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I am here to remind UNM, SWWO, and NM Attorney General Hector Balderas that respecting human life is relevant. I am here to remind them that as a taxpayer funded institution, upholding the law and punishing violators is relevant.

We have reached a critical point where UNM and the NM Attorney General must decide if the rule of law applies to everyone, or if they will remain silent and let the negligence of laws and human life become the status quo. The laws of fetal tissue procurement are exact and prescriptive, and by their own admission UNM and SWWO either don’t know the laws or don’t care about them. It is time for the leaders of UNM and the New Mexico Attorney General to ensure that illegal and unethical conduct at the expense of innocent New Mexicans is investigated and met with just punishment.

It is stunning how silent political and church leaders have been about UNM’s full term abortion business and relations as well as many other immoral activities undertaken by the university. Republicans are supposed to be prolife and our churches are supposed to be moral watchtowers. Equally shocking is the silence of these leaders about Catholic Democrat NM AG Hector Balderas’ failure to do his job and investigate the long list of complaints brought forth against UNM. Thank you, Congressman Pearce for leading the effort to shed light on Balderas and UNM,” stated Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Priests for Life.

Pearce Urges UNM Board of Regents, New Mexico Attorney General to Uphold Laws and Respect for Human Life

Washington, DC (January 6, 2017) Congressman Steve Pearce released the following statement after the second criminal referral to New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas was made by the U.S. House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, imploring state and university leaders to address the serious violations uncovered by the Panel’s investigation.

“The entire report released by the Select Panel raises serious concerns of ethical and legal violations occurring at UNM and Southwestern Women’s Options. Most troubling though is their complete disregard for regulations put in place by lawmakers to protect women and children. UNM and SWWO have created a culture where obtaining baby body parts, deceiving patients, and maintaining faculty perks are higher priorities than following laws and basic healthcare principles,” said Pearce.

During the Select Panel’s investigation an employee of SWWO and faculty member of UNM admitted that she had never received proper consent from a patient for the harvesting of baby body parts, and further acknowledged that she did not recognize the consent form SWWO and UNM provided to the Panel. Another faculty member from UNM admitted that there is no procedure in place to handle infants who are born alive during an abortion, and confirmed that there have been instances of infants exiting the womb before expected.  When asked if she was familiar with the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act, she responded that she was not familiar and that she did not understand the relevancy to her practice.

“I am here to remind UNM, SWWO, and NM Attorney General Hector Balderas that respecting human life is relevant. I am here to remind them that as a taxpayer funded institution, upholding the law and punishing violators is relevant.  In the UNM Health Sciences Center Code of Ethics, Dr. Paul Roth writes that, ‘In order to maintain public trust and accountability, we adhere to the highest ethical standards and compliance in all research activities.’  So I ask Dr. Roth, the UNM Board of Regents, NM Attorney General Hector Balderas and the taxpayers of our state; is it ethical to disregard procedures that check for signs of life, such as looking for a heartbeat or giving an Apgar test? Is it ethical for UNM to obtain the body parts of aborted babies, including baby brains for a high school summer camp dissection project, without proper consent? Is it ethical to leave a baby to die without care or acknowledgement in the name of research?

We have a reached a critical point where UNM and the NM Attorney General must decide if the rule of law applies to everyone, or if they will remain silent and let the negligence of laws and human life become the status quo. The laws of fetal tissue procurement are exact and prescriptive, and by their own admission UNM and SWWO either don’t know the laws or don’t care about them. It is time for the leaders of UNM and the New Mexico Attorney General to ensure that illegal and unethical conduct at the expense of innocent New Mexicans is investigated and met with just punishment.”

The Select Panel on Infant Lives sent their first criminal referral in June of 2016 and, after finding more evidence of violations in the procedures of fetal tissue procurement by the University of New Mexico and Southwestern Women’s Options, sent their second criminal referral in December 2016

– The Panel identified several research institutions across the United States, mostly state universities and virtually all recipients of federal as well as state funding, that have formed a close relationship with one or more abortion clinics.

– Most of the doctors west of the Mississippi who openly perform third- trimester abortions have faculty positions at either the University of New Mexico or the University of Colorado.

– The transfer of fetal tissue from Southwestern Women’s Options (SWWO) to UNM was one part of an aggressive campaign under which leadership personnel at UNM medical school: (1) expanded UNM’s role both in providing abortions and in training new abortion providers; (2) expanded UNM’s referral for abortion services to outside clinics, including the clinic from which it obtained fetal tissue;

–   The close relationship between UNM and SWWO led to allegations of shoddy clinical practices, including failure to utilize a consent form for fetal tissue donation and improperly combining consent for tissue donation with consent for the underlying abortion procedure.

– Abortionist Eve Espey, who is described by the panel as the “arguably most responsible for making UNM an abortion provider” refused to answer questions about UNM’s own protocol regarding babies born alive during abortions. This policy states that “When an induced abortion results in a live-born infant showing any signs of life, such as a heartbeat or voluntary movement, a birth certificate should be completed. . . . A death certificate will be completed if the infant dies.”

[Essentially, even though the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act provides protections for babies who survive abortions, Espey who is chair of the OBGYN department at UNM stated that she was not familiar with the law and didn’t see it’s relevance to her practice. ]

– It also found that the transfer of fetal tissue from SWWO to UNM for research purposes is a systematic violation of New Mexico’s Spradling Act, under which tissue from aborted infants cannot be anatomical gifts.” According to the panel’s evaluation, “The Spradling Act was enacted in 2007 to replace the State’s existing Anatomical Gift Act  with provisions mirroring the The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA). In their new law, New Mexico decided to follow the suggestion in the UAGA to treat aborted fetuses differently: “‘decedent’ means a deceased individual whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift.” It “includes a stillborn infant and …a fetus but (does) not includ(e) a fetus that is the subject of an induced abortion.”

Further, the Spradling Act provides that the Act “applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.” In other words, all anatomical gifts in the State of New Mexico must comply with this act, and the bodies or body parts of aborted infants cannot be anatomical gifts.

– Virtually every entity and individual from whom the Panel sought documents did not fully comply, regardless of whether the documents were required to be produced pursuant to a subpoena, or were requested via a letter.

– Scientific societies and universities have made misleading claims about fetal tissue research. Human fetal tissue constitutes only a tiny fraction of the overall research effort. Moreover, research involving human fetal tissue is less productive and has lower importance/impact when compared to non-fetal research from the same laboratories.”  [Note: This is a justification that UNM uses which according to the panel’s research, fetal tissue research has not produced, nor is it necessary, to bring about the greatest impact and advances.]

Dear Friends,

As 2016 comes to an end, we’d like to share with you a glimpse into the past year of ministry here in New Mexico. Each year as we look back, we are amazed by how God has moved and worked to further peel back the layers of New Mexico’s stony heart. The battle for life is fierce here in the desert but the Lord keeps moving us forward and blessing our efforts. Thank you for standing with us and for your prayers and support!

#5 – Albuquerque’s anti-abortion crusaders: Bud and Tara Shaver take no prisoners in their ‘culture of life’ campaign.

(Picture from the Albuquerque Journal)

2016 marked 6 years of ministry in New Mexico. We’ve worked tirelessly to expose and oppose the New Mexico Abortion Cartel. This year started off with a front page pro-file piece by the state’s largest newspaper: The Albuquerque Journal. We were surprised by how fair and balanced this report on us was and we were grateful that our efforts and our primary focus as missionaries was conveyed accurately.

Read the full article here: Albuquerque’s anti-abortion crusaders

#4 – Presentation to Legislators: Inside New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics

(Photo of Fr. Stephen Imbarrato and Tara Shaver)

Fr. Stephen Imbarrato and Tara Shaver introduced a compilation video and presentation of 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics at the Capital in Santa Fe for New Mexico legislators during the start of the 2016 legislative session.

