Calling pro-lifers: Defeat Planned Parenthood’s shallow attempt to upstage SBA List/Lila Rose’s defunding bus tour
For some time the Susan B. Anthony List and Lila Rose of LiveAction.org have been planning a 4-day, 7-state, 11-city “Women speak out: defund Planned Parenthood” bus tour, beginning TODAY with stops in Iowa and Illinois.
Their audacity never failing to amaze, Planned Parenthood leaders revealed yesterday that they, too, are planning a hot pink bus tour to 7 of the same stops, on the same days – 1/2 hour before SBA List and Lila are scheduled to begin their rallies….
No mention of abortion, of course. And for PP to call it a “Truth Tour” is to take direct aim at Pro-Life Action League, which every summer sponsors a Face the Truth Tour featuring graphic signs that tell the truth about abortion. Again, audacious.
PP knows SBA List’s “Votes have Consequences” bus tour last summer, spotlighting Democrat pro-lifers who nonetheless voted for Obamacare, proved devastating.
So although the abortion industry constantly berates pro-lifers for invading their space with our protests, desperate times call for hypocritical measures. The very real threat of losing taxpayer funding has forced PP to face Lila Rose, quite uncharacteristic – and pretty amazing.
The next few days will no doubt be wild. Please, more than ever, attempt to attend one of SBA List/Lila Rose’s rallies if they are anywhere near you. PP will no doubt enlist staffers and union workers to attend theirs, which we’ve seen before. We must show them up by our commitment to protect innocent preborn human life.
At least now women can get a clear view of the two opposing views and one can only hope that in all the freedom of expression being so clearly expressed Ceciles’ heart will awaken and hope of all hopes start taking steps in the right direction. I can see Cecile with her very very stubborn self once she sees a little clearer not only making a move in the right direction I can also see her making that step defiantly! Hoping Spring will awaken your heart Cecile to the beauty of life. It’s so easy for a lot of us to see your beauty, believing that when you get a glimpse of your own beauty you will better see the beauty of others.
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Bring your cameras, people.
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No mention of abortion by Planned Parenthood because, you know, it’s only “3% of services.”
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“Their audacity never failing to amaze, Planned Parenthood leaders revealed yesterday that they, too, are planning a hot pink bus tour to 7 of the same stops, on the same days”
Fact Check – the SBA will be rallying outside Congressman Cicilline’s office in Pawtucket RI – and good luck, there. David (openly gay) is very pro-choice. It’s interesting that they chose Cicilline’s office and not that of our other congressman, Jim Langevin, who also voted against defunding Planned Parenthood and who must have been under incredible pressure from the RC Bishop Tobin to vote in favor of the defunding. Why isn’t the SBA going after him?
The Planned Parenthood bus will be in front of Planned Parenthood – in Providence. So the statement that SBA and PP will be at the same place isn’t true, in this case.
But thanks to Jill, I now know about the rally at PP and I will be there along with my fellow “baby killers!” LOL
Bottom line – RI is a pro-choice state so the SBA is wasting gas coming here!
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CC, do tell me, are your daughters pro-choice or pro-life? Which bus tour do your daughters support?
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So is PP using our tax dollars for these “tours” since the money is not specifically being spent on abortion?
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“CC, do tell me, are your daughters pro-choice or pro-life? Which bus tour do your daughters support?”
Why do you assume that I have daughters? I am happily childless by choice – thanks to evil birth control which worked beautifully for me. If I did have daughters I would hope that they would be pro-choice as they would have been brought up in a secular and liberal family. Obviously, if they weren’t, I would be disappointed that they were not following in the footsteps of their feminist parents; but I would have to respect their opinions. All the daughters of my pro-choice friends and family are, solidly, pro-choice. I suspect that attending colleges, in a liberal area, has something to do with it. Some were even raised Catholic and still consider themselves Catholic. (Yeah, I know they’re not). Others were raised in pro-choice churches. A couple had no religious upbringing.
