Pro-Aborts Quick to Criticize

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – It doesn’t take long for abortion advocates to come out swinging with attacks on Senator John McCain’s new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Nancy Keenan, the president of NARAL, sent LifeNews.com an email just hours after the selection saying she’s too pro-life for their taste.

“Now we know what we’re up against, with Sen. John McCain’s announcement moments ago that anti-choice Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is his pick for vice president,” she said.

“By picking Palin, we now risk having two anti-choice extremists who will push a rigid anti-choice agenda,” she griped. “Any remaining doubts about McCain’s extreme anti-choice position should be put to rest when voters learn about the combined anti-choice records of Palin and McCain.” (full story here)

VP Pick

VoteYesForLife.com is absolutely thrilled with the announcement of Sarah Palin as John’s McCain’s Vice-Presidential candidate.  What a excellent choice!!!  Sarah is the current Governor of Alaska.  Prior to governorship she was the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska for two terms.  When elected she became the first woman to be Alaska’s governor and the youngest governor in Alaskan history at 42. 

 

Sarah is strongly pro-life and belongs to Feminist for Life of America, a leading pro-woman, pro-life organization that has championed reducing abortions by helping pregnant and parenting students with financial aid and other resources.  

 

Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd are the parents of five children.  Her fifth child Trig was born with Down syndrome.  As many as 80 percent of unborn children diagnosed with Down syndrome become victims of abortion, but ending the pregnancy was not an option the Palin’s would take.  The day after Trig’s birth, Todd & Sarah Palin released the following statement, “Trig is beautiful and already adored by us.  We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives.  We have faith that every baby is created for good purpose and has potential to make this world a better place.  We are truly blessed.” 

 

VoteYesForLife.com is so very encouraged by such a strong pro-life Vice-Presidential candidate!!!  

Don’t Forget!

If you are heading to either LifeLight or the South Dakota State Fair this weekend, remember to wear your VoteYesForLife.com t-shirt!  Send anyone who asks about Initiated Measure 11 to our booth for more information and to sign a pledge form.

Elevens Everywhere

Elevens seem to be popping up everywhere:

• Planned Parenthood’s building number is 6511 on W 41st Street.  If you add 6 and 5, you get 11.  There are two 11′s in their address!
• VoteYesForLife.com’s PO Box is 461…that also adds up to 11!
• The month Initiated Measure 11 will be voted on is November.  That is the 11th month! 

Maybe it is a weird coincidence.  Or maybe… 

Profile: Former Abortionist Dr. Bernard Nathanson

The following article is reprinted from citizenlink.com.

Dr. Bernard Nathanson is personally responsible for 75,000 abortions.  He is the co-founder of NARAL–the National Abortion Rights Action League–and for years ran the largest abortion clinic in the world.  Today, Nathanson is a leading life advocate and…(read more)

The Continuing Healing

“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth, only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.” – C.S. Lewis

Below is another exerpt taken from the book Redeeming a Father’s Heart.  If you haven’t already, read this post for more on how abortion affects men.

In my eyes my future remained clear. One of us was in love and it wasn’t me. I knew what needed to be done. I bought into the multitude of lies that our society so eagerly spread and my government and lawmakers so readily deemed “best” for me. No problem, no guilt. All I had to do was write an inexpensive check and that “problem” would easily go away.

            I was looking for comfort when I should have been seeking the truth. Instead, I regurgitated the same lies and used all the common excuses to not live up to my responsibility; I was in college, too young (she was even younger), no money, in no way ready to be a father, and again, I knew she and I had no future together.

            The lie that sealed the deal? It’s only a “blob of tissue. It’s not a baby until sometime later,” I was told. However, no one could tell me exactly when that time was. This dehumanizing of the baby was the biggest lie of all. This final lie closed the deal to how I was able to completely disconnect from the truth of what was about to take place and decide to have the abortion.

 

 

 

