What 40 Years of Roe v Wade & Doe v Bolton Has Affected My Life

Today marks 1 of the saddest days in the history of the USA, a day of even greater infamy than the attack on Pearl Harbor that drug the US into WW II. Roe v Wade & Doe v Bolton changed this country. & not for the better.
As a part of their trying to make abortion seem acceptable, NARAL has asked those participating in their annual Blog for Choice to explain why they are pro-choice. (More about it & how to respond here.) So since they are calling on abortion supporters to tell their story, I felt it only right tht I share my journey as a Pro-lifer. I use the word journey intentionally because that is exactly what it has been as you will see.

I have to admit that the ruling was NOT on my radar that day 40 years ago. I was a 17 year old High School Senior. The upcoming retreat weekend I was to make at Gilbertville Don Bosco HS was at the top of the list, along with all the usual things that concern a HS Senior.

It wasn't until my college days that I even began to think about it. I remember one of the 1st times a few of us discussed it. I was a sophomore @ Loras. The Catholic Church's teaching didn't come up. Also, I will admit that I really didn't understand what abortion did to the unborn child.

But over the next few months I began to look at what the Church taught &, even though I didn't fully understand why, I knew what the Church was saying was right.

So, fast forward to my junior year & the 1976 Dubuque County Democratic Convention. I went as a Carter delegate because he was the only candidate claiming to be Pro-life. I learned later how sincere that claim really was. At the time I was going on what I knew, so I have no regrets for what I did.

The proposed platform didn't contain anything about protecting the right to life of the unborn. So, Joe Hart, a fellow Loras student, & I went arround to get the signatures needed to bring it up.

This is where I ran into my 1st experience of "I'm personally opposed but I can't impose my morality on others," cop out. The person was a local Franciscan, Sr. Dorothy Hennessey OSF. Yes, the same Franciscans that have Pat Farrell, the recent head of the dissident LCWR, as a member. The problems do go that far back.
Needless to say I was shocked. At the time, I didn't know much about her, but as the years wore on she became a prime example of the hypocrisy of those liberal Catholycs who make the same claim.  I say that because she would show up in DBQ & elsewhere waving a sign saying "War is immoral" & calling for an end to war. So, it was OK for her to impose her morality when it came to war by saying it is never moral & never should be allowed. But it was wrong for her to speak out about the immorality of abortion, something that has killed more Americans  in one year than every war the US has participated in since 1775. (Details  of war death numbers here) Sadly, I never got the chance to talk to her about her double standard before she died.
By 1980 I knew I couldn't support Carter, so I voted for Reagan. I have never voted for a Democratic president since. As time went on I eventually left the Democratic party because, as a Pro-lifer, I wasn't very welcome. Yes, it was hard since I grew up active in Democratic politics. But I knew I had to move as I could have some effect there. This is also why I am not wedded to the Republican party either. What I believe in guides my politics, not politics guiding my beliefs.
Back in the 80s the nearest abortion clinics in Iowa were those in Iowa City. Because of my work schedule I couldn't go with those going to protest at Emma Goldman in CR a lot. But I occasionally did.
During the 80s I continued to grow in my faith & the conviction that abortion was wrong. During this time, science took a leap forward so we could see what actually happened from fertilization/conception to the birth of the child. Add to that Dr. Bernard Nathanson's ultrasound video showing what actually happened during an abortion showed me why what the Church taught was right. (As an aside, Dr. Nathanson started NARAL but later converted to Pro-life & made the video as a result of that conversion.)
Speaking of ultrasounds, as the importance of them as a tool in saving lives has grown, I have spoken out & supported as I could the efforts to expand the use of them at crisis pregnancy centers. Ditto supporting the places that offer aternatives in general.
In my naivete during those early years, I honestly thought that we would be rid of abortion by the mid to late 80s. All we needed to do was get Pro-lifers elected & that would do it. We see how wrong I was, unfortunately.  I still didn't really understand the type of battle this was. I didn't know there was much more to it that politics.
But about 1989-90, I began to come to an understanding of what was really being the pro-abortion movement.
A bunch of us from DBQ went down to join in a march from Coralville to the Iowa University clinic where they did abortions. As we gathered so did a group of radical abortion supporters. It became clear that they were going to try to stop us, with force if necessary. So they asked the men to come to the front to protect women & children there from harm. What I saw in the eyes of those on the other side was pure evil & rabid hatred. Demonic in nature to be exact.
I didn't grasp the full implications for many years. But the seeds of understanding what was behind what they were doing were planted. In 1993 Pope John Paul 1st started speaking about a "Culture of Life". In his 1995 encyclical, Evangelium Vitae, he developed the idea of what a "Culture of Life" should be like. He also talked about the "culture of death", what it stood for & its relation to sin.
As that teaching sunk in & as I grew in my understanding of the spiritual underpinnings, I eventually grasped what was behind the current "culture of death", it was demonic.
I had a different job in the 90s. But I worked nights & weekends, making it even more difficult to do much other than on the political scene. I did my best to speak up where & when I could.
After the turn of the century some things changed that lead to me being more active in a variety of ways.
1 of those was the start of this blog in December of 2004. It didn't start out to focus as much as it has on abortion. & for a while, I was inactive. But as time went on, I began to focus primarily on the Pro-life issues. The growth of on-line Pro-life news resources as well as the growing use of the Pro-life movement of the internet helped me to turn this into a strong voice defending the life of the unborn.
About the same time, I took a speaker's class at DBQ Co. Right to Life. We had to chose a topic to speak on. At 1st I was looking at the psychological damage done to women by abortion. But something got me thinking, what about the men, how does it effect them. At the time research into this was just beginning. But I was able to find enough to show me this was worth pursuing. Since then there has been much more research giving more proof that it does harm the men, emotionally & psychologically.   We have seen the growth of ministries aimed at helping both men & women get the spiritual & psychological healing they need. Many times I have had been able to call on my knowledge to speak out about this topic. This also became something personal after I met Jason Jones in 2007.all I could, He was promoting the movie Bella that he helped co-produce. He also shared his story about how he lost a child to abortion. I got to know him better when he was working on Sam Brownback's presidential campaign.
Jason has spoken as a part of Silent No More's presentations during the annual March for Life. If you get the chance, listen to his story. It is a powerful reminder that abortion leaves many victims in its wake.
I was also able to get more involved with some of the things sponsored by DBQ Co Right to Life, like attending their Life Dinner. Then came that dark day in 2008 when Planned Parenthood opened a clinic in downtown DBQ. At the time they were open 40 hours & I began to regularly pray & protest in front of it on my day off. As time went on they reduced their hours & changed the days they were open. I have filled in when I can. & last year I helped to run the 40 Days for Life prayer campaign in DBQ.
Over the years I have been sworn at, had my reputation attacked & even suffered vandalism for speaking up. I have forgiven those who have tried to harm me & pray God will do so as well. I realize it is a part of the price God has asked me to pay. So I willingly, if not always happily, pay it.
Well, that is it in a nutshell. Have I always done all I could? No, I haven't. But with God's help I will work to grow in my commitment & willingness to do what I can & must do to build the "Culture of Life", starting with my prayer life.
As I said earlier, I came to realize the demonic underpinnings of the "culture of death". As my understanding of that grew so did my realization that this battle won't be won without prayer & reliance on God to do it.
I also realize that I am but a small part in God's plan to build a "Culture of Life". Small, YES. But that doesn't matter. My responsibility is to do what God wants, great or small. I will never know this side of eternity the effects my efforts have had. All I need to know now is what God expects of me & to do it with the power of the Holy Spirit. I don't know what the cost will be. with the way things are in the USA it may someday mean my freedom, or even my life. That doesn't matter. Until abortion is no longer a part of our culture or I die, whichever comes 1st, I will continue to speak out for the unborn & defend all those who are harmed by abortion. May I bring God's healing, forgiveness & mercy wherever I go & in whatever I say.

