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January 31, 2006

Federal Appeals Courts Rule in Favor of Partial-Birth Abortions Partial birth abortion is a "morally repugnant practice," according to 2nd Circuit Chief Judge John Walker. However, the same judge and one other colleague joined on Tuesday to strike down a law that would prohibit the abhorent "procedure". Second Circuit...

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The Matchless Value of Human Life - State of the Union Address During his State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush described the characteristics of a “hopeful society”, including institutions of science and medicine that recognize “recognize the matchless value of every life”:BUSH: A hopeful society has institutions of science...

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Democracy Without Values Easily Turns Into Open Or Thinly Disguised Totalitarianism' In an address to the leaders of the Christian Associations of Italian Workers Friday, Pope Benedict XVI warned, "As history demonstrates, a democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism." Benedict XVI highlighted how, in our time,...

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This Friday is the next Call for Life Day In addition to prayer and faith, I believe it is important for us to stand up and speak out for what is right. The Monthly Call for Life can be a conduit for all of us who want to end abortion. The first step is to drown the switchboards and fill up the email boxes of our representatives once a month.

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"Continue pulling to disarticulate at the neck." Here's a link to the 9th Circuit Court's decision on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. They declared it unconstitutional. How sad is that Supreme Court precedent says something like this is constitutionally protected? An excerpt from the ruling...

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Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King was a powerful speaker for those who were condemned to death, unfortunately she did not speak for the unborn.

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Confirmation of Alito Marks Turning Point For Our Nation ... according to the Family Research Council Washington, D.C. - Today the U.S. Senate voted with bipartisan support to confirm Judge Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. as the 110th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Tony Perkins, President of...

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Abortion is BIG Loser in Senate Confirmation Vote Washington, DC – Abortion supporters were dealt a crucial blow when the U.S. Senate voted 58-42 to confirm judge Samuel Alito to the United Stated Supreme Court, increasing their fears that abortion may soon be declared unconstitutional. The first loss...

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Judge Alito confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court Today, just before President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address, the United States Senate voted 58-42 to confirm Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. Michigan’s U.S. Senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow both voted “No” on...

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Pro-Life Group Applauds Alito Confirmation David Bereit, executive director of American Life League, issued the following statement regarding the confirmation of Samuel Alito as justice to the U.S. Supreme Court:"We are extremely hopeful that the confirmation of Samuel Alito will lead to a greater protection...

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More Cracks in their Armor Through our determined efforts and Pro-Life votes we are making a difference. Across the country abortion mills are losing business or closing because of Pro-Life legislation and pickets....

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January 30, 2006

Culture of Death - Part III The last piece of the article shows us that if we don't take seriously the need to understand what can happen to us if we lose our humanity and our connection with God, we will head down a long dark road.

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Justice Samuel Alito It is official. Following a 58-42 vote in the U.S. Senate, Judge Samuel Alito has been confirmed to be the next associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. We can thank God for the active involvement of the rank and...

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Carrying a Baby...A Baby Model, That Is Saving a life can sometimes be an amazingly simple thing. Just ask Ray, the older gentleman I met last Saturday at the Walk for Life down in Lincoln, Nebraska. Ray had strolled by the Vital Signs Ministries information booth that...

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The Schiavo Marriage From the North Country Gazette: Some Catholics are calling it premeditated murder. Many are calling for the removal of St. Petersburg Diocese Bishop Robert N. Lynch for allowing the ceremony to occur in the diocese. It could be the latest...

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What does viable mean? The word viable has been tossed about for many years. It has been used a determination point from which life begins in order to allow the murder of innocent human beings. Dictionary.com describes it like this:...

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Extreme Media Bias at the Arizona Republic Last week, thousands rallied for life in Arizona (top) but received no mention in the Arizona Republic. Approximately 100 seniors protested in support of assisted suicide and were repeatedly publicized in the same newspaper (lower). HT: Points of Life...

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January 29, 2006

Culture of Death - Part II In part one of his response, Albert showed up the many glaring ways the culture of death is overwhelming us. In part II, we continue with a piece by David Prentis which helps us inderstand how the "Contracepted Society" is also one which affects us negatively, probably as much as abortion.

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January 28, 2006

Culture of Death - Long, but worth your time - Read it Albert, the Activist Director for Defend Life in Maryland responded recently to a question asked by a local radio talk show host named Chris Core. Here is what he had to say.

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Abe Lincoln's possible genetic defect discovered Researchers who studied descendants of Abraham Lincoln's family have discovered a genetic defect that may have been the cause of Lincoln's gait. The dominant genetic mutation causes spinocerebellar ataxia type 5, a degenerative neurological disorder that affects coordination, including walking,...

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January 27, 2006

Haleigh Safe for Now From The Boston Globe The 11-year-old Westfield girl who was close to being removed from life support after allegedly being beaten into a coma by her adoptive mother and stepfather has been moved to a rehabilitation hospital in Boston. Haleigh...

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A Distant Thunder - Provocative Film Probes Partial Birth Abortion During the March for Life Convention the motion picture A Distant Thunder was shown prior to a panel discussion involving Fr. Frank Pavone (Priests for Life), Nellie Gray (March for Life), and Jonathan and Deborah Flora. Jonathan, an award-winning producer...

