SOME GOOD NEWS FOR ANDREA CLARK!!!
RIGHT AND LEFT WORK TOGETHER FOR LIFE, Praise the Lord!
Edited on Fri Apr-28-06 01:46 AM by Th1onein
Dear Fellow DUers:
Some of you might remember my posting on DU about my sister, Andrea Clark, for whom St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston was threatening to terminate care. Andrea would have died had St. Luke's been successful. Because of DU and others, Andrea is now being transferred to a facility in Chicago, Illinois. They have no futile care law in Chicago, so Andrea will be okay there.
Andrea is now showing some signs of improvement, although slight. She has endocarditis, which takes about four months, at best, to resolve itself. It's going to be a long road back for her, if she makes it, but I want to thank the mods here and Skinner, for helping us to get the word out.
I have to tell you, too, that the right to life people were with us on this all the way. And we never made a secret of the fact that we were Democrats, either. They are an absolutely formidable force. I don't know what we would have done without them. They pinned St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital to the wall with calls, emails, blogs, radio interviews, etc. St. Luke's is so utterly happy to get my sister out of that hospital ALIVE, if it weren't so tragic, it would be almost comical.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know that this had a happy outcome, and express our family's thanks for your help.
(And Carina (KnitterforDemocracy) a special thank you for all of your kind and generous support. You are absolutely wonderful.)
Friday, April 28, 2006
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
TO ENCOURAGE ANDREA CLARK!!!
Just spoke to sister, Melanie Childers, who is about to send me
names of the individuals foisting the death agenda on Andrea.
The family is fighting mad and readying for a lawsuit if anything
happens to their sister.
They are still attempting to find a doctor who will transfer her to a facility
that isn't in cahoots - tough assignment.
Social worker, Pat Bissonnett is still causing them distress and pain and
is of no help.
For those who wish to send get well greetings to Andrea to encourage her to
keep fighting, go to www.carepages.com - click on visits - click on
andreaclarklives
The family is interested in the Avalon facility in San Antonio but doubt whether Andrea could make the long haul there from Houston.
I suggested one of the aviation services that transport critical care
patients. I'm trying to find one called Angel Flight.
I told Melanie to let us know if they need to have another protest this
weekend.
When Andrea's care is removed on April 30, that will be catastrophic, since
she is on a ventilator.
Keep praying that it doesn't come to that.
Meleanie said to let you know that the hospital is getting "banged by the
right to lifers!!"
Praise God!
2,356 posted on 04/26/2006 5:16:37 PM MDT by Lesforlife ("For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb . . ." Psalm 139:13)
TO REGISTER A COMPLAINT WITH THE HOSPITAL OVER WITHDRAWING ANDREA CLARK'S MEDICAL TREATMENT -
CALL 832-355-1000 and ask for the public affairs officer.
Just spoke to sister, Melanie Childers, who is about to send me
names of the individuals foisting the death agenda on Andrea.
The family is fighting mad and readying for a lawsuit if anything
happens to their sister.
They are still attempting to find a doctor who will transfer her to a facility
that isn't in cahoots - tough assignment.
Social worker, Pat Bissonnett is still causing them distress and pain and
is of no help.
For those who wish to send get well greetings to Andrea to encourage her to
keep fighting, go to www.carepages.com - click on visits - click on
andreaclarklives
The family is interested in the Avalon facility in San Antonio but doubt whether Andrea could make the long haul there from Houston.
I suggested one of the aviation services that transport critical care
patients. I'm trying to find one called Angel Flight.
I told Melanie to let us know if they need to have another protest this
weekend.
When Andrea's care is removed on April 30, that will be catastrophic, since
she is on a ventilator.
Keep praying that it doesn't come to that.
Meleanie said to let you know that the hospital is getting "banged by the
right to lifers!!"
Praise God!
2,356 posted on 04/26/2006 5:16:37 PM MDT by Lesforlife ("For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb . . ." Psalm 139:13)
TO REGISTER A COMPLAINT WITH THE HOSPITAL OVER WITHDRAWING ANDREA CLARK'S MEDICAL TREATMENT -
CALL 832-355-1000 and ask for the public affairs officer.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
ANOTHER ANDREA CLARK UPDATE
Ok,
I spoke to Melanie as well as Ms Muse - the public affairs
person for the hospital. Ms. Muse told me that the family
hasn't granted permission for her to speak. I told her that
I planned to call Melanie and even was planning to come to
Houston.
Life support is to be removed on April 30, without some
major shift in things.
I suggested they search for another hospital - seems as tho
all Houston hospitals are going to deny her care but I think
some outlying might grant it.
Andrea is on dialysis every few days as well as a respirator, so they
can't take her home.
Social worker, Pat Bissonnett told the family that Andrea told her
she wanted to die. Even the docs in the room looked at their
shoes, since everyone knew she was lying. Andrea pushes the social
worker away whenever she approaches.
An Episcopal priest Father Fronig has told the family that Andrea wants
to die. They reject the social worker and the priest's assessment.
Geri Ward, their attorney, is advocating strongly for Andrea.
At last weekend's protest, they had around 12-15. Most had lost family
members at Houston's St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital due to similar circumstances, having been told
that their loved one wanted to die.
We really need to step it up several notches.
Andrea has a heart ailment from birth, but now has enocarditis.
Melanie believes if they can cure that with antibiotics, she
will be able to get off the respirator.
Please pass along any ideas you have on how else we might
lend our talents to this woman's plight and keep praying.
She is very communicative when they don't over medicate her!!
Melanie said she was asking for a Whataburger. Then when word
about something like that gets out, they turn up the meds to
make her uncommunicative.
For life,
Leslie Hanks
Ok,
I spoke to Melanie as well as Ms Muse - the public affairs
person for the hospital. Ms. Muse told me that the family
hasn't granted permission for her to speak. I told her that
I planned to call Melanie and even was planning to come to
Houston.
Life support is to be removed on April 30, without some
major shift in things.
I suggested they search for another hospital - seems as tho
all Houston hospitals are going to deny her care but I think
some outlying might grant it.
Andrea is on dialysis every few days as well as a respirator, so they
can't take her home.
Social worker, Pat Bissonnett told the family that Andrea told her
she wanted to die. Even the docs in the room looked at their
shoes, since everyone knew she was lying. Andrea pushes the social
worker away whenever she approaches.
An Episcopal priest Father Fronig has told the family that Andrea wants
to die. They reject the social worker and the priest's assessment.
Geri Ward, their attorney, is advocating strongly for Andrea.
At last weekend's protest, they had around 12-15. Most had lost family
members at Houston's St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital due to similar circumstances, having been told
that their loved one wanted to die.
