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Nine Democrat legislators voted against Cuomo's 9 month abortion bill.

 Carol Crossed - a founder of the Seamless Garment Network - sent us this list. Of course there are plenty of other anti-women features in the bill. Non-physician's can perform an abortion... if a woman is assaulted and has a miscarriage the child doesn't count .... And more. Here's the list of Democrats who went against their party and the Governor.

Dear Pro-life Democrat,

You will be as pleased as I am to know that there were 9 Democratic NYS legislators who stood up to Cuomo and voted against the Reproductive Health Act.  And they are already getting heat for their courageous vote from abortion rights supporters.   It is essential that we call or write to each one, thanking them for their outstanding courage.  They are listed below.  Also below is an optional script for your use when calling or writing.

Senator Joseph Addabbo, Jr. [email protected]; (Rockaways, Glendale)

518-455-2322 / 718-738-1111

 

Senator Simcha Felder [email protected];  (Brooklyn)

518-455-2754 / 718-253-2015

 

Assemblyman Brian Barnwell [email protected]; (Maspeth)

518-455-4755  /  718-651-3185

 

Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon [email protected]; (Utica)

518-455-4545  /  315-732-1655

 

Assemblyman William Colton  [email protected]; (Brooklyn)

518-455-5828 / 718-236-1598

 

Assemblyman Marcos Crespo [email protected]; (Bronx)

518-455-5514 / 718-893-0202

 

Assemblyman Michael [email protected]; (Staten island)                                                                                                                                                                                                                    518-455-5526 / 718-370-1384

Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein [email protected]; (Brooklyn)

 518-455-5721 / 718-853-0616     

Assemblyman Michael Miller [email protected] (Woodhaven)

518-455-4621  /  718-805-0950

 

(The following 2 legislators were absent from voting, but are pro-life democrats)

 

Assemblyman Robin Schimminger  [email protected] (Buffalo)

518-455-4767 / 716-873-2540

Assemblyman Albert Taylor [email protected]  (Upper Manhattan)

518-455-5491  /  212-234-1430

Suggested Telephone script

I am calling Assemblyman ………….. I am (Choose one: a Democrat / a Democrat in his District/ a voter who voted for him / a contributor to his campaign)  

I want to express my gratitude to the (Choose one: Assemblywoman / Assemblyman / Senator) for voting no on the Reproductive Health Act.  This took courage to go against our Party and against Cuomo, considering the vulnerable lives of children and their mothers who are at stake.  Thank you.

 

"She had an abortion at 36 weeks ... here's what she learned"

Published this morning on LiveAction by Theresa Bonopartis, Director of Lumina. There are also important links within the article. Extended excerpt below, but hit the link for the full very important article. 

As I sat listening to some of the senators voice their reasons for voting for passage of RHA I could not help but think of the many women we serve each year here in New York that are devastated from a prior abortion.

Sen. Brad Hoylman, from Manhattan, told the story of a woman named Erica, who he said was inconvenienced when she had to travel out-of-state to have a late-term abortion. Hoylman argued that New York owed Erica an apology for forcing her to look out-of-state to find legal third-term abortions.

READ: Third trimester abortions: more common than you think

Over the years, I have worked with a number of couples who experienced late termination due to an adverse diagnosis. Not surprisingly, Tuesday’s vote brought up much pain for them. One woman, “D,” wrote me the following in the hope that I could get her voice out there:

This past week has been horrendous for me and so many others. Watching people, especially women, celebrate a law that makes abortion legal to the very moment of birth has been heartbreaking. Unfortunately, I know from firsthand experience that late term abortion is anything but responsible care for women. I would like to leave the babies aside for the moment and only speak for women.

Twenty years ago, I had a late-term abortion at 36 weeks gestation. I had found out only two weeks prior to the abortion that my baby was severely ill and would possible die soon after birth and if she lived would be disabled and would need multiple surgeries and would never walk, talk, or have a good quality of life. This was the basis of the recommendation from the doctors to abort. I was in shock and my mind reeled upon hearing these dire predictions. I was so very vulnerable and looked to the medical professionals to help me. Instead I was pressured to abort at that late date! I had to travel out of state and had to make a decision within two days. Never once was I counseled about how I could have my baby and help her at all. Never once was I encouraged to speak with other parents of disabled children for support. It wasn’t even an option for these doctors. Pro-choice? I think not! I wasn’t given a choice, not really. “This is what you need to do” is what I was told.

