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Consistent Ethic of Life - life or death

From a recent Consistent Life email. This is not pie in the sky. It is life or death. Abortion and nuclear bombs - two sides of the same coin. Tell that to your liberal friends!

Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal 
 
        The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons went into effect on January 22, 2021. Though the nations that actually possess them didn’t ratify the treaty, the international community has made it clear they should stop.
        This is having an impact on finance: a November 2021 report shows $63 billion in investments were moved away from the companies that produce nuclear weapons in the previous two years.

Roe v. Wade Is Overturned
 
        While it doesn’t mean that people have seen the light on what’s wrong with abortion, it does remove a major obstacle toward making progress on protecting unborn children plus all of their families and communities that suffer from the violence used against them.
 
        Last year, we commemorated the tragedy of Roe and the hopefulness of the U.N. Treaty. We still observe on January 22 the anniversary of a court decision that will take us years to recuperate from even when it’s now overturned. But because after all this time it’s finally no longer in effect, and we’ll have our first protest of abortion in general rather than of the court decision in particular, we have more hope for the future. Thus, our Day of Horror and Hope has added more hope.

The Death Penalty Keeps Losing Support
 
        Despite a rise in violent crime in the U.S., two polls show that support for the death penalty is at a 50-year low.
 

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Euthanasia for Depression is Ruled Unjust
 
        The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the euthanasia of a depressed woman in Belgium violated Article 2 of the European Convention of Human Rights. The woman was given a lethal injection at the age of 64 for “incurable depression,” a surprise to her psychiatrist and a deep anguish to her son. We can hope that people like this woman can get greater care than can ever be available when being killed is pushed.
 

Four Red Rose Rescuers sentenced to 45 days in jail for Flint Michigan 2019 rescue.

Thanks to RC for sending us this - there is worthwhile information through both the links below.

“BREAKING: Lauren Handy and 3 other defendants have been sentenced to 45 days in Flint jail for a Rescue in 2019. Thank you to everyone who came to the sentencing today. Solidarity with political prisoners everywhere and with the victims of the abortion genocide,” announced the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU), of which Lauren Handy is the director of activism, on social media Friday.

from lifenews -

“We are living in the midst of a genocide and it’s no surprise that the institutions which allow for the exploitation and murder of thousands of unborn children in this state are inflicting further oppression onto those like Lauren, who dare to challenge their agenda,” said Terrisa Bukovinac, founder and executive director of PAAU. Lauren Handy is the director of activism for PAAU. She and the three others were charged with misdemeanor trespassing, disturbing the peace and obstructing a police officer (a felony) for going “limp” during their arrest, according to the organization. Bukovinac said non-violent social justice activists often decide to “go limp” to refuse to assist in their own unjust arrest.

And some additional information -

Matthew Connolly and Patrice Woodworth arrested - defending the unborn and
reaching out to their mothers to help them choose life- June 7, 2019  at the 
Women's Center extermination camp, Flint, Michigan.

 

Attorney Robert Muise spoke eloquently explaining the truth about abortion and tried to help pathetic Judge Newblatt see that ending abortion is a civil right issue.

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Theresa - "My Abortion Made Me A Pro-Life ‘Extremist’"

As many know, Theresa Bonopartis is the Director of Lumina: Help and healing After Abortion. Very sadly, a quite busy woman.

When I saw my son’s small, lifeless body on the bed next to me after hours of labor, my extremism was born.

I am a pro-life extremist and proud of it. It happened one day over 50 years ago pre-Roe v. Wade but when abortion was legal in New York. Coerced as a teen by my father into an abortion, I had a saline procedure in which I gave birth, after hours of labor, to a dead baby boy.

Nothing prepared me for this (not that anything could). I was not told about the development of my baby or anything about what I was about to undergo. To this day when I think back on it, it seems unbelievable that what happened was legal. When I saw my son’s small, lifeless body on the bed next to me after hours of labor, my extremism was born.

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If you turn on the TV lately, it is hard not to be bombarded by Democratic political ads lamenting the Republicans who, in their view, do not care about women and are pro-life “extremists.” They claim pro-life politicians don’t care about women’s “health” and make no exceptions for abortion in the case of rape and incest.

