Lila Rose and Live Action Films today exposed yet another Planned Parenthood stung in its undercover investigation and video series.
This time it’s a PP abortion mill in clinic in Birmingham, AL, caught 2 ways: for covering up rape of a minor and circumventing parental consent laws. According to an LAF statement:
A PP counselor in Birmingham was caught on hidden camera telling an alleged 14-year-old statutory rape victim that the clinic “does sometimes bend the rules a little bit” rather than report sexual abuse to state authorities. This is the 7th PP clinic implicated in a multi-state child abuse scandal involving the deliberate and unlawful suppression of evidence of statutory rape.
Lila Rose… went undercover… in Birmingham and told a counselor that she was 14-years-old, pregnant by her 31-year-old “boyfriend,” and needed a secret abortion so her parents would not find out about her sexual relationship with the older man.
After telling the counselor that her “boyfriend” is 31, Rose asks, “Is it a problem about my boyfriend?” The counselor, identified as “Tanisha” in the video, responds, “As long as you consented to having sex with him, there’s nothing we can truly do about that.”
Rose then says that her boyfriend “said he could get in big trouble,” and Tanisha acknowledges that “he could, especially if your parents find out that he’s 31.” She then tells Rose that the clinic manager, OB/GYN Dr. Desiree Bates, “sometimes does bend the rules a little bit” and states that “whatever you tell us stays within these walls” and “we can’t disclose any information to anybody.”
Alabama Code 26-14-3 requires health professionals to disclose suspected cases of sexual abuse to state officials immediately….
In the video, Tanisha also seems to tell Rose that a signature from an “older sister that’s over the age of 18″ or someone “with the same last name” could function as a substitute for parental consent so PP could perform an abortion on a minor.
Alabama Code 26-21-3 specifies that the written permission of either a parent or legal guardian is necessary before a minor may obtain an abortion….
The new video is 6th in Live Action’s “Mona Lisa Project,” a nationwide undercover investigation that documents PP’s repeated noncompliance with state mandatory reporting laws for sexual abuse of minors. AL is the 4th state to be implicated in the controversy, along with AZ, IN, and TN. Recently, the investigation of a clinic in Memphis, TN assisted state legislators in their effort to successfully divert nearly $1 million in taxpayer subsidies from PP to law-abiding local health clinics….
Ann Coulter made the following remarks to Bill O’Reilly on June 22:
“I don’t really like to think of it as a murder. It was terminating Tiller in the
203rd trimester.”
“I am personally opposed to shooting abortionists, but I don’t want to impose my moral values on others.”
It’s great to hear someone with the guts to expose the truth about the ridiculous statements made by the liberals and most politicians when they defend abortion. There needs to be more people like her on the national stage to speak out about the hypocrisy of the pro-abortion movement.
This is from the site JillStanek.com on June 16, 2009:
The following is a statement released today by Eileen Smith (pictured right), mother of 22-year-old Laura Hope Smith (pictured below left), who died on the table during a “safe, legal” abortion on September 13, 2007. There’s nothing more I can add. Abortionist Killed: National News
Abortionist Kills Woman: Ignored
Abortionist George Tiller’s death brought an outpouring of national media headlines and Congressional condolences to his family by a resolution approved by the US House. Laura Hope Smith’s death at the hands of an abortionist was and continues to be ignored, and her mother’s effort to bring it to the attention of her senator was stonewalled.
“Where was the press when my daughter Laura died at the hands of an abortionist?” asks Eileen Smith, Laura’s mother. A media search shows mostly news reports from nonprofit organizations, religious news and other alternative media. Laura’s death was mentioned 10 months later in one major publication, The Boston Globe, when the abortionist was indicted for manslaughter. It was six weeks before her local paper, The Cape Cod Times, mentioned Laura’s death, although it sought out her mother for a two-hour interview just two days after Laura’s death. Smith says the local newspaper rationalized delaying a report on Laura’s death so it could corroborate it with an autopsy report.
“Since when has news been postponed in lieu of reporting facts, except in the abortion deaths of the mothers?” asks Smith. “I have to believe that it is only because the media’s bias toward abortion determines what makes news,” she said.
“If Laura had died falling off a bike or in a car accident, it would have been in the paper the next day,” she said. “My daughter walked into that abortion facility healthy, and she left dead,” Smith said.
Smith believes Tiller’s death is another senseless killing in the history of abortion, adding to the 50 million untimely deaths of unborn babies, including the 60k viable babies aborted by Tiller. “His death is a tragedy, but so are all the lives that were taken by him and the lives of over 400 women who have died as a result of an abortion,” said Smith.
