tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35184780035941200432024-03-13T22:40:20.937-05:00Pro Life in TNNEWS OF INTEREST TO THE PRO LIFE COMMUNITY IN TNSusie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.comBlogger2422125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-26033036215636450412016-04-16T07:05:00.002-05:002016-04-16T07:05:34.516-05:00TN: Fetal Remains bill victorious bill victorius<div class="MsoNormal">
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qLCOzvtu2I0/VxIqc5YOAlI/AAAAAAAADzo/T45PzxvtshQStZc69tCKM4YkFC3V6If4gCLcB/s1600/Haslam-Quote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qLCOzvtu2I0/VxIqc5YOAlI/AAAAAAAADzo/T45PzxvtshQStZc69tCKM4YkFC3V6If4gCLcB/s320/Haslam-Quote.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2011, under the guidance of pro-life Governor Bill Haslam (R), Tennessee became one of the first states to use administrative authority to divert funding away from Planned Parenthood to healthcare providers who do not commit abortions. This thwarted the anticipated legal challenge from the abortion industry</span><span style="background: #F6F7F8; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that usually follows a legislative action. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now in 2016, we have more pro-life victories to show what can be accomplished when we elect a pro-life governor <u>and</u> majorities in the General Assembly.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Tennessee Right to Life </span><a href="http://tennesseerighttolife.nationbuilder.com/haslam_announces_reforms_stronger_oversight_of_abortion_facilities"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">reports</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> that early in 2016, the governor called for “reforms to the Tennessee Department of Health to include <strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">unannounced inspections</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of the licensed facilities in order to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">strengthened record-keeping requirements</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>by the licensed facilities related to the disposition of fetal remains, and a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">simplified process to report complaints</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>against surgical facilities.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This was </span><a href="http://tennesseerighttolife.nationbuilder.com/stop_the_sale_of_baby_body_parts_in_tn"></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><a href="http://tennesseerighttolife.nationbuilder.com/stop_the_sale_of_baby_body_parts_in_tn"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">brought in response </span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> to the release of </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001myd7SwTIokhgNcBx6_Z6dTRa9ti75G62wP-2PI3hZOCx_83VxeiIHFMcuGulxKQY1of7KPkO0rx_XaPttgU6yoVBGT4o3oxJA7rJlhmQFMrw7-hsQEhago0Q9tfeU6QOMOLuu2BJLdWp-AgJBGliiu0kh-QGoJvjGto8UXrVsu7sllviP1yp-f_nyc8YoUs-&c=scDEAcUrpPMMZ_-nI1teTEhzpF9twMrbKtJss2ZQvnY_Rn87QMX1hw==&ch=QJTOBrzm_FNI5f3ocoBGhwU-PO-uWA2dIxnjRSQxFmSou6A1REG55w=="><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">undercover videos</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> last summer in which high-ranking Planned Parenthood leaders were caught negotiating the sale of baby body parts, </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001myd7SwTIokhgNcBx6_Z6dTRa9ti75G62wP-2PI3hZOCx_83VxeiIHKhThhusm0ZLi7p3aBLqm72uu9vuBDTmi2Z4dQo0RMfZ_07TxsPab6y7DbDxoSL-4xbqviPDUKRq6imOldQurUX7EJ9FFv9gPzFoOIKQt8ulUs8TMnLMaF_jyo50Nn3DiA==&c=scDEAcUrpPMMZ_-nI1teTEhzpF9twMrbKtJss2ZQvnY_Rn87QMX1hw==&ch=QJTOBrzm_FNI5f3ocoBGhwU-PO-uWA2dIxnjRSQxFmSou6A1REG55w=="><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Governor Haslam</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> responded with the drafting of legislation "to strengthen accountability and transparency for surgery centers performing abortions." The pro-life bill is opposed by Planned Parenthood and some researchers who depended on upon the aborted fetal remains for experimentation. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The fact that the legislation <b>was promoted and made a priority</b> by Governor Haslam was instrumental in its expedited passage. It </span><a href="http://tennesseerighttolife.nationbuilder.com/tn_house_passes_ban_on_sale_of_human_fetal_body_parts"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">passed</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> the state senate by a vote of 28-2 and the state house by 79-9. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In a separate bill, Rep. Bryan Terry, M.D. (R-Murfreesboro) </span><a href="http://tennesseerighttolife.nationbuilder.com/tn_house_passes_ban_on_sale_of_human_fetal_body_parts"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">proposed</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> requiring that authorization for the method of disposal be by signed rather than inferred consent by the woman or girl considering an abortion. That bill was also passed easily by the House on Thursday by a vote of 89-0.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> "Pro-life Tennesseans are grateful to the Legislature and to the Governor for bringing about this common sense reform to prevent the trafficking of remains of unborn children killed by abortion in our state," said </span><a href="http://tennesseerighttolife.nationbuilder.com/tn_house_passes_ban_on_sale_of_human_fetal_body_parts"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cathy Waterbury</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, legislative liaison for Tennessee Right to Life.</span></div>
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-16823232049331661142015-12-08T10:32:00.003-06:002015-12-08T12:14:06.883-06:00San Bernadino ties with Ft. Hood as the deadliest terror attack on US soil since 911...reports forget 14th victim in TXWe can all agree that POTUS is a skilled wordsmith. He and his speech writers are adept at parsing words. Listening to the recent <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/06/address-nation-president">speech </a>from the Oval Office. A particular wording caught my attention.<br />
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Over the last few years, however, the terrorist threat has evolved into a new phase. As we’ve become better at preventing complex, multifaceted attacks like 9/11, terrorists turned to less complicated acts of violence like the mass shootings that are all too common in our society. It is this type of attack that we saw at <b>Fort Hood in 2009</b>; in Chattanooga earlier this year; and now in San Bernardino. And as groups like ISIL grew stronger amidst the chaos of war in Iraq and then Syria, and as the Internet erases the distance between countries, we see growing efforts by terrorists to poison the minds of people like the Boston Marathon bombers and the San Bernardino killers. </blockquote>
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For six years, the <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/22/pentagon-will-not-label-fort-hood-shootings-terror/?page=all">official word</a> was the shooting at Ft. Hood was "workplace violence." As this <a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/obama-six-years-later-calls-fort-hood-terrorist-attack">headline </a>notes, it was six long years later for Obama finally acknowledge it as an act of terror. So there it is. The other official wording that continues to rankle me is saying that 13 were killed in that shooting with an occasional <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fort-hood-massacre-victims-pregnant-soldier-francheska-velez-moment-silence-bases-article-1.414362">brief reference </a> to one of the victims being pregnant. Pro lifers know better. There were <a href="http://twitchy.com/2013/08/07/14-victims-not-13-the-littlest-victim-of-the-fort-hood-jihad-massacre-remembered/">14 victims kille</a>d that day....not 13. Let us acknowledge all the victims.<br />
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So when news commentators and <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2015/12/fbi-an-act-of-terrorism/">print </a>articles continue to label the terror attack at San Bernadino as the deadliest terror attack on US soil since 911 killing 14; I want to remind them that it <b>ties</b> with the one in 2009 at Ft. Hood where 14 were also killed. </div>
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—<b>Fourteen victims </b>fell on Nov. 5, 2009, not 13. Thirteen of our U.S. military personnel died in cold blood at the deployment center. But the death toll was actually 14. Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, was pregnant when Hasan shot her during the first round of gunfire. At a military Article 32 hearing in 2010 (analogous to a civilian grand jury hearing), a survivor of the Fort Hood shootings testified that Velez cried out, “<b>My baby! My baby!”</b></blockquote>
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-28916541058792292042015-10-26T10:07:00.005-05:002015-10-26T18:25:25.997-05:00U of MN and PP shared signage....weathered the storm or in your face defiance ??<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This caused <b>Students for Life</b> at <b>University of Minnesota </b>to stage a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AlphaNewsMN/videos/1622924381302280/?pnref=story">demonstration</a> calling for President Kaler to clarify that the University's position of fetal tissue research. </span></div>
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-8403011020362889472015-09-21T20:24:00.002-05:002015-09-21T20:37:39.471-05:00After two venues say no..... Nashville's synagogue agrees to host Planned Parenthood fundraiserJeff Teague , the CEO of <a href="http://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-middle-east-tennessee/">Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee </a> <a href="http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2015/09/18/jewish-center-cancels-hosting-planned-parenthood-fundraiser/72400426/">accused </a>Nashville's <a href="http://www.nashvillejcc.org/">Gordon Jewish Community Center</a> of sub-cumming to bullies when they cancelled their October 1st fundraiser cocktail party called Amuse-Bouche, (entertaining the mouth). They had previously hosted such events for Planned Parenthood.<br />
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Planned Parenthood reported that they were searching for a new venue but would not publicize the location once secured. Sorta hard to have a secret fund raiser. A follow up <a href="http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/21/synagogue-takes-planned-parenthood-event-need-home/72574840/">story</a> by the Tennessean today disclosed that after being turned down by<a href="http://secondharvestmidtn.org/?gclid=CjwKEAjw1f6vBRC7tLqO_aih5WISJAAE0CYwNR9xzs3bhVDHv7lo7k1ZE_Qr9VsW650PowTSclh4rxoC4RTw_wcB"> Second Harvest Bank </a>,which also had previously hosted their events, they are going to have their the fund raiser at <a href="http://www.templenashville.org/">The Temple </a>, a Jewish synagogue in Nashville. The story alluded to the Jewish Center backing down due to pressure from Catholics!! While happy to have a venue, Teague, stated he did not know if the venue was donated or rented as the fund raising appeals went out.<br />
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Having been kicked out of the local Jewish Community Center, Planned Parenthood announced this morning that its Oct. 1 fundraiser has been moved to The Temple, 5015 Harding Road, Nashville. Perhaps not surprising considering that the Temple's 3 rabbis and cantor were each outspoken opponents of pro-life Amendment 1 last fall.<br />
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-19829539569264877552015-08-13T13:27:00.002-05:002015-08-13T14:13:55.540-05:00TN: Abortionists fear prosecution for operating outside the law....Judge grants injunction when DA's won't sign written pledge not to prosecute<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tennessee is a pro life state, so when the ACLU and Planned Parenthood teamed up to <a href="http://caselaw.findlaw.com/tn-supreme-court/1171782.html">sue the state </a>in 2000 to throw out pro life protections voted into place by a bi partisan legislature, few thought they had any chance. However, four state Supreme Court justices agreed with them. The abortion advocates touted this victory to other states as a way to do an end run around the will of the people. <br />
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This disastrous ruling meant that the laws voted into place by our bi partisan legislature could not be enforced. Gone was informed consent, waiting periods and requiring late term abortions must be done in hospital settings. This ruling meant any future pro life law in TN must pass the "strict scrutiny" standard since these justices found a "right to abortion" in our state constitution. Really?? <br />
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This decision emboldened an abortionist operating two facilities <a href="http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OPINIONS/TCA/PDF/024/BoyleGC.pdf">to sue</a> when the Department of Health tried to inspect the centers and demand that he meet the standards of other same-day surgery centers. He prevailed in court by saying he was operating under a doctor’s office license and did not have to meet these regulations unless he performed a substantial number of abortions. Could things get any worse?<br />
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"Amending the State Constitution is an arduous process. It must pass the General Assembly by a simple majority, followed by a super majority, appear on the ballot in a year that a Governor is elected and pass by at least 50 percent plus one (of the number of votes cast for Governor).<br />
It took 14 years of pro-life advocacy for this measure, <a href="http://ballotpedia.org/Tennessee_Legislative_Powers_Regarding_Abortion,_Amendment_1_(2014)">Amendment 1</a>, to be on the 2014 ballot. Along the way, it was essential for the pro-life issue to be front and center in elections – changing the political landscape dramatically. The battle to pass this state measure received national attention.<br />
