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The Pill Kills - and now the Department of Health and Human Services recognizes it - American Life League
Reacting to news reports that the Department of Health and Human Services is considering a rule that defines abortion to include birth control, Marie Hahnenberg, project manager for Protest the Pill Day '08: The Pill Kills Babies released the following statement:
We are happy to see that this proposal recognizes that the birth control pill can kill babies in the womb and we hope that this will bring even more discussion and education on the abortifacient effects of the pill, IUD, emergency contraception and many other birth control drugs.

Abortionist indicted after a botched abortion leaves 22-year-old dead The Boston Globe
A Harvard-affiliated obstetrician has been indicted on a manslaughter charge after an abortion he performed last year on Cape Cod ended in the death of a 22-year-old woman, prosecutors said yesterday. Dr. Rapin Osathanondh, a research associate at the Harvard School of Public Health, allegedly failed to monitor Laura Hope Smith of Sandwich while she was under anesthesia during the procedure in September at Women's Health Center in Hyannis. Prosecutors allege he delayed trying to resuscitate Smith after she stopped breathing and then lied about his actions and the equipment he had available after the state began investigating.

Planned Parenthood in Hysterics over Bush Memo Defining Abortifacient Contraception as Abortion - LifeSite News
Planned Parenthood and its abortion allies are apoplectic over a new Bush Administration memo that defines abortifacient contraception as abortion and proposes regulations that would prevent individuals and entities receiving federal money from discriminating against pro-life health care providers.

Planned Parenthood Ad Bashes John McCain on Viagra, Not Abortion - LifeNews.Com
Planned Parenthood is the leading abortion business in the United States, doing more than 25 percent of the abortions nationwide and bringing in more than $1 billion in revenue the last fiscal year. Yet a new television ad the abortion business is running has nothing to do with abortion.
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