by JivinJ

• Dan Gilgoff reports that there is a growing schism among common ground advocates regarding legislation on abortion. One side wants the two segments of the common ground package (preventing unwanted pregnancies and reducing the need for abortion) introduced in one bill while another side wants them introduced separately.

• Joe Carter writes about how the language we use could be affecting how we think...

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UPDATE, 7/1, 6:30p: Do you trust 'em? Surrrre. According to CBS42.com, PP plans its own internal audit in the wake of the release of Lila's undercover video. Here's PP's statement:

Planned Parenthood of Alabama provides high quality health care and takes any allegation of this nature very seriously. An essential part of our mission is to protect teens, and to make sure that they get the counseling and medical care they need. We will conduct an internal, fact-based review to ensure that all our high standards of care have been met. PP of AL is committed to following all laws, and regularly makes reports to law enforcement officials. The health and safety of our patients is our top priority and we know that parents trust their teens to get accurate information and quality care at PP health centers. We will continue to work exceptionally hard to maintain that trust.

[HT: LifeNews.com]
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Lila Rose and Live Action Films today exposed yet another Planned Parenthood stung in its undercover investigation and video series.

This time it's a PP abortion mill in clinic in Birmingham, AL, caught 2 ways: for covering up rape of a minor and circumventing parental consent laws. According to an LAF statement...

The Boston Herald reported June 24 on yet another Sarah Palin smear:

U.S. Sen. John Kerry must have been channeling his inner [David] Letterman yesterday.

The Bay State senator was telling a group of business and civic leaders in town at his invitation about the "bizarre'' tale of how SC Gov. Mark Sanford had "disappeared for 4 days'' and claimed to be hiking along the Appalachian Trail, but no one was really certain of his whereabouts.

"Too bad,'' Kerry said, "if a governor had to go missing it couldn't have been the governor of AK. You know, Sarah Palin.''

The Democratic-centric crowd laughed....

From the LA Times, June 25:

President Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die and don't stand to gain from the extra care.

Read that again. Obama was subtly promoting euthanasia...

by intern Heather B.

Recently, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a VA-based animal rights activism organization, proposed that 2 billboards promoting vegetarianism be erected in Wichita, KS, in the wake of the late Dr. George Tiller's death. Tiller, an extreme late-term abortionist, was shot to death May 31 while working as an usher at his church in Wichita.

The Wichita Eagle reported the explanation by PETA's campaign manager Lindsay Rajt...

by JivinJ

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[HT: Jasper]

The Local reported June 23 on Swedish parents who are keeping their 2-year-old's gender a secret. They're raising a not very funny Saturday Night Live Pat.

The child was called "Pop" for the interview with parents, but is not the child's real name:

Pop's parents, both 24, made a decision when their baby was born to keep Pop's sex a secret. Aside from a select few - those who have changed the child's diaper - nobody knows Pop's gender; if anyone enquires, Pop's parents simply say they don't disclose this information.

In an interview with newspaper Svenska Dagbladet in March, the parents were quoted saying their decision was rooted in the feminist philosophy that gender is a social construction....

by John Cole of thetimes.tribune.com...

A double heart breaker for me was reading that a large contingent in the Iran uprising was women. Of course. They are unbearably oppressed.

And they were abandoned back to their hell on earth by so-called feminist Barack Obama, as they were by so-called feminist groups like the National Organization for Women, from which we have heard nary a peep re: the Iran situation....

Heather Corinna at RH Reality Check wrote on June 25:

The murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller on May 31st has resulted in a lot of conversation about abortion. It's a topic frequently hushed, or spoken about more around its politics than the actual procedure, the experience itself and the real women who have abortions. So this increased discussion is certainly something potentially positive happening because of something horribly tragic. More discussion around anything which is or may be treated as unspeakable is always a good thing.

Two questions:

Do you agree that the national conversation about abortion after the death of late-term abortionist Tiller has been "a good thing" for pro-aborts?

And Corinna apparently would rather talk about the "actual procedure, the experience itself and the real women who have abortions" than leave the topic "hushed." Do you agree conversations about those 3 aspects of abortion would be helpful to its acceptance?

Ok, the renovated site is obviously live!

Now we're looking for bugs to tweak, which we'll be working on over the weekend.

For instance, Kelli and I agree the font size on the posts is too large. Etc., etc., etc.

Let me know what you think!

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After months of planning, I'm excited to announce the blog is getting a major facelift today.

Around 12p EST we will shut down for several hours while the transformation is made.

If you have signed up to receive my newsletter, I'll send out a notice when work has been completed. Otherwise, give us at least 4 hours before checking back.

Plan to see a much more streamlined site, to have the ability to make comments to quotes of the day (which will be archived), and to be able to check most popular and most commented posts. Gone will be the green as well. JillStanek.com will have a whole new look!

Thanks to moderator Chris and to my partner Tim at ProLifeBlogs.com for the extra help they have been providing our web designer.

UPDATE, 10:15a: Good blog post, "Three thoughts on Michael Jackson," by Michael Tomasky of The Guardian.

[HT: friend Arlene]
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Yesterday two icons, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, died.

Jackson's death, in particular, was a sobering reminder of Ecclesiastes 9:12, "Man does not know his time."

This morning I watched a Fox News report explain that the custody of Jackson's three children, Prince Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., 12, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, 11 (both by ex-wife Debbie Rowe), and Prince Michael "Blanket" Jackson II, 7 (born via unknown surrogate), is up in the air.

At least three parties may try to lay claim: Jackson's mother Katherine, Rowe, and the nanny to Jackson's children, Grace Rwaramba (pictured below left). According to ABC News this morning:

"Michael's mother Katherine wants the kids," said Stacey Brown, co- author of Michael Jackson Behind the Mask and an old family friend. "But Michael always said he wants Grace, the nanny, to have them if something happened to him."...

by intern Anne Marie D.

Spotlighting important information gleaned from other pro-life blogs...

The Susan B. Anthony List, an organization dedicated to mobilizing, advancing and representing pro-life women in the political process, is seeking a Legislation Liaison & Outreach Coordinator in DC.

Attention to detail, flexibility, and a desire to learn are a must to succeed in this position. Campaign, Hill or other political nonprofit experience is a plus. Must be a hard worker and willing to work long hours to get the job done. Previous new media and online communications experience considered a major plus.

The SBA List offers competitive compensation packages based on experience and skill level.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to...

by JivinJ

Click all photos to enlarge. Per CNN, June 24:

A 14-year-old girl stoops and screams above the body of a Kent State University student killed in 1970 by an OH National Guardsman....

A police chief aims his gun at a Vietcong prisoner's head in 1968, while executing him on a Saigon, Vietnam, street.

