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Carol Everett. Anthony Levatino. Beverly McMillan. Joan Appleton. Luhra Tivis. McArthur Hill.

What do these people have in common?

All of them used to work in the abortion industry. Doctors Levatino, McMillan, and Hill actually performed abortions themselves, Joan Appleton was an abortion clinic nurse, Carol Everett was an abortion clinic administrator, and Luhra Tivis was a medical receptionist for late-term abortionist George Tiller.

Along with many other former abortion providers, they have all spoken out publicly about how they came to be pro-life.

I thought about these former-abortion-industry-workers-turned-pro-lifers when I realized today, March 10, is the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers.

What can we as pro-lifers do to counter this “Appreciation Day”? Lots of things, I suppose, but the first thing that comes to my mind is prayer.

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I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard a brief news report about college students protesting a budget cut, the story ending with, “fifteen people were arrested”. I wasn’t surprised. In fact it seems like in any protest there are always rowdy protestors or damage of property that goes along with it.

It seem that I hear stories like these a lot: “Anti-gun rally in Chicago, six people arrested”, “Police break up anti-war protest, take demonstrators away in handcuffs”, or “Environmental protest ends with fights, multiple arrests”.
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Last week, authorities made a shocking discovery while investigating a West Philadelphia abortion clinic run by Kermit Gosnell where a woman died following an abortion in November 2009.

In Gosnell’s office, they found two dozen frozen fetuses.

On Sunday, Gosnell’s license was suspended, with the suspension order detailing “deplorable and unsanitary conditions” that made his practice “an immediate and clear danger to the public health and safety.”

Today, on the pro-choice blog RH Reality Check, Rachel Larris has a post on Gosnell and the woman who died at his facility in November (the woman is identified by the Philadelphia Inquirer as Karnamaya Mongar).

Who does Larris blame for the woman’s death?

Why, pro-lifers, of course.

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Just released this morning, here’s the seventh installment of The Mona Lisa Project, a series of undercover investigative videos from UCLA student Lila Rose and Live Action:

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There are two abortion clinics in Pittsburgh that students from Franciscan University regularly pray outside of. One of these clinics is the Allegheny Reproductive Health Center.

As a rule, abortion clinics stay away from using terms like “baby” and “killing” but at Allegheny Reproductive, clinic counselors are not afraid to use those words when talking to the women who come for abortions. (more…)

Lila Rose shared some big pro-life news this week.

Lila, who just last month shared about her groundbreaking undercover investigations of Planned Parenthood at our TeenSpeak conference, has shone a light on the web of deceit that surrounds Planned Parenthood clinics across the country.

Now her work is getting the attention of authorities in Alabama, where Lila and her team at Live Action filmed one of their undercover videos.

Here’s what Lila had to say: (more…)

If you truly believe in the truth of the pro-life movement, then you know that one day abortion WILL be made illegal in our country. No longer will the most helpless members of our generation be killed in the name of “choice” or “reproductive health”, but will be rightfully protected. Our country will see abortion as the evil it is, and we will look back at legalized abortion with the same disbelief and shame with which we look at slavery or the holocaust.

Look ahead into the future to when abortion has been eliminated. What will you tell your grandchildren when they ask you what YOU did at the time your country allowed parents to kill their unwanted children?

Will you tell them about how you prayed outside abortion clinics? How you volunteered at crisis pregnancy centers? How you took part in the March for Life? How you inspired others to join the pro-life movement? (more…)

Last summer, Elizabeth Trisler of Ohio won the National Right to Life Oratory Contest at the group’s convention in Charlotte, NC.

After she won, her representative in the Ohio House, John Adams, made arrangements for Elizabeth to accept an honorary resolution in honor of her accomplishment. (These sorts of resolutions are often given at the beginning of Ohio House legislative sessions to winners of sports championships, academic contests, etc.)

Elizabeth was supposed to have been presented with her resolution on February 3. But a few days beforehand, Ohio Speaker of the House Armond Budish—who is pro-abortion choice—said he “had a problem with the subject matter”, and pulled the plug.

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“Can’t you think of anything better to protest?”

This is the one comment that has always stuck in my mind. On a sunny day in Hawaii, as our pro-life group stood along the highway holding signs to protest abortion, a woman biking by said this statement as she passed us and after I had smiled at her.

The thing I always remember though, when I recall this comment, is that there is no better thing to protest. Abortion is the killing of innocent human beings–children never given the chance to live. What is more important than defending a human life?

Surely, activating for animal rights can’t be more important. Green issues may be important to many people, but even the entirety of the “go green” movement cannot account for the value of a single, eternal human soul.

We cannot be passive. Abortion is a great evil, and one of the best things to protest, along with protesting euthanasia–abortion is legal in the USA and euthanasia is now legal in three states. If we don’t stand up for these helpless groups, who will and what will be the future of our country, or of the world?

Pro-lifers: we are the future, and only we can affect the needed change in our culture by spreading the message. We must fight for the cause, even if it means that we will get flak for it, such as people buying into the belief that a fetus is a part of a mother’s body and that there are more important things to protest. Abortion SHOULD be protested, and if we don’t, then the battle will never be won.

