August 23, 2010
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Madison-based fund has paid for 18,986
abortions
An article in Sunday's Wisconsin
State Journal focused on the Madison-based Women's Fund. The
sole purpose of the Women's Fund is to pay for poor women to have
abortions. The fund has paid for 18,986 abortions at the time the
article was written.
While there is much to be said, we ask that you keep these 18,986
aborted babies in your prayers, along with their mothers.
From the Wisconsin State Journal [emphasis
added]:
At all hours, strangers phone Anne Nicol Gaylor's Madison home, always
desperate.
The caller one recent morning was a middle-aged woman with a
14-year-old pregnant daughter.
"What clinic will she be using?" asked Gaylor, 83, jotting down the
response and the cost of a second-trimester abortion ($875).
"If we helped with $300, do you think you could find the rest?" Gaylor
asked.
After the call, Gaylor opened a checkbook for the Women's Medical Fund,
a Madison nonprofit that has helped pay for abortions for 34 years.
Gaylor has written every check for every abortion.
This was No. 18,986.
Gaylor is well-known for leading the Freedom From Religion Foundation
in Madison for decades. Less known is her work with the Women's Medical
Fund, which she co-founded in 1976, the same year she helped start the
foundation.
The fund's sole purpose is to pay for abortions. Last year, it paid out $162,202, about 75
percent of which came from individual donors, the rest from foundations.
"Of the 632 women the fund has helped so far this year, 147 were
teenagers," Gaylor wrote to donors last Thanksgiving. "Of these,
nine were only 13 years old, and one, not yet a teen, was just
12!"
"It's a stark example of misguided compassion that serves as
discrimination of the worst kind," said Peggy Hamill, state director of
Pro-Life Wisconsin. "To finance extermination of pre-born children
because those children would have been brought up poor is deplorable."
Click
here to read more.
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Kohl's and Planned Parenthood: Here's the
proof
First, thanks to everyone who has called or emailed Kohl’s in the past
couple days to express displeasure with Kohl’s support of Planned
Parenthood.
Many of you have received an email response from Kohl’s,
stating:
Thank you for contacting
us directly with your concerns.
After receiving your
e-mail, I researched your concerns about any involvement we may have
with Planned Parenthood. Our Community Relations department confirmed
that Kohl’s does not have a corporate partnership with Planned
Parenthood. I reviewed their annual report and verified that Kohl’s is
not listed as a partner. Additionally, we have not sponsored any
Associates in Action (formerly A-Team) events with Planned Parenthood
within the last 24 months.
We appreciate the time
you took to contact us and look forward to serving you again.
We have found a link
between Planned Parenthood and Kohl’s, however.
Kohl’s is listed as a sponsor in the $500-999 level and donated items
to support the services of Planned Parenthood of Orange and San
Bernardino Counties [PPOSBC]. Click here to view on PPOSBC’s
website.
We urge you to continue contacting Kohl’s! Provide the above link as
proof. In 2008-09, PPOSBC performed 4,611 abortions and provided
37,870 doses of “emergency contraception.” The message to be sent to
Kohl’s is clear: We will take our
money elsewhere rather than support an organization involved in the
extermination of our future.
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State of Wisconsin seeks to expand funding of
birth control program
An August 18 Wall Street Journal article
revealed the state of Wisconsin’s move to expand a federal/state
program whereby birth control, including the morning-after pill and
IUD, tubal ligations and vasectomies are provided to girls and boys as
young as 15, without their parents’ knowledge or consent. Click here to read the Wall Street Journal article.
In a move that will only pad Planned Parenthood’s bottom line,
Wisconsin officials have applied to raise the income level of those
eligible for the program to $32,490. Currently, in order to be eligible
for this program as a single person, income cannot be above $21,600,
twice the federal poverty level. Because family income is disregarded
as an eligibility factor for minor children, virtually every teenager
in the state is financially elibible.
Pro-Life Wisconsin’s Matt Sande was interviewed about the program by Catholic News Agency/EWTN.
In the interview, Sande discussed how parents’ rights are discarded by
this "confidential" program. “Parents don’t know. I’ve had parents call
me and just be shocked and saddened that their child was on the
morning-after pill.” To read the CNA/EWTN article, click here.
Parents are naturally concerned about the sexual health of their teen
children, not only to protect them physically but to guide them
morally. If anything, the state should reinforce the parent-child
relationship, not undermine it.
