Join the IGNITE & EQUIP Conference Oct. 13 in Lansing, Michigan

from Mark Harrington
Created Equal

Columbus, OH – September 25, 2018 – On Saturday, October 13th, Protect Life Michigan will host the 2018 Ignite & Equip Conference. Hundreds of students will gather together to learn how to be a better pro-life advocate from some of the best speakers in the nation.
Students will be trained understand the pro-life position and defend the preborn. Every minute of the conference is tailored to the needs and interests of students. The conference includes fully interactive trainings, free resources, and opportunities to learn from some of the nation's best pro-life leaders. This is an event you won’t want to miss!

This year's theme is "Courage. Compassion. Commitment."

What: Protect Life Michigan's Ignite & Equip ConferenceDate: Saturday, October 13th, 2018Time: 10AM to 4PM
Location: South Church, 5250 Cornerstone Drive, Lansing, MI. (map)

Preborn children deserve our very best efforts to protect them. 

Quotes from Students Who've Attended IGNITE & EQUIP:

"The IGNITE & EQUIP Conference was empowering. I feel more confident in sharing my views." 

"It was an amazing day! It was so great to meet other people who are passionate about saving lives and be reminded that our work is not in vain." 

"The speakers were so inspiring, and it was awesome to connect with organizations and students from all over the state."

Featured workshop sessions include:

• "Sacrificial Dedication: The Legacy of a Human Rights Defender" with Seth Drayer, Created Equal.

• "Courageous Love: Sharing the Pro-Life message when the Stakes are High" with Kate Bryan, Pro-Life Advocate.

• "The Social Injustice of Abortion" with Ryan Bomberger, Radiance Foundation

For more information about this conference, please use this link.

Created Equal exists to establish the concept of human equality and expose the lethal injustice of abortion. Our projects include campus outreach, urban outreach, sidewalk counseling, Justice Rides, Operation Overpass, Project Weak Link, and others.

We will continue this work until the day abortion is abolished, but we need your help. Please consider donating to this mission.  Use this link to help Created Equal with their work.

Philly Pro-Lifers Kick Off 40 Days with Candlelight Vigil

All gather outside of Planned Parenthood

70 Pro-Lifers from all walks of life came out to the kick off 40 Days Rally in  Center City Philadelphia.

Anna Sanchez, the great grand-daughter of John Stanton, opened the speaking lineup.

"The baby is a creation". Anna declares.  "Abortion is the genocide of our time. I will fight for every unborn."

Dr. Monique Ruberu took time to thank everyone for coming out. She went on to encourage everyone to come out, pray, fast, and educate tehir friends and family about the lies told by Planned Parenthood.

"God has created each of us for a purpose." Ruberu proclaims.

Kate D'Adamo of Generation Life spoke on the amazing presence of many people standing up for life.

"We have the truth about what is happening at Planned Parenthood on our side. We know someone that has been affected by abortion."

Sharing a story about an encounter she had on a abortion minded woman, Kate pointed out that our loving presence is important.

Joe, Glenna, and Kate from Generation Life standing in
solidarity with pro-lifers outside of Planned Parenthood

"He calls us to be present and a light in the darkness around us. Be here and ask others to do the same."

Voices for Life is an e-publication dedicated to informing and educating the public on pro-life and pro-family issues. To read our Mission Statement, use this link.  Follow us on Facebook, Google, and Pinterest.  Help us spread the pro-life message by sharing our articles on your favorite social networks.

Pregnant, need help or know someone who does?  

National Hotline: Call 1-800-712-HELP or Text 'HELPLINE' to 313131.
In Southeast Penna:  Call the Community Women's Center at  215-826-8090

If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, confidential non-judgmental help is available.  Call Project Rachel's national toll-free number 888-456-HOPE (4673) or visit hopeafterabortion.org.  

English Seminarian Helps Save Baby at 40 Days for Life Vigil, Then Gets to Meet Her

“Please pray for me, that I may be a holy and courageous priest.”