It’s only three days until Christmas. Do you have all your shopping done?

If not, here’s a great gift idea: Bryan Kemper’s new book, Social Justice Begins in the Womb.

It will be available in print next month, but pre-orders are being taken now.

I’ve known Bryan for a few years now, and he’s a great guy. His 18+ years working in and helping found the modern youth pro-life movement give him some great perspectives and insights that he shares in this book.

So far, it’s gotten rave reviews:

Ryan Dobson, Son of Dr. James Dobson from Focus on the Family

“For Bryan Kemper social justice isn’t a new way to raise money, it’s not a fad or a trend it’s in his DNA. This is a way of life. You’re not going to want to put this book down and

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Just released this morning, here’s the newest video from Live Action — an eye-opening look into the “information” and “counseling” abortion clinics provide:

When we were writing our Sharing the Pro-Life Message handbook at this time last year, one of my jobs was to make sure the information in the “Life in the Womb” section was accurate. As for the question of when the embryo’s heart begins to beat, I came across various sources that indicated this happens between 18-24 days from conception. I can’t remember seeing any source that listed anything outside this range.

That’s why it’s so ridiculous that the Planned Parenthood employee would say that “heart tones” — and not a “heartbeat” — don’t start until 7 weeks, and that a heartbeat doesn’t start until “17 or 18 weeks”.

Nurse and pro-life blogger Jill Stanek has more on this.

I’m sure Live Action’s Lila Rose will have a lot more to say about this video at our TeenSpeak conference next month. Register now!

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• Live Action in Alabama
• New Videos from Live Action
• Tennessee Planned Parenthood Covers Up Sexual Abuse of Underage Girl
• Indiana Planned Parenthood Covers Up Sexual Abuse of 13-Year Old Girl
• Another Indiana Planned Parenthood Covers Up Sexual Abuse of 13-Year Old Girl
• Planned Parenthood Threatens Student with Lawsuit
• Show Me the Money!
• Show Me the Money! Part 2

As we prepare to celebrate the birth of Our Lord Jesus in a few weeks, I’m also looking forward to one of my favorite Advent traditions: the Pro-Life Action League’s annual “Empty Manger” Christmas Caroling Day.

Each year on the Saturday before Christmas, we visit abortion clinics in Chicago to sing Christmas carols, gathered around a life-size “empty manger”, which symbolizes both the empty space
left behind by abortion and the hope born with every child, even in difficult circumstances.

This year’s Caroling Day is Saturday, December 19, and we’ll be conducting TWO different caroling tours — one in Chicago and one in west suburban DuPage County.

You can get all the details, including maps and schedules, here.

If you don’t live near Chicago, how about doing your own “Empty Manger” Caroling Day at abortion clinics or Planned Parenthood offices in YOUR area? Pro-life groups all over the country have taken up this idea, and babies have been saved when their mothers heard the caroling.

To make it easy, we’ve prepared a caroling song sheet [PDF] you can copy and pass out.

If you do your own Caroling Day, send us some pictures and let us know how it goes!

The story of Abby Johnson’s decision to leave her job at Planned Parenthood and become pro-life continues to get a lot of media attention.

Just yesterday, on Jill Stanek’s blog, I found out about a particular act of love by a teenage girl that ended up playing a role in Abby’s conversion:

As a teen Elizabeth often prayed in front of Abby’s mill, and she tried to befriend Abby. Once Elizabeth even brought Abby flowers. Abby’s friends inside the mill dissuaded her from retrieving the flowers but when they weren’t looking, she did anyway. Abby always kept the card, which said something about Jesus caring for her, in her office.

Elizabeth (McClung) is now the director of Austin Coalition for Life. Thanks in part to her act of love for Abby years ago, and for her continued prayers, Abby left the abortion industry and is now pro-life.

Other people who used to work in the abortion industry — including former abortion clinic guard Mark Bomchill and former abortion clinic owner Carol Everett — have also talked about loving acts of kindness (more…)

40 Days for Life ended this past Sunday, and the results were amazing.

This was the fifth ever 40 Days for Life campaign. Before it started on September 23, more than 1,561 babies had been saved by abortion at 40 Days for Life vigil sites. Now that number is over 2,000.

In addition, eight workers in the abortion industry quit their jobs—including Abby Johnson, the former director of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Bryan, Texas!

Her story is amazing, because her conversion started when she actually witnessed an abortion on ultrasound!

And as you can imagine, the Planned Parenthood where she used to work isn’t happy:

If you took part in a 40 Days for Life vigil, God bless you! But whether or not you did, I still hope you’ll consider going out to an abortion clinic to pray on a regular basis from now on.

This morning as I was waiting to catch the train to get to work, I was approached by a guy named Robert Marshall, who is planning to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Roland Burris. He asked if I would sign a petition to put his name on the Democratic primary ballot.

So I asked him the first question I ask anyone who tells me he’s running for office:

Do you support a woman’s right to choose?

The first question I used to ask was: “Are you pro-life?” But I soon realized that this is the wrong question to ask, because (more…)