Pray for Maggie Karner

Brave Maggie Karner had the same type of cancer as Brittany Maynard but Dr Karner handled it differently.  She died last Friday at the Connecticut Hospice in Bran ford. Read her beautiful words to Brittany:

http://www.lifenews.com/2015/09/28/this-woman-had-the-same-brain-cancer-as-brittany-maynard-but-her-response-was-priceless/

 

May she rest in peace, Anne

Live from the Big E!

Saturday I traveled to West Springfield to help volunteer at the Massachusetts Citizens For Life booth at the Big E. This was my first time attending the famous event that attracts over one million people annually, and it was my first time volunteering at a pro-life booth. While heading to the fair, I was wondering how perceptive the crowd would be to seeing us boldly pro-claiming the pro-life message.

After working my 6- 10 PM shift, I can honestly say that I left the fair knowing we are making a difference in this state, and the general public is opening up to the pro-life message, even here in Massachusetts.

I worked with Terry, a resident from the Pioneer Valley, who has volunteered at the MCFL booth for years and is truly a veteran at this yearly event. We had many conversations with individuals, some of which I will never forget.

The first and only encounter I had that would be considered confrontational was with a young woman, roughly twenty-five years old. She said "I know why you are here. So what do you tell women who have been raped and have an abortion. I was raped. I was forced to have an abortion. I didn't have an option!" As I began to talk with her, she started to speak again. I stepped back and did the best thing I could: listen. She never raised her voice, but she was clearly in pain – tears building in her eyes.

After letting her vent, the two of us had an amazing conversation. I explained my reasoning for not supporting abortion, even in the 2% of abortions that are performed as a result of rape or incest. I told her that I did not judge her and that my presence at the booth was not to judge anyone – that is never my job. I could see the tension leaving her body. I told her I was there to show individuals that life should be protected from conception to natural death and that there are many resources available to women and men who find themselves in any situation where they believe abortion is their only option. When our conversation ended, she took a lot of our materials, even the free twelve-week-old fetal model we were giving away. I gave her a brochure for Project Rachel, a post abortion counseling project that has helped countless men and women. Before she left, she said the abortion "was the worst thing in my life. I would never do that ever again." She thanked us, and walked away.

Another conversation that inspired me was with a young couple who two months ago had their first child; it was on their first "date night" since her birth. Our display showing the unborn baby's development in the womb caught the father's eye. He approached me and took one of our free fetal models and showed it to his fiancée, who later said she was a nurse. They asked many questions. They were shocked after asking how later abortions can be performed. "Are you serious?!" is all they could say when I told them abortion is legal on demand until the moment of birth. They asked questions about resources available to pregnant mothers who find themselves in a crisis pregnancy. What reassured me that we had done our job effectively is when the couple reached out their hands to thank us for what we were doing. They took some of our literature, signed the sheets to request more information, and said they were happy they stopped to talk with us.

We had many conversations with people of all ages and from all walks of life. The question I was asked the most was "how late can abortions be performed." Everyone guessed wrong and was mortified when they were given the answer of until the point of birth. Other questions were about the Planned Parenthood videos and laws that were in the works. Terry and I saw many pregnant mothers at our fetal model display saying "That's what my baby looks like," or mothers who brought their kids over and said "that's what you looked like in mommy's tummy."

The night was a huge success, and I applaud all of the volunteers who dedicate their time, energy, and gasoline to make the trip each year to staff this amazing booth. They are spreading the pro-life message to the millions of people who attend this event each and every year. As I said, I truly believe we are making a difference in this state, not only with the Big E, but through all of our educational efforts. The public is hearing our message and it is resonating with them.

I cannot stress enough to students and adults who are interested in becoming pro-life activists the importance of educating yourself on the many pro-life issues. My National Right to Life Academy training definitely came in handy on Saturday night. Massachusetts Citizens For Life offers educational programs for students and adults throughout the year and upon request. If you are interested in one of our many educational programs to educate yourself or a group of students or adults, please be sure to contact the MCFL office for more information at 617-242-4199.