And in 1989, an unarmed man in Beijing, China, stands defiantly in front of a column of tanks as they rolled into Tiananmen Square.

These are iconic images, the kinds of shots that changed the way people viewed history as it unfolded. They put human faces on conflicts and became rallying cries for movements, inspiring those who demanded change....

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When I watched the new documentary Maafa 21 last weekend (read my snapshot review here and Matt Abbott's in-depth review here) I was shocked to learn President Nixon was pro-abortion and pro-population control of blacks. The above still shot comes from that film.

Then on June 23 the Nixon Presidential Library released 154 hours of secret audiotapes Nixon made during the most critical point in U.S. history re: abortion, January and February 1973.

Reported the New York Times on June 23...

EMILY's List is a PAC with 1 sole goal: Elect Democrat pro-abort women to Congress (click to enlarge):

That's all EMILY's List is about. That's all it does.

Which is why I found it strange when attending the EMILY's List reception at last year's Democrat convention that speakers - from EL prez Ellen Malcolm to Hillary to Michelle - barely alluded to the word "choice," never mind "abortion." In 1.5 hours of speeches, the topic about which everyone was in the room got no more than 3 minutes total.

I find this so totally strange. Imagine attending a pro-life banquet and having speakers talk about everything else under the sun. I'd think the organization had lost its way. I'd want my money back.

But pro-abortion organizations avoid the topic all the time! More than that, they pretend they're about the opposite of abortion.

Case in point. I got an email from Ellen yesterday bragging on one of EL's candidates Kirsten Gillibrand, who replaced Hillary as US senator from NY. She is supported, may I remind you, solely because she's a raving pro-abort.

Ellen put together a nice photo album for us of Kirsten's daily life. And here was the album cover...

by Kelli

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by JivinJ

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Many excellent pro-life movies and documentaries have been recently released covering a wide spectrum of our issues. In fact, the movies seem to be coming so fast I have delayed posting this column several weeks to try to catch the latest. Even last week I read of one more but have to draw the line somewhere.

My star rating is out of four possible. Because of the volume, I am providing thumbnail reviews. Films are listed in alphabetical order....

Come What May

Stars: 2-1/2

Released Spring 2009. Dove-family approved. 93 minutes. Fiction.

Synopsis: Pro-life college law student argues against Roe v. Wade in "moot court" while pro-abortion mother argues against parental notification before US Supreme Court. Patrick Henry College student production (and school infomercial) - impressive in that regard but not up to Hollywood standards. Good information on Roe v. Wade decision; good love story role modeling. $10-15 online.

Demographic Winter

Stars: 4

Released Spring 2008. 56 minutes. Documentary.

Synopsis: Details the catastrophic social and economic consequences of the worldwide population decline. Sobering, must see - more than once. $18 online.

The follow-up to this movie, Demographic Bomb, was released June 20, but I only have seen a press release.

Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate

Stars: 4

Released June 2009. 57 minutes. Documentary.

Synopsis: First, I promise this film is not boring, making excellent use of movie clips and celebrity sound bites in combination with graphics and interviews of scientists on both sides of the debate. Covered are not only ethics but women's health as well as media, political and terminology obfuscation. Very current information provided. $20 online.

Read thumbnail reviews of 5 more pro-life films in my column today, "Eight new pro-life films shine," at WorldNetDaily.com

In addition, several weeks ago I asked you to list names of pro-life films of which you were aware and got many, many responses. (Thanks!) There is a pro-life angle to more movies than I thought. I have listed names you gave me on page 2 in alphabetical order. If you think of more, I'll add them to the list.

Matthew McConaughey announced on Father's Day he and girlfriend Camila Alves are expecting their 2nd baby. S/he will join brother Levi, now 11 months old.

No mother could ask for a better attitude toward children than McConaughey has. According to People, June 22:

For McConaughey, 39, fatherhood "is a wild, wonderful adventure.... It's a great new chapter in life, for sure."

On his website Sunday, McConaughey blogged about the couple's news:

Happy Father's Day. It's my first, and the last 11 months with Levi and Camila have been the most rewarding adventure to date....

The Feminist Majority reported June 22:

The National Organization for Women elected Terry O'Neill to be its next President in a tight race this past weekend at their national conference in Indianapolis, IN.... O'Neill's ticket won by a razor-thin margin over Latifa Lyles, who currently serves as Membership VP, and her team.

How innocuous. But here's the backstory - indicating dissension in the ranks - from the New York Times...

by JivinJ

My husband and I, like many others, tuned in to Jon & Kate Plus Eight last night hoping People magazine was wrong yesterday when scooping the show that Jon and Kate were divorcing.

The promo was ominous, but we hoped we were in for a bait and switch. Would Kate really lend her voice to promote an episode announcing her marriage's demise? Did her concern for ratings really trump her concern for the welfare of her family?

Yes, we hoped Jon and Kate would instead announce they were seeking counseling or getting back together. I mean, it was less than a year ago when they renewed their vows in Hawaii...

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I reported June 11 that the Feminist Majority Foundation restrained itself a whole 10 days before soliciting donations off of late-term abortionist George Tiller's dead body....

I don't know how I missed this one 'til now. A Facebook friend sent me a link last week.

"My Chance" is a moving pro-life song that has been growing in popularity and winning awards since the beginning of the year. Performed by recording artist Jaime Thietten, it is striking a chord in the hearts of listeners everywhere.

Awards:

Song of the year, Momentum Awards, Nashville, March 2009

Grand prize winner, OurStage.com music competition, May 2009

National Right to Life's Dave Andrusko covered "My Chance" in April and Rock for Life included it in its Winter 2009 Compilation CD.

So, although late to the party, I sure want to spotlight this great song. Be sure to watch the story and testimonials behind the song as well as the music video...

Last week the US House unanimously passed Democrat-sponsored House Resolution 505, expressing "condolences to Dr. [George] Tiller's family" and condemning "violence and murder" in one's "place of worship."

(Removed from the final version was the heading, "Condemning the murder of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot to death at his church on May 31, 2009.")

Well, 3 Democrat pro-abort senators just couldn't leave well enough alone, as Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (NH) admitted in a press release...

by JivinJ

Pro-lifer Lynne emailed me last week:

For many years, I have had the same logo on my personal checks. I'm sure you are familiar with it. It features the outline of an unborn child with the words, "Abortion kills babies, choose Life."

Recently I reordered checks and my order was filled minus the logo. I assumed this was a mistake but when I called customer service to inquire, I was put on hold for a long time. The service rep returned and very brusquely informed me that my logo was "too graphic" and the company refused to print it.

