October 2011 - Missouri Right to Life

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October 2011
Pro-Life Legislators Take Courageous Stand Against MOSIRA
In the special session of the Missouri Legislature, both the House and Senate voted to fund human cloning and embryonic
stem cell research through the Missouri Science Innovation and Reinvestment Act. A minority of Missouri Representatives voted in
favor of a pro-life amendment and also voted against the final bill when the pro-life amendment was defeated. These Representatives
withstood tremendous pressure from their leadership and the powerful pro-cloning lobby to take a stand for life.
Representatives voting with Missouri Right to Life on the pro-life amendment and against MOSIRA without pro-life protections:
Randy Asbury (R-22)
Charlie Davis (R-128)
Andrew Koenig (R-88)
Dave Schatz (R-111)
Kurt Bahr (R-19)
Tony Dugger (R-144)
Bart Korman (R-99)
Ron Schieber (R-32)*
Mike Bernskoetter (R-113)
Sue Entlicher (R-133)
Linda Black (D-107)
Joe Fallert (D-104)
Brent Lasater (R-53)
Ed Schieffer (D-11)
Melissa Leach (R-137)
Tom Shively (D-8)
Rick Brattin (R-124) Paul Fitzwater (R-152)
Tom Loehner (R-112)
Lindell Shumake (R-6)
Cloria Brown (R-85) Diane Franklin (R-155)
Nick Marshall (R-30)
Jason Smith (R-150)
Eric Burlison (R-136)
Gary Fuhr (R-97)
Ron Casey (D-103)
Jeff Grisamore (R-47)
Bob Nance (R-36)
Terry Swinger (D-162)
Don Phillips (R-62)
Wayne Wallingford (R-158)*
Kathie Conway (R-14)
Kent Hampton (R-163)
Darrell Pollock (R-146)
Don Wells (R-147)
Stanley Cox (R-118) Ben Harris (D-110)
Paul Quinn (D-9)
Paul Wieland (R-102)
Sandy Crawford (R-119)
Jacob Hummel (D-108)
Jeanie Riddle (R-20)
Zachary Wyatt (R-2)
Paul Curtman (R-105)*
Mike Kelley (R-126)
Rodney Schad (R-115)
*These representatives also voted against MOSIRA without protective language in the House Economic Development Committee
on which they serve.
Missouri Senators voting pro-life against MOSIRA:
Sen. Jane Cunningham (R-7)
Sen. Jim Lembke (R-1)
Sen. Brian Nieves (R-26)*
Sen. Scott Rupp (R-2)
*Senator Nieves also voted against MOSIRA without protective language in the Senate Jobs, Economic Development and Local
Government Committee on which he serves.
For more detailed information on MOSIRA, see the “What is MOSIRA” report on our website, www.missourilife.org, or call the
Missouri Right to Life state office, 573-635-5110, to have the report mailed to you.
Do you see your Senator and /or your Representative listed? Take a moment. Send
a note to thank them for standing on their convictions under tremendous pressure.
Thank them for standing for Life!
Thought You’d Like To Know . . .
Abortions suspended at
Columbia MO clinic
Planned Parenthood is temporarily halting abortions at a central Missouri clinic.
deployed overseas.
Planned Parenthood of Kansas and
Mid-Missouri said
September 27 that
the physician who
typically performs
abortions in Columbia has been called
to active military
duty and will be
Organization spokeswoman Michelle
Trupiano says abortions were performed
in Columbia the third week of September and normally are performed at that
clinic two or three times a month. She
says abortion services will be suspended
in October until a replacement physician
can be found.
Trupiano says abortions also were
suspended for a couple months last year
at the clinic while Planned Parenthood
searched for a new doctor to perform
them.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 9/27/11
Adult stem cells tested
to treat ALS
An Israeli company is conducting a clinical trial using a patient’s own adult stem
cells to treat ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease.)
The method using adult stem cells was
developed by professors at Tel Aviv University. Cells are taken from the patient’s
own bone marrow and differentiated in
the lab into astrocytes, cells responsible
for nurturing neurons in the brain. By
releasing neurotrophic factors, which
are proteins that can protect brain cells,
the former bone marrow adult stem
cells can protect and preserve brain cell
function.