For LIFE,

Matt Hanafin

MCFL Director of Outreach

(The picture above was taken after a very successful day at the Big E, after the crowds had left at 10 PM. We had so many conversations with people we almost forgot to show you our booth!) 

Easy, important, time-sensitive call - thank you!

 

As you know, the death lobby has filed H 1991, the doctor-prescribed suicide bill again.  State Sen Ryan Fattman has set up meeting for legislators to educate them about the bill.  We know that the more people know about doctor-prescribed suicide, the more they oppose it.

Please call your state senator or representative or both and get a couple of other people to call.  All of them have been invited to the presentation on H 1991, Doctor-Prescribed Suicide by three eminent doctors

 

Date, Thursday, Oct 1

Time 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Room 428 State House

Speakers: Mark Rollo MD, long-time expert on doctor-prescribed suicide

Giles Whalen, MD U Mass Medical School, Head of Cancer Surgery

William Lawton, MD Prof U Mass Med School, kidney expert who has dealt with dying patients throughout his career

 

All this is just background.  Message is for legislator: please do attend o become educated on this important issue

 

To find phone numbers for your representative and senator: https://malegislature.gov/People/House, https://malegislature.gov/ People/Senate 

 

If you do not know the names of your legislators (!!!!!!), check: http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.aspx

 

Please make your call(s) now so your legislator can plan to attend,  Thanks!  Anne

 

Mon, WALPOLE; Tues, DANVERS; Wed, LEOMINSTER - important D-PS meetings

Hearings are Oct. 27th, 1:00 - 5:00 pm, Gardner Auditorium, State House.  come to prepare yourself about Doctor-Prescribed Suicide

     Sept 28, Walpole Public Library, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

     143 School St, Walpole, MA 02081

     Sen Joseph Tim ilty's District

     Sept 29, Danvers Public Library,  7:30 pm 0 8:30 pm

      15 Sylvan St, Danvers, MA 01923

      Sen Joan Lovely's district

     Sept 30, VFW Hall, Leominster,  7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

      100 West St, Leominster, MA 01453

      Sen Jennifer Flanagan's district

I hope to see you at one of these very important meetings!  Anne

  

Cancer treatment doesn't harm unborn babies - new study in NEJM

I am so excited about this study!  Think of all the times you have had someone challenge you on the hypothetical case of the pregnant mother who needs cancer treatment.  While not completely definitive it is a huge step!  Go in confidence!  Anne

Cancer treatment DOESN'T harm an unborn baby: Pregnant women advised not to delay treatment after study finds chemo and radiotherapy are not unsafe

• The development of 129 children was tested at 18 months and three years 
• Found to be the same as children whose mother's did not have cancer
• Researchers say cancer treatment is no reason to terminate pregnancy
• Study found being born prematurely had more of an effect on development

Receiving cancer treatment while pregnant does not result in health problems for unborn children, researchers have found.

Neither chemotherapy, radiotherapy nor surgery harmed the patients' babies, according to a study published today.

The researchers said that women who are diagnosed with cancer while pregnant should not delay their treatment.

Professor Frédéric Amant, presenting his results at the European Cancer Congress in Vienna, said: 'Our results show that fear of cancer treatment is no reason to terminate a pregnancy, that maternal treatment should not be delayed and that chemotherapy can be given.

'The study also shows that children suffer more from prematurity than from chemotherapy, so avoiding prematurity is more important than avoiding chemotherapy.'

His team examined 129 children born after exposure to cancer treatment in the womb.

The data, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that the babies - aged 18 months and then three years when they were tested - had developed normally when compared to children whose mothers had not had cancer.

Professor Amant, of University Hospitals Leuven in Belgium, said: 'Compared to the control group of children, we found no significant differences in mental development among children exposed to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery alone or no treatment.

'Nor was the number of chemotherapy cycles during pregnancy, which ranged from one to ten, related to the outcome of the children.'

The most common cancers among the mothers were breast and hematological cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma.

Some 69 per cent of the children had been exposed to chemotherapy before birth, 3.1 per cent radiotherapy, 5.4 per cent to both chemo and radiotherapy, 10.1 per cent to surgery alone.

