FYI, Bob Dunning of the Across the Nation radio program on SIRIUS Satellite Radio's The Catholic Channel will interview me at 2p CST today about my Dobson column.

Looks like the show can be heard online but only by signing up for a free trial.

I'll be on Adam McManus's Take a Stand radio show at 4:30p CST today to discuss my Dobson column.

The show can be heard via Internet.

FYI, I'll be on my friend Kevin McCullough's radio show on WMCA in New York sometime after 2:20p EST this afternoon, which can be heard live via the Internet if you don't live in the area.

We'll discuss the Aurora Planned Parenthood situation.

Kevin wrote a column on this yesterday, which was the most read on Townhall.com for the day.

Update, 12:40p: My segment will air at 3:20p and be available by podcast after 4p.

Attention pro-lifers: There is now a live, three-hour, daily, national radio talk show that discusses the pro-life issue along with other topics of importance to us.

The show is Across the Nation with Bob Dunning. Bob had me on last week to discuss embryonic stem cell experimentation. Bob has had me on his show, The Bishops Hour, several times through the years.

Bob's new show is on Sirius Channel 159, 1-4 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday. Tune in - and spread the word!

Beginning this Saturday, June 17, at 4:30 p.m. CST, I will host a new, half-hour pro-life radio show called Pro-Life Pulse on Salem Broadcasting's WYLL, 1160 AM, in Chicago.

The show can be heard life via the Internet and will cover current events through news coverage, interviews, and commentary.

Tune in!

The major sponsor of the show is WomanCare Services of Berwyn, Illinois.

Also featured during the program will be pro-life educational commercials by Right to Life of Will County and Illinois Right to Life.

I'll be on Scott Thomas' show today on WYLL-AM from 3p-4p CST to discuss pro-life issues. The show can be heard via the Internet.

On the docket: The South Dakota abortion ban and Oglala Sioux president Cecilia Fire Thunder's threat to open a mill on her rez; Blagojevich's "Where's Waldo" embryonic stem cell funding attempts.

I will be on Mark Levine's RadioInsideScoop.com at 6:00 p.m. tonight discussing the over-the-counter status of Plan B, the morning-after pill. Other guest will be Dr. Susan Wood, who resigned from her post as Director of the FDA's Office of Women's Health to protest the FDA's "politicization" of Plan B.

In addition to radio stations in seven markets across the USA, folks can listen live on the Internet, at www.RadioInsideScoop.com. And an archive will be preserved here: http://radioinsidescoop.com/mt-posts-archive/000524.html.

I'll be on Scott Thomas' show today on WYLL-AM from 4p-5p CST to discuss pro-life issues. The show can be heard via the Internet.

I'll be on Scott Thomas' show today on WYLL-AM from 3p-4p CST to discuss pro-life issues. Special guest will be pro-life hero Joe Scheidler, of Pro-Life Action League. The show can be heard via the Internet.

Joe is coming on to discuss Catholic teachings about contraception, while I present what I believe should be the Protestant view, according to Scripture.

Tuesday I kicked off my autumn speaking schedule at the annual fundraising banquet for the New Life Pregnancy Center in Decatur, IL, with over 500 people attending.

A reporter from the Decatur Herald & Review covered the event (reprinted on page 2).

Some pro-lifers are afraid to speak with the press. My experience is that reporters, particularly young ones, are not biased on our issue, just perhaps untaught. They really want to cover our issue fairly.

Some pro-lifers also obsess about being misquoted. But it is our responsibility to confine our words into soundbites and not ramble, and to keep repeating the message we want printed.

Decatur Herald & Review

September 21, 2005

DECATUR - Jill Stanek, a registered nurse from the Chicago area, said holding a live, aborted baby in her arms until it died 45 minutes later led her to not care whether the public knew her stance on abortion.

She held the baby in the labor and delivery department of Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, where she continued to work for two-and-a-half years to fight the method of abortion being used. Women were induced into labor in the second and third trimesters, causing the babies to be born prematurely. It has also been called "live birth abortion."

Stanek said she continued to work at the hospital because the scripture charged her to rescue those who had unjustly died.

Now a professional speaker, she shared her story with at least 530 supporters of the New Life Pregnancy Center at its annual Banquet for Life on Tuesday evening.

"The abortion issue is huge," Stanek said before the event. "It's an urgent matter."

At least 1.3 million abortions have occurred each year since 1980, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet, Stanek said, the issue remains unseen by the general public.

"This is not a political issue," she said. "This is not a religious issue. It's a moral issue. It's a constitutional issue. It's a matter of innocent people being killed."

In August 2002, President Bush signed into law the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, for which Stanek was called upon to testify before Congress. The law defines a legal person. Any baby born alive is considered protected under the Constitution.

Since then, Stanek said a corner has been turned because people are speaking out about abortion, even if it polarizes opinions.

"I don't mind the polarizing," she said. "It's better than people not talking about it."

Penny Weaver, New Life Pregnancy Center executive director, said she invited Stanek to speak because her testimony has such an effect, and information can be empowering. She said in addition to sharing the Gospel with more than 400 women this year, 98 percent of the clients chose to continue their pregnancies.

"I believe that's because they are given the opportunity to make an informed decision," Weaver said.

Sharon Dunn of Oreana, a pediatric nurse for 36 years, said the mission of the center is one of compassion.

"We all unite in our common goal that when those girls walk through that door, they have felt the love of Christ," Dunn said, "how he can forgive and heal."

Bethany Carson can be reached at bcarson@;herald-review.com or 421-6968.

FYI, I'll be on Scott Thomas' show today on WYLL-AM from 3p-4p CST to discuss pro-life issues. The show can be heard via the Internet.

FYI, I'll be on the Blanquita Cullom radio show this afternoon at 1:20p CST to discuss my "Fetus eater" column. The show can be heard live on the Internet.

Later I'll be visiting with Al Kresta of Ave Maria Radio in person at the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops conference in Chicago. I'll be on at 4:30p CST going over the Christ Hospital story. The show can be heard live on the Internet.

FYI, I'll be on Joseph Farah's radio show discussing my "Fetus eaters" column today at 3:30p EST. The show can be heard via the Internet.