Here's the logo Lynne wanted renewed (click to enlarge):

Lynne and I were ready to rumble. But before going live with the story this morning, I asked her to call the company one more time, to get a representative's name and exact quote....

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by Kelli

Spotlighting important information gleaned from other pro-life blogs...

On Saturday, commenter and friend HisMan alerted me to a story and photo of a baby being delivered by emergency c-section after being shot and killed en utero through his mother. The shooting supposedly occurred during the rioting in Iran over the election of Ahmadinejad.

By Sunday morning the photo had been removed...

Reported the Daily News June 21:

They call her Neda, which means 'voice' in Farsi, and her death has become the central rallying cry of the Iranian rebellion.

The pretty teenage girl killed by what appears to be a single sniper shot on the streets of Tehran Saturday is now a potent symbol for pro-democracy protesters battering the Islamic regime.

Her quick and brutal death in the arms of her howling father was captured on close-up video, posted to Facebook and sent to computer screens across the world....

Iconic posters of her dead face, open-eyed and bloody, were carried by demonstrators in Los Angeles and NYC within hours....

The expat said her name was Neda Soltani, a 16-year-old philosophy student....

One of the many other videos... captured Neda in the last moments of her life, standing on a curb with her silver-haired father, simply watching the protesters go by.

Neda's martyrdom has the potential to be a galvanizing event....

WARNING: The following :40 video is gruesome....

According to Wikipedia:

The first modern Father's Day celebration was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, WV....

[I]t was first celebrated as a church service at Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace Golden Clayton, who is believed to have suggested the service to the pastor, is believed to have been inspired to celebrate fathers after the deadly mine explosion in nearby Monongah the prior December. This explosion killed 361 men, many of them fathers and recent immigrants to the United States from Italy.

Here is that story in video form, created by Patrick Ball for his father this Father's Day...

Political cartoonists touched on many aspects of the pro-life issue this week.

First, the Left continued to overplay its hand on the George Tiller murder. By Steve Sack of GoComics.com...

Next, the Obama/PETA fly sp(l)at got some good buzz. (See my post on this here.) By Dana Summers of GoComics.com...

There has been a lot of talk about finding "common ground" on abortion since President Obama took office.

U.S. News & World Report reported June 16 that a policy plan on "common ground" suggestions from the White House's Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships may come this summer has both sides "jittery." The WH has sponsored a phone call and meetings with pro-life and pro-abortion groups toward that end.

The pro-abortion website RH Reality Check has established a "common ground" section featuring essays from both pro-abortion and pro-life writers. (The latter includes Kristen Day of Democrats for Life and Serrin Foster of Feminists for Life.)

On June 18 Jon Stewart conducted a fascinating 20-minute interview with Mike Huckabee on finding this "common ground." I have posted the video of the interview on page 2, which is another topic in and of itself. Stewart is featuring it on his website this weekend.

I note it is abortion supporters who are the ones reaching out to try to find "common ground."

My question this week is not what "common ground" would be, but why are abortion supporters feeling (or feigning) the need to find it?

Today is known as Juneteenth, " Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, [which] commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in... TX [a mostly Confederate state] in 1865. Celebrated on June 19, the term is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, and is recognized as a state holiday in 31 of the United States," according to Wikipedia.

To the right is a photo of a Juneteenth celebration, circa 1900.

Today, fittingly, a new film entitled, "MAAFA 21 - Black genocide in 21st century America," is being released on DVD.

Produced by Life Dynamics, it emphasizes the themes of eugenics, abortion, and the African American community. The film was written and directed by Mark Crutcher....

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When researching for my WorldNetDaily.com column this week, "Abortion vs. cat 'murder,'" I read this in a June 13 WPLG story:

Wearing a bulletproof vest, the 18-year-old accused of kidnapping and killing more than a dozen cats made his first appearance before a judge in Miami on Monday morning.

So either cat killer Tyler Weinman has received death threats or police fear vigilantism, since there's so much of that going on lately.

Why isn't the Left decrying the Right for this possibility, since Weinman only did to cats what their fallen hero late-term abortionist George Tiller did to humans?

It's getting complicated, but I think the terrorist killer of the domestic cat terrorist killer would likely come from the Left.

I say it's getting complicated because the Left is definitively indefinitive in its branding of domestic terrorists these days....

by JivinJ

Amanda Carpenter from The Washington Times contacted me for a quote today following a liberal conference she attended where she said NARAL's Nancy Keenan spoke my name in vain several times. Amanda later reported:

Media Matters, a liberal organization that tracks conservative bias in the media, gathered like-minded advocacy group leaders Thursday to discuss how the right-wing media had "mainstreamed the fringe."...

Fox News was the biggest target of the panel's criticism with panelists bashing hosts Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck and others for what they called reckless rhetoric designed to incite extremist audience members. Media Matters also singled out talk radio titan Rush Limbaugh....

by intern Anne Marie D.

Spotlighting important information gleaned from other pro-life blogs...

by JivinJ

The Associated Press reported today:

During an interview for CNBC at the White House on Tuesday, a fly intruded on [Barack] Obama's conversation with correspondent John Harwood.

"Get out of here," the president told the pesky insect. When it didn't, he waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and then smacked it dead.

"Now, where were we?" Obama asked Harwood. Then he added: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."

Here's the deadly clip:

You know where this is going. Continued the AP...

Someone has leaked the new ad campaign planned for Obama's socialized healthcare plan (which includes universal abortion coverage)! Here 'tis (click all ads to enlarge)...

See more ads on page 2.

[HT: Connie]

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by intern Heather B.

Think you're pro-choice? You've got nothing on the late Dr. George Tiller, the KS-based late-term abortionist who was shot to death on May 31 while serving as an usher at his Lutheran church in Wichita.

Grief over Dr. Tiller's death has been shared by pro-choice activists and abortionists alike.

One website, IAmDrTiller.com, has even opened up a public forum to honor Tiller's supposedly noble and courageous work, recognizing him as a "reproductive healthcare provider" dedicated to "kindness, courtesy, justice, love, and respect" and an irreplaceable advocate of "mercy abortions," abortions performed 6 months into pregnancy.

The website features mementos from abortionists internationally, from Montana to Canada to Algeria, all who are pictured holding signs over their faces which read, "I am Dr. Tiller," followed by short memorials stating how and why they contribute to the legacy of the late-term abortionist.

The website is meant to inspire and encourage abortion providers to assume responsibility and pick up the forceps Tiller left behind.

Thus must be the wish of the "abortion care provider" who, along with her own, also submitted a photo of her "I am Dr. Tiller" daughter.

