September 2013 Newsletter
Posted By cmbuuck on November 7, 2013
“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendents might live!” . . . Deuteronomy 30:19
40 Days for Life Vision and Mission
40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign with a vision to access God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion.
The mission of the campaign is to bring together the body of Christ in a spirit of unity during a focused 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting, and peaceful activism, with the purpose of repentance, to seek God’s favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion.
The physical appearance of people peacefully praying outside the clinic has made a great impression to pro-abortion minded people. Many abortion clinics have closed across America due to this campaign. We pray the abortion clinic on Inwood Drive here in Fort Wayne will close this year.
Three Unwanted Children, Would They Have Been Better Off Aborted?
by Deanna Chandler | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com
Imagine that there are three little children: two girls and a boy. They are all unborn, unplanned, and for all purposes, unwanted.
Girl #1 will be the oldest; her mom will have her at only 14 years old. She will grow up neglected, and see things that no little child should see. She will be placed in foster care around the age of 5.
Her little brother will be born two years later, when her mom is 16. He too will be neglected, but he will also be physically abused by some of Mom’s boyfriends. He will grow up with special needs. He is 3 when they are placed in foster care.
Last comes the baby of the family, Girl #2, who is born when her mom is 19. She will not spend much time with her mom, but what little time she does spend will be marked by neglect. She will be placed in foster care before she is even a year old.
All of this sounds pretty horrible, a lot of suffering, a lot of neglect, and little love. Would it be better for these three little children to never have been born? After all, then they would never suffer from neglect, never be hungry, never be hurt, never have to cry themselves to sleep. Many abortion advocates will talk about how it would be better to abort than to bring unwanted children into this world, and would consider the fate of these three children to prove their point.
But this is only half of their story.
They are adopted, all of them at the same time, by two amazing parents. Their parents love and adore them. They do more than just feed and clothe them; they teach them right from wrong, they kiss boo-boos, they take them to Disney World, take them hunting and fishing, teach them to ride a bike, help them with algebra homework, cry as they watch them walk across the state at graduation. They are a family, a close and loving family. And these three little children grow up to be adults.
Girl #1, Stephanie, is a strong, independent military wife, who loves photography and plans to start a family of her own soon.
The boy, Kenneth, loves to read and play video games. He lives on his own and has a steady job.
Girl #2, Deanna, is in law school and just celebrated her fourth wedding anniversary. Girl #2 is me.
This is my family. This is my story. A story that shows that even unplanned children born looking like they have no future still deserve a chance at life. That even unwanted children can be wanted and loved very much. The next time you hear an abortion advocate say “Every Child A Wanted Child,” think of me and my family, and know that there is no such thing as a truly unwanted child.
Indiana Right to Life Applauds GAO’s Investigation of Planned Parenthood
Posted by Becky Rogness
Investigation Will Likely Examine How Planned Parenthood Affiliates, Including Indiana and Kentucky, Spend Federal Money.
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed this week it is launching an investigation into Planned Parenthood’s use of federal tax dollars. The decision to investigate comes after 69 representatives and senators, including Indiana’s Reps. Todd Rokita (IN-4) and Larry Bucshon (IN-8), requested the GAO to investigate in February.
“We are pleased this independent investigation will take a complete look at how Planned Parenthood is using tax dollars, stated Mike Fichter, President and CEO of Indiana Right to Life. In the fiscal year that ended in June 2012, Planned Parenthood received more than half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding. Considering that Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider, doing 333,964 abortions in 2011, it is prudent for the federal government to evaluate exactly how federal dollars are being used by the organization.”
“Furthermore, we expect the local affiliate, Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, to fall under the GAO’s investigation as well. Indiana Planned Parenthood sites average a total of more than 5,000 abortions a year, yet they receive tax dollars. We believe that even if Planned Parenthood is technically barred from applying tax dollars to abortions, the flow of tax dollars frees up other revenue to be spent on supporting and expanding its abortion business.”
“We believe this investigation will provide critical oversight and accountability for U.S. taxpayers at an important time. Just last month, a Texas-based Planned Parenthood affiliate quietly settled a Medicaid fraud case with the government for more than $4 million.”
The GAO investigation will also examine federal funds used by other organizations including the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the Guttmacher Institute, the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, the Population Council and Advocates for Youth.
Indiana Right to Life’s mission is to protect the right to life, especially of unborn children, through positive education, compassionate advocacy and promotion of healthy alternatives to abortion.