Voices for Life : October 2018

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Planned Parenthood Lied to Congress, Doctored Aborted Baby Part Sales Records

"This would not be the first time Planned Parenthood has apparently doctored critical evidence about their own wrongdoing."

By Steven Ertelt
Life News

The man behind the viral videos that exposed the Planned Parenthood abortion business and its sales of body parts from aborted babies has new evidence that the abortion company lied to Congress and doctors records related to the sales. David Daleiden presented the information to a federal judge today through his attorneys as he fights in court to counter attempts by the abortion industry to prohibit the public release of more videos.

Today the Center for Medical Progress submitted evidence to a federal judge in Oakland that Planned Parenthood and their business partners may have doctored records about their revenues from the sale of aborted fetal body parts and lied to Congress about them.

The evidence suggests Planned Parenthood and a middle man bio company it used to sell aborted baby parts fudged invoices to hide the truth.

Daleiden told LifeNews today that CMP is asking the Court to force Planned Parenthood and their suspect business partners Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR) to produce the key original records from their baby body parts harvesting programs. CMP’s filing with the Court, based on sealed documents reflecting Planned Parenthood’s invoices for payment for aborted baby parts, notes that both ABR and Planned Parenthood produced what purported to be the same set of invoices, “but they produced different versions of the same invoice.”

He also indicated “the revenue totals and procurement totals” for fetal body parts “do not match” the totals that Planned Parenthood reported to Congressional investigations two years ago. The filing asks the Court “to verify that [Planned Parenthood] are not producing fabricated evidence.”

“The glaring discrepancies in Planned Parenthood’s alleged documentation of their baby body parts revenues call into question every statement Planned Parenthood has ever made in defense of their abortion harvesting programs,” Daleiden said.

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When You Vote, Remember How Democrats Even Opposed Protecting Babies Who Survive Abortions

By Father Frank Pavone
Life News

The following is excerpted from Father Pavone’s recent NewsMax column:

President Trump, in the stirring rallies he has been holding across the country to show voters the tremendous progress we have all made under Republican leadership and the dangers we face from the Democratic Party, has called this an election of common sense. And he names this as his reason for embracing the policies he has been advancing.

There appear to me five immediate ways that common sense would lead us to vote Republican in the midterms of 2018.

3. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.

This bedrock principle of our legal system, and of civilized society, was thrown out the window by the Senate Democrats and their allies during the recent Kavanaugh hearings. The lesson here for the midterms is that this was not an aberration, but rather has now become the modus operandi of Democratic opposition to the progress the Republicans are making in transforming the courts. I looked and listened in vain to hear a simple, straightforward answer from the opponents of Kavanaugh to the question, “Isn’t he to be presumed innocent until proven guilty?” but, sadly, their answers lacked the requisite simplicity and common sense.

4. You don’t give matches to an arsonist, and you don’t give political power to an angry mob.

This has been one of the president’s best quotes in his rallies, referring to the very disturbing behavior of Democrat-supported left wing groups who pounded and clawed at the doors of the Supreme Court recently, and, following the advice of Democratic members of Congress like Maxine Waters and Cory Booker, got in the face of Trump supporters and drove them out of restaurants. Neither should voters lose sight of the “logic” of Hillary Clinton. She recently declared that you cannot be civil with a political party that opposes what you stand for, and that civility will return only when the Democrats return to power.

This means either that what Republicans stand for doesn’t matter, and therefore can be destroyed by Democrats without any reaction, or it is an unintended compliment that Republicans and their allies know how to disagree peacefully, and use the processes America provides for making peaceful change rather than resorting to mob rule. In any case, commonsense dictates not to give matches to arsonists.

5. You don’t kill babies.

The arena of my own fulltime advocacy is that of calling for the protection of children in the first nine months of their existence. I never cease to be amazed at the blind spot that the Democratic Party has to the children in the womb. The fact that they are human is common sense. And the duty of any civilized society to protect its youngest children is self-evident.

If you analyze the roll call of the all the abortion-related votes in the current 115th Congress as well as in the 114th Congress, you will see that every one of them broke down along party lines. Whether it was about direct protection of the babies in the womb, or the financing of abortion, the Republicans always voted in favor of protecting these children and the Democrats always voted in favor of abortion.

