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(05/07/13) "United Methodists are
supposed to be the people who speak up for those who have no
voice, who take up the case of the marginalized, the abused and
the victimized. If we want to be faithful to that heritage today
and in the days to come, we must be the voice both of the
preborn and the newly born, and so must our denominational
agencies and Social Principles. We should be able to count on
them to defend the defenseless and care for the destitute. This
is our opportunity to stand for righteousness and against
injustice. We must not miss it."
(04/23/13) "Sometimes silence is
deafening. In the case of major media silence on the trial of
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who is charged with mass murder of
defenseless newborns, it is also sickening. The horror is only
amplified as it comes on the heels of the defense of infanticide
by a Planned Parenthood representative in testimony before the
Florida House of Representatives, a story that also received
little coverage. Despite the lack of media coverage, word has
spread about these events by means of social media sharing and
commentary."
(04/16/13) April is Abortion
Recovery Month. "Abortion Recovery helps individuals and
families overcome the emotional and psychological complications
that are often experienced after an abortion. Recovery is often
free, always confidential and is available to ANYONE impacted by
the loss of a child by abortion. Abortion Recovery changes your
life forever. It gives you a sense of personal peace which heals
internal brokenness, repairs relationships and brings back
intimate friendships. Recovery gives a new beginning to life
following an abortion."
(04/09/13)
"Not once in her testimony did the Planned Parenthood
representative say the newborn baby has a right to life. Not
once did she say anyone has a duty to care for the child.
Whether the living, breathing child survives is up to the adults
in the room because, as we now know, Planned Parenthood doesn’t
believe the baby has rights."
Note: links to the video and portions of the Planned Parenthood
representative's comments are included in the article.
(04/02/13)
"I didn’t completely dislike my job as an
abortion clinic
director when I left. However, I certainly had reservations
about the work we were doing. Those reservations grew stronger
after I was called in to assist with an abortion."
(03/26/13) April is Abortion
Recovery Month. Help and healing is available. For more
information, please contact Abortion Recovery InterNational,
located in Irvine, California and online at
www.abortionrecovery.org. Someone is there to listen and to
help.
(03/19/13) "As defined by Simpson of
SisterSong (a health group for women of color that has promoted
the new phrasing), reproductive justice means 'the right to have
a child, the right not to have a child and the right to parent
your children and control your birthing and childrearing
options.' This term encompasses not just the stand-alone subject
of abortion, but the greater socioeconomic, political and racial
context surrounding it."
(03/12/13) "The unborn baby’s heart
begins to beat on the 21st day after conception."
Source: “The First Nine Months”
brochure, published by Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs,
CO., c.1990.
(03/05/13) "They [the women] are
never allowed to look at the ultrasound because we knew that if
they so much as heard the heart beat, they wouldn't want to have
an abortion."
Out of obedience to Jesus Christ, the
Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality (TUMAS) will
work to create in church and society esteem for human life at its most
vulnerable, specifically for the unborn child and for the Woman who
contemplates abortion. Therefore, TUMAS's first goal is to win the
hearts and minds of United Methodists, to engage in abortion-prevention
through theological, pastoral and social emphases that support human
life."
RTÉ's Six One news covered the Millward Brown opinion poll launched
today which shows that a majority of the public favor protection of the
unborn in Ireland, while preserving existing medical practice which
safeguards women's lives.
You can view the short bulletin by clicking on the image below:
video
below