Fr. Eagan gives an opening prayer for moms and their babies.
Opening remarks by some lady in a green jacket.
Fr. Eagan and adorable SNMA ladies.
Adorable pro-life girls.
Matt Ulrich of the Helpers of God's Precious Infants explains the meaning of life to a protester. His sign says "Abortion is a woman's right" in black letters on a Soviet-red background. 
Can I buy you a cup of coffee?
"Women don't choose late-term abortions for their own pleasure...It's a psychological trauma."a) The local director of Project Rachel
"At 12 weeks, the embryo has grown, and the abortion looks more like a delivery."
"[W]omen who choose later abortions usually are among the most disadvantaged, including rape victims, teenage girls in denial and uneducated women who hadn't realized they were pregnant."
...according to Dr. Zane Brown, professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, it is impossible to tell whether the fetus feels pain during an abortion.
"There's no way of knowing it," Brown said. "Anybody who would say otherwise is just an abject fool."
The parade was led by roughly 200 women carrying signs that said "I regret my abortion," and "Abortion hurt me." As these women walked by the Death Squad that had assembled to support the disembowelment of babies, the crazed feminists screamed that the remorseful women that they "should really see a psychiatrist about that," and that it was "too bad, you made the choice." I can tell the crazed feminists comprising the Death Squad are God-fearing, compassionate people. Oh wait, that was Father Bob, the compassionate man who led my group from the Catholic University of America in the march.
“Before public policy can be changed, the public’s mind must be changed. Most Americans support elective abortion in the first trimester and view it as a lesser of evils. But most of the public opinion data and research polls show that Americans are ignorant of the facts regarding first trimester abortion and early human development,” Cooper said.Full article.
Who Decides? is the premiere source for information about the status of reproductive rights. Through information about state law, it documents the hostile climate women face when seeking to exercise their constitutional right to choose.
Good Day! I was one of the women who was exercising my constitutional right on Monday, the 23rd. My sign did not say what you wrote. My sign said, "I regret my abortion".
You have written many questions based on the mistaken sentiment on my sign.
If you wish to know why I regret my abortion, I will tell you...
I regret my abortion because it ended the life of a clump of cells.
I regret my abortion because I was told to be silent about what I had done.
I regret my abortion because I was not given a choice.
I regret my abortion because I was rendered infertile.
I regret my abortion because I was not able to stand up and say "NO!" to the pressure of my parents who made the choice to have my child aborted.
I regret my abortion because I know that there was a family that could have taken care of my clump of cells.
I will tell you something interesting - when I had my thyroid taken out several years ago, due to cancer, I mourned the fact that I no longer had that gland. I thought it was very strange that I was sad over having had a gland removed. I spoke to a health professional and she told me that on the contrary, people mourn when they loose a part of their body. It is not uncommon for an amputee, for instance, to ask for the amputeed leg or arm and have it eventually buried with him or her. This was interesting to me - I had never heard of such a thing! If I mourned a stupid gland, why would I not regret and not mourn the life of the child that was growing in my womb...by the way, I was four months pregnant when the clump of cells was removed.
Now - dear author of the post in which you got the sentiment wrong...the MAIN reason why I held my sign was to let women know that it is OKAY TO REGRET a choice that one has made or had made for them.
There is help to process the regret. Rachel's Vinyard and Silent No More Awareness are two venues that can help. In the Seattle area 1 800 822 HOPE.
If you are truly open minded you will leave the numbers up for all of the women who have had abortions . . . whether they regret it or not. And, I would not be so presumptious to say that someone did or did not regret their abortion - that is not my call.
I regret, dear author, that you did not get my sign right!Blessings to you and all your readers. Lee Anne
They started their rally by raising banners and setting up a literature table on the sidewalk. When the speakers started they all stopped doing that and moved into the corner of the plaza. When Debbie and Lee Anne walked by them on the sidewalk, they scurried to move their table. While gathered they were set far back from the street and were ensconced in the corner, though they were passing out fliers and pins and such before the speaking began. They didn't try to draw people into their circle or engage passers-by. For all intents and purposes it was a "closed event"; maybe even a circling of the wagons. But maybe we only see what we want to see. This is in contrast to the SNMA events here, which are open and in a public park with lots of room for foot traffic. The women speak on top of a 5 ft. high stage to reach as many people as possible. Yet we can only pray for the kind of the media coverage they got.
There were 2 elected officials who spoke there -- Rep. Baghdad Jim McDermott and King County Executive Ron "keeping-abortion-common" Simms. There was also a "Baptist" minister, and employee of Planned Parenthood of Western Washington, parading around in a Roman collar (pretending to be Catholic?) What an outrage.
When we arrived there was only one police man. About half-way through he started giving me dirty looks (And I didn't even have a sign!) and I noticed the number of police/security had increased to 5 or 6. I think it took the police some time before they realized that the message "I regret my abortion" was not exactly a stunning endorsement of abortion or part of the "pro-choice" lexicon. Or maybe they just didn't bother to read the signs. Or maybe NARAL complained or Ron Simms got worried.
Debbie and Lee Anne mostly walked back and forth on 2nd Avenue. Two pro-life friends came out and supported us by walking along with Debbie and Lee Anne. Jim Anderson of LifeNews Radio was also there, prayed with us and conducted some interviews. There was very little reaction from either the pro-choice participants or random pedestrians. Everyone on the street was pretty blasé. It seemed to me that most of the older women 50+ wouldn't look at us or had the hardest (or easiest) time ignoring the signs. They seemed to be fussing with the brochures on their literature table a lot.And this...
As for my two cents worth about yesterday I do feel it is important to make a presence at these pro abort gatherings, even if they are pathetic, if only for the reason that we at least provide another side of the story. I only had one woman pass close by me who was maybe 60 or so and hiss the S_ _ _ word at me. I also talked with that young man Lee Anne talked to since his main focus was on the right for a woman to have a choice, even if it wasn't a good experience for all women, at least the government isn't making a choice for them. Lee Anne had told him that hers was when abortion was illegal and I told him mine was right after it became legal in Washington and the result to both of us was eventually the same when we came to grips with what we had done. The legality of it didn't matter a bit, it still caused trauma to both of us. He was polite and we parted politely and Lee Anne gave him a
card.
Lee Anne and I should feel flattered that we would warrant an increase in the police protection. Let's see that is 3 policeman each for both of us. We are a couple of really scary post abortive women with a lot of positive anger!
The light shines in.
The end of the rally and the road.
Circling the wagons.
I called Mike McGavick's campaign office today to ask for his position regarding abortion. A woman spokesman basically said that his view on abortion is a "complicated answer" and he has "no definitive answer" at this time. I told her I knew he was starting a statewide tour and should have an answer by now.
I recommended that he re-read the 2004 Washington State Republican Party Platform that has a very 'definitive', 'uncomplicated' statement regarding abortion. It is stated under FAMILY. "We support the protection of innocent human life born or pre-born through natural death." Also, I stated that Catholics also have a very definitive, concise definition that human life begins at conception, life is sacred and abortion is not allowed. I recommended that he abide by these 2 stands if he calls himself a Republican and Catholic. I also stated that I will not promote a Republican who does not stand up for the unborn and that abortion will become the greatest civil rights issue in this century, in my opinion. I pray that Mike stands up for the most innocent of our citizens, the unborn.
The following Seattle Times article states the following about McGavick's stand on
abortion. "Like Dino Rossi, McGavick is Roman Catholic and opposes abortion; McGavick says he favors some restrictions, such as parental notification and a ban on late-term abortions, but not a federal ban because "it would not work." Practically, it would not; and politically, it would not.
I am sure that all of you have paused today to remember MLK Jr. and reflect briefly on what today means in your life. If you feel like you need to give honor to this man and this day, here is a little info to help you further understand your feelings for what this day may mean to you.
Martin Luther King was and is the first person to ever receive the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Margaret Sanger Award for "his courageous resistance to bigotry and his lifelong dedication to the advancement of social justice and human dignity."
The citation further reads: "Dr. King has lent his eloquent voice to the cause of world-wide voluntary family planning."
