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California Right to Life

Jun 24, 2020
3 min

“Meant To Be”

by Rochelle Zumwalt She begins stirring so softly inside her Just like a flower beginning to grow Blissfully happy; all comfy and cozy Dreaming of mommy she doesn’t yet know Peacefully sleeping within her warm bubble Contented, she sucks on a small, wrinkled thumb Soothed by the sound of her whispering heartbeat Sensing with pleasure what she soon will become She is excited but has to be patient Her Heavenly Father must finish her first He still needs to add some personal tou

California Right to Life

Jun 24, 2020
3 min

‘Trust me, I’m a Landlord’

by Richard Stith Law professor Richard Stith sees an analogy between tenancy law and another pressing social issue. As we face the painful possibility of evictions in this Covid-19 world, we would like to share how he imagines a hardball interview about “eviction rights.” Reporter: “I am so grateful for your willingness to answer a few questions about the eviction controversy. As I’m sure you know, in response to the “My Building, My Choice!” campaign, the US Department of Ho

California Right to Life

Apr 13, 2020
4 min

Bad Reasoning About Hard Choices

Having to choose whom to save in an emergency is nothing like abortion by J. Budziszewski A fireman races into a burning medical clinic. He finds there a flask of frozen embryos, but also a five-year-old child. He can’t carry them both. Whom should he save? Most people – including most pro-life people — would say “the child.” According to abortion advocates, this proves two things. First, it is supposed to show that not even pro-life people really consider an unborn chil

California Right to Life

Mar 10, 2020
1 min

Rachel’s Vineyard – a Pathway to Abortion Healing

As we enter the Lenten season, perhaps you know someone who is lamenting a “poor choice” of abortion in their past and is looking for a way to seek healing. Rachel’s Vineyard is a ministry offering weekends for healing after abortion throughout the year at locations across the United States and around the world. The program is an opportunity to examine the abortion experience, identify the ways that the loss has impacted the past and present, and helps to acknowledge any unre

California Right to Life

Feb 14, 2020
1 min

Euphemistic Warfare of the Pro-Choice Movement

Recently I was talking to an associate who was researching various candidates’ position on the life issues. She came upon the phrase “Reproductive Rights” and asked me for a definition. The one who controls the language, Has power over hearts and minds. * Control the Speech * Control the Thought * Control the Masses. It has been said that the one who controls the language, has power over minds and hearts. Control the speech, control the thought, and control the masse

California Right to Life

Feb 14, 2020
2 min

Words Express Concepts

by Charlotte Graham Words express concepts that are understood through experience. Concepts develop and can change as we put those words into different contexts. Most recently, we have become aware that words that we thought we understood have morphed into very different meanings than we hereto knew. This is a phenomenon we are all witnessing as the sexual revolution unfolds and as controversies are hotly debated such as value of life issues: abortion and euthanasia. As the m

California Right to Life

Feb 14, 2020
1 min

Planned Parenthood Annual Report 2018-2019

As we reported last month, the number of abortions in the U.S. along with the abortion rate has been steadily declining and has fallen to its lowest rate since Roe v Wade. However not all segments of the abortion industry have been part of this decline. In early January, abortion giant Planned Parenthood released its 2018-2019 annual report. Planned Parenthood abortion rates are up, reporting their highest number of abortions EVER. In 2018, the abortion giant killed 345,672

California Right to Life

Feb 14, 2020
4 min

Women Who Conceived Through Rape: My Baby Was Part of My Healing

by Sarah Terzo It is often assumed that a woman who conceives a child in rape will want to abort that child, or if she gives birth, will regret doing so because the child will be a “reminder” of her rape. But according to many women in this situation, that isn’t the case; most don’t regret having given birth to their children. Christina, pregnant by rape, went to Planned Parenthood. She says workers there urged her to abort, but instead she had her baby. She writes: Had I lis

California Right to Life

Jan 14, 2020
2 min

Looking Forward – Optimism and Uncertainty in the Pro-Life Movement in 2020

On January 24th thousands will gather in Washington DC for the March for Life, and then the next day thousands more will participate in the 16th annual West Coast Walk for Life. At these gatherings there will be both optimism and caution as we peer into the hourglass of 2020. It has now been 47 years since that fateful day – January 22, 1973 – when abortion was legalized in all fifty states, not by a legislative body, but rather by seven black robed men sitting on the court w

California Right to Life

Jan 14, 2020
5 min

CDC Announces Abortion Rates Continue to Decline

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a recently released report reported that the number of abortions in the United States along with the abortion rate has continued its downward trend. “Both the number of abortions and the abortion rate fell by approximately two percent since 2015,” said Dr. Michael New, one of the foremost researchers on abortion statistics. “The decline was widespread as 33 of the 46 states that reported abortion data by state of occurren

