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Melissa Ohden interview: An abortion survivor

As she mentions the CDC says 400-500 people survive being aborted every year. Melissa was at a fundraiser in White Plains in 2019. She was saved in 1977 by a nurse who rushed her to the hospital neonatal unit. Ultimately Melissa was adopted. She has an MSW degree. Her story is compelling - especially about tracking down her biological relations (including her birth mother) who she now has a close relationship with. Not mentioned - the abortion attempt was a saline abortion. Astonishing she has no disabilities.

A great 20 minute interview with a wonderful and articulate advocate. Go here Melissaohden.com and also here abortionsurvivors.org for more.

Pope Francis: protect life "From conception in the womb until natural death"

Most of Pope Francis comments on the right to life from conception to natural death are suppressed by the media. But you already knew that. We loved his comment a couple of years ago that abortionists were "Nazis wearing white gloves."

The pandemic “forced us to confront two unavoidable dimensions of human existence: sickness and death,” Pope Francis said. “In doing so, it reminded us of the value of life, of every individual human life and its dignity, at every moment of its earthly pilgrimage, from conception in the womb until its natural end.”

“It is painful to note that under the pretext of guaranteeing presumed subjective rights, a growing number of legal systems in our world seem to be moving away from their inalienable duty to protect human life at every one of its phases,” the pope said, noting how the so-called “right” to abortion destroys unborn babies’ right to life.

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The pope said society must respect the right to life for every human being, born and unborn.

“If we deprive the weakest among us of the right to life, how can we effectively guarantee respect for every other right?” he questioned.

Every person “is an end in himself or herself, and never simply a means to be valued only for his or her usefulness,” the pope said. “Persons are created to live together in families, communities and societies, where all are equal in dignity.”

Many times, Pope Francis has condemned abortion and urged Christians to protect every human life. In 2018, he caused outrage among abortion activists after comparing abortion to “hiring a hitman” to kill unborn babies. He frequently describes aborted babies as victims of a “throwaway culture” and encourages society to recognize their value.

"We fight for Life" - Bishop Robert Barron's homily from Mass for the unborn

Biblical and thematic - from one of the leading American evangelists. And with multiple quotes from Pope Francis.

Day after March for Life; "Red Rose Rescue" in Maryland

Here's the article, and video below -

Pro-life activists were gathered at Silver Spring Gynecology and Family Planning Saturday for a Red Rose Rescue. One Catholic priest, Father Fidelis Moscinski, CFR, was arrested along with Lauren Handy and Jonathan Darnell for entering the facility, offering roses to the mothers inside, and refusing to leave. This was the first Red Rose Rescue during the Biden regime.

 

Cancel Culture: "Two, four, six, eight, this Church teaches hate" - disruption of Respect Life Mass

As suggested in the video "A taste of things to come." Maybe. Invasion of the Cathedral. This is the protesters own video - very proud of themselves.

"On January 22, 2021, pro-abortion protesters disrupted the Respect Life Mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in downtown Columbus Friday, where Bishop Robert Brennan was presiding at an event marking the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Just a taste of things to come."

 

Washington events on January 29th - even with the formal March a virtual event!

While the March for Life will be a "virtual" event -  - You can sign-up here to participate in the virtual March for Life.

This is what else is going on -

From: Citizens for a Pro-Life Society News <citizensforaprolifesociety@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "citizensforaprolifesociety@gmail.com" <citizensforaprolifesociety@gmail.com>
Subject: Pro-Life Pickets in D.C. Jan 29th in Honor of Joseph Scheidler-- See Details!

