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Why We Love Our Moms

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Why We Love Our Moms

 

Thank you for sharing these beautiful tributes for Mother’s Day 2016!

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colettestarasinich My mom has given me and my family everything we have wanted and more. She is sweet, loving, caring, and holy.

fem_atticusfinch My mother is my everything, she gives me hope when I have none, she points me to the Lord everyday, she is everything I aspire to be!

the_extraordinary_everetts I love my mom because she has the strength and courage to raise me and my six other siblings. Mom you are an amazing role model for me! Love you????

mary_leslie_I love my mom because after changing thousands of diapers, countless hours spent driving us everywhere, all those times she held our hair back when we were sick or laid down with us when we were afraid of the dark, the year my dad got cancer and we ran out of money and all the school projects she’s helped with, after all the tears of joy and of pain she has shared with us, she has managed to remain the most steadfast light and love in mine and my 7 siblings’ lives. She has always been the strongest, most inspiring woman in my life, and I would be grateful to ever become half the woman that she is…

Elaine Almond I lost my mother when I was 14 years old and I have missed her everyday since then. She was the most kind, caring and loving human being I have ever met!! I wish with all my heart that my children and grandchildren could have known her love and kindness. I know she is looking down and watching over all of us. Love and miss you so much Mom!!! Happy Mother’s Day!!

Brenda Commisso Farrance My mom succumbed to liver and pancreatic cancer in 2011 at the age of 75. She was a loving and caring woman and was a devoted Christian. I could not have asked for a better mother and wish I could be half as wonderful as she was. I try my best to be a great mom and grandmother as she was but know that I could never fill her shoes.

Nancy Taylor My mom was a true force of nature! Such a great lady, and I miss her every day.

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You Are Not Alone

 

While Mother’s Day typically evokes thoughts of gratitude and joy, for some Mother’s Day isn’t about flowers and happy memories. Specifically, we remember post-abortive women who carry grief with them from a choice to terminate a pregnancy.

Georgette Forney, founder of Silent No More, an organization dedicated to helping women heal from such a choice, points out in the organization’s “Shockwaves of Abortion” campaign, that Mother’s Day can be a painful reminder to women who mourn the lost opportunity to be a mom to their child or children because of abortion.

Please know that if you, or someone you know, is post-abortive, hope and healing is possible. You are not alone, and the pain you are going through is normal.

As Mary McClusky, Assistant Director, Project Rachel Ministry Development, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, explains, there are people who can help you along in a healing journey. Thankfully, there are many resources and organizations available to help women (and men!) who are suffering from post-abortion grief.

Don’t let this Mother’s Day pass without taking the opportunity to find help for yourself or a loved one. There are good people with wide open arms who can walk with you through your healing journey.

Resources

>>>> Click HERE to read more about post-abortion healing

Hope After Abortion – Project Rachel Ministry is the Catholic Church’s diocesan-based ministry to those suffering in the aftermath of abortion. Confidential and non-judgmental help is available for all who seek God’s mercy, healing and love. If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, or for more information, visit HopeAfterAbortion.org or EsperanzaPosaborto.org.

PATH: Post Abortion Treatment and Healing – The PATH ministry provides a safe place for individuals suffering from post-abortion trauma to grieve their loss and reconcile with themselves, others and God. PATH also educates the community regarding post-abortion syndrome, its treatment and prevention.

Ramah International – Wide range of resources offering the hope of healing to abortion’s wounded. This site gives a helpful summary statement of the post-abortion stress syndrome, and locates a help center near you.

Abortion Changes You – This is a confidential space for those who are touched by abortion, whether the experience happened recently or years ago. Abortion Changes You is a refuge for those who wish to tell their story and begin the process of healing.

Lumina, Hope & Healing After Abortion – This is a post-abortion healing ministry of Good Counsel Homes. Lumina offers healing retreats for women, men, siblings, and those who aborted because of an adverse diagnosis. In addition, Lumina provides training for clergy members and mental health professionals in post-abortion stress. They have a network of women and men who have walked through the pain of abortion who are also ready to accompany you through the darkness, into the joy of a renewed life.

Abortion Recovery InterNational (ARIN) – Abortion Recovery InterNational (ARIN) maintains an online directory of more than one thousand affiliates who provide personal, confidential and non-judgmental assistance to those hurting from a past abortion. They also have a toll-free hotline where you can speak to an abortion recovery specialist 1-800-395-HELP.

