Save the Storks is a fantastic ministry we learned about a few months back:
Highlights:
- They originally saved three out of five babies.
- "We're saving the mothers and as a result we're saving children."
- In one day, they saved 9 babies!!!
Showing posts with label Abortion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abortion. Show all posts
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Our former colleague David Freddoso has an insightful piece at Conservative Intel on how the recent debate over late term abortion plays in various communities:
Read the whole thing here.Liberals are so blind to how far out they are on this late-term abortion issue compared to the average American (and importantly, the average Hispanic voter) that they think it’s a plus. They don’t see how it could possibly bite them in the rear. They’ve talked themselves into the idea that their principled opposition to a bill that splinters their own coalition and receives support from 62 percent of the state’s voters is part of their path to victory. They don’t see the analogy they are creating to rightward Republican drift they are constantly decrying. - See more at: http://conservativeintel.com/2013/07/16/hb2-and-demographic-change-texas-liberals-dont-see-the-danger/#sthash.sXyLSz4i.dpufLiberals are so blind to how far out they are on this late-term abortion issue compared to the average American (and importantly, the average Hispanic voter) that they think it’s a plus. They don’t see how it could possibly bite them in the rear. They’ve talked themselves into the idea that their principled opposition to a bill that splinters their own coalition and receives support from 62 percent of the state’s voters is part of their path to victory
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They seem quite content choosing abortion after five months of pregnancy as the hill they will die on. They don’t seem to understand how this could frustrate their fantasy that demographic change will automatically make them dominant because Hispanics will always vote the way they expect them to vote.
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Both the Democrats, with their demographic triumphalism, and the Republicans who talk of immigration as their party’s death-knell, are underestimating Hispanic voters’ intelligence and open-mindedness in how they cast their votes.
Liberals are so blind to how far out they are on this late-term abortion issue compared to the average American (and importantly, the average Hispanic voter) that they think it’s a plus. They don’t see how it could possibly bite them in the rear. They’ve talked themselves into the idea that their principled opposition to a bill that splinters their own coalition and receives support from 62 percent of the state’s voters is part of their path to victory. They don’t see the analogy they are creating to rightward Republican drift they are constantly decrying. - See more at: http://conservativeintel.com/2013/07/16/hb2-and-demographic-change-texas-liberals-dont-see-the-danger/#sthash.sXyLSz4i.dpuf
Liberals are so blind to how far out they are on this late-term abortion issue compared to the average American (and importantly, the average Hispanic voter) that they think it’s a plus. They don’t see how it could possibly bite them in the rear. They’ve talked themselves into the idea that their principled opposition to a bill that splinters their own coalition and receives support from 62 percent of the state’s voters is part of their path to victory. They don’t see the analogy they are creating to rightward Republican drift they are constantly decrying. - See more at: http://conservativeintel.com/2013/07/16/hb2-and-demographic-change-texas-liberals-dont-see-the-danger/#sthash.sXyLSz4i.dpuf
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
This afternoon, amidst the discussion that Wendy Davis doesn't "know what happened" about Kermit Gosnell, Erick Erickson of RedState made the following tweet:
It is a bit embarrassing that Abortion Barbie doesn't even have her facts straight on Kermit Gosnell considering abortion is her issue.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) August 6, 2013
This set off the predictable Twitter kerfuffle.
Then Joan Walsh of Salon chimed in:
Erick Erickson is the insecure frat-boy id of the Republican Party. Oh, sure, party leaders wring their hands about their problem with women voters, but deep down, we’re all “Abortion Barbie” to a whole lot of them. Only Erickson is creepy enough to say so.Followed by ThinkProgress:
Conservative commentator Erick Erickson referred to Texas Sen. Wendy Davis (D) as an “Abortion Barbie” in a tweet on Tuesday afternoon, sparking outrage over the sexist implications of linking the female lawmaker with the famous Mattel product.According to MediaMatters:
Erickson has a history of inflammatory comments, including directing liberals to a coat hanger sales site after a restrictive Texas abortion bill passed, later responding to criticism by offering his "Sincere Apologies to the Kid Killing caucus." Erickson defended Republican Missouri Rep. Todd Akin after he claimed it was "really rare" for victims of "legitimate rape" to become pregnant and called the opening of the 2012 Democratic National Convention the "First night of the Vagina Monologues."Cahnman's Musings commends Erickson for developing the perfect nickname for Wendy Davis.
