(Picture Caption) “Tara and Bud Shaver, who home-school their children, make time for a weekday outing to a local park with their kids. Bud is the executive director of the anti-abortion group Protest ABQ, and Tara is the organization’s senior policy adviser.” (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
“We’re just Christian people who want to see babies’ lives saved and moms protected,” Tara said.
“We ultimately want to bring our culture and community in New Mexico to a point, not where we enforce our will on New Mexico,” Bud said, “but where New Mexico understands and embraces a culture of life.”
In many ways, the Shavers are indistinguishable from their neighbors. They live in a modest rented home in Albuquerque’s International District, where their children, two of whom were born with the aid of a midwife, are the center of daily family life…
jt082215a/a sec/ jim thompson/ Hundreds of protestors against abortion lined San Mateo Blvd. NE in front of the Planned Parenthood offices Saturday morning. There was a small group of people protesting in favor of abortion to the right of the photo. Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015.(Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal.)
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Life Ministries NM introduces 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics. Part 2
Part 2 of 3 of this video series that was presented to New Mexico legislators by Fr. Stephen Imbarrato on January 26, 2016 gives a glimpse into the dangers posed to young women obtaining abortions in New Mexico. It is commonplace in New Mexico to talk with minors who come to Albuquerque for abortions because their state requires either parental notification or consent. In fact, as you will hear New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics pose a serious danger to ALL of the unsuspecting women who walk through their doors.
New Mexico is currently one of 17 states that has medicaid funded abortions using state tax dollars. Part 2 delves into tax funding of abortions in New Mexico and the shocking revelation of how much Late-Term abortions cost the taxpayers…$8,000-$16,000 the price for a baby’s life!
This segment wraps up with a brief look into the reality that the University of New Mexico, a publicly funded institution, is deeply entrenched in the abortion industry and their Center for Reproductive Health equally poses a danger to the general public. You will hear a horrifying recording of a woman who at one point during her abortion stopped breathing and is unresponsive, and in the next minute is moaning and seemingly fighting for her life. Did this woman whose skin tone was gray during the 911 call die?
This 3 part series pulls back the curtain and allows you to hear these workers in their own words without us interjecting our opinions. The videos speak for themselves. You can decide for yourself about the legitimacy of New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics.
Life Ministries NM lead by Fr. Stephen Imbarrato with Protest Child Killing debuted this presentation at the State Capital in Santa Fe, New Mexico to legislators with the hope that principled politicians will sponsor and pass uncompromised legislation.
Click here to contact your representative. Call them and also be sure to email them a link to this video for them to see and hear the truth about New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics for themselves.
As the first legislative session of 2016 kicked off here in New Mexico, Fr. Stephen Imbarrato felt the need to hand deliver the compilation of over 5 years of research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics to New Mexico legislators.
We are told that if we want our representatives to introduce and pass uncompromising legislation that we need to go to them, so that’s what Life Ministries NM did yesterday. A good crowd joined us and filled the Rotunda of the State Capital, Tuesday January 26th as we released the entire 45 minute investigative video exposing the abortion industry in NM. We are breaking it up into a 3 Part Series.
This segment of videos blows the lid off of Albuquerque’s late term abortion facility, Southwestern Women’s Options (SWO). The fact that it is considered by the abortion lobby to be a Reproductive Health Clinic is disturbing since as you will see, they only provide abortions. They don’t do well women exams, STD testing or even have the ability to detect a potentially life threatening ectopic pregnancy.
SWO is also caught showing how professional their health services are to women in footage obtained by Live Action when they send late term abortion patients to local hotels. Does healthcare really consist of instructing women to unlock their hotel door until the abortionist arrives and in the meantime push your dead baby into the toilet?
New Mexico is one of very few places in the world that allows abortions after 24 weeks, SWO abortionist Carmen Landau is caught on video bragging “women come from all across the country and the world to this clinic” to obtain late-term abortions.
The segment ends with (only a few of the) 911 calls we obtained documenting women being transported to local hospitals after suffering horrific injuries from SWO.
After viewing Part 1 of this series how can we not expect and demand that New Mexico legislators pass laws that would protect the women and children of New Mexico…and those coming from all across the world?
Click here to contact your representative. Call them and also be sure to email them a link to this video for them to see and hear the truth about New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics for themselves.