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - 2013

Some thoughts as we remember Dr King this day.

Yup, that is right, he was a Republican, not a Democrat. People forget that as well as the fact that it was the Democratic Party that opposed what he stood for. 

Let's start with what he did in Alabama. From November 1874 to January 1987, the governor was a Democrat. The Democrats controlled the legislature that created the 1875 & 1901 state constitutions as well as the Jim Crow Laws that enshrined racial segregation. It is also safe to say that most of those in charge on the local level as well as the judges of the 50s & 60s were Democrats as well.

He was indicted, convicted  & jailed for his part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 55-56. When he was arrested in Birmingham in 63, George Wallace, a Democrat, was governor. He is remembered for the line in his 1st inaugural speech where he said "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."

It was under Kennedy & Johnson that J. Edgar Hoover did all the digging into his life trying to prove & failing, that King was a communist so that Hoover could destroy his effectiveness as a civil rights leader.

Sadly, King was taken in by Planned Parenthood when he accepted their Margaret Sanger Award in 1966. Actually Coretta King accepted it for him. His niece, Alveda  King, as well as her mother, Naomi Barber King (MLK's sister-in-law) have made it clear he was Pro-life. The fact is, the award was a part if Planned Parenthood's ongoing implementation of Sanger's Negro Project, using black leaders to disguise her racist eugenics policy.

Rev. King did what he did based on his Christian faith. His example stands as a shining light to guide us in the Pro-life movement who are fighting to put an end to abortion. He would definitely be speaking out against abortion & would especially be decrying those black leaders who are helping the abortion industry kill off blacks & other minorities (See Maafa 21 for more.) 

It is the Abortion Supporters Who Want to Push Back the Clock, To the Era of Eugenics Sanger Wanted

You regularly hear that it is pro-lifers that want to turn back the clock 40 years to the dark days before abortion was legal. But the truth is different, it is those supporting abortion that really want to turn the clock back to the early part of the 20th Century, in part by supporting the eugenics agenda that Margaret Sanger created Planned Parenthood to promote.

Part of that agenda was enforced sterilization of what she said were the feeble minded. Unfortunately, that part of the agenda was put into law across the USA. & contined to take place up into the 70s.

A huge number of those involuntary sterilizations were done on African-Americans & Native Americans. (See Maafa 21 for more)

What Margaret Sanger's supporters don't want to admit is that her eugenics movement in the USA played a huge part in inspiring Nazi Germany to do the same. In fact, the still existing, pro-abortion Rockefeller Foundation helped develop and fund various German eugenics programs, including the one that Josef Mengele worked in before he went to Auschwitz.

Well, it looks like we are heading back to those dark days. But this should be no surprize because eugenics, abortion & forced sterilization are all part of the "culture of death" that Sanger wanted this country to embrace. & Nevada is taking a lead in it.

In this case it is the Washoe County Social Services who are following the example of Nazi Germany & Communist China. They want 32 year old Elisa Bauer, who suffers from severe mental & physical disabilities attributed to fetal alcohol syndrome, to be forced to undergo an abortion, killing her 11 week old preborn child. Then they want her to be sterilized as well.

Photo of Elisa when she was 15.

 

After learning Bauer was pregnant, Washoe County Social Services issued an informal report requesting that the Court set a status hearing to address the potential health effects Elisa’s pregnancy could have on her & her unborn child.  The reason for the abortion is the potential harm the anti-epileptic medication would do to the baby. Note, I said potential, not actual.

After reviewing all the facts, Dr. Michael Czerkes, an OB/GYN at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine said "Monitoring and screening in pregnancy is the recommended course of treatment in pregnancy for a baby who has been exposed to an anti-epileptic medication, not abortion. The risk of having a congenital abnormality is increased when taking these medications; however the risk is not great enough to recommend the ending of the pregnancy.” (emphasis mine)

Bauer is under the legal guardianship of her adoptive parents, William & Amy Bauer. She is said to have the mental & social capacity of a 6-year-old. But she is capable enough top know what is going on & that she cannot care for the child after he or she is born. The Bauers support her decision. They are following all the prenatal protocol for high-risk pregnancies. They have already lined up six qualified couples who are eager to adopt Elisa’s child once he or she is born.

It is clear to me that Wahoe County Social Services has sold out to the "culture of death" & their lies. The staff clearly see Bauer & her preborn child as something less than human.

Please pray that the judge will rule against the social services agency & in favor of Bauer & her child. They both deserve much better that Washoe Social Services wants them to have..

A Facebook support page has been created on behalf of the family to help get the word out about Elisa. It can be found @  www.facebook.com/SaveElisasBaby.

 

Source: Court May Force Mentally Disabled Nevada Woman to Have Abortion

Margaret Sanger, The Most Influencial Promoter of Evil in the History of the USA

Time Magazine recently came out with its list of The 20 Most Influential Americans of All Time. it describes the list as "The trailblazers, visionaries and cultural ambassadors who defined a nation." While you would expect that list to include people like George Washington, Albert Einstein & Martin Luther King Jr., some people may be surprized to see Margaret Sanger included on this list. After all, she was a promoter of racism & eugenics as well as starting the organization that is the leading cause of death for preborn children.  But when you think about it, it should come as no surprize she is on that list.

Let us remember that our current president & his administration are huge promoters of the "culture of death" that she is one of the architects of. She is also lionized by those in the Main Stream Media who are the propagandists for this culture, including Time Magazine. So by what type of culture they are promoting, she clearly fits into their definition of trailblazer, visionary & cultural ambassador.

The article by (no surprize here either) Gloria Steinem is subtitled with the phrase, "freedom fighter".

The short article is a paean to Sanger that makes her sound like she was a saint that walked on water & did no wrong. But given the fact that the "culture of death" sees abortion as a sacrament, by their definition she is.

The article applauds her "brave and joyous life", saying that it "included fulfilling work, three children, two husbands, many lovers and a large network of friends and colleagues." What it fails to mention is how she was a racist who wanted to get rid of blacks (see Maafa 21 & The Truth About MARGRET SANGER for more). Among the others she wanted to get rid of were Southern Europeans including Italians, like my maternal side of the family. She was also a big fan of eugenics & forced sterilization, despite claims in the article "lived as if she and everyone else had the right to control her or his own life." Forced sterilization isn't exactly allowing a person the right to control his or her body. She also supported compulsory segregation for the severly retarded. I suspect she would be applauding the fact that 90% of Down syndrome children are being aborted these days as that helps keep the white race pure by her standards. Sanger also spoke to a  women's auxiliary of the Ku Klux Klan in Silver Lake, New Jersey that was well received & resulted in more invites to speak elsewhere.

Additionally she was a self-admitted socialist. She was also opposed to all forms of welfare to the poor because they were part of the problem she saw with impuritites in the white race. She wanted them to die out so their genes would be taken out of the mix.

Of course none of this fits into the picture that the people promoting this evil want to present. So they hide the truth about her.

The Steinem piece ends by saying "By word and deed, she pioneered the most radical, humane and transforming political movement of the 20th and 21st centuries." While what she did has radically transformed the culuture, is has been anything but for the better. As for humane, well, all anyone has to do is look at the facts about how Planned Parenthood & other abortion providers actually operate to see that they are anything but humane.

In a sane culture we would be condemning her agenda, not putting it in to action. & above all, we would be listing her with people like Nero, Stalin & Hitler, not Washington & Martin Luther King Jr.

Source: Margaret Sanger Named One of 20 Most Influential Americans Ever

Autistic Children, How Soon Until the "Culture of Death" Targets Them?

A couple of days ago I was reading an article in the Knights of Columbus Magazine Columbia. The article,   Treating Disorders, Transforming Lives was about the work being done at  the Knights of Columbus Developmental Center at the SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in St. Louis with autistic children. You might remember that Cardinal Glennon was where Baby Joseph was taken for life extending surgery after the Ontario courts had overruled the parents wishes & were going to allow the doctors to take him off of life support instead. The surgery allowed him 6 more months of life than he would have had. & it allowed him to die with the true dignity he deserved.

The article hilighted the wonderful work that the Center is doing helping  children with intellectual developmental  In particular it looked at the work done to diagnose & treat children with autism.  The professionals at the Center can make an autism diagnosis as early as 18 months of age. In 2007, the Center was designated a Missouri Autism Center. It has helped the state develop screening & treatment guidelines for this spectrum of disorders. The Center is now evaluating & treating almost 2,000 children a year.

The article also talked about an expansion in the works. "The new facility will provide more space for Higgins to interact with the children, and his crate will no longer be jammed in a corner of the conference room. The new examining rooms, meanwhile, will be big enough to accommodate more family members and specialists. Maxim is also glad to have room for new, evidence-based programs like PEERS, which teaches social skills to teenagers while their parents get coached on the material in another room." (FYI: Higgins is a specially trained  goldendoodle that helps ease the childrens fears & make them feel more comfortable as they go through the tests & exams.)

& while all that is going on there is good news, something in the article caught my eye that raised a red flag about the future safety of these children, especially before they are born. "'Autism is definitely a genetic disorder,' Maxim says. (Dr. Rolanda Maxim, the center’s medical director) 'Every day we are identifying more genes that are linked to autism.' Those genes only create a predisposition to the disorder, though. 'There are certain triggers in the environment,” Maxim explains, “and we have only identified a few of them.'” (emphasis mine)

My thoughts ran back to how our society is dealing with another genetic condition, Down syndrome. As I have pointed out many times before, with current pre-natal testing & diagnosis, about 90% of those pre-born children who have been diagnosed to have Down syndrome are being aborted. Down syndrome occurs in one out of every 733 babies born in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has estimated that, on average, 1 in every 110 children has an autism spectrum disorder. But, in some studies, the prevalence has measured as high as 1 in 80. Add to that the fact that in 2009 a test was being developed for pre-natal screening of autism was being developed & just this year another prenatal test that allows doctors to diagnose some 3,500 genetic defects previously undetectable before birth has been developed.

I think by now you see where I am heading.  If these tests become standard, how long before children with the genetic predisposition to autism will be aborted as regularly as those with Down syndrome? Or children with other genetic problems as well?

Add to that, the recent article published in the Journal of Medical Ethics (JME) calling for the normalization of infanticide for any reason.   After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?, was written by  Alberto Giubilini (Department of Philosophy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; and Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), & Frencesca Minerva (Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia).

In their abstract, the authors state:

“Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the fetus’ health. By showing that (1) both fetuses and newborns do not have the same moral status as actual persons, (2) the fact that both are potential persons is morally irrelevant and (3) adoption is not always in the best interest of actual people, the authors argue that what we call ‘after-birth abortion’ (killing a newborn) should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is not disabled.”

(emphasis mine)

Add to that:

“Therefore, we claim that killing a newborn could be ethically permissible in all the circumstances where abortion would be. Such circumstances include cases where the newborn has the potential to have an (at least) acceptable life, but the well-being of the family is at risk. Accordingly, a second terminological specification is that we call such a practice ‘after-birth abortion’ rather than ‘euthanasia’ because the best interest of the one who dies is not necessarily the primary criterion for the choice, contrary to what happens in the case of euthanasia.”

(emphasis mine)

Yes you read that right, "after-birth abortion".

As Dr. Gerard M. Nadal put it "In that last breathtaking sentence, the authors leave behind Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the “Death with Dignity’ movement, euthanasia, and even the vile excesses of the Dutch physician assisted suicide experience, propelling us into the scenario where those who may be perfectly healthy apart from even the mildest limitations imposed by a genetic condition may be murdered by their parents." He also said the article was "worthy of the rabid Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher’s screeds in his publication, Der Sturmer." As you may remember, Streicher and the other Nazi leaders who went to the gallows with him deemed Jews, homosexuals, the mentally retarded, & those with autism (among others) as, “Life unworthy of life.” (emphasis mine)

Add to this the work being done by Princeton University Professor Peter Singer to promote a simlar agenda, & Dr. Catherine Constable's saying  all patients evaluated as being in a “permanent vegetative state” (PVS) should by default have artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) withdrawn unless they have made a prior wish to be kept alive among others & you see the "culture of death" in full swing to dehumanize anyone who doesn't fit into a group's definition of what it means to be human. In short, we will see a full scale eugenics effort to clean up all those who are unfit to be considered human & thus having a right to live.

Where does it end? Well we already have a prime example of that in Hitler & his slaughter of the Jews as unfit to live & less than human. Other groups he slaughtered included Catholics, Christians, Gypsies & homosexuals as unfit to live as well.

& we have seen how Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood held similar ideas. & Planned Parenthood is still working to promote them as well (Maafa 21).

I have to add to the mix one more thing, ObamaCare. If it is upheld, it will add soon add abortions to the mix. It already has death panels as a part of it. You can be sure that those panels will limit, if not ban most or all of what is being done to help children with autism as to expensive for the results. That will encourage even more women to abort their potentially autistic children,

That is why I asked the question "How soon?" rather than will the "culture of death target children with autism. If we allow our culture to continue on this path, you can be sure that what I have said in this post will happen.

Before I conclude, I would suggest you read the entire Columbia article. You will see a prime example of what happens when the Culture of Life is allowed to flourish.

In conclusion, I remind everyone that we must continue to pray & work at building a Culture of Life in the USA & elsewhere. As I have said before, we must begin, end & undergird all our efforts with prayer. We must ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, San Giuseppe & other saints like Blessed Margaret of Castello & St. Gerard Majella to intercede as well. This is, in the end, a spiritual battle. & it is spiritual weapons that will win it.



Arizona, Take Off Your Rainbow Shades* - & See How the Abortion Industry Is Once Again Breaking the Law

All those suprized that another abortion clinic has been uncovered as willing to break the law, raise your hands. For those of you that have raised them - Well, either you're closing your eyes to a situation you do now wish to acknowledge. Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the presence of an abortion clinic ( you can sub "Planned Parenthood clinic" as well) in your community.#

The latest footage was released today by Live Action, this time taken at not just one, but 2 National Abortion Federation (NAF)-affiliated clinics. According to Live Action "The footage shows two NAF members, Camelback Family Planning in Phoenix and the Tucson Women’s Center in Tucson, promising to ignore the law and perform a sex-selective abortion and coaching a woman to lie on official paperwork to conceal the illegal abortion."

FYI, sex-selective abortion is a class 3 felony in Arizona. Under Arizona law, no one may knowingly perform a sex-selective abortion in the state, or solicit or accept money to do so.  Live Action has sent the full footage from the Arizona clinics to the state Attorney General, Tom Horne, as well as sending it to local law enforcement.

In a statement, Live Action president Lila Rose urges Arizona authorities to enforce the state’s sex-selection ban: “Sex-selective abortion is a global search-and-destroy mission against little girls that is spreading at an alarming rate. While we wait for Congress to pass the Prenatal Non-Discrimination Act to ban sex-selective abortion in the U.S., state authorities should vigorously enforce Arizona’s law. The clinics supporting sex-selective abortion should be investigated, prosecuted, defunded, and delicensed immediately.”

