Large Helpers Prayer Vigil For October.

J.M.J. +

Dear Fellow Helpers of God's Precious Infants,

The Monthly Prayer Vigil for October will be held this coming Saturday, October 10th, outside Planned Parenthood’s state Headquarters at 345 Whitney Ave in New Haven. The Prayer Vigil will begin 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 send off 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 Joseph’s Church at 129 Edwards Street. As soon as we arrive in the parking lot we will exit our vehicles in silence and line up to begin the Rosary and prayerful procession which will be lead by the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Msgr. Reilly has asked that no talking be permitted as we should be focused in prayer. We will then process on foot to Planned Parenthood where God’s precious infants are scheduled to be killed. We will be escorted by the New Haven Police who will block off the intersections so we can safely process in the street. At approximately 10:15 am, while still in prayer, we will process back to Saint Joseph’s church. There will be no second closing Benediction due to Deacon Lou’s accident. Please pray for him and a quick recovery for his broken ankle. After the conclusion of the procession please join us for light refreshments in the church hall.

May God bless you,

Mike and Kerry

Poll: 23 Percent to Donate to Breast Cancer Research, Funds Go to Abortion Biz
http://www.lifenews.com/nat5553.html
by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorOctober 8, 2009Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new poll finds that 23 percent of Americans plan to donate money to go to support breast cancer research. But what these donors may not understand is a portion of what they give to the Komen for the Cure organization may wind up supporting the Planned Parenthood abortion business.
A new Rasmussen survey released today shows 23% of adults plan to donate money toward breast cancer research this month.
Another 60 percent have no plans to donate while 17 percent are unsure whether they will contribute.
The Rasmussen poll showed 39 percent of Americans plan to purchase pink products from groups like Komen and another 9 percent say they will participate in a charity walk such as the Race for the Cure.
When they support Komen, Americans may not be aware that Komen's own figures show it gave $711,485 from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006 to Planned Parenthood abortion businesses and at least $726,445 for 2006-2007.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure spokeswoman Rebecca Gibson previously confirmed that at least 19 of the 122 Komen affiliates made grants totaling $374,253 to Planned Parenthood during the 2005-2006 fiscal year.
The amount of the grants from Komen affiliates to Planned Parenthood appears to be on the rise and 25 Komen affiliates now have a partnership with the abortion business.
Since then, the grants have continued.
In April, the Denver Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure awarded a $35,970 grant to Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, which runs multiple abortion businesses in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
In June, Komen for the Cure teamed up with Planned Parenthood of Idaho and provided the abortion facility with funding.
Komen officials have dismissed the grants saying they are for breast cancer screenings, but pro-life advocates say the money is fungible and that it frees up funds Planned Parenthood could use for breast screenings but instead uses on abortions.
Jim Sedlak, a representative of the watchdog group STOPP previously said the numbers are concerning given that millions of pro-life Americans will participate in Komen events and donate to the group.
"More and more people are speaking up about the fact that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer research foundation, supports Planned Parenthood," Sedlak told LifeNews.com last year.
He pointed to studies showing abortion increases a woman's chances of contracting breast cancer and said that makes the donations extremely questionable.
"The fact that Komen Affiliates give money to Planned Parenthood contradicts Komen’s claim that it works to end breast cancer," Sedlak said. "This is ridiculous and must stop."
Sedlak urged pro-life advocates to disassociate themselves with any Komen events until the organization's affiliates stop giving money to the abortion business.
He also urged pro-life people to make Planned Parenthood's pro-abortion mission clear to Komen officials and event participants.
Donations during the 2006-2007 fiscal year from Komen affiliates to Planned Parenthood abortion businesses include:
PP of Texas Capital Region received $62,886 from the Austin Komen Affiliate.
PP of Idaho received $15,000 from the Boise Komen Affiliate.
PP Association of the Mercer Area received $20,000 from the Central and South Jersey Komen Affiliate.
PP of Albuquerque received $30,000 from the Central New Mexico Komen Affiliate.
PP of Sandoval received $15,000 from the Central New Mexico Komen Affiliate.
PP of New Mexico received $60,000 from the Central New Mexico Komen Affiliate.
PP of Northern New York received $2,000 from the Central New York Komen Affiliate.
PP of Central Texas received $45,000 from the Central Texas Komen Affiliate.
PP of the Rocky Mountains received $7,163 from the Denver Metropolitan Komen Affiliate.
PP in El Paso received $5,410 from the El Paso Komen Affiliate.
PP in Grand Rapids received $14,661 from the Grand Rapids Komen Affiliate.
PP in Greater Amarillo received $11,500 from the Greater Amarillo Komen Affiliate.
PP of Nassau County received $75,000 from the Greater New York City Komen Affiliate.
PP in Madison received $30,000 from the Madison Komen Affiliate.
PP of Wisconsin received $42,077 from the Milwaukee Komen Affiliate.
PP in Milwaukee received $13,143 from the Milwaukee Komen Affiliate.
PP in Triangle received -$317 from the North Carolina Triangle Komen Affiliate.
PP Health Systems received $21,000 from the North Carolina Triangle Komen Affiliate.
PP in North Texas received $32,400 from the North Texas Komen Affiliate.
PP of Orange and San Bernardino Counties received $90,805 from the Orange County Komen Affiliate.
PP of Delaware received $39,987 from the Philadelphia Komen Affiliate.
PP in Phoenix received $24,850 from the Phoenix Komen Affiliate.
PP of Western Washington received $750 from the Puget Sound Komen Affiliate.
PP of San Antonio received $31,496 from the San Antonio Komen Affiliate.
PP of West Palm Beach, Florida received $36,000 from the South Florida Komen Affiliate.

