The Manhattan Declaration

Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family.

We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good, and to call upon our fellow citizens, believers and non-believers alike, to join us in defending them. These truths are:

1. the sanctity of human life
2. the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife
3. the rights of conscience and religious liberty.

Inasmuch as these truths are foundational to human dignity and the well-being of society, they are inviolable and non-negotiable. Because they are increasingly under assault from powerful forces in our culture, we are compelled today to speak out forcefully in their defense, and to commit ourselves to honoring them fully no matter what pressures are brought upon us and our institutions to abandon or compromise them. We make this commitment not as partisans of any political group but as followers of Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen Lord, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

http://www.manhattandeclaration.org/

Planned Parenthood Leader Resigns After Watching Abortion Ultrasound

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Monday, November 2, 2009, 5:28 AM

Jim Hoft

The leader of Planned Parenthood in College Station, Texas left her post after watching the ultrasound of an abortion procedure. Abby Johnson told reporters that Planned Parenthood changed it’s business model from one that pushed prevention, to one that focused on abortion.

// She recently joined the Pro-Life organization in her community.
KBTX reported, via Free Republic:

Planned Parenthood has been a part of Abby Johnson’s life for the past eight years; that is until last month, when Abby resigned. Johnson said she realized she wanted to leave, after watching an ultrasound of an abortion procedure.

“I just thought I can’t do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that’s it,” said Jonhson.

She handed in her resignation October 6. Johnson worked as the Bryan Planned Parenthood Director for two years.

According to Johnson, the non-profit was struggling under the weight of a tough economy, and changing it’s business model from one that pushed prevention, to one that focused on abortion.

“It seemed like maybe that’s not what a lot of people were believing any more because that’s not where the money was. The money wasn’t in family planning, the money wasn’t in prevention, the money was in abortion and so I had a problem with that,” said Johnson.

Johnson said she was told to bring in more women who wanted abortions, something the Episcopalian church goer recently became convicted about.

“I feel so pure in heart (since leaving). I don’t have this guilt, I don’t have this burden on me anymore that’s how I know this conversion was a spiritual conversion.”

Johnson now supports the Coalition For Life, the pro-life group with a building down the street from Planned Parenthood. Coalition volunteers can regularly be seen praying on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood. Johnson has been meeting with the coalition’s executive director, Shawn Carney, and has prayed with volunteers outside Planned Parenthood.

Abortion Horror in Italy

by Caleb Colley, B.A., B.S. [Español]

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Occasionally, those who promote or perform abortions go beyond merely making statements to betray the moral rot and absurdity inherent in their claims. They carry out unusual, shocking violence toward defenseless pre-born children. Pro-life advocates are taking note of one such occurrence in Italy. Recently, Italian doctors killed the “wrong” child after a 38-year-old woman requested to have one of her pre-born twins aborted (O’Brien, 2007; “Abortion of Wrong…,” 2007). Instead of taking the life of the twin suffering from Down Syndrome, doctors accidentally aborted the healthy baby (O’Brien). The twins had changed places inside the womb (Hooper, 2007). Remarkably, after discovering the error, the mother returned to the San Paolo hospital in Milan for a second abortion, and then reported the doctors to the police (“Abortion of Wrong…”). Now, both children are dead, and the Milan prosecutor’s office does not expect to charge hospital personnel with criminal activity (Hooper).

Paolo Binetti, a Catholic senator and member of Italy’s national bioethics committee, said: “What happened in this hospital was not a medical abortion but an abortion done for the purposes of eugenics” (O’Brien, 2007). The Italian case reminds us that nearly all abortions are for the purpose of making life easier for adults (see “Abortion: Medical…,” n.d.). A pregnant woman may give herself many reasons for choosing death instead of life, but in the vast majority of abortion cases, we may summarize all such reasons in one word: convenience.

The Italian Catholic Church is preparing for a legal fight to reevaluate and potentially change Italy’s 30-year-old abortion law, which relegates abortion to the first three months of pregnancy except in cases where the pre-born child is “malformed” (“Italian Church…,” 2007; “The Legalization…,” 1978). The case of the twins, who were 18 weeks old, suggests that enforcement of Italian abortion law is ineffective. Binetti concluded: “I think that after 30 years it’s time to look again at the abortion law” (“Abortion of Wrong…,” 2007). Indeed, the ethical, philosophical, and biblical problems with abortion demand that all laws, which allow abortion, be replaced with sensible, moral alternatives (see Miller, 2003).

REFERENCES

“Abortion of Wrong Twin Rekindles Debate” (2007), [On-line], URL: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/28/content_6619565.htm.

“Abortion: Medical Facts” (no date), National Right to Life, [On-line], URL: http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/index.html.

Hooper, John (2007), “Italian Police to Investigate Abortion of Wrong Twin,” [On-line], URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,,2156813,00.html.

“Italian Church Spoiling for Another Fight Over Abortion After Botched Selective Abortion” (2007), International Herald Tribune, [On-line], URL: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/04/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-Abortion.php.

“The Legalization of Abortion: Law 194 of the Italian Republic” (1978), Columbia University, [On-line], URL: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/history/degrazia/courseworks/legge_194.pdf.

Miller, Dave (2003), “Abortion and the Bible,” [On-line], URL: http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/1964.

O’Brien, Elizabeth (2007), “Italian Hospital Aborts Healthy Twin and Leaves Handicapped Sibling,” [On-line], URL: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/aug/07082709.html.

Abortion: Woman Had 15 Abortions

“How shall ye escape de damnation of hell?” – Matt 23:33

Thanks to http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2009/09/abortion_addict.html

Not all serial killers are wanted by the police. Self-described abortion addict Irene Vilar is free to kill and kill again with the active encouragement of authorities, who confiscate your money to help finance her homicidal activities.

Vilar has committed 15 abortions in 16 years. Here’s how ABC sees fit to report on her accomplishment, and on her attempt to exploit it for financial gain:

Irene Vilar worries that her self-described “abortion addiction” will be misunderstood, twisted by the pro-life movement to deny women the right to choose.

Her book, “Impossible Motherhood,” which will be released by Other Press on Oct. 6, chronicles her own dark choices: 15 abortions in 16 years, much of it as a married woman.

As press on the book has begun to leak out, Vilar — a literary agent and editor — says she has already sensed “an inkling of hatred.”

The poor victim.

I wonder if the butchers at Planned Parenthood give her every tenth abortion on the house. They definitely owe her a lifetime achievement award.

Serial killer Irene Vilar.

Hat tip: The Blogprof.