Abortion Barbie comes with Pink Sneakers and Tampon; catheter sold separately....
Monday, 22 July 2013
During the recent abortion debate, several people privately bemoaned the demonic and sophomoric tactics of the pro-abortion mob. They interpreted these actions as another sign of cultural decline. Unfortunately, this sort of intimidation has a long history among advocates of casual sex.
A major turning point in the American sexual revolution was the 1970 meeting of the American Psychological Association in San Francisco. The sexual 'liberationists' of that era were attempting to 'persuade' the APA to abandon their conviction that a number of sexual activities (primarily, but not exclusively, homosexuality) were deviant. They used the exact same tactics as the pro-Abortion crowd at the Texas Capitol.
Allan Sherman explains this event in his 1973 book Rape of the A*P*E*:
The American Psychiatric Association held it's 1970 convention in the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco....In the middle of [the] speech both doors of the Fairmont Ballroom burst open. Down one aisle marched the Gay Liberation Front; down the other came Women's liberation, both shouting obscenities and throwing brassieres and dildos. (emphasis mine) (262/3)Conservative activist Ryan Sorba goes into more detail:
[I]n 1970 the leadership of a faction of pro-sodomy psychiatrists within the APA planned a “systematic effort to disrupt annual meetings of the American Psychiatric Association.” Although politically motivated protests directed at psychiatrists had taken place prior, one can see the beginnings of a coordinated effort to politicize the APA at its 1970 annual meeting in San Francisco....Pro-sodomy activists took over the podium and microphones. Then, Konstantin Berlandt, of the Berkeley chapter of the Gay Liberation Front, “paraded through the hall in a bright red dress. Paper airplanes sailed down from the balcony. With two papers still unread, the chairman announced adjournment.”There's nothing new about what we saw at the Texas Capitol two weeks ago.
Thursday, 18 July 2013
American Life League does a phenomenal job going through Planned Parenthood's website to catalog what they're teaching young children and teenagers; WARNING: It AIN'T Pretty....
Highlights:
- "Age appropriate" is a standard set by Planned Parenthood so they can sell pornography to children disguised as science.
- Planned Parenthood's goal is to create sex addicts; the gateway drug is masturbation.
- "It's Perfectly Normal" is the book they want to put in every classroom in America
- In 1969, Planned Parenthood explicitly stated that they want to encourage Homosexuality as a form of Population Control.
You can read our manifesto on this topic here.
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
This is brilliant:
Highlight:
"I hear Planned Parenthood rallies are a pretty good place to pick up chicks!"
Monday, 15 July 2013
Sunshine State Sarah (of Texas) was at the Capitol Friday night and got disgusted enough with the lies of Planned Parenthood that she addressed them specifically; money quote:
Regarding the message itself, note the language PP suggests that you send to your state senator:Please oppose all efforts to restrict women's access to the Pap tests, breast cancer screenings, and access to birth control that are important to our health. These attacks on women's health will deny access to basic care to thousands of women and will limit access to safe, legal abortion in Texas.First of all, HB2/SB1 have nothing to do with Pap tests, breast cancer screenings, or contraceptives. Not a darn word of the bill addresses those issues. There is also nothing in the bill that "denies access" to health care for women. In fact, during this year's regular session, the Legislature actually increased state funding by $179 million dollars for women’s health services including annual visits, preventative screening, and contraceptives.
It's doubly ironic for them to make this argument because it's been well-documented that Planned Parenthood doesn't actually perform any mammograms at any of their facilities nationwide. Not a single one. Never have.
What the bill actually requires is for abortion clinics to meet the same safety standards as ambulatory surgical centers. Whether you are pro-life or pro-choice, the fact is that abortion is a medical procedure and, like with all medical procedures, there can be risks and complications. The bill requires clinics offering abortions to meet the same standards as clinics that remove your tonsils, perform cataracts, or other similar outpatient surgical procedures.
....Anyway, if a clinic doesn't want to invest the resources necessary to comply with the bill, they can still continue to remain open and provide women’s health services such as obstetric care, annual gynecological visits, and (gasp!) even contraceptives.
