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Our meeting with the Lohud/Journal News editorial board yesterday, livestreamed

HVCL co-directors Judith Anderson, Antoinette Cosentino, and Tom Faranda, in a forty minute "Editorial Spotlight", critiquing the newspaper board's support for expanding abortion in NY State - including third trimester abortions - and making it a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.

Here is the newspaper original editorial Editorial: New York must update its abortion law

And here is the meeting with the editorial board.

Hudson Valley Coalition for Life, February 26, 2013

HVCL co-directors meet with Lohud/Journal News board tomorrow; a webcast @ 3PM Tuesday

The Journal News editorialized on February 15th in favor of increasing the abortion rate in NY & loosening requirements for late term/third term abortions in the state.

Here is the editorial, which reads like a press release from the pro-abortion lobby -

Editorial: New York must update its abortion law

Three of the Hudson Valley Coalition for Life co-directors (Judith Anderson, Tom Faranda, and Antoinette Cosentino, MD) will meet with the editors to point out the ramifications of making abortion a "fundamental right" in NY State.

The meeting will be webcast on the Lohud site starting at 3 o'clock, Tuesday, February, 26th. It will be available for viewing on the site live and after it's completion. To view and/or offer comments through email, twitter or facebook, go to the Lohud home site and to the "multimedia" drop box.

Co-founder of Billings natural fertility regulation method

Doctor Who Founded Billings Method Dies at 95

Taught Natural Family Planning With Doctor-Husband for Decades

ROME, February 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Dr. Evelyn Livingston Billings died Saturday at age 95.

Together with her husband, Dr. John Billings, she founded the method of natural fertility regulation that bears their name.

Her studies on breastfeeding mothers and women approaching menopause made a major contribution to the work.  

The couple traveled the world teaching the Billings method for half a century.

Her non-fiction book "The Billings Method" was first published in 1980, and was reprinted 16 times with seven new or revised editions in 22 languages. The latest completely revised edition was published in 2011. 

She was a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

She is survived by eight of her nine children, 39 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. 

Dr. John Billings died in 2007.

Text of the Holy Father's announcement of his resignation

The link also has a further link to the video of Benedict XVI's announcement

Declaratio

Dear Brothers,

I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.  I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the barque of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.

Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects.  And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.

From the Vatican, 10 February 2013

BENEDICTUS PP XVI

Westchester 40 Days for Life kick-off rally changed; Saturday, February 16th

Change is due to the weather. Note that campaign begins Ash Wednesday, February 13th.

Outside of Planned Parenthood in Greenburgh 2-4 PM.

Here are details for the campaign -

40 Days for Life is a peaceful, highly-focused, non-denominational, pro-life initiative that focuses on 40 days of prayer and fasting, peaceful vigil at abortion facilities, and grassroots educational outreach.  The Spring 2013 Campaign begins February 13 and continues through March 24. The local campaign will feature a peaceful 40-day prayer vigil in the public right-of-way outside Planned Parenthood at 175 Tarrytown Road in Greenburgh. 

 

All prayer vigil participants are asked to sign a statement of peace, pledging to conduct themselves in a Christ-like manner at all times.  For more information or to sign up for the vigil, please visit: www.40daysforlife.com/whiteplains or contact Gerald Yeung at (914) 837-7008. There will be a KICKOFF RALLY on Saturday, February 9, from 2:00pm to 4pm at the Planned Parenthood.