Join Fr. Frank in Washington, DC for Planned Parenthood Rally, January 21

Posted on December 18, 2015 | Leave a comment
Planned Parenthood #PrayPP Rally

Join Fr. Frank in Washington DC on Thursday, January 21

 

December 16, 2015

Brothers and Sisters,

Every year, on the day before the March for Life, I am joined by other national leaders in organizing a prayer rally at the Washington, DC Planned Parenthood.

This year, it’s at a new location.

Please join me and other leaders to pray from 9am to 10:30 am on Thursday, January 21. Please spread the word on social media using the hashtags #PrayPP and #ProtestPP.

Event: #PrayPP and #ProtestPP Rally

Where: Planned Parenthood construction site, 1225 4th St NE, Washington, DC 20002

When: Thursday, January 21, 9:00 a.m.

Prior to and after that date, please join in the prayer campaign against the evils of Planned Parenthood. See www.PrayerCampaign.org for the texts of those prayers.

Let’s show Planned Parenthood and our nation’s lawmakers that we will intensify and sustain our protest against the evils of which Planned Parenthood is guilty. At the rally we will talk about how to have sustained protests against Planned Parenthood throughout the year in your local communities!

Blessings,

Fr. Frank Pavone

 

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Jahi McMath’s Father Sues Hospital for Trying to Kill his Daughter

Posted on December 18, 2015 | Leave a comment

 

Jahi McMath’s father sues hospital for trying to kill his daughter

NewsEnd of Life, FamilyThu Dec 17, 2015 – 10:50 am EST

Fr. Mark Hodges

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OAKLAND, California, December 17, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – 13-year-old Jahi McMath went into cardiac arrest after a routine tonsillectomy in 2013. Jahi was in oxygen-deprived cardiac arrest for two hours, causing brain damage. Though Jahi lived, her doctors said she was “brain-dead,” and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and Alameda County officials issued a death certificate.

Since Jahi has been declared “dead,” insurance no longer covers her health care.

Jahi’s mother, Nailah Winkfield, sued Jahi’s doctor, Dr. Frederick Rosen, for failing to tell her that Jahi’s surgery would be “complex and risky” due to Jahi’s susceptibility to heavy bleeding and for failing to share that risk with nurses taking care of her recovery after surgery.

Jahi began coughing up blood the morning after the surgery; the nurses didn’t know she had a risk of serious hemorrhage. The nurses told Nailah Winkfield that Jahi’s bleeding was “normal.” One nurse even used a suction device to clear the bleeding. Eventually, Jahi’s heart stopped, causing brain damage.

Now, Jahi’s biological father, Milton McMath, has sued as well.

Jahi caught the attention of the media when her mother refused to take her off life support. The Winkfields removed Jahi from Oakland to New Jersey, where she continues to live and her vitals are strong.

The Winkfields note that Jahi’s heart is beating on its own, and her organs are not failing, as would be the case if she were brain-dead. They have released several videos showing Jahi moving and reacting to stimuli.

In October, a judge ruled that Jahi’s family could present evidence to determine if she is alive or dead. If dead, the suit would be for wrongful death, with a maximum of $250,000 for damages.

If Jahi is declared legally alive, the lawsuit could be for many millions of dollars.

Source: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/jahi-mcmaths-father-sues-hospital-for-trying-to-kill-his-daughter?utm_source=LifeSiteNews.com+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7e387b3901-LifeSiteNews_com_Intl_Headlines_06_19_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0caba610ac-7e387b3901-397584261

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Contact Your Rep: Vote Friday to Defund Planned Parenthood

Posted on October 21, 2015 | Leave a comment
The House will vote this Friday on a reconciliation bill that defunds Planned Parenthood. This legislative process could put a bill defunding Planned Parenthood on President Obama’s desk and force him to respond!
>> TAKE ACTION: Call your representative and then email your representative TODAY and tell them to vote YES on the reconciliation bill defunding Planned Parenthood.

