Study is 9 months old, but still no warnings from cancer establishment
MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- Less than two months since the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines recommending against routine mammograms for women in their forties, a second breast cancer scandal involving a U.S. government panel of experts has come to light which has implications for healthcare reform.
An April 2009 study by Jessica Dolle et al. of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center examining the relationship between oral contraceptives (OCs) and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in women under age 45 contained an admission from U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) researcher Louise Brinton and her colleagues (including Janet Daling) that abortion raises breast cancer risk by 40%. [1]
Additionally, Dolle's team showed that women who start OCs before age 18 multiply their risk of TNBC by 3.7 times and recent users of OCs within the last one to five years multiply their risk by 4.2 times. TNBC is an aggressive form of breast cancer associated with high mortality.
"Although the study was published nine months ago," observed Karen Malec, president of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, "the NCI, the American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and other cancer fundraising businesses have made no efforts to reduce breast cancer rates by issuing nationwide warnings to women."
Brinton was the chief organizer of the 2003 NCI workshop on the abortion-breast cancer link, which falsely assured women that the non-existence of the link was "well established." [2]
Dolle's team reported in Table 1 a statistically significant 40% risk increase for women who have had abortions. They listed abortion among "known and suspected risk factors."
Brinton and Daling had previously studied this population from the Seattle-Puget Sound area in the 1990s and reported risk increases between 20% and 50% among women with abortions. [3,4] In the 2009 study, they and their co-authors wrote that their findings concerning induced abortion, OC use and certain other risk factors, "were consistent with the effects observed in previous studies on younger women."
"Obviously, more women will die of breast cancer if the NCI fails in its duty to warn about the risks of OCs and abortion and if government funds are used to pay for both as a part of any healthcare bill," said Mrs. Malec.
A brief analysis of the study, Dolle et al. 2009, was provided by Dr. Joel Brind, professor of biology and endocrinology and deputy chair for biology at Baruch College, City University of New York.
Last year, studies from Turkey and China also reported statistically significant risk increases for women who had abortions. [5,6]
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer is an international women's organization founded to protect the health and save the lives of women by educating and providing information on abortion as a risk factor for breast cancer.
References available online at www.abortionbreastcancer.com/press_ releases/100106/index.htm
Christian Newswire
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Abortion Attempt Survivor Speaks Out Against the Intergenerational Impact of Abortion
I thought you might want to read this from an actual abortion survivor!
MEDIA ADVISORY, Dec. 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- Melissa Ohden's 19 month old daughter, Olivia, was not supposed to have a chance at life because of abortion. Not because Melissa ever considered aborting her, but because Melissa, herself, was aborted at approximately 24 weeks of gestation and survived.
Abortion attempt survivors, in and of themselves, are rare in our society. Having an abortion attempt survivor become a mother, herself, and speak out against the intergenerational impact of abortion, is certainly even more of a rarity. But by all appearances, Melissa is up for the challenge that faces her in her ministry. "It's my calling," states Melissa. "This is who I am; I wouldn't change a thing."
Although adoption was an intrinsic part of her family and life, Melissa didn't learn that she was the survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion attempt until she was in the 8th grade. Finding out the painful reality of how she entered the world truly changed her life and the lives of all of those around her forever, and understandably, it hasn't always been easy.
"Ashamed, guilty, and embarrassed," is how Melissa describes the predominant feelings she had for many years after finding out about surviving the abortion attempt. Even though Melissa felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude for being saved from certain death, for many years shame and embarrassment at being "so unwanted," and guilt for growing up to be perfectly happy, healthy and successful rendered her silent.
After a long journey of healing, and a decades-long, but successful search for her birth records and biological family, however, Melissa came forward publicly in 2007 to share her story with the world and provide a voice to the millions of voiceless, aborted children just like her. Since that time, Melissa's life has come full circle, as she gave birth to her first child, Olivia, at the very same hospital where her own life was supposed to end.
In spite of all the blessings that Melissa has received in her life, her search for the truth has not been painless, and many of her experiences have been emotionally and spiritually challenging. Sadly, even though Melissa had discovered that she was living in the same city as her biological father in 2007, he passed away in 2008, prior to ever meeting her. With his passing, however, many gifts have come. Although her father had never told anyone about Melissa, after discovering a letter that she had sent him months prior to his passing, her biological father's family contacted her after his death.
