Really Protecting Our Children

J.M.J +

Dear Fellow Helpers,
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, August 1st outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion. Please join us to take an hour of prayer. Abortions also take place on Wednesday from 11-3pm and needs prayer coverage.

May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry




House Follows Obama's Plan to Replace Abstinence Grant with Contraceptive Funding

By Kathleen Gilbert
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The U.S. House of Representatives Friday voted to eliminate $99 million in grant funds that would have bolstered abstinence education in the U.S. The House's decision to cut the funds and to approve a new grant towards contraceptive-promoting sex education had been sought by President Obama in his budget recommendations earlier this year.
House lawmakers voted 264-153 to approve the annual health and education spending bill that cut funding for Community-Based Abstinence Education. Also according to the Obama recommendations, Congress in late June chose not to renew the smaller abstinence-education funding initiative known as Title V.
Instead, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education and Labor money will be directed to a new $114 million initiative to promote contraceptives and explicit sex education.
Democrat Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) dismissed the abstinence program as "discredited and ineffective," and called the change a "huge, huge step in the right direction to ensure the health of our young teenage girls and boys," according to a Bloomberg report.
The move met with anger from House Republicans, who point to studies showing that the method has positive results. "They've dramatically reduced the number of teenage pregnancies," said Representative Zach Wamp (R-TN), who called the de-funding "clearly a big shift in social policy" and a "big blow to the whole abstinence education movement in this country."
Democrats reportedly argued that abstinence programs could still apply for federal help under a provision in the bill that allots a total of $25 million for programs that "may not yet have rigorous evaluation demonstrating effectiveness" but "use promising or innovative approaches" to prevent teen pregnancy.
Several commentary outlets have pointed to a report by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) released July 16 as proof that President Bush's abstinence programs were ineffective at reducing teen pregnancy.
The report describes a rise in pregnancy rates among teens in 2006-2007 after a steady decline from 1991-2005. It also tells of a rise in AIDS cases among males 15-24 years during 1997-2006, and a rise in syphilis infections in the same age group.
However, the researchers did not include a critique of any sex education methods as part of the study, nor did they mention abstinence education or otherwise attempt to draw conclusions about the cause of the findings. The CDC merely reported the findings as a "slowing" of "improvements in sexual and reproductive health of teens."
"It is ridiculous to say that a program we nominally invest in has failed when it fails to overcome the most sexualized culture in world history," Kristi Hamrick, a spokeswoman for the conservative group American Values, told the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper.
"Education that emphasizes abstinence as the best option for teens makes up a minuscule part of overall sex education in the United States."
"In every other area of public policy - food, drugs, alcohol - we tell children what is the best choice," she continued. "It seems very bizarre that the sex education establishment rejects the idea that we should talk to kids about what is best for them. We don't take vodka to drivers education because children will drink and drive."

Do you know what is in your child's Vaccines?

J.M.J. +

Dear Fellow Helpers,
I am emailing in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 25th of July outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion. Please join us to take an hour of prayer. Abortions also take place on Wednesday from 11-3pm and needs prayer coverage.

May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry

Is Aborted Fetal DNA in Vaccines Linked to Autism?


