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Protest Obama this Saturday in Detroit

Pro-life activists will gather at Wayne State University on Saturday, Nov. 1, beginning at 5:00 p.m. to protest President Barack Obama, recognized by many as “the most pro-abortion president in the history of the United States,” according to Monica Miller, director of Citizens for a Pro-life Society.

The president will be in Detroit for the Democratic Party rally, primarily to show support for senate candidate and fellow abortion supporter, Gary Peters.

Protestors will gather in front of Wayne State’s Matthaei Physical Education Center, 5101 John C. Lodge, Detroit, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in advance of the 6:00 p.m. Democratic Rally. The president is expected to address the crowd at about 7:00 p.m.

Friday Protest Planned for "Obvious Child"

“Abortion” and “comedy” are two words that don’t belong together, and yet, that’s how the movie Obvious Child, which opens Friday to limited release, is being billed. Monica Miller, author of Abandoned (called “the best book ever written on abortion” by America filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza) and director of Citizens for a Prolife Society, is asking local prolifers to join in the nationwide protest of this film from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 27 at the Michigan Theatre, 603 E. Liberty St. in Ann Arbor and the Main Art Theatre, 118 N. Main St. in Royal Oak.

Jenny Slate, a comedian who was fired from SNL after one season in 2010, stars as a 27-year-old who, after finding out that her boyfriend cheated on her, goes to a bar, picks up a cute guy, leaves, has sex, and finds out shortly after that she’s pregnant. She gets counsel from her roommate, an abortion veteran, goes to Planned Parenthood (the biggest provider of abortions in the U.S.) and returns a few weeks later to go through the procedure.

This pro-abortion propaganda film has NARAL and Planned Parenthood all a-twitter that perhaps they will be able to regain some ground, which they’ve been steadily losing as more and more Americans wake up to the fact that murdering an innocent child is just plain wrong. People are now unable to deny that what’s growing inside a woman’s womb is, in fact, a child, not a blob of tissue or a mere “product of conception,” thanks to scientific advancements, such as the 3-D ultrasound. Abortion mills are closing all over the country, and yet, this movie, which was a “breakout hit” at the Sundance Film Festival, according to Los Angeles Times reviewer Amy Kaufman, is somehow giving hope to prochoicers that the right to murder one’s child is a right that Americans will always have.

The movie ends on an intentionally low-key note, which is supposed to symbolize what movie director Gillian Robespierre, along with NARAL and Planned Parenthood would like all women to believe: that abortion is just not that big a deal. They would like everyone to believe that no one gets hurt and life just goes on.

Nothing could be further from the truth. For one thing, life doesn’t “go on”: it ends, for at least one person on the examining table. Only one person comes out alive after such a procedure; the other’s lifeless, broken, dismembered body is tossed in a receptacle with other “medical waste.” Furthermore, not all women who undergo an abortion come out alive and well. Some die, and some lose their fertility – permanently. More and more women are admitting that they greatly regret having had an abortion, which is why support groups are springing up all over the country – for men and women. For help locally, call Pregnancy Help Clinic at 810-494-5433 or visit Rachel’s Vineyard at http://www.rachelsvineyard.org

For more information about Citizens for a Prolife Society, visit http://www.prolifesociety.com

If You're Pro-Life, Then Vote That Way

Last week, I and several hundred other people had the privilege of hearing the testimony of Dr. Anthony Levatino, a gynecologist and obstetrician who performed more than 1,200 abortions before something happened that made him stop. He, and his wife, Ceil, were the keynote speakers at Pregnancy Help Clinic’s annual Celebration of Life fundraiser on April 3, 2014 at Brighton Nazarene Church in Brighton, Michigan. While the testimony was gripping and difficult to hear – especially the details of how abortions are performed – the most important point of the speech had to do with politics.

Dr. Levatino stated that when he and his wife spoke at a prolife meeting shortly after President Obama’s inauguration, he asked those in the crowd if they had voted for him. More than half raised their hands. This stunned last week’s gathering, most of whom are well aware that the current president is not only the most Biblically-hostile leader this country has ever had, but he is also the most radically pro-abortion, even to the point that he has no problem leaving a baby who survives one to die, naked, cold, and alone, in a utility room.

So, why would so many who call themselves pro-life and Christian vote for a pro-abortion candidate? This is the great conundrum. If this were Nazi Germany, what would have been more important than ending the slaughter of the Jews? Nothing. In America alone, more than 56 million babies have been killed by abortion – almost ten times the number of Jews slaughtered by the Nazis. Why, then, is this issue not the most important one on the ballot for those who call themselves Christian and prolife? It should be – and needs to be. All the other issues that people raise to try to defend their pro-choice position (such as how will women who are unprepared for a baby care for it, etc.) can and should be handled by those in the Church, pregnancy help clinics, and the community at large. The main point here, though, is that all of the issues that people raise do not in any way detract from the fact that it is wrong to destroy innocent human life. That is the bottom line.

It is eye-opening to hear the testimony of someone who has been on the other side. When Dr. Levatino and his wife had been married for only a couple years, they discovered that they were unable to conceive and had been told by a fertility specialist that it was highly unlikely they ever would. They adopted a little girl, Heather, who was tragically killed by a car in front of their house in the mid-80s. Suddenly, Dr. Levatino’s perspective changed and the harsh fact that he was “killing someone’s son or daughter” dawned on him in an eye-opening, life-changing way. He stopped doing abortions. He also became a Christian and now, in addition to his medical work, he travels the country speaking about the horrors of abortion and the urgent need to end this modern-day holocaust.

Wake up, Christians! Wake up, prolife voters! Remember that those who are prochoice would most likely never consider voting for a prolife candidate. Why, then, would you ever vote for someone diametrically opposed to your view? Know where the candidates stand on this crucial issue and vote in such a way that you won’t be ashamed later when you face God: Defend the unborn because they cannot defend themselves.

For Dr. Levatino’s full testimony, visit this link: https://www.priestsforlife.org/testimonies/1127-testimony-of-dr-anthony-levatino---former-abortion-provider