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Planned Parenthood has Gone Fishing In Your Pond
By Tom Stark, 2/18/12
Parkersburg, WV - Planned Parenthood (PP) has gone fishing, but it’s not where they should be doing such things. They are fishing for future customers and the pond they are fishing in is the one that holds our children for much of each week day. Yes, our public schools are helping with their search and the bait they are using is pure, raw, unfettered, and sometimes unnatural sex. Yes, they are using sex as bait to indoctrinate our children into the world of unrestricted sexual behavior.
If you really want to know just how devious and committed PP is in distributing such information without any moral foundation, just visit their propaganda site here.
In order to explain what is happening, though, some specific terms may be used that might make some of you uncomfortable, but as parents, you need to know just what Planned Parenthood is being paid to do with your tax dollars. Nothing is left to the child’s imagination here. Their literature lays out everything from masturbation through sexual intercourse to same-sex activities and sodomy, complete with pictures, cartoon characters made to look like sex organs.
This video and article shows you some of the actual printed material that is used in this process of setting children up for potential problems with pregnancies and STD’s before they reach their junior prom or even earlier. They are starting them off young and claiming the whole time that this is good, solid, scientific information that every child should know and understand before they face these problems without the benefit of knowing what they are doing or how to do it.
Again here, the video is quite graphic but it an absolute necessity to understand if you have children or grandchildren attending public schools in the United States. There is no such thing as a “safe school” anymore. There will never be such a thing again unless funding of this program through PP is ended and prohibited in the future. What drives me a little batty is that while distributing this kind of information they claim to be supporting abstinence as well. From their website:
Update: National Leaders Speak on the Obama Insurance Mandate
by Nathan A. Cherry, 02/13/2012
Is this what Obama thinks of our religious convictions and liberties?
Martinsburg, WV – Over the last several days we have been trying to make sure you are well informed on the current battle in Washington, D.C. over the religious freedoms and convictions of millions of Americans. I’m talking about the insurance mandate of the Obama administration demanding every employer, including religious employers, offer contraception, sterilization, and abortifacients to employees. This mandate clearly violates the religious convictions and conscience protections afforded to citizens by the 1st amendment.
In about a week’s time Obama went from refusing to compromise on this issue to honor the Constitutional rights of citizens to deciding – most likely in order to gain favor with voters – that a compromise was in order. (If I had his poll numbers and dreadful popularity numbers I would be desperate to gain favor with people as well.)
The problem with the “compromise” is that it’s not really a comprise that solves the problem. As I wrote in an earlier blog, according to Lifenews.com;
“The revised Obama mandate will make religious groups contract with insurers to offer birth control and the potentially abortion-causing drugs to women at no cost. The revised mandate will have religious employers refer women to their insurance company for coverage that still violates their moral and religious beliefs. Under this plan, every insurance company will be obligated to provide coverage at no cost.”
As anyone with a high school education in business and economics knows there is nothing free in this world, the cost must be accounted for somewhere. So while the Obama administration is assuming we are all stupid enough to believe this is a compromise, we clearly understand that this will only raise premiums on everyone in order to offset the cost of these services. In other words, this “compromise” continues to violate the religious convictions and 1st amendment rights of anyone opposed to offering – or subsidizing – these services in insurance plans.
I’m not the only one that understands this is not a “compromise” we can accept and this is not a fight we can afford to lose. This could be, if unchallenged, just the first step in eliminating the freedoms and liberties we hold sacred. Below is a wide variety of articles from around the country on this issue and the reactions of many of our nation’s top pro-life and pro-family leaders to the so-called “compromise.”
I highly encourage you to take a few moments and scan these articles. They will solidify the urgency of this issue for you and equip you to speak truth in your conversations with others.
“Focus’ Jim Daly Reserving Final Judgment on Obama Contraception Announcement” – Daley made clear that he, and many others are still unsure of how safe our religious convictions and conscience protections truly are. Daley said: “As an unapologetically, unswervingly pro-life organization, we disagree strongly with the Obama administration that free access to drugs that can cause abortions makes women or society healthier or safer. Today’s announcement seems to be an acknowledgement by the White House that it went too far in disregarding the deeply held values, and constitutionally protected conscience rights, of religious organizations and individuals. Still, we are not convinced this tweak to the proposed policy, when analyzed at a level deeper than simple sound bites, truly addresses the religious-liberty concerns that have been raised.”
