Monthly Archives: August 2013

Pro-Lifers: Targets of Intolerance, Violence and Harassment

Dr. Anna Choi

Editor’s note. This comes from PNCI—the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues A troubling trend of pro-abortion violence and harassment toward pro-life advocates is taking place around the world and includes actions directed at medical doctors, clergy, and peaceful pro-life demonstrators of all ages.

These acts of intolerance and discrimination deny others their freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of worship while threatening personal safety and security. Abortion activists seek to silence and intimidate those who speak the truth about abortion.

These acts take place while pro-abortion supporters at the United Nations and the Inter American Commission on Human Rights at the Organization of American States, along with a number of pro-abortion organizations, are advancing the legal status of pro-abortion activists by defining them as so-called “human rights defenders” who need special protection in countries where abortion is illegal or where opposition to abortion is strong.

http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013/08/pro-lifers-targets-of-intolerance-violence-and-harassment/

Is This Nuts….Or Normal???!!!!

August 7, 2013
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Dear Friend:

The news media really drives me crazy.  Last night as I plugged in my cell phone
to charge before I went to bed, I got a news alert.  I touched the screen and the
headline read “Government issues indictments over Benghazi.”

I don’t know the answers for Benghazi, but there are some things that happen in
the news that you really have to wonder if people are crazy!  I saw a segment on
the news this morning called NUTS…or NORMAL?   A psychiatrist was given examples of behaviors and then determined if the behavior was normal or not.   Here is MY version of NUTS….or NORMAL?:

* It is NORMAL for a teenage girl to feel lost, alone, afraid and vulnerable when
she finds out she is pregnant.  It is NUTS for any responsible adult, counselor,
doctor or others to tell a vulnerable teenager that her life will be ruined and
that abortion is the only option!
* It is NORMAL to feel panic, disbelief and more when a woman (and/or her spouse, etc.) realizes she is pregnant and has adverse economic circumstances.  It is NUTS to think that taking the life of an innocent human being through abortion will solve any financial problems.
* It is NORMAL for young men and women to feel sexual urges before they are married.
It is NUTS to think that contraception or abortifacient drugs are the answer instead of teaching personal responsibility, abstinence and respect.
* It is NORMAL not to have the answers for every question that is asked. It is NUTS for legislators (yes, I do mean Nancy Pelosi and Wendi Davis) to give insane answers like “abortion is sacred ground.”  Does that mean that abortion clinics like Kermit Gosnell’s should be declared places of worship?!
* It is NORMAL to create heroes out of people who do extraordinary actions, especially when they save someone’s life.  It is NUTS to declare someone a hero for wearing  pink tennis shoes and monopolizing the senate floor so that a bill which could save innocent lives is blocked from being voted on.  (Oh dear, am I talking about Wendi Davis again?)
* It is NORMAL for a pregnant woman to have regular doctor’s appointments, take  pre-natal vitamins, and deliver her child in a hospital.  It is NUTS to say that  killing the unborn child with an abortion is healthcare!

I could go on….but I think I’ll leave the NUTS stuff up to pro-death (that’s the
CHOICE they are making!) and abortion minded individuals.  They seem to be taking care of that just fine.

Yes indeed, our work goes on….

For Life,

Denise Leipold, Executive Director www.RightToLifeofNortheastOhio.com

ABORTION SAFETY.COM

Politically Incorrect Medicine

By Kelsey Hazzard Editor’s note. This appeared today at secularprolife.org.

Last week, three physicians were scheduled to give presentations at a Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA) meeting in Seoul. When they arrived, they learned that their presentations had been cancelled. Why? Because the three female doctors–ob/gyns Dr. Donna Harrison and Dr. Mary Davenport, and psychiatrist Dr. Martha Shuping– had prepared presentations on risks of abortion.

MWIA’s press release emphasizes that the presentations were censored because their conclusions were politically incorrect. The title of the press release is “MWIA is proud to stand for women’s rights.” It “regrets” that MWIA invited presenters “who would deny women their basic right to choice.” For good measure, it throws in some slander, stating that the speakers’ presentations– which were to summarize recent studies from such esteemed journals as the Journal of Reproductive Medicine, BJOG, PLoS ONE, and numerous others– have “no scientific merit.”

The real motivation is clear: these speakers were censored for daring to share data that might show that abortion has downsides for women.

http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013/08/politically-incorrect-medicine/

St. Teresa of Avila wrote this roughly 500 years ago, it has special meaning for us today:

Christ has no body but yours.  No hands, no feet on earth but yours.
Yours are the eyes with which He looks with compassion on this world.
Yours are the feet with which He walks to do good.
Yours are the hands with which He blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are His body.
Christ has no body now but yours.

St. Teresa’s words are especially true for me and you.  God has called us to be His mouth and speak out in defense of His innocent unborn children.  He has called us to be His hands protecting them, and His feet marching for life and standing vigil outside abortion clinics.  He has called us to do as He did and give our bodies to the work of defending them.  He has no body on this earth but ours.

Let us give Him our entire selves in the glorious work of ending abortion.

Thank you.  And know that in loving appreciation for all you do for Priests for Life and the youngest members of our human family, I remember you at every Mass I offer; as do all the priests of Priests for Life.  May God bless you.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life http://www.priestsforlife.org/

In the meantime, please click here and continue to support Priests for Life’s work as generously as you always have.  Together, let us continue to work for the day when abortion in America and worldwide is not merely illegal, but also unthinkable.

NOTE: If you prefer to send a check, please make it out to Priests for Life and send it to us at PO Box 141172, Staten Island, NY 10314.  If you have any questions, call us toll-free at 888-735-3448.

If I see those pink sneakers one more time, I am going to scream.

Yes, the abortion industry has found their new poster child: Wendy Davis, the state senator who spent 13 hours filibustering a common ground limit to abortion after 20 weeks in Texas.

She’s been showered with glowing praise from the media for her defense of unlimited abortion on demand. Now the pro-abortion lobby is taking her around the country for fundraising, proclaiming that women “Stand With Wendy.”

The thing is – women actually don’t stand with Wendy.

Every poll confirms that the majority of women support protecting late-term babies after 20 weeks gestation, if not before. In fact, some of the polls reveal that women support the protection of unborn children from the torture of late-term abortions at levels over 60 percent – even more than men.

But if you ask Wendy about these poll numbers, like The Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack did yesterday, she says that she knows better than us!

TWS: What do you make of polls showing that a majority of women support these late-term bans? There have been a few polls–Washington Post, Huffington Post, different polls–that show women support this. What do you think of those polls?

DAVIS: I again think that a lot of people don’t really understand the landscape of what’s happening…

, it’s Wendy Davis who doesn’t understand – or chooses to ignore – the “meat market style of assembly line abortions” going on in our nation. She doesn’t really understand – or is ignoring – the late-term babies that are being brutally killed and the women being maimed inside disgusting Gosnell-style abortion clinics in Texas, Delaware, Alabama, and elsewhere.

The abortion industry will claim that Wendy Davis stands for all women, but you and I know that isn’t true. Instead of standing for women, Wendy stands for the merchants of death that destroy the lives of innocent children and hurt women.

We can’t let this happen. The Gosnell trial shattered the false image of abortionists and their clinics across the nation – the gruesome testimony exposed the truth. But now, the abortion industry is trying to use someone like Wendy Davis to make abortion “cool” again.

Help us make sure the abortion industry doesn’t change the debate. Women don’t stand with Wendy. We stand with Semika Shaw and Jennifer McKenna Morbelli, just two of the women who were killed by horrifically unsafe practices in American abortion clinics. We stand with the thousands of unborn baby girls that are killed by abortionists every year.

These slain women can’t stand up for themselves – that’s why you and I need to speak for them and stand against Wendy Davis and her glamorizing of unfettered abortion on demand. Will you stand with us today?

Thank you,

Marjorie Dannenfelser
President, Susan B. Anthony List

www.sba-list.org

California billionaire environmentalist targets Ken Cuccinelli for defeat

Kirsten Andersen

Mon Aug 05 18:36 EST

Abortion

RICHMOND, VA, August 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ken Cuccinelli, the unabashedly conservative Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, has been targeted for defeat by Tom Steyer, a California-based billionaire and environmentalist activist. Steyer has announced his political organization will finance ad campaigns, get-out-the-vote efforts, and new media ventures designed to take Cuccinelli down in the most watched off-year election in the nation.

Tom Steyer

Victoria Cobb, president of the Virginia-based The Family Foundation, told LifeSiteNews.com in February that with Virginia in the spotlight, Cuccinelli will need his grassroots supporters to dig deep to have any chance of winningagainst McAuliffe’s well-oiled, well-fueled political machine.

That out-of-state pressure “should serve as a reminder of just how important this year’s elections in Virginia are going to be. Because only Virginia has a potentially competitive statewide race, national interest groups are going to spend millions of dollars to influence the outcome,” said Cobb.

Cuccinelli’s strong pro-life credentials – he voted to overturn then-Democratic Governor Mark Warner’s veto of the partial birth abortion ban, drafted the state’s parental consent law, led efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, and insisted the state’s abortion facilities meet the same health standards as other surgical centers – pro-abortion leaders have taken a particular interest in the race.

Full Story  http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/california-billionaire-environmentalist-targets-ken-cuccinelli-for-defeat

Hacking of Medical Devices: A New Worry for Patients, Disabled
Many people (until recently that included this writer) are not aware that medical devices like insulin pumps and pacemakers can be “hacked,” that is remotely controlled by someone that should not have access to control the device. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/08/05/hacking-of-medical-devices-a-new-worry-for-patients-disabled/

Not Wrong to Fund Research Based on Ethics

By Wesley J. Smith The embryonic stem cell and human cloning research debates are not “science” arguments, but rather, disputes over proper ethics in the pursuit of science. Supporters of ESCR think it isn’t wrong to destroy embryos for use in research. Opponents disagree and also suggest that it would be great if ways were found to obtain the scientific benefits of embryo-based technologies without the destruction–or in cloning’s case, manufacture and destruction–of nascent human life.

http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013/08/not-wrong-to-fund-research-based-on-ethics/