Tuesday, November 03, 2009

• Abortion clinic director witnesses ultrasound, quits

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 (14 years ago)

  BRYAN, Texas (BP)--The director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in southeast Texas quit her job and is supporting a pro-life organization after watching an ultrasound of an abortion.

  

  KBTX-TV

        Abby Johnson, 29, worked at the abortion clinic for eight years and told FoxNews.com she had been "extremely pro-choice" during that time. That all changed in September when she watched an ultrasound of an unborn baby being vacuumed out of a woman's uterus. She quit in early October.

        "I just thought I can't do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me, and I thought, 'That's it,'" she told KBTX-TV in Bryan. Johnson added in the interview with FoxNews.com, "I would say there was a definite conversion in my heart ... a spiritual conversion."

        The clinic had been the location of a peaceful pro-life prayer vigil by those associated with the nationwide 40 Days for Life initiative this fall. Some participants also fasted.

        Johnson, who became the clinic's director two years ago, also said she became disgruntled with Planned Parenthood when officials began pressuring her to get more abortions for the facility to generate more revenue.

        "Every meeting that we had was, 'We don't have enough money, we don't have enough money -- we've got to keep these abortions coming,'" Johnson told FoxNews.com. Read More

• Chinese lawyers face govt. oppression

  by Cindy Ortiz, posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 (14 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--Religious freedom activists in China are not the only ones needing a lawyer; their lawyers also are being attacked by the government. Read More

• Church personalizes missions for members

  by James A. Smith Sr., posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 (14 years ago)

  

  NAPLES, Fla. (BP)--In what he hopes will be a "game-changer in terms of the Cooperative Program and our whole relationship with missions," Hayes Wicker has led First Baptist Church in Naples, Fla., to launch the "Great Commission Connection." Read More

• Gaming interests joust over casinos in Ohio

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 (14 years ago)

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP)--Ohioans are voting Tuesday on a casino gambling proposal opposed not only by traditional-values groups but also other gambling interests. Read More

• 'Science and Faith: Friends or Foes?'

  by Benjamin Hawkins, posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 (14 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--"Science and Faith: Friends or Foes?" was the theme of a conference sponsored by the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture and hosted by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

  Michael Keas and William Dembski of Southwestern Seminary and Stephen C. Meyer, John West and Jay Richards of the Discovery Institute were among the featured speakers at the Oct. 23-24 conference.

  SCHOLARS DEBUNK MYTHS

  Keas, professor of the his... Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Why some are cast out of the Kingdom

  by Rob Phillips, posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 (14 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--One of the more humbling experiences from my days in the corporate world was being told that my reserved seat on the company jet was revoked at the last minute to make room for a late-arriving executive. Not to worry. I was offered the one remaining seat, located in the plane's lavatory, where the toilet came equipped with a safety belt. Read More