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A matter of life and death

2011-10-16T12:32:00.000-07:00

It is a case that literally involves life and death. We're talking about the promised execution of a Christian pastor in Iran. His only crime: He embraced Christianity and, for that, has been sentenced to death by the Muslim-controlled government of Iran. Join the ACLJ's aggressive international effort to save his life. I just signed the Petition to Secretary of State Clinton - Call on Iran to save Christian pastor. Please sign with me today. http://aclj.us/mc9d

URGENTLY REQUESTING PRAYERS

2011-09-20T18:25:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine posted this prayer request on facebook regarding an important hearing in the Illinois Supreme Court. The person said:

"I'm in Germany and Austria right now encouraging the activist movement there and things are going great. I can't wait to tell you all about it when I return later this week, but right now I have an urgent request: Please pray TODAY for the Illinois Supreme Court. Tomorrow morning the court is hearing oral arguments in a case called Sandholm v. Kuecker which is closely tied to OUR case, Scheidler v Trombley. Sandholm involves the same "Citizens Participation Act" (CPA) that Planned Parenthood turned UPSIDE-DOWN in my case. Planned Parenthood convinced my judge that the CPA gives them a legal "License to Lie" which *I* have to pay for. They're demanding $494,405 from me and the League! But if the Court rules the right way in Sandholm, Planned Parenthood LOSES their License to Lie, and that outrageous fee demand becomes a DEAD LETTER. And THAT will open the door I've been banging on for 4 years: to hold Planned Parenthood accountable for their vicious smear campaign against me and the League and ALL of us pro-lifers. So PLEASE keep the Sandholm case in your prayers. The hearing is tomorrow and a ruling should come early next year. Please also forward this prayer request to ALL your pro-life friends. All of us have a stake in halting Planned Parenthood's attacks on us. With the Lord on our side and the faithful prayers of so many great pro-lifers like you, I know that justice will be done. Yours for Life, -- Eric Eric Scheidler Executive Director Pro-Life Action League Tel: 630-896-1200 Facebook: http://facebook.com/prolifeaction Twitter: http://twitter.com/prolifeaction . . Pro-Life Action League 6160 N Cicero Ave, Ste 600 Chicago, IL 60646, USA "

What You Dont Know About Flavor Enhancers Can Harm You

2011-09-02T18:27:00.000-07:00

The FDA, which is supposed to be looking out for consumers, doesn't require testing for this:

"Senomyx boasts that they have "discovered or in-licensed many of the key receptors that mediate taste in humans." But what they don't state so plainly is that they used human embryonic kidney cells (HEK 293) taken from an electively aborted fetus in their product testing."

Please read the rest of the article here and share with others:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/09/01/what-you-dont-know-about-flavor-enhancers-can-harm-you.aspx

Multiply your pro-life impact! - Register to join the FREE teleconference tonight, Tuesday, August 9 at 9 pm EST

2011-08-09T16:54:00.000-07:00

Multiply your pro-life impact!
Register below to join the FREE teleconference
and web simulcast event on Tuesday, August 9

To learn how to make the greatest possible difference in the city or town where you live, you are invited to attend an important one-time-only teleconference and web simulcast on Tuesday night, August 9.

The event will launch the next phase of an historic partnership between 40 Days for Life and Heartbeat International -- one of the largest pro-life networks of pregnancy centers in the world, currently supporting, starting and strengthening more than 1,100 pregnancy help ministries (including 200+ international affiliates) to provide alternatives to abortion.

Here are the details ...

WHAT: Multiply Your Lifesaving Impact teleconference and web simulcast
DATE: Tuesday, August 9
TIME: 9 PM Eastern (8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific)
FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via phone or webcast -- it's your choice)

It's absolutely free to attend, however, there are limited spaces available for the live event … so make sure to register NOW by entering your information on the following page: http://www.40daysforlife.com/multiply.cfm

Beatings Jeopardize Health of Chinese Forced Abortion Opponent

2011-07-12T16:20:00.000-07:00

“Without showing any legal documents and without any of them wearing a uniform, they plundered almost everything from my home. My husband and I were wounded severely, yet not allowed to leave home for any medical aid,” Yuan explained. “More than 10 men covered me totally with a blanket and kicked my ribs and all over my body. After half an hour’s non-stop torture, I finally squeezed my head out of the blanket. I saw more than 10 men surrounded Chen Guangcheng, torturing him.”

Read the rest of this short article and please sign the petition at:

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/07/12/beatings-jeopardize-health-of-chinese-forced-abortion-opponent/

A prayer request

2011-05-04T23:44:00.000-07:00

For my pro-life friends out there, I received this prayer request on a prayer list I'm on: Please pray for a young woman considering abortion that she will have a change of heart!

Obama Cuts Women’s Health Care, Funds Planned Parenthood

2011-04-14T18:38:00.000-07:00

“Coating its ideology in flowery language about women’s health and alleged Republican mean-spiritedness, liberal Democrats refused to cut one dime out of Planned Parenthood’s plump federal purse during the budget debate,” APP president Frank Cannon said. “All the while a sharp knife was being taken to community health centers that actually perform full-scale exams for the needy. These health centers offer prenatal care to women and their babies – 480,000 times in 2009 alone. Planned Parenthood? Their 850 clinics average less than one prenatal visit a month, in other words, it’s not their line of work.”

Read the full article here: http://www.lifenews.com/2011/04/14/obama-cuts-womens-health-care-funds-planned-parenthood/

Tell the Senate to Cut Federal Funding to Planned Parenthood

2011-03-24T19:49:00.000-07:00

From Americans United for Life (AUL):

Dear Friend of Life,

Join us in our efforts to de-fund Planned Parenthood: Call your Senator’s state office today while the Senate is in recess.

Your call is vital to inform your Senator that you refuse to be forced to support the largest abortion provider in the country—Planned Parenthood—with your tax dollars. Your Senator can make a difference and help to stop funding the nation’s largest abortion provider.

With your help, we will let the Senate hear the voters’ voices, loud and clear, telling them to oppose funding the nation’s largest abortion provider with our hard earned tax dollars. Your voice can make a difference. Over 70 percent of Americans oppose using tax dollars to fund abortions.

Make your voice heard.

Call and urge your Senator to vote to stop the

millions of dollars the Federal Government currently gives to Planned Parenthood each year.

Talking Points:

■ More than 70 percent of Americans—both pro-life and pro-abortion—agree that our tax dollars should not be used to subsidize the abortion industry, particularly the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.

■ As Congress continues to negotiate the Fiscal Year 2011 budget and to make further cuts to government spending, a priority must be to zero out permanently taxpayer funding of the nation’s largest abortion provider: Planned Parenthood and its affiliates.

■ Particularly in this time of economic uncertainty, the Government ought to spend its time and our money funding things that matter to the American people. We should not be compelled to watch our tax dollars spent on abortion and funding corrupt organizations like Planned Parenthood, which consistently demonstrates a blatant disregard for women’s health and the law.

■ I urge you to stand with the majority of Americans and ensure that we are no longer forced to fund the nation’s largest abortion provider with our tax dollars.
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Urge your Representatives to defund Planned Parenthood of our tax dollars in the Continuing Resolution.

2011-03-21T12:57:00.000-07:00

If you can, please call your Representative’s district office and urge them to to defund Planned Parenthood of our tax dollars in the Continuing Resolution. Just click on this link and type in your Zip Code and it will take you right to the phone number of district office nearest to you with some "talking points" provided. http://www.capwiz.com/sbalist/callalert/index.tt?alertid=36347501&type=CO

Also you might want to watch the video on that page of Lila Rose. It only lasts 1 min and 51 seconds.

Members of the Expose Planned Parenthood Coalition are asking their activists to call on a specific day this week. The goal is to ensure that phones in district offices are ringing off the hook all of this week while Representatives are back in their districts. Susan B. Anthony List activists will kick off the effort by calling Representative’s district offices TODAY, MARCH 21st.

But any other day this week would be good too if you can't call today.

Call your Rep's district office. Urge them to defund Planned Parenthood of our tax dollars in the Continuing Resolution.

2011-03-20T21:39:00.000-07:00

This is from Marjorie Dannenfelser, President, Susan B. Anthony List. She said:

'Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters that defunding Planned Parenthood in the Continuing Resolution “won’t be part of an agreement.”

Meanwhile, our pro-life leaders in the House are digging in their heels, insisting that Planned Parenthood be defunded in the next Continuing Resolution bill. Rep. Mike Pence put it best when he said “it’s time to pick a fight.”

With the current temporary Continuing Resolution set to expire on April 8th, the next three weeks are the most critical ever in this fight. Congress is anxious to pass a long-term Continuing Resolution bill to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year instead of passing more short-term Continuing Resolutions.

That means we have just three weeks to show Congress we will accept nothing less than the complete defunding of Planned Parenthood of our tax dollars. We must ensure that our pro-life majority in the House stays strong and forces Harry Reid and his pro-abortion allies in the Senate to cut funding for Planned Parenthood. We have to make sure our pro-life allies in the House don’t blink when we need them most.

While we have momentum, the Expose Planned Parenthood coalition is working together to turn up the heat even more — especially this week, March 20st through March 27th, as the House is on recess, which means Representatives are headed back home to their respective Congressional districts.

Members of the Expose Planned Parenthood Coalition are asking their activists to call on a specific day this week. The goal is to ensure that phones in district offices are ringing off the hook all of this week while Representatives are back in their districts. Susan B. Anthony List activists will kick off the effort by calling Representative’s district offices TODAY, MARCH 21st.'

If you can, please call your Representative’s district office and urge them to to defund Planned Parenthood of our tax dollars in the Continuing Resolution.

The Planned Parenthood Racism Project: Abortions earmarked by race. An investigation of Planned Parenthood’s money

2011-03-12T18:22:00.000-08:00

"The Advocate investigated the financial dealings of Planned Parenthood and made some shocking discoveries about the clinic-owning "nonprofit." We obtained the information by having an actor call clinics across the country and pose as a donor. The actor who called, The Advocate’s advisor, communicated to them a very racist agenda—the one that Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood’s founder, had envisioned. He then asked to donate money specifically for the abortions of African-American babies in order to "lower the number of blacks in America."

Despite his bigoted requests, no Planned Parenthood employee (or director of development, in one case) declined the tainted money."

Read more and see the videos with audio recordings of planned parenthood reps agreeing to take money specifically requested to be used for aborting black babies.
http://liveaction.org/planned-parenthood-racism-project

Silent No More Awareness Campaign

2011-03-05T21:14:00.000-08:00

This is from Thursday, February 24, 2011, but it is still important. Please take a look at this page and call your United States Senators and ask them to vote to de-fund Planned Parenthood as the House did a few weeks ago. Perhaps mention the quotes provided on the following page to help highlight the kinds of terrible things going on, which show that not only are the innocent unborn being killed in the womb, but women themselves are being harmed.

At www.SilentNoMoreAwareness.org/plannedparenthood, members of the Campaign are sharing their painful experiences, providing more firsthand evidence that Planned Parenthood does not serve the needs of women and has no respect for the law.

For instance, Sherry Coleman Wright states,

“I was 17 years old - the lady at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Council Bluffs, Iowa told me I could go to Women's Services clinic in Omaha, Nebraska, to get the procedure. My boyfriend at the time was 23 or 24 and I was told not to mention that or he would get into trouble. I don't feel like they really had my best interest in mind. From what I understand, they still give young girls the same advice. I was devastated by that abortion and my life spiraled downward.”

Christy Annison tells us,

“I had a botched abortion in Atlanta's Planned Parenthood abortion clinic. The doctor left the dead fetus inside and I needed immediate medical attention. For the health of women, please defund Planned Parenthood.”

http://www.priestsforlife.org/articles/3503-silent-no-more-about-planned-parenthood

Nationwide Webcast: Defunding Planned Parenthood

2011-03-01T00:48:00.000-08:00

Get the latest breaking news -- and find out how
YOU can help strip Planned Parenthood of its
$360+ MILLION in annual taxpayer funding!

REGISTER NOW AT http://www.sba-list.org/webcast

•WHAT: Defunding Planned Parenthood webcast
•DATE: Tuesday, March 1
•TIME: 9 PM Eastern (6 PM Pacific)
•REGISTER: At the bottom of this page!
This is a critical moment in the pro-life battle to defund America's largest abortion provider -- Planned Parenthood.

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and her cronies are scared. The abortion business just sent out a fundraising e-mail stating: "The next 10 days will decide the future of Planned Parenthood."

And you know what? They are absolutely right!

These next few days are CRITICAL in the fight to defund Planned Parenthood of OUR tax dollars.

The bold stand made by the House of Representatives to defund Planned Parenthood in the Continuing Resolution bill was the first step towards ending the flow of our tax dollars to the abortion giant's coffers forever.

Now, with so much riding on the next steps in Congress over these coming days, the SBA List is launching a massive, unrelenting national grassroots campaign to defund Planned Parenthood -- for once and for all.

You are invited to join SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser, former Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, and pro-life rock star Congresswoman Michele Bachmann on a LIVE nationwide webcast this coming Tuesday, March 1 at 9 PM Eastern (6 PM Pacific).

On the webcast, you'll hear the latest breaking news from our nation’s capital on the efforts to strip Planned Parenthood of its $360+ million in taxpayer funding ... and you'll learn how YOU can help achieve victory in this vital effort!

Planned Parenthood knows that a showdown is coming. They're putting pressure on their allies -- and lashing out at pro-life Representatives in the House for voting to defund them. Planned Parenthood is even calling in all their favors from their Hollywood supporters and the radically pro-abortion MoveOn.org.

That is why we must launch a national grassroots campaign NOW -- to ensure the final Continuing Resolution defunds Planned Parenthood of every single federal tax dollar it receives.

Register below for the nationwide webcast on Tuesday, March 1 at 9 PM Eastern (8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific).

The stakes couldn't be higher! Every single minute of the day Planned Parenthood is destroying innocent human lives and wounding others.

Planned Parenthood is not a friend to women and girls, but rather an unapologetic ally of the human trafficking industry. And they are doing it with our tax dollars!

It's absolutely FREE to attend Tuesday night’s webcast; however, there are limited spaces available for the live event, so make sure to register NOW by entering your name and primary e-mail address below.

REGISTER NOW AT http://www.sba-list.org/webcast

P.S.- Can't attend the webcast due to other commitments? Go ahead and register anyway. The entire event will be recorded and you’ll be notified as soon as your recording is available.

P.P.S.- Please spread the word to friends, family members, co-workers and fellow believers so they can also participate in this important event. Encourage them to also visit this page:

http://www.sba-list.org/webcast

Save the Life Centers by Opposing NYC's Bill #371

2011-02-28T15:18:00.000-08:00

The NYC City Council Intro Bill #371-2010 is an outrage, which targets PRC’s (Pregnancy Resource Centers) with onerous, one-sided, unconstitutional speech regulations, and whopping, cruel and unusually harsh penalties. (ON JANUARY 28TH, 2011, A SIMILAR LAW IN BALTIMORE WAS STRUCK DOWN AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, BY A FEDERAL JUDGE, BECAUSE IT VIOLATED THE 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF THE LIFE CENTERS.

THIS BILL WILL BE VOTED UP OR DOWN ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2ND, 2011 BY THE FULL NY CITY COUNCIL. PLEASE GO TO www.SaveTheLifeCenters.com and FIND PHONE NUMBERS TO CALL. JOIN OUR AFTERNOON RALLY IN MANHATTAN, TO PROTEST BEFORE THE VOTE.

Please sign the petition here:

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/41496.html

U.S. House votes FRIDAY MORNING on Pence Amendment to defund Planned Parenthood! Please call now!

2011-02-18T12:14:00.000-08:00

I didn't check my email til this afternoon but called my House member's office anyway and the person I talked to said he didn't know if he vote has taken place yet.

Please take a few moments and call your House member to urge your House member to urge him or her to support the Pence Amendment to H.R. 1. (The Pence Amendment is amendment no. 11.) If you already called, please call again. Simply click on the following link and enter your zip code into the "Call Now" box above, and you will see the correct phone number, as well as a suggestion for the message you should deliver to the staff person who takes the call. http://capwiz.com/nrlc/callalert/index.tt?alertid=27960501

URGENT! House vote TODAY on abortion funding

2011-02-17T16:01:00.000-08:00

This message is from David Bereit, National Director 40 Days for Life. The vote has not taken place yet, so please take a few moments to respond to this important message.

Congress will vote THIS AFTERNOON on measures that
would prevent government funding for the nation's
largest abortion chain -- Planned Parenthood, an
organization that raked in over $360,000,000 in
taxpayer dollars last year.

It's absolutely vital that you call your Member of
Congress RIGHT NOW and tell them how you feel about
removing ALL taxpayer funding from Planned Parenthood
and other abortion providers!

Call the US Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and
ask to be connected to your Representative's office.

If you don't know who that is, go here to find the
name by submitting your zip code:

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

In some cases you'll need to know your 9-digit zip.
Find that here:

http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

As you know, Planned Parenthood has been in the news
lately for its institution-wide scandal of aiding and
abetting human trafficking of girls as young as 14.

Additionally the abortion chain has now ordered ALL
of its affiliates to start performing abortions --
or leave the Planned Parenthood umbrella.

On Monday, you and I -- and thousands of other people
of faith and conscience -- held prayer vigils outside
more than 200 Planned Parenthood offices to raise
awareness about how this organization is dangerous
for women and girls.

See photos, videos, news stories and more from vigils
around the country at:

http://www.ExposePlannedParenthood.com/vigil

At the same time we were praying on Monday, Planned
Parenthood's national president, Cecile Richards,
sent a massive e-mail blast to abortion advocates
across the nation with the subject line:

"The worst attack -- ever"

The message screamed: "URGENT! They want to shut down
every Planned Parenthood" and called our efforts the
most "dangerous assault" on their abortion business
in its entire history.

Richards begged abortion proponents to immediately
call Congress and demand a "NO" vote on any measure
to strip the abortion chain's taxpayer funding.

And word is that the abortion crowd is ringing phones
off the hook on Capitol Hill.

It is VITAL that you let Congress know how you feel
about de-funding Planned Parenthood!!

This could be a pivotal moment in our efforts to end
abortion in America!

For Life,

David Bereit
National Director
40 Days for Life

P.S.- Please forward this important message to your
friends and ask them to call as well - time is short!

Swift Action Urgently Needed to Nail Planned Parenthood on 107 Criminal Charges

2011-02-16T15:25:00.000-08:00

Hi all. Please take a moment a send an already prepared e-mail to the District Attorney in Johnson County, Kansas. He needs to hear from concerned citizens all around the country who want justice to prevail in this case.