Read the presentation recap and watch the full feature presented to legislators here: 

• Inside New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics
• Video Part 2: Inside NM Reproductive Health Clinics
• Final Video (Part 3)- Inside New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics

#3 – New Mexico Baby Body Parts Scandal Timeline Recap 

(July, 18, 2015 Protest and Press Conference sponsored by Protest ABQ)

Since July 2015 we have been involved in seeking accountability for the University of New Mexico and Southwestern Women’s Options regarding their collaboration in the use of aborted baby remains for experimental research. We will continue to keep the pressure on our New Mexico Attorney General in 2017.

See the full timeline of our efforts here: New Mexico Baby Body Parts Scandal Timeline Recap

#2 – #OperationRNC was a HUGE Success

Bud joined a coalition of the nations leading pro-life activist organizations led by Created Equal for #OperationRNC which included: Operation Rescue, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, Citizens for A Pro-Life Society, Rev. Mahoney and Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest of Priests for Life in Cleveland, Ohio (July 13-15) for the run-up to the Republican National Convention (RNC).The goal of #OperationRNC was to demand that the RNC address defunding Planned Parenthood in the GOP party platform. In addition #OperationRNC was a public awareness campaign which included public prayer and several events designed to raise awareness of the injustice of abortion. As a result of #OperationRNC the Republicans Adopted the most Pro-Life party platform EVER condemning abortion and Planned Parenthood!

See all of the highlights of #OperationRNC here:  #OperationRNC was a HUGE Success

#1 – New Mexico Vote Pro-Life

With 2016 being a major election year for both New Mexico and the nation, we worked tirelessly to encourage New Mexicans to vote pro-life.

RELATED:

• We Must Protest Evil and We Must Vote Pro-Life on Nov. 8th
• The Protest Priest Votes For Trump!

One of New Mexico’s greatest hurdles and strong holds are Catholic politicians who are placing their party before their faith. We worked alongside Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest to expose and oppose several pro-abortion Catholic Democrats. We sent thousands of postcards throughout their districts and conducted numerous protests leading up to and including election day. In a major upset, the pro-life community successfully opposed pro-abortion Catholic Senator (D) Michael Sanchez who for years ensured that pro-life bills never saw the light of day. Protest ABQ set the stage for this monumental defeat with postcards and co-lead two key protests in this district leading up to election day.

RELATED:

• Protest ABQ Drops Postcards Exposing Religious Pro-Abortion Democrat Senators
• Round 2: Protest ABQ Drops Postcards Exposing Catholic Pro-Abortion Democrat Senators
• Catholic Senator Michael Sanchez Funded By Albuquerque’s Abortion Cartel
• John Sapien (D), Another Pro-Abortion Catholic Putting his Party Before his Faith
• Catholic NM State Sen. Michael Padilla, with the Bishops or the Pro-Aborts?
• Protest ABQ to Protest Ben R. Luján, Another Pro-Abort Catholic (D) During DNC Speech
• PROTEST Sen. Michael Sanchez (D) Another Pro-Abortion Catholic

Why Protest? Why Albuquerque?

We launched our protest campaign in 2014 to expose and oppose the radical abortion agenda deeply entrenched in New Mexico.

Join the national movement: ProtestChildKilling.com

Honorable Mention: Complaint Filed Against Planned Parenthood Nurse For Performing Illegal Abortions Under New Mexico Law

In April of 2016, Tara filed a formal complaint with the New Mexico Nursing Board against Vivianne Clark. Clark is a Registered Nurse who is employed by Planned Parenthood of New Mexico. New Mexico law states that only licensed physicians can perform abortions. Vivianne Clark is not a licensed physician and is therefore in violation of New Mexico’s Criminal Abortion Statute, NMSA Section 30-5-1, et seq. As we await the nursing board’s decision, please pray that Clark loses the ability to kill babies in New Mexico.

Full report by Live Action News: Pro-life group says New Mexico nurse performed illegal abortions

Related: Abortion drug at center of complaint

Highlights of the Past 5 Years of Ministry in New Mexico:

2015 Bud and Tara Shaver’s Year In Review
2014 Year In Review: Top 5 Highlights

2013 Year In Review (5 post highlights)

2013 The Year of Public Awareness- ABQ Year In Review Highlight #1
2013 The Year of Public Awareness- ABQ Year In Review Highlight #2
2013 The Year of Public Awareness- ABQ Year In Review Highlight #3
2013 The Year of Public Awareness- ABQ Year In Review Highlight #4
2013 The Year of Public Awareness- ABQ Year In Review Highlight #5

In 2013 Bud and Tara Shaver were named Pro-Life Persons of the Year

2012 Year in Review: Prayer and a Pro-Life Witness
2011 Year In Review: Prayer and a Pro-Life Witness

Thank YOU for standing with us, for your prayers and for making our pro-life efforts in New Mexico possible!

We love you all and keep you in our prayers. May you each be blessed in this new year 2017!

Ways to be a blessing for life in the new year:

-Become a monthly financial partner

-Give a one-time financial gift from your income tax return.

-Host us for a “Missionary Meet and Greet” in your home by inviting friends to learn about our family and our work here in New Mexico. 

Recurring and tax deductible donations can be made online here.

“Seek the well being of the city to which I have sent you. Pray for it to the Lord. For in seeking its well being you shall find your own.“ Jeremiah 29:7

Dear Pro-Life Friend,

Greetings! November was an amazing month on many fronts. Locally we announced our new focus for the coming year: Catholic Democrat New Mexico Attorney General (AG), Hector Balderas.

We have teamed up with national organizations  Operation Rescue and Priests for Life to call on our Attorney General to investigate and prosecute the University of New Mexico and Southwestern Women’s Options for their involvement in the use of aborted baby remains, and more.

Even though a criminal referral has been handed down to AG Balderas from Congress, he has failed to act swiftly and pursue justice for the babies who are a mere commodity to the New Mexico abortion cartel.

The reality remains that New Mexico continues to be in the spotlight due to our non-existent laws on abortion, our leaders who support and condone abortion and the University of New Mexico’s entrenched abortion agenda.

Our message is clear, “Stand Up For The Babies and We Will Stand Down.” We want nothing more than for our leaders to do what is right, on their own, but the corruption runs deep…

In the coming months we will be prayerfully and peacefully exposing AG Balderas and holding him accountable for his poor leadership and for ignoring the plight of the pre-born children who die daily in his state.

Please join us in prayer that just as God moved the heart of Pharaoh to let his people go, that he would also move New Mexico Attorney General, Hector Balderas to place as a top priority protection for ALL children in New Mexico… including those who are, absolutely, the most vulnerable-those living in their mother’s wombs.

More details here: National Anti-Abortion Coalition Joins Protest ABQ Demanding Accountability In New Mexico

Hopeful Victory For Pre-Born Children In Our Country and New Mexico

We applaud Donald Trump for stepping into the arena and taking on the evil and corruption that has dominated American politics for some time now. Moving forward we must come together as a unified voice in our cities across this nation to make sure that Trump follows through with his campaign promises. We must not allow him to be like so many other leaders who say one thing to get elected and then fail to act to save the lives of pre-born children. We must all work harder to do what we can to stop the killing today by how we live our lives and obey God’s call to be salt and light in this world.

(Here we are as a family picking up signs to get out the vote for pro-life candidate Diego Espinoza in Sandoval County, New Mexico.)

Victory in Valencia County: Sen. Michael Sanchez Has Fallen

We are proud to congratulate those in New Mexico Senate District 29 who successfully opposed pro-abortion Catholic Senator (D) Michael Sanchez who has dominated the NM senate and continuously ensured that pro-life bills never see the light of day. Protest ABQ set the stage for this monumental defeat this summer as we sent postcards to his constituents letting them know that he is putting politics before his faith. We also co-lead two key protests in this district leading up to election day. It is very encouraging to see others take our lead and be successful in protesting evil and corruption that has such a strangle hold in New Mexico.

This victory is a testimony to the power we as citizens have when we unify and expose evil outside of the four walls of our churches.

Read more about our election efforts in New Mexico here…

ABQ RAW Interview

A local videographer from ABQ RAW contacted us this month asking for us to do a video to educate the public about the ins and outs of Roe v. Wade and abortion in New Mexico.