But even avid pro-choice advocates admit that Tiller's work with late-term abortions was extreme. As one Tiller fanatic, William Saletan chillingly observed:

You think marching or phone-banking makes you an activist. You know nothing. There's you, and then there are the people who work in the clinics. And then there are the people who use the forceps. And then there are the people who use the forceps nobody else will use. At the end of the line, there's George Tiller.

What has been termed "a bittersweet moment" by some may be just the milestone needed to catapult the pro-life movement forward.

Nellie Gray, pro-life stalwart and organizer of the March for Life, is set to turn the big 8-5 on June 26!

The goal is to send Nellie 500 birthday cards. You can mail your well-wishes to:

Miss Nellie Gray
515 6th ST SE
Washington, DC 20003

[Photo courtesy of LifeSiteNews.com]

by Kelli

I am not a fan of the United Nations.

First there is the United Nations Population Fund, which tacitly supports China's one-child policy that includes forced abortions and sterilizations.

Then there is the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which encourages minor abortions while opposing parental notification laws worldwide, stating in 2003, "Legislatures should remove legal restrictions to access of abortion and family planning services to adolescents," and "[P]arental consent for abortion services... can dissuade an adolescent from seeking a proper medical procedure and leave them to seek alternative, illegal and unsafe abortions elsewhere."...

by JivinJ

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Some behind-the-scenes information about the last 2 weeks follows in a June 16 article by Frank Walker at Pewsitter.com, June 1. During this time the Mod Squad has been on orange alert, greatly appreciated...

In the aftermath of the shooting of late-term abortionist, Dr. George Tiller, American pro-life leaders have been receiving death threats prompting round-the-clock protection from authorities.

Jill Stanek, vilified last week at MSNBC, is the IL nurse who exposed the practice of abandoning babies that survive abortions. She has tracked and reported on the career of Dr. Tiller for years at her blog.

When I asked her this week about her own safety in wake of the shooting, Stanek said that she, along with Troy Newman of Operation Rescue and Fr. Frank Pavone at Priests for Life, had been receiving credible threats from a "troubled man involved in the abortion industry."...

... In April someone began mutilating and killing cats in 2 Miami-Dade neighborhoods. The outcry with demands to make it stop were instant.

Animal cruelty is despicable. Only sick people hurt and kill defenseless animals. That's how Jeffrey Dahmer got his start.

But knowing the same sorts of torturous acts are committed every day against human beings in at least 25 Miami area abortion clinics with no public protest makes me a little crazy. These would include... an abortion survivor who was suffocated in a plastic bag and thrown on the clinic roof for a week until he was so infested by maggots he couldn't be properly autopsied....

Mainstream media accounts attempting to humanize, dramatize and describe the cat killings in contrast to how they attempt to dehumanize, sanitize and obfuscate abortion make me a little crazy. Some excerpts:

"At a news conference... city and county leaders... reassured the community that the 'reign of terror' was over." (CBS)

"... the killing spree..." (KPLG)

"... [M]y heart goes out to those families who have lost their dear kitties 'cause I understand that pet owners feel very strongly about their little family members.... To see them so violated and so mutilated just defies all common sense and is painful for everyone involved. Thankfully... the terror has come to an end. And what of the perpetrator, depraved, demented, twisted." - Miami-Dade Commissioner Katy Sorenson (CBS)

"... a slew of brutal cat murders and mutilations..." (CBS)...

Continue reading my column today, "Abortion vs. cat 'murders,'" at WorldNetDaily.com.

The following is a statement released today by Eileen Smith (pictured right), mother of 22-year-old Laura Hope Smith (pictured below left), who died on the table during a "safe, legal" abortion on September 13, 2007. There's nothing more I can add.

Abortionist Killed: National news
Abortionist Kills Woman: Ignored

Abortionist George Tiller's death brought an outpouring of national media headlines and Congressional condolences to his family by a resolution approved by the US House. Laura Hope Smith's death at the hands of an abortionist was and continues to be ignored, and her mother's effort to bring it to the attention of her senator was stonewalled....

Last night David Letterman apologized again for his bad jokes at the expense of Sarah Palin's 14-year-old daughter Willow and 18-year-old daughter Bristol....

Letterman did not apologize for his sexist "slutty flight attendant" joke against Palin. And actually he only apologized for being misunderstood and incorrectly perceived. I have posted the transcript of his apology on page 2.

Nevertheless, Palin has magnanimously accepted Letterman's apology...

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Jack Yoest at Reasoned Audacity wrote yesterday about Americans United for Life's work to protect the freedom of conscience of health care providers as well as "school-age children."

AUL is headed by wife Charmaine. Charmaine and Jack have combined chromosomes to produce 1 very cool and spunky pro-life kid, affectionately known as The Diva.

Yoest posted a video I hadn't seen, although I'd read the story, of their "union-backed local elementary school" administration's attempt to censor The Diva for wearing a pro-life t-shirt on American Life League's Pro-Life T-Shirt Day last year. Here is her first-person account:

I particularly loved The Diva's answer to, "What would you tell a kindergartner who saw your t-shirt?"

From Gallup, June 15:

Reported the Washington Times, today...

With only 2 days notice, 70 pro-lifers assembled to protest Barack Obama's speech at the American Medical Association convention in Chicago yesterday. Obama came to push his socialized health care scheme, which the abortion industry is angling to include taxpayer funded abortions. Click photos to enlarge....

by JivinJ

by intern Andy M.

Pro-life groups throughout New Zealand are voicing concern at the news that the American-designed IntelliGender test kit will be made available as soon as June 22. The kit can apparently be used from 8 weeks after conception and is already selling well in Australia, just a month after its introduction to the market there. It is sold for ~$125 without a prescription.

Of course, the question is - what's the rush? While some couples prefer to keep the gender of their child as a surprise, others like to find out early on. Some are curious - others simply want to start decorating baby's room in the appropriate colors and purchasing either pink or blue baby clothes.

But how many are likely to fork out $125 for 1 of these innocent reasons when they could have simply waited until the baby was 18 weeks and received a free government-funded ultrasound, as is offered in NZ?...

Students for Life of America is seeking a responsible, hard-working pro-life campus leader and recent college graduate for the full-time position of Field Agent.

This position will begin in August 2009 and is permanently located in the Midwest.

Interested parties should read the job description and e-mail resumes to kristan@studentsforlife.org.

Last September I wrote about American Right to Life protesters entering Focus on the Family headquarters and refusing to leave. This resulted in their arrest.

FOTF prosecuted, and the guilty verdict was handed down May 8. Sentencing came June 10. According to the Associated Press:

Judge Spencer Gresham sentenced Kenneth Scott to 11 days in jail and Rev. Bob Enyart to 9 days for their role in a Sept. 4 protest against FOTF founder James Dobson's decision to endorse GOP presidential candidate John McCain.