Just follow this link to send the email: http://www.priestsforlife.org/alert/alert.aspx?id=8

Take Action: Vigil for Victims

2011-02-11T10:51:00.000-08:00

This message is from David Bereit, National Director of the 40 Days for Life Campaign. Please forward this email to your friends, family, and members of your church and invite them to participate in a Vigil for Victims on Monday, February 14th.

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Dear Friends,

This is our moment to make a PROFOUND difference!

Are you sick and tired of Planned Parenthood getting $363 MILLION of taxpayer funding a year -- while aiding and abetting illegal underage sex trafficking?
Then let's take a public stand Monday to tell Congress: "NO MORE TAX $ for Planned Parenthood!"

This Monday, February 14, 40 Days for Life is helping to coordinate "Vigils for Victims" that will be held outside Planned Parenthood offices coast-to-coast from Noon to 1 PM in each U.S. Time Zone ...
... and YOU can make an impact in one hour!

Find out how at:
http://www.ExposePlannedParenthood.com/vigil

Here's what going on ...

For the last two weeks, the national media has been abuzz with the shocking story of the undercover sting operation that caught abortion giant Planned Parenthood red-handed in the despicable act of aiding and abetting sex trafficking and prostitution of girls as young as 14.

Numerous undercover videos have now been released, documenting Planned Parenthood workers at multiple locations across several states assuring an undercover investigator posing as a pimp that the organization would secretly provide abortions and other services to underage victims of human trafficking, facilitating their exploitation.

Federal law is clear: "Sex trafficking of minors is a federal crime and punishable by imprisonment for 10 years to life." (18 U.S. Code 1591) Additionally, "any person who aids abets, or counsels a federal crime to be committed may be punished as if they had committed the crime themselves." (18 U.S. Code 2)

The institution-wide scandal has now reached the highest levels at Planned Parenthood, with top executives making the appalling claim that their workers who were caught on video facilitating underage sex slavery "responded professionally."
After receiving a record $363 MILLION in taxpayer funds last year, Planned
Parenthood's president Cecile Richards then had the audacity to send out an urgent appeal for abortion advocates to contact Congress -- so the organization can rake in even MORE of your hard-earned tax dollars!

And if that wasn't enough, now Planned Parenthood is attempting to hijack Valentine's Day as a marketing gimmick to expand its harmful agenda, shove condoms into the hands of young children, and lure even more vulnerable victims into its facilities.

*** ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! ***

It is vital for us to act swiftly and take a public stand against Planned Parenthood's harmful agenda -- raising awareness in the communities where we live, and calling upon Congress to IMMEDIATELY strip the abortion chain of all tax funding.
This Monday, February 14, you can help make that happen by holding a one-hour "Vigil for Victims" during the Noon hour in the public right-of-way outside the Planned Parenthood office nearest to you.

This requires rapid action on all our parts, but will show Planned Parenthood -- and the media -- the power of pro-life America to bring about vital change!
No experience is required! Find out exactly what to do by visiting:
http://www.ExposePlannedParenthood.com/vigil

Together, we really can make a difference! Let's act quickly to make sure Planned Parenthood is held fully accountable for its willingness to aid and abet underage sex trafficking, and let's tell Congress that the time has come to DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD!

For Life,
David Bereit
National Director
40 Days for Life

P.S.- I will personally be standing vigil outside the Planned Parenthood at 1108 16th Street NW, in Washington, DC from noon to 1 PM, and Shawn Carney will be outside the Planned Parenthood at 201 N. Hamilton Street in Richmond, VA. If you're nearby, come join us -- or do the same where you live! Find out more and learn how YOU can make a difference at: http://www.ExposePlannedParenthood.com/vigil

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Please forward this important message to family,
friends, co-workers, church members -- everyone!
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Flood Congress with phone calls for National Pro-Life Lobby Day to Defund Planned Parenthood.

2011-02-10T11:28:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

Please take a few moments to read this email from Marjorie Dannenfelser, President, Susan B. Anthony List, and call your Representatives TODAY.

Dear George,

Today is the day!

I need you to help me flood Congress with phone calls for National Pro-Life Lobby Day to Defund Planned Parenthood.

Please take two minutes right now to call your Representative and ask them to support the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act to stop the flow of our tax dollars to Planned Parenthood. This link will take you to the site where you can easily find your Representative's number: http://www.exposeplannedparenthood.com/call-congress

Calling Tip: Most Congressional offices are open from 9 AM to 6 PM Eastern. Please call during this time frame. If you can’t, just leave a voicemail.

George, Planned Parenthood is running scared after pro-life activist Lila Rose and her group Live Action released six videos in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York showing Planned Parenthood employees aiding and abetting the sexual exploitation of girls as young as just 13 years old.

Now is the time to defund Planned Parenthood. From 2008 to 2009 alone, they received $363 million tax dollars – hard-earned money straight from our pockets to theirs. During that same time period, they destroyed the lives of 324,008 babies.

Enough is Enough.

Please help flood Congress with calls today by calling your Representative right now. Ask him or her to support Rep. Mike Pence’s Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act to defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers of Title X funding.
This link will take you to the site where you can easily find your Representative's number: http://www.exposeplannedparenthood.com/call-congress

While you and members of the SBA List team from across the country – and other members of the Exposed Planned Parenthood coalition – are calling Congressional offices, your SBA List is co-hosting a press conference this morning with pro-life Congressional leaders to amplify the call to defund Planned Parenthood of our tax dollars. Many of the pro-life leaders you helped us elect this past November will be speaking out.

And earlier this week, Congressional hearings were held on the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” and the “Protect Life Act” – key pieces of legislation we’re pushing along with the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act to ensure that not one dime of our tax dollars goes toward the destruction of human life.

Abortion is the center issue this week in Washington, George, and we must capitalize on this opportunity.

Don’t wait another minute to call your Member of Congress. Click here to use the Expose Planned Parenthood Action Center to find your Representative’s phone number and use our helpful talking points to communicate your pro-life message.

This link will take you to the site where you can easily find your Representative's number: http://www.exposeplannedparenthood.com/call-congress

Finally, George, please help spread the word about National Pro-Life Lobby Day to Defund Planned Parenthood. Forward this e-mail and help promote www.ExposePlannedParenthood.com to at least 5 or 10 friends, family, neighbors, or people who attend your Church.

This is the best opportunity we’ve ever had to defund Planned Parenthood, George. Answer the call by calling your Representative today!

For Life,
Marjorie Dannenfelser
President, Susan B. Anthony List
www.sba-list.org

P.S. While it’s true that Planned Parenthood is vulnerable right now, they also have very deep pockets – and very powerful friends. The pro-abortion MoveOn.org, has already launched a massive grassroots campaign to defend Planned Parenthood and rally pro-abortion activists.

In fact, MoveOn.org is mobilizing their 5.2 MILLION members this week to ensure taxpayer dollars keep flowing to Planned Parenthood. That’s why I need you to call right now, George. Don’t wait another minute to call your Member of Congress. Click here to use the Action Center to find your Representative’s phone number and use our helpful talking points to communicate your pro-life message.

This link will take you to the site where you can easily find your Representative's number: http://www.exposeplannedparenthood.com/call-congress

Expose Planned Parenthood - Action Alert

2011-02-08T13:45:00.000-08:00

This information is from the Susan B. Anthony List. Please take a few minutes to read this important post and follow the link to call your Member of Congress and ask him or her to support H.R. 217 the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act that ensures abortion providers do not received federal funds under the Title X federal family planning assistance program.

From the SBA List:

The vast majority of Americans agree that they do not want their tax dollars funding abortion, yet the abortion industry receives hundreds of millions of government funds every year.

Planned Parenthood, one of the -- organizations that receives millions in federal funds every year, has a long history of exploiting women. These exploitations were most recently revealed in videos showing clinic workers aiding and abetting sex trafficking of minors.

We must make sure that Planned Parenthood no longer receives our hard earned tax dollars.

Call your Member of Congress and ask him or her to support H.R. 217 the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act that ensures abortion providers do not received federal funds under the Title X federal family planning assistance program.

Even if your Representative is already a co-sponsor, it is still important to call and ask them to push for a vote on the House floor.

http://capwiz.com/sbalist/callalert/index.tt?alertid=26351516

URGENT: Expose Planned Parenthood Webcast Thursday

2011-02-02T13:54:00.000-08:00

I recieved this email today from Marjorie Dannenfelser, President, Susan B. Anthony List. Please take a few moments to read this and attend if you can.

*** BREAKING NEWS ***

An undercover sting operation has caught abortion giant Planned Parenthood red-handed in the act of aiding and abetting human trafficking and forced prostitution of women and girls as young as 14.

Shocking undercover video footage reveals a Planned Parenthood clinic manager assuring a pimp that the clinic would secretly offer full access to abortions and other services -- despite knowing full well that the girls were underage victims of sex trafficking

To respond swiftly to this crisis -- and to take decisive action to strip Planned Parenthood of all taxpayer funding -- the pro-life movement is uniting this THURSDAY NIGHT, February 3, on a huge nationwide webcast ... and your attendance is critical!

If you haven't already seen the video, you can watch it here at http://www.ExposePlannedParenthood.com.

You do not need to pre-register to attend. The webcast will be live streamed at http://www.ExposePlannedParenthood.com.

On the webcast, you'll see the disturbing undercover video footage -- that already has Planned Parenthood in panic mode -- and you'll learn how YOU can take action to help defund Planned Parenthood, which received more than $363 million in taxpayer dollars over the last year.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Expose Planned Parenthood Video Webcast
DATE: Thursday, February 3
TIME: 8:30 PM Eastern, 7:30 PM Central, 6:30 PM Mountain, 5:30 PM Pacific
WHERE: http://www.ExposePlannedParenthood.com
LILA ROSE, president of Live Action, will be on the webcast to show the video footage, explain the specifics of the sting operation, and detail Planned Parenthood's inexcusable actions. It was Lila's group that went undercover and caught Planned Parenthood in the act of exploiting innocent young victims of sex trafficking.

I will be joining Lila along with:

TONY PERKINS, Family Research Council
DAVID BEREIT, 40 Days for Life
ABBY JOHNSON, Former Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life advocate and author
DR. ALVEDA KING, Niece of Dr. Martin Luther King
WENDY WRIGHT, Concerned Women for America
CHARMAINE YOEST, Americans United for Life Action
STEVE WAGNER, The Renewal Forum

During the one-time-only event, you will ...

See the shocking undercover video, explained by Lila Rose, President of Live Action
Learn from top pro-life experts how Planned Parenthood is aiding and abetting illegal human sex trafficking while receiving HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of our tax dollars

Discover what YOU can do about it!

I hope you can join us on this important live event Thursday at 8:30 PM Eastern time, live-streamed at http://www.ExposePlannedParenthood.com.

For Life,
Marjorie Dannenfelser
President, Susan B. Anthony List
www.sba-list.org

PS: SAVE THE DATE: This Thursday at 8:30 PM EST, I am joining other pro-life leaders from across the country for a massive Expose Planned Parenthood Webcast to respond to the footage released today. All SBA List activists are invited to attend. You're not going to want to miss the webcast which will be live streamed at http://www.ExposePlannedParenthood.com. Bookmark this page now.

93% of women regretted aborting their pregnancy conceived in rape

2011-01-31T09:49:00.000-08:00

The Elliot Institute’s, Amy Sobie, joined Brad to dispel some misconceptions about rape and abortion. After a variety of research was conducted on post-abortive women who had also been raped, 93% of women regretted aborting their pregnancy conceived in rape. And, like Nicole, many agreed the abortion was like being raped a second time.

http://www.facinglife.tv/episode/season_3/episode_8/episode_308.html

Pregnant by Rape Personal Stories and Pro-Life Speakers

2011-01-31T09:45:00.000-08:00

"This page is a compilation of life-affirming personal stories of rape survivors who became pregnant out of rape and they are either parenting the child, placed their child for adoption, regret aborting their child, or miscarried their child,
including the following:

Heather Gemmen from Indiana, Kaylee Swanson from Pennsylvania, Liz Carl from Kentucky, Irene van der Wende from the Netherlands, Heather Peterson-Grech from New Mexico, "Grace Hope," Jennifer McCoy from Kansas, Julie Savage from the United Kingdom, Angelina Steenstra from Ontario, Canada, Kay Golden, Samantha Renee,
Lizzy Brew from Australia, Sister Lucy Vertrusc from Bosnia, Kellie Sonnier from Indiana, Ashley Boyer from Michigan, Mary Gilliam from Florida, and Analyn Megison from Florida. "The adult pregnancy rate associated with rape is estimated to be 4.7%. This information, in conjunction with estimates based on the U.S. Census, suggest that there may be 32,101 annual rape-related pregnancies among American women over the age of 18." -- Center for Diseases Control Rape Fact Sheet 2/2000. WE ARE NOT ALONE!"

http://www.rebeccakiessling.com/PregnantByRape.html

March for Life - Mark Your Calendars

2011-01-23T17:14:00.000-08:00

In 2011 and 2012, the anniversary date of the Roe v. Wade decision will fall on a weekend, a time when lawmakers are typically away from Washington. We want to make sure that our pro-life pilgrimage to our nation’s capitol has maximum impact on our elected leaders; and that our Marchers have an opportunity to visit with their Congressional delegations in order to press their pro-life message. For those reasons, we have scheduled the March for Life to be held on Monday, January 24, 2011, and Monday, January 23, 2012.

Please plan now to attend. Your presence, in growing numbers every year, is the best way to draw attention to the untenable legacy of Roe v. Wade, and to persuade our leaders to eradicate it from America’s future.

http://www.marchforlife.org/content/view/46/1/

No More "Mental Retardation." So?

2011-01-23T15:53:00.000-08:00

"When only 10 percent of people pre-natally diagnosed with this disorder make it to birth, not referring to that lucky minority as "mentally retarded" seems like a hollow victory—as if we are rescuing survivors of the death camp, offering them freedom and food, but failing to shut down the gas chambers for the rest of their race. Can any significant respect be ever given to those with Down syndrome when those who call themselves advocates ignore this ignominious irony?"

You can read the rest of the article here:
http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/No-More-Mental-Retardation-So-Leticia-Velasquez-1-20-2011.html

Shedding Light on the Truth

2011-01-21T17:22:00.000-08:00

"In a D and E, the baby, while alive, is dismembered limb from limb. Medical textbooks and sworn court testimony describe how the abortionist pulls off the arms and legs and crushes the head."

Read the full blog post here: http://networkedblogs.com/di9cA?a=share&ref=nf

Pregnant by Rape

2011-01-19T22:43:00.000-08:00

On Martin Luther King Day, Blacks Face Racial Challenge From Abortion

2011-01-17T12:59:00.000-08:00

As the nation pauses today to remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., black Americans face a racial threat from a much different source than the ones King confronted: abortion.

The Guttmacher Institute recently released a new report on abortion statistics nationwide that confirms the abortion industry continues to target black Americans. Abortions on black women still occur at a much higher rated than compared with the percentage of African-Americans in society as a whole.

Read the whole article here:
http://www.lifenews.com/2011/01/17/on-martin-luther-king-day-blacks-face-racial-challenge-from-abortion/

Fetal Pain Law Hailed as Successful, Making Abortion Practitioner Leave State

2010-11-11T16:40:00.000-08:00

This legislation is good news, and a step in the right direction. But it's still not enough. It won't be over til all abortions are outlawed even at conception when life begins, whether the baby can feel pain or not.

Quote from the article:

“At twenty weeks into pregnancy, unborn children have pain receptors throughout their bodies connected by nerves to the brain’s thalamus, they recoil from painful stimuli, their stress hormones shoot up, and they are routinely anesthetized when undergoing fetal surgery,” Balch explained.

Read the rest of the article here: http://www.lifenews.com/2010/11/10/state-5662/

Democratic Congressman threatens jail time for Pro-Life organization's President exercising free speech.

2010-10-26T14:00:00.000-07:00

Rep. Steve Driehaus, the Congressman from Cincinnati, Ohio, is threatening SBA-List with a criminal statute in an attempt to silence them for basically getting the truth out about his vote for taxpayer funding of abortion in Obamacare. In addition to the thousands SBA-List has already had to pay in legal fees, this would mean jail time for Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of Susan B. Anthony List. SBA-List has rightly said that votes have consequences and that Congressmen will be held accountable for their votes in November. Apparently Rep. Steve Driehaus doesn't think that his constituents have the right to know what he stands for and votes for, and is willing to squash his opposition by putting them in jail. Is this still America or not?

Meet the supporters of taxper-funded abortion

2010-10-18T22:16:00.000-07:00

From the Americans United for Life "Voting For Life" website:

'Americans United for Life Action is holding pro-abortion politicians accountable. We're running a grassroots, online, and radio campaign in twelve key Congressional Districts that could determine whether or not we have a pro-life House of Representatives in the next Congress. Register to vote now on this site and send a message to Washington that we haven't forgotten about taxpayer-funded abortion in healthcare. Tell Washington that in this election, "Life Counts!"'

http://votingforlife.com/

check
Also, check your elected officials' voting record, please enter your ZIP Code (either 5 digits or the entire 9 digit ZIP+4 code if you know it. If you live in a split district, you might have to enter your full address): http://action.aul.org/site/VoteCenter?page=voteList

Eleventh Hour Election Alert Part Three

2010-10-16T14:22:00.000-07:00

Fr. Corapi made this three part video presentation for thr 2008 Presidential election. The powerful message about abortion and pro-abortion candidates it still important, especially with the upcomming congressional elections in November.

Eleventh Hour Election Alert Part Two

2010-10-16T14:20:00.000-07:00

Eleventh Hour Election Alert Part One

2010-10-16T14:19:00.000-07:00

China Marks 30 Years of One-Child, Forced Abortion Policy; Obama Petitioned

2010-09-24T16:49:00.000-07:00

"For someone who says he cares about 'women's rights,' as President Obama so often claims when promoting abortion-on-demand, Mr. Obama seems disturbingly unperturbed by" the one child policy, Franks added.

Read the full article here: China Marks 30 Years of One-Child, Forced Abortion Policy; Obama Petitioned

Important information from the Elliot Institute: Please share freely.

2010-09-18T15:40:00.000-07:00

To challege/change leaders - political, religious, school, etc. - please take our research-based materials, with new well-cited facts and stories in user-friendly format to them. Please share freely, from the Elliot Institute.

http://www.facebook.com/l/91060;www.theunchoice.com/unsafe.htm

COUNTDOWN TO 40 DAYS FOR LIFE - teleconference and webcast event

2010-09-15T14:03:00.000-07:00

Just a quick reminder about tonight's BIG event -- I
hope to talk with you then!

If you haven't yet registered to attend, there are
still a few more hours. Here are the details:

WHAT: COUNTDOWN TO 40 DAYS FOR LIFE
teleconference and webcast event

DATE: TONIGHT! Wednesday, September 15

TIME: 9 PM Eastern (8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain,
6 PM Pacific)

FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via phone or webcast --
it's your choice)

REGISTER: http://www.40daysforlife.com/countdown

During the event, you will discover:

* How 40 Days for Life began and what makes a local
campaign so impactful

* The amazing results God has accomplished through
40 Days for Life thus far -- including incredible
new reports

* The unprecedented size and scope of this fall's
campaign -- including what's happening near YOU!

* Why top pro-life leaders believe 40 Days for Life
could mark the beginning of the end of abortion

* What YOU can do to make a life-saving difference
in your hometown

In addition to members of the national 40 Days for
Life team and numerous local campaign leaders --
from several different countries -- you'll be hearing
from several top pro-life leaders:

* FR. FRANK PAVONE, Priests for Life

* JANET MORANA, Silent No More Awareness Campaign

* REV. JOHN ENSOR, Heartbeat International

It's absolutely FREE to attend this one-time-only
event. Register online now at:

http://www.40daysforlife.com/countdown

Hope to talk with you shortly!

For life,

Shawn Carney
Campaign Director
40 Days for Life

PS: A number of people e-mailed to say they can't
attend tonight's COUNTDOWN teleconference and
webcast because of schedule conflicts. If you're in
that same situation -- no problem! We're recording
everything ... so have the recording sent to you by
registering now at:

http://www.40daysforlife.com/countdown

WOMEN MUST SEE! Abortion horror stories! Doctor cover ups!

2010-09-15T12:47:00.000-07:00

More proof of how the so-called "pro-choice" movement exploits women and endangers their health.

BloodMoney - Documentary film that exposes the truth behind the Abortion Industry

2010-09-08T13:49:00.000-07:00

About the film:

BloodMoney is a documentary film that exposes the truth behind the Abortion Industry from the Pro Life perspective.

This film will examine the history of abortion in America, from the inception of Planned Parenthood and the profitability of abortion clinics, to Roe v. Wade, to the denial of when life begins, to the fight to save the lives of innocent babies, and the devastating effects it has had on the women that have had them.

See the trailer here:

Pray to End Abortion - Webcast Tonight!

2010-09-07T15:04:00.000-07:00

A National Webcast will be held this evening from 9 to 10pm ET that will outline & provide training & motivation for participation in the "Freedom Riders for the Unborn" as well as a series of national & local pro-life activities in September and October. These include nine weeks of prayer leading up to Election Day, a National Voter Registration Sunday, and the nation's second Pro-Life Freedom Ride. (Sign up at www.priestsforlife.org/conferencecall

When does life begin?

2010-08-28T18:18:00.000-07:00

Ward Kischer, PHD., Human Embryologist, Emeritus Professor of cell biology and anatomy at the University of AZ College of Medicine. Specialty in Human Embryology, said:

"Every embryologist in the world knows that the life of the new individual human being beigns at fertilization. It is not a belief; it is a sceintific fact."

"We exist in a continuum of life. Now, at any given moment in that continuum, there exists a whole integrated human life."

See this compelling video addressing the question of when life begins. Though many would like to think that there is no answer, and that it's merely a religious belief that life begins at conception, science itself also makes a firm statement affirming that life begins at conception.

Former Abortion Clinic Owner Carol Everett

2010-08-22T09:57:00.000-07:00

"Then there was the girl who the doctors decided had a fibroid tumor at the back of her uterus. That's a highly common tumor that's very rarely malignant. The two doctors decided they were just going to pull it out after her abortion. They didn't know they were pulling on the back of her uterus, and they pulled the uterus out wrong-side-out of a 21-year-old; she had a hysterectomy."

Read the whole article here: http://prolifeaction.org/providers/everett.php

The Myth of Overpopulation and the Folks Who Brought it to You, by Austin Ruse

2010-08-18T13:37:00.000-07:00

The Myth of Overpopulation and the Folks Who Brought it to You
by Austin Ruse

"The claim that the world will become dangerously overpopulated has never been true. It was false when first postulated in the 19th century. It was false when The Population Bomb was first published in the 1960s. It is false now. That this theory is still taught in grade schools all over the world even today does not make it any truer. It remains a false theory.

The theory that the world is so awash in people that it will eventually die is false and it always has been. We will not run out of food, natural resources, or room. The theory is completely and dangerously false. The world now produces more food on less land than ever before. The world is awash in food. The problem is getting it to the hungry. Starvation occurs in the world today not from lack of food but generally as a result of bad policies or the use of starvation as a tool of war. Also, the cost of natural resources is now lower than forty years ago. Price is always a marker for availability: lower prices mean greater availability. Why are natural resources more plentiful? Simply because of our ingenuity. Mankind is better at getting natural resources out of the ground, whatever they are, and we are more efficient in their use."

Whole article can be read here:
http://www.nccbuscc.org/prolife/programs/rlp//03ruse.shtml

Project Truth : A Youth Defence Project

2010-08-16T18:36:00.000-07:00

This pro-life advert was previously banned by the Irish government who said it was too 'political' for the airwaves. Now Project Truth, first produced by Youth Defence in 1996, has been set to some amazing footage of the unborn child in the womb. It's challenging, thought-provoking, beautiful and sad. Show it to your friends. Spread the message.

We want to see the world - A song between unborn children and their guardian angels.

2010-08-02T13:45:00.000-07:00

This is a beautiful song and video. Please see it when you get a chance and share it with others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErljpLzCez0

A song between unborn children and their guardian angels. To download the song, sheet music and words for free goto http://www.wewanttoseetheworld.com/ For more information visit www.cogforlife.org Lyrics to "We Want to See the World" (A) - Angel (UC) - Unborn Children (Verse 1) (A) Chil...

Pro-Life Freedom Rides Launch in Alabama, By James Tillman

2010-07-24T14:19:00.000-07:00

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, July 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- In an echo of the Freedom Rides of the civil rights movement, the nation's first pro-life Freedom Ride begins today with a rally and concert in Birmingham, Alabama, and will conclude in Atlanta on Saturday afternoon with a prayer service held at the tomb of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The pro-life movement is the civil rights movement," declared Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., full-time member of the Pastoral Team of Priests for Life, and leader of the Freedom Rides which will occur over the coming months.

Read the rest of this article at http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jul/10072308.html

Pro-Life Freedom Rides Begin in Birmingham, July 23

2010-07-21T16:07:00.000-07:00

Bulletin from the cause: Pray to End Abortion

Posted By: Alveda King
To: Members in Pray to End Abortion

10 Steps to End Abortion

Action Needed: Pro-aborts are trying to stop the Freedom Riders from coming to Dr. King's tomb! See details & express your support at ProLifeFreedomRides.com Click "Sign Up".

Please review the schedule of events at:
http://www.priestsforlife.org/action/schedule-of-events.htm

To become a Freedom Rider for the Unborn in your own community, you can take part in the activities at www.10StepsToEndAbortion.com

Pro-Life Freedom Rides Begin in Birmingham, July 23

2010-07-21T16:02:00.000-07:00

Bulletin from the cause: Pray to End Abortion

Posted By: Alveda King
To: Members in Pray to End Abortion

10 Steps to End Abortion

Action Needed: Pro-aborts are trying to stop the Freedom Riders from coming to Dr. King's tomb! See details & express your support at . Click "Sign Up".

Please review the schedule of events at:

To become a Freedom Rider for the Unborn in your own community, you can take part in the activities at

"Sneak preview" video - 40 Days for Life campaign

2010-07-19T14:47:00.000-07:00

The excitement is building rapidly, and -- as a
reminder -- applications for the fall 40 Days for
Life will be accepted from this Wednesday, July 21,
until Saturday, July 31.

Shawn Carney -- who will serve as point person for
this fall's campaign -- and I just shot a quick
"sneak preview" video to help you get an idea of:

* What 40 Days for Life is all about
* The amazing history of life-saving results
* The critical timing for this fall's campaign
* Specifics of the September 22 - October 31 effort
* How YOU can make a crucial difference in your town

The video is only 6 minutes long, and I think you'll
be fired up for the fall after watching it!

Watch the video online by going to:

http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=975

For Life,

David Bereit
National Director
40 Days for Life

P.S.- Since Shawn Carney is going to be directing
this fall's 40 Days for Life campaign, watch for
e-mails from him over the coming days. Please add
"shawn@40daysforlife.com" to your e-mail address book
so you don't miss any important updates.

Ending Abortion Webcast Event - Listen to the audio recordings of this event for free!

2010-07-13T12:47:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

These presentations from over 30 Pro-Life leaders contain a lot of good information for people in the Pro-Life movement. As it says on the website:

Listen to the audio recordings of the entire ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME virtual conference that featured 30+ leading pro-life experts grouped into 10 "power panels" addressing the biggest challenges facing the pro-life movement -- and the solutions that can help bring an end to abortion in your community.

Listen to one session or listen to them all -- it's absolutely FREE!

Scroll down this page, select the session you wish to listen to, and click the orange button below the topic that reads "LISTEN TO THIS SESSION." The player will open in a new browser window. On that page, click the "play" button to listen to the recording by streaming web audio, or you can download the MP3 file and listen on your computer or iPod, or burn the audio to a CD.

To listen to the audio presentations follow this link: http://endingabortion.com/event

Rockford Abortion Mill Attempt To Silence Pro-Lifers Backfires...! Abortion mill landlord responds to local D.J.'s pro-life message with a chainsaw!

2010-07-11T20:23:00.000-07:00

Rockford IL, July 9, 2010 - The Rockford abortion mill, that has for weeks been blaring a radio in an attempt to silence pro-lifers who offer help to mothers in need as they cross the parking-lot of the Northern Illinois Women's Center, received a very big surprise Friday morning.

A little after 7:00am WNTA, the radio station the clinic plays over its amplified public address sound system , that can be heard blocks away, opened up its phone lines to callers. The first caller they took, live on the air, was a pro-lifer who was standing at the driveway of the Rockford abortion mill that is nationally known for its signs mocking God and celebrating the number of children they have killed. ................

Read the rest of this article for the amazing ending!: http://www.prolifecorner.com/node/365

The so-called DISCLOSE ACT, an attack on free speech and the right to know what our Congressmen stand for. .

2010-06-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

I recieved this email about a new bill Congress is trying to pass which is an attack on the rights of Americans to speak freely about those in office and the right to even know what they stand for. It is an outrage and even if they don't succeed, it's disturbing that they're even trying to do this. America is looking more like a communist country as time goes on.

I include comments of my own in brackets
The email says:

The right to speak one’s mind is so fundamental that the FIRST Amendment of the Bill of Rights includes this promise: “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech.”

But today’s pro-abortion Democratic Congressional leaders read the 1st Amendment very differently. They would have the 1st Amendment read: Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech, unless it’s speech about incumbent Congressmen like us. Then we will restrict it.

Take the new “DISCLOSE Act.” The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down a law that severely restricted groups like National Right to Life from even mentioning the name of a Congressman or bringing his voting record to the public’s attention during the period leading up to his re-election campaign.

[Apparently certain Congressmen don't think we have the right to know what they stand for. We most certainly DO have the right to know and let others know what they stand for. They work for us.]

Congressmen don’t like groups like National Right to Life talking about their records. It’s inconvenient. But the Supreme Court said, in effect, “too bad. Citizens (and citizen groups) have that right.” They struck down the law as unconstitutional.

Undaunted by the Supreme Court’s recognition of our free speech rights, now Congress is trying to limit our speech with another approach: punish groups who speak out about them by forcing the groups to provide confidential donor lists and other sensitive information to the government. They call this set of punishments the “DISCLOSE Act.”

[I think we have to ask why the government wants information on confidential donor lists and other sensitive information...]

But not all organizations would be punished. Certain allies of the pro-abortion leaders in Congress, like the mainstream media, are exempt. They can continue to
comment about members of Congress without fear of punishment. And the bill is skewed to give advantages to other allies, such as unions.

But if you’re any one of a number of other Americans, including a member of the National Right to Life Committee which speaks for the unborn, forget it. The 1st Amendment no longer applies.

Prayer for a certain yong woman

2010-05-10T12:35:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

I don't generally post prayer requests here, but a friend of mine sent me this last night in email and I wanted to post it here for anyone who would pray for this young woman.

A woman is asking everyone to pray for this 18 year old girl who has decided to go through with an abortion. Everyone it seems abandoned her and it seems she believes this is her only choice.

*** URGENT PRAYER REQUEST *** FROM Carla Stream --- Please continue to pray for this young girl. Her father has said she can't live with him if she doesn't have the abortion. The mother said it is her decision. She has not had an ultrasound, she has not sought any other rescources or support. Only Planned Parenthood....... This 18 year old has decided to have the abortion but has to wait 48 hours. PLEASE PRAY!

Here is a short prayer for the end of abortion:

Heavenly Father, in Your
love for us, protect against the
wickedness of the devil, those
helpless little ones to whom You
have given the gift of life.

Touch with pity the hearts of
those women with child in our
world today who are
not thinking of motherhood.

Help them to see that the child
they carry is made in Your
image - as well as theirs -
made for eternal life.

Dispel their fear and selfishness
and give them true womanly
hearts to love their babies and
give them birth and all the
needed care that a mother alone
can give.

We ask this through Jesus Christ,
Your Son, Our Lord,
Who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God,
forever and ever. Amen

Women Who Have Abortions Four Times More Likely to Abuse Drugs, Alcohol

2010-05-04T13:31:00.000-07:00

Winnipeg, Canada (LifeNews.com) -- A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Manitoba finds women who have had abortions are about four times more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol as those who carried their pregnancy to term. The authors confirmed a link between abortion and the substance abuse issues.

Read the full article here:
http://www.lifenews.com/int1531.html

Daily Kos Article Says Number of Abortions is 'Too Low,' Doesn't Want Them Rare

2010-04-30T13:37:00.000-07:00

April 28 was apparently Abortion Uber Alles day at the liberal Web site Daily Kos. Aimee Thorne-Thomsen of the Pro-Choice Public Education Project stated that the number of women who receive abortions is “too low” in “Keep Abortions Safe and Legal? Yes. Make it Rare? Not the Point.”

To make a few of my own comments about this article, I think it's really disgusting to hear people like Thorne-Thomsen call abortion a matter of "reproductive justice". There is nothing just about killing the innocent.

Thorne-Thomsen talks about "caring for women" when promoting abortion as a right, and yet I wonder if she has talked about the harmful consequences of abortion for the women who get them.

Even secular studies have shown that women who have abortions are more likely to have thoughts of suicide, experience depression, infections, sterility, and even death. Why don't the pro-abortion politicians and Planned-Parenthood and the like talk about these things if they care so much about women?

It's time to realize that women are EXPLOITED by the abortion agenda.

Maybe Thorne-Thomsen and some others "think" they care about women, but if they really care about women, they would ENCOURAGE them to have their babies and not kill them.

The truth is, that it is the PRO-LIFE people who really care about women, as much as the babies in their wombs. It is the Pro-lifers who are there to help pick up the broken pieces of women's lives who have had abortions and suffer the mental, emotional, spiritual trauma that inevitably follows.

Who really cares about someone and encourages them to do something that will most likely cause them to experience long term depression, thoughts of suicide, infection and possibly death? Is that love? Is that caring?

If they aren't aware of these things, why aren't they?

Thorne-Thomsen also said, “Do we dare admit that increasing the number of abortions might be not only good for women’s health, but also moral and just?”

How can anyone think that taking an action that even secular studies have shown to increase rates of suicide, depression, infections, sterility, and even death, is good for women's health? And then to top off witht the absurd notion that increasing the number of abortions is "moral and just". But as I said already, there is nothing just about killing the innocent.

For the whole article go to: www.lifenews.com/nat6295.html

You can also follow Life News at: www.facebook.com/LifeNews

Baby Boy Survived Abortion, Lived Two Days After Doctors Left Him to Die

2010-04-28T13:02:00.000-07:00

A couple of comments on this article. 1) It says that: "A 22-week old disabled boy survived an abortion attempt in southern Italy, but doctors left him to die afterwards and he survived for two days before passing away. The boy's mother was pregnant for the first time but decided to have an abortion after prenatal scans suggested the unborn child was disabled."

As a person with a disability I say, watch out my fellow handicapped brothers and sisters! It's a dangerous thing when disabilities are seen as legitimate reasons for abortions. What does it say about our value as people in the eyes of society? It says we're not worth having around. It's the same kind of eugenics mentality that Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood had, who Hitler and his ilk respected.

Disabled or not, there is no legitimate reason for abortion. Every baby has a right to live, even ones conceived in rape. After all, why should a baby have to die for the crime of the man who committed th rape? And many women say the same thing.

Another part of this article states: "Italy's abortion law allows abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy in certain cases but it also requires doctors to do all they can to save the life of a baby who survives a botched abortion attempt."

Apparently they think it's ok to kill the baby as long as it's still in the womb, but one outside, suddenly the baby has a right to life. Don't they see they are admitting that the baby is a person even inside the womb? How tragic that people like that are the ones making the laws.

To read the full article go to: www.lifenews.com/int1526.html

Pro-Life events, upcomming

2010-04-26T12:42:00.000-07:00

Hi all, please read this letter from Fr. Frank Pavone, of Priests for Life about some important upcomming events.

April 26, 2010

Dear Friends,

1) This Tuesday is our big press conference in Birmingham, AL to announce the Pro-life Freedom Rides. It will be on the site where peaceful civil rights activists were attacked with dogs and water hoses. Keep updated on what we will say, and how you can be involved, at www.ProLifeFreedomRides.com
While in Birmingham, I will preach on the EWTN Live televised Mass on Tuesday, April 27 at 8am ET. The Mass repeats at 12 noon, 7pm and 12 midnight ET. If you do not receive EWTN via television or radio, you can hear my homilies online at www.priestsforlife.org/audio/varioushomilies.htm

2) Speaking of keeping updated, my favorite way of updating people now is through Twitter, and I’d like to invite you to become my follower at www.twitter.com/frfrankpavone. If you aren’t familiar with this, it’s a way to communicate with me and many others by sending and receiving short (like one sentence), timely updates, called “tweets.” For instance, you’ll be the first to hear about pro-life developments that I become aware of, or the success of events I take part in out on the road, or the progress of our projects big and small. If you don’t have a Twitter account, just go to twitter.com and sign up for one. It’s free!

3) Our Novena in preparation for Pentecost will begin on May 13 (Ascension Thursday), and we have a pro-life Pentecost prayer that we’d like to distribute to your parish. You can see the prayer and a link for ordering the prayer card at www.priestsforlife.org/novenas/pentecost.htm
We will send as many prayer cards as your parish needs. Would you please let your pastor know?

4) Finally, many of you saw me preaching on EWTN in the first two weeks of April. Good news – we are putting those homilies on CDs! You can place an advance order by emailing me at orders@priestsforlife.org. Just ask for my “April EWTN Homilies” and we’ll reserve a set for you!

Below you will find my column for this week in English and Spanish and the Spanish version of my April 12th Column, Supreme Court Vacancy, followed by this week’s media schedule.

Blessings,
Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life

New safety label for birth control pills - Bayer to include blood clot risks on Yaz and Yasmin packages

2010-04-19T14:37:00.000-07:00

I wanted to post this link because I think this warning helps to highlight the evil behind birth control, which is an intrinsic evil. The culture of death is very self-centered, and is willing not only to put up barriers to new life (contraception), but also destroy it in the womb (abortion), which Fr. John Corapi calls, "the unholy offspring of birth cntrol". The contraceptive mentality is so obstinate, that even with the risk to women's health, contraception is still sought after and practiced. Granted there can be risks involved in legitimate medical treatments, but that's a very different matter. Legitimate medical treatment is ordered toward the preservation and maintainance of a person's health, while contraception is (dis)ordered toward preventing new life, which is not a legitimate medical treatment.

The link follows:

WASHINGTON - Bayer HealthCare said Friday it has added new information about the risks of blood clots to its contraceptive pills Yax and Yasmin.

Read More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36322007

Catholic Health Association Endorses Pro-Abortion Senate Health Care Bill

2010-03-13T18:03:00.000-08:00

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Catholic Health Association is coming under fire today for releasing a statement not only endorsing the pro-abortion Senate health care bill but issuing a misleading statement making it appear the bill does not fund abortions. The head of a national pro-life organization disabused the CHA in response.

http://www.lifenews.com/nat6115.html

Silencing Pro-Lifers ...

2010-02-05T13:14:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

I received this email from Marjorie Dannenfelser, President, Susan B. Anthony List. Please visit the link provided and take a few moments to send the already prepared letter to your Senators.
The messages is as follows (emphasis mine):

Dear George,

It is clear from the actions of the National Organization for Women that pro-abortion leaders would like nothing better than to silence pro-lifers.

But attempting to silence people like Tim Tebow who have the courage to voice their pro-life convictions is nothing new. And no one is quite as experienced at it as Dawn Johnsen.

In 1988, attorney Dawn Johnsen argued that the Catholic Bishops needed to choose between either having the Catholic Church stripped of its tax-exempt status as a religious organization or keeping their opposition to abortion to themselves. The Catholic Bishops defeated Dawn Johnsen in the Supreme Court Case United States Catholic Conference v. Abortion Rights Mobilization.

After the case was concluded, Dawn Johnsen was rewarded for her legal work on the case by being granted the position of legal director of the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), where she worked from 1988 – 1993. Now, President Barack Obama has re-nominated her to head up the Office of Legal Counsel and is pushing for the Senate to ratify her nomination this week.

Click here to send a message to your Senators to reject this pro-abortion radical nominee: http://capwiz.com/sbalist/issues/alert/?alertid=14442836&msource=c4alerts

Her radical views and statements on “abortion rights” are notorious:

-- Choosing life for a child is comparable to “involuntary servitude”

-- Pro-life activists use the “intimidation carried out by the Ku Klux Klan"

-- Being pregnant turns mothers into “fetal containers”

-- Conceiving a child is analogous to “being struck by drunk drivers”

-- Pro-abortion leaders should never portray “abortions as tragedies”

Tell your Senators to reject Dawn Johnsen: http://capwiz.com/sbalist/issues/alert/?alertid=14442836&msource=c4alerts

For Life,
Marjorie Dannenfelser
President, Susan B. Anthony List
www.sba-list.org

Join the VIRTUAL March for Life

2010-01-21T22:56:00.000-08:00

I received this email from Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D. President & CEO Americans United for Life wyhich provides an opportuity for people who can't make it to the March for Life in Washington to join the "virtual" March for Life. It's easy to do. Just fill in your name, town etc. and you're in. They list the last ten marchers who've signed up by first name, city/town and state.

Dear Friends,

On January 22, 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down their Roe v. Wade decision. Every year since, on the anniversary of this tragedy, Americans have gathered in Washington, DC for the annual March for Life. This remarkable showing of support for life has literally brought millions of people to our nation's Capital over the years, but millions more have been unable to take part and stand for life. Until today.

AUL Action is excited to announce the first ever, Virtual March for Life! If you are unable to join fellow Americans in Washington, DC you can still stand and be counted by going to VirtualMarchforLife.com now. http://www.virtualmarchforlife.com/join/

It's very easy to do and will only take seconds. Go to this website ,http://www.virtualmarchforlife.com/join/ choose an avatar for yourself and then we will place “you” in front of the U.S. Capitol building alongside other Americans marching online.

With a health care bill that includes taxpayer funding for abortion hanging in the balance, this is an important, historic opportunity to get the attention of politicians in Washington. In this critical moment, every American must be heard regardless of where you are. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are coming to Washington, DC to join the most important March for Life in history, and you can be there through the Virtual March for Life!

Please go to VirtualMarchforLife.com now http://www.virtualmarchforlife.com/join/ to show your support for life, then forward this email to your friends and family and ask them to stand for life today. VirtualMarchforLife.com also has one click tools so you can share this important event with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.So much is at stake in this moment. How many more lives will be lost if the

Congressional majority rolls back existing law that protects life and protects us from having our tax dollars used to fund abortion? Please stand and be counted among those who are marching for life and please ask everyone you know that doesn’t want their tax dollars to fund abortion to join us at VirtualMarchforLife.com http://www.virtualmarchforlife.com/join/ now.

For Life,
Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Americans United for Life

Important update on the health care battle in Washington, D.C.

2010-01-14T17:44:00.000-08:00

Hi all. I received this email from Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D., President & CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL). Please take a few moments to read this important letter.

Dear Friend,

I want to update you this morning on the health care battle here in Washington, D.C.
The debate on Capitol Hill is reaching a boiling point. The Democratic leadership in Congress has elected to bypass the accepted conference process – where both Houses of Congress work together to craft a final bill – and are instead working out a secret deal behind closed doors.
Many of us don’t like what politicians do when we can see them, let alone what happens when we can’t.

While the House-passed bill includes the Stupak-Pitts amendment (which prohibits taxpayer funding of abortions), the Senate-passed bill subsidizes insurance plans that cover abortions and, for the first time in history, could allow the federal government to require private insurance plans to cover abortions. With the pro-abortion Democratic leadership calling the shots, the final bill is bound to mirror the Senate’s version.

Thomas Jefferson once said, “To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical.”

And this is exactly what is at stake here, along with thousands (and perhaps millions) of babies’ lives which currently hang in the balance.

Americans United for Life’s legal team is working tirelessly to ensure that every member of Congress understands the deviously-written abortion language in the Senate bill and knows that this language is contrary to what the vast majority of Americans want.

A recent national Quinnipiac University poll found that 72% of voters don’t want public funding for abortion in the bill, and yet Congress continues to ignore the will of the American people.

Last week, AUL Staff Counsel Mary Harned briefed Capitol Hill staff members on the problems with the Senate bill. She presented some must-see charts on Abortion in Health Care which you can see by clicking here: http://action.aul.org/site/R?i=sL2SshOwdadSb8gIemMKZA..and here http://action.aul.org/site/R?i=FXSkqUYZuOkMT6hdhfC6Ag...

I know that there is much more to be done.

I also know that this fight is far from over, and if we all continue to put pressure on Washington, we will win this battle for life.

And, on that note, I want to remind you that we have a major opportunity coming up next week. The national March for Life in Washington, D.C. takes place on January 22nd, and we would love to hear from you if you are planning on attending.

Finally, we are working on an exciting new project that will give you the opportunity to participate in the March for Life, even if you cannot make it to D.C., so stay tuned for more information over the next few days.

As always, thank you for your generous and faithful support, which helps us to defend life here in Washington, D.C., across the United States, and around the world.

For life,
Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D.President & CEO

Stupak Condemns Amendment

2009-12-23T14:04:00.000-08:00

I personally hope that the Health Care Bill as it stands does not pass, because even with a good Pro-Life amendment that prevents tax payer funded abortions, it has so much else that is wrong with it that would be very bad for America. But if it is inevitable that the bill pass, then AT LEAST let it include an amendment that clearly and absolutely prevents tax payer funding of abortion, and this is what I prefer to tell our Senators.

The Stupak-Pitts Amendment is the only one that prevents tax payer funded abortions. Therefore, please see this important message and take a few moments to follow the link and sign the letter to your Senators. The following letter is from Marjorie Dannenfelser, President, Susan B. Anthony List. She said:

The Senate approved an end to the debate on the Manager's Amendment that finalizes abortion funding in the Senate Health Care Reform Bill. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) praised the Senate bill, describing it as having "abortion language that is completely different from the House -- thank God."

One thing is clear to me. Nancy Pelosi sees the chance to replace the pro-life Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the House with the pro-abortion Manager's Amendment.

Tell your Senators and Representative to oppose any bill that includes this pro-abortion Manager's Amendment:

http://www.sba-list.org/c.ddJBKJNsFqG/b.5424609/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?aid=13545&msource=c4alerts

Bart Stupak (D-MI) called the Manager's Amendment "unacceptable" and said, "We are going to hold firm and make sure that the Stupak-Pitts language stays when this amendment is brought back to us. We will not vote for the bill if that language is not there."

If Nancy Pelosi strips the Stupak Amendment out of the House Health Care Reform Bill and dares Bart Stupak to defeat the bill on the final vote, we need him to know that we have been with him every step of the way.

Go here to tell your elected Members of Congress that anything less than the Stupak-Pitts Amendment is unacceptable:

http://www.sba-list.org/c.ddJBKJNsFqG/b.5424609/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?aid=13545&msource=c4alerts

For Life,
Marjorie Dannenfelser
President, Susan B. Anthony List
http://www.sba-list.org/

Fuzzy language - Video: The Truth About the Senate Bill

2009-10-21T20:32:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Please read this brief email I received from Emily Buchanan, Executive Director, Susan B. Anthony List, and see the VIDEO included that helps to further cut through the slick language used to hide abortion funding in health care legislation. Ms. Buchanan writes:

George,

Fuzzy language.

Wild Claims.

And lots of loopholes.

This is what we've been dealing with in the debate on abortion in health care.

We know that part of the strategy of those pushing health care reform is to use vague and confusing language to pass the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe.

Take a look at Marjorie's most recent video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUVW1z3BB70&msource=c4alerts) to see exactly how they are doing that in the Senate.

Then forward the video to your friends and family to encourage them to take action.

We can't let Congress sneak taxpayer funded abortions into health care with fuzzy language.

Sincerely,
Emily Buchanan
Executive Director, Susan B. Anthony List
www.sba-list.org

Abortion in health care legislation? "Don't worry about it." says Rep. Eric J.J. Massa (NY-29)

2009-10-20T10:03:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

I received this email from Marjorie Dannenfelser, President, Susan B. Anthony List. She speaks about the attitude of a certain Rep., pertaining to the concern Pro-Life people have about the danger of abortion coverage in the new health care legislation. Here is what she writes:

Don't worry about it.

That's what Rep. Eric J.J. Massa (NY-29) tells his constituents when it comes to abortion in health care legislation.

In a letter to an SBA List activist, he said, "I would invite you to assess HR3200 on its merits, without this decision swinging on the issue of abortion."

He thought that he would allievate the concerns of a pro-life constituent by asking her to ignore the issue?

Does he think we will just go away?

I have news for him and all the other Members of Congress who think this issue may just go away.

In this, our battle with the proponents of the culture of death, we will never, ever stop fighting to protect the unborn!

We will fight them on health care. We will fight them in the courts. We will fight them in political campaigns. We will fight them in Congress. We will fight them in the media. And we will never stop fighting them while even one innocent life is threatened.

Even mainstream news outlets recognize that the abortion issue is refusing to go away. The New York Times ran an article titled, "Abortion Fight Complicates Debate on Health Care." And it certainly has! Now, the issue of abortion is now one of the main reasons Obama's plan for radical health care overhaul is slipping away.

Over the past few months, this issue has been our top priority and top spending item. With a month to go until the vote, we know the attempt to put abortion funding in health care reform is running on fumes and frankly so is the SBA List.

Through your past support, you have helped build the reach and power of the Susan B. Anthony List so that at this time, when we are facing the greatest assault on unborn life and women since Roe, we can leverage all of our time, talent, and resources to win this battle.
God bless you and your family.

For Life,
Marjorie Dannenfelser
President, Susan B. Anthony List
http://www.sba-list.org/

New Online Ad About Abortion in Health Care

2009-10-16T11:25:00.001-07:00

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Show your friends and family what’s at stake in the health care reform battle

2009-10-10T12:46:00.000-07:00

In an email I received from Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D. President & CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), the following information is provided for material developed by legal experts at AUL to help show what’s at stake in the health care reform battle. At the following link you can download the “Understand the Abortion Mandate” chart to see how all the health care reform bills currently in Congress would mandate abortion funding.

http://www.realhealthcarerespectslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/AUL-abortion-mandate-flow-chart-final-PDF.pdf

Stop Hiding Behind Hyde-Susan B. Anthony List

2009-10-01T18:58:00.001-07:00

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Premature baby allowed to die in a hospital in England, while mother watched

2009-09-29T15:04:00.000-07:00

This is from an email I received from Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life. It is outrageous and is the kind of thing we could expect to see more of even in America if the "health care reform" is passed without explicit language against coverage of abortions. As Fr. frank wrote:

"If Congress passes "health care reform" without explicit protections for vulnerable human beings,

...it will institutionalize the culture of death in America!
　
Have you heard about Sarah Capewell and her son Jayden? You need to because their story is the story of what could happen to countless thousands of tiny boys and girls in America.

Not long ago Jayden Capewell was born prematurely at a hospital in Gorleston, England. At the time of his birth he was but 21 weeks, five days old and weighed just a few ounces.

But rather than give Jayden the medical care he needed in order to live - or even transfer him to a hospital that could take care of him - the doctors and nurses did nothing to help him because little Jayden was TWO DAYS under the limit set by the British government's National Health Service (NHS) rationing guidelines.You can just picture Jayden's mother frantically crying out for someone to help her baby. But no one did.

So for two hours Sarah rocked her tiny little boy ... until he finally died in her arms.

Make no mistake:

That scene will be repeated in hospitals all across America if health care reform passes without significant revisions!"

Video: Fox News Interview with Shannon Bream and AUL about White House Meeting on Abortion

2009-09-24T20:30:00.001-07:00

Video: Fox News Interview with Shannon Bream and AUL about White House Meeting on Abortion

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URGENT petition to Father Jenkins, Notre Dame president: Please drop the charges

2009-09-19T14:42:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

I received this email from America Needs Fatima concerning 88 pro-life advocates who face up to one year in jail and thousands of dollars in fines. Please follow the link in this email and sign the petition.

September 19, 2009

Please ask Father Jenkins at Notre Dame to drop the charges against 88 pro-life advocates who face up to one year in jail and thousands of dollars in fines.

Sign the "Drop the Charges" petition http://www.tfpstudentaction.net/campaigns/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=protest_1002

The 88 outspoken pro-lifers peacefully walked onto Notre Dame's campus in May to be the voice of the unborn -- when pro-abortion president Obama was honored there – and were arrested for trespassing.

Among those arrested were Fr. Norman Weslin, several nuns, Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade, and Ambassador Alan Keyes.

Lifesitenews.com reports:

"While witnesses say pro-Obama protesters were allowed to roam free, the arrested individuals were singled out for displaying any pro-life message -- including slogans on the sanctity of life, photographs of aborted children, a large wooden cross, and images of Mary."

The double standard is rather shocking, isn't it?

You see, the University of Notre Dame, as the original complainant, has the choice to drop the charges pending against the 88 pro-lifers.

So kindly ask Notre Dame to drop the charges – sign here http://www.tfpstudentaction.net/campaigns/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=protest_1002

Your signature is very important right now because, according to reports, the president of the University of Notre Dame "has repeatedly refused to seek such leniency or even answer the pro-lifers' requests for dialogue." (Lifesitenews.com: 09-04-09)

If you have any comments, please send them along.

Until next time, thank you very much for joining this urgent petition and feel free to pass it along, post it on Facebook, on blogs, and help get the word out.

Sincerely,

Robert E. Ritchie, Executive Director

Please sign this petition!

2009-09-18T17:35:00.001-07:00

Today I received an email from the ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice), which reported that, "Congress is back in session, and there's troubling news to report: Congressional leaders have blatantly rejected our concerns regarding proposed health care reform legislation - the abortion exclusion and the public option amendments were voted down in committee. The only choice now is to kill the bill entirely - all five proposed versions in their current form." Please follow this link and sign the petition.

www.aclj.org/Petition/Default.aspx?&ac=1&Zip=*Zip&sc=3480

They Say, We Say

2009-09-18T15:58:00.000-07:00

This is a congressional update from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), issued on Friday, September 18, 2009, at 4 PM EDT. Please forward this update to any appropriate pro-life lists. For further information, visit the NRLC website at:

http://www.nrlc.org/ and http://www.stoptheabortionagenda.com/

They say, we say:Recent NRLC rebuttals to misinformationabout the pro-abortion health care bills

WASHINGTON (September 18, 2009) -- The pro-abortion public relations machine is in full throttle in support of the abortion-related components of the health care bills that are being pushed by the White House and top congressional Democrats.

1. A detailed outline of Senator Max Baucus' proposed health care bill was released on September 16. The proposal has many objectionable components pertaining to both abortion and rationing. The initial NRLC statement on the bill is here. A follow up release on the "death spiral" provision is here.

2. Over the last few days, a number of websites, including Huffington Post, The Hill, and RHRealityCheck.org, have published an essay by Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-Ca.) titled, "The Truth About the Capps Amendment." We recommend that you read the piece on RHRealityCheck.org, here. That site has a permissive comment policy, and NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson has challenged Rep. Capps in a detailed rebuttal.

