PRAY FOR AMERICA: THANK GOD for His many blessings on America throughout it's history. May we then ask that AMERICA once again be a blessing TO GOD, by once again submitting to HIS will in our affairs - both personal and national - that He may truly "heal our land." (2 Chron. 7:14)
SIGN A PETITION TO THE UN FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHRISTIANS :" The church in Syria has shone brightly for 2,000 years. But today violence and persecution threatens its survival. Thanks to an incredible response, Open Doors is helping 8,000 families in Syria survive each month. We believe the signatures and prayers of 500,000 people will encourage the UN to act and protect the rights and lives of all Syrians, especially the vulnerable Christian community." Go to: http://lp.opendoorsusa.org/emails/nov-13-action/save-syria.html?utm_source=action&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button&utm_campaign=november
WORLD-WDE PRAYER REQUESTS:
April 22 - LATEST SAHEED NEWS! "Saeed Sends Easter Message from Hospital Bed" - CBNNews.com, ; http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2014/April/Saeed-Sends-Easter-Message-from-Hospital-Bed/ "Sometimes we want to experience the glory and resurrection with Jesus without experiencing death with Him," Abedini wrote. "We do not realize that unless we pass through the path of death with Christ, we are not able to experience resurrection with Christ."Abedini signed the message from a "prisoner of darkness in Iran, but free for the kingdom and light."
We need to continue to pray for Pastor Saeed - that his health will improve and that he will be re-united with his wife and two young children who live in the United States. We also remain hopeful that in addition to getting the medical care he so desperately needs, that Iranian officials display the kind of humanitarian treatment that often accompanies the start of the Iranian New Year which began on March 21st. This is the time of year when the Iranian government frequently offers clemency to prisoners of conscience. [If you have not yet, please sign the petition for his clemency- http://beheardproject.com/saeed#sign]
PRAY ALSO : - For comfort and peace for Saeed’s wife and children here in the U.S.\
- For a strong witness and testimony from Pastor Abedini in the prison where God has placed him
- For Christians around the world who are being persecuted for their faith in Christ
- For leadership from the White House and State Department in defending the freedoms of Abedini and other Americans
- GO TO SaveSaeed.org to sign a petition over 600,000 others asking for his immediate release
The U.S. State Department believes the Russian army is now prepared to launch an invasion of eastern Ukraine if President Vladimir Putin decides to pull the trigger, according to a senior Administration official."At this point, they are amassed and they could go at a moment’s notice if Putin gave the go ahead," the official said...Top Ukrainian security officials said Thursday that Russia now has 100,000 troops on its side of the Russia-Ukraine border.(Sources: CBS News, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Daily Beast)
As the Lord leads, please pray:
*For God to suppress President Putin’s ambitions to "restore" the Soviet empire.
*For the people of Ukrainen [esp. for the church 'to be THE church'] as they wait to see if the Russian troops will advance.
*About President Obama and to use wisdom in crafting our foreign policy, and wisdom for his advisers.
NEWS/PRAYER ALERT!"Kim Jong-un Calls for Execution of 33 Christians" - 3/7/2014; http://www.presidentialprayerteam.com/Prayerwatch?pw=3651 "North Korea tyrant Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered that 33 Christians believed to be working alongside South Korean Baptist missionary Kim Jung-wook be put to death. The South Korean missionary - who was arrested last year - and his accomplices have reportedly started 500 or so underground churches..."[PRAY that the plans for execution would be rescinded, and these believers released.] [Che\ck out: They'll Be Dead By Morning (What Difference Will It Make) http://loristanleyroeleveld.blogspot.com/2014/03/theyll-be-dead-by-morning-what.html
NEWS ALERT/PRAISE! "Iran Allows Surgery on Ailing, Imprisoned Pastor" - CBNNews.com,March 07, 2014;http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2014/March/Iran-Allows-Dire-Surgery-on-Ailing-Imprisoned-Pastor-/ The Iranian government has finally allowed doctors to perform surgery on imprisoned Pastor Benham Irani.Irani suffered from a herniated disc and bleeding intestines and urgently needed medical care. PRAY for the final release of Pastor Irani and others imprisoned for their faith.
Oct. 23: "Christians Fleeing IRAQ Area Once Considered Safe," - CBNNews.com, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/October/Christians-Fleeing-Iraq-Area-Once-Considered-Safe/ PRAY that believers in Iraq will know God's protection and provision; that believers will know[ whether they are called to flee or remain and persevere; and that their persecutors may come to hear the gospel and come to faith in Christ. - Stan]
Continue to Pray for EGYPT - Continue to pray for the tense situation in Egypt and especially for the Christian believers who are being targeted with violence by Muslim Brotherhood members.]
Update on Kenneth Bae: "US Ready to Bargain with N. Korea for Bae's Release,"- CBNNews.com, Aug 14, 2013 http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/August/S-Ready-to-Bargain-with-N-Korea-for-Baes-Release/ - PRAY for 1) God's healing of and presence with Pastor Bae, 2) His earliest release by the North Korean government, and 3) God's comfort for his family and friends.]
