Planned Parenthood’s 10 Most Feared Enemies in 2012
While the abortion wars have raged for decades, new issues in recent years have heated up the debate again. And at the center of the controversy: Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA).
Under heavy scrutiny both in the public eye and among some politicians, Marget Sanger’s organization has long profited off the generous coffers of our federal treasury. But with more Americans adopting pro-life views and more citizens realizing our government has no money, more people question if Planned Parenthood deserves our hard-earned tax dollars.
In the last few months PPFA’s named appeared in the news for many controversies ranging from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the Girl Scouts, contraception and religious freedom, federal funding, and individual state laws seeking to lower abortion numbers. Considering Planned Parenthood makes hundreds of millions of dollars a year as the top abortion provider in America, you can bet they have an enemies list in these battles. And below you will find their top ten most feared enemies for this big election year.
What you will see in the list below may surprise you. The media often portrays pro-lifers as old white men, but you will discover many women and young people on this list. Also, many of the top ten focus on getting more and more information to women.
Let’s get to it:
10. Steven Ertelt and LifeNews.com
Every political struggle relies on the effective spread of information. Many of Planned Parenthood’s methods for success center on spinning information out through media, politicians, and others to try to only show their side.
Where do pro-lifers go to get information on everything happening with the abortion debate? LifeNews.com.
The founder and editor of LifeNews.com is Steven Ertelt. He has provided news on pro-life issues via the internet since the early days of 1993. An active leader in pro-life groups for years, Ertelt’s impact comes through his site. According to their own figures, over 500,000 people get information from LifeNews.com weekly.
The press has long served as a vital partner to pro-choice groups. One of the founders of NARAL once admitted to promoting false information to the press because “anything within reason that had to be done was permissible.” Marvin Olasky has written a history on the close relationship between pro-choice groups and the press. He claims that for over 60 years the media has “set a pro-abortion agenda” and has been “used by those setting agendas.” And Abby Johnson (whom you will see later on this list), former Planned Parenthood worker, has written on how she learned to spin information to the media
I asked Dr. Charmaine Yoest (whom you will also see later) what tactics PPFA uses for defeating their enemies. She responded:
Planned Parenthood performs over 300,000 abortions a year. They don’t want to talk about that and they don’t want people to know about it. Their entire empire is built on falsehood, diversionary tactics and aggressive, pre-emptive smear campaigns. They specialize in sanctimony and disinformation.
Planned Parenthood has learned to blackball LifeNews.com from interviews. They don’t want to share any information with them. Ertelt told me in an interview:
Their staff normally won’t talk to us on the phone in times when we’ve called to do interviews or find out more information as soon as any of their local affiliates know who we are when we identify ourselves.
The LifeNews.com founder also underscores that getting out the truth is vital in the battle over abortion:
Getting correct info out about the abortion industry is vitally important. There are lots of lies and misinformation out there but the truth is on our side – whether it concerns the development of the unborn child, how abortion hurts women, or the devastating effects abortion has had on society.
The next enemy is also on this list for providing information that contradicts Planned Parenthood, but also for a major role she may play in helping to defeat Obama’s reelection.
9. Jill Stanek
Jill Stanek writes the most popular pro-life blog in the nation. Keith Olbermann once named her “the worst person in the world.” In an average year, Stanek’s writings would qualify her for this list, but this is a special election year and she may play a major role in beating Obama.
Stanek used to be a nurse at a hospital in Chicago. She quit working there when she discovered the hospital was actually partaking in infanticide. The hospital was taking babies that survived abortions and leaving them to die in a utility closet. That inspired Stanek to advocacy for life. As I mentioned elsewhere when writing about Stanek, “she helped get some laws in Illinois changed and later, President Bush would sign the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act into law. At the signing Bush publicly recognized Stanek for her contribution.”
In 2008, Stanek became a sought-after guest for many conservative media outlets. The former hospital nurse went public to reveal that as a state senator, Obama voted against the Illinois Born-Alive bill multiple times. In other words, Obama voted for infanticide to continue in Illinois. While the mainstream press tried to ignore the topic, Stanek kept pushing it and that made her an enemy of the Left.
Planned Parenthood’s biggest goal in 2012 is to reelect Barack Obama. They need him, and they don’t want the infanticide issue returning. Sadly for Obama and Planned Parenthood, it already has. Newt Gingrich raised the topic in one of the debates. CNN tried to cover up for the president, even though there is documented proof that Obama voted against the Born-Alive bill in Illinois on multiple occasions.
Obama, many in the media, and clearly Planned Parenthood would like this story to die in the 2012 election. But as Jill Stanek continues to write, do interviews, and give speeches, this issue will most likely remain in the headlines.
The #8 enemy of Planned Parenthood brings religion mixed with politics into the fight.
8. Father Frank Pavone and Priests for Life
The champion in the battle for the sanctify of life has always been the Catholic Church.
The official voice for pro-life teaching in the Catholic Church is Father Frank Pavone and his Priests for Life. Sadly the United States Catholic population — including far too many in Congress — fail to heed the Church’s teachings on abortion. Pavone leads the way in reminding Catholics what the Church proclaims and how to engage with other groups for the cause of life.
Planned Parenthood has a lot of politicians in their pockets that attend Catholic Mass. Many on the Left think they can reject the teachings of their church and still be good Catholics. They even find people in the clergy who ignore their rebellion against the Church. Pavone’s goal is to instruct the clergy and regular Catholics how to not just be pro-life, but how to be advocates for life against a culture of death. Even though Pavone is a priest, he does not shy away from politics. He wants Catholics to learn to vote through true Catholic values.
Pavone is a major advocate for stopping federal funding of PPFA. He also partners with Dr. Alveda King in reaching out to the black community when it comes to the high rate of abortions among African-Americans. King and Pavone made a joint statement about Planned Parenthood when some undercover videos showed illegal and unethical practices in clinics:
Now we know that Planned Parenthood is not only targeting the abortion of black babies, but they are eager and willing to cover up the prostitution enslavement of young girls — including minorities — so long as they make money doing it. We must defund Planned Parenthood and their bogus claims of protecting women.
These are the kind of press releases PPFA would like to avoid. And they know that if the majority of Catholics turn against abortion services, they are in deep trouble.
The #7 enemy of Planned Parenthood is different from everyone else on the top ten since it’s not a person.
7. Ultrasound machines
Let me first make clear that there are times that Planned Parenthood clinics use ultrasound machines. But when it comes to abortions, their doctors are careful to use them only for the benefit of carrying out the abortion, and they do not point the screen towards the mothers. The last thing PPFA wants is for abortion-minded women to see what is actually going on inside of their womb. And therefore, PPFA has made it a goal to stop any legislation that promotes allowing women to see the ultrasound before an abortion and they have vehemently attacked organizations like Crisis Pregnancy Centers that provide ultrasounds.