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When they force us to kill for them The culture of death wants us to kill for them and they will fire us, arrest us or turn away from us if we don't embrace their ways.

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Clone the Truth #11 Boy, the Kansas City Star has an agenda. Without fail, everytime I read one of their articles it has errors. Here is another one for Clone the Truth. Here is my letter: Dear Mr. Kraske, I am writing to inform...

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Picket Today in Washington D.C. Is Back On Defend Life's Warriors for Life will be conducting a Mini Gap stop TODAY, Friday, January 27, from 3-5PM at Connecticut and K Street (across from Washington Metro's Farragut North & West stops) For more information: contact Missy Smith at 202-337-1966...

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Haleigh Poutre in Rehab Haleigh Poutre was given a death sentence by doctors who said she was “virtually brain dead” and in a “hopeless” state of “persistent vegetation”. The eleven year-old was hospitalized after her stepfather allegedly burned her and beat her unconscious with...

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Schiavo Marriage - more questions It has been less than 10 months after Terri's barbaric death by "starvation and dehydration over 13 grueling days with the whole world watching." During Terri's struggle for life, the Diocese of St. Petersburg did little if nothing and now...

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January 26, 2006

Media Chooses Suicide Protest Over March for Life Perhaps it is too much to expect the Arizona Republic to report stories in an impartial manner. However, one would expect the paper to at least attempt to report stories on competing issues in a balanced manner. Following the...

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Marching with John Jakubczyk At Monday’s March for Life I was fortunate to run into John Jakubczyk, President of Arizona Right to Life, while taking photos in front of the Supreme Court. Earlier he attended the Blogs4Life conference and spoke energetically about the...

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More signs that we are winnning The cracks are growing in their idiotic arguments supporting the death of innocent human beings. They are getting weak and it's time to stick a crowbar in the door and rip it open!

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Governor Granholm wants human cloning to come to Michigan During her recent State of the State address to the citizens of Michigan, Governor Jennifer Granholm called on Michigan's legislature to pass a bill that would not only legalize non-therapeutic research on human embryos but would also legalize human cloning...

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March for Life Images Jewels of the Jungle, one of the many bloggers who attended Blogs4Life, has published a remarkable gallery of March for Life images. Although it was literally impossible to capture all of the March participants on one photo, Jewels did...

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Michelle Malkin Speaks Out for Haleigh From LifeNews Steve Ertelt has been getting some great guest columnists lately such as Jill Stanek and Wesley Smith. Today Michelle Malkin has called for the same celebrities who wrung their hands over the execution of convicted murderer Tookie Williams...

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Terri Schiavo's Brother, Bobby Schindler, at the March for Life Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo's brother, and Brother Paul O’Donnell spoke at the Jan. 23, 2006 annual March for Life, a gathering of over 150,000 pro-life Americans. Their comments, although brief, reflect their passion for the future and dedication to...

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Abortion Hurts Women and Kills Our Children Prominently represented at the March for Life Convention and Rally were women hurt by the 1973 judicial fiat that decriminalized abortion. Some revealed that they were quite conscious that their abortion was a decision which claimed the life of...

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January 25, 2006

The upside of female feticide It would seem to be the greatest irony of abortion, that the foremost tool feminists say will facilitate women's equality with men is actually the foremost weapon used to kill them. The crisis of female feticide is growing to...

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Romney Orders Investigation of MA Girl Targeted for Euthanasia From LifeNews Governor Mitt Romney yesterday announced that he will put together an independent panel to investigate the case of Haleigh Poutre, an 11 year-old Massachusetts girl who is at the center of a euthanasia battle similar to that of...

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Why are humans valuable? Patrick Lee and Robert George have provided a priceless gift to prolifers regarding human embryo research and abortion. Singer voices here perhaps the most popular argument in favor of embryo-destructive research and abortion. Few who accept this argument have followed...

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January 24, 2006

March For Life Pic March For Life 2006 United we stand - Divided they Die - Pass it on...

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What has influenced the drop in abortions the most? Michael J. New, Ph.D., just released a new study which makes the case that Pro-Life legislation at the state level has been one of the biggest factors contributing to the reduction of abortions in America. This study looks at data from almost every state for every year from 1985 to 1999 and examines the impact of the 4 most common types of state level pro-life legislation -parental involvement laws -informed consent laws -partial birth abortion bans -public funding restrictions

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Australian Study Claims Nearly 2 Out of 3 Hospital Deaths Involve Euthanasia From The Herald Sun Doctors play a part in almost two in three patient deaths in Victorian hospitals, a study into the ethics of euthanasia has found. About 10,000 Victorians die in hospital each year after doctors withdraw treatment or...

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March for Life Photos I am honored to have been given posting privileges here! Thank you! As most of my readers at MommyLife already know, I spent the late 60's and early 70's demonstrating in Washington, DC on the Mall, at the Capitol, the...