God's Presence.

J.M.J. +

Dear Fellow Helpers,
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, October 3rd 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. Abortion hours are also on Wednesday from 11-3pm as well as Friday from 8am - 12 noon. These days still need prayer coverage.

If you have yet to come out to Planned Parenthood to join us and offer your prayers as we stand vigil, please consider joining us on Saturday. Perhaps you may think that your prayers are small in this massive culture of death which we witness in action week after week as babies are killed and mothers and fathers lives are changed forever. Perhaps you are afraid to stand where the killing takes place or you feel uncomfortable to be there. Perhaps you think that God doesn’t need or want you there. Please consider this following quote of Msgr. Reilly as you decide how important you are to God’s plan for the babies whose lives have become nothing short of insignificant to those who should love and cherish them the most .
"...The most important thing to happen outside of an abortion clinic is for people to be there in prayer. When a pregnant woman in difficulty approaches the abortion clinic and she sees people praying outside the mill, whether as part of the large prayer vigil or in a follow-up prayerful presence, or as individual counselors praying, the pregnant woman immediately,… thinks of God.”

Where will you be on Saturday morning?
Will you be a witness to God’s presence and love for those in despair?

May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry

14 Year Old British Girl Dies after HPV Vaccination

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski
COVENTRY, UK, September 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Natalie Morton, a 14-year-old girl who attended the Blue Coat Church of England School in Coventry, died today, hours after being given Cervarix - the controversial cervical cancer vaccine manufactured for the UK market by Glaxo SmithKline.
Natalie was injected with the vaccine as part of the UK National Health Service's (NHS) immunization program directed at teenage girls with the purpose of protecting them against strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is a sexually transmitted disease.
The NHS started the HPV vaccination program in April last year and has recorded 2,137 reports of adverse effects following the injection.
Health officials said today they are not sure whether Natalie had an extreme reaction to a standard vaccine, or whether the particular dose she was given was from a "rogue contaminated batch."
Either situation raises serious questions about the safety of the vaccine.
Dr. Caron Grainger, director for public health at Coventry city council, said an autopsy will be conducted to investigate if the vaccine played a role in Natalie's death.
"No link can be made between the death and the vaccine until all the facts are known and a post-mortem takes place," Grainger told the UK Daily Mail.
Mike Attwood, a spokesman for Coventry Primary Care Trust said: "An urgent investigation has been launched and while we wait for the results from the post mortem all vaccinations using the drug have been temporarily stopped."
The National Vaccine Information Centre (NVC), a private vaccine-safety group based in the US, reported that from 2006 as many as 11,900 girls and young women had reported adverse events after receiving the Gardasil vaccine, which is manufactured by Merck Pharmaceutical for use in the US and Canada.
These adverse events included such mild reactions as pain, fever, nausea, dizziness and itching, to serious effects such as Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and seizures. The number of deaths associated with the Gardasil vaccine by the NVC is between 32 and 45 in the US alone.
See related LSN articles:
Deaths Associated with HPV Vaccine Start Rolling In, Over 3500 Adverse Affects Reported http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/sep/07092004.html
Controversial HPV Vaccine Causing One Death Per Month: FDA Report http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jul/08070316.html
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/sep/09092914.html