Update: Has Obama Caved to Pro-Life Pressure on Abortion Coverage?
by Nathan A. Cherry, 02/11/2012
Is your religious and conscience protections at risk?
Martinsburg, WV – It has been a crazy couple weeks. First there was the Komen/Planned Parenthood fiasco that no one is quite sure where exactly we stand. Now we are dealing with Obama’s demand that religious employers provide contraception, sterilization, and abortion inducing drugs in their insurance policies; even though these violate the religious convictions and consciences of these employers.
Last week it appeared we were heading for a showdown that could only end up in the Supreme Court as the Obama administration seemed unwilling to broaden the definition of “religious exemption” to actually include religious groups such as Catholic charities and churches. Then talk spread late last week that Obama was going to “compromise” on the issue and not force people to violate their conscience or face jail (Is this America or a communist dictatorship?)
After reading a few dozen articles on what has taken place in the last week I think I can help clear up the situation so you know exactly where our religious freedom and convictions stand. The scary part is that Obama would actually try and force anyone to violate their religious convictions. The arrogance of this president continues to astound as he seems to ignore centuries of precedent in protecting the religious freedoms and convictions of American citizens. Then again, his blatant disregard for precedent, the Constitution, and American exceptionalism have no other logical end.
Thankfully the backlash against this mandate was so quick and fierce that Obama – no doubt hoping to woo a few voters – had no choice but to address the issue and seek a compromise. But will the “compromise” actually accomplish what is needed to secure the religious/conscience protections of religious employers? According to a post by LIfenews.com the “compromise” is just as bad as the original mandate:
Are Catholics the Only Target?
By Tom Stark, 02/12/12
Parkersburg, WV - The decision by the Obama Administration to force Catholic health care facilities to include contraception, sterilization, and “morning after” abortion medications in their employee health coverage, or face heavy fines under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) has many all “atwitter” (pun intended). No, it is not something to take lightly, but if you don’t keep it light, you will scream or cry or both.
At least, this decision brings Barack Obama and his administration out of the closet when it comes to hostility toward anyone who puts conscience above ideology or personal preference. And believe me, this decision is all about “personal preference.” How can I be so sure? Let’s look at the facts, as Joe Friday used to say, just the facts.
Based on very vague statements in the 2008 “Abortion Surveillance” study for the Centers for Disease Control, and other published statistics, it appears that the overwhelming majority of abortions are totally elective as a contraceptive measure. This leads one to the obvious conclusion that very few abortions actually fall under “cases medically necessary to save the life of the mother.”
If this assumption is accepted, then all of the arguments about abortion and these requirements being a women’s health issue fall directly into that black hole of left-wing logic; the rationale for the requirements in Obamacare are proven to be motivated by ideology, not medical necessity. Thus the requirements placed on religious organization that provide medical services to citizens who are not necessarily of the same religious persuasion are that much more abhorrent and offensive and totally unconstitutional.
Rick Warren, Bart Stupak and Obama – Do They All Agree?
by Nathan A. Cherry, 02/14/2012
Is Rick Warren going to jail?
Martinsburg, WV – Remember way back, what seems like forever ago, when “pro-life” Democrat Congressman Bart Stupak made an 11th hour deal with President Obama regarding Obamacare that secured Stupak’s vote and helped the unpopular socialistic bill pass? Stupak became the Benedict Arnold of the pro-life community and decided to retire rather than face a near impossible re-election campaign after his traitorous actions against the unborn. Stupak claimed Obamacare contained “conscience protections” for pro-life people, groups, organizations and businesses so he was confident in supporting Obama’s bill.
As I have previously written, conscience protections are under attack and in no way safe from the Obama administration’s desire to impose its will on everyone. And now it seems everyone from Rick Warren to Bart Stupak is realizing just how endangered our Constitutional rights are under the Obama administration.