The grassroots coalition “Yes on 1” was <a href="http://www.yeson1tn.org/abortion_promoters_funding_94_of_vote_no_campaign">outspent 3 to 1</a>, and <a href="http://voteno1tn.org/2014/10/19/four-major-tennessee-newspapers-urge-readers-vote-amendment-1/">all four major city newspapers</a> endorsed the Planned Parenthood position. Funded by out-of-state <a href="http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Abortion-Industry-Attempts-to-Buy-Tennessee-Election.html?soid=1101571928552&aid=ZpdL8_8bB9s">pro-abortion interests</a>, the “No on 1” campaign even produced what was <a href="http://www.redstate.com/2014/10/21/dishonest-tv-ad-election-season/">named</a> “the most dishonest TV ad of the 2014 election season.”<br />
November 4, 2014 was the moment of truth. The pro-life Amendment 1 relied upon a strong grassroots effort in all 95 counties to win <a href="http://www.politico.com/2014-election/results/map/ballot-measures/tennessee/">53% to 47%</a> in Tennessee. "</blockquote>
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End of the story and a victory for life? Not so fast says the abortion industry. The <a href="http://vanderbilt%20law%20professor%20tracey%20george%2C%20who%20also%20serves%20as%20board%20chair%20of%20planned%20parenthood%20of%20middle%20%26%20east%20tennessee%20and%20was%20a%20coordinator%20of%20the%20vote%20no%20on%201%20campaign%2C%20filed%20suit%20along%20with%20seven%20other%20voters%20on%20nov.%207%2C%20asserting%20that%20the%20state%27s%20vote%20tabulation%20methods%20were%20unconstitutional./">Tennessean</a> recaps the following:</div>
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"Since its passage, lawmakers have enacted two new abortion laws that take effect this week. One requires all abortion clinics that perform 50 or more abortions each year to be regulated as ambulatory surgical care centers. A second requires women seeking an abortion to receive in-person counseling by a physician and then wait 48 hours before undergoing the procedure.A separate lawsuit challenging those new rules was filed by three Tennessee abortion clinics and one obstetrician-gynecologist challenging those laws."</blockquote>
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Alas, it is the same abortionist who refused the Dept. of Health to inspect his facility and refused to bring his facilities up to standards as other same day surgery centers is the one of the plaintiffs. <br />
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The Judge put on a temporary restraining order in June at the request of the doctor who argued that he needed more time to bring his centers up to standards. In August the same judge said he would lift the restraining order but warned that he may slap it back on later in the week. The Tennessean gives this <a href="http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/08/10/judge-lifts-restraining-order-abortion-law---now/31407189/">account</a>.<br />
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The attorney representing the state said that the respective district attorneys in the counties where these two abortion centers are not licensed as ambulatory surgery treatment centers had no plans to prosecute them. However, that was not good enough for Judge Sharp. He sided with the attorneys for the abortion doctors who said that they feared a "rogue" DA might prosecute.<br />
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-58194148423823609482015-08-13T06:55:00.001-05:002015-08-13T07:00:11.388-05:00God used a movie to change my mind<br />
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<i>L-R Stephanie, Casey, Courtney </i><br />
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With the release of the undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood, many like me have a testimony of our experiences with this organization. Sharing it may help others who find themselves in a similar situation.<br />
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In the fall of 1977, after just seven months of marriage, I found out I was pregnant. I had married my high school boyfriend after one semester of college. I made this decision impulsively and left my home state to move with him to Texas. My father had passed away two years earlier, and I was running from my grief and pain. I was a mess and my marriage was a bigger mess.<br />
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I began to contemplate the option of abortion. Abortion had only been legal for a few years and not much was known about it. I had some friends that had abortions, but we had not talked in depth about their experience. When I asked some of my college friends for their input, they all agreed that abortion was the wisest choice in my situation.<br />
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I called the nearest abortion clinic near my campus which was affiliated with Planned Parenthood. They instructed me to send in half of the cost of the abortion via cashier’s check and bring the remainder the Saturday morning of my appointment either in cash or with another cashier’s check. I was advised that the deposit was nonrefundable. I guess that was their way of encouraging you not to have second thoughts and back out since you already had put half the money down. My abortion was scheduled for early Saturday morning, a busy day for abortions there as they catered to the college students.<br />
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I was taking college classes and working part time at a local health food store with an older woman who was a Jehovah’s Witness. I knew she took her faith seriously and was very spiritual. I had not sought the opinion of anyone as spiritual as her. When I casually asked her what she thought God would think of abortion, she did not hesitate. He thinks it is murder, she answered.</div>
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I drove home with her words haunting me and as I turned on the car radio, a song seemed to speak to me as well. Shaking it off, I went home, made dinner, and sat down on my couch to distract myself with a movie on TV. Does anyone think God can use media to reach out to you? The made for TV movie was called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZyNSHPYBVc&feature=share">Having Babies</a>! This movie followed the lives of different pregnant women and their life circumstances. I related to one couple in particular as their situation closely paralleled mine. Could I be a mother, college student and hold down a job? Could I??<br />
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With the close of the movie, I went to bed and set my alarm for my early morning abortion appointment. After all, I had already sent them quite a bit of money. My decision was made….. wasn’t it? During the night, God changed my heart and mind. When the alarm sounded the next morning, I rolled over and turned it off and went back to sleep.<br />
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The following May I gave birth to the first of my two daughters. And I thank Him. For eternity, I will thank Him. He made a way and gave me an unexpected grace to be a young mom. Now it's the summer of 2015 and I am seeing "movies" on TV and the internet that are making me relive what I experienced in that Fall of 1977. I am thankful that God used media to speak to me and I am thankful to the woman I worked with who spoke truth to me without hesitation. </div>
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I pray that God is using these videos released by The Center for Medical Progress to change hearts and minds of women just like He used that simple movie for me. <br />
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My oldest daughter Casey grew up to be a wonderful woman, wife and mother of four. She has previously served in the mission fields of Argentina and Minsk Belarus and currently works as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor. </div>
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When I gave my testimony in public, my youngest daughter remarked that I would have aborted her very best friend. I shudder to think of the generational impact that impulsive decision would have made and I again give God all the praise for his mercy and grace.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Posted with permission from Stephanie Finch</i></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Stephanie Finch is a Licensed Professional Counselor working in a private practice in Hendersonville, TN. She specializes in working with children, teens, adults in areas of depression, anxiety, adjustment struggles, marriage counseling, teen and women’s issues. She is married to Tim and proud grandmother of 8. They worship at Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, TN and Stephanie is on the board of Decisions, Choices and Options, an educational program to teens about the impact of teen pregnancy.</span></i><br />
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-36684208938181510642015-07-14T07:29:00.001-05:002015-08-14T08:38:53.699-05:00BREAKING: 30-month undercover investigation exposes Planned Parenthood’s trafficking of baby partshttp://www.jillstanek.com/2015/07/planned-parenthood-body-parts/Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-43618241364660250862015-07-11T20:59:00.003-05:002015-07-13T06:42:09.082-05:00Tennessee's Brittany Maynard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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John Jay Hooker is a familiar name in the state of
Tennessee. Until recently he had been described in a tongue and cheek manner as
a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay_Hooker"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">political gadfly and
perennial candidate</span></a>. A
gifted orator, born to a prominent family, Hooker’s
verbiage often got him in trouble
as in 2010 when he had his law license <a href="https://www.nashvillepost.com/blogs/postpolitics/2010/1/17/john_jay_hookers_law_license_suspended">suspended</a>
for thirty days and was publicly
censored for filing frivolous law suits and making statements regarding judges
with “reckless disregard of their truth or falsity.” Hooker is known for championing his causes
with passion and flamboyance. Now in his eighties and diagnosed with a terminal
form of cancer, he is now being revered as Tennessee’s version of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_Maynard"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Brittany Maynard</span></a> as he seeks to bring
physician assisted suicide to his home state. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tennessee,
along with 45 other states, outlaws physician assisted suicide. This should not
to be confused a patient’s right to decline treatments or use living wills to
stipulate what measures they want used to keep them alive. It also does not
prohibit the use of palliative care which has the purpose of relieving pain
until natural death occurs. Physician assisted suicide would allow a doctor,
upon request, to give a prescription for a lethal drug to end the life of
the patient. They alleviate pain by
killing the patient.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A
bill was introduced in the TN General Assembly earlier in the year by Democrats
as a <a href="http://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/columnists/frank-daniels/2015/02/15/death-dignity-john-jay-hooker-final-fight/23378411/">courtesy
to Hooker</a> and met with a lukewarm
but polite response. It promptly was
assigned to a </span><a href="http://www.wbir.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/02/senate-committee-to-discuss-assisted-suicide-bill/28370325/"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">summer study committee</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">, a tactic used to gently
end discussion. Hooker, who never
gently ends any discussion, brought a lawsuit against the state arguing that
the law forbidding assisted suicide was unconstitutional, citing the privacy
clause in the state constitution attempting to accomplish by judicial fiat what
could not get done in the legislative body answerable to the people. That
tactic has been used successfully before by the <a href="http://caselaw.findlaw.com/tn-supreme-court/1171782.html">ACLU and
Planned Parenthood</a> to wipe out restrictions around legalized abortions
passed by the state legislature. It took 14 years and <a href="http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/04/amendment-takes-early-lead/18493787/">amending</a>
the state constitution to correct this. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The
liberal editorial board of the Tennessean quickly </span><a href="http://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/editorials/2015/04/07/tennesseans-right-die/25414013/"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">endorsed physician assisted
suicide</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> and
lionized Hooker as a civil rights champion, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay_Hooker"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">not mentioning</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> is earlier ties to the paper. They praised his fiery
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“At last month’s TedX Nashville conference, Hooker gave a rousing speech concerning his desire to take his life with a physician’s help, and it earned him a standing ovation after he recited at the end Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous words: “Free at last, free at last.”</blockquote>
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I sat through the two hour court case heard in Chancery Court on July 10th by Chancellor Carol McCoy. The state’s main argument was straightforward and asked the judge to dismiss the suit since <span style="line-height: 115%;">public policy matters should be decided in the General Assembly and not
the courts. They pointed out the state’s compelling interest in preserving all
life and warned of the eroding protections for the vulnerable population that
may be at risk with the overturning of this protective law. The poor, elderly,
disabled, and mentally deficient citizens would be endangered as the right to
duty quickly morphs into the duty to die.
