Posted By cmbuuck on August 15, 2011
On July 15-16, the Fort Wayne Chapter of Lutherans for Life co-sponsored the seventh annual Fort Wayne Friends for Life Boot Camp to equip high school and college students with tools to effectively articulate their views in a world of moral relativism that tries to suppress and intimidate against the pro life message. This year’s camp, held at The University of St. Francis, was the largest ever, having grown from 25 students in the first camp to 120 students this year. The increase in attendance included a growth in the number of students outside the Fort Wayne Area, coming from all over Indiana and Ohio. According to Mike Spencer, moderator of Friday’s kickoff, “There has been a resurgence in interest in apologetics, especially pro life apologetics. This is an exciting age of idealism mixed with activism. The abortion industry doesn’t have anything like this camp, especially for teens. Students are hungry for the tools. The body of Christ is bringing up a generation of young lions.”
An audience of about 250 attended the Friday evening kick-off event which was open to the public. In the introductory remarks, Spencer asked, “…if I had been in Germany during the Holocaust, or if I had been here in the United States during the Civil Rights movement, what would I have done then? …. How we respond now in support of the preborn may give an indication of how we would have responded then…”
The opening speaker was Lila Rose, a recent UCLA graduate and founder/president of Live Action, who began by describing what led her to film undercover videos in Planned Parenthood clinics, and form the organization Live Action. As one of eight kids raised to love life as a Christian, she first became aware of the abortion issue at age nine when she came upon the Handbook of Abortion and was shaken by the pictures in it. She then discovered there was an abortion clinic only ten miles from her home, performing 30 abortions per week. At age 15, she convinced her church group to let her make a presentation about abortion. When she became a student at UCLA, she noticed there were no pregnant girls on campus. She decided to investigate by doing an undercover project, going to the UCLA health clinic. Posing as a pregnant student she was shocked to hear the nurse say the school would not support pregnant girls and her only option was to get an abortion. Recognizing the hopelessness of this for the girls on campus, she then published what the nurse said and distributed it all over the campus. A few months later she recorded her first undercover video, going to a Planned Parenthood clinic, posing as an abuse victim.
She then discussed some of Live Action’s findings from subsequent undercover video projects at Planned Parenthood and presented a video from which clips have been shown and discussed extensively by the media and in many legislatures in recent months. She pointed out several distortions of the truth in Planned Parenthood’s comments over the last several months since the Live Action videos have been released and legislative actions have been taken to defund Planned Parenthood. For example, Planned Parenthood claims that mammograms are included in the other services they provide. But investigation indicates none of the Planned Parenthood clinics has the equipment to do mammograms. She said one reason the Live Action videos have had such an impact it the use of social media which bypass the networks. Media such as facebook can’t be censored. She indicated the Live Action site is the one most hit by young people.
Rose also said Indiana is one of the states leading the legislation to defund Planned Parenthood. She urged the attendees to sign a petition defending Indiana’s right to defund Planned Parenthood.
Urging the audience to lovingly provide people the truth, she said the people that need the most help are the ones that get the most angry – they need our prayers. Rose closed with a quote from mother Teresa – “Abortion is the greatest destroyer of peace in the world.” (more…)
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