How Do You Spread the Kingdom of Christ?

I spent years focused on pro-life volunteering. For about twenty years I sidewalk counseled almost every week at an Alexandria abortion business located right next to Bishop Ireton High School within a stone's throw of the Eucharist. The other place I counseled for years was in Falls Church within a stone's throw of the Eucharist at St. James. Sad to say both of these Catholic locales adopted the strategy of the three monkeys. Don't look at the abortion facility, don't listen to the silent screams of the babies murdered, and say nothing. Just keep out of it following a strategy of appeasement. 

Record 87 Abortion Mills Closed in 2013

Death Throes of the Death Industry: A Record 87 Surgical Abortion Clinics Close in 2013
Mark Crutcher of Life Dynamics has always said one of the best ways to end abortion is to limit access. So this is good news indeed. As the Our Father says, "Lead us not into temptation." Many women will not choose abortion if the temptation is not available. Legalization gives a veneer of respectability to an unthinkable horror. So let's make that horror unthinkable in the minds of our neighbors. Raise a new year's toast to these heroic warriors:

Do You Inadvertently Support Planned Parenthood and Other Pro-Abort Groups?

I got a call this week from the American Diabetes Association asking me to send out letters and collect in my neighborhood. Thanks to Life Decisions International I had the information I needed to say no. You see, I recently ordered their boycott list  which targets corporations, businesses, nonprofits, etc. that support Planned Parenthood. It's updated frequently so you can see the success of your efforts. In fact, the latest issue of the The Boycott List says, "For the first time ever, no corporations have been added." Wow! Companies are beginning to recognize that support for abortion is bad for business.

By choosing even a few companies off The Boycott List and letting them know you won't support them until they stop supporting Planned Parenthood and other abortion groups you can make a difference! Here's a sampling from Life Decisions' website. I've highlighted a few. Some may surprise you, some you may probably already know about. Now that you know, if the American Cancer Society or Easter Seals calls you for fundraising help, tell them you won't support Planned Parenthood. We're dropping our AAA membership for another auto club that doesn't help kill babies:

The Boycott List includes a section called Dishonorable Mention, which lists seemingly innocuous nonprofit organizations that are involved with Planned Parenthood or otherwise active in the Culture of Death. Among the groups included are Outward Bound West, American Automobile Association (AAA), Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Phil Foundation, Lions Clubs, American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boys & Girls Clubs, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Camp Fire, Girls Inc., Girl Scouts, Kiwanis Clubs, March of Dimes, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Rotary Clubs, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, The Salvation Army, YWCA, America Gives Back (formerly [American] Idol Gives Back), YMCA, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), American Diabetes Association. Involvement ranges from donating funds to pro-abortion groups (or allowing affiliates to do so), supporting anti-life causes, allowing pro-abortion groups access to membership, adopting an official pro-abortion policy position, and so forth.

I urge readers to buy their own copies of The Boycott List. Help Life Decisions keep this important apostolate going.

The March for Life: Why We Will Win and Restore Protection to the Babies

Today was the 38th March for Life - can you hear the bells tolling for the millions of babies sacrificed on the altar of selfishness? But as I listened to the speakers today and marched down Constitution Ave and up to the Supreme Court I was excited and energized. And here are a few random observations and thoughts.

*This was one of the largest marches I've ever attended and I've been to all but four!

*The crowd was young and energized. In fact, the crowd was overflowing the mall and people spilled into the road from the sidewalks even ahead of the March banners.

*There were more Congressmmen and Senators on stage than ever and the freshmen included several doctors, one who has brought at least 5,000 babies into the world.

*The speeches from the politicians were laced with references to scripture, so that it was like a revival, something this country sorely needs. And the freshmen promised they will speak out for the babies.

*The crowd was more diverse than I've ever seen before with many "people of color." And, in fact, one of the freshmen congressmen, Tim Huelskamp, a Catholic farmer from the midwest, was there with his four adopted children who are black. See here.

*The pro-abortion group at the Supreme Court was the smallest ever. There couldn't have been more than a dozen, and that's a generous estimate. These are the people who call us violent, but aren't afraid to be among several hundred thousand of us knowing full well that they have nothing to fear.

*The Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) was there in a prominent location exposing the evil of abortion and other assaults against life with huge pictures. America, they said, won't stop abortion until they see abortion. Every social movement from abolition to civil rights to the Vietnam War to the genocide in Darfur have used gruesome photos to arouse the compassion and opposition of the citizens. Jesus Himself left us the image of His bloody sacrifice on the cross. We must tell the truth about abortion! Included in the display were pro-abortion quotes from President Obama who on January 22nd, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade promised his complete commitment to the killing of unborn babies.

