Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Pro-lifers Protest Healthcare Reform in DC



Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/29/2009 10:00:00 AM

Washington, DC, has seen visits from pro-lifers this week.

Protestors are urging Congress to halt passage of the healthcare reform proposals because they use tax dollars to underwrite abortion. One of the demonstrators has been Norma McCorvey, who was "Roe" in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the U.S. McCorvey and other pro-lifers visited the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California), but got no further than an aide. "We had a plastic coffin of the little plastic babies smeared with fake blood to give this woman a visual description of what we were talking about," she explains. Then each demonstrator sent a message to Pelosi through the aide. "What I said was that Nancy Pelosi, since I'm a Catholic [like Pelosi], should not receive Holy Communion because she's pro-abortion," McCorvey adds, "and she doesn't deserve to receive the Holy Eucharist since she believes in killing children." McCorvey is urging people on a local level to stage demonstrations against the healthcare bill at home offices of members of Congress because they soon will take their August break.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Over 100,000 Letters Sent Urging Congress to Keep Abortion Out of Health Care




Contact: Joy Yearout, Susan B. Anthony List, 703-380-6674, jyearout@sba-list.org WASHINGTON, July 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today the Susan B. Anthony List announced that pro-life activists nationwide have sent over 100,000 letters to Congress urging the exclusion of abortion from any national health care reform effort. "As we approach the August recess, already tens of thousands of pro-life Americans have contacted Congress urging them to keep abortion out of health care," said Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. "Americans are urging Members of Congress to preserve the real common ground, our long-standing tradition of limiting taxpayer funds for abortion. This is exactly the type of policy the President has sought to achieve, one that stands the test of time, has popular support and appeals to members on both sides of the aisle. Yet both the House and Senate versions of health care reform legislation seek to undo this commonsense policy. Without language to explicitly exclude an abortion mandate, the legislation will result in Americans footing the bill for abortion on-demand in the largest expansion of government-backed abortion since Roe v. Wade."
In an interview with CBS' Katie Couric last week, President Obama said, "What I think is important, at this stage, is not trying to micromanage what benefits are covered. [. . .] As you know, I'm pro choice. But I think we also have a tradition of, in this town, historically, of not financing abortions as part of government funded health care." "Families are at the very heart of the health care issue," said Dannenfelser. "And with pregnancy there are always two patients, mother and baby. We must establish a health care system that respects, protects and cherishes both.
Congress should explicitly exclude an abortion mandate and preserve the common ground policies supported by the growing majority of pro-life Americans." To date this year, Susan B. Anthony List activists have sent nearly 400,000 letters urging Congress to keep taxpayer funds from supporting abortion on-demand, 112,000 of which called for the exclusion of abortion from health care.
In a recent action alert, NARAL Pro-Choice America reported sending 12,500 letters to the Senate in support of an abortion mandate. The Susan B. Anthony List is a member of the Stop the Abortion Mandate Coalition , a coalition of pro-life organizations dedicated to keeping the abortion mandate out of health care reform. The Susan B. Anthony List is a nationwide network of Americans, over 162,000 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. http://www.sba-list.org/


Norma McCorvey to Confront Nancy Pelosi Over Health Care Reform



Norma McCorvey (Formerly Roe of Roe vs. Wade), Randall Terry, and Over 30 Anti-Abortion Activists from Seven States to Confront Nancy Pelosi Over 'Health Care' Reform
Their message: "Expect a tax revolt. If you think we will willingly surrender our money to pay for murder, you are insane."
At 3:30 PM, Tuesday, July 28, over 30 pro-life activists to descend on Speaker Pelosi's office at 235 Cannon House Office Building. "Fireworks" expected.
Contact: Kathy Veritas, 904-687-9804; http://www.randallterry.com/
WASHINGTON, July 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by Randall Terry, Director, Operation Rescue Insurrecta Nex.
Over thirty taxpayers from seven states will visit Nancy Pelosi's office to demand changes in the health care bill: namely -- the specific exclusion of surgical abortion and chemical abortifacients from the bill.

"The current health care reform proposal is Obama's command that taxpayers foot the bill for child-killing. If they think we will willingly surrender our money to pay for murder, they are insane." Randall Terry, Founder, Operation Rescue

Pro-life activists will also lobby Majority Whip Steny Hoyer, and Minority Leader John Boehner, Minority Whip Eric Cantor, to demand an end to Obama's health care reform.


Abortion - More Harm than Good



Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/28/2009 6:30:00 AM

A survey shows increased recognition of the harm of abortion.

The poll conducted by Marist College suggests that over half (53%) of the American public believes abortion does a woman more harm than good. Georgette Forney of Silent No More says that is because more hurting women are opening up to loved ones about their abortion experiences. "We're the norm. We are women who have had abortions and then come to a place -- sometimes the day after, sometimes 20 years later, sometimes 30 years later -- when we realize that we didn't just have an abortion like you have your tonsils out, but that the abortion took the life of our child," she contends. Forney says at that point women begin to deal with the grieving and the emotional scars abortion causes. She notes that sometimes the pain emerges in forms of detrimental behavior, alcohol and drug abuse, or even nightmares. She points to a feeling of never being able to atone for the guilt -- and recommends women in that situation visit her organization's website for help. The Marist poll indicates that 26 percent of respondents believe an abortion improves a woman's life.

Source: onenewsnow.com

Nurse Forced to Help Perform Abortion


Josh Friedeman, the Millennial Perspective
In what may be an indication of what the future holds for nurses and doctors who are ethically opposed to abortion, Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo - a nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in Brooklyn - was coerced through intimidation and inaccurate information to assist in the performance of a late-term abortion although it was against her religious convictions.

According to the New York Post:
The hospital even exaggerated the patient's condition and claimed the woman could die if the nurse, a devout Catholic, did not follow orders, the nurse alleges in a lawsuit.
"It felt like a horror film unfolding," said Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, 35, who claims she has had gruesome nightmares and hasn't been able to sleep since the May 24 incident.

The married mother of a year-old baby was 30 minutes into her early-morning shift when she realized she had been assigned to an abortion. She begged her supervisor to find a replacement nurse for the procedure. The hospital had a six-hour window to find a fill-in, the suit says.
Bosses told the weeping Cenzon-DeCarlo the patient was 22 weeks into her pregnancy and had preeclampsia, a condition marked by high blood pressure that can lead to seizures or death if left untreated.

The supervisor "claimed that the mother could die if [Cenzon-DeCarlo] did not assist in the abortion..."
[Cenzon-DeCarlo] said she later learned that the hospital's own records deemed the procedure "Category II," which is not considered immediately life threatening.
"I felt violated and betrayed," she recalled. "I couldn't believe that this could happen."
A native of the Philippines, Cenzon-DeCarlo moved to New York in 2001 and started at Mount Sinai on the East Side as an operating-room nurse in 2004. During her job interview, an administrator asked Cenzon-DeCarlo whether she'd be willing to participate in abortions. She flatly said no. The nurse said she put her beliefs in writing.

The day after the procedure, Cenzon-DeCarlo filed a grievance with her union. Later that week, she was cornered by two supervisors who told her if she wanted any more overtime shifts, she would have to sign a statement agreeing to participate in abortions, the suit says.
The next month, Cenzon-DeCarlo was assigned to one overtime shift, rather than the eight or nine she usually received, the suit claims.
And to think, this is only one small example of a problem that will surely get worse if the government continues to gain control over the healthcare system.
Source: afa.net

Friday, July 17, 2009

Book: Forgiven and Set Free





by: Linda Cochrane


An inspired Bible study that effectively ministers God's healing grace to women who are suffering remorse and guilt after an abortion. It shows women how to bring their emotional scars from abortion "out of the dark and into his holy light", where true and lasting healing can take place. It deals with the issues of: Relief and Denial, Anger, Forgiveness, Depression, Letting Go, and Acceptance.

Forgiven and Set Free: A Post-Abortion Bible Study for Women
by: Linda Cochrane
Amazon Price: $8.61 (as of 07/17/2009)List Price: $10.99Used Price: $3.69
In the search for truth about the effects that abortion has on you, this book has taught me so much. I shared what I have learned about the Stages of Grief. It also shows you where you need healing, the characters of God, scripture to show you God's Truth, questions to help you realize the pain you need to deal with and list post-abortion ministries to check out. The book is very easy to read and opens your eyes to the truth about abortion and how to deal with the emotions.

