High Schoolers Dissected Baby Brains in New Mexico

A Congressional committee is recommending criminal charges against the University of New Mexico (UNM) for illegally handling aborted babies after learning that the medical school instructed high school students in dissection of fetal brains at a summer camp.

“Documentation obtained by the panel in the course of its investigation reflects that the transfer of fetal tissue from SWWO to UNM for research purposes is a direct violation of New Mexico’s Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.”
-- Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chair of the U.S. House Select Panel on Infant Lives

For background, read Congress Finds: Dead Baby Parts Have NEVER Cured Disease

Also read Government Wants 'Defective Babies' to Harvest Organs



-- From "Medical School Dean Admits High School Students Dissected BRAINS OF ABORTED BABIES" by Eric Owens, Education Editor, Daily Caller 8/25/16

Paul Roth, the dean of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, can be seen admitting to the allegation in [the above] video published this month by the New Mexico Alliance for Life.

Roth would not elaborate about the source of the aborted baby brains or the way in which the taxpayer-funded university obtained them to be sliced up by high school kids on the summer learning adventure.

Earlier this summer, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) of the U.S. House Select Panel on Infant Lives cited a May 2012 request to the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center “for digoxin treated tissue 24-28 weeks for methylation study + because [redacted] wants whole, fixed brains to dissect w/ summer camp students. Clinic est. 27 and 28 weeks.”

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From "House panel seeks criminal charges for University of New Mexico in abortion research" by Joseph J. Kolb, FoxNews.com 8/26/16

[Congresswoman Marsha] Blackburn charged the school broke state laws governing the use of aborted fetal tissue it received from Southwestern Women’s Options [SWWO], which provides late-term abortions. Published reports said the tissue was used for research and even dissected at what has been described as summer camps in 2012 and 2014.

Blackburn told [New Mexico Attorney General Hector] Balderas that university officials trained new abortion doctors, referred women to outside abortion clinics, sent UNM faculty and residents to an abortion clinic during transition between owners, extended “voluntary faculty” status to local abortionists, supplied residents and fellows to perform abortions for SWWO, and put pressure on employees and students for political support, all in violation of state law..

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From "Congress: University Broke Law Buying Brains of Aborted Babies for Students to Dissect" by Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews.com 8/26/16

Blackburn’s letter was accompanied by a scathing 291-page report outlining the relationship between UNM and SWWO and the use and advocacy of aborted tissues for research.

“Today, UNM Hospital performs surgical abortions for any reason through 25 weeks gestation,” said the report. “Since the time when opposition to participating in abortion procedures was the predominant view of UNM medical staff, the culture appears to have changed—along with the composition of UNM hospital and clinic personnel—to one aggressively in favor of the expansion of abortion.”

Earlier in June, the [House] panel sent evidence to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicating that Planned Parenthood and the human tissue procurement company StemExpress may have violated patients’ privacy under HIPPA.

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From "University of New Mexico Dept. head confirms high school students dissected aborted baby brains" by Susan Michelle, Live Action News 8/25/16

[Paul Roth stated in the video,] "Yes, we had a faculty member who obtained some tissue, and during one of these summer workshops, uh, dissected I think one or two fetal brains."

Roth declined to confirm the source of the fetal brains when the questioner asked him “were those from Dr. Boyd’s?” The questioner is referring to the abortion facility operated by late-term abortionist, Curtis Boyd, who also teaches at the university’s medical school. . . .

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Also read Planned Parenthood Sells Aborted Baby Parts for Research

Child-Self Porn Legalized in New Mexico: Sexting

This week, Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico signed legislation allowing children of ages 14 to 18 to legally produce child pornography (of themselves) and as well as distribute such pornography through electronic transmission and "sexting" because the majority of legislators believe children should have this right.

“I believe this bill is an important step forward in protecting our children from exploitation. As a former prosecutor who specialized in child abuse and sexual abuse cases, I know how important it is that we protect our kids from these abhorrent criminals.  I don’t support the so-called ‘sexting’ amendment, as I believe the reasoning behind it is misinformed and it was not carefully considered.”
-- Gov. Susana Martinez

For background, read Arresting Kids for Sexting is Overreaction, Say NY Parents

Click headlines below to read previous articles:

Hundreds of Colorado Students Self-produce Child Porn, Police Say

Sexting Epidemic: Indiana & Illinois Schools, Police Say

Teens Jailed for Child Porn Group Sex Video in Illinois

Teen Students Learn to Produce & Distribute Child Pornography

Also read Education Experts Say: Relax Parents, Sexting is Simply How Kids Flirt Today

-- From "New Mexico passes law making it legal for teenagers to sext each other" by Caroline Mortimer, UK Independent 2/27/16

New Mexico has passed a law which means teenagers can legally send each explicit “sexts” with each other without falling foul of the state’s child sex abuse images laws.

Democratic State Senator George Muñoz told the Guardian: “Kids will be kids, and they’re going to make mistakes.

“You can’t punish them for the rest of their lifetime with a charge of child pornography … if they’re consensually sending photos back and forth.”

The law specifies that sexting between minors is only legal if they “knowingly and voluntarily” exchanged images and there is no evidence of coercion.

Before the law was passed teenagers could face long jail terms as in child abuse cases prosecutors can file a charge against for each image they send.

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From "Gov. Martinez signs bill increasing child pornography penalties" by Dan Boyd, Capitol Bureau Chief, Albuquerque Journal 2/25/16

In announcing she had signed the bill, [Gov.] Martinez pointed out she could not line-item veto the provision — only bills dealing with spending can be partly vetoed — and either had to sign the bill in its entirety or veto it.

She also called on lawmakers to revisit the sexting issue in the 2017 legislative session.

After being revised several times on its way through the Legislature, this year’s bill ended up increasing the potential prison time to 10 years — 11 years, in some cases — for child pornography possession, and ramping up penalties for manufacturing and distribution, as well.

The legislation, House Bill 65, is intended to fix a situation created by a 2014 New Mexico Supreme Court ruling that effectively said 18 months was the maximum sentence for possession, no matter how many images the offender possessed.

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From "Governor inks law to toughen child porn penalties" by Justin Horwath, The New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) 2/26/16

The law increases the sentence for possession of child pornography to 10 years from 18 months; increases the sentence for distributing child pornography to 11 years from three years; and increases the sentence for manufacturing child pornography to 12 years from nine years. It passed the Senate on a 40-0 vote and the House 64-0.

Under the new law, teenagers between 14 and 17 who send explicit images of themselves to one another will not be prosecuted for possession of child pornography. Senators added the exception in an amendment to the House bill, expressing concerns that teens engaging in consensual behavior could face criminal charges.