The abortionist was indicted by a grand jury for manslaughter in the death of Laura, following an investigation by local police and the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. The District Attorney found the abortionist’s conduct to be “willful, wanton, and reckless” because he sedated Laura with level three drugs without any means of cardiac monitoring or blood pressure cuff; had no assistant who could administer sedation, monitor the patient, or assist in resuscitating her; and, “failed to timely initiate a call to 911.” The board also alleged that the abortionist made false statements.
“I call on the media to report deaths like Laura’s,” said Smith. “If Tiller’s death merits national news, so does a death at the hands of an abortionist,” she added.
There’s a subtle debate within the pro-life community: God or no God as a focus when discussing the abortion issue. Both approaches have been successful in certain instances. 40 Days For Life has proven that when thousands pray in front of abortion mills many innocent lives can be saved. For years others have spread the message of Jesus to those on the verge of having an abortion. Many pro-life organizations believe that stressing God and the Bible is the main requirement when promoting the pro-life cause.
On the other hand, several groups such as Justice For All and The Center For Bio-ethical Reform show graphic photos, but do not prominently stress God when discussing the issue on campuses even though Christians are behind these organizations. There is even a group called Pro-Life Union For Secularity and Godlessprolifers.org. An organization called Created4life in the UK sets up tables of fetal models and then interacts with people about the abortion issue without stressing God or religion.
What does the Bible say about abortion? I have heard the argument that it never mentions the word abortion or the specific act of killing the baby in the womb. Actually, that is correct as far as it goes, but the Bible doesn’t specifically say that it’s wrong to murder by handgun or car bomb either. There are plenty of other examples of killing that are not spelled out precisely in the Bible, but God obviously condemns.
To say that abortion is wrong, one must state that the unborn entity is a human. There are examples in the Bible that state this clearly.
Genesis 25:21-22 - Now Isaac pleaded with with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived. But the children struggled within her …
Luke 1:41 - And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb…
Psalm 139:13 - For you formed my inward parts; you covered me in my mother’s womb.
Job 31:15 - Did He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
Jeremiah 1:5 - Before I formed you in the womb I knew you …
Since these objects in the womb are considered humans by God, then what does God say about the killing of humans. In the Ten Commandments, it states You shall not commit murder. That sounds specific enough to me.
It’s obvious that the pro-life position can be argued without any reference to God or the Bible, but every argument can be traced back to a moral belief that abortion is the killing of a human. This moral foundation that abortion is killing derives from somewhere, and that “somewhere” isn’t some vague nebulous place. That moral foundation comes from God. Atheists can argue the case against abortion, but that foundational belief has to have its origins from somewhere. For those who say that their moral foundation states that abortion is not killing, or it is acceptable killing, then that view obviously cannot be based on God.
In arguing the case against abortion, initially bringing up God or quoting from scripture may turn away many who might otherwise listen to your argument. They often don’t see it as an abortion discussion, but a case where you are trying to shove your religion on them. The pro-life position can easily be made in terms of embryology or just using the logic of the location or development argument in comparing the unborn to the newborn. The discussion can work it’s way to the fundamental moral beliefs that both of you have. Then God and the Bible can be brought into the debate, without turning them off.
What is the goal of promoting the pro-life position? It should be the reduction or elimination of abortion. God and the Bible can be incorporated into this argument, and consequently bring people to Christ. But if one comes through the front door with Christianity, it seems that the task of reducing abortion will be doubly difficult. You are now trying to convince them how important Christianity should be to them, while also trying to convince them that abortion is an unacceptable practice.
There’s a disturbing situation that has come to light in the last year. What if you’re a Christian, but supported and voted for Obama and others who are extreme proponents of abortion. Unfortunately, there are millions in this country who did just that. The Catholic Church, of course, is very vocal about pro-life beliefs, but a whopping 54% of Catholics voted for Obama. Even the most visible Catholic university, Notre Dame, had him speak at their commencement exercises. Of self-professed evangelicals, 38% voted for Obama. Then you are dealing with an entirely different approach to the abortion issue. The focus should be on the contradiction of believing in pro-life values, but voting for someone whose beliefs are totally opposite of those values. I think it is obvious that the pro-life issue isn’t that important to these Christians. Then the goal is to shine the light on the issue so it will be prominent in their minds in future elections.
The killer, Scott Roeder, should be executed immediately for his cold, calculated and premeditated murder.
The doctor was an upstanding, well-educated, church going citizen who was practicing a legal and traditional medical practice.
