October Newsletter, 1999

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October Newsletter, 1999

Princeton's Dark Prince

By Katherine Sabelko

The newest addition to Princeton's facility has caused a worldwide uproar for his clear and unmovable position of supporting infanticide. Dr. Peter Singer has been appointed to the Ira. W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values. Singer is clear on his position that newborn children - even up to the age of three months - could be legally killed for reasons of disabilities. Surprisingly, animal rights groups has joined in the criticism of his theories - but not for what reasons Christians would expect.

Protests over Singer's appointment came not only from pro-life groups, as expected but also from the students of Princeton University, Princeton Students Against Infanticide (PSAI)issued this statement:

"The difficulty with Princeton University's hiring of Peter Singer is that Dr. Singer's views promote the killing of certain disabled newborns up to 28 days after birth. Thus, by hiring Dr. Singer, Princeton University has broken its own Commitment to the Community policy. Discussion on this issue was silenced by the University when University President Harold Shapiro wrote a page -- long article in the Daily Princetonian defending the appointment on grounds of academic freedom. In the meantime PSAI was being founded by the various student leaders of each sister school. The Statement on the Hiring of Peter Singer was thus drafted and completed. From that point we have been trying to regenerate discussion of this serious and timely issue. Dr. Singer comes to Princeton University July 1, 1999 to fill his appointment. We are hoping to raise enough public awareness to this issue as to have the trustees of Princeton University rescind the decision."

An abridged biography of Singer would read as follows:

A DeCamp Lecturer at Princeton in 1992, Singer has been a visiting professor at the universities of British Columbia, Colorado, California, Irvine; Rome; and Canterbury. In 1992 he was elected Foundation President of the International Association of Bioethics.

Coeditor of Bioethics since 1985, Singer has published many articles and more than two dozen books, including Democracy and Disobedience (1973, 1994), Animal Liberation (1975, 1991 published in nine languages), Practical Ethics (1979), The Reproduction Revolution, Should the Baby Live? and Rethinking Life and Death (1995). He also wrote a major article on ethics in the current edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica . - Source: Princeton Weekly Bulletin June 8, 1998.

Though Singer unabashedly condones the murder of selected babies, stating there is no proof that a newborn can prove it wants to be alive! Thus he insists that infants should be referred to as "beings" or non-persons and not as human beings until they reach further development. And since, according to his sick theory, the infant is viewed then as a non-person, the level of justification for the killing will be lowered. Singer, over years of published writings, is clear on his position of disabled individuals as disposable. Cal Montgomery, spokesperson for Not Dead Yet (NDY), wrote in Electric Edge an online edition of Princeton's newspaper, Ragged Edge, July/August, 1999:

"Peter Singer is attempting to establish a philosophical foundation for denying disabled people the equal protection of the law and killing us for his version of the greater good," says Not Dead Yet's Diane Coleman. NDY, she continues, "considers his appointment a major affront to our minority group, a serious threat to our lives and, hopefully, it will also be a wake-up call for the entire disability movement."

Singer, best known for his work on animal liberation, now published in nine languages, must be considered physiologically dangerous if you consider the consequences of his ethical theories for people with disabilities, especially since he argues that our lives are not always worth protecting. As a leader in the false premise of animal rights, Singer has succeeded in presenting the theory that animals' lives have the same value as the lives of humans.

In his book, Rethinking Life and Death (1995), Singer clearly exposes his deformed view of life. He states,

"We can no longer base ethics on the idea that human beings are a special form of creation, made in the image of God, singled out from all other animals, and alone possessing an immortal soul. Once the religious mumbo-jumbo surrounding the term 'human' has been stripped away, we may continue to see normal members of our species as possessing greater capacities of rationality, self-consciousness, communication...other members of any species; but we will not regard as sacrosanct the life of each and every member of our species, no matter how limited its capacity for intelligent or even conscious life may be. If we compare a severely defective human infant with a nonhuman animal, a dog or a pig, for example, we will often find the nonhuman to have superior capacities, both actual and potential, for rationality, self-consciousness, communication, and anything else that can plausibly be considered morally significant."

He then goes on to say that this assertion is "not only true, but obviously true" (emphasis in original).

Singer's continued use of the word, "species," should also not be referred to lightly. In a book review, Book Review: Animal Rights, by Dave Kopel, published in Independence Institute, Op-Ed Archives, 1998,

"As Singer points out, the argument is simply a tautology. To say that animals should have no rights because they are animals is no more logical than to say that women should not have rights because they are women, or that Blacks should have no rights because they are Blacks. To say that status as a woman must, in itself, imply that women have no rights is sexism; to say the same about Blacks is racism. And, Singer demonstrates, to say the same about animals is "specisim."

Kopel apparently highly rates Singer's philosophy when he stated,

"Want to upset all the preconceptions of your life, and look at the world around you in a radically new way? Animal Rights is the founding book of the modern animal rights movement. As such, Animal Rights may be one of the most influential books of the 20th century."

Another justification Singer offers for killing a "non-person" is that it frees "persons," or society, from what they may see as the "burden" imposed by the life of a "non-person." In Practical Ethics, which is often used as a textbook, Singer advocates making it legal to kill disabled infants up to 28 days after birth as well as older "non-persons with disabilities."

Singer's understanding of whose life should be protected comes from a moral theory called "preference utilitarianism." According to this theory, you should behave so that the result of your behavior is, to the greatest extent possible, in accordance with the preferences of those who will be affected by it, whether directly or indirectly. When you kill someone who wants to stay alive, you make it impossible for any of her preferences for the future to be realized -- this is what makes killing a particularly bad thing. But it may be morally praiseworthy to kill someone who wants to be killed. And killing someone whose preferences are likely to be frustrated even if she stays alive may be less blameworthy than killing someone whose preferences are likely to be fulfilled.