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Continue to Pray for EGYPT - Continue to pray for the tense situation in Egypt and especially for the Christian believers who are being targeted with violence by Muslim Brotherhood members.]
Update on Kenneth Bae: "US Ready to Bargain with N. Korea for Bae's Release,"- CBNNews.com, Aug 14, 2013 http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2013/August/S-Ready-to-Bargain-with-N-Korea-for-Baes-Release/ - PRAY for 1) God's healing of and presence with Pastor Bae, 2) His earliest release by the North Korean government, and 3) God's comfort for his family and friends.]
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Kermit Gosnell, 72, center, after being convicted on three counts of first-degree murder on May 13, 2013, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Yong Kim/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT/Newscom) [1]
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the conviction [2] of late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell [3], who was found guilty of murdering living babies after botched abortion procedures. Justice was served in that courtroom on May 13, 2013, but it is appalling to see Americans barred from debating this vital health issue on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
A stalled Senate bill with 40 co-sponsors, called the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, would limit abortions in the United States after 20 weeks – the point at which studies have shown [4] the unborn child has the ability to feel pain. The House passed a similar measure in June of last year, and several states [5] have enacted their own version of the law.
But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) isn’t bringing it to the floor for debate.
Poll [6] after poll [7] shows the majority of Americans support such a measure and that women are more in favor of a 20-week limit than men. Even one in five people who identify themselves as abortion rights supporters, according to an NBC News poll [8], are in favor of the cutoff. In fact, according to a Quinnipiac poll [7], the majority or plurality of Republicans, Democrats, Independents, women, men, whites, blacks, and Hispanics agreed that if given the choice between limiting abortions at 20 or 24 weeks, they favored 20.
Today, according to a study [9] done by the Charlotte Lozier Institute, America is one of only seven countries that permit abortion on demand after 20 weeks. We share that distinction with such human rights champions as China and North Korea.
More than 40 years after the Supreme Court invented a right to abortion, thousands of children continue to lose their lives to abortion on demand every day. Government estimates put the number of abortions performed past 20 weeks at about 11,000 per year [10]. These late-term abortions not only take the lives of children capable of feeling pain, but also place women at increased risk for serious complications or even death – and the horrific clinic run by Kermit Gosnell was a case in point.
Unless you live in a state with an enforced law limiting abortion, it is generally possible to get an abortion up to the moment of birth, if you can find a willing abortion doctor. Many abortion advocates claim that is not true, but abortion clinic ads like those seen here [11] show that it is. The Gosnell case should shine a spotlight on these late-term practices and force people to confront the dangers faced by women and their unborn children.
But it’s an election year. And what vulnerable senator wants to have to explain a position on such a touchy subject? Reid appears to be preventing them from that political hassle.
The problem is, this isn’t just another political issue. The visceral reaction people have to hearing about bags of babies’ body parts [3] outside Gosnell’s clinic proves that.
The grand jury that investigated Gosnell, in explaining why they thought he was able to operate his clinic so long without getting attention, said [12]: “We think the reason no one acted is because the women in question were poor and of color, because the victims were infants without identities, and because the subject was the political football of abortion.”This is inexcusable. And it’s something that deserves Americans’ attention, both inside and outside the Washington Beltway.
Join us today at noon ET for a discussion of women’s health and abortion in America. [2]
Read the Morning Bell and more en español every day at Heritage Libertad [13].
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Article printed from The Foundry: Conservative Policy News from The Heritage Foundation: http://blog.heritage.org; URL to article: http://blog.heritage.org/2014/05/13/kermit-gosnell-anniversary-late-term-abortion/
URLs in this post:
[1] Image: http://blog.heritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2014_05_06_GosnellMB.jpg
[2] conviction: http://www.heritage.org/events/2014/05/gosnell
[3] Kermit Gosnell: http://blog.heritage.org/2014/05/04/meet-serial-killer-murdered-100-living-babies/
[4] shown: http://www.lozierinstitute.org/testimony-of-maureen-condic-ph-d-on-dc-pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act/
[5] states: http://blog.heritage.org/2014/04/24/mississippi-protects-women-children-late-term-abortion/
[6] Poll: http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/07/25/National-Politics/Polling/question_11465.xml?uuid=bN9EXvUZEeKB-o6Ds4ZMNg
[7] poll: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1931
[8] poll: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/poll-plurality-support-abortion-restrictions-after-20-weeks-f6C10737258
[9] study: http://www.lozierinstitute.org/internationalabortionnorms/
[10] 11,000 per year: http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/hr1797.pdf
[11] here: http://www.gynpages.com/ACOL/category/late-abortion.html
[12] said: http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/18/on-anniversary-of-gosnells-trial-we-must-do-more-to-protect-babies-born-alive-after-abortions/
[13] Heritage Libertad: http://www.libertad.org/
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