*A big message from everyone on the podium was, "Go home and get back to work!" If the only pro-life activity you do is march once of year, you are not part of the solution. Pray and fight. Everyone can play a part. If you're a homeschooling mom, assign your children to write letters to your congressman. It's called teaching civics. They are future voters and need to know that they help shape the culture. Make a phone call, sign a petition, pray once a month at an abortion mill, hold a baby shower for a crisis pregnancy center, pray the spiritual adoption prayer of Fulton Sheen. Everyone has a role to play to protect and defend the innocent. Let us all be part of the solution.

Taxpayers' New Years Resolution: Defund Planned Parenthood!

I have a suggestion for the taxpayers' New Years' Resolution. No it's not a diet, although prayer and fasting to achieve our goal would be in order. No, the diet we need to work on is a starvation diet for Planned Parenthood (PP). The evil bureaucracy of child-murder receives about $350 million of our tax dollars every year to annhilate our youngest American citizens. Ironic, isn't it? The taxpayers fund about 1/3 rd of the killer giant's budget enabling them to wipe out our hope of the future. The murdered babies belong to a group we might call Future Taxpayers of America. PP, then, is public enemy #1 for the country with their commitment to kill as many of those future taxpayers as possible.

PP also gets more than a quarter of its operating budget from individuals and foundations. It has always puzzled me why some commercial groups support Planned Parenthood. Pampers used to be a big donor (I don't know if they still are.) Explain that to me. What is the rationale for helping to kill consumers of your product? That isn't just counter intuitive, it's downright stupid. The Kroc Foundation (McDonald's philanthropic arm) also was a big supporter and may still be. But I can tell you from personal experience that grandkids are the driving force behind trips to the golden arches. In addition to avoiding businesses that support abortion and homosexuality, all I have to do to discourage my consumption of a Big Mac and fries is read the menu with the nutrition information. Yikes! Who needs a thousand calories for lunch? I tried the frappes and they're good, but at 400+ I don't need them either.

So how do we get Planned Parenthood de-funded? There are many strategies, and they all begin with a commitment to inform, lobby, and boycott. Defunding Planned Parenthood was a campaign issue in the Virginia governor's race. Sadly, Bob McDonnell has failed to follow through on his promise. Holding his feet to the fire is certainly a good action item for Virginians. (On the other hand, Bob McDonnell also gets kudos for resisting PP pressure for "comprehensive sex education" in the schools which is absolutely vile.) Another strategy is writing to corporate sponsors with your personal intention to boycott. I just ordered the boycott list from Life Decisions International and I'll be suggesting targets on my blog. Just think of the impact if all serious christians contacted one organization a month to protest their support of Planned Parenthood and tell them you're spending your disposable income somewhere else. LDI lists Kohls, Staples, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and AAA on their list among many others.

Let's make 2011 the year taxpayers give PP funding a major hit. Less money means fewer babies murdered by the biggest abortion business in the world.

To see Planned Parenthood's annual report for 2008-09 go here.
To see Stop Planned Parenthood (STOPP) go here.

Pro-Aborts Vandalize Home of Pro-Life Heroes Joe and Ann Scheidler

When vandalism takes place at an abortion mill, you can be sure the mainstream media is all over it pronto. So how come I couldn't find a single story in the press about the vandalism at Joe and Ann Scheidler's that took place December 1st? The Scheidler home was attacked at about 2:00 a.m on Wednedsday, December 1st when large pieces of asphalt were thrown through two front windows along with the note you see at left. If you have trouble reading it, here's the content:

“We are crazy feminist bi***** who will destroy your sexist ideas,” a note, containing an anarchist sign and scrawled in a child-like writing, said.

“P.S. I’ve had an abortion and no laws could ever stop me,” the note continued. “You can’t make Queen Anne’s lace illegal, a******.”

Read more at LifeSiteNews.

Will the Real Terrorists Please Stand Up

Several kind individuals have requested permission to place this article on their websites and asked me to re-post it on my own site in a more prominent position. I, therefore, accede to their requests and move it back to the top of the queue. Mary Ann

I'm one of those people the pro-aborts call a pro-life "terrorist." Since 1972, the year before Roe vs. Wade, I've devoted a large percentage of my life to trying to save unborn children from death and their moms from a lifetime of regret. I've picketed abortion mills praying the rosary, sidewalked counseled (and have a number of photos of precious babies as a result), rescued inside abortion mills, given hundreds of talks on fetal development and the reality of abortion, exhorted abortionists to stop killing, worked in a crisis pregnancy center, helped organize the Life Chain, and spent a month in jail all told. My husband and I offered a shelter home to over a dozen women over a fifteen year period. There are lots of pro-life "terrorists" like me.