Acceptance: Last Stage of Grief



By now, you have forgiven those who hurt you and have accepted God's forgiveness. You have acknowledged all the emotions that go with grieving and you have faced them head-on.You begin to show gratitude for all that you have learned and want to share that experience with others. In acceptance, you are fully aware of what God is doing with your pain and watch joyfully as He turns it into a blessing. You have a deeper understanding of God's plan for your life. You wait patiently as He shows you how this painful experience with grief fits into His perfect plan. Is this a process that you would want to repeat? Absolutely not. But, if you learn anything, learn that it was God's love, grace, mercy and forgiveness that brought you through it all. You learn the true meaning of being forgiven and set free, even when you didn't deserve it.
Source: Forgiven and Set Free

Depression: 5th Stage of Grief





The roles men and women played in their baby's death can fill them with guilt, shame, self-condemnation, and self-pity. It is in this stage that harmful behavior such as excessive drug and alcohol use or suicidal tendencies are noticeable. Men tend to also have to deal with becoming more aggressive and abusive. In this stage, you may feel the need to punish yourself, which may show up in psychosomatic illnesses or you may become accident prone. Through these behaviors, you may attempt to ease the pain of guilt, but fail to do so. You began to blame yourself for not preventing the abortion; not learning the truth in time, not choosing life for the baby, and for not standing up for what was right. Men who chose abortion experience extreme guilt because he failed in his responsibility to his child and to his child's mother. In moving forward out of depression, you are no longer angry with yourself but have now accepted responsibility for what you have done. You now start to surround yourself with God's loving forgiveness.


Source: Forgiven and Set Free

The Most Important Thing


If you ask God for forgiveness and turn away from the sin, He is faithful to forgive you. He will choose to forget it and you will be washed clean. He loves you and wants to set you free! Jesus came to bring life and hope to you. His love is forgiving and hope never runs out with Him. He created you and He knows how to heal you. Choose to put your faith in God and allow Him to give you total healing like none other!

Setting Conditions on Forgiveness

Often women and men will set up conditions that must be met by others before they can truly forgive:

1 Forgiving the Father/Mother
"I will forgive the father/mother of our child if he/she shows similar feelings of regret"

2 Forgiving the Parents
"I'll forgive my parents when they show me that they care more about me than what others think"

Forgiveness: 4th Stage of Grief



In this stage men and women must learn to forgive the people and circumstances that led to their abortion. It becomes the hardest stage to overcome. But, in order for you to heal, it has to be done.You start to come to grips with the truth and know that you cannot change the past or change others. What you can change is your own response to your hurt and anger. You can now begin to choose forgiveness. It is the unconditional type of forgiveness that leaves you free, with no strings attached. Then, you can learn to make room in your life for love. Love can conquer all fears and soften the pain. God's love is everlasting. Why? Because, God is Love. He can teach you how to love unconditionally and His love is forgiving and sets you free.


Source: Forgiven and Set Free

Group Discussion: Who do you still blame?


Admitting who is to blame gives a sense of short-term relief for you. Admitting the truth about your abortion is the start of your recovery. Who do you still blame?

Lensmaster
WhitU4ever wrote...
I leave the blame to God. I forgive those who are or were unaware of the facts when they aborted their babies, performed abortions, or assisted someone in the process. I forgive those who are sorry for what they have done in the past. I forgive those who have lived their lives differently since. And my Bible tells me that God forgives this way too.But I fear for those who never feel remorse for promoting abortion, taking part in it, or neglecting to tell others (especially those considering abortion) EVERYTHING they know about it. I blame those who stubbornly and relentlessly prefer money over life, and convenience over responsibility. How difficult it will be to explain their cold stone hearts to God! What will they tell him? Well God, I stopped feeling after a while? Should God be expected to pity that person?
Posted June 24, 2009

Lensmaster
TAMMYH750 wrote...
I use to blame my doctor that told me I was pregnant and told me where I could get an abortion. I blamed my Home Economics Teacher for giving me a pamplet on abortion which talked about abortion like it was another form of birth control. The pamplet was all lies. So many people in authority I thought was to blame. It didn't seem like nobody was protecting me or my baby. I knew later on that either I had to learn to forgive them, or I was going to stay bitter for the rest of my life. I did not want to live in anger and bitterness. I needed to be set free. But how? I had to make a choice to forgive them all, but the very person that was hardest for me to forgive, was me!

Who's to Blame?


When abortion was our choice and now we suffer from guilt, who to blame is usually a normal reaction. But, forgiveness for the things and people that have done us wrong is the right way to go. Before you forgive...

Who is to Blame?


