NYC eyeing restrictions on CPC's means more casualties...

Post by Dr. Nadal is profound as is his concern  of the impact of a bill before the NYC council restricting Crisis Pregnancy Centers in  their ability to help abortion vulnerable men and women and save lives.

"Victory for the other side means more casualties on ours, yet my study of the history of war reveals that the worst happens right before the end. That’s when the carnage tends to be greatest."

It is not  just another legislative victory or defeat.

OR:Abortionist Released From Jail Against Recommendations In Abortion Manslaughter Case

I will never forget hearing her mother tell the story of Laura's death on the abortionist table and after her body was taken away, he went into the next room to do another abortion.
Operation Rescue reports

Barstable, MA — Eileen Smith, who helped bring abortionist Rapin Osathanondh to justice for killing her 22-year old daughter, Laura Hope Smith  (pictured left)during a botched abortion in Hyannis, Massachusetts, in 2007, tells Operation Rescue that Osathanondh has won a motion for early release from jail today after serving only half of his sentence.

Insights from a prayer warrior in front of abortion mill...

There are unsung heroes who faithfully but silently work in the front lines in the battle to save lives. The following are excerpts from one such faithful warrior.....very insightful about what is going on in our world as we prepare for Christmas. It was heartbreaking to read about the men who did not want their wives or girlfriends to abort but felt helpless to stop them. I have been thinking lately that one of the unintended consequences of the feminist movement is the feminization of men. The movement was said to have brought women to a place of equality and not superiority over men. Men are confused and lost the ability to lead. My bet is that these women who are aborting over the objections of their husband will later turn on him and hold it against him that he did not stand up and protect their child.

Another interesting point is the mother who brought her daughter to get an abortion had the gall to scold the prayer advocate for taking a few minutes out of praying to answer questions from the two men representing a paper. She said that babies souls were ascending to heaven at that moment and she was about to facilitate her grandchild's soul out of this world as well. This is the excuse so many use to justify what they are about to do....that the soul will go to heaven and be better off. I remember...we know better but want to justify our actions. God forgive us all.

Tuesday 30^th

It is raining and cold this morning. As I arrived at the abortion facility there they were two of my faithful prayer advocates standing in the rain and fervently praying. When I began to pray with them there were only 3 clients. It seems much harder to get the women and men to respond to you when it is raining. They don’t want to stand out in the rain to talk. We had two other committed prayer advocates show up and by this time there were 12 clients at the facility. We were able to hand out information to two individuals. I am grateful to the Lord for loving us, especially when we don’t deserve it.

Thursday Dec. 2^nd

Today was a very stressful day. 15 women went into the abortion facility.

It was an unusual day; I spoke to three men who didn’t want their wife, daughter, or girlfriend to have an abortion. The first one claimed like so many before him, “What can I do or  I have tried?” He did allow us to pray with him but evaded the subject of abortion.

 It was very frustrating to say the least. The second young man said he was going to get his girlfriend something to eat at McDonald’s. I asked him if I could walk with him down the hill. He said, “Sure” and so I talked to him while we walked. He was very kind and humble. He offered to buy me breakfast and I said, “No thank you”. He said, “Some coffee,” and I said, “No thanks but I will take some water.” As we walked back up the hill he had tears in his eyes. I will never forget the sweet tone of his voice when he said, “I want you to know you have been heard”.

The third man pulled up in front of the abortion facility and looked very upset. I went over to him and asked if there was anything I could do to help. He said “My wife is in there getting an abortion”. I gave him information and talked to him. He pulled his truck into the parking lot and went in to try to stop her. He came out and as he was leaving the parking lot he stopped right in front of me and began to sob!!   My heart was breaking for

This gentle man. He declined to go down the hill to Grace with me. Please, keep these men and well as their ladies in your prayers this weekend.

Friday 3^rd of Dec.

There were 16 women who went in for abortions this morning. I tried to convey to the men and women that we were not there to judge them. We were praying for them and trying to give valuable information. I was shocked this morning when a man brought his 7 months pregnant girlfriend to have an abortion. You could tell he didn’t want her to have it. So God smiled down on them because the clinic could not do it because she was too far along in the pregnancy.

 I turned to speak to two guys walking by asking me a question. Well, come to find out they sell

 The Contributor paper. That is a paper to help the homeless. I answered their question and spoke to them for about 10 minutes. I had one of the mother’s at the abortion facility tell me I should be praying instead of talking. That I should be praying for the babies’ souls that were ascending to heaven at that moment. I told her I was sorry and those 10 minutes was my way of relieving stress. I thought what an oxymoron that was. She had brought her daughter there to have an abortion. I just chalked it up to her feeling guilty. God bless her and her precious daughter.

Posted at Jill Stanek.com

If this woman isn't  a nutcake, I don't know who is. She unfortunately is the former head of Catholics for Life which is a euphemism for Catholics ok with abortion. Which is an oxymoron if there ever was one. If this is not a pro life message of the unwed mother Mary who brought our Savior into the world I don't know what is. But of course Francis would probably argue that it was a wanted pregnancy. Really?? Unwed mother in those days!! This is compartmentalization at its worst.

Quote of the Day 12-7-10

… [W]hen I saw the “Here He Comes” ad which showed the baby Jesus waiting inside his mother’s uterus in a 3D sonogram I just burst into happy laughter. I want one to hang on my wall. I want it to be my Christmas card….
And then, some silly people who are obsessed with abortion tried to spoil a good thing.
Pro-life Wisconsin… wanted to interpret these joyous billboards as an anti-abortion message and instead of allowing people to feel the joy and inspiration and holiness that the birth of Jesus symbolizes they wanted us to think about abortion….
I’m hoping that those of us who are pro-choice here in America will allow ourselves to enjoy this modern depiction of the baby Jesus awaiting entry into the world in his mom’s uterus. It’s a great and happy and anticipatory message.
~Frances Kissling, former president of Catholics for Free Choice, Washington Post, December 4

NRLC’s planned 2011 state legislative push

NRLC’s planned 2011 state legislative push

(Prolifer)ations 12-7-10

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN
from Jill Stanek.com

• Wesley J. Smith explains how single-payer health insurance and rationing go hand in hand.
• Stand for Life shares the incredible story of a former Ms. Philippines Universe, who saw God’s hand in the most unexpected places when she sought an abortion in 1985.
• Secular Pro Life disapproves of Apple’s decision to remove the Manhattan Declaration app from their iPhones.
• ProWomanProLife refers to a National Post article which points out the restriction of free speech on college campuses like Carleton University in Ottawa and even in the Canadian Parliament. This is occurring despite polls that show most Canadians favor some restrictions on abortion.
• Pro-Life Wisconsin notes the Salvation Army takes only a partial pro-life stance, with General Shaw Clifton stating, “There are situations in which abortion is the lesser evil, for instance in cases of severe deformities of the fetus, [or] rape.” PLW encourages readers to download and drop this note in the kettles this year.
• Pro-Life Action League discusses those with quadriplegia and how their disability does not necessarily determine quality of life. Depression is often an ignored, but treatable factor in disabled persons.
• Fr. Frank Pavone explains the history behind “Our Lady of Guadalupe” and why Catholics often portray her as the patroness of the pro-life movement.

Soldier in Iraq: shout out to Nathan my unborn son....Merry Christmas

I am listening to Christmas music on the radio as I do my work and every now and then they do a public service announcement where a deployed soldier gets to do a shout out to family members back home. I just heard one that really made me smile. A soldier just did a shout out and I love you to his wife, two year old son and Nathan my unborn son.

(Prolifer)ations 12-3-10

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN
posted at Jill Stanek.com

• Catholic Vote discusses the House’s recent attempt to push the abortion agenda with the Women Veterans Bill of Rights, which would have “enshrined a right to taxpayer funding of abortions, mandatory access to abortionists, and ‘telmed’ abortions in the military” if pro-lifers like Rep. Chris Smith had not “amend[ed] the bill before it passed so that it specifically excluded abortions, abortion counseling, and IVF.”
• Americans United for Life reports on the International Violence Against Women Actbeing considered by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week, which would increase international abortion support with our tax dollars through non-governmental pro-abortion organizations. This perpetuates, rather than stops, violence against women.

• Moral Outcry blogs about a Time Magazine piece which paints late-term abortionist Warren Hern (pictured left) as a sympathetic figure and makes pro-lifers look like bad guys. In the article, Hern absurdly states: It is the clear policy of the American anti-abortion movement to kill every doctor who does abortions. It is not a secret.
  
• Ethika Politika tackles the thought process that goes on when we are pro-life but struggle with the rape exception: We are arguably the most educated nation in the world, yet we do not understand that the taking of an innocent human life is always and unconditionally wrong. We are confused, baffled, and hesitant about whether or not abortion is “sometimes” okay. In short, we are lost.
  
• American Life League notes President Obama signed a law in October decreeing the term “mental retardation” must no longer be used in federal statutes, and will be replaced by “intellectual disability.” A nice gesture, to be sure, but ALL points out the need for one further step – stop aborting them.
• Coming Home has given out its 1st official “Golden Coconut” award to a pro-choicer “spout[ing] anti-scientific nonsense in the headlong pursuit of butchering babies.” The 1st winner insisted that less abortion leads to more poverty and crime – despite statistics that show the opposite.
• Culture Campaign reports the “Jesus sonogram” is causing consternation at Christmas time. 

