Duke University Denies Kidney Transplant to 14-Year-Old Girl Who Refused COVID Vaccine

Duke University Denies Kidney Transplant to 14-Year-Old Girl Who Refused COVID Vaccine

Duke University is coming under fire for refusing a life-saving kidney transplant to a dying 14-year-old girl who has not had the COVID vaccine.

Yulia Hicks, who is a rescued orphan from Ukraine, was finally adopted by a family in North Carolina after she came to the United States from the war-torn nation. The Hicks family, a Christian couple with 11 children, adopted her to provide her a loving family.

Tragically, Yulia has a genetic kidney disorder and the family brought her to Duke University hospital for medical assistance.

But on November 29, the Hicks family got some shocking news about their daughter — that it would not give her a kidney transplant because she had not had the COVID vaccine.

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Couple Adopt Abandoned Newborn Baby Just Months After Adopting 8-Year-Old Girl

Couple Adopt Abandoned Newborn Baby Just Months After Adopting 8-Year-Old Girl

An Indiana police officer and his wife adopted their second daughter in less than nine months on Nov. 18, providing a loving home to two little girls who needed a family.

According to 16 News Now, Bruce Faltynski and his wife, Shelby, of Mishawaka, Indiana, adopted a baby girl named Myah after she was surrendered in a safe haven baby box in the spring.

“The doctor thought maybe less than 24 hours old when she was initially surrendered in the safe haven box in Lake County,” Shelby Faltynski told the local news. “We are so grateful for Myah’s birth mom, she made a really courageous decision.”

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Pro-Life Coach Tony Dungy, Who Adopted 8 Children, Will Headline 2023 March for Life

Pro-Life Coach Tony Dungy, Who Adopted 8 Children, Will Headline 2023 March for Life

Former NFL Coach Tony Dungy will headline next year’s March for Life.

The pro-life group announced the theme for the landmark 50th March for Life – “Next Steps: Marching into a Post-Roe America.” 

The theme for the first post-Roe March for Life highlights three primary paths for the pro-life movement: continuing to march each year in Washington DC and lobby federal legislators to advance pro-life policies; urging state legislators to pass life-saving protections for the unborn; and supporting pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes in our communities. 

“For half a century, our dedicated marchers have traveled from all over the country to peacefully march in Washington, DC for the protection of the unborn, and their efforts have paid off,” said Jeanne Mancini. 

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Doctors are Causing Patients to be Brain Dead So Their Hearts Can be Harvested

Doctors are Causing Patients to be Brain Dead So Their Hearts Can be Harvested

A new and highly problematic means of obtaining organs is pushing the boundaries of the “dead donor rule,” which requires a vital organ donor to be truly dead before organs are retrieved. It also requires that no patient be killed for their organs.

Dead is dead, but there are two approaches to declaring death. “Death by neurological criteria” — commonly known as “brain death” — and death by cardiopulmonary criteria, sometimes called “heart death.” The key point for both is that they each require “irreversibility,” that is, either the brain has ceased irreversibly to function as a brain both as a whole and in each constituent part, or there has been an irreversible cardiac arrest.

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Remarkable: 86-year-old woman has fostered 189 children

Remarkable: 86-year-old woman has fostered 189 children

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An 86-year-old woman from South Carolina has been a foster mother for 40 years, helping 189 children — and she has no plans of stopping.

According to TODAY, in 1983, Hannah Ford was a widowed mother of five adult children and was feeling alone when a friend suggested she consider becoming a foster mother.

“There are so many children out there that need help, that need love,” Ford told ABC 15. “We do not know some of the conditions these children have experienced at an early age. […M]y children got grown and moved away. It was an opportunity for me to give some of their experience and give back to the community to help these children.”

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“Lifemark” Movie Hits Over  Million in Ticket Sales as Pro-Life Film Celebrates Adoption

“Lifemark” Movie Hits Over $2 Million in Ticket Sales as Pro-Life Film Celebrates Adoption

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“Lifemark,” Kirk Cameron’s new film celebrating adoption, brought large audiences to the box office on opening weekend.

CBN News reports the film, which opened Friday, made more than $2 million in ticket sales, coming in at number three at the box office.

