July 26, 2010
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THIS WEEK: Join our protest of Cecile
Richards'
fundraiser for Tom Barrett
 This Wednesday and Thursday, Cecile
Richards,
president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, will be the
keynote speaker for two fundraisers for gubernatorial candidate Tom
Barrett. Click
here to view the event on PPWI's website.
Planned Parenthood’s theme
of ‘Moving Wisconsin Forward’ is disrespectful to the thousands of
babies they kill every year, babies who will never "Move Forward"
in Wisconsin.
We will prayerfully and peacefully protest the bloody collaboration of
Cecile Richards,
Governor Jim Doyle (a PPWI lifetime achievement award recipient) and
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (endorsed by PPWI for Wisconsin governor).
The communities in which these events will
be held – at the homes of Planned Parenthood supporters – will not be
able to ignore Planned
Parenthood’s destructive agenda.
Milwaukee: Wednesday, July
28
Protest 4pm - 7pm, as the event is from 5pm-7pm. We will witness to
people as
they arrive and leave, as well as the street traffic.
Event will be at the home of Chris & Miriam Abele, 3319 N. Lake
Drive, Milwaukee. We will be across the street and on the sidewalk.
Madison: Thursday, July 29
Protest 4pm - 7pm, as the event is from 5pm-7pm. We will witness to
people as
they arrive and leave, as well as the street traffic.
At the home of Peggy Hedberg, 69 Cambridge Road, Madison. We will be
across the street and on the sidewalk.
For more information, email virginia@prolifewisconsin.org or
call toll-free (877) 463-7945.
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Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund PAC releases
candidate endorsement list
Candidate endorsements by the Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund political
action committee (PAC) are now available to be viewed on the web at
ProLifeWisconsin.org. Click
here to view the list. The Victory Fund PAC has endorsed a
total of 96 candidates for state office in the upcoming fall primary
and general elections. Included on the endorsement page is a message on
what it means to be “100% pro-life.”
“These candidates hold the ‘no exceptions’ pro-life philosophy and we
are proud to endorse them,” said Mary Matuska, president of the
Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund PAC. “Only when we have lawmakers who
will not discriminate against those preborn children who are
politically unpopular – those conceived in rape or incest, for example
– will we see an end to the scandal of abortion. Pro-Life Wisconsin
holds high the banner of total protection for all preborn children, and
thankfully, more and more candidates for elected office meet this
standard.”
Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund supports candidates for public office
who demonstrate a commitment to protect each and every innocent human
life – in all circumstances and at all stages of development. To be
“100% pro-life” is to know that a human life begins at fertilization
and to therefore understand that there may never be a legal exception
to an innocent child’s inalienable right to life. Accordingly, it
requires defending the child conceived in rape, the child whose
mother’s life is perceived to be in danger, the disabled preborn baby,
the tiny embryo vulnerable to experimental research, or the “terminally
ill” patient who is viewed as a “burden” on society.
“We stand behind the candidates who are willing to stand behind 100% of
the babies,” said Matuska. “With an incredible opportunity to reclaim
pro-life majorities in the State Assembly and State Senate, 2010 is a
critical election year. We are galvanizing our members to actively
support these pro-life candidates and push them on to victory.”
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Saturday:
Pro-life sidewalk counselor training
Pro-Life Wisconsin and the Rockford Pro-Life Initiative are
co-sponsoring a sidewalk counselor training session. The event will be
this Saturday, July 31 from 9 a.m. to noon at St. Bridget Parish, 600
Clifford Ave., Loves Park, Ill.
Sidewalk counseling is exactly what the name implies — standing on the
sidewalk outside an abortion clinic, counseling women and couples on
their way inside. It is a last attempt to turn their hearts away from
abortion and offer real help. Veteran sidewalk counselor Jeff Eschbach
from the Pro-Life Action League will be conducting this free seminar
that is open to people of all ages who are interested in knowing how to
be an effective witness for Christ and life at an abortion clinic. This
training is also very helpful for anyone interested in learning
how to talk to people about abortion and help guide them to real help.
To attend, email Kevin at
everylifematters@comcast.net or call (815) 494-0333. You MUST pre-register in order to
attend.
