Obama Names Abortion Backer Ambassador to China

Obama Names Abortion Backer Gary Locke Ambassador to China | LifeNews.com: President Barack Obama nominated pro-abortion Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as ambassador to China. Locke is a former two-term governor of the state of Washington, where he supported abortion, opposed legislation to ban partial-birth abortions and opposed legislation to allow parents to know when their daughters were considering one.

The appointment of an abortion advocate to the nation with the highest abortion figures in the world and a one-child policy that prohibits couples from having a second baby, comes at a time when the Obama administration is facing criticism for not taking the Asian nation to task over its poor human rights record.

40 Days for Life Campaign Starts Wednesday

40 Days for Life Campaign Closing Abortion Centers Starts Wednesday | LifeNews.com: The 40 Days for Life prayer campaign that organizers say has helped close down nine abortion centers starts on Wednesday in hundreds of cities and towns across the U.S. with people praying at abortion facilities. The campaign also stretches to parts of Canada, England, and Australia as pro-life advocates in other nations have hopped on board after seeing the success in the United States.

Federal Legislative Alert

Federal Legislative Alert: Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and President Obama are engaged in negotiations about which federal programs should be reduced or eliminated for the remainder of the current federal fiscal year. In the wake of the February 18, 2011, U.S. House vote (240-185) adopting the Pence Amendment, Planned Parenthood has launched a massive campaign to try to save its federal funding, complete with TV ads and lobbying by entertainment celebrities.

The slick, expensive Planned Parenthood public relations campaign can only be countered by one thing: Contacts from real voters with the message: I do not want federal funds going to Planned Parenthood.

Right to Life of Michigan on Rep. Amash's "present" votes

Right to Life of Michigan: "Rep. Amash explained that he could not vote for the bill as written because it expressly mentioned a particular organization - Planned Parenthood - which he felt was not lawful, and in voting 'present,' he felt he was taking a principled position. Prior to the Pence Amendment vote, National Right to Life provided information to Rep. Amash on the legality of this amendment approach."

Planned Parenthood guilty of deception

Opinion: Defund Planned Parenthood: Abby Johnson says, "I don't claim to be an expert on the government's fiscal priorities, but I do know from lengthy experience that the last place any taxpayer money should be going is to Planned Parenthood."

Over 60 Percent of Unwed Births Occur to 20-Somethings

While 21 percent of children born outside of marriage are to teen mothers, more than 60 percent of unwed births occur to women in their 20s. It is not the young girls studying for the SAT or fretting over their prom prospects that make up the majority of women bearing the 40 percent of children born outside marriage. It is women in their 20s and 30s, demonstrating the impact of increasing cohabitation and the collapse of marriage, who are putting cradles before wedding bands. Heritage Foundation

Save the Tree Octopus?

Save the Tree Octopus? | Dr. Georgia Purdom's Blog: "In our home the phrase 'Bible story' is not used. Instead, we talk about Bible accounts, events, and history to emphasize the historical, truthful nature of Scripture. We need to show our kids that what we believe is not based on some blind faith like the concepts of millions of years and evolution are. Instead, we have a reasoned faith based on the Word of God, the history book of the universe, that has only been confirmed and never falsified by science."

SD's new 72-hour informed consent law

Liberty Counsel: The South Dakota state legislature has passed House Bill 1217, which requires women seeking an abortion to wait seventy-two hours and undergo counseling with a licensed physician before having the abortion. This will be the longest wait-time in the nation. The bill is now sitting on the desk of pro-life Governor Dennis Daugaard. The law is designed to allow time for women thinking about having an abortion, to provide them the material to make informed choices, and to prevent them from being coerced into having an unwanted abortion.

The plight of the weaker gender

Rich Lowry: The subtext of the culture's permissiveness toward the 'child-man' is that he isn't that important. 'With women moving ahead in an advanced economy,' Kay Hymowitz writes in her new book, Manning Up: How the Rise of Women has Turned Men into Boys, 'provider husbands and fathers are now optional, and the character qualities men had needed to play their role -- fortitude, stoicism, courage, fidelity -- are obsolete and even a little embarrassing.'

Minnesota Fetal Pain-Based Late Abortion Ban Introduced

Minnesota Fetal Pain-Based Late Abortion Ban Introduced | LifeNews.com: Minnesota legislators today introduced a bill in the Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives that would stop abortions after the point at which it is known the unborn child can feel pain.

Just say no to feminists' boot camp

Just say no to feminists' boot camp: If someone approaches you in a shopping center parking lot and asks you to finance a boot camp for radical feminists, would you:

a) laugh, thinking it was a joke?
b) respond, 'You've got to be kidding'? or
c) run the other way?

Now let's put some meat on the bones of the solicitor: a little girl, somewhere between the ages of 5 and 16. She is looking up at you, smiling sweetly with a look of expectation. She is dressed in a Daisy, Brownie or Girl Scout uniform – yes, a Girl Scout uniform!

Baby Bottle Boomerang at Rustic Hills

Pastor Stan Lightfoot of Rustic Hills Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, presents a check to BFL executive director Tom Lothamer. The check represents funds collected during the church's Baby Bottle Boomerang campaign for 2011.

Spiritual pride and abortion

Why do some people take up the cause of abortion "rights" so passionately? What is the root cause of abortion? Psalm 94 pegs it on spiritual pride.

This psalm is a lament and a plea for justice on the part of people who are being oppressed by ungodly people. They're specifically identified in verse 2 as the proud, and verse 4 as those who "vaunt" themselves. They're further characterized by their speech in verse 7, saying, "The Lord does not see."

This is like saying, "There is no God" (Ps. 10:4, 14:1, 53:1) or "God is dead." It reflects the mindset that I can do whatever I want with impunity. It's a direct denial of Hebrews 4:13 - "There is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do."

This type of thinking inevitably leads to violations of the sanctity of human life. The psalmist links it to murder of the widow, foreigner, and orphan (verse 6), and to the shedding of innocent blood in verse 21. It's not too much of a stretch to link it to abortion.

Widows, foreigners (aliens or sojourners), and orphans are linked throughout scripture as being weak and vulnerable to abuse. In Deuteronomy 10:18, God is shown as being particularly concerned for this trio, and it's borne out in various commands such as found in Dt. 14:28-29 and 24:19-20. We who follow God must be like God in His concern and compassion for the weak and vulnerable.

Widows, foreigners, and orphans can die by overt action or neglect. In verses 20 and 21 of Psalm 94, the psalmist hints at governmental structures that "band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death." There's a "throne of destruction" that "devises mischief by decree." It's not just individual acts of violence or murder, but systemic and approved societal norms. Associations are formed -- such as the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Rights -- to institutionalize abortion. These are very real threats that we see occurring today as leaders pass and uphold laws establishing abortion-on-demand as the law of many lands around the globe.

What does Psalm 94 say to the righteous? How should the humble in heart respond?

Taking the attitude of the psalmist, we should first of all pray (vss. 1-7). Ask for justice; long for it, wait for it. (And, certainly, act upon it when you are able.)

Second, appeal to the wicked (vss. 8-11). Persuade them to pay attention. Despite what they think, God sees what they're doing and hears what they're saying.

Third, expect relief from God (12-16). There will come a day of reckoning; until that time, look to the word of God for correction and instruction.

Fourth, place your trust in God (17-23). He helps and sustains the weary and oppressed. He is our shelter. He doesn't compromise with evil, but is utterly trustworthy.

Economic and Social Conservatives Agree: Cut Planned Parenthood

Economic and Social Conservatives Agree: Cut Planned Parenthood - By Grover Norquist & Marjorie Dannenfelser - The Corner - National Review Online: "Across the country, courageous Republican governors are doing the right thing and taking on tough budget fights. They are asking government workers to pay more for their pensions and health-insurance plans. They are laying off public employees, reducing the number of patrol cars and fire crews, and cutting basic services. Leaving Planned Parenthood at the federal trough, under lobbying pressures that are a fraction of what the Left has thrown at conservative state legislators, sends up a white flag of surrender that will signal the beginning of a fiscal rout."

Planned Parenthood's dishonest millions

Planned Parenthood's dishonest millions: The abortion industry is founded on lies. In 1969, Bernard Nathanson believed passionately in abortion and co-founded the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, or NARAL. Central to NARAL's campaign to legalize abortion was Bernie's claim that close to 10,000 women were dying in illegal, 'back-alley' abortions every year. He later admitted this was a lie, but the number is still quoted. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the true figure for 1972, the year before Roe v. Wade, was 39.

