Showing posts with label Georgia Right to Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgia Right to Life. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Dear Feminists at the Women's March on Washington, by Caroline Jean

Dear Feminists,

A note concerning the Women’s March on Washington:

Susan B. Anthony, Mary Wollstonecraft, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell would call those women who marched on behalf of abortion,"Tools of the patriarchy."

Women deserve better from our society than abortion as an answer to our social problems.  In fact, Feminists for Life founder, Serrin Foster explains: “Abortion is a reflection that society has not met the needs of women.”  Our feminist foremothers knew that, and so they condemned the act of abortion, calling it infanticide -- and this was prior to 4D ultrasound technology, which reveals beyond a doubt that abortion ends a rapidly developing human life.

Except for some unwitting participants, the women who attended the March last Saturday enforced the terrifying concept that some human beings are property.  They rejected science and the modern concept of human rights to parade for the ability to destroy the life of their own offspring.  The March on Washington allegedly concerned the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump.  In reality, the event -- sponsored by Planned Parenthood and NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League) was a marketing tool for the abortion industry.  This was proven by their removal of Students for Life of America, And Then There Were None, and the consistent non-violence group, New Wave Feminists.  

The Women’s March on Washington clearly and tangibly defined feminism for millennials as nothing more than an accessory for white women.  It’s a trendy laptop label and a hot pink bumper sticker.  I wanted to believe that the March was truly dedicated to the concept of protesting sexism and empowering women. However, as I read the standards required to participate, I realized that the principles the organizers established were really only extensions of the Democratic Party. I quickly noted that those who deviated from a radical leftist agenda were excluded by the March’s leadership. My concern was validated by the behavior of the women at the March toward Pro-Life feminists, who were accosted, assaulted, and forced to endure the humiliation of having their signs ripped apart in front of them.

I write this as a woman who was once pro-abortion, even into the third trimester. I was particularly convinced that those conceived in rape or with fetal abnormalities deserved the death penalty. I once bought into the lie that level of development determined the value of a human being, as well as their method of conception, and their future utility. My former blind belief in abortion, backed by neither science nor logic, has made me now skeptical of huge social movements. Indeed, in this season of life, when I see the band wagon rolling passed, I usually prefer to walk rather than to ride. I am now a pro-life feminist who opposes violence against women, wage inequalities, long-standing cultural bias, and abortion. I still wear hot pink because Planned Parenthood does not own the color, just as they do not own the ability to dictate what it means to be a feminist.


My conversion to Pro-Life occurred in 2013, when Georgia Right to Life brought their display, the Pillars of Personhood, to my college campus. I initially approached the display with anger, but eventually returned to speak with the counselors concerning abortion and why I felt it should remain legal. This encounter changed my views and my life, as those present patiently walked me through the panels of their display. That day, I was more informed and became Pro-Life, while remaining a feminist.

Our feminist foremothers, who established what it meant to be a feminist, would not have been present at the Women's March on Washington -- except perhaps to prove that feminism is actually pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life.

In essence, feminism boils down to three tenets: non-violence, equality, and non-discrimination.  Second Wave Fauxminists altered these tenets as simply "equality of genders" in the latter half of the Twentieth Century so that they could justify abortion.  Make no mistake -- there is nothing more violent and discriminatory than abortion.  There is nothing more hideous and demeaning and objectifying than a woman feeling that she has no other choice but to give birth to a dead baby.  There is nothing more violating for a woman than to have her uterus wrenched open with a metal rod, and her baby gutted from a place that should have been a weapon free zone.  There is nothing more hateful than a 10-week old baby, with his or her organs in place and a heartbeat, attempting to evade the lethal grip of the abortionists' sopher slip. There is nothing more anti-human rights than using an ultrasound to watch a human baby attempt to evade the instrument which will dismember him, which will crush his heart, which will decapitate him.

There is nothing more cruelly ironic than the fact that the only way for a doctor to go into an abortion, without doing so blindly, is to use the baby's heartbeat to find him.  And then the only way to know that the baby is truly dead is to piece his little body back together again on the cold metal table.

Yet, just as women marched to prevent suffrage, these women march to protect an institution which only really furthers the interest of men.  But don't worry ladies, the real feminists are approaching Washington -- the March for Life is Friday.