Fast forward twenty years and I am still devastated by this. Saying I regret allowing these so-called health care providers to push me to do the unthinkable is an understatement. It took me a long time to come to terms with it all. I have heard a politician clamoring for an apology to a woman who had to travel out of state for an abortion. He said we owe her an apology for not having this savagery available here in NY [at the time]. I too had to travel out of state for an abortion, and I too would like an apology.

I would like for the doctors to apologize to me for pushing me to do something without knowing any of the risks to myself, to my future fertility. I would like an apology from the doctors for convincing me that my daughter’s life was worthless. I would like an apology because I was bullied by those who were supposed to care for me and my baby. They failed us both and it has caused me unmeasurable grief and heartache. How dare all of these politicians, doctors, and pro-choice advocates speak about caring for women! I am a woman and I feel abandoned. -D

Her experience is not unique. Contrary to what Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a Yonkers Democrat would like us to believe, this bill had nothing to do with women’s health. “We’re saying here in New York, women’s lives matter. We’re saying here in New York, women’s decisions matter,” Stewart-Cousins said.  

Sadly, Stewart-Cousins is either ignorant when it comes to why people often abort, or she does not really care about women and the harm abortion causes them.

Pope Francis remarks at concluding Mass - Panama World Youth Day

Life, he said, is not “a salvation up ‘in the cloud,’ and waiting to be downloaded, a new ‘app’ to be discovered, or a technique of mental self-improvement,” he said. It’s not a “tutorial” for the latest news either. “The salvation the Lord offers us is an invitation to be part of a love story interwoven with our personal stories; it is alive and wants to be born in our midst so that we can bear fruit just as we are, wherever we are and with everyone all around us,” Francis said.

Part of his speech was a response to the witness shared by several people during the vigil, that included prayer, singing, and was set to close with eucharistic adoration.

For example, Erika and Rogelio, a married couple with four children, spoke about how less than three years ago, when she was in her 40s, they found out they were pregnant, and it was labeled high risk. On week 17 they learned that their baby girl, Inés, had Down Syndrome, and the doctors advised them to get an abortion.

Instead, they decided to go forth with the pregnancy and “abandon ourselves in the hands of God.”

During his remarks, the pontiff thanked the couple for their “yes,” and for sharing their challenges and difficulties, and for choosing to love their daughter with all their hearts.

“Presented with the life of your frail, helpless and needy daughter, your answer was ‘yes’, and so we have Inés,” Francis said. “You believed that the world is not only for the strong!”

Saying “yes” to God means being ready to embrace life as it comes, even with its fragility, simplicity and its conflicts and annoyances.

“It means embracing our country, our families and our friends as they are, with all their weak points and their flaws,” the pontiff told the crowd. “Embracing life is also seen in accepting things that are not perfect, pure or ‘distilled’, yet no less worthy of love.”

He then went on to ask if a disabled person, a foreigner, or someone who’s made a mistake and is in jail or those who are infirm are “not worthy of love?”

March for Life, Pt 2 of 4; at the Supreme Court

Pt 2; at the Supreme Court Part 1 is here   Pt 1 of 4: Heading up Constitution Ave. . 3 & 4 will show many of the signs and banners. Take any pictures from here that you need to publicize the March.

Two sisters from Kenya who are studying in Pennsylvania

Four sophomores from Fairfield University; part of a group of 20

Notre Dame; always a very large contingent

 

 

 

 

 

 

March for Life, Pt 1 of 4: Heading up Constitution Ave.

Part 2 will be in front of the Supreme Court; 3 & 4 will show many of the signs and banners. Take any pictures you need to publicize the March.

Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, CFR

Huge turnout of high school and college ages - we spoke with HS students from Cincinnati, Chicago, Baton Rouge, and plenty from more nearby states.

And the March turns right, heading to the Supreme Court

Tomorrow - the crowd in front of the Court!

More on the smear campaign against the Covington Catholic students

UPDATE: Covington HS closed on account of death threats

Further UPDATE: From the Catholic League - VIDEO EXONERATES CATHOLIC STUDENTS

The media jumped all over the initial story, based on a two minute video excerpt. Here's our original post which has some good links. The March for Life incident with the MAGA hat student and Native American drummer It was media malpractice but what else is new?

Below is a good article about the whole sorry event. Nice that the author confesses she was also taken in ...

Thanks to hours of video and a torrent of witness testimonies, the greater story unfolded. Phillips, painted as the victim in the narrative, was actually the one who impinged on the Covington student's space, where they had been instructed to wait to be picked up following the anti-abortion march. Prior to Phillips encountering Sandmann, a group of "Black Israelites," a well-known hate group, had been barraging the Covington students with homophobic slurs and racially charged smears. Phillips then intervened — on behalf of the hate group! He got in Sandmann's face, banging his drum.

Phillips, whose been on a media blitz since the narrative went viral, has happily claimed the mantle of victimhood. He told the Detroit Free Press that he entered the situation because the Covington children "were in the process of attacking these four black individuals" and that he merely confronted Sandmann to de-escalate the situation. As video evidence now demonstrates, this was a lie. The Black Israelites had been verbally attacking the students for some significant amount of time, and the students had not attacked them.

Sandmann, whose serenely smirking face has gone viral as a poster child for hate — celebrities from Chris Evans to Alyssa Milano have tried to shame the minor, and the hashtag, #ExposeChristianSchools began trending shortly thereafter — emerged on Sunday with a statement issued by a public relations firm. His family has been doxxed, his school publicly smeared, and his very identity turned into a crime itself.

"I never interacted with this protestor. I did not speak to him. I did not make any hand gestures or other aggressive moves. To be honest, I was startled and confused as to why he has approached me. We had already been yelled at by another group of protestors, and when the second group approached I was worried that a situation was getting out of control where adults were attempting to provoke teenagers," wrote Sandmann. "I believed that by remaining motionless and calm, I was helping to diffuse the situation."

Sandmann committed the crime of not being ashamed of his own existence. Without facts, a progressive lynch mob pounced on a single image based on its biases about perceived power in America. Now we know that Sandmann was accosted. But to be clear: He was supposed to submit.

The trick of social justice is to eradicate individual justice — real justice. Because white men spent the better part of a century killing Native Americans out of existence with guns and germs, an innocent child being provoked by adults — both in his face and online — must now pay, hundreds of years later. He wasn't supposed to smile. He was supposed to confess to his original sin of whiteness.

The Left has equated Sandmann with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The comparison is largely correct. Both were accused, without any credible evidence, of something terrible, with no room for gray area or misunderstanding.

******

I retweeted the initial narrative. I had no evidence, just an image that fit a story I've been told a thousand times before. So I shared it and baselessly smeared a child. I now know that I was wrong. I am sorry. I apologize to Nick Sandmann, and I hope that those so quick to share the initial images will now learn the truth and make their own apologies if need be.

But make no mistake. For a disquieting portion of the American mob, the facts won't matter, even once they are aware of them. For them, Sandmann, standing with that godforsaken smirk, was crime enough.

 

 

At the March for Life; Ben Shapiro refutes a Justin Trudeau comment on society

Shapiro, the conservative Jewish commentator. He's wildly popular, but despised by "progressives" who've tried to silence his talks at colleges. This is great.

The March for Life incident with the MAGA hat student and Native American drummer

After having an incendiary extremely edited video played by mainstream media, here's a video that puts the incident in context. It's 18 minutes long. Thanks to alternate media the unjust trashing of these students has been exposed (Of course the trashing was started by alternate media types with their axes to grind). If you're interested and/or heard about this, watch a few minutes. So far, none of the major media outlets have bothered to ask any of the students, or the homophobic black group that was spouting slurs, what happened.  About 14 minutes into it there's a statement by one of the students who was there.

The Truth About "MAGA Kids" And The Native Americans

UPDATE: Here's another shorter video. And there are plenty more on youtube - Philip DeFranco lied about the MAGA Catholic students (Native American incident)

Great! Marches for Life around the Country!

As we prepare for Washington- either by traveling or in solidarity. We will post whatever we can about all these Marches.

Standing Strong for the Unborn: Pro-Life Marches Around the Country Major U.S. cities will host events this month.

The March for Life in Washington (MarchforLife.org) is the biggest and oldest of the marches, dating back to 1974. It was begun by the late Catholic convert Nellie Gray. The march will be held Jan. 18, with a noon rally on the National Mall, followed by a 1pm march up Constitution Avenue to the U.S. Supreme Court Building. Featured speakers include Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood employee who has since become pro-life and converted to Catholicism, and political pundit Ben Shapiro, who is an Orthodox Jew.

There will be a variety of companion events before and after the march. At 3pm on Jan. 18, for example, there will be “Silent No More” testimonies on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court: Those adversely affected by abortion will share their experiences. The day before the march there will be a March for Life Conference and Expo at the Renaissance Washington D.C. Downtown Hotel, with featured speaker David Daleiden. Daleiden made the national news for his undercover videos of Planned Parenthood staff.

March organizers expect a turnout of 100,000 marchers or more. Katrina Gallic, a spokeswoman for the march, noted this year’s theme is “Unique From Day One: Pro-Life Is Pro Science” “because we want to emphasize that science indicates that life begins at conception.” She added that she expects Shapiro, who will host a live podcast at the National Mall 10-11am on march day, will emphasize the importance of considering science in the pro-life debate.

Gallic also noted that she expected prominent political figures to play a role on march day, saying that the march will be making official announcements of who they are in the days leading up to the event.

San Francisco

The Walk for Life West Coast (WalkforLifeWC.com) is the March for Life’s San Francisco counterpart. The 15th-annual walk will be held Jan. 26, drawing 50,000 pro-lifers. Its founders include Catholic Eva Muntean, who said, “We’re expecting a strong turnout this year, especially considering the contentious political environment in which we live. We also expect a few more protesters, but every year the San Francisco Police Department does a great job keeping everyone safe.”

Speakers include Patricia Sandoval, also a former Planned Parenthood employee who became pro-life; Baptist preacher Walter Hoye; and Father Shenan Boquet, president of Human Life International. The walk will begin with a 12:30pm rally at the San Francisco Civic Center, followed by a 1:30pm walk up Market Street. There are a variety of companion events before and after the West Coast walk.

Companion events include Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral at 9:30am on Saturday, celebrated by San Francisco Archbishop Salvadore Cordileone. Star of the Sea parish in San Francisco, led by Father Joseph Illo, will have a contingent of 60 or 70 parishioners walking and will host a “Wok for Life” Asian cuisine dinner, followed by an all-night “Adoration for Life” event. Star of the Sea is also helping to facilitate the participation of high-school students in the walk, allowing 200 young people from out of the area to sleep in the parish hall overnight.

Denver

The Celebrate Life Rally and March in downtown Denver (RespectLifeDenver.org) is a newer march presented by the Archdiocese of Denver’s Respect Life Office; the fifth-annual event will be held on the steps of the Denver State Capitol Jan. 12.  A rally begins at 1pm and will be emceed by David Bereit, a Catholic convert and co-founder and former CEO of 40 Days for Life. Featured speakers include Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila, who has long made the pro-life cause a focus of his ministry.

The march begins at 2pm, with participants circling a nearby park and returning to the capitol steps. At the conclusion of the march, the St. John Vianney Seminary choir will sing a medley of patriotic songs.

The march is growing steadily in size, and last year, it drew 5,000 participants. Its founder is Lynn Grandon, program director of the archdiocesan Respect Life Office. “We’ve grown a lot from our first march, and we’re drawing people from a variety of our Catholic communities,” Grandon said. “In addition to our Anglo Catholics, we have a large number of people who come from our Hispanic community and from our Vietnamese population, as well.”

