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From Uganda: A Thanksgiving song

The Catholic monk and spiritual writer Thomas Merton said that our fundamental posture in prayer should be one of Thanksgiving.

Lovely, colorful voices!

March for Life - theme for 2016

We are excited to share with you our 2016 March for Life theme - 

"Pro-Life and Pro-Woman Go Hand in Hand!"

 

We are announcing the theme at the U.S. Capitol as we speak at a briefing we are hosting with pro-life and pro-woman friends and allies. Follow along on Twitter HERE.

Why this theme, why now?

Each year, we try to discern the most cutting edge and critical theme for the March for Life, as well as the area that needs the most education. 
 
It has been said -- politically and culturally -- that for one to be pro-woman one must be pro-choice. But nothing could be further from the truth. Sadly, there are so many confusing messages regarding women and the issue of abortion, compounded by the false “war on women” rhetoric. 

The truth is that life is the empowering choice for women. It's best for women and families facing unplanned pregnancies, and it's best for developing female babies in the womb. Abortion harms women, and affects our society as a whole, in so many ways.

Through our 2016 theme, "Pro-life and Pro-Woman Go Hand-in-Hand," we will explore this topic in many ways, and we will push back against the Planned Parenthood machine.

Follow the March for Life on social media for more resources, and continue to use our website as a resource.

You can also sign up for the March for Life Conference on January 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to learn more about our theme. The Conference will be held at the Downtown D.C. Renaissance Hotel and will feature a keynote address by author Sue Ellen Browder, entitled: “Why the Pro-Life Movement Is the Authentic Women’s Movement.”

Together, we can impact our culture with this beautiful message of life. We will march together on January 22, 2016 to share this truth with the world. We cannot do it alone. Please invite your friends, family, and neighbors to be part of the 2016 March for Life!

We will see you in less than 3 months! Until then, join us in sharing the truth that being pro-life and pro-woman go hand in hand! For Life,



Jeanne F. Mancini
March for Life President

p.s. We are excited to share our 2016 March for Life theme with you - "Pro-Life and Pro-Woman Go Hand-in-Hand! For graphics to share on social media, click HERE.

Politics: Westchester & Rockland see pro-life wins

In Westchester legislature, pro-life Francis Corcoran took a seat that had been held by a pro-abort. It appears that there are nine (out of 17) votes against any anti-first amendment pro-abortion bill designed to stifle free speech outside of abortion mills. In any event there are enough votes to sustain a veto by Rob Astorino.

We are very pleased Sheila Marcotte retained her seat again, running in a district where Democrat voters have a majority.

This from the Westchester Journal News Bipartisan coalition holds onto leadership of Westchester legislature

In Rockland County -

Planned Parenthood LOST all three races where there was another candidate running.

 

They only won two races where who they endorsed were running UNOPPOSED!

 

Here's how PP put the Rockland County results in their news release:

 

In Rockland County, two of the County Legislature candidates we endorsed won, and three were defeated.

District 4: Ilan Schoenberger*, our endorsed candidate, won unopposed
District 5: Chris Martone, our endorsed candidate, lost to Lon Hosfstein*
District 10: Harriet Cornell*, our endorsed candidate, won unopposed
District 11: Richard Diaz*, our endorsed candidate, lost to Laurie Santulli
District 12: Patsy Wooters, our endorsed candidate, lost to Charles Falciglia

Candidates in bold are the candidates the PPHP AF/PC endorsed
*indicates the candidate was an incumbent

All in all, a good result for pro-life candidates.

 

Connecticut pro-life voters - here's some help

By request, we've found some online resources for finding pro-life candidates.

The Family Institute of Connecticut recommendations for Connecticut http://www.ctfamily.org/FIC%20Action%20Committee%20Endorsements%202010.pdf

Pro-life endorsed candidates from Susan B. Anthony List http://www.sba-list.org/endorsed-candidates

 

This from the Catholic Herald Examiner

 

http://www.examiner.com/article/candidate-voting-choices-for-a-catholic-conscience

 

 

 

China ends one child/family policy

It's two children! They had to end it - but not for human rights reasons - it's the demographics - still a disgrace.