Debate on the exemption for teenagers sparked some of the highest drama of the 30-day legislative session that ended last week, with staffers for Attorney General Hector Balderas’ office walking out of a Senate committee hearing in protest. Later, on the Senate floor, Sen. Lisa Torraco, R-Albuquerque, moved to oust members of Balderas’ staff from the full Senate debate on the bill, saying, “The attorney general has not been helpful in this process.” Senators agreed, and Balderas’ staff members were barred from the floor.

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From "Guv signs bill toughening child porn penalties" by Joey Peters, NM Political Report 2/25/16

Approval of the [sexting] amendment, supported by state senators from both parties, caused a staffer from Attorney General Hector Balderas’ office who was acting as an expert witness to storm out of the room during a senate committee hearing earlier this month. Balderas’ office pushed hard for the legislation initially but opposed the amendment, arguing that it would allow adults to pay or pressure minors to make child pornography.

Supporters of the amendment, however, argued that not exempting teen sexting would lead to arrests and jail time for teenagers who, in the words of Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque, are simply “being young and dumb.”

Sen. Sue Wilson Beffort, R-Sandia Park, even said during committee that she would filibuster the bill if the sexting amendment wasn’t added.

“These kids are active at this age,” Wilson Beffort said at the time. “If you are a parent of a boy who goes to jail, it’s really serious.”

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From "Martinez Signs Bill Mandating 10-Year Minimum Sentence For Child Porn Possession" by Office of The New Mexico Governor 2/25/16

Following a 2014 New Mexico Supreme Court decision that ended the long-standing precedent of allowing prosecutors to charge child pornographers with multiple counts based on the number of images or videos they possessed, those who possessed child pornography were only sentenced to 18 months in prison.

The legislation was sponsored by Representatives Sarah Maestas Barnes (R-Albuquerque) and Randal Crowder (R-Clovis).

The Governor will continue to support legislation that also closes the per-image child pornography loophole in state law, which was why this bill was introduced in the first place.

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From "New ‘Sexting’ Law Means New Mexico Teens Can Share Nude Photos And Not Be Charged" by Aaron Homer, The Inquisitr News 2/27/16

The bill has already sparked plenty of controversy. But defense lawyers insist that majority of adolescents are not aware of the severity and legal consequences of sexting, a common trait in the Smartphone age. . . .

According to the journal Pediatrics, teens who sext are more likely to be sexually active in less than a year. They are also likely to have multiple partners, pay little attention to birth control, and do drugs and alcohol. The study concluded by saying sexting was the new “normal” of teenage sexual behavior.

Most states have not updated their child abuse image laws. But supporters of the New Mexico bill hope other legislatures take a cue and do the same. [Democratic State Senator George] Muñoz, who pushed for sexting reform and an amendment for stiffer penalties against child pornography, said “Our laws have to change with technology.”

The state attorney general, Hector Baldera slammed the sexting proposal and deemed it as dangerous. “I cannot support an amendment that weakens protection against teenagers from predatory activity and creates a dangerous new child exploitation loophole,” he said in a statement.

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Also read Sexting Sells! Most Adults Do It, NOT Just Teens

And read Homosexual Teacher in Illinois Sexting Boy, Resigns

New Mexico Museum Seeks Atheists, Slams Christians

After two scientists questioned the objectivity of the taxpayer-funded New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, the state government attempted to coverup its collaboration with atheists from across America in a program to denigrate faith in the Bible as part of the Museum's Darwin Days celebration of faith in godless evolution.

“It is my understanding that the religion clauses of the First Amendment require that states ‘pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion,’”
-- James Campbell and Michael Edenburn

For background, read Science Limited to Godless Origins at Ball State University and also read Teaching Evolution is Religious Indoctrination, Asserts Lawsuit as well as Parents Sue Kansas to Stop Teaching Secular Humanism as Science

-- From "New Mexico Scientists Fight Taxpayer-Funded Evolution Celebration" posted at KKLA-FM99.5 7/1/14

A flier promoting Darwin Days at the museum in February listed New Mexicans for Science & Reason, Humanist Society of New Mexico, and Freedom From Religion, Albuquerque as museum co-sponsors, stoking the anger of James Campbell and Michael Edenburn. . . . [So they] attended the Darwin Days lectures, found them to be true to their billing, and submitted a Freedom of Information request for emails and documents produced in planning the Darwin Days celebration of the birth and life of evolutionist Charles Darwin.

The documents showed the museum actively solicited and recruited pro-evolution atheist groups to help plan its 2014 Darwin Day events and made no attempt to involve religious groups or those skeptical of Darwinian evolution. The museum worked closely with atheists to plan the Darwin Day events that included anti-religious lectures and attacks against intelligent design and creationism. And once Campbell filed his inquiry with the governor’s office, the planning team attempted to cover up the collaborations and offered false information about what really happened, the scientists said.

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From "State-Run New Mexico Museum Scrambled to Cover Up Collaboration with Atheistic Groups" by Casey Luskin, Evolution News and Views 6/26/14

Those anti-religious lectures were scheduled to take place at the museum on Wednesday, February 12. But after receiving Campbell's letter, the museum's top staff, including the director, scrambled to find a way to distance itself from the lectures, making it look as if the museum was only sponsoring the Darwin Day events on Sunday, February 9.

For example, on February 7, Debra Novak -- Director of Education at NMMNSH, who was by this point in charge of planning the Darwin Days events -- sent an e-mail to Dave Thomas, president of New Mexicans for Science & Reason (NMSR). She sought to draw up a meeting room contract for NMSR's Darwin Day event, which would hide the fact that they were cosponsoring the event. Instead, she wanted it to look as if NMSR alone was behind the Wednesday night events. Acting, she said, at the request of Charles Walter, the museum's director . . .

Documents produced by a freedom-of-information request show no evidence of such a contract prior to James Campbell's inquiry. Before that, the assumption seemed to be that both the museum and the atheist-skeptic groups were cosponsoring all of the lectures.

To read the extensive documentation of the coverup, CLICK HERE.

Also read Most Americans Reject Godless Theory of Evolution

Activist Judges Say Scalia Right on 'Gay Marriage'

Gay Agenda judges across America are rapidly falling in line to forbid American voters the right to define marriage as between one man and one woman.  Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a devout Roman Catholic, has warned for more than a decade that judicial activism in the high court decisions were pointing toward an eventual stripping of moral values from the fabric that created America.