But not everyone, Singer thinks, is capable of wanting to be alive. He argues that in order to have an interest in staying alive, you have to be a thinking, self-aware being and have an understanding of yourself as a being which endures through time. Following philosophical tradition, he calls such beings "persons," in order, as he says in his 1993 book, Practical Ethics, "to capture those elements of the popular sense of 'human being' that are not covered by 'member of the species Homo sapiens.'" Only persons, he says, can be said to have an interest in living and a right not to be killed; non-persons, by definition, cannot.

Montgomery said in the Electric Edge article

"Obviously, wherever Singer's ideas are accepted as the basis for policy, it becomes a vitally important thing to be seen as a person. Infants, for example, are seen as non-persons. According to Singer they may therefore be killed with far less justification than would be required if they were understood to be persons. Certain adults to whom labels such as 'persistent vegetative state' (PVS), 'profound mental retardation' and 'dementia' are attached may also be killed with less justification, according to Singer."

It would be okay, for example, to kill a "non-person" if you did it because everyone else's preferences would be more likely to be fulfilled if that individual were removed from their lives: that's one justification Singer gives for letting parents kill newborns expected to become disabled children. If parents, freed of responsibility for the disabled infant, were able to try again, says Singer, both they and the non-disabled child they'd ultimately raise could expect to live happier lives.

"We know," Singer says in his 1994 book, Rethinking Life and Death,

"that once our children's lives are properly underway, we will become committed to them; for that very reason, many couples do not want to bring up a child if they fear that both the child's life and their own experience of child-rearing will be clouded by a major disability."

Another justification Singer offers for killing a "non-person" is that it frees "persons," or society, from what they may see as the "burden" imposed by the life of a "non-person." In Practical Ethics, which is often used as a textbook, Singer advocates making it legal to kill disabled infants up to 28 days after birth as well as older "non-persons with disabilities.

Though many people might tend to write-off this radical left-winged professor as "sick," believing his theories will not be acted upon, Singer has carried great weight not only in the environmental culture and the animal rights groups but, most importantly, is financially sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, a major abortion supporter.

In the article, Peter Singer: A Paid Puppet of the Petro-Chemical-Pharmaceutical Empire? by Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research, (CAFMR) Lawson Australia, Singer is exposed for his statement of supporting the killing of babies, not just up to 28 days but to six months!

"In the 1996 Australian Federal Election, The Greens undoubtedly lost many votes and suffered a tarnished public image, due in large part to the views and actions of Peter Singer who ran as a Greens candidate in Victoria. Numerous politicians and media had a field day citing Singer's past statements where he proposed that it would be 'ethical' to abort six-month old infants. Doesn't it strike you as odd that Peter Singer, dubbed by the Rockefeller-controlled press as the 'Animal Rights Guru,' has been funded by one of the worst perpetrators of suffering against animals?"

Though the article's point was that Singer was a fraud in the animal rights movement, it exposed Singer for the true motivation of Singer- cleansing of the defective humans - just born, old or disabled. This is Hitler philosophy coming right on back. And it is this mindset that is polluting our universities, our next generation of intellectuals. Singer is the iceberg of selective human engineering now surfacing at Princeton.

La Salle President Urges Clinton Not to Veto Abortion Legislation

While meeting President Clinton at the Hayman Center on La Salle's campus, Brother Michael McGinniss, the University's president, urged President Clinton, in a brief conversation and in writing, not to veto the recently-passed Senate legislation on partial-birth abortion. Following is the text of the letter on this matter, which Brother Michael presented to the President:

William Jefferson Clinton
President of the United States

Dear President Clinton:

I want to take the opportunity of your presence at La Salle University to urge you not to veto the legislation on partial-birth abortion passed last week by the United States Senate. By allowing that legislation to become law, you can take direct action to protect innocent unborn children. I make this plea as a citizen, a Roman Catholic, a Christian Brother and as the President of a Catholic University.

Concern for the sacredness of life, a concern fundamental to Roman Catholicism and to La Salle University, pervades almost every issue of public policy. The current legislation on partial-birth abortion is not the only such issue, but it is one issue on which you, and right now only you, can take direct action � action that will protect innocent unborn children.

In making this plea, I am speaking also for many other persons � current students, faculty, staff and trustees of the University, alumni, concerned Catholics and other citizens � who contacted my office to express opinions about your presence here. The majority of those persons expressed particular concern and even outrage at the prospect of your veto of the legislation on partial- birth abortion. I unite my voice to theirs.

Thank you for your attention to my plea.

Respectfully,
Brother Michael McGinniss
University President

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Thus says the Lord: You, son of man, I have appointed watchman for the house of Israel; when you hear me say anything, you shall warn them for me. If I tell the wicked, "O wicked one, you shall surely die," and you do not speak out to dissuade the wicked from his way, the wicked shall die for his guilt, but I will hold you responsible for his death. But if you warn the wicked, trying to turn him from his way, and he refuses to turn from his way, he shall die for his guilt, but you shall save yourself.
--- Ezekiel 33:7-9

Is it not our duty to speak out against abortion and the use of artificial means of birth control? Has God not called each of us to be a watchman for those preborn children in danger of abortion?

If we say, "Lord, we were just so busy," what will He say?

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Who Is Kidding Whom?

The National Pro-Life Democrats Committee issued a press release October 5 declaring Sally Winn, former coordinator for Indiana Democrats for Life, named as the Chairman of the group, which will be an outreach of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC).

In an effort to "clean up" the Democratic party name, Winn stated, "The Democrat Party has historically been based on protecting the defenseless and voiceless members of our society. The National Pro-Life Democrats Committee plans to educate the Party so that they once again recognize that unborn children are a part of that group and deserve our protection. Two out of every five rank-and-file Democrats classify themselves as pro-life, yet many of us have been ostracized on the national and local levels by the leadership of the Democrat party.

It is very hard for solid pro-life advocates to accept the excuses that "pro-life" Democrats give for supporting a party that stands for abortion through all nine months, euthanasia, and active homosexuality.

Winn noted, "Abortion advocates such as Planned Parenthood and NARAL have thrown millions of dollars at Party leadership to keep our voices from being heard,"

My question is: Where have they been for the last 25 years? This is a lame excuse for anyone dedicated to the defense of the pre-born child. By it's very nature, claiming to be a democrat carries the burden of the support of killing the innocent.

The actions of Winn and her now-husband Steven Ertelt far outweigh their words. Though they continually seek the financial support of pro-lifers for their personal pro-life work which personally supports them, they criticize and attempt to silence groups they disagree with such as American Life League, Children of the Rosary, Life Dynamics and others. An excellent example of their biased reporting showed up in their Life Chain summery, "It had none of the more extreme methods of the
Genocide Awareness Project, a more controversial group which shocked and
offended college students at the University of Akron and Kent State University last month with graphic images of aborted fetuses."

Apparently they do not approve either of sidewalk counseling or active prayer presence at abortion mills. Neither do they condone the use of signs showing the true pictures of abortion - the torn, mangled body of a dead child. Though Winn stated, "The silence is over. The National Pro-Life Democrats Committee will work diligently to ensure that pro-life Democrats finally have a seat at the table," she is far too late and offers the pro-life movement nothing.

Though in years past, being a pro-life Democrat might have seemed an oxymoron, in today's political and social environment, it is an impossibility.

With the position held today by the Democratic Party, it is as morally right to stay in the party as a pro-lifer as it would be to let your children stay in a home where the father continually molests the children then slowly dismembers them. - K.S.

Are We On YOUR List?

Every month you receive multiple pleas for financial aid. All families have to balance out which groups will receive help. That is reality, but we hope that this month we will be on your list for a special reason.

Last month we told you about a large additional financial commitment CoR made to help finance radio and televisions advertisements. Those ads inform women that there is a confidential number they can call if they are in a crisis pregnancy.

By now, many of you have seen the clips on television or heard them on the radio. They are effective, powerful, and they cost money!

We need your help to continue to support this ministry. To give you just one (of many) examples of the effectiveness of these ads, here is a portion of a letter that VirtueMedia received from a local crisis pregnancy center:

Our help line has received over 132 calls in the past weeks from your Options and Hope commercials that aired on various Phoenix television stations.
I want to share with you a story I heard yesterday. I got a call from a 28-year-old woman in Phoenix. I do not have many details, but I'll you what she told me. She had an abortion in June. She said, "It's definitely the worst experience I've ever had." She thought this choice was the best and that she would feel relieved afterwards, but she's been depressed and feeling guilty since June. She even had a few spells where she could not leave the house. She was starting to feel hopeless and powerless, and was watching the television. She saw the commercial, and realized that maybe there was hope of a brighter future, and help for her. She called us and we got her connected to a post abortion program in Phoenix.
Just wanted to let you know of a great story of the commercial allowing us to connect someone with help in the area...Thank you for your continued work.
Sincerely
Emily Wilson
America's Crisis Pregnancy Helpline

Internet Exposes Hospital Practice of Live-Birth Murders

There is a hospital in the Chicago suburbs � named, if you can believe this, after our Lord and Savior (Christ Hospital) � that engages in a form of live-birth abortion called a "therapeutic abortion." Theoretically, after a fetus has been diagnosed with a life-threatening condition � ostensibly one that would not guarantee life after birth � doctors give mothers the choice of aborting the fetus during the second trimester of pregnancy.

Basically, what happens is that a mother is given a cervix-relaxation drug, the baby is born live, then given nothing other than "comfort care" � consisting only of holding the baby � until it dies. These babies are placed in a dirty linen room and left to die alone. And, she says, sometimes the procedures are performed on infants that don't have life-threatening problems, but merely won't be able to have the same "quality of life" as you or I.

According to my reading of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, this procedure is more than just a sick human idea � it's a criminal procedure and ought to be punishable to the maximum extent of the law.

When you think about it, this is blatant, premeditated murder. And at a minimum, it is "cruel and unusual punishment" for an infant to die in this manner, no matter how much "good" it does "society" or "the mother." Surely there is some whiz-bang attorney out there who could pull a "gun" or "tobacco" suit on the entire abortion industry and convince a judge and jury this is true.

"Punishment," you say? "How so? These infants haven't been convicted of any crime!" No, they haven't, but they sure as hell are getting treated as though they were.

Do you realize the complications involved in sentencing a criminal to die? Years of mandatory appeals, litigation, and peer review of each and every death sentence handed down by a judge. In fact, most on death row often wait upwards of 15 years before they die � if some governor doesn't commute the sentence before then.

Aborted infants have no such peer review, no such scrutiny of their "cases," no such appeals process, and no such commuting of their "death sentence." That's cruel and it's sure as the world unusual.

And that, my liberal friends, is a textbook violation of the Eighth Amendment � you know, the very Amendment you refer to when you're working so hard to get the death sentence of a convicted murderer commuted.

Not only that, I proffer that any parent who chooses to abort a baby is mentally unstable and should not be permitted to make such a decision. Furthermore, states are charged by their citizens to protect life, liberty and property � and they're obviously not doing their job when it comes to life.

Are there no attorneys out there who can see these facts? Are there no courts, no judges, and no juries who understand the correctness and righteousness of this argument? I find that hard to believe.

After all, there were lawyers, judges and juries who convinced millions in this country that the tobacco companies are to blame for the health problems of smokers, and that firearms manufacturers are at fault for the misuse of guns by idiots, crazies and losers.