The crossover votes in each case were either non-existent or could be counted on one hand. There was even a vote on whether to protect babies born alive after a failed abortion, and the Democrats opposed that too. To lack common sense on something as basic as the protection of children is the most disturbing point of all.

The president is right.

The midterms of 2018 really don’t require complex analysis of political trends or a highly nuanced understanding of the many issues confronting our nation and its leaders. It really is an election of common sense. And it is a moment to pray that common sense prevails.

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Midterm Candidates Should Be Asked About Gosnell, Late-Term Abortion

By Father Frank Pavone
Newsmax

Whatever a person’s position on the divisive issue of abortion, one would think and hope that at the very least, people can agree that babies who are born alive, and are completely separated from their mother’s body, should be protected by law.

Well, as it turns out, not even that protection is secure.

About 13,000 abortions a year in the United States occur at or beyond 21 weeks of pregnancy. Phone calls with legal abortion clinics that I have commissioned and that you can hear at ExposeAbortion.net show that abortions are being performed legally even at 32 weeks of pregnancy, on healthy mothers carrying healthy babies.

The further along in pregnancy an abortion occurs, the more difficult it is to tear the pieces of the body apart with the forceps. The methods used in late pregnancy, therefore, are essentially a stillbirth. The baby is killed and then delivered whole. It’s simpler for the abortionist and avoids the risk of the skull and bone fragments tearing the mother’s birth canal.

But the downside for the abortionists is the increased risk of what they call “the dreaded complication,” which is that the baby comes out alive.

What does a person who has been paid to kill the baby — under the moral fiction that as long as the killing takes place in the womb, it is OK — do when that baby comes out of the womb alive? Does the abortionist complete the job he/she was paid to do, or suddenly shift gears and save the life he or she was just trying to end? Unfortunately, it’s not as easy a question for them to answer as it should be.

In 2001, I helped nurse Jill Stanek tell her story of how, when working at Christ Hospital in Illinois, she held a baby for the last 45 minutes of his live after he was born alive following an abortion.

Currently, the case of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, sentenced to life in prison for murdering babies born alive in his abortion clinic, is getting renewed attention thanks to the film that was made about him. His staff testified as to how these aborted babies were crying, moving their arms, breathing, and swimming in the toilet and how Gosnell routinely cut their spinal cord with scissors. (Please see the movie!)

So clear is the evidence that this happens regularly that, both in state and federal law, “born alive infant protection” bills have been debated and passed in recent years. These bills would protect babies born alive after a failed abortion.

Barack Obama, when an Illinois state senator, actually voted “no” on such a bill.

When such a bill was being debated in Florida, a Planned Parenthood lobbyist named Alisa LaPolt Snow testified and was asked this question: "If a baby is born on a table as a result of a botched abortion, what would Planned Parenthood want to have happen to that child that is struggling for life?” She responded, "We believe that any decision that’s made should be left up to the woman, her family, and the physician.”

Wow. Can anyone say “conscience?”

In 2002, Congress passed a federal Born Alive bill and it was signed into law by President George W. Bush. But now Congress has had to revisit and try to strengthen that law, because it lacked adequate penalties.

In the Congress now concluding, the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act” (H.R. 4712) was introduced and passed by the House of Representatives. It mandates that any child born alive after a failed abortion be transported to a hospital.

Simple, right?

Well, it was passed by the House in January 2018 by a vote of 241-183. All Republicans voted for it. But only five Democrats voted for it; all the rest voted against it. (Those who voted for it were Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Jim Langevin of Rhode Island, Dan Lipinski of Illinois, and Collin Peterson of Minnesota.)

The Senate did not take action on it.

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Have You Ever Prayed for an Abortionist or Women Who Get Abortions?

"No problem in our society right now is more urgent in the heart of God than abortion."

By Father Frank Pavone
Life News

How do we “pray to end abortion?” There are very specific contours to this multi-faceted intention, and in this sixth and final part of this series, we continue to explore what they are.

Among those for whom we pray are the abortionist and his or her staff, the people actually carrying out the killing. These people are under terrible deceit and under terrible distress. They are so devastated themselves and conflicted and harmed and wounded by the acts of killing that they are carrying out. We have to pray that the light breaks through that darkness, that the truth breaks through that denial, and that they repent and cease their actions of killing. Pray for the abortionists.

And then we pray for those who are reaching out to that child. There are often sidewalk counselors. There are pregnancy centers working day and night to reach abortion-minded moms and dads before they even get to that abortion facility.