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This is just silly. I wonder how much Miss Rose is getting paid for this nonsense?
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CC, you´ve just proved that part of the reason the tide is turning to prolife is because those who are prolife tend to have more babies and children tend to follow their parents footsteps.
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We need a pro-life President in 2012!
“The Obama Misery Index and the Rise of Obamavilles” is the best blog post I’ve read in a long time. This is why President Obama will be a one-term president! http://t.co/hhFr73z
I can’t recommend this piece highly enough. This will be all the ammo we’ll need when talking to other voters during the 2012 general election.
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David Cicilline is gay? He supports prenatal homicide?
It would be very interesting to ask him if he would still support the crime of killing unborn children if they ever develop a prenatal test for homosexuality (I hope never for the sake of the gay community) and he has to face the horrible reality of what “pro-choice” actually means, as the abortionists ruthlessly destroy vast numbers of unborn gay children and the homosexual community is decimated.
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“CC, you´ve just proved that part of the reason the tide is turning to prolife is because those who are prolife tend to have more babies and children tend to follow their parents footsteps”
But interestingly, many of the first generation of pro-choice women who fought for liberalized abortion laws, grew up in strict Catholic households where birth control was considered a mortal sin. (My relatives grew up in that environment and yet they are pro-choice) And just because one is pro-life, doesn’t mean that they will have more babies because, in this economy especially with two parents working, that isn’t always feasible. I suspect that if abortion is re-criminalized, those young women of child bearing age, who now say they’re pro-life, might reconsider their position.
“It would be very interesting to ask him if he would still support the crime of killing unborn children if they ever develop a prenatal test for homosexuality”
I suspect that he would still support a woman’s right to an abortion. And those, who object to homosexuality the most, are those who are pro-life which might present quite the conundrum for these folks. Liberal women wouldn’t be aborting fetuses based on a sexual orientation gene. And even if a woman did that, it’s her business and not mine.
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Interesting.
My baby was pro-life until 10 weeks after her conception. We ended her life, and her chance to choose.
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“Liberal” “pro-choice” women kill their unborn children for a variety of reasons, mostly having to do with promoting their own self interest.
They support rights for handicapped people, but that does not stop them killing their unborn Downs Syndrome children. I doubt their support for gay rights will prevent them from killing children unborn homosexual children, no matter how they feel about homosexuality in the abstract.
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Gee CC – hope you have a heart for all children. I understand that you are happily childless, I hope that you have very good friends & family who will help you, support you and advocate for you in your old age.
See – pro-lifers view life as sacred in all stages of life – in the womb, newly born, during life and in infirmity and old-age. We want a human life protected in every stage, no matter the functionality, dependence, location and everything else.
I am truly sorry you support the human rights’ violation of abortion. Hope that changes as you get on in age and end up meeting your Maker, as we all will.
We wish life for every human, right up to their natural end, even if they are unborn.
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CC,
As I pointed out in a previous post(on another Jill Stanek post somewhere else on here)…chastity/abstainence/birth control education has undergone some “make overs” since the 1960’s and 1950’s (and earlier). It’s not JUST taught it’s a mortal sin in the Catholic Church, it’s also educates on the health risks (which are a part of birth control commericals, by the way AND on papers in the birth control boxes themselves—unless things have changed in 15 years, I expect those warnings are still on those papers in the birth control boxes that the birth control comes in).
Chastity/Abstainence and Birth Control Education now includes the following:
Religious reasons
Health Reasons
Emtoinal reasons
Just to name some of the categories.
One More Soul provides pamphlets on research done by those in the medical field and there are Chastity speakers who have either/or speaking from experience and/or from research. (Among them I’ve been a chasitty speaker, Christopher West has done chastity talks, Doug Berry, Pam Stenzel, MaryBeth Bonacci, just to name a few).
