by Nathan A. Cherry, 05/08/2012

By now you know I don’t often repost entire articles. But this one is just too good not to pass on to you. This is the story of recent events in the Colorado State Legislature as they sought to honor Planned Parenthood for their “services.” Who in their right mind would ever consider honoring the nation’s #1 killer of children, I don’t know, but this story proves that God takes harming kids very seriously.

I’ve mentioned Gianna Jessen before, and her story is remarkable. In this article one Colorado state lawmaker decides she would be the perfect person to “ruin” the planned celebration of abortion by the legislature. Though the article is a little long, you won’t be sorry you read it.

Planned Parenthood Celebration Jolted by Abortion Survivor
By Ted Harvey

I want to share with you an awesome experience I had in the Colorado House of Representatives on May 8. It is a humbling experience to look back and realize that God used me to play a role in His divine orchestration.

I was leaving the House chambers for the weekend when our Democrat speaker of the House announced that the coming Monday would be the final day of this year’s General Assembly. He went on to state that there were still numerous resolutions on the calendar which we would need to be addressed prior to the summer adjournment. Interestingly, he specifically mentioned that one of the resolutions we would be hearing was being carried by the House Majority Leader Alice Madden, honoring the 90th anniversary of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains.

As a strong pro-life legislator I was disgusted by the idea that we would pass a resolution honoring this 90-year legacy of genocide. I drove home that night wondering what I could say that might pierce the darkness during the debate on this heinous resolution.

On Saturday morning, I took my 8-year-old son up to the mountains to go white-water rafting. The trip lasted all day. As we were driving home, exhausted and hungry, I remembered that I had accepted an invitation to attend a fundraising dinner that night for a local pro-life organization. One of my most respected mentors had personally called me several weeks earlier and asked me to attend, so I knew I’d have to clean up and head over.

After our meal, the executive director of the organization introduced the keynote speaker. I looked up and saw walking to the stage a handicapped young lady being assisted to the microphone by a young man holding a guitar.

Her name was Gianna Jessen.

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by Nathan A. Cherry, 04/30/2012

Planned Parenthood is one of the biggest bully’s I can think of; just ask Susan G. Komen. They want as much money to do as many abortions as possible, and they are willing to lie, steal, cheat, skirt the law and bully anyone that tries to stand in their way.

Well know they have some competition.

The new Stanton Health Care Clinic just moved in next door and is challenging the nation’s largest abortion merchant with real choice for women which includes caring workers, truth, and free services.

You simply must watch this video from CBN News or take a few moments to read this article on what is taking place in Boise, Idaho. The testimonies of people that work at Stanton and those that have already been touched by the life-saving work of the clinic will inspire you. And it will once again confirm that life is winning, and one day, I believe, we will see Planned Parenthood close its doors forever.

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Clinic Next Door Gets in Planned Parenthood’s Face

For years, Boise’s Planned Parenthood sat undisturbed and unchallenged in a quiet northern neighborhood. But in October, 2011, a new kid showed up on the block and presented a very big challenge.

The loud and proud pro-life Stanton Health Care Clinic moved in right next door to Planned Parenthood, posting big signs offering free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and other services that Planned Parenthood charges for.

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by Nathan A. Cherry, 04/26/2012

Last week I told you about a pathetic new campaign by Planned Parenthood out in California. They have decided to mirror (though I think mock is a better word) the “40 Days for Life” campaign that has successfully rescued thousands of unborn children nationwide with their own twisted version called “40 Days of Prayer” for abortion.

The very idea that anyone would pray for more killing of unborn children is beyond me, and yet, not only is Planned Parenthood “praying” for this, but clergy are leading the charge! A group of clergy is asking their congregations to engage in this most unholy campaign and pray “for women for whom pregnancy is not good news.”

Mike Norton, is an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund and recently joined ADF as Senior Counsel on the Sanctity of Life Team. Norton recently wrote an article at TownHall.com on this disgusting campaign by Planned Parenthood. I would encourage you to read his article, posted below.

Planned Parenthood and Prayers For Death
by Michael Norton

Planned Parenthood is known for many things, most prominent among them being death, the promotion of sexual promiscuity, a war on the nuclear family, and financial support of the homosexual agenda.

Not exactly the kinds of things your pastor asks you to pray for when you gather at church on Sunday mornings, huh?

Nevertheless, the leadership at Six Rivers Planned Parenthood in Eureka, Calif., has undertaken 40 days of “prayer” “for women for whom pregnancy is not good news” and for the abortionists who will kill many of the babies those women have been “punished” with carrying.

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by Nathan A. Cherry, 04/25/2012

Planned Parenthood has been repeatedly accused and found guilty (even if only in public opinion) of perpetrating some low-down and absolutely reprehensible things. Their reputation as the nation’s largest abortion merchant and for covering up illegal activity (like sex-trafficking, parental consent laws etc.) is well documented; not to mention their recent bullying of the Susan G. Komen foundation after Komen initially decided to defund Planned Parenthood. This criminal organization is no stranger to dirty tricks and tactics to get what they want. But their most recent endeavor is so profane it makes me sick.

We are all familiar with the “40 Days for Life” campaign that seeks to rescue soon-to-be-aborted babies through intercessory prayer and sidewalk counseling. Every year thousands of innocent lives are saved through this campaign. And now Planned Parenthood has decided to copycat the campaign for its own purposes; namely, killing children.

According to several news sources, including this one from TheBlaze.com and this one from LifeNews.com, a California affiliate of Planned Parenthood is teaming up with pro-abortion clergy and other pro-abortion groups to carry out the campaign.

Some of the prayers found in fliers and brochures associated with the campaign say:

Day1: Today we pray for women for whom pregnancy is not good news, that they know they have choices.

Day 2: Today we pray for compassionate religious voices to speak out for the dignity and autonomy of women.

Day 31: Today we pray for all discrimination against women to cease.

Day 32: Today we pray for an end to the stigma perpetrated against women who have abortions.

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by Nathan A. Cherry, 04/16/2012

In the space of just a few shorts weeks the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation went on a roller coaster ride in the court of public opinion. And while many people think the ride is over, it might be that it’s just beginning. And where this crazy ride stops is, at this point, anyone’s guess.

You might remember all the drama that started earlier this year when Komen announced they were no longer funding Planned Parenthood through its grant program. This was a long-awaited announcement for pro-lifers that had a hard time understanding how a breast cancer awareness group could support an organization that performs procedures (abortion) which have been linked to breast cancer. It seems counter-productive at best. Click here for article links covering the Komen fiasco.

With all that’s happened it comes as no surprise that Komen had laid low and done everything possible to avoid media attention; even going so far as to skip their annual lobbying day at Congress. And while pundits speculate on whether this move signals that Komen is still reeling from the beating they took at the hands of the media and Planned Parenthood, Komen quietly let Congress know that they still seek funding. But first, Komen president Nancy Brinker was sure to apologize for their recent “mistakes,” as Lifenews.com reports:

“In the past few months, we made mistakes that ultimately raised questions in the community about our commitment to the mission of saving lives,” Brinker wrote. “We take full responsibility for these missteps and we extend our deepest apologies. Our commitment to ending breast cancer for all women remains unwavering and sincere.”

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By Tom Stark, 04/11/2012

I ran across a highly fact-filled web site this week that adds significantly to my knowledge of just what is going on in the Girl Scouts of America (GSA) organization and how they have been moved from a traditional, faith-based, community centered, morally and spiritually supportive source of conservative guidance for our next generation of women in America to a pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, pro-promiscuity partner with Planned Parenthood (PP).

In fact, it is almost like PP and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) have taken over the Board of Directors of the GSA.  Don’t believe me?  All one must do is visit the website, http://www.100questionsforthegirlscouts.org/100/ .  There is a list of no less than 17 members of national or council management who have strong and activi ties to these organizations and a number of others with dubious views on the moral virtue of our children, particularly girls.

No, not every local council of the GSA has been corrupted yet, but it is only a matter of time.  What time provides is the opportunity for more and more positions within their management structure to change hands with the replacements being more left-oriented and open to the progressive agenda of “anything goes” moral standards heralded by popular opinion instead of the rule of law (both civil and natural law).

Here are a few notable examples of “leadership” being provided our children (Question numbers relate to the numbers listed on the referenced web site):

Question 5: Are parents aware that if their Girl Scout council partners with Planned Parenthood their daughters may be exposed to sexually graphic booklets like, “It’s Perfectly Normal,” which was distributed to 700 Girl Scouts in Texas? This booklet condones masturbation and contains explicit cartoons of couples having sex and a boy putting on a condom.

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by Nathan A. Cherry, 04/03/2012

Do parents have a say in the sexual development of their kids?

The question of rights seems to be all the rage these days. Who has what rights? One thing that generally binds most of these discussions is the conversation always refers to the “rights” of adults. Whether work-place freedom of religion rights, campus religious groups rights, reproductive rights, or who can marry who “rights,” they all discuss the rights of adults capable of making informed, intelligent decisions.

One thing that does not permeate these discussions – though we should all prepare for it – is the discussion of when these rights begin. Until now the idea that these rights begin before adulthood was not much discussed or considered. After all, a minor child living in his/her parent’s home is bound under the authority of their parents; this is appropriate and right. The idea of extending certain rights to minor children that violate parental rights is a dangerous argument that will inevitably lead to dark places.

It’s no surprise then, that the UN and Planned Parenthood are now advocating for “sexual and reproductive health and rights” for minor children as young as 10 years old.

The very statement is mind-boggling, the practical application of it is far worse. The UN is well-known for usurping parental rights and seeking to make every person a ward of some state or government. And we all know Planned Parenthood could care less about parents’ rights; they have advocated tirelessly for the usurping parental rights in abortion laws, ultra-sound laws, rape laws, and contraception laws.

Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the UN recently said:

“Young people, as much as all people, share the human right to health, including sexual and reproductive health.”

While he does not further clarify “young” in his statement, there is little room for doubt that he speaks of minor children. As Lifenews.com recently reported:

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By Tom Stark, 03/31/12

According to a recent poll by Public Policy Polling, the oft-quoted source for much of the polling data touted by the secular left in supporting their agenda, some 58% of parents in Kanawha County, WV, have a desire to see their children receive sex education in their schools.   So states a March 21, 2012, article by Whitney Burdette at State Journal.

One must first question the sample representation:

• Did the sampling of parents represent all parents of school-aged children, parents of public school children only or some combination thereof?

This, alone, could make these results very misleading – a trait that is not without precedent with Public Policy Polling.

Significantly, the survey further determined that a quarter of those contacted didn’t even know whether sex education was offered at their children’s school.  Further breakdowns were given that provide even more concerns about just how uninformed a huge segment of the parenting public really is in our state’s capitol city.  Only half knew for sure that sex education was being taught in their kids’ schools.

The article quotes Kira Miskimmin, public affairs coordinator for Planned Parenthood Health Systems West Virginia, as stating that while some people see sex education as controversial,

”…the medical and science-based sex education curriculum is informative and helps teens make better decisions about their sex lives.”

Yes, the same PP that brought us the web site that lets kids tell the world where you had sex with a condom, the same PP that has helped bring the Girl Scouts out of the “dark ages” of teaching chastity, morality, and personal integrity to our young girls by infiltrating it with programs aimed at encouraging homosexual experimentation, masturbation, and other sexual activity among participants, and the same PP that continues to lead the nation in total elective abortions performed.  Yes, they are behind the effort to promote sex education in our public school systems and are apparently directly involved.

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by Nathan A. Cherry, 03/30/2012

We can be wise about who we give our money to!

It’s unfortunate that some people think they can’t make a difference in the fight to defend life. I would heartily disagree. Sometimes it’s as easy as being selective with where you spend your hard earned money. While the debate rages over whether citizens should be forced to fund abortion through federal tax grants, something we all wish we had more control over, we do have control over which businesses, companies, and retailers we choose to patron.

Consider the work of Life Decisions International (LDI) and their ongoing list, appropriately called ‘The Boycott List,” which seeks to let pro-life people know exactly which companies are donating money and partnering with Planned Parenthood.

LDI Director of Communication Kenneth Garvey wants to dispel the notion that ordinary citizens can’t change corporate behavior. He recently told Lifenews.com:

“As a direct result of the commitment, action and prayers of pro-family people, at least 282 corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood…This should serve as a testament to those who think it impossible to change corporate behavior.”

So who made “The Boycott List,” for willingly helping Planned Parenthood kill innocent children through their corporate donations? Some new additions to the list include:

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by Nathan A. Cherry, 03/16/2012

I have a feeling that Planned Parenthood really doesn’t like Abby Johnson. When you see her in pictures or hear her in interviews you get the sense that she is a sweet, caring, very likable individual. But to Planned Parenthood she must be the bane of their existence. In case you have been out of touch for a while and don’t know why anyone would dislike Abby Johnson – or are not sure who Abby Johnson is, here’s a quick recap.

At one time Ms. Johnson was the facility director at a Bryan, Texas Planned Parenthood clinic. As the director of the clinic Johnson learned just how deceptive and criminal Planned Parenthood really was. Then, after seeing an abortion take place first hand Johnson quit her job and became one of the pro-life movement’s most vocal proponents.

This video interview with Johnson reveals the graphic details of what she saw that caused her to quit her job and join the pro-life movement. It is difficult to hear, but her story is not unique as many thousands of women are now part of the pro-life movement as a result of their experiences with abortion.

After leaving Planned Parenthood Johnson wrote a best-selling book, “unPlanned,” that told her story of abortion and also shares details of what it is like to work for Planned Parenthood.

Fast forward to the present and we find Abby Johnson causing more headaches for Planned Parenthood. As if sharing their dirty little secrets wasn’t enough, Johnson is now waging a legal battle with the nation’s largest abortion business as she claims they filed thousands of fraudulent claims worth nearly $6 million dollars.

According to a story by LifeNews.com the recently unsealed lawsuit filed in 2009 by the ADF on behalf of Johnson says:

“The lawsuit says Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, ‘filed at least 87,075 false, fraudulent, or ineligible claims with the Texas Women’s Health Program.  As a result, Planned Parenthood wrongfully received and retained reimbursements totaling more than $5.7 million.’…The suit alleges that Planned Parenthood knowingly committed Medicaid fraud from 2007 to 2009 by improperly seeking reimbursements from the Texas Women’s Health Program for products and services not reimbursable by that program.”

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