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May 9, 2008
Vitae Caring Foundation's Bottom Line

Carl Landwehr, founder and president of the Vitae Caring Foundation, saw a need for a way to reach more people concerning abortion. So he filled it with his foundation.

"You've got to tell the story," Landwehr said to a group of pro-life supporters in West Chester, Pa., last Saturday evening. The mass media was a natural fit, he said, because "advertising changes the way people think and the way people behave."

To ensure effective -- life saving -- advertising, the Vitae Caring Foundation invested in research that helped group members "learn how to speak to pregnant women," said Landwehr. They also realized that "one message does not fit all," that addressing abortion "was more complicated than sharing information."

The group's goal is to encourage pregnant women with unplanned pregnancies, who "feel alone and desperate," to turn to pregnancy centers for help, Landwehr said. There's no "finger pointing, no relying for help from legislators or the president," simply a Vitae bottom line that says "I saved a life."

Vitae takes its ads into the toughest markets, places with skyrocketing abortion rates. It counts successes, saved lives or lower abortion rates, in New York City, Dallas and Atlanta, among other areas, said Landwehr.

The powerful, award-winning ads, here, speak for themselves.

Advertising is expensive. In order to keep those commercials coming, the Vitae Caring Foundation would welcome your support.

See more of my posts at http://www.mothermayibeborn.com

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May 7, 2008
New Stanek WND column, "Is Brownback betraying pro-lifers?"

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On April 24, KS pro-life U.S. Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts issued a press release endorsing Steve Howe for Johnson County district attorney.
The release called the position an "open seat."

It is not.
Phill Kline is currently the appointed district attorney and has been urged to reconsider his decision not to run to retain his seat in November....

Kline is the only DA in the country with a pending criminal case against a Planned
Parenthood....

Brownback knows pro-lifers are encouraging Kline to stay... because many influential pro-lifers called him and asked him to wait for Kline to decide before endorsing. There was no hurry. The filing deadline is still over a month away....

But Brownback... endorsed Howe anyway....

The question is whose help does Brownback want?

RINOS and hacks want the Planned Parenthood investigation ended. They fear a run by Kline will stir more Democrats to vote than might otherwise.

They also consider the Johnson County DA position a launching pad to a bigger and better thing: The AG's office.

Was Brownback enticed to support Howe for a promise of support in his gubernatorial bid by non-conservative Republicans?

Or perhaps he fears sharing the ticket with Kline in 2010?

Last Thursday a group of Kansas pro-life leaders paid Brownback a surprise visit in his
Washington, D.C., office....

Continue reading my column today, "Is Brownback betraying pro-lifers?" on WorldNetDaily.com.

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May 6, 2008
Lessons on Vitae from Judge Andrew Napolitano

The Vitae Caring Foundation's fundraiser at the Iron Horse Farm in West Chester, Pa. this past Saturday night lived up to the group's name. It was a lively and lovely affair.

(Vitae puts the mass media to good use by educating the public via well-researched, effective advertising that promotes respect for human life. Look for more on the foundation here on Thursday.)

Fox News' analyst Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, Vitae's guest speaker, told several stories sprinkled with humor. Yet, there was no joking in the judge's lesson on the mindset that enabled passage of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

Read the rest of this post on my website: http://www.mothermayibeborn.com

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May 3, 2008
Hitler, the Nazis and Assisted Suicide

Hitler, the Nazi's and Assisted Suicide

by Jane St. Clair
Author of Walk Me to Midnight,

People in favor of assisted suicide pose four compelling arguments:

Compassion - Assisted suicide is a matter of compassion. No one should suffer needlessly when a doctor's injection ends it quickly.

Dignity - Euthanasia is necessary to preserve the dignity of a dying person.

Better good of society - End-of-life care is expensive and drains the health care system. Sometimes we have to make hard choices for the greater good.

Checks and Balances - Euthanasia can be carefully controlled through a system of checks and balances.

These four arguments are hard to refute, which is why the Nazi leadership could present them so effectively in the era before World War II.

