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February 1, 2012 Dear Friend of Life, At a time when you’d think President Barack Obama would be trying his best to “woo” the crucial Catholic vote for the November election, he comes out with a doozie of a “decree” from the Department of Health and Human Services that will REQUIRE Catholic institutions such as hospitals, charities, and universities to PAY FOR the abortion-causing “birth control” pills (as well as sterilization and contraception devices) that are diametrically opposed to Catholic moral teaching! The new decree is a direct part of “ObamaCare” – which Obama himself previously reassured us would “respect” the moral conscience of religious institutions, and never require them to do something against their beliefs or religious principles. However, now that ObamaCare has become law and is being implemented at the “real world” level, it is quickly revealing its true colors. Chief among those is the Obama Administration’s obsession with abortion (and anything else involving the culture of death). The abortion-causing birth-control decree recently issued by HHS states that Catholic Church-run schools, hospitals, charities, and universities must pay for any and all morally-repugnant anti-life “contraceptives” et al. demanded by students and employees. Naturally, the pro-death abortion cartel is behind this all the way. According to a recent article in “Ms.” Magazine (Jan. 31, 2012), the Feminist Majority Foundation, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the National Organization for Women (NOW), the National Council of Jewish Women, and others want to “save birth control from the Catholic bishops.” These groups – who want “religious freedom” for everyone except Christians – are opposed to the Church’s request to broaden the “religious exemption” in ObamaCare that currently applies only to actual parishes, diocesan offices, and their staff members. Under the new HHS decree, the Church would be forced to pay 100% (that is, no co-pays or deductibles) for abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization for all students, teachers, nurses, social workers, and other staff (and their families) at religiously-connected or affiliated schools, universities, and hospitals, as well as social service institutions like Catholic Charities. This, of course, is absolutely unacceptable to the Catholic Church. It is, first and foremost, a violation of the Church’s religious freedom and rights of conscience. Secondly, it’s certainly unconstitutional. And thirdly, it will quite possibly cause the Catholic Church to openly revolt against the Obama Administration- a showdown that would be very costly, time-consuming, and unnecessarily disruptive of all the good work done every day by the Church in the fields of education, health care, and charity. Do the pro-abortion fanatics care about any of that? NOT ONE BIT. They’re out to force abortion down our throats, no matter what the cost. Furthermore, this is just the first stage in the pro-aborts’ plans to make everyone pay for abortion through ObamaCare. Witness this statement from a Planned Parenthood web site: Tell HHS: Protect Women’s Access To Private Insurance The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is on the verge of issuing new rules that will determine whether millions of women are able to purchase private health insurance that includes abortion care. Our opponents want to ban insurance coverage for abortion for every woman in America and make it impossible for millions to get affordable care – and they’re sending a flood of messages to HHS. We can’t let them drown us out.[SOURCE: www.ppaction.org] As you can see, this is an all-out WAR to get the taxpayer to PAY FOR THE CULTURE OF DEATH. And naturally, the abortion cartel is picking on their #1 Enemy: The Catholic Church. The pro-abortion forces know that if they can “knock out” the Catholic Church in one fell swoop, there will be NO further opposition to subsidized abortion ever… simply because no one but the Catholic Church has the power to mount an effective resistance to this unholy “act of war” by the Obama Administration. Already, the Church has officially sprung into action – with bishops from coast to coast openly refusing to go along with the new HHS guidelines (which start to take effect in August of this year). Furthermore, Catholic colleges are already filing lawsuits against the HHS ruling. If need be, these cases will go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. And the Catholic laity is being summoned to contact their representatives in Washington in order to get legislation passed that will circumvent the tyrannical HHS decree. Therefore, YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED in order to “weigh in” on this absolutely crucial fight! We at Priests For Life are currently making this a TOP PRIORITY for the foreseeable future. We won’t back downuntil this Nazi-style HHS ruling is rescinded or reversed! We encourage you to pray for all the bishops and other Church leaders who are spearheading this fight. (And, thank God, there are many!) We also ask you to contact your own pastor and urge him to take action locally and speak about this issue from the pulpit. Right now, most Catholics are “in the dark” on the issue – especially when it comes to Church teaching on contraception and openness to life. This is truly a “teaching moment” that must not be squandered! Therefore, be sure to inform yourself about the nature of this battle, as well as the fight against the contraceptive/abortion mentality in general. Below is a link that will be useful in your quest to become a strong soldier in this war – a war in which the Obama Administration drew “first blood.” Thank you for your support.