The perpetrator, just like Timothy McVeigh or any Al Qaeda assassin, should be treated no differently than any terrorist.
SCOTT ROEDER had a political motive for his horrendous crime that was in his own mind.
This is a case that CALLS OUT for a public LYNCHING !
Genesis 9:6 that whoever takes a human life shall pay with his. Tiller got exactly what he deserved and he got to here the thousands of voices of all the aborted children he murdered. You people blindly follow the teachings of Margaret Sanger who was highly regarded by Adolph Hitler the man who killed 6 million jews. Justice was carried out. Christians are not as ignorant as you think I at least am well read and known the beauty of conception to birth and what happens. Do you all truely understand what happens to a unborn child as he or she is being aborted?
At this time the message is that whoever is pro-life is a co-conspirator in the death of George Tiller. From what I’ve read, if you ever called abortion murder or said George Tiller was a murderer, then you actually helped pull the trigger. According to the Leftists, any pro-lifer is now a Jihadist, just like the Department of Homeland Security stated we were.
If we are to be blamed for the death of George Tiller, then Al Gore should be blamed for the killing and destruction that Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, did. He had Al Gore’s book, Earth in the Balance, in his tiny cabin, and Kaczynski’s manifesto is very similar to what Al Gore wrote in his book.
The Left led by Barack Obama should be blamed for the death of Andrew Long, the Army recruiter in Arkansas who was killed by a Muslim. They should be blamed because they are often trashing the military, while supporting Islamic terrorists at Guantanamo Bay.
The Hollywood Left and the video gaming industry should be blamed for every murder in this country, because, of course, they both glorify killing, which makes the average citizen kill.
Of course, these examples are ridiculous, but there seems to be just as much or even more of a connection then blaming pro-lifers for Tiller’s death.
It’s the same old line by the media and the Left. As usual, they just want to shut up any dissenting view of abortion. It’s an attempt to scare every pro-lifer to never call abortion what it really is - murder. And if we don’t shut up, I wouldn’t be surprised if pro-life speech is covered under future hate crimes legislation. It’s a small step from anti-homosexual opinions being called hate speech to outlawing and punishing any reference to calling abortion murder.
There’s one proper response to all of this. Do not stop focusing on the death of over one million babies a year in the United States! In fact, double the efforts to tell and show what abortion really is. Do not let the Left control the agenda on this issue. There are a number of hypocrisies in the Left’s view that are fairly obvious, i.e., their view of torture when it pertains to terrorists compared to their view of torture of the unborn baby. We need to constantly bring out their inconsistencies and put them on the spot. Who knows, maybe some will actually see the hypocrisy of their views.
I have read many responses to the killing of George Tiller, but there is one that is a little different. This is an interesting response from Bryan Kemper of Stand True, www.standtrue.com
An Abortionist was Aborted Yesterday – Stand True’s Response
Yesterday morning, abortionist George Tiller was aborted as he walked into his church. Someone decided to take the law into their own hands and abort him for what he has done to thousands of innocent little baby boys and girls.
Stand True does not believe in aborting abortionists and denounces this violent act. Answering the violence of abortion with more violence will not serve the babies or help the pro-life movement in any way. We are praying for the family of George Tiller and those in his church while he was shot. We know that healing can come through Jesus and pray those involved in the abortion industry will turn to Christ.
I am sure some of you are trying to figure out why I would be so insensitive as to use the term “aborted” when referring to the murder of George Tiller. I wonder of those who think I am being insensitive are also people who would be mad when I use the term “murdered” when talking about babies who are aborted? In all reality I am being very sensitive to the abortion industry by saying he was aborted, since that is the term they like to use to describe the taking of a life.
While this may sound very sarcastic, I am truly saddened by yesterday’s events. However I am also saddened that yesterday, 4,000 babies were also murdered. I am saddened that today, 4,000 babies will be murdered. I am saddened that tomorrow, 4,000 babies will be murdered.
I am saddened that the news media will not be reporting on the horrific fate of those 4,000 innocent babies who are just as human as and deserving of the same protection as George Tiller.
I am saddened that the police who so diligently searched for and apprehended the man who aborted George Tiller; are the same police who protect the men and women who abort little baby boys and girls.
I listened to commentators talking on the news about how we need to “tone down” our rhetoric to avoid violence. What they refuse to see is that our rhetoric is crying out against violence, the violence of child killing. We are the ones who are trying to bring an end to violence and 4,000 murders a day.
I have seen what happens is the past when an abortionist is aborted, the pro-life movement seems to shy away from action. I have seen people drop out of the movement and back away from getting involved.