The team also found that premature birth - a major cause of development problems - was more frequent among children born to mothers with cancer, regardless of whether or not they received treatment.

Prof Amant said: 'In most cases, they were born prematurely due to a medical decision to induce preterm so as to continue cancer treatment after the delivery.'

But he warned: 'Our data include many types of chemotherapy, but we cannot guarantee that all types of chemotherapy are safe.

'We need to look at larger numbers of children and larger numbers exposed to each drug in order to be able to document the potential effects of individual drugs.'

Martin Ledwick, head information nurse at Cancer Research UK, said: 'Although the results of the study seem encouraging, it's important to acknowledge that a range of chemotherapy drugs and other treatments were used on the mothers so it may be hard to draw firm conclusions.

'It's already known that some breast cancer drugs may be safe to give after the first three months of pregnancy but it's unclear from the study which women fitted into this category.'  

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3252340/Cancer-treatment-DOESN-T-harm-unborn-baby-Pregnant-women-advised-not-delay-treatment-study-finds-chemotherapy-radiotherapy-not-unsafe.html#ixzz3n4Dwi2ic

 

Westfield Meeting TONIGHT! Big E Success

The Westfield meeting on Doctor-Prescribed Suicide is tonight at the Westfield Athenaeum at 6:30 PM.   Hearings on the bill are scheduled for Oct 27.  You must be prepared!  We have Dr. Paul Carpentier and Matt Valliere, Executive Director of Patients Rights Action Fund speaking.

We have received a lot of compliments on the MCFL Booth at the Big E.  Kudos to the people who designed and set up the booth - which is really a room-size display - and to Peggy Bradford and her 102 volunteers!  That is real pro-life commitment.

Hope to see you tonight, Anne 

Laudato Si and the selling of body parts

The visit of Pope Francis to the US this week has prompted an amazingly good article by Michael Dauphinais in Crisis Magazine which begins,

The recent revelations surrounding the selling of fetal body parts by Planned Parenthood highlight a crisis in contemporary society depicted in Pope Francis' Laudato Si'. With uncanny insight, Pope Francis had written, "the culture of relativism is the same disorder which drives one person to take advantage of another, to treat others as mere objects…. Is it not the same relativistic logic that justifies buying the organs of the poor for resale or use in experimentation, or eliminating children because they are not what their parents wanted?" (LS 123).

Pope Francis' recent encyclical has been referred to as the "climate-change encyclical," or described as an encyclical on the environment, which is surely a narrow understanding that may leave readers to wonder why the Pope speaks so often in defense of universal moral truths and man's unique nature and dignity. I suggest that a clue may be found in the subtitle of Laudato Si': "On Care for Our Common Home." The encyclical's focus may be viewed from the human virtue of caring. If we approach the encyclical through the lens of human caring, we will find help from an at-first unlikely source, the twentieth-century Christian writer C.S. Lewis. We will see that Laudato Si' has much to say about the ethical crises of our age.

The article is long but well worth the read,  http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/laudato-si-and-the-selling-of-body-parts

Reminder:  Public Meetings on Doctor-Prescribed Suicide bill, H 1991, today in Chicopee. tomorrow in Westfield

Chicopee Library, Wednesday, 9/23, 7:00 – 8:00 pm  Sen Eric Lesser district

Westfield Athenaeum, Thursday, Sept 24, 6:30  Rep John Velis district

Walpole Public Library, Monday, Sept 28, 7:00 – 800 pm  Sen James Timilty district

Danvers Public Library, Tuesday, Sept 29, 7:30 – 8:30 pm  Sen Joan Lovely district

Leominster VFW, Wednesday, Sept 30, 7:00pm  Sen Jennifer Flanagan district

Plan to attend and bring a friend!  Anne

Majority of U S Senators vote to advance Pain-Capable Child Protection Act, BUT...

Needless to say, Sens. Warren and Markey voted against protecting unborn babies from excruciating pain.

