DEACON FOR LIFE: Planned Parenthood's Annual Report: Less "health care" ... more abortion

Friday, June 2, 2017

Planned Parenthood's Annual Report: Less "health care" ... more abortion

Dear Deacon John,

Planned Parenthood finally got around to releasing its annual report ... and it's both challenging and motivating for all of us.

Here's what's on the way up in Planned Parenthood's latest set of annual statistics:

Abortions -- UP from 323,999 to 328,348
Taxpayer funding -- UP from $553.7 million to $554.6 million
Profits -- UP from $58.8 million to $77.5 million

But here's what's on the way down at Planned Parenthood:

Clients -- DOWN from 2.5 million to 2.4 million
Cancer screenings -- DOWN from 682,208 to 665,234
Prenatal services -- DOWN from 17,419 to 9,419

This report reminds us of one fact -- Planned Parenthood is an abortion business.

But YOU can do something about it right where you live. Applications to LEAD a 40 Days for Life campaign from September 27 - November 5 are open:

https://40daysforlife.com/apply

Your prayers and peaceful presence can impact these numbers and help end abortion where you live. To see an example, watch a short video recorded in front of a closed Planned Parenthood center where 6,400 abortions took place.

To see the video, click the image above or go to:

https://40daysforlife.com/apply

Are you called to lead 40 Days for Life in your community? You can apply to host a campaign between now and June 23.

You have time to discern how God wants you to respond, so pray about it, think about it, talk about it with your family and friends -- and please get in touch with us if you have questions.

It takes a leap of faith -- but those Planned Parenthood statistics provide incentive, don't they?

Here's the application link again:

https://40daysforlife.com/apply

Whether you ultimately decide to lead or not, please pray for all the local leaders who will be going through our 40 Days for Life training program this summer ... so they can help end abortion where they live.

For life,

Shawn Carney

President, 40 Days for Life

40 Days for Life 4112 E 29th St. Bryan, Texas 77802 United States (888) LIFE-316

LIFE IS SACRED

An example of the traditional magisterial teaching which indicates that it is never morally licit to intentionally kill a child through abortion in order to “save the life of its mother” comes from the teaching of Pope Pius XII:

“Every human being, even the infant in the mother's womb, has the right to life immediately from God, not from the parent or any human society or authority. Therefore, there is no man, no human authority, no science, no medical, eugenic, social, economic or moral ‘indication’ that can show or give valid juridical title for direct deliberate disposition concerning an innocent human life-which is to say, a disposition that aims at its destruction either as an end in itself or as the means of attaining another end that is perhaps in no way illicit itself. Thus, for example, to save the life of the mother is a most noble end, but the direct killing of the child as a means to this end is not licit.”