3. The Baltimore Sun ran (twice!) an op ed by Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) President Cecile Richards, titled, "Plan Wouldn't Fund Abortion," most recently on September 13. A rebuttal by NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson titled "Planned Parenthood's Hidden Agenda on Health Reform" was submitted to the Sun but ignored. However, on September 16, the Winona (Mn.) Daily News, which also ran the original Richards piece, published the rebuttal, under the title "What Does Cecile Richards Really Want?," here.

4. Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus did her bit for the Capps Amendment in a column that ran in the Post on September 9, and subsequently in some other papers. National Review Online published a rebuttal by NRLC's Douglas Johnson here, also on September 9.

5. Laurie Rubiner, vice president for public policy and advocacy for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), posted an essay titled "Bridging the Divide on Health Care for Women," dated September 9, 2009, on Daily Kos, and on RHRealityCheck.org, where a detailed rebuttal by NRLC's Douglas Johnson was posted, here.

6. Veteran pro-abortion activist Frances Kissling posted an essay on several websites, "Exploiting the Health Care Debate to Restrict Abortion." The thrust of Kissling's essay was that the pro-abortion side had already compromised enough and that no further concessions should be made to the right-to-life side. A rebuttal by NRLC's Douglas Johnson was posted on RHRealityCheck.org on September 16, here.

7. On September 11, http://www.politifact.com/ examined in detail, and rated as "True," the following statement by House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-Oh.): "During his quest for the presidency, now-President Obama declared that everyone deserves access to reproductive health care that includes abortion, and vowed that this 'right' would be at the heart of his health care reform plan if elected president." It is here.

8. In light of some of the press coverage of recent days, it is evident that NRLC's September 8 "duped media" advisory remains timely and should be required reading for journalists who are covering the congressional fight.

On "the gap between Obama’s claims [about health care] and the agenda his administration is pursuing in Congress"

2009-09-12T19:47:00.000-07:00

In a letter written by Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D., President & CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), she talks about President Obama's speech before Congress where he claims that no federal money will be used to fund abortions. But as Ms. Yoest points out, "he is throwing his support behind legislation that will equate abortion with basic health care."

Also in her letter she says the following:

"We reported on the President’s speech as it happened on the AUL Blog. Afterwards, we posted an official statement detailing the gap between Obama’s claims and the agenda his administration is pursuing in Congress, (emphasis mine) including this observation from AUL Action Staff Counsel Mary Harned:

"No matter how President Obama and Congress change the structure of the health care reform proposals — whether there is a public option, co-op, exchange, or the like — any legislation that provides government funding for health care must contain explicit language that excludes abortion. (emphasis mine)""

For more about this letter and the above mentioned blog please see the rest of her post at: http://action.aul.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=3181.0&dlv_id=6861

GET THE FACTS: Abortion IS funded by the federal government through proposed health care reform legislation

2009-09-12T19:30:00.000-07:00

Health Care Bill - Government-Funded Abortion: How Congress gets from A to B

Send your friends, family, and co-workers this chart to show how government money will pay for abortions if the current health care reform legislation passes.

http://www.stoptheabortionmandate.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/chart.pdf

VOID the Abortion Mandate

2009-09-12T19:22:00.000-07:00

Help prevent U.S. government money from funding abortions through health care reform

Help keep abortion OUT of health care. Tell Congress to “Void the Abortion Mandate”. Follow this link and make your voice heard. http://stoptheabortionmandate.com/

Abortion - Health Care Reform Should Serve Women, Not Hurt Them - Post-Abortion Voices Join Health Care Debate

2009-09-10T10:46:00.001-07:00

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Keep Abortion Out of Health Care

2009-09-09T12:56:00.001-07:00

Please add your name to the Keep Abortion Out of Health Care petition and then let your friends know about efforts to mandate taxpayer-funded abortions as part of current health care proposals.

Keep Abortion Out of Health Care

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A good Pro-Life link showing the progress of development of a baby in the womb.

2009-09-08T20:37:00.000-07:00

This is a great website with facts about the first 9 months of a baby's life in the womb, when life begins, foetal surgery and foetal pain, the baby's heartbeat, video clips and more.

http://www.justthefacts.org/clar.asp

PETITION TO STOP AN ABORTION MANDATE

2009-09-03T17:22:00.000-07:00

From the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ). Please sign this important petition, which will be sent to your senators.

Congress: Remove abortion services from mandatory coverage!

'There’s a new and very troubling legislative development underway on Capitol Hill. Congress is pushing for national health care coverage — including mandatory coverage for abortions. Abortion would be considered a “health benefit” in both government and private insurance plans. This is outrageous! The American Center for Law and Justice is mobilizing and demanding that Congress insert a critical exemption — REMOVE abortion services from mandatory coverage. Stand with the ACLJ to keep abortion services out of national health care legislation. Please read the form below carefully and declare your membership with the ACLJ by adding your name to our Petition to Stop an Abortion Mandate.'

PETITION TO STOP AN ABORTION MANDATE:
https://www.aclj.org/Petition/Default.aspx?&ac=1&Zip=*Zip&sc=3466

More about abortion in Health Care

2009-08-27T20:20:00.000-07:00

Here is an excerpt from an article with more information about abortion being covered in the health care bill proposed by Obama. Following the excerpt is a link to the full article which a lot of good information.

"...both President Obama and White House Director of Domestic Policy Melody Barnes claimed last week at a teleconference that the health care bill would not allow for federally funded abortions. And that those of us arguing otherwise are "bearing false witness." President Obama then repeated the claim in his Saturday Weekly Address, which was devoted to busting the "outrageous myths about health care."

If he wants to truly set aside these growing anxieties, it's not that hard. All he has to do is insist any legislation he signs explicitly prohibits abortion funding."

Please read the rest here: http://action.aul.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=3041.0&dlv_id=6761

Subject: Fr. Pavone: Response to Problems with Health Care Reform is Elections

2009-08-26T21:02:00.000-07:00

Priests for Life Announces Formation of Political Responsibility Teams for 2010, 2012

Washington, DC – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, the Catholic
Church’s largest pro-life ministry, stated today, “The reason for the mess we are in with the health care reform debate is the elections of 2008, and the way out of the mess will be the elections of 2010 and 2012.”

Priests for Life has announced the formation of “Political Responsibility Teams” in communities across America. The purpose of such teams will be to educate and activate citizens to exercise their responsibility to participate in the electoral process in a way that is informed rather than impulsive, and based on principle rather than mere personal advantage.

“Churches provide our greatest opportunity to mobilize and educate voters,” Fr. Pavone explained, “and activating Churches for the pro-life cause is the primary mission of Priests for Life. But Churches can also become the biggest obstacle if they choose the path of fear and hide behind paranoid interpretations of the Internal Revenue Code as an excuse for not talking about politics. We have a lot more to fear from our silence than we do from speaking out.”

For information, visit http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.PoliticalResponsibility.com

Let's hear it again!

2009-08-25T20:19:00.000-07:00

I want to re-post this particular section of my previous post from the letter I got from the NRLC, which provided a link to an unedited video of Obama’s response on YouTube
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cqww8jmizug&eurl=http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3127987&s=99624509=player_embedded) which shows Obama's stance that so-called "reproductive health care" is, as he put it, "essential care....basic care", and he goes ont o say that it is "at the center and at the heart of the plan" that he proposes. Although he uses the term "reproductive health care", this is of course another way of referring to abortion. If that isn't enough, pay attention to the end of the video when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked in April 2009, about the Obama Administration's definition of "reproductive care". She clearly says that "reproductive care includes access to abortion."

Learn more about how to take action at www.nrlactioncenter.com

FactCheck.org Says NRLC Correct on Abortion in Obama Health Bill

2009-08-24T16:37:00.000-07:00

WASHINGTON (August 24, 2009) -- This is an update from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) in Washington, D.C. (Federal Legislation Department). For further information regarding the effect of health care reform legislation on federal abortion policy, or to send messages to your representatives in Congress, visit the NRLC website at http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3127976&s=99624509. You can also reach the Federal Legislation Department by e-mail at Legfederal@aol.com.

Please forward this e-mail to any appropriate lists.

In recent weeks, NRLC has seen a wave of "factcheck" commentaries in various mainstream news media, denying that the health bills being advanced by President Obama and top Democratic congressional leaders would result in government funding of abortion. Some of these articles assert that government funding of abortion would be prevented by a federal law called the "Hyde Amendment," some assert that it would be prevented by an amendment adopted in a House committee called the Capps Amendment, and some assert that President Obama himself has said that he agrees with a "tradition" that the government should not fund abortions. Regrettably, all three of those assertions are demonstrably false.

On August 19, 2009, President Obama himself said that it is "not true" and a "fabrication" to say that his health plan will "mean government funding of abortion." NRLC immediately challenged Obama's statement in a press release (http://.nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release081909.html), in which NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson said, "President Obama today brazenly misrepresented the abortion-related component of the health care legislation that his congressional allies and staff have crafted. . . . the bill backed by the White House (H.R. 3200) explicitly authorizes the government plan to cover all elective abortions."

In response to the Obama-NRLC exchange, the independent FactCheck.org, affiliated with the Annenberg Public Policy Center, examined the issue. On August 21, FactCheck.org issued its analysis, written by FactCheck.org Director Brooks Jackson, titled, "Abortion: Which Side is Fabricating?" We quote here briefly from FactCheck.org's conclusions:

". . . it’s likely that any new federal insurance plan would cover abortion unless Congress expressly prohibits that. Low- and moderate-income persons who would choose the ‘public plan’ would qualify for federal subsidies to purchase it. Private plans that cover abortion also could be purchased with the help of federal subsidies. Therefore, we judge that the president goes too far when he calls the statements that government would be funding abortions ‘fabrications.’ . . . The NRLC’s Johnson said ‘the bill backed by the White House (H.R. 3200) explicitly authorizes the government plan to cover all elective abortions.’ And our analysis shows that Johnson’s statement is correct."

NRLC is in general agreement with the FactCheck.org analysis, except we think that FactCheck.org is in error in the way it uses the term "public funds." The House bill backed by the White House contains language (the Capps Amendment) that explicitly authorizes the federal agency that administers the "public option" to collect an additional amount of premium funds specifically to cover the costs of elective abortions, and no one would be allowed to enroll in the "public option" without paying this abortion surcharge. NRLC asserts that once the government collects these funds, they are "public funds" (or "federal funds"), and when the government uses these funds to write payment checks to abortionists, that is government funding of abortion.

The complete FactCheck.org appears below. Copyright 2009 by FactCheck.org. Reproduced in accord with the terms of the FactCheck.org copyright policy (http://factcheck.org/about/copyright-policy/). Original URL: http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3127980&s=99624509

Abortion: Which Side Is Fabricating?

Despite what Obama said, the House bill would allow abortions to be covered by a federal plan and by federally subsidized private plans.
August 21, 2009

Summary

Will health care legislation mean "government funding of abortion"?

President Obama said Wednesday that’s "not true" and among several "fabrications" being spread by "people who are bearing false witness." But abortion foes say it’s the president who’s making a false claim. "President Obama today brazenly misrepresented the abortion-related component" of health care legislation, said Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee. So which side is right?

The truth is that bills now before Congress don’t require federal money to be used for supporting abortion coverage. So the president is right to that limited extent. But it’s equally true that House and Senate legislation would allow a new "public" insurance plan to cover abortions, despite language added to the House bill that technically forbids using public funds to pay for them. Obama has said in the past that "reproductive services" would be covered by his public plan, so it’s likely that any new federal insurance plan would cover abortion unless Congress expressly prohibits that. Low- and moderate-income persons who would choose the "public plan" would qualify for federal subsidies to purchase it. Private plans that cover abortion also could be purchased with the help of federal subsidies. Therefore, we judge that the president goes too far when he calls the statements that government would be funding abortions "fabrications."

Analysis

Obama’s "Fabrications" Remark

Obama’s remarks Wednesday came during a telephone conference call to thousands of listeners, organized by religious organizations supporting his health care proposals. He said that "there has been a lot of misinformation in this debate, and there are some folks out there who are frankly bearing false witness." And then he lumped in abortion coverage at the end of a list of claims that he branded as untrue:

Obama, Aug. 19: We are closer to achieving that reform than we have ever been. And that’s why we’re seeing some of the divisive and deceptive attacks. You’ve heard some of them. Ludicrous ideas. Let me just give you one example, this notion that we are somehow setting up "death panels" that would decide on whether elderly people get to live or die. That is just an extraordinary lie. This is based on a provision in the House legislation that would allow Medicare to reimburse you if you wanted counseling on how to set up a living will or other end of life decisions. Entirely voluntary, it gives you an option that people who can afford fancy lawyers already exercise. That’s the kind of distortion that we’ve been hearing too much of out here.

We’ve heard that this is all designed to provide health insurance to illegal aliens. That’s not true. There’s a specific provision in the bill that does not provide health insurance for those individuals. You’ve heard that there’s a government takeover of health care. That’s not true. You’ve heard that this is all going to mean government funding of abortion. Not true. This is all, these are all fabrications that have been put out there in order to discourage people from meeting what I consider to be a core ethical and moral obligation, and that is that we look out for one another, that I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper. And in the wealthiest nation on earth right now, we are neglecting to live up to that call.

The White House did not post any transcript of the president’s words, but sponsors of the conference call, a coalition of faith-based groups supporting an overhaul of the health insurance system, posted the full audio of the president’s call (http://www.faithforhealth.org/join-the-call) on its Web site. His words come near the very end of the recording, and we transcribed them from the recording.

Abortion foes quickly denounced Obama’s statement (http://nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release081909.html) as untrue. The NRLC’s Johnson said "the bill backed by the White House (H.R. 3200) explicitly authorizes the government plan to cover all elective abortions." And our analysis shows that Johnson’s statement is correct. Though we of course take no position on whether the legislation should allow or not allow coverage for abortions, the House bill does just that.

The House leadership’s bill (H.R. 3200) (http://www.thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3200:) actually made no mention of abortion when it was introduced. Johnson refers to an amendment to the bill adopted by the House Energy and Commerce Committee July 30. Abortion rights proponents characterize it as a compromise, but it hasn’t satisfied the anti-abortion side. Offered by Democratic Rep. Lois Capps of California, the amendment was approved narrowly by the committee, 30 - 28, (http://www.energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090730/hr3200_capps_1.pdf) with most but not all Democrats voting in favor and no Republicans backing it. The Capps amendment (http://www.energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090730/hr3200_capps_1.pdf) states that some abortions "shall" be covered by the "public option" plan, specifically those types of abortions that Congress allows to be covered under Medicaid, under the so-called "Hyde Amendment," which has been attached regularly to appropriations bills for many years. These are abortions performed in cases or rape or incest, or to save the life of the mother.

As for other types of abortions, the Capps amendment leaves it to the secretary of Health and Human Services to decide whether or not they will be covered. It says, "Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing the public health insurance option from providing" abortion services that would not be legal for Medicaid coverage. Says the NRLC’s Johnson: "The Capps Amendment MANDATES that the public plan cover any Medicaid-fundable abortions, and AUTHORIZES the secretary to cover all other abortions. … [F]rom day one, she [Secretary Kathleen Sebelius] is authorized to pay for them all. And, she will."

We can’t say what anyone will do in the future. But Obama himself said on July 17, 2007, that "[i]n my mind, reproductive care is essential care" and would be covered by his public insurance plan. He was addressing Planned Parenthood:

Obama, July 17, 2007: We’re going to set up a public plan that all persons and all women can access if they don’t have health insurance. It will be a plan that will provide all essential services, including reproductive services, as well as mental health services and disease management services, because part of our interest is to make sure that we’re putting more money into preventive care.

Obama did not use the word "abortion," but a spokesman for the campaign said later that abortion would be included, according to the Chicago Tribune. (http://www.archives.chicagotribune.com/2007/jul/18/news/chi-dems18jul18) The NRLC has posted an unedited video of Obama’s response on YouTube (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cqww8jmizug&eurl=http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3127987&s=99624509=player_embedded) along with some comments which are the group’s opinions and not necessarily those of anyone at FactCheck.org).

Public Funds

The Capps amendment does contain a statement – as we noted in an earlier article (http://factcheck.org/2009/07/surgery-for-seniors-vs-abortions) – that prohibits the use of public money to pay for abortions, except in cases of rape, incest and to save the life of the mother. That would still allow the public plan to cover all abortions, so long as the plans took in enough private money in the form of premiums paid by individuals or their employers. The Capps language also would allow private plans purchased with federal subsidies ("affordability credits" for low-income families and workers) to cover abortion.

Broader language was contained in an amendment offered by Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan (http://www.energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090731/hr3200_stupak_1.pdf) the day after the Capps amendment was approved. The Stupak amendment would have overruled Capps and prohibited government funding of "any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion," except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. The Stupak amendment was rejected by the committee 27 - 31 (http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090731/hr3200_stupak_1_rc.pdf).

Supporters of abortion rights argue that this would cause some women who now have abortion coverage to lose it, by forcing private insurance companies to drop abortion coverage from plans so that they can be purchased with the help of federal subsidies. For example, NARAL Pro-Choice America states (http://blogforchoice.com/archives/2009/08/the-truth-about.html):

NARAL: Anti-choice members of Congress aren’t satisfied with the Capps compromise. They want to impose a new nationwide abortion ban in the private health-insurance market by prohibiting such coverage in the new health-care system – thus taking away coverage from women who already have it.

We can’t predict how many insurance plans might be affected by the Stupak language. And we take no stand on whether all abortions should or should not be covered.
As for the House bill as it stands now, it’s a matter of fact that it would allow both a "public plan" and newly subsidized private plans to cover all abortions.

– by Brooks Jackson

Sources

U.S. House. "H.R. 3200 (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3200ih.txt.pdf)." (as introduced 14 Jul 2009.)

National Right to Life. "Obama Says ‘Government Funding of Abortion’ is ‘Fabrication,’
(http://nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release081909.html)

But the White House-Backed House Bill Explicitly Authorizes It
(http://nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release081909.html)." press release. 19 Aug 2009.

Capps amendment to H.R. 3200
(http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090730/hr3200_capps_1.pdf) . House
Energy and Commerce Committee. 30 Jul 2009.

Stupak amendment to H.R. 3200 (http://www.energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090731/hr3200_stupak_1.pdf). House
Energy and Commerce Committee. 31 Jul 2009.

