Are You Coming to the March?‏

from Martin Fox, President
National Pro-Life Alliance

On January 22nd 1973 the Supreme Court handed down abortion-on-demand with their infamous decision on Roe v. Wade.  Every year since then, in what has become known as the "March for Life" pro-lifers gather at our nation's capitol to memorialize that decision and protest the devastating aftermath.

The very first March had 25,000 activists in attendance.  Since then it has grown exponentially, to a regular participation of hundreds of thousands of activists, with young people coming out in droves.

If you've ever been to one, you know it's an inspiring sight.  And there is a mostly untold story of many hundreds of thousands of concerned Americans, who can't come to Washington each year for the march, because of work, family or other duties.

But they pray in vigils to send off the marchers, they gather at places of worship, they fast and pray as they tend to their daily tasks, schoolchildren at their desks, and much more.  No one but God knows just how many people are part of the March without being there. But it is a vast number, I am convinced.  Which is why I'm inviting you to join the National Pro-Life Alliance staff, myself, our volunteers and a host of other pro-lifers at this year's March for Life.

This coming March for Life (on January 22, 2015) will be particularly significant for a couple of reasons.

First, it will be the 43rd anniversary since the Supreme Court legalized abortion-on-demand.

Second, this March will also have the most pro-abortion president in History sitting in the White House.

The past six years, this Barack Obama has made his agenda very clear -- he has already given the abortion lobby free reign of the White House and our taxpayer dollars.  This president has made it clear that he will do everything in his power to advance abortion even further.

You and I must make sure the politicians know that not only are the eyes of the American people on them, but also that we will not tolerate any move to support the president's abortion agenda.  Which is why I am inviting you to join me and my staff at the March for Life this year.  It would be an honor to personally meet you and the other members who have made all of the progress we've made together possible.

This year the March will be held on Friday, January 22nd on the Mall. More details of where your National Pro-Life Alliance will be meeting will be forthcoming, so save the date.   We will be doing more than just marching, however. We will also be collecting petitions to add support for the Life at Conception Act.  Which is why I pray that if you are able that you'll join us. A Life at Conception Act would legislatively overturn Roe v. Wade and ultimately put an end to abortion-on-demand.

Please click here to let me know that you're coming and I'll fill you in with the rest of the details as we get closer to the March for Life.

No let up in Central Texas Battle for Life in 2016; Seven Outreach Events

PRO-LIFE UPDATES FROM WACO, TEXAS

from John Pisciotta
Director of Pro-Life Waco

1. Christmas pedestrian overpass outreach
2. #ProtestBOA in Waco
3. #ProtestBOA in Austin resumes in January
4. Life Chain Sunday, January 3
5. Second Sunday Pro-Life Gathering, January 10
6. Pedestrian Overpass Outreach is Jan 16
7. March and Rally for Life in Austin Jan 23

1. Christmas Pedestrian Overpass Outreach

Mike Tusa and sons Frank and Fred have been stalwarts of pro-life outreach in the 4th quarter of our very busy 2015. For Christmas, they took on the responsibility of delivering pedestrian overpass outreach as a family project. On Christmas Eve they were out at the overpass in spring like weather from 8 a.m. to noon. On December 27, the Tusa triad were out for over an hour in brutally cold and rainy weather. May God bless the Tusa family for all they do. Their outreach was not without return--even though we cannot know just what the return was. If you have a family, I ask you to make pro-life outreach part of your family experience in 2016. The Leftwich family does this—at times with four generations together standing for life.

2. #ProtestBOA in Waco

Each Tuesday, we deliver #ProtestBOA outreach in Waco at 11-1 p.m. at 1100 N. Valley Mills Drive. Park in the Kentucky Fried Chicken lot directly across the street from Bank of America or use street parking of Emerson Drive which is right off of Lake Air Drive (with Harold Waite Restaurant on your right and Uncle Dan’s BBQ Restaurant on your left). With school out, perhaps more families with children will participate this Tuesday. Why not add your hand to this outreach. Sure, we will have 5 or 6 regulars out there. But why not 20? This would make a much stronger proclamation about the intensity of our pro-life commitment and encourage others. If you try it, I know you will not regret the experience. Last Tuesday we had a lot of positive response from vehicles and three Bank of America customers closed their accounts on the spot.