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato the Protest Priest with Protest Child Killing launches Life Ministries NM at the New Mexico State Roundhouse in Santa Fe! Good crowd (around 100) to watch the 45 minute investigative video exposing the abortion industry in NM.
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato and Tara Shaver Senior Policy Advisor for Protest ABQ and Life Ministries NM introduce our 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics.
State Senator Craig Brandt addressing the crowd at the Roundhouse. The good Senator is a pastor and closed our presentation in prayer.
Santa Fe, NM- Join Fr. Stephen Imbarrato as he unveils his new ministry, Life Ministries NM, Tuesday January, 26th at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We will release 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics. Also the debut of our CHASTITY AND ABSTINENCE initiative, TRUE LOVE, featuring UNM students Colt Bilok and Jolene Bullock.
Nine years ago, the 3 Catholic bishops of New Mexico and Fr. Imbarrato founded the Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day. However, “unity and awareness” of how “life is unique, precious and unrepeatable” is an ongoing, continuous endeavor especially here in New Mexico. As a followup to the Sanctity of life Awareness and Unity Day, Fr. Imbarrato of Priests for Life, Protest Child Killing, Protest ABQ, Pro-Life Witness, and True Love will sponsor a morning at the Roundhouse up in Santa Fe on January 26th.
We invite you to join us from 8:30-10:30am in the Rotunda for breakfast and coffee while we share 5 years of investigative research into our local reproductive health care clinics.
Tuesday’s Itinerary:
8:30-9:00am Coffee and Breakfast
9:00-9:30am Press Conference with Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Senator Craig Brandt, Representative Yvette Herrell (tentative), the “Abstinence Couple” Colt and Jolene of True Love and Tara Shaver – Senior Policy Advisor for Protest ABQ and Life Ministries NM
9:30-10:30am Presentation of investigative research
Father Stephen is a priest with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, ordained 10 years as a late life vocation. Fr Stephen has been given permission to do full-time national pro-life ministry and is currently a member of the Pastoral Staff of Priests for Life. Fr Stephen is the founder of several pro-life ministries including St Gerard’s CPC in Connecticut and Project Defending Life also Protest ABQ in New Mexico.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Operation Rescue released a report highlighting the six most dangerous abortion businesses in America since 1973…Southwestern Women’s Options in Albuquerque, New Mexico has been exposed as one of the most dangerous facilities in the country!
“I am very excited about the plan laid out by the [Senate-NM] to get a late term abortion ban passed in New Mexico. It is my hope that it is a bill that has no exceptions. I made it clear last year and again this year to the sponsors of the bill that I cannot support a bill with exceptions. Rape, incest, and health of the mother exceptions are not tolerable in pro life legislation. It is important that our Catholic leadership insist that our Catholic legislators support a late term ban with no exceptions. I recently submitted a ban bill to appropriate parties without exceptions that is law in 20 states. Let us unite around a late term ban with no exceptions.”
Father Stephen is a priest with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, ordained 10 years as a late life vocation. Fr Stephen has been given permission to do full-time national pro-life ministry and is currently a member of the Pastoral Staff of Priests for Life. Fr Stephen is the founder of several pro-life ministries including St Gerard’s CPC in Connecticut and Project Defending Life also Protest ABQ in New Mexico.
Santa Fe, NM- Join Fr. Stephen Imbarrato as he unveils his new ministry, Life Ministries NM, Tuesday January, 26th at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We will release 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics.
Nine years ago, the 3 Catholic bishops of New Mexico and Fr. Imbarrato founded the Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day. However, “unity and awareness” of how “life is unique, precious and unrepeatable” is an ongoing, continuous endeavor especially here in New Mexico. As a followup to the Sanctity of life Awareness and Unity Day, Fr. Imbarrato of Priests for Life, Protest Child Killing, Protest ABQ and Pro-Life Witness will sponsor a morning at the Roundhouse up in Santa Fe on January 26th.
We invite you to join us from 8:30-10:30am in the Rotunda for breakfast and coffee while we share 5 years of investigative research into our local reproductive health care clinics.
Tuesday’s Itinerary:
8:30-9:00am Coffee and Breakfast
9:00-9:30am Press Conference with Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Senator Craig Brandt, and Tara Shaver – Senior Policy Advisor for Protest ABQ
9:30-10:30am Presentation of investigative research
Father Stephen is a priest with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, ordained 10 years as a late life vocation. Fr Stephen has been given permission to do full-time national pro-life ministry and is currently a member of the Pastoral Staff of Priests for Life. Fr Stephen is the founder of several pro-life ministries including St Gerard’s CPC in Connecticut and Project Defending Life also Protest ABQ in New Mexico.