By Dorothy Cummings McLean

Life Site News

An English Catholic seminarian helped to save a baby at a 40 Days for Life vigil and then got to meet her.

Deacon David Donaghue, in his final year of studies, told LifeSiteNews via email that seminarians from Oscott College regularly take part in 40 Days for Life outside the Marie Stopes Clinic in Birmingham.

“We offer leaflets to men and women who enter the clinic,” he explained. “We fully respect those who decline, but many women and men do wish to talk.”

At last October’s 40 Days for Life, Donaghue approached a man outside Marie Stopes and began a conversation.

“His wife was inside the clinic organising an abortion,” the seminarian recalled. “It turned out that they were poor and with other children in the house, they [felt they] had no choice. I was able to affirm him in his fatherhood and offer help. This is where others come in.”

Donaghue stated that it was thanks to the “commitment and generosity” of donors to an English pregnancy support group that the couple got the help they needed.

“Because of the commitment and generosity of donors to the Good Counsel Network, they were able to offer financial and emotional support,” he said. “We are not just pro-birth, but pro-life.”

Donaghue said the “real work” was done by the local 40 Days for Life campaign coordinator, “who is an amazing person.”

“She rallied round the family and got donations of household items for them,” he explained. “Eventually they kept their baby and are very happy they did.”

But the relationship did not end there.

“The campaign coordinator is still in touch with them and is currently helping them to get the children school uniforms,” Donaghue said. “The family are doing well.”

“I had the privilege of visiting them recently and meeting the baby who was saved from abortion and they were pleased to see me,” he continued. “I hope to stay in touch, and I pray that she will be all that God wants her to be.”

“Her life is precious.”

Life Site News continues here 

Ireland Will Force Catholic Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion

Catholic leaders already have said their agencies will not abort unborn babies or provide information that encourages women to have abortions.

By Micaiah Bilger
Life News

Pro-abortion leaders in Ireland are pushing hard for radical pro-abortion laws that would force even Catholic pregnancy centers to promote abortions.

Pro-abortion Health Minister Simon Harris said Thursday that crisis pregnancy centers will be forced to provide information about abortions beginning next year, Extra Ireland reports.

Ireland voted to repeal its Eighth Amendment in May, stripping away protections for unborn babies from the Irish Constitution. Now, government leaders are pushing radical pro-abortion legislation that would legalize abortion for any reason up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and up to six months in a wide variety of circumstances. It would force taxpayers to pay for abortions and force Catholic hospitals to provide them.

On Thursday, the country’s Cabinet approved Harris’s bill, according to the report. It now moves to the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature, for debate.

Harris said every pregnancy center that receives taxpayer funding will be required to provide its clients with information about where they can get abortions; there will be no religious or moral exemptions.

“I believe that crisis pregnancy agencies, regardless of who owns them or who runs them, if they’re funded by the taxpayer, should make all of the information available to women,” he said.

“I don’t think that’s a very radical concept to have. Trust women, trust women to make their own decisions. We should inform women of their options and let women make their decisions,” Harris continued.

He also urged the legislature to pass the bill quickly so that abortion will be legal by January 2019.

Previously, Harris said Catholic hospitals will be forced to abort unborn babies, and doctors will be required to do abortions or refer patients to someone who does.

Under his plan, abortions will be paid for with taxpayer dollars – a cost of about €5 million (about $5.8 million) per year, according to the Irish Times.

Life News continues here

Post-Abortive Woman Called Counseling in Clinic “A Joke”

"I feel that if someone would’ve taken the time to talk to me, if only for a moment or two, I would’ve been able to make a more responsible decision." 

By Sarah Terzo
National Right to Life

A woman named Meredith, who took the abortion pill, says that the “counseling” she received was a joke:

“That was really a joke. We didn’t talk about planning. And I certainly wouldn’t call our conversation counseling. It was just an opportunity for the clinic to take care of a few technicalities – like signing a liability release form and an insurance waiver." 