As ultrasound technology has increased, so has the ability for women to see what exactly is in their body. For decades, pro-choice groups told women that they did not have babies inside of their wombs, but merely clumps of cells. But with today’s technology we can see beautiful 3D images of babies. Science is on the side of life. And those who still make arguments that abortions are only removing cells or non-human entities are today’s flat-earthers. Yet Planned Parenthood has happily found itself in that camp. And therefore they don’t need groups showing potential clients annoying things like facts.
My daughter pictured in the womb and outside it. Aren't they the same person?
Planned Parenthood just recently said that requiring vaginal ultrasounds is like raping women. However, PPFA requires those same ultrasounds depending on the situation with the pregnancy, so it isn’t the machine usage they really have a problem with. Their real concern is that women will actually have the option to see their unborn child. And I thought PPFA wanted women to have information and choice.
In an official PPFA document you can see the only purpose they see for ultrasounds:
Ultrasound is a procedure that helps the clinician to see the pregnancy in order to tell the age of the embryo or fetus and to look at your uterus. This is done with an instrument that sends sound waves through the tissues. This ultrasound is being done only to determine the age of the embryo or fetus and its location.
Notice they avoid any baby terminology. And what is that “tissue” they speak of? That’s human tissue. When I have gone with my wife for ultrasounds for our children, it was all about seeing “the baby” and making sure “the baby” was healthy. Not only do they encourage you to look, they even provide pictures and audio of the heartbeat. But not at a Planned Parenthood clinic. They don’t use audio. They don’t call the child a baby. And they definitely don’t want you to see anything when you are considering paying them for an abortion. In brutal honesty, they do ultrasounds so they can figure out the easiest, legal, and best way to kill the child.
Just read the words of Elizabeth Nash of the Guttmacher Institute, which often partners with PPFA. She was asked her feelings on laws offering women a chance to see an ultrasound before having an abortion:
For a long time it was about shaming women. And now it’s about humiliating women.
Really? Offering a woman a chance to get all the facts is shameful and humiliating?
I think it was pollster Harrison Hickman who actually said it best, ironically at a 1989 conference of the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL):
Nothing has been as damaging to our cause as the advances in technology which have allowed pictures of the developing fetus, because people now talk about that fetus in much different terms than they did fifteen years ago. They talk about it as a human being, which is not something that I have an easy answer how to cure.
That statement is why already in 2012 the biggest fights PPFA has been in with the government have centered on stopping ultrasound laws. They are fearful of what women will do when they are given all the facts and see all their choices.
The ultrasound issue relates to the #6 enemy of Planned Parenthood.
6. Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Unlike most of the rest of the top 10, there are no names to identify with the Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPC) all throughout America. CPCs are places women can go for care and help when they experience an unplanned pregnancy. They are the pro-life alternative to Planned Parenthood. A woman can go to a CPC and often get counseling, literature, free ultrasounds, and adoption information. Many of them will help young mothers and dads with education and supplies for caring for their new babies. Some CPCs even offer counseling for women who have had abortions and are struggling with and regretting their decision.
CPC is not really one organization. There are many groups throughout the nation, but the major ones are Care Net, Heartbeat International, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), and Birthright International. These groups try to provide services women need and yet also help them realize that they have a choice. A lot of women get abortions because they feel they have no other options; CPC is there to help them learn there are other options and CPC will help them step by step along the way.
Now why would Planned Parenthood, a supposedly “pro-choice” organization, want to fight that? It’s all about money. Abortion is a very profitable business for PPFA. And every girl that walks into a CPC is a potential customer not walking into a Planned Parenthood. There are over 4,000 Crisis Pregnancy Centers in the country, but only around 750 abortion clinics. So CPCs have become a massive target for PPFA. They don’t want women to know CPCs exist, so PPFA works with the Democrat Party and the media to try to bring CPCs down.
Pro-choice politicians in New York, California, Texas, Maryland, New Jersey, and other states try to pass laws censoring Crisis Pregnancy Centers. Many politicians receive campaign funds from abortion groups and then pursue ways to get rid of CPCs. One example can be seen here.
The truth is Planned Parenthood is anti-counseling when it comes to abortions. After Roe v. Wade, pro-choice groups criticized counseling because “it often contributes to a feeling that there is something peculiar about a woman who seeks an abortion.” In the 1980s, statistics showed over 90% of women getting abortions felt like they did not get enough counseling for their decision. So Crisis Pregnancy Centers rose up and immediately became the enemy of those profiting from high numbers of abortion.
PPFA has made it their goal to use politicians and media to portray CPCs as a horrible alternative to Planned Parenthood. For example, Amy Sutnick of Planned Parenthood/New York City wrote out her own work against CPCs and then gave the story to the New York Daily News, which happily printed it. Sutnick went on to do the same thing with USA Today and other media outlets. Pro-choice used her material so they could attack Crisis Pregnancy Centers. The USA Today story even quoted women that PPFA sent them saying they were misled by CPC, yet the article never even mentioned where these contacts came from.
The CPC is such a major enemy of Planned Parenthood that ethics in journalism, advertising, and politics don’t seem to matter. (For a detailed report on these issues go here.) The ends justify the means when it comes to stopping groups hurting the abortion bottom line.
While #6 revealed some of the role of politics in Planned Parenthood’s enemies list, #5 goes much further into the topic of government and abortion.
5. Marjorie Dannenfelser and the SBA-List
Planned Parenthood knows that if they are going to stay profitable they need politicians and legislation on their side. They desperately need proudly pro-choice leaders in government and they heavily invest to make sure that happens. As more and more legislation comes up to stop government funding of PPFA, they need politicians to kill those bills. One major enemy in that battle is the organization SBA-List, which is headed up by Marjorie Dannenfelser.
The Susan B. Anthony List was started by Dannenfelser in 1991 initially to help get pro-life leaders, especially women, elected to Congress. It used to hurt the pro-life cause that men played such a visible role (pro-choice groups continue to ignore the overwhelming influence of women in the pro-life movement now and make this tired and sexist argument that men should not have a say in the debate). But now there are many female pro-life leaders in government, and Dannenfelser deserves praise. That obviously makes her and the SBA-List a top enemy of PPFA in a big election year.
Planned Parenthood’s action fund focuses on the 2012 elections because they fear a repeat of what happened in 2010. They created a website devoted to avoiding another 2010, and they proclaim on that site: “The 2010 elections dramatically changed the U.S. Congress and state legislatures nationwide, leading to a wave of efforts to stop Planned Parenthood. That’s why we’ve launched a website devoted to the 2012 race.”
