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October Newsgram, Part 1, 1995
Monthly Issues
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He loves each of us so much He gave His life for us. His love for every abortionist is no less so we must pray that their hearts will be softened and return to Him.
If you care to reprint or use references from this issue, the following credits and information must be attached: Children of the Rosary Publication, October Newsgram, 1995.
WERE YOU THERE?
FEDERAL LAWSUITS
CLINIC? REALLY
PRO-LIFE HINTS OF THE MONTH
TEEN-STAR IS A FALLEN STAR
Were You There?
By Katherine Sabelko
The song repeats in my head, "Where You There When They Crucified My Lord?" Think back to the weeks before Good Friday. So many people join in to prayerfully sing that hymn. The second sentence, "Where you there when they nailed Him to the cross?" I stood in front of an abortuary this morning, pleading with young couples not to take their child inside. I stood there watching mothers walk their young teenage daughters inside a old grey house as casually as if they were entering a store. I called out to young fathers not to let their girlfriend risk her life. I pleaded with them not to let their child be killed by the abortionist, Robert Tamis.
I wasn't alone. Other counsellors watched at the side driveway where more cars were pulling into the parking lot. Sometimes but not often a car would stop and information could be handed to them. Copies of the medical report concerning the 19-year-old woman who had died there.
I wasn't alone. Three people came to pray as the counselling went on for over two hours. Three people who responded to the special rosary announcement in the last Newsgram, prayed with all their hearts as we talked to women, trying to show them the risks, telling them about their precious baby and offering them any help they needed.
I wasn't alone but I felt very alone. Though Our Lord and Lady were with us, though the angels were our guards against any danger from angry clients, I felt alone.
It's hard to stand there while so much killing is going on and watch people in all the cars driving by. People on their way to a garage sale, to the store, on their way to run an errand. Some waved, encouraging us on but most ignored the killing site. Babies up to 20 weeks along were being ripped apart inside and the world went about its business.
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Pro-lifers beginning procession to enter into church for a Pro-Life Mass celebrated by Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien.
FEDERAL LAWSUITS
By Katherine Sabelko
Wide media coverage was given locally in Phoenix, AZ stating Children of the Rosary and Katherine Sabelko have filed suit against the City of Phoenix and several city employees. This suit is being handled by Mr. Ben Bull of American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ).
The decision to sue was discussed and voted on by the officers and directors of Children of the Rosary. No funds are used for any of our legal actions. We are blessed with the generosity of ACLJ because they represent pro-lifers at no cost.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court, states that our civil rights have been denied. CoR had submitted two ads to be placed on the rear exterior of taxpayer supported city buses. The ads were rejected specifically for religious content. In fact, even our logo was deemed as possibly being offensive to someone because the cross is part of our design.
The first message was pro-life, quoting scripture in Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you." - God. Underneath the scripture, the words "Choose Life" and then in the bottom corner, we had our name and logo. The second ad was a plea to consider the poor, a scripture quotation from Galatians.
Without getting into extended detail of the suit, we can say that once again we are defending our right of religious expression to place positive, scriptural messages on these buses to help save the lives of the precious infants in the womb. When violent movies can be advertised on buses but God is rejected, I believe this country is in terrible spiritual decay.
The following is a summary of our actions in Federal court. In all actions, pro-lifers had been plaintiffs, not defendants:
Phoenix Bubble Zone Federal lawsuit filed argued by Ben Bull and Nick Nikas won our rights back to pray and hand out literature in front of abortion mills. This 'Bubble Zone' ordinance would have also stopped pro-life counsellors from offering the truth to abortion-bound women. It was appealed by the City of Phoenix and on October 20, the 9th Circuit Court overturned the ruling. Ben Bull announced immediately that ACLJ will appeal the 9th Circuit Court decision. We will update you on this situation. There will be no change to our activities in front of the abortuaries due to ACLJ's prompt response .
