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.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Ending Abortion Webcast Event - Listen to the audio recordings of this event for free!
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
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
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Rockford Abortion Mill Attempt To Silence Pro-Lifers Backfires...! Abortion mill landlord responds to local D.J.'s pro-life message with a chainsaw!
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
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
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The so-called DISCLOSE ACT, an attack on free speech and the right to know what our Congressmen stand for. .
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.
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.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Prayer for a certain yong woman
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
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
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Women Who Have Abortions Four Times More Likely to Abuse Drugs, Alcohol
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
Read the full article here:
http://www.lifenews.com/int1531.html
Friday, April 30, 2010
Daily Kos Article Says Number of Abortions is 'Too Low,' Doesn't Want Them Rare
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
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
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Baby Boy Survived Abortion, Lived Two Days After Doctors Left Him to Die
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
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
Monday, April 26, 2010
Pro-Life events, upcomming
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
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
Monday, April 19, 2010
New safety label for birth control pills - Bayer to include blood clot risks on Yaz and Yasmin packages
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
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
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