You can check them out here:
Doug Berry
Doug’s Bio
Pam Stenzel
Pam’s Bio
MaryBeth Bonacci
MaryBeth’s Bio
Christopher West
Christopher’s Bio
One More Soul
Dr. Chris Pamphlets
Other Medical Pamphlets
Birth Control
Chastity/Abstainance
Your experience of chastity/abstainence birth control education by the Catholic Church and others probably isn’t the way it is now. Update your research, dear. There is A LOT more information available than there used to be.
And those people you know who are pro-choice, yes, I, too, have met people who were brought up Catholic who turned to artificial birth control. I’m probably related to a couple (I don’t know because my relatives don’t exactly advertise that when they’re talking to people) but I have friends who have gone that way. Unfortunately, they can’t seriously go to the Communion and say AMEN because that “AMEN” means “I Believe” and it’s not JUST saying “I believe the bread and wine are now the very body and Blood of Christ” but it’s ALSO saying “I Believe!” To EVERYTHING the Catholic Church teaches. Some people have not learned that or don’t know that, but that’s what it is.
CC, I understand you don’t like and/or hate the Catholic Church. You’ve made that clear. There’s no need to mention it every time you post (or gleefully telling us how you know Catholics who are pro-choice. We already know you do. Some of us know people who were raised Catholic like that, too, but that does NOT change the Catholic Church’s stance on abortion or artificial contraception). We know where you stand when it comes to the Catholic Church. I’m sure the non-Catholic pro-lifers are fully aware of your stance, as well. You can post your posts without rehashing it and you’ll still be able to make your point. Thank you.
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CC wrote:
“And those, who object to homosexuality the most, are those who are pro-life which might present quite the conundrum for these folks. Liberal women wouldn’t be aborting fetuses based on a sexual orientation gene. And even if a woman did that, it’s her business and not mine.”
Wow, CC so misunderstands the pro-life position, she thinks that if they find a homosexuality gene, pro-lifers will turn around and become pro-abortion. Wow. Way to not get the concept. Somehow, CC, I don’t think your crystal ball is all that accurate. I think the more likely thing that would happen, in the event a gay gene were ever found, is that more gay people would begin embracing the pro-life position.
I clean my palantir on a regular basis so I can see into it better. Lol!
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Uh CC,
Its been “pro-choice” women who have been aborting female children in disproportionate numbers, both in the US and abroad. Liberal women may not abort on the basis of a sexual orientation gene but they will on a female one.
I think a “homosexual gene” will put you PC liberals in quite a quandry. You might be the folks who will be forced by your political philosophy to turn a blind eye to anti gay behavior at its most extreme. How can you support “choice” but object to a woman choosing to abort a gay fetus?
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“All the daughters of my pro-choice friends and family are, solidly, pro-choice. . . Some were even raised Catholic and still consider themselves Catholic. (Yeah, I know they’re not).”
Thanks for acknowledging that much at least, CC. And if nothing else, you are honest about your beliefs and don’t pretend to be what you’re not.
Sometimes I think pro-abortion Catholics like Patrick Kennedy, Biden, Pelosi and others I could name (and not only politicians) would probably be better off not being Catholics than being hypocrites. Leaving the Church could well be the first honest act they have committed in a long while. It might actually lead them to rethink their position.
I say this because I know the bishops are never going to excommunicate them and force that kind of honesty on them — there would be too much political backlash in the case of prominent politicians. Leaving the Church by either of those paths would be worth it if it meant they would come to their senses and repent (though I know you don’t believe in this).
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”How can you support “choice” but object to a woman choosing to abort a gay fetus”
I didn’t say that I objected to this type of abortion. I said “Liberal women wouldn’t be aborting fetuses based on a sexual orientation gene. And even if a woman did that, it’s her business and not mine.” I don’t care why women abort. It’s their body and their choice – not mine.