“We’re thrilled at the numbers we’re seeing for LIFEMARK this past weekend,” said Ray Nutt, CEO of Fathom Events. “They not only represent a big success for Fathom, The Kendrick Brothers and Kirk Cameron Entertainment, but they also go to show the value that faith-based content brings to both theater owners and moviegoers alike.”

Starring Cameron and produced by the Kendrick Brothers (“War Room,” “Fireproof”), the movie celebrates the life-giving choice of adoption through the true story of Louisiana native David Scotton.

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Abandoned baby left in a trash can soon to be adopted by his rescuer

Abandoned baby left in a trash can soon to be adopted by his rescuer

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A man from Texas is hoping to adopt a young boy whom he found abandoned in a trash can while visiting his native country of Haiti — but first, he needs to raise the money.

Jimmy Amisial, now a 27-year-old student at Texas State University, found a baby boy covered in ants in the garbage during a visit to Haiti in December 2017. Amisial was on his way to visit an orphanage with presents for the children on New Year’s Eve when he saw a crowd of people around a garbage can. Inside was an abandoned baby, but, according to Newsweek, no one was helping the child.

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Adopted from Vietnam, teen reunites with birth family after high school graduation

Adopted from Vietnam, teen reunites with birth family after high school graduation

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Seventeen years ago, desperate parents in Vietnam gave their sick, premature baby to an orphanage in the hope that he would have a better future with someone else. Now, at 18, he’s graduated high school — and with his adopted parents’ help, reunited with his family in Vietnam.

When Hope Ettore, an epidemiologist working in southeast Asia, met Nguyen Le Hung, he had a large hemangioma — a benign vascular tumor — covering much of the right side of his face. He also was covered with scabies, and had other health issues. According to his birth certificate, his parents were Le Xuan Hung and Nguyen Thi Lien, and leaving Hung in the orphanage at 16 months old was a heart-wrenching decision for them.

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Before his death, actor Ray Liotta made peace with his adoption: ‘I’m grateful… for being born’

Before his death, actor Ray Liotta made peace with his adoption: ‘I’m grateful… for being born’

The world was shocked to hear that actor Ray Liotta, known for his roles in movies like “Goodfellas” and “Field of Dreams,” died in his sleep at just 67 years old. The beloved actor had been filming a movie in the Dominican Republic, and tributes have quickly poured out, including well-wishes for his daughter, Karsen, and his fiancée, Jacy Nittolo. But one aspect of his life was not as well known: he was an adopted child who struggled — yet finally made peace — with his adoption.

In an interview with PEOPLE last year, Liotta talked about how he was angry for a long time.

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Garbage man rescues abandoned baby thrown in dumpster

Garbage man rescues abandoned baby thrown in dumpster

A sanitation worker in Tehran, Iran is being praised for rescuing an abandoned baby who was thrown in a dumpster.

The event was caught on video, with footage showing the man lifting a plastic bag out of the garbage. He places the bag on the ground and carefully rips it open to reveal a newborn, with its umbilical cord still attached, placed inside.

According to the New York Post, the man heard muffled sounds coming from the bag, and that’s when he decided to investigate. After rescuing the newborn, the man called emergency services who transferred the baby to a local hospital, where the Iran Front Page News reports that he is in stable condition.

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Born to a mentally challenged gang rape survivor, he now shares a message of life and hope

As an author, recording artist, national pro-life speaker, and founder of Broken Not Dead Ministries, Steventhen Holland knew his inherent value as a child of God. But he was also the child of an 18-year-old mentally challenged mother who became pregnant with him when she was gang raped by five men while walking to her job from the Tennessee mental institution where she lived. His mother kept quiet about the rape until she was visibly pregnant, but no police report was ever filed.

Despite mounting pressure to abort her child, the woman with the mental capacity of an 11-year-old fought to give him life.

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Dear fellow adoptees: You are loved. The world wouldn’t be the same without you.

Dear fellow adoptees: You are loved. The world wouldn’t be the same without you.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author.

I was an unplanned pregnancy. My birth mother was 16 years old when she became pregnant with me and 17 when she gave birth. Shortly after I was born, my parents adopted me into their conservative Christian home. From the moment they held me in their arms, they told me that I’m a gift from God as every child is. Because of my origin story, as it will, I’ve always been pro-life, as are my two sisters who were also unplanned pregnancies. I’ve always thought that adoptees would be the most pro-life people around but as I’ve discovered in the past few weeks, that’s disturbingly wrong.

