ABC News: Dying 'Dr. Death' Has Second Thoughts About Assisting Suicides

ABC News: Dying 'Dr. Death' Has Second Thoughts About Assisting Suicides: "May 26, 2006 — Today, on his 78th birthday, Jack Kevorkian, the man known as 'Dr. Death,' is slowly dying in prison.

And, according to his lawyer, Kevorkian seems to have second thoughts about helping people die."

TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS; Eternal Word Television Network

TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS; Eternal Word Television Network: "POPE BENEDICT XVI IN POLAND

ARRIVAL AND WELCOMING CEREMONY LIVE [60:00]
Arrival at the International Airport of Okecie, Warsaw.
Thursday May 25, 2006 5 AM LIVE
Thursday May 25, 2006 10 PM ENCORE

MASS IN PILSUDSKI SQUARE LIVE [3 hours]
Holy Mass in Pilsudski Square, Warsaw.
Friday May 26, 2006 3 AM LIVE
Friday May 26, 2006 7 PM ENCORE


VISIT TO THE JASNA GÓRA SHRINE LIVE [3 hours]
Visit to the Sanctuary of Jasna Góra in Czestochowa.
Friday May 26, 2006 11 AM LIVE
Friday May 26, 2006 10 PM ENCORE

VISIT TO BIRTH PLACE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II LIVE [60:00]
Visit to the birthplace of Pope John Paul II in Wadowice.
Saturday May 27, 2006 4:30 AM LIVE
Saturday May 27, 2006 3 PM ENCORE


VISIT TO SANCTUARIES OF KALWARIA AND
DIVINE MERCY LIVE [90:00]
Visit to the Santuary of the Madonna of Kalwaria in Kalwaria, Zebrzydowska and the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy of Krakow/Lagiewniki.
Saturday May 27, 2006 6 AM LIVE
Saturday May 27, 2006 4 PM ENCORE

VISIT TO WAWEL CATHEDRAL AND MEETING WITH THE YOUTH LIVE [3 ½ hours]
Visit to the Cathedral of Wawel and meeting with the youth in Blonie Park.
Saturday May 27, 2006 11 AM LIVE
Saturday May 27, 2006 6 PM ENCORE


"MASS IN BLONIE PARK LIVE [3 hours]
Holy Mass in Blonie Park in Krakow.
Sunday May 28, 2006 3:30 AM LIVE
Sunday May 28, 2006 8 PM ENCORE


VISIT TO AUSCHWITZ LIVE [90:00]
Visit to the Concentration Camp of Auschwitz.
Sunday May 28, 2006 11 AM LIVE
Sunday May 28, 2006 11 PM ENCORE


DEPARTURE CEREMONY LIVE [90:00]
Farewell Ceremony at the Balice Airport, Krakow.
Sunday May 28, 2006 1 PM LIVE
Monday May 29, 2006 12:30 AM ENCORE
"

Casey and Santorum on NBC's Meet the Press Sept. 3 says Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/18/2006

Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/18/2006 | Santorum and Casey come out slugging: "Casey also would not agree to participate in 10 debates, as Santorum suggested Tuesday in an election night speech. Casey said he would debate, but declined to specify a number.

The candidates previously agreed to meet once, on NBC's Meet the Press on Sept. 3."

Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/18/2006 | Voters start a seismic shift in Pa.

Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/18/2006 | Voters start a seismic shift in Pa.: "In a typical election year, two incumbents lose in the primary. The turnover in this primary is the largest in at least 32 years. And, with 30 retirements, there could be more than 50 new lawmakers in the General Assembly at the start of the new term in January."

The articles I posted yesterday and today should give readers an idea of the unprecedented opportunity this election brings. It can be a blessing or a curse for the pro-life movement. It all depends on the steps pro-life citizens take to elect candidates who share their values.

Election Called 'Earthquake in Pennsylvania' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

'Earthquake in Pennsylvania' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Angry taxpayers on Tuesday tossed out the two Republican Senate leaders who helped engineer last year's legislative pay raise, an issue that apparently cost 15 House members their jobs, too."

KYW Newsradio 1060 - Problems in Philadelphia

Well this should be fun! KYW Newsradio 1060 reports problems with 200 voting machines in Philadelphia Visit:
KYW Newsradio 1060

Eichelberger Victory -Traumatic Shock Wave says Political Analyst

John H. Eichelberger Jr.’s victory in the 30th District state Senate Republican primary race over Senate President Pro Tem Robert Jubelirer could have a "resounding effect" in Pa politics.....

