40 Days for Life Madison Web Site Goes Live

The official Web site for 40 Days for Life Madison went live this week!

Visit http://www.40daysforlife.com/madison/ for your one-stop shop for information on this fall's prayer vigil.

Click here for a complete 40 Days for Life schedule, including information on organizational meetings, events, and the hours that need to be filled.

"Truly children are a gift from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward" -- Psalm 127:3

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Fetus. Mass of tissue. Blobs of cells. And, perhaps, our personal favorite: "products of conception."

The pro-abortion lobby uses a lot of deliberately misleading and cleverly crafted language to justify killing the unborn. Which should come as no surprise. Movements that kill a lot of people always use dehumanizing language to conceal the fact that they engage in murder.

But if the old adage is true, and a picture is worth a thousand words, the lies and deceit of the abortion crowd is bound to fail. Check out the following link to see a famous 1999 photograph of Samuel, who was operated on to treat spina Bifida at just 21 weeks in utero.

http://www.michaelclancy.com/

40 Days for Life at the Madison Diocese Family Picnic

Madison 40 Days for Life had a booth at the Diocese of Madison's family picnic yesterday. We met a lot of great, pro-life people who will be joining us in prayer outside of Planned Parenthood this fall.

If you'd like 40 Days for Life to have a booth at your church's summer festival, let us know. If you get us in, we'll staff the booth!

From Conception to Natural Death

While the direct goal of 40 Days for Life is praying to bring an end to abortion, we believe it is the duty of all Christians everywhere to protect the sanctity of life from conception to natural death. Abortion, assisted suicide, human cloning, euthanasia, contraception, and embryonic stem cell research are all threads of evil woven together to create the pall that drapes our society.

The culture of death is sneaky. Its agenda often advances through dubious court rulings or obscure policy changes. Anti-life laws are often enacted before the faithful have time to react. As such, we want to inform you of critical developments in the State of Washington, where our brothers and sisters--like our pre-born brothers and sisters--are in desperate need of our prayers.

In November, the State of Washington will vote whether to legalize physician-assisted suicide. If the measure passes, doctors would be allowed to legally prescribe deadly drugs to ill patients with the sole purpose of killing them.

The list of reasons to oppose this initiative is seemingly endless. However, numerous aspects of the proposed law are particularly troubling:

• Physicians would be allowed to encourage patients to end their lives.
• Government and private health insurance providers would have incentive to pay for suicide drugs rather than more expensive palliative and therapeutic drugs. In fact, this has occurred in Oregon, the only state with legal physician-assisted suicide. Cancer patient Barbara Wagner received a letter from the Oregon Health Plan informing her that a drug that could extend her life is not covered by the state-funded insurance plan. However, the letter did inform her that the state would pay for her to commit suicide.
• Patients suffering from depression and mental illness would not be required to undergo counseling before committing physician-assisted suicide.
• Requests for the fatal drugs would not need to be made in person. Instead, they could be phoned in, picked up, and administered by an acquaintance of the patient.

Like every other movement in the culture of death, this initiative is driven by lies. Official death certificates would not list suicide as the cause of death. Instead, the patient's initial diagnosis would be listed.

Furthermore, a judge has ruled that neither the initiative, nor the state's official pamphlet describing it may use the term "physician-assisted suicide."

Jessica Skelton, an attorney and proponent of the initiative said the term is "politicized language" that "implies a value judgment and carries with it a social stigma."

It also happens to be an accurate description. And so, when telling the truth impedes the eugenicist goals of this country's death profiteers, they did what they always do: change the meaning of words.

It's worth noting that the Netherlands, which became the world's first country to legalize physician-assisted suicide more than a quarter century ago, has moved on to euthanasia. More than 1,000 patients each year are killed by their doctors without any input in the decision.

Let us pray for a renewed respect for life, not just in the Madison area and not just for the preborn, but for all human beings around the world.

I call Heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live...

-Deuteronomy 30:19

And the Truth Shall Set You Free...