If anything, we need to step up our fight against violence and the killing of human persons. What yesterday showed us is that hearts have been hardened to life and we must shine the light of Christ and Hope into this dark world even brighter then ever.
I urge all of you who believe in the sanctity of human life to stay focused. Do not let this despicable act of cowardice sway you from standing up and being a voice for the babies. I know things will be tough, as people will judge us just for being associated with pro-life. We must reiterate that the abortion of George Tiller was not a pro-life act, just as the murder of 4,000 children a day are not pro-life acts.
As for using the term “aborted” when referring to the death of George Tiller. I will stop using that term when the pro-abortion industry starts calling abortion “homicide”, which is what it is. I am simply using their own term to describe the taking of a human life; they should have no problem with it.
Bill O’Reilly. The name alone is enough to send some liberals screaming. Though just as often the same liberals have never heard a word the man actually has said. The most recent outbreak of liberal fever has come in the form of the death of Dr. George Tiller.
Dr. George Tiller is noted for having been one of 3 late-term abortion doctors in the entire U.S. And so as to not to confuse the question, late term means after 21 weeks - or the period of time in which virtually everyone agrees is viable for the child. However you feel about that, Dr. Tiller did this for years and reaped huge profits for it.
Bill O’Reilly was one of a large number of people that felt this type of abortion, at least, was inhumane. The fact that these fetuses could survive outside the womb made this act akin to murder in many of their eyes. There is no question that this form of abortion is the most debated, and the least common in the nation.
Dr. Tiller was killed on Sunday, in his place of worship. The killer is a maniacal fanatic. That is how I define anyone who would kill another with the only justification being their warped understanding of their religion. There is little difference in this killer’s reasoning, and that of Al Quida when they killed thousands on 9/11.
Bill O’Reilly had made Dr. Tiller the subject of his focus 29 times over 3 years. Not once in that time did he advocate violence against the man. Not once did he encourage harm against Tiller. While O’Reilly disliked the practice of the doctor, he never gave impetus for anything but the end of his ability to continue these late-term abortions.
But if you look across the major media, and definitely across the majority of the internet, you will find no end to those blaming O’Reilly and Fox news for this murder. Which is blatantly stupid.
A fanatic is not motivated by television, they follow their warped beliefs. Which is besides the fact that there was no motivation from television. Bill O’Reilly is not a religious leader. Dr. Tiller was known for years because of his profession among anti-abortion fanatics and organizations. Bill O’Reilly did not suddenly catapult him to fame.
This idiocy among the liberal media is way over the top. It is beyond reason. But when has that ever stopped them?
So the extreme liberals are hopping mad. About something only a lunatic can justify. And connections that do not exist are being drawn. Often by people that have never watched a single O’Reilly Factor telecast. Does that not sound like fools chasing greater fools?
No matter how you feel about abortion, murder is not the answer. In fact the very religion many of these fanatics advocate insists on avoiding murder. But to blame this on a person, or group, that merely voices an opinion is just as wrong in my opinion. For some it’s a cheap attempt at gaining fame and ratings.
Why is the murder of an adult more heinous than a child ?
Why is the extraction of a fetus @ 21 wks by a doctor ok ?
Why is the extraction of a fetus by the beating of the mother considered a murder even though the fetus is 18 weeks old ?
Why is the death of a fetus when it occurs in an auto accident considered a murder - regardless of the age of the baby ?
Is the concderted effort of diffusing the body of a fetus considered legal when the abrupt and accidental death considered murder?
I am confused.
On May 15, three-year-old Ty Toribio was found buried in a park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and his mother, Tiffany Toribio, has been charged with killing him. According to her, she suffocated Ty and then buried him because she was homeless and could not take care of him. Approximately 600 people showed up for his service, even though almost all never knew him. Father Stephen Imbarrato of Project Defending Life, www.defendinglife.org, sent the following excellent letter to the Albuquerque Journal to be published.
Ty Toribio’s Post-birth Abortion
Fri May 22 10:46 am
Three year old Ty Toribio’s death is a tragedy and everyone quoted in the paper and elsewhere have responded with what would seem to be appropriate grief and shock.
Ty’s mother could get 25 years to life in prison for killing her son. Some will think she deserves the death penalty. But if she had aborted her son 3 years earlier, just before he was born, it would have not only been ok, but many would have said she did the right thing. Even now many will say that it would have been better for Ty to have been aborted than to have suffered this death.