California Right to Life

Dec 7, 2019
2 min

Prayer for the Healing of Pro-life Advocates

Lord, You call us to defend the lives Of our youngest brothers and sisters, The children in the womb, And to bring an end To the violence of abortion. Today we pray for strength and healing For ourselves and all who work to end abortion. We know, O Lord, that despite our faithful efforts And our most effective strategies, There are many children who are killed each day by abortion. We could not reach or save them, And we are wounded by the violent act of abo

California Right to Life

Dec 7, 2019
4 min

Pro-Life First Responder

by Cecelia Cody We are all familiar with “First Responders,” heroes who work to protect innocent life, whether it be rushing onto a burning building to rescue a handicapped elderly or trapped person or storming into a school where there is an “active shooter.” This month we pause to remember and thank another group of “First Responders” Often these people are not only not celebrated as heroes; they are sometimes marginalized and ridiculed, maligned by the media, society and e

California Right to Life

Dec 7, 2019
1 min

For Unto Us (Many) Children Have Been and Will Be Born

As we reflect and prepare to celebrate Christmas, the birth of Jesus, let us pause in gratitude and praise to celebrate the many the babies who are alive, and the parents and relatives who have been spared the grief of abortion regret, because of the efforts of countless people participating in so many ways including the recently completed 40-Days for Life Campaign. The most recent 40-Days for Life Fall Campaign concluded on November 3, 2019. A few quick statistics: 505 citie

California Right to Life

Nov 13, 2019
2 min

Death by Abortion Pill Comes to California Universities

We sadly report that “Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 24 (Leyva) a piece of legislation that will require all University of California and California State University campus health care clinics to make abortion-by-medication (RU-486) available to students by state-paid campus staff. “The life and dignity of every person is due respect and protection at every stage and in every condition. The right to life is the first and most fundamental principle of human rights. Human life

California Right to Life

Oct 1, 2019
5 min

The Contraception-Abortion Connection

Extract of article by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet – President Human Life International The Tentacles of the Contraceptive Mentality Any good medical doctor knows that while it is often necessary to treat or control the symptoms of a disease, without treating its cause the patient will often be much worse off in the long run. HLI’s founder, Fr. Paul Marx, OSB, ardently believed that, looked at one way, abortion is merely one symptom of a much deeper cultural and spiritual disease. Wi

California Right to Life

Jul 16, 2019
2 min

The “Rape Exception”

“My value is not based on how I was conceived, who raised me, what other people think of my life, or even what I do with my life. I’m not a product of rape, but a child of God.” ~ Rebecca Kiessling I’m sure we’ve all heard someone say: “I’m pro-life… except in cases of rape,” So perhaps a few facts and meeting some “Conceived in Rape” survivors will provide you with some response to this exception. Rape and abortion are wrong for the same reason; they are both v

California Right to Life

Jun 21, 2019
2 min

Why Do We Need A “Born Alive Infant Protection” Law?

What is the moral responsibility when the pregnancy is terminated and a child is born alive having survived an attempted abortion? The Supreme Court decisions Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton never said that anyone has a right to a dead baby. That is the fallacy perpetrated by those who are in the business of advocating for or providing abortion. The Supreme Court cases only said that the woman has a right to terminate her pregnancy. So the question becomes what is the moral respo

California Right to Life

May 10, 2019
3 min

April/May 2019 Activity Report

Information Tables for Life, The movie “Unplanned” 40-Days for Life Spring Campaign – Lenten Prayer Vigils outside Abortion mills New Materials There were plenty of opportunities to be involved in proclaiming the message of Life in April! Information Table For Life Our most memorable visitor at our April Information Table for Life was a student from the local college, who it became obvious, had given the whole abortion debate a lot of thought. Right off the bat he agreed with

California Right to Life

Apr 1, 2019
3 min

Is Late Term Abortion or Infanticide Ever “Necessary”

Recent news stories regarding legislation passed in New York allowing abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, and in several states regarding a protocol for (non)treatment of babies born alive from “failed” abortion. The question arises, is it ever necessary to abort a late term pregnancy? And if perchance the abortion results in a live birth, what should be the medical protocol? Is it ever necessary to abort a late term pregnancy? Dr. Anthony Levatino MD, a board cert

Black and Pro-Life in America: The Incarceration and Exoneration of Walter B. Hoye II

California Right to Life

Mar 1, 2019
1 min

Black and Pro-Life in America: The Incarceration and Exoneration of Walter B. Hoye II

by Robert W. Artigo and Alveda King The First Amendment of the US Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” This books recounts in great detail how the rights of a Baptist minister – Walter B Hoye II – were compromised as he e