If you haven’t seen the news lately you might be shocked to learn that President Obama has mandated that every employer offer health insurance to employees that include contraception, birth control, and abortion inducing drugs. This of course violates the pro-life conscience of many conservative and religious employers. Lifenews.com explains what is causing the massive backlash:
“The Obama Administration issued a statement re-iterating the ‘contraceptive mandate’ requiring all insurance providers cover the full range of FDA-approved drugs and devices would remain intact. This mandate, issued in August, includes drugs that work after conception to destroy life rather than prevent it. The statement included a postponement of one year for religious groups that do not already carry contraceptives and additionally would not be exempted under last year’s narrow definition of ‘religious employer.’”
The fact is, by demanding that any employer offer insurance with items like contraception, sterilization, abortion inducing drugs etc., they are being asked to violate their religious beliefs and their conscience. This is something our government has never demanded or asked of U.S. citizens, ever. And now the Obama administration is trying to force these employers to violate their religious convictions and consciences by offering such insurance; it’s an unprecedented attack on religious liberty and freedom.
One of the Most Disturbing Videos I’ve Ever Seen
by Nathan A. Cherry, 02/09/2012
Martinsburg, WV – I’m not sure where to begin with this video; do I begin with the video portraying abstinence advocates as smarmy little bullies, perhaps portraying pro-lifers as zombies, or simply the idea that “eliminating” anyone that opposes pro-abortion ideology by any means necessary is acceptable. Truly this is both disturbing and outrageous all at the same time.
In this Planned Parenthood video from 2005 we are introduced to a “super-hero” for the pro-abortion movement. Her mission is evidently to remove any and all obstacles to Planned Parenthood’s agenda. So the first thing to go is a strangely dressed abstinence advocate. I guess anyone that believes abstinence is the only safe and sure way to avoid unwanted pregnancy and STD’s is an enemy worthy of, according to the video, being drowned in a garbage can full of water.
The next “obstacle” for our hero is a crowd of peaceful protestors outside an abortion clinic. The hero makes mention that according to the Constitution these people have a right to protest peacefully and voice their opposition. But then she decides they need eliminated as well. So she pulls out a “condom gun,” shoots them all with latex and they promptly explode. And our hero seems quite happy with the result. The lesson is that anyone opposing abortion is worthy of violence and bodily harm, including death!?
If you think this is outrageous just watch the rest of the video, if you can. Though it no longer appears on any Planned Parenthood website, the fact that it was created and did appear for any length of time is the problem. The mentality of a group that would produce such a video and allow it to be seen is scary. Does Planned Parenthood really advocate for violence against anyone that opposes them or abortion? Will Planned Parenthood condone killing protestors? (They advocate for killing innocent children so it’s not really a stretch to think they would.)
Take a look at the video. You just might come to the same conclusion I did long ago about Planned Parenthood; they are first and foremost about money and abortion. And they will do anything to anyone that stands in their way.
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This Seems Obvious to Most Americans
by Tom Stark, 02/08/2012
Parkersburg, WV – In a recent blog by Sarah Kliff for the Washington Post Wonkblog statistics are cited that make 2011 “The year of abortion restrictions!” But does this necessarily identify an aberration or is the idea of restricting abortions finally beginning – after over 40 years – to take hold in the collective mind of America? On the surface it may appear unclear.
If we delve into the statistics a bit, we can see that there is at least some correlation between the political party in power nationally, and the number of restrictions on abortions that are enacted. There are lower numbers when the more liberal powers prevail, and as the pendulum swings to give the conservative view sway in the government, more efforts are made to impose restrictions.
In the chart accompanying the Kliff article one can see that the see-sawing of the legislative enactments, however, remained within a narrow range until 2011 when the increase was several times as high as the prior year. I believe this is largely due to both a shift in approach as well as a quantum leap in the 2010 legislative elections – both state and federal. Throughout America, signals that the liberal-progressive pendulum had struck the stop and were bouncing off a resolute constituency that has had enough was clear.
So, could this monumental shift in the trend line be caused by greater awareness? Are the efforts to convey the anti-abortion message finally getting through? Or is this a short-term political phenomenon? Perhaps, none of the above so much as that approach I mentioned. The approach to restrictive legislation has differed in the past year or so.