One cannot overstate how Congress changed in 2010 for the pro-life cause. As I wrote just a few months after that election:
Last November the American people elected 72 new pro-life members of the House, new pro-life senators, and gave Boehner the largest pro-life majority in the House since Roe v. Wade. One of the groups who should get a lot of credit for those results is the Susan B. Anthony List. And their President and Chairman of the Board is Marjorie Dannenfelser.
Big names like Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, and Nikki Haley owe much of their support and success to SBA-List. And Dannenfelser works not only in electing pro-lifers, but in holding them accountable for their votes. She teaches politicians to stand up for their pro-life views and not, as she says, “duck and hide”:
When a candidate assesses a district and says, “I know I’m pro-life and pro-marriage, but I think I’d better duck and hide,” it’s a mistake. It doesn’t mean that has to be your only issue or the No. 1 thing that you do, but when you’re attacked as a candidate on one of those issues and you hide in the corner, they define you and you never get to articulate the deep roots of why you believe what you believe.
Dannenfelser and the SBA-List are not ducking and hiding from congressional battles over Planned Parenthood funding this year. And they are not ducking and hiding from the 2012 elections. That makes them a major target of Planned Parenthood.
Most on our list are tied to one big organization, but #4 has worked with lots of groups and is one of the biggest rising stars in the pro-life community. Some may say she is the biggest.
4. Abby Johnson and other former PPFA workers
Abby Johnson is not just a rising star, but she is a work horse in the pro-life movement. She works with many of the organizations on this list. She guest-blogs for LifeNews, works with AUL, works as chief research strategist for Live Action Films, has made videos for SBA-List, supports the 40 Days for Life campaign, and published a best-selling book. Johnson is also one of the top sought-after speakers in the pro-life community. And the amazing thing is that Johnson has only been pro-life for a couple of years.
How has someone become such a big part of the pro-life community and a big enemy of Planned Parenthood so quickly? It’s all about her story (which you can read about in her excellent book). Johnson got involved in college with Planned Parenthood as a volunteer. She quickly rose through the ranks and even had two abortions herself. Johnson worked at Planned Parenthood for eight years and became one of their top directors in the country at a clinic in Texas. In October of 2009, she suddenly quit her job after witnessing first-hand an abortion while operating the ultrasound equipment for the clinic. She was horrified as she watched a baby try to avoid the death tools of the abortionist. And she was sickened as the abortion doctor made a joke while removing the now dead baby from the woman at the clinic.
Johnson fled the abortion industry and sought out the help of the folks at 40 Days for Life. Planned Parenthood took her to court and lost in their attempt to silence Johnson from doing interviews and releasing her book about Planned Parenthood. One of PPFA’s biggest fears is when people leave Planned Parenthood as employees and begin to reveal the truths of how they operate.
Though Johnson is already a top name in the pro-life movement, she feels she has a lot more work to do. She recently talked to me about this:
I have actually started a ministry to proactively reach out to clinic workers inside the abortion industry. Honestly, that is what they are most afraid of. That is why (Planned Parenthood) took me to court. They are terrified that their people will turn against them and “out” their bad and illegal practices. This type of ministry has never been done before. I have only been at it for three months and we have already had a dozen clinic workers come out.
The name of Johnson’s new ministry is And Then There Were None. Planned Parenthood was scared enough when Johnson left. Now they fear she could help other clinic workers see the light and leave that kind of work.
Our next two enemies on the list involve two of Johnson’s allies.
3. Lila Rose and Live Action
Rose founded Live Action in her living room at age 15. She first developed a passion for defending the unborn at the age of 9 and wanted to do something big. She started by focusing on getting information to young people about abortion. By the time she went to UCLA, she discovered how much undercover work might help the pro-life cause. Her first attempt was at her school’s health center. She claimed she was pregnant and the counselor told her they wouldn’t help unless she got an abortion. And the nurse suggested an abortion because Lila wouldn’t enjoy having to leave class to pee if she is pregnant. The nurse was even caught on tape telling Rose that the government can pay for the abortion and her parents never have to know. This shocking event led Rose to go for even bigger fish and she set her sights on Planned Parenthood.
Rose’s undercover investigation on PPFA immediately bore fruit. She has had Planned Parenthood clinic workers telling her how to forge documents, lie, and cover up cases of statutory rape. And Planned Parenthood’s initial reaction was not to discipline the workers but threaten then-19-year-old Lila Rose with lawsuits. The reaction spurred more interest as her undercover YouTube videos went viral and she started getting major interviews by the talking heads of many of the news outlets. All the while Rose continued to uncover illegal practices at PPFA clinics in not only California but also Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Arizona, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. This organization has brought light to a national problem in how PPFA does business.
When I asked Jill Stanek (#9 on this list) who she thinks should be on this list, she immediately replied with one name: “I think Lila Rose and Live Action should be on the list, for sure.”
Rose, while still in her early 20s, has captured the eyes and hearts of many people through utilization of new media and spreading her message through speeches (often to passionate young pro-lifers) nationwide. Probably every pro-life advocate would list her as one of the most important people in the pro-life movement. Planned Parenthood is well aware that Miss Rose’s goal is to take them down, and that terrifies them.
Taking Planned Parenthood taxpayer funding down is a big goal, and the task needs not just information like Live Action’s, but also legal folks who know how to use it. Enter enemy #2:
2. Charmaine Yoest and Americans United for Life
Charmaine Yoest is the president and CEO of AUL (Americans United for Life). AUL is the legal arm for the pro-life movement. If Planned Parenthood is going to go down, it will come from the legal groundwork of AUL. AUL understands that a primary battle against abortion right now is taking down government funding to Planned Parenthood and exposing some of their unethical if not illegal practices. When asked why defunding PPFA is so important, Yoest replied:
Why does abortion persist in this country so long when most Americans are against it? One million dollars per day of our tax dollars subsidizes the world’s largest abortion provider. Our attorneys put together what we called “The Case Against Planned Parenthood,” a report this summer that showed what Planned Parenthood has been doing with its funding.
Yoest and AUL’s greatest work has recently come through a groundbreaking expose called “The Case for Investigating Planned Parenthood.” This key material led to congressional investigations into Planned Parenthood, and it provides documentation pro-life legislators hope to use to stop the funding of PPFA. The report was also vital in nearly (and maybe yet still) bringing down the longstanding relationship of Susan G. Komen and PPFA.
