February
13, 2012
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Pro-Life Activist Training Camp: Last week to
register!
 Pro-life
groups in Madison are teaming up to put on
a pro-life activist training camp. This
day-long conference will provide a
comprehensive training session for pro-life
activists. The conference will be held
on Saturday, February 25 from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Bishop
O'Conner Center in Madison (702 S. High Point
Road).
Co-sponsored
by Pro-Life Wisconsin, Vigil for Life, the
Diocese of Madison and the Wisconsin State
Council of the Knights of Columbus.
Confirmed
presentations include:
- Men and Abortion: Bob
Atwell, founding board member of Relevant
Radio and co-executive producer of Bella
- Sidewalk Counselor Training:
JT Eschbach of Pro-Life Action League,
Chicago, IL
- Post-abortion counseling:
Mary Mead of Rachel's Vineyard and Silent
No More
- Medical Decision Making:
Marisa Beffel of the Catholic Medical
Association
- Educating Your Legislators:
Matt Sande of Pro-Life Wisconsin
- Planned Parenthood Exposed:
Jerry Schmutte of Pro-Life Wisconsin
- Answering the Hard Questions:
Patrick Delaney of the Diocese of Madison
Click here
to sign up today! You can also register by
calling (262) 796-1111 ext 10.
The training will provide both
conceptual information (learning how the
abortion industry targets the poor, the
marginalized, racial minorities and children,
how to answer common objections to the
pro-life message and more) and practical
hands-on information (how to help heal
post-abortive men and women, how to sidewalk
counsel, how to protect yourself if you're
ever rendered unable to make your own medical
decisions and more).
Registration is only $8/individual
or $20 for a family. Lunch included.
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Obama
"accommodation" a trample in the wrong direction
Pro-Life Wisconsin state director Peggy Hamill
responded to President Obama's Feb. 10 so-called
conscience "accommodation" in the birth control
insurance mandate:
Mr. Obama's
accommodation is being hailed by the media as a
compromise. Even some clergy initially saw it as
step in the right direction. Make no mistake --
the current attack on our conscience rights is
yet another calculated trample in precisely the
wrong direction. How naive does the Obama
administration think we are? If an individual, a
business or an organization is required to
purchase health insurance and every insurance
provider is forced to cover birth control
(including abortifacients) and sterilization
with no deductible or co-pay, you accommodate no
one but the abortion birth control lobby.
Thank you to
Rep. Paul Ryan for correctly describing this
move as "doubling down." We also commend the Wall Street
Journal who pegged it as an "adventure in
damage control and bureaucratic improvisation"
that "makes the compliance problem much worse."
In a bizarre
move, despite the outcry by church leaders,
the birth control lobby continues to defend its
position. Wisconsin Rep. Gwen Moore attacked the Catholic Church
for its stance on contraception and went on to
lecture about pregnancy being a danger to
women's health and the safety of their families.
Pro-Life
Wisconsin continues to work to counter the
entire contraceptive mentality that so permeates
our society.
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Interview:
What drives a retired firefighter, diagnosed with
Stage Four brain cancer, to sidewalk counsel
On Saturday, February 4, sidewalk counselors in
Milwaukee had a save. This is only one of many
saves of 2012, but each of these saves has its
own story.
One of the sidewalk counselors, Joe, who was
responsible for the save, has Stage Four brain cancer,
but that doesn’t slow him down.
Here is what Joe has to say, in his own words:
I was
diagnosed with brain cancer in November 2011,
after having retired from the Milwaukee Fire
Department in September after 31.5 years of
service. Since
then, I’ve been going through radiation and
chemotherapy, and soon to come, a clinical
trial at Rush Medical Center in Chicago. I’ve
sidewalk counseled/prayed in front of the
abortion mill on Farwell perhaps a few times a
year for the past 4-5 years, but have grown to
a more committed presence during the 40 Days
for Life campaigns.
 I’ve
always been pro-life, and saving mothers and
babies is vital work. The sidewalk is the
place for that work.
It
is the last front line to try to turn a woman
around.
Photo, Mareza with baby
Joseph, one of the saves of 2011.
I’ve
been extraordinarily blessed in my illness. I
had surgery in November for tumor removal, and
they were able to get all of it. These
particular tumors recur however, but that is
what the radiation and chemo is for, as well
as the clinical trail in Chicago. I had no
neurological deficits from the surgery,
chemotherapy, and radiation, or any other
negative effects, by the Grace of God.