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Love Them Both: How to help a friend who is placing her child with an adoptive family

Love Them Both: How to help a friend who is placing her child with an adoptive family

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Facing an unplanned pregnancy and choosing life for a child is not the end of the story for any woman. It’s a new beginning. And for some women, the beginning of their motherhood story starts with choosing to place their baby with an adoptive family. It’s a selfless decision that requires a lot of strength and sacrifice —  and it can be heartbreaking. Here’s how you can help a woman you know who is placing her baby for adoption.

Listen. When a friend tells you she is planning to place her child with an adoptive family, she is going to need you to listen rather than tell her what you think about adoption.

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Pregnant American Idol contestant: ‘Being a mom shouldn’t stop you from your dreams’

Pregnant American Idol contestant: ‘Being a mom shouldn’t stop you from your dreams’

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Singer Haley Slaton auditioned for American Idol while she was over five months pregnant. She’s since given birth to her baby, but it’s not yet known how far she made it in the star-making reality show. It has also been revealed that while filming American Idol, Slaton met her now-husband who didn’t shy away from the fact that she was pregnant.

During the auditions, Slaton met Jordan Myles, who was also a contestant on the show. The tryouts were held in October; the couple married months later in December. “We got married pretty quick,” Slaton told the Gazette. “We just knew.

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God Prompts Young Mom to Reject Abortion, Now This Little Boy Has a Loving Family

God Prompts Young Mom to Reject Abortion, Now This Little Boy Has a Loving Family

Audrey Fontaine, homeless and alone, found support in unexpected places, first from a nurse who urged her not to abort her unborn baby and later from the couple who she chose to adopt her son.

The Dallas, Texas woman believes God used these people to help her choose life and get back on her feet, according to the women’s blog Amo Mama. And her son, now 2, is thriving with his adoptive family.

“I once thought my life was over, but God gave me a life inside of me, which gave me my life back,” Fontaine wrote at Love What Matters.

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Couple Adopts 6 Siblings to Keep Them Together: “They Need to be in the Same Home”

Couple Adopts 6 Siblings to Keep Them Together: “They Need to be in the Same Home”

A Minnesota family grew by six members in one day Wednesday when Ruby Celada and her husband, Armando Ayala, adopted five siblings and their cousin from foster care.

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports the Leota, Minnesota family all wore matching T-shirts displaying the children’s names during their adoption hearing at the Minnehaha County Courthouse.

Celada, the children’s biological aunt, said she and her husband wanted to make sure the family stayed together. The siblings and their cousin, four boys and two girls, range in ages from 6 to 12, according to the report.

“We’re just happy that we’re able to do it, and they’re able to be in the same home,” she said.

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Leftists Set Up Summer Camp to Push Sex on 8-10 Year-Old Kids

Leftists Set Up Summer Camp to Push Sex on 8-10 Year-Old Kids

A sex education summer camp in Indianapolis will instruct elementary school children about condom usage, the “spectrum” of gender and sexual kinks, according to the camp’s event page.

Sexuality educator Ashley Robertson will host the weeklong camp from June 6 – 10 for third through fifth graders, according to the camp’s All Events page. All parents who plan to send their kids to the camp, which teaches a curriculum called “Our Whole Lives,” must attend an orientation on May 28 where they are required “to sign behavior agreements, enrollment paperwork, and waivers,” according to the event page.

“The Our Whole Lives curriculum offers a positive, affirming take on puberty, human sexuality, and social emotional skills without coercive abstinence-based strategies,” the page reads.

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Researchers estimate 5.2 million children orphaned during pandemic

Researchers estimate 5.2 million children orphaned during pandemic

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CLEVELAND (CNS) — An estimated 5.2 million children in 21 countries, including the United States, lost at least one parent, a custodial grandparent or a primary caregiver to COVID-19 during the first 20 months of the pandemic, social researchers and child well-being advocates said in a new study.

Notably, the researchers estimated that the number of children orphaned because of the pandemic nearly doubled during the six-month period ending Oct. 31, 2021, a period corresponding largely with the surge in the delta variant of the coronavirus.

The total number of orphaned children during the study period parallels the roughly 5 million COVID-19-caused deaths during the same time frame, the study said.

