Life Issues

These pro-life volunteers have a passion in their hearts to be a voice for the voiceless. This particular day would test their stamina in front of the Kansas City abortion center. It was ninety-five with high humidity. But their dedication spurred them on, their work bathed in prayer. That day there were three abortions scheduled but two of the three expectant mothers did not cross the threshold. They, along with the fathers chose life for their babies. One of the mothers was carrying twins! When four o’clock rolled around, their workday was finished. While they grieved for the baby they couldn’t save, they rejoiced in the three children who would live, thankful their parents would be spared from abortion’s emotional anguish. Please pray for our faithful warriors at abortion centers.

The state of Minnesota, where abortion is legal through birth, released their abortion statistics for twenty twenty-one.  Repeat abortion is a real problem but seeing these numbers shocked even us seasoned pro-lifers.  Nearly eight hundred women had their fourth or more abortion.  Twenty-four had their eighth abortion and twenty-one women had their tenth or more abortion.  The year before, over eight hundred women had their fourth or more abortion.  They are using abortion as their method of birth control.  Abortion staffers were quick to say they don’t judge these women.  But we can and should judge their actions.  We should see abortion as a black and white issue.  Because some day these mothers will stand before the one who will make the final judgement.

Oregon’s House Legislature unanimously passed a bill recognizing August twenty-five as Adoption Day.  It’s highly personal for Lucetta Elmer, a sponsor of the bill.  This is also the day she was adopted as a baby.  Among the state legislators are members who are adopted, have adopted children, or have adopted grandchildren.  One is the result of a biracial relationship, something frowned upon in nineteen sixty-eight.  It’s an effort to tell those adopted they are seen, loved and matter.  But there’s terrible irony in that just weeks before Oregon’s pro-abortion governor signed a proclamation declaring March ten as Abortion Provider Appreciation Day.  They appreciate abortionists but then celebrate the babies who escaped the killers’ scalpels, injections and other brutal tools of death.    

Advancements in medicine are nothing short of amazing.  Lucy Isaac’s unborn son was twenty weeks old while facing stage two ovarian cancer.  The problem was doctors couldn’t reach the spreading cancer because little Rafferty was in the way.  So, they momentarily removed him and the womb in which he resided.  For two hours Rafferty hung out outside his mom’s body while surgeons removed the cancer.  Afterward he was carefully placed back inside.  At full term, Rafferty was born weighing over six pounds, and he’s doing splendidly.  Lucy took him back to the hospital for a little reunion with the doctors who cared for both patients.  This medical victory was especially meaningful because two years earlier, Adam, Lucy’s husband had a kidney transplant.  Much to be thankful for.    

Earlier I shared that Army training under President Biden classified pro-life organizations as “terrorist groups.”  When exposed, Biden’s response was lukewarm at best.  Under Trump it’s quite different.  Last week Army Secretary Dan Driscoll sent a letter to the pro-life groups on behalf of himself and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.  They apologized and acknowledged it caused harm.  Secretary Driscoll wrote, “Be assured I am firmly committed to rigorous oversight of all Army training materials to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future.  Let me be clear…the Army does not view pro-life beliefs as indicators of terrorism.”  This is a very clear reminder the person you and I elect as president has a huge impact on our efforts to save unborn babies and their parents from abortion.

For decades the United Nations Population Fund aggressively promoted abortion worldwide, claiming our globe is overpopulated.  Too many babies are bad for society and the environment.  This argument is ludicrous because for many years most countries have sought to reverse declining populations.  We researched every country to show depopulation is a worldwide crisis.  The UN is wiping egg off their faces but are undeterred in promoting abortion on demand.  They’ve just changed their vocabulary.  Instead of saying the world is overpopulated they have raised the flag of “reproductive autonomy,” meaning the right to unlimited abortion.  And the UN is criticizing countries working to increase the number of births because it might “lead to constraints” on abortion.  New words but same message.     

Recently, Gallup released the results of its annual poll on abortion.  And it holds some encouraging information.  Those who identify as pro-life, those who think abortion is morally wrong and those who think abortion should be “illegal” or “legal in only a few circumstances” increased by a few points.  But opinions among young people showed the most promising results.  Young adults up to thirty-four who identified as pro-life went up eight points.  Of that same group, those who thought “abortion should be legal in all circumstances” dropped a stunning fourteen points.  What’s driving this migration toward pro-life views?  It may be that a growing number of young men are going to church.  And young men are increasingly becoming more pro-life.  I’ll keep you posted if more information surfaces. 

An abortion facility announced with glee it was opening a sister center in Illinois that’ll kill babies going into the eighth month. Illinois law allows abortion until birth. The parent abortion mill has an abysmal track record of botching abortions. Their Instagram post reads, “we couldn’t be more excited.” The only way to explain their excitement and joy is to realize we are fighting demonic forces. Research shows babies can feel pain at twelve weeks. It’s not uncommon for preborn children to survive at twenty-two weeks. What motivates abortionists and their staff? Greed. The abortion industry charges a king’s ransom for late-term abortions. The cost can exceed fifteen grand. So don’t be surprised if they also do abortions in the eighth or ninth months of pregnancy.

After Donald Trump won the men’s vote by considerable margins, the Democrats have feverishly worked to come up with gimmicks to regain them. Failed attempts include two influencers, a liberal feminist and a, quote “plus size, queer Mexican woman.” Can’t imagine why that didn’t work! Now Elie Mystal, a columnist for The Nation thinks he has the answer. He wrote an article titled; Democrats Should Become the Pro-Porn Party. He believes this wouldn’t conflict with traditional special interests of the Democrat Party, of abortion rights or the alphabet gay community. Since digital porn has tragically victimized a cross section of the male population, why not capitalize on it for political gain? If I were a betting man, my money would be on another failure for the Party.

Abortion is legal until birth in Illinois. A woman in her early thirties and the mother of four had a late-term abortion but it was severely botched. The abortionist left the baby, except for the child’s extremities, in the womb. The woman who asked for anonymity, required emergency surgery and is suing for medical malpractice and emotional trauma. Keith Kindle, the abortionist, in a blatant act of callousness, petitioned the court to make her name public. All the while asking for a gag order so his horrific deed can go unnoticed. Both parties don’t want the public to know what they’ve done. She, having a late-term abortion. And he being a late-term abortionist, and a bad one at that. Appalling actions such as these should never be legal in the first place.