He was surprised that the Christians he knew were clueless about the laws of our country regarding abortion and that many of them had no idea how abortion devastates entire families.

Tara met up with him where we keep the truth truck and had a great time talking with him and making an informative video.

You can watch Tara’s interview with ABQ RAW here: ABQ RAW: Albuquerque, New Mexico late term ABORTION capital of America

Testimony From a Faithful Donor and Colaborer…

You make the impact of our divine calling to be missionaries in New Mexico a reality in the lives of countless moms we’ve helped over the years and the babies who are alive today because you give financially.

New Mexico is a different place than it was when we arrived 6 years ago and that is because of YOU!

One gracious donor asked us if she could make an appeal for us. We had no idea what she would write but we had to share it with you. Above all else this note will let you know how to pray for us and if you are so lead we hope that you will choose to partner with us this #GivingTuesday with a monthly financial gift to our ministry.

“The definition of a champion is a person who fights or argues for a cause or stands up on behalf of someone else.   

I am writing you making an appeal on behalf of two champions that many of us have had the privilege of meeting and getting to know through the prolife community…”

Read her full appeal here

Thank YOU for standing with us, for your prayers and for making our pro-life efforts in New Mexico possible!

Recurring and tax deductible donations can be made online here

“Seek the well being of the city to which I have sent you. Pray for it to the Lord. For in seeking its well being you shall find your own.“ 

Jeremiah 29:7

LifeMinistriesUS (Non-Profit Umbrella Ministry) Founded by Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest: A consortium of ministries dedicated to obtaining constitutional protection (personhood) for unborn children from the moment of conception.

Donate to one (or ALL) of the affiliate Ministries of LifeMinistriesUS:

Protest ChildKilling: ProtestChildKilling.com
A sustained national peaceful and prayerful protest movement utilizing the models of Martin Luther King’s civil rights protests and Poland’s Solidarity Movement to bring awareness that abortion on demand have made unborn children an excluded class in this country and they deserve constitutional protection from the moment of conception.

Protest ABQ: ProtestABQ.com
The local NM movement of Protestchildkilling.

Pro-Life Witness:ProLifeWitness.org
The pro-life missionary ministry of Bud and Tara Shaver.

Project Love
The chastity and abstinence ministry of Colt Bilok and Jolene Bullock.

Tax-Deductible donations can be securely scheduled online here: https://give.cornerstone.cc/lifeministriesus/

(Just choose the ministry you would like to support in the drop-down window)

#GivingTuesday 2016: Support Pro-Life Missionaries

We have the best supporters on the planet praying for us, encouraging us, standing with us and financially supporting us as pro-life missionaries. Yes, we are talking about YOU!

You make the impact of our divine calling to be missionaries to New Mexico a reality in the lives of countless moms we’ve helped over the years and the babies who are alive today because you give financially. New Mexico is a different place than it was when we arrived 6 years ago and that is because of YOU!

One gracious donor asked us if she could make an appeal for us. We had no idea what she would write but we had to share it with you. Above all else this note will let you know how to pray for us and if you are so lead we hope that you will choose to partner with us this #GivingTuesday with a monthly financial gift to our ministry.

We love you all!
Bud and Tara Shaver

Testimony From a Faithful Donor and Colaborer…

The definition of a champion is a person who fights or argues for a cause or stands up on behalf of someone else.   

I am writing you making an appeal on behalf of two champions that many of us have had the privilege of meeting and getting to know through the prolife community. Bud and Tara Shaver relocated to New Mexico to pursue the cause of ending abortion and protecting pre-born children from ending up as an abortion statistic in a state that allows the killing of children in the womb through all nine months of pregnancy.  How we came to this is another matter. But, God only knows how much we need champions like Bud and Tara. I don’t know of any other married couple who have devoted their lives in pursuit of something so difficult and yet so noble, right and good. And, they do this while raising a family of three children for which I don’t know how they manage.

What I do know is that they have advanced the cause of human life tremendously here in New Mexico and we should not take this for granted. Alongside, Father Stephen Imbarrato they have raised awareness of late term abortion and named who makes up the abortion cartel here in New Mexico. They have led countless protests, filed formal complaints with the New Mexico Medical Board and the Nursing Board, held numerous interviews with the press and their dedication to this cause has been written in many magazines and other publications.

They have sponsored pro-life legislation at the New Mexico state legislature and have even served as expert witnesses for pro-life bills. This in spite of the fact that our difficult political environment continues to support the abortion agenda.  They have met with Governor Susana Martinez and her staff numerous times to inform and urge her to lead the state in a positive direction. Because of her lack of leadership in ending abortion they have also worked to hold her accountable.  

Bud has shown up countless times, alone, standing on bridges over the freeway with signs strung along the bridge during the rain, wind and cold only to be harassed by people and the Department of Transportation. Bud has been physically attacked and has courageously stood up to outright evil in the eyes, words and actions of those who hate what he stands for and they hate him for having the determination and fortitude to remind them that children in the womb are deserving of life; after all, we were all living in the wombs of our mothers before we were born.

Their selfless giving is a standard that we should all try to measure up to and one way we can do that is to support their efforts through charitable giving so that they can continue to do this important work and we all know that it is difficult work. It is at times thankless, tiring, dangerous and not rewarding because of the many defeats through the culture of death that pervades our society and because of the women who still choose to kill their unborn babies. But, it is noble work that must go on.  

Many of us hold full time jobs that would make it impossible to do the incredible amount of pro-life work that they do every day.  But, I know that we all can give. We may not be able to give what we would like to every month.  But, I know that everyone who supports what Bud and Tara are doing can give monetarily each and every month. I suggest a gift of $25 that can be deducted from your checking account automatically so that you don’t have do anything to send it their way and likely will not miss it.

If you don’t believe that you can afford that then what can you give up so that you can afford it? Is it coffee at Starbucks, lunch with friends, getting rid of cable TV? You will have to make that decision but, I know if you are passionate about ending abortion in New Mexico that you will find a way to bless this couple with your charitable giving and pray that their efforts to end abortion will have the effect that we all want because they are doing what we cannot do. They depend on your generosity so let’s show them that we can be generous and that we truly appreciate all that they are doing.

God bless Bud and Tara Shaver and their three children and God bless each of you for your prayerful and generous monthly donation to them for all that they do.

-Janet

May God receive the glory for all that He is accomplishing through us! Thank YOU for making our efforts possible.

Donations are tax deductible and can be scheduled quickly and securely online here.

To mail us a tax deductable check, please make it out to “Life Ministries US” and earmark it for The Shavers.

Send to:
Bud and Tara Shaver
PO Box 50351
Albuquerque, NM 87181

Blessings to You on this Thanksgiving Day!

Today as we spend time with family and friends may we rejoice and be thankful above all for what Christ Jesus has accomplished on our behalf!

We are thankful for you and all that you have made possible through your prayers, encouragement and support of our ministry here in New Mexico.

We are also grateful to have learned today that there is one less late term abortionist killing babies up to the day of birth. Our friends at Operation Rescue reported today that Leroy Carhart has ceased performing these abortions in Maryland. Praise God!

Thank you for believing with us that one day we will be able to report the same news about Albuquerque’s late term abortionists.

May God Bless every effort to exalt His name and to end the scourge of abortion in our nation.

With Thankful Hearts,
Bud and Tara Shaver

Arson suspected at Project Defending Life and Holy Innocents Chapel in ABQ…prayers please

“Attorney General Balderas is just one in the group of New Mexico Catholic Democrat elected officials who supports pre-born child killing throughout all nine months of pregnancy with no restrictions. We just removed one of their leaders, Michael Sanchez, from office. It is now time to focus on Balderas especially as he is most likely planning to run for Governor or another higher office.

So we contend as we always have with Catholic pro-abortion Democrats and silent “pro-life in name only” (PLINO) Republicans. Where is the Republican outrage over Balderas ignoring the crimes against babies that are happening here in New Mexico? Leaders Don Tripp, Alonzo Baldonado, and other Republicans express no outrage over Balderas. These two groups of politicians are what makes New Mexico a deadly place for pre-born children.