Continue reading "Hitler, the Nazis and Assisted Suicide"

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May 2, 2008
Nationwide United Action Call Today - Saturday May 3rd

Join us today for the The Monthly Call for Life at MonthlyCallForLife.com. Today is the first Saturday after the first Friday. Go to an abortion mill in your area and pray, stand with a sign, or whatever you want to peacefully do for a couple of hours. Click here if you want to print out flyers, Life Cards or the sign that we use.

No matter what, go to the abortion mill, even if all you do is stand there. Women drive by & see if there is a Pro-Life person standing there. If there is, some continue driving & don't come back.

Many of you said that it is difficult for you to participate in an outside event on Friday, so here is your chance! Go to MonthlyCallForLife.com & click on Calendar to find a picket or location to pray near you. If you want to start your own or are already picketing or praying at a location, email us at events@prolifeunity.com and we will post it on the calendar.

If you are in the Washington D.C. area you can join us in Falls Church, Virginia from 09:00 am to noon at 900 South Washington Street, or go to the many other abortion mills where people are praying.

Go to ProLifeNews.tv for up to date news on our events & to send information & pictures about your events.

MonthlyCallForLife.com

United we stand - Divided they die - Pass it on

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Call for Life Today! - Friday, May 2nd

Friends of the unborn, it's the first Friday of the month and it's time for us to call and/or Email our representatives to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Think of it, a million unborn children stand a chance of living this year if we speak for them.

Go to MonthlyCallForLife.com for all you need to know, like who to contact and what you might want to say.

Remeber to click the "Tell a Friend" link in the middle of the page, & pass it on!

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Abolish Abortion in '08!

Bold? Brash? Not possible?

If you believe these things, then I have to ask, how big is your God?

ProLifeUnity.com - Click the "Abolish Abortion in '08" link

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Web site links and Action Code

Do you have a website or blog? Consider helping us get out our Action Calls and/or linking to ProLifeUnity.com or MonthlyCallForLife.com.

What are Action Calls? When a Pro-Life group has an action effort coming up, we post it in our Action Calls area of the website. This automatically updates all ally websites instantly with the newest Action Call. Click here to go to the Action Calls page of ProLifeUnity.com and see many of the allies who are currently participating. Our current estimate has us reaching over 1 million people per month with this effort. Join us. Sent an email to Join us. Click here to contact us, or download the Action Code here:

http://www.prolifeunity.com/files/actioncode.zip

Almost 30 web sites are listing the Action Code, and about 60 web sites are linking to us. Join the Pro-Life technology revolution today!

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Prayer Pivot

Join the Prayer Pivot at PrayerPivot.com Every Month on the first Friday, for 24 hours prayers are said for the unborn and for the culture of life around the world. The Prayer Pivot starts at 12:00 AM Eastern and continues through all the time zones until 12:00 AM the next day. Click here to contact Gail for more information and to sign up for a time slot. Pick a time zone and pray for LIFE!
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New Members of Pro-Life Unity

We'd like to welcome our newest members and thank them for their efforts.

Research - Monte Harms - StandForLife.net
Web and other support - Alayna Staggers & Mothers Against Abortion
Commentary - Gerry Kaye - GerryMKaye.org
MaryBeth Hagan - MaryBeth is helping us with the Pro-Life Action Calls and hopefully will be providing us with regular commentary - MommyMayIBeBorn.com

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ProLifeNews.tv

We were at the Supreme Court last week to participate in the Mercy Seat, a Bound4Life event. Our first interview with Matt Lockett, the Executive Director is up at ProLifeNews.tv.

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Pro-Life Action Efforts

Do you know of an action effort that needs to go into the Pro-Life Calendar? If so, click here to contact us

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Thank you all for doing what you can for the unborn. They only have us, and if we are silent, they die alone.

MonthlyCallForLife.com

United we stand - Divided they die - Pass it on

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April 29, 2008
Al Sharpton's Interesting Choice of Words

The Wall Street Journal/Best of the Web Today's James Taranto pointed to an unusual use of the words "miscarriage" and "abortion" by civil rights activist Al Sharpton.

With his astute sense of irony and tongue-in-cheek commentary, Taranto headlines his remarks yesterday on Sharpton's comment "Antiabortion Al?" (Scroll down to last item.)