Not many years ago, when I lived in NJ, Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson killed their newborn baby by throwing the baby into a dumpster after delivering the baby in a hotel room. Month’s later, Melissa Drexler, the prom mom, delivered her baby in a bathroom at her prom, threw the baby into a trash can, and returned to the prom for the rest of the night. Grossberg and Peterson received about 2 years each in jail and Drexler served 3 years in jail.
In 2000, Martita Gonzalez threw her 14 month son off the Paterson Falls when she couldn’t get a babysitter so she could go on a date with the father of the child. People were as horrified then as they are today over Ty’s death.
Circumstances vary in every case, but a couple of things can be said. In every one of the cases mentioned in my letter, if abortion had been the “choice,” it would have been perfectly legal and many would have said, “the right choice.” Many in this country feel that abortion is the answer to child abuse. The truth is that the abortion mentality in this country is the cause of this deadly child abuse. All of the examples I have mentioned in this letter are nothing more than “post-birth abortions.” Ty’s mom is guilty of a “post-birth abortion.”
The deputy chief of Albuquerque police is quoted as saying, “we feel a special connection with those who are often too young and too small to protect themselves. The mood here is…unspeakable horror. How could a mother do this to her child?” Correct! These are appropriate words and feelings, but it is obvious in this country that these words and feelings, for far too many people, apply only to babies already born and in some cases not even to newborns, as the Grossberg, Peterson, and Drexler cases illustrate.
There is something very wrong in this country and this case clearly points out what it is. Our young moms have been brought up and taught that killing babies is ok and that, in many circumstances, it is the right “choice.” Faced with an emotional situation, it is not hard to understand how these moms often do not make the distinction of pre-birth vs post-birth. Ty’s tragic death is the product of living in a “culture of death” and this “culture of death” began in January 1973 when abortion became legal. These moms are merely exercising their “choice.” If their “choice” horrifies us post-birth, it should equally horrify us pre-birth.
What does one do when there are several hours to kill on a flight? Recently I read two excellent books that cover the abortion debate and our society in general.
The first is The Case For Life, Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture, by Scott Klusendorf. He goes into detail about defending the pro-life view, and it’s an excellent refresher course if you already know the techniques. He also delves into the relationship of the church, Christians, and the pro-life issue. Scott Klusendorf relays many of his personal experiences of defending the pro-life position and then gives review questions after each chapter.
Another excellent book is the best seller Liberty And Tyranny, A Conservative Manifesto, by Mark R. Levin. I’ve never read a clearer contrast between Conservatives and Liberals, which Levin’s classifies as Statists. This book is extremely relevant to what is occurring today with the Obama administration. Most of what the Statist believes is exactly what Obama is doing now, or it’s very apparent he will do in the future. He examines several general issues and contrasts how Conservatives and Statists disagree on most key points. Levin then spells out what Conservatives need to do to change the situation in many different areas of our society. Levin interjects throughout the book writings from our founders or excerpts from documents such as The Declaration Of Independence.Throughout the book is the theme that we need to return to what the founders envisioned America to be.
There’s another publication that is worth reading and to use as a reference. The small but useful handbook, Sharing the Pro-Life Message, by the Pro-Life Action League, is an excellent guide for defending the pro-life position. It also contains a section on the law and the pro-life issue and many facts about Planned Parenthood. Go to the website ProLifeAction.org for a free copy, or you can purchase several copies of this 96-page publication at a very reasonable rate.
Many of you have read and commented on my previous post about Myah and Faith and the blog babyfaithhope.blogspot.com. Here are Myah’s last two posts:
Saturday, May 23
The best 93 days of my life…
were spent with my daughter. Faith went to Heaven today. We spent the entire morning and some of the afternoon snuggling together in my warm bed. I told her that I loved her many times. I was holding her in my arms when she passed away. It was around 4:40in the afternoon. I had just finished changing her diaper and I decided to pick her up and wrap a blanket around her. She made a very sweet smiling face and held it for several seconds… I thought it was very cute. I waited for her to take her next breath, but she didn’t. She looked up at me and opened her beautiful eyes, and I realized what was happening. I told her to go with Jesus. I told her that I loved her and that it was ok, that I would meet her in Heaven. I held her close and cried tears on her face. I felt her chest and there was no longer a heartbeat. But she still looked so beautiful. And even now, she is still so amazingly beautiful… as I hold her here she is looking like a porcelain doll. Her tube feed is gone. Her lips are still pink and her facial expression looks so happy and peaceful. God is good.
Thank you all for your prayers.