AUL was instrumental in the Susan G. Komen foundation’s short-lived attempt at ending their relationship with Planned Parenthood. That would have hurt PPFA more than people realize, which is why we saw the Left do a full-throttle attack against Komen until they relented from cutting off the money. Komen has not only provided Planned Parenthood with a lot of money, but Komen rejecting PPFA would have shown it isn’t just the extreme right who have a problem with Planned Parenthood’s practices. AUL deserves a lot of the credit for pointing out to Komen and others the problems with Planned Parenthood.
I asked Dr. Yoest if she thinks AUL’s expose will help further defunding of PPFA by the government or other groups. She responded: “Truth is powerful and we are working to make the facts available about how central abortion is to Planned Parenthood’s business model – our report is meticulously documented and provides a way to empower funding organizations who are working to be careful stewards of their investments.”
Planned Parenthood likely referred to AUL when they complained that Komen initially backed out because of “pressure from anti-women’s health political organizations.” Of course, the fact that a woman runs AUL means nothing. PPFA also wanted to portray AUL as not wanting to help women with breast cancer, but they ignored that Yoest herself has been in her own recent hard-fought battle with the disease.
When Abby Johnson, the #1 most requested pro-life speaker in the country, answered who she felt should top the list of Planned Parenthood’s enemies, she replied:
I would say AUL. … Not only do they have the finest group of pro-life attorneys working for them, but they are a constant pro-life presence in the mainstream media. They write legislation that passes and truly makes a difference to the lives of women and babies.
AUL has mastered the shift the pro-life movement has taken over the last two decades from a one big fight approach to focusing on small, incremental victories. Yoest and AUL know this is a long war and must be won one battle at a time, and have done that with over 28 legislative victories in just the past year. Yoest said,
Sometimes you go for that “long bomb” pass, but you’ve got to get those 10 yards for a first down, so a lot of times it’s a ground game of moving that ball relentlessly down the field. Our goal is a touchdown, but you get it by moving the ball little by little.
Those little victories of Yoest and AUL would make them the number one enemy of Planned Parenthood in any other year, but this is a special year and so Planned Parenthood has a very specific #1 enemy in 2012.
1. The 2012 Republican candidate for president
The 2012 presidential election is one of the biggest moments in the success or failure of Planned Parenthood. Their biggest goal is keeping the presidency from a potentially major enemy to their work, a pro-life president.
Planned Parenthood’s Action Fund has a site on whom they watch and worry about. They have a list of “biggest chumps” and the first three are Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich. And they list their “biggest champ” as Barack Obama. This leaves no doubt that keeping Obama as president is job #1 in 2012 for Planned Parenthood, and therefore a pro-life Republican nominee has to be their biggest enemy.
Presidents claiming to be pro-life have not always been that effective in getting much done. President George W. Bush was able to do the most for the cause, but with new legislation, efforts, and momentum to end government involvement with Planned Parenthood, a new pro-life president just might help end the funding of PPFA.
Now which of the remaining candidates for president does PPFA fear most? That’s easy. It is the one who has got the most support from the pro-life community: Rick Santorum. Lisa Graas, one influential pro-life blogger, explained why Santorum is the enemy:
I would put any Republican presidential candidate on that list, but especially Rick Santorum because of his personal life story with his wife Karen and the loss of their son Gabriel. Further, his record in the Senate on authoring the only federal abortion restriction ever to become law, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, is testimony to his commitment to protection of life at all levels of government. … He is the one person most committed to ending abortion in America and has a track record that certainly must send chills down the spines of Planned Parenthood executives.
Perusing Planned Parenthood websites, you will find they describe the possibility of a Santorum presidency as “terrifying.” They say Santorum is “king” among candidates on conservative social concerns, and they proclaim that a “Santorum presidency would be a truly frightening prospect.”
Planned Parenthood knows they need another four years of Obama. He is their firewall against losing their funding. Santorum is their biggest fear, but the thought of any of the Republican candidates makes their blood run cold. Therefore, 2012′s biggest enemy will be whomever the Republicans nominate.
It is not outside of reality to imagine this is the last year Planned Parenthood gets federal funding. A lot of that will depend on how well these enemies of PPFA fight and how Americans react in the voting booth.
11. Us. Vote, talk, raise your children right (and raise lots of ‘em!), react to EVERY pregnancy with delight. It’s time to be Breibart.
Agreed Jeannette. The real #1 enemy of Planned Parenthood are the millions of folks who recognize abortion for what it is, and vote accordingly.
For too long, abortion on demand proponents have been allowed to lie and propagandize their insidious, dirty business without challenge.
One beef with the article. It’s just not the Catholic Church that is at the forefront of the legalized abortion fight. Many if not the majority of those crisis pregnancy centers were created by Protestant Christians, paid for by fundraisers, churches and volunteers who don’t take one dime of federal or state assistance to care for mother and child through toddler age.
I agree with you. There are many Protestant organizations, unfortunately not all Protestant churches, who have been part of the fight against abortion. The Catholic Church is the only church that has been consistently against any form of killing innocent life since its inception, 2000+ yrs ago (w/minor lapses here & there), an obvious, very large pain-in-the-neck to Planned Parenthood.
The Roman Catholic Church did not exist 2,000 years ago.
How do you expect to win the cultural war if you’re not up on real history?
Jeanine, sadly, it is you who are not up on the true history of the Roman Catholic Church.
From 1205AD to 1605AD, the Roman Catholic Church tortured and murdered as many as 50 million human beings (Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike) for refusing to convert to the Catholic doctrine. That is NOT the behavior of a “pro-life” organization.
Thankfully, though, in every religion (which are all man-made and just as evil as man’s nature), there are true believers in God and His Word. These people have often fought for the rights of unborn babies, even under the names of their religions. Religions, themselves, are bad; but the PEOPLE can be good.
He’s right- the Church’s 2000th birthday is about 20 years from now.
Catherine….quit being a bigot and look up what it was that triggered the beginning of the Crusades!!! it was the Muslims blocking access to Jerusalem by all non-Muslims!!
No, the “Catholic Church” did not exist as an organization until after Rome became Christian and that Ceaser made one of the Christian priests his heir. Before that, there were many small “churches” founded by people who heard Jesus speak and went home to spread the word. The Coptics and Druze are the only two surviving groups that I know of. The Catholic Church tried to round them all up and force them into subservience. The various orders allowed the variation in faith (creed) the people needed.
And, no, the Catholic Church did not always speak against abortion, or infanticide.