By Theresa A. Deisher, Ph.D.
July 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Just when the pharmaceutical industry thought the vaccine-autism controversy had been resolved, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee has recommended further study of vaccine safety. A perceived fear of the safety of the U.S. vaccination schedule has led increasing numbers of parents to opt out of full compliance. The numbers of children who are not fully vaccinated has now reached a point where "herd" immunity may be compromised, compelling the Centers for Disease Control to hold town-hall meetings and convene a Vaccine Safety Working Subgroup. Despite research ruling out mercury (Thimerosal) or the measles portion of one specific vaccine, autism continues to rise to a level of one in every 64 children in the UK.
The NVAC draft report recommends further study of the potential for vaccines to contribute to autism in children who have underlying mitochondrial disease, a worthwhile study given the clinical history of such children developing autism after vaccinations (see Poling case). What the NVAC has overlooked, however, in their recommendations, is that epidemic regressive autism is associated with the switch from using animal cells to produce vaccines to the use of aborted human fetal cells for vaccine production. Now when we vaccinate our children, some vaccines also deliver contaminating aborted human fetal DNA. The safety of this has never been tested.
Autism and autism spectrum disorder are polygenic diseases, meaning that multiple genes have been shown to be associated with these diseases. Studies have also clearly shown that there is an environmental component, a trigger, that is required. Vaccines are an obvious potential environmental trigger for autism because of the almost universal childhood exposure to vaccines in first world countries. The vaccine-autism connection was first hypothesized following the introduction of a new measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to the U.S. in 1979, with complete U.S. market share by 1983, and to the UK in 1988. Autism rates began to rise in the U.S. after 1979 and rose dramatically after 1983, and likewise rose in the UK after 1988, leading physicians to suspect a link. Initially, the measles component of this vaccine, MMR II, was suspected to be the culprit. Subsequent studies have also focused on the presence of mercury in vaccines, which incidentally, the MMR II vaccine did not contain.
Those studies have largely ruled out the new measles portion of the MMR II or mercury as the environmental trigger for autism. However, the compelling temporal association between this new MMR vaccine and autism cannot be ignored or explained away. What has been ignored is the fact that this new MMR vaccine introduced the use of aborted fetal cells for vaccine production. At one point, as much as 94 percent of children in the U.S. and 98 percent of children in the UK were given this vaccine. Today, more than 23 vaccines are contaminated by the use of aborted fetal cells. There is no law that requires that consumers be informed that some vaccines are made using aborted fetal cells and contain residual aborted fetal DNA. While newer vaccines produced using aborted fetal cells do inform consumers, in their package inserts, that the vaccines contain contaminating DNA from the cell used to produce the vaccine, they do not identify the cells as being derived from electively aborted human fetuses.
In other words, they tell you what is in the vaccine, but they don't fully inform you where it came from. The earliest aborted fetal cell-produced vaccines such as Meruvax (rubella) and MMR II do not even inform consumers that the vaccines contain contaminating DNA from the cell used to produce them. Furthermore, it is unconscionable that the public-health risk of injecting our children with residual contaminating human aborted fetal DNA has been ignored.
How could the contaminating aborted fetal DNA create problems? It creates the potential for autoimmune responses and/or inappropriate insertion into our own genomes through a process called recombination. There are groups researching the potential link between this DNA and autoimmune diseases such as juvenile (type I) diabetes, multiple sclerosis and lupus. Our organization, Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute (SCPI), is focused on studying the quantity, characteristics and genomic recombination of the aborted fetal DNA found in many of our vaccines.
Preliminary bioinformatics research conducted at SCPI indicates that "hot spots" for DNA recombination are found in nine autism-associated genes present on the X chromosome. These nine genes are involved in nerve-cell synapse formation, central nervous system development and mitochondrial function.
Could genomic insertion of the aborted fetal DNA, found in some of our childhood vaccines since 1979, be an environmental trigger for autism? Could the fact that genes critical for nerve synapse formation and nervous system development are found on the X chromosome provide some explanation of why autism is predominantly a disease found in boys? Could the "hot spots" identified in these autism-associated genes be sites for insertion of contaminating aborted fetal DNA?
These questions must be answered, and quickly. Recent literature suggests that autism spectrum disorder may now impact one out of every 100 children. The pharmaceutical industry is also currently moving to replace more animal-produced vaccines with aborted-fetal-cell production and also to produce biologic drugs using aborted fetal cells.
The practice of using aborted fetal cells for vaccine and drug production creates wrenching moral dilemmas for parents and consumers, ignores informed consent rights, and exposes our children and ourselves to contaminants lacking safety evaluations. We cannot ignore this issue in good conscience, and we cannot afford to wait.
(Dr. Deisher is president of Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute (http://www.soundchoice.org/), as well as a cofounder and the research and development director for Ave Maria Biotechnology Company (http://www.avmbiotech.com/), which promote pro-life biotechnology. This article is an adaptation and update of SCPI's June 2009 newsletter and is published with its kind permission.)

Vigil July 18th...A Special Invitation For You.

J.M.J.+

Dear Fellow Helpers,
I am emailing in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 18th of July outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion. Please join us to take an hour of prayer. Abortions also take place on Wednesday from 11-3pm and needs prayer coverage. Last Saturday there was a baby spared from abortion at PP and the testimony of a mother who chose life 17 years ago at the Children's Hospital at Yale. She was going to have an abortion but chose life and now her daughter is 17. She was so happy to share her joy with me! It was an awesome grace. Two babies saved past and present...God's grace knows no bounds or time constraints! We will never know how our prayers are answered until eternity but our God is listening and is faithful!