  • Those that know the truth about abortion and are not speaking up

  • Those that make informative pamplets all about abortion and lie to innocent people

  • Those that tell others to have abortions without knowing the whole truth

  • Doctors, Counselors, Teachers, etc. that promote health and also promote abortion

  • Boyfriend/Spouse that doesn't want their baby

  • Girlfriend/Spouse that told me, "It's not your body," "Not your decision," "You have no say in the matter."

  • "My Parents/Guardians for not stopping me

  • Myself, for a number of reasons

  • Myself, because I thought it was the right choice...My Right to CHOOSE

  • Others

  • God, for not stopping me

  • All the above

  • Nobody, I have forgiven all the people and events that put me in bondage and now I am set free!

Anger: 3rd Stage of Grief



In this stage, you start to realize the truth about abortion and you become angry. You start to question the actions of others and blame them for your loss. Your questioning begins... "The clinic should have told me the truth about fetal development; they should have told me about adoption, My parents should have been more concerned about me than what others thought, She shouldn't have chosen abortion, Men don't have any choice in abortion or Why didn't God stop me?" If your anger continues and you don't express yourself, it can turn into bitterness and interfere in other areas of your life. Anger is not a sin. It is a God given emotion to help you deal with problems. But, when you let your anger control you, then it becomes a sin. To get rid of this anger, the next step you must learn to do is...forgive.

Source: Forgiven and Set Free

God-Given Roles Men and Women Play as Fathers and Mothers

Natural Instincts:

1 Men: The Protector
God is the perfect example of how a father should act toward his children. God is our protector, our shield, and our fortress.Abortion can leave men feeling like they have failed in their role as protector. They may feel like they have failed in protecting their child from death or the mother of their child from the horrible pain that she is experiencing. They may not have had a choice and feel helpless to protect their child or child's mother from harm. This can cause permanent emotional damage.

2 Women: The Nurturer
God gave the woman a natural instinct to nurture and protect their babies, not to kill them. This explains why women stay in denial for so long after an abortion.

Most Common Statements for Those in the Denial Stage

How does the Bible respond to each statement?

1 Terminating Pregnancy
"We just terminated a pregnancy, we didn't kill a baby."PSALM 139:13-16~ You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day ha...

2 Abortion is Legal
"Abortion is legal so how can it be wrong?"PROVERBS 14:12~ There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

3 When Life Begins Debate
"The moment when life begins has been debated for years. Philosophers and medical science cannot agree, so people must decide for themselves if abortion is right for them."1 CORINTHIANS 1:20~ So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world's brillant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.

4 My Secret
"It happened so long ago; why bring it up now? No one has to know what happened."HEBREWS 4:13~ Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.

5 People's Choice and Opinions
"People around me thought it was the right choice. They said it was just a little piece of tissue."GALATIANS 1:10~ Obviously, I'm not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ's servant.

Denial: 2nd Stage of Grief




Denial is usually long-term and can lasts for many years. Why? It is too difficult to cope with the memories of your abortion. You start to deny that abortion killed your child. You may think, "No, I would never murder a baby. I just terminated a pregnancy". You may begin to think back when you were told that it wasn't really a baby you were getting rid of...it was just a "blob of tissue". You find yourself justifying what you did.For some women and men, denial ends when they are confronted with the truth of seeing pictures of fetal development. You tend to pay close attention to the stage of development that your own child was terminated. Other women come face to face with their loss when they have a wanted pregnancy. You may wander will this baby make it? I chose to abort a child, do I deserve a second chance? The answer is yes. God is forgiving and He is in the business of second chances. There will be consequences for what you did, but as long as remorse is in your heart, forgiveness from God will be rewarded. Many women and men desperately come to grips with the truth and finally stop running from God. They begin to seek Him from the depths of their hearts, searching for comfort that only He can give.
Source: Forgiven and Set Free

Relief: 1st Stage of Grief




What usually goes through a woman's mind after having an abortion? "Thank God, I am not pregnant anymore." Men usually think, "Thank God, the pregnancy is over." Everything that has happened since she found out that she was pregnant and all the decisions since then, have now come to a close...it's finally over. Now, you are left feeling relieved. But, it doesn't take long before the woman starts to rehearse over and over in her mind, what had happened to her and the child. What do I do now? You try to make sense of it all, but you start to fall into the next stage, denial.
Source: Forgiven and Set Free

Grieving




Is grieving a normal and healthy response after an abortion? Absolutely. The child that was lost became a major loss through death. Grief is painful, but it is necessary in relieving our sorrow. After an abortion, women may attempt to bury their grief, turn off their emotions, and run from God. Eventually, they face the fact that abortion ended their unborn child's life.The grieving that follows an abortion is similar to the grief of a woman who has a miscarriage. Both experience stages of denial, anger, depression, and acceptance. Both experience guilt, but the source of their guilt is not the same. Women who had a miscarriage feel guilty because they don't know what role they played in their child's death. Women who choose abortion feel guilty because they do know what role they played in their child's death.For men, they are usually the silent, wounded warrior...suffering because they are not given a choice. Because they had no choice, they question their right to have feelings following an abortion. Make no mistake, abortion leaves both men and women wounded. They both struggle with fear, anxiety, anger, guilt, grief, and depression. For men, there is in most cases, an unexplainable need to defend their masculinity; that need causes much confusion and strife in most of their relationships and they don't even realize the effects of abortion was the root cause of their problems.


Source: Forgiven and Set Free

Stages of Grief:


1. Relief
2. Denial
3. Anger
4. Forgiveness
5. Depression
6. Acceptance

What Abortion Promises You vs. The Truth

1 Abortion Promises
To relieve the burdens, pain, and anxiety of having a baby before you are ready.

2 Truth Promises
The woman will take on a whole new set of burdens. These burdens are too hard to handle on your own.

3 Abortion Promises
A woman is relieved of immediate pressures and consequences of doing the wrong thing.

4 Truth Promises
The woman will now have to fix a new problem...of trying to fix the wrong that was done.

5 Abortion Promises
The baby is not human. It is just a "blob of tissue", in the early stages of development.

6Truth Promises
The baby is human from the moment of conception. You now have to deal with the stage of denial, because you can't accept the fact that you have ended the unborn baby's life.

7 Abortion Promises
Women have a right to choose an abortion.

8 Truth Promises
Most women that have chosen an abortion will not have another after learning what happens to their baby during the abortion. Men and Women also suffer mentally and physically.

Physical Manifestations of Abortion:






If abortion is a woman's choice, then shouldn't she be told the truth about what can happen physically to her and her future children? Here are a few physical manifestations that women suffer from after having an abortion:

- Miscarriage
- Infertility
- Irregular menstruation
- Stillbirth
- Cervical pain
- Uterine scarring
- Infection
- Colon problems
- Long, difficult labor
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Breast Cancer
- Sterility
- Endometriosis

Source: Healing Hearts Ministry

Emotional Symptoms of Post-Abortion Trauma:



If abortion is about a women's choice, shouldn't she be told what will happen to her after her abortion? It is normal after an abortion to feel emotionally injured. These emotional scars can last for years to come. Here I focus on specific problems like:

~ Anger / Rage

~ Helplessness

~ Guilt

~ Shame

~ Grief / Loss

~ Relationship problems

~ Anxiety / Panic

~ Depression

~ Regret / Sorrow

~ Hopelessness

~ Self - hatred

~ Bitterness

~ Feeling uncomfortable w/infants/children/pregnant women

~ Feeling of isolation / alienation

~ Feeling like you are going crazy

~ Inability to be emotionally intimate

~ Frequent crying

~ Vivid nightmares

~ Hallucinations / Flashbacks

~ Child Abuse or Neglect

~ Inability to bond with your children

~ Drug and alcohol abuse

~ Insomnia (inability to sleep)

~ Promiscuity

~ Fear that others will find out

~ Fear of never having children

~ Fear of losing the children you have

~ Fear of having a deformed child

~ Fear of abusing your children

~ Fear of God's punishment

~ Distrust of men

~ Distrust of doctors

~ Inability to make good decisions

~ Physical reations when abortion is mentioned (such as, your body tensing up, feeling sick to your stomach, heart pounding or light headed)

~ Post-Partum Depression or Anxiety (after the birth of a subsequent child)

~ Feeling of numbness

~ Suicidal thoughts / actions

~ Sexual inhibition

~ Anorexia (starving yourself)

~ Bulimia (bingeing / purging)

~ Overprotective parenting

~ Obsessive thoughts about the aborted child / children~ Extreme weight gain

Source: Healing Hearts Ministry

Fetal Development Link

Truth About Fetal Development
See what a baby looks like from the moment of conception to the day of birth.

Fetal Development from Conception to Birth



Day 1: fertilization: all human chromosomes are present; unique human life begins.

