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The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has seen  sharp downturn in donations, and recently was forced to make staff cuts.  Approximately 30 people (20% of the staff) in their New York City headquarters were laid off.  Much of the decrease comes as a results of the Bernie Madoff investment scam, because the Picower Foundation - a major donor to abortion advocacy groups - shut down in December because their financial assets were managed by Madoff.

A UK mother is making international news for her refusal to abort her conjoined twins.  The 25 year old Lisa Chamberlain called her children a "gift from God" and told the London Telegraph that "Some might think my twins are strange, but to me they're just special..."

The vice president of Spain's ruling Socialist Worker's Party, Jose Blanco, was shown a late-term abortion on live TV during an interview on Intereconomia TV.  After viewing the graphic footage, blanco appeared visibly disturbed and said "I am against abortion.  Abortion is an exceptional situation," but then went on to defend it by claiming he just wanted to protect women and doctors.  The abortion rate in Spain is extremely high, despite widespread contraception use and the government offering to pay for abortions; two things abortion advocates claim will reduce the rate.  Some interesting statistics:

• Abortion legalized in Spain in 1985


• 1995 - 49,000 abortions


• 2004 - 85,000 abortions


• 2007 - over 100,000 abortions


• contraceptive use increased 60% since 1997


• morning after pill introduced in 2000, and use has risen 67% since

A 22 year-old woman from San Diego is auctioning off her virginity.  Bids reached well over $3 million, and the young woman hopes to use the money to pay for an advanced degree in family and marriage therapy.  She claims she got the idea from her sister, who prosituted herself for three weeks to pay for college as well.

The Christian Defense Coalition had planned on chalking pro-life messages on the sidewalk in front of the White House on January 24th, but the Washington D.C. police put a damper on their plans.  The police claimed it "...would constitute defacing public property in violation of D.C. Official Code."  It should be noted that the city of Washington, D.C. has sponsored sidewalk chalk art displays in the past.

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In the second half of the show, we interview Jared Duba, aka Jesus Disciple.  Jared Duba will be releasing "Obamacide" on the day of President-elect Barrack Obama's Inaguration as President of the United States.

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