciary Committee will offer a live internet feed of the hearing, scheduled for 4 PM EDT, at judiciary.house.gov/hearings/Hearings%202012/hear_05172012_2.html

Testifying at today's hearing will be Dr. Anthony Levatino, an obstetrician-gynecologist who at one time performed many D&E abortions but who now opposes abortion; Dr. Colleen Malloy, a neonatologist from Northwestern University who will testify regarding the pain perception capacities of babies who are born very prematurely, and of unborn children; and Dr. Byron Calhoun, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at West Virginia University-Charleston specializing in maternal and fetal medicine, who will testify regarding humane medical approaches to cases in which unborn children are diagnosed with genetic disorders or other serious medical conditions. Also testifying will be an opponent of the bill, Christy Zink of Washington, D.C., who had an abortion after learning that her unborn son had a malformed brain.

On May 15, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), delegate to the House for the District of Columbia, issued a press release complaining that she was not allowed to testify at today's hearing. NRLC's Johnson commented: "The Democrats on the committee could have invited anybody they wanted to fill their witness slot. The Democrats apparently decided Norton was not their strongest witness, so they invited somebody else, and then issued complaints that Norton was excluded -- just another phony controversy, manufactured for Rachel Maddow and the blogosphere."

The NRLC website contains much documentation on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and on the scientific evidence that unborn children, by 20 weeks if not before, have the capacity to experience great pain, here.

Identical legislation (S. 2103) has been introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah).

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters, is the nation's oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. Recognized as the flagship of the pro-life movement, NRLC works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Wichita, KS — Operation Rescue has been informed that long-time pro-life leader Fr. Norman Weslin passed from this life Wednesday evening. He was the founder of the Lambs of Christ, a group that engaged in peaceful civil disobedience at abortion clinics in the late 1980′s and early 1990′s.

Fr. Weslin was arrested and was jailed dozens of times at abortion clinic sit-ins, also known as Rescues. He boldly placed himself between abortion-bound women and the abortionists’ doors while pleading for the lives of the pre-born. Many children were saved from abortion as the result of his sometimes controversial ministry.

“We mourn the passing of this great pro-life hero who lived sacrificially so others who he would never know could experience the gift of life. May God bless his eternal soul and richly reward him for his service,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue and Pro-Life Nation.

When Lincoln Chafee was elected as the Governor of Rhode Island, and a small margin at that, he proclaimed that his first intention of putting same-sex marriage into law as one of his first acts as the Governor of Rhode Island.  Yesterday, the Governor signed an executive order.  I guess he feels empowered by Obama’s coming out party.  Presidents, Governors, politicians come and go, but “we the people” are here to stay!

“PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s governor on Monday declared [Politics is no longer about service, but power] that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance and a slew of other benefits. [So, when California or Massachusetts approves of bigamy or zoophilia, is the Governor going to give them full rights]

The order signed by Gov. Lincoln Chafee in a Statehouse ceremony directs state agencies to recognize marriages performed out of state as legal and treat same-sex married couples the same [we can pretend that same-sex couples are the same, but they will never be, no mater how much Dorothy clicks her heels] as heterosexual ones.”

Isn’t it interesting how they always force their liberal agendas on the people without bringing it to the people for a vote!  You would think we were in  a socialist regime – wait a minute, aren’t we?

Read the whole article here.

IN THE DREARY WORLD OF SECULARISM (AND RELIGIOSITY) ARE LITTLE HINTS OF MUCH MORE

From the mail: "I had the first dinner guests over to my new apartment recently, so I bought a couple of regular candles," writes Paul Kristan of Los Angeles. "After the guests left, one candle started melting sort of oddly -- and this is what took shape. I've been praying the Rosary for about eleven years and lately seem to be struggling to get it in every day -- and maybe this is her way of sending out a little encouragement."

Read more from SpiritDaily.com: http://www.spiritdaily.com/Escapetomiracles.htm

We would not doubt that. When we melt down, she will often rise.

Mary seen in the sun at apparition time

By Jakob Marschner on May 17, 2012

A former Italian bank manager says he saw the Virgin Mary in a sun spectacle in Medjugorje on April 27. Wearing a blue cloak, the Virgin stood forth in the sun just about the time the daily apparition begins, Luciano Giglioni testifies. Group of other Italian pilgrims also saw the sun wonder.

Luciano Giglioni

Along with a group of Italian pilgrims, Luciano Giglioni from Castel del Piano witnessed a 30 minutes sun wonder in Medjugorje on April 27.

Giglioni says he saw the Virgin Mary in the sun minutes before 5.40 pm when three Medjugorje visionaries have their daily apparition.

“When we went down Apparition Hill, the sun had become so bright that its light took much of the sky. Then suddenly it started to throb and turn on itself, and then split into two. And you could see the image of the Virgin Mary dressed in a blue cloak, and a purple Cross” Luciano Giglioni tells regional newspaper Il Tirreno Grosseto.

Luciano Giglioni on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje where he saw the Virgin Mary in the sun on April 27. His account of the event has many similarities with accounts of the earliest sun spectacles in Medjugorje, when the apparitions began in 1981

“Some began to cry, some to pray, some were still walking as if nothing had happened. I realized I was crying. And I took off my glasses, and I left myself to watch the sun changing color continuously for at least half an hour. Just as it started, then everything went back to normal, with only the ‘normal’ heaven, and apparently ‘normal’ people” the retired bank manager says.

Saying he will always have emotions tied to the event, Giglioni has spent a while since April 27 trying to make sense of what happened:

“Imagine my surprise when I tried to rationalize the event. What had I seen? What did we see? How did I look at the sun without sunglasses all the time, and not take any damage to my eyesight?” Luciano Giglioni recounts.

“I am only giving a witness, and this means that I must stick to the facts of what I experienced on April 27 at about 17.30″ the former bank manager says.

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Dear Friend in Christ,

Is there any circumstance at all in which God could lie? Catholics say no, but Protestants .. in denying the Real Presence would have to say .. yes, God can lie. Please take a few minutes to watch this episode of the Vortex and pass it to your family and friends.

GOD Bless you and your loved ones,

Michael Voris
~senior executive producer at RealCatholicTV.com

At 8:39 P.M. EST May 16, Father Norman Weslin left this life. He was 81 years old.