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Truth Tour brings out the good, the bad, and the ugly

By Ellen Staniszewski

Abortion is ugly. Lots of folks don’t want to think about it or hear about it. The last thing they want to do is see it. But, as Priests for Life Director Fr. Frank Pavone says, “America won’t end abortion until America sees abortion.” So for the thirteenth summer in a row, Defend Life took the battle to end abortion to the streets of Mary- land, West Virginia and Washington, D.C., with its Face the Truth Tour. From July 22 through July 26, tens of thousands of motorists saw Freddie Klein and Phillip Gilbert display a graphic poster along the true horror of abortion, as pro- Route 340 at the Charles Town, West Virginia, stop. lifers held large graphic images of aborted babies on busy highways at Jim Davis of Created Equal Defend Life Director Jack Ames. 15 separate stops. drove a 30-foot Truth Truck, dis- At the stop in Columbia, “our Twenty-four Core Team mem- playing pictures of aborted babies first time there,” noted Ames,- “be bers, ranging in age from 9 years to on its sides, circling around the fore we knew it, there were six po- over 70 years, took part in several or signholders at every stop. lice cars flashing their lights, block- all of the stops. Luncheon speakers Chris Man- ing traffic and creating gridlock, Pro-lifers from as far away as ion, Fr. Denis Wilde, Virginia Del- which was good; it gave drivers Spain, Florida, Michigan and sever- egate Bob Marshall, Monica Miller, more time to see the signs. al other states joined the Truth Tour and Fr. Paul Schenck revived the “After 20 minutes, they said, at various stops. tired travelers’ spirits with new in- ‘You’re okay,’ and left.” Priests offered daily Masses for sights on the war on abortion. At the Chevy Chase stop, the the pro-life pilgrims. Local pro-lif- At several stops, angry motor- police had pre-arranged to be there, ers provided breakfast, lunch and ists called the police to force the due to a minor altercation the previ- dinner each day for them. Others Truthers to leave. ous year. graciously opened their homes to “We’ve had police at four loca- “They could not have been more the itinerant pro-lifers for the night. tions, but it was all routine,” said professional,” Ames recalled. 2 DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013

Police were also called to the flip me off, call me names, tell me of all this was, then drove off with a White Marsh stop. A friendly police that I should be ashamed of myself.” wave. officer talked briefly to Ames, then At the Westminster stop, a wom- “This trip definitely helped me told him, “All my reports will say an yelled at Paula, “You’ll have one to feel God so much more,” Paula there’s no violations. [an abortion] someday, honey, don’t reflected. “You have a good message,” he worry.” “It helped me learn what loving added; “it’s a shame you have to But there were also lots of people who don’t love you back re- show the signs.” thumbs up and friendly honks. ally means. It helped me learn more “It’s the only way people can what self-sacrifice looks like.” learn what abortion really is,” Ames In Westminster, David Mann replied. ‘That’s a whole baby! held an American flag. “I really had no idea what I was They do this to them and “People were waving at me and getting into when I started this tour,” giving me thumbs up,” said Mann. admitted Core Team member Paula tell me the babies can’t “I felt proud to be part of the Truth Shute. feel it? Bulls—t!’ Tour.” “It was my first time doing the While Core Team member Mag- tour,” said the 18-year-old, “and gie Golden was holding a sign in I knew we’d be going around the Sometimes, people leaned out of Chevy Chase, she saw a woman look Maryland-D.C. area with the pic- their cars and applauded. at the sign, then break into tears. tures of aborted babies, but that was One man stopped next to Paula “She looked so heartbroken!” about it. and pointed to the aborted baby on said Maggie. “I glanced back down “It was absolutely amazing to her sign. at my sign, thinking once more how meet so many people involved in “That could have been my son,” awful abortion is.” the pro-life movement and see what he told her. “But it wasn’t. He’s 37 In Columbia, Maggie’s sister, courage they all have. years old now.” He drove off with a Annie, heard a woman in her twen- “It was eye-opening to just be smile. ties shout, “This is awesome! Thank holding a sign of a baby and get A few people were genuinely you!” screamed at! I had so many people curious and asked her what the point At the Embassy Row stop, a woman leaned out of her car, point- ing at Celia Roberts and at each of the other girls holding signs. She yelled angrily, “You have a vagina! And you have a vagina!” Celia wasn’t quite sure what her point was. “Pro-choicers” frequently re- sorted to the “f-word” to express their feelings. In Hagerstown, a man walk- ing by with a woman and two boys snarled at Celia Roberts and Kath- erine Crank, “There are kids here, can’t you get this f---ing sh-- out of here? My f---ing” children don’t want to f---ing see this sh--.” Kath- erine said, “God bless you.” Truth Tour Co-Director Andrew Golden (foreground) ‘reviews the At the stop in Reisterstown, a troops’ at the Embassy Row stop in Washington, D.C. woman named Star stopped to tell

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Two young local pro-lifers (left) hold a sign at the Embassy Row stop; Mary Catherine Beller displays a ‘Life’ poster on Route 40 at the Ellicott City stop.

her story to the Truthers. She had three and is writing a book on her At the Baltimore stop, a middle- worked as an exotic dancer, used life story, including how abortion aged woman stopped to look at Ce- drugs, engaged in promiscuous sex, hurt her life. She gave the pro-lifers lia’s “Malachi” sign. She stared at and had three abortions. her card and offered to help them in it for a while and then exclaimed, She is now a Christian mother of their work. “That’s a baby. That’s a whole baby! They do this to them and then tell me the babies can’t feel it? Bulls--t!” Albert Stecklein recalled what was perhaps one of the more memo- rable exchanges. “Some guy yelled at me, ‘Are you from the Westboro Baptist Church?’ I said, ‘No, I’m Catholic.’ “‘Well, that’s worse!’ he yelled back.” Stecklein, who has taken part in the Truth Tours for all thirteen years, reflected, “They say, ‘The children shouldn’t see this!’ But I think that’s a smokescreen. “I don’t think they’re concerned with the children seeing the signs, but with how they can explain the Fr. Denis Wilde of Priests for Life accompanies Mary Catherine pictures if they’re pro-choice. Beller and Paula Shute on the piano as they sing songs from ‘Phan- “They’re afraid the kids would tom of the Opera’ at the home of Congressman Andy Harris and his say, ‘And you’re okay with that?’” wife, Cookie Harris. 4 DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013 40 Days for Life campaign comes to Fullerton

By Jody Ward Christ-like manner at all times. whole countenance changed and Whole Woman’s Health offers tears filled her eyes. The nation’s most innovative, abortions up to 20 weeks’ gestation. “She tapped the young man who peaceful pro-life prayer outreach, Vigil participants are the last sign was driving and pointed to the sign. 40 Days for Life, came to the Balti- of hope for women going in for an He read it and put his arm around more neighborhood of Fullerton last abortion. They are also the first sign her shoulder. I could see that he was spring. of mercy to women leaving after an asking if she was okay. She looked Between February 13 and abortion. as if life itself had drained from her. March 24 we joined together with More than 100 people from 32 A deep sadness came across her people of faith and conscience from different churches participated in face. I haven’t been able to get her cities coast to coast and beyond to the first ever 40 Days for Life Ful- off my mind.” pray for an end to abortion. lerton campaign. Nationwide and “40 Days for Life is a peaceful 40 Days for Life is a non-de- internationally last spring nearly way to be utilized for God’s purpose nominational pro-life initiative that 800 babies’ lives were saved, seven to make a step toward ending abor- focuses on 40 days of prayer and abortion workers quit their jobs, and tion,” said Amy. “We stood together fasting, peaceful vigil at abortion seven abortion centers closed. united, visible for all entering and facilities, and grassroots education- Janice came every week to stand exiting the abortion mill, as well al outreach. The 40-day time frame and pray in the early morning. “I as for those going in to shop or just is drawn from examples throughout was holding the sign with the verse driving by on the street. At times, Biblical history. from Jeremiah, ‘Before I formed we were able to pray, fast, lend an The Fullerton campaign fea- you in the womb, I knew you,’” she ear or offer counsel, advice, encour- tured a 40-day prayer vigil in the said. agement and hope.” public right-of-way outside Whole “A car stopped right in front of One morning Ruth received an Woman’s Health in the Belair Belt- me at the light and I noticed a young obscene gesture. “I returned it with way Plaza on Belair Road. woman in the passenger seat. the universal love sign,” she said. All prayer vigil participants “She saw the sign and read it The driver stopped at the light, signed a statement of peace, pledg- through. It’s so hard to describe the rolled down her window and be- ing to conduct themselves in a look that came over her face. Her gan to scream at her. “You make me sick. You’re disgusting. I had an abortion at age 19 because I had a baby with no arms and legs,” the driver shouted. “I don’t remember what else she said,” Ruth related. “I just remem- ber saying to her over and over, ‘God loves you.’ The light turned green, but she didn’t move until she had had her say. “When she finally pulled away, I burst into tears and prayed, ‘Lord, please turn this woman’s anger into tears that you can wipe away so that you can bring healing to her.’” Participants have both witnessed and experienced the healing power 40 Days for Life prayer vigilers line up in front of the Belair Beltway Plaza, which houses the Whole Woman’s Health abortion mill. See CAMPAIGN, page 14 DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013 5

Young Spanish pro-lifers brave the mean streets of Baltimore

Two summers ago, Mikel Diaz joined in the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, in which thousands of thrill-seekers try to outrun six 1,200-pound bulls as they hurtle down the city’s narrow streets. “But I just took part in it a little,” the 22-year-old architecture major from the University of Navarre in Pamplona admitted with a grin. This summer, Mikel opted for a different kind of adventure—two months standing on the steaming sidewalks outside abortion mills in America, trying to persuade young women not to abort their babies. Mikel and Javier Ordonez, also 22, a marketing major at University Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, spent Pro-life brochures in hand, Spanish interns wait in front of the first half of their stay in the U.S. Baltimore’s Planned Parenthood: (from left, standing) Beatriz in Baltimore, sidewalk counseling Villanueva, Almu Benzo, Gonzalo Estornez, Javier Ordenez; in front of Planned Parenthood on (kneeling) Mikel Diaz and Àlvaro Castiella. North Howard Street. They are among over 50 enthu- at the University of Navarre. to Planned Parenthood in a blighted siastic Spanish college students tak- Four of Almu’s older brothers and unsavory area of downtown ing part in a summer intern program and sisters (she’s the fifth of eight Baltimore, where they rendez- sponsored by New York-based Ex- children) had been in the EMC pro- voused with Mikel and Javier (who pectant Mother Care. gram in previous years. were staying at pro-lifer Steve Po- “Some friends of mine came “My cousin came two years torti’s home in Highlandtown). here two years ago,” said Javier, ago,” explained Beatriz Villanueva, Mary Bergin, president of Help- adding, “In Spain, they only have 20, an architecture major at Poly- ers of God’s Precious Infants’ Balti- two [anti-abortion] protests a year. technic University in Barcelona. more chapter and a regular sidewalk There is a lot more pro-life activity “She told me what a good experi- counselor at the Howard Street clin- here.” ence she had.” ic, gave them helpful tips on where EMC President Chris Slattery Almu and Beatriz spent their to stand, what to say, and the loca- began the Spanish intern program first two weeks in America at EMC’s tion of nearby public restrooms and six years ago, but confined it to New Life House in the Bronx with other places to refill their water bottles. York City. interns, undergoing training and Mary and Defend Life Direc- This year he expanded it to cit- learning sidewalk counseling at the tor Jack Ames gave them a guided ies across the country, including Bronx’s notorious abortion mill, Dr. tour of the neighborhood, including , Washington, D.C., Philadel- Emily’s Women’s Health Center. the Basilica of the Assumption and phia, , Detroit, Los Ange- Then Slattery drove the two to St. Alphonsus Church (where they les, San Antonio, and Boise, Idaho. Baltimore. They arrived at their would often go to daily Mass in the “The EMC program is very fa- pro-life host’s house in Dundalk at weeks to come). mous in my university,” said Almu 11:30 p.m. July 1. On their first day on their own, Benzo, 19, a communications major The next morning, they were off rain poured down in torrents. 6 DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013

Planned Parenthood’s security plained. exclaimed. guard solemnly informed them that On July 12 two more interns, On his first day at Baltimore’s the clinic had an 8-to-10-foot “ease- Àlvaro Castiella and Gonzalo Es- Planned Parenthood, “I was very ment” in front of the entrance in tornes, both 18-year-old students at shy,” Àlvaro admitted. which they could not stand. the University of Navarre, joined “I had a hard time going up to CBR Maryland Director Kurt the group in front of Planned Par- people. Jonathan Darnel gave me Linneman arrived with pro-lifer enthood. a lot of advice on how to approach Jonathan Darnel, posted graphic The two had originally been them. I talk to the guys better than signs of aborted babies on the side- heading to Austin, Texas, to join the girls.” walk, and told the interns that the other pro-lifers rallying to pass Tex- But that didn’t stop him from security guard was fibbing; they as’s law to ban abortions after 20 walking up to a young, tight-lipped had checked the plats, and the entire weeks. female clinic worker and offering sidewalk was public property. “We were driving in a van her a polite smile and a flower (that Linneman gave them more prac- through Tennessee,” said Àlva- he had plucked from the clinic’s tical advice, a lot of pro-life mate- ro. “We were three guys and two potted plant out front). rial to hand out, and invited them to girls—Inigo was driving. It was “Get away from me!” the girl a barbecue the following Sunday. raining, and the van hydroplaned snapped, stalking off in a huff. After two days of incessant and crashed.” On several of the days that rain, the sun came out. The hu- The van was totaled, and the five Planned Parenthood was closed, midity spiked the heat index to 100 were stranded deep in the Smoky four of the interns went to the Gyne- degrees or more, but the four held Mountains, 30 miles from the near- med abortion mill on Fontana Lane their ground. est motel. in nearby Rosedale. Beatriz was surprised at the “An ex-military man from Gynemed, which does abortions number of women going into the Vietnam drove by. He saw us and up to 22 weeks, brags on its website, clinic who were willing to stop and helped us out,” recalled the youth. “We are located in a private medical listen to them. The Viet vet gave them food and office park where passersby are un- “I had expected most of them a place to stay—and the Army jack- aware of what we do. You can ar- would just walk by or say, ‘Get et that Àlvaro was proudly wearing. rive and leave with anonymity.” away, don’t bother me!’ she ex- “That guy was providential!” he The interns held a large red ban- ner (used by Defend Life at a dem- onstration about a dozen years ago) that read, “Baby Butchers Located in This Complex.” Many who drove into the pri- vate parking lot rolled down their windows to accept anti-abortion literature from the students, who in- formed them about Gynemed. “Thank God you’re here!” an older lady told Javier. A U.S. postal carrier stopped his truck and said, “I want to commend you all for what you’re doing.” Gynemed called the police and told them (falsely) that the interns were throwing flyers at the cars and littering the property. Spanish students inform the public that Gynemed abortion mill The Baltimore County police operates clandestinely in an office park in Rosedale; (from left) Beatriz Villanueva, Almu Benzo, Mikel Diaz and Javier Ordenez. See INTERNS, page 14 DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013 7

