Pro-lifers ‘miffed’ by Romney’s absence
Russ Jones - OneNewsNow - 1/19/2012 7:50:00 AM
Four of the five remaining GOP candidates gathered in Greenville, South Carolina, Wednesday for the first-ever exclusively pro-life presidential forum. All but one of the candidates participated in the event that streamed live on the Internet.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and Texas Governor Rick Perry participated in-person in the town hall-style event sponsored by Personhood USA. Texas Congressman Ron Paul spoke via satellite.
Jennifer Mason, communication director for Personhood USA, tells OneNewsNow that voters are dissatisfied with liberal Republican candidates who claim to be pro-life in word, but not in deed.
“I think that this is really indicating kind of a shift in the pro-life movement where these candidates can’t just say they’re pro-life, they have to show us that they really are pro-life and they really believe that life is sacred,” says Mason.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the current frontrunner of the pack, received the same invitation as all the other candidates but chose not to participate in the Presidential Pro-life Forum. That decision, according to The Daily Caller, “noticeably miffed” the event organizers, who were told by the Romney campaign that their candidate had a scheduling conflict.
“He’s the only candidate who did not sign our pro-life pledge,” notes Mason. “… We’ve been told by many people that this would have been a great opportunity for him to clear up some questions about his pro-life or pro-choice stance, we’re not sure. All we know at this point is that he ... decided not to come.”
Romney, who had supported legalized abortion while governor of Massachusetts, says he changed his mind on the issue after weighing legislation that “would have created new embryos for the purpose of destroying them.” His campaign website includes a section titled “My Pro-Life Pledge.”
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> In a recent email, I read about a woman named Pam, who knows the pain of considering abortion. More than 24 years ago, she and her husband Bob were serving as missionaries to the Philippines and praying for a fifth child. Pam contracted amoebic dysentery, an infection of the intestine caused by a parasite found in contaminated food or drink. She went into a coma and was treated with strong antibiotics before they discovered she was pregnant.
> Doctors urged her to abort the baby for her own safety and told her that the medicines had caused irreversible damage to her baby. She refused the abortion and cited her Christian faith as the reason for her hope that her son would be born without the devastating disabilities physicians predicted. Pam said the doctors didn’t think of it as a life, they thought of it as a mass of fetal tissue.
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> While pregnant, Pam nearly lost their baby four times but refused to consider abortion. She recalled making a pledge to God with her husband: If you will give us a son, we’ll name him Timothy and we’ll make him a preacher.
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> Pam ultimately spent the last two months of her pregnancy in bed and eventually gave birth to a healthy baby boy August 14, 1987. Pam’s youngest son is indeed a preacher. He preaches in prisons, makes hospital visits, and serves with his father’s ministry in the Philippines. He also plays football. Pam’s son is Tim Tebow.
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> The University of Florida’s star quarterback became the first sophomore in history to win college football’s highest award, the Heisman Trophy. His current role as quarterback of the Denver Broncos has provided an incredible platform for Christian witness. As a result, he is being called The Mile-High Messiah.
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> Tim’s notoriety and the family’s inspiring story have given Pam numerous opportunities to speak on behalf of women’s centers across the country. Pam Tebow believes that every little baby you save matters. I pray her tribe will increase!
> May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always!
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To Womb It May Concern
Rick Perry may not have won in New Hampshire, but the Governor still had plenty to celebrate after a ruling yesterday from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. After months of litigation, a three-judge panel brushed off a challenge to Texas’s sonogram law that the Governor championed and paved the way for leaders to start enforcing the policy. Writing for the group, Chief Judge Edith Jones was frank about the other side’s failure “to demonstrate constitutional flaws with the law,” which requires women to have a sonogram 24 hours before an abortion. The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) also picked a fight over the second part of the law, which orders doctors to explain where the baby is in its development before their patients consent to an abortion. CRR fought to keep women in the dark, arguing that it somehow violates a doctor’s free speech rights to give patients the medical facts about their pregnancies.
Like most people, the justices dismissed that logic completely, noting that the law only asks doctors to provide “truthful, non-misleading information"--an apparent rarity in the abortion industry, since Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said that asking people to be honest about the procedure sets “an abhorrent precedent.” Her organization recognizes that the biggest weapon in the abortion debate is the ultrasound machine. For thousands of women, this window into the womb is the only persuasion they need to reconsider abortion. And, as Richards’s group has proved, pro-abortion activists will do everything in their power to stop mothers from recognizing the personhood of their unborn babies. As Judge Jones said, the state has “legitimate interests in protecting the potential life within her.” “Denying her up-to-date medical information,” Jones wrote, “is more of an abuse to her ability to decide than providing the information.” This is a country where Americans can’t even play paintball without signing a paper acknowledging the risks. How does it possibly make sense to let women undergo a major surgical procedure without giving them all the facts?
Gov. Perry is grateful that the state can move forward in helping women understand “the devastating impact of such a life-ending decision.” State Senator Dan Patrick (R) also cheered the verdict. “...[O] ur goal from the beginning was to protect the woman’s right to know, protect the unborn, and protect the constitution.” While CRR has not decided whether or not to appeal to the full Circuit Court, Judge Jones hinted that the chance of success would be slim, since “the parties who sued have not demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits.” The media may be calling it a victory for pro-lifers, but in this case, women and their babies are the real winners. While Texans still have the right to “choose,” at least they’ll finally know what they’re choosing.
Adult Stem Cell Studies in Mice Combat Aging Effects
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have shown that adult stem cells from muscle of young mice can improve the health and extend the life of aged mice. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/01/04/adult-stem-cell-studies-in-mice-combat-aging-effects/
Planned Parenthood Sees 28% Decline in Private Donations
Last week the 2009-2010 Planned Parenthood annual report was released and it shows that the leading abortion group had suffered a significant decline in private contributions. In 2009 they reported 308 million in private donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations yet in 2010 they saw that number fall to 223.8 million.
While it is unknown what exactly caused the decline in financial support, Planned Parenthood has come under increased criticism in recent years after getting caught willing to cover-up the child sexual abuse and accepting funds specifically for the purpose of aborting black babies.
The chart below illustrates the drop-off. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/01/04/planned-parenthood-sees-28-decline-in-private-donations/
Media Bias: TV Networks Hide Planned Parenthood Scandals, Probe
While ABC, CBS and NBC kept its scandals quiet, abortion group raked in 34 percent more federal money in 2011.
Less than 8 percent (4 out of 55) of stories on three major networks about Planned Parenthood in 2011 mention scandals
Media focus on trivial stories about celebrities (38 stories on Charlie Sheen, 10 stories on Mila Kunis’ Marine Corps Ball invite), bury Planned Parenthood-related scandals with just four mentions
61 percent of Americans think that abortion should be legal in “only a few” or no circumstances, yet Planned Parenthood, nation’s largest abortion provider, receives $487 million in federal funding.
http://www.lifenews.com/2012/01/04/media-bias-tv-networks-hide-planned-parenthood-scandals-probe/
Maggie Gyllenhaal Promotes Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
Renowned actress Maggie Gyllenhaal recently expressed to Glamour magazine that she desires to see Planned Parenthood continue to receive federal funds. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/01/04/maggie-gyllenhaal-promotes-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz/
