DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Friday, January 21, 2022

LifeNews: 100,000 Pro-Life Americans March for Life

100,000 Pro-Life Americans March for Life, Look Forward to Overturning Roe and Ending Abortion

As many as 100,000 or more pro-life Americans marched in the bitter cold Friday in Washington, D.C., hoping and praying that states soon will be allowed to protect unborn babies again.

LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report
Friday, January 21, 2022

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Top Stories
• 100,000 Pro-Life Americans March for Life, Look Forward to Overturning Roe and Ending Abortion
• Joe Biden “Working With Congress” on Bill to Legalize Abortions Up to Birth
• Virginia Attorney General Tells Supreme Court: We Want Roe v. Wade Overturned
• South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Files Bill to Ban Abortions When Unborn Baby’s Heartbeat Begins

More Pro-Life News
• Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts Declares Day of Prayer to Stop Killing Babies in Abortions
• Joe Biden Sends $37 Million to Global “Children’s Fund” That Promotes Abortion
• Lubbock, Texas Becomes Abortion Free After Planned Parenthood Drops Lawsuit Against Abortion Ban
• As a Former Planned Parenthood Director, I’m Proud to March for Life to End Abortion
• Scroll Down for Several More Pro-Life News Stories

Joe Biden “Working With Congress” on Bill to Legalize Abortions Up to Birth

During a White House press conference today, Press Secretary Jen Psaki says Joe Biden is in league with top Democrats in the House and Senate to push for a vote on legislation that would overturn every pro-life law in the country and implement legalized abortion up to birth.

Virginia Attorney General Tells Supreme Court: We Want Roe v. Wade Overturned

The state of Virginia filed a legal motion today asking the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Files Bill to Ban Abortions When Unborn Baby’s Heartbeat Begins

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem marked the anniversary of Roe v. Wade on Friday by introducing legislation to protect unborn babies from abortion in the hopes that the infamous ruling soon will be overturned.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts Declares Day of Prayer to Stop Killing Babies in Abortions

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts continued to stand strong for unborn babies today by proclaiming Jan. 22 a Statewide Day of Prayer to end abortion.

Joe Biden Sends $37 Million to Global “Children’s Fund” That Promotes Abortion

Seemingly uncontroversial new spending by the Biden administration to help child refugees actually may be used to push abortions on vulnerable children world-wide.

Lubbock, Texas Becomes Abortion Free After Planned Parenthood Drops Lawsuit Against Abortion Ban

And the victories for unborn babies just keep coming in Texas.

As a Former Planned Parenthood Director, I’m Proud to March for Life to End Abortion

Looking into the vast crowd at my very first March for Life 12 years ago was terrifying.

MORE PRO-LIFE NEWS FROM TODAY

We’re Finally Close to Overturning Roe v. Wade and Protecting Babies From Abortion

Ben Carson: When Roe v. Wade is Overturned, We Will Support Pregnant Women and Protect Babies

Roe v. Wade Has Ended the Lives of 63 Million Babies, That’s Why We Must End Roe v. Wade

Pregnancy Centers are Helping Women, Saving Thousands of Babies Under Texas Abortion Ban

60% of Young Americans Oppose Roe v. Wade Because It Allows Abortions Up to Birth

Hospital Denies Lifesaving Medical Treatment to Patient Just Because He’s Unvaccinated

Here’s the Progressive Case Against Abortion

Abortion Activists Caught Projecting Disgusting Pro-Abortion Messages on Catholic Church

MARCHING TO SAVE BABY GIRLS AND ABANDONED WIDOWS IN CHINA

Reggie Littlejohn with Anni Zhang and her father Lin Zhang march for babies and widows in China at the 2019 March for Life

Women’s Rights Without Frontiers will march to “End Gendercide” – the sex-selective abortion of baby girls -- in China, at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. on January 21. In addition, WRWF will be marching on behalf of abandoned widows.

Reggie Littlejohn, President of WRWF, stated, “We believe that women have the right to give birth to their daughters without being pressured to selectively abort them. And we also believe that elderly women have the right to live out their days with dignity, with food on the table every day, knowing that someone cares about them in their old age – even if that person lives on the other side of the earth.”

The sex-selective abortion or abandonment of baby girls has continued under the Three Child Policy, and poverty has been exascerbated by the Covid lockdowns. "The families we serve are in poor, farming communities. Because of Covid lockdowns, our families were at times unable bring their vegetables to market, deepening their poverty and placing their baby girls at risk," Littlejohn stated.

Sex-selective abortion is not a government policy, but is culturally enforced by families. "Women in China still need our help and support to push back against husbands and mothers-in-law who think that a baby girl -- especially a second or even a third daughter -- is not worth the expense of raising and should be 'given away' so the couple can have a boy," Littlejohn continued.

According to one U.N. estimate, up to 200 million women are missing in the world today because of sex-selective abortion. This gendercide has created a gender imbalance in China, where there are an estimated 37 million more males living than females. This gender imbalance is in turn driving human trafficking and sexual slavery, within China and from the surrounding countries.

WRWF’s “Save a Girl” Campaign has saved hundreds of baby girls from sex-selective abortion, abandonment, or extreme poverty.

At the other end of life, China has an alarming female suicide rate, especially in the countryside. China also has a skyrocketing rate of senior suicide, and elderly widows are at risk. The One Child Policy destroyed the family structure in China. In the past, the Chinese enjoyed large families and it was not a burden for children and grandchildren to support the elderly. Now many elderly are completely abandoned and destitute, especially elderly widows. And the sad solution for many is to end their lives.

Littlejohn concluded, “We at Women’s Rights Without Frontiers are committed to helping Chinese women at every stage of their lives. We help baby girls to be born, instead of being selectively aborted or abandoned because they are girls. Likewise, we help their mothers defend themselves against the pressure to abort or abandon their baby girls, and also to feed their girls and keep their families together. And now we are extending help to elderly widows, to ease their suffering and give them dignity and new hope in the twilight season of their lives. We do this because of the infinite value of each human life, from beginning to end.”

Learn more about the Save a Widow Campaign here.

Watch the “Save a Girl” Campaign video here.

Watch the “Save a Widow” Campaign video here.

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ALL's Pro-Life This Week 1/21/2022

Featured Commentary

If Aborted Babies Had Voices

This article was originally published on July 20, 2021. We feel that it’s vital to remember as we March for Life today and remember the millions of babies killed by abortion.

Remembering Jim Sedlak (1943-2022)

“When people ask why we oppose Planned Parenthood, we tell them that it is because PP is only concerned with sex education, birth control, and abortion. It targets our children and comes between parents and their children. And it does it all with our tax money.” —Jim SedlakWeek in ReviewToday is the National March for Life. As we gather to march, we recall the wisdom of MFL founder Nellie Gray, who called for a total abolition of abortion.

ALL in the NewsALL’s no exceptions position on abortion made its rounds through the media this week, with interviews and articles from sources like Breitbart and the Christian Broadcasting Network.

Pro-Life Social MediaPlanned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia isn’t too pleased with the new Republican governor, Glenn Younkin. The state’s Department of Human Resource Management issued a memo outlining new policies for its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion officers.

Video of the WeekHeartbeat bills. Pain-capable bills. Dismemberment bills. Down syndrome bills. What do they all have in common?

Action Item of the Week

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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.”