 

Join Us In Washington D. C. January 29th for a Public Witness to the Sanctity of Life !  Peacefully Exercising Our First  Amendment Right   In Honor of the Late Joseph Scheidler-- Pro-life Hero and Champion who died Jan. 18th Prayer Time and Pro-Life Picket at The Planned Parenthood Mega Abortion Center     in Washington D.C. at: 1225 4th. St NE, Washington, DC 20002 Friday, January 29th 9:00am to 10:00am   And Join Pro-Life “Face the Truth” Sign Display at Dupont Circle in D.C.   1:00pm to 3:00pm Meet in Green Space within the Circle 16th St. NW to the east, 22nd St. NW to the west, M St. NW to the south, & Florida Avenue NW to the north.   SPREAD THE WORD!  AND WE WILL SEE YOU THERE!     In this time of darkness—let us be a LIGHT! Let’s witness to Sanctity of Life in PEACE and TRUTH at the place where the unborn suffer death by abortion.     Please consider a Donation to Help us Continue Our Life-Saving Work!   Send your tax Deductible Donation to:   Citizens for a Pro-Life Society 67919 Eight Mile Road South Lyon, MI 48178      or just click on this Link to Donate ONLINE:     DONATE NOW!

With the Washington March for Life no longer a live event, here are other actions in the area

The March will be a Virtual March - You can sign-up here to participate in the virtual March for Life.

Sent from the Respect Life NY Archdiocese Office

 Local Events

 

Bronx Prayer Vigil

Friday, Jan. 22^nd 

St. Helena’s Church

1315 Olmstead Ave.

The Bronx, NY

 

12:15pm - Mass for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

1:00pm-6:30pm – Eucharistic Adoration 

(The Sacrament of Reconciliation will also be available.)

 

Dutchess "Jericho March"

Saturday, Jan. 23rd at 2pm

Planned Parenthood

17 Noxon Street

Poughkeepsie, NY

 

Join DutchessNY4Life for a peaceful, prayerful witness to life.

 

Newburgh Prayer Witness 

Jan. 22^nd & Jan. 29^th at 10 am

Planned Parenthood

136 Lake St. Suite11

Newburgh, NY

 

Join in praying the rosary outside of the Planned Parenthood in Newburgh.

 

Orange County March for Life

Friday, January 29^th at Noon

Our Lady of Guadalupe Respect Life Society of Sacred Heart and St. Anastasia

 Join in a local March for Life in Monroe beginning at the Mill Pond Park and Ride which is near the Shortline bus stop. Bring your own banners. For more info call Rich Strobel at 914-456-0512 or Tina Quirk at 783-3252.

 

Rockland Right to Life Prayer Service

Friday, January 29^th at Noon 

Saint Margaret of Antioch Church

115 W Central Avenue

Pearl River, NY

 

There will be beautiful music and it will also be live streamed via YouTube if you are unable to attend the service in person. Visit the homepage of www.smparish.com for the link to the service.  

 

Staten Island Rally for Life and Witness for Life

Rally for Life Friday, Jan. 29^th 

Noon - Mass at St. Charles Church (200 Penn Ave.)

1-2pm - Praying the rosary outside SIUH North (475 Seaview Ave.)

 

Witness for Life Saturday Jan. 30th 

9AM - Mass at St. Christopher's Church (130 Midland Ave) followed by light refreshments in Community Center. 

10:30 - 11:30AM Praying the rosary outside SIUH North (475 Seaview Ave.)  

 

 

Westchester Prayer Vigil

Friday, Jan. 22nd 

12 noon to 3 pm

St. Patrick's, Yorktown Heights 

 

Join in Adoration, Rosary for Life, Reflection from Fr. Ryan Muldoon, silent meditation and Benediction. The Prayer Vigil will take place in the main church.

 

Westchester Rally for Life

Saturday, Jan. 23rd

12 noon to 1 pm

All Women's Health & Medical Services

222 Mamaroneck Avenue

White Plains, NY 

 

Join in an hour of prayer and public witness at the corner of Maple and Mamaroneck on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 12 noon to remember the young lives lost since 1973's Roe v. Wade decision. For more details please contact Lucy Panama, (914) 776-4135.

 

Yonkers Rosary for Life

Friday, Jan. 22nd at Noon

Planned Parenthood

20 South Broadway, Yonkers 

 

Join in praying the rosary in front of Planned Parenthood on the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The rosary will be prayed in Spanish and English.

 

Yonkers Holy Hour for Life

Friday, Jan. 22nd at 7pm

St. Ann's Church

854 Midland Ave.

Yonkers, NY

 

Join in Eucharistic Adoration on the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Social distancing and masks required.