Gresham also fined Enyart's brother Brian $100, which he agreed to pay....

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[hat tip: reader Scott J.]

Randall Terry emerged as a charismatic pro-life leader in the 80s, helping advance the "rescue" protest mentality.

Terry dropped out of sight for several reasons, both personal and pragmatic. Blogger Les Femmes has more details on Terry's history as does Austin Ruse at the Catholic News Agency.

One of Terry's pragmatic moves was to shut down the organization he created, Operation Rescue, in the wake of the 1986 NOW vs. Scheidler lawsuit, which came indirectly as a result of Bill Clinton's clampdown on pro-life protesters at abortion mills.

Scheidler actually had nothing to do with the protests for which he was sued.

Terry, who did, was also originally named in the suit. He attempted to bail, first by disbanding OR when legal bills skyrocketed. His attorneys went on to claim in court neither it nor he had any financial obligation since OR no longer existed.

When that didn't work Terry personally bailed....

In an interesting set of coincidences, the charlatan identified in the story below, Beccah Beushausen, apparently lives in the same Chicago suburb as me, Mokena, IL, established her p.o. box in Oak Lawn, where Christ Hospital is located, and asked that donations be sent to the local pregnancy care center I support, Pregnancy Aid South Suburbs, which has now been implicated through no fault of its own.

This led one commenter on another blog to write, "Was the blogger suffering from a sort of Jill Stanek attention envy, or is she a Jill Stanek confederate?" I don't think so, but the coincidences are indeed strange. I checked my emails and don't think she contacted me to publicize her pseudo-tragedy. I can imagine how taken we on this blog would feel had I done so.

From the Associated Press, June 12...

Tomorrow, June 15, President Obama will address delegates at the American Medical Association annual convention in Chicago to push his abortion-funding socialized health care plan.

The Pro-Life Action League is sponsoring a protest outside the Hyatt Regency, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, at 10:30a CST, where and when Obama will speak.

Lest you doubt Obama's intentions, the last 2 Planned Parenthood weekly email alerts have been about the health care plan. Read this one. The intention to include abortion in nationalized health care couldn't be any more clear. (Yet isn't it interesting, as always, that the A-word is awol.) Click twice to enlarge...

by Henry Payne of Townhall.com...

On a related topic - for a Sunday - by Eric Allie of Townhall.com...

I have a new poll question up:

Late-term abortionist George Tiller's family has announced they will not reopen his clinic. What do you think should become of it?

[HT: reader Keith A.]

Here are the results of my previous poll. Over 3/4 of you thought the Supreme Court should interpret the Constitution as originally written...

In the wake of the George Tiller murder, liberals are unsurprisingly attempting to tag former President George Bush with culpability. According to Think Progress, June 12 (bold highlights theirs):

The day after Dr. George Tiller was murdered, TWI obtained data revealing that under the Bush administration, criminal enforcement of the federal law designed to protect abortion providers and clinics had declined by more than 75% over the last 8 years.

Strangely ignored is there were no murders of abortionists under President Bush's watch. The other side preferred a witch hunt. Somehow he's at fault, even though The Washington Independent admitted, "The clinic where Dr. Tiller worked, for example, was repeatedly vandalized, including just days before his murder," this under President Obama's watch.

But as Mark Crutcher pointed out...

With renewed debate over how to curb the rampant, irresponsible sexual activity of our youth - the other side pushing more of what sexualized our children to begin with - we thought it a good time to resurrect a good piece on Life Site News last year by Psychiatrist Dr. Philip Ney regarding sex education for children.

Dr. Ney's assessment? There is "no particular need" for it. Some of his more noteworthy points:

The more sex education, the more sexual self-consciousness. There is substantial evidence that the more sex education, especially on technique, the more the couple is sexually inhibited. The greater the emphasis on sexual performance, the less communication and interpersonal intimacy there is....

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Sarah Palin made strong points in an interview today on The Today Show, speaking with Matt Lauer about several sexist pot shots David Letterman made this week against her and her daughters. She was certainly on the offensive, saying:

Comments such as Letterman's add to the low self-esteem of teens in daughter Bristol's precarious situation - young, unmarried, pregnant.

Comments such as Letterman's add to the allure of adult male sexual predators preying on young girls, no matter whether he was speaking of her 18- or 14-year-old.

Comments such as Letterman's again demonstrate the political double standard of making families of conservatives, particularly women, the brunt of misogynist jokes.

Palin refused to back away from her spokesperson's statement rejecting Letterman's offer to appear on his show, as "it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman," Willow being Palin's 14-year-old. She refused to accept that Letterman was taking jabs at 18-year-old Bristol, not Willow, as he has since stated.

Palin also gave a great laugh line in response to Letterman's "slutty flight attendant" line: "My first thought was, hey, don't disparage flight attendants! They work hard, we love 'em...."

by JivinJ

UPDATE, 6/12, 12:45a: Now Amanda Fortini at Salon has jumped on the anti-misogynist Letterman bandwagon, also calling out feminists who avert their eyes when conservative women are the targets. In an overall good piece just out:

If there was any question that a stubborn strain of old-school sexism persists in Obama's America, one has only to look at certain leaders of what the right wing loves to call the "liberal media" but which is sounding and acting, recently, more like the frat-house media.

There, like a virus hiding in the body before, perhaps, staging a comeback, misogyny has found a place to lurk almost undetected, at least by the usually sharp eyes of progressive feminists.

Examine the symptoms of this infection, beginning with David Letterman's comments....

Those of us who grew up watching Sonny and Cher would never in a million years have envisioned this sad, confused future for little Chastity Bono. From TMZ.com, today:

Chastity Bono, civil rights advocate, journalist, author and musician, is in the early stages of changing his gender - transitioning from female to male....

Bono, the child of legendary entertainers Sonny and Cher, began the process earlier this year, shortly after his 40th birthday....

From ThineEyes.org comes a newly released documentary of the 2009 36th Annual March for Life - available for viewing on YouTube...

Thine Eyes was professionally filmed and edited using 6 cameras.

What is Thine Eyes all about and why was it filmed?...

It is what it is. In the Obama administration the abortion industry has a powerful accomplice to attempt to intimidate and silence pro-lifers.

Even as the House Homeland Security Committee launches an investigation into how the Department of Homeland Security came to label pro-life activists as potential domestic terrorists, we already know. We already knew, actually. They're just saying it.

And kudos to Eleanor Smeal for waiting 10 whole days before attempting to raise money off the death of late-term abortionist George Tiller.

Click to enlarge:

by JivinJ

by new intern Anne Marie D.

(Welcome, Anne Marie!)

