Watch 13-year old Lia Mills as she addresses the abortion debate by focusing like a laser beam on the one question that matters — What is the unborn? — using Scott Klusendorf’s SLED test (Size, Level of Development, Environment, & Degree of Dependency) to illustrate the non-essential differences between born and unborn human beings:
The abortion industry is motivated by greed.
That is the premise of the new pro-life film Blood Money:
I mentioned a few weeks ago that among the hundreds of pro-lifers who participated in our Face the Truth Tour last month were dozens of teens, including members of three Chicago area pro-life clubs (Apostles for Life and Crusaders for Life, both based in Lombard, and the pro-life club at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago).
One of the members of Crusaders for Life, Alexandra Cheatham, was one of those who participated. Her reflections are included below.
People these days are affected by pictures more then they are by words. Words go right through many people and the only way to reach them is by presenting them with something visual.
Realizing this, many of my friends and I decided to participate in Pro-Life Action League’s annual Face the Truth Tour.
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America will cut ties with its San Francisco affiliate office, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, as of September 3, apparently due to serious financial mismanagement, as its most recent documents filed with the IRS showed a loss of $2.8 million!
Planned Parenthood Golden Gate is probably best known for its infamous 2005 video “A Superhero for Choice,” featuring Dianysis, a “superhero” modeled on PPGG’s CEO Dian Harrison. The video — which PPGG pulled from its website soon after posting it — features, among other things, Dianysis drowning an abstinence educator in a garbage can and blowing up pro-life demonstrators: [Continue reading this entry »]
A few weeks ago I wrote about a 6th grade girl in California whose mother sued her public school after the administration told her she was not allowed to wear her pro-life T-shirt in school, supposedly because it violated the school’s dress code, which prohibits “inappropriate subject matter.”
This was the design on the girl’s shirt:
With the new school year right around the corner, we’ve recently heard from a number of students across the country who are looking for help in getting pro-life clubs started at their high schools.
We love getting these requests, since helping get new pro-life clubs up and running is one of the main reasons GFL exists.
It’s for this reason that we created our Pro-Life Curriculum, which is designed as a manual for forming and maintaining an effective pro-life club. [Continue reading this entry »]
The mother of a 6th grade girl who was not allowed to wear a pro-life T-shirt at her public school in Merced, California filed a federal lawsuit this week against the school, claiming that the school violated her daughter’s First Amendment rights.
This was the design on the girl’s shirt:
We recently got an e-mail from New Millennials of Fort Worth, asking us to promote their upcoming BBQ Cook-Off & Bake-Off fundraiser, and we’re happy to help.
This is the first I’ve heard of New Millennials, and it sounds like they’re doing great and necessary work:
New Millennials was formed to help teen mothers between the ages of 13-19 with assistance for themselves and their baby. We realize that many people make mistakes, but sometimes someone needs that extra PUSH to let them know that they can make it! We will assist with housing, food, re-enrollment into schools, and necessities for the baby. Each month the teen mother can take a class provide by New Millennials and receive free donations.
The Cook-Off will be held on Saturday, August 28 from 10:30am - 6:00pm at the Greenbriar Community Center in Fort Worth, TX.
There’s more information available here.
Our Face the Truth Tour last week was a great success. (You can read more details about it at the additional links listed at the end of this post.)
Among the hundreds of pro-lifers who participated in this year’s Tour were dozens of teens, including members of three Chicago area pro-life clubs (Apostles for Life and Crusaders for Life, both based in Lombard, and the pro-life club at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago).
It was great to see so many teens jump right in and voluntarily take on some of the hard jobs — like passing out literature — and engage in (sometimes lengthy) discussions with people passing by who didn’t at all like what we were doing.
Case in point — Alex, one of the members of Crusaders for Life:
My Pro-Life Action League co-worker Corrina Gura was the one who filmed this exchange, and she wrote this on the PLAL blog earlier this week: [Continue reading this entry »]
Just released this week, here’s the latest installment of The Rosa Acuna Project, a series of undercover investigative videos from UCLA student Lila Rose and Live Action:
On July 13th, the nation will watch as Major League Baseball’s elite players gather for the 81st All-Star Game at Angel Stadium, Anaheim. Hours before the game is scheduled to begin, the streets will be lined with fans waiting for the All-Stars to drive by in the red carpet parade to the stadium.
But, amidst the multi-million dollar salaries, interviews, sponsors, and celebrities, Major League Baseball will honor 30 “All Stars Among Us” – ordinary people who have made a difference through volunteering, founding organizations, or through other charitable work.
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I recently came across a powerful post-abortion testimony written by a woman named Lindsay Sherbondy.
Writing in the form of an Open Letter “to the men and women of the pro-choice movement,” Lindsay begins:
As a senior in college, becoming a mother was not a part of my agenda. My boyfriend and I had lofty dreams, goals, and aspirations. We were prepared planners who knew the importance of higher education and were grounded in the fact that we were going to become professionals first and parents later.
Statistical believers, we were devastated to find that we fell within the two percent margin in which the birth control pill does not in fact prevent unwanted pregnancy. Products of a generation groomed to feel more entitled than any group preceding us, we probably took the right to choose more casually than the pro-choice activists of the 1970s. In an era where the Roe vs. Wade decision is as normal to American 20-somethings as the desegregation of public schools, our reaction to the first positive pregnancy test was what you have been fighting for: “We have a choice to make.” In our situation, we chose abortion.
Stand True Director Bryan Kemper reported recently that one of his group’s pro-life T-shirts was banned at a Christian music festival in Kentucky.
The reason? It was too “offensive.”
Hearing about this reminded me of one of the objections we can expect to hear over the next few weeks, during and in the wake of our 11th annual Chicago Area Face the Truth Tour.
I mentioned in a post a couple weeks ago about our page that answers common objections to Face the Truth, but in this post I’d like to focus on one particular objection that I must admit I find it hard to get my head around. Specifically, the charge that showing graphic abortion pictures in public is uncharitable—and even un-Christian, especially because of the supposedly damaging effects it has on children.
July is shaping up to be a busy month for pro-life activities in the Chicago area. In addition to the Pro-Life Action League’s Face the Truth Tour, there are a couple of other great events I’d like to mention.
On Sunday, July 11, the Crusaders for Life Club in Lombard is inviting all high school and college age pro-lifers to come to the first annual LIFEapalooza:
The youth are the energy of the country, so if anyone is going to make a change, we are! We pro-lifers really believe in what we say: LOVE LIFE! We know babies deserve to live a full and exciting life, so we definitely think we should do the same. We love to have fun!
LIFEapalooza is the event to realize our importance, establish our power, and have a immeasurable amount of fun! It will begin to to UNITE the pro-life youth of Chicago into a close network–an unstoppable army to defend life. It’s a picnic for the pro-life youth (high school and college age) of Chicagoland to bond over food, sports, and unforgettable fun. … Bring a picnic lunch and all your pro-life friends! We will be selling T-shirts and accepting donations for the pro-life cause, but otherwise the event is entirely free.
LIFEapalooza will be held on Sunday, July 11 from 12:00 noon until 10:00pm at Knolls Park in Lombard, Illinois [see map here].
While doing some reading over the past few days, I came across this passage that inspired me enough to share it. It is taken from a series of private revelations from Christ to “Anne”, a lay apostle, in 2005.
While the messages have not yet received the imprimatur (official approval of the Catholic Church), the bishop of Kilmore - Anne’s diocese - has given permission for their publication on the basis that there is nothing in them that is contrary to faith or morals, and much that is positive and nourishing for the faith. [Continue reading this entry »]