Carol Tobias, President of National right to Life, who spoke at this year's Mothers' Day Dinner, puts the vote in perspective, "Today's majority vote is not a defeat, but a stepping stone towards victory. One-fourth of premature infants now survive when born at this stage – and there is strong evidence that they experience great pain, as they are torn limb from limb in late abortions."

http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2015/09/majority-of-u-s-senate-votes-to-advance-pain-capable-child-protection-act-but-democrats-block-consideration/#.VgH1eJfQiRI

Weekly 40 Days Update

BOSTON

Candlelight Rosary Vigils in English: Friday nights at 7:00 pm, September 25

Candlelight Rosary Vigils in Spanish: Saturday nights at 6:00 pm, September 26

HAVERHILL

Join the new initiative -- Join the Prayer Partner Hotline and we'll match you with a prayer partner so you can pray with another person at the clinic.  Email us to become a prayer partner and help others feel comfortable praying at a clinic

Saturday, October 17, 6:30pm Bi-lingual Candlelight Service

Attleboro: https://40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/attleboro/
Contact: Ron Larose
Phone: (508) 736-9813
E-mail: 40dflattleboro@comcast.net

Boston: https://40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/boston/
Contact: Rita Russo
Phone: (781) 762-4391
E-mail: rita.a.russo@gmail.com

Haverhill: https://40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/haverhill/
Contact: Debbie Papalia
Phone: (978) 490-5302
E-mail: 40daysforlifehaverhill@gmail.com

Lynn: https://40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/lynn/
Contact: Cori Connor-Morse & Padre Paul McManus
Phone: (781) 334-0029
E-mail: cconnorcpa@aol.com

Springfield: https://40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/springfield-2/
Contact: Tim Biggins
Phone: 413-342-0403
E-mail: N/A

Worcester: https://40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/worcester/
Contact: Lee Crowley (508) 887-1064
Pauline: (508) 839-7674
E-mail: prolifeworcester@verizon.net

Wed. Weekly 40 Days Update

 

As we have in the past, I'll email you to tell you what is coming up for 40 Days during the coming week.  If you have not already signed up for your time, please do that now! 

Thank you, Anne

ATTLEBORO

https://40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/attleboro/

BOSTON

Prayer Launch: Sunday, September 20^th at 4 pm

Our Prayer Launch for this campaign will be held on Sunday, September 20th at 4:00 PM at Betania 2 Marian Center, 154 Summer St., Medway, MA. 02053.  Rev. Michael McNamara will celebrate a mass and commissioning service for all who attend.  Following mass, there will be a dynamic talk by pro-life speaker Anthony Gentile.  After a troubled youth, Anthony had a conversion experience.  He eventually co-founded Cry for Life Ministry and has worked full time in the Pro-Life Ministry and Pregnancy Care Centers. 

Kick Off: Wednesday, September 23^rd at 3 pm

The official Kick Off of the campaign is on Wednesday, September 23rd at 3 pm on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood, 1055 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.  One of the Franciscans will speak and lead us in prayer. 

HAVERHILL

http://prolifeeventsfinder.com/event_listing.php?Event_ID=1114

LYNN

Also, the kickoff will be at 6:00 p.m. on September 23 at the clinic...but hours start at 7:00 a.m. that day...Cori took the first two hours if anyone would like to join her.  It is a Wednesday and therefore an abortion day at the mill...

SPRINGFIELD

https://40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/springfield-2/

WORCESTER

Join us for the 40 Days for Life Worcester Fall Campaign. Come to the Opening Candlelight Vigil on Wednesday, Septmber. 23, from 6:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. across from Planned Parenthood, 470 Pleasant St, Worcester.  Bring your own candle.  From 6:30p.m.-7:00 p.m. we will pray the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. From 7:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m., we will sing hymns, read from Scripture, pray, and have a Commissioning Service.

For further information about the Worcester 40 Days for Life campaign, contact Lee Crowley at 508-887-1064 or ed_crowley@verizon.net or Pauline Morris at 608-839-7674 or  pmorris42@verizon.net

https://40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/worcester/

Please email Gov. Jerry Brown NOW

 

Usually, I suggest that you contact your own elected officials only but this is similar to situations where people from all over the world ask a governor to commute a death sentence.  Please email today.  Ask Gov Brown to veto X2AB00012 - it is bad public policy.