No, Phillip, that’s Protestant propaganda, not history. History says that every legitimate house church answered to the city’s bishop, who was ordained in a direct line of succession to the Apostles. The presbyter of said house church was ordained by either the city’s bishop or one of the bishop’s predecessors or fellow bishops. Nowhere in the Bible is there any authority for a believer to declare himself a pastor and start a church without the permission of the local bishop. Even if laymen went out and evangelized new territory, they could only baptize, not start churches, until a bishop came to ordain clergy. Indeed, for twelve years the Church in South Korea was sustained only on baptism and Bible study; there was no Communion because there were no presbyters to offer Communion, nor bishops to ordain presbyters (of course, since every bishop is a presbyter, if they had bishops they would also have Communion). It wasn’t until a presbyter joined up with the missionaries that they had actual churches.
The Orthodox/Catholic Church is descended from Christ’s Apostles; the Roman Catholic Church, in the West, is the result of the undivided Church splitting in the Middle Ages into Eastern and Western parts, Eastern Orthodoxy and Latin (Roman) Catholicism. Protestantism, with its multiplicity of identities and communities, is the product of the past 500 years.
There is no official “Roman Catholic” Church. It is just the Catholic Church which has been in existence approximately 2000 years. There has only been one Catholic Church. Rome just happens to be where the Successor of Peter is seated. This is the Latin Rite Catholic Church. There is also the Eastern Rite Catholic Church. Together they form, The Cathoic Church. And yes, they are united in Doctrine under the Bishop of Rome, but they have their own traditions.
http://www.catholicapologetics.org/Slides/ General%20Church%20History%20Timeline_files/ frame.htm This is proof the that the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ. You’re welcome.
OK, rance, to be precise, it was only 1979 years ago (the year 33 A.D) that what we now call the Roman Catholic Church was founded. Not a full 2000. Give me a break.
http://www.catholicapologetics.org/Slides/General%20Church%20History%20Timeline_files/frame.htm
This is proof the that the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ. You’re welcome.
Prove it!
This is about today, not the past. This is an issue that we put aside our differences and unite around – Protestant or Catholic don’t miss the forest for the trees.
the lines between the different Christian denominations have blurred just a bit in recent years as the abortion battle has heated up and I am very happy about that!! We are all pro-lifers, it doesn’t matter which Church we attend on Sunday morning!! It is very important for us to make our voices heard now before we end up with Romney as the nominee!! Planned Parenthood has a document signed by him as a promise to them that he would not legally make any changes to their current laws while Governor!! Anyone who thinks he would side with life is delusional!! I just have been thinking that while so many of us support Santorum for clear reasons, we should keep Newt in mind as well. He is pro-life and signed the Personhood Pledge (him and Rick are the only 2 still in) Just thinking that it could be more of a compromise so we aren’t stuck with Romney and we still have someone pro-life, just have to reiterate to others that it’s something we won’t compromise on life….I’m just so afraid of ending up with Romney!!
She doesn’t know Mitt Romney, then. He will sell out his new-found pro-life position the minute he takes office, and he’ll appoint liberals as judges.
Newt? Probably reliable, but won’t make it a priority. He would likely appoint genuine scholars as judges, which would be great on this, and all other issues.
Paul? No help there. Judicial appointments may be alright, though.
Santorum is the only reliably pro-life candidate.
Right, Mark. I agree.
The thing that solidified this for me happened back in the 2008 Republican presidential nomination cycle. During a televised Republican Debate, Romney had just answered a question, claiming he was “prolife,” when the station went on a commercial break. The first “commercial” was a political advert showing a video of Mitt Romney saying he was “pro-choice.” Immediately, I knew he would say ANYTHING to become president, and there would be no way of knowing if he was being truthful or not.
Back then, I was a Ron Paul supporter, because, as a former OB/GYN, I knew he was the most pro-life candidate. Later, he lost my support by declaring he would legalize all drugs and allow agressive radical countries to obtain nuclear weapons. I thank God Rick Santorum is running for president this time!
GAME’S ON!!! GO RICK!!!!!!!!!
Mark, even using your words, Newt would put judges in the courts that would help us when this battle is taken there!! It won’t be fought in the oval office, it will be in a court room and I am hesitant to part with the idea of a Santorum presidency, but I don’t want us to be so uncompromising that we end up with romney!! I think Newt could help us get a pro-life candidate in office that also appeals to those who aren’t as passionate as we are on this issue and don’t consider it a top priority when voting like we do….maybe they could be on a ticket? I don’t know just don’t want us top blow our chances….it’s too important
President Romney and the next republican congress can put a damper on PP by changing the tax code by stripping abortion providers of their non profit and charitable tax status. Couple that with baning federal abortion funding and to do reverse Holder witholding federal aid to states that provide funding for abortion would really dampen PP’s activities.
Bob, we can do much better than that! We can elect Rick Santorum as president, and he will help us reinstate our Consitution as the Law of this Land, for every branch of government.
The fallout of this action would necessarily void any unConstitutional laws the Legislature has passed and any past POTUS have signed into law; as well as void any SCOTUS rulings that went beyond Constitutional limits–including Roe v. Wade.
Yes, it will be more complicated than what I’ve written above, and will take some time; but it’s WORTH IT!
Excellent column & list…until I read #1. The GOP 2012 candidate for POTUS will do nothing to turn the tide in the abortion debate & nothing against whoever it will be, but there is only one who can turn the tide. His name is God. I long ago stopped putting my faith in politicians, Republicans namely to do what only God can do. For the tide to turn against abortion on demand, which is a big money enterprise the hearts of those involved in the abortion industry need to be changed. Only God can do this. Abby Johnson & Jill Stanek are proof of God’s work when it comes to changing hearts. Republicans had nothing to do with this. God is the biggest enemy the abortion on demand industry has & they know it. Politicians are too easily bought off (see Bart Stupak). God cannot be bought off. He should have topped this list & no one else.
Kenneth,
I agree with you, God is the natural choice one would expect to be listed as the #1 Foe of Abortion. I must admit I got a chuckle seeing those 4 characters standing in for him.
My local liberal media rag- The Ft-worth Star Telegram pointed out the regristrations for Susan B Koens race for the cure is down 50%, of course they tried to twist it because they had withdrawn then restored money for PP, the commenters also agreed. When if fact its because they cave to the liberal MSM registrations plunged.
Thanks very much for the article. It’s great to see the secular “allies”.
My pastor and the other priests are clear and consistent in their teaching aabout abortion as a sin. So, let’s be equally clear that the forces of evil and anit life are on the march.
The situation with the seemingly overwhelming forces arrayed against life remind of a very key part in Lord of the Rings — Two Towers. Saruman has captured Gandalf and tries to get him to come over to the side of Sauron. He does this by showing him the apparent irresistable tide going against the force of good. Gandalf is only shown what Sauron wants him to see in the Palantir. This episode ion LOTR reminds me of the MSM as the palantir.
The point is we cannot despair or give up because of how menacing, threatening and gigantic the evil forces are… we have to rely on God and prayer. Difficult and challenging times are ahead for all of us.
As St Paul tells the Ephisians and it’s tue today as then…
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Sorry for all the typo’s in #7 post. Not enough coffee this morning…
I also wanted to mention that there is a nationwide “Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally” this Friday noon local time. Stand up against the HHS mandate. I am very hopeful that there will be media coverage. Hint… hint… PJM.
Here is the link. Many solid locations with some great speakers. AB Cordilone
of Oakland will be at the SF location.
http://standupforreligiousfreedom.com/
We can hope and pray for whatever we choose in our private lives. The political reality in USA 2012 is that abortion on demand is the law of land. News flash to our “right to life” brethren is that Roe v Wade will likely never be overturned, regardless of who the president is. Now, Fed funding of the abortion mill aka Planned Parenthood is another story. Reducing or stopping Fed support of PPFA is a realistic political goal.
Lizard King, I know you’ve been taught that, but your teachers have lied to you. Progressives have been removing the Truth from our history books for over a hundred years.
Here’s the Truth: #1, SCOTUS only ruled the way they did in Roe v. Wade because they did not know when life began–they stated this. Science has since determined that life begins at conception. #2. SCOTUS did not really legalize abotion-on-demand, for the U.S. Constitution only gave them the power to rule over the cases before them, NOT to create laws for the nation. The Constitution gave that power to the Legislature alone!
#3. Here’s the clincher! The Declaration of Independence recognized that our Creator grants unalianable rights (those that cannot be taken away) to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. In its preamble, the Constitution states that one of its purposes (of the new government) is to “secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity” (which clearly refers to God’s Blessings of unalienable rights recognized in the Declaration). This means the Constitution was written to implement government protections for life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness (as well as all the other things listed). Learning the Truth of our Foundations is the key here.
Here’s a quote from http://www.answers.com/topic/roe-v-wade#ixzz1paproFx0
(That is a page I found when I Googled, “What law did Roe v. Wade strike down?”)
“Although Chief Justice Warren Burger’s concurring opinion denied that Roe had established a right to abortion on demand, that was its practical effect. Justices Byron White and William Rehnquist, in separate dissents, criticized the Court for enforcing a right not specified in the Constitution to overturn statutes that were no more restrictive than those widely in force when the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted. In addition, they criticized the Court for the trimester framework, which, in their view, was arbitrary. If the state had an interest in protecting the potential life of the fetus, that interest existed, and was equally strong, through the entire pregnancy. Further, they said, the Court’s balancing of competing interests and careful laying out of what doctors could do in various circumstances resembled a statute.”
Roe v Wade can and eventually will be overturned. As the pendulum continues it swing to conservative principals, the Court will return the issue to the states. In the mean time, every person of true conscience must never miss an opportunity to stand for life. “Woman’s Health” disguises the brutal murder of millions of innocents. Tolerence of such horrific behavior lowers a person to the level of an animal. The principal problem confronting this world is it has lost sight of the most important job there is, making and raising good people. Abortion stops a beating hart.
Every day there is an article in the Arizona Republic about a child found in a rrunk or mysteriously disappearing, or being brutalized by ‘mother’s boyfriend. A group is now sorting through a landfill hunting for the body of a 5 year old whose mother was jailed for child cruelty at one time. Her new baby was born a few days after the 5 year old disappeared. When I lived in Alexandria I read the same sort of thing in The Washington Post. Why is this allowed? There are absolutely no standards for parenthood. Any fool can have a baby or impregnate a woman. Some women don’t seem to learn a lesson but go on to have multiple children by a different man each time. Some women, like animals, have litters of children and they opt to do it. I won’t go into the financial cost…just the morality of it.
Is abortion worse than this? Face it….not all babies are wanted. Not all are adopted or fostered by people who will take good care of them….or any kind of care.
For years I have waited for abortion critics to adopt these children…..but they don’t.
“For years I have waited for abortion critics to adopt these children…..but they don’t.”
So you would support a law that if someone saves a young person from drowning in a pond that the rescuer must now adopt the rescued? Sounds like you have a strawman argument to me.
I really think there are plenty of pro-life people that support those that choose to not have abortions. My wife and I are too old to care for a little one now but we do donate substantial money to private adoption agencies. If anyone is looking for an avenue to give I recommend: http://www.antiochadoptions.org/
You waited for someone who is prolife to adopt these older, hard to place, and often non Caucasian children?
Well, I adopted two such older boys.Hello. How are you? Now you know someone.
The reality about abused children is that they are often hard to place thanks to the laws to protect their parent’s rights. Try going to your local adoption agency and find out some facts.
Many of these children are actually placed with family members, but alas others languish in foster care homes (when often adopted families would be willing to adopt them) because their parents refuse to surrender their parental rights, and the social workers keep hoping mom will stop her drug habit so refuse to take her to court to terminate her parental rights…
So your conclusion is that the baby should have his skull crushed, brains sucked out, dismembered, or chemically burned alive in the womb by a “doctor,” rather than killed later on by the baby’s mother. I’m afraid I’m not understanding how one is better than the other. Is knowing who your executioner is what dictates whether or not you would find your tortuous death to be acceptable, or is it determined by your physical location?
I’m pretty much pro-choice. I feel it is a woman’s right to decide for herself what she is going to do. I do, however believe she should be presented with all the facts. I do not agree with Planned Parenthood’s way of doing it. Presenting only one side of the debate isn’t good anytime. Give a woman all the facts, including offering to show her an ultrasound. Let her make her own decision. If she opts for an abortion, fine, give her the information she needs to know to go about it in the safest way possible. I would also inform her of the possibility of the baby surviving and make arraignments for that possibility, such as her giving the child up for adoption. If the kid has enough fight in him or her to survive an abortion then I’m not going to be the one to kill it. If she is willing to keep the child up until term then give her all the information to either get help raising it herself or where to go to adopt it out. To not give both sides is totally wrong, the woman has the right to all the facts even if the clinic loses the fee for the abortion.
On a “Project Rachel”-type website, I read the results of a poll (It was a few years ago and I just don’t remember the site, sorry). Women who were recovering from having had an abortion, were asked why? The overwhelming response was “I didn’t think I had a choice.” Now, I have a degree in math so I know the limited data-value of this response, but it seems that quite often, “choice” doesn’t happen. Women are coerced by their parents or boyfriends (and children are coerced by their molesters of course) into having abortions. When I was younger, there weren’t ultrasounds available so they were never utilized when my friends got abortions. Years later, they got married, had children and all of a sudden, they found out that the 12-week-old fetus they aborted had had hands and feet and looked like babies. A lot of women wish they had been able to make informed decisions.
