In honor of their visit, I put this sign up on my office door. Organizations that murder children are not welcome in my office.

~ Republican Texas state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, preempting visits from Planned Parenthood reps who might want to dissuade him from voting for a bill to place the abortion giant at the bottom of the list to receive funding for cancer screenings, via Huffington Post, March 11

Happy weekend! Here are a couple great new infographics by talented pro-lifers you may find useful. Click both to enlarge.

The first, by Students for Life of America, is in response to the announcement by Senate Democrats that they plan to filibuster a bill that would increase penalties to those convicted of human trafficking, this because it includes Hyde Amendment language blocking federal funding for abortions of pregnant victims of sex trafficking…

The second infographic, quite informative, is via the Radiance Foundation and has been posted in conjunction with the United Nations 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, being held in New York March 9-20 (Also be sure to read, “Abortion expansion more important to Dems than rescuing women from sex slavery,” a March 14 op ed in The The Hill by LifeSiteNews.com editor John-Henry Weston)…

by Kelli

• At Students for Life, Kristan Hawkins wonders what Michael Voris’ point was when he created an error-filled video which makes dubious claims about abortion and the pro-life movement. Hawkins says Voris is “irresponsible” and using “faulty logic” to claim “abortion numbers aren’t declining,” among other things. Hawkins backs up her rebuttal with links to the facts:
  

  Not citing any sources, he proclaimed that chemical abortions aren’t tracked and comprise a quarter of all abortions. Therefore, he said, these must be added to the million+ abortions every year, which basically comes out to a number that shows abortions are not declining.

  While Voris appears to make a convincing case in his six-minute video, he is wrong.

• The deadline is coming soon to sign up for The University of Notre Dame’s Vita Institute, which is “an intensive interdisciplinary training program for leaders in the national and international pro-life movement.” See the link for more details.

• American Life League’s Judie Brown shares stories of parents of children with Down syndrome, reminding us that a child is never a burden.
• At Bound4Life, Natalie Brumfield lists ten reasons why you should pray outside an abortion facility:
  

  It is not easy to constantly pray at abortion centers. After many years, it’s heavy on me. It’s grueling. It doesn’t make me popular. I’ve lost special friends over the years. And the reality of what goes on inside the buildings rips my heart open over and over again.

  But it isn’t about me. It’s about that single woman who has no one to turn to and feels absolutely hopeless. It’s about that couple who had no idea last week that they would be driving up to an abortion center deciding whether their baby would live or die. It’s about that baby who may not live to see the world outside of her/his mommy’s tummy. It’s about being there for others and helping to carry their pain.

  And I know the prayer and presence means something to the people I’ve talked to and prayed with walking in or out of those places. They’ve told me. So I go and I pray — because they need to see someone cares.

• At Stand True, Bryan Kemper responds to a Christianity Today article lauding Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger and birth control:
  

  I would expect this from RH Reality Check or some other pro-abortion publication, but not from Christianity Today. But then again, the general state of Christianity today is not exactly, well, Christian.

  There are so many things wrong with this article, and I could probably write 10 pages in response. I think most people who read my blog regularly have a grasp on who Margaret Sanger was and why we can never look to her as a great example.

• In greater detail, Saynsumthn’s Blog also discusses the Christianity Today article, noting the controversy the author unexpectedly brought upon herself by stating she was “defending” Margaret Sanger. She now claims she “did not accurately estimate how great a distraction the Sanger example would be” in her defense of birth control as a social good. Saynsumthn responds:
  

  It is true that Sanger opposed abortions as I detail here, however, what [author Rachel Marie] Stone leaves out is that she had a more permanent solution to abortion, forced sterilization.

  By sterilizing Black women and those she and her eugenics friends considered feeble-minded, Sanger could guarantee they would never become pregnant again….

  Sanger also called for those who were poor and what she considered to be “morons and immoral”, to be shipped to colonies where they would live in “Farms and Open Spaces” dedicated to brainwashing these so-called “inferior types” into having what Sanger called, “Better moral conduct”.