 

 

•  Big Blue Wave chronicles the 2-month-long actions designed to intimidate the Carleton Lifeline pro-life campus group in Ottawa. The latest tactic: being told they cannot be represented by legal counsel during an internal appeal meeting.

Moral Outcry: Intro To Open Adoption

Cross Posted at Moral Outcry

Intro To Open Adoption

By Jess Clark • December 03, 2010 01:59 PM

As we’ve walked through the adoption process, 2 topics tend to weigh heavily on people’s minds, money and openness.

There are a lot of misconceptions about open adoption, helped along by TV and movies, and the occasional horror story given lots of airtime on the news. Think about that for a minute. Would you watch a story about a basic, smooth adoption with no real crises or snags? Most people wouldn’t. Just like you wouldn’t call the Better Business Bureau to report an excellent online transaction. We humans like to complain.

So, open adoption. It can range from semi-open, which usually means cards, letters, or pictures passed through a third party like an attorney or agency, to fully open, where both parties know each others last names, and meet in person on occasion, to any variance in between those.

We initially were more comfortable with the idea of semi open. When Tristan’s birthparents asked to meet us, prior to his birth, we adjusted to that idea, and spent a few hours with them. Once we were face to face, everything changed. These were real people, real parents trying to make the best decision for their child. In reality, we fell in love with them.

I went into that meeting armed with some understanding of a couple of things that matter to women making adoption plans for their children:

1) Post-adoption, they want to know the baby is okay. They want to see he is accepted and loved and safe.

That doesn’t mean they want weekly updates, or they want to watch your house from the street. It means, simply, that the child they kept alive for 9 months+ still matters to them, and it makes them feel like they made the right decision when they see a picture of him in his new family.

2) They want his name, his birthname to be honored, to some degree.

That doesn’t mean they want to be in control of what you call him. It does mean they want to give him the gift of a name; that he matters enough to them to call him by name.

No adoption is the same, and so every one will have different elements that matter, different traditions. For us, we met Tristan’s birthparents and extended family for our initial meeting, and then later on I went to an ultrasound and to lunch with them, and brought my preschoolers. There were awkward moments, and more than once I felt like a predator looming over her womb, but I know for their family, it was healing to see us, to know us and to imagine the future, their child with us.

Next, we met at the hospital, were in the delivery room until the real birthing began, and then spent 2 more days together, meeting in NICU hallways and getting to know their extended family and friends. Our ongoing relationship will develop with time. Currently we email and text infrequently, and I post cute pictures on a blog I’ve set up for them. We plan on meeting again, in person, at some time in the future.

I’ll write more about this, but this is already a long entry. In the meantime, tell me: what are some questions/concerns you have about open adoption?

About the Author

Jess Clark divides her time between writing, breaking up fights over Buzz Lightyear, and traveling with a missionary rock and roll band. She and her husband Richy are the parents of 3 small-ish children and are in the process of adopting a 4th.

Abortion Gang says abortion is just a footnote in your life...

 Abortion Gang  wants abortion to be trivia in your life...like moving to take a new job or deciding which college to go to.

"Is it right to distill a woman’s life down to a decision to terminate a pregnancy so that she can move on with and live her life?  Should the decision to have an abortion define a woman’s life, or merely a footnote – no more interesting than the decision to have any other outpatient medical procedure?"

Ask these women about that footnote!

Abortion for Christmas: Giving so that others may die

 Abortioneers laments that an unplanned pregnancy at Christmas  time is a terrible thing.  Think of a mother crying because she may not be able to give gifts to her born children unless she offs their sibling. Amazing, so they suggest that you help out this mother by donating a paid abortion  for her. Is that the best we can do?  Then they list all the places you can go to donate money to pay for someone's abortion. This gives new meaning to the season for giving....

"I have talked to women who had to pawn their kids' Christmas gifts to raise money to pay for their abortion. There is nothing more heartbreaking than listening to a woman cry because she cannot provide for her children, even at Christmas."

WA: Football player is flagged and penalized for praying in the end zone...unsportsmanlike conduct.

 Well if the rules say that a football player cannot do anything to draw attention to himself, then just scoring a touchdown should be penalized. There he is all alone in the end zone drawing attention to himself.....gracious the young man took a knee and pointed to the sky in thanksgiving and got a 15 yd. penalty. It was called unsportsmanlike conduct. INDEED!!