Before and after you read the article below please say a prayer for our fellow human beings who think this is ok or do not think about this at all. Please pray for their conversion to see that a life without God is not life at all but only death. Please pray for our youth who are growing up thinking that abortion is “a reason to have a party” God help them to reach in their hearts and find Jesus who is the Truth, the Way, and the Life! God have mercy on us and on the poor forgotten souls of the preborn babies who only asked to be loved and got a death party instead.
These babies who are scheduled to die on Saturday I am sure would ask you to come out pray for them if they could. However sadly they cannot offer an invitation. On their behalf please join us in prayer to plead for their lives and to console them in love.

May God have mercy on us,
Mike and Kerry

Abortion Parties? - When Abortion Becomes a Lark


"What are you going to do?" Unnecessary question, really -- a conversational life vest, used when you’re sputtering for something to say. We knew the answer. Maggie, a 22-year-old college senior with no intention of bringing a child into the world yet, was going to have an abortion. She told us that she had already made up her mind; she had even determined the time, date and location. A better question might have been, "How are you going to pay for it?"
She answered that one before we had a chance to ask. "We’re having a party Friday to raise money," Maggie said. "You guys are obviously invited."
http://www.alternet.org/sex/141140/my_first_abortion_party/

By Patrick B. Craine
July 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Despite the fact that throughout the West abortions continue to take place by the tens of thousands, abortion is still generally portrayed as a grave issue, not to be taken lightly, a difficult decision. Hilary Clinton, one of the world's foremost advocates of abortion, herself has described abortion as a "sad, even tragic choice to many, many women."
For some, however, it seems that abortion is just another reason to throw a party.
In a recent article published on AlterNet, 'My First Abortion Party', writer Byard Duncan relates his experience of attending a party thrown by his friend 'Maggie' so as to raise funds to pay for her abortion.
Duncan describes walking into the party, being "bludgeoned with a blast of hot air, followed by the tangy stink of dance floor revelry."
"Someone had taken a red bed sheet and hung it below a light fixture to resemble a giant womb," he says. "Every so often, a dancer's head or arm or dreadlock would brush against one of its smooth folds, creating a rippling effect."
A self-described "ardent pro-choicer," Duncan nonetheless says he felt uncomfortable with the whole affair. "When I got the invite to a friend's abortion party, I thought it was a way to help her through a difficult decision," he says. "I was right and wrong."
The party, ironically, was 'family-friendly,' he says. After arriving, Duncan "struck up a conversation with Andrew (name changed), the three-year-old son of one of the partygoers."
Uncomfortable by the presence of a young child, he acknowledges the contradiction of a young child participating in the celebration of the murder of another young child. "Even though I thought the presence of a young child at an abortion party was a little bizarre," he says, "nobody else seemed to acknowledge (or care about) this contradiction."
His friend 'Maggie,' the pregnant host of the party, did not enjoy the party either, he says, but her reason apparently had nothing to do with the fact of her having an abortion, but because she was being poorly treated by friends for involving her boyfriend in the decision.
"Maggie, too, looked less than excited," he says. "She told me she couldn't help but feel as though her pregnancy had been 'hijacked' by women who felt like her inclusion of a man in the decision was weak or wrong."
Despite the difficulties, however, the party was, in the end, a roaring success. "By the end of the night," Duncan says, "the donation bowl was overflowing with contributions from Maggie's friends."
More shocking, perhaps, than this fundraising party, however, is the 'Middle School Abortion Party' discovered by LifeSiteNews being advertised online.
The ad for this theme party - a birthday party for two men in their mid-20s - states: "no, we will not be performing abortions, but we will be dressing up like nerds, bullies, and pregnant pre-teens! Yay!"
The ad showcases the title of the party inside a coat hanger, and includes pictures of examples of people to dress up as. Among the suggestions are a "pregnant pre-teen," an "angry priest," accompanied by a picture of Pope Benedict XVI, and a "deformed neonate," with a picture of an unborn child.
Indicating the activities for the night, the ad states: "Spin the Bottle! Truth or Dare! Pin the Tail on the Stillborn Fetus!"