Praying for an end to abortion means praying for the entire pro-life effort: pregnancy centers, pro-life educational groups, and the wide variety of people in the movement who are advocating and trying to save these lives. Praying for an end to abortion means praying for all these people.

What it also means is praying for our lawmakers. Abortion happens not only because of despair in the heart of that mom and/or dad, or grandparents; it happens because of a fault in our legal system where just laws have been replaced by unjust laws, which are acts of violence. Saint John Paul II said this is the death of freedom. It’s only a caricature of democracy and legality. It is the introduction of a tyrant state where the weak are no longer protected from the strong. And the disintegration of the state, itself, has begun when abortion is permitted (see Evangelium Vitae n.20).

This, too, is what we pray against when we pray to end abortion. We pray against this disintegration of the state, this caricature of democracy, which comes when policies are put in place that permit the killing of these children in the womb. And who has to repent here? Who has to be changed? First of all, the lawmakers, themselves, that they recognize that the first purpose of law is the protection of rights over which they, themselves, do not have any authority.

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Abortion Patient Transported from Margaret Sanger Planned Parenthood with No Gurney Access

By Cheryl Sullenger
Operation Rescue

New York City, NY – Planned Parenthood’s flagship abortion facility, the Margaret Sanger Health Center, located in a brick multi-story building the heart of New York City, continues its pattern of injuring women so seriously during abortions that they require emergency transport to nearby hospitals.

Another medical emergency took place at the Margaret Sanger Planned Parenthood on Friday, October 26, 2018. Pro-life activists who were present that day photographed the incident as they were offering help to women and prayers to end abortion.

Continue reading to learn more!

Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation and has become a strong voice for the pro-life movement in America. Operation Rescue is now headquartered in a former abortion clinic that it bought and closed in 2006. From there, Operation Rescue launches its innovative new strategies across the nation, exposing and closing abortion clinics through peaceful, legal means. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to stop abortion and ultimately restore legal personhood to the pre-born in obedience to biblical mandates. For more information or to make a donation to help them with their work, please use this link.

"Ship of Fools" Shows the Sinking Rhetoric of the Pro-Abortion Movement

By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

In his latest book, Ship of Fools, cable TV host Tucker Carlson addresses some of the foolish claims of abortion industry backers. For instance, Carlson notes that “None is more rigid than the feminist orthodoxy surrounding abortion.”

He points out a telling example: In January of 2017, a group known as New Wave Feminists signed on as one of the sponsors of the Women’s March. The group seemed to meet the basic criteria: they were female and feminist. However, they also opposed abortion, so organizers of the march revoked their credentials. So much for diversity!

Carlson quotes abortion backer Roxane Gay who said, “Intersectional feminism does not include a pro-life agenda...The right to choose is a fundamental part of feminism.”

But Carlson deftly points out that early feminists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were actually pro-life. They called abortion “the murder of children” and “infanticide.”

Yet today a number of feminist groups deny the basic humanity of the preborn child. For instance, EverydayFeminism.com said “Abortion isn’t a bad thing, so we shouldn’t be talking about it like it is.” This statement is false on its face, since every abortion ends the life of an innocent, vulnerable human being.

Carlson points out a number of inconsistencies of the pro-abortion movement. For example, regarding sex selection abortions, Carlson writes, “If you believed your job was to defend women, you’d be bothered by that.”

The true defender of women is the pro-life movement, which empowers women every day to make life-affirming decisions for themselves and their families. The wise choice is the choice for 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.

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.

Monday, October 29, 2018

Forty Days for Life DAY 32: Planned Parenthood’s Price List

By Shawn Carney
40 Days for Life

What's the value of one human life? The answer from the Author of Life is simple: priceless.

But Planned Parenthood has a price tag–valuing a pre-born child’s life at as little as $400.

Recently, an abortion-bound mother changed her mind and left an Eastern Seaboard Planned Parenthood! As this expectant mother shared the good news with the local campaign leader praying in front of the building, she left a parting gift: Planned Parenthood’s price list.

Depending of the age and size of the child, the cost of an abortion at this Planned Parenthood runs as high as $1,600.

But the cost of abortion isn’t the only item of interest on the price sheet:

Planned Parenthood pays only $.25 for a pregnancy test…and sells that same test for at least $15. That’s a 6,000 percent markup!

