Pro-Life: August 2005 Archives

Pro-Life Bumper Sticks Prompts Teenage Mom to Reconsider Abortion

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
August 15, 2005

Millinocket, ME (LifeNews.com) -- When pro-life advocates Dave and Mary Labun left their house, they didn't expect to see a note on their car. What they found surprised them. In their hands they held not a complaint from a neighbor or a police citation. Instead, a teenager told them their pro-life bumper sticker prompted her to reconsider a decision to have an abortion.

Maine residents Dave and Mary Labun sport a sticker with the phrase "Abortion Stops a Beating Heart," on their vehicle.

The unnamed girl left the couple the following note:

Hello,

This might be very weird, but I wanted to thank you. I'm not sure what you believe in, but I'm a strong believer in God, and right now I am 17 and pregnant. And on my way to school one day, I was really wondering what to do – I was really thinking about abortion, because I was scared.

As that thought came to mind, I walked past your car, and happened to look over and saw your bumper sticker, “Abortion Stops a Beating Heart.”

My heart dropped. I believe God was talking to me, through that sticker, and I also believe I will never think about it again. I'm going to keep my baby, and I'm not that scared any more.

Thank you so much for helping me make the best choice of my life. God bless – a very happy mother-to-be.

I just received this from a reader. He received it from C-FAM. I can neither confirm nor deny it but it's alarming if true.

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 5:30 PM
Subject: Urgent Global Alert: Pro-Abortion UN Speaker at World Youth Day

Dear Colleague,

I write to you on a matter of grave urgency.

It has come to my attention that a high-ranking pro-abortion bureaucrat from
the United Nations will be addressing the opening ceremony of World Youth
Day in Cologne, Germany in a few days.

The speaker is Eveline Herfkens and she heads the UN Millennium Campaign.
Ms. Herfkens comes from Holland where she held many high-ranking
governmental positions including the Netherlands Minister for Development
Cooperation.

SUPPORTED THE ABORTION SHIP

During her term there, Ms. Herfkens supported the notorious abortion ship
that drops anchor off the shores of pro-life countries and performs illegal
abortions. Herfkens was quoted as saying the ship "a concrete answer to an
awful problem." She also suggested that the Dutch government financially
support the abortion ship.

What in the world is this woman doing speaking anywhere near World Youth
Day?

SUPPORTS UN ABORTION EFFORTS

Herfkens runs the Millennium Development Campaign of the United Nations,
which is problem enough. The Millennium Development Goals, which are about
to be approved by the UN will include a call for "reproductive rights,"which
includes the right to abortion.

We must stop her appearance at World Youth Day. You can help but only if you
act right now. Time is running out.

Please send the following message to Cardinal Meisner of Cologne who is the
president of the WYD Diocesan Management Board. Cardinal Meisner likely does
not even know of this woman's dubious political pedigree, so we urge you to
be nice to him when you write.

Here is where to write:

presse@erzbistum-koeln.de

Here is what you should say (just cut and paste and add whatever personal
touch you see fit, but be polite and respectful!):

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"Dear Cardinal Meisner:

A pro-abortion speaker from the UN named Eveline Herfkens is speaking to
World Youth Day in support of the Millennium Development Goals. Among other
things, Ms. Herfkens supported the abortion ship that prowls the waters of
pro-life countries intending to commit illegal abortions. We urge you to
cancel her invitation. Her presence will only sully this grand event.

Yours sincerely,

Sign your name, or not...but be polite!!!

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World Youth Day is too important an event to be sullied by the presence of
pro-abortion UN bureaucrats. We must act globally to stop this now. Please
act immediately to stop this outrage. Act now.

Yours sincerely,

Austin Ruse
President
Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute

An impressive graphic.

Just got this piece after posting my previous one:

Planned Parenthood Abortion Video Backs Violence Against Pro-Lifers

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — An online cartoon video sponsored by a Planned Parenthood affiliate in California is drawing sharp criticism because it advocates violence against pro-life advocates. The video is sponsored by Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, the abortion business that distributed the dangerous abortion pill to teenager Holly Patterson — ultimately killing her. The PPGG video features a cartoon superhero who travels the globe to promote abortion and oppose abstinence education. Music reminiscent of doomsday booming introduces the cartoon and Planned Parenthood’s self-described mission. An African-American woman dressed as a superhero begins her journey in California promoting contraception and birth control. She tells viewers that pro-life people often protest outside Planned Parenthood and claims they "can sometimes become unruly." “But mostly, I just wish they would disappear," the character says. Next, the "Superhero for Choice" shoots each protester with a gun that envelopes the pro-life person in a condom. The condoms explode and the protesters die. The abortion activist cartoon character happily explains that, with the death of the protesters, people can now visit the abortion business "without intimidation or violence." At the end of the video, during the rolling of the credits, a pro-life person is decapitated.

UPDATE: Here is a summary of the plot with snapshots and a link to the whole video.

The Wall Street Journal reported* that Planned Parenthood is desperate pin something on Judge Roberts; so desperate, that they've released a vicious attack ad that may backfire.

At issue is Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic, a 1991 Supreme Court case. Roberts was Solicitor General, and filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Operation Rescue. PP claims he was siding with "violent fringe groups and a convicted clinic bomber" and concludes: "America can't afford a justice whose ideology leads him to excuse violence against other Americans."

That's a misrepresentation of the facts. The case pertained to using an 1871 civil rights law enacted to fight the Klu Klux Klan to convict peaceful participants in clinic blockades. Roberts argued that such a protest did not constitute discrimination against women, and the Supreme Court agreed. In fact, it had nothing to do with violence, &mdash much less the kind of violence they suggest in the ad (Eric Rudolph's murder).

Why Planned Parenthood associates peaceful clinic blockades and Operation Rescue with violence is beyond me. One wonders if they think the same thing of civil rights pioneers that engaged in sit-ins and so forth.

This reminds me of a good Newsweek article on how desperate pro-choicers are, how they are losing the battle, and how they are having to redefine themselves to attract support. Thanks be to God! They admit that they need to "reconnect" with voters on abortion. And here is an interesting quote from the article: Meanwhile, the pro-life movement got an unwitting boost from Clinton, who decreed abortion should be "safe, legal and rare," says Emory University legal historian David Garrow. "Once the pro-choice movement sent the message that abortion was undesirable, we were on a slippery slope headed downhill." Wow — talk about a damning admission.

*Only available until around 8/16