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by Carder

The Times Online reports that because "Britain has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe and the government has failed in its pledge to halve rates of pregnancy in girls under the age of 18," officials have come up with a new "scheme":

Boys as young as 12 are to be issued with condom "credit cards" allowing them to pick up free contraception at football grounds, barber's shops and scout huts [pictured right].

Condoms will be distributed at places where boys congregate, to spare them the embarrassment of visiting sexual health clinics or GPs' surgeries or facing a shop assistant at a chemist's counter.

Unfortunately, the headline is not new: "Pregnant woman killed, baby cut from womb." But unlike recent cases in PA and MO, the baby in this story tragically died along with his mother.

The perpetrator will be charged with 2 acts of homicide, right?

Not necessarily, according to the latest reports on the brutal murder of a pregnant OR mother and her preborn baby boy. The backstory, according to ABC News:

Police in a suburb of Portland, OR became suspicious after a woman named Korena Elaine Roberts [pictured right] called for help reporting her newborn wasn't breathing.

Doctors couldn't revive the baby, and alerted authorities when they determined Roberts had not given birth. Inside Roberts' home, they discovered the body of Heather Snively [pictured below left] inside a crawl space.

At this point, police haven't determined whether Snively gave birth before she died or if the baby was removed....

This past weekend Sarah Palin and 14-year-old daughter Willow attended a NY Yankees game as guests of Rudy Giuliani.

On Monday David Letterman first was unfunny with a "Top 10 highlights of Sarah Palin's trip to NY," calling her, as Reclusive Leftist synopsized, "a crack whore with a 'slutty flight attendant look'":

Letterman followed up with this joke:

It's a boy this time for the misnomered "pregnant man" Thomas Beatie (pictured right with first child, Susan).

See my previous posts here.

Sky News reports today:

A controversial transgender man has given birth to his second child, a year after his daughter was born.

Thomas Beatie delivered a healthy baby boy early on Tuesday morning, according to ABC News. His wife Nancy will breast-feed their son, as she did with their daughter Susan Juliette, who was born in OR in June last year....

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Of everything I read about the June 6 funeral of late-term abortionist George Tiller, I thought this was the most telling, from the New York Times:

But for the most part, Dr. Tiller's funeral focused less on his work than on his life with his family and friends. The word abortion was never uttered....

Clearly they all knew: Tiller was murdered for his "life's" work, but the reason was unmentionable? Sad. Even in death George Tiller's "vocation" was anathema....

Conversely, without ever saying the A-word, family and friends implied that if anything would earn Tiller a place in both heaven and history as a martyr it would be the tens of thousands of abortions he committed. From the Associated Press:

"Dear God, get heaven ready, because Mr. Enthusiasm is coming," said Larry Borcherding, of Overland Park, who first met Tiller a half-century ago when both were students at the University of KS. "Heaven will never be the same. It will be a better, better place with George in it."...

But if what Tiller did was so heroic, why not describe it?

"Dear God, get heaven ready, because one of the few who not only stomached but relished aborting late-term babies (We called him 'Mr. Enthusiasm'!) is coming!...

Continue reading my column, "Missing from Tiller's eulogy: The A-word," in today's WorldNetDaily.com.

by moderator Carder

Here's a healthy dose of Alfonzo Rachel's righteousness courtesy of PJTV. Rachel states the facts, makes his case, and moves it all right along in one fell swoop of soul. Refreshing.

Click the image to watch.

by Kelli

Spotlighting important information gleaned from other pro-life blogs...

The Associated Press reported June 7:

The man charged with murdering a high-profile abortion doctor claimed from his jail cell Sunday that similar violence was planned around the nation for as long as the procedure remained legal, a threat that comes days after a federal investigation launched into his possible accomplices.

A Justice Department spokesman said the threat was being taken seriously and additional protection had been ordered for abortion clinics last week....

Scott Roeder called The Associated Press from the Sedgwick County jail, where he's being held on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated assault in the shooting of Dr. George Tiller one week ago....

by JivinJ

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[HT: Michael New]

Just received the following article from Operation Rescue's Troy Newman with this note:

Dear Friends, It is a bittersweet moment. Operation Rescue was just 2 months away from getting Tiller's medical license revoked and that would have accomplished the same goal.

From KWCH this morning:

Lee Thompson and Dan Monnat, attorneys for the family of Dr. George Tiller, issued the following statement today:

"The family of Dr. George Tiller announces that effective immediately, Women's Health Care Services, Inc., will be permanently closed. Notice is being given today to all concerned that the Tiller family is ceasing operation of the clinic and any involvement by family members in any other similar clinic.

We are proud of the service and courage shown by our husband and father and know that women's health care needs have been met because of his dedication and service. That is a legacy that will never die. The family will honor Dr. Tiller's memory through private charitable activities.

The Tiller family wishes to assure Dr. Tiller's past patients that the privacy of their medical histories and patient records will remain as fiercely protected now and in the future as they were during Dr. Tiller's lifetime."

There will be no more statements or comments on behalf of the family on this matter.

[Photo attribution: New York Times]

Steve Waldman of Beliefnet.com posted this video yesterday:

This isn't so far-fetched, recalling late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart's quote in the Washington Times only today:

"God gave that fetus a 'guardian ad litem' when he chose the mother that fetus is born with," he said. "That mother, I feel, has been charged by God to make the right choices for that child during its unborn and early born years."

Waldman described the video as "an effective way of challenging those who get late term abortions out of fear that the baby will be disabled or have Down Syndrome."...

From the Washington Times today, some remarkable statements by sloven late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart:

Dr. LeRoy Carhart, one of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions, called on the federal government to treat as hate crimes all activities by "anti-choice domestic terrorists," compared the slain Dr. George Tiller to Martin Luther King and said planting crosses was equivalent to actions by the Ku Klux Klan.

"This is the equivalent of Martin Luther King being assassinated," Dr. Carhart said of the May 31 slaying of one of America's best-known late-term abortion providers. "This is the equivalent of Pearl Harbor, the sinking of the Lusitania and any other major historic event where we've tolerated the intolerable for too long."...

This is a strange story. I just called the Mesa, AZ, Police Public Relations Dept., and it is what it is. I was told there is a "procedural" investigation ongoing.

While I'm sure there is protocol for removing dead human bodies from crime scenes, there is apparently a disconnect when it comes to removing premature human baby bodies. Stories about this incident called the baby a "fetus," but actually s/he was not. Once a baby is born, no matter what gestational age, s/he may be called any number of terms - baby, neonate, infant, newborn, child - but "fetus" is no longer an option.

So officers inexplicably decided to flush this baby - evidence if nothing else - down the toilet. My first thought was the baby had been medically aborted, another reason to retain the body, because this likely would have been an illegal abortion.