Read the whole thing here.Planned Parenthood's ad is beyond misleading: it is a blatantly false representation of what HB1/SB2 actually do, and is an egregious attempt to scare women.
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In other Texas Abortion News, Students for Life (with whom we were holed up) has posted their account of Friday Night:
The sound in the rotunda was like nothing we have had ever heard before. It was inhuman, almost demonic. They chanted slogans like, “Whose choice? My choice” and “Pray, You’ll Need It, Your Cause will be Defeated” while periodically breaking into primal screams that echoed around us. As we watched from the top floor with a group of pro-life students, surrounded by a deluge of orange shirts, we could see DPS officers move into the crowd below to remove the blue shirts that had been peacefully praying amongst the crush of angry protesters.Read their full account (and watch the videos) here.
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As the situation grew uglier, DPS directed all pro-lifers to leave the rotunda for their own safety. The mob did not care for or respect the well-being of anyone wearing blue. Pro-life senators and representatives were offering their offices as safe places for us. Most of the Students for Life of America students and staff had already left the rotunda. And as our team directed the retreat, some of our staff found themselves stranded on the top floor with a few students, looking for a way out. They took the elevator to the bottom two floors, but found their paths blocked both times and had to ascend back up to the top of the building. They then found a side staircase that brought them down to the ground floor. But, as they rounded the final curve to the landing, they stopped dead in their tracks; they were again confronted by a sea of orange shirts.
Confident in the presence of news cameras to keep them safe, our team managed to slide along the railing, cut through the swarm of angry pro-aborts and escape behind them. Texas Representative Bryan Hughes offered our team and students safe haven in his office (guarded by DPS officers), where we gathered to watch the end of the debate and anxiously awaited the final, victorious vote on the Senate floor shortly after midnight.
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Update: Candy Noble has another fantastic account of the week here.
Friday, 12 July 2013
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4
Cahnman's Musings is currently holed up in an undisclosed location at the Texas Capitol. We are not in danger in any way shape or form. The Department of Public Safety has asked pro-lifers to stay away from the mob. We might risk the mob in a little bit. You can witness events outside the Texas Senate chamber here.
And yes, this is our 666th post!
About an hour and fifteen minutes ago (6:25 pm CDT) the pro-abortion mob re-assembled in the Texas Capitol rotunda. They were chanting about tampons. Seriously:
Of course, when those mean old Republicans are trying to take away your tampons, there's only ONE response...TAMPON TRAMPOLINE!!!
Or tampoline?!?
Cahnman's Musings urges readers to pray for these
Update: A friend snapped this picture of the pro-abortion people handing out tampons to the crowd:
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As the photo above indicates, the pro-abortion folks are acting as classy as they've been all session.
Last time we walked through the main part of the Capitol, there was a big crowd of pro-abortion folks screaming and a group of pro-lifers silently praying around them (apologies for the poor audio quality):
In other news, well....
Also confiscated by DPS at #txlege, confetti, bottle of urine, bottle of feces, and cans of paint. #hb2According to DPS:
— Josh Rubin (@CNNExpress) July 12, 2013
The Texas Tribune has more here.The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) today received information that individuals planned to use a variety of items or props to disrupt legislative proceedings at the Texas Capitol.
Therefore for safety purposes, DPS recommended to the Texas Senate that all bags be inspected prior to allowing individuals to enter the Senate gallery, which the Texas Senate authorized.
During these inspections, DPS officers have thus far discovered one jar suspected to contain urine, 18 jars suspected to contain feces, and three bottles suspected to contain paint. All of these items – as well as significant quantities of feminine hygiene products, glitter and confetti possessed by individuals – were required to be discarded; otherwise those individuals were denied entry into the gallery.
In the interest of the safety and security of Texas legislators and the general public, these inspections will continue until the conclusion of Senate business.
According to a friend who has been in the Capitol all day, DPS also confiscated bricks, but Cahnman's Musings has yet to confirm this report.
"Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 5:9-10
Abby Johnson posts the following warning on her Facebook page:
Don't look for trouble. If trouble finds you, lovingly advance justice. God will take care of the rest.