The difference is that the law � nay, the actual meaning of right and wrong � had to be manipulated by liars and the greedy in order to convince people they were "right." In this abortion case, nothing has to be twisted; the truth stands on its own, if you can imagine that.

Unfortunately there is no money in this fight. No one to sue. No huge corporation with deep pockets to pilfer and raid. So the case likely will never be filed, and millions more of our most helpless citizens will be slaughtered upon the altar of irresponsibility and convenience.

This is just a small example of many excellent sites on the Net. Hundreds of pro-life sites expose the lies of Planned Parenthood, educate people on abortion and help recruit more volunteers to the effort to end abortion.

It is clear to see why this federal government wants more controls over the free speech on the Internet. Exposing this sick practice will cause one more nail to be driven into the coffin of the abortionists.

We are not alone in this fight, but unless we let people like Dougherty know we are with them, it might seem like a lonely battle - for them.

When was the last time you wrote to support a pro-life stand expressed in the local newspaper? When was the last time you called to complain about all the birth-control pill advertisements on your local television channels?

Every day you have an opportunity to fight for the sanctity of life. We are in the majority but we sure don't act like it at times. If we did, Christ Hospital never, never would have begun this killing procedure!
- K.S.

Are You Really You?

My Grandma says
I've got Daddy's nose.
Before I came
He'd two I s'pose?

She always adds,
"And what is more,
You've Mother's eyes" -
Did she have four?

They say I've got
My mouth and chin
From Grandma's husband:
Benjamin!

He died before
I came, you see -
And must have willed
Them both to me.

I understand
About my hair,
For Daddy's head
Is kind of bare.

But what I'd like
To really know -
What puzzles me
And tries me so...
Is - Am I just
Some odds and ends,
Parts of my relatives
And friends?

Or do you think
That it can be
There's something left
That's really ME?

- Author Unknown

After reading this short poem, reflecting on the need of individuality of each person and the enjoyment in noting family resemblances in a newborn child, abortion takes on a different aspect.

I wonder if families realize that the baby truly is so much a part of that family already, as it is carelessly dismembered by the abortionist and discarded in buckets?

I wonder why so many people consider a baby solely as a burden, a financial disadvantage, an unwanted item but not as a member of the family, an extension of themselves and a promise of the future?

I wonder how so many people can coldly say they're happy that their married children don't have large families because they don't want to baby-sit, or help in case of financial stress.

I wonder how many grandparents think about the fact that there is a part of themselves being killed. I wish there were a true window to the womb so mothers and fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles could see that precious baby with all the attributes of the family. Yes, that funny shaped nose, those cute little fingers, and perhaps the way the baby scratches his ear.

I wonder if they would be so willing to kill the child then.

I wonder why people don't understand that abortion is the killing of their own future and the destruction of their family tree.

I wonder why people can not see that the child to be born could be the best of what is now and the source of such happiness they have yet to experience.

I wonder what new and better lives we would be experiencing now, if this country had not murdered 40 million children.

I wonder what great new surprises God had waiting for those families if only they had not decided to destroy their own future.

Letters to the Editor

I'd like to thank you for your publication. I had not realized that you send out newsletters about abortion and the pro-life fight. It is a wonderful way to receive the information we need to convince friends and family to become more active.

I had picked up my copy at a women's meeting at church and after reading, "casually" left it on the kitchen counter for my teenagers to read!

Hopefully we will be at your next big function.

Gail Hopkins,
Tempe, AZ

Congratulations to all who joined in the boycott of General Mills products. The corporate headquarters recently announced they will stop their financial support of Planned Parenthood. We had adversely affected their sales.

A victory -- but the war continues. Next target - GEICO Insurance.

Mr. Warren Buffett is Chairman & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., the corporate parent of GEICO.

Mr. Buffet is a heavy financial supporter of Planned Parenthood, nationally and internationally. Numerous letters to him have gone unanswered.

It is suggested for those insured by GEICO when the time comes for renewal you switch to another company and let GEICO know why you are not renewing your policy. When anyone receives a mail solicitation they return the piece in the prepaid envelope and tell them why you are refusing their offer.

The easiest way to get a multibillionaire's attention is to slow his cash flow.

While continuing our daily prayers to Our Lady, we look forward to another victory!

George Quarre
San Marcos, CA

Ed. Note: We are so impressed with Mr. Quarre's efforts. He has continually updated us on boycott information and has written hundreds of letters to companies in the name of the babies!
Let's follow through on this one! Please help us spread the word about GEICO and hopefully deny more money to the baby-killer industries.

My family has enjoyed your newsletter for years and we have always felt it was honest and wide-ranging in the information you provide.

But! Yes, BUT! I am very concerned about the fact you have been slamming Republican candidates who are pro-life and the worse part is you have yet to mention Mr. Pat Buchanan at all! Do you want Al Gore in next?

Betty Penski
Gary, IN

Ed Note: We do not enter into the political debate but rather present articles covering people who have possible confusing stands. We already know that Pat Buchanan is totally pro-life as well as Mr. Keyes.
CoR has only one concern - we stand for the sanctity of all life and publish information to encourage everyone to join us in this battle.

Thanks so much for always giving Priests for Life such great coverage in your newsletter! I often speak of the good work of Children of the Rosary!

With prayers,

Fr. Frank Pavone
Priests for Life

Could you please send your newsletter toIdaho Chooses Life? It is a small organization started by our friends David and Wendy Ripley.

Our son lives in Boise now and we would like to have Children of the Rosary in Boise. Boise is the only city in Idaho that has child killing businesses.

We feel these doctors could be put out of business with prayers and work, leaving Idaho with no killers.

Marvin Richardson
Elko, NV

Doctors of Life or Death?