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President Obama Declares War On The Catholic Church
Urgent Action Call – We Must Let Susan G Komen Know We Support Their Decision To Defund Planned Parenthood
Late yesterday afternoon the news broke that the Susan G Komen Foundation had decided to halt all donations to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. As you can imagine, pro-lifers quickly began to celebrate and pro-abortion activists were shocked.
For year, we in the pro-life movement have been calling for not only the United States Government to defund Planned Parenthood, but also for corporations and organizations like Susan G Komen to halt donations. Over the years we have seen victories with corporations like Target and Harley Davidson pulling funding because of public boycotts and pressure from the pro-life movement.
Last night’s announcement is a huge victory for pro-lifers, babies and for women everywhere as many have wanted to support Susan G Komen but could not in good conscience because of their support of Planned Parenthood. Now that the donations have stopped and we are open to supporting Susan G Komen, we must also thank them even louder than we scolded them.
It is easy to be loud and protest things we are angry about, but I believe we need to be even louder in our praise and thanks so they know we are supporting their decision.
We have made it easy for you to thank the Susan G Komen foundation by putting together a simple web site to use and promote -http://thankskomen.com/
Please visit http://thankskomen.com/ and let them know how happy we are with their decision to defund Planned Parenthood and then share this site with everyone you know.
Also read the statement from our Silent No More Campaign - Post-Abortive Women, Cancer Victims Cheer Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation’s Decision to Defund Planned Parenthood -
http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/about-us/article.aspx?articleid=3939&owner=0
For Christ I stand,
Bryan Kemper
President of Stand True &
Director of Youth Outreach for Priests for Life
Susan G Komen Stops Grants To Nation’s Largest Baby Killing Organization, Planned Parenthood.
I don’t care what the reason is but Planned Parenthood is losing money and that makes me happy. Planned Parenthood is responsible for 25 percent of surgical abortions in America, no one should be giving this organization money, especially a charity that is supposed to be helping women.
Here are some reports:
Lifenews: http://www.lifenews.com/2012/01/31/komen-to-stop-grants-to-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz/
Lifesitenews: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-komen-for-the-cure-abandons-planned-parenthood-funding
Washington Post: - http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ap-exclusive-amid-abortion-debate-komen-cancer-charity-halting-grants-to-planned-parenthood/2012/01/31/gIQA5LbffQ_story.html
Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/31/cancer-charity-halts-grants-to-planned-parenthood-1227146736/
Abortion Enslaves Women and Denies Them True Equal Rights.
I recently released a small statement about how abortion is oppressive to women; a couple of people asked me how I can find abortion to be oppressive if it is their free choice, so I decided to expand on my thought.
Here is the original quote that spawned the questions I received: “The abolition of abortion is the only true path to equal rights for all women. Abortion is a violent, destructive cycle of oppression against mothers. How can we truly call women “free” when this evil is welcomed into our society?”
Abortion is oppressive because it is a mechanism that allows men to be free of responsibility; they now have an easy out when a woman becomes pregnant. The problem is that it is only easy for the man; he simply must come up with the money and his part is over. The woman however is the one who must walk into that clinic and undergo a violent and invasive procedure as her pre-born child is dismembered and torn from her body.
It is a so-called “choice” that lies to women and tells them their own child is nothing more than an inconvenience and a parasite. Pregnancy is not a sickness or condition that needs to be fixed, it is the state of being with child. When a woman is pregnant she is not pregnant with a “potential human being”, she is pregnant with an actual human being in the earliest stages of that human’s development cycle.
par·a·site noun
an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
In the very definition of a parasite you see it is an organism of another species. A child in the womb is the offspring of the mother carrying that child; another word for offspring is fetus, which is more commonly used to refer to the child. The mother’s body is not merely a host but actually is designed to nurture and protect that child until birth; any attack on that child is an unnatural and violent act.
Abortion is a lie that tells women to sacrifice their own child and then robs them of one of the most of one of the most amazing parts of being a woman, motherhood. The bond between mother and child is such a special connection; abortion destroys that bond and denies the mother and child of their relationship.
“Sweeter even than to have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to me to help bring about a better state of things for mothers generally, so their unborn little ones could not be willed away from them.”