“I am very excited about the plan laid out by the [Senate-NM] to get a late term abortion ban passed in New Mexico. It is my hope that it is a bill that has no exceptions. I made it clear last year and again this year to the sponsors of the bill that I cannot support a bill with exceptions. Rape, incest, and health of the mother exceptions are not tolerable in pro life legislation. It is important that our Catholic leadership insist that our Catholic legislators support a late term ban with no exceptions. I recently submitted a ban bill to appropriate parties without exceptions that is law in 20 states. Let us unite around a late term ban with no exceptions.”
Father Stephen is a priest with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, ordained 10 years as a late life vocation. Fr Stephen has been given permission to do full-time national pro-life ministry and is currently a member of the Pastoral Staff of Priests for Life. Fr Stephen is the founder of several pro-life ministries including St Gerard’s CPC in Connecticut and Project Defending Life also Protest ABQ in New Mexico.
Before Operation Rescue sent us as Pro-Life Missionaries to New Mexico back in 2010, Operation Rescue released a five part series: “Abortion Capital” which delves into the business of lucrative late-term abortions in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In case you missed this 5 part series back in 2010, here is an in depth look into the late-term abortion business and the key players at Southwestern Women’s Options late term abortion facility in Albuquerque:
This quote by Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue is the final paragraph of “Abortion Capital” revealing Operation Rescues purpose in releasing this extensive 5 part series and goal in sending us to Albuquerque:
“We plan to use every legal option available to us to make sure the killing stops, from First Amendment street activism, to political lobbying, to options that may be available through the legal system. But the first step is to raise public awareness and warn others of the dangers so they don’t fall victim to this predatory late-term abortion mill. We pray that this series of investigative reports will help do that.”
With God’s favor, Operation Rescue’s continued help and the resolved commitment of local Albuquerque Protest Priest Fr. Stephen Imbarrato…a unified collaborative effort has produced great fruit in raising national and local awareness about the New Mexico abortion cartel and has also laid a foundation for the great things that continue to bring us closer to seeing abortion end in the state.
Operation Rescue just released a report highlighting the six most dangerous abortion businesses in America since 1973…Southwestern Women’s Options has been exposed as one of the most dangerous facilities in the country!
We hope that you have been able to promote the sanctity of human life this month, whether it be in your church or among friends.
There are THREE special events in New Mexico that we’d like to encourage you to attend.
Sanctity of Life Awareness & Unity Day Mass/March/Rally Wed Jan 20 in Santa Fe
Join us as the three dioceses of New Mexico prayerfully mark the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade legalizing abortion with a Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day on January 20, 2016. The day includes a noon Mass with the three bishops of New Mexico, Archbishop John C. Wester (Archdiocese of Santa Fe), Bishop Oscar Cantú (Diocese of Las Cruces) and Bishop James S. Wall (Diocese of Gallup) at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis in Santa Fe, a prayer procession and rally with Allen Sánchez at the Roundhouse.
Participants are asked to bring baby items like diapers, blankets, bottles, etc. and/or socks and toiletries for the elderly to be collected at the Mass and distributed to organizations that provide support to expectant mothers in need or nursing homes.
Sponsored by the NM Conference of Catholic Bishops. For more information please click here.
Details: Mass begins at Noon
Procession after Mass proceeds from the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis Assisi with Rally to follow at about 1:00pm
Memorial To The Pre-Born: Friday January 22nd Sponsored by Right to Life of New Mexico
Life Ministries NM Releasing 5 years of Investigative Research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics
Nine years ago, the 3 Catholic bishops of New Mexico and Fr. Stephen Imbarrato founded the Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day. However, “unity and awareness” of how “life is unique, precious and unrepeatable” is an ongoing, continuous endeavor especially here in New Mexico. As a followup to the Sanctity of life Awareness and Unity Day, Fr. Imbarrato of Priests for Life, Protest Child Killing, Protest ABQ and Pro-Life Witness will sponsor a morning at the Roundhouse up in Santa Fe on January 26th. Life Ministries NM will be presenting presenting 5 years of Investigative Research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics to New Mexico legislators and those in attendance.