“This is a traumatic shock wave, the likes of which we haven’t seen in decades,” said G. Terry Madonna, director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall College."
Altoona Mirror

kdka.com - Election Results

Incumbents lost in 4 Southwestern Pa races. including Democrat from the 21st Legislative District
Frank J. Pistella, Democrat from the 10th Legislative District, Frank La Grotta, Republican from the 30th district, Robert Jubelirer and Republican from the 48th District, David Brightbill. For vote totals visit:
kdka.com - Election Results

Seventh American Woman Dies From Drug-Based Abortion, FDA Meeting Reveals

Seventh American Woman Dies From Drug-Based Abortion, FDA Meeting Reveals: "Atlanta, GA (LifeNews.com) -- During a meeting of scientists and federal officials about the dangerous abortion drug RU 486 and how it has been responsible for killing six women, a Centers for Disease Control official revealed a seventh woman has died from a drug-based abortion."
Click link to read LifeNews.com article

If only I could vote for Thomas Jefferson! - Thomas Jefferson: First Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses.

Primary Election Day 2006 - Let us hope there are candidates who define good government the way Jefferson did!

Thomas Jefferson, in his First Inagural Address comments on our country, our Creator, and good government.

Thomas Jefferson: First Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. : " Let us, then, with courage and confidence pursue our own Federal and Republican principles, our attachment to union and representative government. Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe; too high-minded to endure the degradations of the others; possessing a chosen country, with room enough for our descendants to the thousandth and thousandth generation; entertaining a due sense of our equal right to the use of our own faculties, to the acquisitions of our own industry, to honor and confidence from our fellow-citizens, resulting not from birth, but from our actions and their sense of them;

enlightened by a benign religion, professed, indeed, and practiced in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude, and the love of man; acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence, which by all its dispensations proves that it delights in the happiness of man here and his greater happiness hereafter—

with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizens—a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government."

Read "Vacant Souls" By Father Frank Pavone

Father Frank Pavone's columnVacant Souls, describes the strange and callous behavior of some abortionists. According to one abortion center employee, "the abortionist “had a fetus wrapped inside of blue paper….He was standing in the hall…tossing the fetus up in the air and catching it. Like it was a rubber ball.”" Pray to end abortion.

Governor Signs HB 1591

A May2, 2006 Legislative Update from the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, reports "HB 1591, sponsored by Rep. Tom Tangretti, was signed into lawby the governor. The bill requires abortion clinics in PA to comply with the same patient safety and reporting requirements as other health care facilities.

If you would like to look up the Bill 1591 please go to www.legis.state.pa.us and plug in HB1591 under 'Bill', which is in a box titled 'Find Legislation By'.

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A Pregnant Chinese Woman Goes Into Hiding to Escape A Forced Abortion. Her Relatives are Arrested, Her Home Destroyed. Read Mosher's Testimony

To read this Chinese Population Control horror story visit this link mos041906.pdf (application/pdf Object) Or go to wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/109/mos041906.pdf to read how the United Nations Population Fund, (UNFPA) continues to subsidize Chinese Population Control Bureaucrats.

REAL Women's Voices

April 26th was a day for real women to lobby their legislators. This second annual event was co-sponsors by Concerned Women for America, American Victims of Abortion, Democrats for Life, NOEL for Life, the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, the Religious Freedom Coalition, Students for Life of America, Virginia Society for Human Life and West Virginians for Life. These and other groups sent representatives to Washington D.C. where they met with members of Congress.

The abortion lobby continues to peddle the myth that all women are 'Pro-Choice' despite the fact that poll after poll shows that Americans - including women - are more pro-life. The event was held "to set the country straight" and help people understand that abortion is harmful to women and children.

Key issues like Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Judges, the Ban on Human Cloning and the Child Custody Protection Act were among those discussed. Concerned Women for American interviewed Maureen Gregory, a CWA Prayer and Action Chapter leader from Georgia .

The Contracepted Society

The Contracepted Society

Steve Mosher of Population Research InstituteTo Testify on China's Coersive Population Control Program

Population Research Institute President Steve Mosher, China expert and author of several books, will testify before a House subcommittee about China. Mosher who has lived in China will talk about the systematic human rights abuses that take place under the Communist government’s coercive population control program.

Chinese women are forced to abort their children and are sterilized by the thousands every year. The program mandates a maximum of one or two children for most Chinese families. Because sons are favored in China, girls are often aborted so their parents can try again for a boy without exceeding their legal quota of children. PRI estimates by 2020, up to 15% of young Chinese men will be unable to find brides.

The hearing of the House International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations is called “Human Rights in China: Improving or Deteriorating Conditions?” and will be chaired by Rep. Christopher Smith (R.-N.J.).

Internship Opportunity in Political Campaign of Congresswoman Melissa Hart

Anyone interested in an internship in the political campaign of Congresswoman Melissa Hart should contact Luke Myslinski by e-mailing Luke@peoplewithhart.com

Congresswoman Melissa Hart was first elected to Congress in 2000. Hart is the first Republican woman ever to represent Pennsylvania in either house of Congress.