South Dakota's only Planned Parenthood location has chosen to shut its doors rather than tell the truth about abortion.

South Dakota's new Abortion Informed Consent Law requires abortionists to inform mothers in writing that abortion "terminate[s] the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being." The law took effect last month when it was upheld by the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Planned Parenthood's response: Close up shop. No abortions have taken place in South Dakota since the court's decision.

This, of course, is great news for Christians everywhere. America is blessed to finally have a state free of the legalized slaughter of children--even before Roe vs. Wade is repealed. The Prince of Lies has been exposed.

The tremendous victory in South Dakota is also great news for women--particularly mothers who might have considered abortion. By the mandate of law, they will hear the truth. And the truth shall set them free.

For more information, see LifeNews.

40 Days for Life 2008 Organizational Meeting

Madison-area Christians will join Christian communities around the country again this fall to partake in a 40-day, around-the-clock prayer vigil outside Planned Parenthood.

Madison’s 40 Days for Life is seeking volunteers and participants interested in helping bring an end to abortion. Participants sign up for shifts of one to four hours. They can sign up for a single time or on a weekly basis, fasting and peacefully praying outside Planned Parenthood. The 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week prayer vigil begins September 24th and runs through November 2nd.

Last year’s 40 Days for Life participants reported many moving experiences.

“I had two young Ladies approach and say, ‘I want to know where I can obtain an adoption,’” said Don, who partook in last year’s vigil. “They change[d] their minds [about getting an abortion] because they had supporters. Someone who [could] help them do what was right.”

Kathy, another vigil participant, said 40 Days for Life is an important way to provide a voice for the voiceless.

“What is amazing to me is to see so many people who have come forward to participate in this worthwhile cause,” she said. It is encouraging to see the dedication and love that we share for life and for the unborn babies. We are their voices and we have to say no to the culture of death. Praise be to God!”

An organizational meeting for 40 Days for Life-Madison will take place Monday, June 2 at 6:00 p.m. at the House of Prayer in Madison, near the East Towne Mall. The address is 1714 Eagan Road. For further information, contact Amy Hying at 40DaysForLifeMadison@gmail.com or (608) 698-3877.

The meeting will feature beingHUMAN, a documentary that explains the 40 Days for Life vigil. The video can also be viewed at www.40daysforlife.com/show.cfm

With the beginning of the vigil just four months away, volunteers are needed to fill the following positions:
• Prayer Coordinator: responsible for encouraging the Body of Christ to pray and fast before and during the 40 Days for Life campaign.
• Vigil Coordinator: keeps a list of all vigil volunteers, maintains schedules, and manages substitute lists to ensure a constant, peaceful presence at Planned Parenthood.
• Outreach Coordinator: directs a door-to-door petition, education drive and other community outreach activities.
• Event Coordinator: helps plan and organize the Kickoff Rally, Halfway Rally, and Victory Celebration events.
• Church Coordinator: responsible for inviting local churches’ participation and maintaining ongoing communication with church leaders.
• Communications Coordinator: Communicates with participants through email messages and blog updates and handles media relations.


Last year’s 40 Days for Life was a monumental success, spanning 33 states, 89 cities, and featuring participation from 150,000 Christians. Nationally, 40 Days for Life reports that in the past year, one abortion clinic has closed its doors, and two more Planned Parenthood facilities have ceased performing abortions.

Furthermore, during last fall’s national campaign, the Holy Spirit led hundreds of mothers to choose life, saving at least 500 babies’ lives. Many of the would-be victims have now been born safely into families with a newly found appreciation for the gift of human life.

Bundles of joy indeed! As Kathy said, “Praise be to God!”

Media from the 1/31 Pro-Life Rally

Pictures (Courtesy of Salt and Light Media)

Audio 1: Will Goodman, Laura Karlen, Steve Karlen
Audio 2: Pro-Life Organization Lineup



Will Goodman


Dr. Haywood Robinson Part 1


Dr. Haywood Robinson Part 2