We really need to step it up several notches.
Andrea has a heart ailment from birth, but now has enocarditis.
Melanie believes if they can cure that with antibiotics, she
will be able to get off the respirator.
Please pass along any ideas you have on how else we might
lend our talents to this woman's plight and keep praying.
She is very communicative when they don't over medicate her!!
Melanie said she was asking for a Whataburger. Then when word
about something like that gets out, they turn up the meds to
make her uncommunicative.
For life,
Leslie Hanks
Monday, April 24, 2006
Colorado Mourns 39th Anniversary of America's First Abortion Law
To: National & State Desks
Contact: Leslie Hanks, Colorado Right to Life V.P., 720-394-8946
DENVER, April 24 /Christian Wire Service/ -- One of America's oldest pro-life organizations, Colorado Right to Life (CRLC), mourns the loss of the millions of innocent babies killed in their mother's womb, since the passage of the nation's first abortion law signed on April 25, 1967. "Our nation is owed an apology for our state's role in starting the abortion holocaust," said Diane Hochevar, CRLC President.
The organization applauds South Dakota for passing the first law restoring legal protection to pre-born babies. "As the state that started the abortion holocaust, we should have been the first to lead America back to protecting all human life, from fertilization through natural death," said Colorado Right to Life V.P., Leslie Hanks. "South Dakota citizens should be very proud of their elected officials."
Former Governor Dick Lamm, who as a freshman representative, sponsored the Colorado law in 1967. Not content with orchestrating the attack on the vulnerable pre-born, Lamm expanded his ideology to include the elderly and medically vulnerable with his "duty to die" speech a number of years ago.
"As America begins to ponder the significant loss of love and talent our nation has discarded as medical waste, it should remember that when Colorado made the tragic error of allowing pre-born lives to be destroyed through abortion we began a culture of death which has led to all human life being greatly devalued, " said Hanks.
CRLC maintains that Terri Schiavo and others like her might not have been in such jeopardy had Colorado rejected the taking of innocent life for cases of rape, incest and the mother's health back in 1967. "When babies aren't safe in their mother's wombs, we are all in danger." notes Hanks.
Colorado Right to Life will continue its efforts to build a culture of life in its home state and encourages every state to follow the lead set by South Dakota. "We must reject the taking of innocent life and embrace our founding documents," said Hochevar. "The Declaration of Independence boldly proclaims that 'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'"
To: National & State Desks
Contact: Leslie Hanks, Colorado Right to Life V.P., 720-394-8946
DENVER, April 24 /Christian Wire Service/ -- One of America's oldest pro-life organizations, Colorado Right to Life (CRLC), mourns the loss of the millions of innocent babies killed in their mother's womb, since the passage of the nation's first abortion law signed on April 25, 1967. "Our nation is owed an apology for our state's role in starting the abortion holocaust," said Diane Hochevar, CRLC President.
The organization applauds South Dakota for passing the first law restoring legal protection to pre-born babies. "As the state that started the abortion holocaust, we should have been the first to lead America back to protecting all human life, from fertilization through natural death," said Colorado Right to Life V.P., Leslie Hanks. "South Dakota citizens should be very proud of their elected officials."
Former Governor Dick Lamm, who as a freshman representative, sponsored the Colorado law in 1967. Not content with orchestrating the attack on the vulnerable pre-born, Lamm expanded his ideology to include the elderly and medically vulnerable with his "duty to die" speech a number of years ago.
"As America begins to ponder the significant loss of love and talent our nation has discarded as medical waste, it should remember that when Colorado made the tragic error of allowing pre-born lives to be destroyed through abortion we began a culture of death which has led to all human life being greatly devalued, " said Hanks.
CRLC maintains that Terri Schiavo and others like her might not have been in such jeopardy had Colorado rejected the taking of innocent life for cases of rape, incest and the mother's health back in 1967. "When babies aren't safe in their mother's wombs, we are all in danger." notes Hanks.
Colorado Right to Life will continue its efforts to build a culture of life in its home state and encourages every state to follow the lead set by South Dakota. "We must reject the taking of innocent life and embrace our founding documents," said Hochevar. "The Declaration of Independence boldly proclaims that 'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'"
Colorado Mourns 39th Anniversary of America's First Abortion Law
To: National & State Desks
Contact: Leslie Hanks, Colorado Right to Life V.P., 720-394-8946
DENVER, April 24 /Christian Wire Service/ -- One of America's oldest pro-life organizations, Colorado Right to Life (CRLC), mourns the loss of the millions of innocent babies killed in their mother's womb, since the passage of the nation's first abortion law signed on April 25, 1967. "Our nation is owed an apology for our state's role in starting the abortion holocaust," said Diane Hochevar, CRLC President.
The organization applauds South Dakota for passing the first law restoring legal protection to pre-born babies. "As the state that started the abortion holocaust, we should have been the first to lead America back to protecting all human life, from fertilization through natural death," said Colorado Right to Life V.P., Leslie Hanks. "South Dakota citizens should be very proud of their elected officials."
Former Governor Dick Lamm, who as a freshman representative, sponsored the Colorado law in 1967. Not content with orchestrating the attack on the vulnerable pre-born, Lamm expanded his ideology to include the elderly and medically vulnerable with his "duty to die" speech a number of years ago.
"As America begins to ponder the significant loss of love and talent our nation has discarded as medical waste, it should remember that when Colorado made the tragic error of allowing pre-born lives to be destroyed through abortion we began a culture of death which has led to all human life being greatly devalued, " said Hanks.
CRLC maintains that Terri Schiavo and others like her might not have been in such jeopardy had Colorado rejected the taking of innocent life for cases of rape, incest and the mother's health back in 1967. "When babies aren't safe in their mother's wombs, we are all in danger." notes Hanks.
Colorado Right to Life will continue its efforts to build a culture of life in its home state and encourages every state to follow the lead set by South Dakota. "We must reject the taking of innocent life and embrace our founding documents," said Hochevar. "The Declaration of Independence boldly proclaims that 'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'"
To: National & State Desks
Contact: Leslie Hanks, Colorado Right to Life V.P., 720-394-8946
DENVER, April 24 /Christian Wire Service/ -- One of America's oldest pro-life organizations, Colorado Right to Life (CRLC), mourns the loss of the millions of innocent babies killed in their mother's womb, since the passage of the nation's first abortion law signed on April 25, 1967. "Our nation is owed an apology for our state's role in starting the abortion holocaust," said Diane Hochevar, CRLC President.
The organization applauds South Dakota for passing the first law restoring legal protection to pre-born babies. "As the state that started the abortion holocaust, we should have been the first to lead America back to protecting all human life, from fertilization through natural death," said Colorado Right to Life V.P., Leslie Hanks. "South Dakota citizens should be very proud of their elected officials."