3. #ProtestBOA resumes in Austin Wednesday January 6

The Austin location is Bank of America at 515 Congress Ave. Time is 11 to 1 p.m. We will again vanpool from the St. Mary’s parking lot at 15th and Columbus Avenue departing at 9 AM. We will stop in Georgetown for lunch and be back in Waco by about 4 p.m. We take up our pro-life positions for engagement with pedestrians, bikers, auto travelers, and bank employees and customers. Let me know about any Wednesday you will join the gang for an experience you will never forget. We always have challenging and positive developments when we engage in the busy public square in our state capital. Get the entire scoop about Protest Bank of America here:

We are praying that new groups in new cities will jump on board with weekly protests in 2016.

4. Life Chain outreach Sunday, January 3, 2-3 p.m.

We will have our Life Chain outreach this Sunday. Each time we step out in the public square, we have the opportunity to change and save lives. Come out with the family this Sunday from 2 to 3 PM at the intersection of Valley Mills Drive and Waco Drive. Just look for the billboard truck near Pei Wei restaurant. Participation in Life Chain was down in November and December. Yikes, Leon Leftwich was the entire Life Chain in December. He called it a Life Link. Let’s not slide back in any way in 2016.

5. Second Sunday Pro-Life Gathering, January 10

Pro-Life Waco’s Second Sunday luncheon/meeting is January 10. Let’s start strong in 2016. The location is parish hall of St. Mary’s Church in Waco—15th & Columbus. An Italian luncheon will be served throughout the noon hour—adults $3. I am told our meal price is just about 10% of market value. Free for children, pregnant moms, and first-time attendees. During the meeting from 1-2 p.m., we will show a couple short and neat pro-life videos—including a “TED” talk with stunning video animations of life in the womb. As always, we will plan and discuss our pro-life outreach for the weeks ahead. Yard signs and good fellowship are available free of charged.

6. Pedestrian Overpass Outreach is Saturday January 16, noon to 2 p.m.

I can’t wait to get back up on the I-35 pedestrian overpass on Saturday the 16th just prior to the remembrance day of the deadly Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision on January 22. The time for the overpass outreach will be noon to 2 PM. We will start setting up the display at 11:30 a.m. Thousands of passengers will see our pro-life messages. All the signs are G-rated. You may park your vehicle on South 8th street where this street approaches I-35. Seeds will be planted. I pray babies will be saved. The honk of a horn will give hundreds the opportunity to participate in pro-life in a small way. Our signs are powerful. However, the most powerful signs are the presence of pro-lifers proclaiming that the killing of babies in the womb must stop along with all the collateral damage to moms and families.

7. March and Rally for Life in Austin, Saturday, January 23

We will van pool to Austin for this big double-barrel event in Austin. Carpool departs at 10:30 a.m. from the St. Mary’s Waco parking lot at 15th and Columbus Ave. Let me know if you would like to join this enjoyable day. March up Congress Avenue starts at 1 p.m. Several of us will hold one of our big overpass banners in the March up Congress Avenue. Speeches (etc.) at the steps of the capital will be from 2 to3 p.m. This is the largest pro-life event of the year in Texas. Waco should be well represented. We should be back in Waco by 5 p.m. Find out more about the Rally for Life by using this link. 

The Dangerous Link Between Surrogate Parenting and Abortion

Two recent stories reveal an underlying notion inherent in surrogate parenting arrangements that poisons our view of children and, hence, our culture. And that poisonous idea has spawned a mindset that has killed tens of millions.

by Father Frank Pavone
National Director of Priests for Life 
for Breitbart

As the New York Post reported, Melissa Cook is a California woman who was hired by a Georgia man to be a surrogate mom. Brittneyrose Torres, another California woman, also entered into a surrogacy agreement.

Ms. Cook was implanted with three embryos created by in vitro fertilization; Ms. Torres with two, one of which became twins. Both women are now carrying triplets and neither of the parties with whom they contracted are pleased.

In both cases, genetic parents want the surrogate mom to abort one of the babies she’s carrying. Triplets are not what they “ordered.” And therein lies the mindset problem.