 

Yonkers Spanish Prayer Vigil

Friday, Jan. 22nd

St Joseph’s Church 

141 Ashburton Ave.

Yonkers, NY

 

Rosario pro-vida -  6:20 pm 

 Misa - 7:00pm

Adoración - 8:00-9:00 pm 

Joe Scheidler, the great Chicago Pro-life leader, gone at age 93.

Over the years he had many visits to the NY area. He was responsible for the conversion of dozens of abortionists, and an unnumbered crowd of people are walking the earth today because of his efforts.   Below are some tributes.

From the Pro-Life Action League, which he founded -

“My father’s proudest accomplishment was the pro-life work of those he inspired to take an active role in the fight against abortion, the greatest injustice of our time,” said Eric Scheidler, Joe’s oldest son, who serves as the League’s executive director. “For years, people have been telling me about the talk or protest where they met my father, and how his words and example prompted them to do more than just talk, but to take responsibility for addressing the injustice.” ...Joe’s career as a pro-life activist took him to every state in U.S. and countries on four continents, as well as through countless court battles, including the notorious NOW v. Scheidler RICO case, the longest case in U.S. federal court history and the only one to make three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, including 8-1 and 8-0 rulings in 2003 and 2006 that fully vindicated him. His 1985 book CLOSED: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion, a centerpiece of the NOW v. Scheidler trial, became the manual for pro-life activists throughout the world. Joe Scheidler died of pneumonia at the age of 93 at 9:45 a.m. on Monday, January 18, 2021, surrounded by his family at his home on Chicago’s northwest side. Joe is survived by his wife Ann, seven children, twenty-six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly in his official obituary.

Joe’s career as a pro-life activist took him to every state in U.S. and countries on four continents, as well as through countless court battles, including the notorious NOW v. Scheidler RICO case, the longest case in U.S. federal court history and the only one to make three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, including 8-1 and 8-0 rulings in 2003 and 2006 that fully vindicated him. His 1985 book CLOSED: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion, a centerpiece of the NOW v. Scheidler trial, became the manual for pro-life activists throughout the world. Joe Scheidler died of pneumonia at the age of 93 at 9:45 a.m. on Monday, January 18, 2021, surrounded by his family at his home on Chicago’s northwest side. Joe is survived by his wife Ann, seven children, twenty-six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly in his official obituary.

- View more at: https://prolifeaction.org/2021/pro-life-action-league-mourns-the-death-of-founder-joe-scheidler/

 

Joe’s career as a pro-life activist took him to every state in U.S. and countries on four continents, as well as through countless court battles, including the notorious NOW v. Scheidler RICO case, the longest case in U.S. federal court history and the only one to make three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, including 8-1 and 8-0 rulings in 2003 and 2006 that fully vindicated him. His 1985 book CLOSED: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion, a centerpiece of the NOW v. Scheidler trial, became the manual for pro-life activists throughout the world. Joe Scheidler died of pneumonia at the age of 93 at 9:45 a.m. on Monday, January 18, 2021, surrounded by his family at his home on Chicago’s northwest side. Joe is survived by his wife Ann, seven children, twenty-six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly in his official obituary.

- View more at: https://prolifeaction.org/2021/pro-life-action-league-mourns-the-death-of-founder-joe-scheidler/

Joe’s career as a pro-life activist took him to every state in U.S. and countries on four continents, as well as through countless court battles, including the notorious NOW v. Scheidler RICO case, the longest case in U.S. federal court history and the only one to make three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, including 8-1 and 8-0 rulings in 2003 and 2006 that fully vindicated him. His 1985 book CLOSED: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion, a centerpiece of the NOW v. Scheidler trial, became the manual for pro-life activists throughout the world. Joe Scheidler died of pneumonia at the age of 93 at 9:45 a.m. on Monday, January 18, 2021, surrounded by his family at his home on Chicago’s northwest side. Joe is survived by his wife Ann, seven children, twenty-six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly in his official obituary.