We will continue to expose this failure of leadership and protest their complicity in pre-born child killing until babies are finally protected in our state.”

By Tara Shaver

Albuquerque, NM- Yesterday’s election proved to be a hopeful victory for pre-born children in our nation and in New Mexico with Donald Trump winning the presidential race in our country. Donald Trump has surrounded himself, thus far, with solidly pro-life advisors and has vowed to appoint Supreme Court Justices that will protect the Constitution and overturn Roe v. Wade. Republicans also maintained control of the House and Senate which is important moving forward to ensure that solid uncompromised pro-life  legislation is passed. The Senate will be a key focal point as now there is the opportunity to appoint a solid  Supreme Court Justice to fill the deep constitutional void left by Antonin Scalia.

We applaud Donald J. Trump for stepping into the arena and taking on the evil and corruption that has dominated American politics for some time now.

Moving forward we must come together as a unified voice in our cities across this nation to make sure that Trump follows through with his campaign promises. We must not allow him to be like so many other leaders who say one thing to get elected and then fail to act to save the lives of pre-born children. We must all work harder to do what we can to stop the killing today by how we live our lives and obey God’s call to be salt and light in this world.

Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest has the vision and a strategy to END Pre-born child killing in our country and he had the great honor and opportunity to preach a powerful homily explaining how on Election Day to a global audience on EWTN!

Listen to Fr. Stephen Imbarrato’s crescendo of 10 Homilies at EWTN leading up to…and including Election Day 2016, “How we can end pre-born child killing by the end of the next President’s 1st term!”

ELECTION DAY HOMILY NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Victory in Valencia County: Sen. Michael Sanchez Has Fallen

We congratulate those in New Mexico Senate Dist 29 who successfully opposed pro-abortion Catholic Senator (D) Michael Sanchez who has dominated the New Mexico senate and ensured that pro-life bills never see the light of day. He lost his re-election bid against Greg Baca by a 10% percent margin.

In the weeks leading up to the election hundreds of residents of Valencia County, where Sanchez lives, through prayer and peaceful protest exposed Sanchez and informed their neighbors and it was enough to keep him out. This victory is a testimony to the power we as citizens have when we unify and expose evil outside of the four walls of our churches. The example of those in this district even persuaded a local priest to join those in his congregation on the streets in protest of such a corrupt and immoral politician.

Protest ABQ set the stage for this monumental defeat this summer as we sent postcards to his constituents letting them know that he is putting politics before his faith. We also co-lead two key protests in this district leading up to election day. It is very encouraging to see others take our lead and be successful protesting evil and corruption that has such a strangle hold in New Mexico.

Protest ABQ was also on the frontlines for 10 hours on election day getting out the vote for Diego Espinoza, a solid pro-life candidate that was running against pro-abortion Catholic John Sapien.

Unfortunately, Espinoza did not win his race, losing by only 148 votes. 

He issued the following statement on his Facebook page:
“I want to thank you. Thank you for your support. Thank you for your encouragement. Thank you for your prayers. It’s not the outcome we all fought so hard for, but we sure gave them one heck of a race. I hope our leaders will always remember they are there to work for us and make this state better.”

Our hope is that we learn from this election and how important it is for our communities to come together as one voice in support of life, family and faith. All is not lost and we look forward to working even harder as we end this year strong for life here in New Mexico. 

This Is About As RAW As It Gets…

Albuquerque, NM – In an effort to create more awareness about late-term abortion in New Mexico ABQ RAW contacted Protest ABQ seeking answers about the hard facts related to abortion, how abortion in America came to pass, and why it’s important to engage our culture from a Christian perspective.

CLICK HERE to make a  donation that will keep us in the fight for life here in New Mexico against unrelenting evil!

ABQ RAW interviewed Tara Shaver, spokeswoman for Protest ABQ and takes a hard, honest look into the reality of ABORTION.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO PRODUCED BY ABQ RAW

Created Equal provided the abortion victim photographs on the Protest ABQ Truth Truck. For the photograph authenticity, see:

• signed statement from abortion photographer, and
• signed statement from abortionist.

YOUR PRAYERS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR THIS ELECTION AND OUR COUNTRY

If you understand that we are literally in a spiritual battle and that abortion is rooted in demonic strongholds then what is being revealed about Hillary Clinton’s campaign will make perfect sense…

THIS IS BREAKING AS WE SPEAK AND THE DETAILS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING…BOMBSHELL: HILLARY CLINTON’S SATANIC NETWORK EXPOSED

RELATED: 

ABQ RAW: Protest ABQ Abortion Protesters Outside Southwestern Women’s Options in Albuquerque (VIDEO)

The Protest Priest Votes For Trump! Urges Clergy to Publicly Endorse Trump or Hillary Prior to Election

LISTEN TO TRUMP EXPOSE AND CONDEMN LATE-TERM ABORTION DURING THE LAST DEBATE

BOMBSHELL: HILLARY CLINTON’S SATANIC NETWORK EXPOSED

Major Project Launching Next Month. Stay Tuned…

Dear Pro-Life Friend,

Our ministry in New Mexico is unique and Holy Spirit led. We don’t do what is popular, comfortable or expected…we do what is necessary. In a meeting this month with an evangelical Pastor, Fr. Stephen Imbarrato mentioned that we (us and him) are the odd-couple of the pro-life movement because of our deep love and commitment to each other as Catholic and Evangelical partners, in fact, Fr. Imbarrato has described our relationship akin to a marriage… and we grow closer and stronger with each battle that Christ leads us through.

Currently we are in a season of holding Catholic pro-abortion politicians accountable through protest, postcards and public awareness and it has been vital that Fr. Imbarrato has been leading this charge alongside us with Protest ABQ.

We’ve pondered this month about how different our ministry would look if we lived someplace else…But this is our mission field! God has us here for His purpose and He has blessed us with a great spiritual leader, mentor, and friend in Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest!

The month of October has flown by for us, we have held numerous protests and stood in solidarity with many groups to oppose evil and corruption across NM. One of the groups we joined this month was “New Mexicans for Parental Equality” for the “Stop Child Abuse, Start Listening Rally.” When it comes to protecting children, Protest ABQ is proud to stand in solidarity with other local protesters!

Also this month we sponsored several “Vote Pro-Life” protests across New Mexico. While we have never placed trust exclusively in politicians to solve all of our problems, we feel that it is critical to preserve this nation and our state for future generations by voting pro-life, pro-family and pro-religious liberty. Our country faces a crucial election as does our state and it’s vital that NEW MEXICO VOTE PRO-LIFE!

Thank you for continuing to stand with us in this fiercely spiritual battle and may the light of Christ prevail!

Prayerful, Purposeful and Productive Protests 

NEW MEXICO: VOTE PRO-LIFE!

For the 2nd year in a row, this Pastor invited us to join his church in peaceful protest at a busy intersection in Edgewood, NM.

 One of two protests of Michael Sanchez who is Senate Majority leader and a corrupt pro-abort Catholic (D).

Protest of Senator John Sapien, another pro-abortion corrupt Catholic funded by Planned Parenthood NM.

Will You Help Social Reformers?

An article published this month by The Stream quoted our good friend Mark Harrington of Created Equal and really resonated with us this month.

We often feel like Paul on his missionary journey when he recalled all of his attacks. Our methods in unison with our boldness in the face of pure evil makes us prone to attacks as well. Our financial support takes unexpected dips, we are ostracized by other pro-lifers, we are the black sheep in churches and we often feel that we don’t fit in-anywhere.

Mark Harrington explains so clearly why our methods are effective though but not without controversy when he stated (in part), “The pictures of abortion are offensive because the act of abortion is offensive. Our message is targeted to those Americans who still have a functioning conscience. Social reformers are always hated because they confront the status quo. When half of the American people support abortion- killing it is naive to think that any opposition to abortion will go unopposed…”

We need your help to keep moving forward here in NM. We need your prayers most of all as this battle is against unrelenting evil. We need your encouragement and your partnership as we do what must be done peacefully and prayerfully in the public square.