Day 6: embryo begins implantation in the uterus.

Day 22: heart begins to beat with the child's own blood, often a different type than the mothers'.

Week 3: By the end of third week the child's backbone spinal column and nervous system are forming. The liver, kidneys and intestines begin to take shape.

Week 4: By the end of week four the child is ten thousand times larger than the fertilized egg.

Week 5: Eyes, legs, and hands begin to develop.

Week 6: Brain waves are detectable; mouth and lips are present; fingernails are forming.

Week 7: Eyelids, and toes form, nose distinct. The baby is kicking and swimming.

Week 8: Every organ is in place, bones begin to replace cartilage, and fingerprints begin to form. By the 8th week the baby can begin to hear.

Weeks 9 and 10: Teeth begin to form, fingernails develop. The baby can turn his head, and frown. The baby can hiccup.

Weeks 10 and 11: The baby can "breathe" amniotic fluid and urinate.

Week 11 the baby can grasp objects placed in its hand; all organ systems are functioning. The baby has a skeletal structure, nerves, and circulation.

Week 12: The baby has all of the parts necessary to experience pain, including nerves, spinal cord, and thalamus. Vocal cords are complete. The baby can suck its thumb.

Week 14: At this age, the heart pumps several quarts of blood through the body every day.

Week 15: The baby has an adult's taste buds.

Month 4: Bone Marrow is now beginning to form. The heart is pumping 25 quarts of blood a day. By the end of month 4 the baby will be 8-10 inches in length and will weigh up to half a pound.

Week 17: The baby can have dream (REM) sleep.

Week 19: Babies can routinely be saved at 21 to 22 weeks after fertilization, and sometimes they can be saved even younger.

Week 20: The earliest stage at which Partial birth abortions are performed. At 20 weeks the baby recognizes its' mothers voice.

Months 5 and 6: The baby practices breathing by inhaling amniotic fluid into its developing lungs. The baby will grasp at the umbilical cord when it feels it. Most mothers feel an increase in movement, kicking, and hiccups from the baby. Oil and sweat glands are now functioning. The baby is now twelve inches long or more, and weighs up to one and a half pounds.

Months 7 through 9: Eyeteeth are present. The baby opens and closes his eyes. The baby is using four of the five senses (vision, hearing, taste, and touch.) He knows the difference between waking and sleeping, and can relate to the moods of the mother. The baby's skin begins to thicken, and a layer of fat is produced and stored beneath the skin. Antibodies are built up, and the baby's heart begins to pump 300 gallons of blood per day. Approximately one week before the birth the baby stops growing, and "drops" usually head down into the pelvic cavity.

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Sources Used:Bergel, Gary (Produced by NRLC) "When You Were Formed in Secret." 1998.Flanagan, Geraldine Lux. Beginning Life. The Marvelous Journey from Conception to Birth. New York: DK Publishing Inc., 1996.Hopson, Janet L. Fetal Psychology. Oct. 1998. 07 Jan 2003.http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/tul/psychtoday9809.html.Internet Sources:"Fetal Development." 07 Jan 2003.http://www.w-cpc.org/fetal1.html."When Does Life Begin? Abortion and Human Rights." National Right To Life.

Informing Those Who Want Choice

If abortion is a woman's choice, shouldn't she be told the complete truth about the procedure and what will happen to her (physically and emotionally) and what they physically do to abort her baby? Tell me what do you think?

Things That Pre-Abortion Counseling Need to Tell You


1 Pre-Counseling the Truth about Abortion:
Show a live 3-D Ultra Sonogram image of their baby to every pregnant mother and father wanting an abortion.
2 Tell every women and man wanting an abortion of all the emotional and physical harm that abortion causes them.
3 Show all the women and men wanting abortions pictures of fetal development, with particular focus aimed at the stage of the woman's pregnancy and details of what is happening with the baby at that time in development.
4 Tell the women and men that want an abortion about other options, like adoption.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

What are the Facts About Abortion That No One Is Telling Me?


If abortion has become a choice for you, then you have probably gone through so much emotional turmoil that you think it is the only way out. Most women or young ladies choose abortion for so many reasons. One reason could be the time is not right or I'm too young to have a baby. Another reason could be a product of rape or the baby's and mother's health is at risk, etc. For whatever the reason, for most women, the result of abortion has painful after-effects. Abortions hurt women, not to mention it kills innocent children.A woman suffers emotionally and physically after having an abortion. Sometimes the pain comes immediately. Sometimes the pain surfaces years later, when you least expect it. She will suffer deeply with guilt and grief. She will question, "How can something that is a woman's right hurt so much?" Most women's emotional response comes out of grief from losing her child. It becomes too hard to handle emotionally. But, the grief is the correct and healthy response that she needs to feel to help her heal.A woman's decision for abortion for whatever reason, does not exempt her from grieving. Even if she thought it was the right decision, she still needs to mourn the loss of her child. Whether she chose abortion for a personal reason or for medical reasons, in both cases women will grieve with such intense pain that it's too hard to handle on your own. She will have difficulty telling others about that pain.Pre-abortion counseling does not stand up and tell her about the emotional and physical scars that she will experience. So what do women do? They think something is wrong with themselves because they can't handle the grief. So how do they handle it? They often isolate themselves from others because of shame. If only they could have someone to talk to that they trust with their secret, maybe someone would help them with the truth about abortion.

What Does God Say About Abortion?


Miscarriage may be planned, accidental, or natural. Pregnancy is interrupted and the unborn baby dies. Planned miscarriage is called abortion and ranges from destruction of the fertilized egg to the dismemberment and forced ejection of the full-term baby. A great controversy rages today concerning abortion, focusing on the issue of whether the unborn baby (or fetus) is truly a person and at what stage of development that fetus becomes a viable human being. The issue centers on the sacredness of human life. Does human life begin at conception, at birth, or at some point between the two? Who would argue that at birth the baby is fully a human being? The argument is whether the unborn child is fully a human being. The other part of the controversy is whether there are justifiable reasons for abortion. Most Christians would argue against abortion as a means of birth control. Some would argue that abortion is acceptable if it will save the life of the mother, or in the case of rape or incest, or if the unborn child is known to be brain damaged or deformed. Ultimately the core question is: In the process of conception and birth, when does human life begin? But a second question is parallel to the first, and may be equally important: What value do we place on the developing unborn child?
WHEN DOES LIFE BEGIN?Psalm 51:5 . . . I was born a sinner--yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. The Bible makes it clear that life begins at conception, not merely at birth.
DOES THE BIBLE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HUMAN QUALITIES IN THE UNBORN CHILD?Psalm 51:5 . . . I was born a sinner--yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. Sinfulness--perhaps the most unmistakable human quality--was present not only at birth but even as far back as conception.
GOD IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR DEVELOPMENT BEFORE BIRTH.Psalm 139:13-16 . . . You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--and how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, . . . You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. God is present continuously during the nine months of pregnancy--forming, watching, creating, and even scheduling each day of the unborn baby's life. The value of an unborn child is priceless.
DOES GOD HAVE ANY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNBORN CHILD?Jeremiah 1:5 . . . "I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world." God knew us each as persons before we developed in our mother's womb. He establishes a purpose for us before we are even born.
SOME PEOPLE CALL ABORTION MURDER. IF IT IS MURDER, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES?Genesis 9:5-6 . . . Murder is forbidden. Animals that kill people must die, and any person who murders must be killed . . . for to kill a person is to kill a living being made in God's image. If the unborn child, at any stage of pregnancy, is a person, then terminating that pregnancy is murder. God sees all human beings, regardless of age, as special creations with eternal value. God also makes it clear that killing another human being is punishable by death. Capital punishment originated with God's commandments, and in the Old Testament it was the penalty for murder.
DID GOD REALLY WANT ME TO BE BORN? DOES HE HAVE A PLAN FOR ME?Jeremiah 1:5 . . . "I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world."Psalm 139:13-16 . . . "You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--and how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed." God not only knew all about you before you were born, he wanted you to be born and he has a plan for your life.
DON'T I HAVE THE FINAL SAY OVER WHAT HAPPENS TO MY BODY?1 Corinthians 6:12-13 . . . You may say, "I am allowed to do anything." But I reply, "Not everything is good for you." And even though "I am allowed to do anything," I must not become a slave to anything. But our bodies were not made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 . . . Don't you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? God will bring ruin upon anyone who ruins this temple. For God's temple is holy, and you Christians are that temple. Our bodies are God's temple; his Spirit lives within us. Body, mind, and heart must do what is honoring and pleasing to him.
IS ABORTION ABSOLUTELY WRONG?Genesis 9:5-6 . . . Murder is forbidden.Proverbs 24:11-12 . . . Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don't stand back and let them die. Don't try to avoid responsibility by saying you didn't know about it. For God knows all hearts, and he sees you. He keeps watch over your soul, and he knows you knew! And he will judge all people according to what they have done. Every child needs a champion, even the unborn child. If abortion is taking the life of an unborn human being, then it is murder and it is absolutely wrong.
CAN GOD FORGIVE ME FOR HAVING AN ABORTION?Psalm 51 . . . I recognize my shameful deeds--they haunt me day and night . . . Create in me a clean heart, O God . . . Restore to me again the joy of your salvation. Just as King David experienced the joy of total forgiveness after committing adultery and murder, so we can know God's forgiveness--for any sin--if we confess our sin to him.Isaiah 1:18 . . . No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you as white as wool.Psalm 103:3 . . . He forgives all my sins.1 John 1:9 . . . If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.Ephesians 3:18 . . . May you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. God can cleanse and heal us from any and all sin, no matter how big or terrible it might be. No sin is beyond God's forgiveness. No matter what you may have done in the past, let God restore you to wholeness.
PROMISES FROM GOD:Jeremiah 1:5 . . . I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb.
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Books by Norma McCorvey