Love The Abortionist.

J.M.J.+

Dear Fellow Helpers,
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, September 26th 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 as well as Friday from 8 am-12 pm noon. Please join us in solidarity with the 40 Days for Life Campaign which began today in Hartford. If you know someone in the New Haven area who wishes to participate in the 40 Days Campaign but is unable to travel to Hartford please forward this email or pass on the information.

When we stand out in front of the abortion mill in peaceful prayer, where babies die every day we are there because this is where God wants us. God never wills for one of these babies to die and because we love Him, we love them. Out of love for God grows our love of neighbor and we love those babies as our brothers and sisters. We know that many of them will die as we keep vigil, however we can offer ourselves, our prayer, and our love for them knowing that this love might be the only earthly love they will ever know.
We recognize that these children belong to no one but God and are a gift given to us on earth. No one has the right to take their lives except the one who gave them life. Not only are we to love the babies and their mothers and fathers, we must love the abortionist and the clinic workers as well. Why love the abortionist? Because God loves him and so must we. It is not our job to judge it is our job to love and to leave the rest to God. Love is the very heart of the pro-life movement. God loves the abortionist and wants his soul just as much as he wants yours and mine... to be with Him in heaven for all eternity. The only way abortion will ever end is a mass conversion of heart through prayer, fasting and a witness at the abortion mill which is modeled after Our Lady and Saint John at the foot of the Cross at Calvary.

May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry

Survey: Economy Making Women Wait on Children, Could Increase Abortions
by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorSeptember 23, 2009
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new survey conducted by the pro-abortion Alan Guttmacher Institute has produced the first hard evidence showing that women are waiting to have children because of the economic downturn. Although the poll did not ask women about abortion, abortions could be rising as a result.
Researchers at AGI, a former Planned Parenthood affiliate, found that, because of current economic concerns, nearly half of women surveyed want to delay pregnancy or limit the number of children they have.
The survey also found that women are more interested in using birth control and contraception as a result.
The AGI Internet poll of women found more than half worry more now about their ability to take care of their children given the state of the economy.
“The recession has put many women—including middle-class women who are having trouble making ends meet—in an untenable situation. They want to avoid unintended pregnancy more than ever, but at the same time are having difficulty affording the out-of-pocket costs of [birth control or contraception]," Sharon Camp, Guttmacher president, said.
Nearly half of surveyed women (44%) report that, because of the economy, they want to reduce or delay their childbearing. Most of these women want to get pregnant later (31%), want fewer children (28%) or now do not want any more children (7%).
Sixty-four percent of women agree with the statement, “With the economy the way it is, I can't afford to have a baby right now.”
The survey provides additional anecdotal evidence that abortions are likely on the rise during the last 12-24 months.
In March, in an email to its supporters, the national's largest abortion business, Planned Parenthood, admitted that abortions are climbing at its centers across the country thanks to the poor economy.
"As the economic downturn has worsened, Planned Parenthood health centers across the country are seeing an increase in the number of patients," the pro-abortion group's president Cecile Richards said.
According to Richards, Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa now adds about five or six women each day to its client roster, whereas it formerly added that many patients on only a weekly basis.
She also notes that Planned Parenthood Mar Monte in northern California saw a 21 percent jump (from the previous December) in the number of patients they saw in December 2008.
Her comments followed an Associated Press report that cited various staff at abortion centers saying they are seeing record numbers of abortions.Abortion doesn't have to be the option of first resort for women and families during tough economic times. A network of thousands of pregnancy centers exists that provides couples with free or low-cost pregnancy-related items to help them weather the storm a little easier.
There are more than 2,300 pregnancy centers across the United States -- significantly more than the number of abortion businesses. Unlike abortion facilities, these centers help pregnant women with baby and maternity resources, parenting classes, adoption, medical and educational needs, counseling, community referrals and support for women who had abortions they regret.
Care Net supports a network of more than 1,000 pregnancy centers in North America.
Together with the pregnancy center network Heartbeat International, it operates the 24-7 call center, OptionLine (800-395-HELP) that connects callers with help at local pregnancy centers.
http://www.lifenews.com/nat5501.html