If you are unable to join us physically please help us financially and know that your contribution/tithe blesses our efforts and our family.

Recurring and tax deductible donations can be made online HERE

Love in Christ, The Shaver Family

Thank YOU for standing with us, for your prayers and for making our pro-life efforts in New Mexico possible!

“Seek the well being of the city to which I have sent you. Pray for it to the Lord.  For in seeking its well being you shall find your own.“ Jeremiah 29:7

From this past month:

New Mexico Vote Pro-Life

PROTEST Sen. Michael Sanchez (D) Another Pro-Abortion Catholic

The Protest Priest Votes For Trump! Urges Clergy to Publicly Endorse Trump or Hillary Prior to Election

#ProtestPP We Must Protest Evil and We Must Vote Pro-Life on Nov. 8th

Protest ABQ Stands In Solidarity with Local Groups Against Child Abuse

John Sapien (D), Another Pro-Abortion Catholic Putting his Party Before his Faith

Major Project Launching Next Month. Stay Tuned… 

Los Lunas, New Mexico

Edgewood, New Mexico

We prayed twice for him that he would put his Catholic faith before political agenda; that he put our unborn babies before Planned Parenthood’s money.

 

This morning, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains honored New Mexico Senate Majority Leader Michael S. Sanchez for his lifelong commitment to Reproductive Health and Rights…

who once again in his speech reminded us he “doing the right thing” by standing with New Mexico Women and Families on access to reproductive healthcare [KILLING BABIES], No Matter What!

Senator Michael Sanchez is the Senate Majority Leader and he’s the radical pro-abortion extremists greatest champion! He’s been honored by Planned Parenthood (the nations largest abortion provider) and is funded by Albuquerque’s Abortion Cartel. For the money he receives from them, Senator Michael Sanchez ensures that pro-life bills introduced during the legislative session go to “kill committees” which are comprised of more radical pro-abortion members than those who are reasonable and have common sense. He purposely stacks the deck against any legislation that is aimed at protecting innocent human life in the womb, and as a result, circumvents the democratic process of allowing these bills to go to the Senate floor for an up or down vote.

Watch Fr. Imbarrato: The Protest Priest live on location in Belen, New Mexico:

Fr. Stephen Imbarrato is urging everyone who is Christian and Pro-Life in New Mexico to be sure to get out and vote for pro-family, pro-marriage, pro-religious liberty, and pro-life candidates on November 8th. In fact, The Protest Priest already cast his vote!

Watch his special message to voters: 

For More Information About How to Vote in New Mexico Click HERE and HERE 

ALSO VOTE NO ON THE 95$ MILLION UNM MILL LEVY TAX! WHILE THEY ARE KILLING INNOCENT BABIES UNM DOESN’T NEED ONE MORE PENNY OF OUR TAX DOLLARS!

By Tara Shaver

Albuquerque, NM – In New Mexico we MUST take a stand against the unrestricted tyranny of the radical pro-abortion extremists and utilize the last peaceful option available to us…the ballot box!

Come November 8th, we MUST vote for the candidate that will implement the most effective policies for The Late-Term Abortion Capital …of the World! In New Mexico, it’s an easy decision, the choice is clear…

LISTEN TO TRUMP EXPOSE AND CONDEMN LATE-TERM ABORTION DURING THE LAST DEBATE

Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest and founder of Protest ABQ issued the following statement,

“Considering the confused state of affairs here in the US where there is deep division among Catholics along 2 very disparate cultural and political ideologies coupled with varied and seemingly contradictory pronouncements from our shepherds, I propose that every clergy make public before the election who exactly they are voting for and why! Here is mine…

In order to stop or at least pause the anti-life, anti-marriage, anti-family, anti-religion agenda prevalent in our country today, I am voting (today) for Donald J. Trump as the only viable anti-Hillary vote!

Every Catholic should know what ideology their priests and bishops are supporting. In other words, how many put political agenda before their faith.”

VOTE TRUMP

#HillaryForPrison2016

RELATED: #ProtestPP We Must Protest Evil and We Must Vote Pro-Life on Nov. 8th

By Tara Shaver

#ProtestPP: Albuquerque, New Mexico – Sponsored by Protest ABQ, 40 Days for Life, and Priests for Life

In October 1916, Margaret Sanger opened her first birth control clinic, which later expanded into the American Birth Control League which was renamed Planned Parenthood in 1942. They performed their first abortion in 1970 and have since become the nation’s largest abortion chain and foremost advocate of abortion on demand.

As Planned Parenthood turns 100, #ProtestPP confronted them with prayer and protest— held at their facilities throughout the United States on October 15.

When is the last time you protested preborn childkilling?

~Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest with Priests for Life

 

#HillaryForPrison2016

(In addition to sponsoring #ProtestPP, Protest ABQ joined the Trump Street Team Albuquerque NM Rally)

‘What an incredible reparation Mr. Trump is making now for any past faults by the very fact that he is running as the Republican nominee for President, and is ready to nominate the right kind of judges and sign the right kinds of legislation, which will steer our nation away from so many morally corrupt public policies. A penitent sinner could hardly have a more substantial opportunity to make reparation.

Repentance for the past is Mr. Trump’s current stance (as that of so many Americans!); continuing in a morally corrupt policy posture is the current stance of the Democrats.

It takes a great deal of moral courage, actually, to take the step Mr. Trump is taking by running for public office. He knows his past and knows what will be brought up about it. Yet he is willing to move forward both personally and professionally for the good of the country’…

~Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life

“Two heroes about whom I’ve written faced similar difficulties. William Wilberforce, who ended the slave trade in the British Empire, often worked with other parliamentarians he knew to be vile and immoral in their personal lives…

The anti-Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer also did things most Christians of his day were disgusted by…

Wilberforce and Bonhoeffer knew it was an audience of One to whom they would ultimately answer. And He asks, ‘What did you do to the least of these?’

“Many say they won’t vote because choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. But this is sophistry. Neither candidate is pure evil. They are human beings. We cannot escape the uncomfortable obligation to soberly choose between them”…

~ Eric Metaxas, Author of, Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery about William Wilberforce and Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy about Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

ATTENTION DEPLORABLES AND IRREDEEMABLES!

I have recently pointed out how Clinton, Obama, Biden, Podesta, et al are the ultimate #nevertrump ers! Well! Have you noticed (I have) that those Christians who are #nevertrump don’t say it, but surely give off the sense that those of us who are “anti-Clinton Vote for Trump” are really “deplorable and irredeemable?” Hmmmm! Where have I heard that before? I would also like to point out that the Pharisees also gave off the sense that the sinners that Jesus hung out with were “deplorable and irredeemable.” Hmmmm!

Meanwhile, read “deplorable and irredeemable” Eric Metaxas point out…wait for it…a 3rd party vote is a vote for anti-religion Clinton!

Dear Pro-Life Friend,

This month the National Catholic Register published a timely comprehensive report about our efforts here in New Mexico:

“Congressional Investigation Documents University of New Mexico’s Use of Aborted Fetal Tissue: According to the report, university and state officials do not appear to be addressing the matter.”

Here is an excerpt from the National Catholic Register:

“Our research and the alarms we’ve been sounding over the years have finally paid off and turned into the panel investigating,” said Tara Shaver, a pro-life missionary with Protest ABQ, an Albuquerque-based pro-life organization.

“This has been a collective effort that has been building for years. The [Center for Medical Progress] CMP videos were really the true spark that lit this fire,” said Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest, a pastoral staff member at Priests for Life who founded Protest ABQ. Father Imbarrato, [Tara] Shaver and others told the Register that pro-life leaders have been investigating the the University of New Mexico for several years. During that time, they said university officials stonewalled their public-information requests, even writing to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe to complain about their pro-life activities.

“Ultimately, it’s in God’s hands,” [Tara] Shaver said. “Despite the corruption and apathy in our state, we’re very appreciative that the select panel has taken an interest in what’s happening here. Unfortunately, most of our leaders and lawmakers really don’t care.”

Read the National Catholic Register’s full report: Congressional Investigation Documents University of New Mexico’s Use of Aborted Fetal Tissue

Please continue to pray for New Mexico and our leaders.

Albuquerque, NM- Catholic Senator, Michael Padilla (D) hosted a fundraiser “honoring” Maggie Toulouse Oliver, a radical pro-abortion candidate running for New Mexico Secretary of State. Protest ABQ peacefully protested this event to send the message that politicians should make their faith a priority over their party.

This is a major problem that we face in New Mexico, politicians who separate their faith from their political ambitions. How does a self proclaimed Catholic justify honoring and raising funds for someone who stands in opposition to core tenants of their own faith? Only if they care more about their party than their faith! Pro-lifers don’t raise money for candidates that support Planned Parenthood and we definitely would never honor politicians who are radically pro-abortion. Instead, we pray for them and insist that they abandon their political policies that are immoral and grieve God’s heart.

Read more about our efforts with Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest to expose Catholic pro-abortion democrats here in New Mexico: Senator Michael Padilla (D): Don’t Put Party Before Faith

Battle of the Billboards Continues…

Read more about this epic battle here: Battle of the Billboards

Thank YOU for standing with us, for your prayers and for making our pro-life efforts in New Mexico possible! Recurring and tax deductible donations can be made online HERE

Love in Christ, The Shaver Family

“Seek the well being of the city to which I have sent you. Pray for it to the Lord.  For in seeking its well being you shall find your own.“ Jeremiah 29:7

By Tara Shaver

Corrales, NM – There are three key seats in the New Mexico Senate where radical pro-abortion democrats need to be replaced to gain a republican majority in hopes of finally passing pro-life bills next session.

According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, “Democrats have a 24-18 majority in the Senate. If Republicans can win three Senate seats, that would create a numerical tie. Republican Lt. Gov. John Sanchez, who presides over the Senate, would give his party a tie-breaking vote.”

Protest ABQ has honed in on four races where Democrats are up against challengers:

– Corrales-area Senate District 9 seat: Pro-Abortion Catholic, John Sapien is running against Republican challenger Diego Espinoza.

– Belen-area Senate District 29 seat: Pro-Abortion Catholic, Michael Sanchez is running against Republican challenger, Greg Baca

– Albuquerque Senate District 13 seat: Pro-Abortion Catholic, Bill O’Neill  is running against Republican challenger, Blair Dunn

– Albuquerque Senate District 15 seat: Pro-Abortion United Methodist, Daniel Ivey Soto is running against Republican challenger, Eric Lyon Burton

Pro-Abortion Catholic, John Sapien (D) of Corrales vs. Pro-Life Catholic challenger, Diego Espinoza (R)  is the race we focused on this weekend. John Sapien had plans to hold a fundraiser this weekend at a constituents residence. Protest ABQ joined by Fr. Stephen Imbarrato with Priests for Life peacefully protested for two consecutive days (Saturday and Sunday) in the vicinity of the event. After our protest on Saturday, we were notified that Sapien CANCELLED his fundraiser scheduled for Sunday…but Protest ABQ showed up anyway!

We encountered very appreciative people who were unaware of Sapien’s pro-abortion position and the fact that he accepted $1000 from the nations largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood. Education and awareness are key in addition to much needed accountability. A representative for Diego Espinoza (R) even came out to thank us personally! He loved our signs!

Planned Parenthood desperately wants John Sapien to win and to keep a pro-abort Democratic strangle hold over the New Mexico Senate! This year Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains gave a $1,000 donation to Sapien’s campaign.

One of New Mexico’s greatest hurdles and strong holds are Catholic politicians who are placing their party before their faith. We’ve been told by some that they are personally pro-life and yet they champion and promote radically pro-abortion politicians and take money from pro-abortion lobbyists. We are praying that this year New Mexicans will vote according to their faith and with the priority of protecting their pre-born neighbor in mind.

Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest with Priests for Life issued the following statement, “John Sapien has been putting politics before his Catholic faith for years. Taking money from Planned Parenthood and supporting the Planned Parenthood agenda is formal cooperation with evil. Think of it this way…according to recent revelations, Sapien accepted Planned Parenthood’s profits of ($1,000) amounting to more than a dozen assorted preborn baby organs!”

Stay tuned for more protests and join us as we stand for life and oppose pro-abortion politicians.

Here is a video recorded live on location at our protest in Corrales, New Mexico.

Like Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest on Facebook

RELATED:

• Senator Michael Padilla (D): Don’t Put Party Before Faith
• Protest ABQ to Protest Ben R. Luján, Another Pro-Abort Catholic (D) During DNC Speech
• Catholic Senator Michael Sanchez Funded By Albuquerque’s Abortion Cartel
• Catholic NM State Sen. Michael Padilla, with the Bishops or the Pro-Aborts?
• Protest ABQ Drops Postcards Exposing Religious Pro-Abortion Democrat Senators
• Round 2: Protest ABQ Drops Postcards Exposing Catholic Pro-Abortion Democrat Senators

(July 17, 2015- Protest/Press Conference Calling for a Statewide Investigation into Baby Body Parts Harvesting in New Mexico)

PRAYERS ARE STILL NEEDED FOR NEW MEXICO

By, Tara Shaver

Washington D.C. – Yesterday we asked for your prayers regarding a hearing that was held today by the Congressional Select Panel on Infant Lives. At this hearing panel members were planning to consider releasing the deposition transcript of University of New Mexico (UNM) abortionist Eve Espey from May 11th of this year.

Unfortunately, Chairman Blackburn’s resolution to release this deposition was removed from the agenda without explanation. Our hope is that this resolution will be considered in the future and that the public will be able to hear from Espey herself about her involvement in UNM’s radical abortion agenda.

In 2011, we released our first exposé revealing Eve Espey as a key player in UNM’s involvement in abortion expansion as the medical director for UNM’s free standing abortion facility. In subsequent reports we documented her role as and an avid proponent of eugenics by targeting hispanic women in Mexico and Central America through the World Health Organization. In 2014 we reported that she received Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger award for her diabolical efforts and was also promoted by Paul Roth to chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) at UNM.

New Mexico taxpayers foot the bill for Eve Espey’s annual salary of over $485,000 as she promotes and perpetuates a radical abortion agenda at UNM.

Here are some reports we have done over the years that document information about Eve Espey:

– Exposé: Tax Funded Abortion Training and the Betrayal of True Medicine at UNM
– Lobos of Death: A Look at the Radical Abortion Agenda at the University of New Mexico
– Hispanics Targeted for Death by Abortion According to 2013 New Mexico Vital Statistics

Thank you for your continued prayers for our state and all of our efforts to bring pre-born child killing to an end. 

“Ultimately, it’s in God’s hands,” [Tara] Shaver said. “Despite the corruption and apathy in our state, we’re very appreciative for the select panel for taking an interest in what’s happening here. Unfortunately, most of our leaders and lawmakers really don’t care.”

Read National Catholic Register’s report, ” Congressional Investigation Documents University of New Mexico’s Use of Aborted Fetal Tissue: According to the report, university and state officials do not appear to be addressing the matter.”

RELATED: Live Action News Reveals UNM Abortion Masterminds

New Mexico Baby Body Parts Scandal Timeline Recap

On a more positive note, some good news did come out of the U.S. House Select Committee hearing today…

House Select Panel Votes to Hold StemExpress & CEO in Contempt in Baby Parts Investigation

“Democratic members of the select panel walked out of a meeting that eventually voted to hold Cate Dyer and StemExpress in contempt.” Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Vice President of Operation Rescue

Read Operation Rescue’s breaking news report: HERE

“Read them their rights and take them away!” Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue

(July 17, 2015- Protest/Press Conference Calling for a Statewide Investigation into Baby Body Parts Harvesting in New Mexico)

By Tara Shaver

Washington D.C. – Operation Rescue reports that the U.S. House Panel on Infant Lives announced yesterday that it is voting tomorrow Wednesday, September 21, 2016 to release a May 11, 2016 deposition resulting from their investigation of the University of New Mexico – UNM.