As you will see in the video below at the Camelback clinic when the woman purportedly seeking to abort her girl & try again for a boy explains this, a counselor named Barb advises, “Don’t tell us that, because we don’t want to know.” Referring to the clinic’s abortion doctor, Gabrielle Goodrick, Barb says, “You can tell her, she’s gonna tell you the same thing, just: Don’t let it be down! She’s really good about that. You’ll like that about her.”
& at the Tucson clinic, the surgical assistant Francisco tells the woman, “We could lose our license,” but then he agrees to cover-up her sex-selective abortion. “I’ll just forget about it,” he says, “But just be sure not to mention it” to the abortion doctor–“Don’t even mention it to him.”

For those unfamiliar with the NAF, they are the professional trade group for abortion doctors & clinics in the U.S. & Canada. Even though they are officially seperate groups, many NAF board members are current or former Planned Parenthood officials. Additionally, Planned Parenthood representatives frequently play a prominent role at NAF annual meetings.
Speaking of Planned Parenthood, on Monday Planned Parenthood’s Director of Global Advocacy Chloe Cooney responded to an op-ed by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith criticizing the abortion chain’s policy on sex-selective abortion. Smith, who is Pro-life, pointed to a Planned Parenthood official’s statement to the Huffington Post that the group provides “nonjudgmental care to all who come into” their clinics, as well as the Huffington Post writer’s explanation that, “That means that no Planned Parenthood clinic will deny a woman an abortion based on her reasons for wanting one.”
Smith went on to say “In other words, Planned Parenthood is okay with exterminating a child in its huge network of clinics simply because she’s a girl.”
Naturally Cooney began with the standard Planned Parenthood line when caught & called Live Action's efforts that Smith refered to as "a coordinated hoax patient campaign that used highly unusual patient scenarios in an effort to discredit Planned Parenthood’s services, mission and values." If they are so highly unusual, then why has the response been the same everywhere, to agree that they are OK with doing them?
Then she brings out another well worn Planned Parenthood cannard when they oppose even any basic regulation on the abortion industry. In this case it was in reference to the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act. She said it "would have imposed harmful restrictions on women’s health care and would have interfered with the doctor-patient relationship." The puzzling part of this claim is that the same abortion industry gang says that abortion is simply another medical proceedure. But when the law tries to treat it as one by subjecting it to the same basic regulations that these other proceedures are subject too, then they scream that it interfers with the doctor-patient relationship & that they are harmful restrictions. How, if what they claim about abortion is true?  The fact is, the abortion industry doesn't want any laws that will force them to provide even the minimal protection for a woman provided by the other laws for other proceedures. Anything they may have to do, like informed concent regulations, or even insuring that the place meets minimal cleanliness standards, will cost money & cut into their profits.
 Cooney goes on to say "Planned Parenthood opposes sex-selection abortion. Planned Parenthood organizations have extensive guidelines and training requirements for all staff. If any Planned Parenthood organization learns of an instance where a staff member has not fully followed policies or procedures, it will take swift action and remedy the situation." You will notice that she does NOT mention any specific guidelines or provide evidence of them. & we all know that the only remedy applied to violations of these alledged proceedures is to fire the person caught in the act of doing what Planned Parenthood wants kept secret. That is the real guideline that Planned Parenthood wants followed.
IMHO, the biggest lie by Cooney is buried in the next part she wrote: "Racism and gender discrimination are serious issues in our country — and they require solutions that address the underlying issues that promote bias. The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act would have cast suspicion on doctors who serve communities facing the greatest health disparities, many of which are minority communities." She is trying to make it sound like Planned Parenthood cares about minorities & especially their health care. The totally different reality, that they only care about implimenting Sanger's racist eugenics agenda & making money doing so has been well documented (see Maafa 21).
Her concluding statement is pretty much an admission that Planned Parenthood has no trouble with doing an abortion for any reason whatsoever. She said "Whatever one thinks about abortion, it is a deeply personal and complex decision that is best left to a woman, her family and her doctor." The logical conclusion is, & if that woman wants it for sex selection, because the child is a Down syndrome child, or has some other genetic problem we at Planned Parenthood are fine with killing it. In short, the claim they oppose sex-selection abortions is a lie, plain & simple.
Yesterday's recall election in Wisconsin was another setback for Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood as well as NARAL Pro-Choice America had endorsed his opponant, Tom Barrett. Since his election, Walker signed into law a state budget that included a provision to prohibit the UW Hospital Authority from being involved in performing abortions & from using taxpayer dollars to pay medical students to learn how to perform abortions. Walker steered Wisconsin Well Woman funds to local counties instead of Planned Parenthood.He also signed bills that allow Wisconsin to opt out of abortion funding under Obamacare, to protect pregnant women from coerced abortions & to prohibit RU486 chemical web cam abortions.
The Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund endorsed Pro-life Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch also won against her Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin supported opponent, Mahlon Mitchell. 
Another loser was EMILY's List, a PAC that supports pro-abortion Democratic women in their run for office. In the primary Barrett defeated EMILY's List backed pro-abortion Democrat Kathleen Falk in a landslide. It could be another sign their influence is waning. & why SBA List is under attack in Ohio for their successes.
The abortion industry knows it is under seige. & that as more & more of the truth comes out, they aill continue to lose support. The Walker election yesterday sent a strong message that even in what is a fairly secure Democratic stronghold, that people are waking up & no longer closing their eyes to what Planned Parenthood & the abortion industry are doing & how big a disaster they really are. Planned Parenthood PACs & the other Pro-abort PACs will be throwing in a huge amount of money like they did in Wisconsin during the upcoming presidential election because they know that if Obama loses, then they lose the one person who has done more to promote their agenda than anyone else over the past 4 years, the goose that has laid the golden egg for them with ObamaCare. & you can be sure they will bring out every lie, half truth, & dirty trick they can. But, as we saw in Wisconsin, those tactics are no longer the guarenteed success they were in the past. The rainbow shades are coming off, not only in Arizona & Wisconsin, but across the USA.
However, those of us in the Pro-life camp must not assume we can just sit back. No, just like in Wisconsin, we MUST be out there getting the truth out. Again I remind you we must start, end & undergird it all with prayer. & part of that prayer is to ask God to open the eyes of those who support Pro-abortion candidates to the truth of what they are supporting.We must ensure that we are as accurate as possible in our claims. The facts are out there, waiting for us to use them to tell the truth.  Finally, we must speak the truth, in love & under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Just as Jesus did. Those who support abortion are just as much made in the image & likeness of God as we are. If we follow these simple steps, we may not always be successful, but we know that we have been faithful to what God wants. & that is what is most important of all.

Sources: AZ Abortion Clinics Break Law to Abort Baby Girls in New Undercover Video

VIDEO: Two Arizona abortion clinics welcome felony sex-selection abortions of baby girls

Abortion Clinics Arrange Illegal Sex-Selection Abortions

Planned Parenthood: we oppose sex-selection abortions but will still do them
Wisconsin recall elections ‘victories for unborn children,’ pro-lifers say
Pro-Life Victory: Scott Walker Defeats Pro-Abortion Recall
Pro-Life Women’s Group Celebrates Rebecca Kleefisch Victory

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* From the song Arizona by Mark Lindsay

# Slightly adapted lyric from the song Ya Got Trouble from Meredith Willson's The Music Man by Iowa's own Meridith Willson.

Another Ugly Truth Comes Out About Planned Parenthood - They Push Sex Selection Abortions

On 26 April 2012 I reported that it looked like a new Live Action investigation was in the works & this time it would look at how Planned Parenthood approves of & abets in sex-selection abortions. At that time I pointed out how the lies & spin by the Pro-aborts had begun in a preemtive strike to try & reduce the damage. I also pointed out how there was already evidence Planned Parenthood was on board with the idea of sex selection abortions & opposed any legistation banning them.