What 'the puberty talk' can teach us about discipleship

Moore to the Point by Russell D. Moore: A friend is about to take his son on a road trip, to talk about the birds and the bees. His son is within the horizon of hitting puberty. The father is going to get away with him on a retreat and talk about what’s going to be happening to him in a year or two, and how to handle these changes as a Christian. As I talked with him about his plans for the retreat, I wondered why this paradigm doesn’t continue in our churches throughout the Christian life.

“Savior Siblings” Start Us Down Harrowing Ethical Path

“Savior Siblings” Start Us Down Harrowing Ethical Path » Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog: Savior siblings are created specifically as objects, at least to some degree, because they were brought into being for a purely utilitarian purpose. That being so, why should the practice stop with creating savior siblings who are also wanted children? What will happen when, rather than wanting the child, the parents harvest the stem cells and then put the child up for adoption because their family is big enough already?

How and When to Tell Your Kids About Sex

Amazon.com: How and When to Tell Your Kids About Sex: A Lifelong Approach to Shaping Your Child's Sexual Character (God's Design for Sex) (9781600060175): Brenna Jones, Stan Jones: Books: This book will help you establish a biblical view of sexuality for your kids. Learn how and when to talk with your children about sexual curiosity, physical changes of puberty, dating, chastity, and more.

Talking to your kids about sex - Mark Driscoll

On Faith Panelists Blog: Talking to your kids about sex - Mark Driscoll: A child's sex education often comes through schools or churches. But a Christian parent should always be the first person to speak with their child about sex related issues.

Twist on abortion funding

Congressman Nadler - Nadler: GOP Continues to Attack Women and Interfere with Private Medical Choices instead of Creating Jobs for Americans: “Congress has, for more than three decades, used economic coercion to try to prevent women from exercising that constitutionally protected choice by prohibiting use of federal funds for abortions – the only legal health care procedure subject to such a ban. Until now, that coercion was directed against the poor, and against women dependent on the government for health care. Now middle class families and businesses that pay for their own health care are being targeted."

Black Pro-Lifers stand up against Abortion

Monday was a National Day of Mourning to pray for an end to abortion – specifically, abortion in the Black community. Sponsored by the National Black Pro-Life Coalition, the rally came on the heels of the controversial billboard in Soho that read, “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.” And for those taking part in the rally, the numbers tell the story. Click to watch video: Black Pro-Lifers stand up against Abortion – 3/1/11 : Currents

Pro-Life Groups Deliver 1M Petitions

Pro-Life Groups Respond to Planned Parenthood With 1M Petitions | LifeNews.com: Not to be outdone by the Planned Parenthood abortion business, which is besieging the Senate with more than 700,000 messages urging lawmakers to not yank its federal funding, pro-life groups have responded with a massive campaign of their own. The Expose Planned Parenthood Coalition — an ad hoc group of more than 30 pro-life organizations — announced that nearly 1.2 million mailed petitions and emails have been sent to Congress urging support for the Pence Amendment.

Animal death toll ends cloning trials

Animal death toll ends cloning trials - national | Stuff.co.nz: Unacceptable death rates of laboratory animals have forced AgResearch to end its cloning trials. The state research organisation has issued reports that detail chronic arthritis, pneumonia, lameness, and blood poisoning among the causes of cattle, sheep and goat deaths.

Kissling 'excommunicated' from the abortion movement

Frances Kissling slammed as ‘former pro-choice advocate’ for late-term abortion retreat | LifeSiteNews.com: Writing in Abortion Review, Ann Furedi or the pro-abortion British Pregnancy Advisory Service accuses Frances Kissling and Slate columnist William Saletan of embracing an inconsistent, unprincipled “pro-choice” stance by abandoning the position that late-term abortions are morally equivalent to early embryo abortions.

Sudden surge of pro-life legislation in numerous states

Roundup: Sudden surge of pro-life legislation in numerous states | LifeSiteNews.com: As a handful of key pro-life bills are fighting their way to passage on Capitol Hill, pro-life legislators countrywide have mounted a a multi-faceted attack on the abortion industry with a surge of pro-life bills on the state level.