Measure speaks of who we are: Vote yes on Initiated Measure 11

Initiative Eleven is a reflection of who we are as a people in South Dakota, a reflection of our values and love of life.  It speaks to our culture that cherishes children and the true rights of their mothers. It speaks to the sovereignty of South Dakota that chooses to assert its own values and have those values reflected in the laws of our State. An abortion terminates the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being.  Our state was the first state in our nation to require an abortion doctor to disclose this biological fact to a pregnant mother considering submitting to an abortion. The entire U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that it is proper for our state to require disclosure of that fact.  In the public hearings over the past five years before our legislature and a special Abortion Task Force, almost 2,000 women testified, in person, or in writing, about the pain, despair, isolation, depression and even attempted suicides resulting from their realization that they were involved in terminating the life of their own child.  The pain of these women was so profound that even the hardest of hearts were moved to compassion and tears.  Initiative 11 was drafted by South Dakota’s Attorney General and a panel of 11 legal experts.  It is well thought out, and well crafted to meet the wishes of the majority of South Dakotans.  It eliminates the use of abortion as a means of “birth control.”  While many would like to see a prohibition on abortion without exceptions, this bill reflects the will of the majority to limit use of abortions only to those circumstances where the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, or where there is a substantial risk of serious permanent injury or death to the mother. A mother’s unique relationship with her child during pregnancy is the most intimate, most important, and one most worthy of protection.  The unique bond between mother and child creates a human relationship that may be the most rewarding in all of life. As the South Dakota Abortion Task Force wrote in 2005, we have a duty to choose life over death; the mother’s beautiful interest in her child’s life over its destruction; the protection of innocent children over the misguided philosophies and trends in social thought that come and go. If there are any self-evident and universal truths that can act for the human race as a guide or light in which social and human justice can be grounded, they are these: that life has intrinsic value; that each individual human being is unique and irreplaceable; that the cherished role of a mother and her relationship with her child, at every moment of life, has intrinsic worth and beauty; and that this relationship, its unselfish nature and its role in the survival of the race is the touchstone and core of all civilized society.  Its denigration is the denigration of the human race. This relationship,  its beauty, its survival, its benefits to the mother and child, its benefits to society, all rest in the self-evident truth that a mother is not the owner of her child’s life – she is the trustee of it.  Vote “yes” on 11 Nov. 4. Give South Dakota’s unborn a voice.

Letters to the Editor

More babies will benefit S.D.

Like Dave L. Wegner wrote in his letter in the Aug. 3 Argus Leader, I, too, “am old enough to remember when rules for girls basketball were quite different from boys rules.”  In fact, I played under those rules in Iowa.  Wegner in his letter discussed how women’s roles in society have changed to explain why he supports abortion.  He opposes three ways South Dakota citizens have sought to limit or end abortion.  First, Wegner calls anti-abortion ballot initiatives “harmful and costly.”  However, saving the lives of unborn babies keeps them from harm.  Also, South Dakota, with its aging and shrinking population, most likely would benefit financially from having more babies born – not fewer.  Second, Wegner opposes what he calls “teeny, tiny unsound rules enacted by elected officials.”  I assume he refers to legislative attempts to require women seeking abortions to see ultrasound images of their “teeny, tiny” unborn babies.  Seeing the life growing inside them makes some women change their minds.  That possibility annoys abortion advocates.  Third, Wegner derides “holier-than-hour pharmacists who refuse to honor medically necessary doctor prescriptions.”  Accuracy compels me to note that almost all abortions are elective, meaning performed for personal reasons rather than medical reasons.  In 1973, I was playing under the “old” girls basketball rules.  That was the year the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion.  In 2008, my two daughters and two sons enjoy playing basketball according to the current rules.  Tragically, since 1973 more than 35 million girls and boys have missed the opportunity to participate in basketball or in any other activities.  By having abortions, their mothers have taken them out of the game.  —Bonnie J. Reinders

Give babies a chance

We have some good news in South Dakota: Sen. Tim Johnson’s health has improved, and he says he has been given a second chance.  Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is going to have a baby.  I would hope the good news that is coming is that Johnson now will vote to give unborn babies a first chance.  I also feel that when Herseth Sandlin realizes the miracle of the birth of a baby, she never will vote with the pro-choice people again.  The fact that only one or two doctors in South Dakota will perform an abortion speaks for itself as being a terrible wrong. —Wilbur P. Foss

Abortion is legal murder

Life is full of choices, and no matter what we choose to do, there are consequences for which we are responsible.  If you choose to buy a house that is too expensive for your budget, you are responsible for that choice.  If the bank gives you a loan without considering your income, it is responsible for that.  Every choice has a consequence.  If a woman chooses to have unprotected sex, she is responsible for that choice.  If she becomes pregnant, that is the consequence of her choice.  She has the right to choose her action, but she does not have the right over another life within her.  She does not have the right to end that life.  The law says you cannot take another’s life.  The young woman from Clear Lake accused of murdering her newborn baby has been indicted for first-degree murder and is facing a life sentence, according to the news.  If this woman had chosen to end that life before birth, it would be “legal.”  If a pregnant woman is murdered, the perpetrator is charged with two murders.  This is a contradiction of our law.  It is murder of the unborn child if someone else does it, but it is legal if it is your own baby.  How did legal murder ever become a law in our own country?  Pregnancy is the consequence of a choice for which the woman is responsible except in the case of rape.  The baby deserves to life.  Even in a case of rape, the baby is not at fault.  She or he deserves to live.  Somebody would be happy to adopt it. —Sylvia J. Veltkamp

Now

Ask yourselves, “If not you, who, if not now, when?”