Won By Love
by: Norma McCorvey

Won by Love
by: Norma McCorvey, Gary Thomas
Amazon Price: $14.43 (as of 07/16/2009)List Price: $16.98Used Price: $10.34
This book tells Norma McCorvey's journey over the last few decades of winning her case in the US Supreme Court for the right to have an abortion. She tells how she had to live with her decision and experienced grief and despair for millions of women who chose to abort their babies; she witnessed thousands of babies being destroyed in abortion clinics where she worked and later was burdened by so much emotional pain that chosing life became her only choice. She knew that what she had been burdened with was not about abortion but eternal life. It became a choice that would shock the world and change Norma's life forever!

Books by Norma McCorvey



Roe vs. Wade: Norma McCorvey (aka Roe)

I Was Wrong
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DVD...Norma McCorvey, "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade, never could have imagined the outcome of her deception: 4,000 abortions a day since 1973. Norma never had an abortion, but her Supreme Court case brought abortion on demand to America. Darkness and disillusionment plagued her life with baby parts, alcohol, drugs, and suicidal attempts. The power of prayer plus the loving actions of a little girl and others drove Norma from working in an abortion center into the arms of Jesus. Joyce Zounis' choice of abortion, not once but seven times, nearly cost her life. Tormented by disbelief, she lived a nightmare of anger, guilt, and disconnection. She grieves not only for her seven children but also for the heritage of their children.

Did You Know?


Norma McCorvey aka Jane Roe of Roe vs. Wade never had an Abortion! She had an affair, got pregnant, called it rape, gave up her child for adoption and lied to cover up her affair. She became the poster child for Pro-Choice when her case went to the U. S. Supreme Court and won the right for all women to have a choice. She worked inside Abortion Clinics with hands-on experience to the truth of what abortion was truly all about. She is now all about Pro-Life and is leading a campaign to save lives.

Smuggling Abortion Agenda into Health Care Reform

Smuggling abortion agenda into healthcare reform
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/16/2009 6:00:00 AM
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If passed, two healthcare reform bills could mean more abortions at taxpayers' expense.

The two primary measures -- the Kennedy bill and the House Democratic leadership bill -- contain provisions that would represent the greatest expansion of abortion since the Supreme Court legalized it in 1973, according to Douglas Johnson of the National Right to Life Committee. "These two bills contain multiple provisions that would result in federally mandated insurance coverage of abortion on demand, result in massive federal subsidies for abortion, result even in mandated creation of many new abortion clinics across the country," he explains. Johnson adds the bills would nullify at least some state limitations on abortion. He concludes passage would result in an increase in abortions, but recalls the Obama administration promised to take steps to reduce them. "And it's quite true that the majority of Americans do not want the government to be promoting abortion as a method of birth control -- but that is what is imbedded in these bills," Johnson notes. According to Johnson, the pro-abortion movement hopes to smuggle the policies into law by using healthcare as a vehicle -- and there is a grave danger they will succeed, he laments, unless the public urges their elected representatives to vote against the measures.

On a party-line vote Wednesday, the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed the $600 billion Kennedy bill. Democratic lawmakers in both houses of Congress are pushing for debate and passage of the bills before the August recess.