Prof. Daniel Offen, one of the developers of the technique, says he and his
team bypassed the ethical and safety
issues inherent in embryonic stem cells
by using adult stem cells derived from a
patient’s own bone marrow. In addition,
he notes that because the original cells
are drawn from the patients themselves,
the body should have no adverse reactions.
The clinical trial has started at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center, but
could be expanding soon to Massachusetts General Hospital in collaboration
with the University of Massachusetts
Medical School.
FRCBlog 9/21/11
Almost 50 new locations for
40 Days for Life campaign
Editor’s note: 40 Days for Life vigils are being
held at PP locations in St. Louis and Columbia
MO and also at PP in Overland Park KS.
Pro-life activists in four dozen new locations, including Puerto Rico, Germany,
and Argentina, launched their first-ever
40 Days for Life campaigns in September.
In total, 301 locations are taking part in
the current, largest-ever 40 Days for Life
campaign.
Peaceful prayer outside the abortion clinic
“provides a simple reminder - to clients,
to staff, to the community - of what all
people know in their hearts: abortion is
wrong and can never be justified,” said 40
Days for Life campaign director Shawn
Carney. “I am confident that the abortion
culture will continue to be overcome by
the power of prayer.”
The focused pro-life initiative, which
continues through November 6, includes
262 locations in 48 states, the District of
Missouri Right to Life News
P. O. Box 651
Jefferson City MO 65102
Columbia and Puerto Rico. This campaign also marks the largest-ever Canadian participation, with 15 cities in seven
provinces participating.
There have been eight coordinated 40
Days for Life campaigns since 2007,
mobilizing more than 400,000 people in
337 cities across the United States and
locations in Canada, Australia, England,
Ireland, Northern Ireland, Spain, Denmark, Georgia, Armenia and Belize.
Reports document at least 4,313 lives that
have been directly saved from abortion
thanks to the campaigns. Following local
40 Days for Life campaigns, 53 abortion
workers have walked away from the abortion industry, and 16 abortion facilities
have completely shut down.
LifeSiteNews.com 9/26/11
Patents for human beings banned
Another big advance for the pro-life
cause as federal law now recognizes the
humanity of the unborn child in yet
another way: Research scientists are now
banned under U.S. patent law from taking out a patent on a human being they
create in the lab.
National Right to Life played a key role
in getting a ban on the patenting of human beings in the new patent law.
Some scientists and the companies
they work for want to clone or create
“experimental human beings” that they
can experiment on and perhaps earn
profits from. These human embryos
could be used in everything from testing
medicines to gauging human sensitivity
to certain cosmetics.
But a human being, no matter how small,
is not a commodity. After the human
research abuses in World War II, the U.S.
even signed international treaties that
reflect our belief that never again should
a human being be used as a research
subject without their consent or used
solely for the benefit of another.
nrlc.org 9/22/11
Pam Manning, Editor
Contact Missouri Right to Life at 573-635-5110
www.missourilife.org
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From the President ~
Once Upon A Time In Missouri
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uring the special session, both the Missouri Senate and the House passed The
Missouri Science Innovation and Reinvestment Act (MOSIRA) with bi-partisan
majorities. This legislation provides public money for life science research without
effective language to prevent funding of abortion-related services, human cloning, or
embryonic stem cell research (ESCR).
Missouri Right to Life (MRL) promoted protective language at every step of the
process in every way we could with the help of many courageous legislators. But when
the final vote was taken, the majority of legislators from both parties didn’t feel the one
sentence supported by MRL - or any other language that would effectively prevent the
public funding of unethical research - was important enough to include.
This current legislature deserves great credit for passing restrictions on late-term
abortions during the regular session, but abortion isn’t the only life issue of concern to prolife voters of Missouri. Many of you may be asking yourselves what happened to our pro-life legislators on the issues of
cloning and embryonic stem cell research.
Supporters of unethical research have invested tremendous sums of money in promoting their cause to the
legislators. While tracking money in politics is like following water downhill, a review of the reports filed with the
Missouri Ethics Commission just before and since the 2006 passage of Amendment 2 reveals that hundreds of thousands
of dollars have been donated to legislators by pro-cloning PAC’s. MRL has identified at least three pro-cloning PAC’s:
Supporters of Health Research and Treatment, The Greater K.C. Chamber of Commerce, which spun off a specific procloning PAC called The Life Sciences of Greater K.C. Chamber. There could be additional pro-cloning groups making
donations to legislators of which we’re currently unaware.
But the pro-cloning money is only one possible answer to the defection of pro-life support on the issue of
cloning and embryonic stem cell research in the Missouri Legislature. The decline of the economy nationwide and in
Missouri - and the desire of many legislators to improve economic conditions in Missouri - led many of them to put aside
pro-life concerns if doing otherwise was perceived to imperil economic development. This false choice was promoted by
the pro-cloning lobbyists, particularly MOBIO, a leading advocate of unrestricted research and of Amendment 2.
Another component in the MOSIRA vote was the weak response from groups who were former allies in the
battle to defeat Amendment 2. With the exception of The Missouri Roundtable for Life, Concerned Women for America,
and Eagle Forum, other groups actually supported parts or all of the economic development legislation for the desired tax
credits they contained, supported ineffective reporting language, or had an extremely weak response to the threat against
human life.
While the MOSIRA vote was a great disappointment, we cannot be discouraged from continuing to be a voice
for life. We know that we are called not to be victorious, but to be faithful. Once upon a time, Missouri had a solid
legislative pro-life majority willing to uphold those principles on all life issues. With the prayers and the votes of pro-life
Missouri citizens, we can be that state once again.
“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that
your labour in the Lord is not in vain.”
1 Corinthians 15:58
Blessings,
Pam Fichter
The Emperor Has No Clothes:
“Voluntarily” stopping eating and drinking
by Kate Kelly
Euthanasia proponents have a new campaign promoting starvation and dehydration. VSED: “Voluntarily”
stopping eating and drinking. Kate Kelly provides a real life example.
I watched an old woman die of hunger and thirst. She had Alzheimer’s, this old woman, and was child-like, trusting, vulnerable, with a child’s delight at treats of chocolate and ice cream,
and a child’s fear and frustration when tired or ill.
I watched her die for six days and nights.
I watched her suffer, and I listened to the medical practitioners, to
a son who legally decided her fate, and to an eldest daughter who
advised him and told me that the old woman, my mother, was
“comfortable,” except when she was “in distress,” at which times
the nurses medicated her to make her “comfortable” again.
I watched the old woman develop ulcerations inside her mouth
as she became more and more dehydrated; the caregivers assured
me these were not painful.
That is what morphine does, you see.
It relieves pain, but its cumulative effect is that eventually it shuts down
the respiratory system.
Even as the morphine, quickly injected by a disconcerted nurse,
caused the old woman’s eyes to close and her face to relax, I
doubted its efficacy. I thought back to the night before, when I,
in tears at the old woman’s slow dying, had been confronted by a
delegation of four of the nursing staff, each of them in turn trying to convince me that the old woman was not suffering in any
way at all. The morphine, they said, takes away all pain.
But, I answered them, she can feel: she’s squeezing my hand, and
if I try to take my hand out of hers, she squeezes tighter, and
when I hold a little piece of gauze to her lips, she tries to suck
the water out of it. She’s thirsty! This is a horror; this is cruelty!
“I watched her die for
six days and nights.
“
I listened to her breathing become
more and more laboured, as her
lungs became congested from the
morphine administered every three
to four hours, and later every hour.
an’s face twisted in horrible contortions. I screamed, “Her eyes
are opening! Oh, God. Oh, God!”
I watched her suffer ...
No one explained why the old woman was given morphine in the first place, since she was conscious and trying
to speak. It is normal that a mild stroke causes temporary inability to swallow, slurred speech, and a severe headache, but
all of these are often reversed when the stroke victim is
treated and the treatment includes nourishment and water.
The explanation for not giving nourishment and water - a feeding tube and IV (intravenous) - is that these were “extraordinary
measures” for keeping someone alive.
I watched the old woman day and night for six days. The first
night, after the first shot of morphine, her mouth hung open and
her tongue started to roll and flutter. At the same time, her jaw
trembled continuously.
This went on all night and into the early hours of the morning. Her
mouth never closed again, except to clamp tightly on wet cloths
placed on her lips. Her eyes were partially closed, but they moved
back and forth, back and forth, becoming small slits after seven
or eight hours, not closing fully until that long first night was over.
She opened her eyes only once after that, when the nurse was
late with the morphine, on the third, or maybe the fourth, day.
The old woman started to moan.
Not moaning, said the nurses and the old woman’s eldest
daughter. Just air escaping from the lungs. Not moaning at all.
The old woman’s eyes started to open, and the air escaping from
the lungs sounded exactly like a moan of agony, as the old wom-
She’s not in pain.
No, they said. She’s not thirsty.
It’s just reflex. But, I tell them,
I watched her clamp her lips on
the gauze so tightly that I had to
pull to get it out of her mouth.
She reacts when you touch her
feet, her legs, and her hair. If she
can feel that she can feel thirst, I
plead with them.
It’s not the same, they tell me.
I look at her. But what if you’re wrong? I say. What if you’re
wrong?
They stand there, saying nothing. Then one looks at the old
woman and says, we’d better turn her now. She and another care
worker go about the business of repositioning the old woman, to
keep her “comfortable” and the other two leave.
The days and nights went in and out of focus. I sat in a chair at
the side of the old woman’s bed, one hand grasped tightly by her
hand. I slept an hour or two, here and there, waking always with
a start.
“I’m here,” I murmured, so the old woman would know I was
keeping the promise I made to her on the first night, after her
son and eldest daughter left to get some food, drink, and rest. I
promised her then, “I will not leave here until you do.
The old woman was fading by the fourth day. Her eldest daughter had been visiting for an hour or so each day, usually midmorning. This daughter, a former hospital worker, lightly stroked
her mother’s face and hair and timed the length of her mother’s
“breath apnea,” the length her mother stopped breathing.
She announced the number of seconds, and then counted the
number of breaths between each stopped breath. Seven breaths,
she said, 11 breaths.
Sometimes she described the progress of her mother’s death,
She’s probably down to about 60 pounds now, she pronounced.
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Sometimes - I’m not sure when I noticed it first - the nurses
asked us to leave while they attended to the old woman. Other
times they didn’t. Once, perhaps on the fourth day, I told them I
didn’t have to leave: I had watched them turn her, I had seen her
tiny naked body as they gently washed her. I didn’t even flinch
anymore when they injected the syringe of morphine.
We have to give her a suppository, they said.
A suppository? Why?
For anxiety, they said.
Anxiety. So that she would appear to die with dignity. The morphine was no longer enough. This courageous old woman, who
could face, who had faced, unimaginable hardships with nothing
but her faith and her dignity, she could teach you about dignity, I
thought to myself.
On the fifth day the eldest daughter visited twice. On her second visit, several staff members entered the room with her. They
were all talking loudly, about nothing in particular, except for one
care worker, fond of the old woman, who walked over to the bed
and called the old woman’s name loudly enough to interrupt the
others’ light conversation. She examined the old woman’s hands,
lifted the sheet covering her and looked at her legs and feet. She
called the old woman’s name again, and the care worker’s face
showed alarm.
How long has it been? she asked. She’s not even mottling!
(Mottling is the term given to describe the blackening of
the feet and hands as the body, dehydrating, tries to preserve
the vital organs by stopping the flow of blood to the limbs).
You know, continued the care worker, I don’t think it’s her time.
It’s been, what, five days? If she had been ready to go, she’d have
gone in 24 hours.
The room went quiet. The care worker and I looked at each other.
You’re right, I said. The eldest daughter and one of the nurses
began to tell her she was wrong, and a nurse hustled her out of
the room.
By the sixth night I was not sure I could go on. I slept for an hour
or so every four or five hours. I still sat in the chair by her bed,
but now I slept with my head on the bed, near her stomach.
The old woman’s breathing was laboured, her will to live defying
the system and the foolish young doctor who, on that first night,
gave her 24 hours to live, as though he were God Himself.
My heart was breaking for her. I could do nothing to save her,
could do nothing but suffer with her. I cried much of the time,
but softly, so she would not know. I didn’t want to add to her
agony.
I had been there six days. She could no longer hold my hand, so I
slipped my hand gently under hers. I felt an anguish so profound
that I began to wonder if I could survive it.
The old woman’s breathing was suddenly no longer laboured.
Her breath eased from her, and her face - oh, her face had become the colour of pearls.
In a split second, the frown that had creased the line between her
brows was smoothed away. Her head rested gently to one side.
Two care workers entered the room. I saw them in my peripheral
vision, but I kept my gaze on the old woman.
We’re just going to turn her, one of the workers said.
No, I said, my mother is dying.
One of them left to get a nurse, and then the old woman - my
dear mother, my little, child-like, beautiful mother - died.
I put my arms round her, kissed her poor, closed eyes and her
now relaxed mouth, and held her limp, tiny body, no more struggling for breath.
I watched an old woman die of hunger and thirst. I watched her
die for six days and nights. I watched her suffer, and struggle, and
hold onto life.
She had not often found life easy, but she had always found it
worthwhile. She was 94 years old. She had been born and had
lived all her life in Canada. She had worked hard all her life, married, raised three children, voted, paid taxes, saved enough money
to buy her own home, obeyed the laws, donated to charity, done
volunteer work, paid her bills, and given much love and brought
much joy to many, many people in her 94 years.
In return, in the spring of 2009, her son and her eldest daughter,
with the permission and assistance of the law, because this old
woman had had a mild stroke, refused her food and water. She
could not swallow, so she would have needed the food and water
administered artificially.
And the youngest daughter could do nothing except watch her
mother die slowly, and write this, in the hope that my mother’s
death, like her life, will have made a difference.
Originally published on choiceillusion.org on 8/29/11. Choice is an Illusion is
a non-profit organization incorporated to involve people of diverse backgrounds
and political orientations in the fight against assisted-suicide and euthanasia.
Because your commitment
has no boundaries . . .
August 2011 again found Missouri Right to Life-Sedalia Chapter members
speaking for life at the Missouri State Fair. For many years Sedalia chapter
members have manned the booth at the 10-day event.
Every summer and fall, the fair booth
and the community parade season,
members of Missouri Right to Life
take part in countless events across
our state. Thank you for keeping the
message of Life in the hearts of MisPro-lifers from Missouri Right to Life-East Central Area Chapter
participate in this year’s Washington Town and Country Fair Parade. It’s an annual summer event for Washington, MO, and an
annual summer event for these committed pro-lifers!
souri’s citizens!
Memorials
In memory or in honor of a loved one or a friend,
these gifts were made to Missouri Right to Life.
In honor of Ruth & Peter Boyle
by Jan Boyle
In memory of Wilma Anderson
by Janet Tucker
In honor of Sam & Gloria Lee
by Stephen & Berna Schroeder
In memory of Eleanor Caffrey
by Martha Smith
In honor of Mary Catherine Saladin
by Jan Boyle
In memory of Jamie Clark
by Jerry & Betty Brenneke
In honor of Andrea Schumann
by Curtis & Julie Peck
In memory of Bernadine Gimenez
by Jan Boyle
In memory of Frankie Harter
by Tom & Mary Knight,
Mike & Holly, Tammy & Gary
In memory of Florence M. Hermesch
by McCloud & Company, LLC.
by Mr. & Mrs. C. T. Banta, Jr.
by Randall & Lisa Spragg
by Michelle Stelzer
by Douglas & Susan Aasby
In memory of Barbara Johnson
by Rose Karn
In memory of Raymond & Dorothy Smith
by Christine Smith
by Bonnie & Craig Sangunet
Missouri Right to Life thanks those who honor their deceased loved ones
or celebrate an important event by making a gift to MRL.
Election of Missouri Right to Life Delegate-At-Large
Every two years, MRL members elect a Delegate-At-Large to represent them on the Board of Directors. This is in addition to the participation encouraged at the chapter, region, and state board levels. It is again time for members to elect their representative to the board.
To cast a vote, please check the box next to a name. Vote for only one candidate. If there are two members in household, boxes are provided for each. Use this ballot to vote; do not copy it. Your name, address, and member number appear on the back of the ballot.
The candidates nominated to serve the 2012-2014 term are:
1st
Voter
2nd
Voter
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c Dave Spiering. Dave has been involved in pro-life work for three decades. He currently serves on the Missouri Right to
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c Pam Manning. Pam is currently the Missouri Right to Life News editor. In the past she has served on the Eastern Region -
Each member may vote for only one candidate.
Life State Board of Directors and on the Missouri Right to Life-Southwest Region Board of Directors. He is a member
of the MRL-Barton County Chapter and has served in several capacities with the chapter, including chapter chairman
for many years.
MRL board for 18 years, including several years as its chairman. She has served on the Missouri Right to Life State Board
for 18 years, including four years as president. She has served as the 2nd and 3rd Congressional District MRL PAC coordinator and was the MRL PAC chairman for six years. She is the current Delegate-at-Large
The ballot must be received by December 31, 2011. Clip and return it to:
Missouri Right to Life, P. O. Box 651, Jefferson City MO 65102
Save the date -Saturday, November 12 - 10:00 a.m.
Chapter Head Meeting
Immaculate Conception Church,
Pleus Hall, 1206 E. McCarty St.,
Jefferson City.
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Any chapter officers, members, or
anyone wanting to start a chapter
are invited. Please call the Missouri
Right to Life State Office, 573-6355110, or e-mail, [email protected], to make a reservation
to attend.
The recent reward checks to MRL Ed Fund from escrip were over $1000!
The top three contributor amounts were $167.84, $64.66, $51.35.
And they did it without spending an extra dime!
Saturday, December 10 - 9:30 a.m.
You could too -- couldn’t be easier!
Annual Missouri Right to Life
Membership Meeting,
MRL State Office
Please call the state office if you
plan to attend.
Monday, January 23
March for Life Washington, DC
More information will appear in
the December Missouri Right to
Life News.
Tuesday, March 27
Pro-Life Action Day
State Capitol, Jefferson City
Join in. Get your escrip card.
MRL Ed Fund would appreciate your support!
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Pink Ribbons Not Cute When Komen Backs Planned Parenthood
by Abby Johnson Pink ribbons are cute. They have become very trendy. Everyone
has caught on to them, too. Well, not me.
I hate breast cancer. I really hate it. Breast cancer stole one of the
most important people in my life from me … my father’s twin sister
… my aunt. Both of my grandmothers had breast cancer. My cousin
died of breast cancer. Breast cancer is like a terrible virus that keeps
sweeping through my family. And like all viruses, you can’t get rid of
them; they keep coming back.
My aunt was an amazing person. She never met a stranger. She loved
everyone. And, she was pro-life. She loved babies. She was one of the
most precious people I have ever known. I watched her battle this
terrible disease for 9 years. There were ups and downs … but she
never gave up. Her life was a gift.
Now, I know there is lots of debate about the link between abortion
and breast cancer. And to be honest, I am not convinced either way.
I know that for every study that shows a link, I can find one or two
that shows there is no link. I just can’t simply prove that to be fact.
But here is a fact … Susan G. Komen gave $700,000 in grant money to Planned Parenthood last year. Susan G. Komen is the largest breast cancer research group. Planned Parenthood is the largest
abortion provider in our country. Hmmm … why would those two
groups be partnering together?
Komen says they give this money to Planned Parenthood so women
living in rural areas will have access to mammogram services. Really? Well, here’s the truth about that.
No Planned Parenthood on the planet provides mammogram services.
Why? Because they can’t. Planned Parenthood is a level one breast
service provider. It means their clinics are only allowed to provide
manual breast exams. The kind you do in the shower. The kind
you can get from any nurse or physician in any clinic. They cannot
provide any sort of diagnostic services … no biopsies, no breast
ultrasounds, and no mammograms. That is a fact.
Komen contributes in a large way to the murder of over 320,000
babies each year. Those pink ribbons don’t seem so cute anymore.
I hear people say, “Well, until breast cancer has affected your family,
don’t tell me not to support Komen.” Well, it has affected my family.
It has affected us greatly. And I stand against Komen.
And let me say something else very clearly. My aunt valued life very
much. But she did not value her life more than the life of any child.
She would have given up her life to know that a baby would be
saved. For those that continue to support Komen because this disease has affected you or someone you love … this is what you are
saying … you are willing to sacrifice the lives of the unborn for
your own. If you are comfortable with that, then keep donating
to Komen. I hope you are not. I hope you will do the right thing. I
hope you will stand against this phony organization. Any good they
do is blackened by the killing they support.
And if you do stand against them, tell them. Don’t just take away
your support, let them know. Tell everyone you know. Be an activist.
Don’t think that Komen doesn’t care … they do. Komen needs to
keep up their good reputation. Don’t let that happen.
Over 320,000 babies every year. No more pink ribbons in my home.
My aunt’s memory is worth more than that … I can’t wrap her life
up in a ribbon … especially when that ribbon pays for the murder
of children.
Abby Johnson says of her life, “I once was lost ... but now I am pro-life!
Formerly a Planned Parenthood director, I now work to save lives.” This is a
condensed version of her thoughts on the PP/Komen connection. Her website
is www.abbyjohnson.org.