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An Abortion-Free Santa Fe

Adam Graham — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:30:06 +0000

The only abortion clinic in Santa Fe will close as of December 23, 2011, when abortionist Lucia Ceis retires from private practice. The last day abortions will be done is December 16, 2011.

Ceis admits to having done thousands of abortions over her 35 years of business. Ceis posted an ad in The New Mexican newspaper announcing her retirement.

That closure will leave Santa Fe abortion-free and will reduce the number of abortion clinics in New Mexico to five.

Herman Cain is Pro-Life

Adam Graham — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:41:31 +0000

Leon Wolf of Red State did something rare among bloggers and columnists. He admitted he was wrong when he stated Herman Cain was pro-choice on abortion over some confusing statements Cain made on CNN. Wolf, one of Red State’s most vocal pro-lifers declared, “I now realize that calling Herman Cain “pro-choice” was not just wrong, it was disastrously wrong, and for that I am sorry. I have come to understand that Herman Cain has in reality done far more for the pro-life movement than I ever have.”

Herman Cain’s record of Pro-Life support goes back to his 2004 Senate Campaign in which he denounced abortionand the Roe v. Wade decision, writing:

Today we mourn the murder of millions of innocent lives because of the decision made 31 years ago by the United States Supreme Court to give doctors the right to end the life of an unborn child. Unbelievably, the decision of Roe v. Wade shows that our Nation still chooses to place human convenience over the sanctity of human life. No great nation can prosper when life is not valued.

Cain spent $1 million of his own money for an ad campaign against abortion in 2006. The ads exposed the tough truth of the higher abortion rates among blacks and Hispanics which and as late as March of last year, he called Planned Parenthood, “Planned Genocide.” The National Right to Life Committee has backed Cain up, stating that he is fully pro-life. His clarifying statements to the Brody File coupled with his past record should dismiss the question of his dedication to pro-life principles.

Unfortunately, Wolf is almost alone in admitting his error. There are still people who are questioning’s Cain commitment to the pro-life cause to drive a wedge between Cain and pro-life voters.

Either they, like Wolf, are totally ignorant of Cain’s pro-life record, they are incredibly obtuse, or they’re smearing Cain to promote their favored candidates. And for Presidential candidates who are joining the attack such as Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Santorum, the attacks on Cain’s commitment life is really being made without regards to truth in an attempt to save their flailing presidential campaigns.

It is fair game to suggest that Cain committed a gaffe and got confused in his interview with Morgan. It’s fair to question whether based on his articulation skills in interviews, if he has what it takes to be President. What’s not fair is to ignore the totality of Cain’s commitment to the cause of life for the sake of political gamesmanship.

Bomb Thrown at Pro-Life Protesters

Adam Graham — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:47:46 +0000

In my old hometown of Kalispell, the 40 days for life campaign is going strong, as people pray peacefully outside an abortion clinic. One thursday, one pro-abortionists decided to demonstrate their opposition:

A homemade incendiary device was thrown at one of the participants of the 40 Days for Life pro-life prayer vigil at an abortion business in Kalispell, Montana on Thursday night.

The woman walked on the public sidewalk near the abortion business when an unidentified person threw the device — akin to a “Molotov cocktail” — in her direction. The woman did not see either the firebomb nor the assailant it exploded on the sidewalk behind her, making a loud popping noise like a big firecracker as it burst into flame. Fortunately, the woman was not hurt in the incident.

The police reacton makes this situation even worse, according to the report as the Kalispell police showed incompetence-:

After a lengthy delay, a Kalispell police officer arrived. However, according to officials with the Thomas More Society, a pro-life legal group that is helping the participants, instead of inspecting the bomb debris or calling evidence technicians to the scene, the officer remarked that police could never get prints or other evidence from the bomb’s remains and said he would call the city’s garbage service to dispose of all the debris.

And then a good old fashioned bit of bias:

The officer then said that the 40 Days prayer vigil participants should expect this kind of reaction if they’re protesting at the abortion business. Questioning Officer Hoover’s assessment of the attack, Trierweiler called the Kalispell desk sergeant to complain, where she was unable to get further assistance.