"I feel that if someone would’ve taken the time to talk to me, if only for a moment or two, I would’ve been able to make a more responsible decision. As it was, I was on an emotional runaway train, and the clinic staff merely added fuel to the fire.”

George Grant, The Quick and the Dead: RU-486 and the New Chemical Warfare against Your Family(Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1991), p. 24.

Editor’s note. This appeared at ClinicQuotes and is reposted with permission.

Website: National Right to Life

Voices for Life is an e-publication dedicated to informing and educating the public on pro-life and pro-family issues. To read our Mission Statement, use this link.  Follow us on Facebook, Google, and Pinterest.  Help us spread the pro-life message by sharing our articles on your favorite social networks.

Pregnant, need help or know someone who does? 

National Hotline: Call 1-800-712-HELP or Text 'HELPLINE' to 313131.
In Southeast Penna:  Call the Community Women's Center at  215-826-8090

If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, confidential non-judgmental help is available.  
Call Project Rachel's national toll-free number 888-456-HOPE (4673) or visit hopeafterabortion.org.  

Employee With Down Syndrome Makes History at Boston Children’s Hospital

By Cassy Fiano Chesser
Live Action News

Nathan Simons was originally a patient in the Down syndrome program at Boston Children’s Hospital, but now, he’s an employee, working as a patient liaison. The hospital celebrated his six year anniversary as an employee this week, where he originally started working just eight hours a week. 

But as his supervisors noted his enthusiastic work ethic and the positive effect he had on patients, his hours increased until he became the first full-time employee with Down syndrome in the hospital’s history.

“I just love it! I love the people who come here and give good feedback,” Simons said of his job. “It’s amazing and my parents are like, ‘Yes, Nathan you finally got a full time job! Thank you, Lord!’” 

And while Simons and his family are thrilled about his job, his supervisors seem to be even more excited. 

“He comes to work each day with enthusiasm and provides inspiration and optimism for families with Down syndrome and they look at Nate and see what is possible,” said Dr. Nicole Baumer.

Simons helps new patients and their families, and also helps tackle administrative tasks and paperwork. Originally, the position was meant to be a temporary, two-year position. But hospital administrators were so impressed with Simons that they kept him on, and instead, created a new apprenticeship program for other adults with Down syndrome, and Simons trains and mentors them as they go through the two-year program.

His presence has also been inspirational to the families who come to the program for help. 

“They look up to me because I’m a good role model to them,” he said of children with Down syndrome. “They see me, being independent and living on my own.” 

Baumer agreed. “For families who don’t know a lot about what the future will bring for their children, he shows an example of what things can be like,” she said.

“I just feel proud, very proud, of my job,” he said. “I’m so happy to be here.” His next goal? Marriage to his girlfriend, Logan.

Live Action News continues here 

Abortion Activists Campaign for Twitter to Censor Pro-Life Accounts

By Micaiah Bilger
Life News

A pro-abortion advocacy group is urging Twitter to censor pro-lifers, including prominent pro-life female leaders who are dedicated to exposing the horrific truth of the abortion industry.

Reproaction, a pro-abortion activist group, recently launched a petition calling on the social media site to censor pro-life content, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

Specifically, the pro-abortion group attacked a situation involving leading pro-life Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. In 2017, Blackburn, who is running for U.S. Senate, tried to run an ad on Twitter about her leadership in the investigation of Planned Parenthood and its baby body parts harvesting practices. Twitter blocked the ad because of Blackburn’s use of the term “baby body parts,” but public outcry prompted the site to reverse its decision.

“Stop bending to the will of anti-abortion leaders who seek to spread lies and misinformation,” the Reproaction petition reads. “Stop the spread of pro-life lies.”

According to the report:

The controversy led a Twitter official to apologize to Blackburn during a July House Judiciary Committee hearing on social media bias.