Planned Parenthood charges $15 to $45 for “options information.” What are those options? In its most recent annual report, the abortion giant reports providing prenatal services and adoption referrals for fewer than 12,000 women…while performing more than 321,000 abortions. That means Planned Parenthood is charging women to listen to its abortion sales pitch.

If a woman chooses life, Planned Parenthood charges her up to $230 for the ultrasound.

The cost of STI testing at Planned Parenthood goes as high as $250.

Pregnancy testing, options counseling, ultrasound, and STI testing are all available at pregnancy help centers FREE of charge.

So why does Planned Parenthood need taxpayer funding?

Bloomington, Indiana

As he prayed in front of Planned Parenthood, Fr. Ignatius was approached by a belligerent atheist who angrily cursed at him for his pro-life witness.

But Bloomington leader Monica said Fr. Ignatius kept his composure, and–by the end of the encounter–the abortion supporter “was a whole new person!”

Not only did he calm down, but he also expressed openness to learning more about God. As he departed, the man accepted a holy medal and said he was willing to come back to discuss matters further with Fr. Ignatius.

Monica also reports one saved baby–and three more babies she suspects might have been saved from abortion!

“Something funny is going on at Planned Parenthood,” Monica said. “They appear to be down to around five or six employees. Normally, they are around eight or nine.”

Monica added that no abortions were performed all week. “They are closed some days when they should be open with no apparent rhyme or reason. Today, it doesn’t appear they are performing any services.”

Scripture and Prayer

"The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne." Revelation 12:4-5 3

O God, from generation to generation, you have called your people to be the very aroma of life amidst a culture of death. Now it is our turn. Prepare me. Send me. Use me. I am eager to do my part. Stir your people everywhere to take up this great work.

Where Do the Pennsylvania U. S. Senatorial Candidates Stand on Life Issues?

Please Note: The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation complied this information using candidate questionnaires, public statements, personal interviews or voting records.

There's always a reason to choose life

Pennsylvania Governor's Race Comparison Piece

from Maria V. Gallagher
Legislative/PAC Director
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

Above you'll find our new Governor’s Race Comparison piece.

Some analysts have called the November election the most important mid-term election of our lives. We thank you for doing all you can to ensure pro-life votes at the polls!

To Print PDF of the Comparison Piece, Click here.

Bloggers Note: Please share this post with all pro-life friends and family in Pennsylvania.

Most people do not know just how anti-life Gov Tom Wolf really is or the fact that he is a former 'escort' for Planned Parenthood.

According to the Pittsburgh NPR News Station (see story here), Planned Parenthood is pouring $2.5 million into Gov Wolf's campaign, and I personally have no doubt that the monies they receive from the Federal Government (our tax money) is being used to make sure their candidate wins this upcoming election.

Pro-Life Union of Greater Philadelphia Hosts Stand Up for Life Dinner on Nov 18th

The Pro-Life Union of Greater Philadelphia will hold their annual Stand Up for Life Dinner on Sunday, November 18th at the Hotel Sheraton Center City (17th & Race Streets), Philadelphia, PA 19103. Cocktails begin at 4:30 pm and dinner will be served at 5:30 pm.

This year’s keynote speaker is Sister Grace Dominic of the Sisters of Life. Sister Grace Dominic currently serves vulnerable pregnant women in Philadelphia, where the Sisters of Life have opened a new mission.

A graduate of Catholic University and Franciscan University of Steubenville, she worked as a journalist for five years before entering the Sisters of Life in 2008. Moved by the powerful witness of John Paul II while covering World Youth Day in Toronto, Sr. Grace Dominic first felt the invitation to give her heart completely to Jesus, a surprise unto herself.

Tickets are $75 per individual; $700 for a table of 10; and $50 for students. For more information or to reserve your ticket(s), contact Anne Hinnegan at ahinnegan@prolifeunion.org or 215-885-8150. To register on-line, please use this link.

The Pro-Life Union of Greater Philadelphia affirms the sanctity of life through leadership, service to those making the choice for life, and witness to a culture of love. For more information, please use this link.

Call to Action for Sidewalk Servants in Philadelphia

Pictured are Dr. Monique Ruberu
and Patrick Stanton

Dr. Monique Ruberu has successfully launched a Sidewalk Servant program since her involvement in the pro-life movement in Philadelphia. She saw it as a way to "continue being present in front of the abortion facilities in between 40 Day vigils". It has paid off as the numbers have decreased outside of the Center City Planned Parenthood. However, there are still more than 6,000 babies being slaughtered at the Philadelphia's Women Center in the Chinatown District.