Helper's Prayer Vigil For The Month Of July

J.M.J. +

Dear Fellow Helpers of God's Precious Infants,

The Monthly Prayer Vigil for July will be held this coming Saturday, July 11th, outside the Children's Hospital at Yale on Park Street in New Haven. The Prayer Vigil begins with the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 7:30 AM at Saint Mary's Church in New Haven on Hillhouse Ave. It will be followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for half of an hour and concluded with a closing Benediction at approximately 8:30 am. We will leave Saint Mary's Church in complete silence directly after the send off Benediction (no announcement will be made) and reassemble at the parking lot of Saint Anthony's Church at 25 Gold Street, New Haven. We then process on foot to the Children's Hospital at Yale where God’s precious infants are scheduled to be killed. At approximately 10:15 am, while still in prayer, we will process back to back to Saint Anthony's Church for a closing Benediction followed by light refreshments in the church hall.

May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry

St. Benedict pray for us!

Reverence For All Life Makes Us Free

J.M.J.+
Dear Fellow Helpers,
I am emailing in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Friday, the 3rd of July outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion. Planned Parenthood is closed Saturday July 4th due to the holiday. Please join us to take an hour of prayer. Abortions also take place on Wednesday from 11-3pm.
Below please find an article on the latest Planned Parenthood expose by Lila Rose.
May there be life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans both born and preborn.

May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry




Planned Parenthood Employee in Alabama Admits 'Bending the Rules' of Mandatory Reporting for Sexual Abuse

BIRMINGHAM, June 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Planned Parenthood counselor in Birmingham was caught on hidden camera telling an alleged 14-year-old statutory rape victim that the clinic "does sometimes bend the rules a little bit" rather than report sexual abuse to state authorities. This is the seventh Planned Parenthood clinic implicated in a multi-state child abuse scandal involving the deliberate and unlawful suppression of evidence of statutory rape. (View video here)
Lila Rose, 20-year-old UCLA student and president of the non-profit Live Action, went undercover at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Birmingham and told a counselor that she was 14-years-old, pregnant by her 31-year-old "boyfriend." Rose said she needed a secret abortion so her parents would not find out about her sexual relationship with the older man.
After telling the counselor that her "boyfriend" is 31, Rose asks, "Is it a problem about my boyfriend?" The counselor, identified as "Tanisha" in the video, responds, "As long as you consented to having sex with him, there's nothing we can truly do about that." Rose then says that her boyfriend "said he could get in big trouble," and Tanisha acknowledges that "he could, especially if your parents find out that he's 31." She then tells Rose that the clinic manager, OB/GYN Dr. Desiree Bates, "sometimes does bend the rules a little bit" and states that "whatever you tell us stays within these walls" and "we can't disclose any information to anybody."
However, Alabama code 26-14-3 requires health professionals to disclose suspected cases of sexual abuse to state officials immediately.
"The law is explicit about a healthcare provider's duty to report, yet Planned Parenthood pretends they cannot say anything," Rose said about the investigation. "Planned Parenthood increases its business and influence by circumventing state reporting laws, but inflicts terrible harm upon the vulnerable young girls sent back to statutory rapists."
In the video, Tanisha also seems to tell Rose that a signature from an "older sister that's over the age of 18" or someone "with the same last name" could function as a substitute for parental consent so Planned Parenthood could perform an abortion on a minor. Alabama law, however, specifies that the written permission of either a parent or legal guardian is necessary before a minor may obtain an abortion.
The new video is the sixth in Live Action's "Mona Lisa Project," a nationwide undercover investigation that documents Planned Parenthood's repeated noncompliance with state mandatory reporting laws for sexual abuse of minors. Alabama is the fourth state to be implicated in the controversy, along with Arizona, Indiana, and Tennessee. Recently, the investigation of a clinic in Memphis, TN assisted state legislators in their effort to successfully divert nearly $1 million in taxpayer subsidies from Planned Parenthood to law-abiding local health clinics.
"When to 'bend the rules a little' means hiding a case of statutory rape from Child Protective Services and looking for ways around the parental consent requirement, Planned Parenthood becomes directly responsible for ensuring that statutory rapists can continue their abuse of young girls," Rose said.