Former Governor Dick Lamm, who as a freshman representative, sponsored the Colorado law in 1967. Not content with orchestrating the attack on the vulnerable pre-born, Lamm expanded his ideology to include the elderly and medically vulnerable with his "duty to die" speech a number of years ago.
"As America begins to ponder the significant loss of love and talent our nation has discarded as medical waste, it should remember that when Colorado made the tragic error of allowing pre-born lives to be destroyed through abortion we began a culture of death which has led to all human life being greatly devalued, " said Hanks.
CRLC maintains that Terri Schiavo and others like her might not have been in such jeopardy had Colorado rejected the taking of innocent life for cases of rape, incest and the mother's health back in 1967. "When babies aren't safe in their mother's wombs, we are all in danger." notes Hanks.
Colorado Right to Life will continue its efforts to build a culture of life in its home state and encourages every state to follow the lead set by South Dakota. "We must reject the taking of innocent life and embrace our founding documents," said Hochevar. "The Declaration of Independence boldly proclaims that 'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'"
Colorado Mourns 39th Anniversary of America's First Abortion Law
To: National & State Desks
Contact: Leslie Hanks, Colorado Right to Life V.P., 720-394-8946
DENVER, April 24 /Christian Wire Service/ -- One of America's oldest pro-life organizations, Colorado Right to Life (CRLC), mourns the loss of the millions of innocent babies killed in their mother's womb, since the passage of the nation's first abortion law signed on April 25, 1967. "Our nation is owed an apology for our state's role in starting the abortion holocaust," said Diane Hochevar, CRLC President.
The organization applauds South Dakota for passing the first law restoring legal protection to pre-born babies. "As the state that started the abortion holocaust, we should have been the first to lead America back to protecting all human life, from fertilization through natural death," said Colorado Right to Life V.P., Leslie Hanks. "South Dakota citizens should be very proud of their elected officials."
Former Governor Dick Lamm, who as a freshman representative, sponsored the Colorado law in 1967. Not content with orchestrating the attack on the vulnerable pre-born, Lamm expanded his ideology to include the elderly and medically vulnerable with his "duty to die" speech a number of years ago.
"As America begins to ponder the significant loss of love and talent our nation has discarded as medical waste, it should remember that when Colorado made the tragic error of allowing pre-born lives to be destroyed through abortion we began a culture of death which has led to all human life being greatly devalued, " said Hanks.
CRLC maintains that Terri Schiavo and others like her might not have been in such jeopardy had Colorado rejected the taking of innocent life for cases of rape, incest and the mother's health back in 1967. "When babies aren't safe in their mother's wombs, we are all in danger." notes Hanks.
Colorado Right to Life will continue its efforts to build a culture of life in its home state and encourages every state to follow the lead set by South Dakota. "We must reject the taking of innocent life and embrace our founding documents," said Hochevar. "The Declaration of Independence boldly proclaims that 'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'"
To: National & State Desks
Contact: Leslie Hanks, Colorado Right to Life V.P., 720-394-8946
DENVER, April 24 /Christian Wire Service/ -- One of America's oldest pro-life organizations, Colorado Right to Life (CRLC), mourns the loss of the millions of innocent babies killed in their mother's womb, since the passage of the nation's first abortion law signed on April 25, 1967. "Our nation is owed an apology for our state's role in starting the abortion holocaust," said Diane Hochevar, CRLC President.
The organization applauds South Dakota for passing the first law restoring legal protection to pre-born babies. "As the state that started the abortion holocaust, we should have been the first to lead America back to protecting all human life, from fertilization through natural death," said Colorado Right to Life V.P., Leslie Hanks. "South Dakota citizens should be very proud of their elected officials."
Former Governor Dick Lamm, who as a freshman representative, sponsored the Colorado law in 1967. Not content with orchestrating the attack on the vulnerable pre-born, Lamm expanded his ideology to include the elderly and medically vulnerable with his "duty to die" speech a number of years ago.
"As America begins to ponder the significant loss of love and talent our nation has discarded as medical waste, it should remember that when Colorado made the tragic error of allowing pre-born lives to be destroyed through abortion we began a culture of death which has led to all human life being greatly devalued, " said Hanks.
CRLC maintains that Terri Schiavo and others like her might not have been in such jeopardy had Colorado rejected the taking of innocent life for cases of rape, incest and the mother's health back in 1967. "When babies aren't safe in their mother's wombs, we are all in danger." notes Hanks.
Colorado Right to Life will continue its efforts to build a culture of life in its home state and encourages every state to follow the lead set by South Dakota. "We must reject the taking of innocent life and embrace our founding documents," said Hochevar. "The Declaration of Independence boldly proclaims that 'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'"
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
ANOTHER REASON TO BOYCOTT WALMART!!!
Kudos to Wal-Mart (barf alert!)
Mega-retailer stands up to religious right, stocks ‘Brokeback’
It’s not often that Wal-Mart, the ubiquitous destroyer of small businesses everywhere, earns high praise for a corporate decision. But this week, the mega-retailer stood its ground and resisted calls from the American Family Association to refuse to sell the “Brokeback Mountain” DVD.
Wal-Mart even promoted the DVD in displays featuring the gay characters portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger.
“It wasn't even a blockbuster movie, so if Wal-Mart isn't trying to push an agenda, why would they put it at the front door?" Randy Sharp, director of special projects for the association, told the L.A. Times.
Actually, Randy, “Brokeback” has made more than $165 million worldwide on a production budget of just $14 million. If that ain’t a blockbuster, I don’t know what is. And that number doesn’t include DVD sales, which will no doubt be tremendous.
Some will say that Wal-Mart is just greedy and knows a hot-selling product when it sees it. But the behemoth is uber-popular in the red states where the American Family Association and other so-called Christian groups hold lots of influence.
So, just this once, kudos to Wal-Mart.
Posted by Kevin Naff, Washington Blade Managing Editor | Apr. 5 at 7:48 PM | knaff@washblade.com
CHECK OUT www.walmartno.org
Kudos to Wal-Mart (barf alert!)
Mega-retailer stands up to religious right, stocks ‘Brokeback’
It’s not often that Wal-Mart, the ubiquitous destroyer of small businesses everywhere, earns high praise for a corporate decision. But this week, the mega-retailer stood its ground and resisted calls from the American Family Association to refuse to sell the “Brokeback Mountain” DVD.
Wal-Mart even promoted the DVD in displays featuring the gay characters portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger.