This is big news, especially on top of Planned Parenthood’s virtual admission of guilt last week. They announced they will no longer take money in exchange for the organs and tissue they harvest from the bodies of aborted babies. On top of that, the public disapproval rating of Planned Parenthood has reached a new high. Planned Parenthood is on the defensive now, and we need to continue to press forward in the fight to defund their abortion-centered enterprise.

As a former Member of Congress, I can tell you that a phone call is the single most effective way to get your point across to your Representative. Please call them TODAY and tell them to vote YES on Friday on the reconciliation bill defunding Planned Parenthood.

Additionally, please email your representative today and ask them to vote that way as well.

We want their phones ringing off the hook and their inboxes filled with messages as this important vote approaches.

Thank you,
Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave Vice President for Government Affairs Susan B. Anthony List

Donations can also be mailed to SBA List, 1200 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20036

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Support defunding PP, Rollback of Obamacare in Budgetreconciliation Bill

Posted on October 21, 2015 | Leave a comment
We never quit! Pro-lifers know it sometimes takes many repeated attempts to pass life-saving legislation. Recently, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) reminded Americans from the floor of the Senate just how many times it took to pass the landmark Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.
But the lives that law saved made it worth everything we did!
The same holds true for our work to defund Planned Parenthood. The scandals of this summer have exposed their abuses to the nation – and millions of Americans are saying they don’t want their tax dollars to go to this abortion behemoth!
Democrats in the U.S. Senate, to their shame, have repeatedly filibustered and blocked us from even getting votes to end Planned Parenthood’s funding and to end the anti-life abuses in Obamacare, but we haven’t given up.
And we never will!
So National Right to Life is strongly supporting and working to pass a new effort to cut about $400 million in Planned Parenthood’s funding and repeal several odious provisions of Obamacare in H.R.3762 – the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015.
Budget reconciliation is a process Congress can use only on certain kinds of legislation. But the genius of this approach is that budget reconciliation is one of the few procedures where senators in opposition cannot filibuster to block a bill. They have to allow a vote!
That means a bill can be passed with the support of a majority of senators – 51votes – instead of the 60 votes needed to stop a bill-killing filibuster.
And that would make it much harder for pro-abortion Democrats in the Senate to kill our efforts to pass legislation to cut funding to Planned Parenthood!
The budget reconciliation process is not a slam-dunk, but getting the bill through Congress is doable! We’re working hard to make our support known to members of Congress and to win their votes.
But we need to do more!
First, we need all pro-lifers to contact their representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives to urge them to vote for H.R. 3762, as this bill would save many, many lives if enacted. You can email your representative and senators by clicking here – then you just enter your address, and in a minute or less you can send an appropriate email to your representative in the U.S. House of Representatives.
If we pass this bill in the House, that’s just our first step, though. We also need to pass it in the Senate, with the 51-vote threshold.
So we need your help to communicate with grassroots pro-lifers all across America, to get them to flood their senators’ and House members’ offices with calls, letters, and emails demanding we pass a budget reconciliation bill that cuts Planned Parenthood’s funds and significantly rolls back Obamacare!
Please help today with your generous support – a gift of $250, $100, or $50 would help us reach thousands of additional Americans. With your support we can tell them what the pro-abortion side is doing to keep their precious funding, who is helping them in the House and Senate, and what they can do to help us defeat Planned Parenthood and end some of the worst life-threatening abuses of Obamacare!
Any donation will help us get the word out – please help us achieve that with your generous gift today!
Thank you!
Carol Tobias, National Right to Life President
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Because the National Right to Life Committee works to pass laws to save unborn babies,  donations to the National Right to Life Committee are not deductible for income tax purposes.

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U.S. House to vote Friday on cutting $400 million from Planned Parenthood!

Posted on October 21, 2015 | Leave a comment
U.S. House to vote Friday on cutting $400 million from Planned Parenthood!
This is an urgent CALL ALERT from National Right to Life headquarters in Washington, D.C.

 

The office of your representative in the U.S. House of Representatives needs to get a call from you TODAY about an imminent vote on a major pro-life bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Friday (Oct. 23) on a special fast-track bill (H.R. 3762) that would cut off nearly 90% of the federal funds that go to Planned Parenthood — about $400 million! This is a special kind of bill called the “reconciliation bill,” that CANNOT BE FILIBUSTERED in the U.S. Senate. But before the Senate can take it up, it first must pass the House!

 

Please, don’t assume that your representative will support the bill just because he or she “always votes pro-life.” Regrettably, a few “conservative” voices are trying to block this bill, because it doesn’t do everything they want on some other matters. Your representative needs to hear from you NOW that YOU want him or her to vote for “the pro-life reconciliation bill, H.R. 3762,” to cut about $400 million from Planned Parenthood.

 

This will take just a few minutes. Click here to start the fast and easy Call Alert process. When you enter your zip code, you will be shown the name of the person who represents you in the U.S. House, and the correct phone number to call. You will also see suggested short talking points that you can refer to, if you wish, when you reach the lawmaker’s staff.

 

In addition, after you’ve completed your call, you’ll have the option of using an easy tool to send National Right to Life a short email message about how your representative intends to vote. Your optional email report will assist NRLC’s efforts to pass this vital pro-life legislation.

 

To start the fast and easy CALL ALERT process, click here.

 

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This Saturday: Attend a Planned Parenthood Protest Near You

Posted on October 7, 2015 | Leave a comment
 

The series of undercover Planned Parenthood videos released by The Center for Medical Progress have provided a wake-up call to many Americans about the gruesome practices of the nation’s largest abortion provider.

To speak out against the atrocities, pro-lifers from across the country are rallying outside of Planned Parenthood clinics this Saturday, October 10.

Please find a location near you and then attend one of the Protest Planned Parenthood rallies in your area Saturday!

The message is simple. Women and babies deserve better than Planned Parenthood. 

Moreover, our taxpayer dollars should NOT be going to the nation’s largest abortion business, especially not after they have been caught on tape trafficking in the organs of aborted babies. 

Your SBA List is one of many pro-life groups co-sponsoring this week’s rallies. I hope you can attend to help raise awareness about Planned Parenthood’s barbarity. 

For Life,

Billy Valentine
Director of Government Affairs
Susan B. Anthony List

P.S. If you’re on Twitter, be sure to use the #ProtestPP hashtag to tweet about this week’s rallies.

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Ohio Right to Life Argues Issue 3 Endangers Born and Unborn Babies

Posted on October 7, 2015 | Leave a comment

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Vote “No” on Issue 3
Ohio Right to Life Argues Issue 3 Endangers Born and Unborn Babies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       CONTACT: Katherine Franklin
DATE: Wednesday, October 7, 2015     PHONE: 614-547-0099 ext. 304

COLUMBUS, Ohio–Today, the Ohio Right to Life Society announced its strong opposition to statewide ballot Issue 3, the marijuana-monopoly-legalization amendment on the November 3 ballot. Studies show that smoking marijuana during pregnancy can increase the risk of miscarriage, low birth weight, premature births, developmental delays, behavioral and learning problems and in some cases fetal death.Issue 3 would allow unfettered access to marijuana without any restrictions during pregnancy. Current science is in opposition to pregnant women ingesting any recreational drugs and smoking any substance. Consumption of illegal drugs is not safe for the unborn baby or for the mother. As Ohio continues to address its infant mortality crisis, the Ohio Right to Life Society believes that it is critical for all Ohioans to take a stand against the mass legalization of a drug that poses serious health risks to unborn children.

“The health and safety of our children both born and unborn compels our organization to take a firm position against Issue 3,” said Mike Gonidakis, president of Ohio Right to Life. “Ohio’s babies already face numerous threats to their right to life without a statewide marijuana industry compounding those threats. Further, Ohio Right to Life believes any marijuana made available for the purpose of adult recreational use leads to youth access and is not in the best interest of the health and well being of Ohio’s children.”

The Ohio Right to Life Society joins multiple organizations in opposing Issue 3: Ohio Children’s Hospital Association, Ohio State Medical Association, Ohio Hospital Association, Ohio Nurses Association, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics, Catholic Conference of Ohio, and more.

“Just as we have always done, Ohio Right to Life continues to seek ways to protect human beings across the whole spectrum of life,” said Gonidakis. “A whole host of medical associations are opposing the broad legalization of recreational marijuana for a reason: Marijuana simply isn’t risk free. It poses serious consequences for innocent human beings who are completely vulnerable to harmful choices. The Ohio Right to Life Society urges Ohio voters to consider these babies’ innocence and their complete vulnerability and vote ‘no’ on Issue 3 this fall.”

Founded in 1967, Ohio Right to Life, with more than 45 chapters and local affiliates, is Ohio’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. Recognized as the flagship of the pro-life movement in Ohio, ORTL works through legislation and education to promote and defend innocent human life from conception to natural death. 

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Check out Marjorie in TIME & see pictures from the Senate

Posted on September 24, 2015 | Leave a comment
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Yesterday’s U.S. Senate vote on the Pain-Capable Child Protection Act was a milestone in the fight to protect life.

It was also the culmination of years of work by Susan B. Anthony List and our allies. Marjorie led a press conference yesterday morning before the vote with many of these allies in addition to the bill sponsor, Senator Lindsey Graham -check out the great picture below.
Later this week, we’ll give you an opportunity to contact your Senators about this important vote. It was the first time the Senate has voted on a bill to protect an entire class of children. It is not perfect legislation, but it does challenge a major premise of Roe v. Wade.
While we did not get the 60 votes needed to override a Democrat-led filibuster, we secured a majority –54 – votes, including three democrats who chose pro-life principle over party.  
This means that a majority of the House and Senate have both voted in favor of ending late-term abortions. This is what progress looks like!
Here’s another example of progress. Yesterday, Marjorie introduced Micah Pickering, a happy, healthy 3 year old, to Senators just before they went onto the Senate floor to vote. Micah, who was born at 20 weeks fetal age, is the face of the 18,000 lives who could be saved by the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. He was the same boy at 22 weeks that he is now, just older.

Senator Joni Ernst (IA) meets with Micah Pickering and his family.
Along with neonatologists, his parents Danielle and Clayton fought for his life. You and I must keep fighting for the lives of his peers!
The fight is certainly not over. Your SBA List is working hard to keep this common sense, compassionate legislation a defining issue of the 2016 campaign and looks forward to electing a pro-life president who could sign this bill into law. We are also working as Congress advances several other pro-life bills and addresses the issue of taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider.
Marjorie wrote an op-ed this week for TIME magazine I thought you’d like to read on this issue. The piece is entitled: “Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Need More Money—Babies Need Rights.”
You can read the TIME op-ed linked here.
Please let me know what you think and please continue to stand with us in this fight to protect the most vulnerable among us!
Thank you,

Emily Buchanan
Executive Vice President,
Susan B. Anthony List

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Senate Vote on Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act “Not a Defeat, but a Stepping Stone towards Victory”

Posted on September 24, 2015 | Leave a comment

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September 23, 2015   Legislation

Senate vote on Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act “not a defeat, but a stepping stone towards victory”By Dave Andrusko

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

Yesterday 42 United States senators—40 Democrats and two Republicans—voted against advancing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. At his snarky best, Senator Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) dismissed the attempt to make the Senate actually vote on H.R. 36 as a “show vote designed to honor the political wish lists of extremists.” Let’s consider for a moment what actually happened yesterday and what it may portend.

First, while 54 senators (51 Republicans and three Democrats) voted to take the bill up for debate, 60 votes were required. That’s the way the Senate now works on “controversial” legislation.

What was it that we “extremists” wanted the Senate to vote on? What “extreme” legislation did H.R. 36 represent?

Here’s how Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the chief Senate sponsor of the legislation, characterized the Senate’s action (or inaction) in a statement issued Tuesday:

“America is at her best when she’s standing up for the least among us,” said Graham. “Even though we were not successful, this votes marks an important milestone when it comes to protecting the unborn. We took the first vote in the Senate and were able to see where every Senator stands. Today, the battle begins working to bring more supporters to our cause.

“There are only seven countries that allow wholesale abortions at the 20-week period including China and North Korea,” said Graham. “We should no longer be part of that club.”

At the age of 20 weeks or five months post-fertilization, scientific evidence tells us an unborn child can feel pain. Pain medication is administered directly to the unborn child in second-trimester fetal surgery, in addition to anesthesia. The unborn child shows physical, chemical, brain and stress responses demonstrating pain at this stage of development.

The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is based on science, has overwhelming public support, and is necessary to protect unborn children from painful, and untimely deaths.

But when something that ought to have been moved along for a vote doesn’t, it’s easy to be disheartened. That is why Sen. Graham’s last paragraph is so important to remember:

“I view today’s vote as the start of a journey, much like the one we used to pass the Unborn Victims of Violence Act and the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban into law,” concluded Graham. “The sooner this legislation becomes law, the better. We are on the right side of history.”

Passing legislation that is supported by the American people will nonetheless always be tough sledding when pro-abortion members of Congress are extremists times ten on abortion. But it can be done, it has been done, and it will be done again.

Consider the very commonsensical parameters of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. It extends general protection to unborn children who are at least 20 weeks beyond fertilization (which is equivalent to 22 weeks of pregnancy — about the start of the sixth month).

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Honoring Aborted Children, Tuesday on the Gospel of Life

Posted on September 8, 2015 | Leave a comment

Priests for Life in the Media

September 7 – September 13, 2015
The Gospel of Life on Radio Maria

Airing: 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday, September 8 and rebroadcast at 2 a.m. Thursday, September 10 and midnight ET Monday, September 14 (11 p.m. CT Sunday). Go to radiomaria.us to listen online. 

The third annual National Day of Remembrance of Aborted Children will take place at the gravesites of aborted babies across the country. Guest Monica Miller will talk about her work to recover thousands of these bodies to give them the burial they deserve.

Ask questions by emailing us ahead of time at info@gospeloflife.com.

Shows are archived at PriestsForLife.org/RadioMaria and radiomaria.us/the-gospel-of-life.
Defending Life on EWTN

Brand new show!

Airing on EWTN TV: 2:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, September 9, and 11 p.m. ET Thursday, September 10 and on EWTN Radio Saturday, September 12 at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sunday, September 13 at 5 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET. You can also stream EWTN online by going to EWTN.com and clicking on the “television” tab.

If you want to meet a miracle, tune in to find out about the RU-486 reversal procedure that saved Gabriel Caicedo’s life after his mom, Andrea Minichini, changed her mind about abortion. The family Planned Parenthood tried to prevent is happy and thriving, thanks to prayer and progesterone.

For more information and details, go to DefendingLife.tv.
The Catholic View for Women on EWTN

Airing on EWTN TV: Wednesday, September 9 at 11:00 p.m and Friday, September 11 at 10:30 a.m. You can also stream EWTN online by going to EWTN.com and clicking on the “television” tab.

Although millions of women have been hurt by the sexual revolution, the entertainment industry has reaped billions in profit. Those who are survivors or victims of the hookup culture can find help from the Ruth Institute, whose founder, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, is this week’s guest.

Go to TheCatholicViewforWomen.com for more information.
Gospel of Life TV on NRB and SkyAngel

Airing on National Religious Broadcasters network (NRB), Wednesday, September 9 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The NRB Network is on DIRECTV, channel 378. Gospel of Life is archived on the NRB Network Roku channel for seven days from the original air date. 

Also airing on SkyAngel 2 on Friday, September 11 at 6 a.m. ET. 

This Week on NRB:  Killed in Darkness, Remembered in Light

This Week’s Topic on SkyAngel: Forgiven and Set Free
See additional radio and TV appearances of our team, and other programming details, on the online media schedule, and please spread the word!

And remember, there are many ways we can stay connected on social media, and to get an idea, visit PriestsForLife.org/SocialMedia. Along with Facebook and Twitter, you can connect with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Google Plus, Tumblr, Flickr and YouTube .

Please, remember to support our work at PriestsForLife.org/donate.

Do you know others who may be interested in our work? Please refer them to us!

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To contact us please email mail@priestsforlife.org

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