Before her election to Congress, Hart served for ten years in the Pennsylvania Senate, where she chaired the Senate Finance Committee and earned a reputation as a tireless advocate for Pennsylvania taxpayers

In 2003, Congresswoman Hart was appointed a member of the Republican Whip Team, the group of legislators responsible for guiding the party’s agenda through Congress.
Hart serves on the Committee on Ways and Means which has broad jurisdiction on critical issues such as economic policy, international trade, welfare, Social Security, Medicare and health care policy.

A native of the North Hills of Pittsburgh, Hart is a graduate of North Allegheny High School, Washington & Jefferson College, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Hart is running for re-election in a district with a Democratic advantage in voter registration of more than 55,000. She has won six elections in solidly Democratic districts by running aggressive, grass-roots campaigns that involve volunteers—Republicans and Democrats alike—from throughout the district who share her commitment to building a brighter future for our region and for the entire nation.

Congresswoman Hart has a reputation for Protecting the Unborn and has sponsored the following pro-life legislation:

Hart sponsored H.R. 1997, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act or “Laci and Connor’s Law.” Before this legislation was passed, if an unborn child was murdered, the family has no legal recourse for the loss of the child. H.R. 1997 created criminal liability under federal law for the injury or death to an unborn child if the assailant commits a violent act against the pregnant mother. This legislation passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. President Bush signed it into law on April 1, 2004.

Hart cosponsored the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. This legislation, which passed both the House and the Senate, prohibits the barbaric procedure known as Partial Birth Abortion. President Bush signed the Partial Birth Abortion Ban into law on November 5, 2003.

After learning that a number of public schools had offered the morning after pill to their students without parental consent, Hart sponsored the School Children Health Protection Act. (H.R. 926) which denies federal funds to a school that provides the “morning after pill.” Our schools should not act as pharmacists, especially when parents are not involved in the decision.

Congresswoman Hart cosponsored H.R. 1357, the Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2005, which makes it a crime under federal law to clone a human embryo for reproductive or therapeutic purposes.

HART COSPONSORED THE CHILD INTERSTATE ABORTION NOTIFICATION ACT which prohibits the transporting of a minor across state lines to avoid laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions. This legislation passed by the House of Representatives with a vote of 270 to 157. The legislation is currently being considered by the Senate.

Congresswoman Hart Co-sponsored THE RU-486 SUSPENSION AND REVIEW ACT along with 70 of her colleagues in the House of Representatives. H.R. 1079 provides for the suspension of the distribution of the drug RU-486 pending a review by the Comptroller General of the United States of whether the Food and Drug Administration followed proper procedures in approving the drug.

The Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act was sponsored by Melissa Hart. It authorizes $79 million in federal funding to launch a cord blood inventory and research system, and it provides $158 million for the reauthorization and expansion of the ongoing federal bone marrow transplant program. The bill also brings cord blood and bone marrow stem cell data under a new program to provide an easy, single access point for information for doctors and patients. This bill passed the House of Representatives by an overwhelming majority of 431 to 1.

Congresswoman Hart and a number of her colleagues have joined together in urging the Bush Administration to block any American foreign aid dollars from funding organizations that promote or perform abortions abroad.

President Bush Addresses National Catholic Prayer Breakfast

President Bush Addressed the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on April 7, 2006 The Following are excerpts of that speech:

"This morning.... We recognize in one another the spark of the Divine that gives all human beings their inherent dignity and worth, regardless of religion."

"Through fellowship and prayer, we acknowledge that all power is temporary, and must ultimately answer to His purposes. And we know that affirming this truth is particularly appropriate in the heart of a capital built upon the promise of self-government. No one understood this better than Abraham Lincoln. In November 1864, after being reelected to his second term, Lincoln declared he would be the most "shallow and self-conceited blockhead" on Earth if he ever thought he could do his job "without the wisdom which comes from God and not from men." Throughout a terrible Civil War, he issued many exhortations to prayer, calling upon the American people to humble themselves before their Maker and to serve all those in need." Bush continued.

"Our faith-based institutions display that same spirit of prayer and service in their work every day.. ... people of faith need compassion if they are to be true to their most cherished beliefs. For prayer means more than presenting God with our plans and desires; prayer also means opening ourselves to God's priorities, especially by hearing the cry of the poor and the less fortunate. When the tsunamis hit those on the far side of the world, the American government rightly responded. But the American response is so much more than what our government agencies did. Look at the list of organizations bringing relief to the people from Indonesia to Sri Lanka. They're full of religious names: Samaritan's Purse, American-Jewish World Service, Baptist World Aid, The Catholic Medical Mission Board. They do a superb job delivering relief across the borders and continents and cultures." the President remarked.

