by Hans Johnson

This month we ponder on a girl named Mary from some 2,000 years ago. In contrast, a woman anonymously called Mary Doe, who was the plaintiff in Doe v. Bolton (which, along with Roe v. Wade, legalized abortion in virtually all cases),  had quite a journey herself. She claimed she was used and has become ardently pro-life. Now Sandra Cano speaks out. From GodTube:

Norma McCorvey was the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade. She has also become pro-life. You can read an article comparing her life to that of Mary’s here.

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[HT:  LauraLoo]

… [T]he vast majority of Americans do not consider children to be vermin. They value children highly and are devastated when children are slaughtered. They just don’t make the connection between the visible child in the playground and the invisible child in the womb….

Just ask. And let them stew on it.

~ Christina Dunigan, Real Choice, December 19

[HT: ProLifeBlogs]

by LauraLoo

December 1st - a 911 call regarding a patient who passed out and turned pale while suffering abdominal pain during an abortion at Cleveland Surgi-Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

This is the 31st medical emergency documented by Operation Rescue in 2012 alone:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezKOlctS1GU[/youtube]

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During public lectures the Cambridge University scientist said he regularly asks his audience if they would be in favour of allowing parents of deceased children, who are no longer fertile, to create another using the mother’s eggs and skin cells from the first child, assuming the technique was safe and effective.

“But if the mother and father, if relevant, want to follow that route, why should you or I stop them?”

~ Cloning scientist Sir John Gurdon justifying the use of human cloning to assist grieving parents who may have suffered the loss of a child, UK Telegraph, December 18

[HT: Laura Loo]

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

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• Big Blue Wave asks some pointed questions to find out if more contraceptives really leads to fewer unwanted pregnancies and abortions. One has to wonder: If the Pill was so successful in the 60’s, would Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton really have been necessary in the 70’s? And why, with the common and increased use of contraceptives so many years later, have abortion numbers continued to skyrocket?

• Abortion in Washington has an encouraging story about Lenette Lindemann (pictured left), director of Life Choices Pregnancy Medical Clinic, who has started the life-saving ImagePoint Mobile Medical Services ultrasound ministry.
• Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life recognizes the 17th anniversary of the day a handful of activist judges decided the state’s Doe v. Gomez case, which “established a new state constitutional ‘right’ to abortion on demand”:
  

  This supposed right would remain protected by the state Constitution even if Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision legalizing abortion in the United States, were to be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

  Doe v. Gomez allows abortions for reasons such as “stress” or “discomfort.” It forbids the state to “interfere” in any way with a woman’s “decision making” regarding abortion.”

  Today, taxpayer funded abortions account for 34% of all abortion in Minnesota, and more than 58,000 children have been aborted under this ruling.

• Suzy B applauds the naming of pro-life Republican Tim Scott to replace the resigning Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina:
  

  “Congressman Tim Scott’s rise to the U.S. Senate is great news to both the country and the pro-life movement,” said SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “At a point where our nation is hungry for leadership, Congressman Scott has demonstrated compassion and clarity on the abortion issue, never backing down when asked the tough questions. He has made it clear that defending the most vulnerable is an indispensible first principle in his own political philosophy. We applaud Governor Haley for this choice and look forward to Tim Scott’s pro-life leadership in the U.S. Senate.”

• Live Action takes strong exception to Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (pictured right), who wrote an opinion piece recommending that birth control pills be sold over the counter. LA calls his thinking “delusional” and “futile.”
• The Daily Kos has published a blogger’s “Open Letter to Supporters of Personhood,” which is really an angry and wholly unscientific rant about how a woman has the power to decide the value and wantedness of her preborn child. The author fears that bestowing any personhood to the preborn will somehow take away her personhood and power:
  

  My living children were wanted, and they are deeply loved. Unwanted pregnancies do not have “personhood” conferred upon them. They are an intrusion, a parasite, a thing. However they were conceived, they are not wanted. They are not loved. They are not named. No nurseries are planned. There is no sighing over tiny booties and cunning little hats. There is, instead, a desperation and determination that the thing be removed….

  Fetuses are not people until they are born. As a mother, I know that. Fetuses have the potential to be people, but until they are out of the womb, they are not. My daughter was born sort of grayish-blue, with the cord wrapped around her neck. My husband said, “Oh my God, she’s d—” and my doula kicked him in the ankle. My beloved OB quickly unwrapped the cord, my husband cut it, and my beautiful daughter turned rosy pink. She was a person. And I love her, and my son, so much that it makes my heart hurt. This, and only this, is how it should be. This is the sacred bond between mother and child. You should not interfere with that.

  Children are only actual children who have a “sacred bond” with their mothers if they pass through the magical birth canal and if they were planned and wanted – otherwise, they’re “parasites”?

by Hans Johnson

Following the controversy over the Right To Work bill, the Michigan House approved an omnibus abortion bill early last Friday morning which had passed in the Senate Wednesday. Nicknamed the “Pro-life Bus,” it seeks to hold the abortion industry to the same health and safety standards as other out-patient medical facilities. Much of this legislation has overwhelming support from likely voters.

It joins two other recently passed bills which limit abortion coverage in the state’s insurance exchange policies and require doctors to try to determine if a patient is being coerced. The bills await signing by Gov. Rick Snyder.

Sen. Rebekah Warren (D–Ann Arbor) attempted to counter with amendments requiring doctors to determine whether a vasectomy was medically necessary and whether the man was coerced. They failed.

Here is a report from WNEM TV5:

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Mary was surely a remarkable young woman. When the angel Gabriel came to her and announced she would bear the Messiah as a virgin, Mary embraced the will of God knowing the sacrifices it would likely bring (Luke 1:26-38). The plans for her marriage would be scuttled. For when the news of her pregnancy reached her espoused husband, Joseph, he would seek to put her away privately. It was only after Joseph was confronted by an angel himself that he decided to follow through on the marriage (Matthew 1:18-20).

Unfortunately, we often don’t see the real costs abortion precipitates…. Abortion in America is not just statistics, its 55 million tragedies – 55 million “awful holes” in society.

~ Rev. Mark Creetch, Christian Post, December 17

[Photo from The Nativity Story]

by LauraLoo

President Obama spoke last night at an emotional prayer vigil in Newtown, Connecticut.  

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWEL1cd_1zU[/youtube]

Also, as reported by People, here are the names and faces of the 27 casualties.  Photos and bios of the children and adults killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14.   Sadly, today marks the funerals for two of the murdered children, Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto.

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[HT: People and 89 WLS Chicago]