Allowing assisted suicide would also erode the trust between patient and
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What
astounded me most about the arguments from the lawyers supporting assisted
suicide was the amount of time spent on telling emotional stories laced with
extreme hyperbole of slow, painful deaths emphasizing the discomfort of family
members having to watch loved ones lose their bodily functions and dignity
instead of focusing on legal merits of their argument. The hyperbole included a
paper from a Vanderbilt professor describing a sick old woman (later identified
as his mother) who stored up sleeping pills for her suicide and her distress
when she could not find them at the appropriate time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When
they did mention the merits of the case using the law, they argued that the
Constitution should be an evolving and growing document that responds to
changing times and poll numbers. They
referenced the growing aging population and said this may be in great demand by
this age group! Or do they mean in
demand <u>for</u> this age group! Slip of the tongue, perhaps?? </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Their
other legal argument centered on a privacy clause in the state constitution and
that the current language in the law forbidding assisted suicide was vague.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mr.
Hooker seemed larger than life in the courtroom, though not speaking all
cameras were trained on his every expression as his lawyer used terms as
“rendezvous with death” and spoke of his desire to have dignity and die at home
surrounded by loved ones. While no one
is challenging his right to discontinue treatments, the lawyer suggested that
having a script for a lethal dosage may give someone like him the courage to go
for the experimental trial, knowing they had the backup plan of the lethal meds
at the ready. His lawyer stoked fear
insisting not allowing assisted suicide was like murder forcing the patient to
endure a slow death. He referred to the
refusal of assisted suicide to being in hell continually tormented by the devil! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I cringed
at weak and inappropriate attempts at humor comparing assisted suicide to people with a fear of
flying smuggling small bottles of vodka on the plane to ease their fear. I was
most offended when they suggested that we are kinder to dogs that we put down
with sorrow in our hearts. So much for the sanctity of <u>human </u>life!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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two hours of testimony, the Chancellor did not give her ruling pending the
submission of supplemental briefs from each side. She promised to do her best
to expedite her decision noting that time was of the essence for Hooker.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> As Mr. Hooker exited the courtroom, he was
surrounded by reporters and cameras. He stopped to give a statement that was
run on many media outlets. Also exiting
the courtroom in wheelchairs or with assistance were those representing <a href="http://www.notdeadyet.org/">Not Dead Yet</a> or other disability rights organizations. They were largely ignored as they silently made their way past the crowd. <b>So this was the marketing of the culture of death. </b>I think they understood clearly what this action would mean for them. Their lives would be seen as less valuable and a burden on society. They understood the subtle way that they would be made to feel that society would be better if they would embrace this route.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span> What I heard in that courtroom was all about control. I want to decide how and when I die. As the old Frank Sinatra song says ...I did it my way! God's way was not a concern. I don't know Mr. Hooker's spiritual condition, but the arguments on his behalf had a noticeable absence of any mention of prayer, faith, peace, or eternal hope. It also was absent any recognized value to caring for the weak and vulnerable by caregivers or society. It reminds us that when God is not revered as the Author and Creator of life, the very sanctity of human life becomes dependent on polling numbers and we are all diminished.<br />
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As
someone who lost a spouse to a malignant brain tumor (the same tumor that Brittany Maynard suffered from) and married to a
man who also lost his first wife to the very same brain tumor, we can attest that
you can die a natural death, surrounded by loved ones with
the assistance of palliative care. Caring for them was not a burden, but an honor and privilege that we cherish. Every day, hour and minute they lived was precious to us. They were the true heroes. They had death with dignity.</div>
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-86553900915426446362015-06-30T07:34:00.004-05:002015-06-30T07:34:50.975-05:00Pro-life blog buzz 6-26-15<a href="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pro-life-blog-buzz.jpg"><img src="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pro-life-blog-buzz.jpg" /></a><div>
Cross posted at Jill Stanek.com<br /><div>
by Susie Allen, host of the blog, <a href="http://www.prolifeintn.blogspot.com/">Pro-Life in TN</a>, and Kelli<br /><br /><i>A parting note from Susie:<br /><br />I have co-authored the Blog Buzz (formerly called Proliferations) for five years. Time flies when you are having fun. I can think of no better movement to dedicate your life to than protecting the sanctity of all human life. Congratulations to Jill as she starts on a new venture in a new season of her life. I have learned so much from contributing to this blog and hope the readers will look for ways they too can take a stand for life in their own sphere of influence. As Jill did not seek the spotlight years ago, she did not shrink from the cause when it came to her. Look what she has done! We all have a sphere of influence and a talent. How exciting to see what we can do when we use our God-given talents. You may surprise yourself. Join the cause and press on.</i><br /><i>For Life,<br />Susie Allen</i></div>
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<i><br /></i><a href="http://prolifeaction.org/hotline/2015/wholewoman/">Pro-Life Action League’s</a> vigilance found that National Health Care, an abortion facility in Peoria, Illinois, has been sold to Whole Woman’s Health, a Texas abortion chain: <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
In a letter sent to the IDPH on May 27, NHC administrator Margaret Van Duyn says, referring to Whole Woman’s, “They provide the same quality of care that we do” — which is to say, the same low-quality care. Take, for example, the Whole Woman’s abortion facility in Austin, from which three (3) women were transported by ambulance during a one-month period in 2012. What’s more, as documented by our friends at AbortionDocs.org, the Whole Woman’s Austin andMcAllen facilities were also fined a total of $40,000 in 2011 for illegal disposal of the remains of aborted children, as well as private medical records.</blockquote>
<br /><br /><a href="http://prolifeblogs.com/">ProLifeBlogs</a> shares a post from <a href="http://lcrtl.blogspot.com/2015/06/abortion-drone.html">Lake County Right to Life</a> regarding the newest venture of Women on Waves, an abortion advocacy group specializing in bringing abortion to women in countries where it is banned. Their latest plan: Using a drone to drop abortion pills in Poland. No doctor visit, not even a webcam consultation. Just RU-486 from the sky, cross your fingers, and hope that nothing goes wrong when taking chemical abortifacients without medical supervision. The pills are supposed to be suitable only for pregnancies up to nine weeks. What could possibly go wrong?</div>
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<a href="https://saynsumthn.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/white-house-lied-about-grubers-role-in-obamacare/">Saynsumthn’s Blog</a> meticulously documents the heavy involvement of eugenics proponent Jonathan Gruber in the crafting of Obamacare – despite the fact that so many in the Obama Administration acted as if they’d barely heard of him. He pocketed $400k for his consultations with the administration. What is significant is that Gruber, as part of his eugenic views, supports abortion as a means to achieve his goal of saving welfare money by eliminating more children of color. Perhaps #BlackLivesMatter to this administration only when it’s politically expedient?</div>
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My theory – call it Smith on media bias – is that advocates convinced AP that using the word “committed” – even though accurate, as it means to intentionally perform an act – implied a negative judgment about that act. And that conflicts with the drive to make at least some suicides more palatable generally – or to put it the other way around – that not all suicides are bad or wrong. In short, this is a political act – not the first by AP in this regard, heck, not even the second – and it won’t be the last.</blockquote>
<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aul.org/2015/06/aul-releases-the-new-leviathan-the-mega-centers-report-how-planned-parenthood-has-become-abortion-inc/">Americans United for Life</a> has just released a must-read, comprehensive report showing how Planned Parenthood has built a lucrative business model from ending human lives – and we, the taxpayers, are helping them to do so with our tax dollars. <a href="http://www.aul.org/new-leviathan/">“The New Leviathan”</a> details how the billion-dollar abortion profiteer has increased its profits and market share, even as fewer U.S. women seek abortions: <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unlike the national trend observed by the Associated Press last week, the Centers for Disease Control, and everywhere else that abortions are on the decline, at Planned Parenthood abortion sales are up – meanwhile its overall patients and other services are down. This is as a result of a move to create abortion mega-centers to mass-produce abortions at an even deadlier rate.</blockquote>
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Tennesseans scored a huge victory last November when they voted to change the state constitution to correct an egregious decision by the state Supreme Court in September of 2000 that found a right to abortion in our state constitution, thus negating the enforcement of bills previously passed to regulate abortion.<br />
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Despite being outspent 4-1 by the abortion industry and their allies from out of state, the tenacity of the grassroots paid off. Yesterday, Governor Haslam signed into law three bills that were recently passed by the state legislature mandating informed consent, 48 hour waiting period, and my personal favorite, that all abortion facilities must be inspected and meet the same standards as other same day surgery centers.<br />
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What a victory for all Tennesseans. Other states are certainly taking notice as the abortion industry has consistently used the courts to accomplish what they could not at the ballot box. It took 15 long years, but the persistence of grassroots that also changed the legislature to a solid pro life majority was also key.<br />
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Victory was sweet, but the celebration lasts for a short time and the culture of death is angry. They are now attacking the vulnerable by trying to advance physician assisted suicide in our state.<br />
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<br />Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-68537159415315266042015-04-21T21:07:00.000-05:002015-04-21T21:07:06.643-05:00Banner day for pro life Tennessee<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today saw landmark decisions in the state legislature when two bills were passed overwhelmingly in the House, having previously passed in the same overwhelming manner in the Senate. They are now on their way to Governor Haslam who is expected to sign these bills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These bills will implement informed consent, 48 hour waiting period after receiving this information, and requiring that abortion facilities performing 50 abortions per year be licensed and inspected by the Department of Health. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tennessee used to have these protections before being hit with a <a href="http://caselaw.findlaw.com/tn-supreme-court/1171782.html">lawsuit</a> by Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. T</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hey sued to remove three regulations around abortion that had been voted into place by bi partisan legislators. These were informed consent, 48 hour waiting period, and that later term abortions must be done in hospital settings. The decision was announced September 15, 2000 in their favor by the TN Supreme Court, and with it the justices found a broad right to an abortion in our state Constitution. Their decision prevented any regulation from being enforced that could not pass a strict scrutiny standard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This decision emboldened an abortionist operating two facilities <a href="http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OPINIONS/TCA/PDF/024/BoyleGC.pdf">to sue</a> when the Department of Health when they tried to inspect the centers and demand that he meet the standards of same day surgery centers. He prevailed in court by saying he was operating under a doctor’s office license and did not have to meet these regulations unless he performed a substantial number of abortions. The court did not define what constitutes a substantial number leaving it unanswered; so he was free to operate using this loophole. Others followed suit. As a result Tennessee became known as the abortion mecca of the southeast and ranked third state nationally for <a href="http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2014/02/18/tennessee-abortion-numbers-drop-in-past-decade/5572875/">out of state women</a> coming to get their abortions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The dissenting judge from the 2000 decision advised the only remedy for the people was to enact an amendment to the constitution stating that it was silent on the issue of abortion and allowing the people to once again speak through their elected legislators to enact regulations around abortions. Amending the Constitution is an arduous process. It must pass the General Assembly by a simple majority, followed by a super majority, appear on the ballot in a year that a Governor is elected and pass by at least 50% plus one of the number of votes cast for Governor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> It took 14 years to get to this point for it to be on the ballot. Along the way, it was essential for the pro life issue to be front and center in elections changing the political landscape dramatically. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This battle received national attention. On November 4, 2014 despite </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;"> being </span><a href="http://www.yeson1tn.org/abortion_promoters_funding_94_of_vote_no_campaign" style="color: #993322; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.2859992980957px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">outspent 3-1</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;"> , having </span><a href="http://voteno1tn.org/2014/10/19/four-major-tennessee-newspapers-urge-readers-vote-amendment-1/" style="color: #993322; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.2859992980957px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">all four major city newspapers</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;"> endorse the Planned Parenthood position, the pro-life amendment known as </span><a href="http://www.yeson1tn.org/amendment_text" style="color: #993322; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.2859992980957px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Amendment One </span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;"> relied upon a strong grassroots effort in all 95 counties and focused on the </span><a href="http://www.yeson1tn.org/tennessee_votes_to_restore_life" style="color: #993322; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.2859992980957px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">power of the pulpit</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;"> to win </span><a href="http://www.politico.com/2014-election/results/map/ballot-measures/tennessee/#.VFoYdPnF_jU" style="color: #993322; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.2859992980957px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">53% to 47%</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;"> in Tennessee.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“<a href="http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2015/04/tuesday-a-banner-day-in-tennessee-for-unborn-children-and-their-mothers/#.VTb8FiFVhHx">Tennessee Right to Life </a>thanks the people of Tennessee who supported Amendment 1 and the many legislative sponsors and supporters of these bills to protect the health and safety of women and girls,” said Brian Harris, the organization’s president. “Children will now be given a better chance at life because their mothers and families had the extra time and opportunity to make fully informed decisions.”<br />Today’s losers? “Those who profit from unregulated abortion in Tennessee,” said Harris. Winners? “Women, girls and families are empowered by the requirement that adequate and accurate information is provided to assure careful decisions to protect health and life in our state."</span></blockquote>
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-90629939609704971342015-04-09T13:23:00.000-05:002015-04-10T07:02:55.378-05:00TN: Knoxville abortionist compares abortion to a face lift....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Dr. Susan Dodd</strong>, abortionist from Knoxville TN took time away from her busy practice to come to Nashville on April 8th to lobby and testify against a bill for informed consent for women considering abortion. She feels that it is too cumbersome for the busy abortionist to meet with the patient and answer the questions about the irreversible procedure of abortion.<br />
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Ed Albin of TN Right to Life was in the hearing room to listen to the lengthy debate over providing informed consent and establishing a 48 hour waiting period after the informed consent. He reports...<br />
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"House Bill 0977 requiring informed consent and a 48-hour waiting period passes the House Health Committee by voice vote after lengthy debate! It will now move to House Calendar. Thanks to sponsors Reps. Matthew Hill and Debra Moody.
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-8039260732672081112015-03-04T18:28:00.002-06:002015-03-04T18:28:33.889-06:00Pro-life blog buzz 3-3-15from Jill Stanek.com<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pro-life-blog-buzz.jpg"><img src="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pro-life-blog-buzz.jpg" /></a><br />
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by Susie Allen, host of the blog, <a href="http://www.prolifeintn.blogspot.com/">Pro-Life in TN</a>, and Kelli<br />
<br /><a href="http://liveactionnews.org/website-launches-interactive-choose-your-own-abortion-adventure-game/">Live Action News</a> says the new interactive game “Fusion” (on a website that includes writers like the founding editor of pro-abortion, profane Jezebel) in which players pretend to lead a South Dakota woman through several supposedly real-life scenarios – but they all suggest abortion is the correct answer to the dilemma. Hmm, no agenda there: What if the woman does choose to keep the baby? <br />
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On the actual issue of SB 95 – the barbarity of dismemberment – we have heard mostly silence from abortion supporters, with an implicit (or explicit) denial that a baby could feel pain at having his or her body demolished one piece at a time.<br />Do abortion supporters expect that the same public that wholeheartedly supports humane treatment for animals will excuse what happens to a human baby in this kind of abortion?</blockquote>
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<br /><a href="https://40daysforlife.com/2015/03/01/fasting/">40 Days for Life</a> discusses fasting (usually less emphasized than prayer), with suggestions for five different forms of fasting in which Christians can participate.<br />
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<br /><a href="http://themorningafter.us/illegal-unaccompanied-underage-immigrants-will-be-given-abortions-by-hhs/">Down on the Pharm</a> shows us how the issue of illegal immigration has become a pro-life issue as the Department of Health and Human Services will begin paying for unaccompanied minors’ abortions. This should help to line the pockets of Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Alfred_Kinsey_810_500_55_s_c1-e1425352400654.jpg"><img src="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Alfred_Kinsey_810_500_55_s_c1-e1425352400654-200x265.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="http://www.abstinence.net/our-blog/abstinence-posts/kinsey-blamed-for-50-shades-of-mommy-porn/">Abstinence Clearinghouse</a> says the person to blame for society’s fascination with things like 50 Shades of Grey is “researcher” Alfred Kinsey:<br />
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Kinsey’s distorted and fictional views of human sexuality has had a direct negative impact on the nation’s morality over the past several decades. [Judith] Reisman believes that the releases of this movie is the perfect opportunity for Congress to step in an begin an investigation of Kinsey’s research methods and results. To read Reisman’s full article on her allegations against Kinsey, click here.</blockquote>
<br /><a href="http://exposeabortion.com/">Expose Abortion</a> features an interesting quote from pro-choice feminist Naomi Wolf on the pro-life movement’s use of the images of abortion victims: <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
So what will it be: Wanted fetuses are charming, complex, REM-dreaming little beings whose profile on the sonogram looks just like Daddy, but unwanted ones are mere ‘uterine material’? How can we charge that it is vile and repulsive for pro-lifers to brandish vile and repulsive images if the images are real? To insist that the truth is in poor taste is the very height of hypocrisy</blockquote>
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<a href="http://spuc-director.blogspot.com/2015/02/amendment-against-sex-selective.html">John Smeaton</a> comments on the defeat of a sex-selection abortion ban in the UK. Opponents of the ban were apparently afraid it might “confer personhood on the foetus.”<br />
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<a href="https://saynsumthn.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/pittsburgh-school-board-wont-protect-children-from-planned-parenthood-sex-ed/">Saynsumthn’s Blog</a> reports that the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, school board voted to allow Planned Parenthood to have access to their students in 7th and 8th grade. No doubt this will increase Planned Parenthood’s customer base in the future, as these students become sexually active. Interestingly, the school board made their decision in part due to PP’s ability to garner favor with HHS and to obtain grants. Follow the money trail.<br />
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<a href="http://blog.secularprolife.org/2015/02/pensacola-abortion-center-gives-life.html">Secular Pro-Life</a> features another in their series of analyzing abortion facility websites – American Family Planning of Pensacola, owned and operated by Steven Chase Brigham, whose medical license has been revoked in numerous states. SPL says, “AFPP’s website is full of troubling statements. That’s especially true of its section on medical abortion (abortion by pill).”<br />
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<a href="http://www.operationrescue.org/archives/wichita-doctor-with-history-of-incompetence-secretly-signs-on-at-local-abortion-clinic/">Operation Rescue</a> exposes the fact that a Wichita, Kansas, abortion clinic is employing Dr. Leslie Page, an obstetrician who was disciplined by the Kansas Board of Healing Arts for “professional incompetency”: <br />
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It appears that Page is too incompetent to deliver live babies, but it’s apparently fine for her to deliver dead ones through abortions,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. “This tragically places women in the risky position of being treated by someone the Board considered too incompetent to practice in a field closely related to abortions. This places women’s lives and health in danger.</blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/02/14545/">Dr. Michael New</a> reviews the late Dr. Jack Willke’s book: <br />
