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She explained that she just couldn’t do it right now: it wasn’t the right time. Then I felt my unborn baby move and I placed her hand on my belly,” Do you feel that!. Right at that moment my baby kicked her. She said, “Wow!” I said, “Yeah, my baby is going to be linebacker. He’s gonna be strong and he’s gonna be blessed And she said ”Why is he gonna be blessed”. I said because he is here – whether you cry or you laugh. You’re put here for a reason”. And she said,” I’m gonna get an abortion”. And I said” No you are not. You’re not going to have an abortion: You’re going to have a girl. I know that already because I wanted to have a girl, but I’m having a boy, but that’s okay – you have your girl and dress her up in pink, put pony tails in her hair and call her Raquel, and by the way my middle name is Jasmine. And if she asks you how she got her name tell her you met a fabulous lady who was pregnant on the elevator and she told you that you were going to have beautiful little girl. I walked her down to make an appointment with my obstetrician. You see, I can be pushy. I didn’t see her again until two years later at the same hospital. She was pushing a stroller and ran up to me and hugged me. She had twins- two girls – and their names are Raquel and Jasmine and she had dressed them all up in pink, just like I told her. She said.” I love you. You don’t understand Raquel I love you. I love you. I love you. I’ll never forget your name, your face, your smile. I love you.” And I said” I love you too. I understand, I have experienced it” You can’t talk about one with out the other: Mary Hernandez and Laura Torres. Both Mary and Laura have been volunteering for over 15 years at the Life Center by counseling, fundraising; you name it. Their bilingual knowledge has been of particular value. By having seen the brokenness and vulnerability of young women for all these years, they now take their experience all over California. Here you see them in the State Capitol Building in Sacramento pleading for babies and their mothers with the then Governor Schwarzenegger. For several years they have also added to their pro-life activities by witnessing and praying at abortion facilities during the 40 Days for Life campaign. Thanks, gals, for your unrelenting commitment and courage! …is long overdue to the Knights of Columbus! The Knights are fraternal men’s organization, and one of the strongest supporters of Life. La Habra’s John Scott Council # 7142 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church started the Life Center off 27 years ago with our first baby shower and Walk-a-thon for Life. In the forefront walked Jason Kurtz, whose life was tragically cut short during a hiking accident while still a sophomore at Sonora High School. His enthusiasm for Life was remarkable! His parents, Valerie and Bob Kurtz, and sister Lindsey have kept his fire of enthusiasm going and each year organize our annual Holy Innocents Vigil. At our last event we had over 200 participants. Mr. La Guardian made sure we never run out of coffee at the reception. Also a special thanks to Paul Thornburg, present Grand Knight, who pitches in everywhere, no matter what! On the national level the Knights of Columbus also support the Handicapped, Elderly, and so much more. They were the first to design pro-life signs, cards and literature. The insert of the KFC is one of their most powerful ones. It continues to save lives Thanks also to the Elk’s Club and the Gas Company for their generous community outreach programs. • Always: Diapers, sizes Newborn through #4, wipes • Strollers, highchairs, bassinets, and swings (clean and in good working order, please) • All clothing, including sizes12 months through size 3
In October of 2009 Abbey Johnson, the director of Planned Parenthood in Bryan, TX assisted in an abortion and saw the baby on the ultrasound machine. At that moment she realized that everything Planned Parenthood said about abortion was a lie. She quit her job and was welcomed by a group from 40 days for Life. In her book ‘Unplanned' she wrote in chapter 9 “Irreconcilable Differences” “‘Oh my word!’ I heard a coworker gasp. She was standing by one of the front windows facing the fence. “‘What is it’ I asked her. “‘A nun. There’s a nun in full habit standing in the driveway.’ “I walked over to the window to look, and soon several of us were gawking out the window. The temperature was near 100 degrees that day, yet there in the hot sun was a nun dressed in a heavy, dark brown habit that swept the ground. Her head and hair were completely covered so that only her face showed, a face lifted toward heaven, eyes closed, clearly praying. Believe it or not, I’d never seen a nun in full habit before – at least not in person. I couldn’t help but think of the Reverend Mother in The Sound of Music, though this nun was clearly far younger, probably about forty. “‘Her face looks so sweet,’ said one of our clinic workers. ‘But anguished!’ “There was an awkward silence. Then one of our clients, who had just had an abortion, was escorted out the door and to her car by one of the volunteers. Our eyes were glued to the nun as, her eyes fixed on the client, she moved from the center of the driveway to the side, making room for the client to pull out of the drive. And then she began to weep. She fell to her knees and wept with such grief, such genuine personal pain, that I couldn’t help but think to myself. She feels something far deeper than I ever will. She is honestly pained. This is real to her – this grief at knowing that a client had an abortion. A sense of shame washed over me. I tried to shake it off but couldn’t get past the fact that a nun was grieving over what was happening in my clinic. “… The truth was, the sister’s simple, prayerful presence bothered most of us, Catholic, ex-Catholic, Protestant and un-churched alike, as if she somehow represented our consciences. The sister was small, bubbly and joyful. She had a radiant smile, yet clearly over the months we could continue to see that she was deeply and personally grieved by the abortions. How many other people cry outside my workplace because of the work I am doing I wondered. I didn’t like the question.” ************************* In his book: ‘Abortion, & the Conscience of the Nation’ former President Reagan lamented Roe v. Wade. Below are some excerpts of his book: “The 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade is a good time for us to pause and reflect. Our nationwide policy of abortion-on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy was neither voted for by our people nor enacted by our legislators. ….The consequences of this judicial decision are now obvious: since 1973, more than 15 million unborn children have had their lives snuffed out by legalized abortions. That is over ten times the number of Americans lost in all our nation's wars. Over the first two years of my Administration I have closely followed and assisted efforts in Congress to reverse the tide of abortion. Regrettably, I have also seen the massive efforts of those who, under the banner of "freedom of choice," have so far blocked every effort to reverse nationwide abortion-on-demand. Despite the formidable obstacles before us, we must not lose heart. This is not the first time our country has been divided by a Supreme Court decision that denied the value of certain human lives. The Dred Scott decision of 1857 was not overturned in a day, or a year, or even a decade. At first, only a minority of Americans recognized and deplored the moral crisis brought about by denying the full humanity of our black brothers and sisters; but that minority persisted in their vision and finally prevailed. They did it by appealing to the hearts and minds of their countrymen, to the truth of human dignity under God. From their example, we know that respect for the sacred value of human life is too deeply engrained in the hearts of our people to remain forever suppressed ………….There is no cause more important for preserving freedom than affirming the transcendent right to Life of all human beings, the right without which no other rights have any meaning” ****************************
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