“I say this because I know the bishops are never going to excommunicate them and force that kind of honesty on them — there would be too much political backlash in the case of prominent politicians”
You’ve got that right! I suspect that they don’t want to offend big donors and don’t want to alienate rank and file Catholics by appearing to be heavy handed. And actually, I wish that these Catholic pro-choice politicians would leave the church (they don’t want to alienate Catholic voters) because that would provide them creds to show that rather than be obligated to vote Catholic dogma, they are leaving the church to serve their consituents – not all of whom are Catholic. It’s ironic that President Kennedy sought to assuage the fears of those who thought he would be influenced by the Vatican. Today, the Vatican does seek to control Catholic politicians – but, as you pointed out, they only go so far. (I will not vote for a Catholic unless she/he votes pro-choice.) The politicians need to leave the church, the church needs to excommunicate them. There’s hypocrisy and political maneuvering on all sides here.
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CC,
LOL. Didn’t you suggest that PL people, who supposedly despise gay people, which we don’t, would be facing a conundrum if a gay gene was found? Gee, we “hate” gay people but but oppose abortion. Or else we have to turn PA to satisfy our alleged blood lust for gays.
CC, you don’t object to this kind of abortion? With friends and supporters like you, gay people don’t need enemies. Oh, and why would liberal women not abort a gay baby? They’re too enlightened? PL folks aren’t the ones in the conundrum here CC.
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CC,
A lot of people outside the Church (and even some Catholics) don’t bother to truly research and learn. It’s very sad, but unfortunately true.
I do know politicans who are supposed to be Catholic should NOT be receiving Communion and that some bishops HAVE said they are to refrain from going to Communion unless/until they give up their pro-choice positions and come back into full communion with the Catholic Church. A lot of them have ignored these warnings and letters and some bishops have been ignoring mandates from the Vatican to be more firm about the Catholic Church’s position.
On a side note: we KNOW you don’t like the Catholic Church, so I’m going ask as politely as I can, that PLEASE the next time you post you leave your hatred of the Catholic Church out of it. You’ve made your point. You hate the Church, you think it’s stupid/etcetera. No need to rehash it in pretty much every single post you make. WE GOT IT the first several times.
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“CC, you don’t object to this kind of abortion? With friends and supporters like you, gay people don’t need enemies.”
Why would liberal women want to abort a gay child? But again, if that’s what they choose, that’s up to them. I believe a woman can abort for any reason whatsoever. If a militantly homophobic woman wanted to abort, that’s fine too. Better than have a gay child that you hate. And if you think that certain members of the religious right don’t hate homosexuality, then you’re in serious denial. The important thing is that there not be forced abortion or forced childbirth – which is what the anti-choice movement is all about. Have that baby or risk health/life in an illegal procedure. Yeah, the “pro-life” movement loves women. We, on the other hand, trust women.
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“You hate the church”
And many of you (not all) have a distinct hatred of those who are pro-choice, especially Planned Parenthood. There is one poster here whose vitriolic hatred of President Obama, Democrats, and those who are pro-choice oozes from every word. His tone is actually menacing. There is another poster whose hatred of pro-choice women is apparent in his condescending tone. So please…
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CC,
Unlike you, I haven’t heard any members of the “religious right” no matter how they hate homosexuality, say that destroying gay people simply because they are gay is acceptable and a choice.
Who’s in the conundrum CC?
Why would a liberal abort a gay baby? In case you haven’t noticed CC, liberals are “liberal” about homosexuality and transgenderism when its someone else’s children.
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CC, I wasn’t actually accusing the bishops of hypocrisy. The backlash they would face would mean that they would have a much harder time getting the Churchs teachings on life and other issues out there, and it’s a terrible uphill battle as it is.
Much of the backlash would be in the form of renewed attempts to take away the Church’s tax exempt status because it is “political.” Thing is, no one ever complains about the bishops intervening in political life when they support favorite liberal causes like unions and immigration reform and help for the poor, which they certainly do plenty of. But the moment bishops speak out against abortion, you can hear the howls from every liberal bastion in the land about how they are too involved in politics. Oh there is hypocrisy here, but I wouldn’t say it was among the bishops.