Seriously? The official stand of this officer appears to be that if you practice your first Amendment rights in a controversial way, you just HAVE to expect a firebomb. Would he say the same thing if he was called to the scene of an abortion clinic bombing. “I’ll call the trash man to take care of the bomb as they’re no way we’ll get fingerprints off off it. You got to expect things like this if you’re running an abortion clinic.”

Of course, the second situation is absurd. Any act of violence against an abortion facility is a crime for the FBI under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and the FBI would not take kindly to this sort of thing. However, because it involved pro-life protestors, people can be given the brush off by police officers whose actions are not a discredit to their uniform.’

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.-Animal Farm

I Support Pro-Life Senate Candidate Mitch Toryanski

Adam Graham — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:01:45 +0000

Long time readers know that I’m 100 percent proudly pro-life. I’ve been active in pro-life causes for more than 20 years. I’ve been to life chains in Denver, Kalispell, and Boise, and Marches for Life in Kalispell and Boise. I’ve lost count of exactly how many I’ve been to, but I’m in double digits with both.

I have to strongly but respectfully disagree with the decision of Idaho Chooses Life in Idaho State Senate District 18 to endorse Rep. Branden Durst (D-18) over Deputy Attorney Mitch Toryanski. I know Mitch Toryanski, I’ve talked to Mitch Toryanski and he is solidly pro-life. I found that out before I endorsed him in the Republican Primary.

To be clear, Branden Durst has a solid pro-life record and he’s a decent fellow. As a group, that’s only concerned about the life issue, there’s no apparent reason for Idaho Chooses Life to oppose Branden Durst. However, there’s also no reason to endorse Durst to the exclusion of someone who will be just as good on pro-life issues.

ICL seems to be taking the same tact as the NRA. If an incumbent (or a candidate with a record) supports the NRA position as much as the challenger, they will go ahead and endorse the challenger. For example, there are 3 Pennsylvania incumbent Democrats the NRA is endorsing who have “A” grades. Their opponents are marked as “AQ.” This tells me that while the AQ candidate stand solid on gun rights, they don’t have a record. My problem with Idaho Chooses Life and the stances it takes in races with two pro-life candidates is that it doesn’t give any indication that they endorsed one pro-life candidate over another one and why they did it. Pro-lifer voters who read the ICL literature are likely to conclude Mitch isn’t pro-life, and he is pro-life.

As a pro-lifer, I support Mitch Toryanski because his overall political efforts will do more to advance the pro-life cause. Serving in an elected office is not only about voting on bills. It’s also about the product of their political life as I’ve written about before in regards to national pro-life Democrats:

On the abortion issue, the saying “personnel is policy” is spot-on. And it’s here that pro-life Democrats consistently disappoint. Despite the fact Sonia Sotomayor’s judicial philosophy would almost certainly favor abortion rights, both pro-life Senate Democrats supported her confirmation. A look back at the 2006 Pennsylvania Senate race between Santorum and Casey reminds us that Santorum would never have supported Sotomayor.

Even the sainted Governor Bob Casey, Sr. appointed a pro-choice Democrat to the Senate and ensured his election in 1991. Why? Party loyalty binds pro-life Democrats to support and promote the party’s overwhelmingly pro-choice appointees and political candidates.

Any politician who has been in office builds a political machine, and the political machines of pro-life Democrats end up helping elect many extremely pro-choice Democrats. While Stupak is synonymous with pro-life Democrats, his campaign committee has sent thousands of dollars to pro-choice candidates and officeholders, such as Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

There are sincere pro-life Democrats out there who really believe what they say and are trying the best they can. However, invariably, because of their party membership, they do more damage than good to the pro-life cause.

While Idaho State Senators don’t build a huge political machine, they do have clout which they use to help elect other candidates, and invariably a Senator Branden Durst will support the election of far more pro-choice politicians than Senator Mitch Toryanski because of the difference in parties.

In addition, on social issues overall Toryanski is far better. He gave solid down the line answers on where he stood on conservative issues when filling out the Cornerstone Voter Guide and is also endorsed by the NRA with an AQgrade. Rep. Durst? Well, he didn’t answer the Cornerstone Voter Guide and the NRA gave him a grade of “?” Apparently, he took the fifth with both organizations.

That’s his right (Fifth Amendment and all), but it’s also the right of socially conservative voters to wonder how Durst’s stances on other issues line up with their values, including their right to keep and bear arms. On all of these issues, we don’t have to guess where Mitch Toryanaksi stands, we know. And that is why I hope other social conservatives will join me in supporting Toryanski for Senate.

Pro-Life Teens Take a Stand

Adam Graham — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:02:24 +0000

Pro-life students participated in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity with some positive results this past week:

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Tens of thousands of pro-life students endured taunts and threats from fellow students today to don red tape and keep their mouths shut in remembrance for the unborn children who have been killed in abortions. But dealing with the harassment paid off for the eight students who helped prevent abortions.

The students joined their peers for the annual Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity, organized by the pro-life group Stand True.

Throughout the day, students emailed and submitted on Twitter and Facebook their stories of what they encountered.

“There was this girl at school, and she got pregnant three months ago, and she absolutely hates it,” one student told organizer Bryan Kemper. “She was going to have an abortion, and she followed me around all day telling me how she was going to. And finally I asked why and had this discussion with her.”

“She didn’t understand what her consequences would be if she had it, and I explained it, and it took around an hour before she broke down crying and understood she couldn’t do it. She felt so bad, and so I’m not sure what her feelings were, I just knew how long she was crying, and her reaction,” the student shared.

“She put the red tape on her mouth, and promised to keep this baby, or give it up for adoption. She didn’t want the pain of an abortion, or to kill a life. A precious life was saved from this day,” the student said.

A total of eight abortions were prevented through the efforts of these pro-life youth. Of course, there are always mockers, and some folks with a very sick sense of humor:

“I bumped into a boy and mumbled “sorry!” from beneath the red tape covering my mouth, and a boy on the other side of me yelled ‘Oh, she spoke! Another baby — dead,” Liana explained. “I was mocked an entire art class, with kids saying ‘choose life’ to inanimate objects, and then profanely expressing that it’s not a baby, and even if it was, they didn’t care.”

Even this teenager saw what so many pro-life adults see every day, the callous disregard for human life.

Some sort of education. Apparently good manners and respect for the opinion of others isn’t taught in that school. And what a deranged sense of humor. Apparently, the guy who thought blowing up kids for not going along with a Carbon emission cutting plan was on the cutting edge of sick, pagan humor.

The kids involved this are to be commended for standing up for the innocent. The pro-life issue is perhaps the most misunderstood issue in America. It’s not primarily a political issue. Most legislation proposed on abortion touches on a very small portion of crisis pregnancies. The real pro-life work goes on, year in and year out, no matter who’s in power. It’s a never-ending battle to educate people as the reality of abortion, to change hearts, and minds.

The folks who carry on this fight in a spirit of love face a tough challenge. It’s emotionally draining, exhausting, and thankless. For teens in public schools, it’s particularly tough to take a stand against NEA Orthodoxy on abortion and stand up for the unborn, and be different. My hats off to these great youth.

Declaration of Dependence

Adam Graham — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:33:07 +0000

1 in 6 Americans now dependent on government.

The theater Planned Parenthood stripped of affiliation. (Hat Tip: Jill Stanek.)

Man allegedly rapes partner who refuses to get abortion.

Man arrested for threatening pro-lifers with a gun.

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Saturday Night Links

Adam Graham — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:58:03 +0000

No podcast tonight. Throat is kind of soar, so talking for 45 minutes isn’t on the agenda. But here are some links I would have discussed.

The ugly truth about Public Transit…transit workers are half as productive as they were 40 years ago.

Talk show host gets even with abortion clinic that was using his show to drown out pro-lifers, helps save life.

East Timor resists pro-abortion pressure.