We Need To Be There.

J.M.J.+

Dear Fellow Helpers,
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, September 19th 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. Abortion hours are also on Wednesday from 11-3pm as well as Friday from 8am - 12 noon. These days still need prayer coverage.

We cannot call ourselves pro-life people if we do not stand vigil and offer our love to the babies who die every day across America. It is not enough for us to care, we need to be there. God wants us to be faithful to His Will and for some reason, which is baffling, He wants to use us poor sinners who most of the time cannot see past our own noses to do something awesome by His grace. Let us never forget this and let us never forget that we get so much more from serving Him then we could ever give back. So if you have yet to come out and to pray your Rosary where the babies are dying every week…babies that we all know as our brothers and sisters in Christ or even more closely as our grandchildren, or nieces, or nephews, or cousins, or friends children…they need you to be there. And if you are wondering what you can do for God this week in an attempt to repay all that He has done for you be there and pray for the babies lives who will be spared and more importantly for those who will not.
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry





Study Shows One Abortion Ups Premature Birth Risk for Women by 36 Percent
by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorSeptember 16, 2009Email RSS Print
Toronto, Canada (LifeNews.com) -- A new study by a Canadian researcher finds that women who have just one abortion increase the risk of having a premature birth in a subsequent pregnancy by 36 percent. The research is the latest in a long string of studies confirming the link between abortion and premature birth.
With premature births leading to an assortment of physical and mental health problems for unborn children, the researcher says women should be told of the risk before having an abortion.
Dr. Prakesh Shah, a professor at the Department of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto is the main author of the new study, published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
He found that women who have just one abortion in either the first or second trimester of pregnancy, when abortions are most routinely performed, have a 35 percent risk of having a low-birth-weight baby in the next pregnancy and a 36 percent risk of having a baby born prematurely.
The risk substantial increases for the millions of women who have had more than one abortion and become pregnant.
In those cases, women having multiple abortions have a 93 percent risk of subsequently having a premature baby and a 72 percent risk of having an underweight baby.
Shah says that the reason for the post-abortion problems in future births is likely because the abortion can cause damage to the woman's cervix.
The Canadian pediatrician and medical professor told the London Daily Mail that women need to be informed about these very real medical risks from abortion.
"When a woman comes for induced termination of pregnancy, she should be counseled about that risk. At least she will be able to make an informed choice," he said.
"I think it should not be used as a way of saying, this is bad and we should not be doing this kind of thing," he added. "There is an association which we should be aware of, and we should let mothers be aware."
The new research is an analysis of 37 studies around the world carried out between 1965 and 2001 to determine whether a previous abortion has any effect on subsequent births.
The new study follows on the heels of European researcher Dr Robbert van Oppenraaij telling colleagues at the annual European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology meting in Amsterdam that an abortion increases the risk of having a premature birth in a subsequent pregnancy.
He says one induced abortion raisers the risk of premature birth in a next pregnancy by 20 percent.
Two or more abortions raises the risk by 90 percent and doubles the risk of a very premature birth, at 34 weeks or less.
"It can be concluded that a history of abortion is associated with an increased risk for premature delivery and very premature delivery," he said.
In February, another study confirmed the link between abortion and subsequent premature births when a woman is pregnant again.
Dr. Manfred Voigt led the study, published in the German medical magazine Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol.
According to the research, women who have one prior abortion boost their risk for a very premature birth in a future pregnancy by 30 percent.
And last month, Roger W. Harms, M.D., a Mayo Clinic obstetrician and medical editor-in-chief, said abortions can cause women problems with subsequent pregnancies.Harm says there are definitely cases when physicians see "an abortion cause problems in a subsequent pregnancy."
"During a surgical abortion, the fetus is removed from the uterus — often with a vacuum device, a syringe or a spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge (curette) — as an outpatient surgical procedure," Harms explains.
In some cases, "a surgical abortion may weaken the cervix or cause scarring on the inside of the uterus."
"If such damage occurs, surgery may be needed to correct the problems before a woman can conceive again or carry a subsequent pregnancy to term," he said.
http://www.lifenews.com/int1321.html