It
was always my intention that in retirement,
I’d be able to give more time to volunteer
opportunities, especially the sidewalk. God
wants me there, and I’ll be there as often as
I can. And I’d like to encourage all to come
down to the mill, witness the evil, and
act/pray to end it. We speak to women with
dignity and respect, we encourage, offer
support, alternatives, and prayer. Each time
there, it is an emotional, spiritual
experience. I highly recommend it.
To
learn more about sidewalk counseling, sign up
for our Pro-Life Activist Training Camp,
above.
40 Days for
Life begins
Wednesday, February 22. It will be observed
in Wisconsin in Eau Claire, Green Bay,
Medford, Milwaukee, Stevens Point and
Wausau. La Crosse will be participating as
well in an unofficial capacity. Sign up to
pray for an end to abortion!
Contact
Pro-Life Wisconsin for more information
about 40 Days for Life -- email
info@prolifewisconsin.org or call (262)
796-1111.
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PETA
loses case for personhood of whales
A U.S. federal judge in San Diego has thrown out a
lawsuit by the People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA) accusing Sea World of violating the
13th Amendment rights of a group of captive
performing orcas at the theme park. Adopted in
1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery.
District Judge Jeffrey Miller ruled that killer
whales have no standing to claim the same
constitutional rights as people, arguing “(t)he
only reasonable interpretation of the 13th
amendment's plain language is that it applies to
persons and not to non-persons such as orcas.”
It is alarming
that anyone in America would support personhood
rights for animals and oppose them for preborn
human beings. The U.S. Supreme Court, in
its 1973 Roe v.
Wade decision, declared pre-born babies
non-persons, opening them up to surgical, chemical
and experimental slaughter. Thirty-nine years
later, the surgical abortion death toll has
reached over $50 million and steadily climbs year
after year after year. Who knows the vast numbers
of embryonic children killed through abortifacient
birth control and embryo destructive research?
We say
ENOUGH is ENOUGH! Stop the killing, NO
EXCEPTIONS, NO COMPROMISE, NO APOLOGIES!!
Establishing legal personhood for preborn children
is the only way out of this horror. Last October,
State Representative Andre Jacque (R-Green Bay)
introduced the Wisconsin
Personhood Amendment (Assembly Joint
Resolution [AJR] 77), legislation that would amend
the Wisconsin Constitution to apply personhood
rights to preborn children at all stages of
development. Click here
to read the amendment language and educate
yourself, your family and your friends about this
critical effort.
From a pro-life perspective, the Wisconsin
Constitution contains a glaring error at its
outset. In specifying the beneficiaries of its
human rights, our state constitution leaves out
the preborn. It applies rights to only those
people who are “born.” Representative Jacque is
proposing a minimal but absolutely essential
correction, a personhood amendment, to make the
Wisconsin Constitution cover all people, every
person, at any stage of development. The amendment
seeks to extend the inalienable right to life
found in the Wisconsin Constitution to all preborn
children from the beginning of their lives.
The introduction of the Wisconsin Personhood
Amendment is a watershed moment in the history of
the pro-life movement in our state. It seeks to end
abortion in Wisconsin, not to regulate or
restrict it. It seeks to end all violence toward
preborn children in Wisconsin – surgical,
chemical, experimental, etc. – at all stages of
development. We have been working toward
the introduction of such an amendment for the last
five years, and we thank Representative Jacque for
demonstrating the courage of his convictions in
finally making it a reality.
Take Action!
Please CALL or
EMAIL your state representative and state
senator NOW and urge him or her to
support AJR 77, the “Wisconsin Personhood
Amendment.”
Tell your legislators to extend the inalienable
right to life found in the Wisconsin Constitution
to all preborn children at all stages of
development.
To find out who your state legislators are, click here
for PLW's website and scroll over the Legislative
Affairs menu item at the top of the page. A drop
down menu will appear. Click on the Speak Up icon
and then scroll down the page and click on Who Are My Wisconsin
Lawmakers? Type in your street address,
city and zip code. The names and contact
information of your state senator and state
representative will appear.
Once you know who your state legislators are, go
back to the Speak
Up page and use the links listed under Email Your Government
Officials to send your email to your
state senator and state representative. That way
PLW will receive a copy of your email which will
enable us to monitor the activity of our
grassroots advocacy campaigns.
If you prefer to leave a telephone message with
your state legislator, call the toll-free State
Legislative Hotline at (800) 362-9472. Or
call the legislator’s office directly.
Thank you!
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Same
woman chaired the board for Planned Parenthood of
Wisconsin, Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, United
Way of Milwaukee and the Medical College of
Wisconsin
On Sunday, February 12 the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel profiled a
woman named Linda Mellowes, who is known in
the Milwaukee area for her
fundraising/non-profit abilities.
