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Soul Last Straw: Pro-Life Groups File Complaints Seeking Searching Charges & Closure of Shoddy Middle East Alabama Abortion Business Youth Turn to After Illegal Dumping By Operation Rescue | www.operationrescue.org A bloody cannula used in an abortion was found in an anonymous trash dump originating from the West Alabama Women's Center.
'Streams in the Desert'
STREAMS IN THE DESERT: Since launching a year ago, SAT-7 PLUS -a Netflix-type service that streams Christian programs 24/7 in Arabic, Farsi and Turkish across the Middle East and North Africa -- has gained 37,000 viewers. A ministry of SAT-7 (www.sat7usa.org), it's the first-ever Christian video streaming service in the vast desert region. EASTON, Md., Feb. 15, ministry SAT-7 (www.sat- Streaming in Desert, 2022 /Christian News- 7usa.org). Mountain Areas wire/ -- Thousands of "We all know that young "Many of our young view-
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. The complaints against mitted fraud by repeat22, 2022 /Christian the WAWC went to the edly lying on her license Newswire/ -- When Fr. following governmental application. Torres has
Terry Gensemer and his wife returned to their Birmingham, Alabama, home one evening earlier this month, they discovered mysterious black trash bags left anonymously on their property. Curious, they inspected the contents of the bags and were shocked by their grisly discovery. Inside were documents and bloody refuse from the West Alabama Women's Center, (WAWC), an abortion facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Included were suction abortion cannulas that contained blood. One had a bit of what appeared to be human tissue. Documents included patient names, remittance receipts from credit cards used to pay for abortions, and ultrasound images of babies inside their mothers' wombs with the name of the abortion facility clearly printed at the top. The items represented obvious violations of state and federal laws, including the illegal dumping of infectious medical waste and privacy violations under HIIPA. Life Legal Defense Foundation was notified and has filed complaints on behalf of Fr. Gensemer, Director of the pro-life organization CEC for Life, and several other pro-life groups and individuals, including Operation Rescue.
officials and agencies: ● Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, ● Alabama Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth, ● Alabama Department of Environmental Management. The West Alabama Women's Center has been fraught with problems and tragedy since it was purchased by the Yellowhammer Foundation in the spring of 2020. The same week the new management took over, April Lowery, died from internal injuries received during a botched abortion by Louis Payne. Soon after, Payne was forced to surrender his medical license. Seven months after Lowery's death, another woman suffered similar life-threatening injuries during an abortion she barely survived. The woman, going under the pseudonym "Jane Stone," sued the WAWC and abortionist Tamer Middleton for her life-altering injuries and for ignoring her pleas for an ambulance as her condition deteriorated. The WAWC hired abortionist Leah Torres as the facility's medical director soon after Stone's botched abortion. But Torres' temporary Alabama medical license was suspended by the Alabama Department of Public Health after it discovered she had com-
since been granted a permanent medical license and has resumed abortions. It was Torres that admitted to Department of Health inspectors last December that she was using rusty medical instruments and other unsanitary surgical supplies during abortions, and that clinic workers often did not change gloves or wash hands in accordance with CDC protocols. The WAWC was cited for nearly identical violations in 2020, as well. "Alabama authorities can no longer turn a blind eye to this dangerous abortion facility and it's incompetent leadership. Shoddy conditions and practices there have already cost the life of one woman and maimed another," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "Now their illegal dumping is endangering the public health. The West Alabama Women's Center must be closed before their shoddy practices result in more human tragedy." Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the U.S. Our goal is to expose abortion abuses, demand enforcement, save innocent lives, and build an Abortion-Free America. For more information: www.operationrescue.org
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soul-searching young people in the Middle East, including many from Muslim families, are using their smartphones to watch the first-ever Christian video-on-demand streaming service in the vast desert region. Since launching a year ago, SAT-7 PLUS -- a Netflix-type service that streams faith-based programs 24/7 in Arabic, Farsi and Turkish across the Middle East and North Africa -- is growing by the day. The free on-demand channel is a "game changer" for sharing the Christian message of peace and love in the troubled region where Christians often find themselves isolated from other believers and unable to talk about their faith openly. Digital, Social 'Explosion' Mobile digital and social media use is growing in places like Iraq and Syria, especially among young people searching for hope and purpose in their lives, according to Shady (pronounced Sha-dee) Francis, Arabic digital director of media
people are spending more and more time on screens, consuming content that's often harmful and throws them further away from God," said Francis. "We're meeting young people right where they are on social media and video streaming. Every day, the gospel is changing lives in this digital generation." Floods of young people in the region -- currently two-thirds of them -- are turning to their phones to stream and watch video content, according to the ministry's technology director Antoine Karam in the Middle East, presenting a huge opportunity. "They're ready to see God's love made visible," he said. Popular social media platforms such as Facebook -- used every day by 90% of young people in the Middle East and North Africa -- link to the ministry's livestream programs. Viewers are able to chat in real-time with online counselors who speak their language, understand their struggles, and respond to questions about Jesus.
ers do not come from Christian backgrounds, and they're eager to see and know more," said Francis, who will represent SAT-7 at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention in Nashville, Tenn., in March. "They're often surprised to learn that the Middle East is where the Christian faith was born." Broadcasting from the Middle East, the media ministry's "virtually-uncensorable" satellite television programs reach an estimated 25 million people -- and the number of viewers is expected to climb as digital streaming penetrates even the most remote areas, including the mountains and deserts of Afghanistan and Iran. "I can't describe it, but my whole being was filled with the presence and peace of the Holy Spirit," a viewer told the ministry last month. Another viewer described the show's hosts as "children of the Light." For more information: www.sat7usa.org +++
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