FROM LIFENEWS.COM:

Newspaper: Planned Parenthood Ad on McCain, Palin "Distorts Record" on Women
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new television commercial from Planned Parenthood blasting John McCain and Sarah Palin is already coming under criticism from the mainstream media. The St. Petersburg Times, a Florida newspaper, says the ad distorts the record on the two candidates and their record on women. "Under Mayor Sarah Palin, women like Gretchen were forced to pay up to $1,200 for the emergency exams used to prosecute their attackers," the Planned Parenthood ad claims. It goes further to attack Senator McCain, claiming he "voted to let governments charge rape victims." LifeNews.com exposed the misleading nature of the ad on Wednesday and focused on Planned Parenthood's shoddy treatment of Palin. The Times takes on the phony charges against McCain. The Planned Parenthood ad attributes the McCain allegation to a vote on August 25, 1994 on a crime bill that included the Violence Against Women Act. The measure included a provision that required states to provide free forensic exams for rape victims. Planned Parenthood's logic is that because McCain opposed that bill, he voted to let governments charge victims for their rape kits. "That's quite a stretch," the Times responds. "Indeed, McCain voted that day against a conference report on the crime bill, but he opposed it not because of the Violence Against Women provisions, but because it included extra spending that McCain considered unrelated to crime," the newspaper explains. The paper explains that McCain supported the original bill including the Violence Against Women Act -- "So that alone is a significant contradiction of Planned Parenthood's claim." Full story at LifeNews.com.

NARAL Ad Attacking McCain, Palin on Abortion May Backfire, Rally Pro-Lifers

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- One of the leading pro-abortion groups in the nation has a new web site ad it is running on news web sites in battleground states. However, the NARAL commercial may backfire and energize pro-life voters behind John McCain and Sarah Palin because it highlights their pro-life views. The ad isn't what political observers might expect from NARAL -- with something akin to the ads the Obama campaign aired saying McCain is too extreme and featuring little in the way of the candidates' own words. NARAL includes eerie music and claims that McCain and Palin are extreme on abortion. It focuses on the candidates' opposition to Roe v. Wade, the case that allowed virtually unlimited abortions throughout pregnancy, and Palin's opposition to abortion in cases of rape and incest. But most of the ad allows the candidates to tout their pro-life views -- which could come back to haunt the pro-abortion group. The ad begins with music that appears to come from any B-rated horror flick and calls McCain and Palin, "dangerous, extreme and radical" on abortion. It then features a montage of the two explaining their pro-life views. Full story at LifeNews.com.

Republican Platform Better Than Democratic on Promoting Abortion Overseas
by Austin Ruse
New York, NY (LifeNews.com/CFAM) -- The platforms of the two major American parties show a stark difference in how each presidential candidate would approach United Nations (UN) issues. The Republican platform explicitly rejects various UN treaties while the Democratic platform makes clear its support for the agenda of wider access to abortion and a strengthening of the UN system of enforcing abortion rights. The Republican platform rejects by name two UN treaties that have been used by UN Committees, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to promote abortion -- the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child -- and supports the continued defunding of groups overseas that promote or perform abortions. Specifically the GOP platform says, "Because the UN has no mandate to promote radical social engineering, any effort to address global social problems must respect the fundamental institutions of marriage and family. We assert the rights of families in all international programs and will not fund organizations involved in abortion. Full story at LifeNews.com

Even Two-Year-Olds Are Pro-Life, Understand Abortion Destroys a Human Life
by Maria Vitale
I am convinced that all 2-year-olds are pro-life. I formed that conclusion working a pro-life booth at a local county fair. As soon as a 2-year-old's eyes spotted one of the fetal models on the table, he or she would reach out with both arms with an impassioned plea to touch "the babies." One little girl giggled when a model of a 30-week-old unborn baby was placed in her hands. There was not one toddler who came up to the display who did not express delight with the fetal models. In short, they loved them. It is natural for children to be drawn to babies. It's in their DNA. They're amused and captivated by the tiniest human beings. That's why fetal models are a great teaching tool. They show what an unborn child really looks like at various stages of development. Teenagers often express surprise to learn that a child 12 weeks after conception has eyes, fingers, toes. That's because the handiwork of God is hidden, concealed within a pregnant woman's body. Full story at LifeNews.com