Back on June 23, 2016 the Select Panel issued a criminal referral to New Mexico Attorney General, Hector Balderas recommending that his office investigate potential violations of New Mexico law stemming from the partnership between the University of New Mexico and Southwestern Women’s Options (SWWO). Protest ABQ filed a formal criminal complaint with the Attorney General’s office over a year ago based on a SWWO consent form that Tara Shaver obtained revealing that SWWO was utilizing the babies body parts that they killed for medical research. It was revealed during the course of the U.S. House Panels investigation that SWWO was the sole provider of baby body parts for UNM’s inhumane and possibly illegal experimental research.

Well over a year later, we have yet to be given any answers…

Please pray that we can finally start receiving some answers on Wednesday! 

The U.S. Select Panel will also vote on Wednesday for contempt charges to be brought against StemExpress and its owner, Cate Dyer. Read more about these breaking developments here: StemExpress Faces Contempt Charges in Move to Halt Stonewalling of Subpoenaed Records

The Select Panel will meet Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. ET in HVC-210 at the United States Capitol. A live stream of the meeting and links to the documents will be available at this link.

Also, the National Catholic Register published a timely comprehensive report: “Congressional Investigation Documents University of New Mexico’s Use of Aborted Fetal Tissue: According to the report, university and state officials do not appear to be addressing the matter.”

Here is an excerpt from the National Catholic Register: “This has been a collective effort that has been building for years. The [Center for Medical Progress] CMP videos were really the true spark that lit this fire,” said Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest, a pastoral staff member at Priests for Life who founded Protest ABQ. Father Imbarrato, [Tara] Shaver and others told the Register that pro-life leaders have been investigating the the University of New Mexico for several years. During that time, they said university officials stonewalled their public-information requests, even writing to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe to complain about their pro-life activities.

“Ultimately, it’s in God’s hands,” [Tara] Shaver said. “Despite the corruption and apathy in our state, we’re very appreciative for the select panel for taking an interest in what’s happening here. Unfortunately, most of our leaders and lawmakers really don’t care.”  Continue reading

RELATED: New Mexico Baby Body Parts Scandal Timeline Recap

By Tara Shaver

Albuquerque, NM – Catholic Senator, Michael Padilla (D) hosted a fundraiser “honoring” Maggie Toulouse Oliver, a radical pro-abortion candidate running for New Mexico Secretary of State. Protest ABQ peacefully protested this event to send the message that politicians should make their faith a priority over their party.

Maggie Toulouse Oliver is a proud supporter of Planned Parenthood. In a post on Facebook back on January 28, 2015 Maggie stated, “I started my day with Planned Parenthood of New Mexico at their Breakfast of Champions honoring our state’s leaders who agree that politicians should not interfere with women’s personal health care decisions. It was great to see old friends and to hear Alex Sanger — grandson of Planned Parenthood founder, Margaret Sanger –speak.”

Maggie also supports grisly late term abortions, which are prevalent in New Mexico because there are no laws restricting them. Two California abortionists, Susan Robinson and Shelley Sella fly into New Mexico each month to kill these babies up to the day of birth. Carmen Landau is the third late term abortionist who resides in Albuquerque and practices with a medical license that she obtained in communist Cuba. Late-term abortionist Carmen Landau hosted a fundraiser for Maggie Toulouse Oliver back in April which Protest ABQ also protested.

Senator Padilla confronted us and stated that he did not understand why we were protesting and asked for clarification. When he was told that our protest was the result of his support for Maggie Oliver he reiterated that he did in fact support her. Then he was given further clarification, in case he was unaware, of Maggie’s support for abortion. Upon hearing this, it all became clear to him why we were there, but it made no difference to him. In fact, this triggered politician instead, called the police claiming that Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, a priest, had hit him in the face with a sign!

In contrast, however, the owner of the restaurant where the event was hosted told us that she didn’t know that this fund raiser was for a pro-abortion candidate. After she realized that it was, she had her staff pray over EVERY plate sent out…and then she came out to join us in Protest!

As we left Senator Padilla told us that our protest was, “not cool” because he was in fact “pro-life”…really! We urged him to distance himself from pro-abortion politicians and to support pro-life bills if he wanted our support.

This is a major problem that we face in New Mexico, politicians who separate their faith from their political ambitions. How does a self proclaimed Catholic justify honoring and raising funds for someone who stands in opposition to core tenants of their own faith? Only if they care more about their party than their faith! Pro-lifers don’t raise money for candidates that support Planned Parenthood and we definitely would never honor politicians who are radically pro-abortion. Instead, we pray for them and insist that they abandon their political policies that are immoral and grieve God’s heart.

Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, the Protest Priest with Priests for Life issued the following statement, “Today was the National Day of Remembrance of Aborted Children and the pro-abort politicians of New Mexico, many of them Catholic held a fundraiser. I find it interesting how a Catholic State Senator can support abortion at every opportunity and still call himself pro-life. But we saw today how easily those who support abortion can lie about other aspects of their lives.”

Fr. Stephen Imbarrato sponsored Albuquerque New Mexico’s National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children by holding a Mass at the Holy Innocents Chapel where an aborted unborn baby, Eve, is interred. Project Defending Life is located directly next door to Planned Parenthood. After Mass, Fr. Imbarrato processed over to Planned Parenthood for prayer which was the SECOND protest of the day which he led in opposition to pre-born child killing. Planned Parenthood supporters counter protested this prayer vigil holding signs stating, ‘God Bless Planned Parenthood” and “Pharisee.”

THROWBACK THURSDAY… to August 29, 2012

By Bud Shaver

(This post originally appeared on www.standforlife.net)

Injustice taints and forever mars the ability to play the moral card. History records and reveals to the world what was done on behalf of those forever scarred.

When you think of a father convicted of a heinous sexual crime that he did to his child, we don’t really care if he provided food, shelter, a good education, or even brought that child to church. One act of injustice forever mars his ability to claim that he was a good father.

When you think of Christians who lived in the deep South in America during the time of slavery who owned slaves, we don’t really care if they fed the poor, did other acts of service, or attended church regularly and tithed. One act of injustice forever taints their legacy.

When you think of church leaders who lived in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust, we don’t really care how many gospel presentations they proclaimed, how many baptisms they did; we care about what they did or did not do on behalf of the Jews being led to the slaughter. One leader’s heroic actions and words of opposition to the injustice during that generation live on and history remembers Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

In the light of injustice we get clarity. All that matters is our participation with our generation’s injustice and whether we are striving to end that injustice. History is the ultimate arbiter.

The greatest injustice of our generation is abortion! 54 million (+) children have been legally slaughtered in the name of “choice.” 65% of those obtaining abortions claim to be Christian/Catholic[i]! Whatever is being said or done from our churches and church leaders is not producing much of a difference for the children being led to the slaughter!

In light of the empty sidewalks, deafening silence from the pulpits, and pews filled with post-abortive women and men (1/3rd of American women over 45 have had at least one abortion[ii]), history is already documenting the American church of the 21st century! In the light of injustice the legacy we leave behind will be forever tainted and determined by what we do and have done to end this barbaric killing!

Posterity will not ask you about your giving, how many times you read through the Bible in a year, how many missionaries you sent around the globe, or how many soup kitchens you started. You will be asked what you did to end the open genocide being perpetrated across the street from our churches and in the midst of our communities!

How to Start a Pro-Life Ministry at Your Church

Start a prayer group at your church. Seek to build a core group of people who are pro-life to pray about the direction of a ministry to the pre-born and their mothers within your church.

Educate. Host a pro-life presentation/training with local organizations and/or pastors who are already involved in local pro-life ministry to find out what is taking place with regard to abortion in your community.

a. These presentations could be tailored to a midweek Bible study, men’s or women’s Bible studies, or a Sunday or midweek whole church service.
b. If there are no local organizations start one! If your pastors are not involved pray for them and meet with them to encourage their involvement and support!