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Well said Dr.:
Highlights:
- Wendy Davis doesn't speak for the majority of Texas women.
- For all their talk about "keeping the government out of a private decision," pro-abortion advocates "sure want government money" to support abortion.
- "If an abortion center closes, it's because the millions of dollars flowing through the abortion industry are placing profits over people."
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
One of the Democrats favorite talking points during the current abortion debate is that the proposed legislation is opposed by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Texas Hospital Association, and the Texas Medical Association.
At first, it sounds important. These are groups with 'credentials.' The real story requires digging.
First up, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists supported Obamacare:
In addition, during the 2009 debate over Obamacare, ACOG recommended rationing of Pap Smears.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has long been a proponent of comprehensive health care reform and this weeks' enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care for America Act extends health insurance coverage to an additional 32 million Americans. "Ob-gyns see first-hand the devastating effects that the lack of health insurance or underinsurance has on our patients," noted ACOG President Gerald F. Joseph, Jr, MD.
ACOG credits the President and House and Senate Democratic leaders for including many critical elements of ACOG's Health Care for Women, Health Care for All campaign that will greatly improve women's health, including guaranteed maternity coverage; eliminating pre-existing coverage exclusions for women who are pregnant, have had a previous cesarean, or are the victims of domestic violence; eliminating gender rating that causes women to pay more than men for the same insurance coverage; creating coordinated care centers for women and ensuring direct access to ob-gyns; expanding family planning services for low-income women; and providing access to vital preventive screenings including mammography and Pap tests.
This bill (HR 3590), however, leaves several critical issues unaddressed, including medical liability reform and repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) used to determine physician payments in the Medicare program. "As ACOG embraces the many positive features of this legislation that will improve the health and well-being of our patients, we will continue to press for national medical liability reform and repeal of the SGR," says Dr. Joseph.
Next, we have the Texas Hospital association, who support Medicaid expansion:
In addition, THA supported last fall's Hospital Tax Increase in Travis County.“Hospitals agree with the governor that the Medicaid program is flawed. Below-cost reimbursement to providers creates an access-to-care problem for the millions currently enrolled, and there have been legitimate concerns about whether the program can sustain the millions more who would be able to enroll under PPACA,” said Dan Stultz, M.D., FACP, FACHE, THA president chief executive officer. “However, without Medicaid expansion, many will remain uninsured and therefore will seek care in emergency rooms, shifting costs to the privately insured and increasing uncompensated care to health care providers.”
Moving on, Texas Medical Association ALSO supports Medicaid Expansion:
The Texas Medical Association, which represents physicians across the state, announced on Saturday that it would support the Medicaid expansion if lawmakers can devise a way to give Texas “the flexibility to change the plan as our needs and circumstances change.”BOTTOM LINE: Three organizations with long histories of supporting progressive legislation are opposed to conservative legislation; sorry Texas Democrats, that's not news.
“You have the two major entities that represent the delivery of health care in Texas saying this is something that we definitely need to look at,” said Dr. Carlos Cardenas, vice president of the TMA board of trustees, adding the organization recognizes “there are issues within the present Medicaid program and that the Legislature is in a position to come up with some reforms to shore up the system.”
A friend shot this video yesterday, the comment at 1:13 speaks for itself:
His description:
In the middle of the pro life speeches this was going on. A woman kept getting in front of my camera while I was trying to shoot two guys having a debate. So I gave her the airtime she wanted. A man didnt like that. Though he should get the cops. He was laughed at.
Rockin' on the Right Side delivers a moving personal testimony about 20 week abortion, money quote:
My twin sons, Jeffrey and Mathew, were born at 26 weeks. Each weighed barely two pounds, and they fought for every breath. Fraternal twins, they weren’t anything alike. Mathew was smaller – fair and handsome, dark hair and fine features. Jeffrey was bigger, stronger – red hair and stocky build. Mathew held on for a week, but just didn’t have the strength to win the fight. Jeff, on the other hand, showed a toughness – a will to survive – that could not be denied.
Jeff is now 33. Totally blind, but he is the center of our family and we – his mother, father, and sister – would not have a complete life without him. He is our drummer, our anchor, and he keeps us honest and straight up every day.
