October 2004 Archives

A must read article on WorldnetDaily (hat tip: ReasonableForce)
summarizes the founding of NARAL. The lengthy report includes the following:

"Wondrously and ironically, over time [NARAL founder]Nathanson became convinced of the humanity of the unborn baby and ultimately left the abortion movement. He later wrote "Aborting America" and "The Abortion Papers" and produced two movies – "The Silent Scream" and later "Eclipse of Reason" – which captured actual abortions on film. Today, Nathanson is committed to the cause of ending legalized abortion in America.

Here are a few more interesting links by our pro-life bloggers:

• ImagoDei considers the question, Has Bush caused abortions?


• Go to the Antioch Road to learn about The Assault on the Pre-Born and the Movement to Have you Pay for It.


• The Best Reason of All to be Pro-Life (and Kerry doesn't get it) is suggested by Stand in the Trenches.


• I appreciate Micah 6:8 because she asks pointed questions and Justice and the Unborn is no exception.


• #!/usr/bin/mom has been posting a lot on pro-life issues. Here is one of many: Forced abortions in America.


• No surprise, a scientific study reported by the Evangelical Outpost concludes that watching promiscuity on TV is correlated to promiscuity in the lives of teenagers [more].


• Here is The Face of Abortion by Conservative Life (Warning: graphic).


• Jonathan's Daily Diatribe is called Mi manifiesto en contra del aborto en este pais.


• Opinion Times tells us that Abortion Views are a Good Indicator of Voting Patterns

Did I miss a great post? Add it below or email me. That wraps it up, for now.

At http://www.wevoteprolife.com you can find out the key differences on pro-life issues between President Bush and Senator Kerry as well as a flier to print out and distribute.

You can also find out how where the candidates for statewide elected positions, all 34 Senate races and 435 seats in the House of Representatives stand on pro-life issues. [hat tip: LifeNews]

Welcome new users and visitors! You may have noticed that asterisks next to many of the titles listed on the right side of the homepage. With the list of aggregated sites growing and as a service to our readers, I'm testing a content filter that flags posts related to pro-life issues.

Thanks go to ReasonableForce for his enthusiastic posting about ProLifeBlogs.

Welcome to all who have joined ProLifeBlogs and who blog on behalf of the pre-born! There are presently 24 sites on our Blogroll and almost the same number in the aggregator that displays our member's new entries on the homepage. For those interested, I’m using a highly customized version of FeedonFeeds to poll sites every 15 minutes and report new posts.

I appreciate those who are publicizing other ProLifeBlogs members by displaying our Blogroll and who have set a reciprocal link back to this site (more logos are now available). Thanks go to Antioch Road and Parableman for the recent posts plugging this ProLifeBlogs.

Finally, if you have suggestions on how this site might better serve you or questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Welcome to ProLifeBlogs. The objective of this site is to raise awareness and support for the pre-born and the sanctity of human life by communicating pro-life news and materials and by enabling a community of pro-life bloggers to promote their sites, interact with one another and influence internet readers.

The main ideas for ProLifeBlogs came from the excellent work of others in setting up Blogs4God, a link database for Christian blogs, and the Blogdom of God, a Christian blog aggregator. If you are looking for a blog meta or aggregator that are strictly Christian these are definitely the places to start. I'm envisioning that ProLifeBlogs will provide individual bloggers a greater opportunity to promote their pro-life message and network with like-minded individuals.

The major building blocks of ProLifeBlogs have been implemented and the site design is near completion. The components are a weblog for communication and publication, a link database and an aggregator. Sites that are syndicated (have an RSS, XML or Atom feed) are aggregated and have their latest entries posted on the ProLifeBlogs homepage.

Update: we've now added an article submission utility that allows pro-life writers to submit their articles: click here.

What are the requirements for being listed in ProLifeBlogs? I?ve tried to make them simple and non-burdensome. Here they are:

1. Have a weblog or pro-life web site.
   
   
2. Subscribe to the sanctity of human life and pro-life principles (human life is precious and life begins at conception).
   
   
3. Blog, at least in part, on pro-life related issues such as abortion, adoption, embryonic stem cell research, or euthanasia. The theme of your blog can be politics, social issues, theology, etc. as long as there is some expression of your pro-life stand. Naturally, your blog cannot contain any objectionable material, such as calls to violence, racism or profanity*.
   
   
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     <a href="http://www.prolifeblogs.com">ProLifeBlogs</a>"
     
     
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   • List other ProLifeBlogs sites by inserting the following blogrolling code into your site (best option yet):
     
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That?s it. Are you ready? Follow this link to enroll your site.

What about news sites, information portals or organizations? I've included a categories for them as well. However, they won't be listed in the aggregator unless they have an RSS feed. If you have questions, concerns, or suggestions email me or post a comment.

*Finally, I reserve the right to determine what is "objectionable material" and to reject any submission for any reason. Here are the most common: profanity (in text or links), no or limited pro-life content, antagonism to Christianity (yes, I'm a Christian).