Commentary Let’s all just forget about Maria Santiago

By Diane Levero Licensing requirements for clinic makes for an interesting read. Maryland abortion clinics had gone On February 13, it states, “Pa- Maria Santiago has disappeared into effect on July 23, 2012. But the tient G” [Maria Santiago] had a sur- from the face of the earth without clinics were given “initial” licenses gical abortion procedure performed leaving a trace. without an inspector setting foot on by “Staff 3” [abortionist Iris E. The 38-year-old immigrant their premises. Dominy]. died at Union Memorial Hospital Maryland’s Office of Health “Patient G,” who was 12.5 in Baltimore on February 15, two Care Quality finally got around to weeks’ pregnant, was given intrave- days after she underwent a “simple, inspecting some of them in late Feb- nous sedation medication during the routine, uneventful” first-trimester ruary. procedure. abortion at Baltimore’s Associates In early March, the Health De- “Patient, like many do, slept in Ob/Gyn Care on North Calvert partment suspended the licenses to throughout,” the 60-year-old abor- Street. perform surgical abortions of Asso- tionist reported in a “progress note”: No one would even have known ciates in Ob/Gyn Care at their Bal- “While writing orders, [I was] called of her demise except that, pressured timore, Silver Spring and Landover by nurse that patient could not sit up by some Maryland state delegates, facilities, citing “deficiencies that and had poor color…Patient (G) not angry over the February 7 death of presented an immediate and serious breathing and pulse faint. I imme- Jennifer Morbelli after a late-term threat to the health and safety of pa- diately began CPR…911 requested abortion in Germantown, the Mary- tients.” as soon as I began CPR.” land Department of Health actually The OHCQ’s February 21 in- When a patient stops breathing, inspected some abortion clinics. spection report of the Baltimore a “Code Blue” is called. “During the code, Staff #4 com- pleted three pulse checks on Patient G (58, 60, and 59 beats per minute),” the inspector’s narrative continues. A normal pulse rate is usually 60 to 80 beats per minute, but the range is 60 to 100. “Review of the facility’s record revealed that full vital signs [such as heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure] were not document- ed during or after the procedure,” the inspector reported. (Emphasis added.) So, how long had the patient stopped breathing? Well, the clin- ic’s records don’t show, so we don’t know. Dominy and other staff mem- bers admitted to the inspector that Defend Lifers demonstrate outside the Maryland Board of Physicians they had “failed to retrieve and use office on June 12, the day of scheduled hearings for three abortionists the AED [automated external defi- whose medical licenses the Board had suspended. brillator] during Patient G’s cardio- 8 DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013 pulmonary medical emergency.” abortion facility regulations “which death of Maria Santiago? The inspector noted that “the could have resulted in serious or Let’s hope so. electrode parts [on the clinic’s AED] life-threatening harm or death.” As to the purported causes of were soiled and stuck to each other” Basco, 53, allegedly allowed Santiago’s death, pulmonary ede- and that the AED was not operable. an untrained, unlicensed employee, ma, in most cases, is caused by heart Medics arrived, continued CPR, prior to his arrival, to perform an problems. and managed to revive Maria. They ultrasound on a client and then ad- But it can also be caused by ad- rushed her to Union Memorial, minister misoprostal, a drug used to verse reactions to a variety of drugs where she died two days later. induce abortions. ranging from heroin and cocaine to Maria’s Certificate of Death Basco arrived, discovered the aspirin. stated she died due to “severe pul- client was carrying “multiple fetus- Santiago received IV sedation monary edema, acute respiratory es,” and had a 22-week-sized uter- medications Ketamine, Versed and distress syndrome, and hypoxic us. He told her he couldn’t perform Fentanyl, as well as misoprostal. brain injury.” the abortion safely at the clinic. Could she have had an adverse re- No mention of the abortion. The With the woman presumed to action to any of them? abortion had nothing to do with it, be going into labor due to the miso- Hypoxic brain injury is caused we’re told: Maria had a pre-exist- prostal, he named a few abortion by a decrease in the supply of oxy- ing heart condition, and could have clinics or hospitals where she could gen going to the brain. The prospect died of it at any time. for recovery depends on how much Maryland’s Chief Medical Ex- time passed while the brain was not aminer’s Office did not do an au- The electrode parts receiving enough oxygen. topsy. The case “didn’t meet the were soiled and stuck to Why was there no written re- criteria” of the office, spokesperson each other, and the AED cord of Santiago’s vital signs during Bruce Goldfarb told Defend Life. or after the abortion? On March 25 the Health Depart- was not operable. For how long a period had she ment reinstated the licenses to per- stopped breathing? Might a quicker form surgical abortions of all three awareness that she was not breath- Associates in Ob/Gyn Care clinics, get the abortion completed, and dis- ing, and consequently a quicker after they had each submitted a Plan charged her with no written instruc- response, possibly have saved her of Correction; less than two months tions. life? later, however, the Department Panah, 73, had a checkered his- Efforts by Defend Life to locate again suspended their licenses. tory as an ob/gyn. He had been dis- members of Maria’s family have On May 29 the Maryland Board ciplined, in 1988 and again in 1995, been unsuccessful. No one an- of Physicians suspended the medi- for engaging in unwanted sexual swered the door at her Woodlawn cal licenses of three abortionists conduct with a total of four patients. address listed in the police report, who worked at the Calvert Street In 2011 the Board placed him and a different name was on her clinic: Dominy, Mansour G. Panah, on two years’ probation for failing mailbox. and Michael A. Basco. to meet appropriate standards for Her cell phone number was “no Their suspension orders ticked quality medical care. longer in service.” off a litany of shoddy and danger- The three abortionists were “Jose,” her 44-year-old boy- ous practices. scheduled for separate hearings on friend from Hampden who accom- All three were cited for know- their suspensions at the Maryland panied her to the clinic, has declined ingly practicing “in an environment Board of Physicians on June 12. to speak to Defend Life. in which unlicensed /untrained of- The Board upheld Basco’s li- Did Maria have children, par- fice staff were allowed to perform cense suspension, but lifted Panah’s. ents, brothers or sisters who are physical examinations including ul- Dominy’s scheduled hearing did mourning her death? Who knows? trasounds, evaluated fetal gestation- not occur, and her medical license No obituary marked her passing. al age, and provided medications remains suspended. How many more “Maria’s” to patients to promote abortions,” Is the Board continuing to dig violations of Maryland’s surgical into Dominy’s action relevant to the See SANTIAGO, page 18 DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013 9

Same-sex ‘marriage’ cases draw line in the sand for Christians

By Kathleen Crank same-sex “marriage.” He was un- case. fortunately correct. Then the Court informs the What happens to a country when reader that the case will not be de- its highest court forces its citizens to ‘Demeaning and degrading’ cided on this basis, stating that “it is swallow the lie that marriage under unnecessary to decide whether this the law of the land has morphed into The DOMA ruling is arguably Federal intrusion on state power is a bendable Gumby that no longer the most poorly reasoned and shod- a violation of the Constitution be- requires the most basic requirement dy case the Supreme Court has ever cause it disrupts the Federal bal- of all—a man and a woman? produced. ance.” The two recent Supreme Court To attempt to summarize the Finally, the Court states the real cases on marriage, United States v. reasoning is difficult, and it is likely holding of the case with barely four Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Per- law professors everywhere will be paragraphs to explain its constitu- ry, have forced us to deal with this scratching their heads to attempt to tional reasoning. The Court says unfortunate dilemma. explain it to law students around the simply that “DOMA is unconstitu- country. tional as a deprivation of the liberty DOMA ‘motivated by animus’ of the person protected by the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.” The Federal Defense of Mar- The DOMA ruling Equal protection is given a riage Act (DOMA), defining mar- is arguably the Court’s passing mention as something that riage as between a man and a wom- “makes that Fifth Amendment right an for purposes of Federal law, was most poorly reasoned all the more specific and all the more easily passed in 1996 by a large and shoddy case ever. better understood and preserved.” bipartisan majority and signed by In place of legal reasoning, the President Clinton, a Democrat. Court adopts an accusatory tone, In United States v. Windsor, de- The Court spends 13 pages at- stating that “no legitimate purpose cided June 26, the Supreme Court, tempting to explain why this case overcomes the purpose and effect in an opinion authored by Justice should be decided by the Supreme to disparage and injure those whom Anthony Kennedy, struck down Court, when it was clearly an excep- the State seeks to protect.” Section 3 of DOMA, stating as its tion to many standard rules of Con- The Court accuses those in- basic rationale that its passage was stitutional law. volved in passing DOMA of “de- motivated by animus toward ho- The U.S. Solicitor General, meaning and degrading” homosex- mosexual persons and a desire to who was supposed to be defending ual persons and “humiliating tens of express moral disapproval toward DOMA, was actually permitted to thousands of children of same-sex them, and that its effect was to harm argue in the Supreme Court against couples” (with no factual references them and “humiliate their children.” it. to back up this number). (Apparently Kennedy forgot This seems to be completely The Court includes almost no that a homosexual couple can never unprecedented in the history of the language discussing the legitimate produce a child, and can only adopt Supreme Court, as Justice Scalia purposes Congress had in enacting children if the law allows it.) pointed out in his dissent. DOMA or marriage in general and Lawrence v. Texas, the sodomy The Court then spends the next its meaning, nor does it apply the case Justice Kennedy penned 10 six pages discussing Federalism rigorous legal tests ordinarily ap- years earlier, provided the legal un- and states’ rights and the question plied to the declining legal doctrine derpinnings for the DOMA case. of why, despite several detailed in- of “substantive due process” that it Justice Antonin Scalia proph- stances in which Federal marriage based its decision on. esied in his dissent in Lawrence that law overrules state marriage law, This standard requires that the logical extension of the Court’s state law redefining marriage should ruling then was the legalization of trump Federal law in this marriage See RULINGS, page 12 P.O. Box 5427 Baltimore, Maryland 21285 www.DefendLife.Org Jack Ames, Director Proclaiming the Culture of Life and 410-337-3721 Fighting the Culture of Death since 1987 [email protected] DefendLife.Org August 15, 2013 Anno Domini Feast of the Assumption Dear Friend of DEFEND LIFE,

Our 13th Annual Maryland Face the Truth Tour is now history. Let me tell you some of my priceless memories. But first, let me thank all ofYOU who helped us financially, with meals, with accommoda- tions, and your presence at our 15 Stops. Because of YOU, we met our goal of $16,000.

Special thanks go to our Co-Directors Julie Smith from Stephens City, Vir- ginia, and Andrew Golden, Christendom College class of 2014 from Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania. Three of Andrew’s sisters, Angela, Emily, and Maggie, were invalu- able as well as Paula Shute and Mary Catherine Beller, Ave Maria Class of 2016, Katherine Crank, Evangel Class of 2017, Celia Roberts, and all of our Core Team.

Here are some of my best memories.

• Walking the beautiful outdoor Stations of the Cross as the sun was setting on Sunday night at beautiful San Damiano Retreat House surrounded by the corn fields of rural Northwestern Virginia.

• T alking to a very friendly Charles Town, West Virginia policeman. He had grown up in Rem- ington, a Baltimore blue collar neighborhood. He had attended Calvert Hall High School in Baltimore. Sadly, he was a lapsed Catholic. I told him about beautiful St. James Catholic Church right there in Charles Town and that he needed to get back to his Catholic faith. I taught him the Memorare, the Prayer that never fails, and told him to pray it daily.

• The wonderful priest we met in front of the Vatican Embassy in Washington during our noon stop on Tuesday. He has been on loan from the Diocese of Brooklyn to the Vatican for the last 20 years and was a friend of the legendary Monsignor Phillip Reilly, Founder of Helpers of God’s Precious Infants. I gave him Monica Miller’s great book, Aban- doned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars and said to pass it to his boss, the Pa- pal Nuncio, after reading it.

• Our Chevy Chase stop is one of my all-time favorites. The traffic is so heavy during afternoon rush hour that thousands of cars literally inch by our set signs which stretch all the way from Chevy Chase Circle to Bradley Boulevard. Many passersby are most likely pro-abortion government workers who are forced to face what they say they favor! Chief John Fitzgerald, who had his police out in force, could not have been more professional and helpful.

• Our Columbia stop on Little Patuxent Parkway was interesting. For years, I had been itching to make Columbia one of 15 Stops. That’s because Columbia was a completely planned community begun in the late 1960s by James Rouse. I have always had a problem with planned communi- ties because of their restrictive covenants on churches which prohibit steeples and crosses as is the case in Columbia. To his credit, Rouse built great projects like Harborplace in Baltimore and Faneuil Hall in .  Before we knew it, there were five or six police cruisers joining us on the median strip we had occupied with lights flashing wildly. It was obviously the result of a torrent of 911 calls from resi- dents of Columbia objecting vehemently that their pristine community had been invaded by per- sons holding pictures of aborted babies. The flashing lights plus police cruisers parked on the in- side lane created total gridlock for about 20 minutes, which meant that Columbians had more time to observe our images of aborted babies as they inched by. 10 DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013 11

• In Westminster, a woman confronted me who wanted to know how we rationalized using our imag- es of aborted babies in areas where children might be present. My answer was that adults seemed to have more problems than children, who can immediately see the evil implicit in abortion. When it turned out that she was a Unitarian Universalist minister, I went for the jugular and asked her whether she believed abortion was morally acceptable. She sheepishly admitted she was PRO- CHOICE.

• On Thursday, Mass was celebrated at St. Mary of the Assumption in Baltimore by Fr. De- nis Wilde, O.S.A. Father Wilde was a seminarian at Villanova studying philosophy while I was an undergraduate studying engineering. Little did we know then how our lives would intertwine after 1998 when this great priest became full-time with Priests for Life.  After Mass, Father performed a short organ recital in the choir loft that included beau- tiful patriotic music. Later that evening, we picnicked at the lovely home of Andy and Cookie Harris and their 5 children. In his spare time, Andy is an OB-GYN anesthesiologist and a United States Congressman fighting tenaciously to take back America. Cookie is involved in everything PRO-LIFE you can imagine. Towards the end of that evening, Fr. Wilde was at it again, playing piano music from the Phantom of the Opera accompanied by 3 home-schooled female Core Team members whose voices were heavenly. Father Wilde is such a blessing to the PRO-LIFE movement. Please encourage your pastor to invite him to preach at all Masses on a given weekend at your parish and to give an organ or piano recital that same weekend.

• Our luncheon speaker on Monday was Chris Manion, Notre Dame, Class of ’68. He gave a great talk on the Notre Dame we all loved in our youth. He compared ND in 1900 when it was rich in spirit and poor in endowment to ND today which is poor in spirit and has a $6.3 billion endowment. This endowment is so large that it could provide free tuition to all of its students and the endowment would continue to grow. Instead, the typical ND graduate whose family is paying $50K per year is saddled with a $100K debt the day he or she graduates. When married to a spouse with a similar debt, will they be open to the gift of human life or will they more than likely contracept? Chris Manion says the latter.  Chris’s father was Clarence Manion, Dean of Notre Dame’s Law School who knew such luminar- ies as Knute Rockne. Chris has taught at Boston University, University of , Catholic Uni- versity, and Christendom College. He also worked as a staffer for the great Senator Jesse Helms from North Carolina. He now writes a weekly column entitled, From Under the Rubble, which is a must-read for all serious PRO-LIFE Catholics. To become a subscriber, contact the Fitzgerald- Griffin Foundation at FGFBooks.com. Listen to Chris Manion’s soul-stirring talk which is posted at DefendLife.org.

• All 5 of our luncheon speakers were outstanding, but another that was extremely memorable was Delegate Bob Marshall from Manassas, Virginia. Bob Marshall heads up the PRO-LIFE Delegation in Richmond, where he is regarded as one of the most effective state legislators in America. I think of him as a modern day Patrick Henry. He is an insatiable reader, a great student of history, and is a tireless fighter against big govern- ment run amuck.  He detailed how as a young Congressional staffer in the 1970s he came up with the idea of ending federal funding of abortions. Ultimately, this motion was introduced by Henry Hyde, a freshman Congressman from Illinois. It became known as the Hyde Amendment which bans federal funding of most abortions to this very day. Bob also explained how he acted as a conduit between Nellie Gray and Ronald Rea- gan in 1978 leading to primary victories in 15 key states. This led to the election and re- election of America’s greatest modern day President. Hear this great talk at DefendLife.org.

And thanks for all you do to save innocent pre-born babies from death by abortion.

Long Live Christ Our King,

Jack Ames, Director

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RULINGS, from page 9 embraces the “name-calling as an cial overreach had no legal right to argument” strategy that the homo- defend it. rights be rooted in the nation’s his- sexual movement has adopted and This essentially appears to have tory and tradition. Of course, same- strongly implies that anyone with rendered the entire California ref- sex “marriage” is not. a traditional view of marriage is, as erendum process meaningless, as a There is also no more than a Justice Scalia skillfully stated in his single decision of a Federal district passing mention of the historical dissent, an “enemy of the State.” court judge appears to be enough to rationale for marriage as properly This is a frightening harbinger render the whole amendment unen- defined. Justice Samuel Alito points of the elite’s view of Christians and forceable. out in his dissent that the basis for the persecution to come for those This is currently in legal dis- the Court’s holding could not hold who “cling to their religion,” as pute, however, and the reach of the up under the legal analysis that it President Obama observed dispar- Federal District Court’s decision was supposed to make, and that the agingly years ago. that Proposition 8 is unconstitution- case is really about two competing al has yet to be fully decided. ideas about marriage, the historical What next for Christians? These and the new progressive definition. The Court implies that rulings are a clear sign of a line be- If there is any silver lining, it ap- if you have a traditional ing drawn in the sand to separate the pears to be that the basis of this case sheep from the goats in our Chris- is so weak it could be blown away view of marriage, you’re tian nation. by a strong wind. an ‘enemy of the State.’ The goats, representing many In sum, the Supreme Court churches and denominations, will bend to conform to popular culture This case seems to be Part I of and the approval of man. The sheep BULK DISTRIBUTE the Roe. v. Wade of marriage, and will continue to speak the truth, THIS GREAT reveals a breathtaking amount of ju- fight valiantly for the truth, and suf- dicial arrogance. fer the attendant persecution. MAGAZINE! It also rewards a President bent Parents will have to fight harder We will mail on abandoning his constitutional than ever for the souls of their chil- you 10 extra duty to uphold and defend duly en- dren, who are undergoing an all-out copies of this acted laws of Congress by permit- assault on their innocence. outstanding ting him to argue in Court against In the legal and political realm, newsletter to DOMA. the Supreme Court has often re- distribute in ceived a “pass” on its wicked judg- various ways. Blow to citizens’ rights ments from We the People. This must stop, and the Supreme 410-296-LIVE (5483) [email protected] The Proposition 8 Case, Hol- Court must be called to account by lingsworth v. Perry, delivers a se- the citizenry for its increasingly bi- vere blow to citizens’ rights to re- zarre and unjustifiable decisions. Proclaiming strain a tyrannical government. The Supreme Court cannot have any Proposition 8, the California power not given by We the People. Christ to the constitutional amendment defin- Finally, our reluctance to amend World! ing marriage between a man and a the U.S. Constitution must give way woman, was a hard fought battle for to willingness to do so for the sake Great answers to tough questions the soul of the California voters. In of the lives of innocent babies and Great homilies to feed the end, the marriage amendment the integrity of God’s most precious your soul Great cathechisms to passed and became a part of the institution besides the Church, mar- teach your children California Constitution. riage. Great links to other Catholic Apostolates In Hollingsworth, the Court Kathleen Crank, J.D., is trea- Visit CUF.Org held that the citizens who passed surer and cofounder of Protect the amendment as a check on judi- Marriage MD PAC. DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013 13