Planned Parenthood argues that program services other than
contraceptives are available to enrollees including treatment of STDs.
They neglect to explain that these other services are available to
women only in conjunction with contraceptive management services.
PLW doubts the estimated cost savings to the State of Wisconsin that
the Department of Health Services attributes to the program. Rather, we
believe government-funded birth control fuels teen sexual activity and
its consequent social pathologies - increasing underage pregnancy,
chemical and surgical abortions, and skyrocketing sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs).
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Welcome our new
affiliate: Pro-Life
Wisconsin Sawyer County
We are thrilled to welcome the Queen
of Peace, Protector of Life pro-life group as a new Pro-Life
Wisconsin affiliate, representing Sawyer County.
If you live in the area and would like to get involved with Queen of
Peace, contact Bob Ornberg at rornberg71@gmail.com.
The picture, left, shows a recent Cemetery of
the Innocents display put up by the Queen of Peace group in the city of
Hayward, which was received very well by the community. Pro-life
displays such as these are a visible testimony of the millions of lives
lost to abortion.
We are encouraged that our total protection, no-exceptions message
continues to gain ground with the public and those seeking elected
office.
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Ads urge parents to
opt out of Planned Parenthood's sex ed
Concerned Parents and Citizens
[CPAC] Wisconsin placed ads in the Juneau
County Star Times, Juneau
County Reminder and the Messenger
of Juneau County all last week, reminding parents to opt their children
out of Planned Parenthood's sex ed. See ad, left, or click here for a larger version.
Effective this school year, all Wisconsin public school districts are
prohibited from adopting "abstinence-only" or "abstinence-centered"
human growth and development programs (also known as sex ed). Under a
new law signed by Gov. Doyle in 2010, if a school district chooses to
adopt a human growth and development program, it would be forced to
include in its curriculum instruction on the "health benefits, side
effects, and proper use of contraceptives and barrier methods." This
law does not apply to private schools.
Planned Parenthood lobbied
heavily for this law to be passed.
If a school district retains or initiates a program, we urge parents to
opt their children out of the program and either teach
chastity/abstinence themselves or find a private program that does. Our
children's lives depend on it, born and preborn.
For a sample form to file with your school to opt your child(ren) out
of sex ed, click here.
Many school boards will be voting on whether or not to provide human
growth and development (sex ed) programs in the next several weeks. It
is important that school board members hear from you even if your
children do not attend the class or school.
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Affiliate announcements
Pro-Life Wisconsin
Fond du
Lac County prays in front of Planned Parenthood, 333 N. Peters
Ave., Fond du Lac, on the second Saturday of the month from 10:30 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. For information, call Ann at (920) 921-6062. A pro-life
Rosary is said at 8:30 a.m. before the 9 a.m. Mass each Saturday at St.
Mary's Church, Marquette St. at E. Merrill Ave., Fond du Lac.
Mark Kimble, a Dane
County
affiliate member, is doing an Appalachian Hike For Life this
summer. Mark has testified on pro-life issues at the Capitol and has
prayed in front of abortuaries in Madison for years. Pro-Life Wisconsin
is among the groups whom Mark will be donating the proceeds from his
Hike For Life to. Click here
for more information.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Dane
County maintains a regular prayer presence outside the Planned
Parenthood abortuary in Madison. Call Peter at (608) 256-0585 about
prayer dates and times.
Pro-Life Wisconsin
Chippewa Valley prays and gives public witness against abortion
and contraception outside the Eau Claire Planned Parenthood (1231
Menomonie St.) every Thursday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and the first
Saturday of the month at 11 a.m.
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 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 3800 N. Gillett St.
Pro-Life Wisconsin
Walworth County prays at Planned Parenthood in Delavan, 312 S.
7th St., on Mondays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Call Phil for more
information, (262) 742-3299.
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, 522 State Road 82 # F, in
Mauston. Please call Richard Irwin, (608) 565-6706, for more
information. They meet every second Tuesday of the month at the Hatch
Public Library in Mauston at 7 p.m. in the Community Room.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Kenosha
has consecrated our fight against Planned Parenthood
to Jesus through Mary. We pray every Saturday at 11 a.m. in front
of the Planned Parenthood facility, located at Roosevelt Road and 6th
Avenue in Kenosha. Please come and pray the Rosary, the Chaplet of
Divine Mercy, and other prayers with us. For more information contact
Karie Kinzler at kakinzler7@yahoo.com or at (262) 656-0301.