You are one of the first self professed pro-choice people that I’ve actually heard a logical point from in a long time. While I do not agree with you, I do agree that a woman should be given all of her choices and all of her options before she makes any decisions about the life she is carrying. Thank you, it was refreshing to see that!!
What about the rights of that little baby in the womb who cannot speak for itself??? Who are we on earth to decide about that little one’s fate to live or die. You are a pro-choice because your mother chose to give birth to you. But those millions of babies have no choice!!! Is it justice? Is it fair?
Father Jenkins, President of Notre Dame could never make this list. He awarded then-new President Obama an honorary law degree, despite Obama’ pro-abortion credentials. If Jenkins thought he was opening a line of communication, he was foolish.
He was fooled again when the Administration announced that every Catholic institution (except churches themselves) must provide insurance for free contraceptives and abortions to all employees. Jenkins was probably as surprised as Obama at the reaction that he should have been leading.
Obama issued a false statement that the regulation had been changed. It has not been. Jenkins issued a weak statement on the ND website, hoping for a better outcome. He’s been fooled again.
It’s time for the Congregation of the Holy Cross (the priests who run ND) to act; it’s time for Father Jenkins to go, before he does something even more ruinous to his faith and his responsibilities. (A saddened ND alumnus)
Donna Quixote, I have heard that argument before — every child a wanted child — as if the unwanted child will end up in a trashbin somewhere. The likelihood of that happening is not statistically significant. That’s why when it does, it makes the daily news. But let’s stop for a minute and think this through. Is it the baby’s fault that mom was promiscuous and irresponsible — and might even become abusive? Should her child be murdered as a punishment? Do we kill people for being victims of abuse now? But this is all a moot point. I have been in front of clinics to help women who change their minds. Most of them are there for financial reasons. They don’t even want the abortion but feel pressured into it. Should only the babies of the middle and upper class be allowed to live? And every time I’m there I see women holding signs that say “let me adopt your baby!” So there goes that argument, too. Your comment seems more like a rationalization for abortion based on anecdotal evidence.
to catherine:
how about providing a citation for your figures. 125,000 people a year for 400 years just for not converting? if that’s the case, i’m sure there must one or two reputable history texts. perhaps even 50 million of them:)
e.g., a quick Internet search turns up “Population in Europe” (Josiah Russell), which states that any pop. estimate is just that since the times were chaotic.
however, it estimates 38.5 million people in europe in 1000 a.d.; 73.5 in 1340 a.d. and 50 in 1450 a.d. so out of those populations, 50 million were killed because they wouldn’t go to church?
c’mon! that’s just a wee bit counter-intuitive isn’t it for anyone who’s had a math education past the 3rd grade?.
if you want to consider unnatural deaths, maybe consider the devastation of the Black Plague and the warfare.
I’ve never understood why the Catholic Church doesn’t have the stone tablets to excommunicate these politicians that are in direct opposition to the Church’s teachings. That’s sarcasm. Of course I know why, and it’s good’ol e pluribus unum.
If you have a few minutes, I think you’ll be inspired by the story of one of those people that the post-birth abortionists would do away with. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9xwCG0Ey2Mg
“For God so loved the world,that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
look, look at it this way. When it comes to birth control and abortion, the liberals are only hurting themselves. If all those Afro-American babies had not been aborted, the socialists would have taken over America long ago. This way, it is looking like America just might be saved thanks to Roe VS Wade.
Look, look at it this way. When it comes to birth control and abortion, the liberals are only hurting themselves. If all those Afro-American babies had not been aborted, not to mention those white liberal babies, the socialists would have taken over America long ago. This way, it is looking like America just might be saved thanks to Roe VS Wade.
Catherine, where did you get 50 million people when the reality was that were not all those people in all of Europe at the time, HELLOOOO! The number is closer to 7000 to 15, 000.. my good God where do you get your hyped up and warped facts in history?
The real #1 enemy of planned parenthood is the Catholic Church.
Matt, I would like to believe that and I PRAY you are right! As I am sure you know, 54% of Catholics voted for our current President in 2008. I was heartbroken to hear those statistics! I am very active in the Pro-Life cause as a sidewalk counselor and I volunteer every chance I can for the Pro-Life cause. I am also Catholic and I do not see The Catholic Church doing anything proactive in taking a stance for Pro-Life in the city where I live. Not one priest was on the sidewalk participated in the Rally for Life last Friday. I called the Diocese and asked “Where were our priests?” I was told that the Bishop basically prohibited the diocesan priests to go. The bishop evidently had a problem with some of the group(s) that planned the Rally. I also asked if the Catholic Church planned to speak up about the upcoming election. I received a resounding NO! So…praying you are right, and that our city is an exception to the rule.
Is this a page that is discussing who the major threats are to Planned Parenthood or an attack on the Catholic Church? The Catholic Church never put people to death or had such authority although there were some within the church that made such requests to those in authority – but it was not done by the church itself. During the Spanish Inquisition it approached more like 50,000. And under the Protestant reformation more Catholics died than that. What army did the Catholic church have to do such atrocities other than the Swiss Guard, and they are there for the protection of the Pope. I must admit bad things happened on both sides but that is the behavior of man and not the Church, our church comes from Jesus himself and it all about fighting for life and for what it believes. I’ve posted articles below for those who insist upon spouting nonsense. I loved the article… it’s good to focus on those that are making a difference in the fight for life. Thank you for sharing!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror_(Spain)
http://askville.amazon.com/people-killed-Inquisition/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=3878676
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_were_murdered_by_the_Catholic_Church_since_its_inception
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0007.html
http://old.nationalreview.com/comment/madden200406181026.asp
http://www.agapebiblestudy.com/documents/Martin%20Luther%20and%20the%20Reformation.htm
Santorum could hardly be considered an enemy of Planned Parenthood. He might talk like a pro-lifer, but look at his voting history. He has a history of voting for funding to Planned Parenthood. Clean track record? Yeah right! Ron Paul was completely right to point him out as a fake. I don’t trust that man one bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCLsgWs2t3A
Elect RON PAUL and Planned Parenthood gets defunded overnight. OVERNIGHT.
As an OBGYN he can argue the medical facts against Obama – Santorum is just labeled a religious nut by the left and nobody takes him seriously!
Definitely vote for Dr. PAUL!!!
Really? . . Santorum?? Are you kidding me? Out of all the candidates you pick him, Santorum? Do you not know anything about Ron Paul?