While protesting the acquittal of three New York City detectives in the 2006 shooting death of bridegroom Sean Bell, (reported here by WCBS-TV), Sharpton said:

"We intend to pursue this case with all deliberate speed and determination. This verdict is one round down, but the fight is far from over," he said. "What we saw in court today was not a miscarraige [sic] of justice, this was an abortion of justice. Justice was aborted."

Sharpton's choice of words are telling, indeed.

Please see more of my posts at: http://www.mothermayibeborn.com

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April 26, 2008
Survivor says U.S. shares guilt for China's abortions

Consumerism pushes factories,
boosts pressure to limit children

Posted: April 25, 2008
8:55 pm Eastern

By Bob Unruh
WorldNetDaily

The logo for Lifecommercials.com, for whom China forced-abortion survivor Shiu Yon Zhou is speaking this weekend

A survivor of China's forced-abortion policy is warning Americans they share the responsibility for that nation's holocaust of government-mandated death through their consumerism.

The testimony comes from Shiu Yon Zhou, whose ordeal in which she lost the child who would have been her first-born has been played before Congress, on national television and in the media.

But she spoke to WND today in light of the 2008 Olympics which are scheduled in Beijing and to counter statements being released by the Chinese government that the human rights situation, long deplored as one of the worst on record, is improving.

Her story was revealed to WND in sometimes-halting English, as she still works to grasp the idiomatics of the language she now teaches to her three children, ages 6, 4, and 2, at home.

(Story continues below)

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April 25, 2008
Truths about PPFA keep popping up day after day

Planned Parenthood has just taken hits from two heavy hitters.

Writer and actor Ben Stein lets his audience know that Planned Parenthood's founder Margaret Sanger was a firm believer in eugenics during his clever, God-friendly, new film Expelled.

And, nationally syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher asks the question "Is Planned Parenthood Above the Law?" in her April 22 column (here in Philadelphia's The Bulletin, where I first read it, or here on Townhall.com).

Gallager notes this recent expose on PPFA:

Planned Parenthood's latest trouble began when a feisty pro-life student magazine called Planned Parenthood offices in seven states, posing as an openly racist donor seeking to make sure his check could be earmarked to abort "a black baby." The resulting phone conversations are horrifying listening. (Judge for yourself at www.youtube.com./watch?v=zwif0VMW3c4.)

The columnist also reminds readers of a previous sting operation exposing PPFA's willingness to allow a minor with an older boyfriend to lie about her age in order to acquire an abortion.

Gallagher writes "Help pedophiles and racists? For too many Planned Parenthood employees, it's apparently all in a day's work."

Apparently.

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April 23, 2008
Pass it on - Pro-Life Unity Seeking Volunteers In All Areas Of Expertise

Are you looking for ways to help the Pro-Life movement? Do you have computer, communications and outreach skills? If so, you have come to the right place! Pro-Life Unity is looking for dedicated people who want to help us help the unborn, the helpless and the Pro-Life community. Pick from the categories below and join our team. We are reaching around the world to help unite Pro-Life people and organizations, and deliver the message of LIFE to all, as we encourage many to get involved.

Web and Graphics Development

Seeking Volunteer Web and Graphics Designers to help maintain and build up our growing list of sites.

ProLifeUnity.com
MonthlyCallForLife.com
ProLifeNews.tv
ChristianUnity.us (New site, needs to be built from the ground up)
PrayerPivot.com
TakeActionAmerica.com
InternationalDayOfLife.com

Editors and Reporters

We are also looking for freelance and in-house (well, your house anyway, but working directly with us) Editors, Reporters, Bloggers, Writers, Photographers and Videographers for ProLifeNews.tv and our other sites. Material will likely be cross-posted on the other sites, and may also be aggregated through ProLifeBlogs.com.

Events Researcher

We need people to help us find Pro-Life events which take place around the country, and around the world, so that we may put them into our Pro-Life Unity calendar. This calendar will be used by people to help them get involved in their locations.

Volunteer Recruitment and Communications

Recruit and interact with volunteers to help them be more effective in their desire to help the Pro-Life movement.

Join our team and the exciting world of Pro-Life ACTION! You will be amazed at how many lives are saved around the country every day, and how many people are helped with Pro-Life news and information. Click here to send us an email and

Click here to volunteer and join the exciting world of Pro-Life Unity!

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April 23, 2008