We spent the night holding Faith and reliving some of the wonderful memories captured of her on video. I will never get over her cuteness… her sweet little voice and all her little facial expressions, her feisty personality, the way she hummed to herself when sucking on her souckie… the way she looked like a baby bird whenever she would suck in her bottom lip, the little dip between her bottom lip and her chin, the way she would route around and suck on mommy’s nose, her big exaggerated sneezes, all her smiles and grins… I am convinced that she was the most adorable little girl there ever was. I just keep watching the “Kisses” video over and over again. It never gets old. If you go to the March posts, you can watch it over and over too if you want I will be posting many more photos and videos of Faith in the coming days and weeks… I’m sure it will be a huge comfort for me. I am so grateful for all the time I had with Faith and for all the photos and videos and for the memories we shared. And I can’t wait to see her again… I don’t know how she could get any cuter but I’m sure she is even more beautiful now that she is living it up in Heaven.
This post is sung to the tune of Johnny We Hardly Knew Ye and dedicated to Karen Cooper who is retiring as the head of NARAL Washington this month. It is also dedicated to all those doctors who are tempted to take up the abortionist’s knife and join the war on women.
While goin’ the road to Oly, hurroo, hurroo
While goin’ the road to Oly, hurroo, hurroo
While goin’ the road to Oly
A bag of cash and a drop in the eye
A doleful damsel did you hear her cry?
Karen We hardly knew ye.
With your knives and lies and lies and knives, hurroo, hurroo
With your knives and lies and lies and knives, hurroo, hurroo
With your knives and lies and lies and knives
The children how many you slew
And sold their bodies off to the U.
Karen We hardly knew ye.
Where are their eyes that were so mild, hurroo, hurroo
Where are their eyes that were so mild, hurroo, hurroo
Where are their eyes that were so mild
When in their youth are so beguiled?
Why do ye skedaddle from a woman and her child?
Oh Karen, We hardly knew ye.
Where are their legs that wanted to run, hurroo, hurroo
Where are their legs that wanted to run, hurroo, hurroo
Where are their legs that wanted to run
When you went to carry an abortionist’s gun
To be sure their dancing days are done
Oh Karen we hardly knew ye.
They haven’t an arm, they haven’t a leg, hurroo, hurroo
They haven’t an arm, they haven’t a leg, hurroo, hurroo
They haven’t an arm, they haven’t a leg,
They’re armless, boneless, motherless eggs,
They’ve been put in a bag and left with the dregs,
Oh Karen, We hardly knew ye.
I’m happy for to see ye home, hurroo, hurroo
I’m happy for to see ye home, hurroo, hurroo
I’m happy for to see ye home
From the lunches and boardrooms and places your known
It must be lonely when your all alone
Oh Karen We hardly knew ye.
They’re puttin in the knives again, hurroo, hurroo
They’re puttin in the poison again, hurroo, hurroo
They’re lyin’ to women again,
But we’ll fight for the children again and again,
Yes, we’ll fight for the children again,
Karen I’m swearing to ye.
Barack Obama was in my area today for a town hall meeting. I have been thinking about what I would ask him if I had the chance. Here it goes:
From your actions and beliefs, it’s apparent that you are one of the most pro-torture people in the United States. Yes, you are a strong proponent of torture in the name of abortion for unborn babies and by your actions and words, even some born babies. Why do you believe in this type of torture that tears the unborn limb by limb, burns it, sucks it though a tube, or other methods until it dies?
You went overseas and criticized America or never defended it when leaders of other countries were verbally destroying us. Why didn’t you point out all the great things we have done in our short history?
You said that we aren’t a Christian nation, although the documents and words from our founding fathers show that the birth of our nation was based on Christian principles. Your administration also called those who believe in end times and the pro-life view as possible terrorists. Why do have such animosity against Christians that are 77% of our population?
You say that you want to have abortion rare, but if someone wants to have one, it’s their choice. If the practice is acceptable enough that you think people should have it done, why should it be rare?
Why do you, your administration, and your media attempt to discredit or destroy anyone who disagrees with you: Joe the plumber, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and her family, Chrysler investors, Fox News, small businesses, etc.?
Why did you say that you didn’t want your daughters punished with a baby?
Should your mother have aborted you? Why not? If you shouldn’t have been aborted, why should others?
If there was such an urgency about the stimulus bill that it had to be passed before anyone had time to read it, why is our economy still having major problems?
Do we really have a national health care crisis? I’m sure there are individual crisis situations, but locally if they don’t have insurance, they would go to our university hospital and pay on a sliding scale or get it free. If there is a crisis situation in America, then it seems I would encounter people at every turn who couldn’t get insurance.
Capitalism and individual freedom have been the cornerstones of the greatness of America. Why do you want to destroy these principles in favor of socialism that has had a very poor track record?
