Abortion survivor testifies before Senate

Abortion survivor testifies before Senate

(CNSNews.com) – Melissa Ohden, a survivor of a saline abortion and the founder of the Abortion Survivors Network, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, asking the senators if they would ensure that "proper and timely medical care" is provided to babies who are "lucky enough" to survive an abortion.

The hearing was held to review the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. Ohden asked the lawmakers, "Will you assure that children like me are provided proper and timely medical care when we are lucky enough to survive an abortion?"

Cubans rights groups fear Democratic world legitimizing Castros
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Cubans rights groups fear Democratic world legitimizing Castros

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(CNSNews.com) – President Obama's outreach to communist-ruled Cuba risks "legitimizing the deeply entrenched Cuban regime," Cuban human rights and opposition groups warned Wednesday, days before Obama is scheduled to become the first sitting president to visit the island nation in almost 90 years.

"We would never imagine that the democratic world would legitimize the Castros," the Forum for Rights and Freedoms and the Resistance Assembly wrote in a letter to Obama.

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