If nothing else - if there were no ulterior motives for literally flushing the evidence - then this shows utter callousness regarding the humanity of very young children.

From the Associated Press, June 4...

by JivinJ

by intern Andy M.

MTV is launching a new reality TV series entitled 16 And Pregnant, premiering June 11.

According to Hot Indie News:

16 & Pregnant will follow the lives of teenage girls for 5-7 months as they navigate the unfamiliar territory and uncertainty of being pregnant. MTV was able to capture every moment and reaction in real time, including some of the births and how the young mothers and fathers deal with new parenthood. The series tackles a variety of issues including marriage, adoption, attending school, and dealing with gossip. Cameras will continue to follow the teens for a significant time after the births to show how the new parents cope with taking care of their infants in addition to balancing adult responsibilities with teenage life....

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Patrick O'Hannigan wrote a good piece in yesterday's American Spectator. When pro-aborts want abortion to be a constitutional rather than a religious right, it is so. When they want it to be a religious rather than a constitutional right, it is so.

... I do not write to speak ill of the dead. My argument here is with the living.

More specifically, I have a quarrel with Rev. Katherine Ragsdale and those others who imply that anyone killed on church property automatically becomes a martyr. It presumes too much to hint that the crime scene tape used by police officers has sanctifying power, yet this muddle-headed version of "murder in the cathedral" seems to be the prevailing view...

Of everything I read about the June 6 funeral of late-term abortionist George Tiller, I thought this was the most telling, from the New York Times:

But for the most part, Dr. Tiller's funeral focused less on his work than on his life with his family and friends. The word abortion was never uttered....

This shows they all knew. Tiller was unjustly murdered for his "life's" work by a mentally unstable person, but the reason was not mentionable? Very sad. Even in death George Tiller's "vocation" was anathema.

Imagine eulogizing anyone else murdered for a cause without lauding that for which they were slain. It would be a travesty....

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Of all the hate mail I got last week, this one most amused me.

I'm posting it not so much to prove I have guts, because I'm not actually sure what Mr. Belanger thought he wrote that I would be afraid to post.

No, I'm posting it to rebut a tired common argument the other side tosses that some of us fall prey to: "How many babies have you adopted?" as if one has to earn the right to try to protect a child from being murdered....

Gary McCoy of MSNBC provides the proper context to view the May 31 murder of late-term abortionist George Tiller...

As expected, there was no shortage of pro-abortion political cartoons linking the murder to anything from pro-life "hate speech," to religious fanaticism, to terrorism, to hypocrisy, and to the movement itself.

For example, it couldn't get any more pointed than this, by Don Wright of GoComics.com...

Husband Rich just thought of another good weekend question.

In conjunction with my being bestowed the title by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann this week, who would you name as the "Worst Person in the World!"?

The Washington Times reported June 6:

Liberals and conservatives are often disgusted with one another. No surprise there.

But conservatives are literally the more easily disgusted of the 2 when it comes to such squeamish things as maggots, questionable toilet seats and the prospect of eating monkey meat. Such sensitivity, it seems, plays a role in their ideology and moral values.

Two joint studies released Friday from psychologists at Cornell, Harvard and Yale universities determined that conservatives are more fastidious about the creepier, smellier side of life....

The chicken or egg theories why:

Moral values are driven by emotion.

Emotion is driven by moral values.

In other words, either people who are more squeamish lean toward conservatism, or conservatism leads to a greater awareness of the potentially unhealthy or unsafe.

Questions: Which do you think came first? What does this say about liberalism?

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Go here to see the full page.

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Continue to read the Mattew Balan's Newsbusters piece, which further delves into Olbermann's "continuing... theme" of accusing pro-lifers of waging "a religious jihad" that "murder is justified...."

It is falsely claimed George Tiller was one of only 3 late-term abortionists in the US, for instance, in the New York Times:

Some described Dr. Tiller as one of about only 3 doctors in the country who had, under certain circumstances, provided abortions to women in their 3rd trimester of pregnancy, and said his death would mean that women, particularly in the central US, would have few if any options in such cases.

Apparently, it was Tiller himself who started it. According to The Guardian:

Tiller testified ... that he owns 1 of only 3 clinics in the US that perform late-term abortions, which are performed on foetuses that could survive outside the mother's womb....

Actually, the delusion grows grander. According to the Los Angeles Times:

But Warren Hern, a CO physician and close friend of Tiller... said he was now "the only doctor in the world" who performed very late-term abortions....

Well, no. The fact is 2nd and 3rd trimester abortions are committed rampantly in hospitals and abortion clinics across the country on a daily basis....

Of the 40 states reporting to the CDC in 2005, 32 reported abortions of babies 21 weeks or older.

So if it were true only 3 doctors nationwide committed them, they did a lot of flying. KS, where Tiller practiced, accounted for "only" 459 of 8,482 late-term abortions reported to the CDC that year....

Continue reading my column, "Late-term abortion endangered? Hardly," at WorldNetDaily.com.

The American Life League is holding its 2nd annual protest against the birth control pill tomorrow, June 6. Last year's theme was, "The Pill kills babies." This year's is, "The Pill kills women."...

The list comes out today, compiled by Wikio.com (click to enlarge):

The backstory, how the list was compiled...

UPDATE, 11:20p: I'm bestowed my honor beginning at 2:00 on the tape...

[HT: reader Janet]
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In a small slew of emails calling me the c-word I read the news that MSNBC's Keith Olbermann named me the "Worst Person in the World!" tonight. Sure enough!

My award comes for supposedly making the supposedly last 2 late-term abortionists in the free world sitting ducks for Tiller copycat killers by posting their addresses and photos of their mills.

Never mind that I didn't actually post the addresses of LeRoy Carhart and Warren Hern (see posts here and here), had I done so it would have been akin to posting the address of President Obama and being accused of making him a target for nutcases.

Libs, get a brain. These guys both advertise on the web. They want people to know where they operate, pardon the pun.

Tomorrow Keith had best make Google the "Worst Search Engine in the World!" for posting a map and directions to Carhart's Abortion & Contraception Clinic of Nebraska and Hern's Boulder Abortion Clinic....

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by JivinJ

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Last week I attended the "discussion" between Profs. Robert George and Doug Kmiec on the lengthy topic, "The Obama Administration and the Sanctity of Human Life: Is there a common ground on Life issues? What is the right response by 'pro-life' citizens?" held at the National Press Club in DC.