“It wasn't even a blockbuster movie, so if Wal-Mart isn't trying to push an agenda, why would they put it at the front door?" Randy Sharp, director of special projects for the association, told the L.A. Times.
Actually, Randy, “Brokeback” has made more than $165 million worldwide on a production budget of just $14 million. If that ain’t a blockbuster, I don’t know what is. And that number doesn’t include DVD sales, which will no doubt be tremendous.
Some will say that Wal-Mart is just greedy and knows a hot-selling product when it sees it. But the behemoth is uber-popular in the red states where the American Family Association and other so-called Christian groups hold lots of influence.
So, just this once, kudos to Wal-Mart.
Posted by Kevin Naff, Washington Blade Managing Editor | Apr. 5 at 7:48 PM | knaff@washblade.com
CHECK OUT www.walmartno.org
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
CLEARLY DELUSIONAL!!!!!!!!
Terri Schiavo's Former Husband Attacks Tom DeLay After Resignation
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
April 4, 2006
Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The feud between retiring pro-life Congressman Tom DeLay and Terri Schiavo's former husband Michael is not as old as the legal battle with Terri's family, but intense nonetheless. After DeLay made an announcement that he is retiring his Congressional seat, Michael released a statement attacking him.
Schiavo claimed "there's no question " that DeLay retired in part because he supposedly didn't want to face voters in November after having sided with the Schindler family against Michael's desire to kill Terri.
"After what he did to Terri and me, he no longer deserved the public trust that he had been given," Michael said, applauding DeLay's decision to step down from public office.
“I hope Mr. DeLay's actions in the Congress and the political costs associated with it will be a warning to other lawmakers that Congress just does not belong in the personal and private lives of Americans," Michael threatened.
After Circuit Court Judge George Greer finalized his order allowing Michael to euthanize Terri and state and federal courts refused to review the decision, DeLay said the judges who abrogated Terri's right to live would be held responsible.
"The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior," DeLay said at the time, adding that the House "will look at an arrogant and out of control judiciary that thumbs its nose at Congress and the president."
Later DeLay apologize for the strong words but maintained his position that the courts gave the Schindler family the shaft in their legal efforts to save her life.
DeLay's remarks earned him Michael Schiavo's ire and Terri's former husband placed him at the top of the list for lawmakers to be defeated when he announced the creation of a new political action committee in December.
The PAC will target pro-life lawmakers who sided with the Schindlers. The PAC is expected to oppose pro-life Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum's election and also targets President Bush and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on its web site.
The Schindler family, meanwhile, has set up a new organization to help disabled people like Terri receive appropriate medical care and treatment.
Related web sites:
Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation - http://www.terrisfight.org
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Terri Schiavo's Former Husband Attacks Tom DeLay After Resignation
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
April 4, 2006
Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The feud between retiring pro-life Congressman Tom DeLay and Terri Schiavo's former husband Michael is not as old as the legal battle with Terri's family, but intense nonetheless. After DeLay made an announcement that he is retiring his Congressional seat, Michael released a statement attacking him.
Schiavo claimed "there's no question " that DeLay retired in part because he supposedly didn't want to face voters in November after having sided with the Schindler family against Michael's desire to kill Terri.
"After what he did to Terri and me, he no longer deserved the public trust that he had been given," Michael said, applauding DeLay's decision to step down from public office.
“I hope Mr. DeLay's actions in the Congress and the political costs associated with it will be a warning to other lawmakers that Congress just does not belong in the personal and private lives of Americans," Michael threatened.
After Circuit Court Judge George Greer finalized his order allowing Michael to euthanize Terri and state and federal courts refused to review the decision, DeLay said the judges who abrogated Terri's right to live would be held responsible.
"The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior," DeLay said at the time, adding that the House "will look at an arrogant and out of control judiciary that thumbs its nose at Congress and the president."
Later DeLay apologize for the strong words but maintained his position that the courts gave the Schindler family the shaft in their legal efforts to save her life.
DeLay's remarks earned him Michael Schiavo's ire and Terri's former husband placed him at the top of the list for lawmakers to be defeated when he announced the creation of a new political action committee in December.
The PAC will target pro-life lawmakers who sided with the Schindlers. The PAC is expected to oppose pro-life Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum's election and also targets President Bush and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on its web site.
The Schindler family, meanwhile, has set up a new organization to help disabled people like Terri receive appropriate medical care and treatment.
Related web sites:
Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation - http://www.terrisfight.org
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A TEXAS BY-PASS OF SUSAN G. KOMEN
Dear Pro-Life Friends,
We have been encouraging you to let Susan G. Komen of Central Texas know of your displeasure at their relationship with Planned Parenthood of Central Texas. In the name of helping needy women receive mammography, Komen's unnecessary grant of $45,000 to Planned Parenthood helps them to appear as a caring medical facility instead of the evil abortion business that they really are.
Many pro-lifers have responded in amazing ways.
Donna and Wayne Garner have taken a lemon and turned it into lemonade. Recently, their friend's wife passed away from breast cancer. Kathy was a truly pro-life Christian woman. After hearing of a team running in the Komen Race for the Cure in Kathy's name, they went into action. Discouraging all those who signed up from running in her name, they found the perfect way to memorialize Kathy and help other women fight breast cancer without supporting Planned Parenthood.
Donna and Wayne contacted the Hillcrest Hospital Department of Development and set up a memorial account in Kathy's name. The money will be used for mammograms for women who do not have the ability to pay.
Many people make the mistake of thinking that Susan G. Komen is the only source of helping and treating women with breast cancer. The Komen organization grows fatter each year and refuses to inform women of the abortion/breast cancer link while partnering with Planned Parenthood abortion facilities.
Here is your alternative to help women in your own community!
Hillcrest Health Foundation
P. O. Box 5100
Waco , Texas76708
Dear Pro-Life Friends,
We have been encouraging you to let Susan G. Komen of Central Texas know of your displeasure at their relationship with Planned Parenthood of Central Texas. In the name of helping needy women receive mammography, Komen's unnecessary grant of $45,000 to Planned Parenthood helps them to appear as a caring medical facility instead of the evil abortion business that they really are.
Many pro-lifers have responded in amazing ways.
Donna and Wayne Garner have taken a lemon and turned it into lemonade. Recently, their friend's wife passed away from breast cancer. Kathy was a truly pro-life Christian woman. After hearing of a team running in the Komen Race for the Cure in Kathy's name, they went into action. Discouraging all those who signed up from running in her name, they found the perfect way to memorialize Kathy and help other women fight breast cancer without supporting Planned Parenthood.
Donna and Wayne contacted the Hillcrest Hospital Department of Development and set up a memorial account in Kathy's name. The money will be used for mammograms for women who do not have the ability to pay.
