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What are you doing on January 22nd? (hint: the 39th anniversary of Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton)

lynne — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:12:23 +0000

March for Life in Washington DC

I just wanted to encourage everyone who supports the sanctity of life to get involved in some way on this saddest of days. There are many opportunities: marches, rallies, prayer vigils, etc. It’s important that every life minded person show their solidarity for this cause on a day when we basically have the microphone (the issue gets national and local attention). If you live in Michigan, RTL of Michigan has a list of state-wide events sorted by city or affiliate: https://secure.rtl.org/apps/affiliate_events/listing, and I’m sure every other state has them listed as well.

Any way, let’s all of us get up and get out and speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed – and this includes the mothers and fathers.

If you get a second, tell me what you’re doing on January 22nd.

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An Overview of Abortion in Five Minutes

lynne — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:28:15 +0000

I recently discovered a new video produced by abort73.org, which is an excellent pro-life website geared toward high school and college students. I think this video is going to be a really useful tool for pro-lifer’s like us because it is a more balanced approach to abortion graphics than some of its predecessors (i.e. “Harder Truth”, etc.). It contains some of the beautiful images of fetal development, many hard hitting facts and abortion statistics, and only a handful of the harder to look at (but absolutely necessary) images of aborted babies. Abort73.org allows anyone to download and redistribute the video, so I’d like to share it with you now. I’d also love to get your feedback.

Men shouldn’t have a say about abortion…What?

lynne — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:02:03 +0000

“Men shouldn’t have anything to say about abortion – it’s a woman’s issue.” This ad hominem attack ignores the issue of abortion and attacks the gender of the pro-lifer. This attack is hardly relevant, since arguments and ideas don’t have sexual organs. Gender has nothing to do with the validity of an argument. This reply, usually heard from the most militant and out of touch baby boomer feminists, is sexist, pure and simple. If this statement were valid, then should women be silent when men molest children? Interestingly, the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand in 1973 was decided by male judges…”who shouldn’t have a say because they don’t have to carry the baby.” It’s also interesting that most abortion providers are men. The argument that men don’t have the right to hold or speak their opinion on abortion, has no substance. (Excerpted from “Making Abortion Unthinkable: the Art of Pro-Life Persuasion”)

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It is only a potential life

lynne — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:35:22 +0000

Pro-abortionists commonly dehumanize the unborn in order to justify abortion by referring to the unborn as a “potential life.” But calling an unborn child a “potential life” is just a clever rhetorical trick. There is no such thing as a “potential life.”

There are two options. First, we can potentially create life, that is, create a potential for life. When a man and a woman get married and have sex, there’s potential in their conduct for life to be created. Second, we can create a life with potential, one that has the possibility of developing into something good or noble. But that’s the end of our options. We either potentially create a life or we create a life with potential. We never create a “potential life.”

This line of thinking is the same as saying, “I just had a potential thought.” What could that possibly mean? You either had a thought or you didn’t. You could have the potential for a thought, or you could have a thought with potential. But you never have a “potential” thought. In the same way, pregnancy doesn’t create a potential life. If it did, then the problem of that potential life could be solved simply by having a potential abortion. Since a real abortion, not a potential one, is needed to end pregnancy, a real life must be involved, not a potential one. (Excerpted from “Making Abortion Unthinkable: the Art of Pro-Life Persuasion”)

Video with powerful pro-life message: please vote

lynne — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:26:37 +0000

I’ve been thinking about developing some pro-life videos for lifeminded.org and just came across this one done in Spanish with English subtitles. I think the message is clear and powerful and am considering making one like it in English and using iconic Americans to tell the same story. But before I do, I’d like to get some feedback from others. Please tell me how effective/ineffective you think this video’s message is and why. Just click this link to watch it on YouTube and then come back to my blog and tell me what you think by posting a comment: Life’s Potential

Thanks for your help!