"Today, millions of people across this Earth get the help they need only because our faith-based institutions live the commandment to "love thy neighbor as thyself." Often, that means remembering the people forgotten or overlooked in a busy world: those in Africa suffering from HIV/AIDS, young girls caught up in the global sex trade, victims of religious persecution. In these great moral challenges of our times, our churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples are providing the vision that is changing lives. " Bush told the crowd of nearly 2000 people assembled at the Hilton in Washington, D.C.

A look into the college culture: What value do we place on human life?

Awhile ago I posted a link to a web page about a 2005 PBS Frontline Special The Last Abortion Clinic. While much of this special was biased, the segment on their web site called "Shifting Attitudes" at www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/clinic/shifting/ gives readers a peek into the "college culture" This may prove particularly valuable to parents who are preparing to send their children off to college this fall. This interview with ten college age women is an eyeopening look at the pressures young women face which lead many to sexual experimentation and abortion. The need for a pro-life presence on college campuses is obvious.

Roughly 1/3 of the abortions in this country are performed on college age women. The interview quoted one college woman, "The pressure to have sex, but not have babies is a big part of what goes on right now". Many choose abortion. Some abort their children without telling their parents and others are pressured into it BY their parents. I'd like to ask the parents who promote abortion, "Have you looked into the face of a newborn child lately?" I cannot imagine how anyone could say that fininshing college is more impoartant than a newborn child's life. Yes, it would be nice if all women had a husband, a house with a picket fence, two cars and a college education before having a child, but if the woman is pregnant, she already HAS a child.

I am interested in learning about the activities of college pro-life organizations in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. If you are a member of a college pro-life group, please e-mail lifeissues@hotmail.com for further details.

Are you registered to vote? VOTESPA.COM

This is a critical election year for the pro-life movement. Pro-life leader Senator Rick Santorum is up for election and pro-abortion Governor Ed Rendell is up for election. Pennsylvanians will also be voting for all 19 Congressional seats as well as 25 State Senate seats, and 103 State House seats.

The last day to register before the May 16 Primary is April 17. If you are not registered to vote by April 17 in the Republican or Democratic Party, you cannot vote in the May 16th Primary elections. Registered Independents cannot vote in the Party Primaries on May 16. Contact your County Voter Registration Office or go to www.votespa.com

VOTESPA.COM and click on the link which says voter registration application.

For Resources on Euthanasia Visit InterLIFE: The Book Shelf

For some interesting books on euthanasia including Eugenics and Other Evils by G. K. Chesterton and Culture of Death:The Assault on Medical Ethics in America by Wesley Smith visit InterLIFE: The Book Shelf

Abortion Hurts Women - Testimony of Vera Faith Lord

Over the years I have heard or read numerous testimonies from women harmen by abortion. Vera faith Lord suffered for twenty years after her abortion.
"I have to tell you my story, because if any case exemplifies a supposed guilt-free abortion, it is mine. I've heard every rationalization -- every single one. I have lived behind the feel good, warm and fuzzy walls of public opinion, political correctness, and conventional wisdom and I am here to tell you it is all unmitigated, absolute nonsense." To read her testimony visit http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/LorAbor.htm

Catholic Charities of Boston Ends Adoption Program - March 10, 2006 - Statement of Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston, On Adoption Programs

"We have encountered a dilemma we cannot resolve. In spite of much effort and analysis, Catholic Charities of Boston finds that it cannot reconcile the teaching of the Church, which guides our work, and the statutes and regulations of the Commonwealth."from the Statement of Catholic Charities.
March 10, 2006 - Statement of Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston, On Adoption Programs

Sue Cirba to Address Susquehanna Valley Prayer Breakfast

The Susquehanna Valley Chapter of Pennsylvanians for Human Life will have a PRO-LIFE PRAYER BREAKFAST on Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 9:30 A.M. at The Valley Inn Banquet Room, Duboistown. Sue Cirba's talk, 'Abortion, the Bible and the Christian' will focus on what the Bible has to say about abortion, and the Christian's response. Mrs. Cirba has a degree in Theology from the University of Scranton, and in Religious Education from Marywood College. She has worked as a Religious Education Director, a Teacher, and is currently Education Director of the Scranton Chapter of Pa. for Human Life. For further information contact lifeissues@hotmail.com.

"Holistic Sexuality" by Dr. Hanna Klaus

For an intelligent and thoughtful commentary on our culture's approach to education in human sexuality versus the more holistic approach offered by Natural Family Planning read "Holistic Sexuality" by Dr. Hanna Klaus at http://www.itest.slu.edu/theologicalview/readings2/klaus.html