Reproaction said the company was wrong to apologize to the Republican congresswoman. It wants social media sites to apply the ban on Blackburn to other pro-life arguments and activists. Ads like Blackburn’s should be purged from Twitter as “dangerous rhetoric” prohibited under the site’s ban on “ads making misleading or deceptive claims,” according to Reproaction.

… Reproaction did not return requests for comment about the petition and how many supporters it had received. The group paid Twitter to promote a Tweet advertising the campaign.

The pro-abortion group, whose mission includes “increasing abortion access,” claims pro-life groups “outright lie about abortion” in their Twitter ads. It claims the social media site’s decision to reinstate Blackburn’s ad violates its policy against “misleading or deceptive claims.”

The petition isn’t surprising. For decades, abortion activists have been trying to censor and silence pro-life advocates in myriad ways. From buffer zones and social media campaigns to blame games and threats, vandalism and other violence, pro-abortion groups and individuals have been trying to keep pro-lifers from speaking the truth about unborn babies and the violence of abortion.

Website: Life News

Pro-life Community Pleased Indiana Will Appeal “Dignity for the Unborn” Law to Supreme Court

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill

By Los Angeles Times
Christian Post

The Los Angeles Times has reported that the State of Indiana plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the 2016 Dignity for the Unborn Law. The law prohibits abortions for the sole reasons of the child’s race, sex, national origin or a potential disability, like Down syndrome.

The 2016 Dignity for the Unborn Law, signed by then-Governor Mike Pence, was blocked by a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

“Indiana last week told the high court that the state plans to appeal the lower court’s decision while asking for additional time to file its petition,” according to Jennifer Haberkorn.

Judge Tonya Walton Pratt

The Dignity for the Unborn Law deals with more than just discriminatory abortions. The law prohibits abortion businesses from treating the remains of unborn child as common medical waste. It also contains a provision that gives a woman seeking an abortion the opportunity to view an ultrasound of her unborn child at least 18 hours prior to an abortion. These portions of the law were also blocked by lawsuits brought by PPINK and the ACLU. The law was first struck by U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.

“On behalf of unborn children and women, we extend our thanks to Attorney General Curtis Hill and the State of Indiana for bringing the Dignity for the Unborn Law all the way to the Supreme Court,” said Mike Fichter, President and CEO of Indiana Right to Life. 

“We urge the Supreme Court to take up this case. We cannot fathom that the high court will agree with Planned Parenthood’s arguments that it is constitutional to target unborn children for abortion because of their sex, race or a Down syndrome diagnosis.”

Website:National Right to Life

Voices for Life is an e-publication dedicated to informing and educating the public on pro-life and pro-family issues. To read our Mission Statement, use this link.  Follow us on Facebook, Google, and Pinterest.  Help us spread the pro-life message by sharing our articles on your favorite social networks.

Pregnant, need help or know someone who does?  

National Hotline: Call 1-800-712-HELP or Text 'HELPLINE' to 313131.
In Southeast Penna:  Call the Community Women's Center at  215-826-8090

If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, confidential non-judgmental help is available.  Call Project Rachel's national toll-free number 888-456-HOPE (4673) or visit hopeafterabortion.org.  

Canada Laying Groundwork for Child Euthanasia

By Michael Cook
National Right to Life

Euthanasia, or “medical aid in dying”, was authorised by Canada’s Supreme Court in June 2016. It was a controversial decision and the controversy is far from over. Three issues were left hanging: euthanasia for “mature minors”, euthanasia for people with mental illness, and advance directives for euthanasia. The government asked the Council of Canadian Academies to produce a report on these issues by December this year.

Euthanasia for mature minors is a particularly sticky issue. In the Journal of Medical Ethics, several Canadian paediatricians and bioethicists construct an argument supporting it.

First of all, they frame euthanasia (MAID) a part of a continuum of palliative care.

it is wrong to force a person to live in circumstances of unendurable and irremediable suffering and … the wishes of capable patients should be respected within legal limits, especially in such an intimate matter as how they choose to die. Persons, in other words, have a right to life, not a duty to live …

If MAID is essentially a normal medical procedure, it follows that there is no need for “special procedures for managing communication, confidentiality and capacity assessment”.