The Rockford abortion mill was recently in the news, after the
owner attacked sidewalk counselors with a chainsaw. Read it here.
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Recall effort against Scott Southworth fails
In March, Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth sent a
letter to the five public school districts in Juneau County warning
that the new sexual education law recently passed by the Wisconsin
Legislature and signed by Governor Doyle could expose district school
teachers to criminal liability and school districts to civil liability
for promoting “the sexualization – and sexual assault – of our
children.”
On account of Southworth's pro-life, pro-family efforts, a recall was
started against Southworth. The deadline to file the required number of
signatures was July 19, and no signatures were filed. It is clear the
people of Juneau County support Southworth's efforts to protect
Wisconsin's youth. To read a Juneau
County Star-Times article on the failed recall, click
here. To read Southworth's press release on the failed recall, click
here.
Pro-Life Wisconsin commends District Attorney Southworth for his
courage and frankness in exposing the consequences of this
irresponsible law. We encourage you to read Southworth’s letter
on PLW’s website and share it with your own county district attorney. Click
here for
a copy of the letter. As parents and concerned citizens, we need to
fight this assault on our youth. Chastity/abstinence is the only
message that will protect their bodies and preserve their innocence.
 Southworth has strongly supported
Pro-Life Wisconsin’s personhood effort and is unwavering in his defense
of the disabled. Southworth was nominated for a CNN Heroes Award in
2007 after he adopted an Iraqi orphan boy. In 2003, while in Iraq, Maj.
Scott Southworth volunteered at the Mother Teresa Orphanage in Baghdad.
There, he befriended Ala'a, a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Two
years later, Southworth arranged to bring Ala'a to the United States.
In June 2007, he was granted legal adoption and the two officially
became father and son.
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Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin hiring community
organizers
Taking a page from ACORN and Saul Alinsky, Planned Parenthood of
Wisconsin [PPWI] is hiring "community campaigners to help run our 2010
canvassing operations." These employees of PPWI will be going
"door-to-door [to] talk about issues affecting women's health and
rights." Click here to view
the job description on PPWI's website.
Parents need to be aware that PPWI is an organization which covers up
purported statutory rape, lies or is ignorant about fetal development,
provides birth control to teenagers without their parents' knowledge,
lies to women about the physical and emotional after effects of
abortion, and many other offenses will be going door-to-door IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
Make sure you know what to say if Planned Parenthood employees show up
at your door. You have the right to refuse to talk to PPWI employees.
Educate yourself and your neighbors! Planned Parenthood is not a child
or community-friendly organization.
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Pro-life news wrap-up
- On Thursday, July 22, Pro-Life Wisconsin revealed more financial ties
between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Planned Parenthood. Click here to read
an article from LifeNews on these new ties.
- A Milwaukee physician and his Alzheimer's-stricken wife, who were
both involved in the "right to die" movement and had been planning
their deaths for years, committed suicide by placing helium bags over
their heads at their home in River Hills, Wis. Pro-Life Wisconsin
opposes suicide and we find their daughter's comments in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -
calling her parents' deaths "bold" - deplorable. Click
here to read the couple's obituary and click here
to read the MJS article.
- An Austin, Texas, bus driver has filed a lawsuit against a rural
transportation system after being fired for declining to drive a woman
to an abortion clinic, citing a violation against his Christian
beliefs. Click
here to read more.
- Live Action has
released another undercover video showing Planned Parenthood breaking
the law. This time, a Planned Parenthood in Indianapolis was the
subject. Click
here to watch.
- LifeNews features a story about basketball star LeBron James,
who was almost a victim of abortion. Click here to read.
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Affiliate announcements
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Volunteers are needed to help man pro-life
booths at the following county fairs: Fond du Lac
County, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin Valley (Marathon
County) and Juneau County. Email
info@prolifewisconsin.org to get involved.
Join Pro-Life Wisconsin in
the
Sheboygan
Brat Days parade on August 7! To volunteer call Pat Piper
at (920) 286-1004.
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
will have a Saturday prayer vigil at 11 a.m. in
front of Planned Parenthood in Kenosha, located at Roosevelt Rd. and
36th Ave. Contact Karie Kinzler at kakinzler7@yahoo.com or (262)
656-0301 for further details.
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
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 7 a.m. til 5 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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