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Monday, February 27, 2012
David Bereit at the Germantown 40 Days for Life rally
David Bereit, National Director of 40 Days for Life, speaking in Germantown 40 Days for Life kick off rally.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Monsignor Charles Pope at the Germantown 40 Days for Life opening rally
Monsignor Charles Pope speaking at the Germantown Spring 2012 40 Days for Life campaign. The Germantown 40 Days for Life campaign prays in front of Germantown Reproductive Health Services where Leroy Carhart is performing abortions on healthy viable babies during the 2nd and 3rd trimester.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Praying for Carhart
At the 40 Days for Life Spring 2012 Kick-off Rally, Reverend Dr. Peter Della Santina from Neelsville Presbyterian Church praying for Leroy Carhart. Carhart is performing late-term abortions at Germantown Reproductive Health Services in Germantown, MD.
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40 Days for Life - Germantown - 2/19/12 from Michael Martelli on Vimeo.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Without a license... it's Murder
On December 30th, 2011 two doctors were arrested in connection with abortions they performed in Elkton, MD. (You can read more details about this breaking story). Back in August of 2010, Brigham and Riley, were involved in a botched abortion that lead to the hospitalization of one of their patients. This eventually led to an investigation of their facilities and recent arrest.
This case opens up the question... why is it illegal and considered "murder" for these two doctors, yet Leroy Carhart does the same procedure and it is considered "abortion?" Why is Leroy Carhart who is performing late-term abortions on viable fetuses at Germantown Reproductive Health Services not charged with murder like these two doctors? How much longer does this have to happen before he is charged with murder? Does a woman need to be seriously injured or die for Maryland authorities to wake up and realize what is happening here? Carhart is already under investigation for killing Christin Gilbert.
The laws in Maryland specify that an abortion can be performed at any time during a pregnancy because of health risk to the mother (which includes "distress... associated with an unwanted pregnancy") or fetal abnormality. So a mother who is "distressed" but is perfectly healthy and has a perfectly healthy baby can abort her child at any time during a pregnancy. This would include the second before birth! How does this tie in to the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act" that was passed in 2005? "Anyone causing the death of a viable fetus may be prosecuted for murder or mansluaghter, if there was intent to kill or cause serious physical injury to the fetus." Leroy Carhart and the staff of Germantown Reproductive Health Services get paid thousand of dollars to "cause the death of a viable fetus" ever week in Germantown, MD. It is truly heartbreaking to see clearly pregnant women waddle into the clinic almost every Sunday night and Monday morning to start the 3 to 5 day procedure of killing and dismembering their children.
(For more information on Maryland abortion laws: http://www.mdrtl.org/LawSummary.html)
It appears the difference between Carhart vs. Riley and Brigham is the fact Riley and Brigham didn't have the proper licenses and started the procedure in a different state. It appears if you have a license and do the whole procedure in Marlyand it is called "Abortion" but if you do the exact same procedure without the proper license it's considered "Murder." The grand jury report is supposed to be coming out early in the week, so we should have more details soon. I suspect one day soon people will be reading the grand jury report of Leroy Carhart, his wife, and the staff of Germantown Reproductive Health Services being convicted of multiple counts of murder.
This whole situation reminds me of what is happening in Germany as they are reopening war criminal investigations against people who were involved in the Holocaust. 70 years after this heart wrenching mass murder happened, criminals are still being prosecuted. The abortionists and their families, the staff of abortion facilities and their families, and the landlords of the abortion facilities will all be held accountable for their part in the murder of the over 50,000,000 lives that have been lost since Roe v. Wade.
As Christians, we need to stand up against this evil. Along with the abortionists, I also believe that we will be held accountable for our apathy and lack of action. Not legally like the people actually performing the procedure, but morally for not taking action and being the voice for the unborn children who are being ripped limb from limb at Germantown Reproductive Health Services. As Martin Luther King Jr. said "He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
Please continue to pray for Leroy Carhart, his wife, the staff of Germantown Reproductive Health Services, and for the women faced with an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy. Pray that they will realize there is a life inside of them that is worthy of a chance at life. Pray they will realize once an abortion is performed, they will not be "unpregnant," but a mother of a dead baby. Pray for Germantown to continue to wake up and take a stand against these horrific murders that are happening every week in our backyard.
This case opens up the question... why is it illegal and considered "murder" for these two doctors, yet Leroy Carhart does the same procedure and it is considered "abortion?" Why is Leroy Carhart who is performing late-term abortions on viable fetuses at Germantown Reproductive Health Services not charged with murder like these two doctors? How much longer does this have to happen before he is charged with murder? Does a woman need to be seriously injured or die for Maryland authorities to wake up and realize what is happening here? Carhart is already under investigation for killing Christin Gilbert.
