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April 19, 2010 |
Defending God’s Plan |
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In This Issue ·
Pro-Life ·
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Thanks to all who attended our
Spring Awards Dinner ·
Little ways you can help Pro-Life
Wisconsin ·
National Pro-Life T-shirt Week:
April 27-May 3 ·
Affiliate announcements ·
Courtesy announcements Contact Us Donate Visit us on the
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Pro-Life Totally banning abortion makes some people uncomfortable.
We’ve been told time and again there are unique situations for which abortion
is the best option. If a lie is repeated often enough, people begin to accept
it as truth. Such is the case with the erroneous notion that abortion must be
permitted in cases of rape, incest, fetal deformity, or a perceived threat to
the mother’s life. Not even in the case
of rape or incest? Rape
and incest are both criminal acts, and in our system of justice we punish the
criminal. We do not punish the victim, nor do we punish the criminal’s
children. We are told that if a pregnancy results from an act of rape or
incest, the compassionate response is to offer the traumatized woman an
abortion. No woman should be “forced to carry that monster’s child,” we are
told. The trauma of sexual assault is very real. But why compound such severe
trauma with the additional trauma of abortion? The compassionate response to rape and incest is to meet the
real needs of the mother. Providing life-affirming medical, financial, and
emotional care meets these needs, and pro-life groups across the state of Not even in cases of
fetal deformity? When
abortion is used to solve the problem of a disability, it is discrimination
of the most severe kind. These children are not merely discriminated against
for their disability; they are killed because of it. Abortions in these cases
raise frightening prospects, for if it is right to kill a disabled person in
the womb, could it not someday be permissible to kill a disabled infant? A
disabled adult? The answer is clearly “no” in those cases; why is there any
question when the victim is a child in the womb? Preborn children diagnosed
with disabilities deserve to be treated with the same respect as people born
with or without a disability. Not even in the case
of a perceived threat to the mother’s life? Medical operations such as the removal of a
cancerous uterus or the removal of an ectopic pregnancy are moral even under
Catholic teaching and are not considered abortions. If a pregnant woman has a
cancerous uterus that imminently threatens her life, then the uterus may be
removed even though such removal results in the death of the unborn child.
Similarly, when a fertilized ovum lodges in the fallopian tube and grows
there, the damaged portion of the tube containing the baby may be removed
where it is clearly necessary to save the mother’s life. Such operations are
justified by the “principle of double effect,” because the death of the child
is an unintended effect of an
operation independently justified to save the mother’s life. They do not
involve the intentional and willful destruction of an unborn
child. Physicians must make their best effort to save both patients, giving
equal care to mother and child. They should never be given a license to
intentionally kill either of them. Finally,
many abortionists believe the very condition of pregnancy itself is a
life-threatening condition. Consequently, a “life of the mother” exception can
become a massive statutory loophole through which to drive abortion on
demand. If one wishes to address the mother’s life in pro-life
legislation, there is a moral and effective way to do so. The
excerpted language from 2006 South Dakota House Bill (HB) 1215 provides a
good example of requiring equal protection for mother and child and granting
the physician immunity if he or she follows the requirement. For a copy
of the full bill, click here. The language reads: No licensed
physician who performs a medical procedure designed or intended to prevent
the death of a pregnant mother is guilty of violating section 2 of this Act.
However, the physician shall make reasonable medical efforts under the
circumstances to preserve both the life of the mother and the life of her
unborn child in a manner consistent with conventional medical practice.
Medical treatment provided to the mother by a licensed physician which
results in the accidental or unintentional injury or death to the unborn
child is not a violation of this statute. (Section 4, 2006 South Dakota HB 1215) When those in the pro-life movement support abortion in
exceptional cases, it is destructive to the whole movement. It is a denial of
equal protection under the law. The point is to end ALL abortion. The child is ALWAYS an innocent victim. The If we support laws
allowing exceptions for abortion, how can we oppose the University of Wisconsin
colleges’ ties to Planned Parenthood Earlier this year, Pro-Life Wisconsin revealed that
medical residents at the But just how tied together are our taxpayer-funded The following - UW-Green
Bay (Human Development) - UW-Madison (Communication Arts) -
UW-Madison (Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program) - UW-Whitewater (Women’s Studies) - UW-Milwaukee (Letters & Science) The Thanks to
all who attended our Spring Awards Dinner
Pro-Life The event was sold out and we
are so grateful to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe for hosting the event.
This was Sister Christa Marie’s last public speaking engagement at the
Shrine, as she is being transferred to Little
ways you can help Pro-Life Wisconsin - We’re on
Facebook! Become a fan - search for Pro-Life Wisconsin or go to Facebook.com/ProLifeWisconsin.