Willke and his wife Barbara co-authored over a dozen books on abortion and human sexuality. Their most recent book, Abortion and the Pro-Life Movement, was published last fall. Willke and his wife, who passed away in 2013, spent several years on this book, which provides a detailed history of the pro-life movement in the United States. Documenting this history was an important task. While plenty has been written debating and analyzing the moral and legal foundations of abortion, the history of abortion-related activism has received precious little attention from either journalists or academics.<br />
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<a href="http://prolife365.com/post-abortive/">ProLife365</a> shares the powerful post-abortive testimony of a woman who had multiple abortions to prove “it didn’t hurt” her:<br />
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I’ve thoughts about why I kept doing that to myself, getting pregnant and having abortions in an endless cycle. I feel like I did it because I had to prove to myself that I was right. I had to prove to myself that it didn’t hurt, that I could go through it over and over again and it wouldn’t hurt. The more I did it, the less it hurt, physically and emotionally. I deadened myself to pain — to right and wrong. Until finally, with the last one, it didn’t hurt at all….</blockquote>
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<a href="http://reflectionsofaparalytic.com/?p=11482">Reflections of a Paralytic</a> makes the case against three-parent embryos in this video interview with Stuart Newman, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at New York Medical College:<br />
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by Susie Allen, host of the blog, <a href="http://www.prolifeintn.blogspot.com/">Pro-Life in TN</a>, and Kelli<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/414072/special-order-baby-eugenics-wesley-j-smith">Wesley J. Smith</a> examines a New York Times <a href="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/an-open-egg-donor-now-reversing-the-role/?_r=0">article</a> which celebrates “a woman who waxes ecstatically about choosing the characteristics of her baby – apparently including his sex – as if she were buying a camp shirt at Tommy Bahama.” Smith mourns the fact that our society has become so self-centered and consumer-focused “that we presume the right to both have a baby and the baby we want.”<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.survivors.la/blog/2015/2/18/4-things-you-can-take-from-rosa-parks">Survivors</a> lists four things we can learn from civil rights hero Rosa Parks, applying this knowledge to combatting the horror of abortion.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/UlrichKlopfer4re.jpg"><img src="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/UlrichKlopfer4re.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://rlmblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/indiana-moves-to-revoke-license-of.html">Right to Life of Michigan</a> says The Women’s Pavilion, an abortion clinic in South Bend, Indiana, will soon have its license revoked due to failure to correct multiple health violations: <br />The clinic’s abortionist, Ulrich Klopfer [pictured above], has had a variety of run-ins with the law including his failure to report statutory rape after performing abortions on 13-year-old girls.<br />Just another reason why clinic inspections are important.</div>
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<br /><a href="http://blog.secularprolife.org/2015/02/website-under-deconstruction.html">Secular Pro-Life</a> has a new series of blog posts which “deconstruct bizarre, disingenuous, and otherwise noteworthy statements on abortion center websites.” After reviewing the website for Reproductive Health Services of Montgomery, they had this interesting observation: </div>
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There is also a page entitled “Patient Comments,” but upon a close reading, the comments appear to come from political supporters rather than patients. None say anything specific about having had an abortion at RHS (e.g. “The staff treated me well”). One talks about having an abortion in 1973 (before RHS existed); another identifies herself as the mother of a newborn; another talks about wanting abortion to be legal when her four-year-old daughter grows up; and another refers to women she knows who have had abortions, rather than referring to herself. </blockquote>
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The comment that really gave me chills, though, was the last one:“I have cared for 53 foster teenagers, most of them born unwanted. I couldn’t appreciate what you are doing more!”</blockquote>
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Dude. If you truly believe that the children in your care would have been better off dead, you have no business whatsoever being a foster parent. I hope those 53 teenagers got out of this person’s home with some measure of their self-esteem intact.</blockquote>
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Dr. Michel Ronald Prevost [pictured above], an Almonte, Ont., gynecologist, admitted he gave abortion patients incorrect doses of medication that resulted in fetal abnormalities in two pregnancies that went to term.<br /><br />That the doctor in question was trying as a matter of routine to kill babies bothers no one. That he wasn’t very good at it, however, now THAT’S a problem.</blockquote>
<br /><a href="http://spuc-director.blogspot.com/2015/02/department-for-education-promotes.html">John Smeaton</a> discloses the funding of an educational program for teachers which is intended to help them identify safe and unsafe sexual behaviors among children: <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
The UK law is clear that sexual activity under the age of 16 is unlawful. Nevertheless, the Department for Education has funded and recommended as a useful resource a Brook “traffic light” system that condones underage sex. The system has been adopted by at least one County Council. (Brook Advisory Service is one of Britain’s leading abortion referral organisations, specialising in advising young people – including those under 16 – about abortion, sex, STIs etc).<br /><br />The traffic light system is not distributed to young people but is intended to “inform” teachers and other professionals working with children and young people.The tool identifies green, amber and red behaviours. Green behaviours – according to Brook – “reflect safe and healthy sexual development”, and “provide opportunities to give positive feedback”. Those behaviours include “consenting oral and/or penetrative sex with others of the same or opposite gender who are of similar age and developmental ability” – even where those engaged in the activities are in the 13-15 age group.<br /><br />Activities classified as amber rather than red include “following others into toilets or changing rooms to look at them or touch them” and “pulling other children’s pants down/skirts up/trousers down against their will”. These behaviours, according to Brook, merely “have the potential” to be unsafe and unhealthy behavior.</blockquote>
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by Susie Allen, host of the blog, <a href="http://www.prolifeintn.blogspot.com/">Pro-Life in TN</a>, and Kelli<br />
<br /><a href="http://prolife.org.nz/suicide-language-games/">ProLife NZ</a> says just as the word “abortion” is used less and less in favor of other terminology, the culture of death is now searching for a term to replace “suicide”:<br />
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[A] survey asks readers what they think of the following terms: self-deliverance, dying with dignity, rational suicide, humane self-chosen death and a freshly-minted euphemism, dignicide.”… However, after mulling over the proposed words, I must say that “dignicide” has some merit. This coinage means not death with dignity, but the death of dignity – which is exactly what assisted suicide is.</blockquote>
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<br />At <a href="http://prolife365.com/sidewalk-counseling/">ProLife365</a>, Kevin Kukla shares his most memorable experiences with sidewalk counseling, and encourages pro-lifers to get involved.<br />
<br /><a href="http://prolifeaction.org/hotline/2015/hate/">Pro-Life Action League</a> reports on a fundraising email from Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards in which she accuses pro-lifers blocking a New Orleans mega abortion facility of “hate”:<br />
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Cecile Richards and her team of expensive consultants at Planned Parenthood know full well that talking about abortion is a loser for her side, and it doesn’t take much grey matter to understand why. The latest proof comes just this week with the release of a new Gallup poll showing increasing discontent with current U.S. abortion policies among the general public.<br /><br />And so, consequently, the nation’s largest abortion chain talks about abortion as little as possible, and spends twice as much time saying that those of us who oppose it are guilty of that most contemptible of sins, hatred. This sounds an awful lot like the “war on women” rhetoric that was — and, to a much smaller extent, still is — so popular among committed abortion supporters, although it’s pretty clear that this strategy has been a failure.<br /><br />So too, from a P.R. standpoint, playing the hate card isn’t going to work. But it will surely make Planned Parenthood a lot of money.</blockquote>
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The family attorney Chris Dolan says he will petition the California Secretary of State to rescind the death certificate….<br /><br />Attorney Dolan says that if the Secretary doesn’t give relief, he will sue.<br /><br />But why should that be necessary? Given the declarations by three reputable brain specialist doctors and others, at the very least the Secretary should conduct a thorough investigation, including a full medical reassessment.<br /><br />Jahi is owed that.<br /><br />The integrity of the system demands it.<br /><br />And if the unprecedented has happened–that a declared brain dead person ceased being </blockquote>
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brain dead–finding out what happened and why is absolutely in the interests of science.</blockquote>
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by Susie Allen, host of the blog, <a href="http://www.prolifeintn.blogspot.com/">Pro-Life in TN</a>, and Kelli<br />
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<a href="https://kansansforlife.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/kansas-pro-life-legal-victories-worth-the-cost/">Kansans for Life</a> calls out the media for biased reporting on the cost of defending pro-life laws in Kansas – with headlines like “$1.2 million paid in attorney fees to defend anti-abortion laws.” Maybe if the abortion lobby didn’t continue bringing the lawsuits, the state – which is continually winning, by the way – wouldn’t have to pay any attorney fees. Problem solved, eh?<br />
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<a href="http://www.abstinence.net/our-blog/contraception-hormonal/10-year-old-girls-receiving-contraceptive-implant/">Abstinence Clearinghouse</a> says “children as young as ten-years old have been given a contraceptive implant by the National Health Services, regardless of the fact that they are under the age of consent.” And going beyond this, the NHS doesn’t even have to tell the 10-year-old’s parents – because fifth-graders are so very mature, apparently:<br />
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If you’re under 16 and want contraception, the doctor, nurse or pharmacist won’t tell your parents (or caregiver) as long as they believe you fully understand the information you’re given, and your decisions .Hmm. To what other drugs or medical procedures does this apply, I wonder? UK parents, take note. “Free” government services may come at the price of you not being told about something that can damage your child’s health.</blockquote>
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<a href="http://bound4life.com/blog/2015/02/12/5-questions-with-michael-new-the-stanford-ph-d-whose-work-helps-save-pre-born-lives/">Bound4Life</a> features an interview with Dr. Michael New, whose “unimpeachable research: interpreting data on the number of abortions, abortion rates, and the effectiveness of pro-life advocacy to save lives” is well respected in the academic and pro-life communities.<br />