Kmiec is a Catholic pro-lifer who has steadfastly supported Obama since the presidential campaign. As I reported, I approached Kmiec after the debate. Here is his recount of our encounter in the National Catholic Reporter June 1:

Miss Jill Stanek, a well-meaning nurse who challenged Barack Obama in the IL Senate over his refusal to support the IL Born Alive Protection Act some years ago, approached me to suggest that the published Chicago Tribune account that I had relied upon to discuss that topic in my book on how Catholics can support Obama was unreliable because she knew the reporter was not pro-life....

Hayley Miller of IN won the state's Right to Life teen oratory contest in April this year, speaking on labor-induced abortions. Hayley's mother, Kathy, emailed me:

Someone from our Parishioners for Life group heard your talk at St. Paul's in Valparaiso, IN and purchased one of your CD's. She then gave it to me to give to Hayley.

Hayley was so inspired by your story at Christ Hospital that she wrote her speech based on your testimony.

Congratulations, Hayley! You were poised and your delivery was professional (wow, the memorization!). Your speech was compelling, too. God speed as you compete on the national level!

Well, well. With a unified voice pro-lifers are condolent but refusing to cower and accept blame for the murder of late-term abortionist George Tiller by a noncompliant schizophrenic.

This is such a surprise it's newsworthy. According to The Washington Independent yesterday, which apparently reads this blog:

... [A]nti-abortion activists have begun to push back against the news that Department of Justice dispatched federal marshals to protect abortion clinics that requested extra, temporary security....

And the murder of a military recruiter in Little Rock - Muslim convert Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad is the suspect - has prodded activists to portray coverage of Tiller's murder as unfairly slanted and overblown. Jill Stanek, an anti-abortion blogger and activist ... responded... with a simple, unsubtle question: "Where are Obama and Holder?" Gary Bauer... told TWI that the "benefit of the doubt" was given to Islamic terrorists but not to anti-abortion extremists....

By the close of Tuesday, anti-abortion activists had moved from messages of condolence for Tiller to aggressive pushback on any use of the murder as a political issue....

Pro-lifers are also refusing to sidestep who Tiller was, what he did. Ann Coulter's column yesterday on Tiller was quite the back-atcha...

Still no word from Obama or Holder on the Jihadist shooting at an Army recruiting office... no marshalls called to protect facilities. Meanwhile, conservatives are speaking out...

Pro-aborts are continuing to take advantage of late-term abortionist George Tiller's murder to shut pro-life activists up through intimidation or abortion-friendly political force.

Sorry, Cecile. Requests by the largest chain of abortion mills in the U.S. to stop protesting them are wasted.

Remember, there has never been a more pro-abortion president, and both houses of Congress are currently run by pro-aborts. In addition, the White House is stuffed with members of the abortion industry.

The attempts to intimidate are greater than ever....

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Celebrate Life Magazine, published by the American Life League, features Jill as the cover story for May/June 2009.

The article, written by John Mallon, can be read in its entirety here.

by Kelli

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From the Associated Press, June 2:

Physician LeRoy Carhart wants to continue providing third-term abortions after the brazen slaying of his friend and colleague George Tiller, but the NE doctor doesn't have anywhere to perform them - and he's one of only a handful of providers who will....

Carhart, 67, is one of a handful of remaining doctors in the United States who perform third-trimester abortions....

Ok, blech, let me pause here and say third trimester abortions are never medically necessary....

by JivinJ

According to Examiner.com today:

A suspected "Jihadist" killed one US Army recruiter and wounded another during a morning attack in Little Rock, AR, yesterday.

According to the NY City Police Department's Intelligence Division, the suspect, a black male, drove his SUV by the Army/Navy Recruitment Center located at the Ashley Area Square Shopping and opened fire on 2 recruiters standing outside of the military recruitment offices....

WPXI in Pittsburgh reports on the smallest baby ever to survive at Magee Women's Hospital:

At birth baby Taylor Rideout weighed just 12.5 oz. and was just 10 inches long....

A bill has been presented in Congress, purportedly to reduce abortion.

But the Prevention First Act contains many of the elements in the polarizing and subsequently back-burnered Freedom of Choice Act.

Introduced by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the Pregnancy First Act would increase funding for Title X (Planned Parenthood's main source of support), and would exclude support for abstinence education and mothers in crisis pregnancies, according to The Catholic Key.

Watch this new video from American Life League, which shines the spotlight on this "FOCA masquerade":

[Photo attribution: vi.sualize.us]

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Last April, I wrote about pro-abort shenanigans at the Northern Illinois Woman's Center in Rockford, IL (here and here), where staff hung a lynched rubber chicken in the window, displayed dolls in coffins, dressed like satan, and threatened pro-lifers, all with no notice from MSM.

It appears the noosed chicken turned off many of the mill's African-American clients, so staff recently hung it instead on a cross and also made other aesthetic changes. These came as a result, according to pro-lifer on the scene, Kevin, who also took the following pictures as recently as last Friday:

It seems these pictures were this abortion mill's response to the success of the Rockford 40 Days for Life campaign. We know of 19 moms who chose life, and that upset the abortionist and clinic owner.

WARNING: Blasphemy and graphic language follow...

Today on Newsbusters, Matthew Balan pointed out CNN's pro-abortion bias in an interview between anchor Kiran Chetry and AL abortionist Diane Derzis. Balan wrote...

by JivinJ

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Kansas Meadowlark has additional information on George Tiller's killer, Scott Roeder, who is more the paranoid unibomber type, as this snapshot of his life 13 years ago reveals:

Scott Roeder is sentenced to 16 months in state prison for parole violations following a 1996 conviction for having bomb components in his car trunk. Roeder, a sovereign citizen and tax protester, violated his parole by not filing tax returns or providing his social security number to his employer.

But a tragedy such as Tiller's murder is despicably a PR dream for pro-aborts, particularly just as we see the majority of Americans turning against them.

I documented in a post yesterday, that on the very day of this man's death a Feministing blogger was considering ways to "turn this terrible tragedy into an opportunity to strengthen the pro-choice movement...."

Newsbusters has a post this morning about pro-abort sites accusing Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, and Beck of being instigators.

Even I stand accused. A couple of (now unpublished) comments this blog has received...

I am shocked and outraged by the murder of Dr. George Tiller as he attended church services this morning. However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.

Pro-lifers are consistent. They are shocked and outraged by the vigilante murder of George Tiller as well as the thousands of children he murdered.

Obama, on the other hand, supports as a "legitimate medical procedure" the type of abortion wherein the abortionist stabs a half-delivered breech baby in the nape of her neck, suctions her brains out, collapses her skull, and then completes the delivery.

Obama, on the other hand, supports letting abortion survivors die of asphyxiation with no medical intervention.

Obama, on the other hand, thought so highly of KS Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who was central to averting justice of Tiller and thereby increased the odds of senseless vigilantism, he promoted her to a federal position.