NARAL Pro-Choice America. "The Truth About Abortion and Health Reform (http://blogforchoice.com/archives/2009/08/the-truth-about.html)." Blog for Choice. 14 Aug 2009.

Subject: Hearts and Laws Should Change

2009-08-21T18:01:00.000-07:00

Some people say that the solution to the abortion problem is to change people’s hearts.

In fact, changing people’s hearts is the solution to every problem that the world faces.

But that doesn’t mean that we don’t have laws. The fact is that while there are people around whose hearts are not in the right place, there have to be laws to restrain their heartless activities. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, the law cannot get the white man to love me, but it can stop him from lynching me.We also should not overlook the power that laws have to shape minds and hearts. When our children learn in school that something is legal, they are learning that such a thing is right. Whether regarding abortion or anything else, both hearts and laws must be changed.

–Fr. Frank Pavone (Priests for Life)

Friend, you need to ACT NOW to stop stealth-FOCA!

2009-08-05T11:36:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

Here is another very important message from Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life with urgent information about FOCA. Please read this and take immediate action.

Friends,

This is without question among the most urgent messages I’ve ever sent you.

Unless you want to pay for abortionists to kill the youngest members of our human family, you must take these two actions immediately:

1. Contact your lawmakers in Washington!

In case you don’t know, under the guise of "health care reform" Congress is about to pass a stealth version of the Freedom of Choice Act! And to make matters worse, they will force YOU to pay for the killings that will follow!

Make no mistake. The "health care reform" bills being finalized in Congress will set off a chain reaction that will result in a massive expansion of abortion!

That’s because unless Congress explicitly states that abortion is excluded, it will be regarded as "an essential benefit" for Americans. Once that’s done, insurance companies would be forced to cover elective abortions which would in turn force local health networks to recruit and hire abortionists.

And to make matters even worse, because these would be federal mandates …
… state laws that now restrict abortion will probably be overturned!

As I said, this is FOCA in disguise!

Which is why it is so critically important that you:

Contact your lawmakers in Washington … RIGHT NOW!

Your action is needed because Barack Obama and the Abortion Congress want to ram this through Congress BEFORE the people of life can rise up to stop it.

And they will succeed unless YOU take action. Don’t leave this up to "someone else." Call your two U.S. Senators and your House Representative and urge them to explicitly exclude abortion funding from health care reform legislation.

I know we can win this fight. We proved that earlier this year when we helped mobilize the people of life to oppose the Freedom of Choice Act.

We won that battle … and we can win this one, too.

But only if we ACT NOW and make our voices heard in Washington. Time is of the essence!
Obama is putting enormous pressure on Congress to pass his "health care reform" as quickly as possible. He originally wanted it passed before lawmakers left on their August recess. Only fast action by Priests for Life and other pro-life activists kept that from happening.

Stung by that setback, the pro-abortion leaders of Congress are now out there selling the "health care reform" package to voters. But one thing they aren’t telling anybody is how this measure will all but mandate abortion-on-demand … and force you and every other taxpayer to pay for it!

So we’ve got to sound the alarm far and wide and convince our fellow Americans to DEMAND that Congress keep any "health care reform" bill abortion-neutral!

Priests for Life is sparing no expense to do just that. We are using every means of communication at our disposal to rally pro-life America to action: TV, radio, Internet, parish visits, resources for clergy, newspaper articles, tele-conferences, letter writing campaigns, postcards … you name it.

To be successful it is critically important that you TAKE THESE THREE ACTION NOW:

1. Contact your two U.S. Senators and Representative. You can either click here: www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/alert/?alertid=13157881&type=CO to send them an email, or call them, or both. You’ll need to make three calls: One to your Representative in the House (switchboard 202-225-3121) and one to each of your two U.S. Senators (switchboard 202-224-3121). Ask the operator to connect you to the appropriate lawmaker’s office.

2. Click here www.priestsforlife.org/prayercampaign to join our prayer campaign. Let’s join prayer power to our lobbying voices, and let us know on this page that you have contacted your lawmakers and that you will say the daily prayer we’ve prepared. In this way, when I visit our lawmakers in Washington, I will know how many of our Priests for Life family members have already contacted Congress.

Again, though, the key is for you TAKE ACTION NOW … before you move on to your next email. Believe me, there is nothing that is more important for you to do right now than this.
And if I may ask you one more favor. Each year I survey our supporters to learn how we can serve their needs more effectively. Would you take a moment and fill out the short survey I’ve placed at www.priestsforlife.org/survey. It is very important to me to know what you’re thinking about our ministry!

Thank you and God bless.
Fr. Frank Pavone

National Director, Priests for Life and Gospel of Life Ministries

PS. In case you think I’m exaggerating the situation, pro-life Congressman Chris Smith calls Obama’s so-called "health care" plan the "greatest threat to the unborn since Roe v. Wade." He is so concerned, in fact, that he sent a letter to his fellow Congressmen in which he cited quotes from pro-abortion groups that state their goal of using health care reform as a tool to expand access to abortion. He also quoted Barack Obama from a Q&A session at a Planned Parenthood Action Fund Event in July 2007: "In my mind reproductive care is essential care, basic care so it is at the center, the heart of the [health care] plan that I propose." Now that you know the truth … TAKE ACTION!

Ask Your Senators to Vote Against Sotomayor

2009-07-29T11:24:00.000-07:00

I received this important email from the Americans United for Life (AUL) and I hope anyone who sees this will also respond. The letter says:

Dear George,

Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the next Justice on the US Supreme Court to the full Senate for a vote. That vote is expected to happen in the next few days. During the hearings on her nomination, I hoped that she would repudiate the radical views of the pro-abortion legal advocacy group on whose board she sat for 12 years - the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF).

During that time, the PRLDEF filed six amicus briefs before the Court arguing that any limitation on abortion should be struck down.Unfortunately, Judge Sotomayor did not offer any reassurance that she will be anything other than a strong promoter of abortion if confirmed to the Supreme Court.So, I provided testimony before the Committee and explained why it was necessary for us to oppose her confirmation to the Court.Now, I need you to join your voice with mine.

Will you contact your Senators and ask them to vote against the confirmation of Judge Sotomayor to be the next Justice on the US Supreme Court?
http://action.aul.org/site/R?i=OJfN08Hz9-h9BSZCXWwVjg

We've set up a page on the AUL Action web site that makes it easy to do. And then, please ask your friends and family to do the same.
http://action.aul.org/site/R?i=gQ8ZUu2vw960KNhxeYofEg

This is a crucial time.

Thank you for helping.

For life,
CharmaineCharmaine Yoest, Ph.D.
President & CEO
AUL Action

Stop TheAbortion Mandate

2009-07-21T20:50:00.000-07:00

I received this in an email today and want to share it here. Please forward this to all those you know might be interested.

Please join me at StopTheAbortionMandate.com<http://action.aul.org/site/R?i=Nahx2blIwrfm3kY8oovnzA..> this Thursday,July 23, at 9 p.m (Eastern) for a critical webcast.

Powerful abortion industry lobbyists and Washington bureaucrats have justlaunched a massive effort to mandate taxpayer-funded abortions as part oftheir proposed trillion-dollar healthcare takeover.

With this power grab, the abortion industry and its political allies intendto:

* Force taxpayers to fund a huge abortion-industry bailout --something the majority of Americans oppose, and certainly cannot afford inthese tough economic times

* Mandate that virtually every American be forced into a health planthat includes abortion coverage

* Require honorable medical providers to violate their consciences andperform abortions -- or risk losing their jobs

* Impose one of the cornerstones of the<http://action.aul.org/site/R?i=2LNEonD4477rWnoXsquVdg..> "Freedom of ChoiceAct" (FOCA) by stealth

The New York Times just ran a prominent<http://action.aul.org/site/R?i=G7AaStZv19Fs4oZIrV-Okg..> story confirmingthat an "administration official refused Sunday to rule out the possibilitythat federal tax money might be used to pay for abortions under proposedhealth care legislation.

"Put bluntly, these proposed measures could lead to the largest abortionexpansion since Roe v. Wade.

This abortion mandate must be stopped.

Learn what's at stake -- and discover how YOU can help to stop this abortionmandate by joining a one-time-only live webcast event this Thursday, July23, at 9 p.m. Eastern (6 p.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. Mountain, 8 p.m. Central.)
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To register for the webcast, go to: StopTheAbortionMandate.com<http://action.aul.org/site/R?i=9CC1fdhLFm7j67fWw75_LA..>

The live event will be approximately 70 minutes long. There's no charge toparticipate. If you have access to the Internet -- even with a dial-upconnection -- you can listen in on the live webcast audio and submitquestions.

During this nationwide event, you will discover:

* The shocking facts about the sweeping legislation that the politicalpower brokers are trying to ram through before Congress goes on summerrecess

* The devastating implications of the proposed mandates -- facts theabortion industry doesn't want Americans to hear

* Why respected leaders, national organizations, and pro-life peopleare joining together in record numbers to challenge this power grab

* The exact action steps YOU can take to make a difference at thiscrucial moment

* And much more!

In an historic display of unity, pro-life and pro-family organizations arejoining together for the Stop the Abortion Mandate webcast. I will bespeaking along with other nationally known and respected leaders, including:

* Tony Perkins, Family Research Council
* Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life
* Wendy Wright, Concerned Women for America
* Congressman Chris Smith, U.S. House of Representatives
* Kristan Hawkins, Students for Life of America
* Dr. Richard Land, Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and ReligiousLiberties Commission

* Congressman Joe Pitts, U.S. House of Representatives

The announcement of this important webcast is being sent out to hundreds ofthousands of pro-lifers across America, and there is limited space availablefor the live event, so you are strongly encouraged to register now. Reserveyour place at StopTheAbortionMandate.com<http://action.aul.org/site/R?i=ugWg8zZilxyZ_qB3y_BkKw..> .

2009-07-01T20:34:00.000-07:00

I know that some would say that neither I nor any man has a right to speak on this issue, but what I'm saying is in agreement with what many women believe also. Even so, this is not merely a woman's issue; it is a human issue and concerns all of us, both men and women, old and young, and the unborn especially.

"Freedom of choice" vs. the right to life

Although many view this as a merely political issue, it is truly much greater than that. It is a spiritual and moral matter. But in the political environment, abortion is treated simply as a matter of a woman's right to do with her body as she chooses, and according to this they say that abortion should remain legal. But the choice to do what? The baby in the womb is not the woman's body, or even part of her body as if a mere appendage to be removed at her will. The baby in her womb is an individual person with the right to life. Whatever right a woman has to with her own body as she chooses, that right does not extend to doing what she would with someone else's body. The baby in the womb is not her body, but someone else's.

Some say that they are against abortion, but that they feel they cannot deny a woman the "right" to choose to have an abortion. But that is like someone saying "I believe slavery is wrong, I would never own a slave but I’m "pro-choice". I don’t want to impose my morality on anyone. Other people should have the right to own slaves." But all human beings have equal dignity and worth no matter what their race or religion, and that includes the child developing in the mother’s womb.

Abortion is the holocaust of our day. The personhood and right to life of unborn chidlren is denied. To deny a human beings personhood, or even to deny they are human at all has been a way to justify all kinds of crimes again God and humanity. The Nazis did it to the Jews and the disabled, and others have done it to indigenous people's throughout the world. The de-humanization tactic makes it easier to deny a person's rights and even to kill them when they become an incovenience. Unlike other oppressed people, the unborn cannot fight back; they cannot even speak up for themselves and proclaim their rights. We must raise our voices on their behalf.

The dark origins of Planned Parenthood

Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, published articles in support of eugenics, a practice employed by the Nazis in Germany, with their plan to create a "master race" by eliminating those they deemed inferior.

Consider these quotes from Margaret Sanger:

From one of her publicaitons, Margaret Sanger said:

"The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.'' `Birth control must lead ultimately to a cleaner race. -- Margaret Sanger, Woman, Morality, and Birth Control. New York: New York Publishing Company, 1922. Page 12.

In a letter by Margaret Sanger to Dr. Clarence Gamble dated, December 19, 1939, she said:

"We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful education approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don't want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if
it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members." -- [Margaret Sanger's December 19, 1939 letter to Dr. Clarence Gamble, 255 Adams Street, Milton, Massachusetts. Original source: Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, North Hampton, Massachusetts. Also described in Linda Gordon's Woman's Body, Woman's Right: A Social History of Birth Control in America. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1976.]

Margaret Sanger also said in the 'Birth Control Review', dated October 1921:

"As an advocate of birth control I wish ...to point out that the unbalance between the birth rate of the `unfit' and the `fit,' admittedly the greatest present menace to civilization, can never be rectified by the inauguration of a cradle competition between these two classes. In this matter, the example of the inferior classes, the fertility of the feeble-minded, the mentally defective, the poverty-stricken classes, should not be held up for emulation...On the contrary, the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective." -- [Margaret Sanger. ``The Eugenic Value of Birth Control Propaganda.'' Birth Control Review, October 1921, page 5.]

In the following quote, Margaret Sanger further advocates the evil aims of eugenics:

"The campaign for birth control is not merely of eugenic value, but is practically identical with the final aims of eugenics. -- [Margaret Sanger. ``The Eugenic Value of Birth Control Propaganda.'' Birth Control Review, October 1921, page 5.]

Margaret Sanger also said:

"Our failure to segregate morons who are increasing and multiplying ..... demonstrates our foolhardy and extravagant sentimentalism .... . [Philanthropists] encourage the healthier and more normal sections of the world to shoulder the burden of unthinking and indiscriminate fecundity of others; which brings with it, as I think the reader must agree, a dead weight of human waste. Instead of decreasing and aiming to eliminate the stocks that are most detrimental to the future of the race and the world, it tends to render them to a menacing degree dominant ..... We are paying for, and even submitting to, the dictates of an ever-increasing, unceasingly spawning class of human beings who never should have been born at all." -- [Margaret Sanger. The Pivot of Civilization, 1922. Chapter on ``The Cruelty of Charity,'' pages 116, 122, and 189. Swarthmore College Library edition.]

Margaret Sanger also makes herself judge of who is worthy to procreate when she says:

The undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind. -- [Margaret Sanger, quoted in Charles Valenza. ``Was Margaret Sanger a Racist?'' Family Planning Perspectives, January-February 1985, page 44.]

The outrageous notions of Margaret Sanger are also made known when she says:

"The third group [of society] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose religious scruples prevent their exercising control over their numbers. Many of this group are diseased, feeble-minded, and are of the pauper element dependent upon the normal and fit members of society for their support. There is no doubt in the minds of all thinking people that the procreation of this group should be stopped." -- [Margaret Sanger. Speech quoted in Birth Control: What It Is, How It Works, What It Will Do. The Proceedings of the First American Birth Control Conference. Held at the Hotel Plaza, New York City, November 11-12, 1921. Published by the Birth Control Review, Gothic Press, pages 172 and 174.]

In another quote, Margaret Sanger poses the following choice for people she considers inferior:

"Give dysgenic groups [people with `bad genes'] in our population their choice of segregation or [compulsory] sterilization." -- [Margaret Sanger, April 1932 Birth Control Review.]

I wonder if President Obama is aware that Planned Parenthood, to which he has made promises in support of abortion "rights", was founded by someone who would have considered him inferior because of the color of his skin. I wonder if other pro-abortion politicians who are also African-American are aware of the evil they support.

It doesn't excuse Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) to consider how it gave its Margaret Sanger award to the late Dr. Martin Luther King in 1966, or that one of its former presidents, Faye Wattleton, was black. Although Planned parenthood may appear benign today in the eyes of some, supposedly caring for the rights of women, the grim reality of abortion and birth control are interwoven with the dark beginnings of Planned Parenthood.

Irish Catholics and the fight for life

There is an article by Fr. Peter West, Priest Associate, Priests for Life. It is called "To Be True To Our Irish-Catholic Heritage is to Be Pro-Life". He wrote it after addressing the Pennsylvania State Convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

After addressing the Pennsylvania State Convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Fr. West reflected on his own Irish heritage and its connection to his pro-life convictions.

He tells about the Ancient Order of Hibernians being founded to defend the Catholic Church and her priests from attacks by British invaders, and how the Hibernians are called to defend the faith and build a culture of life and civilization of love, where each and every human life will be welcomed, protected, nurtured and loved from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death.

He also recalls St. Patrick, who came to bring the Catholic Christian Faith to the people of Ireland, and how the vision of St. Patrick helped to renew all of Europe in the midst of the Dark Ages. Irish monks helped to spread the Gospel throughout Europe, where people came to know the saving power of Christ, Who is the way, and the truth, and the life. And He Who is life said, "The thief cometh not, but for to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they may have life and may have it more abundantly." (John 10:10)

The thief can manifest in different forms to attack the order of God and His designs, to prevent the truth from being known. In such disorder, good is called evil, and evil good. Those who work to protect the lives of even of the most helpless among us, are accused of denying freedom of choice to others, and those who would take these lives for their own convenience are protected and their actions are called "rights". Such a thing exists today in the form of legalized abortion. Whether legal or not, abortion is an attack on life and truth, and as Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life put it, "is the very oppsite of love".

Today in Europe, Ireland has some of the strictest laws limiting abortion. Yet today there are many pressures on Ireland to become like the rest of Europe and adopt practices alien to its faith. International Planned Parenthood Federation, based in London, promotes contraception, sterilization and abortion around the world. Some countries consider this a form of contraceptive imperialism and resent this intrusion into their native cultures and religions. Planned
Parenthood views the Catholic Church as their chief obstacle in promoting their anti-life agenda.

Irish Catholics as well as all Catholics and other Christians throughout the world have a duty to resist the encroaching culture of death and build a culture of life. As Fr. West says in his article, the pro-life movement in Ireland is alive and well, and leading the way are the Irish youth. The Pro-Life Campaign is the largest pro-life group in Ireland. It is led by young people in their twenties and thirties.

Irish Catholics in the United States can also make our greatest contribution to United States by remaining true to our faith and our Irish-Catholic heritage. Although there is already an enormous Irish-Catholic presence in the pro-life movement in the United States, the pro-life movement and America need more Irish-Catholic Americans to be actively involved in aiding pre-born children and women with unplanned pregnancies. Among some Irish-Americans involved in the Pro-Life movement are Fathers Quinn, Wilde, Hogan and Fr. West himself, who are involved with the group called Priests For Life.

The Witness of Sacred Scripture

Some who are reading this now are perhaps Christian, yet sadly even some Christians are "pro-choice". If you are, I want to speak to you from Sacred Scripture, which gives a strong witness to the sanctity of life even in the womb:

For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. (Luke 1:44)

Although still within the womb incapable of conscious reasonable thought, the baby is still alive and with a soul. Only a livng soul can experience the presense of joy.

