OCTOBER BABY HAS ARRIVED IN THE QUAD CITIES!
October Baby, a pro-life must-see film, has arrived in the Quad Cities and is being shown at the Rave theater in Davenport on 53rd Street.
To learn more about the film, please visit http://www.octoberbabymovie.net/. There you can view clips, read about media coverage, and check out the current listing of theaters showing the film.
For the most up-to-date movie times, call Rave at 563-441-0242
10% of this movie's profits will be donated to the "Every Life is Beautiful Fund," which distributes funds to frontline organizations helping women face crisis pregnancies, life- affirming adoptions agencies, and those caring for orphans.
Recent News Items
Young girl with Down Syndrome becomes 'darling' of child modeling world
by John Jalsevac, LifeSiteNews, Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:45 EST
November 29, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - When Gemma Andre submitted photos of her young daughter, Taya, to a UK modeling agency at the urging of a family member, she didn't say anything about the fact that Taya was born with Down syndrome.
"No one asked the question, 'Is your child disabled?' So I didn't mention it," Gemma told the Daily Mail recently.
Even after the ad agency, Urban Angels, phoned Andre and told her that Taya had made the first cut, and they would like to meet her personally, Gemma stayed mum on her daughter's condition.
I didn't want her to be chosen as the token disabled child. If she was going to be picked, then it had to be on her own merit," she says.
Read more of little Gemma Andre's story.
Illinois Now Requires Abortion Ctrs to Report Statutory Rape
by Steven Ertelt | Springfield, IL | LifeNews.com | 8/11/11 1:33 PMThe state of Illinois now requires abortion centers to join legitimate medical facilities in reporting cases of statutory rape to authorities in order for young girls to be protected.
That's something Planned Parenthood opposed.
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Women Who Became Pregnant Through Sexual Assault Say, "Ask Us"
Posted on November 19, 2011 by Amy at Elliot InstitutePetition Signers Say Using Their Situation to Promote Abortion Stops Women from Getting Authentic Help
Abortion and sexual assault pregnancy is a difficult subject for many people, especially since no one wants to hurt those who have already been traumatized.
For many, abortion seems like a compassionate answer for women and girls who become pregnant as a result of rape or incest.
But a group of women who experienced pregnancies resulting from sexual assault say that policymakers need to listen to those who've been there, instead of using this issue to promote abortion.
Read more:
Illinois Supreme Court to decide on law requiring parental notification for minor abortions
by Christine Dhanagom, LifeSiteNews, Thu Dec 01, 2011 16:12 ESTSPRINGFIELD, December 1, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Illinois Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a case that will decide the fate of the state's Parental Notice Act, a 1995 law requiring that parents must be told if their minor child seeks an abortion.
According to a statement from the Thomas More Society, a pro-life group of attorneys, the court will have to decide whether the law violates the state's constitution. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which has fought the law in both state and federal court, is arguing that the Illinois Constitution guarantees the right to an abortion.
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Organ Donation: Crossing the Line
Linking the "right to die" with organ donationhas opened a terrible Pandora's Box
by Nancy Valko, RN, Voices Online Edition, Vol. XXVI, No. 4, Advent - Christmas 2011
In the US, whether we are renewing our drivers' licenses, watching the TV news or just picking up a newspaper, it's impossible to miss the campaign to persuade us to sign an organ donation card. We see story after story about grieving relatives who have been comforted by donating a loved one's organs after a tragic death, and grateful people whose lives have been changed by the "gift of life". But in the understandable zeal to save or extend as many lives as possible through organ transplantation, are some ethical boundaries being crossed?
For example, since the early 1990s, a little-known but disturbing revolution has been occurring in organ donation. A new procedure now called "donation after cardiac death" (DCD) has been quietly added to brain death organ donation in more and more hospitals in the United States and in other countries. It was made possible by linking the so-called right to die with organ donation. Now, doctors in Belgium are using DCD criteria for determination of death to harvest organs after euthanasia.1
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Suspension of Notorious Rockford, Illinois, Abortion Provider Extended to January 4
Thomas More Society, November 28, 2011On November 28, a notorious abortion clinic in Rockford, Illinois, the Northern Illinois Women's Center, had its suspension extended until January 4, at which time a public hearing will be held. This "safe, legal" abortion clinic had not been inspected in 14 years and the Illinois Department of Public Health's recent inspection uncovered a laundry list of "egregious health and safety violations," most of which would disgust any careful health care consumer.
Read Thomas More's story:
Schizophrenic Society Outraged at Viable Babies Murdered at Philadelphia "House of Horrors" But Accepts Same-Gestational-Age Babies Being Aborted in the Darkness of the Womb
By Lee Singh, MercatorNet, November 29, 2011The human mind can hold onto blatant contradictions, but in order to do so it must block out certain unpleasant truths. One such uncomfortable truth has now come knocking at the door in Philadelphia, where a "house of horrors" abortion clinic was discovered early this year. At this clinic viable babies were outright murdered after their births had been induced and they had been fully delivered. Clinic staff have testified that on hundreds of occasions, second and third trimester babies that were breathing, moving and even crying were slaughtered by having their necks slit or their spines severed.
Almost everyone agrees that killing newborn babies constitutes murder. That is also the law, which is the main reason why clinic owner Dr Kermit Gosnell may face the death penalty if convicted. In recent weeks, five of his staff have pleaded guilty to various charges including murder, and some may be sentenced to hundreds of years in prison.
And yet, late-term abortions, effectively right up to the moment of natural birth, are not illegal in Canada or in many parts of the United States. If Gosnell had chosen to act in medically acceptable ways by dismembering or killing the fetus within the womb just before removing it, he would likely be a hero in the eyes of many for providing an essential service that empowers women. Who knows, he could have gotten the highest civilian award -- a mere three years ago we bestowed the Order of Canada upon Henry Morgentaler, a man who claims to have personally performed over 100,000 abortions.
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Dolly scientist: abandon embryonic stem cell research
Posted on Dec 2, 2011 | by Michael Foust, Baptist PressLA JOLLA, Calif. (BP) -- The scientist who led the team that cloned Dolly the sheep has urged fellow researchers to forego embryonic stem cell research -- which he says is fraught with practical problems -- and pursue more promising types of research.
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As ESCR looks like a dead end, media darling Geron pulls plug on all ESCR
By Michael Cook, Editor, MercatorNet, November 24, 2011In 2004 in California, voters passed an amendment to the state's constitution to fund research with human embryonic stem cells and to create the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).
Now, however, embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) is looking increasingly like a dead end. The California-based biotechnology firm Geron has pulled the plug on all its ESCR to focus on cancer drugs. Geron had been the leading company in ESCR and had been the focus of media attention for years. It was the go-to website for the National Institutes of Health to direct readers to for information.
Read Michael Cook's article:
Fast Facts every Pro Lifer needs to know:
- Since 1973, the heartbeats of more than 54 million unborn babies have been silenced by "safe, legal" abortion. That's more than all of the combined casualties of every major war in which the United States has been involved.
- There are more than 140,000 second and third trimester abortions each year. (Months four through nine)
- By 22 days after conception, the baby's heart begins to beat with the child's own blood -often a different blood type than the mother.
- At 6 weeks, brain waves can be detected. The child's mouth and lips are present and fingers are forming.
- At 8 weeks, every organ is in place. Bones and unique fingerprints begin to form.
- Government researchers in Finland found the suicide rate for women having abortions was three times the national average and nearly six times what it was for women giving birth.
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