"There's still so much grief," Melissa says about her father's passing. Since initially being contacted by the paternal side of her family, Melissa has now met her grandfather and great-aunt, whom she sees on a regular basis. She has also spoken to her grandmother by phone and her father's wife by email. The pain of losing her father and discovering that he carried the secret of Melissa with him all of his life, and ultimately to his death, is still too much for many in his family to handle, yet Melissa hopes that she will someday meet other family members, including a younger half-sister, that is unknowingly living in the same city as her currently.
Although Melissa has never had the opportunity to meet her biological mother, she has communicated with her maternal grandparents by letter, and she hopes to someday have contact with her mother, also. She is grateful that she has been given the opportunity to reach out to both of her biological parents and their families to let them know that she has forgiven them for the decision that was made to end her life, and has lived a full, blessed life.
"One decision, one single moment, can have such a detrimental impact on so many people, living and dead, born and yet to be conceived," is the driving point of Melissa's message. Melissa's life and her ministry speaks to the true reality of abortion and the impact it has on not just women and children, but men, grandparents, aunts and uncles, siblings, cousins, friends, and communities. Yet it is also about so much more.
Melissa shares her inspiring story of survival and the awesome power of faith, hope, love and forgiveness in by speaking at Christian and pro-life events across the U.S. and Canada, through radio and TV interviews, and through her website-- www.melissaohden.com. Previously a speaker with Feminists for Life's College Outreach program, Melissa is now a member of the Ambassador Speaker's Bureau-- www.ambassadorspeakers.com.
Earlier this year, Melissa spoke at the fundraiser and Day of Prayer for the International Week of Prayer and Fasting in Washington, D.C. She also spoke at fundraising events for Right to Life groups and pregnancy resource centers and also at colleges and various religious events. Melissa has been a guest on Gus Lloyd's Seize the Day, and will be a guest on Daily Life News, a National Pro-Life Radio program, with Day Gardner on December 16th, 2009. Melissa's ministry will be featured on Phil Waldrep's Living with Joy radio show in January 2010.
Melissa is currently working out plans to speak at events for the 2010 March for Life in Washington, D.C. She will also be speaking at the Canadian March for Life in May 2010, in addition to many other events across the U.S. and Canada. For more information on Melissa's speaking availability, please contact Ambassador Speaker's Bureau. For more information on Melissa's ministry, or to inquire about interview availability, please contact Melissa directly at info@melissaohden.com.
Christian Newswire
MEDIA ADVISORY, Dec. 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- Melissa Ohden's 19 month old daughter, Olivia, was not supposed to have a chance at life because of abortion. Not because Melissa ever considered aborting her, but because Melissa, herself, was aborted at approximately 24 weeks of gestation and survived.
Abortion attempt survivors, in and of themselves, are rare in our society. Having an abortion attempt survivor become a mother, herself, and speak out against the intergenerational impact of abortion, is certainly even more of a rarity. But by all appearances, Melissa is up for the challenge that faces her in her ministry. "It's my calling," states Melissa. "This is who I am; I wouldn't change a thing."
Although adoption was an intrinsic part of her family and life, Melissa didn't learn that she was the survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion attempt until she was in the 8th grade. Finding out the painful reality of how she entered the world truly changed her life and the lives of all of those around her forever, and understandably, it hasn't always been easy.
"Ashamed, guilty, and embarrassed," is how Melissa describes the predominant feelings she had for many years after finding out about surviving the abortion attempt. Even though Melissa felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude for being saved from certain death, for many years shame and embarrassment at being "so unwanted," and guilt for growing up to be perfectly happy, healthy and successful rendered her silent.
After a long journey of healing, and a decades-long, but successful search for her birth records and biological family, however, Melissa came forward publicly in 2007 to share her story with the world and provide a voice to the millions of voiceless, aborted children just like her. Since that time, Melissa's life has come full circle, as she gave birth to her first child, Olivia, at the very same hospital where her own life was supposed to end.