I know you like to talk about all the money the Church has, but the thing is, losing money means parishoners lose across the board, including money for schools and running parishes and keeping churches in repair – most parishes have to fight hard to stay above water. Not to mention all the money necessary to support Catholic hospitals and other charitable organizations.
I wonder just how many people gloating over the funds that the Church is putting out in all the sex abuse lawsuits realize that the people losing the money aren’t the accused priests (who are often dead or in a nursing home by now) or the accused bishops (who generally don’t have much money themselves); no, they accused are not being sued for their personal funds; it’s parishes, hospitals and all the good works the Church does that are financially hit. Not that the greedy lawyers care. And yes, lawyers, not victims are getting the lion’s share of the financial settlements.
I realize this has taken me pretty far from the original subject, but it really hurts when people show ignorance on this score.
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The bishops need to excommunicate all abortionist politicians masquerading as Catholics forthwith. By their support for the crime of prenatal homicide, they have already excommunicated themselves.
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So – statutory rapists have supporters in Rhode Island?
Might be worth having a camera at the Providence Planned Parenthood to see how many actually do show up and to record for posterity (ours – not theirs), those who think statutory rapists need a partner in their perverted crimes.
I have no problem associating my public self with the pro-life cause.
Let’s find out how many actually want to go on public record supporting those who aid and abet statutory rape.
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“You hate the church”
And many of you (not all) have a distinct hatred of those who are pro-choice, especially Planned Parenthood. There is one poster here whose vitriolic hatred of President Obama, Democrats, and those who are pro-choice oozes from every word. His tone is actually menacing. There is another poster whose hatred of pro-choice women is apparent in his condescending tone. So please…
You’re right. I don’t care for Planned Parenthood (the establishment), but that doesn’t mean I hate the people of Planned Parenthood. I don’t care for what goes on in Planned Parenthood, which is aborting pre-born human beings. That is something I strongly object to. The people inside the organization may or may not understand what they are doing. I’d like to hope or believe that the majority of them have a genuine care for women, but don’t understand how much they are hurting human beings by engaging in supporting an organization whose big money maker is the destroying of pre-born human life.
Abby Johnson had no true realization of what she was supporting when she was a director of a Planned Parenthood location. She ignored it, she hid from it, and she believed all the lies and rhetoric Planned Parenthood teaches. She honestly wanted to help women and she thought that by working at Planned Parenthood that is what she was doing. She eventually realized she was wrong.
Pro-lifers of the Coalition For Life (most specifically Sean Carney) were there to welcome her with open arms, answer her questions, give her information and pray for her and with her.
We pro-lifers want to support human life. We open our arms to those who have a sincere desire to learn and to understand.
As other issues with Planned Parenthood (and they are MANY)…Leaders in Planned Parenthood have ignored problems that are NOT just ONE location, but MORE THAN ONE location.
This is a pro-life blog. If you wanted someone to agree with you on Planned Parenthood, there’s several pro-Planned Parenthood bloggers out there.
I pray for you on a daily basis and I honestly hope you have a change of heart and mind and soul over this issue. I get that you feel firmly ensconed in your position as many people do; however, that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t welcome you into the pro-life movement if you had a change of heart.
God bless.
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Oozing, she says. Wow, I am having one of those amazing days today, learning things I never knew before. For example, did you know that typewritten words have the ability to ooze? Whodathunkit? Now, I’ve learned that using all capitals is shouting, but how does one make words ooze? Italics? Bold? Underline? Maybe I want my words to ooze, but they just don’t. Pray, CC, tell me how to make my words ooze. Can I make them ooze chocolate syrup? Or does it only work for vitriolic hatred? What about unmitigated gall? Can I make them ooze that?
