Obama Will Veto 20 Week Abortion Ban

For all the talking our president does about protecting children, he doesn’t put much action behind it (unless of course he is trying to take away guns). Even after the horrors of the Gosnell case president Obama is still not interested in guarding against a repeat incident by banning abortions after 20 weeks. On top of it all, he doesn’t seem to care that unborn children feel the pain of their own death by dismemberment and want to protect them from such cruelty. The administration released the following statement:

“The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 1797, which would unacceptably restrict women’s health and reproductive rights and is an assault on a woman’s right to choose. Women should be able to make their own choices about their bodies and their health care, and Government should not inject itself into decisions best made between a woman and her doctor.” Just your typical liberal rhetoric void of realty or truth. Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

U.S. House of Representatives Set to Vote on Bill Banning Abortion After 20 Weeks

In a political climate that mostly centers on economic and foreign policy issues, a small victory for social conservatives is on the horizon. A bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks is expected to receive a vote in the House of Representatives this week. Supporters of the bill believe that after the Gosnell incident legislation like this is appropriate and needed to protect women and unborn children. Opponents aren’t so concerned with either.

The bill is called the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act because it is widely accepted that unborn children at 20 weeks are capable of feeling pain. That means abortion procedures performed on children of this age amount to torture before death. Such actions are inhumane at best. Let your representatives know you support this bill and want them to vote for it. Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

FRC’s Anna Higgins: Abortion and Murder Separated by Inches and Minutes

pain capableAs America finally begins to look the abortion industry in the face and see the horror of what really happens, measures to protect women and children have begun. These efforts are based on solid scientific evidence that supports the conclusion that children in the womb at 20 weeks gestation can feel pain. With this evidence in our corner, the pro-life movement has called on our government to ban all abortions after 20 weeks to ensure unborn children are not subject to a tortuous death.

The Family Research Council’s Center for Human Dignity director, Anna Higgins, says the difference between murder and abortion is merely a matter of inches. She wrote:

“The reality is that late-term abortion perpetrates the violent death on an unborn child who is fully capable of feeling pain. The sad truth is the difference between the murders committed by Gosnell and legal abortion is not a matter of clinic conditions or even surgical form. It’s a matter of a few inches and a few minutes.”

In support of the science stating unborn children at 20 weeks gestation can feel pain, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) has introduced the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797). This bill would ban all abortions after 20 weeks, including the one perpetrated by Kermit Gosnell and Douglas Karpen, to avoid subjecting unborn children to an excruciatingly painful death that they are able to feel from start to finish. [Read more...]

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

20 Week Abortion Ban Passes House Committee

Some good news out of Washington occurred when a House committee passed a bill to ban all abortions after 20 weeks. A recent article states: ”With Republicans supporting it and Democrats opposed, a House committee has passed a bill that would ban abortions nationwide at 20 weeks of pregnancy. Much of the debate focused on weakening amendments by Democrats who hoped to gut the bill and allow late-term abortions in cases to protect a woman’s health — even though abortions after 20 weeks are not necessary for health reasons and would allow virtually all late-term abortions to remain legal. The committee passed the bill on a 20-12 vote and the measure now heads to the full House floor where it is expected to receive a debate and vote next week.”

The focus here is the fact that unborn children at 20 weeks can feel pain. Subjecting them to abortion after that time would inflict incredible pain and be nothing less than torture. If we are against “cruelty to animals” then logic and common sense dictate that we also be against cruelty to unborn children. This is an appropriate bill that we hope gains steam and becomes law. Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

Major Vote Happening Today To Defend Life

LifeNews.com: “The full House Judiciary Committee will vote on Wednesday on a Congressional bill that would ban abortions nationwide at 20 weeks of pregnancy. Last week, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice voted on a party-line vote 6-4 for the bill, with Republicans supporting the ban on late-term abortions and Democrats opposing it…During the hearing, former abortion practitioner Anthony Levatino told members of the committee the gruesome details of his former abortion practice and how he became pro-life following the tragic automobile accident of his child. Another bombshell dropped during the hearing came from Dr. Maureen Condic, who is Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She testified that the unborn child is capable of reacting to pain as early as 8-10 weeks. This is when most abortions in America take place.” Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

Neurobiologist Tells Senate Committee Unborn Babies Feel Pain at 20 Weeks (Video)

unborn babyRecently Dr. Maureen Condic, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Utah and obtained her Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, testified before a Senate sub-committee on the science of fetal pain. Her testimony – seen in the video below – is incredibly articulate and conclusive to the fact that unborn children can without a doubt feel and experience pain in the same way an adult does by 20 weeks gestation.