Helpers of God's Precious Infants Prayer Vigil For September

J.M.J. +

Dear Fellow Helpers of God's Precious Infants,

The Monthly Prayer Vigil for September will be held this coming Saturday, September 12th, 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 light refreshments in the church hall. Due to a scheduling conflict there will be no closing Benediction.

Why Does The World Not Know That The World Health Organization Ranks The Pill A Group I Carcinogen?

J.M.J.+

Dear Fellow Helpers,
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, September 5th 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



Did you know the World Health Organization ranks The Pill as a Group I carcinogen?
by intern Anne Marie
Perhaps the best-kept secret of modern medicine is the link between oral contraceptives and increased breast cancer risk.
While combined oral contraceptives, better known as The Pill, rank as Group I carcinogens according to a 2005 report released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization, doctors continue to routinely prescribe the pill for a variety of conditions, ranging from acne to birth control (American Cancer Society, 2008).
Combined oral contraceptives are composed of estrogen and progesterone or progestin, a synthetic form of progesterone. Estrogen and progesterone are female sex hormones; estrogen thickens the lining of the uterus, and progesterone/progestin prepares the endometrium for implantation of the egg. (National Cancer Institute, 2006).
The reasoning behind a combination of estrogen and progesterone/progestin is that estrogen given on its own increases the risk of uterine cancer. Taking a combination of the 2 confers protection from uterine cancer but increases breast cancer risk.
In short, the science behind the increased breast cancer risk stems from 2 primary mechanisms. In both instances, progesterone/progestin becomes a double-edged sword, as it confers protection from increased uterine cancer risk but "gives permission" for estrogen to negatively affect breast DNA.
First, the combination of estrogen plus progesterone/progestin functions as a genotoxin, meaning it directly damages DNA in the breast. Several estrogen metabolites, or breakdown products, including 4-hydroxy-catechol-estrogen quinine, have been proven to function in this manner (Lanfranchi, 2007).
Second, estrogen functions as a mitogen, or cancer promoter, and estrogen promotes cancer in 2 ways. As seen in the graph, it stimulates an explosion of rapid proliferation of cells in breast lobules, causing a greater likelihood of mutations with the increased rate of division.
Additionally, estrogen promotes speedier development of any already-cancerous cells in the breast (Lanfranchi, 2007).
Why doesn't the American public know about the increased risk? Why is the teenage girl on the pill for acne unaware of the health risks involved? Women deserve better.

http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2009/08/did_you_know_th.html

What About The Fathers?

J.M.J.+

Dear Fellow Helpers,
I am emailing in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, August 29th 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

What about the Fathers?