Email Governor Jerry Brown directly by clicking HERE. You will be asked to give your name and email address. Under "Please choose your subject" scroll down near the bottom to "X2AB00012" and make that selection. We also encourage you to check the box asking for a reply. 

This is our last chance!  Thanks, Anne

"PP: The Hidden Harvest" Fox News, 9/4, 10:00 pm, 9/5, 1:00 am

 

 

Fox News Reporting: Planned Parenthood: The Hidden Harvest
Anchored by Shannon Bream
Friday, Sept. 4 at 10 p.m. ET
Saturday, Sept. 5 at 1 a.m. ET

"This summer, a series of secretly recorded videos have exposed a business in fetal tissue. Already a number of politicians have called for the defunding of Planned Parenthood, a primary target of the sting, while others support the organization and call this just another salvo in the War on Women. The Fox News Reporting special Planned Parenthood - The Hidden Harvest delves into the controversy, featuring exclusive new details about the making of those videos, and investigating an industry and field of scientific research that many didn't even know existed."

Upcoming pro-life dates and Sam Blumenfeld, RIP

 

Please save these dates.  I'll be telling you more as the time approaches:

September 12: National Day of Prayer for Aborted Babies 

For more information, visit http://abortionmemorials.com/

October 14: Celebration of Life Day on Beacon Hill

Great Hall, Massachusetts State House
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Lunch included
RSVP required: Robert@RenewMACoalition.org

October 17: Death with Real Dignity Seminar

Hagan Campus Center Hall, Assumption College, Worcester, MA
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
http://masscitizensforlife.org/death-with-real-dignity-event-october-17th/ 

October 18: Pro-Life Presentation with Elinor McCullen 

St. Catherine Parish, Norwood, MA
3:00 PM
http://masscitizensforlife.org/get-involved/events/

October 22: MCFL Fundraising Banquet with Karen Santorum

Four Points by Sheraton, Norwood, MA
6:00 PM Reception, 7:00 PM Dinner
http://masscitizensforlife.org/join-us-at-our-annual-fundraising-banquet/

 Sam Blumenfeld, educator and author, was always a welcome, pleasant pro-life face at conservative events.  I will miss seeing Sam.  Anne

8th video in full: volume orders and a video you will love

 

As you know, a judge in CA lifted the injunction against showing videos of StemExpress workers. The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) immediately released a preview the 8^th in its videogate series. In it StemExpress admits that it buys and resells intact babies.              

I think these videos are excellent teachers. CMP uses the spiral method of teaching. They introduce the concept, then reinforce it and introduce the next. So we learned that Planned Parenthood (PP) is selling baby parts, then we learned that abortions were being done at times and with methods to get certain parts, then that mothers often had not given consent, and so on. I want to point out here that mothers can legally give consent only to experiments whose purpose is to help their children, born or unborn. PP knows that "getting permission" is a crock. Since each video adds some new atrocity, it is hard to imagine what will be in the four more.

This is a fine presentation of what is in the entire video - enough so that you don't have to watch if you can't.

http://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/25/shocking-new-video-planned-parenthood-sells-a-lot-of-aborted-babies-buyer-wants-50-livers-a-week/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifenews%2Fnewsfeed+%28LifeNews.com%29

If you want to share any of the previous videos with others,we have them at http://masscitizensforlife.org/planned-parenthood-videos-everything-you-need-to-see/

VIDEO ALL CAN WATCH: the PP Protest in Worcester, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cYW9-CUbbdU  Also, it appears there were a lot more than the 300 people reported in Boston and I just heard there were 80 people in Fitchburg.

This is a moment that we must seize!  Anne

Tom needs help with petitions

 

Initiative Petition to Amend the State Constitution

to Allow the State Legislature to Outlaw Public Funding of Abortion

Did you know Massachusetts taxpayers pay for abortions?

• In 1981, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court referred to abortion as a "fundamental right" and said that the Massachusetts Constitution afforded a greater degree of protection to that right than did the U.S. Constitution.
• This ruling went further by determining that some Massachusetts women, depending on their financial status, had a constitutional right to have their abortions paid for by the taxpayer.

