Pro-life blog buzz 1-10-14

from Jill Stanek.com

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Wesley J. Smith says organ donation is a great thing – but not so great that it should push families to let go of their loved ones before receiving second (or further) opinions on determining brain death.

Reflections of a Paralytic discusses The Center for Bioethics and Culture author Jennifer Lahl’s (of Eggsploitation fame) new documentary, Breeders. The film examines the growing use of surrogates for family  building.

 

Jennifer Lahl’s eye-opening interviews with surrogates, doctors, psychologists, and advocates across the political spectrum explain why surrogacy is either illegal or far more limited in other industrialized countries.

ProWomanProLife learns from expert pro-life speaker Stephanie Gray, who focuses on the importance of listening well when talking to someone with pro-abortion viewpoints.

ProLifeBlogs features a post by Life Site News, which chastises Wisconsin GOP senators for refusing to vote on sex-selection abortion “and protecting against involuntarily subsidizing abortion."

Pro-life Action League is keeping score and thus far, the Obama Administration has lost 88% of its attempts to force the HHS Mandate on various groups. This is causing consternation of the left.

Secular Pro-Life recommends the film Gimme Shelter, which has the possibility of being viewed by a wider audience since it is not labeled as a “pro-life” film. The film highlights the work of pro-life centers that provide care for pregnant women. Planned Parenthood enjoys taxpayer subsidies to the tune of $1.5M per day, but find it necessary to try to shut down facilities that don’t provide abortion:It is not just Planned Parenthood which has targeted the centers. NARAL Pro-Choice America has an ongoing campaign urging action against them. There is also an organization called the Crisis Project which is devoted solely to opposing pregnancy centers.