FROM ZENIT.ORG:

Abortion's Aftershocks

Interview With Author Michaelene Fredenburg

By Karna Swanson

SAN DIEGO, California, JULY 24, 2008 (Zenit.org).- When a woman decides to abort, she mistakenly believes the procedure will erase the pregnancy and that life will return to normal, says the founder of a forum for those affected by abortion.

Michaelene Fredenburg is the author of "Changed: Making Sense of Your Own or a Loved One's Abortion Experience," and founder of AbortionChangesYou.com, an Internet site that seeks to help those who have been affected by abortion to face the tragic truth of their actions.

In this interview with ZENIT, Fredenburg talks about why the affects of abortion are often unexpected, and how she is working to help others begin the process of healing.

Read this interview here: http://www.zenit.org/article-23322?l=english

FROM MULTIMEDIA PRO-LIFE NEWS:

ProLifeNews.tv Interview with Kristan Hawkins in Cincinnati, Ohio

ProLifeNews.tv recently interviewed Kristan Hawkins, National Director for Students for Life of America. We asked her why they were sponsoring an event in Cincinnati, Ohio. She replied:

“We’ve been having “Defund Planned Parenthood” events in Washington (DC), and we decided to move it to Cincinnati this time to ask the NAACP to join us in our camplaign, to call on congress to investigate “Defund Planned Parenthood”. The NAACP is the largest organization to represent African American rights. What better right is there than the right to life?”

There were many black leaders present, including Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Childress from BlackGenocide.org, Day Gardner of the National Black Pro-Life Union and more.

Day Gardner

Rev. Childress

Click here to view the online Photo Gallery from this event

Click the video below to play the interview with Kristan Hawkins on YouTube.com, or click here to view a higher quality interview at Vimeo.com.

Chilling WIC News:

Federal government site refers poor moms to Planned Parenthood

Dawn Eden finds an interesting link on the Department of Agriculture's WIC page which stands for the Women, Infants, and Children program. Unbelievable that our government is referring women to Planned Parenthood, where they can take care of their problem: kill their own child! By the way, a large percentage of these people are black & Hispanic, which shows us that Margaret Sanger's genocide program is still working!

Read this Blog here: http://dawneden.blogspot.com/2008/07/something-wic-ked-this-way-comes-feds.html

ACT NOW! FEDERAL PROPOSAL RECOGNIZING BIRTH CONTROL AS ABORTION IN DANGER

ACTION ALERT!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
24 July 2008
CONTACT: Katie Walker
540.659.4942| kwalker@all.org 

FEDERAL PROPOSAL RECOGNIZING BIRTH CONTROL PILL AS ABORTION IN DANGER

Washington, DC (24 July 2008) – We need YOU to protect a new proposal that would defund Planned Parenthood, protect medical workers and save countless lives – and we need it TODAY!

The Bush administration is considering a regulation that would not only ensure freedom of conscience for pro-life medical workers, but also recognize abortion as including the birth control pill or any other contraceptive method that results in the death of a human being before or after implantation.

Pro-abortion lawmakers, fueled by an irate Planned Parenthood Federation of America and supported by the pro-abortion mainstream media are on the warpath.  They know how important this regulation could be to protect preborn children, so they want to make sure it gets quashed ASAP.  Led by Sen. Hillary Clinton, pro-aborts are circulating a letter signed by more than 105 members of Congress pledging their opposition to the regulation and vowing to fight it.

But pro-lifers are fighting back. Reps. Dave Feldon and Lincoln Davis are cosponsoring a letter in support of the regulation and are asking other lawmakers to co-sign. The deadline is the end of the day today.

Here's how you can help:

- Call your congressional representatives and tell them what you think of President Bush's protection of freedom of conscience.
 
- Call the White House at (202) 456-1414 (ask the switchboard operator to be put through to the public comment line), and tell President Bush how you feel about protection of pro-life medical workers.

- Call Michael Leavitt, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services at (202) 690-7000 and voice your opinion on this critical issue

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Medical News Today: 104 Reps Send Letter Asking Bush to Halt Rule that Could Limit Birth Control  (24 July 2008)
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116012.php

US News and World Report: Contraception: Is it Sometimes Abortion? (23 July 2008)
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-women/2008/7/23/contraception-is-it-sometimes-abortion.html

The Oregonian: Agency Skips Congress in Bid to Block Birth Control Access (24 July 2008)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1216868125272010.xml&coll=7

The Christian Post: Lawmakers Protest Bush Proposal to Protect Pro-Life Health Care Workers (23 July 2008)
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080723/lawmakers-protest-bush-proposal-to-protect-pro-life-health-care-workers.htm

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Katie Walker
Director of Communication
American Life League
1179 Courthouse Road
Stafford, Virginia 22554
540.659.4942
kwalker@all.org
http://www.all.org/

FROM OPERATION RESCUE:

South Dakota Remains First Abortion-Free State After Planned Parenthood Abortionists Refuse To Work

July 24th, 2008

Heroic efforts of pro-lifers have turned the dream of an abortion-free state into reality

Sioux Falls, South Dakota - On Monday, July 21, eight women arrived at the Planned Parenthood office in Sioux Falls abortions but were instead met with locked doors and a hand-written not indicating the only abortion clinic in South Dakota was closed.

Planned Parenthood remains closed for abortions after their abortionists, who are flown in from other states, refused of work under the new law that went into effect last Friday. The law orders abortionists to inform patients of the humanity of their babies and that the procedure could affect their mental health two hours before the abortion can be done. The law also provides that abortionists can be sued if they do not comply.