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Amen, read the whole piece here.Abortion at twenty weeks is murder. Period. My son is proof positive.
Monday, 8 July 2013
The Burnt Orange Report is a 'group blog' with close ties to the Democrat Party of Texas and the Travis County Democrat Party. In a post from last Wednesday, Burnt Orange Report's Ben Sherman actually appeals to men to support abortion to protect their own sex life. Yes, they actually said that.
From the post : Bro-Choice: How #HB2 Hurts Texas Men Who Like Women; money quote:
Forcing women to adhere to the anti-choice attitudes of state legislators forces men to do the same, and will have serious consequences both on men's lives and lifestyles.In other words, they just admitted their support for abortion stems from a desire to protect consequence free casual sex.
....Your sex life is at stake. Can you think of anything that kills the vibe faster than a woman fearing a back-alley abortion? Making abortion essentially inaccessible in Texas will add an anxiety to sex that will drastically undercut its joys. And don't be surprised if casual sex outside of relationships becomes far more difficult to come by. [Emphasis Mine]
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Update: Williamson County Conservative has more here.
They're at it again. Let Texas Speak did another broadcast today from the Texas Capitol Extension rotunda. Once again, the pro-Abortion folks are trying to disrupt it and shout it down.
Backstory: One of the tactics the pro-Abortion people use is that they stand in between the camera and the speaker. In this instance, an elderly pro-Abortion supporter had been trying to stand in front of the camera for 30-60 seconds before the recording starts. The rest of the video speaks for itself.
(Author's Note: Video is three and a half minutes long, but most of the action is in the first minute.)
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
This is GREAT:
Highlights:
Highlights:
- Wendy Davis was hoping to climb the dead baby ladder to political stardom?!?
- When does one hail Satan, is that before or after you beg the man for your sugardaddy handout for the abortion.
- Author's Note: We believe the sugardaddy handout is part of the Satantic ritual!
- Let us show you how empowered we are by reducing ourselves to our sexual parts
Yesterday, we obviously made a splash with the video of the pro-abortion supporter saying 'Hail Satan;' the video had a lot of background noise, and yesterday we said:
For the record: They've been doing this all day, this is just the first time we caught it on video.Well guess what, it turns out we have video of the original incident.
So here's the full story, as best we can recall: Around 3 pm, we got up from posting this video and went downstairs by the area near the committee room. Arriving on the second floor of the capitol extension, we met up with our friend D.J, who was watching women testify with LetTexasSpeak.com. At that time LTS was broadcasting from a corner on the second floor.
Ashley joined us 20 minutes later, around 3:30. We continued to listen to the women testify until there were too many people in the corner. At that point, DPS asked us to move outside, which was when Ashley decided to speak. We're not sure what time DPS asked us to move, but we were already outside by 4:05 pm when we decided to not watch Glenn Beck because we thought Stu was guest hosting.
20-30 minutes later, Ashley got up to speak. As you can tell, her testimony is VERY powerful. The crowd was transfixed, including the pro-abortion people.
As Ashley spoke, a few of the pro-abortion people started saying 'hail Satan' at random. The first time we heard it was at 3:35 of this second video. By 5:15, they're chanting it in unison, VERY creepily:
(Author's note: Ashley asked us to point out that she misspoke when she said abortion kills 1.3 people in the United States each year; she meant to say 1.3 million.)
The video posted yesterday took place around 6:30 pm. This took place around 4:30. The pro-abortion people were intermittently chanting "hail satan" throughout.
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We met Ashley last summer, when the President was in town; to see the footage of the Barack Obama supporter who verbally accosted her that time, click here.
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
It's been a very interesting day at the Texas State Capitol. Cahnman's Musings hasn't been following the hearing. Instead, we've been participating in the surrounding events. LetTexasSpeak has been doing a live broadcast from the rotunda where women have been sharing their abortion related testimonies. The pro-abortion crowd has responded with repeated chants of "hail Satan." It's taken us all day to get a video recording, but here it is:
For the record: They've been doing this all day, this is just the first time we caught it on video.
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Update: Twitchy has more.
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Update II: The Blaze has a report that includes pictures of the people who were leading the chant.
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Update III (7/5): Thomas Umstattd, who ran Let Texas Speak, gives his account here.
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