I had to kiss my child goodbye

In October of 2006 I found out I was going to be a Father. My girlfriend of 6 months was pregnant with our child. Neither of us planned this pregnancy, or had even talked about the possibility of getting pregnant. That was about to become my biggest regret. Like I said I wasn’t ready to have a child. She said she couldn't go forth in having a child and needed to abort. She went to the nursing staff at Boston College a week or two after she found out she was pregnant. The nurse at BC told her that she would be better off having an abortion, and told her where she could get one. I didn’t make a big deal of it at the time because I wanted her to stay calm and positive.I brought her to a crisis pregnancy center in Boston when she was 5 weeks pregnant, so that she could explore her options other than having an abortion. The women at the center set up a date for her to get an ultrasound so she could see her child. We went to get her first ultrasound when she was 5 weeks pregnant. We weren’t able to see much at this point, but we did see the heartbeat of our child. The sono tech. said it was too early in the pregnancy to see our baby, and to come back in 2 1/2- 3 weeks. We came back 3 weeks later for another ultrasound, and that’s when we saw our baby. Our child was at 8 weeks gestation and had fingers, toes, eyes, everything. I saw and heard my child's heart beat and I cried. It was a very overwhelming and beautiful experience for me, until she looked over at me and said: “What are you crying about? Worms have heartbeats too”. Her sister had offered to pay $500 for her to get an abortion. She insisted she was going to get the abortion, was planning to get one that weekend, and broke up with me right before.I called the abortion clinic and asked what my rights were; they said “You don't have any”. I then asked them, "What do you do with the aborted babies? I want to bury my child". They told me that it wasn't a child, it was a fetus, and to never call again or they would involve the police. My hands were tied. I, as a father had no legal right to protect my child from a death committed by a "doctor". I called everyone imaginable to see what my rights were and I got the same answer: “nothing”.The week before my child was aborted; I went to try one more time to ask the mother of my child to not do this. But she was adamant about having an abortion, and told me to leave. So I then asked her if I could do one thing before I left, she told me that was fine. I then got on my knees and kissed the stomach of the mother of my child and said “I love you, and Daddy will see you in heaven”. I then took the ultrasound pictures and left.The day my child was aborted was a very painful day for me. I was informed that my child had been aborted in the afternoon on December 2nd, 2006. It was the most painful experience I have ever been through. My relationship ended with the woman that I thought I was going to marry, and I lost my first child. I didn’t want to go on; I was in too much pain. I didn’t eat. I didn’t sleep. I had nightmares of my child being aborted. The day after my child was aborted, I went to see my pastor and he suggested that I have a memorial for my unborn child. I took his advice, and had one the following Sunday at his church. I had my parents and a few friends come. It was a short ceremony, but very painful. I never thought that my child would meet God before I did.After that day things were still very painful. I still couldn’t sleep or eat, and thoughts of suicide filled my head every waking hour. I joined Bible studies, and post abortion Bible studies as much as possible. Those were the only people that would understand. There were times that I wouldn’t even receive support at church. A man is really not allowed to grieve the loss of his unborn baby. I was told things like: “Your child wasn’t even born, so get over it”, “It wasn’t a baby yet”, or even people saying “Your child deserved to die”. None of those things helped me heal and just put me in more of a state of depression.That winter I was invited to a Right to Life march in Concord, NH. I thought it might be healing, so I went. While I was there, I met a man that ran crisis pregnancy centers in NYC. After speaking to him for awhile, he invited me down to NYC for the summer. I decided to go down and give it a shot.On July 12th 2007, the day my child was supposed to be born, I went to NYC to serve God and help men and women in situations like I was in. While I was there, I counseled around 500 men and women, and through God, saved at least 100 lives from abortion. I continued to do this work in Manchester, NH by sidewalk counseling, counseling in centers, coordinated 40 Days for Life in New Hampshire, and started speaking to different Churches and events, sharing my testimony and how abortion affects men. I recently moved to Florida where I am doing the same work. Even though I never got to meet my child, I miss my baby ever single day. I know my child is now in the arms of Jesus and I will meet him and hold him in heaven.Theo Purington
http://www.rockforlife.org/action_tellyourprolifestory.php?storyID=485