This morning pro-lifers were singing and praying in front of Mississippi’s lone remaining abortion clinic when a security guard pepper-sprayed three of them in the face.

The aggressor was Roy Benjamin, a private, armed security guard who works for Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in Jackson.

UPDATE 1/24, 10:30a: Thanks to all who participated, whether by the many great posts I read on your blogs (links below), or on Facebook, or on Twitter (where the conversation at #Tweet4Choice is still going strong!).

I think our effort this year was particularly impactful given the dust up in the pro-abortion community over the word “choice.”

Thanks again for doing such a great job pushing back on their euphemismistic cover-up of preborn murder.

The pro-life movement is being blessed by a trio of new books…

40 Days for Life: Discover What God Has Done… Imagine What He Can Do

Join 40 Days founders David Bereit and Shawn Carney TONIGHT at 9p EST on a webcast unveiling their new book.

I’m honored to have been asked to endorse this beautiful book, and I was happy to do so. Its 40 chapters tell 40 inspirational, touching stories how this movement has saved and changed lives.

Bonus: When you register to attend, you’ll also be immediately sent the foreword by former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson and two full chapters from the book free.

Price: To be announced

UPDATE 10p: I couldn’t put this any better than did Vanessa on Facebook:

Hey BIEBER Fans!!!! Great recommendation from a woman who knows what it is to be a young pregnant single parent. It goes to show that you cant do away with a life that will change your world and can potentially change many worlds. Thank you Pattie Mallette.

Indeed! Thank you, Pattie. Here’s Pattie’s special message to pregnancy care center directors, a fundraising promo for a screening of Crescendo…

UPDATE 4p: Marla and Christopher’s autopsy photos are up on page two. Reminder, they are graphic and disturbing. This is a reality of abortion.

Today, the pro-life group Life Dynamics, in cooperation with Operation Rescue and Priests for Life, will release autopsy photos of 18-yr-old Marla Cardamone, who died following a “safe and legal” abortion, along with her 17-to-19-wk-old preborn baby, Christopher Michael, whose photo will also be displayed.

The photos and Marla’s story will be posted at the new website, SafeAndLegal.com, which will be operational later today.

I will also post these tragic photos, which I have seen, when they come online.

The autopsy photos are published with the blessing and encouragement of Marla’s family, who want the world to know that supposedly “safe and legal” abortions kill mothers as well as their children.

Life Dynamics has just released excerpts of an emotional interview conducted for this month’s edition of Life Talk.

The interview features Deborah Cardamone, mother of 18-yr-old Marla (senior picture right), who tragically and needlessly died along with her baby during a supposedly “safe and legal” abortion – committed at a hospital, no less.

Abortion is nothing other than horrible.

WARNING: Autopsy images shown…

The Centers for Disease Control released its annual Abortion Surveillance – United States, 2009 report last week.

First came the encouraging news that the number of abortions dropped in 2009 by 5% from 2008, to 784,507, “representing the largest single year decrease for the entire period of analysis,” this past decade.

While the death toll was still a staggering three-quarters of a million babies, nevertheless this was the lowest number of abortions reported since the CDC began using its current tracking model in 2000 (which excludes nonreporting states Alaska, California, Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, New Hampshire, and West Virginia), the number on the right. Click to enlarge…

I’ve previewed the first episode, and this show is a going to be ground-breaking. A description: