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Abortion & Cloning

As you know not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all. Ecclesiastes 11:5

Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; that stretches forth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself; That frustrates the tokens of the liars, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish; Isaiah 44:24-25

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Isaiah 49:15

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. Psalm 22:9

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. Psalms 127:3-5

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knows right well. Psalms 139:13-14

"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." Mother Teresa

"Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born." Ronald Reagan

Internet video, "Everyone Against Abortion, Please Raise Your Hand," has "sparked a response like no other I've seen" said Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, the video's producer. "Viewers are calling 'Raise Your Hand' the most powerful, memorable, and touching pro-life video they've ever seen, yet there are no bloody images or controversial statements in it," said Fr. Pavone. "The outstretched hand of this child is reaching a lot of people."

The video politicians who support legal abortion don’t want you – or anyone else – to see! Fr. Frank Pavone - Priests for Life/Gospel of Life Ministries - In truth, they fear this video more than anything because it shows the inhumane cruelty and barbarity of the abortion procedure. It puts the spotlight of the abortion “debate” right where it needs to be ... on what abortion does to the child in the womb! After all, if we’re going to debate abortion in this country, let’s make sure everyone knows exactly what we’re talking about. Sadly, the word abortion has lost its meaning. That’s why politicians can get away with making themselves sound appealing to voters when they say they support the legality of abortion ... or of a woman’s so-called “right to choose”. But when people come to see and know what actually happens during an abortion, then a woman's “right to choose” takes on a different feel. That said, if you are serious about wanting to end abortion, click here to watch the short video that has sent shock waves through the abortion industry, and to learn more about the project we are launching this election season! Make no mistake: This video has the power to literally end abortion! The response has already been overwhelming. Pro-life activists have been re-energized. Fence-sitters have been awakened to the true horror of abortion. And even abortion advocates have been converted. If you have trouble with the link above, and would like to go directly to the Youtube page which features this powerful video, click here. 

Option Ultrasound Program 'I have never met a woman who was glad she had chosen abortion.' Twenty years ago, when Nancy McDonald's pastor began preaching about abortion, she noticed six of the regulars stopped coming to her Bible study. As she contacted each woman, she discovered they shared a secret. "They had each experienced abortion at some time in their past, and they could not deal with it publicly," McDonald said. "They could not bear the accusation that they heard in every message." While their stories were different, McDonald said they all made the same two statements: "There is never a day that goes by that I don't think about it," and "I have never told another living soul." Thus began McDonald's pro-life ministry. Today, she's the executive director of Hope Women's Centers in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Last year, her clinics provided free ultrasounds to 2,200 women — thanks in large part to Focus on the Family's Option Ultrasound Program.

AgapePress.org News Summary. Think you know Roe? Maybe you do, maybe you don't ...While a majority of Americans claim to be familiar with the 1973 Supreme Court abortion decision Roe v. Wade, a new survey shows that is far from the case. A group called "The REAL Women's Voices Project" has conducted a survey of Americans' understanding of the decision that legalized abortion on demand in the U.S. Marjorie Dannenfelser says the survey showed that 65 percent of the people claim familiarity with the law. "Then, when asked to identify the sentence that most closely reflects what Roe v. Wade is, only 29 percent were able to identify that correctly," she says. Dannenfelser explains that most people do not realize the Roe only bars states from banning abortions. "They think that [Roe] just made it legal. So, therefore, NOW and NARAL and all the abortion advocates try to keep that going, because they want people to think that if Roe v. Wade is overturned there are no abortions available in this country at all -- and that is simply not true." She points out that if the Roe were overturned, it would then be up to the individual states to decide the legality of abortion. The REAL Women's Voices Project is an arm of the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life group based in Alexandria, Virginia. [Bill Fancher]

Mother Teresa was quoted in The Wall Street Journal 1994 saying, "America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has sown violence and discord at the heart of the most intimate human relationships. It has aggravated the derogation of the father's role in an increasingly fatherless society. It has portrayed the greatest of gifts -- a child -- as a competitor, an intrusion, and an inconvenience. It has nominally accorded mothers unfettered dominion over the independent lives of their physically dependent sons and daughters."

 Pornography & Pedophilia

Pornography - Quitting the habit Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - The damage from pornography addiction runs deep, but one author has found freedom through Christ.

Author and speaker Jarrod Jones has written a book called 13 Ways to Ruin Your Life. In his travels, he has been amazed at the number of Christians who admit to having a problem with pornography.

"Messages have bombarded them, as well the temptations of sexual sin have come upon them so powerfully," he notes. "Through the testimonies they share with me, I have been shocked at how many have felt the openness to share with me their struggle with pornography -- I'm talking from ministers to married men, businessmen, men in ministry, young men."

Jones personally struggled through the damaging effects of pornography addiction and the subsequent loss of a relationship. He calls the Bible a starting place and the central focus of recovery. "Proverbs 7, which deals with watching a young man falling into sexual sin and what it's going to cost him, and it's going to ruin his life," he explains.

13 Ways is not a tell-all book, but Jones uses his personal experiences to illustrate how Christ can change a person. "With those battles in my life and those experiences, I discovered that...Jesus began changing [those desires] because of his Spirit within me," he adds. "My desires were to be more about him, and with my mind, with my eyes, with my ears, with my body, and to pursue him in that way."

Pornography, according to Jones, is no easy addiction to shake, but he says Christ can break the chains of sin. His book can be purchased at 13WaystoRuinYourLife.com, or it can be downloaded for free.

Pedophilia and Homosexuality
The Washington Post
June 29, 2002

A June 24 Metro article relates the fears of homosexuals who feel they are being unfairly linked to the pedophilia scandal in the Catholic Church.

In fact, the real scandal is that the press has failed to adequately investigate the link between homosexuality and child sexual abuse.  The Family Research Council has just released a comprehensive report on the subject, which connects the dots.  The report, titled "Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse," brings to light some significant findings:

* Pedophiles are invariably males: A report by the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children states: "In both clinical and non-clinical samples, the vast majority of offenders are male." The book "Sexual Offending Against Children" reports that only 12 of 3,000 incarcerated pedophiles in England were women.

* Significant numbers of victims are males: A study of 457 male sex offenders against children in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy found that "approximately one-third of these sexual offenders directed their sexual activity against males."

* Homosexuals comprise less than 3 percent of the population, not "8 to 10 percent" as your article reported. A recent study in Demography estimates the number of exclusive male homosexuals in the general population at 2.5 percent, and the number of exclusive lesbians at 1.4
percent.

* Homosexuals are over-represented in child sex offenses: Individuals from the 1 to 3 percent of the population that is sexually attracted to the same sex are committing up to one-third of the sex crimes against children.  A study in the Journal of Sex Research found that although heterosexuals outnumber homosexuals by a ratio of at least 20 to 1, homosexual pedophiles commit about one-third of the total number of child sex offenses.

The evidence shows a direct correlation between homosexuality and pedophilia.  Your story should have included such evidence, because it affects not just the Catholic Church but all those concerned with shielding children from sexual abuse.

Timothy J. Dailey - The writer is a senior fellow for culture studies at the Family Research Council.

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