Just as Scalia predicted, when he Slammed the Supreme Court Majority in June 2013:

Federal Judge OKs Polygamy in Utah

Federal Judge Orders Utah 'Gay Marriages' to Proceed — UPDATE 7/19/14: Supreme Court Blocks "Gay Marriages" OKd by Obama's DOJ

Federal Judge Negates Ohio Voters, Recognizes 'Gay Marriage'

Pennsylvania Officials Defy Voters, Issue 'Gay Marriage' Licenses — UPDATE 5/20/14: Federal Judge Rules Voters Cannot Define Natural Marriage

North Carolina Officials Defy Voters re: 'Gay Marriage' Licenses

Hawaii Government Oppose Citizens re: 'Gay Marriage'

Illinois Government Oppose Black & Catholic Churches re: 'Gay Marriage'

New Jersey Supreme Court Mandates 'Gay Marriage'

New Mexico Supreme Court Legalizes 'Gay Marriage'

President Obama Edicts 'Gay Marriage' to ALL States

UPDATE 2/10/14: New Mexico Voters' Defense of Marriage Now Said to be Indefensible

UPDATE 2/10/14: Lawless Nevada GOP Governor Yields 'Gay Marriage' Victory at 9th Circuit

UPDATE 2/14/14: Judges Negate Marriage Votes in Kentucky, Virginia

UPDATE 3/4/14: GOP Coalition Pushes 'Gay Marriage' in 10th Circuit Appeals Court

UPDATE 3/22/14: Suddenly, Judge Proclaims 'Gay Marriages' Must Commence in Michigan

UPDATE 5/10/14: Judges Negate Voters in Arkansas & Indiana: Gay Agenda

UPDATE 5/20/14: Idaho ruling against natural marriage put on hold by 9th Circuit Appeals Court

UPDATE 5/20/14: Oregon Judge Enacts 'Gay Marriage,' Citizens Want Re-vote to Overrule Judge

UPDATE 6/10/14: 'Gay Marriage' Chaos in Wisconsin after Judicial Ruling

UPDATE 7/18/14: 10th Circuit Rules for Same-sex "Marriage" in Utah & Oklahoma

UPDATE 7/30/14: 4th Circuit Judge Says Polygamy Will Follow Ruling for 'Gay Marriage'

UPDATE 9/6/14: 7th Circuit Court Goes Gay for Indiana & Wisconsin

UPDATE 10/7/14: List of status of all 50 states - same-sex "marriage" (Associated Press)

UPDATE 1/6/15: Florida Goes Gay, as a Few Judges Overrule 5 Million Voters

In contrast, 'Gay Marriage' Flops in Expanding European Union and also Africans Reject Obama's Gay Agenda, to his Face

UPDATE 5/20/14: 'Gay Marriage' Not Favored in Polls, Only in Court

! ! ! ! UPDATE 11/7/14: 'Gay Marriage' Loses in Federal Appeals Court; on to Supreme Court

-- From "Judge Completely Trolls Justice Scalia In Striking Down Utah's Gay Marriage Ban" by Brett LoGiurato, Business Insider 12/20/13

[Justice Antonin Scalia's] prediction came true on Friday, when U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby ruled that Utah's 2004 ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional. And Shelby even made note of Scalia's dissent at points in his ruling, citing it as part of his reasoning in striking down the Utah law.

Scalia warned that the Supreme Court's reasoning that struck down [one portion of] the Defense of Marriage Act — which denied federal benefits to same-sex couples — could be used to strike down state laws banning same-sex marriage. Scalia, who's notoriously anti-gay marriage, was saying this was a bad thing. In an interesting twist, Utah's Judge Shelby quoted Scalia's negative prophecy in his pro-gay marriage opinion [and] then wrote that he "agreed" with that part of Scalia's opinion, and offered his response. Though Scalia meant it as some kind of dire warning, Shelby cited the Supreme Court's decision as a reason to overturn Utah's law:

The court agrees with Justice Scalia’s interpretation of Windsor and finds that the important federalism concerns at issue here are nevertheless insufficient to save a state-law prohibition that denies the Plaintiffs their rights to due process and equal protection under the law.

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From "Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling ripples through lower courts" by Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times 12/23/13

The scenarios must have sounded all too familiar to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In June, when the court issued a landmark decision ordering the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states where they were legal, Scalia warned of what could come next.

"How easy it is, indeed how inevitable, to reach the same conclusion with regard to state laws denying same-sex couples marital status," Scalia wrote in a scathing dissent in United States vs. Windsor, which struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act but left state laws intact. "No one should be fooled; it is just a matter of listening and waiting for the other shoe" to drop.

Now, for opponents of same-sex marriage, the other shoe is dropping.

"Now it is just as Justice Scalia predicted," [U.S. District Judge Timothy S.] Black wrote in his Ohio ruling. "The lower courts are applying the Supreme Court's decision, as they must, and the question is presented whether a state can do what the federal government cannot — i.e., discriminate against same-sex couples. ... Under the Constitution of the United States, the answer is no."

[Numerous] judges have overridden legislators and voters who had approved the bans before national popular opinion began to tilt in favor of same-sex marriage.

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From "Same-Sex-Marriage Supporters Applaud Ohio and Utah Rulings" by Jack Healy And Trip Gabriel, New York Times 12/23/13

The same-sex weddings began in a joyful chaos on Friday afternoon after Judge Shelby declared that the ban that Utah voters approved in 2004 violated the United States Constitution. While many gay-rights advocates expected a favorable ruling from Judge Shelby, an appointee of President Obama, the timing caught many gay couples off-guard. . . .

Gov. Gary R. Herbert, a Republican, said the flurry of new marriages and unresolved legal questions — lawyers on both sides said the case was likely to reach the United States Supreme Court — had created “a lot of chaos” in Utah. He condemned the ruling as an activist judge’s attack on a definition of traditional marriage that was supported by a wide majority of Utah residents.

. . . A spokeswoman for Ohio’s attorney general, Mike DeWine, said he would appeal the [Ohio] ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

The Ohio decision did not go as far as the ruling in Utah, but experts said both were among federal cases around the country likely to return the issue of same-sex marriage to the Supreme Court.

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From "Same-Sex Marriage, The Legal Deluge" by Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker 12/24/13

. . . The Mormon Church, once a leader of the anti-marriage-equality fight and a major force in Utah, was practically apologetic in its disagreement with the decision. “The Church has been consistent in its support of traditional marriage while teaching that all people should be treated with respect,” the Church statement said. “This ruling by a district court will work its way through the judicial process.” A few dead-enders in Utah have fought back, and there is no guarantee that the decision will survive on appeal, but the muted response suggests that everyone, on all sides of the issue, sees where the country is headed.

Dominoes are falling all over. The day before Utah became the eighteenth state (in addition to the District of Columbia) to allow same-sex marriage, New Mexico became No. 17. The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled unanimously that its state constitution required marriage equality.

. . . The Ohio [Judge Black] decision is crucial because people in the United States tend to move from state to state. . . . It would be a disorderly mess to have separate spheres of law [from state to state] for gay married couples and straight married couples . . .

What [Utah's Judge] Shelby and all these judges are seeing is that it is impossible to offer gay people some rights and not others. . . .

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From "Federal Judge: Right to Same-Sex Marriage Is 'Deeply Rooted in Nation’s History and Implicit in The Concept of Ordered Liberty'" by Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com 12/21/13

“The alleged right to same-sex marriage that the State claims the Plaintiffs are seeking is simply the same right that is currently enjoyed by heterosexual individuals: the right to make a public commitment to form an exclusive relationship and create a family with a partner with whom the person shares an intimate and sustaining emotional bond,” wrote [Judge Shelby].

“This right is deeply rooted in the nation’s history and implicit in the concept of ordered liberty because it protects an individual’s ability to make deeply personal choices about love and family free from government interference,” he declared. “And, as discussed above, this right is enjoyed by all individuals. If the right to same-sex marriage were a new right, then it should make new protections and benefits available to all citizens. But heterosexual individuals are as likely to exercise their purported right to same-sex marriage as gay men and lesbians are to exercise their purported right to opposite-sex marriage. Both same-sex and opposite-sex marriage are therefore simply manifestations of one right—the right to marry—applied to people with different sexual identities.”

“The Plaintiffs are seeking access to an existing right, not the declaration of a new right,” said the judge.

The judge argued that the Fifth Amendment, ratified in 1791, and the Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, are the two provisions of the Constitution that have guaranteed the “existing right” of a man to marry another man or a woman to marry another woman.

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From "Ohio gay marriage ruling may just be beginning" by Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press 12/24/13

In a broadly written ruling Monday, Judge Timothy Black said Ohio's ["Gay Marriage"] ban is unconstitutional and that states cannot discriminate against same-sex couples simply because some voters don't like homosexuality.

Bridget Coontz, the attorney who argued on behalf of the state, said Wednesday in Black's Cincinnati courtroom that in the Supreme Court's historic June decision, the justices also found that states have the right to decide for themselves whether to recognize gay marriage, and Ohio voters decided not to in 2004.

"Ohio doesn't want Delaware or Maryland to define who is married under Ohio law," she said. "To allow that to happen would allow one state to set the marriage policy for all others."

Black said constitutional rights trump Ohio's gay marriage ban, questioning whether it was passed for a legitimate state interest "other than simply maintaining a 'traditional' definition of marriage."

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UPDATE 12/29/13: "Scalia finds his predictions on same-sex-marriage ruling being borne out" by Robert Barnes, Washington Post

. . . as Scalia pointed out, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s DOMA decision practically provided a blueprint for how such challenges might be successful.

It is not surprising that judges might want to quote a conservative justice when striking down what voters have put in place. Ohio and Utah voters amended their state constitutions to ban same-sex marriages in 2004, along with other states. Black and Shelby were nominated by President Obama.

Shelby, 43, does not have the reputation as a firebrand. He had been on the bench only six months when he was assigned the same-sex marriage case Kitchen v. Herbert. He was previously a Salt Lake City lawyer and was honored for his service in Operation Desert Storm while in the Utah National Guard.

The state of Utah has said it will ask the Supreme Court to stay Shelby’s ruling and stop same-sex marriages while an appeals court considers the merits of the decision. . . .

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And although 'Gay Marriage' is NOT America's Choice, as Polling Shows, nonetheless More High-profile Republicans are Going Gay Agenda, and the Republican Party is Funding Homosexualist Candidates, thus demonstrating that The GOP Has Failed the Nationwide Marriage Amendment Test

Also read Gay Agenda will be Complete when Christians are Muzzled, Say Homosexualists as well as Senator Ted Cruz Says the Gay Agenda Ends Christian Liberty

UPDATE 10/19/14: Idaho Pastors Face Fines, Jail for Refusing 'Gay Wedding'

Albuquerque Abortionist-Hotel Combo Fly In Victims

Voters in Albuquerque, New Mexico will decide on Tuesday whether their city will continue to be America's late-term abortion capital, or if abortion after 20 weeks gestation will be banned. A new undercover video has exposed the combined effort of the Southwestern Women’s Options abortion clinic with the Plaza Inn to provided discounted “room-service (even third-trimester) abortions” for out-of-town mothers-to-be.

"Albuquerque voters are voting for the whole state of New Mexico and also for the rest of the country."
-- Micaela Cadena, policy director of (the pro-abortion) Young Women United

For background, read New Mexico Ignores Deadly Botched Abortions

Also read Abortionists Lament Ever-greater State Limits as well as Pro-lifers Prevail: More Abortion Restriction Laws



-- From "Albuquerque becomes latest abortion battlefield" by Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times 11/16/13

. . . New Mexico's largest city is believed to be the first municipality in the country to place such an initiative on a ballot.

The "Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance," which needs a majority to pass, would have statewide impact because the only late-term abortion providers in the largely rural state are in Albuquerque.

Women living out of state also fly to Albuquerque for this type of care, said Micaela Cadena, policy director at Young Women United. The New Mexico-based group is part of the Respect ABQ Women campaign, which is fighting the local measure.

To get the measure on the ballot, Operation Rescue and other antiabortion groups gathered 27,000 signatures — more than twice the number the city requires. If successful, the ordinance could be implemented days after city officials certify the election.

Opponents of the measure, including state Atty. Gen. Gary King, have said they're prepared to sue if the measure passes.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Eyes on Albuquerque in New Mexico abortion fight" by Paige Winfield Cunningham, Politico 11/13/13

Albuquerque could become the first city in the country to pass a ban on abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy after a vote next Tuesday.

Voters appear to support the measure, according to a September poll by the Albuquerque Journal that showed support at 54 percent and opposition at 39 percent. But there’s been a lot of advertising and activity on both sides since September, so the outcome isn’t certain.

. . . New Mexico Legislature, controlled by Democrats, is unlikely to take up the provision. So attention turned to Albuquerque.

[The Susan B. Anthony] List announced $100,000 in ad buys this week. Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union have each spent several hundred thousand dollars in efforts to defeat the measure.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Hotel Gives Discounts to Women Getting Late-Term Abortions at 25 Weeks" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 11/15/13

The new undercover [video] recording features an investigator attempting to schedule a 25-week (six-plus-month) abortion appointment with Southwestern Women’s Options, that late-term abortion clinic. After specifying that the late-term abortion comprises a “week-long procedure,” the staffer directs the investigator to the Plaza Inn – “a hotel that we work in conjunction with” – which offers room rate discounts and free transportation to and from all appointments. The video shows definitively that the Plaza Inn is cooperating with Southwestern Women’s Options [SWO] abortionists to enhance revenues for both businesses.