Whereas unbelievers will deny this, there is no excuse for the Christian to support abortion, having been taught about things pertaining to the spiritual life. This being so, let's consider carefully what is said in the following passages of Holy Scripture:

Psalm 139:13 For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me right well;
15 my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.
16 Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.

From these passages from the Book of Psalms and Jeremiah, it is seen that it is the Lord Himself Who forms the baby in the womb; His unseen hand guiding the course of nature, of which He is the Creator. He is Sovereign over all life, and yet many presume to unlawfully take the Lord's authority upon themselves and call the killing of the unborn a "right".

Just before Pope John Paul II left the United States in 1987 he said the following at Detroit Airport:

"Every human no matter how vulnerable or helpless, no matter how young or how old, no matter how healthy, handicapped, or sick no matter how useful or productive for society is a being of inestimable worth created in the image of God. This is the dignity of America, the reason she exists, the condition for her survival yes, the ultimate test of her greatness; to respect every human person, especially the weakest and most defenseless ones, those as yet unborn."

Dr. Albert Schweitzer once said "Whenever there is lost consciousness of the fact that every man is an object of concern for us just because he is a man, civilization and morals are shaken, and the advance to fully developed inhumanity is only a matter of time."

Church and state

There is much talk in America about the separation between Church and State, as if this excludes the possibility of outlawing abortion. But the First Amendment merely forbids the establishment of a state religion whether it be the Catholic Church or any other faith. The Founding Fathers didn't intend a separation of law and morality.

To those who make the claim that the government has no place in legislaitng morality, I agree to an extent. But there are things that most all can agree are gravely immoral and ought to be
outlawed, like rape, murder, theft, etc., and there are laws against them, although some would like to think that they have the "right" to do such things. So with certain limits, the government can and ought to pass laws which protect the people, even those still in the womb of their mothers.

Freedom of choice, does not include a "right" to kill someone because they are seen as an inconvenience. True freedom of choice respects the sanctity of life for all people.

The so-called Freedom Of Choice Act (FOCA)

While many are trying to call abortion a choice which should be protected, and which governments unfortunately support, there is the danger in America of taking away the rights of those of us who are Pro-Life.

Consider also the so-called Freedom Of Choice Act, which Barack Obama said he would sign when he became President. He made a promise to Planned Parenthood that he would sign the "Freedom of Choice Act." "The first thing I’d do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That’s the first thing I’d do.", said Obama. Although he has not done so, it is a promise which Planned Parenthood expects him to keep, and there remains the danger of it happening.

Among the things that the so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" would do, would be to force faith-based hospitals and healthcare facilities to perform abortions. Right now there are laws which protect a right of conscientious objection to abortion, but under Obama's "Freedom Of Choice Act", the freedom of choice for pro-life doctors and nurses to abstain from committing abortions would be taken away.

U.S. Senator and practicing obstetrician Dr. Tom Coburn told CNSNews.com that he was willing to defy the law if President Obama tries to force pro-life doctors into doing abortions:

"I think a lot of us will go to jail. Let’s see them prosecute the first one of us for not doing that.", Dr. Tom Coburn said.

Americans United for Life (AUL) and AUL Action joined with allied groups to create the Freedom2Care coalition and fight back.

Also, FOCA would do away with state laws on parental involvement, on partial birth abortion, and on all other protections. Currently, thirty-six states across America require some form of parental notification or consent prior to an abortion involving a minor child. These laws are supported by 80% of the American people. In addition to the obvious reason that parents need to be involved when their child undergoes a medical procedure, these laws also protect young girls from sexual abuse. Why does President Obama oppose these parental involvement laws that protect children from sexual abuse?

The mainstream media has refused to ask these questions to Obama. Why has he promised Planned Parenthood that he would sign legislation which would eliminate ALL of the common-sense parental involvement laws across the country?

FOCA would also prevent states from enacting protective measures in the future. We must oppose [such actions which are a great threat to the unborn] so-called "pro-choice" politicians of any party. Our duty to uphold the right to life must not be superseded by any interest political or otherwise.

Whether you are American or not, we can all spread the word, and help each other know what's going on so that those who are able, may take action.

Beware also of FOCA-By-Stealth. Abortion advocates are counting on the economy and other pressing issues to divert the attention of the American people so they can surreptitiously and with little resistance advance their pro-abortion agenda. Read more about FOCA-By-Stealth at www.aul.org/FOCA_by_stealth

Abortion in the case of rape

When a woman becomes pregnant resulting from rape, whether by a stranger or someone the woman knows, it is said by some that it would be wrong and unreasonable, even inhumane, to refuse the woman access to an abortion, and that the baby would be a perpetual reminder of what happened to her.

Most certainly, the greatest care and compassion should be shown to all women who have been violated in such a terrible way, and her welfare should be of great concern. And in caring for the woman, we cannot overlook consideration for the baby's right to life, who did not ask to be conceived. Yet if the woman chooses to have an abortion, then the baby is killed because of the crime of the man.

A woman named Geri Riggs of Sturgis, South Dakota who became pregnant as the result of rape, asked the question: "How can we say that the innocent have to die for their father’s sins?" Speaking from personal experience, Geri also said:

"Being a victim of rape did not exempt me from the devastation of abortion. It added to it." She even went as far as to say that she could endure another rape if she had to but was emphatic that she "could NEVER, EVER survive another abortion."

Geri testifies of the deep mental, emotional and spiritual pain to which the abortion led. She says that it was through faith in God and the healing power of His mercy and forgiveness that she found healing through the Blood of Christ, Who washes away all sin.

Geri's story is not uncommon. There are many women who have had abortions and suffer deep emotional and spiritual trauma as a result; a trauma that those at Planned Parenthood do not warn them about, nor do most others who are pro-abortion, yet claim to care for the woman's well being.

The life of the mother

Another argument some people make is about when a woman's life is at risk. But what parent wouldn't give their own life to save the life of their child? That goes for women and men both. Again, I feel I should make the point that there are many women who say the same thing I'm saying about this.

The matter comes down to a simple question: Is the baby in the womb a living person with a soul from the first moment of conception or not? We believe that life does begin at conception. If someone doesn't believe life begins at conception, then can they prove it? If they cannot prove that life doesn't begin at conception, then they must admit that it might, which means that abortion might actually be killing living people.

To highlight the point of the personhood of pre-born babies, consider this scenario:

A mother is carrying her baby in her arms one day, and an assailant jumps in front of her with a gun and is about to shoot her. She holds the baby up in front of her to shield herself from the bullet to save her life; the baby dies, and she lives. What would be thought of such a mother? There would be outrage at what she did. Most would have shielded their baby from the gun with their own body, and rather die themselves instead of the baby.

Consider for a moment that the first woman had little time to consider what she was doing. She panicked and acted wrongly. But the woman who has an abortion has days, perhaps weeks and even months to consider whether or not to have an abortion to save her own life. Yet the first woman is condemned for her deed, while the woman who has an abortion to save her own life is accepted and her deed is considered a "right".

In any case, is it not the act of a mother who loves her children to give her life for the child? How is it then, that a mother can see fit to let the baby she carries in her womb be killed so that she may live? Whether it is the mother in the scenario above who let her baby take a bullet for her, or a mother who has an abortion to save her own life, in either situation, the mother holds the baby up to die to save herself.

Even still, some stick with the argument that it's merely about "choice", and that if someone chooses to give their life for annother that's their choice, but that no one has the right to force someone to give their life for another. In a certain way I would agree with that. For example, if a person sees someone about to be killed and is able to save the person by dying in their place, they may or may not choose to do so. It is their choice, but there is a difference. In one instance, a person may merely refrain from making that sacrifice, but in an abortion, a woman wilfully chooses not merely to refrain from making the sacrifice, but to kill the baby in order to save her own life.

Still more, some might say it is a matter of self defense. Although we certainly have the right to defend our lives, there is still a difference when it comes to abortion. In one case, we defend ourselves from an attacker who wilfully and maliciously attempts to kill, but in the case of an abortion, the baby has no intention of doing anyone harm at all, yet is killed to save one's own life. That cannot be rightly called self defense.

Harmful affects of abortion on the women to have them

Another reality that the liberal media seems to ignore is the negative impact that abortion has on the mental health of women.

It is known that abortion can cause physical injuries to the woman during the abortion procedure, even in so-called "safe", "legal" abortion "clinics". Abortion can even cause the death of the woman. There is increased risk of infertility and there is evidence that it can increase the risk of breast cancer. Not only is there danger to a woman's physical health, but the deep, emotional pain that results from abortion and its effect on the mental health of women is beginning to be recognized by some in the mental health community.

In Great Britain, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has recognized the mental health risks of abortion, and that women may be at risk of mental health breakdowns if they have abortions.

There is the tragically sad case of a woman in Cornwall who was a talented artist, and hanged herself because she was overcome with grief after aborting her twins. Emma Beck, age 30, left a note saying: "Living is hell for me. I should never have had an abortion. I see now I would have been a good mum. I want to be with my babies; they need me, no one else does."

How many women have to be tortured by such anguish, and exploited by Planned Parenthood, politicians and pro-abortion activists in general, before the world wakes up and realizes the horror of abortion? Abortion hurts and even kills women; the very women whose rights pro-abortion politicians and other activists claim to be defending.

It is a fact to which women have testified, that they deeply regret their abortions, and that regret led them to things like bitterness, marital conflict, permiscuity, substance abuse, thoughts of suicide, and other ills. Even aborting a baby conceived in rape can lead to deep regrets, as the case of Geri Riggs shows, and that of many other women who have experienced the same thing.

There is hope

Many women who have already had one or more abortions are suffering because of their decision and often feel there is no hope for them. But for these women, and men, who have been involved in abortion, there is hope. By God's grace they can find forgiveness and healing. Through prayer and putting one's trust in the Lord, they can find peace and even joy in living again.

For women who have had abortions and are suffering because of it, I want to tell you that there is hope, and that God loves you and wants to heal you.

There are organizations such as Rachel's Vineyard, which provide healing retreats that are offered throughout the year in locations across the United States and Canada, with additional sites internationally. Here, women and men who suffer post-abortion trauma, can find a place of compassion and understanding, and a ministry of God's mercy and reconciliation which can open doors for them which they may otherwise have despaired of ever finding again. One's mental and spiritual health need not continue to get worse. There is help, as a woman named Michelle testifies of an experience in prayer one night at a Rachel's Vineyard retreat:

"I cannot describe what happened that night. For the first time, I actually pictured children in heaven with God, and with my grandmother who passed away, and they were happy. They were drawing me in to God's love and forgiveness. That night, I knew God existed and that I am not a terrible person, and that I have already been forgiven by God and my children. It was overwhelming. Never had anything like this happened before in my life. I cannot begin to describe on paper, the wonderful sense of peace and love I felt that night. Nothing like that has ever happened to me before."

For women who are pregnant and don't know what to do, and are considering having an abortion, I want to tell you that there are alternatives. You don't have to be alone in this, and no one at all ever has the right to force you into an abortion... not even your own parents. If you are thinking of having an abortion for any reason at all, please know that it isn't going to help, however convenient or sensible it may seem right now, and there are many women out there who have had abortions who will tell you the same thing. There are options to abortion.

Organizations such as Priests for Life are active not only in the battle to end abortion, but also do what they can to help people connect with the people and resources which can make the choice for life a practical one, as well as a loving one for the woman and her baby, regardless of financial or social situation. At the end of this article are links for people suffering from post-abortion trauma as well as crisis pregnancy help, and information about pregnancy tests, STD's, adoption, parenting, medical referrals, housing, and many other issues. The toll-free number is available to callers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

There are many obstacles to ending abortion and the struggle will take courage and determination, but the struggle to protect pre-born children is a winnable battle. May God help us.

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Sources

http://www.Priestsforlife.0rgwesthibernian.htm
http://www.fightfoca.com . FightFOCA website: A Project of AUL action
http://www.Aul.org - Americans United for Life
http://www.dakotavoice.com200611/guest/20061101GR.html - Guest column, The experience of rape (and abortion) survivor by Geri Riggs, Sturgis, South Dakota.

http://www.rachelsvineyard.org/emotions/stories.aspx - Stories: Retreat Stories

http://www.rachelsvineyard.org To find international locations for Rachel’s Vineyard retreats, go to Retreats>Find a Retreat>by Location>International.

More information about other Pro-Life organizations for help with post-abortion trauma, healing and crisis pregnancy, can be found in the Pro-Life section of my website at: http://www.solasanchroi.net/Pro-Life.html

No one can do everything, but everyone can do something to end the culture of death and build a culture of life.

One thing that can be done is to Sign the Fight FOCA Petition at http://www.fightfoca.com

To view the Priests for Life website you may see it at http://www.priestsforlife.org

Also, Health and Human Services is accepting comments about whether they should keep or rescind these important regulations protecting pro-life healthcare professionals. Whether you're a patient or healthcare professional, please send your message to HHS through the Freedom2Care.org website and tell them to keep the rules in place and prevent discrimination against pro-life doctors.

Catholic bioethics priest `cuts through spin' on stem-cell debate, By Jeff Graham

2009-06-12T11:29:00.000-07:00

Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk is director of the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, Pa. In a talk he gave, he spoke about the position of the Catholic Church on embryonic stem-cell research. He affirmed that the Church is against embryonic stem-cell research (and rightly so) but that she supports adult stem-cell research. He also said whereas embryonic stem-cell research has not cured any diseases, adult stem-cell research has cured nearly 100.

Embryonic stem-cell research involves destroying emrbyos, which is killing a human being. However, adult stem-cells can be aquired from the nasal cavity, the hip and umbilical cord and does not involve killing.

Read this important article which highlights important facts about this matter at: http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=21666

The dark origins of Planned Parenthood

2009-05-19T18:22:00.000-07:00

Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, published articles in support of eugenics, a practice employed by the Nazis in Germany, with their plan to create a "master race" by eliminating those they deemed inferior.

Consider these quotes from Margaret Sanger:

The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.'' `Birth control must lead ultimately to a cleaner race. -- Margaret Sanger, Woman, Morality, and Birth Control. New York: New York Publishing Company, 1922. Page 12.

We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful education approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don't want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members. -- [Margaret Sanger's December 19, 1939 letter to Dr. Clarence Gamble, 255 Adams Street, Milton, Massachusetts. Original source: Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, North Hampton, Massachusetts. Also described in Linda Gordon's Woman's Body, Woman's Right: A Social History of Birth Control in America. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1976.]

As an advocate of birth control I wish ...to point out that the unbalance between the birth rate of the `unfit' and the `fit,' admittedly the greatest present menace to civilization, can never be rectified by the inauguration of a cradle competition between these two classes. In this matter, the example of the inferior classes, the fertility of the feeble-minded, the mentally defective, the poverty-stricken classes, should not be held up for emulation...On the contrary, the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective. -- [Margaret Sanger. ``The Eugenic Value of Birth Control Propaganda.'' Birth Control Review, October 1921, page 5.]

The campaign for birth control is not merely of eugenic value, but is practically identical with the final aims of eugenics. -- [Margaret Sanger. ``The Eugenic Value of Birth Control Propaganda.'' Birth Control Review, October 1921, page 5.]

Our failure to segregate morons who are increasing and multiplying ..... demonstrates our foolhardy and extravagant sentimentalism .... . [Philanthropists] encourage the healthier and more normal sections of the world to shoulder the burden of unthinking and indiscriminate fecundity of others; which brings with it, as I think the reader must agree, a dead weight of human waste. Instead of decreasing and aiming to eliminate the stocks that are most detrimental to the future of the race and the world, it tends to render them to a menacing degree dominant ..... We are paying for, and even submitting to, the dictates of an ever-increasing, unceasingly spawning class of human beings who never should have been born at all. -- [Margaret Sanger. The Pivot of Civilization, 1922. Chapter on ``The Cruelty of Charity,'' pages 116, 122, and 189. Swarthmore College Library edition.]

The undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind. -- [Margaret Sanger, quoted in Charles Valenza. ``Was Margaret Sanger a Racist?'' Family Planning Perspectives, January-February 1985, page 44.]

The third group [of society] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose religious scruples prevent their exercising control over their numbers. Many of this group are diseased, feeble-minded, and are of the pauper element dependent upon the normal and fit members of society for their support. There is no doubt in the minds of all thinking people that the procreation of this group should be stopped. -- [Margaret Sanger. Speech quoted in Birth Control: What It Is, How It Works, What It Will Do. The Proceedings of the First American Birth Control Conference. Held at the Hotel Plaza, New York City, November 11-12, 1921. Published by the Birth Control Review, Gothic Press, pages 172 and 174.]

Give dysgenic groups [people with `bad genes'] in our population their choice of segregation or [compulsory] sterilization. -- [Margaret Sanger, April 1932 Birth Control Review.]

I wonder if President Obama is aware that Planned Parenthood, to which he has made promises in support of abortion "rights", was founded by someone who would have considered him inferior because of the color of his skin. I wonder if other pro-abortion politicians who are also African-American are aware of the evil they support.

I pray that the African-American community turn their attention to those who much better represent their interestss, such as Dr. Alveda C. King, niece of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, who is Pro-Life and is a Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life. I made a post about her on this blog not too long ago where I showed a quote by the late Dr. Martin Luther King, which began a letter that his niece Dr. Alveda King wrote to the African-American community. Dr. Martin Luther King said:

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere…The Negro cannot win if he is willing to sacrifice the lives of his children for personal comfort and safety."- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the letter Dr. Alveda King wrote to the African-American community she said:

This is an open letter to appeal to all people who respect the work, life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. More specifically, it is a wake-up call to the African American community. As a mature, Black, female living in America, my heart weeps every time I hear or see stories about our youth cut down in acts of senseless violence. Time after time, I have asked the question, HOW CAN THE DREAM SURVIVE IF WE MURDER THE CHILDREN?

Dr. Alveda C. King, Pastoral Associate

Read more here.... http://priestsforlife.org/africanamerican/openletter.htm

Even if Muscular Dystrophy could be cured by using embryonic stem cell research, I wouldn't want it that way.

