Losing the Abortion Debate, Planned Parenthood Abandons the Term “Pro-Choice”

Check out the change of terminology by Planned parenthood.

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THE ASTONISHING ORIGIN OF AMERICA'S 'GREATEST' ABORTION PROVIDER IS A DARK ONE INDEED

Michael Brown's article from Spiritdaily, Aug 21st 2014, entitled "The Astonishing Origin of America's Greatest Abortion Provider is a Dark One Indeed" hits the nail on the head about Planned Parenthood.

It is quite telling of this organization's evil roots and operation. Please pray for the employees of PP and their families; for their conversion and that they see the Light.

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Planned Parenthood of the Fingerlakes Alarming Statitistics

If you look at the Fingerlakes Planned Parenthood “Time to Build” website page, you’ll see some alarming statistics.

 

http://www.atimetobuildpp.org/

  

These quotes from the webpage show why the Corning area needs to immediately establish a Pro-Life Family Center.  We need to offer real services to our community as an alternative to the devastation that Planned Parenthood delivers:

  

“Today, PPSFL operates five health centers across the Southern Finger Lakes region, in Ithaca, Elmira, Corning, Hornell, and Watkins Glen.  Our award-winning educators visit schools, places of worship, and community centers in every county we serve…”

 

Planned Parenthood is very successful in reaching out to teens and ‘tweens, many who are not in any way seeking a warped view of sexuality.  And unsuspecting parents in our area are sending their kids off to school, Summer Cohesion, YMCA, Big Brother/Big Sister, Girl Scouts, and other youth groups without any idea that their children are being indoctrinated by Planned Parenthood!

 

“In 2012,…programming staff reached almost 14,000 people with essential information about sexuality, decision-making, sexual assault, and much more…Some providers offer some of the services we provide at PPSFL, but there is no single agency in our four-county region that provides all of the services that PPSFL does for all patients, regardless of income or insurance coverage. 

 

Unfortunately, we know that three new “state of the art” comprehensive agencies here soon!  Planned Parenhood will gain the trust of our youth in schools and youth programs, and they will even be given free contraception.  When the contraception fails (as we know it does because more than 50% of girls who seek abortion report that they were using contraception at the time they became pregnant) then our local Planned Parenthood will be ready to step in and provide chemical abortions up to 7 weeks, and surgical abortions up to the very time of delivery. (The cost escalates with the length of gestation.)  Our youth will be victims of the very organization that works so hard to encourage them to experiment with their sexuality!

 

 

FINGERLAKES PLANNED PARENTHOOD 2012 STATISTICS

 

Here are some revealing statistics from the Fingerlakes Planned Parenthood website.  All are from 2012, the most recent year that the government requires them to release.  

 

http://www.atimetobuildpp.org/

 

·         69% of Planned Parenthood clients are 150% below poverty level

 

Margaret Sanger’s dream of eliminating “undesirables” continues to be Planned Parenthood’s mission here in the Corning area!  The children of the poor are being eliminated every day!

  

·         1,178 abortions in the 4 county area

 

This is an enormous number of abortions for an area that is lightly populated! What’s worse is that this number will undoubtedly increase dramatically when surgical abortions become available in Corning and girls will no longer have to travel to Binghamton for an abortion!

 

              ·         Less than 32% of patients have private insurance

 

More than two-thirds of the clients who turn to Planned Parenthood are being paid for by taxpayers! 

 

CAMPAIGN PROGRESS

 

According the Planned Parenthood’s TIME TO BUILD webpage, the fundraising project is in Phase II.  The website lists donors for each phase:

 

http://www.atimetobuildpp.org/gifts-to-date.html

 

 

Not surprisingly, Corning Inc. and its executives are listed as donors along with the Community Foundation of Thompkins, and Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning.  (Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, was connected to the Houghton family who founded Corning Incorporated.)

 

 

OTHER CORPORATE DONORS:

·         M& T Bank

·         Legacy

·         CSP Management (a realty firm in Ithaca)

·         Vector Magnetics (providing services and instruments for the drilling industry)

 

 

GRANT AGENCY DONOR

·         J.M. McDonald Foundation is also listed (a foundation serving the New York region, apparently with ties to Cornell University)

 

OTHER DONORS

·         Numerous individuals

·         7 anonymous donors

 

 
More information will follow as it is released by Planned Parenthood.  At this time, their website states that work to the Corning facility is scheduled for “late 201

Healing After Abortion

It’s hard to imagine a pain greater than that experienced by a mother or father after aborting their child, but we know that the Blessed Mother experienced unparalleled suffering as she watched her Son die on the cross. The Blessed Mother knows the depth of all suffering, and when Jesus entrusted her to us from the cross, she became our Mother too.  The most loving and tenderhearted of mothers, she always goes “in haste” to Jesus whenever a child asks for her help.  Mary is united with Jesus in wanting us to be united with Him, so there is no sin that can keep us away from God!  Let us turn to our heavenly Mother in our sorrow and our pain, knowing that she will bring us immediately to Jesus, who grants His Mother’s every request.