Many people make the mistake of thinking that Susan G. Komen is the only source of helping and treating women with breast cancer. The Komen organization grows fatter each year and refuses to inform women of the abortion/breast cancer link while partnering with Planned Parenthood abortion facilities.
Here is your alternative to help women in your own community!
Hillcrest Health Foundation
P. O. Box 5100
Waco , Texas76708
DEPRESSED ABOUT TERRI'S DEATH
I still can't believe my government let a completely innocent
woman be starved to death with the whole world watching, to our eternal shame!
My week long fast in solidarity with Terri, didn't make the difference I prayed it would have. Nothing any of the hundreds and thousands of us did could stand in the way of the EVIL
ones, who wouldn't stop until Terri died and was cremated, in order to cover up the evidence.
I pray nearly every day for God's perfect justice to be served
upon Terri's tormentors and for Him to bless every effort of
the very classy Schindlers.
Mr. Delusional still persists, keeping many of us more committed than ever to see him behind bars.
I still can't believe my government let a completely innocent
woman be starved to death with the whole world watching, to our eternal shame!
My week long fast in solidarity with Terri, didn't make the difference I prayed it would have. Nothing any of the hundreds and thousands of us did could stand in the way of the EVIL
ones, who wouldn't stop until Terri died and was cremated, in order to cover up the evidence.
I pray nearly every day for God's perfect justice to be served
upon Terri's tormentors and for Him to bless every effort of
the very classy Schindlers.
Mr. Delusional still persists, keeping many of us more committed than ever to see him behind bars.
Friday, March 31, 2006
IN MEMORY OF OUR FRIEND TERRI
PROSTRATE BEFORE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!!
Upon learning of Terri's demise, Andrew and Janet fell down
to call upon the Lord and we were promptly told by the Florida
Capitol police that we couldn't pray and must leave the
Capitol grounds where we had been begging for Terri's life.
Andrew, Janet and Leslie: friends of Terri forever before
the Lord.
GOD HELP US - MAY YOUR PERFECT JUSTICE PREVAIL
FOR THE WICKED WHO TORTURED TERRI!
BLESS EVERY EFFORT OF THE SCHINDLERS IN SEEKING
PROTECTIONS FOR THE MEDICALLY VULNERABLE.
SHOWER THEM WITH YOUR MERCY, GRACE AND LOVE.
THANK YOU JESUS!
FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS 3-31-06
EC lies would make Lewis Carroll proud
The lies told in the recent Senate hearing on so-called "emergency contraception" were staggering. Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll would've been proud.
The lie about life beginning at implantation would be laughable, were it not so deadly.
Roberts Pharmaceutical sales representative Jen Kessell added insult to injury with her take on the miracle of life, bestowed upon women by our creator: "Pregnancy begins when a woman is comfortable with it beginning. It depends on your own personal views and what you want to believe!"
Or, as Humpty Dumpty said, "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean, nothing more, nothing less."
The denigration of language Carroll foretold should jolt us to our senses. But I'm not counting on it.
Leslie Hanks
Vice president, Colorado Right to Life
CHECK OUT WWW.walmartno.org to help begin the Walmart boycott for their sale of Plan B
EC lies would make Lewis Carroll proud
The lies told in the recent Senate hearing on so-called "emergency contraception" were staggering. Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll would've been proud.
The lie about life beginning at implantation would be laughable, were it not so deadly.
Roberts Pharmaceutical sales representative Jen Kessell added insult to injury with her take on the miracle of life, bestowed upon women by our creator: "Pregnancy begins when a woman is comfortable with it beginning. It depends on your own personal views and what you want to believe!"
Or, as Humpty Dumpty said, "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean, nothing more, nothing less."
The denigration of language Carroll foretold should jolt us to our senses. But I'm not counting on it.
Leslie Hanks
Vice president, Colorado Right to Life
CHECK OUT WWW.walmartno.org to help begin the Walmart boycott for their sale of Plan B
Thursday, March 30, 2006
A MARRIAGE MADE IN HELL!!!!
As an Apple Mac user, I am appalled to learn that
the nation's largest baby killing enterprise is giving
away your iPod products as an enticement to
teens to enter the blood stained world of Planned Parenthood.
PP's founder, Margaret Sanger, was a racist who sought to eradicate the black race.
This marriage of your product with an org who kills
off future customers can't be good for business!
Leslie Hanks
V.P. Colorado Right to Life
As an Apple Mac user, I am appalled to learn that
the nation's largest baby killing enterprise is giving
away your iPod products as an enticement to
teens to enter the blood stained world of Planned Parenthood.
PP's founder, Margaret Sanger, was a racist who sought to eradicate the black race.
This marriage of your product with an org who kills
off future customers can't be good for business!
Leslie Hanks
V.P. Colorado Right to Life
Monday, March 27, 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006
LAST FRIDAY ON DENVER's FOX 31
I debated Phd Wood who (resigned the FDA over its failure to approve MAP for otc use)
kept telling the viewers how safe Plan B is. She repeated her mantra that it is "safer
than aspirin" in response to numerous challenges that I raised.
My parting shot was that "You are the folks telling us that RU-486 is safe and we
know women are dying!" She was outraged and screetched that Plan B isn't RU-486.
That may be the only correct thing she said.
Imagine my amazement upon leaving the debate and learning about
another two women who have died from RU-486.
Will women ever recognize their unique value as those who alone can carry
the Creator given gift of life into posterity?
I debated Phd Wood who (resigned the FDA over its failure to approve MAP for otc use)
kept telling the viewers how safe Plan B is. She repeated her mantra that it is "safer
than aspirin" in response to numerous challenges that I raised.
My parting shot was that "You are the folks telling us that RU-486 is safe and we
know women are dying!" She was outraged and screetched that Plan B isn't RU-486.
That may be the only correct thing she said.
Imagine my amazement upon leaving the debate and learning about
another two women who have died from RU-486.
Will women ever recognize their unique value as those who alone can carry
the Creator given gift of life into posterity?
Sunday, March 19, 2006
TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS!!
The lies told in the recent Senate hearing on
so called "emergency contraception"
were staggering.
Alice in Wonderland's author, Lewis Carroll, would be proud.
The lie about life beginning at implantation would
be laughable, were it not so deadly.
Roberts Pharmaceutical sales representative,
Jen Kessell ads insult to injury with her take
on the miracle of life, bestowed upon women by our
Creator.
"Pregnancy begins when a woman is comfortable
with it beginning. It depends on your own
personal views and what you want to believe!"
"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it
to mean, nothing more, nothing less," noted Humpty Dumpty.
The denigration of language Carroll foretold should jolt us
to our senses.