Please join Pro-Life
Wisconsin Racine for a prayer vigil every Wednesday from 11 a.m.
until noon at the Racine Planned Parenthood, 832 Main St. All are
welcome to join with your presence or your prayers.
Rock County Chapter of
Pro-Life Wisconsin encourages people to come to the Rockford
abortion mill to pray, witness and counsel. The Northern
Illinois Women’s Center is located at 10th St and Broadway, Rockford,
Ill. Mothers seeking abortion enter between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10
a.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. The Rosary begins at 9:30 a.m. followed
by the Divine Mercy Chaplet. For more information please call Mary Jane
Stephan (815) 624-2270 or (815) 670-1166. PLW Rock County is also on Facebook!
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Courtesy
announcements
Women's Support Center of Milwaukee: Inaugural Banquet for Women
in Crisis on Sunday, September 19 at the Brookfield Sheraton. Social
Hour from 6 to 7 p.m. with dinner at 7p.m. Archbishop Listecki will be
the guest speaker. To register or for more information, call (414)
934-8888.
Milwaukee Guild of the
Catholic Medical Association is hosting Dr. Paul Byrne, MD, on
September 22 at Polonez Restaurant in St. Francis,
Wis. Dr. Byrne's talk will focus on "What is needed to consent
for organ donation." Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Cost: $50. Make checks
payable to “Milwaukee Guild of the CMA” and mail to: Milwaukee Guild of
the CMA, c/o Dr. Zainer, 737 N. Robertson St., Wauwatosa, WI 53213.
Email czainermd@wi.rr.com with questions.
Destiny's Point Women's Home: Annual auction banquet on Friday,
September 17 at Hotel Mead in Wisconsin Rapids. Silent auction at 4:30
p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. Contact (715) 344-2391 or
jworzella@destinypoint.org to register or for more information.
Cemetery of the Innocents:
Would
you
like to make a strong pro-life statement without uttering a
word? The group Queen of Peace, Protector of Life is looking for
appropriate sites. 400 crosses made from PVC pipe, 40" high and 2' wide
spaced every 3 feet, representing the thousands of abortions daily in
the U.S. The display is presently set up at the intersection of Hwy B
and 27 in Hayward near the Fishing Hall of Fame. Have trailer, will
travel. Call Bob Ornberg at (218) 321-4600 or (715) 699-2876 or email
rornberg71@gmail.com.
40 Days for Life -
Wausau: Will be held September 22 through October 31 at Family
Planning Health Services and the Court House in Wausau. For details
call (715) 848-2174.
40 Days for Life -
Appleton: The hours will be 8 a.m. til 6 p.m. every day at
Planned Parenthood, 3800 Gillett St., Grand Chute, Wis. For questions
or to schedule your time please call Jeanne at (920) 243-3665.
40 Days for Life -
Milwaukee: Save the date for the fall 40 Days for Life! Will be held
September 22 through October 31 at Affiliated Medical Services in
Milwaukee. For details call (414) 236-0688.
Pro-life Catholics in Berlin, Wis. gather outside the Oshkosh
Planned Parenthood the third Monday of every month at 6 p.m. for a
Rosary. Join them in praying for an end to abortion.
Holy Hour for the Unborn:
St.
John
the
Evangelist
Parish, 8500 W. Cold Spring Rd., Greenfield,
Wis. We come together every fourth Wednesday of the month from 7 p.m.
to 8 p.m. to pray for the end of abortion. The church has 24 hours of
Adoration seven days a week. Contact Kathy Knaack with questions,
Kathy.knaack@gmail.com.
St. Mary's Oratory Holy
Name Society prays the Rosary once a month on Saturday at 10:45
a.m. at Family Planning Health Services. Call Ron Putzer at (715)
842-5368 to confirm date.
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
Wisconsin Rapids on 8th St. by the Shopko mall to pray for the closing
of the Planned Parenthood. If you have any questions contact Will
Goodman at (608) 698-7443.
The Servants of Our Lady
of Guadalupe has a prayer vigil every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in
Stevens Point in front of the strip mall next to Family Video to pray
for the closing of Family Planning Health Services. If you have any
questions contact Jen Dunnett at (715) 340-2779.
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