New York committee kills Gov. Cuomo’s radical abortion expansion bill

A bill championed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo that would have radically expanded abortion in the state has died in a Republican-controlled state Senate committee. The Reproductive Health Act (S. 438), introduced by Democratic conference leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, failed a vote in the Senate Health Committee by a party-line vote of 9-7.

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A Splendid Fitting Quote

“Let us today ask Saint Paul to give us …apostolic courage, this spiritual fervor, so that we might be confident. “But Father, (you might say), “we might make mistakes…”“Well, what of it,” I might respond, “Get on with you: if you make a mistake, you get up and go forward: that is the way. Those who do not walk in order not to err, make the more serious mistake.” (Pope Francis)

Congressman: Seeing My Son Respond to My Voice in the Womb Made Me Pro-Life

Congressman Mark Meadows from North Carolina gave a moving speech during th edebate leading up to the passage of a bill that would ban taxpayer financing of abortions. For the article in full you can read  Here

Bishop Matano joins faithful for the March for Life

Yes Bishop Matano joined us for the March. A true Shepherd indeed. read about it Here

Greed, Fear, and The Holy Innocents

When Herod ordered the murder of all the male Hebrew babies up to age two, those babies who died because of Christ became known as “The Holy Innocents”.  Since the legalization of abortion in America in 1973, more than 50 million babies have died from abortion and are today’s “Holy Innocents”.   There are some startling resemblances and differences between the two.
 

An estimated 4,000 Hebrew babies died because of one man’s fear and greed.  Filled with greed and envy, Herod misused his power.  His decree was a desperate act to eliminate a child who he feared would become his political rival.  As a result, the slain babies have been remembered for more than 2,000 years.   Herod’s evil act created the first of thousands upon thousands of red martyrs who have died for Jesus.  One can only imagine the horror and shock of the parents of these babies.  The Bible only tells us that “Rachel would not be consoled”. 

 

 It seems ironic that nearly the same number of babies that died at Herod’s decree die each day in America through abortion, very sadly, with the assent of their mothers.  Abortion is legal because of the greed of an industry making millions of dollars in profit each year.   Mothers turn to abortion for a very different reason - fear.  In most cases, the father has either abandoned the mother or is pressuring her to abort.  She fears the loss of the relationship if she doesn’t comply.  She fears parenting on her own. She fears losing her job or that the demands of parenting will force her to quit work or school.  She fears the loss of her goals and dreams, having to depend on the government for her very existence, and being plunged in poverty.  She fears disappointing her parents, being thrown out of her home and disowned.  And because women who abort report that they would have continued the pregnancy if they had had just one person to turn to for encouragement and emotional support, it is clear that the mothers seeking abortion fear isolation and abandonment most of all.  In the end, though, when a person kills her own child, she ends up feeling like a monster and this isolates her from everyone.  Common after-effects of abortion may include but are not limited to self-loathing, depression, alcohol and drug abuse, failure to bond with others, self-destructive behaviors, and sleep disorders.
 

Aborted babies will likely be remembered in history in the same way that the Hebrew babies are remembered - as innocents whose deaths were sanctioned by an unjust government.  As Bishop Fulton Sheen said, “Laws are only laws when they comply with the will of God.”  Since it is God who creates life and who told us, “Thou shall not kill”, we know that the destruction of these children is a grievous violation against His law.  And yet, our nation’s Democratic party promotes abortion as a plank of its platform. Like Herod, greed and fear of the loss of power motivate the Democratic party to promote the murder of our nation’s unborn babies.

 

Still, the blood of our aborted babies can not be restricted to the shoulders of the parents of the babies, the abortion workers, and the politicians who defend abortion.   Just as when our country allowed slavery, our entire society bears the responsibility for an unjust law.  No one has the right to hurt women and kill babies, and everyone is called to defend the right to life.  

 

Jesus calls each of us to be Good Samaritans, offering help to parents who are contemplating abortion and to those who are suffering after abortion.  We must pray to Jesus for the conversion of abortion workers and all politicians who promote abortion.  We must be salt and light for the world.  If all Christians truly acted like followers of Christ, abortion would end and the world would be changed with His message of hope and help. 

Day 1 Novena for Life

Please join pro-lifers across the country in this very special 9 day Novena for life.

Day 1 starts today, Jan 18th and reflection and prayers can be found Here

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The ever so "tolerant" Andrew Cuomo is not so tolerant with pro-lifers.

Read about it Here

Alabama PP closed on Dec 30 2013 due to suscipious activities

Birmingham Planned Parenthood Closed Under Suspicious Circumstances

 

Read about it Here

Frontline News!

Indiana Abortionist Criminally Charged After Failing to Report Statutory Rape on 13-Year-Old Girl

 

Read article Here

First Botched Abortion already in 2014

The first botched abortion in 2014 already occured on January 6th.

Read about it Here

A reflection from the Divine Intimacy

O that ungrateful men would remember how much we have cost our Savior! We were not redeemed at the price of gold or silver, but by Christ’s precious Blood. We no longer belong to ourselves, because Christ has paid a ransom for us. Jesus has every right to rule over us. He MUST reign. (1 Cor.15, 25)

 

Like the angels, we have been created for the glory of Christ. To glorify Jesus as our King is to live in docile submission to His gentle rule. His reign is one of love; out of love for us and to save us, He came down from heaven and became one of us. He died on the cross for the same reason, shedding all His Blood for us.

He reigns in the crib. He reigns from the height of the cross. Behold the price He paid to win our poor hearts, He who by His very nature was already our absolute ruler. Let us not resist the gentle violence of His infinite love; let us give ourselves entirely to Him, allowing Him to reign in our minds, our wills, and in our hearts.

O Lord, why did You have to abase Yourself to the obscurity of Bethlehem , to humiliate Yourself even to dying on the Cross, even to shedding all Your Blood in order to win my heart? My heart, my whole life, and all my being already belonged to You, because Your are my Creator and because I was created for Your glory. But You willed to forget all Your rights and You came to me like a beggar, seeking my poor heart.

 

O Jesus, how can I still resist Your infinite love? Take my heart; take my whole being and make me a living praise of Your glory.

The Most Holy Name of Jesus

"We come to consider how this Infant, new born spiritually, shall be named. I think there is no name more fitting for him than Jesus, for Scripture says: He was called Jesus (Lk 2:21). This is the most sacred of all names. It was foretold by the prophets, announced by an angel, proclaimed by the Apostles, and desired by all the saints. O powerful name! O grace-filled and joyous name! O delightful and glorious name!

This name is powerful, because it brings down our enemies, restores our strength, and renews our mind. It is grace-filled, because in it contained the foundation of faith, the ground of hope, and the fulfillment of holiness. It is joyous, because it is gladness to the heart, music to the ear, honey to the tongue, and splendor to the mind. It is delightful, because it nourishes when it is recalled, soothes when it is uttered, and anoints when it is invoked, refreshes when it is written, and instructs when it is read. It is truly a glorious name, because it gives sight to the blind, makes the lame walk, brings hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, and life to the dead. O blest name endowed with such powers!

Devout soul, whether you are writing, reading, or teaching or whatever you are doing - may nothing have taste for you, nothing please you, apart from Jesus. To the little Infant begotten in you spiritually, give the name Jesus; which means: Savior, amidst the miseries of this life. May he save you from the vanities of the world which entice you, from the deceits of the devil which surround you, and from the weakness of the flesh which torments you. Devout soul, amidst the many scourges of this life cry out:
           Jesus, Savior of the world, save us
                whom you have redeemed by your cross and blood.
           Help us, O Lord our God.
           Save us, sweet Jesus, our Savior.
           Strengthen the weak, comfort those who mourn,
           help the frail and give constancy to the faint-hearted."
                                                                                                  St. Bonaventure
                                                                                      From the Magnificat Jan 3rd, 2014 meditation of the day

Why God Allows Evil

It is a certain truth that if God in his providence exterminated every evil deed at once, killed every evil-doer, the final sum of goodness would be less.  We have our Lord’s own words for it; there would be diminution.  Goodness itself, sanctity itself, is fostered by the proximity of evil.  As Saint Augustine puts it so well:  it pleased God to make good come out of evil rather than to abolish all evil.  God could have abolished all evil in his omnipotence;  he did not;  he did the better thing;  he made good come out of evil, he makes sanctity come out of it;  makes martyrs through the cruelty of man, and give his Church the most glorious traditions of fortitude and courage through the very presence of enemies in her midst and around her walls.  When the great day of harvest comes, sanctity will be found to be so great and so high by very reason of the wickedness that encompassed it.