Here's a message from Dr. Ruberu on why it matters:

Tonight I met the little baby girl of the mom I told all of you about. This was the mom that took the abortion pill, had that reversed because she saw a person holding an abortion pill reversal sign at 777 and then was on the verge of surgically aborting her child. But thanks be to God, we were able to talk her out of that too.

I went by and dropped off some clothes for her. She was just precious. Please keep this mom and baby in your prayers. We will be holding a "Welcome baby shower" for her on Dec 2nd afternoon if any of you would like to come and help support her.

Father Chris Walsh told me today that we must

BE BOLD
KNOW THAT GOD HAS THE POWER TO DO WHAT YOU NEED HIM TO DO
DON'T GIVE UP ASKING

So I just can't give up... I've got to BOLDLY keep asking God to send all of you and everyone else I meet to join us in this important mission. You see, if nobody was there at 777 the day the mom arrived there... If she didn't see the abortion pill reversal sign, I never would have met her.. and her child would not be here today.

I know He has a POWER that He wants to unleash through each one of you. I am not willing to go back to having long periods of empty sidewalks outside these abortion centers while babies lives are ended and moms are harmed inside. So please join us and ask everyone you know to join us as we cover these places with love and prayer.

So I am going to continue ASKING Him to move your hearts and convert all those considering abortion through your presence.

Please let me know which hour you would be willing to cover on a monthly basis outside the downtown Philadelphia Abortion centers: (12th is 12th and locust planned parenthood, 777 is 777 Appletree Street. Philadelphia Women's center at 8th and Appletree)

1st Monday of the month (11/5, 12/3, 12/31, 2/4,)
12th - 9,10,12,3,4
1st Tuesday of the month (11/6, 12/4, 1/1, 2/5,)
12th - 8,10,11,
777- 1,2
1st Wed of the month (11/7, 12/5, 1/2, 2/6)
12th - 11,12,1,2,3,4
777 - 8,9,10,11,12,1,2
1st Thursday of the month (11/8, 12/6, 1/3, 2/7)
12th - 8,9,11,12,1,2,3,4
777 - 8,9,10,11,12,1,2
1st Friday of the month (11/9, 12/7, 1/4, 2/8)
12th - 8,9,10,12,1,2,3,4
777 - 8,9,10,12,1,2
1st Saturday of the month (11/10, 12/8, 1/5, 2/9)
12th - 11,12,1,2
777 - 11,12,1,2

If you can't cover in the 1st week we can always start you in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th - just reach out I'll find you and everyone you send an hour.

God bless,
Monique

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.

Sunday, October 28, 2018

U.S. May Shut Down Postal Subsidies for Illegal Abortion Drugs from Overseas

By Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.
Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 26 (C-Fam) President Donald Trump recently announced the U.S. pull-out from a little-known UN agency that sets standards for international postal issues.

Besides the shipment of counterfeit products from China into the U.S., the issue included the U.S. subsidizing Chinese shipments of the deadly drug fentanyl into the hands of U.S. addicts.

In the same way, illegal abortion drugs may be making their way through the U.S. Postal Service into the U.S. Advocates have created a website called Aid Access offering abortion-causing drugs by mail to women in the U.S.

Similar operations have been working for years to ship abortion drugs to countries in which abortion is illegal or heavily restricted. As the drugs bound for the United States are sent from a supplier in India, the same type of postal subsidies that facilitate the import of fentanyl from China may be enabling the cheap import of misoprostol and mifepristone for abortions.

Continue reading C-Fam article here

C-Fam is a non-partisan, non-profit research institute dedicated to reestablishing a proper understanding of international law, protecting national sovereignty and the dignity of the human person. Use this link for more information.

Pro-Life Women’s Conference to be Held on Nov 10 in Austin, Texas

from John Pisciotta, Director
Pro-Life Waco

Abby Johnson, former abortion clinic manager, is delivering a free regional pro-life women’s conference in Austin on Nov 10. I encourage you to be a part of this, so we can be more effective in Waco. The national conferences of the last two years have been very successful. See the details below:

Women, children and families deserve better than abortion. Join us for a day of inspiring talks, fun activities and more ways to get plugged into our community! You can also learn more about the National Pro-life Women's Conference next June in New Orleans!

Saturday, November 10, 2018

9:00 - 3:00 pm

(doors open at 8:30 am for check-in)

Anderson Mill Baptist Church

10633 Lake Creek Parkway

Austin, TX 78750 View Map

Lunch will be provided (Registration Required).

Refrigeration available for those who would like to bring their own sack lunch.

GUEST SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Heather Gardner, Central Texas Coalition for Life
Lori DeVillez, Austin Pregnancy Resource Center
Debbie Juhlke, Embrace
Jennifer Almon, Texas Catholic Conference
Abby Johnson, And Then There Were None
Amanda Willie, First Baptist Florence, And Then There Were None

Use the link below for the free registration.

Pro-Life Waco is a local community-based organization with collaborative relationships with regional and national pro-life affiliations. Pro-Life Waco is committed to ending abortion, its damaging effects among women, and promoting chastity. For more information on Pro-Life Waco, please use this link.

‘Abortion is a Sin,’ According to Most Americans…Especially Millennials

By Anna Reynolds
Live Action News

According to a new research report, more than half of Americans believe “abortion is a sin.”

The finding is part of the 2018 State of American Theology Report, which surveyed 3,000 Americans on their religious beliefs. 52% of respondents said they agreed with the statement “Abortion is a sin.”

This represents a slight increase from the last State of American Theology Report, conducted in 2016, in which 49% agreed it is a sin.

The study was conducted by LifeWay Research and was sponsored by Ligonier Ministries. Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., a teaching fellow for Ligonier Ministries and president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, told PR Newswire about the findings:

These survey results may surprise some people, but pro-life beliefs have definitely been gaining ground in recent years. Pastors and local churches have played a big part in this by teaching about the sanctity of human life. Ultrasound images plainly show the humanity of the child in the womb, and they are provoking the consciences of Americans. Christians are playing a lead role in providing counsel and practical care for those in need.

While 52% of the 3,000 respondents agreed that abortion is a sin, among respondents who regularly attend church, that number jumped to 75%.

The age group most likely to agree with the statement was 18-34-year-olds. This is consistent with other polling that has found Millennials are more pro-life than their parents’ generation and are opposed to abortion even when they self-identify as “pro-choice.”

Having grown up with ultrasound images of human beings in the womb, young people can see that abortion ends a human life. For those who are religious, that generally means they see abortion as a sin.

While abortion advocates have frequently claimed that religious Americans “shame” women considering elective abortion due to their belief that it is a sin, the pro-life movement has, for decades, created ways to help pregnant women, such as pregnancy resource centers. These centers are open to people of all faiths (or not faith at all). Women can receive free resources and support there.

Website:Live Action 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.

Saturday, October 27, 2018

The Trump Administration’s Life-Affirming Health Plans

by Alec Brown
Human Defense Initiative

President Donald Trump has been the most pro-life president in decades. While it is sad to say the last few Republican presidents have been weak on one of the most fundamental beliefs of the party, President Trump’s defense of the preborn should be celebrated with optimistic enthusiasm.

The President’s pro-life position has been proven time and time again both before and since he took office. In the third presidential debate on October 19, 2016, responding to a question regarding Roe v. Wade, he began his answer by reassuring the Republican base he is pro-life and continued to promise to put pro-life judges on the Supreme Court. He has kept this promise in the form of Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

In addition to his Supreme Court nominees, the President signed an executive order reinstating Reagan’s Mexico City Policy, ending United States funded abortions overseas. He has made it possible for states to defund Planned Parenthood of Title X or family planning funds. He also supported the creation of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect health care professionals who refuse to participate in abortion.

Just recently, the President set his sights on an Obamacare faux pas to add to his list of pro-life wins. Under Obamacare, millions of Americans were compelled to buy health insurance policies which funded abortions.

Then president Obama signed Executive Order 13535 to keep elective abortion funds separate from other services to ensure taxpayers and insurance buyers would not be compelled to pay for abortions. Only that executive order was merely a smokescreen. Anyone with a rudimentary understanding of money knows it is next to impossible to keep federal subsidies, cost-sharing, and individual premiums separate from abortion funding.

Continue reading Human Defense Initiative article here

The Human Defense Initiative's mission is to offer an engaging platform that empowers individuals to be a voice for life to those without one.