  In 1964, Planned Parenthood founder, Margaret Sanger said she believed that it would take the US Government to accept “Population Control” to convince other nations to do the same….

  If Stone wants to advocate for contraception, that is one thing, but for her to try and convince the world that Sanger’s motives were compassionate, that is a completely different story.

[Photos via specialedpost.com and Saynsumthn’s Blog]

by Kelli

Who knew babies had such moves? This talented little man surprises his parents by taking on his dad in a dance off:

[youtube]https://youtu.be/qoQjsI_k6Ms[/youtube]

Email dailyvid@jillstanek.com with your video suggestions.

by Carder

Forty thousand differing denominations have sprung up in Martin Luther’s foul wake, each one believing it has the truth in its completeness.

That is simply impossible. And the proof is in the pudding; you need look no further than the pro-life movement’s somewhat uninspiring record to recognize this sad fact.

It’s true that without the movement’s presence, the Culture of Death would have most certainly advanced further and achieved its wicked designs much earlier – but the fact of the matter is the Culture of Death is winning….

It’s true that without the movement’s presence, the Culture of Death would have most certainly advanced further and achieved its wicked designs much earlier – but the fact of the matter is the Culture of Death is winning….

And how this all translates into hampering the pro-life movement is that the issue of contraception can’t really be brought up because many Protestant pro-lifers either don’t see the connection to abortion or don’t want to, and some Catholics pro-lifers who do see the connection are reluctant to splinter support over the issue.

~ Apologist Michael Voris, submitting that pro-life Protestantism actually hurts the pro-life movement, Church Militant TV, March 11

by Hans Johnson

Abortion appears to be in a slow, steady decline, to the dismay of advocates and media cheerleaders. Clinics that perform these “services” are also dwindling. Which would you rather have in your neighborhood? A dentist’s office or one of these so-called “women’s centers”?

Sidewalk Advocates For Life noted the recent release of a new Planned Parenthood video about “abortion stigma” and wonders: Could it be that abortion is losing favor because it is “the taking of a human life and the wounding of another”?

[youtube]https://youtu.be/H-QJsJGj4QM[/youtube]

Email dailyvid@jillstanek.com with your video suggestions.

[HT: Kelli]

by Kelli

I don’t even really know a lot of people who have had abortions. But I liked the experience, I found it very satisfying, and I found the patients’ stories very compelling….

I have never had a point where I didn’t think this was the right thing to do.

– Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, Arizona abortionist

I feel saddened that abortion care can’t just be incorporated into a woman’s regular physician care [like any other medical treatment].

– Dr. S., Michigan abortionist

I can’t think of anything more important than providing abortions.

– Dr. Lisa Perriera, Ohio abortionist

I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am doing the right thing….

~ Dr. Cheryl Chastine, Kansas abortionist

I can honestly say I absolutely love my job.

– Dr. Dana Kusnir, New York abortionist

~ Female abortionists describe what they love most about performing abortions, as quoted by Robin Marty, Cosmopolitan, March 10

[Photos via facebook.com, rightsoftheunborn.blogspot.com, saynsumthn.wordpress.com, abcnews.go.com]

by Hans Johnson

Five years ago there was quite the uproar when Focus On the Family sponsored a pro-life tv ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mother Pam during the Super Bowl. People even claimed it would cost lives. Of course, quite the opposite happened.

Susan Wood had a lot on her mind that day. She had just found out she was pregnant and her boyfriend was not supportive in the least. Abortion seemed to be the only way. Accepting an invitation to a Super Bowl party, she was the only one not celebrating, but she is undoubtedly the only one there whose life took a major turn for the better.

See how a simple little 30-second ad led to the birth of Avita Grace that September:

[youtube]http://youtu.be/wYXOj3ffEtI[/youtube]

Email dailyvid@jilstanek.com with your video suggestions.

[HT: LauraLoo]