Life Issues

In the wake of the reversal of Roe v Wade, radical pro-abortion groups introduced and passed several deceitful state constitutional amendments legalizing abortion until birth.  But the voters didn’t realize what they were approving.  So, the Missouri State Legislature is working to authorize a new state amendment that will protect most of the state’s unborn babies.  The new Amendment Three passed out of the Missouri House Children and Families Committee.  Once the legislature approves Amendment Three it will go on to the voters.  It’s not too early to share this information widely.  The only way pro-abortion radicals win is if they keep Missouri voters in the dark regarding the truth of what they’re doing.  It’s also not too early to pray that God will bless their life-saving efforts.

I promised to keep you posted on the tension between the Trump Administration and the United Kingdom due to the UK’s lack of free speech.  The UK convicted a peaceful grandmother outside an abortion center for carrying a sign reading “Here to talk if you want.”  A judge fined her about twenty-six thousand dollars because her actions could have a “detrimental effect” on abortion customers or the industry.  Mind you, there wasn’t any evidence she actually had any detrimental effect.  Only it could have.  The Trump administration responded in part, “Absolutely outrageous.  This is precisely why the US State Department has raised concerns about freedom of expression in the UK.”  Still no final word if this draconian approach to free speech will derail efforts to settle a free trade deal.

Today is Good Friday, called “Good” because our salvation resulted from Jesus freely giving up His life for us all.  In commemoration of this day, pro-lifers throughout the nation are holding prayer vigils outside nearly eighty abortion facilities.  They are there to mourn for the victims of abortion.  However, they’ll also remember the mothers and fathers who grieve the loss of their children to the brutality of abortion.  Abortion has many victims in addition to the babies.  The pro-lifers will draw attention to new research showing that women’s grief is far more common than previously thought.  Research also shows seventy percent of women who have abortions were motivated by outside influence contrary to their desire to keep the babies.  Please keep everyone in prayer today.

Earlier I told you about a New York abortionist who illegally sent chemical abortion pills into Louisiana, where a mother who ordered them forced her pregnant daughter to take the pills against her will, and the baby died. A Louisiana grand jury indicted the abortionist, and Governor Jeff Landry signed an extradition warrant for the abortionist to stand trial, but New York Governor Kathy Hochul refused to sign the warrant. She even signed legislation allowing the abortionists to remove their names from these prescriptions. Louisiana's Attorney General, Liz Murrell, said the abortionist didn't know meet or even talk with the young mother harmed by her actions. Murrell said Governor Hochul is protecting a drug dealer who victimized a child. I doubt this is the end of the story. I'll keep you posted.

Recently, pro-abortion Colorado State Representative Julie McCluskie made a perverse statement.  She claimed the state should pay for all Medicaid abortions because it’s cheaper than the cost of giving birth.  So, let’s kill our unborn babies to save a buck.  Not only is her statement scraping the bottom of the ethics barrel, she’s absolutely wrong.  If Medicaid pays for elective abortions in Colorado, the number of abortions will increase.  On the other hand, The state taxpayers only pays a fraction of the cost related to Medicaid births.  Elective abortions often include an additional cost of post-abortion care.  Late-term abortions are astronomically expensive.  And there’s the cost for women suffering from physical and emotional complications.  No, abortion is not cheaper than giving birth.

I was recently in São Paulo, Brazil, the fourth largest city in the world, speaking at a three-day pro-life international Congress.  Attendees came from all over Brazil and its neighboring countries.  My chosen topic of how the election of President Trump is impacting the world’s unborn children and their parents fit the theme of the event.  Many were pleasantly surprised to find out how President Trump’s policies are positively impacting their countries.  The President pulled America and its contributions out of the pro-abortion World Health Organization.  And he’s working to eliminate USAID.  Not only will it end the support of abortion around the world, eliminating the entire entity will do away with the people who sometimes secretly supported abortion, even in pro-life countries.

What does a grandmother in front of a UK abortion facility and a free trade agreement have in common?  Lots.  This British grandmother, a retired medical scientist, has been criminally charged for holding a sign outside an abortion facility that reads, “Here to talk if you want.”  She isn’t protesting anything.  She’s simply offering support and hope.  Free speech has been a priority in President Trump’s foreign policy.  And the President himself apparently stated there won’t be “free trade without free speech.”  The US State Department issued a rare statement voicing “concern about freedom of expression in the United Kingdom.”  And it appears British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is scrambling via “intense negotiations” to keep the trade agreement from cratering.  I’ll keep you posted.

You may have seen the viral video of a woman brutally beating pro-life journalist Savannah Craven.  Brianna Rivers claimed that during the interview Savannah “rage-baited me” and called the video interview “a provoked attack.”  The violent assault resulted in a painful black eye and stitches to close the wound on her face.  The attacker, Rivers is actually playing the victim, claiming she is “polite and friendly.  I’m not volatile.”  The video clearly speaks for itself which you can see at life issues dot org.  Rivers has opened a GoFundMe account to pay for a legal defense and bail.  An arrest should be made in response to this vicious attack and to send a message to other attackers, which there have been.  Violence should never be tolerated during political discourse.

This news is highly disturbing.  Network Contagion Research Institute questioned nearly thirteen hundred Americans about their attitudes regarding political violence.  Fifty-five percent of people who self-identify as liberals are “at least somewhat justifying murder for Elon Musk and President Trump.”  We’re living in a culture of death, and I believe the support of abortion and euthanasia has fed into this latest horrific attitude.  This isn’t a fringe element of the Left.  Sadly, additional research backs this up.  A United Kingdom-based researcher found a third of Democrats wish the first assassination attempt on President Trump had succeeded.  Researchers point the social media platform BlueSky as the culprit for this culture of violence on the Left.  These people desperately need Jesus.

Planned Parenthood killed another young woman.  This time in Fort Collins, Colorado.  A hearing with the Colorado Committee of Health and Human Services revealed what many would call malpractice.  Lexi went in for a second-trimester abortion when her baby was about six months along.  Apparently the abortion mill waited too long to call an ambulance requesting no lights or sirens.  And approach through back streets to draw less attention to the emergency, even though it may have cost Lexi her life.  Yet Planned Parenthood opposes proposed legislation that would require abortion mills have the same medical standards as any other ambulatory center in the state.  Planned Parenthood’s PR person said the bill is unneeded and called the place that killed Lexi a “beacon of hope.”  Tell that to Lexi’s family.