Kelowna's place for pro life news and updates. Woman Aborts 2 Autistic Children after They Are Born. In the U.S. and Canada, it is not uncommon for women to have their unborn children put to death because they have Down's Syndrome or some other physical condition they consider too devastating to live with. What is less common is for women to abort such children after they are born, but sure enough that is exactly what a Texas has told authorities she did to her 2 small autistic children. The woman called 911 immediately after strangling the children to death, saying that she did not want autistic children and that she "felt nothing" as her 2 aborted children lay lifeless on a bed. Go here for more at CNN.com. American Death Camps Remain Open Despite Order to Shut Down. The owner of several abortion "clinics" in Pennsylvania is killing unborn babies despite an order from the state's health department to shut down his gruesome business. Abortionist Steven Chase Brigham owns as many as 15 abortuaries in the U.S., all of which are in danger of being shut due to a long list of violations, liens, and other troublesome issues incurred by Brigham over the years. Brigham must be a shoddy operator because even the National Abortion Federation is publicly denouncing his practices and supporting Pennsylvania's decision to shut him down. Click here for more from Operation Rescue. Pro Life Senator Calling Out Obama on Kenya Abortion Issue. Pro Life Senator Chris Smith is making a fuss over the Obama Administration's push to have Kenya's pro-abortion constitutional reform pushed into law. Smith rightfully points to the fact that Obama's financial support for the constitutional effort could violate a federal law known as the Siljander Amendment, legislation that makes it illegal for the U.S. government to lobby for abortion in foreign countries. Obama spent his days as a fetus in Kenya and now wants fetus-killing legalized there. Just one of those things that makes you go "hmmm?" Click here for more. Abortion Advocates Want More Abortion on Television. Although many people do not watch much tv, the medium is still a major contributor to the formation societal attitudes. Which must be why abortion advocates have been so optimistic over a recent episode of "Friday Night Lights" in which a young woman struggles through pregnancy and ultimately decides to have the child she was carrying dismembered to death by an abortionist. In this glib editorial at Salon, Mary Elizabeth Williams bemoans the fact that after so many years of legal abortion and so many women undergoing the procedure, mainstream tv is still a long ways from portraying unborn baby-killing as a stigma-free, mainstream, amoral choice. Promise of Georgian Support for Personhood Amendment. The State of Georgia might just be the place where the most serious threat ever to Roe v Wade originates. In a non-binding party ballot, voters in the state indicated that they would overwhelmingly support a constitutional amendment stating that the "right to life is vested in each human being from their earliest biological beginning until natural death" and that right should be protected by law. Georgia Right to Life, who pushed for the question to be on the ballot, will now use the results to convince the legislature to include the amendment on the ballot for the 2012 election. The group PersonhoodUSA has succeeded in getting the question on previous ballots (all of which have failed) and continues to work toward getting constitutional amendments on the ballots of both the 2010 and 2012 elections. Go here for more. Kelowna Right to Life to Partake in Major Community Volunteers Initiative. The Kelowna Right to Life Society will be taking part in a community initiative intended to promote volunteer-based organizations in the Central Okanagan. The 2010 Okanagan Volunteer Opportunities Fair will be held Saturday, September 18 at the Parkinson Recreation Centre from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and is being sponsored by the Kelowna Community Resource Centre. The event is an annual one that showcases volunteer organizations and attempts to match up people who wish to volunteer with the appropriate agency. Aside from having an informational booth set up at the fair, some organizations - including KRTL - will be participating in a new event touted as "volunteer speed matching." This new dimension to the fair is similar to the speed-dating concept in which the organization will have a short amount of time to pitch their volunteer opportunities to several interested volunteers. Also included is a promotional spot in a special September edition of Beyond 50 Magazine featuring all registered organizations. The edition will feature a front page photo of current volunteers from the various agencies. Ms. Adrianna Knuth will be representing the Kelowna Right to Life Society in the photo shoot. The Fair typically attracts about 1000 people along with several members of the media, offering an outstanding opportunity to announce and mainstream the pro life message. Click here to visit the Kelowna Community Resources website. "Final Exit" Group Launches Billboard Campaign. The pro assisted suicide group Final Exit Network is erecting billboards in certain locations in the U.S. promoting the idea that we all have the "right to choose" when and how to die. The group is resurrecting the "choice" argument after it has so successfully convinced so many that the unrestricted killing of unborn babies en masse is some sort of cherished right. The billboard simply reads, "My Life. My Death. My Choice." But not is all rights and freedoms for the organization. According to this Fox News report, key members of the Final Exit Network are facing very serious criminal charges. Fewer Doctors Willing to Commit Abortions. While the New York Times does its best to promote the idea that more doctors ought to get into doing abortions, Mary Rose Somarriba at First Things explains exactly why things aren't going so well for the "good ole abortionists'" club. In her editorial, Somarriba describes a host of reasons why so few doctors are willing to commit abortions, including a lack of donors willing to finance abortion training, the stigma that follows abortionists and the women who submit to them, and an increasingly pro life public sentiment. Canadian Soldier Not Guilty of Murder. Robert Semrau, an Officer in the Canadian Forces, has been found not guilty of 2nd degree murder for killing a severly wounded Taliban fighter in 2008. Semrau had apparently took it upon himself to end the suffering of the fighter after he was badly wounded by an attack helicopter on the battle field. Semrau was found guilty of disgraceful conduct and could serve time for that. The incident is unique and has sparked debate about "mercy killing" in the context of war. Click here for more from The National Post. Victory for University of Victoria Pro Life Students. The Universty of Victoria pro life group, Youth Protecting Youth (YPY) have secured a major victory for pro life students on campuses across Canada. Following on the heels of Campus Pro Life's (University of Calgary) success in retaining club status, YPY has reached an out of court settlement that will ensure them club status, repay all student union grants lost through being denied club status for the past 2 years, and eliminate provisions in student union policy that specifically targetted the group's ability to function as a sanctioned group on campus. The settlement comes after YPY filed a suit in BC Supreme Court this past Spring and despite a Supreme Court defeat suffered by UBCO pro life students in 2008. Click here for more from CTV News. Abortionists Hesitate to Combat Fetal Pain Law. Is backing away from challenging a move by the other side choosing your battles wisely, or is it abandoning your principles? Is it an admission of defeat or simply being wise as a serpent? Whatever the answer, it is clear that abortionists opposed to Nebraska's Fetal Pain Awareness legislation seem to be backing away from launching legal challenges against it. Dave Andrusko at the National Right to Life Committee suggests they are hesitant to challenge because losing that case could blow up in their faces and damage Roe v Wade beyond repair. Click here for more. President Santorum? One of the U.S. Senators instrumental in getting the grisly practice of partial birth abortion banned in the U.S. seems to be signalling that he is considering a run for the presidency in 2012. Rick Santorum was widely supported by pro lifers for 2 terms in the Senate. That is, until he shocked the pro life world by supporting a pro abortion candidate over a pro life one in a same-state senate race. Today, Santorum admits that in retrospect, that was a mistake. Some want to excuse his decision as one made for the greater good, while others in the movement may not be so willing to forgive and forget. Click here for more.