- Susan B. Anthony, Founding Feminist 1889
Abortion enslaves women to a world where men can dominate and control them so the man can be free. It is sad that men have been able to turn the argument around and make women think it is about their freedom when it is about men not having to be men and raise and support their child. Men scare women into thinking abortion is their only option and as a man I am disgusted by the oppression other men have put on them by pushing women to kill their own children.
I have sat outside abortion clinics for over 20 years watching men as they push women in the doors, ignoring the tears and obvious distress. Others will drop them off in front of the clinic and proceed then park on the street eating fast food, smoking and talking on the phone while the woman is alone inside the abortion clinic. I have watched fathers take their own daughters and granddaughters into the abortion clinic because they are more concerned about perceived shame than the life of their own grandchild.
I know not all women who go into abortion clinics are there because a man is pressuring them. Many of them are there because a man did not step up in any way. Many of them are there because a men and society have told women that having a baby outside of wedlock will hold them back in life. Many are there because our churches have failed to provide a safe, loving environment for women who are pregnant and need help and support.
Whatever the reason is, the fact remains that abortion is an unnatural response to one of nature’s most precious gifts to women. Abortion is does not affirm women, it reduces their pregnancy to a disease that needs a cure. Abortion does not free women; it holds them in bondage to a society that teaches women that killing their child is a form of love and mercy.
I would say that the true freedom of a woman is the freedom to be a mother without shame, without scrutiny and without men pressuring them to “fix it” or “get it taken care of”. The beauty of motherhood and childbirth should be celebrated and looked at as one of the greatest achievements of womanhood. The last time I checked, there is not a man on earth who can even come close to this achievement.
So I will repeat my statement and stand by it:”The abolition of abortion is the only true path to equal rights for all women. Abortion is a violent, destructive cycle of oppression against mothers. How can we truly call women “free” when this evil is welcomed into our society?”
If you have been hurt by abortion and would like someone to talk to, please contact Rachel’s Vineyard at: www.rachelsvineyard.org
For Christ I stand,
Bryan Kemper
Stand True E- News Jan 30
Dear Stand True Family:
Stand True is Planning a White Rose Pro-life Summer Project in Dayton, OH
Normally, Stand True spends the summer on the road, traveling across the United States and setting up pro-life booths at music festivals along the way. Every year we see more and more local pro-life organizations set up at the festivals, which means we are assured that if we are not there the pro-life message will still go out and we can work on a new vision for the summer.
The White Rose was a coalition of young people in Nazi Germany who dedicated themselves to educate Germans about truth of the Nazi Holocaust. These young people were willing to risk their lives to spread the truth and be a light in the darkness; they raised their voices for life when the penalty for being caught was certain death.
I have always admired the courage of the White Rose and have wanted to see such courage in the youth of America in regards to the Abortion Holocaust. Over the past several years we have seen just such a rise in courage, passion and dedication in America’s youth and they are standing up more then ever against the killing of their generation.
This summer we are launching the White Rose Pro-life Summer Project in Dayton, OH to spread the truth about abortion and be a constant voice for life in front of Dayton’s only remaining abortion clinic. We will be bringing in youth from around the country to spend a portion or all of their summer as part of the White Rose Pro-life Summer.
We will have a peaceful, prayerful presence in front of Martin Haskell’s abortion clinic in Kettering, OH (a subarb of Dayton) every day. We will be bringing our pro-life witness, literature distribution and street ministry to events around the city, including baseball games, conventions and more. We plan on setting up meetings with as many churches in the Dayton, OH area as possible to ask them how we can help make sure they have a pro-life outreach in the Dayton community. The White Rose Pro-life Summer Project will saturate Dayton, OH and the surrounding area with the message of life as we reveal the truth that abortion is the killing of innocent children.
The White Rose Pro-life Summer Project will run from June 1 – July 31, 2012.
If you are interested in spending all or part of your summer as a White Rose Missionary please e-mail us at info@standtrue.com
Host Housing – If you live near or in Dayton, OH and would like to host a White Rose Student for part of the summer you can e-mail us at info@standtrue.com
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March for Life 2012
I think giving an account of the Annual March for Life is my most dreaded yearly report; this means we have started another year of decriminalized child killing in America. This year being the start of the 40th year makes it even more painful than ever as we are reaching the mark of a full generation being under the shadow of the abortion holocaust.
While I may be sad that we have entered another year, I am also encouraged by what I am seeing in the youth pro-life movement. This year we hosted the first annual Official March for Life Youth Rally as part of the March for Life Convention. I was excited to bring together such amazing youth pro-life leaders as Lila Rose, Kristin Hawkins, Jason Jones and so many others in a unified effort to educate, activate and equip young people to stand up and be a voice.
We were initially hoping to see about 800 -1,000 young people show up for the rally and we were ecstatic when it reached standing room only with almost 1,500 people attending the rally. About 30 minutes into the rally, as I was about to introduce Nelly Grey, the founder of the March for Life, approximately 15-20 pro-abortion protestors stood up and interrupted the rally.
I looked out at the huge crowd of young pro-lifers and watched their reaction to the protesters and it brought such joy to my heart. Lila Rose took the microphone and started to lead them in prayer and I watched as hundreds of hands raised towards the protesters as the pro-lifers began to pray for them. There was not angry exchange, but an outpouring of love from the pro-life youth, and the protesters simply walked away when security arrived and we continued our rally.
I am so proud of this youth pro-life movement and the momentum we are gaining in the battle. I was on one of the biggest highs of my life as I watched these youth eat up every word from our speakers and cheered as we proclaimed that this will be the generation that will end the abortion holocaust.
We already have some amazing plans for next year, but in the meantime you can see pictures from the youth rally and the rest of the Stand True March for Life Weekend at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150554099098556.393537.501983555&type=3
I normally write a recap of the March for Life myself but this year I am going to share someone else’s account: the account a 14 year old girl who has taken up the mantle of abortion abolitionist. As well as writing our March for Life recap, Cassandra Mohr shared an original song at the youth rally for which you can see a video of here:
March for Life 2012, Washington DC
By Cassandra A. Mohr, age 14
It was amazing to me how many people there were. Just looking at the river of people that seemed to go on and on made me feel so insignificant; but then, I realized that without individuals like me there would be no March. The flow of families, schools, churches, clergymen, and more had started sometime around 1:00 pm. It’s always hard to tell when the actual March starts because of the constant arrivals of different groups, but one thing I did know was that it had started at the front with regretful women who wanted to take a stand and stop the holocaust. My group (Stand True) had been just blocks away handing out flyers when we realized that the March had started – and we ran to get in the crowd! As I helped carry the Stand True banner, I thought that we probably should’ve brought something to hold it up because otherwise, no one would see it; but then I realized that it didn’t matter if anyone saw our individual banner or not. We were here to show that we were against abortion, and to take a stand. Sure, we wanted people to see and support us, but right then all that mattered was our presence. The simple fact that we were there to be part of the movement was enough.
As I walked with the crowd, it seemed like I had found my family. It didn’t matter that our countries differed so dramatically that there were some of us from California and some from Ireland, or that some had voted for Obama in the last election and some had picketed his whole operation; it didn’t even matter that we came from Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical, Jewish, Greek Orthodox, and atheist beliefs. We were united against abortion – of one mind and one goal, and we would stand up for life together. Everyone was so kind and understanding! It was amazing how just one issue could bring so many people together like that. One thing that was really interesting personally was the policemen that were on duty that day. To me, it was very obvious who supported life, and who supported abortion; the pro-abortion policemen were pretty tight-lipped and overall hostile about the whole thing. The pro-life policemen were simply a part of the family: easy to approach and have a conversation with. Nevertheless, I got back to my hotel well enough with street directions from both groups, and I have to say that they did their jobs well.
When we reached the Supreme Court building, it seemed as though no one knew what to do next. The press of people up in front of the blocked-off building, in the streets, and on the sidewalks became so great that you almost couldn’t take two steps in one direction without having to dodge somebody. I started to hear yelling from one direction; in fact, it sounded a little like chanting. I presumed that it was just a rowdy boys youth group wanting to burn off some energy. However, when the chanting didn’t stop for at least another ten minutes, I became curious and started trying to worm my way through the incessant crowd. Of course, I was too short to see anything until I got to the very front of the gathering (it was at that point I found myself wishing I had worn my 4-inch heels) and I saw what the commotion was about. Of course they weren’t pro-lifers! Why hadn’t I known it before? The very tone of their voices and the hurt and anger behind their eyes showed me the truth. Well, that and a five-foot neon pink sign screaming, “Good women have abortions.” There were only about fifteen of them, and the police were blocking them off! It seemed to me that if things were to get violent, they were not the ones who would need to be protected. I attempted to engage in a debate with a 21-year-old man about whether women should have the choice to end their child’s life or not, but it was almost impossible because neither crowd would stop yelling! We tried to continue having a discussion for at least a half-hour, and finally, as the crowd moved on through the streets we left with each other’s names and promises to try to find the other on Facebook. It was my hope that I would be able to help this young man see the light of truth; however, as of yet I have been unable to find him. I constantly continue to pray for him and for others like him who need healing.
