Start with this story highlighted over at Hot Air:
After eight years working at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas, including two years as its director, Abby Johnson suddenly decided that she could no longer participate in abortions. What pushed Johnson out was both an ultrasound of an abortion and a renewed emphasis on the cash-generating business in the failing economy. After being told to deemphasize prevention and market for abortions, Johnson finally had enough…
Then check out this terrific video from our friends at NET-TV
Life brings love. New life, new love, fading life renewed love. And By the world’s measure, the power of a woman lies in what she “does.” By Christ’s measure – by God’s – woman is intrinsically powerful, simply in her being. She is afforded the power, freedom and respect to “make” or “break” mankind’s connection to the Creator.
Life is better than death. Life makes the connection.
November 2nd, 2009 | 8:37 pm | #1
Anchoress, your post came at the right time, as a good tonic. I was writhing with a migraine today and shared with a friend that if death came, I would not mind. She was aghast as I’m so young. I told her I could really relate to the elderly and the sick when they say they are ready and that death would be a relief. But inside, something resonated when I said that to her. That resonance told me I was wrong. And, your post, affirming life, really helped to shed some light in the darkness of my pain. It is such wonderful news to think that a PP director would be converted and step down. Praise God. Thanks for affirming life. Even a mundane migraine was greatly helped by it. I pray we’ll have many more of these conversions.
November 2nd, 2009 | 11:01 pm | #2
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November 3rd, 2009 | 5:19 am | #3
Lets pray God opens more eye’s to this planned Holocaust against children for profit.
To call it anything but child sacrifice is absurd.
Instead of heated Alters to a Monster god. We now kill children while being born. For economic or social reasons like those of old. Only now the State thinks its god.
How long do people think God will put up with this slaughter of innocents?
JMO
November 3rd, 2009 | 5:34 am | #4
[...] Anchoress, deeply thought-provoking as always, weighs in, Life is Better than Death…: Life brings love. New life, new love, fading life renewed love. And By the world’s measure, the [...]
November 3rd, 2009 | 6:56 am | #5
Women in their various forms certainly wield power over me
COLLISION- something a bit more macho that you may or may not like.
(Though I won’t be watching it as, while I actually do hail the Hitch & think his robustness is necessary, I am not personally so forthright).
November 4th, 2009 | 9:15 pm | #6
As a life-long pro-life working woman, it amazes me that women don’t see abortion for what it is – another way to abuse women and children. As a Catholic, I am amazed that people can profess to be Catholic, and yet be in favor of the murder of our most precious and vulnerable citizens.
The following appeared in my in-box this evening:
Dear CatholicVoteAction.org Member,
You’re not going to be believe this.
Planned Parenthood is asking Catholics to call Congress and demand taxpayer support for abortion.
The billion-dollar organization already receives over $300 million in taxpayer money, and stands to strike it rich if nothing is changed in the current health care legislation.
So this week the nation’s biggest abortion provider sent out an urgent message to counter the growing opposition by Catholics to taxpayer-funded abortion contained in the current health care bills.
The Catholic Bishops sprung into action late last week, announcing their strong opposition to the current health care legislation because the bills include taxpayer support for abortion and fail to provide a conscience clause for doctors.
The Bishops have asked all Catholics to petition Congress to remove any support for abortion from the health care bill.
So Planned Parenthood is attacking the Catholic Bishops and calling their actions “dangerous.”
Here’s what Planned Parenthood’s President Cecile Richards said in a message this week to her supporters: “If you’re Catholic and you disagree with the bishops, please let your legislators know when you send your message. Your voice as a pro-choice Catholic needs to be heard NOW.”
What?!!
How can you be a Catholic and support abortion, the killing of millions of our brothers and sisters?
The phones are ringing in the halls of Congress. Will activists claiming to be Catholic and pro-abortion be the only ones calling?
TAKE ACTION NOW
In the next 48 hours, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to try and ram through a vote to prevent any amendment from being offered to the current legislation. The vote on a “closed rule” would slam the door on any effort to offer a pro-life amendment to the healthcare bill.
Catholics, pro-life advocates and all people of faith need to move quickly!
Call 202-224-3121. Tell your Member of Congress to VOTE NO on the “closed rule” for H.R. 3962. Tell them to allow a vote on the Stupak Amendment.
If you do not know your representative, look him or her up here: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt – With this directory you can lookup your Representative’s local office phone number. Representatives pay more attention to calls made to their local office.
A bipartisan group led by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) and Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) want to amend the healthcare bill by adding pro-life protections. This is what the Catholic bishops have asked for, and what an overwhelming majority of Americans want.
Here’s what the Associated Press reported Oct. 23: “Such an amendment would be almost certain to prevail, since it likely would attract the votes of most Republicans as well as some Democrats. So Democratic leaders won’t let Stupak offer it.”
If you have already called or written your Member of Congress, it is urgent that you contact them again right now.
So much is on the line. The Bishops know it. Planned Parenthood and Nancy Pelosi know it.
Send this email to all your friends and family. And call your Representative at 202-224-3121 today!
Sincerely,
Brian Burch, President
CatholicVoteAction.org
P.S. This week Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked if she had the votes to overcome the bipartisan group of represenatives seeking to amend the current legislation to prohibit taxpayer funds from funding abortion. Speaker Pelosi replied: “It’s too close to call.”
Call your represenative now and tell them to “vote NO on the ‘closed rule’ amendment procedure.” Tell them you want a vote on the Stupak Amendment to the current legislation. Call your representative today at 202-224-3121. It will take less than a minute
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I’m also not thrilled that Planned Parenthood is slated to be eligible to open clinics in public schools under this healthcare reform. I send my children to Catholic schools, but not everyone can afford that. This is a MASSIVE intrusion on the rights of parents! It’s time for us all to stand up for what we know is right and moral.
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