In the undercover recording, the Plaza Inn staffer admits that under such circumstances, “you guys [SWO patients] actually transport yourselves[.] … I think you wind up going to the hospital[.]”

According to its website, the Plaza Inn, which boasts “the Best in Southwestern Hospitality,” is associated with three other hotels in the region: the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Colton/Riverside, CA; the Holiday Inn Express in Barstow, CA; and the Palmdale Hotel & Resort in Palmdale, CA.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

In addition, read Babies Can Hear Abortionist Coming, Study Shows and also read More Abortionists Admit Killing Kids After Birth

Lesbian Fired by Ark. Catholic School Wants Apology

Media tout public's demand that Catholic Church change . . .

English teacher Tippi McCullough never discussed her homosexuality with her employer, Mount St. Mary Academy for girls in Little Rock, Arkansas, but when she traveled to New Mexico to "marry" her lesbian lover, she was dismissed for violating the terms of her contract -- a morality code that required her to uphold teachings of the Catholic Church.

"Sometimes adherence to the church's teachings may be difficult, challenging and/or unpopular. We recognize that some may disagree with our actions, and we respect their right to do so."
-- Mount St. Mary President Karen Flake

For background, read 'Gay Marriage' Teacher Fired by California Catholic School and also read Lesbian Methodist Fired from Ohio Catholic School as well as Christian University Boots Professor for Changing Sex

Other teachers have sued Christian schools for being fired over immorality issues, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruling over President Obama's DOJ gives churches freedom to fire & hire.

Remember the assurance from Pope Benedict XVI: Public Opinion Won't Liberalize the Church and also read that Pope Francis I Says the Gay Agenda is Work of the Devil



-- From "Teacher at Catholic school in Little Rock asks for apology for firing after marrying partner" by Chuck Bartels, Associated Press 10/22/13

On Oct. 16, McCullough married her partner, Barb Mariani, in New Mexico, where same-sex marriage is [claimed to be] legal. McCullough said she received a call from her principal less than an hour after the ceremony and was told that she'd lose her job if she was married to a woman.

"I was devastated," McCullough said. "I would never have purposefully blown my life up like this."

Mariani, who is a deputy prosecutor in Pulaski County, said the school is incorrectly applying the morals code contained in its employment contract with McCullough.

Flake's statement didn't address McCullough's call for an apology and gave no indication that a nondiscrimination policy is under discussion.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Teacher Tippi McCullough Forced To Resign After Marrying Same-Sex Partner" by Rebecca Klein, The Huffington Post 10/23/13

. . . McCullough appeared Tuesday at a news conference held by the Human Rights Campaign –- a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group -- and said she was devastated by the situation.

The Human Rights Campaign has called on students, teachers and Mount St. Mary Academy community members to stand up for McCullough. One of the school’s students started an online petition asking the school to stop discriminatory practices.

"So many other teachers have signed that contract, and they probably use birth control or have had premarital sex or anything else that goes against Catholic beliefs," Gillian Gullett, a 10th-grader at the school, told local outlet Fox 16.

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From "Teacher at a Catholic school is fired on her wedding day after marrying her lesbian lover of 14 years" by Chris Pleasance, UK Daily Mail 10/18/13

[School principal] Diane Wolfe claimed she had found out about the union 'through the diocese' and, according to Mrs McCullough, told her: 'I never thought this day would come, but I have to terminate you.'

It has been reported that the English teacher, who had been at the school for 15 years, was offered a 'glowing recommendation' letter and told she could voluntarily resign.

Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin said: 'To fire a beloved teacher simply because she is gay is morally reprehensible.

'At a moment when Pope Francis is urging the Catholic hierarchy to put aside judgment and a decades-long campaign targeting devoted LGBT Catholics, it’s shameful that this school is ignoring that hopeful message in favor of explicit and baseless discrimination.'

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From "Mount St. Mary teacher fired for marrying her female partner" by Max Brantley, Arkansas Times 10/17/13

[McCullough] said she'd been encouraged by support from other teachers. She said, too, that she was sure Wolfe knew of her long relationship with Mariani.  They never discussed it explicitly, she said, but "she knew." In their discussion yesterday, "I told her I thought it was unfair, that I was being singled out for being gay." She said Wolfe told her the nun who once headed the school had once escorted out an unmarried pregnant teacher.

[Mariani] said McCullough had been more than discreet. McCullough said she'd never talked about her sexual orientation with students.

No law protects McCullough from firing. Some states and cities have employment non-discrimination laws that protect people of different sexual orientation. But even so, a religious institution citing church teaching would be exempt.

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Gay Agenda: NM County Clerk Assumes Role of Judge

The ObamaNation lawlessness spreads further . . .

Lynn Ellis, Clerk of Doña Ana County, has begun to issue same-sex "marriage" licenses based on his independent reading of the U.S. and New Mexico constitutions.  Not surprisingly, New Mexico Attorney General Gary King (Democrat candidate for governor) announced that he will NOT challenge any county wanting to follow suit.

Odd . . . the U.S. Supreme Court has NOT found any right to "gay marriage" in the Constitution, per their decisions several weeks ago.

For background, read President Obama's 'Marriage' Lawlessness Spreads Across America

UPDATE 12/24/13: Activist Judges Say Scalia Right on 'Gay Marriage'

UPDATE 12/19/13: New Mexico Supreme Court Legalizes 'Gay Marriage' (read excerpts from article below)



-- From "NM county issues same-sex marriage licenses" by The Associated Press (Barry Massey in Santa Fe and Juan Carlos Llorca in Las Cruces) 8/21/13

Gay couples rushed to a courthouse in Las Cruces on Wednesday after the county clerk decided to issue same-sex marriage licenses in a surprise move that came as several legal challenges on the practice make their way through the courts.

Jeff Williams, a public information officer in the county's government and a reverend with Universal Life Church, said he was marrying same-sex couples all day long while wearing his rainbow-colored tie.

[Attorney General] King said Wednesday that "we feel like our position that the [current marriage] law is unconstitutional presents a barrier to us from bringing any action."

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From "County Clerk in New Mexico Issues Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples" by Heath Haussamen And Fernanda Santos, New York Times 8/21/13

Proponents [of "gay marriage"] are banking on the outcome of the court cases, pending before separate district courts, and on a statement by Gary King, the state’s attorney general, in June saying the statutory framework that precludes same-sex marriage would be “vulnerable to challenge.”

