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Two tragic stories regarding the abortions of healthy babies following faulty prenatal testing are making headlines in the United Kingdom (UK). However, the real tragedy isn’t that healthy preborn babies died, but that any baby — regardless of their health status — dies by abortion. ‘Our daughter should be here’ According to the BBC, Carl Everson and Carly Wesson were expecting their first child, whom they nicknamed Ladybird. But a blood-screening test performed in early pregnancy — and known not to offer a clear diagnosis — indicated that their baby had an increased risk of having a chromosomal abnormality. The...

20,000 Brazilians Protest Attempted Expansion of Abortion By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BRASILIA, August 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Tens of thousands of people from fifteen Brazilian states marched through Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, to protest proposed legislation to permit more abortion, last Wednesday. The event was organized by "Brazil Without Abortion", an organization supported by several national organizations, including the Brazilian National Bishops' Conference, the Brazilian Spiritual Federation, the Council of Evangelical Churches, and the leadership of other religious groups.   Appearing with the marchers were several notable Brazilians, including current and former members of the Brazilian Congress, and religious leaders...