Don't count on it.
Leslie Hanks
V.P. Colorado Right to Life
The lies told in the recent Senate hearing on
so called "emergency contraception"
were staggering.
Alice in Wonderland's author, Lewis Carroll, would be proud.
The lie about life beginning at implantation would
be laughable, were it not so deadly.
Roberts Pharmaceutical sales representative,
Jen Kessell ads insult to injury with her take
on the miracle of life, bestowed upon women by our
Creator.
"Pregnancy begins when a woman is comfortable
with it beginning. It depends on your own
personal views and what you want to believe!"
"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it
to mean, nothing more, nothing less," noted Humpty Dumpty.
The denigration of language Carroll foretold should jolt us
to our senses.
Don't count on it.
Leslie Hanks
V.P. Colorado Right to Life
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
PURIM REVISITED! IS THE ADL CORRECT??
“Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had
neither father nor mother. This girl who was also known as Esther, was lovely in form
and features, and Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.” Esther 2:7
On March 2, 2005 around our nation, Hadassah had a national Date with the State lobby day for SOS. Their State of Stem Cells presentation encouraging California style
funding for ESCR embryonic stem cell research. That SOS really ought to be
a call to help embryonic life in our nation.
Of all human groups which should be finely attuned to the needs of the oppressed, one
would think that Jewish mothers would be at the top of the list.
Having been the target of Hitler’s destructive march for eugenic purity, these descendents
of Auschwitz should be working over time to protect innocent life. They of all humans on the planet should be familiar with the beautiful story of Queen Esther and how the Lord used her to save His people.
Taking a human life to potentially find a cure for another human, is reminiscent of the heinous German notion of using the skin of murdered Jews to create lampshades. Have the memories of the holocaust grown so dim as to no longer serve as a morality check on today’s human psyche?
Pro-lifers are accused of opposing stem cell research. An honest assessment of the
opposition would reveal that they, to a person, support ethical stem cell research
which does not destroy human life.
Adult stem cell research has produced a variety of amazingly marvelous improvements
in the health status of the incapacitated. Embryonic stem cell research has to date produced no successful cures. In fact, harmful effects like teratomas have resulted.
With embryonic cells being undifferentiated, tumors of hair and baby teeth can
occur with implantations of ECSR.
The largest women’s group, Hadassah, should re-read the book of Esther and become
well versed in its lessons, before Purim, March 14.
Embryonic life in America needs you Hadassah!
“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this.” Esther 4:14.
Leslie Hanks
V.P. Colorado Right to Life

Letters to the Editor
The Colorado Statesman
March 11, 2005
To the Editor:
There are important philosophical issues in the debate over embryonic stem cell funding. Reasonable people can differ on questions of when life begins, or whether adult stem cell research is more promising. But it is never acceptable to descend to the level of offensive argument that appears in Leslie Hanks' letter of March 11 in The Colorado Statesman.
Instead of debating the merits of the issue, Ms. Hanks dwells on the Jewish roots of Hadassah, an international women's group, which encouraged the General Assembly to look into funding stem cell research.
Moreover, it is highly offensive, inflammatory, disrespectful and inappropriate to compare stem cell research to find cures for human disease with the Holocaust, in which the Nazis murdered six million Jews and others. Ms. Hanks has the audacity to tell Jews how they should think, believe and act in light of her interpretation of Jewish history and biblical stories.
Legitimate debate on important issues of the day is welcomed in our democracy. Diatribes focused on the religion of one's opponents and what they "should" believe are not appropriate, and deserve to be rejected by the readers of this publication.
Sincerely,
Bruce DeBoskey
Mountain States Regional Director
“Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had
neither father nor mother. This girl who was also known as Esther, was lovely in form
and features, and Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.” Esther 2:7
On March 2, 2005 around our nation, Hadassah had a national Date with the State lobby day for SOS. Their State of Stem Cells presentation encouraging California style
funding for ESCR embryonic stem cell research. That SOS really ought to be
a call to help embryonic life in our nation.
Of all human groups which should be finely attuned to the needs of the oppressed, one
would think that Jewish mothers would be at the top of the list.
Having been the target of Hitler’s destructive march for eugenic purity, these descendents
of Auschwitz should be working over time to protect innocent life. They of all humans on the planet should be familiar with the beautiful story of Queen Esther and how the Lord used her to save His people.
Taking a human life to potentially find a cure for another human, is reminiscent of the heinous German notion of using the skin of murdered Jews to create lampshades. Have the memories of the holocaust grown so dim as to no longer serve as a morality check on today’s human psyche?
Pro-lifers are accused of opposing stem cell research. An honest assessment of the
opposition would reveal that they, to a person, support ethical stem cell research
which does not destroy human life.
Adult stem cell research has produced a variety of amazingly marvelous improvements
in the health status of the incapacitated. Embryonic stem cell research has to date produced no successful cures. In fact, harmful effects like teratomas have resulted.
With embryonic cells being undifferentiated, tumors of hair and baby teeth can
occur with implantations of ECSR.
The largest women’s group, Hadassah, should re-read the book of Esther and become
well versed in its lessons, before Purim, March 14.
Embryonic life in America needs you Hadassah!
“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this.” Esther 4:14.
Leslie Hanks
V.P. Colorado Right to Life

Letters to the Editor
The Colorado Statesman
March 11, 2005
To the Editor:
There are important philosophical issues in the debate over embryonic stem cell funding. Reasonable people can differ on questions of when life begins, or whether adult stem cell research is more promising. But it is never acceptable to descend to the level of offensive argument that appears in Leslie Hanks' letter of March 11 in The Colorado Statesman.
Instead of debating the merits of the issue, Ms. Hanks dwells on the Jewish roots of Hadassah, an international women's group, which encouraged the General Assembly to look into funding stem cell research.
Moreover, it is highly offensive, inflammatory, disrespectful and inappropriate to compare stem cell research to find cures for human disease with the Holocaust, in which the Nazis murdered six million Jews and others. Ms. Hanks has the audacity to tell Jews how they should think, believe and act in light of her interpretation of Jewish history and biblical stories.
Legitimate debate on important issues of the day is welcomed in our democracy. Diatribes focused on the religion of one's opponents and what they "should" believe are not appropriate, and deserve to be rejected by the readers of this publication.
Sincerely,
Bruce DeBoskey
Mountain States Regional Director
Monday, March 13, 2006
4-Year-Old Broomfield Boy
Starved to Death by Parents
The appalling starvation of Dylan is evidence of the limitless cruelty the compassion in dying movement will accept in order to remain faithful
to its mantra, "Better Dead Than Disabled."
Just prior to Christmas 2005, The Denver Post carried an exclusive, titled "Letting Go: Dylan’s Last Days. Two parents face an agonizing test of faith and love for their son." The piece raised great alarm for Colorado Right to Life. The special report is still available on line and chronicles the 24-day starvation death of 4-year-old Dylan Walborn of Broomfield, Colorado. The article states that The Denver Post agreed (ed.- perhaps "conspired" is more accurate) with the parents to withhold publication of the story until Dylan’s passing.
Dylan suffered with severe seizures from Cerebral Palsy, and even though the euthanasia movement has convinced the mainstream media that it is merciful to starve to death terminally ill patients, The Denver Post did not even raise the objection that Dylan was not dying, nor terminally ill. He was severely disabled.
The article makes the claim that the parents sought and received an approval to euthanize their son from Children’s Hospital, and from their pastor, Buddy Conn. The Denver Post omitted the name of Westminster’s Victory Church, where pastor Conn ministers. Victory has denied that they were aware of the parents’ decision to starve Dylan. Kevin Simpson, The Denver Post author of "Letting Go," told Colorado Right to Life that he stands by his story. To date the pastors of Victory Church have not publicly repudiated their reported involvement in the matter.
"The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." Proverbs 12:10
See dylanwalborn.com for more information.
Starved to Death by Parents
The appalling starvation of Dylan is evidence of the limitless cruelty the compassion in dying movement will accept in order to remain faithful
to its mantra, "Better Dead Than Disabled."
Just prior to Christmas 2005, The Denver Post carried an exclusive, titled "Letting Go: Dylan’s Last Days. Two parents face an agonizing test of faith and love for their son." The piece raised great alarm for Colorado Right to Life. The special report is still available on line and chronicles the 24-day starvation death of 4-year-old Dylan Walborn of Broomfield, Colorado. The article states that The Denver Post agreed (ed.- perhaps "conspired" is more accurate) with the parents to withhold publication of the story until Dylan’s passing.
Dylan suffered with severe seizures from Cerebral Palsy, and even though the euthanasia movement has convinced the mainstream media that it is merciful to starve to death terminally ill patients, The Denver Post did not even raise the objection that Dylan was not dying, nor terminally ill. He was severely disabled.
The article makes the claim that the parents sought and received an approval to euthanize their son from Children’s Hospital, and from their pastor, Buddy Conn. The Denver Post omitted the name of Westminster’s Victory Church, where pastor Conn ministers. Victory has denied that they were aware of the parents’ decision to starve Dylan. Kevin Simpson, The Denver Post author of "Letting Go," told Colorado Right to Life that he stands by his story. To date the pastors of Victory Church have not publicly repudiated their reported involvement in the matter.
"The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." Proverbs 12:10
See dylanwalborn.com for more information.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
PRO-LIFE SLICE OF LIFE!!
Driving away from the killing clinic, she uttered a silent prayer. “Lord, let some of
the women change their hearts and minds. Father God, put obstacles in the way
of the abortionist that he might not be able to destroy the gifts of life, you’ve
so beneficently bestowed. Lord, I pray that the clinic workers will be horrified
by what they do. Let them dream about the blood that is on their hands.”
She was distracted as she drove by the sight of a disheveled black man, sitting street-side on a dusty side yard.
“He’s probably drunk,” she thought continuing toward the golf course
club house, where several rescuers had agreed to gather.
A myriad of thoughts bubbled in her sub-conscious as the car
progressed another two blocks. Her own father and brother might have been
that individual at another point in history.
“Kind of a strange place to be sitting,” popped into her mind. “What if he is
more than inebriated?” nagged at the back of her mind.
Putting the car into reverse, she backed up to where he sat.
“Are you ok?” she asked. He said, “No!”
“Are you intoxicated?” she continued.
“I think I’m having a heart attack!” he shouted. “Oh, my God,” she thought.
She grabbed her cell phone and jumped out of her car, racing to the man’s side.
Dialing 911, she told the dispatcher that she was at 20th and Gaylord by the side
of a man she had found, who believed he was having a heart attack.
Other pro-life rescuers assembled around the elderly gentleman as he screamed out
for his mother. Ken asked his name, Jo shouted, “Where does your mom live?”
In the ensuing chaos, Ralph told us his name and that his mom lived around the corner
just before going into a minor seizure.
Jo ran to his mother’s house while Ken lent comfort and the conversation with
the dispatcher continued.
“Please hurry,” “Oh Jesus, don’t let him die,” she spoke into the mobile phone.
Neighbors of the killing clinic who regularly criticized this group stopped, on their
way to church, upon seeing the commotion.
Ralph did admit, to those trying to help him, that he had been drinking – in between
seizing and sitting up calling out for his mom.
His history of cirrhosis came to light as the paramedics and the fire truck arrived very
shortly after the initial call was made.
Jo and Ralph’s mother arrived to support him as he was gingerly placed upon the
gurney, for what must have been “another” trip to the hospital.
As the crowd dispersed, she wondered what the neighbors were thinking of those
they regularly criticized for shouting to moms going in to kill their babies.
Would they recognize that their care for life transcended the pre-born to all
made in God’s image?
Would they see the connection on their way to worship? Would they care? Would they
join them in their quest for “justice for all” sometime in the future?
“Lord, let this all be for your glory.” Her reverie continued as she drove away from
the momentary detour from her life’s yearning.
Driving away from the killing clinic, she uttered a silent prayer. “Lord, let some of
the women change their hearts and minds. Father God, put obstacles in the way
of the abortionist that he might not be able to destroy the gifts of life, you’ve
so beneficently bestowed. Lord, I pray that the clinic workers will be horrified
by what they do. Let them dream about the blood that is on their hands.”
She was distracted as she drove by the sight of a disheveled black man, sitting street-side on a dusty side yard.
“He’s probably drunk,” she thought continuing toward the golf course
club house, where several rescuers had agreed to gather.
A myriad of thoughts bubbled in her sub-conscious as the car
progressed another two blocks. Her own father and brother might have been
that individual at another point in history.
“Kind of a strange place to be sitting,” popped into her mind. “What if he is
more than inebriated?” nagged at the back of her mind.
Putting the car into reverse, she backed up to where he sat.
“Are you ok?” she asked. He said, “No!”
“Are you intoxicated?” she continued.
“I think I’m having a heart attack!” he shouted. “Oh, my God,” she thought.
She grabbed her cell phone and jumped out of her car, racing to the man’s side.
Dialing 911, she told the dispatcher that she was at 20th and Gaylord by the side
of a man she had found, who believed he was having a heart attack.
