Jivin J mentioned yesterday that Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, had been invited to the White House to discuss problems pro-lifers have with any of the proposed healthcare bills.
This morning Charmaine spoke with Fox’s Megyn Kelly about the meeting…
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Excellent response by Ms. Yoest.
Abortion is an elective procedure. Don’t have one if you can’t pay for it.
Two very important things I feel compelled to point out: #1 Watch every word BHO says.
#2 The Hyde amendment expires Sept. 30th and there is no current scheduled vote on its renewal. http://www.examiner.com/x-22911-DC-Foreign-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d16-The-Presidents-New-Name-President-Barack-Obortion
Back to #1: In the clip here, he says no FEDERAL funding for abortion. ACLJ lawyers have found wording in the current proposals that Sebelius will ensure every STATE has at least one option with full abortion coverage. Remember Mr. Obama’s response to the CO Focus on the Family ad reminding him of his Illinois BAIPA votes? The response was “Senator Obama has never voted to not provide medical care to infants.” This was TRUE in his twisted mind because he did not call these born-alive infants “infants”, but, rather, “aborted fetuses”. So, when he says no federal funding, he might even believe himself, if the intentions are states will pay for it.
I have yet another update about the woman I requested prayer for some time ago who was considering abortion. She miscarried her child today, unfortunately. However, there are a couple of things that I am thankful for in this situation – first, that the child passed on its own, according to God’s will instead of through abortion, and second, because the mother got to see her child. I’m glad that the mother will not have the guilt of her child’s death on her hands, and very glad she got to see her child and say her final goodbyes. She described to my friend the tiny fingers and toes, the little eyes, and how sweet the child looked – she even made the comment that “nobody can say that’s not a baby”. I’m thankful that this lady now knows the truth of what an unborn baby IS – a baby, a tiny human being.
I’m sad about the child’s passing, and yet glad that his or her life still did count for something great – to show his/her mother the truth of unborn life. I hope she is holding up well – I know that miscarriage is a sad thing to bear, from personal experience.
Army_wife,
I’m sorry. I will keep her in my prayers. How old was the baby?
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klynn73,
Thanks for the head up. That link is an IMPORTANT one. I’m going to put it up with the http and hope the mods post it.
http://www.examiner.com/x-22911-DC-Foreign-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d16-The-Presidents-New-Name-President-Barack-Obortion
Army_wife, for the same reasons as you, I am so thankful that it was a miscarriage instead of abortion. I hate that she will be going through the grief of miscarriage- I’ve been there twice- but the added guilt from it being an abortion would be unbearable. A great place for her to get information on grief help is http://www.pregnancyloss.info
I think that after seeing her little baby she will never consider abortion in the future. Especially after the way you said she described her baby.
I was amazed when I saw my little one too. It’s amazing to think that even at such a young age, when you don’t even really “feel pregnant”, the baby already has a heartbeat, fingers, toes, a tongue- it’s already a miniature little baby.
Army Wife I too am sorry for the loss of this precious baby but I am relieved that this baby was not killed at his/her mother’s request. She will not have to live with that additional pain. I believe the prayers we prayed were answered. Just visited our local CPC today, we are saving babies with our new ultrasound machine with a 95% success rate. That’s awesome, pregnant abortion-minded clients who will choose to see an ultrasound are choosing life 95% of the time. PRAISE GOD. Hooray!! They are getting all types of assistance from all the many resources we have available. Great success stories and testimonials of women whose life are changed and becoming great moms with counseling and mentoring. Pro-deathers lie when they say “we don’t care about women only their babies” and “once the baby is born we abandon women”. LIES. LIES AND MORE LIES. PP LIES TO YOU!
Megyn Kelly has to be one of the most slamming Fox News hosts. She takes no prisoners and I have seen grown men flounder in her questioning.
Uuuh… Prolifer, Bethany, Janet and army_wife–the way you talk about the miscarriage is kind of disconcerting. If it were a real baby that really died, why are you so “thankful”? If a baby died in a freak accident rather than its mother stabbing it, would you be happy that the freak accident occured, just for the mother’s sake? Something not right about that…
Abel, we’re thankful the baby was saved from being murdered by his or her mother! We’re not happy the baby died, not at ALL.
The difference is that the baby has now been able to die naturally, with a mother who learned how special he is, and learned to love him (!), and this baby will not be forgotten and thrown in a waste bin, like the millions of others who are killed in abortion. That is a huge deal!
And per your example, if a woman was planning to stab her born baby to death at an appointed time, and the baby died naturally before she had a chance to, I would be thankful that the baby had been spared a stabbing murder. Wouldn’t you?
But in the case of miscarriage there is the extra matter of ignorance- it’s easy for a woman to convince herself that there’s no baby in your stomach, when she can’t see the baby or feel the baby, or even don’t feel like you’re pregnant at all. This woman has been given the chance to learn that there IS life in the womb- that it IS a baby before she ever made the horrible choice to kill the baby. I know she has repented of the evil she had in her heart. A pro-lifer was born through this tragic situation. THAT is something to be thankful for.
Abel,
I agree with Bethany’s comment completely, although I don’t believe I ever said personally that I was thankful the baby died.
Clarification – Bethany didn’t say in her comment that I was “thankful”, it was Abel who did.
Abel, no prolifer here including myself ever said we were “thankful” any baby died, this woman’s or anyone elses. Don’t put words down that we did not write. I said I was “sorry” that the baby died but relieved that the mother did not have her own child put to death. We stand for LIFE for all innocent babies. Miscarriage is the unfortunate, unplanned loss of a baby’s life but not the willful, DELIBERATE taking of a child’s life by dilatation of the woman’s cervix, dismembering and mutilating a baby with a curette and then suctioning that baby out with powerful vacuum. You cannot get more DELIBERATE than that. We never equate the two and you should not either.
Abel,
Bethany clarified my feelings fairly well so I won’t repeat the same ideas to you at great length. I’m sorry if you got the wrong impression from my comment but you are mistaken all the same.
I am NOT thankful that this baby is deceased. I am SAD about that. All I am saying is that although this is a sad thing, I am grateful that the child’s life was not in vain – that the mother was able to actually see it and say her goodbyes, and that the child did not die a violent death and that the mother does not have to suffer a lifetime of guilt for choosing to kill her child – and that the mother now knows exactly what an unborn baby is – a baby. Her own child showed her the truth, a truth she could see with her own eyes without wondering if it were really true as she might if someone merely told her or showed her a picture. She saw the real deal.
I’ve been through two miscarriages myself (too early to be able to view the remains and say my goodbyes). I know how heartbreaking it can be, without the guilt of “choosing” that for your child. Death happens and there’s nothing we can do to prevent that, but not all deaths are equal. Personally, I’d rather go peacefully/naturally than be violently murdered. Abortion and miscarriage are both deaths but not by any means equal.
Janet – the child was at approximately nine weeks’ gestation.