The Story: “Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Theater,” by Mollie Hemingway writing at TheFederalis.com The Lead: Closing clinics make for great headlines and more dramatic court briefs. But a media mildly more skeptical of savvy public relations campaigns and well-scripted legal wrangling might serve the public a bit more. Why It Matters: There’s a lot in this...

The Story: “World’s First Surviving Septuplets Turn 16,” as reported by Lydia Warren at the DailyMail.co.uk The Lead: Bobbi and her husband Kenny famously declined selective reduction after learning they were pregnant with seven children following fertility treatment, saying it was ‘in God’s hands’. Why it Matters:  Am I the only one that remembers this?  I...

The Story: “Pregnant in Auschwitz: Toronto Holocaust survivor recalls split-second decision that saved her and unborn son,” by Joe O’Conner writing at the The National Post. The Lead: The SS guards had been out smoking and returned, telling Miriam she was one “lucky Jew,” that the crematoriums at Auschwitz were “kaput.” Instead, she was taken...

The Story:  “Judge Upholds Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy,” by Katie Zezima writing for the Associated Press. The Lead: A federal judge on Friday upheld a New Jersey law barring therapists from trying to turn gay youth straight. Judge Freda L. Wolfson said in the ruling that the law does not violate free speech or...

The Story: “ENDA a Ploy to Use Gays to Saddle Business with More Bureaurqcracy,” by the editors of Investors Business Daily. The Lead: But ENDA isn’t about changing attitudes, or ensuring flourishing businesses. Everything about it is a chaos agent that’s likely to trample first freedoms and trash business efficiency through new bureaucratic and tort...

The Story:  “‘Abortion should be mandatory for 30 years’ for ‘population control’: Gay activist,” as reported by Ben Johnson at LifeSiteNews.com The Lead: Audience member Lisa Malouf closed the program by asking, “Which so-called ‘dangerous idea’ do you each think would have the greatest potential to change the world for the better if it were...