November 2003
--Broadcast Show #1 –
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Notebook (Dzintra
Tuttle and Mark Crutcher)
1.
The Senate has
passed the partial birth abortion ban, so it’s headed for the President’s desk,
and he’s expected to sign it into law. The political battle to ban partial
birth abortion has raged for 10 years, but the ban will not save one baby’s
life. The ban on partial birth abortion gives cover to pro-abortion lawmakers.
On Life Dynamics’ “Fire & Ice” audio presentation, abortionist Martin
Haskell, who invented the procedure coldly describes how the procedure is
performed. You can listen to Haskell perform a partial birth abortion while he
explains what he is doing. Available on CD or cassette tape, you can order
online at www.LifeDynamics.com, or
by calling 1-800-800-LIFE.
2.
Sean Hannity and
other “conservatives” are coming out in support of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the
race for governor of California. Crutcher says that if you vote for Schwarzenegger,
you cannot call yourself pro-life. McClintock, who is strongly
pro-life, was running against Schwarzenegger.
3.
Abortion malpractice
attorney Ted Amshoff died October 8th in Louisville, Kentucky. He
is known for winning a $10 million verdict against Alabama
abortionist Tommy Tucker, who botched an abortion on Angela Hall, killing her.
4.
Rev. Johnny Hunter,
director of Life Education and Resource Network, had a severe heart attack and
is recovering well from 6-bypass surgery. He appreciates your prayers for him.
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Ed Zielinski (Life
Dynamics General Counsel) with Mark Crutcher
1.
Discussion of the
Terri Schiavo case: Terri Schiavo is a Florida woman who was injured
13 years ago and is in a quasi-vegetative state. Her husband, who is her legal
guardian, has denied her rehabilitation, and now has gone to court and
requested that Terri’s feeding tube and hydration be removed. The court agreed
with Terri’s husband to starve and dehydrate Terri to death. Terri’s parents
want their daughter to receive the proper care and rehabilitation, so that her
condition can improve. The Florida legislature passed a bill that allowed Governor Jeb
Bush to intervene and order Terri’s feeding and hydration reestablished, which
he did. But Terri’s husband continues to fight to remove care from Terri so
that she will die.
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Mona Passignano
(Life Dynamics Director of Research) with Mark Crutcher
1.
Discussion of how the
Clinton Administration’s hurry-up approval of RU-486 led to the death of a California
teenage girl, Holly Patterson.
--Broadcast Show #2 –
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Notebook (Dzintra
Tuttle and Mark Crutcher)
1.
John Ashcroft of
the U.S. Justice Department is defending the Freedom of Access to Clinic
Entrances Act (FACE) and is defending FACE and trying to keep litigation going
against a pro-lifer in Houston. In August, a federal judge declared part of FACE
unconstitutional, saying that Congress overstepped its authority when it passed
the law. The Houston pro-lifer, Frank Byrd, who had been prosecuted under FACE
for driving his van through the door of an abortion clinic, was freed.
2.
A year and a half
ago, Life Dynamics sent a petition with 128,000 signatures to President George
W. Bush, asking him to establish a Blue Ribbon Committee to determine how to
abolish abortion. We just received Bush’s response: “Dear Mr. Crutcher: Thank
you for sending me copies of your petitions. A appreciate hearing from you and
I value your opinion. Best wishes. Sincerely, George W. Bush.”
3.
The YWCA has fired
its Chief Executive, Patricia Ireland (the former president of the National
Organization for Women) after only 6 months. YWCA is admittedly pro-abortion
and pro-gay. The YWCA released this statement: “YWCA has proved to be the wrong
platform for her to advocate on these issues.” The firing came as a surprise to
Ireland. The Traditional Values Coalition said it “remains
skeptical of any Christian organization which takes six months to figure out
that a pro-abortion lesbian is wrong for most YWCA members.” Ireland
advocated taking “Christian” out of the YWCA’s name. Crutcher agrees.
4.
In Erie, Pennsylvania,
Steve Brigham’s abortion mill, American Women’s Services, has opened because
the local health department gave Brigham a waiver that he did not have to
obtain a transfer agreement with a local hospital. Local law requires that he
have a transfer agreement, but Brigham found that not one single hospital was
willing to sign a transfer agreement with him. But the health department said
he made a good faith effort, and gave him the waiver. Brigham lost his Pennsylvania
medical license, so he can no longer do abortions there. He hired abortionist
Vikram Kaji, who was disciplined by the New
Jersey and Pennsylvania
medical boards for sexually abusing patients. The National Abortion Federation,
the National Coalition of Abortion Providers, and the National Organization for
Women refuse to refer women to any of Brigham’s abortion mills.