. . . Despite her long-professed opposition to same-sex marriage, [Republican] Governor Martinez has softened her stance, saying voters should be the ones to decide whether to legalize it in New Mexico — “not a court, not politicians in Santa Fe, and not one random county clerk,” as her spokesman, Enrique Knell, put it in a statement on Wednesday.

Polls have indicated that the electorate is divided, though, with much of the resistance grounded in the strong Roman Catholic vein that runs through the state.

At the Doña Ana County clerk’s office on Wednesday, staff members were issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples at a rate of four an hour, a record for an office that generally grants five marriage licenses a day. . . .

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UPDATE 12/19/13: "Gay marriage ruled legal by New Mexico's high court" by The Associated Press

Justice Edward L. Chavez said in a ruling that none of New Mexico's marriage statutes specifically prohibits same-gender marriages, but the state's laws as a whole have prevented gay and lesbian couples from marrying. The justices said same-sex couples are a discrete group that has been subjected to a history of discrimination and violence.

"Accordingly, New Mexico may neither constitutionally deny same-gender couples the right to marry nor deprive them of the rights, protections and responsibilities of marriage laws, unless the proponents of the legislation — the opponents of same-gender marriage — prove that the discrimination caused by the legislation is 'substantially related to an important government interest,'" Chavez wrote.

Eight of the state's 33 counties started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in August when a county clerk in southern New Mexico independently decided to allow the unions.

The Democratic-controlled Legislature repeatedly has turned down proposals for domestic partnerships for same-sex couples and a constitutional amendment that would have allowed voters to decide whether to legalize gay marriage. Measures to ban same-sex marriage also have failed.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Gay Agenda will be Complete when Christians are Muzzled, Say Homosexualists as well as Senator Ted Cruz Says the Gay Agenda Ends Christian Liberty

In addition, read Nationwide Marriage Amendment Puts Republicans to the Test

Christian School Sued by Homosexuals in New Mexico

Hope Christian School in Albuquerque chose not to enroll a 3-year-old to preschool because the two male "parents" exhibit an anti-Christian lifestyle. In response, Joseph Romero and John Keelin have filed a lawsuit in Bernalillo County Court to force admittance for their child.  No doubt, if they win, they will then sue the school a second time for teaching that homosexual behavior is sinful.

UPDATE 10/8/15: Lesbians Sue Calif. Christian School for Biblical Beliefs

For background, read Kentucky Christian Business Must Pay Damages to Homosexuals and also read Homosexuals Sue Illinois Christians over Their Faith as well as Iowa Christian Won't Bake Cake for Lesbian 'Wedding' and in Colorado, Homosexualists and Foreigners Bash Christian Baker

UPDATE 6/20/15: Homosexuals Force Closure of Iowa Wedding Chapel

-- From "NM school refused child of gay parents" by The Associated Press 7/28/12

The Albuquerque Journal reports that attorney Shane Youtz said a couple he represents received a letter from Hope Christian school saying their three-year-old son would not be able to enroll because of his parents' sexual orientation.

Youtz said the move is a violation of the New Mexico Human Rights Act. An official from Hope Christian - which received $61,455 in public, federal funding for the current budget year - declined to comment.

The New Mexico Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in "public accommodations."

It also bans discrimination based sexual orientation.

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From "Christian Preschool Boots Child of Gay Couple" by Evan Prieskop, Courthouse News Service 12/14/12

"[Joseph Romero and John Keelin] were even told that a new student packet has been prepared for [the child] and that the school was expecting to get acceptance letters out the following week," the complaint states. "However, shortly after learning this information, plaintiffs received a denial letter on April 16, 2010.

"Upon a further inquiry, the school sent a letter dated June 13, 2012 to plaintiffs' attorney. The letter indicated that the school denied admission to plaintiffs' son because plaintiffs were a same gender couple and that, as a result, their home was inconsistent with the school's beliefs."

They seek equitable relief, including their son's acceptance into the school, and compensatory and punitive damages.

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From "Online petition launched after child rejected by school" posted at KOAT-TV7 (Albuquerque) 8/5/12

Members of the Coalition for Student Justice and Get Equal New Mexico started the petition asking congressmen to look into why the school qualifies for federal tax dollars when they won't let a 3-year-old enroll because his parents are gay.

"They're open to everybody, apparently, except children of gay parents," Youtz said. "Religious organizations can't discriminate based upon sexual orientation if they're operating as 501c3 corporations."

Youtz believes the school is a nonprofit, but the school's attorney said they're a private school and stand by their letter to the parents, saying the school trusts that individuals would equally respect its right to its religious beliefs.

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From "Child With Gay Parents Can’t Enroll At School" by Hailey Heinz, Albuquerque Journal Staff Writer 7/28/12

Peter Simonson, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, said he thinks [the legal question is:] whether a private school is a “public accommodation.”

The definition of “public accommodation” in New Mexico was refined recently when the state Court of Appeals ruled that an Albuquerque photo studio had violated the Human Rights Act by refusing to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony.

Simonson also said he does not believe Hope should receive public money, contending that the funding violates the establishment clause in the Bill of Rights. That clause is the basis for the separation of church and state.

But under federal guidelines, the school is eligible for public dollars.

The school receives federal funding under Title II, which is earmarked for teacher training. Don Moya, chief financial officer of Albuquerque Public Schools, said APS staff looked into the federal funding as soon as they heard about the alleged discrimination.

Al Sanchez, director of grant management at APS, said he believes the school has not done anything to disqualify it from receiving the funds. To lose the funds, the school would have to fail to comply with specific conditions of the Title II money, like failing to equitably train teachers.

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From "New Mexico Christian School Sued by Homosexual Twosome for Refusing to Admit Preschooler" by Heather Clark, Christian News Network 12/16/12

“Same gender couples are inconsistent with [a] Scriptural lifestyle and Biblical teachings,” the letter [from Hope Christian School] stated, citing Romans 1:26-27 and 1 Corinthians 6:9. “[Your] home life doesn’t reflect the school’s belief of what a Biblical family lifestyle is.”

It also outlined that the arrangement would be a difficult educational relationship, as the two entities would be directly at odds, pointing to Amos 3:3, which states, “How can two walk together unless they be agreed?”

Hope Christian School’s website outlines that “[a]dmission is open to students of any race, color, or ethnic origin who are looking for a Christian environment with an emphasis on teaching Biblical principles and truths along with strong academics.”

Hope Christian School is being represented by attorneys from Roanoke, Virginia. According to the school’s website, the institution has been “commended as one of the largest and overall best Christian schools in the USA.”