This law was the brain-child of attorney Harold Cassidy and passed with the help of determined pro-life leaders Dr. Alan and Leslee Unruh, who pushed for the regulation in the face of opposition even from those in the pro-life movement. The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way for the law's enactment last week.

In remains unclear if the Planned Parenthood office has permanently ceased the practice of abortion. However, several women who were scheduled for abortions this week went to a pro-life center instead where some have reportedly changed their minds about having abortions.

"The closing of this clinic is historic in that South Dakota is, for the time being, the first abortion-free state," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "It didn't take the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and it didn't take a new President or a new Supreme Court. It took the courageous determination of pro-life heroes like Mr. Cassidy and the Unruhs who saw an opportunity to save lives and pressed on until their dream became victory."

"We applaud their efforts and encourage other states to emulate their campaign," said Newman.

The Unruhs are currently involved in the Vote Yes For Life Campaign, which would effectively ban abortions in South Dakota, putting the finishing nail in the coffin of the abortion industry there.

Text of the new law and links to the court decision can be found at www.voteyesforlife.com.

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About Operation Rescue

Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation. Operation Rescue recently made headlines when it bought and closed an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas and has become the voice of the pro-life activist movement in America. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to restore legal personhood to the pre-born and stop abortion in obedience to biblical mandates. Click here to support Operation Rescue

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Web site: www.operationrescue.org

E-mail: info@operationrescue.org

Pro-Life Leader Blames Feminist Groups for Slaughter of Girls

FRONT ROYAL, Va., July 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute (PRI), says that America has a hidden problem of sex discrimination, but a form of discrimination that feminists refuse to address. In PRI's latest YouTube video, Mosher decries the practice, common in East and South Asian countries, of sex-selective abortion. According to the United Nations, this practice has already claimed the lives of over 100 million girls worldwide. The video goes on to cite a recent study published by the National Academy of Sciences, saying that many American groups, particularly those of Asian descent, have the same skewed birthrates as found in their country of origin. Many of the sexist customs and practices that have led to these skewed birthrates are being imported into the United States. "In China, India, and other Asian countries, there is a strong preference for boys," Mosher says. "This combination of a preference for boys and modern technology--the ultrasound machine--has proven deadly for millions upon millions of baby girls." The video goes on to detail exactly how serious the problem is, and how it can only be explained by the selective abortion of baby girls. "Where are the feminists when you need them?" asks Mosher. According to Mosher, the widespread slaughter of unborn girls has failed raise concerns in the feminist community. American feminists are so wedded to abortion-on-demand that they are unwilling to oppose any abortion, however egregious. This is true, he says, even when the practice involves the killing of hundreds of millions of girls for the sole reason that they are girls. "I challenge the National Organization of Women," says Mosher, "and other feminist groups, to join us in the battle to ban this terrible form of sex discrimination that is killing so many unborn baby girls. Their continued silence only facilitates the killing." PRI's new video is available at www.youtube.com/colinpri1, or on PRI's web site: www.pop.org. The Population Research Institute (PRI) was founded in 1989 by Fr. Paul Marx, OSB, PhD and is dedicated to: (1) ending human rights abuses committed in the name of "family planning", (2) opposing outdated social and economic paradigms premised on the myth of overpopulation, (3) informing the public about the social and economic benefits of moderate population growth, and (4) promoting pro- natal and pro-family attitudes and policies worldwide. Steven Mosher is the author of numerous books, including Population Control: Real Costs and Illusory Benefits.

Reid Spikes Omnibus Package with Psychotropic 'MOTHERS Act

Speak Up For Your Children WASHINGTON, July 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D – NV) has slipped a controversial bill called The MOTHERS Act into an omnibus package called "Advancing America's Priorities Act" (S. 3297) which is scheduled for a vote July 26. The MOTHERS Act, a bill to screen and treat pregnant and new mothers across the U.S. at risk for mental disorders, has stalled in the Senate HELP committee for months. The abortion rights groups NARAL Pro- Choice America, The Guttmacher Institute, and Planned Parenthood publicly support The MOTHERS Act. Reid will move to invoke cloture and pass the $11.3 billion omnibus bill this Saturday without debate. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R – OK) criticized Reid's plan, stating, "What the staff members are saying is we want to bring a bill, but we don't want to debate it. We don't want to vote on it. We don't want to have it amended. We don't want the American people to know what we would rather do in secret." Citizens Against Government Waste commented, "If the legislation is worthy of taxpayer money, surely the Senate should have no problem spending time to debate the individual bills." Ironically, The MOTHERS Act is named for Melanie Stokes, who committed suicide in 2001, following postpartum psychiatric treatment including four separate drug cocktails and electroshock therapy. Many of the groups backing the bill also receive funds from or have high-ranking members working for pharmaceutical companies, or stand to profit from treating troubled women or off of babies needing extensive medical care for birth defects and other complications. In January 2008, the New England Journal of Medicine published suppressed data from drug companies that proved antidepressants work no better than a placebo. The FDA warned repeatedly that antidepressants double suicides and issued numerous warnings concerning the use of antidepressants during pregnancy. According to data from the FDA MedWatch system, from 2004-2007, an estimated 2,900 babies died via spontaneous abortion because of SSRI antidepressants given to pregnant women. Studies demonstrate that antidepressants double spontaneous abortions and stillbirths and quintuple preterm births. Babies exposed to SSRIs in pregnancy have a six-fold increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN), a potentially fatal lung problem. Nearly one third of women who take SSRIs during pregnancy have a baby who dies, is premature or underweight, or who has seizures. For more on the efforts to stop The MOTHERS Act and the Reid omnibus package (S. 3297), go to www.uniteforlife.org.