Tag: prolife

Has abortion claimed another victim?

Only Margot Kidder has the answer

Last week the Park County, Montana coroner ruled the death of film star Margaret Ruth “Margot” Kidder on May 13, 2018 as a suicide by drug and alcohol overdose. Miss Kidder became famous for her portrayal of Lois Lane in the film version of “Superman” and Kathy Lutz in “The Amityville Horror.”

Born on October 17, 1948 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada; Miss Kidder was a naturalized US citizen and Democratic Party activist. She also supported abortion and environmental causes. She started her acting career in Canada and then moved to the USA.

Margot Kidder described the effects of her abortion:

“She remembers saying, “I want my baby back”; she remembers the “horrible, horrible nightmares” after the abortion. “They were constant and went on for a long time – images of children running at me with slashed wrists, of dead babies… The nightmares stopped when I had my child.”

Miss Kidder had a history of bipolar disorder and repeated nervous breakdowns.
Despite her illness, she worked as an actress for many years before her death in Montana.

David Reardon, PhD, founder of the Elliot Institute and author of “Aborted Women, Silent No More,” has studied the effects of abortion for many years. He says that mothers who carry their children to term have a lower rate of suicide than women who don’t. He also says the suicide/abortion link is well known to the mental health community.

Dr. Reardon also says that abortion increases the likelihood of suicide by 154%. He found that 50% of post-abortive mothers had suicidal thoughts. It is as if the mothers feel that they have committed an unforgivable sin, which is not true.

Unfortunately for women, there is a persistent denial of the truth that abortion greatly harms women in the medical community. Denying the truth that abortion kills children and permanently maims their mothers both mentally and sometimes physically does not help women or the rest of society.

The Catechism of the Council of Trent teaches that sin causes a scar on the soul that only penance can erase. Abortion is a mortal sin against the 5th of the Ten Commandments. When we break the 5th Commandment, which is “Thou shalt not kill,” it causes us and those around us terrible harm.

To repair this harm, we must pray the rosary, fast, and do other penances to make up to God for what we have done. Only in that manner can we find peace.

Monica Miller talks about the Red Rose Rescue

Pro-life activist Monica Miller, PhD (third from left in the photo), was recently released from jail for participating in the Red Rose Rescue, a new method of rescuing preterm babies. Mary Wagner of Toronto, Canada inspired American pro-lifers to enter an abortion mill and offer red roses to mothers in the waiting room.

Police arrested Monica Migliorino Miller, Will Goodman, Matthew Connolly, Patrice Woodworth and Robert “Doc” Kovaly after they refused to leave the abortion mill on December 2, 2017. Dr. Miller described her court case and subsequent efforts to help mothers at an abortion mill in Michigan.

Tommy Robinson Freed Today!

International prayers and efforts free political prisoner Tommy Robinson

by Christine Ross

LONDON, ENGLAND – Today Tommy Robinson won his freedom after his Court of Appeal victory, and has gone home to his family. He will have to attend another court case in Leeds shortly.

Ever since the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215, the concept of free speech has been developed and cherished by those in England and later in the USA. As pro-lifers, we depend on free speech to help parents decide for life and to persuade abortionists to stop murdering patients.

Thus, when we see a journalist and social activist like Tommy Robinson jailed merely for exercising the right to freedom of speech, we must step forward and protest loudly. Even President Trump’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, lobbied for Tommy’s release in London.

Police arrested Tommy Robinson on May 25, 2018 for reporting on a Leeds court case  . His friend and colleague Ezra Levant raised money for his legal defense fund, and reported in London on the case. You can see his coverage here.

Robinson’s attorney Carson Kaye said in his statement that: “The rule of law and the right to a fair hearing are fundamental to every individual and this ruling an example of the procedural safeguards of our system, and its potential for protecting every citizen equally.

Since the decriminalization of abortion in the West, the rule of law has collapsed. Parents and abortionists can murder their children without even a fair hearing for the child. If an innocent child has no rights, then what about the rest of us? Is it any wonder that Tommy Robinson has languished in jail while the child rapists he discussed in his videos go free?

St. Ambrose taught that we must work as if everything counted on our work, and pray as if everything counted on our prayers.  That is why we must continue to pray and work for the end of abortion, and that the rule of law will be re-established throughout the West.

Pray the rosary every day for your country, that God will end abortion and deliver us from the tyrannies that threaten us.

 

 

 

 

Pro-Life Victory in Albany, New York – Free Speech Upheld

Roger Gannam of Liberty Counsel Explains

by Christine Ross

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led,like sheep to the slaughter.” ~ General George Washington’s address to the Army, March 15, 1783

Recently, Judge Carol Carol Bagley Amon ruled in favor of 13 pro-life activists who counseled expectant mothers and preached at the Choices Women’s Medical Center, an abortion mill in Jamaica, NY. Judge Amon heard the case in Albany, NY after then-Attorney General Eric Scheiderman filed suit against them last year. Attorney Roger Gannam from Liberty Counsel talked about this case on today’s podcast.

We often take our freedoms for granted until they are taken away from us. There is an old saying that “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.” Thank goodness for the vigilance of law practices like Liberty Counsel, the Thomas More Law Society, and Thomas More Legal Center and others who help pro-life activists.

Otherwise, we might end up like Canada, England, and Europe, where it is difficult, if not impossible, to offer help and hope to unwed mothers at abortion mills. A Canadian pro-lifer once told me you can’t even wear a pro-life badge or pin if you walk down the same street as an abortion mill in Toronto, Canada.

Therefore, we must continue to fight for the right to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, namely unborn children. Even though it can be tough and it requires personal sacrifice, we must continue to fight for the right to life of all persons, both born and unborn.

After we talked about the case, Roger and I talked about sidewalk counseling and my volunteer efforts outside of the Planned Parenthood abortion mill here in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Roger mentioned the case of a child who was saved when a pro-life activist reminded the expectant mother that her child had ten fingers and ten toes just like her. Those words haunted the mother as she went into the abortion mill, causing her to change her mind. Eventually she returned and let the sidewalk counselors know their efforts had saved her baby’s life.

Towards the end of the podcast, I asked Roger what we pro-life activists could do to avoid prosecution for trying to help expectant mothers. Of course, we need to be civil and polite.

But we also need to video record a general view of what’s going on, and not aim the camera at any one person to avoid false accusations of harassment. If it comes to going to court, the recording will back us up in court, he said.

The most important thing is to pray the rosary every day for our salvation, for our nation, President Trump, and for the end of abortion. Before we go to abortion mills, we need to pray that God will touch the hearts of all involved, and grant us peace, and bring an end to the civil war of abortion.

July 2018 Face the Truth Tour in Chicago, Illinois

Matt Yonke from the Pro-Life Action League of Chicago, Illinois spoke on today’s program. Matt described last week’s Face the Truth Tour in the Chicagoland, Illinois area. He said these pictures are designed to show the humanity of the victims of abortion.

For several years, the Pro-Life Action League has shown pictures of aborted babies in public in Chicago. As with other social movements, the pro-life movement shows pictures to demonstrate the reality of abortion and how it affects children.

Did you know that drawn pictures of shackles and other aspects of slavery helped end it? Many social movements use pictures as a way to help others see what they don’t want to see.

Matt talked about how these photos have saved lives and helped move parents to repent of their crimes against their children. The Catechism of the Council of Trent teaches us that sin leaves a scar on our souls that only penance can erase.

That’s why when we do bad things, our conscience tells us we must make it up to God. Praying the rosary is a great way to do that, and will give us peace of mind and help us to draw closer to God. That’s why we should pray the rosary every day in penance and that God will help end abortion.

Even though sometimes pictures of aborted children upset people, it’s important to talk about abortion because the media and pulpits won’t. We can’t solve our problems without discussing them, and showing pictures of aborted children helps start conversations that need to happen.

Matt mentioned a visit to Belgium, a formerly Christian nation that no longer sees abortion as a sin. Perhaps if they were able to have a Face the Truth Tour, they might return to their former views on abortion.

Is Civil War Coming to the United States?

 

The answer may surprise you.