What do Planned Parenthood and most churches have in common? The love of money when it pertains to the abortion issue.
Planned Parenthood, of course, is a multi-million dollar operation, with a sizable chunk of their revenue resulting from abortions. Obviously, there is a tremendous amount of outrage from the pro-life community about this money-making operation. Also, there’s much disgust about the millions of taxpayer dollars that are funneled to Planned Parenthood.
Where is the outrage targeted at the thousands of churches that stand silent on this issue, for what I believe is one reason - the love of money. There’s been a murmur in the pro-life community about this, but the churches have basically ignored it. Because they are a tax-exempt organization, they don’t want even a hint of violating that designation, in fear that they would then have to pay taxes for their church. Consequently, they feel the congregation wouldn’t donate because they wouldn’t get a tax deduction. Even before the present administration, they were so worried about rocking the boat, that they just kept silent.
Also, I believe the silence of the churches is because they are convinced that any focus on this issue would cause them to lose donations even though they are still a non-profit entity. They fear that because some members may have had abortions or because the churches perceive this to be such a dividing issue, people would be offended, and the money would stop rolling in. Consequently, many rarely, if ever, mention the fact that 4,000 babies die every day in this country. Their love of money supersedes their voicing any dissenting word about the torture and slaughter of over a million babies a year in the United States alone. Of course, there are many Catholic Churches, plus assorted others who aren’t afraid to speak their minds on the horror of abortion and haven’t lost their non-profit status yet.
Most churches preach to their parishioners to practice a high moral lifestyle, but in reality they don’t practice what they preach. By turning away from this tragedy, they are in essence, condoning the behaviour, which is unconscionable on their part. It even seems ironic that churches regularly call their parishioners sinners, but they ignore the sin of killing innocent lives right under their collective noses. After the events of September 11, 2001, most churches had special services because of the nationwide horror and grief after losing 3,500 of our fellow citizens. America loses this many every day in the name of abortion, but most churches stay silent for one reason - the love of money.
Pro-lifers demoralized by last November’s election results, and the rise of the most radical pro-abortion President in US history, are taking encouragement from the successes of the North Dakota state legislature. Led by State Rep. Dan Ruby, North Dakota just passed a series of regulations designed to make it much harder to kill unborn human beings in the Roughrider State. These regulations would force the state’s only abortion clinic, Red River Planned Parenthood in Fargo, to offer women ultrasounds of their unborn baby (HB 1371), to notify them that abortion ends the life of a separate human being with a beating heart (HB 1445), and to protect women coerced into abortions by boyfriends, husbands, or parents (SB 2265).
These laws don’t go into effect until August 1, so it’s too early to know whether Planned Parenthood will comply with them, or if it will reduce the number of abortions, which although being close to half the national average, were reported in October to be heading towards a record number for the year, near 1,400. Many believe these types of laws will make a difference because, in Washington State, for example, Planned Parenthood clinics only show pregnant clients an ultrasound if and when they sign a form indicating they have chosen abortion. Also, many women who get abortions at PP clinics report never having been given medically and scientifically accurate information about their baby.
In addition to these three regulations, North Dakota also passed a resolution, HCR 3015, stating that North Dakota would reject any federally passed so-called “Freedom of Choice Act”. The fifth pro-life measure, and the one which garnered the most attention from outside the state, was an attempt to enshrine in the law the medically recognized fact that human life begins at conception. Known as the “Life at Conception Bill”, HB 1572 didn’t just draw attention from Washington State, but also drew an important supporter.
When pro-life Washingtonian and frozen embryo adopter, Maria Lancaster, first heard that this so-called “Personhood Bill” passed the North Dakota house by a vote of 51-41 in the Spring, she felt that her testimony could be helpful, so she packed her bags and headed to Bismarck. Mrs. Lancaster and her husband Jeff, of Issaquah, adopted a frozen embryo six years ago. That former embryo is now her beautiful 6-year-old daughter, Elisha. After taking that step, one thing led to another, and she ended up standing with President George W. Bush on the podium as he heroically vetoed legislation that would have authorized government money to be spent on destructive embryonic stem cell research. She has since co-founded Embryo Adoption Services of Cedar Park, here in Bothell, Washington.
She continued to take her expertise and experience to the halls of power when she testified before the North Dakota Senate in defense of the Informed Consent and Personhood bills. “Knowing that my daughter could have been a medical experiment instead of adopted motivates me to tell people that embryos are human,” Mrs. Lancaster told Abortion In Washington (AIW).
The Personhood Bill, which wasn’t actually connected with the nationwide Personhood Movement despite suggestions by naysayers, ultimately failed in the state Senate after a barrage of opposition from not only super-wealthy pro-abortion forces, but also some hesitant pro-lifers, most notably the Conference of Catholic Bishops. Questions were raised about the exact wording of the bill, and the possible consequences on issues like fertility clinic practices and miscarriages. Interestingly, the publicity didn’t come until after the bill had already passed the lower chamber. Rep. Ruby told AIW that he was surprised by all the reaction, but he is undeterred. It was the first time it was tried, and the first time such legislation has been approved by any legislature in the US, and Rep. Ruby told us he hopes to reintroduce the legislation in two years, when North Dakota’s citizen legislature sits again, after working on perfecting the wording and letting citizens and experts discuss it more.
The bill is intended to be a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade by finally addressing the elephant-in-the-room question which Roe-based jurisprudence has consistently avoided: when does human life begin? By defining an unborn human being as a person, that individual will automatically come under the protection of the 14th amendment, effectively abolishing legal abortion. It’s not clear on what grounds even a liberal Supreme Court would obviate such a law, since the medical facts seem undisputed. The only real opposition seems to be based on consequences.
“North Dakota wants to be abortion free,” Mrs. Lancaster told AIW, “and Dan Ruby and his colleagues are serious about taking measures to make that happen”. She tells the story of how she testified about the fact that the baby’s heartbeat starts at about 17 days of life, 2 days after a pregnant woman misses her first menstrual period, and hence the earliest she could know she was pregnant or schedule an abortion. Her point was that every single abortion is done on a baby with a beating heart. She was the last of the scheduled speakers in support of the Informed Consent bill. Slated to speak immediately after her was Tim Stanley, representing the radical advocates and practitioners of abortion, Planned Parenthood.
But after her testimony, she said, Mr. Stanley got up and left. “He realized he would have just looked like an idiot, a complete fool, if he’d gone ahead and tried to claim that this was just a bunch of cells, or what they like to refer to as POC, Products of Conception,” she said. “A POC doesn’t have a beating heart.” In fact, when the committee chair, Sen. David Nething, asked if there was anyone who wanted to speak against the legislation, there was silence. He even went so far as to ask if there was anyone who was “neutral”. Again, nothing.
AIW asked Rep. Ruby if he expected Planned Parenthood, which is famous for being in conflict with the law in numerous states, to comply with the new regulations, and what the enforcement provisions were. “That is a problem”, he conceded. “It’s up to the State’s Attorney”, he added, and how frequently inspections and audits are carried out. The regs require clients to sign forms indicating they have received the offer of an ultrasound, and have been told they are killing their unborn child, but he indicated he wasn’t sure if PP was simply required to keep forms “on file”, or required to send them in to the state Department of Health. “I will look into it,” he said. He also told us that the ultrasound bill does not go so far as to require abortion clinics to offer pregnant clients a chance to listen to their baby’s heartbeat on a fetal heart monitor.
AIW contacted Planned Parenthood of North Dakota for comment. We spoke with Kathi Di Nicola, media relations director for Planned Parenthood of Minnesota and the Dakotas. She said she would try to get Mr. Stanley to call us back, but he failed to return our call by deadline. All she could tell us was that Planned Parenthood did oppose all these regulations. She wasn’t, however, prepared to explain why.
Rep. Ruby said he would also be interested in investigating other regulations, such as death certificates for unborn victims of abortion, limits on how much abortionists can charge, and even investigating whether PP is engaged in Medicaid Fraud with the 340B drug discount program, as has been charged in California and Washington. But perhaps the biggest impact will come if the Personhood Bill is passed in 2011, and ultimately brings Roe v. Wade crashing down.
All this goes to show pro-lifers that even in the current climate, state-level initiatives can succeed, and can have a dramatic impact for life.
One of Fr. Jenkins’ excuses for inviting pro-abortion president Obama to Notre Dame to receive an honorary law degree is that it will promote “dialogue”.
If after years of Thanksgiving dinners and family get-togethers you can’t even get your brother-in-law off the radically pro-abortion NARAL Honorary Council how do you expect to get POTUS off his wildly pro-abortion ideals?
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I will be posting many more photos and videos of Faith in the coming days and weeks… I’m sure it will be a huge comfort for me. I am so grateful for all the time I had with Faith and for all the photos and videos and for the memories we shared. And I can’t wait to see her again… I don’t know how she could get any cuter but I’m sure she is even more beautiful now that she is living it up in Heaven.