The laws in Maryland specify that an abortion can be performed at any time during a pregnancy because of health risk to the mother (which includes "distress... associated with an unwanted pregnancy") or fetal abnormality. So a mother who is "distressed" but is perfectly healthy and has a perfectly healthy baby can abort her child at any time during a pregnancy. This would include the second before birth! How does this tie in to the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act" that was passed in 2005? "Anyone causing the death of a viable fetus may be prosecuted for murder or mansluaghter, if there was intent to kill or cause serious physical injury to the fetus." Leroy Carhart and the staff of Germantown Reproductive Health Services get paid thousand of dollars to "cause the death of a viable fetus" ever week in Germantown, MD. It is truly heartbreaking to see clearly pregnant women waddle into the clinic almost every Sunday night and Monday morning to start the 3 to 5 day procedure of killing and dismembering their children.
(For more information on Maryland abortion laws: http://www.mdrtl.org/LawSummary.html)
It appears the difference between Carhart vs. Riley and Brigham is the fact Riley and Brigham didn't have the proper licenses and started the procedure in a different state. It appears if you have a license and do the whole procedure in Marlyand it is called "Abortion" but if you do the exact same procedure without the proper license it's considered "Murder." The grand jury report is supposed to be coming out early in the week, so we should have more details soon. I suspect one day soon people will be reading the grand jury report of Leroy Carhart, his wife, and the staff of Germantown Reproductive Health Services being convicted of multiple counts of murder.
This whole situation reminds me of what is happening in Germany as they are reopening war criminal investigations against people who were involved in the Holocaust. 70 years after this heart wrenching mass murder happened, criminals are still being prosecuted. The abortionists and their families, the staff of abortion facilities and their families, and the landlords of the abortion facilities will all be held accountable for their part in the murder of the over 50,000,000 lives that have been lost since Roe v. Wade.
As Christians, we need to stand up against this evil. Along with the abortionists, I also believe that we will be held accountable for our apathy and lack of action. Not legally like the people actually performing the procedure, but morally for not taking action and being the voice for the unborn children who are being ripped limb from limb at Germantown Reproductive Health Services. As Martin Luther King Jr. said "He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
Friday, December 23, 2011
"Images May Be Disturbing," thoughts on the Duggar's miscarriage
Recently, Michelle Duggar had a miscarriage at 19 weeks during her pregnancy. For those who don't know the Duggars, they are a Christian family with 19 children. You can see their website and info about their TLC tv show here: http://www.duggarfamily.com/content/home. It was sad news to hear about Michelle's miscarriage. The Duggar's named their baby Jubilee Shalom.
Recently, the Duggar's had a funeral and memorial service for Jubilee. At the memorial service they displayed pictures that were taken of Jubilee by the group Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep is a group that provides photographers to document stillborns or the short lives of babies that die in the hospital shortly after birth.
Here is a picture from the Duggar's website of Jubilee's little hand holding Michelle's finger.
The Duggar's obviously value every human life and are grieving the loss of their child. I pray that the Duggar family will find peace during this time of sorrow.
I think this situation highlights how amazingly different people value human life. This baby was 19 weeks old, was given a name, was loved by her family, and was given a funeral. At places like Leroy Carhart's abortion facility at Germantown Reproductive Health Services, babies well past 24 weeks are brought in by their mothers, given a lethal injection, and thrown in the trash as medical waste. These lives are not medical waste, they are children that should be given a chance at life!
To further illustrate this point, after reading an article published on LifeNews.com about the Duggars and Jubilee, I came across the website TMZ that published the photos from Jubilee's memorial service. Below is a picture from the TMZ website:
Really? Images of a family loving and grieving their 19 week old child "may be disturbing?" Is the picture at the top of this post with Jubilee's hand on Michelle's finger "disturbing?" What I find to be even more disturbing and tragic is the image I saw after clicking to see more photos. After clicking to see more photos, this is what I saw. Warning, the below image is disturbing.
Recently, the Duggar's had a funeral and memorial service for Jubilee. At the memorial service they displayed pictures that were taken of Jubilee by the group Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep is a group that provides photographers to document stillborns or the short lives of babies that die in the hospital shortly after birth.
Here is a picture from the Duggar's website of Jubilee's little hand holding Michelle's finger.
I think this situation highlights how amazingly different people value human life. This baby was 19 weeks old, was given a name, was loved by her family, and was given a funeral. At places like Leroy Carhart's abortion facility at Germantown Reproductive Health Services, babies well past 24 weeks are brought in by their mothers, given a lethal injection, and thrown in the trash as medical waste. These lives are not medical waste, they are children that should be given a chance at life!
