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Priests for Life to Name the Babies Killed in Gosnell Clinic

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013





Priests for Life

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: May 7, 2013

Contact: Leslie Palma
347-286-7277

STATEN ISLAND, NY — Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, released the following statement this morning:

“As we await the verdict in the trial of Kermit Gosnell, Priests for Life, which has requested from the Medical Examiner the bodies of the babies retrieved from Gosnell’s clinic so that a funeral and burial can be arranged, will take the step this week of giving names to those babies.

On Wednesday, we will have a memorial service, which we will make available online, in which we will acknowledge the human dignity and personhood of these children, and bestow names upon them. God has entrusted the lives of all of us to one another. Though a father or mother may forsake the child, that does not give us permission to do so. We claim these children as our brothers and sisters.”

More information will be posted on Facebook.com/ProLifePage.”

Priests for Life is the nation’s largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.






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Abortion Movement Exposes Its Heart of Darkness

Thursday, April 4th, 2013





Priests for Life

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: April 4, 2013

Contact: Leslie Palma
347-286-7277

STATEN ISLAND, NY — Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, released the following statement as the trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell continued to unfold in Philadelphia this week:

“The trial of abortionist Gosnell takes place while additional events show us how destructive the abortion movement is and how compassionate the pro-life movement is.

“During these days, a lobbyist from Planned Parenthood said it was up to the woman, her family and her physician whether a baby born alive after a failed abortion should be allowed to live. Also, this Friday, April 5, a mass and banquet will be held in Philadelphia to honor two families — that of Terri Schiavo and of Baby Joseph — both of whom were born victims of the Culture of Death that deprived them of ordinary care because they were disabled.

“By contrast, in these days, pregnancy center directors from across the nation gather in Dallas to increase their knowledge and skills in serving moms, dads, and families who fear they have no alternative but abortion. The conference of Heartbeat International will reaffirm these individuals in their life-giving mission.

“If America pays attention in these days, it will see a contrast worth noting, and a modern-day illustration of the age-old choice before us all: I have set before you life and blessings, death and curses. Choose life!”

Priests for Life is the nation’s largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.






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Pro-Life Leaders Will Hold Press Conference Concerning Gosnell Murder Trial Developments

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013





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I’m in Atlanta with family preparing to commemorate April 4 memorial to MLK death, while my friends Rev. Clenard Childress and THE VISION co-host Dr. Day Gardner are in Philadelphia reporting on the Kermit Gosnell trial that the mainstream media is virtually ignoring. They know that coverage of this trial would expose how horrific and unjust abortion really is. We all need to work together to make sure that all life affirming laws are just and moral laws. Then they are to be enforced and upheld. Finally, more life affirming laws must be passed.

As my Uncle ML once said, “A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.”

Roe v. Wade is as unjust as they get. We need to reverse it if we are to ever expect our “prayer” of “God bless America” to ever be answered. It’s said so often at the end of political speeches while those saying it vote for unjust laws. It doesn’t make any sense.

Please share the information about the press conference and ask your local papers and stations to cover it.

Press Release

Contact: Troy Newman, President, 316-841-1700
Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, 316-516-3034,
info.operationrescue@gmail.com; both with Operation Rescue

PHILADELPHIA, April 3, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ — A press conference will be held by Dr. Day Gardner of the National Black Pro-Life Union, Rev. Dr. Clenard Childress, Jr., Founder of BlackGenocide.org, Cheryl Sullenger of Operation Rescue, and others on Thursday, April 4, to comment on the latest developments in the Kermit Gosnell murder trial. Dr. Gardner and Mrs. Sullenger have attended the trial this week.

Gosnell is accused of the first degree murder of seven live newborns by snipping their spinal cords with scissors and the third degree murder of abortion patient Karnamaya Mongar at his “House of Horrors” abortion clinic in West Philadelphia.

Press Conference Details

When: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Noon
Where: The Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice
1301 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Why: Comment on the Kermit Gosnell murder trial

Day GardnerDr. Day Gardner is the founder and President of The National Black Pro Life Union, Associate Director of National Pro Life Center on Capitol Hill and an executive member of the National Clergy Council. She made history when, as Miss Delaware, she became the first black woman to be named as a semi-finalist of the internationally renowned Miss America Pageant, breaking through numerous racial and stereotypical roadblocks for others to follow. She is an outspoken advocate on life issues.

Rev. Clenard ChildressRev. Dr. Clenard Childress, Jr. is a noted community activist, author, and speaker. In 2002, he birthed the Pro-life website Blackgenocide.org. This website was designed to reach the Afro-American Community with the truth about abortion. Pastor Childress is also a member of the National Pro-Life Religious Council of Washington, DC.

cherylsullenger-spaCheryl Sullenger is Senior Policy Advisor for Operation Rescue who writes extensively on abortion abuses. Her complaints filed against abortionists around the nation have brought to light the illegal activity and substandard practices that are pervasive throughout the abortion industry.

“The Gosnell trial is exposing the shoddy nature of the abortion cartel like never before and the shocking truth of how the black community is particularly targeted for abortion. While not every clinic duplicates Gosnell’s ‘house of horrors,’ there are aspects of his appalling practices present in nearly every abortion clinic in the country,” said Sullenger.

Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation and has become a strong voice for the pro-life movement in America.






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Fr. Pavone calls for swift action against Md. abortionist

Monday, February 11th, 2013





Priests for Life

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: February 11, 2013

Contact: Leslie Palma
347-286-7277

GERMANTOWN, MD — Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, is helping to lead a prayer vigil and press conference this morning at the site of abortionist LeRoy Carhart’s late-term killing center here.

Carhart performed a 33-week abortion this past week on Jennifer Leigh Morbelli, 29, who died after the procedure, along with her daughter, Madison Leigh. Her death is being investigated. A witness says she developed complications, and Carhart could not be contacted to take care of her.

Fr. Frank will call this morning for swift action on the part of the state of Maryland to not only investigate this death but also to stop Carhart from killing children and their mothers. Fr. Frank will also ask every priest across the nation to offer two Masses: one for the repose of the soul of Jennifer and her baby Madison, and another for the conversion of abortionist LeRoy Carhart.

Priests for Life is the nation’s largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.






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Fr. Pavone: Pope’s action an “expression of love” for the Church

Monday, February 11th, 2013





Priests for Life

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: February 11, 2013

Contact: Leslie Palma
347-286-7277

STATEN ISLAND, NY — Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, released the following statement today regarding the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI:

“We are, of course, all surprised today by the announcement of the Pope that he will resign at the end of the month. Popes have the authority to do this, of course, though it has rarely been exercised.

“We view the Pope’s action here in a positive light, as an expression of his concern and love for the Church. He wants the Church to have a Pope who can fulfill his role with the strength and vigor that the office requires.

“My own interactions with Pope Benedict have been in the arena of his defense of human life, and we at Priests for Life thank him in particular for the ways in which he has continued to announce and implement the Church’s pro-life teachings. Those who wish to send the Holy Father a message of appreciation and promise of prayers can do so on a special form we will post at www.priestsforlife.org.”

To read the full text of the Pope’s announcement, go to http://www.priestsforlife.org/articles/4498-pope-benedict-resignation

Priests for Life is the nation’s largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.






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