Pro-life laws in Nebraska, Florida, Oklahoma & Hawaii on the way

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100221/NEWS01/702219879
LINCOLN — Nebraska could reshape national abortion policy if lawmakers embrace a proposal to ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches 20 weeks.  The state has played a role on the national stage before, with a 1997 law banning the controversial late-term procedure known medically as intact dilation and extraction, or D&X.  The U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 overturned that Nebraska law, upholding its previous abortion decisions and dealing a setback to abortion opponents, who call the procedure “partial-birth” abortion.  Those opponents gained hope seven years later, when the justices on a more conservative Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on the D&X procedure.

http://www.jaxobserver.com/2010/02/19/abortion-bill-filed-in-legislature/
An expansive measure to make most abortions illegal in Florida has been filed for the 2010 Legislative session, challenging federal protections in place for more than 40 years.  Both anti-abortion advocates and abortion rights supporters agree the 53-page proposal is an attempt to directly challenge the 40-year-old Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortions in the United States in 1973.  “The Legislature finds that there have been 50 million abortions in the United States since the Roe decision,” the bill reads. “ The Legislature further finds that every life lost to abortion was sacred and of the highest value.”
Sponsored by Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-Palatka, HB 1097 would criminalize most abortions now allowed under state and federal law, increase penalties for physicians who perform such services and require pregnant women to receive more information on adoption.

http://www.lifenews.com/state4809.html
Oklahoma City, OK (LifeNews.com) -- An Oklahoma state Senate committee on Thursday approved three key pro-life bills designed to reduce abortions. The measures address legal changes to two state laws that an Oklahoma judge last year tossed out as unconstitutional.  The Oklahoma state Senate Health and Human Services Committee advanced Senate Bill 1891 which would protect health care professionals' freedom of conscience by affirming their right to refuse to participate in the taking of a human life. They also supported SB 1902, regulating the use of the dangerous abortion drug RU 486, which has claimed the lives of more than 13 women worldwide and injured countless others.  And the panel backed SB 1890, which would prohibit abortions that are done for sex-selection reasons.  The three bills had been in a package of legislation the legislature approved last year, but the court determined the bill violated a constitutional requirement that legislation only address one subject even though the bills were all about stopping abortions.

http://www.starbulletin.com/editorials/20100221_State_Abortion_Law_Repeal_Now_Appears_to_be_Certainty.html

The House of Representatives yesterday paved the way for Hawaii to become the first state in the nation to repeal its abortion law. The repeal bill passed by a 31-20 vote and is expected to breeze through the Senate on Tuesday. Every member voted on the measure. Barring major defects in the bill, Gov. John A. Burns is expected to let the bill become law without his signature. It will automatically become law 10 days after he receives it. The Governor has stated in the past that he supports repeal. Although the measure is laced with amendments, it still retains its basic intent—to repeal Hawaii's 101-year-old abortion  

Mississippi gathers overwhelming support to add personhood amendment for vote

A grass roots organization in Mississippi has gathered over 130,000 signatures in order to place a Personhood amendment on an upcoming ballot in the state. This exceeds the minimum requirement of 89,285 needed for a ballot initiative so it is expected to be approved in next few days then placed in the 2011 ballot.
Reference:  http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/mississippi_collects_over_130000_signatures_for_personhood_amendment/

Archdiocese ends partnership with DC rather than compromise faith

In Washington, D.C., the same-sex marriage bill is expected to become law within a couple of weeks.  Because of this, the Archdiocese of Washington D.C. through Catholic Charities will be forced to recognize those unions if it will remain in partnership with the city.  Rather than compromise the Church's teaching on marriage, the archdiocese ended its foster care program.

WaPo Report Reference:  click here or go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/16/AR2010021604899.html 
 
Commentary:  Thank you Abp. Wuerl for standing fast to keep the integrity of the faith.

Bishop Robert Vasa Strips Hospital of Catholic Title because it could not meet the Catholic standard.

"It is my responsibility to ensure the hospital is following Catholic principles both in name and in fact," Bishop Vasa said. "It would be misleading for me to allow St. Charles Bend to be acknowledged as Catholic in name while I am certain that some important tenets of the Ethical and Religious Directives are no longer being observed."  So, the Catholic Diocese of Baker announced that the Catholic Church will no longer sponsor St. Charles Medical Center-Bend.  In particular, it is because of sterilization procedures performed at the hospital that goes against the Church's teachings.  Bishop's notice found here http://www.sentinel.org/node/10753

Commentary:  Thank you Bishop Vasa for defending the faith.

iCarly's Dancing Bra, Suite Life of Zack & Cody & St. John Bosco's "Goodnight Talk" before the "Great Silence"

Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7z2RR1CgnQ  or click here
In this video, the dancing bra tells ghosts stories.