2009-05-18T14:30:00.000-07:00

We hear politicians and others who promote embryonic stem-cell research speak of the diseases that could be cured by it, and how promising it is. We hear of Michael J. Fox who has Parkinson's disease, and of children with Diabetes and others whose illnesses they say could be cured by using embryonic stem cell research. And although there are people with various diseases who have unfortuntaely come to believe this, I want to make my own voice known about this also. I have Muscular Dystrophy, and I can assure you, that although I do want a cure to be found, I don't want it as a result of embryonic stem cell research, which involves the killing of human embryos. Fortunately, the Muscular Dystrophy Association is involved with research using adult stem cells, which has been shown already to be more promising, and has even developed therapies for various other conditions.

A fine job has been done in the world to condition people to think of a mere "mass of cells" when hearing the word "embryo". Many do not realise that a human embryo is actually a human being at a very early stage of development. Calling a human being who is only a few days old in the mother's womb an embryo, doesn't make that person less human. Yet their personhood is denied, and it is deemed by many to be acceptable to use human embryos for research, a practice that involves their destruction.

Joseph Mengele, a nazi scientist, experimented on Jews and this was deemed acceptable practice, and the nazis considered the Jews to be less than human also. When a persons humanity is denied, it becomes easy to kill them and do evil to them. Just as surely as it was evil to do to the Jews what the nazis did, it is evil also to consider human embryos as anything less than a human being with the right to life. They are as much human beings as the Jews, Asians, those of European descent and all others.

I want to make it known that niether politicians nor anyone else speaking in favor of embryonic stem-cell reseaerch speak for me or for many others with diseases who could supposedly benefit by such research. I don't want such evil to be promoted or advanced for any reason, including the supposed good it would do in finding cures for diseases. Research to cure diseases is a good thing and should continue, but there is a right way and a wrong way to go about things. We cannot abandon goodness in order to bring about good. The ends doesn't justify the means. Research to cure disease is in itself a positive and good act meant to help human beings, and it expresses, or ought to express, an innate respect for life. But when groups of human beings are regarded as less that human, and their right to life denied, then respect for life has disappeared and the value of human life is diminished.

If human life is not valued for the very reason than God created it and loves it Himself, then the value of each individual is diminished and endangered. The reasearch for cures and treament of disease comes to be at the mercy of those who lack the love and sense of value that every human person has as one who was created by Almighty God.

Some may say that they don't care what the motives are as long as a cure is found for their illness. But motives which are not grounded in what is good and true, can be more easily twisted towards evil ends, and those awaiting a cure may find themselves to be considered by others as useless members of society not worth keeping alive. In such a culture of death, the unthinkable becomes reality and it is already happening. A young woman named Terri Shiavo was killed in cold blood by dehydration and starvation and it allowed by a court right here in America. Such things are happening elsewhere in the world too, as the culture of death spreads its shadow over the minds of many. Only the light of Christ Jesus can enlighten our minds and hearts. We must turn to Him and be converted.

People claimed that she was a mental vegetable and had no awareness of her surroundings. Yet I went to a website dedicated to her and saw a video of her where a balloon was being passed over her face and her eyes followed its movement, which at the very least indicated awareness of her surroudnings. If it does not prove she was aware, even a skeptic must admit that it produces a reasonable doubt as to her state of awareness. This same reasonable doubt would prevent a court from sentencing a criminal to death. Why are criminals protected by such a reasonable doubt and yet a poor disabled woman in bed is not, and her family all the willing to take her home and care for her? But such is the state of things in our country today because respect for life has been lost, and evil is called good, and good evil.

As for the claim that embryonic stem cell research promises cures for diseases, there is much less promise in that area, whereas there are more success stories about adult stem cell treatments. More on this, I'll discuss in future posts.

Accomplices in Incest

2009-05-11T13:11:00.000-07:00

Some people think that incest is an acceptable situaiton in which an abortion can be gotten. But listen to the testimonies of women who have exprienced such terrible things. Whether they consented or not, abortion hurts women, and those who are in favor of a woman's "right" to choose don't seem to realise that their position is the one of the most anti-woman choices there is in the world.

This woman gives a testimony about an abortion she was forced to undergo as a result of her father's incestual assualt on her, and his subsequent, brutal and selfish decision to force an abortion on her against her will. She says:

Within one hour, this man arrived at the hospital, talked with my parents and decided to do the abortion, without speaking to me. I refused and tried to get off the examining table. He then asked three nurses to hold me while he strapped me to the bed and injected me with a muscle relaxant to keep me from struggling while he prepared to kill my baby.

The trauma of the rape and abuse were only intensified by the abortion.

Why do even pro-lifers talk about making exceptions for abortion in cases of rape and incest as if that is a way to have "compassion" for the mother?

Read the whole testimony at: http://www.afterabortion.org/testimo.html

Fr. John Corapi thanks signers to the petition at NotreDameScandal.com

2009-05-08T16:21:00.000-07:00

In this important video, In this important video, Fr. John Corapi thanks signers to the petition at NotreDameScandal.com and urges Catholics to continue the fight for Catholic campuses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?fc_c=1416004x3044189x152942341&v=X89_XLYbpxU

For more information on this scandal and to sign the petition visit http://www.notredamescandal.com/SignthePetitiontoFrJenkins/tabid/454/Default.aspxand

AN OPEN LETTER TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS:

2009-04-28T16:17:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

You've seen me post excerpts from letters I've received from Fr. Frank Pavone. What many may not be aware of is that Dr. Alveda C. King, niece of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, is a Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life. On the priests for life website, Dr. Alveda C. King has an open letter she wrote to African-American leaders. Following, I post an excerpt from it, with the link to the complete letter on the website. I think that Dr. Alveda King's voice is an important one in the African-American community and needs to be heard far above some like Jesse Jackson who supports abortion. We all need to realise the terrible reality of the holocaust of abortion.

The letter Dr. Alveda King writes begins with the following quote from Dr. Martic Luther King himself.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere…The Negro cannot win if he is willing to sacrifice the lives of his children for personal comfort and safety."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This is an open letter to appeal to all people who respect the work, life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. More specifically, it is a wake-up call to the African American community. As a mature, Black, female living in America, my heart weeps every time I hear or see stories about our youth cut down in acts of senseless violence. Time after time, I have asked the question, HOW CAN THE DREAM SURVIVE IF WE MURDER THE CHILDREN?

Dr. Alveda C. King, Pastoral Associate

Read more here.... http://priestsforlife.org/africanamerican/openletter.htm

Obama's pro-death appointments

2009-04-14T17:59:00.000-07:00

I received a recent email from Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life, and am posting part of it here.

Dear Friend,

The decision to have Kathleen Sebelius - a militant pro-abortion extremist - be Secretary of Health and Human Services can mean only one thing:

Barack Obama has declared WAR on the youngest members of our human family!

This email is my rallying cry to you as a loyal member of our Priests for Life family! We must defend the lives of our innocent unborn brothers and sisters!

Even as you read this, Priests for Life is working round the clock to rally the people of life to rise up and fight for the unalienable right to life for all Americans ... born and unborn!

We are doing so because every day seems to bring with it a new attack on innocent human life.
Look at what Barack Obama has done in just his first few weeks in office:

Rescinded the "Mexico City policy" and authorized your tax dollars to fund international groups that are promoting abortion around the world.

Begun the process of eliminating the "conscience clause" that protects doctors and nurses from being forced to take part in the crime of abortion.

Expanded human experimentation by increasing federal funding of destructive embryonic stem cell research.

Renewed funding for UNFPA – the United Nations group that helped China carry out its "one child" policy of forced sterilization and forced abortions.

Promised to sign the "Freedom of Choice" Act - which, if it ever were to reach his desk, would undo every pro-life law in all fifty states.

But that's far from all he's done. He's appointing rabid pro-abortion extremists to key positions in the government. The list is long and includes some of the most hard-line pro-abortion fanatics in the country:

Hillary Clinton is Secretary of State.

Kathleen Sebelius, the radical pro-abortion extremist governor of Kansas, has been tapped to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, had this to say about the appointment: "No matter how good Governor Sebelius' record regarding other human life concerns may be, if she is not committed to the safeguarding of human life from its very inception, she should not be entrusted with the questions of health and human services for our nation." Amen to that!

Rahm Emanuel, is Obama's Chief of Staff. He had a 100% pro-abortion rating from NARAL while a member of Congress.

Ellen Moran, the former Executive Director of the pro-abortion group Emily's List is now White House Communications Director.

Melody Barnes, a board member of Emily's List, is Domestic Policy advisor.

Dawn Johnson, a former abortion rights attorney for NARAL, is the Assistant Attorney General for the office of Legal Counsel.

James B. Steinberg, Obama's Deputy Secretary of State, is on record saying that it is unconstitutional to keep your tax dollars from funding abortions.

Nancy-Ann DeParle - an abortion advocate who worked on the Clinton health care plan - will head up the White House Office of Health Care Reform.

David Ogden, our new Deputy Attorney General, represented the interests of pornographers over the protection of children.

Our Lord told us that "by their fruits you will know them."

We're seeing the anti-life fruit of Barack Obama ... and it is rotten to the core!

But what else would you expect from the man who - not once but three times - voted to block legislation that would save the life of a child born alive in a botched abortion!

We must not abandon our unborn brothers and sisters in this their hour of greatest need!

But let me warn you. That commitment will require you to make sacrifices and give of yourself for the sake of the youngest members of our human family. You may have to ...

... give up a Saturday morning to pray outside a local abortion clinic;
... or spend time helping your church’s pro-life group organize an activity;
... or meet with your priest or pastor and challenge him to preach against the evil of abortion;
... or confront a family member who is pro-abortion.

As you can see, I wasn’t kidding when I told you that your commitment today will force you to take risks. But DO NOT BE AFRAID!!! God will be with you!!!

Now that Barack Obama has declared war on the most defenseless members of our human family, we need to use all of our resources to sound the alarm, mobilize the people of life, energize our clergy members, and lead the pro-life forces to victory over abortion!
Sincerely yours in Christ,

Fr. Frank Pavone National Director, Priests for Life and Gospel of Life Ministries

PS One more thing you can do for your unborn brothers and sisters is this: PRAY for President Obama. God seeks the hearts of everyone, that they may turn to him and live! Pray for the conversion of our President. Ask the Holy Spirit to enkindle the fire of His love in the heart of Barack Obama. God bless.

FightFOCA: Congressman says FOCA is coming

2009-03-20T15:19:00.000-07:00

Today I received this email from AUL (Americans United for Life), with an important update about the dreaded FOCA. Please read and join the mail list.

Pro-abortion forces were saying that while the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) was important, it was no longer among their top priorities. Instead they were going to start with working to get our tax dollars to pay for abortion here in the United States as well as in countries around the world.

We call this strategy FOCA “by-stealth.”

But now, a staffer for staunchly pro-abortion Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

"[FOCA] is among the congressman's priorities. We expect to reintroduce it sooner rather than later."

Because you signed the FightFOCA petition and are on the FightFOCA mailing list, taking action when needed, we have been able to delay FOCA and make President Obama break his promise that FOCA would be “the first thing” he would sign as President.
But, while we wait for Congressman Nadler and his allies to bring FOCA forward, I need you to be a part of other battles we are already fighting.
As you may know, FightFOCA is just one project of AUL Action, the legislative arm of Americans United for Life, the first national prolife organization in the country. Our vision is a nation in which everyone is welcomed in life and protected in law.
That means that we don’t just focus on fighting FOCA. We also work to pass pro-life laws in Congress and in state capitols across the nation. And, in addition to opposing abortion, we also help defend human life by fighting physician assisted suicide, working to ban human cloning and destructive embryo research, protecting pro-life healthcare workers from discrimination, and more.

When I recently appeared on Governor Mike Huckabee’s FOX News show, he called us “the premier pro-life organization in America.”
In order for us to both fight FOCA and build more protections for human life in the law, I need you to join our broader email list -- AUL & AUL Action’s Whole Life Action Team.

http://action.aul.org/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=1481&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS

Silence No More Testimonies for Pro-Life

2009-03-13T17:18:00.000-07:00

Women share their stories of how abortion negatively affected their lives and how they regretted making that choice to have an abortion, and a message of hope for all woman hurt by abortion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PHGWBbO7Vo&feature=channel_page

It is clear that FOCA is a danger!

2009-03-11T11:34:00.000-07:00

Hi friends in the Pro-Life movement. I received this email from Fr. Frank Pavone, and am posting a portion of it here. It is very important to know what's going on and to take action when and where we can. God Bless and the peace of Christ be with you and yours.

Fr. Pavone writes:

Abortion supporters aren't trying to pass the Freedom of Choice Act in one fell swoop.
Their plan is to break it into pieces and pass it incrementally.

And the recent proposal to make taxpayer funding of "family planning" part of the economic stimulus package shows, we were right. Although not specifically part of FOCA, "family planning" is a key element in the plan to enshrine abortion-on-demand as the law of the land for generations to come.

Make no mistake. The only reason federal funding for "family planning" was removed from the stimulus bill was due to the massive outcry of protest from you and your fellow pro-life activists.

That in itself demonstrates what the people of life can do when we make our voice heard in Washington! Which is why I've sent you this important letter.

As you know only too well, the Freedom of Choice Act threatens to abolish that fundamental right to life. A quick reading of the bill as it was introduced in the last Congress proves it. Here are three of its most dangerous provisions:

Section 4 (a) states: "It is the policy of the United States that every woman has the fundamental right to choose to bear a child, to terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability, or to terminate a pregnancy after fetal viability when necessary to protect the life or health of the woman."

NOTE: That means abortion-on-demand!

Section 4 (b)(2) adds that "the government may not discriminate against the exercise of the rights set forth in paragraph (1) in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information."

NOTE: This is the section that will do away with so-called "obstacles" to abortion ... namely, parental notification ... informed consent ... waiting periods ... ultrasound requirements ... and a host of other state laws.

Section 6: This Act applies to every Federal, State, and local statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, policy, practice, or other action enacted, adopted, or implemented before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.

NOTE: This is the section that will be used to undo every pro-life provision in every state in the Union.

The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (part of the Library of Congress) put together a summary stating that FOCA:

Prohibits a federal, state, or local governmental entity from: (1) denying or interfering with a woman's right to exercise such choices (NOTE: the "choices" are the three mentioned in Sect 4 (a) above) ; or (2) discriminating against the exercise of those rights in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information.

From all this you can see why everyone is so fired up to keep FOCA from passing. Its abortion-on-demand language is far too radical for the vast majority of Americans to accept.
And those promoting the abortion agenda know it.

So rather than call attention to FOCA's extremist provisions, pro-abortion lawmakers in Congress will break FOCA into pieces and try to sneak them into law one section at a time. They will attach them to other legislation ... like they tried to do when they attached the federal funding of "family planning" programs to the economic stimulus bill.

But the reaction of our pro-life movement was swift and vocal.

So much so that the "family planning" proposal was quickly removed from the bill.

This makes two things crystal clear:

1. The leadership of Congress is going to use the current economic crisis to advance their anti-life agenda. And since passing the Freedom of Choice Act is one of their primary objectives, they will do whatever it takes to achieve that goal ... even if it means getting FOCA passed one section at a time as I noted above.

2. The people of life have the strength and political muscle to block that agenda ... if we rise up and make our voices heard.

The pro-abortion lawmakers who control Congress are arrogant elitists.

They are so smug in their new-found power that they believe they can steamroll the people of life because they are confident that when push comes to shove on the economy, the majority of our fellow Americans care more about themselves and their pocketbooks than they do about the youngest members of our human family.

Well, they may be right about many of our fellow Americans.

But they are 100% wrong about you and me and the people of life!

We will never abandon our unborn brothers and sisters!

And we will do everything in our power to awaken our fellow Americans and make them see the truth that abortion corrupts our whole society and retards progress on all the other issues that concern them ... including the economy!

That truth can be summarized in these words of Mother Teresa:

"It is a poverty to decide that a child must dieso that you may live as you wish."

Mark my words. We will not end legalized abortion-on-demand in our country until we engrave those words on the hearts of our fellow Americans. As we work round the clock to make that happen ...

... we must also maintain our vigilance over the political process lest the enemy catch us napping.

Whenever the abortion forces try to sneak a part of FOCA through Congress, we must sound the alarm and rally the people of life to rise up and stop them ... like with did with the anti-life proposal to use federal tax dollars to fund "family planning" programs.

In order for us to take on that vital role every means of our vast communications network must be fully funded and fully operational. These include:

Television: Most especially - (1) Our "Defending Life" series on EWTN, (2) The homilies I preach while celebrating Mass at EWTN, and (3) Our weekly "Gospel of Life" TV show on Sky Angel.

Radio: Our team of pastoral associates are on all the Catholic and Christian stations ... and secular talk radio shows, too.

Internet: Right now Priests for Life designs, maintains and updates over a dozen websites! These provide literally hundreds of thousands of readers information about our own activities as well as work that other pro-life organizations are doing.

Email: Instant communication with tens of thousands of pro-life activists.

Teleconferences: Key strategy sessions with pro-life leaders and activists.

Publications: My bi-weekly pro-life column ... editorials ... blog postings.

Pro-life conferences: Members of our pastoral team are constantly on the road giving pro-life talks and rallying the people of life to take to the streets.

Churches: We provide liturgical resources and other important pro-life material to priests and pastors of all denominations. And remember, each member of the clergy who preaches the Gospel of Life reaches thousands of people!!

That's the vast communications machinery we need to keep in full operation so that when the enemy tries to sneak a section of FOCA into another piece of legislation, we can sound the alarm and lead the people of life to rise up and stop it!

PS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's unconscionable reasoning for why taxpayers need to pay for "family planning" shows you the kind of elitist thinking we're fighting. According to Speaker Pelosi and her crowd, babies are a drain on the economy because states have to pay for the health care and education of poor children. What gall! Babies are precious gifts from God. And we've got to protect them from callous elitists like Nancy Pelosi. Please, with a committed abortion advocate in the White House and abortion apologists like Pelosi in control of Congress, we've got to be vigilant and rally all pro-life Americans to rise up, speak out and defend the youngest members of our human family. And with your help today, Priests for Life will lead that fight!

Abortion Battle. Sen. Coburn: Will fight President Obama over 'conscience' clause

2009-03-05T08:48:00.000-08:00

As much as President Obama claims to support freedom of choice, it seems that freedom of choice to him and others like him doesn't apply to people who cherish the lives of the pre-born children in the womb.

"... president Obama better get ready for a fight on his plans to overturn yet another decision by the book Bush Administration. The president wants to change the so called conscience rule for health care workers. That rule provides additional protection for doctors and others who refuse to perform procedures like abortions. And other procedures based on their religious beliefs."

To hear more, watch this video on the Fox News site:

http://www.foxnews.com/video-search/m/21947963/abortion_battle.htm