by LauraLoo

Are marriage vows as meaningful as they used to be?  The answer is “yes” if you are Bill, who epitomizes devotion and sacrifice as he cares daily for the needs of his bride Glad (diagnosed with Alzheimer’s), whom he wed over 50 years ago.

This sweet couple is a testimony to what true love is.

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She said that all of a sudden, it was dark, but then it became a real darkness, and she started thinking, ‘I’ve got to get out of here…and a light went on in her heart and she came out and she left.

They had told her that she was 26 weeks [pregnant] and they would either fudge it to 24 (the legal abortion limit), or they would have her go to Maryland and have her abortion up there where it’s legal to go past 24 weeks in a clinic.

~ Sidewalk counselor John Barros describing the experience of Amanda [pictured with husband Chet and newborn son Chase], an abortion-minded mother whom he counseled the day of her scheduled late-term abortion at Orlando Women’s Clinic, as reported by Christian News Network, February 19

Amanda chose life for her baby in spite of very desperate circumstances, and has since returned with her son to the abortion facility to thank John Barros and to convince other mothers not to go through with their abortions.

Video of the interview at the link.

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli

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• Women’s Rights Without Frontiers reports on a tragedy in China where a toddler was run over by a van when family planning officials attempted to collect a fine from the child’s family. Because of great protest in the village, the officials have been arrested. WRWF president Reggie Littlejohn encourages pro-lifers to keep shining the spotlight on this, and other, human rights violations:
  

  Our hearts break to learn of the violent death of an innocent child, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his parents. Those responsible for this violent death must be held accountable. Too often, under the glare of international scrutiny, the Chinese Communist Party will arrest officials who have committed a heinous human rights violation. Then as soon as the attention of the world shifts away, these same officials are restored to their former positions or even promoted.

• Suzy B states that despite New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to expand abortion access in the state (despite their already high abortion rate), a recent survey shows New Yorkers support greater restrictions on abortion. Of note, 78% believe there is already sufficient access; 75% oppose Cuomo’s idea to allow non-physicians to perform abortions; 92% oppose sex-selective late-term abortions; and more than 3/4 surveyed believe in greater information on women’s other options, waiting periods, more clinic regulation, and parental notification.
• Secular ProLife has three of their members featured in a MORE Magazine article on “women who changed their positions on abortion.” Featured are perspectives from a Muslim, an atheist, and a “spiritual but not religious” post-abortive woman.
• ProLife NZ pens an open letter in response to Ann Furedi, chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, who recently “label[ed] disability ‘tragic’ whilst endorsing disability selective abortion up until birth… revealing her discriminatory attitude towards the disabled.”
• Michael New asserts that despite the blame laid at the feet of the pro-life movement, it is contraception (and subsequently, premarital sex) which bears greater responsiblity for the increase in unintended pregnancies and single parent households in the U.S.
• At the LTI Blog, Scott Klusendorf highly recommends Prof. Hadley Arkes’ new book, Natural Rights and the Right to Choose, which Klusendorf says raises questions such as, “Where do basic human rights come from? Do they come only from government or are they rooted in something that transcends government? What is man? Is human nature fixed or does raw political power determine who is and is not a human being?”

[Cuomo photo via opposingviews.com]

by Hans Johnson

Like these people at the 2013 March For Life, we should all be upset by what was on the jumbo tv provided by Created Equal. But until the madness stops, we must not look away.

Graphic Content Warning…

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Abortion was common in America in the middle of the nineteenth century…. [It was] estimat[ed] that at least 20 percent of pregnancies were ending in induced abortion at the time….

Although those who view the restrictive abortion laws overturned by Roe v. Wade as abominations would be reluctant to admit it, Horatio Robinson Storer [who also authored the very first anti-abortion tract for women] may have been the most important person in the United States in the nineteenth century.

~ Frederick N. Dyer, “19th Century state abortion laws probably allowed you to be born,” Washington Times Communities, February 17

by LauraLoo

Since Dr. George Tiller’s assassination in Kansas in 2009, four doctors remain who commit third-trimester abortions in the United States.  After Tiller moves between the rapidly unfolding stories of these doctors, all of whom were close colleagues of Tiller, and are fighting to keep this “service” available in the wake of his death.

Directors/producers Lana Wilson and Martha Shane are both Brooklyn-based filmmakers. After Tiller is Wilson’s first film. 

The film’s review begins at 34:30 in the video below:

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Photo and caption via CNN, October 7, 2009. Click all images to enlarge…

One thing to say about late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart, he is an entrepreneur.

Eight days ago came the tragic news that one of Carhart’s patients had succumbed following a late-term abortion at the Germantown, Maryland, clinic where Carhart operates.

On February 7, 29-yr-old Jennifer Morbelli died at a hospital near Carhart’s mill following Carhart’s abortion of her 33-wk-old baby, Madison Leigh.

A few days later came the revelation that among illegally dumped biohazardous waste, syringes, meds, and private patient information gleaned by pro-lifers from Carhart’s trash between August 2011 and May 2012 were Carhart’s instruction to patients not to go to the emergency room if experiencing complications but instead to call one of three staff numbers:

It turns out the number to “Mary,” Carhart’s wife, is the same number as the 24-hour hotline number to Carhart’s horse equipment business:

About Horse Shows by Marilee, from the website:

For all your horse show needs. — Formed in 1980 by Mary and Lee Carhart, Horse Shows by MARILEE was developed to provide a single source for all your horse show needs.  In 2004 we upgraded and replaced all of our rental inventories and now offer all items for rental, lease and purchase.

The level of unprofessionalism and medical impropriety displayed by the abortion industry never fails to astound me, even though it shouldn’t. What other doctor in any other specialty would use the same phone number for both medical emergencies and a horse equipment sales hotline?

Then again, Carhart’s Bellevue, Nebraska, abortion clinic is surely dumpier than a horse barn…

… although in 1992 Carhart had horses and dogs confiscated by the Humane Society for neglect.

So Carhart apparently treats both animals and humans with equal disregard.

PrayforGermantown.com has many action items for pro-lifers to take in our effort to shut down this menace.

[HT: Chris from Virginia]

“Surrender the Secret” follows five women on their path to forgive themselves and find healing after abortion. Geoffrey Rogers, president and CEO of KnockTV, says that the support for the online show has been phenomenal, allowing it to reach 50 different countries despite a $0 marketing and advertising budget. The best part is that, according to Rogers, post-abortive women are tuning in and calling for help. He says:

“We are getting consistent daily feedback from viewers about the power of the program, with many of them reaching out for help and asking where they can get assistance with what they are dealing with from their own past. It is apparent from the feedback that the show is having a deep impact with many of the viewers. We are pleased to be able to offer them help, directing most to the Surrendering the Secret Bible study, the National Helpline for Abortion Recovery and the Option Line.”

~ Nancy Flanders of Live Action News, reporting on the success of the series “Surrender the Secret,” February 15