The City of Glendale, was challenged by ACLJ, last year on behalf of Children of the Rosary on unconstitutional requirements of people who choose to pray in front of abortuaries in that city. The city required and enforced people to actually register and file permits in order to pray on its public sidewalks in that city. After a detailed letter from ACLJ, citing case law and legal arguments, the city of Glendale dropped the demand for CoR to file and register to pray on the streets. The unfortunate situation here is that, to our knowledge, their unconstitutional requirements still are in effect for everyone else!
A City of Paradise Valley, federal lawsuit, was filed this year by Elizabeth Williams and Katherine Sabelko when the Paradise Valley Chief of Police called CoR to inform us that if we went out of the streets in that city to pray, we would be arrested. Again, ACLJ represented us as plaintiffs and we were victorious! We were allowed to pray on public sidewalks. Though I personally had never been out at the location cited, it was widely reported otherwise.
An interesting note: Gloria Feldt, from Planned Parenthood (PP) stated PP defends our right of free speech in the case concerning bus advertisements, but it was Gloria Feldt who caused the commotion in Paradise Valley when pro-lifers attempted to use their freedom of speech to pray.
CoR has only desired to pray on public sidewalks in front of abortuaries and spread the message of pro-life. It is unfortunate that we had to take legal action to be able to do this. We must always defend our right to pray and act as Christians.
We hope that this brief explantation will help you in discussions with others.
For those who might not be aware of this fact, there has never been any arrest or threat of arrest of CoR people at the mills.We are peaceful and prayerful and, with God's permission and ACLJ's skill, we will be able to continue to pray to end abortion.
CLINIC? REALLY?
By Sue Widemark
I used to call the place where abortions are done a "clinic." And those people doing abortions were ‘abortion providers.' This just seemed like the most correct term. A child in the womb was never a ‘preborn baby’ to me - but merely a fetus. And those individuals favoring legalized abortion were always ‘pro-choice.’
It isn’t that I’ve ever been in favor of legalized abortion (or indeed, any abortion at all) but simply that I didn’t wish to offend those who might believe differently from myself.
But where do we draw the line between a euphemism and a correct term? Praying in front of the places where abortions are done seems to bring things into a truer prospective. I couldn’t continue to call those places ‘clinics’ - a clinic is where someone goes for healing. But when a woman who has aborted comes out and I look into her face, I see no healing at all but horrible suffering, both physically and mentally. One realizes that, in this ‘clinic,’ not just one life is destroyed with every abortion (the life of the baby) but the life of the mother as well. This is no ‘clinic’ - the term ‘clinic’ is so far from the truth, it begins to border on the ridiculous. ‘Abortuary’ or ‘abortion mill’ more truthfully describes the horror chambers. And those who perform the horrendous deeds seem more like hired assassins than ‘abortion providers’.
Somewhere along the line, I realized that, if a person is ‘pro-choice,' it means they approve of ANY choice the mother makes, including the choice to abort. Thus, pro-abortion better describes a person approving of all choices.
Finally we come to the term 'fetus.' A baby in the womb is, scientifically, a ‘fetus.' But, when I saw the ultrasound films of our new granddaughter, there was no way I could refer to her using the cold scientific term ‘fetus’. She’s a baby, lying in the womb which surrounds her much like a crib bumper. She turns and probes with her hands and kicks her tiny, perfectly formed feet. I realized that ‘preborn baby’ is a more accurate term for this tiny human being.
Sometimes it’s just better to tell the truth, even if it’s not ‘politically correct.'
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Pro-Life Mass with several of our active priests in the area.
PRO-LIFE PARISH HINTS OF THE MONTH
Offer your local religious store free pro-life literature that can be stuffed in the store bags along with purchases.
Schedule a time at your local public library for a meeting. Then post signs up in the neighborhood for a free informational meeting on abortion.
Start a pro-life video library that would be available to groups, churches and schools.
If you do not have a pro-life committee at your church or parish, we suggest you start one. Wow, are we kidding? Absolutely not. Though it will take some time to accomplish this it will not be time consuming.
Before you request such a group to your pastor or church council, you might want to make a brief list of the reasons why the group is needed and beneficial to the church.
Each church is different, so you will have to list items that are true statements of benefit for your church.
We will list some possibilities for you to consider in making your list. The group: