UDPATE: 1/22, 8:40a: Created Equal has posted several photos on Facebook of its outreach protest at President Obama’s inauguration yesterday. His motorcade had to pass the group twice. We pray the photos of the reality of abortion got through and pierced his soul – somehow, some way. Here are two of the best photos. Click to enlarge…

UDPATE: 1/21, 12:35p: Created Equal’s protest is positioned on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the Navy Memorial. The presidential motorcade passed the group on its way to the Inauguration at the Capitol Building and will pass it again when returning to the White House.

1/21, 12:10p: I was just sent this picture from Mark Harrington of Created Equal.

Thanks to Mark’s team for standing in the gap for babies slaughtered by abortion, and for disallowing President Obama and his followers to forget what they support, even on Inauguration Day.

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by LauraLoo

The 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade is remembered by�www.abort73.com.

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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

Courageous: Students Abolishing Abortion in this Lifetime

This is the first book released by Students for Life of America. It profiles 12 young people in their courageous decisions to either 1) stand up for Life on their campuses/in their community or 2) choose Life.

For instance, one chapter features Rekeah, who was raped in college, became pregnant, and chose life.

Another profiles Andrea, a girl who always thought she was pro-life until she got pregnant.

And another tells Steve’s story, who fell into the pro-life movement on campus unexpectedly and faced an illegal recall of his position as student body president for standing up.

Price is $10 for paperback and just $4.99 for the e-book version. Download the first chapter free.

Recall Abortion

“Recall abortion” carries two meanings.

Written by post-abortive mother Janet Morana, Executive Director of Priests for Life, the book details the toll of abortion and its aftermath.

As co-founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, Morana is uniquely qualified to explain how the abortion industry exploits women.

Morana also calls for a national recall of this deadly, devastating procedure.

Price is $20.

I’m doing it very backwards, I know! I’ll just keep my legs crossed this time.

~ Jessica Simpson admitting on The Tonight Show she’s not exactly getting married and having kids in the ideal order, as quoted by People, January 18, which adds: “Her wedding to fianc� Eric Johnson has been been pushed back again because of her surprise second pregnancy.”

[HT: Laura Loo; photo via People]

Here are my top five favorite political cartoons for this past week. Which of these is your fav? Take the poll at the bottom….

by Michael Ramirez at Townhall.com…

 by Henry Payne at Townhall.com…

 by Glenn McCoy at Townhall.com…

 by Gary Varvel at Townhall.com…

 by Robert Ariail at Townhall.com…

The LORD sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him. He sent them to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the LORD proclaimed by his servants the prophets.

Surely these things happened to Judah according to the LORD’s command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.

~ As we approach the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, I am reminded of II Kings 24:2-4. II Kings 21:6 tells us King Manasseh went so far as to sacrifice his own son to a false idol, which is equivalent to the impetus for abortion. At some point there is no going back. Genesis 4:10 says the blood of just one innocent person cried out to God from the ground. How much louder does the blood of 55 million cry out to God for justice?

(Take new poll at bottom of post)

Fecteau said the “unknown substance” was holy water that she keeps in a squirt bottle. She said she sprayed it because someone from the pro-choice group was walking close to her while burning a “noxious material.”

“I had been told repeatedly by my health care provider not to breathe in that smoke because it’s making me sick,” said Fecteau. “I can’t tell if (mist from the spray bottle) drifted on this lady’s face.”

Pamela Watters, organizer of the pro-choice group, said she believes Fecteau intentionally sprayed Cox and several others in the face.

“It was not labeled holy water,” Watters said Monday. “My people didn’t know what was in that bottle. It could have been ammonia, it could have been bleach.”

Watters said the “noxious material” mentioned by Fecteau was a smudge stick – a bundle of sage and other dried herbs used in some Native American rituals. Members of the pro-choice group try to make sure women get to their clinic appointments “with as little harassment as possible,” she said.

~ Scenario involving the arrest of 70-yr-old pro-life activist Joyce Fecteau on January 9 outside the Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives in Huntsville, AL.com, January 14

Here’s video of the incident…

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Conservative pollster Kellyanne Conway had sharp advice for Republicans when she spoke at their retreat on January 16. According to Politico:

It�s way past time: House Republicans need to stop talking about rape….

Conway said rape is a �four-letter word,� and Republicans simply need to stop talking about it in their races for office.

This advice obviously came in the wake of GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin’s rape comment, which not only lost Akin what was foreseen as an easy win, but also played nicely into the Democrat “war on women” meme. GOP Indiana US Senate candidate Richard Mourdock was another casualty for same.

Meanwhile, the pro-life political group Susan B. Anthony List is launching a training program that includes suggestions on how to answer difficult questions. From now on SBA List will only endorse or contribute to pro-life candidates who successfully complete the program.

To that end, conservative S. E. Cupp recently wrote:

Republicans don�t campaign wearing sandwich boards that say, �Ask me about rape.�� The media cynically ask these questions to elicit crazy responses. In those two cases [Akin and Mourdock], mission accomplished.

So even when we don�t talk about it, liberals will find a way to get us to discuss abortion. We may as well direct the conversation instead of being dragged into it unprepared�.

Half the electorate is pro-life. That means we have to talk about life in compelling, compassionate ways that resonate.

We have to stand up for life without standing against women. And, yes, we have to put up better candidates who make sane, rational pro-life arguments. The solution for conservatives isn�t to talk about it less, it�s to talk about it more – and better.

What do you think? Should pro-life political candidates simply become better at avoiding the rape/incest issue, or should they become better at explaining their position?

I have a poll here but encourage you to draw out your answers in the comments section.