In spite of all the blessings that Melissa has received in her life, her search for the truth has not been painless, and many of her experiences have been emotionally and spiritually challenging. Sadly, even though Melissa had discovered that she was living in the same city as her biological father in 2007, he passed away in 2008, prior to ever meeting her. With his passing, however, many gifts have come. Although her father had never told anyone about Melissa, after discovering a letter that she had sent him months prior to his passing, her biological father's family contacted her after his death.
"There's still so much grief," Melissa says about her father's passing. Since initially being contacted by the paternal side of her family, Melissa has now met her grandfather and great-aunt, whom she sees on a regular basis. She has also spoken to her grandmother by phone and her father's wife by email. The pain of losing her father and discovering that he carried the secret of Melissa with him all of his life, and ultimately to his death, is still too much for many in his family to handle, yet Melissa hopes that she will someday meet other family members, including a younger half-sister, that is unknowingly living in the same city as her currently.
Although Melissa has never had the opportunity to meet her biological mother, she has communicated with her maternal grandparents by letter, and she hopes to someday have contact with her mother, also. She is grateful that she has been given the opportunity to reach out to both of her biological parents and their families to let them know that she has forgiven them for the decision that was made to end her life, and has lived a full, blessed life.
"One decision, one single moment, can have such a detrimental impact on so many people, living and dead, born and yet to be conceived," is the driving point of Melissa's message. Melissa's life and her ministry speaks to the true reality of abortion and the impact it has on not just women and children, but men, grandparents, aunts and uncles, siblings, cousins, friends, and communities. Yet it is also about so much more.
Melissa shares her inspiring story of survival and the awesome power of faith, hope, love and forgiveness in by speaking at Christian and pro-life events across the U.S. and Canada, through radio and TV interviews, and through her website-- www.melissaohden.com. Previously a speaker with Feminists for Life's College Outreach program, Melissa is now a member of the Ambassador Speaker's Bureau-- www.ambassadorspeakers.com.
Earlier this year, Melissa spoke at the fundraiser and Day of Prayer for the International Week of Prayer and Fasting in Washington, D.C. She also spoke at fundraising events for Right to Life groups and pregnancy resource centers and also at colleges and various religious events. Melissa has been a guest on Gus Lloyd's Seize the Day, and will be a guest on Daily Life News, a National Pro-Life Radio program, with Day Gardner on December 16th, 2009. Melissa's ministry will be featured on Phil Waldrep's Living with Joy radio show in January 2010.
Melissa is currently working out plans to speak at events for the 2010 March for Life in Washington, D.C. She will also be speaking at the Canadian March for Life in May 2010, in addition to many other events across the U.S. and Canada. For more information on Melissa's speaking availability, please contact Ambassador Speaker's Bureau. For more information on Melissa's ministry, or to inquire about interview availability, please contact Melissa directly at info@melissaohden.com.
Christian Newswire
Pro-Life Activists Warn Senators Casey and Nelson a Vote for Cloture on Health Care is a Vote for Abortion
Here is an update from Christian Newswire:
Our message is clear. You cannot vote for cloture and consider yourself pro-life.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /Christian Newswire/ -- Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, will join Pennsylvania pro-life leaders in a "pray-in" at the office of Senator Casey this afternoon in Washington DC.
Activists also plan a series of public events around the state of Pennsylvania over the next two weeks to encourage Senator Casey to embrace human rights and refrain from voting for cloture on the Senate health care legislation.
Cloture is a parliamentary procedure in the Senate where debate is ended and an immediate vote is taken on the matter being discussed.
A cloture vote in the United States Senate needs 60 votes.
Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, states,
"The pro-life community wants to make it clear to Senator Casey and Senator Nelson that a vote for cloture is a vote for abortion. Since the United States Senate has enough votes to pass health care reform in it's final version, a cloture vote is a final vote. It is a vote to support the bill.
"Even if Senator Casey and Senator Nelson vote against the bill in it's final passage, they cannot make the claim that they are pro-life or they are interested in protecting the rights of America's children.
"It is hard to imagine that Senator Casey and Senator Nelson would sponsor an amendment prohibiting public money from being use to pay for abortions and then turn around and vote for cloture which guarantees that the health care bill would include taxpayer funded abortions.
"I will be joining with pro-life activists from Pennsylvania today in a 'pray in' at the office of Senator Casey. I will also be working with them over the next two weeks in a public campaign around Pennsylvania challenging Mr. Casey to embrace human rights and social justice and protect America's children.