Arkansas Man Nearly Hits Pro-Life Advocates With Car Outside Abortion Center
Fayetville, AR (LifeNews.com) -- An Arkansas man nearly hit a group of pro-life outside an abortion business on Tuesday afternoon in this northwest city. Jason Bryant Shireman, 42, was apprehended by police and charged with three counts of aggravated assault following the incident. The pro-life advocates were standing on the curb just off of College Avenue in front of the Fayetteville Women's Clinic abortion business. According to the Northwest Arkansas Times, witnesses at the scene say Shireman purposefully drove his suburban onto the curb in an attempt to hit or scare the sidewalk counselors outside the abortion center. The pro-life advocates consisted mostly of students from Subiaco Academy who were taking part in the 40 Days of Life event. They were praying for the staff of the abortion facility and women going there for abortions at the time of the incident. The paper indicated Shireman told police that he drove onto the sidewalk to show the pro-life students "what he thought about them" but denied trying to hit them with the vehicle. The Times said Shireman was taken to the Washington County jail and later released on a $3,500 bond. He will make an appearance in court on October 29. Full story at LifeNews.com

SIGN UP TO PRAY FOR SARAH PALIN

Website PrayforSarahPalin.com Plots Zip Codes and Shows Number of People Praying for Governor Palin DALLAS, Oct. 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- This election season is critical and the burden to pray is felt by many. Vicki Garza, owner of Garza Creative Group, explains what led her to form a website dedicated to praying for the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin. The website was created by volunteers for the sole purpose of generating prayer for our national leaders and is not affiliated with any political party. "Many people are excited about the thought of having a strong believer like Sarah Palin in office but how many of us can say that we pray for her daily? This website is dedicated to doing just that. Whoever would like to make a commitment to pray for Sarah Palin can go to www.prayforsarahpalin.com and enter their zip code. A marker will automatically be placed on the prayer coverage map, which can be viewed live in Google maps. There are approximately 43,000 zip codes in the United States. Our goal is to have people praying for Sarah Palin in every zip code. I believe prayer changes things." To see how many people are currently praying for Sarah Palin go to www.prayforsarahpalin.com and check the prayer counter on the home page. For more information and to view a video go to www.prayforsarahpalin.com.

Let us affirm the unborn with our language

Intention:

Let us affirm the unborn by our language.

Scripture:

Anyone who says to his brother, "Raca," is answerable to the Sanhedrin; anyone who says, "You fool!" will be in danger of the fire of hell.

-- Matthew 5:22

Reflection:

Before the schoolyard bully beats up his victim, he calls him names. This is a way to dehumanize the victim, and therefore make it easier to justify attacking him.

In this verse from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says that using dehumanizing language is sinful. "Raca" was an Aramaic term of contempt. The respect and love we are called to have for other human lives is not limited to action alone; it also has to manifest itself in language.

Professor William Brennan, in his book Dehumanizing the Vulnerable: When Word Games Take Lives, traces the dehumanizing language used to oppress various groups of people in history, such as our African-American brothers and sisters, or our Jewish brothers and sisters in the Holocaust.

He then shows that the same kind of dehumanizing language is used against the unborn, who have been called "parasites," "tissue," and "medical waste," among other things.

What are we to do instead? We are to affirm one another, including the unborn, with ennobling language that inspires respect and love. The unborn are precious children, they are our brothers and sisters, they are the image of God. Let us multiply the language of affirmation, as we hasten to the day of their protection!

Prayer:

Lord, we ask your forgiveness for any times our words have dehumanized our brothers and sisters. We also ask you to send your grace to those who speak and write in degrading terms about the children in the womb. Convert those who do not see the dignity of these children. Loosen the tongues of those who do not know how to acknowledge the humanity and sacredness of these tiny lives. Keep us all aware of the power of language, and help us to use it rightly in the cause of life and justice. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.

         Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life and President, National Pro-life Religious Council

She is Back' - SBA List President on Palin VP Debate Performance

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today, in response to tonight's Vice Presidential Debate, the Susan B. Anthony List President offered the following statement:

"The Sarah we saw tonight was the same Sarah from the GOP convention - the real Sarah. She is back," said Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. "American voters are looking for authenticity, and tonight they could see it in Sarah Palin. From the PTA to pro-life values to Pakistan, Sarah Palin doesn't just talk the talk, she walks the walk."

In addition to extensive fundraising for pro-life candidates, the Susan B. Anthony List will implement "When Women Vote, Pro-Life Candidates Win!"-- a sophisticated voter mobilization program that will target 1.4 million pro-life women voters through mail, radio and phone-banking across eight battleground states: Colorado, Ohio, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. The Susan B. Anthony List plans to invest over $6 million in its 2008 efforts.

Since its founding, the Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund has helped elect 75 pro-life candidates to the House, seven to the Senate, and seven to other statewide offices across the country.

The Susan B. Anthony List is a nationwide network of Americans, over 148,000 residing in all 50 states, dedicated to mobilizing, advancing, and representing pro-life women in politics. Its connected Candidate Fund increases the percentage of pro-life women in the political process.

www.sba-list.org

IT"S TIME TO OVERTURN ROE v. WADE

Dorinda C. Bordlee

Roe v. Wade Destroys Democracy, Dignity

THE 'ON FAITH' QUESTION

John McCain and Sarah Palin say it's time to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Do you agree? What is the right moral choice?

Read this Commentary here: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2008/09/roe_v_wade_destroys_democracy.html

FROM OPERATION RESCUE:

Ambulance Transports Another Injured Woman From Tiller's Abortion Mill

October 2nd, 2008

Wichita, KS - An ambulance arrived at Women's Health Care Services, a late-term abortion mill owned by George R. Tiller, and transported a woman away with lights flashing and sirens blaring at approximately 6:30 PM on Wednesday, October 1, 2008.

This incident occurred just six days after another of Tiller's abortion patients was hospitalized after suffering late-term abortion complications that nearly cost her life.

Wednesday's incident was reported by Brandi Lozier, who was volunteering for the Kansas Coalition for Life outside the WHCS gate. Brandi observed that a clinic employee driving a van registered to Tiller entered the parking lot at high speeds carrying a Caucasian woman who appeared to be in distress. The van pulled around to the back of the building and began to sound the horn.

Lozier called 911 and asked for help. It is unclear if her call summoned the ambulance or if another call was placed from inside WHCS.

According to another witness, John Elmore, an ambulance, a fire truck, and a police cruiser arrived shortly before 6:30 PM and within approximately two minutes the ambulance left WHCS with lights and sirens. It headed northbound on Bleckley then turned west into on-coming traffic on the Kellogg frontage road until it reached Oliver.

Operation Rescue was notified, and Cheryl Sullenger went immediately to Wesley Medical Center where a number of ambulances were in various stages of offloading patients. It is unclear which vehicle may have transported the injured woman.

This is the first time an ambulance has been seen at WHCS since July, 2005, after which Tiller began transporting women with life-threatening emergencies in private vehicles. Last Thursday, Patient S. was taken to Wesley Medical Center in Tiller's private Jeep after having suffered respiratory distress and cardiac arrest during an abortion.

"We have a crisis situation right now at Tiller's abortion business, and we are wondering what the body count has to be before the state regulators will close it down," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "Tiller's clinic has become little more than a dangerous abortion chop shop. This is intolerable and we demand that Women's Health Care Services be immediately closed in order to prevent further injury and death. We are exploring every legal action to make sure that happens."

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Bishop of Scranton pledges vigilance in correcting pro-choice Catholic politicians

Bishop Joseph F. Martino

Scranton, PA, Oct 2, 2008 / 04:12 am (CNA).- Bishop Joseph F. Martino of the Diocese of Scranton has directed a pastoral letter on pro-life matters to be read at all weekend Masses of the upcoming Respect Life Weekend, saying Catholic efforts on such issues have "more significance than ever." Discussing the societal breakdown in the wake of the sexual revolution, Bishop Martino explains Catholic teaching, and pledges "vigilance" in correcting Catholic pro-abortion rights public figures.

Continue reading here: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=13956