Lawsuit Againt Planned Parenthood Alleging Fraud Moves Forward

Adam Graham — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:07:31 +0000

Another blow for the taxpayer heavily-subsidized ”Lens Crafters” of Family Planning:

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is reinstating Gonzalez v. Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles, a case alleging that Planned Parenthood defrauded taxpayers of tens of millions of dollars by overbilling government programs for birth-control pills and similar items.

Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), whose attorneys are handling the case, said that although “this case is by no means over, winning this appeal means we have gotten the federal claim over the threshold hurdles and can now get down to the heart of this case: the alleged fraud.”

Victor Gonzalez, a former Chief Financial Officer for Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles (PPLA), had filed his suit on December 19, 2005, shortly after he was fired allegedly for voicing concerns about PP’s illegal accounting practices.

According to Gonzalez, Planned Parenthood had been billing California’s Department of Health Services (DHS) since at least 1997 at the ”usual and customary” rates for oral contraceptives rather than at the lower “acquisition cost” rates. This was despite the fact that the DHS had repeatedly instructed the Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California (PPAC) to seek reimbursement for drugs solely at the acquisition cost.

Those pro-lifers who are going after Planned Parenthood have got the right idea. The fight over Planned Parenthood moves the issue of abortion from “a woman’s right to choose” and emotional hard cases to a fight against “big abortion.” (See this story of the “sacred and holy” world’s largest abortion clinic in Houston.)

Probably, the pro-life policy that would have the biggest impact right now is to defund Planned Parenthood, just as ACORN was defunded. Let there be no doubt it, “Big Abortion” only survives because of numerous taxpayer subsidies at all levels. And while they may protest that “those funds” go somewhere else, money is fungible and money that taxpayers give Planned Parenthood for non-abortion related services frees up funds for abortion. Defund Planned Parenthood, and you’ve crippled the number one provider of abortions.

Stupak’s Painful Lesson for Abortion Foes

Adam Graham — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:23:53 +0000

My latest Pajamas Media column is up:

For more than three months, “Bart Stupak will stop this” was a rallying cry for pro-lifers concerned about the Senate’s abortion-funding health bill. However, Stupak caved in exchange for President Obama issuing an executive order that did absolutely “nothing that the Senate bill didn’t do.” In addition, President Obama could repeal his executive order tomorrow.

In essence, these pro-life Democrats sacrificed the cause they held dear to pass a bill that Congressman Stupak said funds abortion — and they got nothing of substance from President Obama in return.

For pro-life activists, the passage of health care reform with its abortion premium and lack of conscience protections for pro-life medical workers should serve as a wake-up call that the Republican Party is the only reliable source of pro-life leadership.

Pro-lifers have tried to play the abortion issue in much the same way the NRA has played the gun issue. The NRA Political Victory Fund famously endorses both Republicans and Democrats who share its position. They can do this quite easily because gun control is, for the most part, a somewhat isolated issue. Abortion is far more complex, as the health care vote revealed.

Democrats had to choose between their pro-life principles and their desire to pass comprehensive health care. They opted for the expansion of big government, and this is just the latest in a series of sell-outs of the pro-life community that go back decades.

The rest is here.

Race Abortions

Adam Graham — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:55:09 +0000

Rep. Stephen Kren (R-Nampa) introduced legislation before the House that would ban abortion for race or gender reasons.

Abortion for sex selection is very unpopular with the American people. A 2006 poll showed 86 percent opposed to it, and I think its far past time that it be addressed. You shouldn’t die because you’re a boy or a girl.

Race abortions? I’m not sure I see it. I’m aware that Planned Parenthood was founded by a genocidal racist, but I can’t think of many cases where a woman would have an abortion because of race reasons. I suppose if she’d slept with someone of another race and didn’t want to have a baby that didn’t look like her or if she’d slept with someone of her own race and wanted her first child to be by someone of a different race that could be a race-based reason, but I’ve never heard of that as a reason for having an abortion. In fact, it’s counterintuitive to suggest that would happen.

If I were a legislator, the inclusion of “race” in the bill wouldn’t stop me from supporting it, but I would probably suggest dropping it as it really does muddy the water.