Looking forward…

We may not always like what happens in Washington, D.C., but this week some really great things came out of our nation’s capital.  I was privileged to  be part of
the National Pro-Life Youth Leaders Summit held at the office of Students For Life.
Along with SFL Executive Director Kristan Hawkins, Field Director Brendan O’Morchoe and other members of their staff were Brian Kemper from Stand True/Priests for Life, Mark Harrington from Created Equal, and representatives from the Center for Bioethical Reform, Feminists for Life, Generation Life, Human Life Alliance, Live Action, Louisiana Right to Life, Rock For Life, and Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust.  The purpose of the summit was to analyze our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and to use that information to structure a plan of action to make our pro-life youth programs stronger and more effective.  We pledged to work together in unity, and  to promote the fact that even though we may not always agree on tactics, that we are on the same side in our mission to protect innocent human lives from conception through natural death.
The summit was invigorating and inspiring, and I came away excited and enthusiastic.  Our youth are our future, and judging by everything we shared at the summit, our future is in great hands!

For Life,

Denise Leipold

Executive Director Right to Life of Northeast Ohio

Most Americans still pray, believe in God

Leslie Grimard

Fri Jul 19 11:12 EST

Opinion

Even among those who claim no particular religious affiliation in an earlier Pew Forum survey, roughly 80 percent still believe in God or a universal spirit, and a majority describe themselves as “religious” or “spiritual.”

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Pro-life congressman: The steps of the U.S. Capitol are ‘stained with the blood of our own children’ 

Ben Johnson

Fri Jul 19 19:31 EST

Abortion

Rep. Trent Franks made his statement while unveiling new legislation that would say that life begins at conception.

Full Story

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/congressman-the-steps-of-the-u.s.-capitol-are-stained-with-the-blood-of-our?

The claims of pro-abortionists and actual abortion experience are miles apart

By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director, Kansans for Life Perhaps you had a chance to watch some of the screaming mayhem of pro-abortion activists in Texas this past month as they worked desperately to permanently derail HB 2 in Texas. They, of course, were loudest when they insisted they “spoke” for women. One way to judge that claim might be to see what women who’ve undergone an abortion have to say. Just this past week, there has been a rich treasure trove of information on that very question.

http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013/07/the-claims-of-pro-abortionists-and-actual-abortion-experience-are-miles-apart/#.UenR8OTVDe4

‘This is abortion’: Irish Senator shocks colleagues with gruesome description of abortion

A look at what’s been banned in Texas
Pro-lifers all across the country are celebrating the victory in Texas. In addition to laws regulating abortion clinics, abortions after twenty weeks have become illegal. In order to fully appreciate what we have gained, let’s review some of the facts on late-term abortions. Read more…

http://liveactionnews.org/a-look-at-whats-been-banned-in-texas/

U.S. Bishops’ relief agency caught giving $2.7 million to top abortion-marketing firm

• Thu Jul 18 14:58 EST
• Abortion

A father’s heartbreaking story…and Planned Parenthood’s response to men like him

Recently, a man I will identify by the initials RDF shared on Facebook a heartbreaking story of loss. His girlfriend was pregnant with twins. She was almost twenty weeks along when she went to Planned Parenthood, considering abortion. I will let him tell the story in his own words:

http://liveactionnews.org/a-fathers-heartbreaking-storyand-planned-parenthoods-response-to-men-like-him/