One consequence of this is that doctors should be proactive in suggesting euthanasia to children for they have an obligation to inform patients of their healthcare options.

What about a young person’s capacity for consent? In Ontario, “young people can be and are found capable of making their own medical decisions, even when those decisions may result in their death”. This is not universally accepted in Canada, so it may be necessary to tweak the law.

How about the role of parents? What if a young person requests MAID but their parents object? The authors argue that if a young person is capable of making their own medical decisions, there is no reason why parents have to be informed. “If we regard MAID as practically and ethically equivalent to other medical decisions that result in the end of life, then confidentiality regarding MAID should be managed in this same way.”

How should hospitals manage their public relations? Permitting child euthanasia is sure to be extremely controversial so they need to reduce the social stigma. The authors propose HIV/AIDS as a model:

If we take the HIV model as our strategy for publicly messaging MAID, we would proceed by providing MAID in a matter-of-fact way that may, over time, reduce the social burden both on patients seeking this procedure and clinicians providing it.

Editor’s note. This appeared at BioEdge and is reposted with permission.

Website: National Right to Life

‘God’s Not Dead’ Writers Making Movie About Planned Parenthood Director Turned Pro-Life Activist

By Amanda Read Sheik
Live Action News

Eight years ago, former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson released a book telling the story of her transformation from abortion advocate to pro-life advocate. Now for the first time, Johnson’s conversion is being told in a narrative film, Unplanned, that will hit theaters in March 2019.

A still from Unplanned, featuring a poignant scene between

Marilissa Carney (Emma Elle Roberts), Shawn Carney (Jared Lotz),

Karen Herzog (Stacey Bradshaw), and Abby Johnson (Ashley Bratcher).

The $6 million budget drama was written and directed by God’s Not Dead writer-directors Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon, and filmed under the working title Redeemed. Bolstering the creative muscle are producers Daryl Lefever and Joe Knopp, whose latest release, I Can Only Imagine, has grossed more than $83 million on a $7 million budget.

Live Action’s founder and president Lila Rose also makes an appearance in the film as a reporter.

READ: Abby Johnson explains why women don’t need Planned Parenthood for healthcare

Unplanned was shot secretly in Oklahoma over the summer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In an interview with The Stream, Solomon explained that the “strict embargo” on everyone involved in the production was due to protecting the set from possible harassment, “[b]ecause it would be very difficult to film if people were trying to burn down the warehouse while we’re in it. Or if protestors show up to scream and throw stones.”

Ashley Bratcher (90 Minutes in Heaven, War Room), who plays Johnson in the film, doesn’t shy away from the risk of controversy among her friends of varying opinions in the film industry. “This is a chance to open up the conversation to my pro-choice friends,” she told The Stream. “Here is one woman’s real-life story. Let’s talk about it.”

Abby Johnson, Former
Planned Parenthood Director  

Konzelman told THR that “no matter which side you come down on, there’s a big chunk of this movie that will make you uncomfortable, because Abby has been pro-choice and pro-life.” Solomon echoed the painfully objective nature of the subject, adding, “it’s not an attack movie, it’s about right and wrong. We just try to tell Abby’s story, and it’s an interesting journey.”

A catalytic character in Johnson’s life, Coalition for Life volunteer Karen – a role blending the influence of both Karen Herzog and Heather Gardner – is portrayed by Stacey Bradshaw (Touched By Grace, Wanted). “My heart overflows as I sit here thinking about my time on this film set,” Bradshaw writes on her blog. “God’s hand was on this project from start to finish, and I can’t wait to see what he’s going to do with it!”

READ: Former abortion worker Abby Johnson explains Planned Parenthood’s true intentions

Herzog now works for Johnson’s organization And Then There Were None, which aids abortion clinic workers in their own quests to leave the abortion industry.