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 Also read 'Gay Rights' Winning, Loss of Religious Liberty Documented - Washington Post writer demonstrates it's a "zero sum" game: Winning homosexual 'rights' means Christians must lose freedom of religion.

New Mexico Teacher Surveys 14-year-olds' Sex Lives

The Rio Rancho School District 9th-grade biology teacher claimed to be studying spread of disease and infection, but bypassing parental notification resulted in the teacher being placed on paid leave during the investigation.



-- From "Controversial 9th Grade Sex Survey" posted at WMAR-TV abc2news.com 11/4/11

A group of parents in New Mexico is upset because a ninth grade biology teacher asked students to fill out an anonymous sex survey. The questions included: "Are you sexually active?" And, "Who is the last person you kissed?" The school district says it planned to use the survey to teach students about how disease spreads. Parents say they should have been notified.

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From "Teacher On Leave After Sex Survey, School Says" posted at KOAT-TV7 (Albuquerque) 11/3/11

The students took the anonymous sex survey, without their parents' knowledge.

Rio Rancho School District spokeswoman Kim Vessley said the district is investigating to determine whether the teacher will be disciplined. Vessley said both the student handbook and district policies clearly state that any type of survey that discusses sexual behaviors must have parental consent.

"There are many appropriate ways teachers can teach subjects. Perhaps this way was not the most appropriate way," Vessley said.

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From "Teacher Put on Leave After Survey on Sex" by Elaine D. Briseño, Rio Rancho Journal Staff Writer 11/5/11

“Under law and district policy 429, when certain types of questions are asked on a survey,” [Vesely] said, “parents must be given advanced notice. That was not done.”

The district is not releasing the name of the teacher because the incident is still under investigation. A Rio Rancho School Employees Union representative said the union had not been contacted by the teacher for representation.

The three-question survey asked students who they had kissed in the last month, who they commonly share saliva with through such things as make-up, drinks, Chapstick and food, and whether they were sexually active. They were told not to write down any names and instead to identify themselves and others with preassigned numbers.

Vesely said the district is looking into who had access to the numbers and whether students were identifiable.

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From "Teacher asked students about sex lives" by Alex Tomlin, KRQE-TV13 11/2/11

By law teachers are not allowed to talk to students about sex without parental consent; that way parents can opt for their child not to take part in the activity or lesson. But, a Rio Rancho High School biology teacher didn't ask anyone for permission when he handed out forms for a class project last week.

Students tell News 13 the surveys were handed out to at least freshmen and juniors, and that some students filled out the form at a table in front of the student store at the school.

“How did the district or the principal not know?” News 13 asked Vesely.

“Well, it's a fairly large school,” said Vesely.

The biology teacher has been with the district for several years. The district is not naming him, but it believes this is the first time he has given out this survey.

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New Mexico Ignores Deadly Botched Abortions

Pro-life groups have released emergency 911 calls initiated by abortion clinic workers, exposing the reality of botched abortions, which resulted in at least one death of the mother in New Mexico, where health officials have resisted a full investigation.

-- From "Abortion death reported at New Mexico clinic as state officials resist launching investigation" by Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSiteNews.com 8/23/11

The pro-life groups Operation Rescue and Project Defending Life both filed complaints with the New Mexico Medical Board concerning thirteen 911 calls from the University of New Mexico Center for Reproductive Health (UNMCRH) and Southwestern Women’s Options (SWO), a late-term abortion mill operated by Texas abortionist Curtis Boyd.

Several of the calls describe profuse bleeding and other abortion complications. One recording caught the gasping of a woman struggling for breath, whom a clinic worker described as “grayish” and unresponsive, following complications from an abortion.

“The Medical Board has all it needs to investigate the thirteen abortion-related injuries in our complaints. [They're] trying to tank this investigation by making demands that are above and beyond what are actually needed to investigate why women are being injured and possibly killed at two Albuquerque abortion clinics at the rate of one every ten weeks,” [said Cheryl Sullenger of Operation Rescue (OR).]

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From "Woman Possibly Dies From Botched Abortion, Medical Board Stalling" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 8/22/11

A confidential informant has now come forward with more information about one of the patients who was the subject of the emergency calls. The information told OR and Tara Shaver of local pro-life group Project Defending Life that a woman died from abortion-related injuries at the UNM Center for Reproductive Health last month. The informant spoke several times with Shaver about the botched abortion and described how an emergency vehicle picked up the body of the woman who underwent the abortion procedure and transported the body to an undisclosed location.

Clinic workers who were visibly upset and shaken at the time of the incident were told not to discuss the situation with anyone, according to OR president Troy Newman and details the informant gave to Shaver made it appear the information was credible. Both groups have attempted to verify the information, but have had trouble getting details about the woman and her death from the abortion because of HIPAA privacy laws, but Newman says his group reported the abortion death to police.

“We have seen several abortionists, such as Rapin Osathanondh and Kermit Gosnell, criminally charged and sent to jail after abortion deaths,” he said. “Because of the fact that a death is involved, and because there appeared to be an attempt to cover up the death by ordering workers not to talk, it became our duty to report this to the police.”

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From "More 911 Calls Show Women Victimized by Botched Abortions" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 8/15/11

. . . Operation Rescue has obtained eight new 911 recordings that reveal a further pattern of botched abortions at the two Albuquerque abortion clinics. Together with five 911 calls released last month, the 13 calls show that life-threatening abortion complications requiring emergency assistance occur at the rate of one every 10 weeks, the group says.

“As disturbing as the critical nature of these life-threatening emergencies are, perhaps more disturbing are the callous attitudes of some of the abortion workers and their willingness to cover up for the abortionists,” said Operation Rescue Senior Policy Advisor Cheryl Sullenger. “The clinic workers are careful about how much information they revealed to the emergency dispatchers, and in many cases, even attempt to shift the blame for the complications onto the woman. Their general actions and attitudes toward the woman they just injured are despicable.”

[The tapes] show women ranging in ages from 18 to 34 who were between 8 weeks and approximately 24 weeks pregnant. Complications included:

• Uterine rupture with heavy bleeding.
• A panic-stricken 18-yer old patient with chest pains, numbness, and a severe headache after a late-term abortion.
• Cervical laceration with hemorrhaging.
• Uncontrolled bleeding after first and second trimester abortions.
• Multiple seizures.
• Abortion on a woman with an undiagnosed ectopic (tubal) pregnancy.

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Sex Training by Kids is Planned Parenthood

For years public schools have invited Planned Parenthood to train students in the art of sex for the explicit purpose of these students training other students.

"We're trying to normalize sex," said Denise Jennings, Planned Parenthood in Santa Fe health educator, who trains the students and is present when they visit the schools.