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<a href="http://www.redstate.com/2015/02/09/vine-36/">The Vine</a> recaps the chilling cases of doctors deciding that infants and children with disabilities no longer need to live. In some cases, lifesaving treatment is withheld, and in others, it is removed, along with hydration and nutrition.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bigbluewave.ca/2015/02/ottawa-valley-gynecologist-resigns.html">Big Blue Wave</a> says Ottawa abortionist Dr. Michel Ronald Prevost (pictured right) has resigned after being found “incompetent in his practice of obstetrics and gynecology”: <br />
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"He displayed a lack of judgment and patients were exposed to harm or injury in his failure to properly screen patients for medical terminations, in his failure to calculate doses of Methotrexate on the basis of his patients’ respective body surface areas, and in his failure to follow up with patients, including when he was aware that patients had on-going gestations after the administration of Methotrexate,” the decision said. “In the cases of ongoing gestations, the patients’ fetuses were exposed to risk of harm, in that they were exposed to Methotrexate and Misoprostol.”</blockquote>
Yes, we’re talking about RU-486, which the abortion industry wants available to women through the mail and remotely.<br />
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<a href="http://prolifemn.blogspot.com/2015/02/canadas-legalization-of-assisted.html">Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life</a> speaks against the pro-assisted suicide ruling in Canada, showing concern for the possible trajectory that the country may be set upon due to the Supreme Court’s decision – namely, suicide tourism, as happened in Switzerland. The ruling makes vulnerable the country’s “disabled, ill and elderly citizens.”<br />
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by Susie Allen, host of the blog, <a href="http://www.prolifeintn.blogspot.com/">Pro-Life in TN</a>, and Kelli<br />
<br />At <a href="http://www.newfeminism.co/2015/02/sex-lies-and-birth-certificates/">New Feminism</a>, Jennifer Lahl decries California’s new bill that would allow birth certificates to become politicized “by allowing each parent to self-identify as mother, father, or simply ‘parent.'” Lahl argues that this could potentially do a great disservice to “adoptees and those born of anonymous donors”: <br />
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The birth certificate legally documents who a child’s parents are. That is, who the birth mother and birth father are. It is a record of who is genetically related to a child. It is not intended to be a means by which adults decide what they want to be called. Rather, it answers the question, who can this child’s beginning be traced to? Who gave birth? Who died?</blockquote>
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<br /><a href="http://blog.secularprolife.org/2015/02/abortion-supporters-resort-to-lies-in.html">Secular Pro-Life</a> says Planned Parenthood supporters are blatantly lying (shocker, I know!) about the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, which SPL states “will not reduce government funding for women’s health care. Not by a single penny! The Act will merely affect how Title X funding is distributed to the health care entities seeking family planning grants.”</div>
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What this means is the facilities that perform abortions “will be passed over in favor of those that do not. Among those that do not are <a href="http://www.nachc.com/findahealthcenter.cfm">more than 8,000 Federally Qualified Health Centers</a> — not-for-profit neighborhood health clinics that provide affordable medical care on a sliding scale.” More than 8,000 (see graphic, left). And yet, Planned Parenthood wants the public to believe that they’re the only place women can get medical care like breast exams, mammogram referrals, and pap smears. </blockquote>
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<br /><a href="http://spuc-director.blogspot.com/2015/02/canadas-top-court-rules-doctors-can.html">John Smeaton</a> weighs in on Canada’s recent Supreme Court decision ruling that doctors may help their patients commit suicide: <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
This heart-breaking decision will not only affect our Canadian readers, but will inevitably set an unofficial precedent for courts in the U.S. and elsewhere. Our readers in those countries need to be aware of this decision, in order to be better prepared to oppose this encroaching element of the Culture of Death.</blockquote>
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<br />At <a href="http://thirtyone8.com/blog/10-of-the-best-hardcore-anti-abortion-anthems/">thirtyone8</a>, Andy Moore lists what he deems the best anti-abortion anthems.<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/398188/murderer-latimer-supports-canadian-euthanasia-wesley-j-smith">Wesley J. Smith</a> is understandably alarmed that Robert Latimer, a man convicted of murdering his disabled daughter, has become something of a hero in Canada – and, naturally, the face of the movement supporting euthanasia: <br />
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The murder of anyone threatens everyone. Moreover, the vocal support he received revealed an ugly and alarming vein of anti-disability disdain within the Canadian soul.</blockquote>
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-75887088510682500502015-02-06T19:04:00.000-06:002015-02-06T19:04:21.192-06:00Pro-life blog buzz 2-6-15 <br />
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by Susie Allen, host of the blog, <a href="http://www.prolifeintn.blogspot.com/">Pro-Life in TN</a>, and Kelli<br />
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American Life League’s <a href="http://www.all.org/article/index/id/MTQ2MDU/">Judie Brown</a> reminds us of the “web of deception” that was used to market the birth control pill to millions of women in the 1960’s, and the toll it is taking today: <br />
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Today there are millions of unsuspecting women who have ingested chemicals that they think are harmless, not only to their health, but to the possible life of their preborn children. Current medical literature bears witness to the truth that the pill is not safe for any woman, let alone her baby if she conceives. Think about these news stories:<br />
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<a href="http://time.com/3677129/birth-control-risks-may-include-brain-cancer/">Time magazine: “Birth Control Pill Risks May Now Include Brain Cancer”</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.newsweek.com/if-youve-taken-birth-control-recently-you-may-be-increased-risk-breast-cancer-262593">Newsweek magazine: “If You’ve Taken the Pill Recently, You May Be at Increased Risk of Breast Cancer”</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/1251">The American Academy of Neurology: “Do Obesity, Birth Control Pills Raise Risk of Multiple Sclerosis?”</a><br />
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<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/11/18/birth-control-pills-may-double-glaucoma-risk/">ABC News: “Birth Control Pills May Double Glaucoma Risk”</a><br />
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<a href="http://bound4life.com/blog/2015/02/04/watch-national-pro-life-groups-will-have-to-cover-dangerous-very-violent-abortions-unless-congress-acts/">Bound4Life</a> says pro-abortion bills are being passed and signed under the radar in Washington, D.C., which “could force all employers in the nation’s capital to cover abortion-on-demand in health plans, including pro-life groups and religious schools.” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (pictured far left) signed the bill, while outgoing mayor Vincent Gray (pictured far right) had refused to sign it, citing “serious constitutional concerns.”<br />
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<a href="http://www.abstinence.net/our-blog/prostitutionsex-trade/breaking-news-2015-dirty-dozen-list-for-sexual-exploitation/">Abstinence Clearinghouse</a> says the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has a new <strong>2015 Dirty</strong> <strong>Dozen</strong> list. Which organizations are on it? <br />
This list highlights each of the top offenders and explains how they are currently contributing to sexual exploitation. Following the explanations is a list of actions that the public can take to persuade these companies to change their policies and practices. Among other, the list for 2015 includes… the book Fifty Shades of Grey for its glamorization of sexual violence<br />
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<a href="http://culturecampaign.blogspot.com/2015/02/over-counter-abortion-paid-by-obamacare.html">Culture Campaign</a> points to a new review that shows, contrary to previous “morally indefensible” claims, that Plan B does indeed cause abortions.<br />
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<a href="http://liveactionnews.org/scientific-review-on-plan-b-abortion-is-a-likely-mechanism-of-action/">Live Action News</a> also weighs in on the emergency contraceptives as abortifacients debate:<br />
“Many doctors and researchers,” the authors elaborate, “claim that it has either no – or at most – an extremely small chance of working via abortion.” But “the latest scientific and medical evidence now demonstrates that levonorgestrel emergency contraception theoretically works via abortion quite often.”<br />
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For those who couldn’t make it to the March for Life, <a href="http://www.priestsforlife.org/blog/index.php/11105">Fr. Frank Pavone</a> has posted his sermon from the National Prayer Service:<br />
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-84681041098434011752015-02-04T14:02:00.004-06:002015-02-04T14:02:57.906-06:00The truth about adoption: It is time for outdated views to go
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Jacob Wasill was nine when he shared his adoption story with
his class. He was stunned and hurt when the response of one of his classmates
was…”Hmmm, so your real mom didn’t want you?” When Jacob’s parents, Billy and
Joi Wasill mentioned to friends that Jacob was adopted (an event not a
lifestyle), the friends thought Jacob was lucky, Billy and Joi were wonderful, but
had disparaging remarks about his birth mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When Joi’s best friend’s teenage daughter got pregnant and knew that
marriage and parenting were not possible ; she made an adoption plan for her
preborn child. She wanted an open adoption and selected a couple that lived in
the area. As the pregnancy progressed, she backed out of that decision. She
said that every day at school she met with nothing but disparaging comments
from her classmates and even some teachers about her decision to make an
adoption plan. ’Don’t you love your baby? No one will ever love the baby like
you do. Your baby will grow up to hate you for giving it up for adoption were
typical comments she endured each day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She was made to feel like she was a bad person. These events propelled
Joi to do something to correct these outdated stereotypes of adoption and show
adoption as the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>loving and life
affirming option that it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">An educator by training, Joi knew that the community and
especially the schools needed to be educated about the beauty of adoption. Adoption
today is not like the inaccurate TV movies filled with drama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adoptions today can be confidential, semi
open or open with the birth mother making that decision. Outdated and negative
adoption language needs to be replaced with positive adoption language. The
birth mother is not “giving up,” she is making an adoption plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contrary to the negative image, birth mothers
making an adoption plan are brave, courageous and practicing sacrificial love. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research tells us that less than 1 % of
unplanned pregnancies end in adoption. This has tragic consequences for the
child and our country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Her original presentation was known as <u>The Adoption
Option</u> and presented to one high school in her hometown of Hendersonville
TN in 2002.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was followed by other
requests and soon turned into copy written curriculum known as </span><a href="http://www.decisionschoicesandoptions.org/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">Decisions, Choices and
Options</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today this nonprofit
currently educates approximately 12,000 students every year in middle Tennessee.