This morning Live Action went public with  a new undercover vide. This one showed a "Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Austin, TX encouraging a woman to obtain a late-term abortion because she was purportedly carrying a girl and wanted to have a boy." According to Live Action "The video is first in a new series titled “Gendercide: Sex-Selection in America,” exposing the practice of sex-selective abortion in the United States and how Planned Parenthood and the rest of the abortion industry facilitate the selective elimination of baby girls in the womb."

So what was Planned Parenthood's response to the truth getting out? It fires the woman in the video & all but admits it does sex selection abortions. In a statement issued by Planned Parenthood they claim the whole thing is another hoax by Live Action & that they have only released "edited videotapes to promote false claims about our organization and patient services. In highly unusual and scripted scenarios, hoax patients sought services related to sex selection." The big problem with this claim is that Live Action has released the complete, unedited video as well as a transcript that can be viewed at www.ProtectOurGirls.com. They are a hub of research & information on sex-selective abortions.

Additionally PP claims that it fired the woman in the video. Just like in the past, they fired the worker & supposedly scheduled retraining for the rest of the staff. (IMHO the retraining is how to avoid being caught.) A Planned Parenthood spokeswoman told The Huffington Post on Tuesday the entry level staffer in the video “did not follow our protocol” for dealing with “a highly unusual patient scenario.” This raises an interesting question, what is the proper protocol for providing a sex selection abortion? Apparently there is one if she violated it. & the fact that more videos are to come from Live Action shows that this isn't an "highly unusual patient scenario" like Planned Parenthood claims.

The PP statement goes on to show it's willingness to lie & present themselves as something totally different then they really are. The statement is another of their smoke & mirror attempts to make it look like women, not profits from abortion, are what motivates Planned Parenthood. They statement takes 2 paragraphs to attack gender bias & racism (another lie since it has been proven time & time again that PP supports sangar's racist, eugenics agenda).

Part of the statement says "The world’s leading women’s health and rights organizations, including the World Health Organization, do not believe that curtailing access to abortion services is a legitimate means of addressing sex selection, and have made clear that gender bias can only be resolved by addressing the underlying conditions that lead to it." & that PP supports this.  Given that WHO supports abortion like PP, that it would decry sex selection while allowing it to go on under the guise of it limiting access to abortion services shows that it really doesn't disapprove of them. After all, how does banning sex selection abortions limit access to those who they claim need them for legitimate reasons? Only if sex selection is a legitimate reasion in their minds would they oppose access.

Meanwhile The House of Representatives is scheduled to debate the "Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act.", H.R. 3541, on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at about 2:30 PM EDT, and to vote on the bill at about 7:00 PM EDT. National Right to Life is urging people to call their representative in the House in support of the Bill.

Sources: Sex-Selective Abortion Thrives in America, Courtesy Planned Parenthood

Austin, Texas Planned Parenthood Worker Fired After Live Action Investigation Release

 Protect Our Girls: Four Revelations About Planned Parenthood From Live Action’s Investigative Video
BREAKING: Planned Parenthood busted in new undercover sting on sex selective abortions
Congress to vote on federal sex-selection ban TOMORROW; make calls TODAY
BREAKING: Planned Parenthood fired employee following sex-selection sting
Planned Parenthood: We Won’t Deny Women Sex-Selection Abortions
Video: Planned Parenthood Encourages Woman to Get Sex-Selection Abortion
Undercover video: Planned Parenthood coaches on sex-selection abortion of baby girl
Planned Parenthood fires employee, but admits it won’t refuse sex-selection abortions

Kicking Planned Parenthood's PR Arm Right in the "Gutt"macher

For good or bad, until recently, the main source of information (studies, policy, polls, & statistics) about the abortion industry that was out there was that provided by the Guttmacher Institute. It was founded in 1968 as the "Center for Family Planning Program Development", a semi-autonomous division of The Planned Parenthood Federation of America. It was founded by then PP President,  Alan F. Guttmacher* & later named after him. In 1977 it became a seperate (on paper) non-profit corporation. However, even though it tries to claim it is independant, it really works hand & hand with PP to promote their "culture of death" agenda. & as recently as 2009 there is evidence that PP was still subsidizing  the Guttmacher Institute.

It is the source that the Main Stream Media (MSM) goes to for what it claims is an unbiased source (NYT: “nonpartisan research organization on issues of sexual health”). Given that the MSM knows full well that "sexual health" or "reproductive health" are code words for promoting abortion. Interestingly enough, Wikipedia, which is known for its pro-abort bias is a bit more honest. In it's entry for the Guttmacher Institute, it says the Institute "works to advance reproductive health including abortion rights." Hardly unbiased or nonpartisan.

& while the Guttmacher has often provided information that has been used by the Pro-life side to prove their claims (abortion numbers for instance), most of what Guttmacher puts out is clearly aimed at advancing PP's agenda. Or at best, put a positive spin on it. I have often described Guttmacher as PP's PR arm. When PP needs something to counter the truth they can rely on Guttmacher to provide it. Like I said, the gang at the Guttmacher Institute don't aim to provide unbiased facts, but to provide PR spin for Planned Parenthood.

But there is some good news thanks to The Susan B. Anthony List Today they unveiled their new website for the Charlotte Lozier Institute, its education and research arm, which was formed in late 2011. The institute is named for Charlotte Denman Lozier (1844-1870), a pro-life feminist physician who was a contemporary of Susan B. Anthony’s. According to the SBA List press release: "The web site will be a hub for research and public policy analysis on some of the most pressing issues facing the United States and nations around the world.

The site features commentaries, reviews and blog posts by an array of policy experts and scholars whose work covers statistics, medicine, bioethics, health care and law.

“We envision lozierinstitute.org as a crossroads for both new information and fresh analysis of policy questions that vex the modern world, centered on the value of human life and care for mothers, the children they carry, and the family,” commented Charlotte Lozier Institute president Chuck Donovan. “We will address topics from abortion, to population policy, advances in fetal medicine, health policy, and even end-of-life care. We will supplement and encourage existing organizations, as well as provide a balance to existing research organizations embedded in the abortion industry, by focusing on mid- and long-term topics where reflection and deeper examination can make lasting contributions.”

The web site includes articles on such topics as eugenics restitution legislation in North Carolina, the sudden and unexplained surge in abortion in the District of Columbia, the status of Chinese human rights activist Cheng Guangcheng, and the adoption of “whole women” legislation in a number of states to prioritize family planning funding to agencies offering primary care. Topics coming soon to the site include the quality of U.S. abortion reporting laws and the growth of perinatal hospice as a form of compassionate care for parents facing the birth of children with lethal anomalies.

Staff members of the Institute represent some of the most experienced writers and editors in the area of life issue studies. Chuck Donovan is a four-decade veteran in Washington policy circles and has written and spoken widely on public policy issues during work at the National Right to Life Committee, in the Reagan White House, at Family Research Council and, most recently, the Heritage Foundation. Gene Tarne, who edits lozierinstitute.org, is the founder and president of Tarne Communications. He has 30 years of experience in public affairs, journalism, media relations, and issue advocacy, representing a variety of non-profit, international, and public policy clients."

I highly doubt that the MSM (except maybe FoxNews) will present Lozier Institute as unbiased. In fact they will probably demonize the Lozier Institute all the while presenting the Guttmacher Institute as on the side of the angels. In short, the standard operating proceedure followed by the MSM when it wants to avoid the truth rather than admit the facts about abortion & the abortion industry.