In My Humble Opinion CCHD’s hands dirty in Texas abortion-ban showdown

By Janet Baker ing encouraged from sources out- was aided by a Catholic high in the side the room. U.S. Church bureaucracy. On June 25, as midnight drew One of those instigators (via Wendy Davis ran for her Tex- near, a late-term abortion ban failed Twitter) was none other than Cecile as State Senate seat in 2008. Her to pass the Texas State Senate, due Richards, current CEO of Planned campaign treasurer was Ralph Mc- in large part to an 11-hour filibuster Parenthood Federation of America Cloud. Prior to that campaign, the by pro-abortion Senator Wendy Da- and daughter of former Texas gov- two worked together in Texas poli- vis. ernor Ann Richards. tics for at least six years. When her filibuster ended, pro- McCloud is now national direc- abortion spectators in the gallery let tor of the Catholic Campaign for loose with boos, jeers and cat-calls Human Development. until midnight signaled the end of At the time McCloud joined the special session called by Gov- the Davis campaign, he was in his ernor Rick Perry largely to pass the first year of directing the CCHD. In abortion ban. other words, he held these two posi- Fortunately for the babies of tions concurrently. Texas, Perry immediately called an- McCloud had to know of Da- other special session. Pro-life activ- vis’ pro-abortion support, having ists rushed to Texas to oppose the worked with her for many years. pro-abortion mobs. On July 13 the Moreover, her opponent for that seat abortion ban (HB2) passed both was the pro-life incumbent. houses and was signed into law by That means that Ralph Mc- CCHD Director Ralph McCloud Governor Perry. Cloud, while director for a national was campaign treasurer for State The benefits are already be- Catholic social justice agency, pub- Senator Wendy Davis, who ing realized, even though the law licly supported a pro-abortion politi- filibustered Texas’ late-term won’t go into effect for another few cian in opposition to a pro-life can- abortion ban. months. Three Planned Parenthood didate. facilities in Texas (including the one Davis won that election with from which Abby Johnson walked During the second go-around, McCloud’s direct assistance. Davis’ away) will close their doors. Texas State Police confiscated from filibuster might not have happened More closures are anticipated. these less-than-gracious individuals without his help. Other states enacting measures jars filled with human urine, feces From that we may infer that Mc- to hold abortionists to minimum and paint. They were planning to Cloud, head of the CCHD, would medical standards have seen simi- hurl this stuff onto the legislators on have had his hand in defeating pro- lar benefits. Virginia’s largest abor- the floor below. life legislation in Texas—had not tion center, NOVA Women’s Health Their lack of intellect and de- Governor Perry the tenacity to with- Care of Fairfax, has closed its doors corum is apparent in these pic- stand Davis and go ahead with the following passage of such a law. tures: saynsumthn.wordpress. second session. In Texas, the behavior of the com/2013/07/12/prochoice-girl- How much innocent blood might pro-abortion activists can only be holds-offensive-poster-attaching- the director of the CCHD have had described as oafish—and that’s be- jesus-on-abortion/. on his hands as a result? ing charitable. But one of the most troubling While the preceding thoughts During the first go-around, the aspects of the Texas “showdown” is involve some speculation, it is a loud cat-calling and racket was be- that Wendy Davis’ political career fact that Ralph McCloud and many 14 DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013 at CCHD display abysmally poor CAMPAIGN, from page 4 detectives, dressed in business suits judgment in setting their priorities but with holstered guns, enter the for issues they address and recipi- of Christ. Betty said, “40 Days for clinic. ents of money and assistance. I Life has helped me come out of “I spoke with one of them,” said hope it’s merely a case of poor hiding from my own abortions to Javier. “He said they were doing an judgment; otherwise, it’s a case of begin the healing process with lov- investigation, but he couldn’t tell us malevolent intent. ing, compassionate people. They any more. Those of you in the Archdio- have awakened in me the courage to “He also said he is against abor- cese of Washington should have stand up and speak out for the sanc- tion and is proud of what we’re do- received post cards by now, advis- tity of life and to be a voice for the ing.” ing you not to donate to the CCHD precious unborn.” Did the young Spanish pro-lif- collection during the weekend of The Fall 40 Days for Life ers have any “saves”? August 10-11. Campaign is set for September 25 They had quite a few “maybes” The CCHD collection for the through November 3. and at least three “for sures.” Archdiocese of Baltimore remains “Once again we will ‘Speak On July 17, Beatriz talked at scheduled for November. We will up for those who cannot speak for length to a 21-year-old woman who remind you before then not to con- themselves,’ as Proverbs 31:8 says,” said she was 3 months’ pregnant. tribute to that collection. said Rick Ward, co-director of the Beatriz showed her a plastic 40 Days for Life Fullerton Cam- model of a 3-month-old unborn paign. “We hope that many praying baby. people will join us for the fall 40 “This is what your baby looks Days for Life Campaign and defend like right now,” she told her. “She Invites you to visit our MONUMENT TO THE UNBORN the rights of the unborn.” was shocked!” Unveiled October 2, 2004. Jody Ward is campaign direc- But the woman went in anyway. tor for 40 Days for Life Fullerton, When she came out two hours lat- This monument was erected to honor a full-time wife and mother of five. er, Beatriz assumed she had had an all babies killed by Her email is [email protected]. abortion. abortion in America “I felt so sorry for her. I didn’t since 1973. know what to say. But she called LOCATION Davis Memorial Park INTERNS, from page 6 out to me, ‘I didn’t have the abor- 14300 Uhl Highway, S.E. tion!’ and she looked very happy.” Cumberland, MD 21502 officer courteously advised them to “Getting ‘saves’ on the street is stay on the public sidewalk and left. tough,” acknowledged EMC’s Slat- Back at Planned Parenthood, on tery. 534 A Street, LaVale, MD 21502 July 11, the interns saw two police So part of the interns’ work is 301-722-4624 counseling at rented office spaces www.chco-online.org near the abortion clinics. Edward W. Taylor, Jr., President Parishes, sign up NOW In Baltimore Slattery set up Pray and Act to for great DEFEND LIFE a counseling office on East Pratt Take America Back! Fall Speakers like these: Street, just blocks from Planned Parenthood, where abortion-minded BE AN INFORMED CATHOLIC! girls can receive personal counsel- READ ing by appointment. 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Moral Family Planning is NFP from a deeper perspective