Our lives are constantly bound up with those of other people in some way or another.  Perhaps those people fail in many things, but they are in some way a portion of our own lives;  they partake of the graces we possess.  “The faithless husband,” says St. Paul, “will be sanctified through the believing wife.”  The children of believers are sanctified through the very fact of their paternity.  One person in a family may be the salvation of the whole family, though it may not be given to him to see the final issues and the ultimate results.  But there is the fact – an absolute certainty, goodness inevitably produces goodness; it is unconquerable, it cannot be stifled, it has greater ramifications than evil can ever have….One saint outweighs a hundred, a thousand, perhaps a million sinners.   The sanctity of one saint prevails over the sinfulness of a thousand sinners.  Sin is negative; sanctity, positive.  Sanctity is more powerful than sin; sanctity is, in fact, the only real power.

 Dom Anscar Vonier, O.S.B. 

1875 - 1938

Christmas Day

The Virgin had a more perfect faith than any other before her or since.  All her gestures were an expression of her faith and her tenderness.  She would have kissed His feet because he was her Lord, His cheek because He was her Son.  She would have remained quietly contemplating Him for a very long time.  

It has been said that the manger is a Chair of learning.  Today we should learn the lessons which Jesus teaches us, even when He is just a newly born child, from the very moment He opens His eyes on this blessed land of men.  He is born poor, and He teaches us that happiness is not to be found in an abundance of earthly goods.  He comes into the world without any ostentation, encouraging us to be humble and not to depend on the applause of men.  God humbled Himself to allow us to get near Him, so that we could give our love in exchange for His, so that our freedom might bow, not at the sight of His power merely, but before the wonder of His humility. ..Today our Savior is born.  There can be no room for sadness when Life has just been born; that Life which overcomes all fear of death and fills us with the joy of the pledge of eternity.  Nobody should feel excluded from sharing in such joy.  Our reason for rejoicing is common to all, because Our Lord, destroyer of sin and death, not finding anyone free of sin, has come to free us all.                      ~Saint Jose Marie Escriva

 

During these days of Christmas, we sing with exultation because love will be among us till the end of time.  The presence of the child is Love among men;  the world is no longer a place of darkness;  those who seek for love know where to find it.  It is essentially love that each man needs, even those men who claim to be already fully satisfied…Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!

                                                           ~In Coversation with God volume 1 p. 222-227

 

 

 

Pro-Life Challenge:

Do I have a heart full of Christmas joy, ready to follow the Child wherever He may lead?

23^rd Day of Advent

“Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight His paths.  Every valley shall be filled; and every mountain and hill shall be brought low.“

The voice of John the Baptist is heard inviting us to prepare “the way of the Lord”.  This invitation is especially a call to humility:  John was not only the herald of this virtue, but its model too.  We know by the testimony of Jesus Himself, that he was “more than a prophet” and that “there hath not risen among them that are born of women one greater than John the Baptist”.    John claimed to be nothing more than a mere voice, “the voice of  one crying in the wilderness:  Make straight the path of the Lord”. One greater was coming whom he declared himself  “unworthy to untie His sandal”.  And he added, “He must increase, but I must decrease.” 

 John the Baptist gives us the profound sentiments of humility with which, in our heart, we ought to make smooth “the way of the Lord”.  If the valleys, that is, our deficiencies, are to be filled up with love, then the mountains and hills, that is the vain pretense of pride, must be made low by humility.  A heart filled with self-love and pride cannot be filled with God, and too small will be the place reserved in it for the sweet Babe of Bethlehem.

                                                                                                            ~Divine Intimacy p. 64

 

Pro-Life Challenge:

Do I put aside my human concerns and boldly work to bring others to Christ?

22^nd Day of Advent

The Incarnation of the Word is the greatest proof of God’s infinite love for men.  God has loved man from all eternity, and in order to draw him to Himself, He did not hesitate to send His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh.  With hearts full of love, we must run to meet Love who is about to appear “incarnate” in the Infant Jesus.  May it be a love that is faithful in great things as well as in small, an ingenious love that is always seeking opportunities to repay God’s infinite love.

“Love is repaid by love!” 

This is the motto which has made saints, and spurred a multitude of souls to greater generosity.

                                                                                                  ~Divine Intimacy p. 64

 

  

Pro-Life Challenge:

Do I seek opportunities to serve God by helping others?  Am I daring in my apostolate?  Is God asking more of me?