But the Pro-life side now has an additional tool (joining such groups as Family Research Council, Population Research Institute & Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute, among others) to get the facts out & to counteract the "culture of death" bias that is the heart & soul of the Guttmacher Institute's raison d'être.

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* Another interesting fact about Alan Guttmacher that is omitted from Guttmacher Institute’s bio of Guttmacher, but again, amazingly included on the Wikipedia bio of Guttmacher  is the fact that he was also vice president of the American Eugenics Society in the 1950s. Just like Sanger he was big on eugenics & racial purity. Given how PP has been proven to be continuing its promoting of Sanger's racist eugenics policy (see Maafa 21 among others), you can be sure the Guttmacher Institute is doing so as well.

H/T: Jill Stanek (Susan B. Anthony List unveils website for pro-life policy institute to rival Guttmacher)

Obama Applauds Roe v Wade the 20th Century Dred Scott Decision

Yesterday Obama issued a statement affirming his commitment to supporting the ongoing murder of millions of unborn babies a year & the ongoing promotion of Margaret Sanger's agenda to rid the world of undesirable minorities, like blacks. (Maafa 21)

Roe v Wade said that unborn babies were not citizens & had no constitutional protection. It was decided 7-2. Dred Scott v. Sandford said that blacks were not citizens & had no constitutional rights. It was decided 7-2

Justice Antonin Scalia saw a huge connection between the 2. He wrote the following in his opinion for the Supreme Court decision in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern PA. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992): "[D]red Scott...rested upon the concept of "substantive due process" that the Court praises and employs today. Indeed, Dred Scott was very possibly the first application of substantive due process in the Supreme Court, the original precedent for...Roe v. Wade.  You read that right, He said that Dred Scott was the precident for Roe v Wade.

Obama's statement is unbelievable to any sane person. It is filled with his usual arrogance & hypocricy. Here is the statement. I will add my comments in blue.

As we mark the 39^th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this Supreme Court decision not only protects a woman’s health but only after she is born, before birth is a different matter, she gets no protection and reproductive freedom, but also affirms a broader principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters. Not intrude in family matters, yeah right!!!  HOW ABOUT HIS OPPOSITION TO PARENTAL NOTIFICATION LAWS that would protect parental rights??? How about his & the Dems opposition to school vouchers? & that's only 2 examples.   I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose and this fundamental constitutional right. Would he say the same about the Scott decision that ruled that owning slaves was protected by the Constitution under the fundamental right of property?  While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue- no matter what our views, we must stay united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, which for Obama means free access to abortifaceant drugs, paying for abortions in ObamaCare & stopping any encouragement of chastisty while promoting promiscuity support pregnant woman and mothers, We saw the total opposite in how he opposed including pregnant women and their unborn children in the SCHIP program reduce the need for abortion, see above after unintended pregnancies encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption. But only for gay couples. Otherwise, Obama & the Dems have done everything they can to discourage putting a child up for adoption instead of the woman having an abortion. The track record of Planned Parenthood for 2010 was 1 adoption referral for every 391 abortions. & his buddies in the abortion industry are doing all they can to shut down crisis pregnancy centers that do promote adoption. Not to mention doing all they can to drive Catholic instutuions out of adoption service.  And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams. OK, so how does this work since men don't get pregnant, they can't have an abortion? & getting pregnant denies no one their rights, freedoms or opportunities. It may temporarily put some obstacles in the way, but so do many other things. So abortion isn't about equality, it is about inequality for the unborn, by denying them any rights, freedoms or opportunitites.

Source: Obama Celebrates Roe vs. Wade Decision, 54 Million Abortions

Killing the Holy Innocents - 2000 Years Ago & Now

Then it was done under the orders of King Herod because he was afraid of any rival that might cause him to lose his power as ruler. 

Now it is done by Planned Parenthood & the abortion industry with the approval of President Obama whom they helped elect & he is doing his best to keep happy so that they will help him stay in power.

Pictures of aborted babies here

The names may have changed, but the story is the same one, people sold out to evil working to create a "culture of death" in opposition to God's plans for a Culture of Life.  Of course there is 1 huge difference. Herod probably had only 20-30 babies murdered. Planned Parenthood alone murders an unborn baby every 96 seconds, day in & day out. There are about 3-4 thousand total abortions done daily in the USA alone.

But just as back then, the children were not the only victims. The story of the Holy Innocents in Matthew 2 ends with the following: "Then were fulfilled the words spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: 'A voice is heard in Ramah, lamenting and weeping bitterly: it is Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted because they are no more.'" (Matthew 2:17-18)

These days, despite claims by the abortion industry to the contrary, there are many other victims of abortion. They include the women who had the abortion as well as the fathers of the aborted children. The damage done to them is emotional, just like that described in the prophecy from Jeremiah. Studies, many of them done by abortion supporters, have shown that men & women feel emptiness & isolation after abortion. Additionally, there is the guilt often felt knowing that what they have done was wrong. & while the abortion industry attempts to deny or downplay this damage, it isn't. That is why many groups have sprung up to help people find the spiritual & emotional healing they need. I have links to many of them in the right hand column under Post-abortion healing.

History for the most part has ignored what Herod did. Some even try to deny it because they say there is no contemporary evidence outside the Bible. Given the total track record of Herod, it is easy to see how this would be seen as just another in the long list of atrocities done by Herod, & a minor one at that.

These days, the abortion industry has shown that they are deserving to be called modern day heirs to the Herodian dynasty, not only by the number of abortions, but by the many other atrocities they have done as well. I have reported many times about the coverups of rape & incest, the horrific conditions of abortion clinics etc. & like Herod, they are doing all they can to maintain their power, no matter how illegal, immoral,  or corrupt the actions they use.

Herod the Great killed the Holy Innocents & even his children to maintain his corrupt reign. His granddaughter Herodius had John the Baptist killed because he proclaimed the truth about her sinful relationship with Herod Antipas. Today, the modern Herods do not like the message that the Catholic Church & others are proclaiming about what they do. So they try to get bubble laws passed, they try to pass laws attacking crisis pregnancy centers, they paint all pro-lifers as violent while they are the truly violent ones. (As a reminder, those few who do commit violent acts like arson, assault & murder in the name of ending abortion are not truly representative of the Pro-life movement. In fact they are antithetical to what we stand for.)

On this day, as we remember those 1st martyrs for Christ let us rededicate ourselves to fighting to put an end to abortion. Let us ask God to give us the courage to proclaim the truth in word & deed. May He guide & bless our efforts to build a Culture of Life. May we soon see an end to the "culture of death".

Holy Innocents we ask your intercession for those of us who are working to put an end to abortion. Plead with God for His blessings on our efforts to put an end to this modern day slaughter of innocents. Pray too for those men & women who are suffering from the emotional damage done to them as a result of participating in an abortion. Lead them to those groups who offer God's healing forgiveness they so sorely need.

I Would Have Been Shocked If NIWC Had Said No

This is very reminiscent of the calls made a few years ago by Live Action for their "The Planned Parenthood Racism Project". The got very similar results to those of the caller below. That fact added to what I know about NIWC's track record is why the results of the call were no surprize to me. As I said, I would have been surprized if the donation had been rejected & the NIWC employee had been offended that someone wanted to target a minority person.

As has been pointed out time after time by organizations like those who produced Maafa 21, the abortion industry, nationally & internationally, is motivated by racism & a desire to eliminate minoritites.

N.I.W.C. Will Take Donations To Eliminate Minorities

Shocking Reality: Rockford, IL Abortion Mill Will Gladly Take Donations To Specifically Kill Hispanic / Immigrant Babies

Rockford IL, December 10, 2010 - Because the Rockford abortion mill and its landlord have such a long history of the most vile forms of bigotry ever seen in the city of Rockford, a group of pro-lifers decided to see if the clinic staff and abortionist also subscribe to the kind of racism and bigotry that fills the abortion mill windows.

