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Awesome: "Progressive" feminist group does Red Rose style rescue in Virginia.

The rescue was on November 16th. Here's some info off the RRR facebook page and the rescuer's entire press release is below, explaining their pro-life position.

Seven Pro-lifers arrested in Rescue today Nov. 16, 2021 from new group called Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising-- and Two Red Rose Rescuers--Lauren handy and Jonathan Darnell participated. Five women left the clinic during the rescue that took place at the abortion center in Alexandria, VA. see here their press release. https://mailchi.mp/4b9.../progressive-pro-lifers-arrested...

They were charged with trespassing-- and all are released from jail.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ALEXANDRIA VA  - This morning activists from Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising entered 5999 Stevenson Ave Medical Complex where the largest abortionist provider in Northern Virginia, Alexandria Women's Health Clinic, is located. There they entered the abortion facility’s lobby as well as stationed themselves around the medical complex for the eventual goal of shutting down Alexandria Women's Health Clinic for the day. This is an act of non violent direct action which directly disrupts the cycle of abortion violence. Founder and Executive Director of PAAU, Terrisa Bukovinac explains, “Social justice can only be achieved when people from every corner of society are willing to put their bodies in-between those being oppressed and their oppressors. Late capitalism fuels the commodification and killing of unborn children along with their parents who are exploited and coerced into abortion for profit.” Inside the building, they offer help to abortion-minded families, counsel them to change their minds about aborting their babies, and information on local resource centers. Activists stationed around the building pass out flyers encouraging businesses to put pressure on building management that “Abortion is Bad Business” Typically in these situations when asked to leave the facility by law enforcement, each activist offers an act of non-violent passive defense of the unborn children about to die. This usually results in the activists’ arrests and possible incarceration.  Activist and organizer Lauren Handy shared, “Abortion does not disappear societal problems, they disappear human beings and at Alexandria Women's Health Clinic that’s an average 7000 preborn children killed each year. We must take bold and decisive action if prolifers want to even begin to stem the tide against such violence.” Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, launching October 1st of this year, works to mobilize grassroots pro-life activists for direct action, to dismantle the pervasive and exploitive influence of the abortion industrial complex, and to uphold the progressive values of equality, nonviolence, and non-discrimination for the most marginalized among us: the unborn victims killed by abortion violence. “The Abortion Industrial Complex professes their care for marginalized communities, while at the same time capitalizing from the bias society holds against them through aborting these groups for profit. Their industry is rooted in violence against already vulnerable people, only when members of these communities, like those from PAAU, stand up to end this violence will it end.” Kristin Turner, Communications Director for PAAU. For interviews and questions contact: Terrisa Bukovinac | 404-388-6464

Former Planned Parenthood director exposes pro abortion SC justice

A 3 minute video interview with Abby Johnson. She's referencing Justice Sonia Sotomayor (who is a graduate of Cardinal Spellman HS). We've put excerpts from Sotomayor's comments below the video. Draw your own conclusions.

 

This is after the issue of fetal pain came up - Sotomayor's point -

Sotomayor - generally a "follow the science" person - on when life begins -

A true believer-- in the Democratic Party. My Party, right or wrong, but right or wrong my Party.

 

 

From NRO: "Justices Show Supreme Skepticism of Roe"

SAD: Some young women outside the Supreme Court, claiming to be taking abortion pills...

From National Review online -

Veterans of Supreme Court cases past know that it is risky to read the tea leaves from questions at argument, but it is hard to see how the argument could have gone much better for the pro-life cause.

The lawyers for the abortion clinic and for the Biden administration insisted on an all-or-nothing outcome, giving the Court no alternative path to uphold the Mississippi law without overruling Roe. Every effort by Chief Justice John Roberts to find some potential compromise standard was rebuffed. That is a risky strategy when the likeliest way to disappoint pro-lifers is the Court’s incrementalists preferring to bend rather than break Roe, but it reflects the calcified, uncompromising extremism of the pro-choice movement.

Nobody seriously defended Roe as a correct reading of the Constitution. Its defenders instead circled the wagons around the institutional importance of adhering to past precedents. Justice Breyer, sounding very much like a man who expected to end up on the losing side of the case, thundered about the Court’s institutional need to avoid revisiting past decisions even if seriously erroneous. Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested, implausibly, that a decision overturning a longstanding precedent could lead to the Court throwing out Marbury v. Madison and discarding the Second Amendment — even though she herself has already voted to overturn D.C. v. Heller. These same arguments could have been made for keeping the pro-segregation Plessy v. Ferguson decision 58 years later in Brown v. Board of Education.

 

 

 

More on the White Plains NY Red Rose Rescue

This is the press release posted on the Red Rose Rescue facebook page. It seems to have been posted the evening of the Rescue - the 27th

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Red Rose Rescue is feeling hopeful.