"Our message is clear and unambiguous. You cannot vote for cloture and consider yourself pro-life."
For more information or interviews contact: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney at 540.538.4741 202.547.1735
Christian Newswire
Our message is clear. You cannot vote for cloture and consider yourself pro-life.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /Christian Newswire/ -- Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, will join Pennsylvania pro-life leaders in a "pray-in" at the office of Senator Casey this afternoon in Washington DC.
Activists also plan a series of public events around the state of Pennsylvania over the next two weeks to encourage Senator Casey to embrace human rights and refrain from voting for cloture on the Senate health care legislation.
Cloture is a parliamentary procedure in the Senate where debate is ended and an immediate vote is taken on the matter being discussed.
A cloture vote in the United States Senate needs 60 votes.
Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, states,
"The pro-life community wants to make it clear to Senator Casey and Senator Nelson that a vote for cloture is a vote for abortion. Since the United States Senate has enough votes to pass health care reform in it's final version, a cloture vote is a final vote. It is a vote to support the bill.
"Even if Senator Casey and Senator Nelson vote against the bill in it's final passage, they cannot make the claim that they are pro-life or they are interested in protecting the rights of America's children.
"It is hard to imagine that Senator Casey and Senator Nelson would sponsor an amendment prohibiting public money from being use to pay for abortions and then turn around and vote for cloture which guarantees that the health care bill would include taxpayer funded abortions.
"I will be joining with pro-life activists from Pennsylvania today in a 'pray in' at the office of Senator Casey. I will also be working with them over the next two weeks in a public campaign around Pennsylvania challenging Mr. Casey to embrace human rights and social justice and protect America's children.
"Our message is clear and unambiguous. You cannot vote for cloture and consider yourself pro-life."
For more information or interviews contact: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney at 540.538.4741 202.547.1735
Christian Newswire
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Forgiven and Choosing Life
I thought you might enjoy reading this post from October 2009 in the enewsletter from Silent No More.
One of our favorite daily devotionals, Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, recently started the teaching with this statement: Walk with God in the freedom of forgiveness.
It’s in the freedom of forgiveness that we find the courage and willingness to be silent no more. Are you living in that freedom? If not, we want to encourage you to consider attending an abortion-aftercare program. Rachel’s Vineyard, Save-One, Forgiven and Set Free are just a few of the outstanding programs you can attend to experience true forgiveness and peace after abortion. Specific information about these programs in your area can be found at www.silentnomoreawareness.org/resources.
Some of you know someone who needs to participate in a program. Pray for God to touch their hearts and help them see the value in going through a program. We recommend a great new book called Over Coffee We Shared Our Secrets, by Julie Surface Johnson as a way to introduce someone to the idea of attending a “post-abortion healing group.” The book is well-written and has real-life type characters.
We hope many of you are participating in the 40 Days for Life Campaign in your area. Experience has shown that when women and men from the Silent No More Awareness Campaign are present at the abortion clinics holding the “I Regret My Abortion” or “I Regret Lost Fatherhood” signs, babies are saved.
At the Allentown, PA clinic, 3 babies were recently saved in one week! Our signs send people entering an abortion clinic a critical message they need to see and many will come over to talk with you when you’re holding the signs. If you’d like to get an “I Regret My Abortion” or “I Regret Lost Fatherhood” please call Georgette at 800-707-6635.
We also just got this message from Edith in Miami:
40 days for Life-Miami is reporting our FIRST BABY has been SAVED!
Elena went to A Choice for Women on Friday morning, around 9:30 AM with the idea of contacting two faithful prayer warriors who are always there in the middle of the week. In spite of not finding them she bravely stood alone over there with her sign "I Regret my Abortion" with her heart focus on her commitment to pray with us for the 40 days. Little did she know that God was already sending kisses her way, and sooner than later She'll be His instrument for LIFE!
As she stood very close to the gate of that place she noticed a car coming in, so she turned toward them to make her sign more readable and to her amazement they made a move away from the entrance and left... "she thought". However the story didn't end there. Just a few minutes later she was being embraced by a woman weeping, and crying, and thanking her, and talking with trembling voice:
"You are my guardian Angel"... "You are the woman in my dreams..."!!!