A pro-lifer called the abortion mill and asked if they would be willing to take donations to specifically abort Hispanic / immigrant babies because as the caller said, "They are ruining our country."

The response from the Northern Illinois Woman's Center receptionist was swift and enthusiastic. They would gladly take donations to target these minority children for abortion.

The long and sordid story of the hatred of the Rockford abortion mill continues as this phone conversation clearly showed. In the heart of Rockford we have a business that will gladly take money to rid the world of Hispanic / immigrant children by killing them in the womb.

Below is a word for word transcript of that conversation that took place at 10:30am on Friday, December 10, 2010.

The pro-life caller identifies himself as Lew Cifer - short for Lucifer.

NIWC = Northern Illinois Women's Center

Lew Cifer = Hi, My Name is Lew Cifer. My wife and I are looking for a worthy charity to make a donation to this Holiday Season. We're just wondering, does the clinic take donations?

NIWC = Yes, we always will be happy to take donations.

Lew Cifer = Our point of it is, we feel our country has got a lot of problems especially with illegal immigrants. If we made a five-hundred dollar donation, could it be used for Hispanic or illegal immigrants? Could it be earmarked for that?

NIWC = I absolutely believe it could be.

Lew Cifer = OK, well, thank you. What they are doing to our country is just a shame. We just thought, "Let's make a donation, and if an illegal immigrant wants an abortion, they would be able to. And it would be one less illegal immigrant in our country. How would we go about making the donation?"

NIWC = What I would do is, I would aah, send it in a check, aah to our Clinic, write it out to NIWC, and then in the memo mark that, mark that, immigrant, you put on there what you like, but we will definitely earmark it for that.

Lew Ciper = Well OK, I sure appreciate it, thank you.

NIWC = Bye

The Northern Illinois Women's Center nationally known for its bigotry and hatred is now very willing to take donations specifically to stop the beating hearts of Hispanic / immigrant children in the womb, to target these minorities for abortion.

The real Lew Cifer - Lucifer would be very pleased.

Planned Parenthood Aborts African Americans

I have mentioned Planned Parenthood's racist, eugenic roots & agenda many a time before. PP has done all it could to hide the truth. But more & more groups are getting the word out. Here is another 1:

'Planned Parenthood Aborts African Americans': New Mass Media Campaign

By Patrick B. Craine
AUSTIN, Texas, September 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new mass media campaign is hoping to shed light on Planned Parenthood’s racist roots and continued targeting of black communities. The PPAbortsAA campaign (“Planned Parenthood Aborts African Americans”) is aimed at getting the message out to a wide audience through billboards in large cities and TV ads on popular channels.



“When you look at the numbers, it’s absolutely astounding the lie that’s been given to African Americans - that this is really good for them,” said Kimberly Speirs, a spokesperson for PPAbortsAA.org.
African American babies are three times more likely to be aborted than white babies, according to data from the U.S. Center for Disease Control. Since Roe v. Wade in 1973, the black population in the U.S. has been reduced by over 25 percent.
Planned Parenthood is accused of targeting black communities because 62-78% of their facilities are in minority neighbourhoods, depending on how the data is interpreted.
PPAbortsAA.org notes that this targeting of blacks was part of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s plan from the beginning. “Colored people are like human weeds and are to be exterminated,” said the famed eugenicist and leader of the Negro Project, which was designed to curtail the black population.
The campaign organizers have been able to get their ads on BET (Black Entertainment Television), and they are available through their website, but other mainstream media outlets in New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Houston have refused to run them.
“It looks like the mainstream media is more interested in protecting Planned Parenthood than they are in educating African American women about the truth of abortion,” said Speirs.
She said it is clear from Planned Parenthood’s own statistics that they favor abortion over other options. She noted, for example, that in 2007 they aborted 305,310 babies in the U.S., but only made 4,912 adoption referrals.
“Most women who are abortion-minded, they don’t want abortion, they just don’t know what else is out there,” she said. “Once you let them know all the positive, hopeful, beautiful alternatives available for them ... they almost always choose life.”
“It’s so heartbreaking that so many African American lives have been snuffed out because of the deception that they’ve been sold,” said Speirs. “We just think that they want to know the truth about this issue. I think Afircan American women primarily want to know that they and their babies are being targeted.”
See the PPAbortsAA.org campaign here.
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Documentary Exposes Abortion as The Evolution of Racism and Black Genocide

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10061001.html
The Inherent Racism of Population Control

http://www.lifesitenews.com/waronfamily/Population_Control/Inherentracism.pdf

Apparently They Think Abortion is an Acceptable Way to End Homelessness

While there is a long way to go in cleaning up the CCHD (& why I am still not giving this year), what the Portland Docese did is a step in the right direction.

FYI, I checked on PP's website & found both do abortions. the NE Center does chemical abortions while the SE center does surgical as well as chemical abortions. So the Portland Diocese was right to not support the resource booklet. The liberal hypocricy of Street Roots is showing in their criticism of the Diocese for upholding Catholic Teaching. 1st of all, they make it sound like Street Roots are the only ones doing anything to help the homeless & that the loss of a few thousand dollars will keep anything from being done.

2ndly they have no problem with the fact that PP kills they very people they are claiming they want to help. It is pretty clear that they see abortion as a solution to homelessness. & they are using the old canard of health care as a cover for that. The fact that on their website resource page they have 31 makes it clear that they do support abortion & that it is not about health care. The fact that at least 1 more abortion provider, the Downtown Women's Center, is on their list, confirms that fact in my mind. There are plenty of other groups on that list that provide health care without also providing abortion. So why do they need PP or the Women's Center on their list unless it is because they want poor women to have abortions? & rather than admit the truth they are attacking the Catholic Church for upholding Catholic Teaching as a bit of smoke & mirrors to direct attention away from the truth.

They know that the Catholic Church is 1 of the largest organizations providing for the poor & needy, including health care. So once again, it has to be about abortion, not helping the homeless. Do they not realize that they are helping to abet Margaret Sanger's eugenics agenda? Or do they support it & won't admit it because it will blow their cover?

Another bit of proof that they are pro-abort & are using health care as a cover is the fact that they do not list a single Crisis Pregnancy Center even though there are several in the Portland area. Since the only ones opposed to them are those who support abortion, this provides additional evidence that they care more about promoting abortion than helping the homeless.

The fact that they have several resources for pet owners but no CPCs also raises questions. Again, the typical liberal animals deserve better care & more rights than the unborn attitude showing here. OK in some situations people who are poor & homelss do need help caring for pets. But don't the unborn deserve at least as much without being threatened by abortion?

I am all for helping those who truly need the help. Back in the early 80s I worked & lived in the local men's Rescue Mission. I learned there are 3 kinds of homeless. 1 group are those who are truly in need of help. Things like a job loss, alcoholism etc are why they are in the situation they are in. Then there is a 2nd group who just don't want to work or get help, just milk the system for all it is worth. Finally there are those who have chosen to roam & aren't looking for a home. they just want to work for a while & move on. the 1st group needs help, the last group will always be voluntarily homelss. That 2nd group are the type St. Paul talked about when he said if they won't work they shouldn't be given help.

I went to their blog & put the following comment up for the post: "It is clear to me thatStreet Roots idea of helping the homeless includes killing the unborn as a way to reduce their numbers. That is what you are doing when you refer women to Planned Parenthood & at least 1 other women’s health center that does abortions whether you want to admit it or not. Bravo to the Diocese of Portland for standing up for the most helpless of all, the unborn." I'll have to go back in a day or 2 & see if they leave it up & what response I get. Interestingly enough, not all the comments support them. 1 even suggested they check out Maafa 21.