  What We Need to Do . . .

  First Step - Amend the State Constitution

• The Massachusetts Alliance to Stop Public Funding of Abortion, http://stoppublicfundingofabortion.org/about-us.html, recently filed a petition to amend the state constitution to begin the process of ending taxpayer subsidized abortions in Massachusetts.This amendment would remove public funding of abortion from the courts and make it an issue for the state legislature
• The amendment would lay the groundwork so that in the future the legislature could vote to stop that funding.

  How to Start . . .

  Collect Certified Signatures

• 64,750 certified signatures needed, therefore close to twice that many need to be collected
• Signatures must be collected between September 16 and November 18, 2015.
• After the signatures are collected, the Massachusetts State Senate and House, meeting in joint session, must pass the language in two sessions with at least 25% of the vote.

 

We need YOUR help to collect signatures! Please consider volunteering to help get this important petition drive moving forward. Please call Tom Harvey at 781-312-8755 or email: stoppublicfundingofabortion@gmail.com

Planned Parenthood Protests: Organizers say "Just the beginning"

As you can see from the articles below, the PP Protests in Massachusetts were huge, full of good messages and good cheer!  More than 300 people were in Boston and more than 350 in Worcester.  The media not only showed up but reported fairly!  Congratulations to all those who organized this splendid event!

National organizers report more than 75,000 participants nationally.  They have assured local organizers that this is just the beginning!  Thanks to everyone involved!  Anne

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/22/hundreds-rally-outside-planned-pare/KzMIBXGt3SeQYwmZyF8aIK/story.html

http://www.wbur.org/2015/08/22/abortion-opponents-planned-parenthood-protests

http://www.catholicfreepress.org/featured-article-1/2015/08/22/peaceful-protest-outside-planned-parenthood-draws-350-people/

Doctor-Prescribed Suicide Poll in Boston Globe. VOTE NOW

Things are heating up!  Please vote right now and then forward to everyone you can asking them to vote "NO"  Thanks,

Anne

     http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2015/08/21/the-argument-should-state-pass-legislation-allowing-physician-prescribe-life-ending-medication-terminally-ill-patient-who-requests/AApqVZ8kCVhTl18zJ1u73J/story.html

8th video: proof Planned Parenthood sells fully intact babies

 

Shortly after a judge in California issued a ruling late Friday  that the biotech firm StemExpress couldn't block the Center for Medical Progress from releasing another video that shows what it does with aborted babies it buys from Planned Parenthood, CMP put up a preview of its 8th video. http://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/21/8th-shocking-video-stemexpress-ceo-admits-planned-parenthood-sells-fully-intact-aborted-babies/

 

In the video, Cate Dyer, the CEO of StemExpress, is shown in a lunch meeting with undercover operatives posing as representatives of a biotech firm. Dyer is laughing about how StemExpress purchases fully intact aborted babies from Planned Parenthood. She laughs about how shippers of the aborted babies would give a warning to lab workers to expect such a baby. 

At least for the moment, StemExpress has ceased doing business with PP.

 

And I just read that House Speaker Boehner's Health Policy Director Charlotte Ivancic, is the sister of Cate Dyer, the CEO of Stem Express?

It will be a real breath of fresh air to see all you dedicated, life-affirming people at Saturday's PP Protests.  Thanks to the wonderful people who have done all the organizing!  Anne

 

National Right to Life: a breath of fresh air

 

I was so delighted to receive this note from Jacki Ragan at NRL.  Their wholesome, life-affirming project is just what we need to counter the sickness and degradation of all the Planned Parenthood revelations.  Thanks, Guys!  Anne

 

If you've been on social media recently, it is likely that The Center for Medical Progress undercover videos of Planned Parenthood's gruesome practices have dominated your news feed.  As the right-to-life movement, it is up to us to shine a light on the dark, grisly reality of abortion and to show the value and beauty of life.  That's why we are launching the "Hug a Baby" social media campaign.