The crowd continued on without me after that. I had wanted to go on, but it was starting to get late and I knew my parents would be worried about me soon (and I also knew that it would be difficult to get out of the crowd). I have no idea when it finally ended, but I know that it had to have been hours later as there were people returning to the hotel all day. Reflections on the day? Well, I’ll let my encounter with an elderly woman crossing the street suffice: neither of us could understand how the authorities could simply ignore us. The March had started out miniscule and grown to something gigantic – with hundreds of thousands of people flying in every single year just to try and end abortion. She had been coming for many years, and I only two, but we both understood the significance of this year: this was the start of the 40th year. It was not just the end of the 39th, but the start of a new generation. One full generation of people has been contaminated with the effects of abortion. One full generation. How is it that we have allowed abortion to touch our children for 40 years? Yes, children. They are indeed children; and we must not let the next generation of children have abortion as a part of their daily lives. At the end of the day, it became absolutely clear to me: we must not let abortion continue. We must act, and we will. One day, our voices will shout so loud that they cannot help but acknowledge us. My only prayer is this: that “one day” comes soon.
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My Journey Home to The Catholic Church
While Stand True remains an ecumenical organization for everyone and will always work with everyone, many people have asked why I converted to the Catholic Church. Here is my testimony on a TV show called “The Journey Home” on EWTN that aired this week –
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BREAKING: Abortion center entices with FDA-banned diet pills
Our friends at Secular Pro-life just posted this story:
Women & Teens Medical Center, a Miami-area abortion mill, is openly advertising illegal diet products in the Miami New Times, Secular Pro-Life has learned.In a December 6, 2011 advisory, entitled “HCG Diet Products are Illegal,” The Food and Drug Administration had this to say about Human Chorionic Gonadtropin (HCG) products that supposedly help people lose weight:
HCG is a hormone that is produced by the human placenta during pregnancy.
Products that claim to contain HCG are typically marketed in connection with a very low calorie diet, usually one that limits calories to 500 per day. Many of these popular HCG products claim to “reset your metabolism,” change “abnormal eating patterns,” and shave 20-30 pounds in 30-40 days.
“These products are marketed with incredible claims and people think that if they’re losing weight, HCG must be working,” says Elizabeth Miller, acting director of FDA’s Division of Non-Prescription Drugs and Health Fraud. “But the data simply does not support this; any loss is from severe calorie restriction. Not from the HCG.”
HCG is approved by FDA as a prescription drug for the treatment of female infertility, and other medical conditions. It is not approved for weight loss. In fact, the prescription drug label notes there “is no substantial evidence that it increases weight loss beyond that resulting from caloric restriction, that it causes a more attractive or ‘normal’ distribution of fat, or that it decreases the hunger and discomfort associated with calorie-restricted diets.”
Today’s Pro-abortion Logic Lesson:
When you happen to be male and you are chanting pro-abortion chants, you may want to rethink joining in on this one “My body, my right to decide”. It also seems funny to me when a male pro-abortion activist tells me it’s a “woman’s issue” and I should stay out of it. – It’s not about your body or the woman’s body, it is THE CHILD’S body and it is a HUMAN issue, male or female. Abolish Abortion!
More Pro-abortion Logic to Chew On
Once while I was standing with a sign that read “abortion kills children” a man drove by screaming “free speech A@$ Hole”. I wonder if he understood that I was practicing free speech and also fighting for the rights of pre-born children to have the right to live long enough to practice their free speech? Just another example of pro-abortion logic or lack thereof. Abolish Abortion
EWTN Airs My Journey Home Episode
Many people have asked why I converted to the Catholic Church, here is my testimony on a TV show called “The Journey Home” on EWTN that aired this week
Bryan’s New Book
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Today In History
Today in History: 1790 The US Supreme Court convenes for the first time. – In the building they now occupy it reads above the entrance “Equal Justice Under Law” a quote from “Caldwell vs Texas” referring to the 14th amendment not allowing states to deprive particular persons or classes of persons equal justice under law. – Yet this same court denied a whole class a persons, pre-born children equal justice and ushered in the American Holocaust. Abolish Abortion
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