No, you cannot make them ooze
Nor make them wake or make them snooze
Nor make them win or make them loose.
You must pick better words to choose
Because you cannot make them ooze.
lol!!
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I actually have to agree with CC regarding the people whose tone is menacing. I would prefer if things are toned down to a civil level. And that is her reaction to what is. That she stated her position is fine with me. On that point, I agree.
Also CC – that is how we feel when you rail against the Catholic Church or Pro-Lifers in general. So – please try to be civil also. I know the feelings run deep, but we are all trying to figure this out together. Thanks.
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Joy,
I try not to be “menacing” and if I sounded that way in my post, I aologize to you and CC. I simply was asking CC to quit bringing up how much she dislikes/hates/whatever negative emotion she has towards the Catholic Church in pretty much every comment she posts (not all of them have made fun of/railed against/ranted against the Catholic Church, but the majority of them that I have read). She can make her point without bringing up the Catholic Church (or even her “pro-choice Catholic friends”) in them.
Also, given that this is a pro-life blog, there’s bound to be a dislike of Planned Parenthood radiating from the majority of the posts and comments on here. If she wants to hang out with those who don’t dislike Planned Parenthood this isn’t the blog for her.
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“But thanks to Jill, I now know about the rally at PP and I will be there along with my fellow ‘baby killers!’ LOL”
CC,
You should follow the bus and use this tour as an opportunity to market your new line of turkey basters. I don’t want to see you growing old with all due recognition for your novel contribution to Ob/Gyn. There might even be an honorary degree in for you from one of the Seven Sister colleges.
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CC
I’m one who had every intention of voting for President Obama. What changed my mind was when I learned that when a baby survived the abortion process and just needed some help he could not find it in his heart to make sure the baby received that. So babies that were alive were left in a soiled utility room to die. So people who argue to promote death in the womb or death in a soiled utility room I have trouble speaking of these individuals in glowing terms. I think their adults and need to understand fully what there advocating for. I try though not to be verbally offensive though. Partially because I try to respect people but also because I know how adept the pro-aborts are at garnering (?) public support. And to give them more ammunition well I can’t see any good reason for that. What I do though is when I suspect a person has reached the point where it has become a game to them the killing of the innocent I just pray that their own treachery pays them a visit that the advice they hand out so willingly to those who depend on them for the right advice instead of the advice going out instead that it remain with them and let them get a very good taste of their own medicine.
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CC says:
“Why would liberal women want to abort a gay child?”
Once again the troll CC admits the end result of an abortion is a dead child. Most pro-aborts usually shy away from admitting the obvious. But not CC. CC consistently supports killing children and pretends that killing children is as normal as mom and apple pie. Every entry by CC is an example of how the insidious culture of death distorts dialog and leads to even more death.
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My objection to CC’s rants isn’t based so much on the fact that she hates /dislikes the Catholic Church. It’s that she insists on doing it on the basis of lies, ignorance, long-exploded legends, sheer imagination and just plain untruths. (Pretty good for a history major).
I hope if anyone here comes across some lies about Planned Parenthood, we would also want to explode them – that is, we would like to play fair. If CC played fair, I wouldn’t care so much.
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“And many of you (not all) have a distinct hatred of those who are pro-choice, especially Planned Parenthood”
Planned Parenthood uses predatory behaviour like visiting schools to push high dose hormone prescriptions upon teenage girls. They pomote a curriculum of encouraging sexual promiscuity among minors. And they commit abortions on same minors without even notifying the legal guardian of said minor. Planned Parenthood is way to left of liberal idiology. They are a professional predator. They set up mega-abortuaries in cities throughout the U.S. The stench they leave on this world will take a long time to go away.
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Abortion advocates have no logical case against pregnancy. Science and biology are too difficult to argue with, so instead they stick with whoppers like Pregnancy is Slavery and Abortion is My Favorite Way to Defy the Church.
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