Press Release from Population Research Institute -

China Announces End of One Child Policy

The Chinese government is apparently ready loosen to the stranglehold it has had on reproduction in that country since the late seventies—a little bit. Under the new policy, married Chinese couples will be allowed not one, but two children.

“The regime is backing away from draconian birth limits,” says Steven Mosher, President of the Population Research Institute, “not because senior Party officials have suddenly developed a conscience. Rather, it will be because they have finally realized that a shrinking workforce and a rapidly aging population are crippling future economic growth.”

For at least the past two years, China’s workforce has been shrinking. Last year, the potential workforce fell by 3.71 million, a significant number even by China’s standards. At the same time, the over-sixty population is exploding. According to U.N. projections, it is expected to more than double by 2050. China is gro wing old before it grows rich, and the strains on China’s nascent pension programs will be enormous.

Mosher says, “Beijing now realizes that it must stop restricting childbirth and start encouraging it as soon as possible. Yet it can’t simply abandon the policy altogether and admit it made a mistake. That would call the regime’s legitimacy into question.”

The parallels between China’s current demographic and economic malaise and Japan’s demographic and economic decline in the 1990s is striking. The Japanese economy has never really recovered from its “demographic recession.” China may not recover either.

The One Child Policy has caused fertility rates to plummet over the past three and half decades. Sex-selective abortion has reached epidemic proportions in many parts of the country. The strong preference for sons in Chinese culture, especially in rural areas, has resulted in the deaths of millions of unborn baby girls.

The overall loss of human life in China is staggering. China’s own Ministry of Health estimated in 2013 that 336 million babies had been aborted as a result of the onerous population control program. With an estimated 13 million abortions taking place in China every year—almost 1,500 lives per hour—the number is likely significantly higher today.

Chinese President Xi Jinping first sought to loosen the policy in 2013. It was announced that couples where both the husband and the wife were themselves only children would be allowed to have a second child following the birth of their first. The response was underwhelming as few couples applied for a second birth “permit."

Mosher says, “Now couples are allowed to have a second child. But don’t expect it to stop there. A government bent on controlling the fertility of its people will do whatever necessary to produce the number of children it thinks necessary.”

After all, the One Child Policy is only one phase of the larger Planned Birth campaign. This is Beijing’s ongoing campaign to control the reproduction of the Chinese people under a state plan in the same way that it controls the number of tanks, or the number of coal-fired power plants, that it builds each year.

This means that, if the Chinese people refuse to conceive and bear the number of children that the state demands, childbearing will become mandatory. Women will be forcibly inseminated, regular pelvic examinations will be instituted to monitor their pregnancies, and abortions will be forbidden.

Unless and until the Communist regime abandons its Planned Birth policy, and allows couples to freely choose the number and spacing of their children, abuses will continue.

And since when has a one-party dictatorship ever voluntarily relinquished even a portion of the power that it wields over its people?

 

Tuesday, Nov. 3 - Election Day - Vote Pro-life!

Westchester-Putnam Right to Life PAC suggests the following candidates for Tuesday's election:

NYS 9th JD Supreme Court Justice: Montgomery DELANEY

Westchester County Legislators:

District 1 John TESTA; District 2 Francis CORCORAN; District 3 Margaret CUNZIO*; District 6 David GELFARB; District 7 Susan WATSON*; District 9 Kathleen MAMONE; District 10 Sheila MARCOTTE; District 11 James MAISANO*; District 14 Bernice SPRECKMAN*; District 15 Gordon BURROWS; District 17 Virginia PEREZ*

Yonkers Mayor: Bill NUCKLE

Yonkers City Council: District 3 Michael MEYER; District 5 Michael BREEN

Mt. Vernon Mayor: Deborah REYNOLDS

New Rochelle: District 1 Louis TRANGUCCI

Putnam County DA: Robert TENDY

Putnam County Legislators: District 1 Barbara SCUCCIMARRA; District 4 Ginny NACERINO; District 7 Joseph CASTELLANO

* "pro-choice" but supports some "pro-life" positions! More pro-life than opponents!

Candidates not listed here have not been endorsed by W&PRTL PAC

(The Right to Life Party has their own  candidate list at righttolife-9jd.com)