While snowed in, I watched the same shows with my kids. There’s Nickolodeon iCarly about 3 tweens and their web-based show. There's a voluptuous dancing bra that makes an appearance from time to tome like the segment above. It seemed harmless enough until I found a Google search for ‘Boobs and Tits’ in my computer's history.

Then there's “The Suite Life on Deck” where smart-alecky kids lie all the time. And the show finds it acceptable and humorous most of the time. So, my 10-year old lied about feeding the dog until the poor animal foraged for food in the garbage last night.

These are Disney shows but they’re nothing in moral content like those from the Wonderful World of Disney decades ago. So, I'm cutting out cable TV. And I’ll give a good-night talk in the way St. John Bosco did to his homeless youth. The good-night talk is done after night prayers and contains a moral lesson from something that happened during the day. That is how St. John Bosco made faith part of life. And psychologically, it is a most effective time to instill good thoughts. The talk is followed by the great silence – in the monastic tradition where no one talks unless it is an emergency. That silence ushers in sleep but also combats dissipation and distractions. The serenity and stillness brings recollection and a sense of God’s awesome and mysterious presence.

The reckless distractions from TV has to be not only filtered out but replaced with wholesome and spiritual thoughts.

Geological Anomaly to be named after US president

The Obama Administration will be honoring the 43rd President of the United States by naming the gap between the tectonic plates beneath Haiti after him. The area will now officially be referred to as "Bush's Fault." 

The ending of legalized abortion in the USA

Would you spend $2.5 million to show a 30-second video clip where a mother talks about how tough it is to have a child?  The group Focus of the Family did just that during the Superbowl commercial break last Sunday to make people aware of what a pregnancy can turn into – in her case a football star.  Why is that message worth $2.5 million?  In my opinion, it is a cry of protest against the culture that allowed 50 million children to be killed legally since 1973 in the USA alone.  So, that would be 5 cents per life if only that could bring them back.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BIOTItUwvk

Two weeks ago, there were around half a million protest marchers around the country on the anniversary of that court rulling, Roe V Wade, that legalized abortion. .  http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2010/01/video-2010-right-to-life-march-300000.html

And this has been happening every year since 1973 and will continue until abortion is outlawed in this country because abortion is abhorred by nature.  It has caused death, barrenness, depression among others because, women are wired to nurture their young not kill them.  The only way to trick them into doing that is by lies but, that is harder nowadays with the sonogram and Doppler heart monitors that present images of developing persons and sounds of heart beats.  That debunks the lie that the child is only a lump of cells.

Then, there are changing attitudes; because, since1973 everyone who was born had a parent who is either pro-life or a pro-choice person who opted for the child.  So, this attitude has been caught by those children who are now the GenXers and GenYers who value life.  

Another place is verify this is in the Manhantan Declaration web site where close to 500,000 have committed themselves to acts of public disobedience if pro-abortion legislation and policies get pushed  in the so-called health care reform.   http://www.manhattandeclaration.org/

The tide has changed.  There are a few who are still for choice for the sake of others even if they themselves are pro-life.  The liberated women who burned their bras are now in nursing homes while others have sobered up to the real meaning of feminism.  There might be some who still prefer career over children but those are the exceptions.

So, the real advocate of abortion rights is an industry with a lot of money to buy political support from Obama and air time from the media.  That same industry that tries to penetrate the educational system to separate kids from their parents guidance and encourage fornication, pregnancies then abortion.

Knowing this, gives the battle for the unborn a new impetus because of the allies that will soon arrive.  Businesses and politicians all depend on popular appeal so when they realize that the market and support for choice is waning, they will rethink their investments and platforms.  CBS is an example of one who adjusted their sails to the winds of change.  The Democrats if they do not pick up on this will doom their political careers - specially if they keep supporting a healthcare reform with abortion funding.

It is darkest just before the dawn and the current times cannot get any darker.  But then we know that the dawn is coming and the culture of death will disappear in the light because life is from the Creator who lives and has power over all.