A special guest speaker this year, she continued, will be Elias Moo, the new superintendent of schools for the archdiocese, to address the Hispanic community in Spanish.

Also featured this year will be a local family, the McGarritys, who have four children of their own and who have adopted four children with Down syndrome. As Grandon noted, “It’s a beautiful example of living out the pro-life message.”

Chicago

Another major pro-life march will be the March for Life Chicago (MarchforLife-Chicago.org), which will be held Jan. 13, from 2 to 4pm at Federal Plaza. Featured speakers include Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life in Washington, and Ryan Bomberger of the Radiance Foundation. About 6,000 pro-lifers are expected to attend.

Related events include a “Youth Rally for Life” at 8am at Holy Name Cathedral and an 11am “Archdiocesan Mass for Life” celebrated by Cardinal Blase Cupich, both on the day of the March for Life Chicago.

The Chicago march shares the same “Unique From Day One” theme as this year’s Washington  march. Dawn Fitzpatrick, of the board of directors of the Chicago march, explained, “Being pro-life is not in opposition to science. It’s quite the opposite, in fact. Medical and technological advancements continue to reaffirm the science behind the pro-life cause — that life begins at fertilization, or Day One, when egg meets sperm and a new, unique human embryo is created.”

46 Reasons for Hope as we approach the anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Thanks to Manhattan Right to Life for sending this around on their facebook page.

And it's from National Right to Life - National Right to Life News - 46 Reasons ...

We've listed the first 15 below the picture; hit the link for the complete list.

As we come upon the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling which legalized abortion, here are 46 reasons for hope for the decision’s ultimate demise:

1. Statistics show the number of abortions in the U.S. are on the decline.
2. Polls show the Millennial Generation is more pro-life than young people of generations past.
3. The iGeneration, those born after the Millennials, are also largely pro-life.
4. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order barring taxpayer funding of organizations that perform and promote abortions overseas.
5. The White House supports no federal funding for abortion giant Planned Parenthood.
6. Vice-President Mike Pence has been outspoken in his defense of innocent human life.
7. The Trump Administration is a pro-life administration.
8. The President has vowed to appoint Supreme Court Justices who will not legislate from the bench, hastening the day when Roe v. Wade will be overturned. There have been two new justices: Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh
9. The annual March for Life continues to attract huge crowds, largely made up of young people.
10. Pregnancy resource centers are reaching out to pregnant women every day with compassion, love, and support.
11. The number of pregnancy resource centers in the U.S. far outnumber abortion facilities.
12. Abortion centers are closing all across the country.
13. The U.S. Senate is dominated by strong defenders of life, as are many state legislatures throughout the nation.
14. 4D ultrasound technology is showing babies smiling in their mothers’ wombs.
15. Women who regret their abortions and who want to help other women avoid similar heartache have found their voice in organizations such as the Silent No More Awareness Campaign.

 

Hudson Valley bus for March for life, next Friday, January 18th

Other buses of course are going. If you are in the Ossining area, there is a bus leaving at 6AM from St. Augustine's RC Church.

Email us if you are interested in taking this bus. It should be back by 10-10:30PM.

 

The Latest from SFLA (Students for Life of America)

The President of SFLA, Kristan Hawkins, is an incredibly hard-working woman, and the organization is very effective at reaching the prime market for abortionists. Below we have posted Kristan's end of year email. 

And here is SFLA's very fine website - their embedded blog is very up to date. Students for Life of America

Here's Kristan's message -

I know firsthand just how hard it is, in the busy-ness of the Christmas holiday, to keep up with all of your e-mails. But I do hope you were able to see the 2018 Program Audit and video our team put together for you this past week.

As I look ahead to 2019, I can’t help but reflect on what an incredible year 2018 was for Students for Life and our pro-life movement.

When you look at what we were able to do and then look at our budget, its very evident that there is something supernatural going on. I believe, truly, that the Holy Spirit has been working through us and it’s my prayer that He continues to do so in the new year.

