You can download and listen to an interview with Phill Kline featured in Right to Life of Michigan's June 29 teleseminar. He is the former attorney general of Kansas who charged Planned Parenthood with 107 counts in an ongoing criminal case.
Known as the prosecutor the abortion industry loves to hate, Kline will be the General Session speaker at Right to Life of Michigan's Conference.
The conference is Saturday, September 24, in Lansing, Michigan.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Teleseminar today with Phill Kline
Right to Life of Michigan has planned a special Teleseminar for Wednesday, June 29, with Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General. Phill is slated to speak for a General Session at the September Right to Life of Michigan Conference.
Please join us today at 1 p.m.
Phill Kline is known for changing the course of the national abortion debate by placing Planned Parenthood on the defensive (more information below).
Title: Q & A with Phill Kline and Prolife Updates
Time: Wednesday, June 29, at 1 pm Eastern
To attend, visit:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventID=20393130
Or call, Wednesday, June 29, at 1 p.m.
Primary dial in number: (616) 712-3139
Conference ID: 662744#
More Information about Phill:
Phill Kline, the prosecutor the abortion industry loves to hate
As a former lawmaker, state attorney general and local prosecutor, Phill Kline has been on the front lines of numerous battles over abortion. In 2005, Planned Parenthood listed him as one of the “Seven Politicians You Don't Want in Your Bedroom."
While he was attorney general of Kansas, Kline investigated Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers for performing illegal late-term abortions and for failing to report statutory rape. Attempts to bring abortion providers to justice likely cost him his job as Kansas’ pro-abortion faction led by former-Governor Kathleen Sebelius and the Kansas Supreme Court worked against his efforts to cast light on the abortion industry. During his time as attorney general of Kansas, Kline discovered that in two years, 166 abortions were performed on girls aged 14 or under, yet abortion clinics had only reported only 2 cases of child rape to the state. In order to prosecute Planned Parenthood and abortionist George Tiller, Kline filed a subpoena for the records which the abortionists fought with a vengeance.
For attempting to prosecute abortionists, Kline has recently had to face an ethics trial for being too prolife. Instead of working to prosecute the numerous times Planned Parenthood and abortionist George Tiller failed to report child rape, the legal establishment in Kansas is more concerned a prolife prosecutor was willing to confront law-breaking abortionists.
All of Kline’s work has not been completely undone as Planned Parenthood still faces a 107 count charge for failing to report child rape, falsifying records and illegal late-term abortions, a charge he filed while prosecutor of Johnson County, Kansas in 2007.
Kline currently serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Liberty University.
Please join us today at 1 p.m.
Phill Kline is known for changing the course of the national abortion debate by placing Planned Parenthood on the defensive (more information below).
Title: Q & A with Phill Kline and Prolife Updates
Time: Wednesday, June 29, at 1 pm Eastern
To attend, visit:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventID=20393130
Or call, Wednesday, June 29, at 1 p.m.
Primary dial in number: (616) 712-3139
Conference ID: 662744#
More Information about Phill:
Phill Kline, the prosecutor the abortion industry loves to hate
As a former lawmaker, state attorney general and local prosecutor, Phill Kline has been on the front lines of numerous battles over abortion. In 2005, Planned Parenthood listed him as one of the “Seven Politicians You Don't Want in Your Bedroom."
While he was attorney general of Kansas, Kline investigated Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers for performing illegal late-term abortions and for failing to report statutory rape. Attempts to bring abortion providers to justice likely cost him his job as Kansas’ pro-abortion faction led by former-Governor Kathleen Sebelius and the Kansas Supreme Court worked against his efforts to cast light on the abortion industry. During his time as attorney general of Kansas, Kline discovered that in two years, 166 abortions were performed on girls aged 14 or under, yet abortion clinics had only reported only 2 cases of child rape to the state. In order to prosecute Planned Parenthood and abortionist George Tiller, Kline filed a subpoena for the records which the abortionists fought with a vengeance.
For attempting to prosecute abortionists, Kline has recently had to face an ethics trial for being too prolife. Instead of working to prosecute the numerous times Planned Parenthood and abortionist George Tiller failed to report child rape, the legal establishment in Kansas is more concerned a prolife prosecutor was willing to confront law-breaking abortionists.
All of Kline’s work has not been completely undone as Planned Parenthood still faces a 107 count charge for failing to report child rape, falsifying records and illegal late-term abortions, a charge he filed while prosecutor of Johnson County, Kansas in 2007.
Kline currently serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Liberty University.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Planned Parenthood sues in an attempt to open clinic in Oakland County
Planned Parenthood of Mid and South Michigan has filed a lawsuit in Oakland County against hotel owners who don't want Planned Parenthood to move into a building in the hotel's parking lot. The property has a deed restrictions which the hotel owners want to uphold. The deed restriction says the building can only be used as a restaurant, retail store or office. Planned Parenthood intentionally disguised who they were and what their plans were when they purchased the building.
Brenda Savage from Central Oakland Right to Life was interviewed by WXYZ for their news story. Video below.
Brenda Savage from Central Oakland Right to Life was interviewed by WXYZ for their news story. Video below.
Friday, June 24, 2011
2011 Summer issue of RLM News now online
The Summer 2011 issue of the Right to Life of Michigan News is now online.
Articles include stories on how pregnancy cemented the prolife position for one young woman, state prolife legislation, on tax dollars and abortion and our 2011 Prolife Youth Award recipient.
Articles include stories on how pregnancy cemented the prolife position for one young woman, state prolife legislation, on tax dollars and abortion and our 2011 Prolife Youth Award recipient.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Planned Parenthood Sues to Open Abortion Clinic in Oakland County
After deceptively using their attorneys to trick local business owners about who planned to move into the neighborhood, Planned Parenthood faces a deed restriction which states the building they want to turn into an abortion clinic can only be used for restaurants, retail stores or offices. In response Planned Parenthood has now filed a lawsuit in Oakland County to challenge the deed restrictions and claims their planned abortion clinic qualifies as a medical office.
FULL STORY
Planned Parenthood of Mid-and South Michigan filed a lawsuit in Oakland County, Michigan to challenge the deed restriction that has thus far thwarted the abortion provider's plans to open a 17,000 square-foot clinic in Auburn Hills.
This covenant deed restriction was initiated over ten years ago when a parcel of land was sold to a hotel in close proximity to the building purchased by Planned Parenthood at 1625 N. Opdyke Road. Last April 2010, Lori Lamerand, CEO for PPMSM told Detroit News columnist Laura Berman, that her group sought to open a clinic in Oakland County that would "likely offer abortion services."
FULL STORY
Prolife House member sends letter to universities encouraging them to follow embryonic stem cell reporting law
After signing Michigan's budget bill, Governor Rick Snyder noted his administration wasn't going to ask universities to comply with a part of the budget which requires them to fill out a one-page report on their embryonic stem cell activities.
However, prolife House Representative Bob Genetski and prolife Attorney General Bill Schuette have advised universities to report their activities.
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However, prolife House Representative Bob Genetski and prolife Attorney General Bill Schuette have advised universities to report their activities.
In letters to the schools, Rep. Bob Genetski, R-Saugatuck, said "I strongly encourage you to comply with the standards and intent set by the Legislature...The language ensures that universities collecting human embryonic stem cells must generate and submit reports to DCH regarding number of stem cell lines donated, the number used for research, the number held in storage and the number of research projects using stem cells derived from donated embryos."
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Attached to his letter to the universities was a letter from Richard Bandstra, chief legal officer to Attorney General Bill Schuette, that said lawmakers had the constitutional right to seek such reports.
Noting that the amendment does contain some restrictions on the buying and selling of embryos in addition following federal law, Bandstra wrote: "By requiring the kind of reporting at issue here, the Legislature is apparently attempting to fulfill its obligation to assure that any taxpayer dollars used for stem cell research purposes are not spent in contravention of these constitutional parameters and restrictions."
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Right to Life of Michigan Hails Prolife Legislative Action
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Leads Agenda
Right to Life of Michigan applauded the strong commitment to advancing prolife legislation being demonstrated at the State Capitol in Lansing. Numerous prolife bills and initiatives have been introduced or acted upon this year with more yet to come.
Senate and House committees have moved identical versions of a bill to ban the heinous practice of partial birth abortion. Senator Rick Jones' S.B. 52 was reported from the Senate Judiciary Committee in March, while the House Families, Children & Seniors Committee reported Rep. Kevin Daley's H.B. 4109 this week. Repeated efforts to ban partial birth abortion have been ongoing in Michigan for 15 years.
Right to Life of Michigan President Barbara Listing said, "Partial birth abortion is an unconscionable, indefensible means of killing a child who is more born than unborn. After several laws being enacted and court rulings that blocked them, two vetoes by the previous governor and a citizen petition drive, we are grateful for the persistence of the current legislature to put this ban on the books once and for all."
Legislators have also introduced bills to address two key areas of concern: bills to opt Michigan out of abortion coverage in the federally-required health insurance exchanges (H.B. 4143, Rep. Gilbert); and bills to create a specific crime for coercing a woman to have an abortion (H.B. 4799, Rep. Opsommer).
RLM Legislative Director Ed Rivet praised the anti-coercion measure. "More than half of all women having an abortion claim they were pressured in some way. It is a fact that pregnant women are at greater risk of domestic violence than non-pregnant women. Coercion to abort is a huge problem that must be addressed."
Right to Life of Michigan applauded the strong commitment to advancing prolife legislation being demonstrated at the State Capitol in Lansing. Numerous prolife bills and initiatives have been introduced or acted upon this year with more yet to come.
Senate and House committees have moved identical versions of a bill to ban the heinous practice of partial birth abortion. Senator Rick Jones' S.B. 52 was reported from the Senate Judiciary Committee in March, while the House Families, Children & Seniors Committee reported Rep. Kevin Daley's H.B. 4109 this week. Repeated efforts to ban partial birth abortion have been ongoing in Michigan for 15 years.
Right to Life of Michigan President Barbara Listing said, "Partial birth abortion is an unconscionable, indefensible means of killing a child who is more born than unborn. After several laws being enacted and court rulings that blocked them, two vetoes by the previous governor and a citizen petition drive, we are grateful for the persistence of the current legislature to put this ban on the books once and for all."
Legislators have also introduced bills to address two key areas of concern: bills to opt Michigan out of abortion coverage in the federally-required health insurance exchanges (H.B. 4143, Rep. Gilbert); and bills to create a specific crime for coercing a woman to have an abortion (H.B. 4799, Rep. Opsommer).
RLM Legislative Director Ed Rivet praised the anti-coercion measure. "More than half of all women having an abortion claim they were pressured in some way. It is a fact that pregnant women are at greater risk of domestic violence than non-pregnant women. Coercion to abort is a huge problem that must be addressed."
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Faulty Family Planning Assumptions
The following editorial was submitted in response to an editorial printed in the Detroit Free Press by Lori Lamerand President/CEO of Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan:
Faulty Family Planning Assumptions
Lori Lamerand's commentary on government family planning programs (How not to prevent unwanted pregnancies, from June 16) is so full of factual distortions and faulty assumptions, one barely knows where to begin responding.
Lamerand misleadingly says that the “current Michigan budget zeros out all family planning dollars.” (her emphasis). Absolutely untrue. While $1.7 million in state taxpayer dollars are being eliminated, she conveniently fails to mention the $9.6 million in federal dollars being spent on family planning programs which the state appropriates, plus millions more in Medicaid dollars.
She falsely equates efforts in Washington and some states to divert $365 million in funding from Planned Parenthood to other health care providers as “a vicious attack on women's reproductive health care.” Despite her protestations, Planned Parenthood is not the end all and be all of family planning. Taking taxpayer money from America's #1 abortion provider and giving it to another health agency will not change the services, just who provides them.
She laments that “a whopping 53% of [Michigan] pregnancies” are unplanned – a number which has been stable for decades. That means half of us reading this were probably “unplanned.” I believe the half of us in that category contribute a great deal of good to our society. With Michigan being the only state to lose population in the last decade, each child conceived in our state should be considered a valuable asset. Our state should want, and does need, every child to be born.
Likewise, she is concerned that these “unwanted” children are costing taxpayers money, as if their safe birth and well-being are not worth the investment. Her self-serving logic is that giving $365 million taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood is a good expenditure, but caring for “unplanned” people is a “burden on American taxpayers.”
Planned Parenthood portrays abortion as only 2% of their “services” provided, but again, fails to mention that 10% of their clients receive abortions and over 30% of their revenues come from abortions. They are the ultimate abortion 'big box store' chain. It is a #1 ranking they should not be proud of.
The controversy around Planned Parenthood's government funding would likely evaporate if they would just eliminate an insignificant “2%” of their services - the over 332,000 abortions they perform in a year. Or are those hundreds of millions of dollars in abortion revenues too important to their bottom line?
Faulty Family Planning Assumptions
Lori Lamerand's commentary on government family planning programs (How not to prevent unwanted pregnancies, from June 16) is so full of factual distortions and faulty assumptions, one barely knows where to begin responding.
Lamerand misleadingly says that the “current Michigan budget zeros out all family planning dollars.” (her emphasis). Absolutely untrue. While $1.7 million in state taxpayer dollars are being eliminated, she conveniently fails to mention the $9.6 million in federal dollars being spent on family planning programs which the state appropriates, plus millions more in Medicaid dollars.
She falsely equates efforts in Washington and some states to divert $365 million in funding from Planned Parenthood to other health care providers as “a vicious attack on women's reproductive health care.” Despite her protestations, Planned Parenthood is not the end all and be all of family planning. Taking taxpayer money from America's #1 abortion provider and giving it to another health agency will not change the services, just who provides them.
She laments that “a whopping 53% of [Michigan] pregnancies” are unplanned – a number which has been stable for decades. That means half of us reading this were probably “unplanned.” I believe the half of us in that category contribute a great deal of good to our society. With Michigan being the only state to lose population in the last decade, each child conceived in our state should be considered a valuable asset. Our state should want, and does need, every child to be born.
Likewise, she is concerned that these “unwanted” children are costing taxpayers money, as if their safe birth and well-being are not worth the investment. Her self-serving logic is that giving $365 million taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood is a good expenditure, but caring for “unplanned” people is a “burden on American taxpayers.”
Planned Parenthood portrays abortion as only 2% of their “services” provided, but again, fails to mention that 10% of their clients receive abortions and over 30% of their revenues come from abortions. They are the ultimate abortion 'big box store' chain. It is a #1 ranking they should not be proud of.
The controversy around Planned Parenthood's government funding would likely evaporate if they would just eliminate an insignificant “2%” of their services - the over 332,000 abortions they perform in a year. Or are those hundreds of millions of dollars in abortion revenues too important to their bottom line?
Wexford County commends local prolife group
The Wexford County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution expressing their appreciation for Wexford-Missaukee Right to Life in recognition of their longstanding commitment to upholding the civil rights that "insure the dignity of every American, born and unborn." The Board commended the Cadillac-area affiliate for assisting women facing unexpected pregnancies, engaging area youth and promoting education and public advocacy.
The resolution passed by the Wexford County Board of Commissioners (PDF)
The resolution passed by the Wexford County Board of Commissioners (PDF)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Videos of Oratory Winners
Check out the videos of the top three contestants at Right to Life of Michigan's 2011 High School Oratory Contest. Mallory Tanis, our first place winner, will be competing in nationals this week in Jacksonville at the National Right to Life Convention. If you're on YouTube, be sure to subscribe to the Right to Life of Michigan channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/rtlmich
http://www.youtube.com/user/rtlmich
Monday, June 20, 2011
How safe is abortion?
While abortion advocates frequently claim abortion is one of the safest surgical procedures, the lack of accurate complication reporting makes it difficult to know how safe abortion really is. Donna Harrison (a doctor from Michigan and a former president of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists) and Clarke Forsythe (senior counsel for Americans United for Life) explain:
FULL STORY
Abortion advocates commonly claim that "abortion is safer than childbirth." But is that true? Little published information exists in the United States on deaths and complications resulting from abortion.
In the U.S., there are two sources of data on abortion deaths and complications, both equally unreliable: the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Alan Guttmacher Institute. Both rely on voluntary (not mandatory) reporting. Neither has any reliable mechanism for double-checking the accuracy of the submitted information.
The CDC gets its data on the number of abortions from state public-health departments; the reporting is completely voluntary. In contrast to most important health indicators - births, deaths, cancer, HIV, STDs, etc. - there is no national reporting law requiring that abortions or their complications be reported to national health officials or agencies.
Most state abortion-data collection is haphazard and relies on the willingness of abortion providers to share their records voluntarily. Some states, like California - which has a quarter of all abortions annually (300,000) - don't report at all. California, New Hampshire, and Alaska haven't reported their abortion data to the CDC since 1998. So the CDC data is not much better than "garbage in, garbage out."
This nonchalance about deaths and complications from a procedure performed on one out of every three pregnant women in the United States is unconscionable, especially in light of a study in the April 2010 Lancet showing that maternal mortality in the United States has increased.
FULL STORY
Friday, June 17, 2011
Teleseminar Q & A with Phill Kline
Right to Life of Michigan has planned a special Teleseminar on Wednesday, June 29, with Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General. Phill is slated to speak for a General Session at the September Right to Life of Michigan Conference.
During the June 29 Teleseminar, Phill will be answering your questions. Phill Kline is known for changing the course of the national abortion debate by placing Planned Parenthood on the defensive (more information below). In addition, Right to Life of Michigan President Barbara Listing will give an update on what's happening nationally.
Submit your question now! To submit a question for Phill Kline, visit the Teleseminar Preview Page: http://instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=20393130&preview=1
Title: Q & A with Phill Kline and Prolife Updates
Time: Wednesday, June 29, at 1 pm Eastern
To attend, visit:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventID=20393130
More Information about Phill:
Phill Kline, the prosecutor the abortion industry loves to hate
As a former lawmaker, state attorney general and local prosecutor, Phill Kline has been on the front lines of numerous battles over abortion. In 2005, Planned Parenthood listed him as one of the “Seven Politicians You Don't Want in Your Bedroom."
While he was attorney general of Kansas, Kline investigated Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers for performing illegal late-term abortions and for failing to report statutory rape. Attempts to bring abortion providers to justice likely cost him his job as Kansas’ pro-abortion faction led by former-Governor Kathleen Sebelius and the Kansas Supreme Court worked against his efforts to cast light on the abortion industry. During his time as attorney general of Kansas, Kline discovered that in two years, 166 abortions were performed on girls aged 14 or under, yet abortion clinics had only reported only 2 cases of child rape to the state. In order to prosecute Planned Parenthood and abortionist George Tiller, Kline filed a subpoena for the records which the abortionists fought with a vengeance.
For attempting to prosecute abortionists, Kline has recently had to face an ethics trial for being too prolife. Instead of working to prosecute the numerous times Planned Parenthood and abortionist George Tiller failed to report child rape, the legal establishment in Kansas is more concerned a prolife prosecutor was willing to confront law-breaking abortionists.
All of Kline’s work has not been completely undone as Planned Parenthood still faces a 107 count charge for failing to report child rape, falsifying records and illegal late-term abortions, a charge he filed while prosecutor of Johnson County, Kansas in 2007.
Kline currently serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Liberty University.
During the June 29 Teleseminar, Phill will be answering your questions. Phill Kline is known for changing the course of the national abortion debate by placing Planned Parenthood on the defensive (more information below). In addition, Right to Life of Michigan President Barbara Listing will give an update on what's happening nationally.
Submit your question now! To submit a question for Phill Kline, visit the Teleseminar Preview Page: http://instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=20393130&preview=1
Title: Q & A with Phill Kline and Prolife Updates
Time: Wednesday, June 29, at 1 pm Eastern
To attend, visit:
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventID=20393130
More Information about Phill:
Phill Kline, the prosecutor the abortion industry loves to hate
As a former lawmaker, state attorney general and local prosecutor, Phill Kline has been on the front lines of numerous battles over abortion. In 2005, Planned Parenthood listed him as one of the “Seven Politicians You Don't Want in Your Bedroom."
While he was attorney general of Kansas, Kline investigated Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers for performing illegal late-term abortions and for failing to report statutory rape. Attempts to bring abortion providers to justice likely cost him his job as Kansas’ pro-abortion faction led by former-Governor Kathleen Sebelius and the Kansas Supreme Court worked against his efforts to cast light on the abortion industry. During his time as attorney general of Kansas, Kline discovered that in two years, 166 abortions were performed on girls aged 14 or under, yet abortion clinics had only reported only 2 cases of child rape to the state. In order to prosecute Planned Parenthood and abortionist George Tiller, Kline filed a subpoena for the records which the abortionists fought with a vengeance.
For attempting to prosecute abortionists, Kline has recently had to face an ethics trial for being too prolife. Instead of working to prosecute the numerous times Planned Parenthood and abortionist George Tiller failed to report child rape, the legal establishment in Kansas is more concerned a prolife prosecutor was willing to confront law-breaking abortionists.
All of Kline’s work has not been completely undone as Planned Parenthood still faces a 107 count charge for failing to report child rape, falsifying records and illegal late-term abortions, a charge he filed while prosecutor of Johnson County, Kansas in 2007.
Kline currently serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Liberty University.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Adult stem cells being used to treat stroke patients
A local NBC news affiliate in St. Louis has a story and video about research which hopes to use adult stem cells to treat patients who have suffered strokes.
FULL STORY
Rappard hopes by taking bone marrow from a person's hip and extracting the stem cells inside, he'll be able to offer more.
"We insert a catheter from the groin artery into the brain artery on the affected side of the brain and inject these five milliliters of stem cells. In animals, the chemical levels of the brain go up. The actual physical injury to the brain is reduced. Motor function to the animals has increased and blood flow to the animals has increased significantly," he says.
FULL STORY
Michigan House Begins Partial Birth Abortion Ban Process
Michigan citizens and Right to Life of Michigan have labored for 15 years to enact a ban on partial birth abortions in our state. A state law insures that prohibitions on partial birth abortion can be enforced and abortionists who illegally perform partial birth abortions may be prosecuted.
The Michigan House Families, Children & Seniors Committee will take testimony on House Bill 4109 and 4110 at a public hearing today, Thursday, June 16, in Lansing. The first bill makes performing a partial birth abortion a crime; the second is a technical bill providing the sentencing guidelines for anyone convicted of the crime.
This hearing is only for receiving testimony and no vote on the bills will take place.
Right to Life of Michigan Legislative Director Ed Rivet said, "Now is the time for Michigan to finally place this measure to protect babies who are inches from being born on our law books once and for all."
The Michigan House Families, Children & Seniors Committee will take testimony on House Bill 4109 and 4110 at a public hearing today, Thursday, June 16, in Lansing. The first bill makes performing a partial birth abortion a crime; the second is a technical bill providing the sentencing guidelines for anyone convicted of the crime.
This hearing is only for receiving testimony and no vote on the bills will take place.
Right to Life of Michigan Legislative Director Ed Rivet said, "Now is the time for Michigan to finally place this measure to protect babies who are inches from being born on our law books once and for all."
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Abortion in the Polls
Two recently released polls show Americans continue to be split on abortion, but very few support the current status of abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy. A Gallup poll found that 61% of Americans believe abortion should be legal in only a few circumstances or completely illegal. Click the link below for additional polling data:
Abortion in the Polls
Abortion in the Polls
Monday, June 13, 2011
Forced abortion attempt leads to attempted murder sentence
On June 10, Dominic Holt-Reid was sentenced to 13 years in jail after he pled guilty to attempted murder and other charges. This case made national headlines because the victim he attempted to murder was his unborn child.
In October of 2010, Holt-Reid was arrested at an abortion clinic after he pointed a gun at his pregnant girlfriend, drove her to an abortion clinic in Columbus and attempted to force her into having an abortion.
Holt-Reid's attorney attempted to argue that Holt-Reid shouldn't be sentenced for attempted murder because he wasn't violent towards the unborn child but the judge disagreed and part of his sentence was 5 years for the attempted murder of his unborn child.
FULL STORY
In October of 2010, Holt-Reid was arrested at an abortion clinic after he pointed a gun at his pregnant girlfriend, drove her to an abortion clinic in Columbus and attempted to force her into having an abortion.
Holt-Reid's attorney attempted to argue that Holt-Reid shouldn't be sentenced for attempted murder because he wasn't violent towards the unborn child but the judge disagreed and part of his sentence was 5 years for the attempted murder of his unborn child.
"He needs to be punished for what he did to Miss Burgess, but not for the fetus," Shoemaker told Common Pleas Judge Pat Sheeran. "There was no violence of any sort against the fetus, and he needs to be sentenced appropriately."
Sheeran disagreed with Shoemaker's argument, sentencing Holt-Reid to five years for attempted murder, five years for abduction and three years for the weapons charge. Holt-Reid wasn't allowed to have a gun because he was convicted of a federal drug charge in 2007.
Burgess didn't attend the hearing but provided a lengthy statement in which she said the incident left her with high blood pressure and other stress-related problems.
"Dominic had given me an ultimatum: It was either him or our baby," she wrote. "Of course, I wanted both. However, I am not a weak, needy or desperate woman willing to hurt my child for a man."
Burgess eventually delivered a healthy baby, one of two she has with Holt-Reid.
FULL STORY
Friday, June 10, 2011
"Interview With an Unborn Child"
The organization Elam has produced the below video entitled "Interview With an Unborn Child" in order to reach women in Iran with the prolife message.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
The Death of "Dr. Death"
On June 3, 2011, Jack Kevorkian died at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. He was 83 years old and had been hospitalized with pneumonia and kidney problems.
Kevorkian is best known for his assisted suicide advocacy and claimed to have assisted in the deaths of at least 130 people. During the 90's, various prosecutors attempted to convict him for assisting in suicides but were unsuccessful. The Board of Health suspended the retired pathologist’s medical license in 1991 but Kevorkian wasn’t stopped until he gave the CBS television show “60 Minutes” a video of himself euthanizing Thomas Youk by injecting him with deadly drugs in 1998. This led to a second-degree murder conviction and a sentence of 10-25 years in jail. He served more than 8 years in jail and was paroled in 2007 after promising not to assist in more suicides. In response to Kevorkian’s actions, the state of Michigan banned assisted suicide in 1998.
While he was often portrayed as a caring doctor who wanted to help suffering, terminally ill patients end their lives; Kevorkian was not concerned if his victims were terminally ill or not. He was an advocate for death on demand. A 1997 Detroit Free Press investigation found that of 47 deaths which Kevorkian was publicly linked, 60 percent of his victims were not terminally ill and some were not even sick or in pain. Kevorkian also often failed to consult psychiatrists or pain specialists to see if the individuals who hoped to kill themselves were depressed or their pain could be properly treated.
Always a media darling, Kevorkian’s ghoulish focus on human experimentation was hardly ever reported. Assisted suicide and euthanasia were only a means to an end for Kevorkian. His true obsession was experimenting on humans while they were in the process of dying. Assisted suicide and euthanasia were merely what he saw as the most convenient ways to make his dreams of “obitiary” become a reality. In his early career, he called for organs to be harvested from death row inmates and would transfer blood from cadavers into living patients.
In his book Prescription Medicide, Kevorkian wrote (on page 214):
Or in other words, what Kevorkian found most fascinating was the prospect of human experimentation. Remember Kevorkian’s own words the next time someone portrays him a gentle man concerned with helping those in need.
From its inception Right to Life of Michigan has been opposed to the social acceptance of assisted suicide and euthanasia. Accepting these forms of intentional killing reflects a complete disrespect for the dignity of each person and for each person's right to life. Assisted suicide and euthanasia embody a literally fatalistic response to illness and disability -- offering death as a solution to the challenges of life.
For more information about assisted suicide and euthanasia, please visit Right to Life of Michigan’s web site at www.rtl.org.
Kevorkian is best known for his assisted suicide advocacy and claimed to have assisted in the deaths of at least 130 people. During the 90's, various prosecutors attempted to convict him for assisting in suicides but were unsuccessful. The Board of Health suspended the retired pathologist’s medical license in 1991 but Kevorkian wasn’t stopped until he gave the CBS television show “60 Minutes” a video of himself euthanizing Thomas Youk by injecting him with deadly drugs in 1998. This led to a second-degree murder conviction and a sentence of 10-25 years in jail. He served more than 8 years in jail and was paroled in 2007 after promising not to assist in more suicides. In response to Kevorkian’s actions, the state of Michigan banned assisted suicide in 1998.
While he was often portrayed as a caring doctor who wanted to help suffering, terminally ill patients end their lives; Kevorkian was not concerned if his victims were terminally ill or not. He was an advocate for death on demand. A 1997 Detroit Free Press investigation found that of 47 deaths which Kevorkian was publicly linked, 60 percent of his victims were not terminally ill and some were not even sick or in pain. Kevorkian also often failed to consult psychiatrists or pain specialists to see if the individuals who hoped to kill themselves were depressed or their pain could be properly treated.
Always a media darling, Kevorkian’s ghoulish focus on human experimentation was hardly ever reported. Assisted suicide and euthanasia were only a means to an end for Kevorkian. His true obsession was experimenting on humans while they were in the process of dying. Assisted suicide and euthanasia were merely what he saw as the most convenient ways to make his dreams of “obitiary” become a reality. In his early career, he called for organs to be harvested from death row inmates and would transfer blood from cadavers into living patients.
In his book Prescription Medicide, Kevorkian wrote (on page 214):
“I feel it is only decent and fair to explain my ultimate aim¼It is not simply to help suffering or doomed persons kill themselves–that is merely the first step, an early distasteful professional obligation (now called medicide) that nobody in his or her right mind would savor.
What I find most satisfying is the prospect of making possible the performance of invaluable experiments or other beneficial medical acts under conditions that this first unpleasant step can help establish–in a word, obitiatry...”
Or in other words, what Kevorkian found most fascinating was the prospect of human experimentation. Remember Kevorkian’s own words the next time someone portrays him a gentle man concerned with helping those in need.
From its inception Right to Life of Michigan has been opposed to the social acceptance of assisted suicide and euthanasia. Accepting these forms of intentional killing reflects a complete disrespect for the dignity of each person and for each person's right to life. Assisted suicide and euthanasia embody a literally fatalistic response to illness and disability -- offering death as a solution to the challenges of life.
For more information about assisted suicide and euthanasia, please visit Right to Life of Michigan’s web site at www.rtl.org.
Prolife fact sheets and handouts
Right to Life of Michigan has many fact sheets and handouts covering a wide range of topics available for your educational efforts. These fact sheets are free for download and copying. The fact sheets and handouts cover topics including abortion, adoption, fetal development, current events, stem cell research and speaking out about life.
Feel free to visit our Fact Sheets and Handouts page and download these great educational resources.
Feel free to visit our Fact Sheets and Handouts page and download these great educational resources.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
2011 Prolife Youth Award Winners
Check out the winners of Right to Life of Michigan's 2011 Youth Award. These outstanding graduating seniors have all dedicated themselves to volunteering on behalf of life!
Here's 2011 Youth Award Winner Sarah Weiss' essay:
Here's 2011 Youth Award Winner Sarah Weiss' essay:
What can this next generation do to promote a positive prolife message?
Recently, in my ethics class, we explored the topic of abortion. At a Christian high school, one might imagine that we were taught the "Christian views" on the subject, and given biblical support to back up these views. But that isn't what we did. Instead, we saw interviews and documentaries and read various articles from people who didn't hold the beliefs that we did. We studied in detail their belief systems, their circumstances, their actions, and their reasoning for their actions. We spent several weeks "studying the enemy," in a sense. But here's the scary part, the part I didn't expect. As I sat unassumingly in the back of my safe classroom in my safe Christian high school, I-more than once-found myself thinking, "that's a good point."
That scared me a lot. Turns out I was pretty ignorant when it came to people who don't believe that life is sacred because God created it, like I do. I realize in that class that I was pretty useless when it came to being "prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have" (1 Peter 3:15). I had no idea how to confront people who didn't believe what I believed. In my class, we picked apart arguments and learned to apply logic to circumstances in which people refused to let God be a part of their reasoning. I found that I came out of the experience with stronger beliefs, and a better knowledge of why I believe what I believe.
Throughout this learning experience it became more and more clear to me that it doesn't matter how many hours you put in protesting outside abortion clinics or attending benefit dinner if you can't articulate your own beliefs. What difference does it make to an anxious teenager that "life is sacred"? How can you disagree with a politician who cannot allow God to be a part of public policies because he cannot favor any particular religion? My generation is one that can reach great milestones in the pro-life movement if we can learn to answer these questions as well as those of our fellow Christians, and do so "with gentleness and respect" (1 Peter 3:15). This positive influence on our peers can help to build a pro-life generation and even bring people to faith through our loving witness.
Monday, June 6, 2011
The Language of Abortion
Signal Hill, a Canadian prolife group, has a new commercial which notes how the language of abortion is confusing.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Jack Kevorkian Dead at 83
National Right to Life discusses the death of Jack Kevorkian.
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Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan pathologist known the world over as “Dr. Death” for his push to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in the United States, died today in a Detroit-area hospital at age 83. He readily admitted to assisting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
“Many of the victims on whom Jack Kevorkian preyed were people with disabilities who had no terminal illness; one was simply old,” observed Burke J. Balch, J.D., director of National Right to Life’s Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics. “In at least five cases autopsies were unable to confirm any disease at all,”.
Kevorkian’s “suicide machine” drew worldwide attention when the CBS program “60 Minutes” aired footage, shot by Kevorkian himself, as he administered lethal drugs to Thomas Youk, a man suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease. The tape quickly became evidence in a murder trial that sentenced Kevorkian to 10 to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder. He was paroled in 2007.
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Friday, June 3, 2011
Meet Your Prolife Representative - Dave Camp
It's important for prolife citizens to know who their legislators are and what they think about life issues. We asked all prolife representatives from Michigan three questions to get each legislator's views about the importance of being prolife. Each month, we'll highlight the responses from one representative and provide you with ways to keep in touch or contact the representative.
Michigan Fourth Congressional District:
Traverse City, Midland, Big Rapids
341 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3561
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How can a single prolifer impact the world?
Every individual that stands up and promotes the importance of life is advancing the cause, whether it is on the floor of the House of Representatives or at a local pancake breakfast. Every young life saved because of the hard work and advocacy of prolife groups is a testimony to the impact of our cause.
View all of Representative Camp's answers.
Traverse City, Midland, Big Rapids
341 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3561
Website
YouTube
How can a single prolifer impact the world?
Every individual that stands up and promotes the importance of life is advancing the cause, whether it is on the floor of the House of Representatives or at a local pancake breakfast. Every young life saved because of the hard work and advocacy of prolife groups is a testimony to the impact of our cause.
View all of Representative Camp's answers.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Adult stem cells showing success in MS treatments
Studies in Australia and England are showing success after researchers used adult stem cells to treat patients suffering from multiple sclerosis.
In Bristol, England researchers will treat 80 patients after receiving a $1 million dollar grant. A previous trial showed the treatment increased nerve function by up to 20%.
In Australia, 9 patients have been treated with their own stem cells.
In Bristol, England researchers will treat 80 patients after receiving a $1 million dollar grant. A previous trial showed the treatment increased nerve function by up to 20%.
One of the patients who had the treatment last May is David Franks.FULL STORY
Mr Franks had to retire from his job as a children's surgeon early because of his MS.
He said: "I am not any worse. I may be a bit better.
"But I am certainly not going down hill as fast as I was before the treatment".
In Australia, 9 patients have been treated with their own stem cells.
WA's Multiple Sclerosis Society says in the case of 38 year-old Kate Gild, the injection of stem cells seems to have halted any further deterioration.FULL STORY
Ms Gild was diagnosed with MS six years ago and says the trial was the moment she has been waiting for.
"It was a dream come true. It was something that I'd been waiting for, for what seemed like a lifetime," she said.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Gallup poll finds Americans divided over assisted suicide, strongly opposed to human cloning
A recently released poll by Gallup found that 48% of Americans believe that assisted suicide is morally wrong, while 45% believe it is morally acceptable. The vast majority of respondents (84%) believed cloning humans was morally wrong.
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