State Dept.: 23 million abortions annually in China

State Dept.: 23 million abortions annually in China

CNSNews.com) – The State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015 says that the number of abortions done annually in that Communist country is about 23 million.

"The National Health Population and Family Planning Commission reported that 13 million women annually terminated unplanned pregnancies," the report said. "An official news media outlet also reported at least an additional 10 million chemically induced abortions were performed in nongovernment facilities."

US escalates Iraq fight, send more troops, helicopters
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US escalates Iraq fight, send more troops, helicopters

Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S. defense officials said Monday.

The uptick in American fighting forces — and the decision to put them closer to the front lines — is designed to help Iraqi forces as they move to retake the key northern city of Mosul.

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