Women watching these ads are led to believe that there can be no success without the ability to have an abortion at any time. They tell women their life is rendered invaluable by the small life within, and that the only empowering response to an unplanned pregnancy is abortion. They’re told that life will go back to “normal,” and all their dreams will be fulfilled.

Democrats sling around phrases like “forced birth” and try to make voters focus on cases of rape and incest, which are less than 3 percent of all abortions, but they ignore the extreme violence that happens in the womb and the torment of the soul as countless women come to find out that life does not go back to normal. They often learn that the dreams they sought to fulfill are now obstructed by depression, shame, grief, and a host of other emotions that interfere with their daily lives. Worse yet, although Democrats have empathy for those who fit their agenda, they continue to deny the very real experiences of those women who suffer and blame anything but abortion for their problems.

Ht the link for the rest of the column by Theresa.

 

"Bishops Blast Biden for Promoting Abortion: His “Single-Minded Extremism is Gravely Wrong”"

As Biden attempts to catch up with China and North Korean abortion policy...

“The president is gravely wrong to continue to seek every possible avenue to facilitate abortion, instead of using his power to increase support and care to mothers in challenging situations,” Lori said. “This single-minded extremism must end, and we implore President Biden to recognize the humanity in preborn children and the genuine life-giving care needed by women in this country.”

The Catholic News Agency reports the message came from Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore on Tuesday in response to Biden naming a radical pro-abortion bill his top priority for 2023. Another archbishop recently described the legislation as “child sacrifice,” saying it’s what “one would expect from a devout Satanist, not a devout Catholic.”

Lori, chair of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Biden’s abortion advocacy is “tragic” and “gravely wrong” because babies in the womb are valuable human beings, according to the report.

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The bill that Biden supports would force states to legalize abortions for basically any reason up to birth and force taxpayers to pay for them. Nicknamed the Abortion Without Limits Up to Birth Act, the legislation also would end parental consent for minors and jeopardize conscience protections for doctors and nurses who refuse to abort unborn babies.

Gov. DeSantis 1 minute video: "DeSantis On Being Pro-Life: "We're Better When EVERYBODY Counts""

From a debate with the Democrat candidate Charlie Crist - who was a former Republican and formerly prolife.

 

Movie about Marilyn Monroe: "The Blonde Abortion Controversy Puts a Myth on Trial"

The abortion promoters - Planned Parenthood, et al - have denounced this movie (available on Netflix) as it questions abortion. This article is on NRO - should be available without a subscription.

The author is a young woman - "Madeleine Kearns is a staff writer at National Review and a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum."

A clump of cells” as a description of the unborn was rendered untenable by advances in ultrasound technology. The preferred strategy now is to change the subject, speculating a series of catastrophes and misfortunes associated with bringing a child to term: “If I don’t have this abortion, I won’t be able to finish college, go to law school, marry the man of my dreams,” etc. Or it can be retrospective, as when Michelle Williams, in accepting her Golden Globe, said she wouldn’t have been able to win the award “without employing a woman’s right to choose.” Whatever the specific circumstances, the justification is always the same: My abortion is (or was) necessary, and I know that for a fact.

Blonde, a biopic about Marilyn Monroe written and directed by Andrew Dominik and released last month on Netflix, has challenged this narrative. By engaging seriously with both the humanity of the unborn and the uncertainty involved in choosing abortion, it has, perhaps expectedly, proved unpopular with abortion advocates. Feminists went into an uproar upon the release. Planned Parenthood condemned it as having “contributed to abortion stigma.”

Coast to Coast Rosary in Rye this past Sunday

On a very nice day and and with Fr. Fidelis in attendance.

Fr. spoke about the polish martyr, Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko, killed in Poland in 1084 for speaking out against e repressive government and supporting the Solidarity movement. The comparison was quite clear ...

Fr. Justin

A group of about 75 to 80, spread out around the Gazebo!

At the end - a group picture of most - but not all - of the attendees!

Beautiful event - see you back next autumn!

 

 

 

 

‘I Regret It Every Day’ - Survey of 14,000 women who had chemical abortions

Excerpts below the link.