For Life,
Carly McCurry

BIO:  Caroline Jean is a senior at the University of North Georgia and the President of UNG Students for Life.  She's also a pro-life speaker and pro-life blogger for Save The 1
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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Hard Cases Unite to Make a Difference! by Rebecca Kiessling


How would like to be labeled  “a hard case?”  What if your class of people were systematically targeted for extinction within legislation?  What if political candidates felt quite comfortable with stating their position that you and your kind aren’t worth protecting and better off dead?  What if your child was regularly stigmatized by our society?  That’s exactly what it’s like for those of us who were conceived in rape, mothers from rape, and those given a poor in utero diagnosis.  But being branded as a “hard case” becomes easier when we all begin to unite behind our unique kinship.  And that’s what Save The 1 has been doing – drawing together perhaps the most stigmatized and marginalized members of today’s society.   
May 2014 was a very big month for Save The 1.  On Saturday, May 3rd, Mary Rathke and I both spoke at the 1st Annual International Pro-Life Leaders Conference in Rome, Italy – sponsored by Lifesitenews -- sharing our stories of having been conceived in rape.  Mary was a double-exception because her birthmother was raped after having been diagnosed as schizophrenic.   Pro-Life leaders from around the world received our message well – vowing to fight abortion without exception and without compromise.
The next day, Mary and I were introduced on stage at the Marcio Per La Vita – the Italian March For Life, which had an estimated 60,000 by the time we reached St. Peter’s Square, where the Pope came out and addressed us.  The theme of this year’s march was “Pro Vita Senza Compromesso,” which means “pro-life without compromise.”  During the march, thousands were chanting this theme!
 One woman – a nurse – came up to us and showed us a photo of a baby who was conceived in rape.  She explained that the pro-life activists at the hospital have been familiar with my story since it’s been translated into Italian, among many other languages.  So any time they have a patient who is pregnant by rape, they share my story on my website with the pregnant rape victim.  This nurse credited my story has having saved the baby in the photo.  What a wonderful example for every person with a difficult history to see how stepping out and sharing your story can make a difference across the ocean, for someone else who doesn’t even speak your language!
Upon returning from Rome, Mary Rathke spoke at Branch County Right to Life’s benefit dinner where she met a grandmother who shared that her grandchild was conceived in rape.  This grandmother was heartened to know that there are others who are paving the way for her grandchild to be loved and accepted in our society.  Several legislators and even judges shared with Mary how her story helps them to be able to articulate a defense of all human life.
On May 10th, I spoke at a Mother’s Day brunch at Gateway Assembly in Imlay City, MI.  After the brunch, a 16 year old girl named Sarah came up to me to share her own difficult story.  She was conceived when her birthmother was sexually trafficked by her own parents.  Not only was she conceived during unconsensual prostitution, but her birthmother had become a drug addict.  Sarah is now writing out her story and is our newest member of Save The 1!  The next day at the church, another family approached me whose young adoptive daughter was also conceived in rape.  They too were thankful for a support system for their daughter and their family.
A week later, on Saturday, May 17th, Save The 1 had its 3rd Pro-Life Speaker Training Conference, at the legislative offices of Right to Life of Michigan in Lansing, MI.  We had five adoptees who were all conceived in rape present – me, Mary Rathke, Travon Clifton, Sarah (these four are all from Michigan), and Darlene Pawlik from New Hampshire.  We also had one mother who had become pregnant from rape – Karyn Liechty, one post-abortive mother from rape whose abortion was forced upon her - Sheryl Williams, as well as Brad and Jesi Smith whose daughter Faith has Trisome 18.   In the morning, everyone had a chance to practice responding to impromptu questions often asked by reporters and during Q & A on college campuses, and in the afternoon, each member gave an 8-minute prepared speech.  We were blessed to have some family and friends there in support, as well as three of our friends from Right to Life of Michigan who helped with our critique – President Barb Listing, Ed Rivet and Genevieve Marnon.  As an additional treat, filmmaker Jim Hanon (End of the Spear) and his team were present  filming and we look forward to seeing the pieces he is putting together for Right to Life of Michigan in conjunction with Save The 1 members!
After a wonderful day of camaraderie, we had our first official Board Meeting, having just filed our 501c3 application!  Thank you to the Thomas More Society for generously sponsoring our filing and to Sally Wagenmaker for your wisdom and representation.  I’m proud to announce our stellar Board – Darlene Pawlik, Mary Rathke, Jim Sable (conceived in rape adoptee from IL,) Nick D’Angelo (conceived in rape from NY,) Brad Smith, Dyanne Gonzales from NM, and me – thank you all for your confidence in electing me as President of Save The 1.  I’m eager to see what God is going to achieve through us all!
 Our next Save The 1 speaker training conference is Saturday, September 20th in Akron, OH at the offices of Right to Life of North East Ohio, and our 5th Save The 1 speaker training  will be held at the offices of Georgia Right to Life in Atlanta on Friday, October 10th.  In 2015, we hope to have more conferences around the country, including in the Los Angeles area.
If you fall into one of the categories of “the hard cases” – those whom Jesus would call “the least of these,” we would love to connect with you!  You are not alone.  Connect with us on our Save The 1 Facebook page, and e-mail me.  We have a Save The 1 activism e-mail group, and there is also an e-mail support group for those who are struggling and/or who want to help others to know their incredible dignity and worth.
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