- View more at: https://prolifeaction.org/2021/pro-life-action-league-mourns-the-death-of-founder-joe-scheidler/

This from Life News -

Scheidler was heralded as one of the early pro-life leaders to participate in protests at abortion clinics and to encourage Americans to vocally oppose abortion by speaking out for unborn children at the very abortion centers where they are killed. Scheidler has been fighting for the rights of the unborn even before the infamous Roe v. Wade decision. After working for other pro-life organizations for several years, Joe founded the Pro-Life Action League to serve the need he saw for pro-life Americans to take bold, direct action to save babies from abortion in their own communities.

This from Human Life International  -

Joe Scheidler, the founder of Chicago’s Pro-Life Action League, was an indefatigable fighter for human life and a stellar example of a Catholic husband and father. He was known as “The Godfather of the Pro-Life Movement” for his nearly half-century of full-time activism in defense of human life, and because he literally wrote the book on pro-life activism, “CLOSED: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion.”

Here is Joe with the late Father Paul Marx, founder of Human Life International.

 

 

Missouri: the first abortion-free state

If true, certainly wonderful news. One down, 49 to go.

Missouri appears to be the first state in America without an abortion facility. Recently, Operation Rescue confirmed that the Planned Parenthood in St. Louis, the only licensed abortion facility in Missouri, is not aborting unborn babies – and hasn’t been for months.

“While the [St. Louis] Planned Parenthood remains open and licensed for abortions, we confirmed that none are being done there. … There is no operational abortion facility in the State of Missouri, making it the first Abortion-Free State at this time,” Operation Rescue president Troy Newman said last week.

Instead, the group found that the St. Louis facility is referring women to a new Planned Parenthood a few miles across the border in Illinois for abortions.

The St. Louis facility still has a license to do abortions, but it apparently is choosing not to. Newman said he believes the reason is because Planned Parenthood does not want to comply with Missouri’s pro-life laws.

“It is obvious that Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region … seeks to avoid having to comply with Missouri’s strong pro-life laws, and has opted to abort in Illinois where abortion facilities are essentially unaccountable,” Newman said. “This shows a gross disrespect for the lives and safety of the women Planned Parenthood purports to serve.”

Hit the link above for the full article.

Petition from Students for life - don't repeal the Hyde Amendment!

This is from Students for Life, a great and very active grassroots organization. It's very easy to sign this petition and you don't have to make a donation (although, you can if you wish).

Dear ...,

“This is our shot, we can go big or go home.”

That was “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) message to her radical base when the media announced total Democrat control of Washington, D.C. – the White House, U.S. House, and U.S. Senate.

Tops on the “Squad’s” wish list?

Repeal of the Hyde Amendment – the only thing standing between Americans and their tax dollars directly funding all abortion.

If pro-lifers don’t act IMMEDIATELY, I’m afraid you and I will very soon be forced to dole out our hard-earned paychecks to pay for the murder of innocent preborn babies.

will you please click here to sign your NO TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTION Petition right away?

As you’ll see, this petition simply urges your U.S. Representative and Senators to protect the taxpayers’ conscience by defending the Hyde Amendment and blocking direct taxpayer funding of all abortion.

Frankly, I’m afraid you and I are behind the eight ball right now.

You see, even as recently as when he was Barack Obama’s Vice President, Joe Biden claimed to support Hyde Amendment protections.

But during his presidential campaign he reversed his position – caving into Planned Parenthood’s favorite politicians – Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar.

And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has said repeal of the Hyde Amendment is “long overdue,” all but promising repeal is in her cross hairs THIS YEAR.

In fact, just weeks ago, the Democrat-run Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee held a hearing on the Hyde Amendment.

Their conclusion?

That blocking direct taxpayer funding of abortion is somehow “racist and discriminatory!”

The truth is, pro-abortion politicians know repealing the Hyde Amendment will line the pockets of their pals at Planned Parenthood who will return the favor by funding their political campaigns to the tune of millions of dollars.

And the bottom line is, more taxpayer funding for abortion means more abortion.