The entertainment and legacy media present abortion as empowering, but that’s not the feeling that impelled one mother to agree to a medication abortion. “I was scared to death,” she told researchers. Even five later, the woman — who still describes herself as “pro-choice” — says she regrets her chemical abortion. “Now I wish I would’ve just faced it all and had my baby,” she said. “I regret it still to this day and probably still will for the rest of my life.”

Her words echo too many other women who took the two-pill regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol, called a “medical” or “chemical” abortion to distinguish it from surgical abortion. Nearly two out of three women who had a medication abortion say they would have benefited from talking to someone about the trauma of their abortion experience, but only 24% sought out help, according to a study of 14,000 women conducted by the group Support After Abortion. The gaping disparity may reflect the fact that 82% of post-abortive women did not know where they could find post-abortion counseling. As the study notes, an unknown number of women are now paying the price.

“Many were traumatized by medication abortion, an experience they said was far more painful, physically and emotionally, than they had imagined,” the survey noted.

The first of the two pills blocks progesterone, cutting off nourishment to the child in utero, while the second stimulates contractions to force the child’s dead body out of his or her mother, usually into a toilet. The fetal remains “can be flushed down the lavatory or wrapped in tissue, placed in a small plastic bag and put in the dustbin,” explained a British abortion provider. “If she looks carefully, she might be able to count the fingers and toes,” said Dr. Anthony Levatino, a former abortionist who later became pro-life, in a video produced by Live Action.

The expectant mother undergoes this alone, often without an in-person medical check-up. Support After Abortion noted that women found bearing the responsibility of presiding over and disposing of their child’s remains “extremely distressing,” “isolating,” and “traumatic.”

“[I] just feel bad. I let it bleed out of me like nothing,” said one woman. One-third of women (34%) who had a chemical abortion “reported an adverse change in themselves, including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and thoughts of suicide.”

“I felt like I didn’t deserve to be a mom. It got to the point where I wasn’t eating. I couldn’t go to work. I couldn’t watch my kids,” said Chantal Gates in her book, “Unraveled Roots: Exposing the Hidden Causes of Damaging Behaviors,” published in 2020. “I couldn’t believe I had done this to a child I actually cared about and wanted.”

At least one post-abortive woman committed suicide, and seven died of overdoses/drug-related deaths, after undergoing a medical abortion, according to FDA data. Barely half of the 26 known deaths related to medication abortion (54%) between 2000 and 2019 came from natural causes. But the number may be far higher, as researchers say the results are often miscoded as a miscarriage.

Reminder: Coast to Coast Rosary this Sunday in Rye - here's the information

A beautiful event and the recently released Fr. Fidelis will be there.

Spain: "14 Children rescued from abortion to be baptized"

Beautiful! The baptisms were yesterday.

Bishop Ginés García Beltrán, of the Diocese of Getafe in southern Spain, is baptizing 14 children rescued from the doors of abortion clinics.

This is thanks to the good work of the Más Futuro (“More Future”) association and the Rescatadores Juan Pablo II (“John Paul II Rescuers”), who offer mothers and their children a new chance at life.

“It’s been very complicated because each mother has a different problem, but saving babies from abortion makes us deeply happy. Despite the particularly complicated moment, we’re rescuing many children,” says Marta Velarde, head of Más Futuro.

Más Futuro has its headquarters in Alcorcón, near Madrid, where they also have a shelter for mothers at risk of having an abortion who also have another child in their care and whom no one else is helping. They also work with other mothers who’ve already had an abortion and need advice and support.

The association explains that they’ve been preparing for many months for this celebration and that they’re very excited to live this special day.

The Bishop comments -

“Today I would like to refer to a deception, a red herring that’s hidden in this law,” explained Bishop Ginés García Beltrán in declarations to Cadena COPE: “Today there’s a debate about whether or not a 16-year-old girl has to ask one of her parents for their consent to have an abortion. There are those who think that it’s not necessary – which is an aberration – and there are those who think that it is necessary. But the misdirection I’m referring to is that both sides put all the emphasis on the consent of the parent, as if the consent of a parent would turn a bad act into a good act.“

“That is to say, with or without parental consent, abortion will always be bad,” explains the bishop.

In these statements, he also reflects on the defense of the life of the unborn, which must go beyond a religious question: “This is something we have to think about and defend. Not because we are religious, but because we are men and women, and much more because we are men and women who follow Christ,” he concludes.