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Today in White Plains, NY, Red Rose Rescue conducted a nonviolent direct action intervention at the "All Women's Health & Medical Services" murder facility. This for-profit buisness performs grisly abortions on babies in the womb up to 24 weeks old!

There were five primary sidewalk and vestibule prolife counselors offering information and roses to the arriving pregnant mothers. And in addition, there were two patient advocates and one counselor in the waiting room also handing out roses with pregnancy aid cards.

The waiting room advocates and the vestibule counselors were able to pray, counsel mothers, and dialogue with staff (and police) inside the abortion facility for over TWO HOURS.

"We stayed inside the building to be faithful patient advocates for the moms and their tiny little ones in the womb," said Will Goodman, "in conscience, we could not leave while innocent people were in harm's way."

Approximately seven mothers entered the facility during the rescue. Each received compassionate prolife counseling. One mother freely chose to leave the abortuary, and was in tears as she departed. This young mother was offered help and did not return to the abortuary.

"We have great hope that our witness for life today touched the hearts and minds of each mom," stated Laura Gies, a seasoned prolife veteran sidewalk counselor.

Two waiting room patient advocates and one vestibule counselor were unjustly arrested by command of the abortion mill chief administrator.

Sidewalk counselors, meanwhile, remained at the killing facility in the cold wind for over four hours total. At least four more pregnant women showed up for abortions after the arrest of the nonviolent patient advocates. However, counselors witnessed two moms leaving the butchering center as "turn aways" from abortion and were not seen to return.

"Today saw an excellent effort in our counseling outreach," said Br. Simeon of the Franciscans of the Renewal-- a sidewalk prayer warrior and servant of the outcast poor.

There were also good opportunities for constructive and respectful discussions with local law enforcement. Similarly, peaceful words were shared with the homicidal staff members.

The onsite RRR team had ten women, two Catholic Priests, a Franciscan Brother, and seven laymen.

Arrested were Fr. Fidelis, Will Goodman, and "Baby John Doe."

All have been released unharmed with a court appearance at the White Plains courthouse set for December 13th, which happens to be the "observed" Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Archdiocese of New York.

Thank you for all of your prayers, love, and support!!

Please continue your faithful intercession on behalf of the pregnant moms and their little babies, the fathers, the abortion factory workers, the police, and the rescue team.

 

Rockland County: Concert for Life December 11th honoring Fr. Fidelis

Dear Pastors and Friends of Life,

               On behalf of Eileen Peterson, please place the following information in your bulletins for the weekends of December 4, 2021. I have also attached flyer which I’d ask that you also post at your respective parishes.

               Additionally, please consider having your parish/organizations take out a journal ad in support of the Concert for Life. The concert is to benefit the Mothers and Babies at the Good Counsel Home in Spring Valley, New York. The journal deadline is December 6^th (a journal ad order form is attached.)

               If you have any questions regarding the Concert for Life please contact Eileen Peterson at: RachelMinister1@aol.com or at: 845-492-6709.

               Thank you for your help in spreading the word!

 

Red Rose Rescue comes to White Plains, NY

UPDATE: We will post more information as we receive it.

Yesterday morning at the "All Women's Health" abortion mill on Mamaroneck Ave.

Five or six people entered about 8:30, the police arrived at 8:47 and the pro-life women involved went back out. There were about 20 pro-life supporters outside including sidewalk counselors. The police did not arrest the three people inside until after 10:15. They appeared to be not pushing the issue and were perhaps hoping to talk the three people inside into just leaving. The three were then arrested and carried out, at about ten minute intervals. The last person was loaded into a police car at 10:53.

While this was going on it appeared that only a couple of women entered. Others appeared to turn up and then leave. Some pictures - from outside of course.

8:48AM

8:50

There was moderate traffic passing by -

A CFR seminarian, talking to two of the Sidewalk Counselors.

It's now 10:09 and the White Plains police are working out how to handle the situation.

First person taken out - thank you Matt

Next, thank you Father.

Last, thank you Will.

A discussion ensued with the police; would they close the "clinic" for the rest of the day? "no."

However we believe no one else entered. 

We will post more information as it comes to us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"McAuliffe’s Abortion Push Failed to Sway Voters in Virginia Election"

McAuliffe - another pro-abortion fanatic Catholic - made protecting and promoting abortion a centerpiece of his campaign.

However - excerpts below but hit the link for the full story.

Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin won the vote of Virginians who prioritized abortion, exit polling shows, even though Democrat Terry McAuliffe poured millions into advertisements accusing Youngkin of harboring a “far right” abortion agenda.

A Fox News voter analysis released late Tuesday evening found that 5% of Virginia voters cited abortion as “the most important issue facing Virginia.” That group supported Youngkin over McAuliffe by a margin of 12 percentage points: 44% voted for McAuliffe, but 56% voted for Youngkin, according to the poll. 

