I was annoyed in no small way this morning when I read a piece by The Washington Post that discussed Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's position on abortion. Just how committed she is to one view or another remains to be seen–something that has some Pro-Abortion leaders apprehensive at the moment.
Pampers has released a brilliant iPad app that clearly repudiates the pro-abortion claim that a woman's unborn child is nothing more than a "clump of cells."
WATCH VIDEO
Women Who Have Abortions Four Times More Likely to Abuse Drugs, Alcohol | Life News
This is the kinda stuff Planned Parenthood won't tell you because it's bad business.
The Trustworthiness of Beards | Percolator
Babies know the difference between good and evil at six months, study reveal | Mail Online
Obama Nominates Pro-Abort Elena Kagan for Supreme Court | Life Site News
Just in case you missed it.
Since the last week of April, victories have been won and momentum is building in the state of Florida on behalf of the unborn. Seeing that we have not yet come out from this great battle, here is an update and report of these past events, which, I pray will stir faith and urgency in your spirits and give some direction in these coming days.
Every Wednesday morning for the past six months or so, our Bound4LIFE Tallahassee chapter has been conducting a Silent Siege in front of the FL Supreme Court and the FL Capitol. Some weeks we have clear strategies to pray for; others we simply take our place on the wall and stand for God's burdens (Ez 22:30).
Last week, our team had been invited by a few pro-life representatives to meet and pray with them after our morning Siege. This meeting unfortunately was canceled as members of the House were debating bills and passing laws as it was the last week of session. We heard that there was some pro-life legislation hopefully to be presented in the Senate. To be honest, this was surprisingly under the radar to us and seemingly came out of nowhere. So, to the Senate gallery we went.
Today is a national day of prayer. If you’re saying “wait, that was last week,” then that’s the whole point. On May 6, most of the people in this nation who call themselves Christians probably said a prayer for the nation and possibly even attended a prayer gathering in their cities. There was a national excitement and fervor, and this was further fueled by the controversy over Franklin Graham being disinvited to pray at the Pentagon, as well as Judge Crabb in WI who called the day unconstitutional. But that’s not good enough.
We serve a God who tells us to ask (James 4:2; Matthew 7:7—the verb tense here means to keep on asking). On the National Day of Prayer, it’s actually cool to pray but what do we do when it’s not? Are we committed to pray for life and justice, or are we responding only to trends?
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This morning at 10AM President Obama will announce Elena Kagan to replace John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. Stevens just celebrated his 90th birthday last month. Kagan just turned 50 and, if confirmed, will be the youngest person currently serving on the Court.
The buzz on the Hill is that President Obama could announce his nomination for the Supreme Court as early as Monday. And the person heavily favored for the empty seat is Solicitor General Elena Kagan.
Life News featured a heart gripping story written by former PA. Senator Rick Santorum. His perspective on the sanctity of life is uniquie as he has fought for the unborn and those typically scheduled for abortion both on and off Capitol Hill.
"Incompatible with life." The doctor's words kept echoing in my head as I held my sobbing wife, Karen, just four days after the birth of our eighth child, Isabella Maria.
Bella was born with three No. 18 chromosomes, rather than the normal two. The statistics were heartbreaking: About 90 percent of children with the disorder, known as trisomy 18, die before or during birth, and 90 percent of those who survive die within the first year.
Bella was baptized that day, and then we spent every waking hour at her bedside, giving her a lifetime's worth of love and care. However, not only did she not die; she came home in just 10 days.
Happy Mother’s Day! Happy Birthday to “The Pill”!
In what can only be seen as an ironic twist of events the birth control pill turns 50 this Sunday, May 9th… which also happens to be Mother’s Day. I read an AP article chronicling the history of the pill which you can read here.
Birth control cleared the path for legalized abortion. Although the pill was intended to prevent unwanted pregnancies the article states that “nearly half of all pregnancies to U.S. women are unintended and nearly half of those end in abortion”. There was no legalized abortion before the pill, but since its legalization more women started having sex outside of marriage; resulting in the need to REALLY take care of those pesky little “unwanted pregnancies”.
"Free government is founded in jealousy, not confidence. It is jealousy and not confidence which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind those we are obliged to trust with power.... In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in men, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."
- Thomas Jefferson
