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We have a lot of new visitors to AIW. Welcome to everyone and thanks for visiting. We have lots of great articles on Planned Parentood's Medicaid fraud case, the corruption of the state pharmacy profession, and real life stories about Washington state abortionists.

Most importantly, if you've been hurt by an abortion or feeling sad after one we want you to know there are people who want to help you. Contact Project Rachel at 1-800-822-HOPE to speak confidentially with a counsellor who will listen.

AIW on the Radio Today

I’m going to be on the radio today -- NewsTalk 97.3 KIRO FM – the Dori Monson show between 2pm and 2:30pm.

I'll be discussing the recent controversy over how the state, non-profits, and the school districts work to facilitate secret teen abortions.

Ballard High School 'Secret Abortion Program' Creates National Firestorm

Here's a quick summary of links to some of the coverage of this story from around the nation...

KOMO News 1350 comments

Seattle Times 360 comments

Seattle PI 700 comments

Ken Schram (KOMO News) (323 comments)

FoxNews (Dan Springer Blog) 29 comments

FoxNews (LiveShots) 61 comments

FoxNews (Shep Smith)

FoxNews (Megyn Kelly)

Bill O'Reilly 100 pages of comments

ABC News 307 comments

Clinic that Performed Abortion on Ballard High Teen Remains Unnamed

Fox News has issued a correction to their story naming the abortion center that performed the abortion on the 15-year old Ballard High School student who was taken out of school without parental permission.

AIW's initial look at the story is here.

Hopelink Coordinates Abortion Taxi Service for Seattle Area Teens

Komo News broke a story late Tuesday about a 15-year-old Ballard High School student who was taken for an abortion in Seattle with neither her parents' knowledge nor consent.

Alas, in Washington, secret abortions on high school students are nothing new. What comes as a shock to parents like "Jill', the mother other of the aborted teen, is the seamless end-to-end system that has been set up to facilitate these abortions. This system includes the school districts, abortion industry, public health officials, the state legislature, and certain non-profits that leave nothing to chance.

One part of this story that went almost unnoticed was the fact that this girl was taken to the abortion center in a taxi.

Who paid for the taxi? How did it get to the school? Who dispatched it? Which abortion provider did it take her to? AIW has learned that taxi services to "contracting school districts throughout King County" are provided by the Redmond-based non-profit Hopelink.

Can that be right? Can an organization supported by churches and police departments be secretly operating a shuttle service to take girls from their high school classrooms in the middle of the school day to an abortion clinic, and then back to school, all without Mom and Dad finding out?

Emergency Contraception: Something for the "We told you so" File

This just in (February 2010):

"...no published study has yet demonstrated that increasing access to ECPs can reduce pregnancy or abortion rates in a population..."

From the EC source itself:

http://ec.princeton.edu/questions/ec-review.pdf

Senate Candiate Forum Recap

On February 12th, five of the candidates running against Patty Murray were introduced before a pro-life audience at a forum co-sponsored by Life of the Party and Abortion in Washington. There were eight known candidates actively campaigning at the time of the forum, all of whom were invited to participate. The five in attendance were:

Paul Akers, Dr. Art Coday, Clint Didier (represented by campaign manager Chuck Beck), Rodney Rieger, and Craig Williams. The purpose of the forum was two-fold: to find out the true convictions of each candidate and to show them that the electorate does care about their position on abortion.

Read the whole article here.

Michelle McIntyre's excellent opening remarks can be found here.

See the video here.

"It Gets Complicated": Late term abortionist shares tips on killing, avoiding resuscitation requirements

Abortionist Deb Oyer, probably the most visible, politically active, and well connected abortionist in the state of Washington, recently gave a presentation at the University of Washington to prospesctive abortionists and teenage girls from local high schools.

Terra Mork, a bright light in the state's pro-life movement, leads off with part one of Oyer's presentation.

Oyer is a late-term abortionist who appears to be enthusiastic about her work. In a matter of fact presentation staged peacefully without fanfare on the campus of the UW, Dr. Oyer details how she perfoms abortions and ensures that the child is killed in the womb in order to prevent having to "resuscitate" a born-alive child during a failed abortion.

Protest of Assisted Suicide law to be held Friday, March 5th at UW Medical Center

The first anniversary of the implementation of Washington's Death With Dignity Act is Friday, March 5th.

 A supportive care demonstration will gather in front of the University of Washington Medical Center to protest the legalization of the assisted suicide law. From 12 noon to 1pm, protestors will line the sidewalk near the front of the hospital at 1959 N.E. Pacific Street.

Please join us for a one hour demonstration.

Archbishop of Seattle sends letter of solidarity to pro-lifers at start of Spring 40 Days for Life Campaign

Read the full text of the letter from Archbishop Burnett here.

Western Washington 40 Days for Life off to a Great Start

Great pictures from the kick-off rally for the Everett location and from the prayer vigil at the Everett Planned Parenthood.