Jorea Marple: A Champion for Choice
Tonight, State Superintendent of Schools, Jorea Marple, will be crowned a, “Champion for Choice” by the abortion industry of West Virginia.
Of course, you might assume that a State School Superintendent might be honored for being a champion for school choice, but you would be wrong. She is, by this, out-and-out declared a champion for ‘reproductive justice,’ bought by the pro-abortion lobby, paid for by the abortion industry.
Oh, sure, the justification is that she is dedicated to reducing teen childbearing and the attendant cost that brings upon the state. Indeed, it is true that teen pregnancies (When did the shift occur in rhetoric? Why are the self-declared ‘progressives’ now concerned more about teen childbearing than they are about the pregnancy itself?) are expensive and both a drag on the economy and the health of the family.
BUT, does the abortion industry really want to compare numbers? Evidently they do:
West Virginia is the only state to report an increase in teen pregnancies from 2007 to 2009. In that time period, the teen birthrate rose 17 percent in the state and dropped 8 percent nationally. In 2008, teen childbearing cost $67 million.
The appropriate response to this information is to ask two questions: (1) why the sudden increase and (2) what does abortion cost West Virginia taxpayers?
The first question is more difficultly answered. The answer could range in a reporting fluke to the abortion industry under/overreporting to who knows what. Still, it’s worthwhile for lawmakers to call in the abortion industry (and perhaps DHHR’s Vital Statistics bureau) and ask them the hard questions about the numbers.
But the second question is easily answered with some simple math.
Attention: Urge Congress to Investigate Planned Parenthood
by Nathan A. Cherry, 02/07/2012
Martinsburg, WV – Americans don’t want to see their hard earned money funneled to a corrupt organization like Planned Parenthood (PP). AS a nation the majority of Americana re pro-life, and an even greater majority doesn’t believe a “non-profit” abortion business should be allowed to receive federal funds. Yet the Obama administration continues to give Planned Parenthood more money each year despite public outrage; without ever holding PP accountable for illegal activities.
A new report compiled by the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA) in partnership with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) seeks to provide concrete evidence of the abuse, waste, and fraud of PP as they urge Congress to hold PP accountable for the misuses of tax payer funds.
The document, titled “Data and Summary of Planned Parenthood’s Waste, Abuse, and Potential Fraud,” is scheduled to be released later today in conjunction with ADF president Alan Sears’ appearance on Congress to document the illegal activity and ask for government accountability. On a conference call earlier today I head from top executives at SBA and ADF on the need for this report and an accounting by PP for their activities.
What I, and many others cannot come to grips with is the fact that an organization as corrupt as PP has been shown to violate the law, skirt the law, ignore the law, and do everything in their power to get around state and federal laws – all while using our tax money to do it – and yet Congress seems uninterested in holding them accountable; and the Obama administration keeps throwing money at them.
Open Letter to Komen from Dr. Gerard Nadal
by Nathan A. Cherry, 02/06/2012
Martinsburg, WV – It’s not often I post an open letter for our readers. But this one is both informative and speaks to the issues taking place with Susan G. Komen and their recent decision to defund Planned Parenthood. I have talked with a number of people that are confused or have been misinformed about the decision and are not sure exactly what is taking place. This letter I believe helps to clarify the situation and speak truth to the legitimacy of why it was necessary to defund Planned Parenthood.
Take a few moments to read Dr. Nadal’s letter – especially the last two paragraphs. Dr. Nadal is one of America’s most prolific pro-life writers. His blog is widely respected for integrating science with the pro-life movement to show how life begins at conception and should be defended from that time to natural death. You will no doubt be blessed by this article, encouraged by Komen’s decision, and equipped to discuss intelligently on the topic should it arise in your day.
An Open Letter to Susan G. Komen Founder, Nancy Brinker
by Gerard Nadal, Ph.D.
Dear Ms. Brinker,
As one who has been at odds with SGK over your organization’s funding of Planned Parenthood, I write today to offer you my heartfelt gratitude and congratulations for the principled and prudential position that you have taken in defunding Planned Parenthood.