Pope John Paul II again spoke out against death by the hands of doctors, September 30 in Vatican City. Referring to his encyclical "Evangelium Vitae," in which he addresses the human meaning and ethical aspects of professionals involved in medicine, the Holy Father said: "In today's cultural and social context, in which science and the practice of medicine risk losing sight of their inherent ethical dimension, health care professionals can be strongly tempted at times to become manipulators of life, or even agents of death.

"Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person," John Paul II said.

Though Pope John Paul II noted the extreme pressure placed on doctors, he said doctors must "face the most fundamental realities of human life: birth, suffering and death," stressing that first and foremost, as doctors they "are guardians and servants of human life." The Pope continued, "Nothing, not even the patient's request, which more often than not is a cry for help, can justify the taking of a life that is precious in the eyes of God.

"At its deepest level, death is somewhat like birth: both are critical and painful moments of passage that open on to a life that is richer than what has gone before. Death is an exodus, after which it is possible to see the face of God, ... just as a baby, once born, will be able to see the face of its parents," the Pope added. - K.S.

The Price of Electing RINOs

By Colleen Parro
RNC/Life Fax Notes

A RINO is a "Republican In Name Only". A RINO is one of those politicians who runs on the Republican ticket, gets large amounts of establishment money and support, and thumbs his nose at the principles in the Republican platform.

There are numerous RINOs or Democrats in disguise currently serving in Congress. Last week, they joined with pro-abortion Democrats in a disgraceful vote for Senator Tom Harkin's amendment that reaffirmed Roe v. Wade. The Harkin Amendment was attached to the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, so that Senators who wanted to cast a pro-life vote for the PBA ban had to accept the reaffirmation of Roe in order to do so. Penny Pullen of Life Advocacy Alliance and others, to no avail, pleaded with Senator Santorum's office to withdraw the bill so that pro-life Senators would not be placed in such an untenable position. The Harkin Amendment passed by a vote of 51 to 47.

RINOs voting pro-abortion were: Campbell (CO), Chafee (RI) [Senator Chafee passed away on October 24], Collins (ME), Jeffords (VT), Snowe (ME), Specter (PA), Stevens (AK), and Warner (VA). Remember that vote the next time the Republican National Committee or the National Republican Senatorial Committee asks you for money, because if you send them a check they'll use it to support the reelection of these Senators. (Voting Record courtesy of Life Advocacy Briefing, Oct. 25, 1999 - Phone: 888-344-LIFE)

Miracle of Life

When considering the power of prayer and the faithfulness of God towards us, it can seem like an abstract thought process. Perhaps the following story will encourage us to attend the special prayer vigil in Phoenix and in different locations around the country on the Feast of Our Lady of Quadalupe.

In Ancona, Italy, a mother risked her own life for the life of her pre-born child when she refused an abortion after finding out she had cancer.

In the article, Diego and I Were Born Together, Zenit, Oct 10, the situation was explained: After seven months of anguish and hope, last Friday, Claudia Cardinali gave birth to her son, Diego, a genuine little miracle. The decision not to have surgery for a tumor in the placenta and to continue with the pregnancy at the risk of her life was, at once, both dramatic and natural. It was a choice, the mother said, "that matured for the simple reason that we wanted a second child. We carried on, without thinking for a second of changing our mind."

When the mother was asked how she coped with her decision and the pain she endured from the cancer throughout the pregnancy, she responded, "I don't go to Church every Sunday, but I speak a lot with God. Many times, especially when I had severe pains, I asked God and the Virgin for help, looking at that picture [pointing to an image of Mary hanging on the wall]. I think this experience has drawn me closer to Him."

The child was delivered and with the birth, the child's life began and mother's life began again - free of the cancer. When asked about her relationship with God after the birth of her baby Diego, Cardinali responded, "It already has changed, because day after day I grew in awareness of his presence. I've learned to trust him, not to feel alone, to pray when I wake up and before going to bed. And if I only invoked him before when in need, now I often turn to him to thank him."

Cancelled Stamp Information

The company which accepts our cancelled stamps for fundraising is located in Indiana. It would be more efficient to send the cancelled stamps directly to our Indiana coordinator, Caroline Kenny.

Please mail your stamps (trimmed to 1/2 inch around the borders) to Carolyn Kenning, 10610 West 124th Avenue, Cedar Lake, IN., 46303.

Quote of the Month

"I deplore any medical procedure that treats human beings as chattel, as a subject fit for harvesting. The humanity of every fetus should be respected and treated with dignity and not like a laboratory animal. The fact remains, though, that its legal, and 1.5 million abortions are performed every year in the United States. It is legal, and tens of thousands of body parts from aborted babies are used in scientific research. It is true, too, that our laws provide no human-being status to an unborn baby. But despite this, unborn babies are considered human for the purpose of scientific experimentation."
..... Rep. Henry Hyde

State Roundup

Alabama

Search For Rudolph Continues is the title of the October 29 article on Yahoo news updates. It's been 21 months since a bomb ripped through a Birmingham abortion clinic, critically injuring a nurse and killing Police Officer Sandy Sanderson. Authorities say the bomb was planted by Eric Robert Rudolph, who is also suspected of the Atlanta Olympic Park bombing. A manhunt in the hills of North Carolina for Rudolph has so far yielded little new information. Now the widow of the deceased police officer has begun handing out T-shirts reading "Rudolph is a Million dollar piece of garbage"... a reference to the cost so far of the search. In return, Felicia Sanderson is asking people who take the shirts to send a note of encouragement to members of the task force still searching for Rudolph. She says they remain `"110-percent dedicated to finding Rudolph.''

Just for the record, this man has not been tried nor convicted yet. The effort and cost the federal government is going to could be called extreme. Oh, no - that term is only used for the Christians. Though CoR does not condone any violence, we also do not condone condemning a man before his side has even been told and the case has been proven in a court of law.

California

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health is considering a proposal to allow testing of experimental drugs on more than 2,000 gravely disabled patients under its care. The proposal, if approved, would end a five-year moratorium on such practices. As Father John Coleman of Loyola Marymount recently said, "You can never sacrifice an individual for some abstract statistical common good."

Adopting frozen embryonic babies:: Christian Adoption and Family Services of California (http://www.nightlight-intl.com) now has a special program for placement of frozen embryonic babies called Snowflakes: http://www.snow flakes.org. [American Life League Communique/October/www.all.org]

Louisiana

A major abortuary in the state, Causeway Medical Center, closed its door due to a lawsuit for malpractice. Louisiana news Leader, September 23, reported that the settlement to the plaintiff was $400,000, but she has yet to receive a dime from the suit. However the case is eventually settled, the important point is the largest abortuary in the state is CLOSED!

Kentucky

The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA, not to be confused with the PCUSA) held its 27th General Assembly this summer, and during their proceedings, reiterated the denomination's condemnation of abortion. The appeal to revisit abortion came from Pennsylvania churches. The recommendations included "approaching the President of the United States, Congressional leaders, and the Chief Justice of the United States with a strong statement against abortion."

Missouri

Governor Mel Carnahan vetoed a partial-birth abortion procedure ban. Carnahan was quoted in St. Louis Post Dispatch, October 3, stating, "the bill bans virtually all abortions back to the sixth week of pregnancy." The bill, named Infant's Protection Act, says "partial separation of a child from the mother with the child's head intact with the torso" is a partially born child, and the bill allows the taking of the life of this partially born child when "a physician using procedures consistent with the usual and customary standard of medical practice to save the life of the mother during pregnancy or birth" proceeds to end the child's life.

Texas

Following a new Texas law just passed by the state legislature, Texas Attorney General John Cornyn informed 2500 state public schools they are now required to present Human Sexuality information that teaches abstinence as the "best answer."

In the letter, sent to the principals, Cornyn stated, "Our public schools no longer are required to teach our children just how to count, but WHAT counts as well. And, no longer is the distribution of condoms 'the answer.' In fact, the law specifically prohibits a school district from distributing condoms in connection with instruction relating to human sexuality."

Cornyn continued, "Yes, there is a method that is 100 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, sexually-transmitted diseases, HIV and the all too often forgotten emotional trauma which accompanies adolescent sexual activity. It's called abstinence . . . and it's the law."

Wisconsin

Yes, some newspapers still report the facts! In Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 12, News Notes, the following was printed: According to the United Nations, Tuesday, October 12, 1999 is the "Day of Six Billion." The UN designated Fatima Nevic's firstborn (from Sarajevo) as the symbolic six billionth baby. While many fear that the world population is growing too fast, the growth rate is really declining, with many nations at below replacement levels.

Nation

March for Life Coming Up

March For Life Education and Defense Fund will sponsor the 27th annual March for Life activities in Washington, DC., January 22-24, 2000. The theme is "My Neighbor is Each Human Being in Existence at Fertilization." Contact them for more information at: 202-LIFE-377 - Fax: 202-543-8202.

Postage Stamp to Promote Adoption

The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that some 110,000 children are in the foster care system, waiting to be adopted. In order to promote public awareness of the situation, the United States Postal Service recently announced that it would issue a commemorative stamp in honor of adoption. Wendy's restaurants founder Dave Thomas, who was adopted as an infant and who has established the Dave Thomas Foundation for adoption, participated in the stamp's unveiling. The brightly colored stamp, which mimics the style of a child's drawing, features a smiling stick-figure boy and girl holding hands with adults with a sunny sky in the background. The Postal Service plans to issue the stamp next summer. To see the stamp, please go on line to www. stampsonline.com.

Safer Sex Takes A Hit

A new study from a safer sex group confirms what abstinence supporters have said for years: promiscuity breeds disease.

The Alan Guttmacher Institute, connected with Planned Parenthood, estimated that two-thirds of all sexually active, unmarried women and teens are at risk of getting a sexually transmitted disease (STD) through multiple sex partners.

Amy Stephens, with Focus on the Family, said the study is another strike against the "safer sex" message. "What this really underscores is that we have a lot of promiscuous people, and it's promiscuity�not lack of condom use�that's creating this spread of sexually transmitted diseases," Stephens said

Clinton Vetoed DC Funding Bill with Pro-Life Provision

President Bill Clinton's pro-death action for October was to veto the District of Columbia appropriations bill. Among other reasons, Clinton cited a pro-life provision that prohibited taxpayer funding of abortion. The District, which relies on tax subsidies, has been prevented by Congress in many previous funding bills from paying for abortions with tax dollars.

Al Gore's Judicial Nominees Would be Pro-Abortion

Pro-abortion Vice President Al Gore said that if elected, he would support abortion on demand through his Supreme Court appointments. "I would not use a litmus test," he said to ABC's Cokie Roberts, adding, "but you could rest assured that a Supreme Court majority appointed in a Gore Administration would support a woman's right to choose" (ABC, "This Week," 10/31).

He explained,

"I am confident ... there are ways to understand whether or not a potential nominee has an interpretation of the Constitution that is consistent with mine; namely that each new generation has to search for the deeper meaning of the Constitution, breathe life into it, and I believe there is a right of privacy in the Constitution."

He added, "Whatever you feel about abortion ... I think that choice should be made by the woman herself, because she's so profoundly affected by it."

When confronted with questions about his hypocritical earlier support of pro-life legislation while a member of Congress, Gore said that in the past, he "wrestled with the question of what circumstances ought to trigger Medicaid funding" of abortions, stating that "over the years, as I have seen more about the attacks on a woman's right to choose and the nature of the controversy, I've come to the strong view that a woman's right to choose has to be protected regardless of the woman's income, regardless of the woman's circumstances."