Other pro-life rescuers assembled around the elderly gentleman as he screamed out
for his mother. Ken asked his name, Jo shouted, “Where does your mom live?”
In the ensuing chaos, Ralph told us his name and that his mom lived around the corner
just before going into a minor seizure.
Jo ran to his mother’s house while Ken lent comfort and the conversation with
the dispatcher continued.
“Please hurry,” “Oh Jesus, don’t let him die,” she spoke into the mobile phone.
Neighbors of the killing clinic who regularly criticized this group stopped, on their
way to church, upon seeing the commotion.
Ralph did admit, to those trying to help him, that he had been drinking – in between
seizing and sitting up calling out for his mom.
His history of cirrhosis came to light as the paramedics and the fire truck arrived very
shortly after the initial call was made.
Jo and Ralph’s mother arrived to support him as he was gingerly placed upon the
gurney, for what must have been “another” trip to the hospital.
As the crowd dispersed, she wondered what the neighbors were thinking of those
they regularly criticized for shouting to moms going in to kill their babies.
Would they recognize that their care for life transcended the pre-born to all
made in God’s image?
Would they see the connection on their way to worship? Would they care? Would they
join them in their quest for “justice for all” sometime in the future?
“Lord, let this all be for your glory.” Her reverie continued as she drove away from
the momentary detour from her life’s yearning.
Monday, March 06, 2006
PRAISE ALMIGHTY GOD FOR GOVERNOR ROUNDS COURAGE!!!!
It should have been Colorado since we were the first to legalize,
sadly.
Monday, March 6, 2006
MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Bill to kill 'Roe'
signed into law
Abortion ban by South Dakota
touches off fierce legal battle
Posted: March 6, 2006
2:16 p.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds today signed into law a highly restrictive anti-abortion bill aimed ultimately at overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
The legislation, passed last month by state lawmakers, bans abortion in nearly every case and punishes doctors who perform one with a $5,000 fine and five years in prison.
The bill allows abortion only in the event a mother's life is in danger, making no exception for rape or incest.
South Dakota Planned Parenthood, which operates the state's sole abortion clinic, has said it will challenge the law.
Rounds said in a written statement he expects the law will be tied up in court for years and will not be enacted unless upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
"In the history of the world, the true test of a civilization is how well people treat the most vulnerable and most helpless in their society," Rounds said. "The sponsors and supporters of this bill believe that abortion is wrong because unborn children are the most vulnerable and most helpless persons in our society. I agree with them."
Prior to the signing, an anonymous donor pledged $1 million to help the state defend the new statute.
Last week, Rounds was in Washington for a National Governors Association meeting where he found more pledges of donations and the support of some of his colleagues across the nation.
"There is a lot of interest in it here," Rounds said, according to the Associated Press. "And there are a number of states that have similar legislation. A lot of governors expressing support and wishing us good luck and suggesting that they will have similar types of proposals that may very well be favorably looked upon across the United States."
State lawmakers in Georgia, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi and Indiana also are considering legislation that would heavily restrict abortions.
National pro-life activists, who are urging supporters to send $10 to Rounds to support the state's defense, chose South Dakota as its first vehicle to challenge the Roe decision.
They believe that if a legal challenge ever reaches high court, the recent addition of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the bench makes it more disposed than ever to overturn the 1973 ruling.
As WorldNetDaily reported, South Dakota's House of Representatives passed a similar bill in 2004 by a 54-14 vote, before its narrow defeat in the Senate, 18-17. The bill actually initially passed the Senate, but Rounds issued a "style and form" veto, sending the bill back with wording changes to make sure existing abortion restrictions were not threatened if the bill were struck down in court.
In 2004, two pro-life groups clashed over the demise of the previous measure. The public-interest Thomas More Law Center, which helped draft the bill, accused National Right to Life of "complicity" with pro-abortion groups for lobbying against it.
Some pro-life groups think the time is not right to take such drastic measures to overturn the Roe decision.
Special offers:
SUPREME FRAUD: Unmasking Roe v. Wade, America's most outrageous judicial decision -- receive it FREE when you subscribe to WND's Whistleblower magazine!
It should have been Colorado since we were the first to legalize,
sadly.
Monday, March 6, 2006
MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Bill to kill 'Roe'
signed into law
Abortion ban by South Dakota
touches off fierce legal battle
Posted: March 6, 2006
2:16 p.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds today signed into law a highly restrictive anti-abortion bill aimed ultimately at overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
The legislation, passed last month by state lawmakers, bans abortion in nearly every case and punishes doctors who perform one with a $5,000 fine and five years in prison.
The bill allows abortion only in the event a mother's life is in danger, making no exception for rape or incest.
South Dakota Planned Parenthood, which operates the state's sole abortion clinic, has said it will challenge the law.
Rounds said in a written statement he expects the law will be tied up in court for years and will not be enacted unless upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
"In the history of the world, the true test of a civilization is how well people treat the most vulnerable and most helpless in their society," Rounds said. "The sponsors and supporters of this bill believe that abortion is wrong because unborn children are the most vulnerable and most helpless persons in our society. I agree with them."
Prior to the signing, an anonymous donor pledged $1 million to help the state defend the new statute.
Last week, Rounds was in Washington for a National Governors Association meeting where he found more pledges of donations and the support of some of his colleagues across the nation.
"There is a lot of interest in it here," Rounds said, according to the Associated Press. "And there are a number of states that have similar legislation. A lot of governors expressing support and wishing us good luck and suggesting that they will have similar types of proposals that may very well be favorably looked upon across the United States."
State lawmakers in Georgia, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi and Indiana also are considering legislation that would heavily restrict abortions.
National pro-life activists, who are urging supporters to send $10 to Rounds to support the state's defense, chose South Dakota as its first vehicle to challenge the Roe decision.
They believe that if a legal challenge ever reaches high court, the recent addition of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the bench makes it more disposed than ever to overturn the 1973 ruling.
As WorldNetDaily reported, South Dakota's House of Representatives passed a similar bill in 2004 by a 54-14 vote, before its narrow defeat in the Senate, 18-17. The bill actually initially passed the Senate, but Rounds issued a "style and form" veto, sending the bill back with wording changes to make sure existing abortion restrictions were not threatened if the bill were struck down in court.
In 2004, two pro-life groups clashed over the demise of the previous measure. The public-interest Thomas More Law Center, which helped draft the bill, accused National Right to Life of "complicity" with pro-abortion groups for lobbying against it.
Some pro-life groups think the time is not right to take such drastic measures to overturn the Roe decision.
Special offers:
SUPREME FRAUD: Unmasking Roe v. Wade, America's most outrageous judicial decision -- receive it FREE when you subscribe to WND's Whistleblower magazine!
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