OBGYN for over 30yrs, delivered over 4,000 children never losing the mother or child, consistently voted against any abortion bill and wants to get rid of the Fed that is giving money to Planned Parenthood, which will hurt PP’s agenda and bringing the issue of abortion to a state level where it will be much easier to illegalize abortion.
Santorum on Wed Feb. 22, 2012 voted for Title X funding, which sends tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood. He’s also voted for bailouts and to raise the debt ceiling five times.
Really? . . Santorum?? Are you kidding me? Out of all the candidates you pick him, Santorum? Do you not know anything about Ron Paul?
OBGYN for over 30yrs, delivered over 4,000 children never losing the mother or child, consistently voted against any abortion bill and wants to get rid of the Fed that is giving money to Planned Parenthood, which will hurt PP’s agenda and bringing the issue of abortion to a state level where it will be much easier to illegalize abortion.
Santorum on Wed Feb. 22, 2012 voted for Title X funding, which sends tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood. He’s also voted for bailouts and to raise the debt ceiling five times.
Come on, Ron Paul is the only true Pro-lifer and conservative on the Republican party. If you want an end to abortion, more money in your pocket, freedom and liberty, then vote Ron Paul!
Please Esther, stop with the tired old canard about Rick Santorum. While he was in Congress and the Senate, he was a strong and effective pro-life advocate. He also believes there must be a nationwide approach to ending abortion, unlike Dr. Paul who supports a state’s rights approach. And Rick Santorum did not vote for title X funding on Feb 22, 2012 because he has not been in the senate since 2007.
Of all the Republican Candidates, Rick Santorum has the strongest pro-life credentials to defeat Obama. Planned Parenthood and this current president certainly know that and that is why they fear most running against Rick Santorum.
I think it is important for people to know that Planned Parenthood and the like have aborted between 40-44% of all minority African American and Mexican American feteses who were conceived since 1994. These are their own numbers and constitute a national genocide against minorities that needs to be eliminated. Withi a couple of generations this will become very evident.
Hi Paul, Thank You for this article!
Dear All,
Regarding the Republican nomination, take a look at NARAL’s own evaluations here: http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/2012/gop-presidential-candidates/
They say Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum are all “anti-choice” (pro-life), with Mitt Romney being “anti-choice” and “pro-choice” at various times throughout his career (basically, a flip-flopper). One thing I want to correct on the Ron Paul front is that I believe – and I do not hold US citizenship, so this comes from outside America – Ron Paul’s strategy and vision is the best to defund Planned Parenthood permanently. Currently pro-life/anti-life decisions are made by the US federal government which is unconstitutional because, as far as I understand it, the Constitution gives no such authority to the federal government to do so.
Also, Paul’s plan is to put the power to regulate abortion back into the states. This I believe would allow for a near-overnight and permanent and constitutional end to abortion in America, because then individual states can have their own power and autonomy. It is easier to change a state law and given the power of the pro-life movement it would happen quickly. Shifting the focus to the states would also mean sidestepping the big businesses and Planned Parenthood’s control of the federal government, because they can’t control 50+ state governments all at the same time. Putting the power to regulate abortion under federal and not state jurisdiction makes it harder for people to change that law to be pro-life. Santorum’s solution to abortion is federal but that is where PP has their power, and it will change when he leaves office and a pro-abortion candidate is elected and comes in with more sweeping recommendations like Obama has done. Deregulate and give it to the states, is a sure-fire way to protect Liberty, prevent federal changes in the future (and give power back to the People!), overturn Roe v. Wade practically overnight, and make it PERMANENT. Planned Parenthood would have no chance and, moreover, if a state continued to have abortions, people could leave the state, boycott it, and the results of abortions (emotionally and physically on maternal health) would be more quickly seen. It would expose the truth and expose the lie about abortion, “choice”, and women’s health. And I am all for that and for a swift end to abortion in America and on this planet, and I hope America’s decision against abortion will have repercussions along other nations as well.
Regards,
James
Seriouslyly?! Students for Life of America is not on this list? I honestly thought they were going to be #1 – they have organized, rallied, mobilized, roused, taught, encouraged, formed, and reformed hundreds of pro-life groups in the past few years! Kristen Hawkins is working with a fantastic group of dedicated individuals in many communities throughout the U.S., and they work hard every single day to present the pro-life message to young people – THEY are the ones PP should be the most afraid of, not a barely relevant candidate who is not even going to win the GOP nomination.
Honorable mention should go to scientific discoveries that now enable ultrasounds to be in 3 dimensions and to perform life-saving surgery on feuses. And to the photographer who took Sam’s picture – the picture of the baby being operated on while still in the womb.
MSG TO MITT ROMNEY: YOU HAD BETTER BE 1,000 PERCENT PRO-LIFE. NO FLIP-FLOPPING.
Would love to see Former Girl Scouts listed as Honorable Mention on this list. As parents pull their daughters out of Girl Scouts for their relationship with Planned Parenthood, more and more former Girl Scouts are speaking out. PP has had help from Girl Scout Councils across the country introducing girls to their clinics by having PP teach “information-based” sex education. Unfortunately, most parents do not know that Planned Parenthood promotes children as young as 10 having “sexual rights” outside of parental notification. Parents need to wake up and see how Girl Scout cookie money is spent. BOYCOTT GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.
hey please spread the truth about 9/11 inside job far and wide . war on terror is big lie
The war on terror has been going on since long before September 11…and please stay on topic…
Pro-abortionists say things like “abortion is a fundamental religious liberty issue that should not be infringed upon by the state, we should trust women to make their own personal decisions without outside interference, pro-lifers are free to believe whatever they want, but shouldn’t impose their beliefs on others, in order to have a true reduction in abortion and true equality, we should have state-funded birth control and health services(which of course would include abortion), and those should be paid for by taxpayers.” Men and women, I agree with all that above, it’s absolutely right that abortion should remain legal through all nine months of pregnancy, that our tax dollars should fund birth control programs, that pro-lifers like me ought to “butt out” of this issue, and let every woman to decide for herself, and we should trust women to make their own personal decisions on this issue, I agree with these things completely, they’re right…..IF the unborn are not human. And if you can demonstrate using SCIENCE that the unborn are not members of the human family and PHILOSOPHY to show us that even if they are, they shouldn’t be valued, I will concede, because I’m vigorously pro-choice on women choosing their own husbands, choosing their own religions, choosing their own careers, the pets they wish to own, the cars they wish to drive, I’m pro-choice on all those issues. But some choices are wrong, like taking the lives of defenseless human beings, simply because they’re in the way of something we want. That’s a choice a civil society dedicated to tolerance, diversity, and inclusiveness should not allow.