The engaging, fact based and impeccably sourced material is accepted in public
and private schools. Pregnancy Resource Centers are partnering with Decisions,
Choices and Options in Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Mississippi,
Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, South Carolina and Texas to present
this prevention education program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Studies have shown that when presented the facts of adoption
and what it looks like today, teens are more likely to choose adoption in an
unplanned pregnancy so their child can have life and an abundant life as a
member of a family headed by a married mother and father. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joi Wasill can be
contacted at </span><a href="mailto:bwasill@bellsouth.net"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;">bwasill@bellsouth.net</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-75005921216754952792015-02-03T16:04:00.002-06:002015-02-03T16:04:35.976-06:00Pro-life blog buzz 2-3-15from Jill Stanek.com<br />
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by Susie Allen, host of the blog, <a href="http://www.prolifeintn.blogspot.com/">Pro-Life in TN</a>, and Kelli<br />
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At <a href="http://www.sba-list.org/suzy-b-blog/dannenfelser-op-ed-tale-two-women-leaders-0">Suzy B</a>, SBA List president Marjorie Dannenfelser compares two female leaders – Rep. Renee Ellmers and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina – and how they responded to the life issue recently. One showed courage and one had what some are calling “the worst week in Washington.”</div>
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<a href="https://saynsumthn.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/planned-parenthoods-prenatal-care-hypocrisy/">Saynsumthn’s Blog</a> addresses the hypocrisy of Planned Parenthood’s so-called prenatal care. Apparently, the extent of this care is some healthy eating advice and possibly a midwife referral. Note that if you want your child, PP will call it a “baby,” but if you don’t, the baby will be referred to as “uterine contents.”<br />
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<a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/397672/cousins-commit-joint-suicide-swiss-clinic-wesley-j-smith">Wesley J. Smith</a> discusses two elderly Scottish cousins who received assisted suicide in a Swiss clinic because they feared having to live apart. Smith points out that, thanks to Brittany Maynard, suicide is now the “in” thing.</div>
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In a follow-up to an<a href="http://prolifeaction.org/hotline/2015/handcuffs/"> earlier post</a> about handcuff mailers, Eric Scheidler of the <a href="http://prolifeaction.org/hotline/2015/diapers/">Pro-Life Action League</a> describes a phone conversation he had with one angry abortionist. After their conversation, he sent her a second handwritten note along with a package of diapers: </div>
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Dear Anise,<br />
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Enclosed is the package of diapers I promised to send you when we spoke on the phone earlier this week.<br />
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I’m grateful that you took the trouble to call and talk to me for ten minutes about the issue of abortion and your part in it. What stands out to me most from our conversation is your calling this is a “cruel, ugly world.” You used that phrase at least twice, once in reference to the children you say you’re sparing from it.<br />
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I agree that there is much cruelty in the world, and much ugliness. But from my perspective, abortion only makes the world crueler and uglier. Abortion itself is ugly; few can bear to look at the images of what abortion does to its unborn victims. And it’s cruel to the child, whose life is ended only weeks after it has begun.<br />
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But abortion is also cruel to women. It’s a cruel society that says to a woman, “To be free you must participate in the killing of your own child.”<br />
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I know that many women face a desperate situation when they turn to abortion. But I haven’t given up hope that we can make this world kinder and beautiful world by offering women something better than abortion, which too often leaves them trapped in the ugliness and cruelty you lament.<br />
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I hope you can put these 32 newborn diapers to use. But I also hope you will reflect on all those children — especially the next 32 scheduled to be aborted at Summit — who won’t live to have their diapers changed by someone who cares for them.<br />
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Yours for Life,<br />
Eric Scheidler<br />
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P. S. If you ever want to talk again, you’ve got my number.</div>
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<a href="http://prolife.org.nz/mcdonalds-super-bowl-ad-will-feature-girl-syndrome/">Pro-Life NZ</a> applauds the Super Bowl commercial for McDonald’s entitled, “Pay With Lovin’” that features, although very briefly, a young girl with Down syndrome: </div>
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-71122017254016514042015-01-30T14:41:00.002-06:002015-01-30T14:42:39.931-06:00Pro-life blog buzz 1-30-15 from Jill Stanek.com<br />
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by Susie Allen, host of the blog, <a href="http://www.prolifeintn.blogspot.com/">Pro-Life in TN</a>, and Kelli<br />
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<a href="http://liveactionnews.org/pro-choice-book-to-teens-keeping-your-abortion-secret-may-be-a-positive-experience/">Live Action News</a> reports on a perfect example of twisted pro-abortion logic from The Abortion Resource Handbook, in which author K Kaufmann tells teens that keeping their pregnancy and abortion a secret is positive and shows signs of maturity. (That’s interesting – I always thought hiding things from people was more a sign of an immature person with an inability to deal with the consequences of one’s own actions):<br />
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However sad or angry you feel right now, keep in mind that not involving a parent is often a sign of maturity – that you are able to make and take responsibility for your own decisions. Keeping the pregnancy and abortion a secret may even turn out to be a positive experience. For many young women, it may be one of the first times they make an important or life-changing decision on their own, and they may feel more confident and better about themselves as a result.</blockquote>
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One of the first life-changing decisions… secondary, of course, to the decision to have sex in the first place.</blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.abstinence.net/our-blog/comprehensive-sex-ed/birth-control-linked-to-brain-tumors/">Abstinence Clearinghouse</a> reports on a Danish study which reveals a possible link between hormonal birth control use and brain tumors: <br />
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<a href="http://reflectionsofaparalytic.com/?p=11399">Wesley J. Smith</a> shares his 2015 bioethics predictions. Check out how he did on his predictions from last year.<br />
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<a href="http://bound4life.com/blog/2015/01/29/in-americas-heartland-three-federal-appeals-courts-to-rule-soon-on-significant-abortion-cases/">Bound4Life</a> gives an overview of important court cases in the pro-life movement: </div>
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<a href="http://blog.prolifewisconsin.org/2015/01/28/legislative-republicans-call-for-comprehensive-audit-of-wisconsin-family-planning-providers/">Pro-Life Wisconsin</a> reports that Republicans legislators are conducting an audit on Planned Parenthood who has “publicly stated that if they are audited, they will likely have to close their birth control clinics in the state”: <br />
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Pro-Life Wisconsin applauds this bold legislative effort to root out waste, fraud and abuse in Wisconsin’s Medicaid family planning program. It is bad enough that these family planning monies fuel surgical and chemical abortions in our state. It is intolerable that Wisconsin taxpayers are ripped off in the process!</blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.afterabortion.blogspot.com/">After Abortion</a> refers to a survey showing 49% believe abortion is immoral, yet 51% want to keep it legal anyway. How about that for compartmentalization? Could this be due to society’s widespread misunderstanding of “judging” the actions of others, or could it be that they want it around in case they decide to do the immoral thing?<br />
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At National Review, <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/397092/more-misleading-naral-poll-michael-j-new">Dr. Michael J. New</a> writes that NARAL must be getting desperate, because they’re now conducting their own polls on Americans’ views on abortion: <br />
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[T]he poll, which purports to show strong support for legal abortion in four congressional districts, is deceptive. That NARAL increasingly feels the need to conduct its own polls at all is a striking shift in and of itself. But it’s the change in the questions those polls ask that should really raise eyebrows….The alternatives were 1) abortion is morally acceptable and should be legal; 2) personally opposed to abortion, but it should remain legal; and 3) abortion should be illegal.<br />
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A plurality of respondents preferred the second option, and NARAL quickly announced that the first and second options combined commanded majority support. Of course, the three questions did not allow for much nuance. Specifically, the poll did not ask about the 20-week abortion ban or other incremental pro-life laws that tend to poll well.</blockquote>
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by Susie Allen, host of the blog, <a href="http://www.prolifeintn.blogspot.com/">Pro-Life in TN</a>, and Kelli<br />
At <a href="http://www.newfeminism.co/2015/01/walk-for-life-west-coast-2015/">New Feminism</a>, Marjorie Murphy Campbell shares her wonderful sign photos from the West Coast Walk for Life in San Francisco. She notes the march has become safer and has grown in size in the city that is most known for its outrageous displays during marches.<br />
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<a href="https://saynsumthn.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/pro-lifers-protest-outside-church-hosting-planned-parenthood-chili-for-choice/">Saynsumthn’s Blog</a> has an update on St. James Episcopal Church in Wichita, Kansas, which hosted a “Chili for Choice” to raise funds for Planned Parenthood. In an attempt to demonize pro-life protesters, the church posted on social media an anonymous woman’s claim that PP provides needed health services to low-income women (as if other health providers don’t) and that PP is not “evil.” Despite this, on the day of the event, participants were greeted with photos of abortion victims – which PP kills to the tune of more than 300k a year (an inconvenient truth, for St. James) – outside the church.<br />
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<a href="http://asingledropintheocean.com/2015/01/26/marching-doesnt-save-babies-you-do/">A Drop in the Ocean</a> says that as the excitement of the March for Life begins to wear off, don’t go home and forget why you marched: <br />
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[O]ur victory over the culture of death depends on winning the overall war, not just a single battle each year….<br />
Maybe it’s… making a plan for how to integrate your pro-life beliefs into your job…. Whatever it is, just do it.<br />
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At <a href="http://prolife365.com/breed-like-rabbits/">ProLife365</a>, Kevin Kukla gives his take on Pope Francis’ recent comments about being Catholic and having children “like rabbits.”<br />
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<a href="http://prolifeaction.org/hotline/2015/handcuffs/">Pro-Life Action League’s</a> Eric Scheidler is reaching out to abortion workers in an attention-grabbing way – by highlighting the criminality often involved in legalized abortion:<br />
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Today — the forty-second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision — the Pro-Life Action League sent an special care package to every abortion clinic in the United States.<br />
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Inside: a picture of Naresh Patel, the Oklahoma abortionist arrested last month, along with a pair of plastic handcuffs and a signed note from me reading, “Could you be next? If you want to get out of the abortion business, give me a call.” I also included my cell phone number.<br />
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<a href="http://blog.prolifewisconsin.org/2015/01/21/4-reasons-the-20-week-abortion-ban-is-deeply-flawed/">Pro-Life Wisconsin</a> believes the much-discussed Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act – which was removed at the last minute on the eve of the March for Life – was deeply flawed in the first place.<br />
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<a href="http://www.prowomanprolife.org/2015/01/21/dont-worry-folks-killing-patients-is-part-of-his-job/">ProWomanProLife</a> posts a chilling video of assisted suicide – in about two minutes flat – in Belgium. Is it supposed to be comforting that a doctor can kill someone in a ten-minute house call?
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-19183006858629949232015-01-26T11:33:00.001-06:002015-01-26T11:33:20.757-06:00Third time is also a charm....my third trip to DC for the March for Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was my third opportunity to attend the March for Life in Washington DC. The first two times I hitched a ride compliments of<a href="http://krla.org/"> KY Right to Life</a> who take several buses. The cost is reasonable and it is a package deal. Ed Cecil of Owensboro KY has organized buses ever since 1973. They were very gracious to add me to their list and since I was traveling alone; paired me up with nice ladies to share a room with and took great care of me. I appreciated the opportunity to cross something off my bucket list. It was exciting to be part of the event that draws such a crowd and is routinely ignored by the MSM. <br />
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This year the <a href="https://www.mid-southlcms.org/">Mid South District</a> of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod asked me to go and represent them. My husband said he would go as well. We had frequent flyer miles and used them to prevent a long car trip. Yah! So with my husband along, who has a great sense of direction, I felt free to deviate from the group. We rode the Metro in and attended the <a href="http://www.frc.org/events/prolifecon2015">Pro Life Con</a> hosted by Family Action Council. I met up with my long distance online boss, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Stanek">Jill Stanek</a>. I am a contributor to <a href="http://www.jillstanek.com/">Jill Stanek.com </a>and now the new venture <a href="http://stanekreport.com/">Stanek Report</a>. The weather was rather nice and I felt somewhat cheated since I have marched in snow, rain and sleet to prove how hardy I am even though not part of the millennial generation that was clearly the majority there.<br />
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A side story that gathered much media attention was the last minute scuttling of a major pro life bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation. This <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/07/25/National-Politics/Polling/question_11465.xml?uuid=bN9EXvUZEeKB-o6Ds4ZMNg">polled to represents that 56% of Americans</a> favoring lowering the ban to 20 weeks. The abandonment of the bill was leaked the night before the March and the news junkies who follow social media caught wind of it. Jill Stanek felt so strongly about it that she told a reporter from Bloomberg that for the first time in her pro life activism career <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-01-22/anti-abortion-activists-rise-up-against-house-gop-s-pain-capable-fumble">she was willing to get arrested over it. </a> She made a Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/939503836073731/?ref_dashboard_filter=past">event invite</a> asking for people to show up at Rep. Renee Ellmers (R) North Carolina's office at 3PM following the March to protest since she had been identified as the <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/abortion-bill-rape-victims-114324.html">one leading the effort to bail</a>.<br />
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We hurried over to the event and on the way was stopped by a reporter for the CBS News and asked to give a brief interview. Of course they start with the softball questions to warm you up like...why do you march? But what they really wanted was a <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-roe-vs-wade-anniversary-house-passes-abortion-funding-bill/">sound bite</a> for the evening news about the dust up in the GOP ranks with the scrapping of the 20 week abortion ban. This caused more writers to note that the CBS gave <a href="http://www.mrc.org/articles/200000-march-life-%E2%80%93-networks-give-them-15-seconds">15 seconds</a> to the March but the majority of that was about the bill controversy.<br />
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After the March, we stayed for the <a href="http://www.lcms.org/events/lifeconference">Life Conference</a> hosted by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. This two day conference was packed with information and ways to stay engaged as we head home and back to our everyday lives. I had heard many of the speakers before and even had the opportunity to lobby with<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUPfm7ZUmUQ"> Dr. Donna Harrison</a> in Tennessee. However, I was informed, invigorated and renewed my commitment to the cause of life.<br />
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So if you have never been to the March for Life in DC, add that to your bucket list.<br />
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Susie Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09029118769786025407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518478003594120043.post-46087911475068024512015-01-20T21:11:00.000-06:002015-01-20T21:11:01.871-06:00Pro-life blog buzz 1-20-15<br /> from Jill Stanek.com<br />
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by Susie Allen, host of the blog, <a href="http://www.prolifeintn.blogspot.com/">Pro-Life in TN</a>, and Kelli<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.prowomanprolife.org/2015/01/16/ru486-defies-the-no-debate-rule-on-abortion/">ProWomanProLife</a> denounces the expansion of abortion in Canada via RU-486 “without any democratic process.”<br />
<br />At <a href="http://prolife365.com/being-an-organ-donor/">ProLife365</a>, Kevin Kukla discusses the life-saving potential of organ donation – but also lists four reasons why you might want to “rethink” your organ donor status.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image004.jpg"><img src="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image004.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://blog.secularprolife.org/2015/01/i-am-secular-and-iseetwo.html">Secular Pro-Life</a> gets behind the faith-based Focus on the Family organization’s <a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/08/when-an-abortion-is-done-is-there-one-person-or-two-iseetwo/">#iseetwo</a> campaign. Social media can save lives.<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.survivors.la/blog/2015/1/18/we-need-urgency">Survivors</a> encourages us to have the same urgency in the pro-life movement that the Civil Rights movement displayed. We have made progress but we must have the sense of urgency and perseverance to see it through after the March for Life is over.<br />
<br /><a href="https://saynsumthn.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/communist-male-leader-abortion-is-liberating-not-genocidal/">Saynsumthn</a> discusses the “communist anarchist group Stop Patriarchy” which <a href="http://www.jillstanek.com/2015/01/radical-proabortion-group-plans-confrontations-week-prolife-events-major-cities/">plans to counter protest</a> Black, pro-life “fascist” Christian preachers who refer to abortion as Black genocide. Stop Patriarchy claims “Abortion is liberating – NOT ‘genocidal.'”<br />
<br /><a href="http://reflectionsofaparalytic.com/?p=11374">Reflections of a Paralytic</a> was featured on a radio program discussing the best and worst of events occurring in the realm of bioethics in 2014.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/parker-1.jpg"><img src="http://www.jillstanek.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/parker-1.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://rlmblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/reflections-of-cowardice-un-honors.html">Right to Life of Michigan</a> says the United Nations is honoring notorious abortionist Willie Parker (pictured above) for showing “courage” in “defending human rights for women.” Interestingly, they avoid the “A” word at all costs, when Parker makes his living robbing preborn children of their human rights.<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/396632/again-anti-born-kids-anti-pro-life-slur-wesley-j-smith">Wesley J. Smith</a> addresses the false idea that pro-lifers only care about children before birth. Disclosing that he never engaged personally with pro-lifers until he became involved with the fight against assisted suicide, Smith says he found pro-lifers to be completely selfless in their care and support for women, men and born children. Smith says that he noticed one thing that seems to be behind the pro-abortion movement’s rhetoric – money:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
Every time a woman doesn’t abort at PP, it costs the organization money. In fact, the group is apparently so financially reliant on terminations, that when a new Texas law forced clinics to stop performing abortions, some PP facilities closed down. So much for being about birth control and cancer screening.<br /><br />Facts, not demonization.<br /><br />Moreover, some notable pro-choicers are coming out as positively pro-abortion. Indeed, the argument is now being made in some quarters that fewer abortions is nothing to celebrate because it implies there is a moral problem in the first place.</blockquote>
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