“Pro-life victories in both the Virginia House of Delegates and the governor’s race are a strong repudiation of abortion extremism that effectively halts the radical pro-abortion legislative agenda in the Commonwealth,” Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement Wednesday. 

“At the top of the ticket, Terry McAuliffe arguably made abortion the central issue in his campaign, and it failed spectacularly,” she continued. “This is due in part to Glenn Youngkin punching back in his own TV ad and in the debates, defining McAuliffe as the real extremist for supporting painful, late-term abortions.”

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McAuliffe poured millions of dollars into ads painting Youngkin and his stances on abortion as “far right”: Three of McAuliffe’s most expensive ads (ranging from $510,000 to $922,000) attacked Youngkin on abortion and aired more than 1,100 times on broadcast or cable television. 

Still to be seen in Virginia -

Westchester & Putnam Right to Life PAC recommendations for voting Tuesday

Here they are:

Catholic League PR: "Vatican Stiffs Biden"

This press release from the Catholic League just out -

Vatican Stiffs Biden

 

October 28, 2021

 

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on tomorrow's meeting between the pope and the president:

 

Yesterday, I issued a statement saying the White House is out to milk the meeting between Pope Francis and President Biden. They need to. Biden is in trouble with the bishops at home—he adamantly rejects core Catholic moral teachings—and his administration was banking on posting pictures of the two men grinning and shaking hands. But now the Vatican has thrown a monkey wrench into this opportunistic gambit. The media have been mostly barred from covering the meeting.

 

The Vatican has said that there will be no live coverage of Biden greeting the pope. Nor will the media be allowed to cover the two men sitting down as they begin their conversation. In other words, the optics that the White House was counting on are dead in the water.

 

Usually, the media film an exchange of gifts between the pope and a head of state in the pope's library; a recording of what they say is also provided. Not this time. Only select professionals, chosen by the Vatican,  will be permitted.

 

White House press secretary Jen Psaki knows what this means and is not a happy camper. She chided the Vatican, saying, "We believe in the value of a free press."

 

If the White House valued a free press, why does the president rarely hold a press conference? Why does he habitually duck the press when boarding a helicopter? Why does the vice president run from the press? Why, when they were running for office, did they refuse to do any of the Sunday talk shows? Why did Biden hide in his basement?

 

Kudos to the Vatican. They know when they are being used.

Head of Students for Life of America speaks at Hilary Clinton's alma mater

Here's some text and an embedded video from Kristan Hawkins visit to Wellesley College last week.

I’ve gotten a lot of emails and texts asking how my “The Future is Anti-Abortion” speaking event at Wellesley College (Hillary Clinton’s alma mater) went on Thursday night, so I wanted to send you a brief update.

First of all, I want to thank those of you who chipped in – both financially and with your prayers – to help make this event a reality.

In the days leading up to the event, I wasn’t sure if the event would actually happen.

Hundreds of pro-abortion students and community members tried to pressure the Wellesley administration to cancel me and some even threatened violence.

Students for Life published their threats to administrators and the media to shine a light on the pro-abortion mob’s radicalism and to quell any attempts at disruption or attacks.

And despite an 800-signature petition to school administrators begging them to SHUT DOWN my event because I’m allegedly “ableist, sexist, and transphobic,” Wellesley College allowed me to speak.

The good news is, all this “publicity” actually helped drive more students to attend my speech!

And once pro-abortion students were faced with the reality of the pro-life movement – that organizations like Students for Life support women in crisis daily with love and understanding – their entire worldview was shattered.

When I showed them their own college’s failure to support pregnant and parenting students, many of them agreed with me that it was shameful behavior.

I know with 100% certainty that they walked away knowing that the pro-life movement actually does care about women, which our research shows is the first step in changing hearts on abortion.

That made it all worth it!

I don’t know how many hearts and minds were changed at Wellesley College the other night.

But I DO know that we’ll NEVER change hearts and minds if we don’t take risks – and that includes taking the fight to Planned Parenthood’s “home turf,” college campuses.

After all, if we don’t stand up for our beliefs – even when it’s hard – how will we ever win the battle to end abortion in the United States?

In the coming weeks, I’ll be traveling to at least three more campuses for my “The Future is Anti-Abortion” speaking tour:

• St. Mary’s College (Indiana) – Monday, November 8th
• University of California-Irvine: Wednesday, November 10th
• University of San Diego: Thursday, November 11th

Would you please prayerfully consider making a generous tax-deductible contribution of $250, $100, $50, $25, or at least $10 to help me continue to change hearts and minds through my “The Future is Anti-Abortion” speaking tour?

Thank you for all you do for life.
 
For Life,

Kristan Hawkins
President, Students for Life of America