by APFLI | Jun 7, 2010 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
"That Day Ripped My Gut Out" One Man's Story of Abortion For every woman who has had an abortion a man has been involved. For me it was two abortions. I think that because we live in such a visual world where we can't see the baby from...
by APFLI | May 21, 2010 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
I found out I was pregnant on my 18th birthday. Pregnant by a guy I didn't care about and he didn't care about me. We were just having "harmless fun". To make matters worse I found out I had HPV as well! I had no...
by APFLI | May 15, 2010 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
So Much of Me Died: One Woman's Story of Repeat Abortions I remember the events surrounding my abortions clearly. There are some things that are so utterly terrible, so devastating, they never fade from the mind or heart. I idolized my boyfriend, whom I met when I...
by APFLI | May 12, 2010 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
According to a May 2 Washington Post report authored by Rob Stein, there’s something fuzzy in the thinking of the policy makers at the American Board of Anesthesiology. The organization is going to censure any member who agrees to participate in the execution of...
by APFLI | May 12, 2010 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
Illegitimacy has risen despite — indeed, because of — legal abortion. [ed. 41% of U.S. births are now out-of-wedlock] The abortion debate usually centers on the morality of the act itself. But liberalizing abortion rules from 1967 to 1973 ignited vast...
by APFLI | May 8, 2010 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
In my previous column, I revealed that the son of the founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation is in a joint business venture with Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest. Located in Washington state, PPGNW holds a 12.5 percent share of the Metro...
by APFLI | May 8, 2010 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
Helene's Story I grew up in a church-going family, but not a Christ-centered home. I was a good kid. … I had my days when I was very ornery, and I liked to see how far I could push the limits, but when it came down to the line, “no” meant no, and...
by APFLI | Apr 27, 2010 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
Jill's Story Note: The following testimony is excerpted from the book Giving Sorrow Words: Women's Stories of Grief After Abortion by Melinda Tankard Reist. My boyfriend and I had been going steady for over 12 months, sure we were going to wait until we got...
by APFLI | Feb 13, 2010 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
Pro-Life Laws and Politicians Reduce Abortions by Dr. Michael New October 27, 2008 LifeNews.com Note: Dr. Michael New is a political science professor at the University of Alabama and holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is one of the foremost authorities on how...
by APFLI | Feb 12, 2010 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
Commentary: The Abortionist's Eye is On Us: King's Niece Fights This Era's Civil Rights Battle By Alveda C. King Let me begin by telling you that two of 50 million children taken away by abortionists since 1973 were mine. I can still see them in my...
by APFLI | Jan 31, 2010 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
On every medical procedure done, 95% of recipients want to be fully informed of all statistically related risks (1). If the author is replacing his knee, he would want to know the expected recovery time, pain to expect, pain duration, prosthesis lifetime, possible...
by APFLI | Nov 21, 2009 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
WORDS AND PHRASES TO DROP FROM OUR PRO-LIFE VOCABULARY As personhood advocates, it is critically important that we use the correct terminology to describe preborn babies, their mothers, the very act of abortion and even the facilities in which abortions are committed....
by APFLI | Nov 18, 2009 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
I recently got an unexpected phone call from a pro-life voice of the past. It was Nancyjo Mann. For those who’ve been in the pro-life movement for decades, like Dr. Willke and me, her name alone conjures up memories. If you don’t know who Nancyjo is, you...
by APFLI | Nov 2, 2009 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption, Responses - Ideas To Promote Life
Theatre at its best explores the depth of the human experience, showcasing both tragedy and triumph in well-chosen words and spellbinding performances. But it is a rare thing indeed for a modern play to accurately portray the trauma that is abortion. The Vitae...
by APFLI | Jun 21, 2009 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
Honest Questions, Haunting Answers (Editor’s note: This story contains a graphic account of a second-trimester abortion and may not be suitable for young readers.) I have asked myself what could have altered the events that led up to the murder of my child. What...
by APFLI | Apr 30, 2009 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
There is no consoling a woman who has gone through an abortion… My children have no graves, tossed out as "medical waste". I was told that early abortion was just a mass of cells akin to slicing some skin off one's finger even though such a...
by APFLI | Apr 9, 2009 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
Obama Administration Call 'With Both Sides' to Reduce Abortions Compared to Hitler's Peace Conference Peace! Peace! But there is no Peace Commentary by Brian Johnston, Western Director for National Right to Life Committee Last Friday, three Obama staffers...
by APFLI | Jan 30, 2009 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
by Gary Graham I’m not a person filled with hate. I don’t brew strong stomach acids when I hear/see things I think horrendously idiotic or unjust in the news or on the street. Initially, my reaction is to laugh. The irony is simply too much, and I crack...
by APFLI | Dec 30, 2008 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
[This is not a typical article on this website. It is written from an Evangelical Christian point-of-view. The reason it is posted at all is for the unpleasant environmental perspective it presents. While hormonal contraceptives are generally recognized by the...
by APFLI | Aug 29, 2008 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
EDITORIAL Planned Parenthood recently opened a new, 50,000-square-foot, big-box abortion store in Stapleton. Gated and nicely landscaped, the facility is the latest façade erected by an industry that has operated behind veneers, euphemisms, and outright...