What this means is that the practice of abortion after 20 weeks subjects an unborn child to excruciating torture before the child is killed. What’s worse is that we have laws against any sort of cruel treatment of animals, we have entire species protected by federal laws, even eggs of some species are protected under penalty of fine and imprisonment; and yet the law in our land sanctions the torture and murder of unborn children.

There was widespread media outrage when it was discovered that Michael Vick was abusing dogs. The national media couldn’t get enough of the story and had plastered all over everything. Yet when Kermit Gosnell was accused of murdering babies by snipping their spinal cords the media was silent – not one word. What sort of twisted worldview allows for that kind of disparity?

Dr. Condic made this statement in her testimony: [Read more...]

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

Vote on “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” to Happen This Week

LifeNews.com: “The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, chaired by bill author Rep. Trent Franks, an Arizona Republican, will hold a markup on H.R. 1797 on Tuesday. After lawmakers debate the bill, a vote is expected. Franks has announced he will amend his bill, the “D.C. Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” (H.R. 1797) to apply nationwide.  With this change, the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” will be a national prohibition on abortions of unborn children who can feel pain during the abortion process.”

I can see absolutely no reason to oppose such a common sense measure. We are talking about unborn children that, at this moment, are subject to torture they can feel before they are killed. We currently treat animals better and have better protections for animals than we do unborn children and that must change. No child should be tortured in this way and this bill takes the common sense and moral step of ensuring such practices end. Let your elected officials know you support Rep. Franks’ bill by clicking here. Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

Engaging Weekend: White House Says Americans Can Opt Out of ObamaCare, Teachers Want to Make School Curriculum “Gay Friendly,” Doctor Can Kill Child But Boyfriend Can’t

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Engaging Weekend is a collection of articles you might have missed over the weekend. But we thought they were important and wanted to make sure you had a chance to read them.

White House: All Americans Can Opt-Out Of ObamaCare

A recent article shares the details of an exchange between a journalist and the White House in which, after being asked about keeping their individual health-care plan, the White House responds by saying that if you have private health insurance you should be able to keep the plan you like. The writer then shares the implications of this news: “What this quite clearly means is that people who object to being forced to pay for abortifants and abortions as part of their “health” insurance plan can simply keep their current plan that doesn’t offer them. It clearly means that we can all have plans that don’t keep our twenty-five year old “children” feeding out of our pocketbooks. Best of all, this obviously means that–unlike ObamaCare plans that none of us have to use–the cost of our premiums will not be going up!” This sounds like great news to me. It remains to be seen if it is in fact true, because to date, all I’ve been able to learn is that private insurance will be overtaken by ObamaCare plans and the plans we currently have will be replaced. This is why so many states are opting out of ObamaCare. Too bad West Virginia has been eating it up and forcing it on West Virginians. Maybe we’ll see something change in the near future. Click here for original article.

Teachers to vote on making everything LBGTTQ friendly [Read more...]

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

Grocery Store Creates Pro-Life Mother’s Day Commercial

A recent article high-lighted the pro-life commercial of Publix grocery store in which a mother and her daughter discuss in human terms the mother’s unborn child. The daughter in the commercial speaks to the unborn baby believing it can hear her (and it can!). It’s not often that you see commercials showing the unborn in such human terms, but after the Gosnell trial we hope to see more. You can watch the video below. If the video doesn’t appear automatically, please refresh your browser. Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

Pro-Life Pregnancy App Tracks the Birth of Jesus

As the pro-life movement gains ground, tools to further humanize the unborn are becoming more common. Combining science and technology is just one great way to reach a younger generation that increasingly utilizes technology in their every day lives. One such tool is a new pro-life app for the iPhone that allows the user to track the birth of Jesus right alongside their own unborn child. A recent report says of the new app:

“[P]ro-life advocates have made it possible and appealing for anyone to follow the progress of fetal development by creating an app for the iPhone that features the development of Jesus as an unborn child. In addition, a pregnant woman has the option to sync the app with her due date to track the gestation of Jesus and of her own child simultaneously. Combining science with a devotional, the app is a creative approach to appreciating the humanity of Christ before he was even visible in the world. At the same time, it offers the practical benefit of serving as a pregnancy tracker.” Click here for original article.

About Nathan Cherry

Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.