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Bishop Timothy Whitaker in Lifewatch SPECIAL REPORT June 1, 2020: “The United Methodist Church is poised on the edge of a great divide in 2021. It seems probable that the Church will split into at least two main bodies with perhaps several other groups going their own ways for a while. Because of our pattern over recent…

In the May 2020 issue of First Things, Kevin M. Watson, Assistant Professor of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, observes: As a corporate body, the UMC in America is functionally in accord with progressive sexual morality, even if its official positions are not. Put sharply, while progressives have failed repeatedly over…

Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life and president of the National Pro-Life Religious Council (of which Lifewatch is a member) tweets this:  “The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the USA from the start of the outbreak has now reached approximately the number of children killed IN A SINGLE DAY in our country by abortion.” Here’s the math:…

Heard at the Lifewatch Annual Worship Service on Friday, January 24, at Simpson Memorial Chapel in Washington, D.C. Said by Rev. Dr. David Watson, professor of New Testament and vice president for academic affairs and academic dean at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio: ​ “Everything came into being through the Word of God—everything: planets,…

Editor’s Note: The following statement was released on January 31, 2019, by New York Area Resident Bishop, Thomas J. Bickerton, and Upper New York Area Resident Bishop, Mark J. Webb, about the Reproductive Health Act that was signed into New York State law in January. Grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ!…

“Today, I have signed a letter to Congress to make clear that if they send any legislation to my desk that weakens the protection of human life, I will issue a veto. And, we have the support to uphold those vetoes. Every child is a sacred gift from God.” Source: President Donald Trump, speech to…

“HHS was not sufficiently assured that the contract [with Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc.] included the appropriate protections applicable to fetal tissue research…. As a result, that contract has been terminated, and HHS is now conducting an audit of all acquisitions involving human fetal tissue….” See press release

“Primary nationwide abortion statistics for the United States are available from two sources—privately from the Guttmacher Institute (AGI) and publicly from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Guttmacher’s numbers, published every three years, come from direct surveys of all known and suspected abortion providers in the United States. The CDC numbers, published annually, are derived from actual counts of…

“Despite Planned Parenthood’s public rhetoric as well as state and federal laws requiring it to report suspected [child sexual] abuse, its failure to report has been deliberate and widespread.” Read more

“The National Abortion Federation (NAF) dismissed seven out of eleven claims on Friday [July 20] against pro-life journalist David Daleiden and his organization, the Center for Medical Progress (CMP). In 2015, NAF sued David and CMP after they began releasing undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s trafficking of baby body parts.” Read more

Kelsey Grammer told the UK Times that it “gets a bit dishonest to call something reproductive rights when you clearly have a choice well before a baby is conceived.” Read more

“Courtesy of science, images and even videos of children curled up, thumbs in their mouths, have been imprinted on our cultural consciousness. And no one who seriously reckons with these images or is not willfully blind can call what they depict as mere ‘blobs of tissue.’ And therein lies the problem for pro-choice activists.” Read more

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” Source: John 8:36 (New International Version)

“Today, in a 5-4 win, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in NIFLA v. Becerra, striking down a 2015 California state law that forced pro-life medical clinics to promote abortion by posting abortion advertisements on their websites and waiting room walls. The decision marks a resounding victory for pregnancy help centers” Read more

“The development of pregnancy is counted from the first day of your last normal period, even though the development of the fetus does not begin until conception. …. ‘Gestational age’ is the age of the pregnancy from the last normal menstrual period (LMP), and ‘fetal age’ is the actual age of the growing baby.” Read more

Efforts are underway in Illinois to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment which failed in the 1970’s. Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, says, “It’s no coincidence that every organization that supports abortion in the United States also supports ratification of the ERA. They know what this deceptive amendment will accomplish – the…

“We celebrate you, Katharine. We celebrate your life … and we celebrate all lives. We celebrate the loving choice of adoption. Katharine reminds us that every life is sacred, and that every child is a precious gift from God, so true. As the Lord says in Jeremiah, ‘Before I formed you in the womb, I…

Surrounded by moms and babies, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new law Friday [May 4] to prohibit abortions after an unborn baby has a detectable heartbeat. Read more  

Since the birth of The United Methodist Church in 1968, the Social Principles’ paragraph on abortion has been contested. …. This Social Principle has now been revised – thoroughly, in the GBCS’s draft proposal for 2020. Read more