Then she continued saying that they have already more children, but had made a decision to abort this one. Nonetheless, she was having these dreams where she saw and heard a woman telling her not to abort. When they saw Elena right there, (like blocking their way... that's what Elene always does, she goes as close to the entrance as possible...), she knew that it was a divine sign! They have chosen LIFE!!! And this is only our third day!!!
Another way to be silent no more is to share our newest video posted on YouTube with your email list, www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm_Zb6BgXiM. If you are on networking sites like MySpace, FaceBook, etc, please share the link there too. The new Campaign video is a short compilation of testimonies given at the 2009 DC and San Francisco Gatherings. It is designed to give anyone considering an abortion, a snapshot of what happens when you have an abortion. We also hope it will educate the public that abortion is emotionally, physically and spiritually harmful to women, men and families, so that it becomes unacceptable for anyone to recommend abortion as a 'fix' for a problem pregnancy.
The Silent No More Awareness Campaign has profiles on YouTube, FaceBook and MySpace. Please “friend” the Campaign and add us to your buddy lists, as a great way to be silent no more! YouTube at www.youtube.com/silentnomorecampaign, MySpace at www.myspace.com/silentnomoreawareness and. FACEBOOK at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=660289885.
Sunday, October 4th is Life Chain Sunday and it offers you another opportunity to be silent no more. To find the Life Chain in your area visit, www.lifechain.net.
Also a special word from our Pastoral Director, Fr. Frank Pavone:
Dear Friends,
We are grateful that so many of you signed the letter we sent to pro-life leaders asking them to promote the video at www.SilentNoMoreAwareness.org/healthcare. This video takes our one-minute campaign spot and places it in the context of the current health care debate, pointing out that an increase in abortion will only result in an increase in pain, grief, and health problems for so many women.
Let’s continue to spread this video as the health care reform debate rages on!
This is an excellent example of how the Silent No More Campaign operates. We do not have a political or legislative agenda. Rather, we raise awareness, so that the legislative and political debates that do take place will be adequately informed by the voices that matter most, namely, those who have actually experienced abortion.
Thanks for all you continue to do! Let’s make this campaign the most powerful force in bringing about a new culture of life!
Sincerely,
Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life
Pastoral Director, Silent No More Awareness Campaign
As we noted in a previous email we are updating our records to communicate with you! If you have changed email, phone and address please send the new information along with your full name to mail@silentnomoreawareness.org.
We pray this summer provided you with unique opportunities to experience the beauty of God’s creation and the fullness of His love for you.
Blessings for Life,
Georgette Forney, 800-707-6635, Georgette@SilentNoMoreAwareness.org
Janet Morana, 888-348-3448, Janet@SilentNoMoreAwareness.org
We invite you to submit your one-page testimony to be posted on our website as a way to be silent no more! Send it to Lisa@AnglicansforLife.org. Here are some simple guidelines to help you prepare it:
Here are some basic tips for writing your testimony
- Start with a longer version and ‘boil it down’ to a one page version.
- Be sure each version contains these keys components:
1. Why you chose abortion (who was involved)
2. What the actual experience of abortion and the clinic were like (Comfortable? Humiliated? Informed?)
3. Its affects on you immediately (Relief? Promiscuity? Alcohol or drug abuse? Nightmares? Suicide attempts? Relationship troubles?)
4. Its affects long-term (Promiscuity? Alcohol or drug abuse? Nightmares? Suicide attempts?
Relationship troubles?)
5. Your healing and forgiveness experience.
- Use short, impact statements. They are memorable.
- Have a friend pray for you while you prepare it
One of our favorite daily devotionals, Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, recently started the teaching with this statement: Walk with God in the freedom of forgiveness.
It’s in the freedom of forgiveness that we find the courage and willingness to be silent no more. Are you living in that freedom? If not, we want to encourage you to consider attending an abortion-aftercare program. Rachel’s Vineyard, Save-One, Forgiven and Set Free are just a few of the outstanding programs you can attend to experience true forgiveness and peace after abortion. Specific information about these programs in your area can be found at www.silentnomoreawareness.org/resources.
Some of you know someone who needs to participate in a program. Pray for God to touch their hearts and help them see the value in going through a program. We recommend a great new book called Over Coffee We Shared Our Secrets, by Julie Surface Johnson as a way to introduce someone to the idea of attending a “post-abortion healing group.” The book is well-written and has real-life type characters.
We hope many of you are participating in the 40 Days for Life Campaign in your area. Experience has shown that when women and men from the Silent No More Awareness Campaign are present at the abortion clinics holding the “I Regret My Abortion” or “I Regret Lost Fatherhood” signs, babies are saved.
At the Allentown, PA clinic, 3 babies were recently saved in one week! Our signs send people entering an abortion clinic a critical message they need to see and many will come over to talk with you when you’re holding the signs. If you’d like to get an “I Regret My Abortion” or “I Regret Lost Fatherhood” please call Georgette at 800-707-6635.
We also just got this message from Edith in Miami:
40 days for Life-Miami is reporting our FIRST BABY has been SAVED!
Elena went to A Choice for Women on Friday morning, around 9:30 AM with the idea of contacting two faithful prayer warriors who are always there in the middle of the week. In spite of not finding them she bravely stood alone over there with her sign "I Regret my Abortion" with her heart focus on her commitment to pray with us for the 40 days. Little did she know that God was already sending kisses her way, and sooner than later She'll be His instrument for LIFE!
As she stood very close to the gate of that place she noticed a car coming in, so she turned toward them to make her sign more readable and to her amazement they made a move away from the entrance and left... "she thought". However the story didn't end there. Just a few minutes later she was being embraced by a woman weeping, and crying, and thanking her, and talking with trembling voice:
"You are my guardian Angel"... "You are the woman in my dreams..."!!!
Then she continued saying that they have already more children, but had made a decision to abort this one. Nonetheless, she was having these dreams where she saw and heard a woman telling her not to abort. When they saw Elena right there, (like blocking their way... that's what Elene always does, she goes as close to the entrance as possible...), she knew that it was a divine sign! They have chosen LIFE!!! And this is only our third day!!!
Another way to be silent no more is to share our newest video posted on YouTube with your email list, www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm_Zb6BgXiM. If you are on networking sites like MySpace, FaceBook, etc, please share the link there too. The new Campaign video is a short compilation of testimonies given at the 2009 DC and San Francisco Gatherings. It is designed to give anyone considering an abortion, a snapshot of what happens when you have an abortion. We also hope it will educate the public that abortion is emotionally, physically and spiritually harmful to women, men and families, so that it becomes unacceptable for anyone to recommend abortion as a 'fix' for a problem pregnancy.
The Silent No More Awareness Campaign has profiles on YouTube, FaceBook and MySpace. Please “friend” the Campaign and add us to your buddy lists, as a great way to be silent no more! YouTube at www.youtube.com/silentnomorecampaign, MySpace at www.myspace.com/silentnomoreawareness and. FACEBOOK at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=660289885.
Sunday, October 4th is Life Chain Sunday and it offers you another opportunity to be silent no more. To find the Life Chain in your area visit, www.lifechain.net.
Also a special word from our Pastoral Director, Fr. Frank Pavone:
Dear Friends,
We are grateful that so many of you signed the letter we sent to pro-life leaders asking them to promote the video at www.SilentNoMoreAwareness.org/healthcare. This video takes our one-minute campaign spot and places it in the context of the current health care debate, pointing out that an increase in abortion will only result in an increase in pain, grief, and health problems for so many women.
Let’s continue to spread this video as the health care reform debate rages on!
This is an excellent example of how the Silent No More Campaign operates. We do not have a political or legislative agenda. Rather, we raise awareness, so that the legislative and political debates that do take place will be adequately informed by the voices that matter most, namely, those who have actually experienced abortion.
Thanks for all you continue to do! Let’s make this campaign the most powerful force in bringing about a new culture of life!
Sincerely,
Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life
Pastoral Director, Silent No More Awareness Campaign
As we noted in a previous email we are updating our records to communicate with you! If you have changed email, phone and address please send the new information along with your full name to mail@silentnomoreawareness.org.
We pray this summer provided you with unique opportunities to experience the beauty of God’s creation and the fullness of His love for you.
Blessings for Life,
Georgette Forney, 800-707-6635, Georgette@SilentNoMoreAwareness.org
Janet Morana, 888-348-3448, Janet@SilentNoMoreAwareness.org
We invite you to submit your one-page testimony to be posted on our website as a way to be silent no more! Send it to Lisa@AnglicansforLife.org. Here are some simple guidelines to help you prepare it:
Here are some basic tips for writing your testimony
- Start with a longer version and ‘boil it down’ to a one page version.
- Be sure each version contains these keys components:
1. Why you chose abortion (who was involved)
2. What the actual experience of abortion and the clinic were like (Comfortable? Humiliated? Informed?)
3. Its affects on you immediately (Relief? Promiscuity? Alcohol or drug abuse? Nightmares? Suicide attempts? Relationship troubles?)
4. Its affects long-term (Promiscuity? Alcohol or drug abuse? Nightmares? Suicide attempts?
Relationship troubles?)
5. Your healing and forgiveness experience.
- Use short, impact statements. They are memorable.
- Have a friend pray for you while you prepare it
Three Pro-life Advocates Arrested at Unveiling of the House Democratic Caucus's Health Care Bill for Shouting, 'We Won't Pay for Murder with Our Tax Money!'
Nancy Pelosi's event was interrupted with shouts "Nancy Pelosi you will burn in hell for this!" No warning was given before arrests.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by Randall Terry, Founder, Operation Rescue:
What: 3 pro-life advocates were arrested this morning at the unveiling of the House Democratic Caucus's health care bill. They shouted "Nancy Pelosi you will burn in hell for this!" and "We won't pay for murder!" No warning was given before the arrests.
Who: Randall Terry; Dick Retta, and Joan McKee were arrested.
When: Thursday, Oct 29, 10:30 A.M.
Where: Capitol Hill
After lobbying and performing skits this morning in front of the Cannon Office Building, 10 pro-lifers (two dressed as Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid burning in hell and three dressed as hellish demons) attended the unveiling of the House Democratic Caucus's health care bill. Three (Randall Terry, Dick Retta, and Joan McKee) were arrested for shouting, "Nancy Pelosi you will burn in hell for this!" and "We won't pay for murder!" No warning was issued before the arrests.
Mr. Randall Terry, responds:
"Hoyer says he wants 'rational discussion.' How can you talk rationally with someone who wants us to pay for ripping unborn babies limb from limb with tax money?
"Pelosi, Reid, and Hoyer are lying to us. If child-killing wont be funded, why are Hatch's amendments defeated? Why is Pelosi trying to keep debate off the House Floor? Because they are lying -- child-killing is a key part of this legislation."
Christian Newswire
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by Randall Terry, Founder, Operation Rescue:
What: 3 pro-life advocates were arrested this morning at the unveiling of the House Democratic Caucus's health care bill. They shouted "Nancy Pelosi you will burn in hell for this!" and "We won't pay for murder!" No warning was given before the arrests.
Who: Randall Terry; Dick Retta, and Joan McKee were arrested.
When: Thursday, Oct 29, 10:30 A.M.
Where: Capitol Hill
After lobbying and performing skits this morning in front of the Cannon Office Building, 10 pro-lifers (two dressed as Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid burning in hell and three dressed as hellish demons) attended the unveiling of the House Democratic Caucus's health care bill. Three (Randall Terry, Dick Retta, and Joan McKee) were arrested for shouting, "Nancy Pelosi you will burn in hell for this!" and "We won't pay for murder!" No warning was issued before the arrests.
Mr. Randall Terry, responds:
"Hoyer says he wants 'rational discussion.' How can you talk rationally with someone who wants us to pay for ripping unborn babies limb from limb with tax money?
"Pelosi, Reid, and Hoyer are lying to us. If child-killing wont be funded, why are Hatch's amendments defeated? Why is Pelosi trying to keep debate off the House Floor? Because they are lying -- child-killing is a key part of this legislation."
Christian Newswire
Pelosi's Bill Supported by Partial-Birth Abortionist
Notorious late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart at Pelosi's unveiling of health care bill
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- The abortionist who failed to overturn a ban on partial-birth abortion prominently sported a sign at a press conference in support of Nancy Pelosi's health care bill that she unveiled today. LeRoy Carhart is currently under investigation by the Nebraska Attorney General for unsafe medical practices.