When we, for instance, purchase a shirt online and then receive the wrong size, the wrong color, or the wrong quantity, we return the order and the mistake is corrected. But there’s no return policy for unborn babies. We can’t just put them back on a storage shelf. They are living human beings. We have one of two choices – let them live or kill them.

The genetic parents in the Cook and Torres stories allegedly are pressuring the women to choose the latter option. Of course, they don’t use the term “kill.” In the Orwellian lexicon of the abortion industry, they use the term “selective reduction.” The mothers are expected to decide or be told which of the children should be eliminated and which should live.

All too often in our society, an unborn child is not viewed as a gift to be cherished, but as an item to be procured. Our thoughts are not for the child, but for ourselves. If we’re not ready to accept the delivery of that child, we treat him or her like an “it.”


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2nd Annual March for Life Pep Rally Scheduled for Allentown, PA

From Maggie Sweet, Regional Director
Silent No More 

Our goal is to make the public aware of the devastation abortion brings to women and men and invite the Public to the 2016 March for Life in Washington by providing them with a compendium of resources including local bus transportation.

Special Guest Speakers:

• Rev. Dr. Clenard Childress, Founder of Black Genocide.org  
• Victoria Naoe, Silent No More 

Please take a few moments to view the video of Reverend Childress below:

 

Please contact Regional Coordinator Maggie Sweet for any questions 215-778-2176


Silent No More Awareness is a Campaign whereby Christians make the public aware of the devastation abortion brings to women and men. The campaign seeks to expose and heal the secrecy and silence surrounding the emotional and physical pain of abortion.  

For more information on this campaign or to find help, please use this link.  

Do You See What I See? God Sees a Baby With Potential, What Do You See?

By Dave Andrusko

It was late in the afternoon the Saturday after Thanksgiving. My wife, Lisa, and I had established a temporary safe haven in our kitchen free from the usual chaos that comes with the presence of four joyfully rambunctious children. We’d somehow managed to wrest free a few minutes just to read the paper, enjoy a cup of coffee together, and chat. It was nice!

For reasons I did not fully understand at the time, when I read in our local paper that the Salvation Army was experiencing a dramatic shortage in volunteer bell ringers to man its familiar red kettles, I was so shocked I jumped up from the table and searched out the local number.

The gentle lady who answered mistakenly thought I was someone inquiring about a paid position. When I assured her otherwise, she was so pathetically grateful for my willingness to help them help the poor that a wave of shame washed over me.

How many times, I thought guiltily, had I brushed past these magnanimous folks, who patiently waited for some sign my heart was a few degrees warmer than the temperature outside? How many times had I been so self-absorbed that these devoted volunteers simply blended into the brick facades behind them?

I was mortified when I recall that even though I had occasionally given money, never once had I emerged from my self-absorption long enough to actually “see” them, let alone grasp what their silent vigil stood for. Because I had always looked through them, they never really existed for me. I hastily volunteered for several assignments. (In what was surely a feeble attempt at expiation, I made sure that one of them was on my birthday.)

The moral of this story needn’t be belabored to tenderhearted pro-lifers. When our culture “looks” at the vulnerable, all too often there is a failure to recognize and therefore an inability to reach out in love and compassion. This is never more true than in our treatment of the littlest Americans, the unborn child.

Story continues:http://www.lifenews.com/2015/12/24/

HHS Inspector General to Investigate Fetal Tissue Research

By: Morgan Chalfant
Free Beacon

The Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general is launching an investigation into the federal government’s oversight of fetal tissue research following a series of undercover videos that appeared to show Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of fetal parts.

The Hill reported that the investigation was spurred by Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), a presidential candidate, and 34 other Republican senators who requested the inspector general launch an investigation.

On Tuesday, Paul published a letter dated Dec. 4 from Daniel Levinson, the HHS inspector general, disclosing the investigation.

“We will interview HHS and National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials, as the majority of HHS funding for human fetal tissue research is awarded through NIH. This approach will also focus on gathering relevant documentation related to policies and procedures for monitoring fetal tissue research activities,” Levinson outlined in the letter.

“Our goal is to obtain information related to fetal tissue research grants, NIH’s monitoring procedures over third-party certifications and those related to the Department’s internal fetal tissue research, and any known violations of federal requirements.”