To further illustrate this point, after reading an article published on LifeNews.com about the Duggars and Jubilee, I came across the website TMZ that published the photos from Jubilee's memorial service. Below is a picture from the TMZ website:
The image is not disturbing because of the picture of Jubilee's tiny feet. It is disturbing because of the filth published next to it in the "most recent" advertisement on the TMZ website. There is something drastically wrong with a society that finds pictures of a 19 week babies feet being lovingly held by their grieving mother "disturbing." When on the other hand, pictures of women being degraded and portrayed as nothing more than a piece of meat to be paraded around, is normal and accepted.
We need to continue to pray for our society. We need to pray that every life will be cherished and that our society will treat women with the respect they deserve.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Open letter to LeRoy Carhart
Dear LeRoy Carhart, M.D.,
Every human heart is made for joy—including yours. If you do not have joy as the core of your life, then you do not really know God. I'm not talking about mirth, excitement, or temporary happiness. I'm talking about an abiding joy and peace that, in your heart of hearts, makes you glad you're alive because life is precious and glorious. We are all made for that kind of joy. It's the summit of the Christian life; it is life to the fullest.
Your life cannot be full of joy if it is stained with blood. Why? Because God did not bring death into the world. Death is the wages of sin. So dealers in death are employed not in God's work, but in the work of Satan, the Accuser, the Deceiver, the Father of Lies. Death can only bring more death; it kills not only the body, but mortally wounds the soul of those who participate in it. God wants to free you from the bondage of death. He wants to give you hope and joy. But whatever you do to the least ones—the helpless innocents—you do to Him. You cannot be doing God's work, because the work you do breaks God's heart. What you do does not help women. Pregnancy is not a problem to be solved or a disease to be cured. Pregnancy centers, free health care provided by charities, adoption agencies, and organizations like the Gabriel Network help women. Why can't you help them without killing? Have you ever asked yourself that?
Every human heart is made for joy—including the heart you stop from beating by lethal injection. You cut life short before it even has the chance to find out why life is worth living. Think of your grown daughter. Is her life worth living? Do you want her to know joy? What makes her life any more sacred than all the others? Because she's yours? But the truth is she's not yours. She belongs to God. We all do. God gave each of us life and he called it Good. We have no right to take the life of any human being, no matter how inconvenient, even if it means sacrificing our own life to save the life of another. Life is precious. Your life is precious. Don't throw it away while there is still a chance to redeem it.
Jesus died to give you life. But if you continue to kill, then you remain one of his unrepentant crucifiers—and nothing can save you from the death you yourself have earned by your sins. You were made for joy. Humble yourself before the Lord, recognizing your need to be saved from the bondage of sin and death, and that true freedom of joy and peace will be yours for all eternity.
Praying for you daily.
In the arms of Mercy,
Cathy Kelly
Respect Life Committee, Coordinator
Mother Seton Parish
Germantown, MD
“Every human heart is made for joy.” -Pope John Paul II
Monday, December 5, 2011
Thousands gather to mark one year since arrival of Leroy Carhart
On Monday morning December 5, 2011 over 2,000 people came to pray and protest against the abortions being performed at Germantown Reproductive Health Services. December 5th, 2011 marks one year since notorious late-term abortionist Leroy Carhart began performing abortions in Germantown, MD.
Since Carhart has been in Germantown he has performed approximately 720 abortions. That is 720 less people in the world and 720 women scarred by abortion from the hands of one man.
720 crosses were set up to memorialize the lives that have been lost in Germantown, MD.
People from all over the area gathered together on Wisteria to stand for life and against the abortions being performed in Germantown, MD.
Every monday morning, people join in the 100s to stand up against the murders that are happening in Germantown by the hands of Leroy Carhart and the staff of Germantown Reproductive Health Services. To mark the 52nd week since these protests have been happening, 1,000s of people gathered together to stand for Life.
Please join us as we continue to pray for Leroy Carhart, the staff of Germantown Reproductive Health Services, the women faced with an unwanted pregnancy and for Germantown to join together to protest this evil. Join us in praying that Carhart will turn against abortion and accept the free gift of salvation that is only offered through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. For more information about the monday morning gatherings: http://prayforgermantown.com/
Since Carhart has been in Germantown he has performed approximately 720 abortions. That is 720 less people in the world and 720 women scarred by abortion from the hands of one man.
720 crosses were set up to memorialize the lives that have been lost in Germantown, MD.
People from all over the area gathered together on Wisteria to stand for life and against the abortions being performed in Germantown, MD.
Every monday morning, people join in the 100s to stand up against the murders that are happening in Germantown by the hands of Leroy Carhart and the staff of Germantown Reproductive Health Services. To mark the 52nd week since these protests have been happening, 1,000s of people gathered together to stand for Life.
Please join us as we continue to pray for Leroy Carhart, the staff of Germantown Reproductive Health Services, the women faced with an unwanted pregnancy and for Germantown to join together to protest this evil. Join us in praying that Carhart will turn against abortion and accept the free gift of salvation that is only offered through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. For more information about the monday morning gatherings: http://prayforgermantown.com/
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