A Gore campaign aide said the vice president is trying to telegraph his intentions without using the words "litmus test." [Infonet]

International

AIDS helping with population control?

During the recognition of "Day of Six Billion," at the United Nations Population Fund briefing (UNFPA) in Brussels, Jan Fransen, UNFPA representative "joked that AIDS was helping to do the work of population control in Africa." According to a report from Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute, October 14, "Fransen's joke came as he identified three ways by which population growth in Africa can be limited. First he said, is to 'increase mortality,' but reminded the audience that no politician could campaign on such a platform. Second, would be to 'migrate people' out of Africa. And third, he said, is to introduce 'fertility control', which has been UNFPA's work since 1969."

Deadly Ol' England

Not only taxation without representation but lethal medication without representation seems to be the new movement in England. British doctors saw fit to accept the theory that they could play God by refusing food and water to ill people, thus killing patients. Such euthanasia methods can be implemented even against the wishes of family members. New liberalized euthanasia laws (also spelled right-to-kill) were expanded and the result was Mary Olmerod, an 85-year-old woman, was murdered.

The medical killer in question, Dr. Ken Taylor, ordered nurses to withdraw food from Ormerod. He was later given a six-month suspension after being accused of not having carried out an adequate assessment of the patient. His suspension was extended by three months after he failed to show up at a Professional Conduct Committee meeting to ensure correct procedures would be followed in the future.

Murder is murder unless you spell it a-b-o-r-t-i-o-n or e-u-t-h-a-n-a-s-i-a.

London Physician Speaks Out On Sex-Ed

Dr. Trevor Stammers, of St. George's Hospital Medical School in London, stated the sexual activities of Western World Report youth are starting at earlier ages now, causing a negative impact on their sexual health. In an editorial in Postgraduate Medical Journal, October, Stammers noted that, according to a British national survey, though there are extensive sex-ed classes and high distribution of condoms, the rate of teen pregnancies has risen.

Along with general immaturity, Stammers stated there is a high rate of failure and also improper use of the condom. He placed much responsibility for this failure on the media for filtering information from the medical sexual studies, saying, "It is vital to separate media spin from validated evidence of effectiveness."

He might blame the media but we blame Planned Parenthood, who profits from pushing the free sexual revolution on our youth, as well as distributing a product that will fail and then making money from the resulting abortions as well as AIDS and sexually-transmitted disease (STD) testing.

Spanish Judges Oppose Decision to Strip Unborn of Rights: Experts in Bioethics Highlight Contradictions

In statements to the Spanish newspaper "La Razon," Jose Luis Requero, spokesman of the Professional Association of Magistracy, to which most Spanish judges and magistrates belong, said that the ruling of the Constitutional Court, which states that the fetus is not entitled to the right to life, and that embryos can be used for experimentation "breaks with the jurisprudence that the Court itself established on protection of life of the unborn in 1986, where it stated that the fetus needed some kind of protection." [ WELS Lutherans for Life]

Annual Life Chain Update

Worldwide

Ottawa, Canada: Along major roads in the region, hundreds of pro-life demonstrators stood silently for an hour, holding signs: "Abortion kills children." The Life Chain, as the silent vigil was called, took place from 2-3 p.m., across North America, said spokeswoman Wanda Hartlin of Campaign Life Coalition, which organized the event, held annually on the first Sunday in October. At least 600 people took part in the Ottawa region this year, she said, in chains along Eagleson Road, the Vanier Parkway, Montreal Road, St. Laurent Boulevard, Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard, Merivale and Meadowlands roads, Carling Avenue near the Civic Hospital, as well as some rural locations. "To know that people from British Columbia to Newfoundland were also standing for the one hour, and also, it was all the people from the United States, in every town and village. It's just that it's so impressive."

National

Boston, Massachusetts: Cardinal Bernard F. Law joined pro-life supporters at the 13th Annual Respect Life Walk on the Boston Common. Police estimated the crowd at 5,000, but an official at Massachusetts Citizens for Life, which sponsored the march, said more than 15,000 participated.

Detroit, Michigan:Ten years after Michigan pro-lifers began their chain of life protests, they say they've learned at least one thing: TV ads are powerful. Hundreds of activists responded to the ads to join in the Life Chain. They lined metro Detroit streets Sunday to remind passersby, in the words of Dolores Hespen, "that people should take conception seriously."

Kalispell, Montana: In this northwest Montana city with a metropolitan population of about 20,000, approximately 350 people turned out for the event, holding the traditional Life Chain signs, "Abortion Hurts Women" as well as "Abortion Kills Children."

Akron, Ohio:Hundreds of people holding signs and rosaries, and in what they said was the most powerful pro-life symbol, accompanied by their young children. Yesterday's hour-long Life Chain was mostly quiet, prayerful and passive, said Michelle Sawyer, the director of Right to Life of Greater Akron. She said the emphasis was on the spiritual, rather than the political.

San Antonio, Texas: The reasons Debbie Melzow stands on San Pedro Avenue year after year, holding a sign against abortion, are personal. "I lost about 10 would-be family members to abortion," she said. "I've seen what it can do emotionally and physically to women. One of my relatives had a botched abortion, and she still suffers from it." Thousands of San Antonians stood along San Pedro Avenue south of Loop 410 during the eighth annual San Antonio Life Chain. Melzow joined thousands of people for one hour Sunday afternoon in the San Antonio Life Chain to protest the legalization of abortion. People stood on both sides of San Pedro, from Loop 410 to just south of Woodlawn Avenue, carrying signs.

Wayne County, WV: A Life Chain was formed by pro-life supporters at Ceredo-Kenova High School in Wayne County Sunday. One of the protestors said even if just one woman saw their message and changed her stance on abortion, the Life Chain is a success.