Story continues: http://freebeacon.com/issues/

College Sorority Revokes Membership of Pro-Life Student Who Protested Abortion at Planned Parenthood

By Micaiah Bilger
Life News

A young Iowa woman is accusing her college sorority of kicking her out after she voiced her pro-life views on Facebook.

MacKenzie Dreeszen, an alumni of Cornell College in Iowa, joined a protest against Planned Parenthood in August after undercover videos showed the abortion business trafficking aborted babies’ body parts, according to Caffeinated Thoughts.

The trouble began when Dreeszen posted a photo of the rally and later a message on Facebook that said, “220 people are here in Des Moines protesting taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood…not exactly something that you can ignore #alllivesmatter #defundPP #ProtestPP.”

Dreeszen said her Facebook friends began debating in the comments sections of her posts, including several members of her sorority, Delta Phi Delta. Dreeszen, who now works for the Polk County, Iowa Republican Party, said she liked a few of the comments but otherwise did not participate in the conversations.

“The next day, a Delphi alum who graduated a year before I did started sending me nasty messages that were personally attacking me, my friends, and John (Dreeszen’s fiancée), calling him a murderer because he served in Iraq and Afghanistan … I tried to defend myself and John, but realized that the situation was too emotionally charged and I blocked my friend,” Dreeszen told the news site.

The trouble didn’t end there. Six weeks later, Dreeszen was caught off guard when the Cornell College chapter of Delta Phi Delta sent her an email announcing that the sorority’s judicial board voted to revoke her alum status, according to the report. The board accused her of violating an article of the sorority’s constitution, which states, “Members should respect each other and the group.”

Article continues: http://www.lifenews.com/2015/12/23/

POLAND PAYING FAMILIES TO HAVE MORE BABIES

The new pro-family government is starting a program of 

monthly bonuses to encourage having more children

by Christine Niles
ChurchMilitant.com

WARSAW (ChurchMilitant.com) - Poland is going to start paying couples to have more children.

Only weeks after the election of the Law and Justice Party, the conservative, pro-Catholic prime minister, Beata Szydlo, made good on her campaign promise and approved a measure Tuesday that will start paying families monthly bonuses for every child beyond the first. Poor families will receive bonuses for all children. The monthly stipend will consist of 500 zlotys (about $124).

The measure will next go to the public forum for comment and debate, and must be passed by parliament before taking effect in spring 2016. Funding will come from proposed bank and supermarket taxes, among other things.

With an average of only 1.3 children per family — beneath the replacement fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman — Poland has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, raising concerns over the country's ability to keep its economy and pension system going.

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Ohio Sends $1 Million to Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers Helping Women Find Abortion Alternatives

By Micaiah Bilger  
Life News

Ohio moms and babies are getting a wonderful Christmas present from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services.

The state announced Tuesday that it will provide $1 million to 13 pro-life pregnancy centers in the 2016-2017 state budget, according to Ohio Right to Life. Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed the budget, which included the funding, in July; but the recipients of the Pregnancy and Parenting Support Program funding were just announced this week.

“Ohio is blessed to be home to more than 140 pregnancy centers that are actively assisting new mothers during and after pregnancy,” said Stephanie Ranade Krider, executive director of Ohio Right to Life. “Centers like this year’s awardees continue to show us what it means to truly care for Ohio’s most vulnerable across the span of life. They are true community leaders who will turn every dollar they’ve earned into saved lives.”

These organizations provide free material assistance to pregnant women in need, as well as parenting classes for mothers and fathers alike, a service that many centers consider a core element in empowering families. Many also offer free pregnancy tests, diapers, maternity clothes, baby supplies, counseling and assistance referrals.

Article continues: http://www.lifenews.com/2015/12/24/

Abortion Facilities have History of Lying to Women About Fetal Development

by Sarah Terzo
Live Action News

Abortion facilities have a long and shameful history of lying to abortion-minded women about the development of their preborn babies.

One post-abortive woman identified as Sue recalls:

The doctor said: “Don’t worry, it’s not formed till after 12 weeks.” Then I saw the Human Body program [on the ABC]. I would not have gone ahead if I’d been told the truth about the formation of the baby.”(1)

Below is a picture of an ultrasound of a preborn baby at just 10 weeks in the womb.

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