This project will engage the public by inviting them to share images of their babies (born or unborn), themselves, and their children with a message about the value human life, and using the hashtag #cantputapriceonlife. 

Participants will also be asked to make a contribution to National Right to Life with the goal of funding our massive, nationwide campaign to educate tens of millions of Americans about Planned Parenthood, and urging them to help us stop tax dollars from fattening the coffers of any abortion provider.  

Here's how YOU can take part:

• Create a unique sign with messages like: "Life is priceless," "You can't put a price on life," "Every life has value," "Love, no matter what," You can also visit www.cantputapriceonlife.com (the site will be live on Thursday, August 20) to download a sign template and write your personalized message.
• Take a picture of yourself or a loved one with a baby or child and holding the message,
• Post this photo on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, using the hashtag:  #CantPutAPriceOnLife. 
• Share this far and wide with other pro-lifers, and encourage them to participate in the project and hug a baby and show America that you can't put a price on life!  

Babies represent life, love, happiness, optimism, innocence, goodness and the future. This is the perfect, positive way to work against the darkness of the abortion industry. 

For their lives,
Jacki Ragan, Director
State Organizational Development
National Right to Life Committee, Inc.

 

 

Planned Parenthood Protests each with different time. Buses to Boston

 

Protest times:

Worcester: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Springfield: 9:00 AM - Noon

Boston: 10:00 AM - Noon

Fitchburg: Noon - 2:00pm

 

Buses to Boston:

A bus from Norwood will be stopping in Dedham leaving at 9AM.  To ride the bus, please call Anne at 781-769-5398 or email annie40days@gmail.com

A bus will leave from St. Patrick's Parish parking lot,118 South Broadway, Lawrence, MA promptly at 9 am. Please contact Gus Mendieta at 978-973-6415 if you would like to take that bus.   They need a list to be sure bus is going to be full enough to run.

Boston will have signs, the others will not. Participants are encouraged to make and bring their own signs and banners. 

 

Worcester, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

WHAT: Press conference, prayer vigil and protest signs calling attention to Planned Parenthood's baby parts trafficking

WHERE: Planned Parenthood, 470 Pleasant St., Worcester MA

SPEAKERS:

Anne Fox - Massachusetts Citizens For Life

Lee Crowley - Vigil Coordinator for 40 Days for Life - Worcester

Rod Murphy - Director of Problem Pregnancy

Catherine Anthony Adair - Former Planned Parenthood Worker

Most Rev. Robert J. McManus - Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester. He will recite the rosary and Divine Mercy chaplet at 10 AM.

 

Parking in and around the Worcester Planned Parenthood location is limited to the neighborhood streets.  Before parking, please read the street signs to ensure you are not parked illegally or in designated resident parking only areas. Do not park in the lot of the Medical building at 475 Pleasant St. Your car could be towed. Given that a large crowd is expected, it is strongly recommended that if  you can car pool to the event, you do so.

 

Springfield: 9:00 AM - Noon 

WHAT: Prayer Vigil

WHERE: Planned Parenthood, 3550 Main Street, Springfield, MA

Boston, 10:00 AM - Noon

WHAT: Press conference, prayer vigil and protest signs calling attention to Planned Parenthood's baby parts trafficking

WHERE: Planned Parenthood, 1055 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA  SPEAKERS:  

Representative Jim Lyons and his wife, Bernadette 

Reverend Michael McNamara 

C. J. Doyle - Catholic Action League  

Bill Cotter - Operation Rescue, 

Rita Russo – Vigil Coordinator of 40 Days for Life - Boston

 

Fitchburg: Noon - 2:00 PM 

WHAT: Prayer Vigil

WHERE: Planned Parenthood, 391 Main Street, Fitchburg, MA

After seeing videos, Americans say, "De-Fund Planned Parenthood"

 

Lifenews has articles of note:

Poll: After Seeing Videos of Planned Parenthood Selling Aborted Babies, Americans Say De-Fund Ithttp://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/19/poll-after-seeing-videos-of-planned-parenthood-selling-aborted-babies-americans-say-de-fund-it/

Rick Santorum: Prosecute Planned Parenthood for Dissecting Live Baby, "Don't Let it Go Unpunished"http://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/19/rick-santorum-prosecute-planned-parenthood-for-dissecting-live-baby-dont-let-it-go-unpunished/

 

Also, a new report from the Cardinal Newman Society documents Catholic colleges who provide internships at Planned Parenthood.  Unfortunately, some Massachusetts schools make the report.

http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/Portals/0/News%20Docs/A%20More%20Scandalous%20Relationship%20-%20Final.pdf

 

OH! OH! OH!