By KC Schnitker

I am an instructor of NFP—Nat- ural Family Planning, but I’d really like to call it “MFP”—Moral Fam- ily Planning. Moral Family Planning is the Moral Family use of one of the fertility aware- ness methods (I teach the Ovulation Planning, as Method); “periodic continence;” to Blessed John achieve pregnancy; or for a serious reason, to postpone pregnancy. It is Paul II said, also living your married life open to facilitates a the children God may send; all of conversion, these are “moral” family planning. I think MFP makes proper pri- and a couple’s orities clear—not that the No. 1 ele- faith becomes ment of family planning should be “natural” so much as it should be a priority. “moral.” It also highlights that if there is If not, I encourage them to do As a result, life, fertility, con- a “moral family planning,” there is so, because the use of NFP or MFP ception, pregnancy, babies, children also an “immoral family planning,” truly defends life, promotes life and are seen as unwanted: diseases, par- and it prompts the question, “What brings life to marriages, the Church asites, too much work, burdens, un- might that be?” and society. welcome guests in a couple’s “plea- The sharing of information with It defends life because it is not at sure act.” couples about this topic by pastors all contraceptive. Most contracep- So life and children are deval- is an absolute moral and practical tives—the pill, patch, shot, IUD and ued and dehumanized and become imperative these days because, as ring—act as abortifacients. There a kind of commodity to be disposed Fr. Daniel McCaffrey of NFP Out- are about ten times more chemical of at will. Reach says, “The battle is nuclear.” abortions every year than there are MFP promotes life. When cou- At every turn couples are bom- surgical abortions. Wherever the ples use moral family planning, the barded, pressured, harassed, ter- contraceptive rate is highest, the potential child and motherhood/fa- rified and guilted to contracept. If surgical abortion rate is the highest. therhood are always connected to NFP/MFP instruction is not a pri- Combine the surgical and the ultimate act of love they share— ority for pastors, couples are pretty chemical abortion rates and we the physical renewal of their wed- much sitting ducks—practically have a staggering loss of life. ding vows—a source of actual helpless against the pressure. With The contraceptive methods that are grace for the couple when the vows basic knowledge about fertility and not chemical abortifacients—con- are renewed honestly: either be- his support they can stand against it. doms, withdrawal, sterilization, cause they are willing to parent the Because of this nuclear battle, etc., feed the abortion mills. child should they conceive during I’m constantly calling and visiting When a couple sterilizes the ul- the fertile time (about 100 hours) or area priests to introduce myself and timate act of love they can share, if they have serious reasons to post- offer classes, and asking whether their fertililty is cut off, and the idea pone pregnancy, they are willing to they require a course for engaged and natural end/purpose of the mari- abstain from the marital embrace couples. tal act, the potential child, is cut off. (sexual intercourse). 16 DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013

The couple who use MFP recog- who told me that because the parish married 22 years, my husband says nize and respect the unitive/procre- has a school, he doesn’t have time his favorite time of day is coming ative nature of sexuality, and so in to promote moral family planning. I home and kissing me (that’s pretty a very short time this constant con- suggested that if it was not promot- romantic after 22 years!) nection changes the way the couple ed, in ten years he would not have It’s not because I am particular- sees children. a school. ly fabulous; it’s because moral fam- Fears are diminished and they I could name many parents I ily planning boots lust right out the begin to see them through the lens have taught whose children attend door, reorients the way the couple of the ultimate act of love they share that parish school. These couples see each other, and purifies their in- and as the fruit of their love. came to me with two, three or four tentions, especially sexually. Finally, the use of MFP brings children and were “done,” but want- This is so important, especial- life. Couples who use moral family ed to postpone or even avoid preg- ly for women, who after a while, planning tend to have larger fami- nancy morally. when lust is the dominant factor lies, not because MFP isn’t effective Through the use of MFP and in the marital embrace, as happens to postpone pregnancy (it’s 98-99 how it changes the way couples see with the use of contraception, well, percent effective), but because they children, they now have six or sev- we get—headaches, because “Real begin to see children as a blessing, en, five of whom attend that school. Women Don’t Like Lust.” and so become open to new life. MFP, as Blessed John Paul II And that just happens to be the Through their practice of self- said, facilitates a conversion, and title of Part 2 in this series! denial and self-control and willing- their faith becomes a priority; so KC Schnitker lives in Southern ness to sacrifice out of love for each much so that they are willing to Maryland and teaches for the Arch- other and our Lord, they lose their make the financial sacrifice to send diocese of Washington, D.C., and fears of responsibility and even of their children to Catholic school. for Family of the Americas. Her suffering. I am a big fan of MFP! It website is FamilyNFP .com. I recently spoke with a priest changed my marriage. After being

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Harrisburg pro-lifers score victories in bullhorn cases

By Sue Doller

Do pro-lifers have a constitu- tionally protected right to use bull- horns to reach abortion-minded women at abortion facilities? A small group of us pro-lifers in Harrisburg, Pa., thought so. The po- lice thought otherwise. Here’s how things turned out. Because of high volume traffic noise in front of the Hillcrest abor- tion mill on North Front Street, it had become functionally impossible for us to do counseling or outreach to abortion-minded young women going in the front entrance. Our voices were completely drowned out by morning rush-hour traffic. Sidewalk counselors could Sue Doller talks with a Harrisburg police officer before her first access the back parking lot, but we arrest for using a bullhorn at the Hillcrest clinic. were missing many women who walked in or were dropped off at the front door. Legally, we made sure that the Conrad in Lancaster, Pa). After some research on the First volume of the bullhorn did not ex- Judge Bernard Coates reversed Amendment, veteran pro-lifers Ed ceed the street/traffic level noise, the decision of District Judge Pi- Snell, Caroline Pittman and I con- which we documented with a deci- anka. cluded that amplification of consti- bel meter. In the meantime, the Harris- tutionally protected speech could be The abortuary called the police burg police continued to violate defended legally. We began this in each time we used the bullhorn, and pro-lifers’ rights at Hillcrest by earnest in March 2011. they showed up every time. The po- confiscating constitutionally pro- Standing on the sidewalk in front lice warned me that I would be ar- tected pro-life signs, and by slap- of the clinic, we used a 50-megawatt rested, and I was on March 11. (See ping down our camera while we bullhorn to broadcast the message youtube video: http://www.youtube. were videotaping the encounters of life to women entering the front com/watch?v=CrKLVCE-f5c.) with police. (See youtube.com / doorway as well as to penetrate the They charged me with disor- watch?v=5hZyBN2WMqo and waiting room and killing chambers. derly conduct/unreasonable noise. youtube.com/watch?v=hkGTY y6b There was a marked increase in Of course, I pled not guilty. I went OW0). “turnarounds”; three babies were pro se (defended myself) at the With the court’s exoneration saved on one Friday morning alone! District Justice trial, where I was of charges, we continued using the We could also address the mill found guilty by District Judge Bar- bullhorn until a private citizen com- staff as well as the abortionist him- bara Pianka. plained and the Harrisburg police self, Earl McLeod, with messages The case was appealed to the arrested me again, using the identi- of hard truth, Scripture and prayer, Court of Common Pleas by two cal charges from the first arrest. along with powerful overtures God-fearing pro-bono attorneys, Again I defended myself before for conversion to Christ and Holy Jeff Conrad and Emily Bell (from District Judge Pianka, and again Mother Church. the law firm of Clymer, Musser and was found guilty in this “Kangaroo 18 DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013 court.” I was not allowed to finish ues down the street. and violations by the Harrisburg Po- my cross-examination, and not al- “So while we quibble about lice Department, four federal civil lowed to call witnesses. ‘disturbing the peace,’ babies with rights actions were filed against I addressed my final summation faces and bodies are being ripped Harrisburg City and the police de- to Judge Pianka, who lives in the from their mother’s wombs and torn partment by Boyle Litigation on my neighborhood where Hillcrest is lo- to bloody shreds while being sucked behalf: all were First Amendment/ cated. She walked out during it. down a tube. free speech violations documented I said, in part, “Everyone truly There definitely is a problem in our videos. knows why we are here, and why I here—but the problem isn’t me, and In June the City of Harrisburg am here—it is the “elephant in the settled the four cases in my favor living room” that no one will ad- for an undisclosed sum. dress truthfully. “While we quibble about A fifth case has been filed and is “That elephant is the killing of ‘disturbing the peace,’ still pending. unborn children day in and day out The police no longer are a ha- since 1976 at Hillcrest Abortion babies are being rassing presence, and bullhorning at Clinic on North Front Street. torn to bloody shreds.” the abortuary is legally permitted by “Close to 300,000 innocent chil- the courts. Praise God. dren have been killed at that putrid For more information, email sc- death factory, along with the wrong- the problem isn’t noise. The prob- [email protected]. ful death of a woman and other un- lem is yourselves. told horror stories. “You, in that neighborhood, “The abortuary is nicely shroud- let the killing go on unabated as SANTIAGO, from page 8 ed by legitimate businesses and you look the other way and com- cozy traditional homes. Hillcrest plain about the scarce few who try have died in Maryland after abor- has found a nice, quiet neighbor- to put an end to it. Yes, by using a tions without public knowledge, hood to ply its deadly trade. little noise. May that noise, one day, their death attributed to a cause oth- “Nobody in the neighborhood wake you up to the Truth.” er than abortion? appears to care about what goes on Again, this case was appealed in We don’t know. The liberal, pro- inside. They only seem to care if the Court of Common Pleas, and the abortion State of Maryland, unlike somebody points out the tragedy, if charges against me were summarily most other states, keeps no records of someone makes a noise, or if their dismissed by District Attorney Ed- the number of abortions performed life might be inconvenienced while ward Marsico. each year, much less how many wom- the butchery of human lives contin- Due to the continued harassment en have died because of them. We know of Santiago’s death al- most accidentally, due to a belated OHCQ inspection. We learned of Jennifer Mor- belli’s abortion-caused death only because vigilant pro-lifers were praying and counseling outside the Germantown clinic. Abortionists, generally the dregs of the medical profession, and their supporters don’t care about the unborn babies they’re killing. And when a woman is injured or killed in the process, the last thing on their minds is concern for her. The first thing on their minds is cover-up. DEFEND LIFE • July - August 2013 19

Letters to the Editor does not detract from the pro-life While campaigning to end the mission; it is a synergistic activity, death penalty, the VCC allied itself especially in a public relations vein. with one of the Virginia Senate’s Upgrading abortuaries It is also a Christian thing to do most adamant supporters of abor- is Christian thing to do as the Gospel tells us that everyone tion and gave her favorable public- is our neighbor, even those who ity in the Diocesan newspaper. Bob Brown in his article, “The may be killing innocent, defenseless Young pro-life Catholics might Top 10 things that bug me about the babies. We should do our best to wonder how the Church got so far Gosnell case,” (Defend Life, May– stop the killing, but we don’t wish off its mission. I recommend they June), sounds like he is on a crusade women unnecessary harm. view this Michael Voris video, against improving safety conditions which is an excellent lesson in mod- in abortuaries when he says, “Pro- John Naughton ern Church history: churchmilitant. Lifers cannot join with pro-abor- [email protected] tv/_daily/?today=2013-06-19. tionists to promote ‘high quality It is a history I lived through, abortion care,’” because that takes and Mr. Voris tells it as I remember the focus off ending abortion, and it. The seminarians of the 1960s be- NARAL and Planned Parenthood Misery loves company came today’s bishops. verbally support safer abortuaries. But pro-lifers didn’t set aside I can’t say I enjoyed the article, Thomas L. McFadden their efforts to end abortion when “Can a ‘good’ pro-life Catholic be McLean, Virginia Gosnell was arrested several years pro-death penalty?” (May-June De- [email protected] ago or during his trial, conviction fend Life), except in the sense that and sentencing. They are still doing “misery loves company.” the Will of God, who is directing That article let me know that THINKING their efforts. the Maryland Catholic Conference Pro-lifers know that the pro- (MCC) is as destructive as the Vir- LONG-TERM? abortionists’ contention that they ginia Catholic Conference (VCC). Remembering DEFEND LIFE The VCC, representing nobody but want safe abortuaries is an outright in your will shows a serious lie, which is evident from their op- the two bishops who own it and position to legislation designed to their paid employees, lobbies the commitment to strengthening protect women, and their lawsuits Virginia Legislature on a host of and continuing what against any such legislation that be- “social justice” matters while pre- comes law. suming to speak in the name of the DEFEND LIFE stands for! We also hear them saying they Catholic laity of Virginia. The following language is will be forced to close many abor- For example, here are just some suggested for making such tuaries when protective legislation of our bishops’ priorities: in-state goes into effect. While that is true tuition for illegal aliens, ending ex- a bequest: “I give to in some cases, it is a gross exag- ecution of murderers, gun control, DEFEND LIFE, INC., geration, as most of the abortuaries voting rights for felons, full imple- will be upgraded to comply with mentation of Obamacare, and oppo- a Maryland not-for-profit safety regulations. When NARAL sition to uranium mining. corporation, whose address and Planned Parenthood issue such Meanwhile, if there is a pro-life statements, they are lying to elicit organization such as Defend Life is PO Box 5427, Baltimore, public support. functioning anywhere in Virginia, it MD 21285, the sum We don’t need to abide filthy sure keeps a low profile. of $______, to be used abortuaries with incompetent, un- Virginia Right to Life, founded scrupulous abortionists injuring and thriving in the 1970s when the for the benefit of women. They will always be harm- late Thomas Welsh was Bishop of DEFEND LIFE.” ful places for women. Arlington and enjoying his support, Trying to clean up abortuaries is long gone. Non-Profit U.S. Postage PAID P.O. Box 5427, Baltimore, MD 21285 Baltimore, MD Affiliate, Mater Dei Chapter, Catholic United For Faith Permit No. 7433

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