Concerned Women for America's President Wendy Wright spotted LeRoy Carhart at the press conference.
She stated, "Nancy Pelosi's bill has gained the support of the nation's most notorious partial-birth abortionist who is under investigation for alleged unsafe medical practices. Pelosi's bill can now be rightly called an abortionist's dream. Under her bill, government money will pay for abortions, even the kind that Carhart commits -- late-term abortions against viable babies that put women's health at risk."
Carhart faces criminal allegations of allowing non- licensed persons to give injections, start IVs and administer controlled substances. In 2007, his legal challenge to overturn a federal ban against partial- birth abortions failed at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Concerned Women for America is the nation's largest public policy women's organization.
Christian Newswire
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- The abortionist who failed to overturn a ban on partial-birth abortion prominently sported a sign at a press conference in support of Nancy Pelosi's health care bill that she unveiled today. LeRoy Carhart is currently under investigation by the Nebraska Attorney General for unsafe medical practices.
Concerned Women for America's President Wendy Wright spotted LeRoy Carhart at the press conference.
She stated, "Nancy Pelosi's bill has gained the support of the nation's most notorious partial-birth abortionist who is under investigation for alleged unsafe medical practices. Pelosi's bill can now be rightly called an abortionist's dream. Under her bill, government money will pay for abortions, even the kind that Carhart commits -- late-term abortions against viable babies that put women's health at risk."
Carhart faces criminal allegations of allowing non- licensed persons to give injections, start IVs and administer controlled substances. In 2007, his legal challenge to overturn a federal ban against partial- birth abortions failed at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Concerned Women for America is the nation's largest public policy women's organization.
Christian Newswire
Pro-Life Democrats Hold 40 Votes to Help Pass Health Care Reform in House
Tax Payer Funded Abortions Could Force 40 Votes for Health Care Reform to Switch
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- Democrats For Life of America announced today that they have 40 votes that will vote against the House health care reform legislation if tax payer funded abortion language is not removed from the bill.
"I want to be clear, pro-life Democrats want to help pass health care reform but our coalition can in no- way support reform that includes tax payer funded abortions. If the leadership will remove that language, we feel confident that we can deliver enough votes to help put this much needed reform over the top in the House," said Kristen Day, Executive Director of Democrats For Life of America.
At issue for the 40 vote coalition is the refusal of the House leadership to include language that would prevent abortions to be paid for in health care reform. For roughly 30 years, pro-choice and pro-life Members have agreed that appropriations should not include any money for abortions at tax payer expense. The so- called "Hyde language" is the standard that both sides have agreed upon for decades. Hyde language would prevent tax payer funded abortions in appropriations bills. Several attempts to insert such language was rebuffed by House leadership throughout the committee and mark-up process in the House.
"We believe in a big-tent Democratic Party, but to not allow Hyde language to be included in health care reform would force some pro-choice and pro-life Democrats to vote against health care reform. If we add this language, we believe we can help Speaker Pelosi get the votes to pass this legislation," said Day.
Christian Newswire
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- Democrats For Life of America announced today that they have 40 votes that will vote against the House health care reform legislation if tax payer funded abortion language is not removed from the bill.
"I want to be clear, pro-life Democrats want to help pass health care reform but our coalition can in no- way support reform that includes tax payer funded abortions. If the leadership will remove that language, we feel confident that we can deliver enough votes to help put this much needed reform over the top in the House," said Kristen Day, Executive Director of Democrats For Life of America.
At issue for the 40 vote coalition is the refusal of the House leadership to include language that would prevent abortions to be paid for in health care reform. For roughly 30 years, pro-choice and pro-life Members have agreed that appropriations should not include any money for abortions at tax payer expense. The so- called "Hyde language" is the standard that both sides have agreed upon for decades. Hyde language would prevent tax payer funded abortions in appropriations bills. Several attempts to insert such language was rebuffed by House leadership throughout the committee and mark-up process in the House.
"We believe in a big-tent Democratic Party, but to not allow Hyde language to be included in health care reform would force some pro-choice and pro-life Democrats to vote against health care reform. If we add this language, we believe we can help Speaker Pelosi get the votes to pass this legislation," said Day.
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