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‘It’s unreal’: Woman struggles with infertility, then learns she’s pregnant at 34 weeks

‘It’s unreal’: Woman struggles with infertility, then learns she’s pregnant at 34 weeks

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After going to urgent care due to stomach pains, an Illinois woman discovered she was 34 weeks pregnant, and gave birth to a baby boy. 

As the Daily Mail reported, it seems the news was quite an unexpected blessing, as Nicci Garlic and her husband Kelsie have been trying to have a baby for nearly a decade. The couple married in 2014 and tried unsuccessfully to have a child through in vitro fertilization treatments. After three years of trying to get pregnant, the couple assumed it would never happen for them. The couple then decided to become foster parents, eventually being paired with two brothers, and they hope to become their long-term guardians. 

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Single woman adopts student who lived in six different foster homes

Single woman adopts student who lived in six different foster homes

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The special bond formed between a woman and one of her students led to a forever family. Seven-year-old William had cycled through six families in foster care when he met Paige Bramlett, who had been hired as a behavioral specialist. She began working with William, who was in kindergarten, and their connection was immediate.

Bramlett was scheduled for three hours of one-on-one time with William each day, due to his struggles from being in foster care.

“He was very isolated because he didn’t know coping skills, and he really struggled,” she told Good Morning America. “Since I was one-on-one with him, a lot of our time was spent working on coping skills, behavioral skills, talking about how we behave in school, those types of things.

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6th Arkansas City Passes Pro-Life Resolution Declaring Unborn Babies “Have a Right to Life”

6th Arkansas City Passes Pro-Life Resolution Declaring Unborn Babies “Have a Right to Life”

On Monday night the City of Aubrey, Arkansas, passed a resolution affirming that the community is Pro-Life.

Aubrey joins a growing list of Pro-Life Cities and Counties in Arkansas.

Earlier this year the Arkansas Legislature passed Act 392 of 2021 by Rep. Kendon Underwood (R – Cave Springs) and Sen. Gary Stubblefield (R – Branch). This good law affirms that cities and counties can designate themselves as Pro-Life.

Act 392 also makes it clear that Pro-Life Communities can install signs or banners announcing that they are Pro-Life.

Since Act 392 was enacted over the summer, Arkansas has seen a rapid expansion of Pro-Life Cities and Counties across the state.

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Parents of four adopt daughter’s best friend and her younger sister

Parents of four adopt daughter’s best friend and her younger sister

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Lauren and Dave Sager are parents to four biological children — three boys and a girl — and when their daughter entered kindergarten, she became fast friends with one of her classmates. After learning that her new friend and her younger sister were in foster care and available to adopt, the couple decided to open their home and welcome the girls into their family.

“The day [the two girls] met, all I heard about was this friendship,” Lauren told WOTV. “And so we came to find out, getting to know this friend and her family, that she was a foster child and we started reaching out to the family and we had other friends that were friends with their kids.

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South Dakota family adopts foster daughter after successfully petitioning to change law

South Dakota family adopts foster daughter after successfully petitioning to change law

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When South Dakota couple Blake and Rachel Schmieg welcomed 18-year-old Sadie as a foster child, it didn’t take long before they knew they wanted to adopt her so that the young woman would always have a place she could call home. When they hit an unexpected roadblock that said their hopes for adult adoption weren’t legal, they didn’t let it stand in their way. Instead, the family advocated for change and got the law rewritten.

 

In an interview with Keloland, the couple explains how they got the call that Sadie, a senior in high school, needed someplace to live. Although the family had previously only fostered young children, they agreed to take Sadie in. 

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Couple Adopts Two Sets of Twins to Keep The Family Together: We’re “Spreading the Love”

Couple Adopts Two Sets of Twins to Keep The Family Together: We’re “Spreading the Love”

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Empty nest couple Karen and Tobias Thompson have a full house again.

The Cincinnati, Ohio couple sacrificed their time and opened up their home to adopt two sets of twins on Sept. 9 – biological half siblings who were separated in the foster system, Fox News reports.

Karen Thompson, 55, said caring for Wilnya and William, who are 14, and Shania and Sharleathea, who are 9, has been a challenge. But after raising seven children, she said she and her husband decided that they could be “spreading the love” to the twins, too.

“We had an empty house, an empty nest, and then we ended up with the four,” she told Fox News.

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