Month: May 2012

Supreme Court: No Social Security for IVF Kids Conceived After Parent Dies

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The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that children conceived posthumously with IVF are not entitled to Social Security survivor benefits. In 1939, the Social Security Administration put in a provision that allowed dependent children to collect their parent’s benefits as survivors. In 1939 they did not have a crazy fertility industry willing …

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Pro-Life Message Heard at Massachusetts Library

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Discrimination against the pro-life viewpoint comes in many forms as anyone involved in the pro-life movement is well aware. Yet attempts to silence the pro-life message, if carefully confronted, can be overcome, as a Pro-Life advocate in Nantucket, Massachusetts recently discovered. Joshua Mencer applied to use the great hall of his local library for a …

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Sioux Falls—Criminal Charges Against Pro-Life Advocates Dismissed

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Sioux Falls, S.D.: On Thursday, May 11, 2012, LLDF attorneys were happy to report the dismissal of a citation for unlawful assembly against the pro-life advocacy group Missionaries to the Preborn. The Milwaukee-based group conducts pro-life outreach throughout the Mid-West, and ran into trouble at their event in Sioux Falls. Police cited Jason Storms, one …

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Congressman King Introduces Act to Remove Federal Funding from Telemedicine Abortion Providers

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Washington, D.C.: Representative Steve King (R-Ia.) introduced H.R. 5731, the Telemedicine Safety Act, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. The Act creates safeguards to ensure no federal funds are used to pay for the infamous practice of “telemed abortions,” or to fund facilities at which these abortions are performed. Co-sponsored by 47 pro-life Members of Congress, …

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Life Legal Defense Foundation will Stand Up for Religious Freedom

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The Department of Health and Human Service’s mandate under Obamacare requiring all insurance providers to cover the full range of FDA-approved contraceptive drugs and devices, including those that can be used post-conception to destroy existing human life, has sparked a nationwide movement, “Stand Up for Religious Freedom.” On June 8, 2012, in over 100 cities …

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