Use this link to read the history of this organization and meet their staff.

Cecile Richards Recalls Obama Forcing Christians to Fund Abortions: “No Sweeter Day in My Lifetime”

By Micaiah Bilger
Life News

Abortion activist Cecile Richards told a women’s group that one of her “sweetest” moments in life was working with President Barack Obama on the oppressive Obamacare HHS mandate.

Richards, who made a nearly $1 million salary running the abortion “nonprofit” Planned Parenthood, spoke Oct. 11 to the National Council of Jewish Women’s annual Women of Vision in Michigan.

The Jewish News reports she urged women to vote for liberal candidates, and spoke about her proudest moments working for Planned Parenthood, which aborts about 320,000 unborn babies every year in America.

“Marching is great, knitting ‘pussy’ hats, calling senators, sending postcards, those are all great, but voting is the whole deal,” Richards said, pushing pro-abortion liberals to vote in the November midterms. “Every bit of progress we’ve made is on the line.”

During her 12 years at the abortion giant, Richards made numerous trips to the White House to visit pro-abortion President Obama and work with him on the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. That work is what she is the most proud of, she told the group.

According to the report:

Richards regards her work on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as her signature achievement.

“There was no sweeter day in my entire lifetime,” she said, than the day President Obama called her to tell her the ACA would include no-cost birth control.

“It’s hard to overstate how dramatic this change was,” she said. “For the first time, women had access to no-cost, effective birth control as well as to preventive care.”

But it was that same HHS mandate that forced religious charities and business owners to go to court or face crippling fines for refusing to violate their beliefs. The mandate forces employers to cover numerous forms of birth control, including types that may cause abortions, with virtually no moral or religious exemptions.

Because of Richards’ work, Hobby Lobby, Little Sisters of the Poor and other employers were forced fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court for their religious freedom. Fortunately, the high court did provide them relief.

But the reality of Richards’ “sweetest moment” is that her work threatened the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans, born and unborn.

Website: Life News

A Night of Inspiration

By Matthew Wagner, Education Director
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

Thursday, a week ago was the 2018 Celebrate Life Banquet to benefit the lifesaving work of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Education Fund. Once again this year it was a night for pro-lifers from around the state to gather and be inspired and energized for the work ahead.

You could power a city with the energy provided by our keynote speaker, Ann McElhinney. She co-authored the book Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer and co-produced the movie Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer released nationwide recently. Ann vividly described the “house of horrors” run by Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell. He often induced labor, and when the baby was born used scissors to cut the baby’s spine. She talked about the deplorable condition of the facility, including human and cat urine on the walls and floors, and unsanitary equipment reused repeatedly. She criticized the government officials who were complicit in allowing Gosnell to operate without a health official crossing the facility’s threshold for decades, despite multiple complaints to the Department of Health. She also addressed many of the challenges the producers have faced distributing and publicizing the film. She likened this to the way the mainstream media largely ignored the trial and conviction of Gosnell.

Ann also provided mega doses of inspiration to the nearly 500 pro-lifers in attendance. Her stories of those heroes who did expose the truth about Kermit Gosnell including Detective James Wood, Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore, and journalist JD Mullane galvanized those present to fight even harder. She reminded attendees that one picture of the empty courtroom shamed the main stream media into the little coverage they gave the case. Similarly, we may never know what one simple act will do to save lives.

Equally inspirational were this year’s award winners. Reverend Clenard H. Childress Jr. was awarded the 2018 Pennsylvania Pro-Life Lifetime Achievement award for his tireless dedication to exposing the truth about the Black Genocide which destroys the lives of a disproportionate number of innocent preborn Black babies and devastates their mothers in body, mind, and soul. Receiving the 2018 Pennsylvania Pro-Life Leadership Award was Senator Joseph Scarnati. Senator Scarnati has been instrumental in protecting the right to life in the Commonwealth through legislation and public policy that has reduced abortions, closed abortion centers, and provided assistance to abortion vulnerable women.

Thank you to all who attended this year’s Banquet! The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation could not do its lifesaving work without you. Please share your pictures from the event with us by emailing them to lifelines@paprolife.org or by sharing them on the Facebook event page here.

We have posted videos and photos from the event here.

Couldn't make it to the Banquet? You can still help by donating to our life-saving work here.

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