Mellowes helps to make area's nonprofits
profitable
Mellowes, 71, is
one of the more important leaders in
Milwaukee's nonprofit community, a person
who brings together organizations, causes
and people.
"I like to
connect the dots," she says.
During her
career, she has chaired seven nonprofit
boards, including the United Way, Greater
Milwaukee Foundation, Columbia St. Mary's
and the Medical College of Wisconsin...
When the
Mellowes moved to Milwaukee in 1970, she
continued to seek out volunteer
opportunities. To learn her way around a new
area, she became a docent at the Milwaukee
County Historical Society.
She also got
involved in volunteering at the University
School of Milwaukee (eventually, she became
chair of the board). She began an
association with United Way, going door to
door in Shorewood to solicit donations.
And she also
volunteered at Planned Parenthood of
Wisconsin (yet another board she would
chair).
Speaking of
connecting the dots:
- United Way of Greater Milwaukee partners with
and solicits donations for Planned Parenthood
of Wisconsin;
- The Medical College of Wisconsin is now training
ob/gyn medical students in abortion procedures
and uses aborted fetal body parts for
research;
- Columbia St. Mary's, along with other Catholic
hospitals in the state, has
been receiving state
and federal taxpayer funds for dispensing
abortifacient contraception and performing
tubal ligations since at least 2007.
What's in common here? Big Abortion = Big
Business = Big Profits for Nonprofits.
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Pro-life
news wrap-up
- Planned
Parenthood, Girl Scout cookie monster.
Girls’ group may regret sex-ed partnership as
snack sales suffer. Read more here.
- Planned
Parenthood's Hostages: The abortion
provider uses a vast media and political network
to maintain its subsidies from government and
private charities.. Read more here.
- Two Texas
abortion facilities fined for
improperly disposing of aborted babies. Read
more here.
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Affiliate
activities
Central Wisconsin Affiliates of PLW are hosting a screening
of the movie 180
on Thursday, February 9 at 7pm on the
UW-Marathon County campus in room 180.
For more
info email snich060@uwsp.edu or call Janet at
(715) 848-2174. Feel free to bring your own
popcorn, snacks and soda. Bring your friends and
family!
Pro-Life Wisconsin Walworth Co. prays at Planned
Parenthood in Delavan, WI. Signs are provided.
Contact Phil Cullen for info - 262-742-3299.
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 Marathon County 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.
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.
Vigil for Life-PLW Dane County has a perpetual
presence on the sidewalks in front of Madison's
Planned Parenthood abortion facility (3706 Orin
Road, Madison, WI 53704). Each day that Planned
Parenthood is open for business (every week
day), 2 people (at least!) will be scheduled to
be present on the sidewalk. The times and days
are as follows: Monday-Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 11
a.m.; Thursday 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.; and Friday, 1pm
- 3pm. Individuals or groups are needed to sign
up for these 2-hour shifts, especially on a
monthly basis. You may also "stop by." Those
interested should click
here to view the online scheduling
calendar or contact affiliate leader Laura
Karlen at (608) 445-2064 or email
laura@vigilforlife.org.
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, 1428 N. Farwell Ave. 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 at Planned Parenthood Appleton North
on 3800 N. Gillett St.
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 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 36th
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.
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Courtesy
announcements
Rachel's Vineyard Weekend Retreats offer Hope and
Healing to anyone hurting emotionally and
spiritually from abortion. Our next retreat
will be March 23 - 25. All contact is
confidential. To register or to ask questions
go to www.madisondiocese.org/rachel
or call Mary (608) 221-9593 or (608) 821-3177;
email rachel@straphael.org.
The third Monday of every month All Saints
Catholic Church in Berlin says a Rosary for
life at the church's monument for the unborn
after a 5:15p.m. Mass. Everyone welcome.
Pro-lifers pray the Rosary every Thursday
evening at 6 p.m. at the West Bend Planned
Parenthood, 532 Shepherd’s Drive, West Bend,
WI. Located on the West end of town,
approximately 1-1/2 miles west of Hwy 45 on
West Washington Street (aka: Highway 33) in
West Bend. It is in a shopping mall on the
north-side of the street. We are on the
sidewalk.
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.
Cenacles of Life meets every
Saturday morning at St. Pius X Catholic Church
in Cambridge at 8:30 am to pray two rosaries for
an end to the culture of death.
Cenacles
of Life
meets at St Mary’s Good Shepherd Chapel, 108
McHenry St, Burlington, WI every Wednesday at 6
p.m., and recites the second oral Rosary in the
main body of the church, finishing at 7:15 p.m.
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
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