During that time I've been:

cursed at

given the finger

advised to get a job

shoved

arrested for no reason

arrested for any reason

picked up and thrown into a group of rescuers

surrounded by a screaming mob yelling in my face as I stood in silence holding a fetal model

I've marched in countless demonstrations

had clinic escorts threaten and block me from talking to women on the public sidewalk

had snowballs thrown at me by a couple of guys while I picketed by myself

been to court with a new baby strapped to my chest

and gone to jail

Never, not once, have I screamed back, shoved, harrassed, cursed at anyone, gotten in someone's face, hit (or even touched) anyone in anger.

I confess that I have talked to parents and tried to convince them not to kill their children. I've offered them information (and sometimes doughnuts), I've driven them to McDonald's for breakfast and then to a crisis pregnancy center. I've prayed thousands of rosaries in the freezing cold and the burning heat (and even in beautiful weather when I'd rather be anywhere else). I've cuddled saved babies in my arms rejoicing and organized baby showers for their moms. I've hugged weeping post-aborted women and cried with them.

Yes, I guess I'm a pro-life "terrorist."

One thing I've never done, and never even been tempted to do, is shoot anyone or harm them in any way.

I refuse to take responsibility for George Tiller's murder. I will not be silenced. I will not change my behavior. I will not stop going to abortion mills or doing whatever I can to change the mind of a woman seeking abortion. I will not be bullied by the baby killers or soften my language to make torturing and killing children seem like a walk in the park. If water-boarding, which doesn't endanger the life of the victim, is torture...if pulling the legs off, or burning, or scalding a pet gets you a prison sentence...why is it okay to dismember, burn, and scald a baby?

George Tiller and his pro-abortion advocates are the real terrorists, not the pro-life movement. Just look at the pictures of their victims.

More on George Tiller and his Abortion Business

George Tiller's murder was wrong, but the efforts to make the man into a saintly martyr are nauseating. He lived in a nearly million dollar mansion in a gated community on the blood money he made by killing children. Pray for Tiller and his family but don't be afraid to speak the truth. Don't let the politically correct hysteria (talk about whipping people into a frenzy as Susan Campbell accuses pro-lifers below) silence your voice. George Tiller was a serial killer. He almost always killed the babies; sometimes he killed their mothers as well. He was no hero. Being murdered doesn't make him one.

Pray for his murderer as well. Stories coming out indicate the man is mentally deranged like John Salvi was who shot up the abortion mill in Brookline, MA in 1994. We live in an insane culture. Is it any wonder that people go crazy and start shooting? Hey, maybe the Virginia Tech shooter was motivated by the culture that says killing is okay if you're "pro-choice." Every person who commits violence against another is pro-choice when you get down to it. When a culture legalizes the killing of some, it devalues the lives of all.

The pro-life movement is non-violent. We've been fighting for over four decades against an evil that's killed 50 million babies. How many abortionists and abortion workers have been killed? I was able to identify 8: David Gunn (1993), Wayne Patterson (1993), John Britton and James Barrett (1994), Shannon Lowney and Leanne Nichols (1994), Robert Sanderson (1998), and Barnett Slepian (1998). Except for James Kopp none of the killers had connections to the pro-life movement. Abortion clinic workers have a greater chance of dying in an auto accident on the way to the abortuary than being murdered. Unfortunately, one can't say the same for the babies. Very few come out of an abortion mill alive.

More articles on George Tiller:

Two monsters by Edward Feser: Another politically incorrect post that compares George Tiller to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Interesting comments.

How Tiller killed the children photos and statements taken from Tiller's own website as well as a lot of other information about the man and his "business"

Statistics on Tiller's post-viability abortions: Includes the story of Baby Sarah Brown who survived Tiller's abortion and was later adopted. She died at age five due to medical consequences of the attempted abortion. She was a perfectly normal and healthy infant until Tiller stabbed her in the face with poisonous chemicals. Contrary to the nonsense being promulgated that Tiller only did "therapeutic" late-term abortions (since when is killing the patient "therapy?"), he never refused to kill children who were normal and healthy if parents wanted it.


What Abortion Frenzy Begets An opinion piece from the Hartford Courant that demonizes pro-lifers for their language and essentially blames us for Tiller's murder. Author Susan Campbell wants to reduce abortion by sex education in the schools which is nothing but Planned Parenthood brainwashing and sexualization of children which leads to more promiscuity, more pregnancies, and more abortion. Pro-lifers need to resist this type of reasoning and refuse to be silenced. See Fr. Frank Pavone's message.

Commentary: Let’s Get our Facts Straight about Tiller and Anti-Abortion Violence: "More than a dozen abortionists have been convicted of murder and manslaughter ― of their wives, of their patients, and even of other abortionists. Yet you never hear about these killings in the press (see http://www.abortionviolence.com/ for documentation). Abortionists are more likely to kill than to be killed."