- If you have a
Kwik Trip credit card, you have the option of supporting Pro-Life
Wisconsin by designating PLW to receive a donation check from Kwik Trip in
lieu of your Kwik Rewards certificates. Pro-Life - Shop at Pick ’n
Save or Roundy’s? Sign your advantage card at the customer service desk
to shop for Pro-Life Wisconsin as your non-profit organization. - Search the
Internet? Use www.goodsearch.com as your search
engine and designate Pro-Life Wisconsin as your charitable organization. We
earn a penny for every search you do! National
Pro-Life T-shirt Week: April 27-May 3
It is much harder to murder a
person than it is to “remove a lump of tissue,” and it is only when we
finally get the nation thinking in those terms that we will be able to make
abortion a crime, as it should be. To learn more, click
here. Affiliate announcements Pro-Life
Pro-Life Wisconsin Milwaukee County gathers regularly on Saturday mornings at the
Affiliated abortion center in Milwaukee, between 8 a.m. and 10:30
a.m. SIDEWALK COUNSELORS ARE NEEDED! If you can come pray or counsel
women entering the abortuary, please contact Peggy Hamill, (262) 796-1111, or
e-mail info@prolifewisconsin.org for more information. Pro-Life Wisconsin Outagamie County will gather for the National Day of Prayer on
Thursday May 6 at Planned Parenthood, Pro-Life
Wisconsin Outagamie County
invites you to love your preborn neighbor as yourself, by going out to the
places where abortions are sold and committed. Please plan to come and
sidewalk counsel (beside the driveway), pray and witness with
signs. Abortions are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday
at Planned Parenthood Appleton North
on PLW Walworth County holds regular prayer vigils at the Planned
Parenthood in Delavan, Pro-Life Wisconsin Waukesha County will join other pro-lifers for monthly prayer in
front of the Planned Parenthood in Waukesha, 426 W. Main St. Prayer
gatherings will be held the fourth Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. Pro-Life Wisconsin Juneau County gathers for prayer witness every Monday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Family Planning Health
Services, Pro-Life Wisconsin Kenosha will
have a Saturday prayer vigil at 11 a.m. in front of Planned Parenthood
in Please
join Pro-Life Wisconsin Racine for a prayer vigil every Wednesday from 11 a.m. until noon
at the Racine Planned Parenthood,
Rock County Chapter of Pro-Life Wisconsin encourages people to
come to the Courtesy announcements Michael Phillips, MD, president of Pro-Life Wisconsin’s board, will
give a talk on the abortion-contraception connection Tuesday, April 20 at
7:15 p.m. at Holy Hill, Shrine Chapel, 3rd level. Holy Hill is located at LIFE-A-THON! The annual walk-run supporting WELS Lutherans for Life, Metro-
Milwaukee will be held Saturday, May 8 at A Special Presentation for
Teens and Parents: Discovering God's
Plan for LOVE and LIFE! Come and invite friends to join us for lunch and this
presentation on God's design for relationships. Sunday, April 25, after the
10:30 Mass at St Anthony Catholic Church, N74 The Shrine of Our Lady of
Guadalupe in La Crosse is having a
solemn celebration in honor of St. Gianna Molla on Sunday, April 25. Mass is
at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. prayer and reflection on St. Gianna and at 3 p.m., there
will be veneration and installation of a First Class Relic of St. Gianna.
More information on the News and Events page at www.guadalupeshrine.org.
Sixth Annual Autonomy.
Keynote Speaker: George Weigel. For information, go to wisconsincma.org,
email milwaukee@wisconsincma.org or call
(414) 758-2214. Yvonne Florczak-Seeman, noted author and dynamic Catholic speaker, will
be speaking at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Boscobel on Sunday,
May 2, at 3 p.m. Special music, a youth-oriented style show, and light
refreshments will complete the late afternoon/early
evening offering which will conclude at 7 p.m. and is appropriate for
all individuals from Jr. High through adults. A $5 suggested donation
will cover all costs. Eyewitness For Life: You are invited to learn about the important
lifesaving work of Eyewitness For Life. By attending a one-hour Seeing Is
Believing Event you will get to tour our NEW facility and learn how
Eyewitness for Life utilizes the miracle of ultrasound technology to rescue
the women we serve, and the children they are carrying, from the tragedy of
abortion - thereby saving two lives at a time. The upcoming events will be
held on May 15 and June 26. Our program begins at 10 a.m. Eyewitness For
Life is located at In
Cenacles of Life meets every Saturday morning at 6:45 a.m. to
pray two Rosaries for pro-life intentions before the 7:30 a.m. Mass at St.
Mary's Catholic Church in Pine Bluff, west of Madison. The Servants of Our Lady of
Guadalupe has a prayer vigil
every Monday at 4:30 p.m. in The Servants of Our Lady of
Guadalupe has a prayer vigil
every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in If you enjoy
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