Abortion Hurts Fathers

The following excerpt is taken from the book Redeeming a Father’s Heart and clearly illustrates how impacting an abortion is on men, the oft forgotten victims of abortion. 

 

“I left the Air Force in 1993, returned to my home town and got a job in retail. I soon ran into Andrea, a childhood friend whom I hadn’t seen in years. She had just moved back from New York and had a five-month-old daughter named Kelly. Andrea and I started hanging out together and our relationship quickly became sexual. I bonded well with Kelly and before long, we decided to get an apartment together.

            “It didn’t take long for me to realize I enjoyed family life, so I asked Andrea to marry me, and she agreed. We didn’t make much money, but I worked hard to support Andrea and Kelly and was getting frequent promotions at work. Then on e day I came home from work and Andrea told me she was pregnant. I was thrilled! Kelly was almost three years old and now she’d have a baby brother or sister. I told everyone in my family and at work that I was going to be a daddy.

            “At first, Andrea seemed happy about the pregnancy. But after a few weeks, things started to change. She was saying things like, “I’m not sure if we’re ready for another child,” and “We can’t afford to have a baby right now.” I tried to assure her that we’d be fine. I offered to get a second job so I could better support her and the kids. But her doubts and fears increased and finally she told me she was considering abortion. Suddenly, I felt terrified. I had never given much thought about abortion and hadn’t even considered the possibility of abortion our own child. For me, that just wasn’t an option. I was excited about being a father and didn’t want to lose this child.

            “Our discussions turned into arguments. Our arguments turned into fights. It was impossible to have a civilized conversation about it. We were on opposite ends of the spectrum. Every time I tried to plead with her to keep our child, she would tell me it wasn’t my decision…that it was her body and her choice. I even offered that if she just had the baby, then I would raise it on my own. I became so desperate that I went to a lawyer to see if I could stop her. Unfortunately, he told me there was no legal action I could take. As a father, I had no rights until the child was born. I thought it was iron that man could go to jail for not paying child support, but could do nothing to protect his unborn child.

            “It was on February 25^th, 1995 that my life changed forever. Andrea had gone to the clinic and had the abortion while I was at work. The last thing I remember after hearing the news was lying in the parking lot of a bar screaming at the top of my lungs.

            “The next several months were just a blur. Andrea and I didn’t talk for a long time, and when we did, the conversations were heated. But somehow we worked things out and I moved back in with her. But things would never be the same. I started having anger issues, had trouble staying focused on my job and would often break down and cry from depression. Andrea also seemed depressed at times and started exhibiting reckless behaviors. Eventually our relationship collapsed and she moved out.

            “My depression was getting worse and I was angry all the time at everything and everyone. I was drinking heavily and started using drugs. I was having trouble sleeping at night and my job performance began to suffer. I was stricken with panic attacks that seem to come for no reason and without warning. I decided to see a psychiatrist before I lost all control. He identified that fact that my problems stemmed from the abortion, diagnosed me with sever depression and borderline psychosis, and prescribed medications for depression, anxiety and sleeplessness.

            “All the medications seemed to just cloud my head instead of making me feel better, so I continued using illegal drugs and alcohol on top of the medications.

            “Finally, I reached a point where I felt there was no hope. I figured no one would ever understand, that I must be crazy for even feeling a sense of loss, and that I would never get better. Life was no longer worth living. So I sat at my dining room table with the last bottle of sleeping pills I had. “This will be easy” I thought to myself. I would just swallow these pills, lay down, fall asleep and never wake up.

            “I poured the pills into my hand and as I raised them to put them in my mouth, I was suddenly overcome by a feeling of intense warmth over my entire body and complete peace. My mouth was open and my hand was only a few inches away, yet there I sat, frozen, staring at the wall. All of a sudden, with an earthquake-like shudder, the pills flew out of my hand and I collapse to the floor sobbing like a child. For the next 45 minutes or so, I laid there on the floor crying, trying to figure out what had just happened. Then, in a moment, I felt compelled to grab the phone book. I didn’t know what I was looking for, but I flipped it open and right there on the first page I came to was an ad with large print asking if I was ‘Looking for a new home?’ It was an ad for a church.

            “I started going to church services every Sunday and absorbed everything I could about God’s love, mercy and grace. I didn’t like the way the medications made me feel, so without my psychiatrist’s permission, I took myself off the meds. I also quit using drugs and was able to cut back drinking to a responsible level. I came across a book … called Men and Abortion: A Path to Healingby Dr. Catherin Coyle. Here was someone who knew exactly what I had been through and I discovered that I wasn’t alone. There were other men, just like me, who had walked this path before, which was very helpful to my healing.