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Pro-life
inserts finally in Marquette
University official newspaper
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Marquette University’s official newspaper, The
Marquette Tribune, is running the pro-life insert Trapped… in the
May 1 edition.
Pro-Life
Wisconsin
has been recently working with Human Life Alliance to place educational
inserts about abortion in college newspapers. The Marquette Tribune originally
expressed reservations about accepting the insert as printed, raising
questions about the description of abortion methods, a photo depicting an
in utero corrective procedure and an explanation of the birth
control/abortion connection.
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“It is absolutely
crucial to show Marquette
students the horror of abortion. We are delighted the insert is in the May 1
edition of The Marquette
Tribune,” said Virginia Zignego, communications director for Pro-Life
Wisconsin. “I would like to thank everyone who contacted Marquette University
to express their confusion with the editors’ inclination not to accept the
insert as printed.”
“While we are grateful all the details were finally worked out and the insert
was accepted as printed, it needs to be known this was not an easy task. We
faced numerous roadblocks that were unnecessary and uncalled for...
especially from a Catholic university,” said Jillian Roemer, distribution coordinator
for Human Life Alliance.
The inserts recently ran in UW-Madison’s Daily Cardinal newspaper as
well.
The 12-page inserts, called Trapped…, are a compelling pro-life
resource designed to educate people about abortion. The solid pro-life
content challenges individuals to rethink their ideas about abortion,
premarital sex and the humanity of the unborn child.
To view
the inserts, click here: http://www.humanlife.org/trapped.php
Serving all and sacrificing none
From LifeSiteNews.com:
The Bishops of Wisconsin released a pastoral letter April
29 as part of a diocesan campaign to educate citizens regarding stem cell
research and promote ethical medical research.
In "Serving All and Sacrificing None," Bishops Peter Christensen,
Timothy Dolan, Jerome Listecki, and Robert Morlino emphasize the
scientifically-demonstrated humanity of the embryo as the basis for opposing
embryonic stem cell research.
"It is scientists who have demonstrated that the single cell, or zygote
that results from fertilization, contains the complete genetic information
necessary for the development of a unique human being. It is scientists who
have shown us that human development is a continuous, uninterrupted process,
from zygote, embryo, fetus, infant, child, to adult."
… The Wisconsin Catholic
Conference (WCC), the public policy arm of the Bishops, released a question-and-answer
booklet and a 14-minute DVD related to the letter as part of an educational
campaign it hopes will spark discussion and action across the diocese.
Click
here to read the rest of the article
Click
here to read the pastoral letter
Click
here to read the question-and-answer PDF from the bishops
Pastors accuse Planned Parenthood of genocide on
blacks
American
Life League has been working with Students for Life of America as well as
other national pro-life groups to defund Planned Parenthood. On April 24,
pro-lifers protested outside of a PP facility in Washington D.C.
In conjunction with this activity, African-American leaders held a press
conference that has received national attention.
From FoxNews.com:
WASHINGTON —
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has perpetuated a “genocide on
the black community,” says a group of African-American pastors who claimed
Thursday the birth control and abortion provider has had a racist agenda
since its beginnings in 1921.
Holding a brief vigil and press
conference in front of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington, D.C.,
the group of pastors and activists said they were incensed by the results of
recent “undercover” inquiries into several Planned Parenthood clinics across
the country.
“Every day … over 1,500 black
babies are murdered inside the black woman’s womb,” said Rev. Jesse Lee
Peterson, of Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND). “This is a
race issue.”
The pastors urged Congress to
initiate an audit of the organization and have written letters demanding that
money for Planned Parenthood be eliminated from federal Title X funding, of
which the group got $65 million for fiscal year 2007, according to pro-life
Concerned Women of America.
In total, Planned Parenthood received $300 million in government contracts
and grants in the current fiscal year.
Click
here to read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352537,00.html
Pro-Life Wisconsin Dane County is planning a summer pilgrimage
to the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in La
Crosse. Other affiliates are encouraged to participate.
Contact Mark Kimble, (608) 226-9889.
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, witness with signs
or preach. Abortions are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you
have any questions, please contact Mark Gabriel at (651) 238-9218.
Let him know if you would be interested in a sidewalk counselor training
session. Planned Parenthood Appleton
North: 3800 N. Gillett
Street.
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.
PLW Walworth County holds regular prayer
vigils at the Planned Parenthood
in Delavan, 312 S. 7th Street. Please call
Phil for dates and times, (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 Street.
Prayer gatherings will be held the fourth
Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. Call Marc Tuttle, (262) 796-1111, or
e-mail mtuttle@prolifewisconsin.org
for more information.
Pro-Life Wisconsin
Juneau County gathers for prayer witness every Monday from 4 p.m. to 5
p.m. at Family Planning Health
Services, 234-A W. State St. in Mauston.
Please call Tim Dorobek, (608) 565-7599, for more information.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Dane County
gathers every Wednesday morning for prayer and sidewalk counseling at the Planned Parenthood on Orin Rd. in Madison from 9:30
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. For more information, call Jeanne Breunig at (608)
831-3139.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Kenosha meets every Friday at 11 a.m.
for a rosary and prayer vigil at Planned Parenthood, located at Roosevelt Road and 36th Avenue. All are
welcome to join us whenever possible. Contact Kathleen Ehlen, (262) 878-2280,
or e-mail
Kathleen, okehlen@juno.com, 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 on Tuesdays and Fridays. People gather to pray and
sidewalk counsel between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. The Rosary
is recited at 9:30 a.m. For more information please call Marie
Gestrich (608) 879-2300 or Mary Jane Stephan (815) 624-2270.
The Knights of
Columbus, Assembly 1200, are having their “Spring Into Summer” Annual
Fundraiser Dinner on May 18, at the KC Club House, located at 5256 Verona Road
in Madison.
Social hour is at 3 p.m. and dinner is at 4:30 p.m. To register, contact Sir
Knight Jim Gillitzer, (608) 222-8854 or mail checks to 1018 Painted Post Road, Madison,
WI 53716. Cost is $16 per person.
WELS
Lutherans for Life, Metro-Milwaukee is celebrating 25
years of God’s blessings while serving the community through
their pregnancy resource centers! Join us for an anniversary
celebration banquet with special guest speaker Gianna Jessen, an abortion
survivor. The event will be held at Grace Center of
Grace Lutheran Church in downtown Milwaukee, 1209 N. Broadway. Thursday, May 8, 2008, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
$50 per person (includes $10
tax-deductible donation). Register online at www.welslflmilw.com
or call (414) 727-8176 for more information.
First Choice Pregnancy Resource
Center in Stevens
Point is looking to hire a full-time Executive Director (to fill a position vacated by our
part-time ED). We have been serving clients for one year and have strong
support in our community and many volunteers. For more information about the
position or an application, please email t.guilliams@ompimail.com or call Tom at
(715) 347-0667.
Dubuque County Right to Life is seeking a full-time executive director to lead their
pro-life efforts in the tri-state area of Iowa,
Wisconsin and Illinois. Candidates must be knowledgeable
and passionate about the pro-life movement. Send resume to: Dubuque
County Right to Life, 2205 Carter Road, Dubuque, IA 52001 Attn: Board of Directors.
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