January 9,
2012
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This
Saturday: 2012 Rally for Life with Bishop Hying
 Pro-Life
Wisconsin will begin week-long observances of
the anniversary of Roe v. Wade in Milwaukee on
Saturday, January 14, 2012.
The 2012 Rally for
Life will feature Bishop Donald J. Hying,
Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of
Milwaukee.
Mass and breakfast will be at Three Holy Women -
St. Rita’s; 1601 N. Cass St., Milwaukee, with
prayer and witness at Affiliated Medical
Services, 1428 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee.
Schedule for
the day as follows:
* 8:10 a.m. Rosary
* 8:30 a.m. Mass with Bishop Hying as the main
celebrant
* Prayer and witness at Affiliated abortion
center will follow Mass
* 10:30 a.m. Potluck continental breakfast at
St. Rita’s (please bring a dish of treats to
pass!)
Stay tuned to for Roe v. Wade affiliate
observances around the state.
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Wisconsin
Legislative Council debunks Wisconsin Right to
Life's main argument against personhood amendment
The Wisconsin Legislative Council (WLC), a
non-partisan service agency that provides legal
services to the Wisconsin Legislature, drafted a
memo for State Representative Andre Jacque
addressing the implications of the Wisconsin
Personhood Amendment (Assembly Joint Resolution
[AJR] 77) on Wisconsin’s pre-Roe v. Wade
criminal abortion ban (Wis. Stats. 940.04).
Representative Jacque, author of the personhood
amendment, released the WLC memo
to his fellow legislators this morning
along with his own memo
summarizing their conclusions.
Wisconsin Right to Life’s central argument
against introduction and passage of a personhood
constitutional amendment is that it would
overturn by “implied repeal” Wisconsin’s pre-Roe
criminal abortion statute. The WLC concludes
the opposite.
Citing United States and Wisconsin Supreme Court
case law, the WLC memo states that it is
unlikely that 940.04 would be vacated in its
entirety by implied repeal. If anything were to
be impliedly repealed (and that’s a big if), it
would be only those sections of 940.04 that may
conflict with the equality provision in the
amendment – for example, the life-of-the-mother
exception and the differing penalties for
killing a quick versus non-quick child. And
removing these inequitable sections would only
strengthen 940.04!
Rep. Jacque states in his memo that, “I
therefore agree with the WLC when it states in
its memo that ‘the statute appears to complement
rather than conflict with the proposed
constitutional amendment, insofar as the
amendment expands the inherent right to life
recognized in the Wisconsin Constitution to
unborn persons and the statute provides a basis
for criminal liability for harm to such
persons.’”
Given the WLC’s
conclusion, Pro-Life Wisconsin hopes that
Wisconsin Right to Life will promptly remove
its opposition to the Wisconsin Personhood
Amendment. It is clear that AJR 77
would not harm Wisconsin Statutes 940.04 by
“implied repeal” or otherwise. Accordingly,
concerns over 940.04 should not stand in the way
of supporting PLW’s personhood amendment.
Please click here
to view AJR 77, and please go to PersonhoodWisconsin.com
for more information on the Wisconsin Personhood
Amendment campaign.
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Manger
Danger: Affiliated Medical Services called 911 to
report manger, Christmas carolers
We have written about
what unfolded at our Empty Manger Christmas
Caroling event at Affiliated Medical Services in
Milwaukee on Friday, December 23.
An open records request made to the Milwaukee
Police Department turned up the 911 call made by
Affiliated staff on that day. You read that
right — Affiliated called 911 to report
Christmas carolers and a manger in front.
Watch a video with the 911 call here.
Why are the pro-aborts so scared of the baby
Jesus?
In Wisconsin, officers may issue a citation to a
person for calling 911 for a
non-emergency/frivolous situation, as this
clearly was (and still doesn’t explain how the
call warranted the police response.)
Affiliated is the same abortion facility where
staff were seen laughing
and dancing after an ambulance took a woman to a
nearby hospital after a botched abortion.
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Join
PLW at the March for Life -- spots still left!
 Join
pro-life Wisconsinites and 400,000 people from
around the nation to mark the anniversary of the
deadly Roe v.
Wade decision.
The annual March for Life will be held Monday,
January 23, in Washington, D.C. Pro-Life
Wisconsin's buses will be leaving on Friday,
January 20, and returning Tuesday, January
24.
Cost for the trip, including travel to and from
Washington as well as hotel accommodations, is
$275.
We will travel by bus and stay two nights at a
Capitol Hill hotel. Register NOW to guarantee a
seat!
Call PLW's office at (262) 796-1111 or e-mail
info@prolifewisconsin.org for more info.
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Vigil
for Life marks one-year anniversary of daily
witness outside Madison Planned Parenthood
On January 3, Vigil for Life,
Pro-Life Wisconsin’s Dane County affiliate,
celebrated the one-year anniversary of its 365
for Life initiative, which has brought prayer
warriors and sidewalk counselors to Madison’s
Planned Parenthood abortion facility on a daily
basis.
“Five 40 Days
for Life vigils showed us the power of prayer
and peaceful witness at Planned Parenthood and
convinced us that 40 or 80 days a year aren’t
enough,” said Vigil for Life President Laura
Karlen. “We realized we need to be there every
day abortions take place.”
In 2009 and
2010, Vigil for Life helped lead the successful
statewide campaign to end late-term abortion
plans at the Madison Surgery Center. But after
victory was secured, Karlen set her sights on a
new goal.
“We wanted to
make sure that any woman who comes to Planned
Parenthood has a chance of benefiting from the
prayers and counseling of our vigil
participants,” Karlen said. “With 365 for Life,
we’ve accomplished that goal, talking with and
praying for countless abortion and
contraception-vulnerable women.”
Organizers
weren’t initially sure how a year-round vigil
would go, but they placed their trust in the
Lord and forged ahead, even launching the
campaign in the midst of winter. Since then, the
fruits of Vigil for Life’s efforts have been
abundant. Consider a story from this past
November: Will Goodman and Elise Rose — two
seasoned sidewalk counselors — struggled to
communicate with an abortion-minded woman who
didn’t speak English. They got Karlen, who is
fluent in Spanish, on the phone. After talking
with Karlen, the young woman made the decision
to leave Planned Parenthood.
“It’s a
challenging apostolate, and the winter months
make the hours difficult to fill at times,”
Karlen said. “But with the Lord’s grace, we’ll
be out here until abortion is ended!”
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Pro-life
news wrap-up
- Rep. Gwen
Moore's claim that Gov. Walker ended cancer
screenings for low-income women has
been proved false by PolitiFact Wisconsin.
Read more here.
- Unborn
child just a ‘parasite’? Cutting
edge science shows fetal cells heal mother for
life. Read more here.
- Bizarre
Rockford abortuary reportedly set to
reopen after secret settlement. Read more here.
- Shock: 40% of New
York pregnancies aborted. Read more here.
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Affiliate
activities
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.
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.
Although the abortion facility has been closed
by the Illinois Health Department, pro-lifers
are encouraged to continue praying here. 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
Planned Parenthood Unmasked: St. John
the Evangelist Parish welcomes
Jerry Schmutte, a speakers bureau member of
Pro-Life Wisconsin, and Catholics United for
the Faith, to give his multimedia presentation
on “Planned Parenthood Unmasked,” and to lead
a Question & Answer session. He will share
his insights into the origin, history,
philosophy, and aims of this global movement.
St. John the Evangelist Parish, 8500 W. Cold
Spring Rd., Greenfield, WI, in the Church
Hall. Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 7pm.
Free-will offering.For more information or to
RSVP (the head count is for seating and
refreshments) please contact Kathy at (414)
329-0991.
Building a
Culture of Life in Today’s Society: Marisa Beffel,
PhD, will share the
truth of how our society and our Nation has
been impacted by Roe v. Wade. Marisa is a
speakers bureau member of Pro-Life Wisconsin.
Talk will be Aquinas Academy, N72 W15935 Good
Hope Road, Menomonee Falls, WI on Friday, January
27, 2012, at 7 p.m. For Information: Call the
Aquinas Academy Office at (262) 502-1540 or
email: info@aquinasacademy.com. Talk is free
and light refreshments will be served.
Diocese of
Green Bay Respect Life Mass: Join
The Most Reverend David L. Ricken for the
Annual Diocesan Respect Life Mass. Wednesday,
January 18 at St. Pius X Catholic Church,
Appleton or Friday, January 20 at Saints Peter
and Paul Church, Green Bay. Masses begin
at 7:00 p.m.
Archdiocese of Milwaukee Respect Life Mass:
On Monday, January 23, Archbishop
Listecki will preside at the Archdiocese’s
observance of the National Day of Penance and
Prayer. The Archdiocesan Respect Life Mass
will be held at St. Jerome Parish in
Oconomowoc (995 S Silver Lake St). Seminarians
from St. Francis de Sales Seminary will lead
the Rosary for Life at 6:00pm, followed by
Mass at 7:00pm. A reception will follow. Come
join in fellowship with Catholics from around
the Archdiocese as we pray in penance for
violations to the dignity of the human person
committed through acts of abortion and for the
full restoration of the legal guarantee of the
right to life.
Holy Hour For Life – January 22, 2012: An
Hour of Prayer with Exposition of the Holy
Eucharist: On January 22, the vigil
of the National Day of Penance and Prayer, a
Holy Hour for Life will be held simultaneously
in approximately 100 parishes across the
Archdiocese from 7-8pm. These Holy Hours will
be lead by Deacons of the Milwaukee
Archdiocese, and co-sponsored by Deacon
Services and the Nazareth Project for Marriage
and Family Formation. A PDF with a list of
locations is available on both the
Archdiocesan website (www.archmil.org)
and the John Paul II Center website (www.johnpaul2center.org).
Please consider coming to spend an hour in
adoration before the Blessed Sacrament praying
for a consistent life ethic for all stages of
life – from conception to natural death.
Missionaries to the Preborn is having
a sidewalk counseling training session on Saturday, January
14, from 9am-11am at Calvary Bible Church
(1459 S. 81st. St., West Allis). If the Lord has
been tugging at your heart to come out and
speak up for these little ones, this is an
opportunity for you to get equipped so you can
do the work of the ministry effectively. No
cost; light refreshments; childcare provided.
Any questions call 414-462-3399 or email
defendbabies@missionariestopreborn.com.
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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