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"Americans On Call" Say, "How Can We Help You?" At the March for Life yesterday, 20,000 cards with these symbols were handed out, asking people to visit the website for all citizens--pro-life and pro-choice--who want to be known as Americans On Call. Think: "the mission of Feminists For Life...

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Were You at the March for Life? Several prolifeblogs.com authors attended the annual March for Life along with an estimated 150,000 enthusiastic pro-life friends. Related: check out the excellent March coverage by Barbara Curtis (MommyLife)....

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Bound4Life at March for Life One of the striking images at the March for Life was a group of individuals who stood silently in front of the Supreme Court with their mouths covered by red tape. These were the Bound4Life crew, who use their...

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January 23, 2006

Terri Schiavo's Brother, Bobby Schindler at March for Life The March for Life is a remarkable event, held yearly in Washington DC to commemerate the anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision. Today's March was peaceful but enthusiastic and had well over 150,000 people in attendance. Bobby Schindler,...

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March For Life It was an amazing 3 days of events and Pro-Life Unity. I'm looking forward to showing you the many pictures & telling you all the great things that happened at this year's March for Life....

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"3/4 of African abortions are instigated by the men", + crowd pic Three-quarters of all abortions in Africa are wanted [i.e., instigated, demanded] by the men.~ Lambert Mbom, of Cameroon, Africa, interviewed on EWTN at the March For Life 2006. (See photo here) He related how, when he was younger, his girlfriend...

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Jews and Christians on the same stage again Rabbi Yahuda Levin of Jews for Morality spoke as he usually does, and blew the shofar horn. When I was there a few years ago, I was extremely moved by his speech. A Brooklyn Orthodox Rabbi, he had challenging words...

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Schindlers, Theresa Burke, others at MFL06 "The secret has to be dismantled for healing." Theresa Burke is being interviewed on EWTN right now. Founder of Rachel's Vineyard healing post-abortion recovery retreats. TWO "SILENT NO MORE WOMEN" also spoke earlier. One woman spoke a few words, saying...

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 2005 Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 2005: To help college students in crisis pregnancies not have to be forced to have abortions just so they can continue their college education. It helps put Crisis Pregnancy Centers...

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I REGRET MY ABORTION SIGNS prominent on C-SPAN They are proof that there is reconciliation and there is hope. We are so glad to have the women of Silent No More here with us on the stage. Their testimony gives witness to the lie that the other side...

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Princetonians for Life, former atheists, Fighting Irish, too "Princeton Pro-Life" on EWTN discusses defending the prolife position using nothing but logic and "public reason." No religion, no spirituality, no bible quotes, no mention of God. With this way of reasoning, student Duncan (sorry I didn't catch his last...

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Live coverage links to MFL @ EWTN and C-CPAN Alexa at Forest Nymph has the link to the Blogs4Life conference videofeed, and other photos from SF's March and Minnesota's and LA's. One photo stands out: "I REGRET LOST FATHERHOOD." EWTN has the live coverage now from the National Mall....

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Michael Schiavo Isn't Satisfied With His 15 Minutes This could get lost in all the March for Life activities this past three days. I'd say Michael's a spotlight-hog, for his impeccable timing, if I wasn't a Christian. RELATED: Terri Schiavo's sister spoke at a MFL pro-life rally with...

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Minced-up Human Fetuses Awhile back I wrote about a new media for growing embyonic stem cell lines. This new media was "animal-free." I surmised that it may be taken from minced-up human embryos. (The terminology is from a embryonic stem cell researcher. It...

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Blogs4Life About to Begin Blogs4Life is just 20 minutes away, participants are arriving and the FRC has preparations set... Good News - La Shawn Barber is joining our panel and the webcast will begin shortly at the FRC's website....

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Why Pro-Lifers will Prevail MommyLife (Barbara Curtis) has been on both sides of the abortion debate, finally becoming pro-life after understanding God's love and the value He places on people. Today, she writes a post entitled Why Pro-Lifers Will Prevail, explaining both the rise...

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January 22, 2006

"Americans On Call" "Thinking back to being a 19 year-old guy who didn't want to go through with the abortion, I know that in spite of this feeling, I was paralyzed with fear over how my family would react. I might have turned...

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Remembering the Unborn

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Blogging for Life Peter, Charmaine and I have made it the annual March for Life Convention and are looking forward, with great anticipation, to tomorrow’s Blogs4Life event at the Family Research Council and meeting so many of our pro-life friends. Expect an appearance...

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Peace meets jest: Pro-aborts antagonize pro-lifers with violent threats and graphic displays The San Francisco Chronicle headline today downplays the pro-abort violence at yesterday's March as "boisterous," but the story and photos more accurately portray the truth. Th[e pro-life] voice was, by design, mostly silent. Marchers were urged to leave photos of...

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January 21, 2006

Clone the Truth #10 Another one for Clone the Truth. This is getting so old...but I think this article takes the cake so far. Again from Missouri and the Kansas City Star. (You have got to read this one. The whole "blastocyst" thing is...

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Bugs Bunny alive! The headline was buried in this NewScience.com article today reporting skepticism on London cloning researcher Chris Shaw's recent claims of success of finding a way around the shortage of human eggs needed for experimentation. While Shaw's boasts were called into...

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