Last year was a bellweather year for Life here in the US. In fact, history will show that for the first time since polling has begun, America is pro life. Sixty percent of Americans are anti abortion. That type of heart change is due in no small part to the following:
via Pro Life blogger Krista Hawkins [1]:
- January 2011: Kermit Gosnell and his staff were indicted on murdering 7 almost-born infants and 1 woman in their horrific abortion facility in Philadelphia. The District Attorney even remarked what we commonly say in the pro-life movement, “the real business of Gosnell’s clinic was not health, but profit.” The controversy was enough to cause Americans, many of whom still call themselves pro-choice, to question what the old-Clinton mantra of “safe, legal, and rare” really means.
- January 2011: A youth organization lead by a former SFLA intern, Lila Rose, took their undercover work exposing Planned Parenthood a step further, releasing 7 videos of Planned Parenthood facilities, some that even receive federal taxpayer funding, aiding actors who were posing as human sex traffickers.
- February 2011: The pro-life movement united in the “Expose Planned Parenthood” campaign, calling on Congress to de-fund Planned Parenthood of all taxpayer dollars. On Valentines’ Day, we took a stand and prayed and rallied in-front of hundreds of Planned Parenthood facilities. Then, for the first time in our nation’s history, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to federally de-fund Planned Parenthood. The vote caused so much turmoil in Washington, that the government almost shut down in March as the Senate refused to allow a vote on the issue.
- Instead of waiting for the federal government to act, numerous states like Indiana, New Hampshire, Texas, and Ohio have now gone on to de-fund Planned Parenthood facilities within their borders.
- May 2011: The Gallup organization released a poll showing that for the first-time since they began polling on abortion, America is now pro-life.
- August 2011: The Guttmacher Institute reported for the first 6 months of 2011, states enacted a record number of pro-life laws, more than 80, more than triple the 23 enacted in 2010. States like Nebraska, Idaho, and Ohio are three who have already enacted fetal pain laws that protect preborn children from abortion after 20 weeks. Arizona and Virginia have enacted a law to regulate abortion facilities, forcing them to comply with the same set of medical standards that other types of medical facilities must follow. And others like South Carolina and Texas passed ultrasound laws that require abortionists to mothers the opportunity to see her preborn child. All of these laws will reduce abortions, and they enjoy broad support with more than 60% of Americans supporting these laws.
- September 2011: For the first time in it’s history, the U.S. House of Representatives launched a formal investigation into Planned Parenthood’s practices.
- October 2011: The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protect Life Act, a bill voicing the will of the people not to fund any abortions in Obamacare whatsoever.
Live Action’s LIla Rose: [2]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIifwZBW1mI?rel=0]
In fact there is so much to celebrate going into 2012!
via the Radiance Foundation:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBSF3adNu00?rel=0]
So let’s not rest on our laurels! Over $61 million dollars has been stripped from Planned Parenthood. Only $304 million more to go…