Live Action News continues here

Abandoned Newborn Baby Found Hanging From Bag on Fence Next to Garbage

“The baby is very fortunate that he was found, because the trash collector was about to put the bag in the truck."

By Micaiah Bilger
Life News

A Philippine community was left in shock Monday when a trash collector found a newborn baby in a garbage bag hanging from a fence.

The Daily Mail reports the baby boy is doing well in the hospital now, and several families have offered to adopt him. Meanwhile, local authorities said they are looking for his mother who is believed to be a teenager.

On Monday morning, a trash collector heard the baby’s faint cries while collecting garbage in Lapu-Lapu City in the Philippines, according to the report. The man said he almost threw the bag away when he heard the baby inside.

He and others who stopped tried to care for the baby until paramedics arrived, the report states. They said the newborn was barely conscious when they found him.

The baby was taken to Lapu-Lapu District Hospital in an ambulance. Authorities said they also found a high school uniform with blood stains in the bag, and suspect it was the baby’s mother’s.

“At first we did not know whether the baby is alive or dead. We did not know what to do, then someone suggested to call an ambulance,” said Rheene Lee, one of the people who stopped to help. “The baby is very fortunate that he was found, because the trash collector was about to put the bag in the truck."

“I hope now that the boy will be taken care of,” Lee continued. “But I also feel sorry for the mother. The school uniform was that of a teenager and she will need help.”

A spokesperson for the hospital said the baby is doing well, and several people already have expressed an interest in adopting him.

Many countries have services in place to protect babies from infanticide and help new mothers who are struggling. In America, all 50 states have safe haven laws to protect babies from abandonment and infanticide. Safe haven laws allow mothers in crisis to leave their newborns in a safe environment, such as a hospital or fire station, without questions or repercussions, as long as there are no signs of abuse.

If you or someone you know would like more information about relinquishing a newborn child, please call 1-866-99BABY1 or go to www.SafeHavenLaw.com.

Website: Life News

Voices for Life is an e-publication dedicated to informing and educating the public on pro-life and pro-family issues. To read our Mission Statement, use this link.  Follow us on Facebook, Google, and Pinterest.  Help us spread the pro-life message by sharing our articles on your favorite social networks.

Pregnant, need help or know someone who does?
  

National Hotline: Call 1-800-712-HELP or Text 'HELPLINE' to 313131.
In Southeast Penna:  Call the Community Women's Center at  215-826-8090

If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, confidential non-judgmental help is available.  Call Project Rachel's national toll-free number 888-456-HOPE (4673) or visit hopeafterabortion.org.  

DAY 1 OF THE 40 DAYS FOR LIFE PRAYER VIGIL, AND ALREADY ONE ABORTION WORKER HAS QUIT!

"PRAISE GOD. Our prayers are having an effect!" 

 

By Shawn Carney, 40 Days for Life
Breaking Christian News

40 Days for Life starts TODAY in a record 415 cities, and we already have our first report of an abortion worker converting and leaving her job! (More on this in a moment.) (Photo: via 40DaysforLife.com)

But first, a mother in your community might be scheduling an abortion as you read this message. Thankfully, you're not helpless.

We can pray, we can fast, and we can stand vigil. Find the closest vigil location at https://40daysforlife.com/browse-campaigns/

Former abortion workers report that when there is someone praying in front of an abortion facility, the "no-show" rate for abortion appointments can go to as high as 75 percent!

It's always easy to make an excuse not to go out and pray at your local vigil. We counted down the five worst excuses to not pray at your local 40 Days for Life vigil on this episode of the 40 Days for Life Podcast.

Former Abortion Worker #178

Volunteers at one 40 Days for Life location didn't make any excuses to stay home from their local vigil. In fact, they decided to hit the sidewalk a week and a half before the campaign began.

Their efforts paid off.

"Found out this past Saturday that an abortion worker just quit!" said Andrea, who participates in a 40 Days for Life campaign in the eastern United States. (We don't reveal the locations of workers who leave their jobs to protect them from reprisals from their former employers.)

That makes 178 abortion workers to leave their jobs since the first nationally coordinated 40 Days for Life campaign launched in 2007.

"PRAISE GOD," Andrea continued. "Our prayers are having an effect!"

Website: Breaking Christian News continues here

If You’re Sick of the Left’s Attacks on Brett Kavanaugh Get Out and Vote This November

"Understand that our goal as Christians should always be pursuing the truth." 

By Tony Perkins
Life News

Appearing at the Values Voter Summit over the weekend, Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reassured conservatives, telling them not to “get rattled” by the Left’s attempts to derail the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh because Senate Republicans “are going to plow right through it and do [their] jobs!”

If Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) was genuinely concerned about justice, the Senate would have known about the allegations of Christine Blasey Ford when Judge Kavanaugh appeared before the Senate. Instead, Feinstein sat on the allegations for six or seven weeks until the eleventh hour in what appears as a last ditch effort to stop the confirmation.

Understand that our goal as Christians should always be pursuing the truth. That pursuit requires that we be prudent and discerning. Right now, prudence tells us that the real issue here isn’t a search for truth, but a railroading of Judge Kavanaugh because of the constitutionalism he stands for. 

Discernment dictates that we be appropriately skeptical of these new claims made by an accuser in an article in the ultra-left New Yorker. It’s very relevant that the New York Times passed on this latest allegation when it was shopped to them, saying they couldn’t find anyone to corroborate the accuser’s story.

Was it out of concern for the truth that Senator Feinstein sat on information about the allegations against Judge Kavanaugh for weeks before releasing it? Is it out of concern for the truth that a preponderance of “mainstream” media is openly pushing information in support of a narrative designed to derail this confirmation?

At a time like this, prudence helps us see that the truth is that a political railroading operation is fully underway. Are the interests of Christine Ford and other accusers being attended to? Or are the accusers being used by political actors who only care about stopping Judge Kavanaugh? 

It is beyond apparent that Senate Democrats and their enablers are most interested — not in the truth — but in a deliberate campaign to derail this confirmation with the hopes that they can continue to use the Court to impose policies on Americans like abortion on demand, the redefinition of marriage, open borders and the list goes on — all policies which the American people have rejected.

McConnell took to the Senate floor today making clear that this latest character assassination attempt would not succeed, “…I want to make it perfectly clear — Judge Kavanaugh will be voted on here on the Senate floor.”

Life News continues here

Escape

by Judy Alciatore

This poem is based on actual events...it was requested by the woman who adopted the young girl in the poem...how does one write a poem about such heinous deeds, but as usual, God answered my prayer...as soon as the prayer ended, there were the words:

ESCAPE

LOST AND FORLORN IN A COLD, DARK PLACE

WHERE IN THIS WORLD CAN I GO

BRUISES ABOUND ON MY BODY AND FACE

THE BABY IS STARTING TO SHOW

WHERE CAN I RUN TO, WHO WILL BE THERE

HOW CAN I FIND A WAY OUT

FORCED TO ABORT THE FIRST CHILD THAT WE SHARED

WHAT IS THIS MAN ALL ABOUT

USED AND ABUSED, BY ONE AND BY ALL

NEVER A MOMENT OF LOVE

HELD AS A CAPTIVE, A SLAVE IN HIS THRALL

I CALL UPON HEAVEN ABOVE

SEND ME A SAVIOR, I CRY OUT TO THEE

DEAR LORD IN HEAVEN, I PRAY

I LOOK IN A MIRROR, WHAT DO I SEE

A CHILD WHO HAS SO LOST HER WAY

ANOTHER ABORTION, A CHILD TO BE LOST

MY HEART IS SO BROKEN IN TWO

I MUST GET AWAY, NO MATTER THE COST

I TURN, LORD, AND REACH OUT TO YOU

YOU’VE SENT ME AN ANGEL, A WOMAN IN WHITE

I FOLLOW HER OUT THROUGH A DOOR

TO SAFETY AND REFUGE, NO LONGER IN FLIGHT

BUT, LORD, YOU HAVE SENT ME MUCH MORE

A FAMILY TO LOVE ME, A FAMILY TO CARE

A HOME THAT IS TRULY MY OWN

NOW LOVED AND PROTECTED, I’M SO HAPPY THERE

A WONDER I NEVER HAVE KNOWN

I THANK YOU, MY JESUS, MY LORD, AND MY ALL

I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE

ON YOUR PRECIOUS NAME, I HAD BUT TO CALL

MY SAVIOR, MY JESUS, GOD’S SON

THANK YOU, LORD

Please Call Your Local Theater and ask Them to Show Gosnell When it Opens on October 12th

Marjorie Dannenfelser, President
Susan B. Anthony List

My friend Ann Mcelhinney, one of the filmmakers behind the Gosnell movie, asked me to pass on an urgent message to you:

 

She’s asking that all pro-life Americans  call their local AMC, Cinemark or Regal theaters and ask them to show Gosnell when it opens on October 12th.

It’s a simple request – but one that will make a huge difference. Theater chains really pay attention if enough people phone and demand a movie and they open up screens.

(If you haven’t already, you can watch the trailer below or on YouTube using this link. 

Here’s the note Ann sent me this morning:

Marjorie – At the moment we are fighting to get the film into theaters. Right now we have about 180 locations booked and you can find them here. We plan to have it in 600-700 theaters so that most people in the US will be close to a cinema showing Gosnell on opening weekend.
However theater chains need to be persuaded to show Gosnell. They need to see the demand for the movie at a local level and to be convinced that the theater will be full on the opening night.
Can you please pass on my message to SBA List activists and ask them to call their local theaters ASAP?

Remember, this is the one movie that Hollywood, Planned Parenthood, and pro-abortion legislators do NOT want Americans to see. Especially ahead of the 2018 Midterm elections! They know that if Americans see for themselves the horrific truth of the abortion industry, that they will turn out in November to vote out pro-abortion politicians.

The pro-abortion establishment want this film to fail. Don’t let them succeed! Please call your local AMC, Cinemark or Regal theater right away.

 

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SBA List combines politics with policy, investing heavily in voter education to ensure that pro-life Americans know where their lawmakers stand on protecting the unborn, and in issue advocacy, advancing pro-life laws through direct lobbying and grassroots campaigns.

SBA List is a family of organizations, an arsenal designed not to hurt but to heal; not to shame but to shield. We invite you to stand tall with us in that arena, to encircle the vulnerable ones who need us, and to fight until they are safe and free. For more information, please use this link.

 

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Don't Miss this Must-See Movie

By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation 

You owe it to yourself to see the long-awaited movie "Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer," which is now in previews and will open nationwide October 12.

I was privileged to view an advanced screening of the film, and I can tell you it does not disappoint.

The film tells the true-life tale of abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who was ultimately convicted of killing three full-term babies and causing the death of female patient Karnamaya Mongar. This is no gruesome horror film. Instead, it is an edge-of-your-seat thriller with top-notch acting and a compelling script.

Its actors include Dean Cain, who played Superman in the television show "Lois & Clark." Cain offers a convincing portrayal of a detective who uncovers the unthinkable when exploring Gosnell's West Philadelphia "House of Horrors." Stage and screen veteran Earl Billings turns in a masterful performance as the title character whose unspeakable crimes shock the conscience.

The movie is incredibly moving--during the screening that I attended, a number of people in the audience were audibly crying. Viewing this film can also be quite motivating in strengthening one's own dedication to safeguarding the right to life.

You can watch the trailer for the film at www.gosnellmovie.com. And please be sure to share it with your friends and family members. It could very well change a heart--and save a life.

 

The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation is a grassroots right-to-life organization with members statewide. As the state affiliate of National Right to Life, PPLF is committed to promoting the dignity and value of human life from conception to natural death and to restoring legal protection for preborn children.  For more information on the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, please use this link.