But this morning as I was doing my annual office organization (it was embarrassing how messy it got in the midst of my fall travels) and thinking about this past year, I knew I had to write you for I’ve neglected to share so many stories with you from my fall speaking tour.

This fall I visited ten campuses to speak. At each one I met such courageous young, pro-life leaders that it blew me away. I wish you could have been there with me to meet these leaders that you are allowing us to raise up.

And while I have so much hope for our mission to abolish abortion after meeting our Students for Life leaders, I have to tell you that our campuses desperately need prayer as there are so many who are lost.

At my first tour stop at the University of Oklahoma, protestors came and thought when they unrolled their posters that they would deter me from speaking the truth. When they realized that their sneers and boos weren’t working, they left. Only a few protesters stayed for the Q&A session.

At The College of New Jersey, they tried the same. At the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver, pro-abortion students tried to bully the administration into disinviting me to the campus. Before I spoke, a member of the school administration had to get up to say that I was in fact welcome and remind the medical students that they had to be courteous during my presentation. There, they chose to put up their protest signs in the hallways outside of the lecture room and just wear their Planned Parenthood t-shirts during my speech. But what really bothered me was the questions they threw at me during the Q&A. The fact that these students are medical students at one of the best medical schools in the country, just one or two years away from treating patients, and don’t know when life begins or even admit that the child in the womb is alive scares the life out of me. These are our future doctors! And then at Southern Methodist University and Gonzaga University, there were the girls who listened quietly to my entire presentation and then stood up to challenge and then mock me during the Q&A sessions. I remember one young woman from SMU actually arguing in-front of a room of people that poor people would be better off aborted. I let her rant until another student stood up to say that he was born into a poor family, attended SMU on scholarship, and unequivocally say that no, he would not have been better off dead. At Gonzaga University, the young woman who I let rant the most refused to believe science that the embryo, fetus, baby in the womb is in fact a member of human species. When I tried to ask her questions she kept accusing me of “gaslighting” her. While it’s a trendy millennial term, I don’t think she fully got the definition of it... I have so many stories I could share with you from my fall tour. But I’ll stop here and just say Thank You. Thank you for allowing me to go to campuses to speak to truth, even to those who are too afraid to hear it. Thank you for allowing Students for Life to embolden pro-life young leaders on campuses across the nation who refuse to cave into pressure when they host a “controversial” speaker like me. We have so much more work to do in 2019, so many more hearts and minds to change. Please keep our mission and the students we reach in your daily prayers. And if you haven’t yet done so, please consider making a generous tax-deductible gift today. With our $137,600 End of Year Matching Grant, every dollar I can raise by midnight tomorrow will be automatically doubled! For Life, Kristan Hawkins President, Students for Life Renew your support for Students for Life for 2019 >>> Donate Now <<<

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Record number of abortions in the United Kingdom

Great Britain. The culture of death. Hit the link for the complete article.

Marie Stopes international is Planned Parenthood in the United Kingdom.

At all 70 MSI facilities, government inspectors found evidence of a policy that saw staff use high-pressure sales tactics; for example, calling women who had decided against having an abortion to offer them new appointments. The report also stated that those who might persuade an unsure pregnant woman to think again about having an abortion — for example, parents, boyfriends or friends — were “seen as an inconvenience” by MSI staff and that “their presence was strongly discouraged.” Reacting to the latest abortion figures, Clare McCarthy, representative for Right to Life UK, said: “This increase in abortions comes as these private abortion clinics have been accused by the Care Quality Commission of paying staff bonuses for persuading women to undergo abortions, a policy in place at all 70 Marie Stopes clinics across the U.K.” McCarthy added that vulnerable women should not be seen as a “revenue opportunity,” even if the reality is that abortion in the U.K. is a multimillion-dollar industry.

Lord Alton told the Register that the current U.K. government’s priorities had to change: “It’s time for the government to end its relationship with the abortion industry and divert the millions it is giving to these big private abortion providers to providing real practical and emotional support to women facing an unplanned pregnancy.”