So Many Sacrifices

So many people have sacrificed so much in the establishment and defense of this country and the freedoms on which it was founded; those who signed the Declaration of Independence and put their very lives at risk, those who fought for the right of self-government and to defend the civil rights of all Americans, those who went off to foreign lands to stop atrocities and defend freedom around the world.  This Memorial Day weekend let us spend some time remembering those sacrifices, being thankful, and praying for those who have sacrificed so much.

Our country stands at a crossroads in deciding the type of government we will have.  Will we have a republic that values the free-market system and respects the right of each person to practice their faith as they are called to do?  Or, will we become a socialist state where the government controls our industry, our faith lives and our freedom of speech?

Let us pray that America will continue to be a beacon for freedom in the world.  That Americans will make the right decisions in the coming months as they contemplate what kind of people and philosophies will determine the future of this country.

-Patty Skain, Executive Director, Missouri Right to Life

Honor Your Mother This Mother’s Day

Our movement does many things. We teach. We persuade. We save lives.

We also have the privilege to honor Life. And especially, to honor those who give Life.

On Mothers’ Day, our thoughts turn to those who not only gave us life, but who gave us love. A day in honor of mothers doesn’t even begin to repay the sacrifice, the devotion, the love our mothers gave us. But it does give us a day to think, to say thanks.

So this Mother’s Day, remember your mother, living or deceased, by helping to save the lives of other children with a donation in her honor to Missouri Right to Life Education Fund. Mother’s Day tributes to living mothers will be acknowledged with a card and her name will appear on a tribute in our newsletter. Mother’s Day memorial gifts will also be recognized in the newsletter.

To make a life-saving donation in honor of your mother, click here.

Happy Thanksgiving from Missouri Right to Life!

We Americans have so many reasons to be grateful.  While we struggle with many issues, foremost the need to restore the right to life of all innocent human beings, we are mindful of all the Lord has provided.

Missouri Right to Life is also grateful for our many blessings.  First, we thank God for you, our faithful supporters.  We could not carry out our mission without your help.  We are thankful for the talent and generosity of our volunteers. We are thankful for the courageous legislators who stood for life in the face of tremendous pressure from anti-life forces.  We are thankful for the success we’ve had in enacting pro-life legislation in Missouri, and the important role we’ve played at the national level as well.  We know none of this would have been possible without God’s guiding hand.

As you gather with family and friends this Thanksgiving weekend and contemplate all of your blessings, please remember Missouri Right to Life in your prayers.  This battle for life becomes more complex as the culture of death threatens not only life in the womb, but through unethical research, health care rationing and the lives of the sick and elderly.  In addition to your prayers, please consider making a donation to Missouri Right to Life.  We are grateful for gifts of any size.

With gratitude -
Pam Fichter, President Missouri Right to Life

“And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” -Colossians 3:17

Remembering September 11, 2001

Today our nation commemorates the events of ten years ago on September 11 when so many lives were tragically lost.

Missouri Right to Life pays tribute to the innocent victims and to those who bravely volunteered to help those most in need. This September 11, we pray for an abiding respect for all human life in our nation.

Happy Father’s Day from Missouri Right to Life!

Fathers are often the forgotten heroes of the American family, yet none would be complete without them. Thank you to all fathers for the hard work you do to support, protect and be an example to your children and grandchildren. Thank you, above all, for accepting your role as father – a difficult task in our society which belittles the vocation through rampant abortion on demand.

Of course none of us would be here at all without our Father God who created us to be his children and share in the inheritance of his Kingdom in Heaven. Therefore with confidence we cry, “Abba, Father!” and pray:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven! Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever. AMEN!

Happy Mother’s Day!

What is perfect love? Outside of our God,
does it really exist in the world?

Perfect love is not easy, it’s not earned
It requires sacrifices of self

For thousands of years, the closest human example of
perfect love was seen in the face of virtually every mother as
she gazed into the face of her newborn child.
In most families, it still is.

As God intends it, the love of a mother for her children is as close as
we get to perfect love this side of heaven.

Mothers are supposed to love their children with a love beyond measure.
We don’t have to earn it and we rarely deserve it.

Mothers are the face of perfect human love.

“She is clothed with strength and dignity…
Her children rise up and praise her”
Proverbs 31:25, 28

Happy Mother’s Day from Missouri Right to Life!

Honor Your Mother This Mother’s Day

There is no greater gift that a mother can give to her children than the gift of life. They bring us into the world, they feed us, clothe us, and care for us. When they have done all they can do physically, they just hug us in our joy and sometimes our pain, and pray for us.

Some mothers even go beyond what most are called to do. They sacrifice their careers, work two jobs to support us, and sometimes they even sacrifice their health and well-being.

This coming Mother’s Day, make sure you say thank you.

One of the ways you can do that, is with a Gift of Life donation to the Missouri Right to Life Education Fund in honor of your mother.

Each mother honored will receive a beautiful “Thank You for the Gift of Life” Mother’s Day card in the mail from Missouri Right to Life on your behalf a day or two before Mother’s Day. In addition, each mother will be honored with their name included in a special Mother’s Day Tribute in the June issue of the Missouri Right to Life newsletter. You may also honor a deceased mother with a memorial gift to the MO Right to Life Education Fund.

This link will take you to our Mother’s Day Tribute and sign-up form on our website. You may also mail us your contribution:

Missouri Right to Life Mother’s Day Tribute
P.O. Box 651
Jefferson City, MO 65102
573-635-5110
(please make checks payable to Missouri Right to Life Education Fund, and be sure to include your mother’s name and mailing address)

Missouri Right to Life Mourns the Death of Dr. Bernard Nathanson

Jefferson City, MO – Missouri Right to Life mourns the loss of Dr. Bernard Nathanson, the former abortionist whose conversion to the pro-life cause was major news at the time and whose impact reverberates to this day. Dr. Nathanson, 84, died yesterday morning after a long battle with cancer. In the early 1970s, Dr. Nathanson was director of the largest abortion facility in the world, New York City’s Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health, at which he presided over 75,000 abortions. He personally performed about 5,000 abortions, including one on his own child.

In his 1979 book, Aborting America, Dr. Nathanson gave an insider’s account of building what was then called the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), recently rebranded Naral Pro-Choice America. In that classic, Dr. Nathanson explained how he and others strategically fabricated and exaggerated statistics about the number of deaths from illegal abortions in order to push for legalized abortion.
In his autobiography entitled The Hand of God, Dr. Nathanson admitted that he was one of the individuals most responsible for dismantling the laws that safeguarded the unborn and then pushing for the Roe v. Wade decision. Once he realized his error, he dedicated the rest of his life to restoring the sanctity of preborn life and protecting women’s health. In 1984, Dr. Nathanson unveiled “The Silent Scream,” a mesmerizingly powerful video which shows sonogram images of an unborn child frantically wincing from the abortionist’s instruments. The landmark video was one of the first of its genre, confirming the sheer horror and brutality of abortion through the window to the womb.

Dr. Nathanson was an invaluable asset to the pro-life movement. He will be missed.

Woman Injured After Failed Abortion at Planned Parenthood in St. Louis, MO

Awful news:

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 14, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ — Emergency responders removed a patient from a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday morning and rushed her to the emergency room at Barnes-Jewish-Christian Hospital.

Photo: A patient is removed from Planned Parenthood in St. Louis and transported to a hospital by ambulance. Her head was covered and she was motionless, raising concerns that she might not survive.

A witness, pro-life sidewalk counselor Marty Bennet, took over a dozen photos of the dramatic incident as the woman was wheeled out the clinic and into an awaiting ambulance. Photos showed that the woman’s head was covered and that there was no IV bag or any other sign of ongoing emergency care. There was no evidence that any Planned Parenthood staff member accompanied her to the hospital.

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Life Affirming Idols

Have you been watching American Idol this year? There have been a few wonderful stories affirming the dignity and value of all human life.

First, 23 year old Paris Tassin talks about getting pregnant at 18 and choosing life for her daughter who was diagnosed with hydrocephalus in the womb:

Next: “For better for worse…Till death do us part”, they’re not married yet, but Christ Medina is already taking his impending wedding vows very seriously: