Babies saved at Boston-area abortion clinics:
For year 2008: 42
For year 2007: 90 For 2003: 60, 2004: 65, 2005: 64, 2006: 80
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever.”
— Thomas Jefferson
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MON, JUL 21 -- Abortionist Osathanondh scheduled for Thursday (July 24) arraignment in Barnstable District Court, 3195 Main Street, Barnstable. Charge: involuntary manslaughter; docket number: BACR2008-00086. WED, JUL 16 -- Osathanondh indicted for manslaughter!! -- The doctor who performed an abortion on a woman who later died has been indicted by a Barnstable County Grand Jury for manslaughter, Cape and Island District Attorney Michael O’Keefe said this afternoon.
Dr. Rapin Osathanondh was indicted in the death of Laura Hope Smith, 22, of Sandwich, who died Sept. 13, 2007 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis after an abortion procedure at the Women’s Health Center in Hyannis.
The charges are a result of an investigation by Barnstable and state police and the state Board of Registration in Medicine, O’Keefe said.
The indictment was returned today. Complete Cape Cod Times article A woman left Planned Parenthood in Boston today, and told a sidewalk counselor that she (1) did not have her abortion (# 43) and (2) saw the ultrasound image of her baby. She declined an offer to go to A Woman's Concern. It's not clear if she committed to not aborting the baby. 40th anniversary: Humanae Vitae stands the test of time. By Kathryn Jean Lopez TUE, JUL 15 -- Communicating the infection: Massachusetts State Senate approves of same-sex "marriage" for out of state residents.
Analysis of issue by Mass Resistance Full-court press by gay movement . . . National homosexual groups pouring money into state to lobby Massachusetts legislature to export "gay marriage" -- MassResistance Report False Equation: Opposing Same-Sex Marriage and Opposing Interracial Marriage by Dennis Prager Archbishop Jesus Dosado of Ozamiz City, Philippines released a pastoral letter on Sunday saying that Catholic politicians there who promote overturning the nation's pro-life laws against abortions should not receive communion. The letter instructs parish priests to deny the sacrament to the pro-abortion politicians until they reverse their position favoring abortion. THU, JUL 10 -- A child was reportedly saved from abortion today (# 43) -- but it seems tenuous. The woman was defiant and apparently angry going into Planned Parenthood today; she left after about 10 minutes. "Did you save your baby?" she was asked. "Yes, I did!" she replied, but still looked belligerent. Recently at Planned Parenthood, an officer asked about A Woman's Concern: "Are you affiliated with that place across the street (AWC)?" "Yes, we are." He then told about a girl he had arrested who did not want an abortion and who needed help. He took the phone number and info for AWC, and thanked the pro-lifers for doing a good job(!). MON, JUL 7 -- Governor Patrick to have a series of "Town Hall Meetings." Read about plans to confront the governor!! FRI, JUL 4 -- His name is Phill Kline, and his efforts have placed Kansas, the geographic center of the continental United States, at the epicenter of the abortion debate -- by Gary Bauer Contrary to the myths we hear about how overpopulation causes poverty, poor health, unemployment, malnutrition and overcrowding, human beings are the most valuable resource and the more of them the better. -- Walter Williams The Wars of Religion Return by Patrick J. Buchanan -- Last week's clash between Dr. James Dobson and Barack Obama is but the latest skirmish in a war that dates back to the time of Christ. At issue: What is Christian truth? Does the true Christian put social peace ahead of his duty to make God's Law man's law? The loss of independence by Pat Buchanan THU, JUL 3 -- Late discovery: a young woman told her friend Julie, who chose life for her babies instead of abortion, that she, too, had gone to Planned Parenthood for an abortion. But on the way in, a woman gave her pro-life material and talked with her. She later came out, but told no one outside that she had decided against the abortion (# 42). Julie asked her to describe the woman outside the clinic. Julie then showed her friend a picture of Eleanor, who had counseled Julie from her abortions, and, sure enough, it was Eleanor she had spoken with! TUE, JUL 1 -- From Catholic World News: In Virginia, a teenage girl cannot ordinarily obtain a legal abortion without parental consent. But the 16-year-old immigrant's parents could not be found, so employees at a non-profit agency signed the consent form and arranged transportation to the abortion clinic. They must have felt frustrated as they did so, since they had earlier arranged for the girl to obtain a contraceptive device. What was this non-profit agency? Commonwealth Catholic Charities.
The Washington Times has the story, which broke first in The Wanderer.
Federal government officials -- who subcontract with Catholic Charities to care for immigrants, not to abort their children -- were outraged. A panel of Catholic bishops, after investigating the incident, has said that it "a most regrettable stain on the record of excellence" of Catholic Charities and its affiliates. The problem, the bishops concluded, was that some staff members "were not sufficiently aware of church teaching and policy." There are two possibilities here. One is that staff members at Commonwealth Catholic Charities were familiar with Church teaching regarding procured abortion, and chose to ignore it. The other is that those staff members were so profoundly stupid that they were unaware of the Catholic opposition to abortion, and so ethically insensitive that they could not grasp the natural-law argument against the killing of the innocent unborn. Neither possibility leaves room for optimism about the ability of these same staff members to compile a "record of excellence" in the provision of charitable services. (CWN) SAT, JUN 28 -- The governor’s appointment of lesbian activist Maureen Monks as a family court judge reveals a "not-so-hidden agenda" of left-leaning extremism that’s further radicalizing the Massachusetts court system. -- Gail Besse Evolving Standards of Indecency by David Limbaugh THU, JUN 26 -- Tim Russert -- The Story Untold by Hadley Arkes A man showed up outside Planned Parenthood yesterday and told pro-lifers outside, "I'm a prophet." He went into the clinic, carrying a paper shopping bag. A few minutes later, he came out, pursued by and fighting with the security guard. He dropped the bag and ran away. Police arrived a short time later. They seized the bag and also asked the pro-lifers if we knew the man -- we don't. SUN, JUN 22 -- About 25 pro-lifers demonstrated outside of Salem Hospital today, focusing on two abortionists affiliated with the hospital, Sarah Betstadt and Marcus Gordon. THU, JUN 19 -- Two more babies saved (# 40 & 41) from abortion at Planned Parenthood; one yesterday, one today. The one yesterday was a young woman who was accompanied by an obviously unhappy boyfriend -- unhappy that the baby was not killed! He was yelling and cursing at her as they walked down Commonwealth Ave, and physical violence was in the air. Suddenly two plainclothes police pulled up and arrested the man. A sidewalk counselor was able to talk with the woman.
Today, a woman came to P.P. to make an appointment for her granddaughter's abortion. But she talked with pro-life counselors and she and the granddaughter have an appointment at A Woman's Concern. Howard Dean's abortion contortions (Weekly Standard) SAT, JUN 14 -- Male priests marry in Anglican church's first gay 'wedding'!! THU, JUN 12 -- Janet and Mari reported two more children (# 38 & 39)saved from abortion this morning at Planned Parenthood in Boston! Chicago Tribune article on how Operation Rescue is having success in cutting access to abortion Fifty-one year-old Walter Hoye filed suit against Oakland officials saying the expanded 8-foot bubble zone they approved unfairly limits the free speech of pro-life people. Full article How Obama won -- and may win by Pat Buchanan Obama is no Joshua by Cal Thomas TUE, MAY 27 -- Pat Buchanan on the California "gay marriage" decision: "Now there may be hugging around the newsroom at the Times, where one senior writer said, a few years back, three-fourths of the folks who make up the front page are gay. But this is just another streetlight on America's darkening path to perdition as a society and republic." Read the full Buchanan column. From California with Love -- Why same-sex marriage will inevitably become a national issue this fall. by Jeffrey Bell (Weekly Standard) SAT, MAY 17 -- Relocation of Worcester Planned Parenthood: pro-lifers counter abortion supporters -- "with smooth lips they speak, and double heart" (Ps. 12:3) -- at "need determination" hearing. TUE, APR 22 -- Earth Day meditation: "As I demonstrate in The Really Inconvenient Truths, by any standard typically used by environmentalists, the pill is a pollutant. It does the same thing, just worse, as other chemicals they call pollution.
"But liberals have gone to extraordinary lengths in order to stop consideration of contraceptive estrogen as a pollutant." -- Iain Murray, National Review Demographic Winter draws upon experts from all around the world - demographers, economists, sociologists, psychologists, civic and religious leaders, parliamentarians and diplomats. Together, they reveal the dangers facing society and the world’s economies, dangers far more imminent than global warming and at least as severe. These experts will discuss how: -- The “population bomb” not only did not have the predicted consequences, but almost all of the developed countries of the world are now experiencing fertility rates far below replacement levels. Birthrates have fallen so low that even immigration cannot replace declining populations, and this migration is sapping strength from developing countries, the fertility rates for many of which are now falling at a faster pace than did those of the developed countries. -- The economies of the world will continue to contract as the “human capital” spoken of by Nobel Prize winning economist Gary Becker, diminishes. The engines of commerce will be strained as the workers of today fail to replace themselves and are burdened by the responsibility to support an aging population.
Visit the web site for Demographic Winter: http://www.demographicwinter.com/ SAT, APR 19 -- Kennedy, Kerry, & Dodd received Communion at pope's Washington Mass. American Life League published ad asking pope to protect the Eucharist from sacrilegious reception by these politicians.
PDF file of full-page ad. FRI, APR 18 -- Our apologies for this belated post; but at least we have some good news to report. On Saturday, April 12, a woman came out of Planned Parenthood and spoke with Judy, a sidewalk counselor, and stated that she decided against her abortion (# 22). Another woman came out Wednesday (#23), and arranged for an ultrasound test at A Woman's Concern. And yesterday, Thursday, a couple came out and decided they will keep the baby (# 24). She is three months pregnant, has her own doctor, and said she didn't need help. Someone Who Knows has told us that Women's Hell-th Services in Brookline is looking for new quarters in Brookline. The building it's in is for sale, along with the adjacent building, for $13 million. Phil Lawler has been getting some attention for his new book, Faithful Departed. Link to Phil's blog. THU, OCT 25, 2007 -- A good summary of the Planned Parenthood-Holy Cross crisis is at the new web site, http://www.holycrossalumni.org. FRI, SEPT 28, 2007 -- Writing in the latest edition of the Canon Law journal, Periodica De Re Canonica, Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, bishop of St. Louis, Missouri, has called his brother bishops to task for their silence on the problem of Catholic politicians who support abortion, euthanasia, cloning, embryo research, the homosexual political agenda or other legislation “contrary to the natural moral law.” Full article THU, FEB 17, 2005 -- Research vindicates Catholic teaching on marriage and contraception (Touchstone) TUE, DEC 28, 2004 (Feast of Holy Innocents) -- Brookline Police said that IRS problems closed Dr. Silverman's abortion mills -- not a 1995 federal probe. (The Standard-Times [New Bedford], 12/15/2004)
Why are things the way they are in the archdiocese? One must be careful not to over-generalize, but we still believe there is a lot of insight in Professor James Hitchcock's article, "Conservative Bishops, Liberal Results"
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