On TV, the internet, and in print, the conservative and leftist newsmedia has openly worried that a civil war is brewing. Like last November, people were predicting the outbreak of a civil war in the USA this past July 4. The newsmedia has noted increasing violence, hostility, and friction between conservatives and now open socialists.

But is a civil war coming?

Or has it already started? And more importantly, what can we do about it?

For 45 years, we have pretended that decapitating and dismembering little children by abortion is legal because the Supreme Court says so. And we have hoped and prayed and hoped that appointing Supreme Court justices would stop the carnage.

It is the legislature, and not the Supreme Court, that enacts law in our legal system. The President is supposed to uphold the US Constitution, and not plainly unconstitutional decisions like Roe v. Wade.

This civil war between parents, abortionists, and the rest of society shows no sign of stopping.

While it is possible that appointing a new Supreme Court Justice may change things, that doesn’t seem likely. As the late Professor Charles Rice of the University of Notre Dame noted many years ago, if a Judge admitted that the preterm baby is a person, he would be forced to also admit that he as a judge has been participating in murder by his failure to stop it.

Yesterday Alex Jones said on his website infowars.com that having failed to stop and impeach President Trump, the Left is now pushing for a civil war. They want to stop the success that we are enjoying due to President Trump’s good efforts.

Now that it appears that the civil war inside abortion mills may spill out into the streets, what can we do to stop it?

Despite his many achievements, Americans are still upset by the continual negative news from the mainstream media. On September 9, 2001, many Americans were in anguish and were distraught over the tragedies of that dark day in New York City.

As one man pointed out then, watching TV upset people. So don’t watch TV – pray the rosary for the United States instead.

Remember, the TV people want you to be upset.

They want a civil war. Don’t give it to them.

The Catholic Church teaches us that wars and tyrannies are punishments and sin.
Can prayer and penance stop them? You bet they can!

It is comforting to know that someone, somewhere is praying for you. Did you know that people around the world prayed for the last US election? Worldnetdaily.com reported it on wnd.com. International prayers were heard, and Donald Trump is now our President. He has proven himself to be an even greater and more effective President than Ronald Reagan.

During World War II, people prayed the rosary for the end of the war. And thus the war was ended in 1945.

Following WWII, the Communists invaded Austria, which had been disarmed by Adolf Hitler. They had no way to defend themselves from the Communist enslavement that followed.

A monk persuaded the Austrians to pray the rosary in solitary and in processions for the deliverance of their nation from Communism.

On May 13, 1955, the Russians left Austria. Since that time, praying the rosary has stopped Communist takeovers in Brazil and the Phillipines.

Why pray the rosary?

On the Cross, Jesus Christ said to St. John the Evangelist, behold thy mother. In this manner, the Blessed Virgin Mary became the Mother of all the true followers of Jesus Christ.

Of all the people in the world, the Blessed Virgin Mary is closest to Jesus, not only physically, but spiritually. Just as a good earthly son is pleased by the attention shown to his mother, thus the Son of God is pleased by the attention shown to His mother.

St. Francis de Sales says that the rosary is the most perfect form of prayer. Just as the Saint said it every day, we also ought to pray it, not only for ourselves, but for our nation and our President, Donald Trump. See:

http://www.olrl.org/pray/howprayRosary1.shtml

In addition, it’s important to read good spiritual books every day, like those by St. Alphonsus di Liguori and Thomas a Kempis (The Imitation of Christ). St. Augustine said that our hearts are not at rest until they find their rest in Jesus Christ. We ought to read about the Passion of Christ every day to draw closer to Him and to become more like Him. See:

Catholic Homilies: The Passion of Christ and Palm Sunday

Want to feel better? Get to know the Man who loves you most, Jesus Christ, by reading about His Passion.

 

The Fifteen Promises of Mary to
Christians Who Recite the Rosary

  1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.
  2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
  3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
  4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
  5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.
  6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.
  7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
  8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
  9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
  10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.
  11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
  12. All those who propagate the holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
  13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.
  14. All who recite the Rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only Son Jesus Christ.
  15. Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.

(Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan)

Imprimatur: Patrick J. Hayes, D.D. Archbishop of New York