This event will be on Tuesday January 26th from 8:30-10:30AM in the Rotunda of the NM State Capitol building.
Free parking is available Monday through Friday at 420 Galisteo St.
(Life Ministries NM is a local NM awareness effort sponsored by Life Ministries U.S.)
Saturday Jan. 23rd Protest Southwestern Women’s Options (522 Lomas NE.) Look for Truth Truck 10AM-11AM
All are welcome and encouraged to attend these family friendly events.
Protest ABQ and I began protesting Mayor Berry, who professes to be pro-life, in 2015 after his repeated refusals to meet with us about our concerns regarding the nature of the abortion industry in Albuquerque as well as the difficulty we were having obtaining information about 911 emergency calls coming from city abortion facilities. We also had concerns about abortion clinic zoning and other issues. Not only has the Mayor ignored our pleas to meet, but now it appears as if he is working with the abortion industry in Albuquerque.
“Pregnant” is a teen pregnancy documentary that debuted August 15th, 2015 at the Kimo theater. Led by the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council, the 30 minute film was a combined effort of the City of Albuquerque, the NM Dept of Health, multiple pro-abortion organizations including Planned Parenthood, and University of New Mexico (UNM) abortionist Eve Espey.
Dr. Eve Espey is the Chair of the UNM Dept of OB-GYN and oversees UNM’s large, multifaceted abortion business under the direction of Dr Paul Roth, who is the CEO of the entire UNM Health System. Espey directs the UNM Center for Reproductive Health (abortion facility) and the UNM Young Women’s Health Clinic (which provides abortion related services for teens as young as 14 years old). Espey’s involvement in the NM abortion industry has been well documented over the years. Most recently she was the focus of an investigation by the New Mexico Alliance for Life who exposed that Espey entered into a number of dubious contracts with late term abortion doctor Curtis Boyd. NMAFL properly is calling for Espey’s termination. I, as well as others, have called for the UNM Regents to do a full investigation of the UNM abortion business and to also terminate Dr. Paul Roth. Espey works directly for him and it is Roth who oversees every aspect of the abortion industry at UNM.
It is very telling that the self proclaimed pro-life mayor chose to work with the abortion industry in his teen initiatives; not the clergy or church, but those who profit from killing unborn children. ‘Pregnant’ detailed various sex education initiatives available to students through their school and the Department of Health. The documentary encourages parents to become comfortable enough with their children having sex to help them obtain contraception. Both kids and parents receive a brief lesson on new birth control methods besides the pill. Espey is even given a segment to push her favorite method, the IUD.
Also featured in the film, pro-abortion doctor for the NM Dept of Health, Carletta Bullock, was given a special thanks and acknowledgement along with Espey immediately following Mayor Berry’s introduction at the Kimo screening. Also mentioned was, Lalita Russ of Planned Parenthood who appears to be involved in Planned Parenthood’s school based sex education programs. Both Bullock and Russ testified for the NM abortion industry against pro-life legislation at the Roundhouse during the 2015 legislative session. At the premier, Mayor Berry thanked Nirvana Mañana Institute for their contribution to the making of the documentary. Nirvana Mañana Institute partially funded “Pregnant” as well as the “After Tiller” abortion documentary that glorified two of New Mexico’s third trimester abortion doctors employed at Curtis Boyd’s late term clinic.
More recently while Protest ABQ was protesting a radically pro-abortion Democrat Pat Davis, Mayor Berry made a video criticizing Protest ABQ’s 1st amendment tactics of showing the truth about the abortion industry. In essence Berry was doing nothing more than endorsing Davis. I as well as others immediately pointed out that Berry should be as upset about the pre-born babies that are dying in his city because of people like Davis as he is about the use of images of these innocent aborted babies. In answer to criticism against him, the Mayor said he desired to meet with us. Our repeated requests for a meeting have always been met with silence.
Is Mayor Berry so entrenched in the NM abortion industry that he will continue to refuse to act on behalf of the babies dying in his city? ABQ will keep it’s reputation as the late term abortion capital of the nation so long as leaders like Mayor Berry refuse to act.
Please call the following with your concerns:
Mayor Berry: (505) 768-3000 mayorberry@cabq.gov
Dr Paul Roth: (505) 272-5849 Jack Fortner (UNM Regents’ President) (505) 326-1817
Father Stephen is a priest with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, ordained 10 years as a late life vocation. Fr Stephen has been given permission to do full-time national pro-life ministry and is currently a member of the Pastoral Staff of Priests for Life. Fr Stephen is the founder of several pro-life ministries including St Gerard’s CPC in Connecticut and Project Defending Life also Protest ABQ in New Mexico.
Birmingham, AL- Who would have ever foreseen that the unlawful arrest of a peaceful team of pro-life youth activists with Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust at Parker High School located in Birmingham Alabama would culminate seven years later with the demolishing of an abortion killing center New Woman All Women?
Fast forward to 2010, due to the unlawful arrest of the team of Survivors at Parker High School and the unwillingness of the City of Birmingham to drop the charges…Survivors law team at Life Legal Defense Foundation (LLDF) obtained a restraining order preventing law enforcement officers from illegally arresting those (including Bud Shaver) and/or from being ill treated during their return participation in the Pro-Life Freedom Ride:
“Because the Survivors planned to travel to Birmingham this month to participate in various pro-life activities scheduled for late July, they asked LLDF to obtain a preliminary injunction to ensure that they would not suffer the same treatment from police as they had last year. In the course of seeking that injunction, LLDF lawyers learned that the city had a “demonstration” ordinance that required groups as small as two persons to obtain permits before engaging in various free speech activity.
“What started as a lawsuit to get fair treatment for the Survivors has evolved into a broader challenge to the city’s unconstitutional permit scheme,” said Katie Short, legal director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation. “We have learned from local pro-lifers that this law has been a thorn in their side for years. We are hopeful that when this suit is over, we will have not only vindicated the Survivors’ rights, but also have relieved the local pro-life community of the burden of this onerous law.”
This national event culminated in the freeing of the sidewalk in front of New Woman All Women abortion killing center!
“The Birmingham Letter Project, a four day event, began Wednesday morning with a small group of prayerful pro-lifers crossing a street. It probably looked like a small act to any uninvolved bystander, but, to the people of the Birmingham pro-life community, it was an act of immense courage, a miracle of God, and a moment of brilliantly shining hope.
The street that was crossed lies directly in front of the New Woman All Women abortion clinic. For thirteen years there has been a sign posted in front of that building which states that any pro-life person stepping within 20 ft of the property will be arrested and prosecuted by a federal court. This means that anyone in the pro-life community who has come to that abortion clinic to pray for the preborn, to peacefully protest against the lawful killing of children, or to sidewalk counsel women who have been told that their only option is abortion, has been forced to do so from a distance. For thirteen long years, not one group advocating for Life has planted their feet on the concrete and grass beside that clinic and made a stand for the babies being murdered behind closed doors. Until Wednesday.
On Wednesday morning, around nine o’clock, the Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust (a youth-based pro-life group from California) led by Jeff White, and accompanied by Rev. Pat Mahoney, Bud Shaver, Pastor Walter Hoye, and long-time local pro-life advocate Fr. Terry Gensemer boldly crossed the street to the clinic to pray a liturgy for the preborn…”
But according to Operation Rescue, “Over the next two years, NWAW [New Woman All Women] attempted to reopen under one deceptive scheme after another. Each time the coalition of pro-life groups jumped in to expose the deception and each time, NWAW was blocked from continuing abortions.”
Until finally in March, 2014, owners of New Woman All Women finally gave up and placed the clinic property up for sale.
“In the end, for the Birmingham and Selma clinics, the Abortion Cartel’s own illegal activity and arrogance brought them down, but it took pro-life groups working within the system to point that out to state regulators.”
“When pro-life groups work peacefully within the law in unity toward a common goal, we can accomplish almost anything,” said Troy Newman. “The demolished rubble that was once Alabama’s abortion stronghold is a public testimony to that fact.”
Going to try and be more consistent in reading the Bible this year- daily and first thing each day. Here’s what I read today. Just what I needed and how I want to live, may it bless you as well.
You can listen to the Bible online here. Also get a daily Bible reading plan for the year here.
Psalm 101 Of David. A psalm.
1 I will sing of your love and justice;
to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life—when will you come to me?
I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.
3 I will not look with approval
on anything that is vile.
I hate what faithless people do;
I will have no part in it.
4 The perverse of heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil.
5 Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.
6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; the one whose walk is blameless will minister to me.
7 No one who practices deceit
will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
will stand in my presence.
8 Every morning I will put to silence
all the wicked in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer
from the city of the Lord.