For background, read previous documentation of the "FYI Peer Education Program" by Planned Parenthood

UPDATE 2/6/12 - Planned Parenthood's Business Model: Hooking Kids on Sex (Warning: Sexually graphic video)


-- From "Planned Parenthood training teens to teach sexuality to their peers" by Robert Nott, The Santa Fe - New Mexican 5/9/11

The class of Monte del Sol Charter School students watched and listened intently as senior Emma Campbell, with the help of a visual aid, demonstrated how to use a condom.

Confident and composed, she told the Monte del Sol students about the five circles of sexuality: sensuality, intimacy, sexual identity, sexual health and reproduction, and sexualization (in the Planned Parenthood parlance, using sex to manipulate others).

. . . John Przyborowski, the school's health teacher. He said he prefers to have Planned Parenthood provide the program because, "they are the experts and they have props."

When is it the right time to have sex? Ariana Maestas, a Santa Fe High School sophomore, took that query and calmly responded that you need to be emotionally and physically prepared to accept the consequences and accept responsibility for your act.

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From "Information helps protect teens" by Emily Cea, a junior at Nyack High School, posted at The Journal News - LoHud.com (New York) 4/30/11

During April, teens, parents and health-care professionals are recognizing National STD Awareness Month. One in two sexually active people — 50 percent — will contract a sexually transmitted disease by age 25, but most don't know it. Chlamydia rates in this region have climbed: Between 2005 and 2009, chlamydia cases increased 65 percent in Westchester County, 29 percent in Rockland County and 34 percent in Putnam County. Sharing resources about access to STD testing and treatment is as important as ever.

As a Teen Information Peer Services educator for Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, I can assure my peers that they are receiving accurate information whenever they come to me with questions or concerns. It's empowering to know that my peers can count on me for information about reproductive health issues, including how to prevent STDs or how to access emergency contraception, as well as the importance and availability of STD testing for women, men and teens.

I'm glad that Planned Parenthood's lifesaving health-care services are available to Rockland residents so that my peers and I can lead healthy lives.

From "Student gets award for volunteer work" posted at The Journal News - LoHud.com (New York) 4/25/11

Brittney Reid, a student at Ramapo High School in Spring Valley, has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a President's Volunteer Service Award. The award, which recognizes young people across America for outstanding community service activities, is sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals .

Reid is a volunteer with Planned Parenthood's Teen Information and Peer Services. The program is a peer education project that trains teen educators to provide health and sexuality information and referrals to teenagers living in Rockland County. TIPS peer educators attend a 15-week training program to learn to present educational programs on human sexuality, abstinence, sexually transmitted infections, birth control, and HIV/AIDS in both formal and informal settings, and participate in other health-related programs and leadership training. Reid visited health classes at Ramapo High School during the first semester to relay information to her peers and is expected to visit health classes at Spring Valley High School in May.

Christian Students Suspended for 'Kindness'

A New Mexico high school, previously sued for discrimination against Christians, suspended students for giving their teachers donuts with Bible verses.

"My son was showing kindness ... and he was punished? What did my child do that was so wrong?"

Principal Ruben Bolaños . . . said, "I don't like Christians. All they do is smile at you and then stab you in the back."

UPDATE 7/18/11: Students take legal action to restore their rights

-- From "Church claims evangelizing students punished for 'kindness'" by Associated Press, posted at USA Today 9/16/10

About 200 members of a Roswell church are protesting discipline against students who tried to leave doughnuts with religious messages for their teachers.

Church officials said about 25 students tried to distribute doughnuts.

The students are part of the church's ministry group, Relentless in Roswell, which sued the school district, accusing it of violating students' constitutional rights in a separate incident.

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From "Christian students suspended for bible doughnut handout" by Liberty Council, posted at Kiowa County Signal 9/17/10

When the doughnuts were handed out, a scripture verse was included. One student was immediately sent home and two others were forced to spend a Saturday morning sitting alone in the classroom for four hours as a punishment.

In the past, the same student group had handed out sandwiches, hot chocolate, and candy canes to the student body and faculty. They helped staff with the trash and fellow students with their lunch trays. They also distributed rocks with affirming words like "U are wonderful' painted on one side and "Psalm 139" on the other.

This school is already named in a pending lawsuit filed by Liberty Counsel on behalf of families and students who were bullied, and one suspended, for exercising their freedom of religion by distributing abstinence wristbands and plastic models of babies at 12 weeks gestation to bring attention to the life of the unborn.

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Man Charged in Death of Unborn Baby

The Unborn Victims of Violence Act stemmed from the abduction and murder of a pregnant woman, Laci Peterson, in California in 2003. The law makes it a crime to kill a fetus in utero at any stage of development while committing another federal crime; it does not require the perpetrator to know the woman was pregnant.

-- From "Fetus law to be used in murder case" The Associated Press, 12/30/08

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Federal prosecutors in New Mexico believe they may be the first to use a 2004 law to charge someone with killing a fetus while causing the death or injury of the mother.

Charges against Frederick Beach, accused of beating his pregnant girlfriend to death, include one under the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt said his office's research found "no other case in the country in which that section (of law) has been charged," the Albuquerque Journal reported Tuesday.

If convicted, Beach faces life in prison.

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New Mexico Accused of Violating 'Free Exercise' of Religion

UPDATE 12/17/09: Judge requires Christians, found guilty, to pay $6,600


UPDATE 6/6/12: New Mexico Court of Appeals upholds Civil Rights Commission's pro-homosexual ruling/fine against Christian

-- From "New Mexico accused of violating 'free exercise' of religion" © 2008 WorldNetDaily 7/3/08

The state of New Mexico is being accused of violating the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of "free exercise" of religion because of a ruling that a Christian husband-and-wife photography team must pay a $6,600 penalty for refusing to shoot pictures at a same-sex "commitment" ceremony.

"Christians in the marketplace should not be penalized for abiding by their beliefs any more than anyone else should," Jordan Lorence, a senior counsel for the [Alliance Defense Fund], said. "The Constitution prohibits the state from forcing unwilling people to promote a message they disagree with and thereby violate their conscience. The commission's decision demonstrates stunning disregard for our client's First Amendment rights."

The "commission" to which he was referring was the New Mexico Civil Rights Commission, which targeted Elane Photography with its state authority and ordered the penalty of $6,600 after a one-day "trial" over the beliefs of the Christian-owned business.

"The government cannot make people choose between their faith and their livelihood," said Lorence. "Could the government force a vegetarian videographer to create a commercial for the new butcher shop in town? American business owners do not surrender their constitutional rights at the marketplace gate."

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