A Monthly Publication of the Issue No.191 August , 2019 Neighbors North Pro-Life Committee Dianne Machesney, Editor 412-366-7869 Administration Ends Contract Supplying Bishop Paprocki: Communion Fetal Tissue for Research Prohibited to Pro-Abortion Illinois Catholic Lawmakers The Food and Drug Administration no longer will obtain the fetal tissue from California-based This week, Illinois passed the most Advanced Bioscience Resources Inc., the extreme pro-abortion state legislation in Department of Health and Human Services America — with some Catholic lawmakers announced Wednesday. taking the lead in pushing forward this anti-life The statement announcing the change said bill. HHS was not satisfied with the results of a review it In response, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, conducted to make sure that the procurements were Illinois, today issued a public decree communicating to his in keeping with government regulations and with priests that all Illinois Catholic lawmakers who voted for the ethical and moral concerns. state’s new Reproductive Health Act, or for an earlier 2017 bill that legalized taxpayer funding of abortions, should not present The Trump administration has rightfully “ themselves to receive Holy Communion in the Diocese of taken action to separate federal research funding Springfield “without first being reconciled to Christ and the from the abortion industry,” Melanie Israel, a research Church.” The decree, and an accompanying letter, were mailed associate at the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil earlier in the week to all of the Catholic lawmakers who voted in Society at The Heritage Foundation, said in a written favor of the bills. statement. https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/06/05/trump-administration-ends- In his decree, Bishop Paprocki states: contract-supplying-fetal-tissue-for-research/ "In accord with canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law...Illinois Senate President John Cullerton and Speaker Maine Advances Assisted of the House Michael J. Madigan, who facilitated the Suicide Law passage of the Act Concerning Abortion of 2017 (House Bill 40) as well as the Reproductive Health Act of 2019 If the bill were to become (Senate Bill 25), are not to be admitted to Holy Communion law, patients who have less than six in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois because they have months to live and do not have any mental conditions obstinately persisted in promoting the abominable crime such as depression, may legally request medication and very grave sin of abortion as evidenced by the that would end their life. influence they exerted in their leadership roles and their The so-called “Dignity With Dying” bill passed repeated votes and obdurate public support for abortion the state House of Representatives by a single vote rights over an extended period of time." on June 3, before making it through the senate Tuesday by a 19-16 margin. As Bishop Paprocki noted in his declaration: “These persons http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/maine-advances-assisted- may be readmitted to Holy Communion only after they have suicide-law truly repented these grave sins and furthermore have made suitable reparation for damages and scandal, or at least have LEGALIZE "SEX WORK"? seriously promised to do so, as determined in my judgment or in the judgment of their diocesan bishop in consultation with me or The State of New York could become the first my successor." Lifesite News 6/6/19 state to decriminalize prostitution, which is called “sex work” by its defenders. Democrats in the legislature have introduced a bill that would end penalties for SANCTUARY CITY FOR buying and selling sex. UNBORN The legislation — written with advocacy group DecrimNY — would also repeal misdemeanor charges The small town of Waskom, related to prostitution, such as "pimping" and would Texas, has declared itself the permit those people in the sex trade to apply for relief state's first “sanctuary city for the on previous related charges. unborn” by passing a resolution banning most abortion The Stop Violence in the Sex Trade Act also includes procedures. The news media felt it was important to highlight measures to adjust related prostitution laws. that the city council members were all men. https://www.theblaze.com/news/new-york-could-become-first-state- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/13/waskom-texas- to-decriminalize-sex-work declared-sanctuary-city-unborn-bans-abortion/1443699001/ Page 2 PROJECT MUSTARD SEED While other big corporations push abortion, Wendy’s saves kids The letter recipient for this month is: through adoption CHEVRON Fast-food chain Wendy's and its partner, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Operations: chemicals/compounds, Adoption, has at its heart the interests of the convenience stores (Caltex, ExtraMile, Star Mart), eateries children who are frequently trotted out as "reasons to abort" — (bars/cafes/lounges/restaurants: Town Pantry, Triple O’s), those who are in foster care waiting to be adopted. According energy (vehicular: petroleum), transportaon (vehicular: to a previous Live Action News article, "There are about anfreezes, Caltex products, Clarity products, coolants, 400,000 children in the U.S. foster care system. Just over Delo products, fuel addives, greases, Havoline products, 100,000 of them are eligible to be adopted, according ISOCLEAN, lubricants, motor oils, Techron products, Texaco to AdoptUSKids, and will likely be adopted by their foster products, transmission fluids, [Havoline] Xpress Lube). parents. The majority of children in the foster care system are waiting to be reunited with their birth families, who are taking Tell him to steps to get their children back." Please write to: The Dave Thomas Foundation has its origins in being Mr. Michael K. Wirth stop an advocacy group. Through their program, Wendy's Chairman & CEO funding Wonderful Kids, they help the more difficult-to-place children — Chevron Corporaon Planned those who are older, have special needs, or are part of a sibling 6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd Parenthood group — find loving homes using evidenced-based, child- San Ramon, CA 94583 focused methods. The Foundation is now seeking to go nationwide, and has partnered with Snapchat through the Cause Cup program. Starting in May, the Cause Cups at www.chevron.com participating Wendy's will have a Snapcode that, when scanned, will donate $5 to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Chevron has been on The Boycott List since July 2007 Adoption — for a total of up to $500,000. The donations will and we last wrote to them in January 2015. Since help bring the program to all 50 states and DC by 2028. then, they have elected a new Chairman and https://www.liveaction.org CEO. Thank you again for your continued support of Project Mustard Seed. Your letters do make a difference! Vatican Slams Gender Ideology The Congregation for Catholic Education has published Teen Vogue the most brilliant and authoritative document on the sexes that is currently available. Instructs Teens on "Male and Female: He Created Them" is not only the How to Get title of this work, it accurately conveys reality. God did not Abortions Without create mere human beings. No, he created two very different, Their Parents yet complementary, sexes. Knowing The document takes aim at gender theory, which, it says, "denies the difference and reciprocity in nature of a man and a woman and envisages a society without sexual Teen Vogue has mislead its young subscribers differences, thereby eliminating the anthropological basis of the on abortion for years, and this latest article is no family." Such a vision postulates the absurd notion that "human exception. It is giving irresponsible, biased advice to identity becomes the choice of the individual, one which can teens by telling them to hide a life-destroying, also change over time." irreversible and risky abortion procedure from their The document notes how gender ideology developed family. in the 20th century. It celebrates the "freedom of the individual," Parental consent laws do help minors, and emphasizing that "the only thing that matters in personal they have strong public support. They can help protect relationships is the affection between the individuals involved, young girls from sexual abusers who often use abortion irrespective of sexual difference or procreation which would be to cover up their crimes. The laws also help protect seen as irrelevant in the formation of families." vulnerable teens from making a hasty, uninformed This kind of subjectivism allows the gender ideology decision to abort their unborn babies – something they promoters to separate sex from gender. "This separation is at may later regret. Research shows that these laws help the root of the distinctions proposed between various 'sexual save unborn babies from abortions. orientations' which are no longer defined by the sexual Parental involvement laws have strong public differences between male and female, and can then assume support, and 37 states currently require it in some form other forms, determined solely by the individual, who is seen as before a minor aborts her unborn baby. A Gallup poll radically autonomous." This kind of madness is now being found 71 percent of Americans favor laws requiring taught in the schools. parents’ involvement in a minor’s abortion decision. There is so much more to this splendid document. It is You can read the June 6, 2019 Teen Vogue article here: written for Catholic educators, but it should be read by https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-get-an-abortion-if-youre-a- everyone. Catholic League Bill Donohue 6/11/19 teen https://www.catholicleague.org/vatican-slams-gender-ideology/ https://www.lifenews.com/2019/06/11/teen-vogue-instructs-teens.