 

I can't even talk about it!  Anne

Center for Medical Progress director David Daleiden talked about the newest video (#7) his group released.

"Today's video contains heartrending admissions about the absolute barbarism of Planned Parenthood's abortion practice and baby parts sales in which fetuses are sometimes delivered intact and alive. Planned Parenthood is a criminal organization from the top down and should be immediately stripped of taxpayer funding and prosecuted for their atrocities against humanity."

According to Steve Ertelt at LifeNews, "This newest expose' video further confirms what Dr. Theresa Deisher, a world-renowned scientist in the field of stem cell research who holds patents after discovering adult stem cells in human hearts, said in a recent interview. Deisher helped the pro-life activists who spent three years recording undercover videos and capturing documents and information showing the Planned Parenthood abortion business selling aborted babies and their body parts.

"She says she has reviewed the information the activists collected and she is making a shocking claim that Planned Parenthood may be keeping some babies alive after the abortion procedure in order to better collect their organs for harvesting — such as their hearts.

'Biomedical companies prefer gestational ages of greater than 20 weeks for heart muscle,' she adds. 'This is from reading their publications; so, I have always suspected that the babies in some of these cases were alive until their hearts were cut out.'"

Here is the article on the 7th video: http://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/19/7th-shocking-video-catches-planned-parenthood-harvesting-brain-of-aborted-baby-who-was-still-alive/

And U Mass is the latest publicly funded university to be caught buying baby parts.

http://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/17/university-of-massachusetts-caught-buying-aborted-baby-body-parts-for-research/

PP Protests: more locations, new information

 

Organizers have added two more locations to the Aug 22 Planned Parenthood Protests.  Kudos to the wonderful people who have organized these protests!  Hope you can make it.  Anne

Fitchburg, Noon - 2:00pm, 391 Main Street and 

Springfield, 9:00 am - noon at 3550 Main Street

Boston,10am - noon at 1055 Commonwealth Avenue 

Speakers:  Representative Jim Lyons and his wife, Bernadette, Reverend Michael McNamara, C. J. Doyle of Catholic Action League,  Bill Cotter and Operation Rescue, Rita Russo and 40 Days for Life/Boston

Worcester, 9am - 11 am, 475 Pleasant Street

WHO: Concerned citizens of Worcester

WHAT: Press conference, prayer vigil and protest signs calling attention to Planned Parenthood's baby parts trafficking

WHERE: Planned Parenthood, 470 Pleasant St., Worcester MA

WHEN: August 22, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to11:00 a.m.

Speakers at the event include: Lee Crowley, Vigil Coordinator for 40 Days for Life Worcester; Rod Murphy, Director of Problem Pregnancy, a crisis pregnancy center offering women an alternative to abortion for over 30 years; Anne Fox, President of Massachusetts Citizens for Life; and Catherine Anthony Adair, former Planned Parenthood clinic worked whose life was changed after seeing the aftermath of a second trimester abortion. Most Rev. Robert J. McManus, Roman Catholic bishop of Worcester will recite the rosary and Divine Mercy chaplet during the   10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. hour.

Sandra sent two additional details:

Parking in and around the Worcester Planned Parenthood location is limited to the neighborhood streets.  Before parking, please read the street signs to ensure you are not parked illegally or in designated resident parking only areas. Do not park in the lot of the Medical building at 475 Pleasant St. Your car could be towed. Given that a large crowd is expected, it is strongly recommended that if  you can car pool to the event, you do so.

Signs  will not be distributed. Participants are encouraged to make and bring their own signs and banners.