Here is a moving story at Lifenews.com that I wanted to share. Granted, every victim of abortion is a tragedy. However, this story helps to illustrate the accomplishments that are being snuffed out by abortion.
Katerina over at Civilization of Love has a great post that includes an essay entitled “The Case for Utopia”. Check out the essay along with her other posts. There is a posting about shopping ideas for Christmas that we should all read.
for those of you in Missouri, here is some information on the proposed amendment to the state constitution to close the loophole that currently exists allowing cloning.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF MISSOURI
Be it resolved by the people of the state of Missouri that the Constitution be amended :
One new section is adopted by adding one new section to be known as Section 38(e) of Article III, to read as follows:
Section 38(e)
Senator Sam Brownback joins with 12 other US Senators to call for an end to funding for organizations that promote abortion, such as Planned Parenthood.
“We write to urge you to suspend funding in all future Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations bills for organizations that promote abortion. While an amendment to this effect was not adopted in the U.S. Senate last month, we believe recent findings warrant such a suspension pending further investigation.
“One recipient of such funding is the Planned Parenthood Federation of America which receives more than $300 million in taxpayer funding each year. According to a 107-count complaint filed in Kansas’ Johnson County District Court two weeks ago, Planned Parenthood is accused of performing illegal late-term abortions in violation of state law. It is also accused of falsifying documents and failing to comply with medical reporting requirements.
“Unfortunately this is just one example of a troubling trend. Too often we hear about negligent medical practice or inadequate reporting from abortion clinics that lack sufficient oversight. One of the many reasons to withhold federal funding from groups that promote abortion are these troubling accusations of negligent medical practice. Most recently, amendment S.A.3330 to H.R.3043, the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill would have corrected this problem by denying federal funding to groups that promote abortion.
“While amendment S.A.3330 was not adopted by the Senate, we believe an amendment to that effect should be reconsidered in the future given this troubling evidence of wrongdoing and neglectful medical practice. While we continue to have a rigorous debate in this country about abortion, we should be able to come to some fundamental agreements. We should not use tax dollars to subsidize abortion clinics – particularly when there are serious concerns regarding their compliance with state law and medical standards.”
Joining with Sen. Brownback are Senators David Vitter (R-LA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), John Barrasso (R-WY), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), James Inhofe (R-OK), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Trent Lott (R-MS), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Pat Roberts (R-KS), and John Thune (R-SD).
Here is a copy of the letter sent to each United States Senator and Congressman asking them to stop the Federal funding of Planned Parenthood. Let’s hope that they listen! (more)
October 24, 2007
The Honorable NAME
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator,
In light of recent revelations of Planned Parenthood’s alleged systematic violation of state laws in Kansas, the undersigned organizations request the immediate suspension of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding until it can be determined whether the organization violated state and/or federal laws.
According to the 107-count complaint filed in Kansas’ Johnson County District Court last week, Planned Parenthood purposefully performed illegal late term abortions in violation of Kansas State law and unlawfully falsified documents in order to conceal that fact. They are also accused of failing to comply with the required medical reporting guidelines.
The complaint alleges 29 misdemeanor counts of performing “unlawful late term abortions,” 29 misdemeanor counts of “unlawful failure to determine viability for late term abortion,” 23 felony counts of “making false information,” and 27 misdemeanor counts of “unlawful failure to maintain records.”
Planned Parenthood operates around 860 facilities around the country, and there are approximately 40 states with laws banning late term abortions. This illegal conduct may be happening all over the country.
While Planned Parenthood claims that it does not perform late-term abortions after 22 weeks, the charges were reviewed by a Johnson County, Kansas district judge who found probable cause. These are substantive charges levied against Planned Parenthood. States have passed laws on late-term abortions because they are detrimental to women as well as babies. Women are often not informed that late-term abortions increase the likelihood of severe blood loss, damage to vital organs, later premature births and loss of fertility.
We urge you to act to ensure that our tax dollars are not subsidizing abortion clinics that perform possibly illegal late-term abortions.
Sincerely,
Governor Matt Blunt has put together the Governor’s Task Force on the Impact of Abortion on Women at a time when abortion advocates say abortion benefits women.
“This is a very informal group of good people who believe in advancing the cause of life and believe that we should minimize the impact of abortion on society”
Leaders of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, the nation’s largest network of women and men testifying to the harm they’ve endured from abortion, praised Blunt.
“The evidence for the devastation wrought by abortion is everywhere,” said Georgette Forney, co-founder of the group who had an abortion when she was 17.
Here, here and here are a couple of stories at Life News that indicate that the tide continues to move in the direction of a pro-life America. Recent polls show that a majority are pro-life when it comes to abortion and over half of the public opposes most or all abortions. Also, a recent poll shows that 45% of Americans need to know a candidate’s position on abortion before they vote. This knowledge is more important to to pro-life voters than those who back legal abortion.
Keep up the hard work and constant stream of prayers!
