Washington, DC — Reggie Littlejohn of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is working to bring awareness to the home detention of blind Chinese pro-life activist Chen Guangcheng, who has been working to stop China’s brutal “one-child only” policies that have resulted in thousands of forced abortions. Chen has been incarcerated, beaten and denied medical care. He now languishes under house arrest. Those who attempt to visit him are roughed up or beaten and run off.

Above is a video of actor Christian Bale’s attempt to visit Chen. We want to publicly thank Mr. Bale for attempting to visit Chen and for helping to draw attention to barbaric forced abortion policies and other human rights abuses in China.

Operation Rescue stands with Mr. Bale and Women’s Rights Without Frontiers in calling for the immediate release of Chen and the cessation of China’s “one-child only” forced abortion policies.

Please join Troy and Cheryl by participating in the Chen Sunglasses Freedom Campaign.

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Albuquerque, NM – An expose written by Project Defending Life’s Tara Shaver, which was published by Operation Rescue, that exposed the University of New Mexico’s deep involvement in the abortion industry has prompted a meeting between PDL and the UNM Board of Regents. Below is PDL’s press release commenting on the meeting.

Operation Rescue continues to work side by side with PDL to expose UNM’s abortion business, and their involvement in training and encouraging medical students to do abortions — all at taxpayer’s expense.

Members of Project Defending Life Present Concerns at UNM Board of Regents Meeting

On December 13, 2011 Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Director of Project Defending Life and Tara Shaver, also with Project Defending Life along with several other concerned citizens spoke before the UNM Board of Regents. “Our main goal was to educate and inform the Regents about how women’s lives are being placed in danger as a result of the tax funded UNM Center for Reproductive Health abortion clinic,” stated Tara Shaver. Others shared their disdain regarding UNM’s current participation in providing abortions as well as the fact that the majority of abortions done in New Mexico are performed on Hispanic women.

Earlier this year Project Defending Life obtained three 911 recordings documenting serious life threatening abortion complications requiring three women to be rushed to UNM Hospital. These serious complications included: vomiting, seizures, a woman not breathing, being unresponsive and turning a grayish color. Another woman endured an attempted abortion even though her 8 week old baby was not in her uterus, this is also known as an ectopic pregnancy.

Most recently, Project Defending Life has released an Exposé revealing UNM’s abortion Resident Training Programs and the fact that New Mexico tax dollars are being used to fund their abortion agenda.

It is vitally important that the UNM Board of Regents know how dangerous this abortion facility is so that they will promptly act to protect the women of New Mexico. Fr. Stephen Imbarrato Founder and Director of Project Defending Life issued the following statement after speaking before the UNM Board of Regents, “We appreciate the opportunity given to us by UNM Board of Regents President, Jack Fortner to share our concerns about the safety of women as well as our desire for the University of New Mexico to protect and affirm all life. In addition, we would like to see everyone in leadership positions in the state of New Mexico, from the Governor on down, to urgently work to turn New Mexico into a safe haven for pre-born babies. New Mexico can no longer be seen as the abortion capital of the Southwest.”

Press Contacts:
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Director, Project Defending Life, 862-266-1593
Tara Shaver, PDL Media Spokesperson, 505-319-7825

Philadelphia, PA — The wife of accused murderer Kermit Gosnell admitted guilt Tuesday in a horrific criminal late-term abortion case that shocked the nation with grisly details of hundreds of infant murders that authorities say took place in a filthy abortion West Philadelphia mill now known as a “house of horror.”

Pearl Gosnell, 50, pled guilty to performing an illegal abortion on a baby over 24 weeks and two counts of conspiracy and participating in a corrupt organization. The charges qualify her for up to 54 years in prison, but Judge Benjamin Learner told her she is likely to receive much less time when she is sentenced in February 15, 2012. Defense attorneys confirmed that she will not testify against her husband.

Pearl Gosnell, a cosmetologist by training, assisted her husband with the latest of abortions at his ill-kept Women’s Medical Society mill on Sundays, when the other staff were not present, according to a grand jury report. The viable babies were delivered alive then murdered by “snipping” their spinal cords with scissors. Authorities discovered the severed feet of larger babies kept in jars lining shelves in the clinic during a raid that uncovered the macabre illegal abortion scheme, which led to the arrests of Gosnell and eight of his employees, including Pearl.

Gosnell, 70, is charged with seven counts of murder on viable infants and one count of murder for killing abortion patient Karnamaya Mongar with a drug overdose. His capital murder trial is expected to take place in March, 2013. He could face the death penalty if convicted.

“We look forward to a full airing of the evidence in a court of law so Americans can come face to face with the atrocity of abortion. As disturbing as this case is, we know that what went on at Gosnell’s abortion mill is little different than what goes on at late-term abortion mills around the country. The public needs to know the unvarnished truth,” said Operation Rescue President Newman. “This case also serves as a warning to abortionists who break the law. Sooner or later you will get caught.”

So far, six of Gosnell’s co-defendants have taken plea bargains in exchange for their cooperation and testimony against Gosnell at the time of his trial. The remaining two are expected to also agree to plea deals to avoid having to be tried with Gosnell and face the likelihood of harsher sentences.