More than 800 communities reported Life Chain activities.

A Ray of Hope?

Niles Eldredge, a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History had an article in Time Magazine, November 8, on population predictions affected by environment: Malthus was right. So read a car bumper sticker on a busy New Jersey highway the other day, and it got me thinking about the Rev. Thomas Malthus, the English political economist who gave the "dismal science" its nickname. His "Essay on the Principle of Population," published in 1798, predicted a gloomy future for humanity: our population would grow until it reached the limits of our food supply, ensuring that poverty and famine would persistently rear their ugly faces to the world.

Though Eldridge questions Malthus's projections, he believes "We can, I think, find the inner will to wake up to our current situation, to see the grimmer outlook around the corner and to choose to do something about it. We can stabilize our numbers and temper our patterns of consumption." There is some hope for the elite!

The True Assault is On Parental Consent

In an Arizona Republic article, October 23, a 1996 parental consent law under reconsideration and then rejected by an 11-judge panel, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision was described as a "lawless assault" by three intelligent, dissenting judges.

The Associated Press story explained, "The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a rehearing sought by the state after a ruling by a three-judge panel in June. The panel said the never-enforced 1996 law is unconstitutional because it lacks a time limit for a judge to decide on an abortion for a minor who is unable to consult her parents."

Now there is a strong possibility the decision will be presented for a challenge to the U. S. Supreme Court.

"The panel's opinion in this case was a lawless assault on a legitimate exercise in democratic government by the people of Arizona," Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain said.

The Arizona law would require an unmarried woman under 18 to obtain consent from a parent for an abortion. As an alternative, she could try to persuade a judge, in a confidential proceeding, that an abortion without consent was in her best interest. The law is similar to a Minnesota law with the exception of specifying the time in which a decision would be made by a court.

The law was presumably rejected for the wording, "promptly and without delay," was not specific enough.

It seems it is much more specific than Roe v. Wade, which allows the killing of an innocent child for the sake of health of the mother.

The Facts and the Opinion

The Facts:

By Katherine Sabelko

International news was made when the Catholic Church offered a 12-year-old girl financial help so that she would not have to have an abortion. Though the Catholic Church has always offered aids to women in crisis pregnancies, pro-abortion groups lashed out in this incident, exposing their true goals - kill as many babies as they can possibly kill.

London papers announced "the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland has revealed that it is paying the bills of an impoverished 12-year-old-girl to prevent her from having an abortion."

The article in The Arizona Republic, October 12, Church pays bills of pregnant child, by Sue Leeman, not only covered those facts but also quoted the rabid pro-abortion spokespersons:

We are talking of money being offered to a child to keep a baby, which removes choice." .....Sarah Colborn head of the National Abortion Campaign.

"Offering 12-year-olds cash for babies is tantamount to bribery." ....Sue Carroll, Daily Mirror [London] staff writer.

"Offering financial incentives in the initial stages to keep a baby is ignoring the long-term difficulties that teenage mothers often face -- disrupted education, isolation, poverty, depression." ...Anne Weyman, chief executive of the Family Planning Association.

This story on its own should be a huge incentive for every parish in the United States to begin a crisis pregnancy program for women in need of counseling, funds and loving care. Women in need "ain't" goin' to get it out there!

And the Opinion!

By Sue Widemark

Taunts of pro-choice advocates have told us for years, "If you are against abortion, why don't you pay for the 'unwanted' children?"

And of course, we've known for years that whereas pro- choice advocates never pay for women to have abortions (words are cheap), clinics supporting mothers of unborn children, run primarily by the donations (money and hours) of pro-lifers, are in every city.

Recently we heard about the Catholic church offering to pay the bills of a young girl of 13 in her fifth month of pregnancy, a ward of the state of Arizona who was having an abortion against her will. The pro-abortion media, anxious to emphasize the youth of the girl and the governor who wanted the abortion to take place quickly, ignored the offers of the Catholic church, reported in small print.

However, this week, the Catholic church's continued support of unwed mothers in order to save their babies has come to the national news. In Ireland, a 12-year-old, indigent, not wanting an abortion, went to a clinic run by the Catholic church which promptly began to pay all the bills for the young lady's pregnancy.

Of course, we didn't expect the pro aborts to remain quiet, but their hue and cries have a rather ridiculous ring - they are accusing the Catholic church of 'bribing' the young girl to keep her baby (despite the fact that the young lady made it very clear that she did NOT want an abortion)!

This whole event brings up so clearly that whatever the pro-life movement does, it's 'wrong' to the pro aborts. Will the 'average citizen' see through the antics and lies of the pro aborts?

December 12th

Our Lady of Quadalupe has been titled as the Protectress of the Unborn and is the Patroness for CoR.

We have included a flyer with important information on an International Day of Prayer on Her feast day, December 12.

This is a messages we received from The Lady of Quadalupe, Inc. working to sponsor prayer at abortion mills:

We have written to the head bishop of each diocese and over 30 dioceses participating in this Prayer for Life. The number is growing. With approximately 1000 abortion sites (advertising in the yellow pages) and over 17,000 parishes, we would like your parishes to be involved as much as possible. You may call your Respect Life Office of your diocese to see if they will be participating.
We could also use more contacts from various places around the country. California, Florida, New York, Texas, and Michigan (we are based in Michigan, but need northern Michigan contacts) has the largest numbers of abortion sites, and we need many contacts in these areas. Please call your pro-life friends in various parts of the country and tell them about this mission. If there are more than one site in your local area, please consider splitting up your group to cover these sites. If there are very few sites in your area, please consider praying with Our Lady in front of abortion referral centers.
Thank you and God bless all you are doing. We are very excited about this beautiful feast day and the response from over 30 bishops. We are hoping for a miracle of course, but at least many more people will feel a call to pray at the abortion site.