MarchForLife_April2015_Memes4National Helpline for Abortion Recovery – National Helpline for Abortion Recovery provides confidential nonjudgmental care 24/7 for those needing help after abortion. The National Helpline is staffed by trained phone consultants who have personally experienced the pain of abortion but who have also found hope and healing. Phone them at 1-866-482-5433.

Rachel’s Vineyard – Rachel’s Vineyard offers confidential, nonjudgmental weekend programs and other services for anyone affected by abortion, including a toll-free hotline (1-877-HOPE 4 ME) and email buddies for those desiring emotional support by email.

APART: Alliance for Post-Abortion Research and Training – In today’s world, information is critical. When confronted with so much information about abortion and its many health effects, it’s easy to be confused and even misinformed. APART was formed to address this need, to assist those who may not have the opportunity or resources to study the science available – in short, to stand apart.

Silent No More Awareness – Silent No More Awareness is a campaign to make the public aware of the devastation abortion brings to women and men. The campaign seeks to expose and heal the secrecy and silence surrounding the emotional and physical pain of abortion. There are 2,233 testimonies posted on the campaign website, with 332 that are shared via video.

 

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Jeanne Mancini Op-Ed on The Stream

 

March for Life President Jeanne Mancini recently penned an op-ed for The Stream, entitled, “Congressional Hearing Reveals Evidence Planned Parenthood Profited Selling Baby Body Parts.”

The hearing also made clear that the Center for Medical Progress videos are only the tip of the iceberg. Exhibits from the hearing also revealed that by 2015, the private company procuring and selling baby parts was working with nearly 100 abortion clinics. Considering the approximately 725 abortion clinics nationwide, that means that almost 1 in every 7 was selling baby body parts to this company. Documents during the hearing also showed that this same company was poised to gain access to over half of the abortion market just before the videos came out. Similar to the first point, this is despite the fact that Planned Parenthood has also repeatedly claimed that this activity is not widespread.

>>>> Click HERE to read the op-ed in its entirety.

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My Mom Is Special Because…

 

Mother’s Day is right around the corner. How will you be celebrating?

This holiday is a perfect opportunity to remember that our mothers give us life and nurture us with their love. If it were not for our mothers embracing life, none of us would be here!

>>>> Tell us why your mother is special!

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This Mother’s Day is officially Sunday, May 8th, but we would like to highlight stories of love and appreciation for our moms throughout the entire month of May.

Let us know why you love your mom, and we’ll share your stories and pictures on the March for Life’s social media all month long!

>>>> Click HERE to share your story!

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OIG Report Reveals Additional Obamacare Funding of Abortion

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 27, 2016		 CONTACT: Ryan Hughes
Shirley & Banister Public Affairs
703-739-5920/800-536-5920
rhughes@sbpublicaffairs.com

AmeriCorps’ Abortion Escorts Broke Federal Rules
Washington, D.C – This week’s OIG report reveals two disturbing and illegal activities related to abortion. When Obamacare passed in 2010 pro-life groups raised the alarm about numerous ways the law funded abortions, including the possibility that Community Health Care Centers would provide abortions.  At the time President Obama promised that abortion would not be covered in the law and to that point signed an Executive Order which Pro-life groups (and pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood) argued was not binding and therefore meaningless. Also at the time the National Association of Community Health Centers stated that the Community Health Centers did not provide abortions and had no plans to do so.

To the contrary the OIG watchdog report released this week reveals that 1) CHCs have been performing abortions and 2) paid volunteers working with AmeriCorps, a taxpayer funded service organization, illegally escorted pregnant women to receive abortions.

Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life Education and Defense Fund responded, “In 2010 the pro-life movement fought Obamacare because it was the biggest expansion of abortion since Roe vs Wade.  The recent OIG report reveals yet two other disturbing examples where the healthcare law funds abortion. Congress must use its oversight role to address the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) grants until it is proven that these cases of involvement in abortion are limited to what is documented in the report. We also call upon Congress to initiate an investigation into all grantees and sub-grantees of AmeriCorps programs to ensure no other violations exist.”

The March for Life in Washington, D.C., began as a small demonstration on January 22, 1974, the first anniversary of the now-infamous Supreme Court decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton and rapidly grew to be the largest pro-life event in the world.  The peaceful demonstration that has followed on this somber anniversary every year since is a witness to the truth concerning the greatest human rights violation of our time, abortion.

Tom McClusky, Vice President of March for Life Action is available for commentary. For more information, please contact Ryan Hughes at RHughes@SBPublicAffairs.com or (703) 739-5920.

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