5.
Planned Parenthood
in Houghton, Michigan, has closed. The “Planned Parenthood Express Center”
opened two years ago. Upon closing, a spokesperson said that not enough clients
were choosing to go there. Pro-lifers had been picketing the facility
regularly.
6.
In California,
the Roseville Joint Union High School
District created a new policy that
parents must provide permission before a student can leave school for any
reason, during the school day. Because California law allows minors to have abortions without their
parents’ knowledge or consent, the school district previously allowed students
to leave campus during the school day for a “medical reason” without parental
permission. In the school district’s recent decision, the district stated that
if parents believe their children are in school, the children should indeed be
in school. Neighboring school districts are considering similar policies.
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Ed Zielinski (Life
Dynamics General Counsel) with Mark Crutcher
1. Attorneys Joe Stanton and Susan Gertz sued a Pennsylvania school
district that referred a student to a New Jersey abortion clinic for negligent
referral. (There are no parental involvement laws in New Jersey, so the girl
could have an abortion in that state without her parents’ knowledge or
consent.) The attorneys also sued the abortion clinic that did an abortion on
the girl for not advising the girl that abortion increases the risk of breast
cancer. The girl does not have breast cancer at this time. However, she fears
the likelihood of breast cancer as a result of her abortion, and she was not
notified of that risk before her abortion. The school district, the abortion
clinic, and the abortionist settled with the plaintiff. They did not want to go
to trial because they knew they would lose.
2. This puts abortion mills throughout the country on notice that they had
better start informing women that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer,
or they are going to end up in a lawsuit.
3. When a woman is properly warned of the attendant risks of abortion, the
likelihood that she will go through with it is reduced.
4. Pro-lifers need to notify school boards throughout the country that
when they refer girls for abortions, they risk being sued for negligent
referral.
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Janet Morena (assistant to Father Frank Pavone at
Priests for Life) with Mark Crutcher
1. More and more women are coming forward to say that they deserve
something better than abortion.
2. Priests for Life in conjunction with the National Organization of
Episcopalians for Life (NOEL) has started a project called “Silent No More.”
NOEL’s director, Georgette Forney, and Janet Morena developed this project.
3. In 1992, Georgette Forney, who had an abortion when she was 16, told
Father Frank Pavone and Janet Morena that every year, pro-lifers attend the
March for Life in Washington, DC, and at the end of the march, the
National Organization for Women (NOW) shows up and holds a candlelight vigil
celebrating Roe v. Wade. So in 2002, Georgette went to the candlelight vigil
with her own sign, reading, “I regret my abortion.” The NOW people ignored
Georgette. So Father Pavone and Janet told Georgette that many women feel the
way that she does. They decided to get the word out. They held 50 events in 46
of the United States, and many post-abortive women attended, and held “I regret
my abortion” signs. The events got good media attention.
4. Women call Life Dynamics because they have been devastated by their
abortions. Women have called 30 minutes after their abortions, and they’ve
called 25 or 30 years after their abortions. The women are injured by abortion
in the deepest part of their souls.
5. There are millions of women who regret their abortions, but no women
who chose to give birth regret not having abortions.
6. To be involved in the Silent No More campaign, visit www.SilentNoMoreAwareness.org.
Organizers of these events will be given all the help they need. They will be
given signs, press releases, public service announcements to run on radio
stations, in order to make this a unified effort. The media will begin to hear
that there is a big groundswell, a common voice, saying “I regret my abortion
and a woman in a crisis pregnancy situation deserves better than abortion.” We
need to give them another choice, another option. And they need to hear from
the voice of experience. The post-abortive women at the rallies are saying, “We
went down a dead-end street and we found out that it was a dead-end street.
Don’t do what I did.” The rallies also convey the message to other
post-abortive women that they don’t need to go on suffering in silence—that
they can take the first step toward healing. Janet Morena has observed that
post-abortive women are returning to their faith in droves. Pastors need to
minister to these women and to talk about healing.
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