In his acceptance speech, titled Family Planning- A Special and Urgent Concern, MLK Jr. stating: "There is no human circumstance more tragic than the persisting existence of a harmful condition for which a remedy is readily available. Family planning, to relate population to world resources, is possible, practical and necessary. Unlike the plagues of dark ages of contemporary diseases we do not yet understand, the modern plague of overpopulation is soluble by means we have discovered, and with resources we possess."
"There is a striking kinship between our movement and Margaret Sanger's early efforts."
"...the years have justified [Margaret Sanger's] actions."
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a letter a few weeks later, noted: "Words are inadequate for me to say how honored I was to be the recipient of the Margaret Sanger Award. This award will remain among my most cherished possessions."
"I am happy to be the recipient of the Margaret Sanger Award and I can assure you that this distinct honor will cause me to work even harder for a reign of justice and a rule of love all over our nation."
The full story can be found on Planned Parenthood's web page, if you wish to read on. But I urge you to think twice about the reason your bank and latte stand are closed today.-- Sara Huenergardt
This is the last time these thugs will promote fascism on the streets of San Francisco. This is not some kind of carnival and we will not be shoved onto a pier. This is our City and we will not let the Catholic Church, sponsors of this fascist parade, or anyone else promote the murder of women and fascism on the streets of San Francisco.
This news story from the New Zealand Herald is today's "must read." It is a riveting piece about the largest international study ever on the psychological effects of abortion, a study that has been received with deliberate disdain by journalists and biased researchers and even with dismay by the pro-abortion director of the study itself. But the facts are clear --
Researchers found that at age 25, 42 per cent of women in the study group who had had an abortion also experienced major depression at some stage during the past four years.This was nearly double the rate of those who had never been pregnant and 35 per cent higher than those who had chosen to continue a pregnancy."
Those having an abortion had elevated rates of subsequent mental health problems, including depression, anxiety, suicidal behaviours and substance use disorders," said the researchers, whose study has been published in the Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology.
Hat tip: After Abortion
It came and went with such subtlety that many observers missed it. But I’m sure Judge Samuel A. Alito’s opponents noticed it. And I can tell by the fact that they are silent. Remember Dan Quayle, the almost overly intelligent Vice President who, whenever he talked about home-town values, was derided mercilessly. I heard the same talk from Judge Alito as he even mentioned childhood baseball games with friends. I thought to myself that he is going to get creamed in the press unless he is going somewhere with this. Then, just as I thought he was turning into a grown Beaver Cleaver (a little resemblance, don’t you think?), the Judge came forth and skewered his critics with a refinement worthy of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
He used his home town background to contrast his views with those who take a different view of American culture. He mentioned being admitted to Princeton as someone who just twenty years earlier, might not have felt comfortable there. And then he discretely derided those on the other side of the culture wars, many of whom were on college campuses with him in the 70’s. As he drew a line in the sand between antagonists in this war, he said, “It was a time of turmoil and I saw some very smart people and some very privileged people behaving irresponsibly and I couldn’t help making a contrast between some of the worst of what I saw on campus and the good sense and the decency of the people back in my own community.”
And he did this by referring not to a “red” state town like Columbus, Nebraska or Ames, Iowa, but with “blue” state Trenton, New Jersey. Look for Judge Alito to create greater distinctions as he goes through the confirmation process. While I begin likening him to the Scarlet Pimpernel, he may make for himself a reputation more like Zorro. I think there is going to be much to like about this man—for those who see a distinction between a culture of life and a culture of death.
He is a brilliant ideologue whose presence on the court would make much of the nation ache for the very justice he would replace, the court's great reconciler of differences, Sandra Day O'Connor.And this...
Long before al-Qaida, there was Alito, then an assistant to the U.S. solicitor general, writing a 1984 memo proclaiming that government officials should be able to order domestic wiretaps without fear of legal retaliation by their subjects.
And finally this...
While favoring executive powers, Alito's judicial record also indicates great deference to the business sector. Again, such pro-corporate attitudes have played a role in unraveling the country's ability to act on a sense of the common good.
All in the service of abortion.
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