As an aside, the fact that they also have a G L B T Q I page is another reason that the Portland Diocese did the right thing by stopping their giving to them.

Newspaper Livid over Losing CCHD Funding – for Referring Planned Parenthood

By Peter J. Smith
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Street Roots, a Portland-based non-profit newspaper dedicated to serving the homeless and the poor, has expressed outrage that it is losing the support of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), because it referred people to Planned Parenthood in the health care section of its “Street Root’ Rose City Resource” booklet.
“The message from CCHD managers at the Portland Archdiocese, although supportive of the booklet’s overall mission, was made clear in terms of funding: If Planned Parenthood remained in the booklet, CCHD, in keeping with Catholic teaching, could no longer fund Street Roots, the publisher of the Rose City Resource guide,” wrote Street Roots Managing Editor editor Joanne Zuhl in a 5,000 word report on the situation.
Apparently, the archdiocese had contacted Street Roots back in the spring over a page 25 listing for Planned Parenthood on the resource guide, which described some of the basic contraceptive services the abortion giant seeks to offer to those in poverty seeking health care.
After discussions, Street Roots decided to opt to keep the listing and reject CCHD’s grants.
However, in an editorial posted on Street Roots’ blog, they decried the move, saying that “being defunded ($5-10k annually) by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) … is a shot to the heart.” They then accused the CCHD of harming “our entire community that is working to end homelessness.”
“Knowing the paramount importance of health care for people in poverty, particularly for young women, we have an obligation to note the tremendous resources of Planned Parenthood, and a host of other health organizations, working with people on our streets. And we’re proud to do so,” the editorial continued.
Zuhl wrote that the reason Street Roots and other anti-poverty organizations have lost funding due to being at odds with Catholic teaching was due to a coalition of “Catholic conservative groups that via the prolific capacity of the internet” have called for the defunding of such organizations and even the “radical overhaul” or “disbandment” of CCHD.
Street Roots Executive Director Israel Bayer called the Catholic reform movement a “witch hunt born out of fear and intolerance.”
CCHD has been embroiled in controversy over its funding practices since September, when the Texas-based Bellarmine Veritas Ministries (BVM) began releasing reports with evidence that numerous CCHD grantees are involved in promoting abortion, same-sex “marriage” and contraception, among other things. The movement to reform CCHD by Catholic groups gathered momentum, with other groups, such as Human Life International, and American Life League, joining in the fight. At least 10 bishops have suspended November collections for CCHD until the national organization undergoes real meaningful reform.
However, a number of diocesan CCHD branches, like the Portland Archdiocese, are taking reform to heart and keeping on eye on what causes the money of faithful Catholics is going to support.
In Chicago, reform of the CCHD office there has led the organization to focus on aiding mothers in crisis pregnancies and the centers that serve their needs. Through the efforts of Chicago CCHD director Rey Flores, one crisis pregnancy center will soon upgrade to a 4-D ultrasound machine, allowing mothers to see a highly detailed, live-action, three dimensional images of their living unborn children.
See related coverage by LifeSiteNews.com:
Pro-Life Groups Praise ‘Real Reform’ at Chicago CCHD

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/aug/10080609.html
US Bishops Prepare to Consider CCHD's Future

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10060101.html
Michigan Bishop Withholds CCHD Funds

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10061706.html

Sadly, This Shows Sanger's Negro Project Is Working

1 of Margaret Sanger's eugenics goals was to eliminate undersirable races like the blacks. She knew she couldn't just come out & convince blacks to encourage their own genocide. So she came up with The Negro Project. The purpose of the project was to get black religious leaders to buy into her lies about birth control so that they would then do her dirty work for her. In a letter she wrote: " The minister's work is also important and he should be trained, perhaps by the Federation as to our ideals and the goal that we hope to reach. We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members."(emphasis mine) [Letter from Sanger to Dr. Clarence J. Gamble, 10 December 1939, see Negro Project link below]

The fact that this group is attacking Alveda King shows that to some extent the project has worked. & that it is still alive. However, despite the claims of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Alveda King & groups like Black genocide (link below) more accurately reflect the feeling of the black community than RCRC does. RCRC is attempting to "straighten out" Alveda King & other Pro-life blacks. & failing that, trying to marginalize them. Just like Margaret Sanger envisioned.

Sorry to say, the "Negro Project" is alive & well. & the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is the guise it is going under these days.

BLACK ABORTION ADVOCATES ATTACK ALVEDA KING, SAY MARTIN LUTHER KING NOT PRO-LIFE

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A group of black abortion advocates are attacking Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for saying her uncle is pro-life. The younger King has been a pro-life advocate for some time since coming to regret her multiple abortions but some abortion activists don't like what she has to say.
King is slated to appear at the Glenn Beck event commemorating the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech.
Responding to that event and a new billboard campaign, members of the "Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice" held a press conference and issued a statement blasting Alveda King.
They said the "religious right billboard campaign claiming African American children are an 'endangered species' and Alveda King's comparison of anti-abortion activists to 'Freedom Riders' sparked outrage in the African American community."
The black RCRC members called King's claims that her uncle would be pro-life today "baseless and inflammatory assertions."
"Disparaging clinics that provide abortion, birth control and reproductive health services is harmful to communities struggling with high rates of unintended pregnancy, teen births and HIV/AIDS, insulting to the intelligence and values of African Americans, and offensive to women who make conscientious moral decisions about pregnancy," they said.
The pro-abortion black activists said Right to Life groups and "other right-wing organizations started this irresponsible and offensive campaign to make inroads into African American communities to promote their own agenda - to ultimately overturn Roe v. Wade."
"The Black community has repeatedly rejected the 'Religious Right' anti-abortion movement," they said.
In a statement to LifeNews.com, Alveda King issued her own response.
"It is absolutely ludicrous that abortion supporters would accuse a blood relative of Dr. King of hijacking the King legacy. Uncle Martin and my father, Rev. A. D. King were blood brothers," she said. "How can I hijack something that belongs to me? I am an heir to the King Family legacy."
"I have a right to stand at the Lincoln Memorial on the 47th Anniversary of my Uncle's 'I Have A Dream' speech," she continued.
"The Dream has yet to be realized. That Dream is in my genes and I carry forward in the fight for equality and justice for all blacks, including those in the womb," King said.
"My dad and my uncle gave their lives to ensure that the day would come when blacks would be judged not by the color of their skin, but the content of their character. If they were here, I know they would stand with me in this fight for the lives of those most vulnerable among us," said King.
Other black pro-life leaders joined King in defending herself and her assertions.
"It's interesting to me to hear so called religious people call us the religious right -- but that's okay because they are obviously the complete opposite... they are the religious wrong," said Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-Life Union.
"The travesty of abortion -- especially in the black community is the greatest civil rights battle of our time and we must overcome it," she said.
Catherine Davis, who heads up the black outreach project for Georgia Right to Life , also chimed in on the debate.
"More and more of Black Americans understand the eugenic agenda of Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers to control the black birth rate through abortion. And because we understand, we are standing with Alveda King in solidarity, continuing the fight for black life from its earliest beginnings," she said.
"I grew up understanding that the King family fought for my right to equality, even as they fought, bled and died for my right to life, free of government sanctioned lynching, restraints, and KKK threats. To believe that they would now stand for the destruction of life in the womb, screams against the legacy these great men left for us all," Davis continued.

Links for more on Sanger's "Negro Project":
Maafa 21

TooManyAborted.com esp Unwanted section

The Negro Project Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Plan for Black Americans

BlackGenocide.org

National Black Pro-Life Union