Become Active. Decide how active you want your church to be and what types of events/activities you want to participate in. There are many opportunities to get involved such as:

a. Praying at an abortion clinic once a week or once a month or more.
b. Volunteering at or open a local pregnancy resource center.
c. Hosting a series of pro-life “apologetics/sidewalk ministry” training classes.
d. Post-abortion healing training.
e. Donate to local pregnancy centers. Host a clothing/diaper/formula drive.
f. Outreach at local universities or other outside venues.
g. Come up with your own ideas to reach out, educate, and serve the pregnant women in your community.

Find out about other local/national Pro-life organizations.

a. Sign up for e-mails and newsletters to stay informed about their events.
b. 40 Days for Life

The main reason to start a pro-life group in your church is to make a difference in your community. There are many ways to get involved. Together we can end abortion one woman, one child, one day at a time! The end to abortion begins with the churches in America!

Rescue those being led away to death;
hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?
Proverbs 24:11-12

[i] http://www.guttmacher.org/presentations/abort_slides.pdf
[ii] Henshaw SK, Unintended pregnancy in the United States, Family Planning Perspectives, 1998, 30(1):24–29 & 46.
Jones RK and Kavanaugh ML, Changes in abortion rates between 2000 and 2008 and lifetime incidence of abortion, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2011, 117(6):pp-pp.

Dear Pro-Life Friend,

This month a University of New Mexico (UNM) insider shared an email with us from Paul Roth, Executive Vice President and CEO of UNM Health System that sheds light on his apparent deplorable management of the UNM Health System.

This leak came days after a video recording of Paul Roth admitting to UNM faculty dissecting aborted baby brains during a summer youth workshop that was captured by a local pro-life advocate. This video has sent shockwaves through the pro-life community and has even penetrated the hearts of average Americans because of the callous disregard Roth displays on the video.

The UNM whistleblower revealed Paul Roth’s desperate attempt to do damage control when he sent an email to Health System Leaders summarizing extremely low rankings the hospital has been given.

Our informant, an insider at UNM came to us out of frustration and to reiterate what we have been saying for years, “Dr. Paul Roth is not running the hospital very well. Roth should be fired for how poorly UNMH is doing as a hospital.”

Read the full report: UNM Insider Reveals Paul Roth’s Deplorable Leadership

God continues to work in our midst, to show that UNM as a whole is so deeply entrenched in the culture of death. Like Planned Parenthood and every other entity killing babies, they have no redeeming quality until they stop the shedding of innocent blood.

Thank you for your prayers and encouragement as we move forward everyday out of obedience to God and a love for our neighbors born and pre-born.

And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. 2 John 1:6

UNM Performs Incomplete Abortion- Results in Inpatient Admission

A second confidential informant came forward this month with information about a 27 year old woman who suffered an incomplete abortion at the University of New Mexico Center for Reproductive Health (UNMCRH) abortion facility.

The next day this woman was admitted to UNM Hospital with an elevated white blood cell count, rapid heart beat, fever and abdominal pain.

According to the Mayo Clinic’s website, Patient “A” exhibited symptoms that warrant a sepsis diagnosis.

Despite the fact that this patient had a compromised immune system UNMCRH placed performing the abortion above Patient A’s overall health and well being.

The abortion was completed, an IUD was inserted and the patient was sent on her way. She inevitably ended up in the hospital where she spent 5 days and required a D&C to remove what was left inside of her, her baby’s remains.

Read the report by Operation Rescue here: Incomplete Abortion on Sick Woman at UNM Abortion Biz Puts Her in Hospital for 5 Days

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Battle of the Billboards

Planned Parenthood is Really Getting Desperate

Planned Parenthood has purchased a billboard that is strategically placed right before the overpass where we protest each week. This location is also in the vicinity of two strip clubs.The fact that they have made this purchase between $5,000-$15,000 is nothing less than confirmation that our overpass protest presence is effective and that they are desperate.

Their sterile looking billboard seen above shows their desperation, but what are they desperate for? They claim to be a legitimate healthcare provider yet they are not seeking clients with a list of services they provide, nor are they focusing on reaching the women that they claim so desperately need and want to kill their babies. Instead they are asking for your money. Pro-life billboards aim to educate about human life and offer assistance to pregnant women, our movement is truly concerned for people, not a profit.  In contrast, Planned Parenthood is more concerned about lining their own pockets than they are about helping and truly caring for women. Please join us in praying that those driving by see the truth about where Planned Parenthood stands and what their priority is.

More here: Battle of the Billboards

The abortion industry uses lies and deceptive rhetoric…Protest ABQ exposes their lies with the light of the truth.

Love in Christ, The Shaver Family

“Seek the well being of the city to which I have sent you. Pray for it to the Lord.  For in seeking its well being you shall find your own.“ Jeremiah 29:7

“Give courageously to PlannedParenthood!???? 100 years of care and purpose!??? ‘Give us your tired (moms), your poor (moms), your huddled masses (babies)…’ We will rip your babies from their poor mother’s womb, hack them up, and sell them for experimentation! AND THEY ARE JUST GETTING STARTED!?? Progress according to Planned Parenthood!? In a couple of decades or less, maybe they will be dismembering huddled newborns and ripping reproductive organs out of poor, tired moms! Defunding Planned Parenthood is like telling the devil he can’t be evil. Shut Planned Parenthood down and lock Richards and her cronies up under RICO Statutes!”

 

“Aren’t our 1/2 billion dollars in taxes enough?”

Protest ABQ to NM State Troopers, “It’s Your Job to Protect Our Rights.”

We have even been attacked and assaulted: Abortion Activists Assault Pro-Lifers, Throw Their Signs Off Highway Overpass

But we will not be deterred in our peaceful free-speech activities! This is about life and death.

(BUSTED: Dr. Paul Roth CEO )

By Tara Shaver

Albuquerque, NM- A University of New Mexico (UNM) insider has shared an email with Protest ABQ from Paul Roth, Executive Vice President and Chancellor for Health Sciences, CEO, UNM Health System and Dean, School of Medicine, that sheds light on his apparent deplorable management of the UNM Health System.

This leak comes days after a video recording of Paul Roth admitting that aborted baby brains were dissected during a summer youth workshop hosted by UNM that was captured by local pro-life advocate Marcie May. This video has sent shockwaves through the pro-life community and has even penetrated the hearts of average Americans because of the callous disregard Roth displays on the video.

The UNM whistleblower revealed to Protest ABQ Paul Roth’s desperate attempt to do damage control due to his apparent mismanagement of UNM Hospital. On August 12, 2016 Roth sent an email to Health System Leaders summarizing extremely low rankings the hospital has been given. An excerpt from Roth’s email reads,

“But this past year we – and the public – saw some sobering rankings. A C – up from a D – in Leapfrog, landing in the first percentile for physician satisfaction, mediocre quality and patient safety scores at UHC, the loss of accreditation for our Dermatology residency program. And now, a one-star rating (out of five) at UNMH from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.”

During the correspondence with the UNM insider, they state without mincing words,

“I’m not sure if you know, but UNMH was ranked very low by Medicaid, Medicare and other hospital ranking programs.  UNMH has a 2% physician satisfaction rating. UNM dermatology lost their residency program.  Dr. Paul Roth is not running the hospital very well. Roth should be fired for how poorly UNMH is doing as a hospital.”

The UNM insider’s frustration with Paul Roth’s leadership continues,

“UNMH is losing a lot of doctors.  As stated, they have about a 2% doctor approval rating.  They scored very low by many organizations and had to bring a company in, costing millions of dollars, to try and make UNMH a better hospital.  Dr. Roth, based on how badly UNMH is scoring, should be fired, just like any other CEO doing a very poor job.”

The company that UNM paid millions to is called the Studer Group, which works with organizations to “achieve and sustain exceptional improvement in clinical outcomes and financial results,” to come and assist UNMH in turning things around. Documents regarding Mission: Excellence and the Studer Group have been removed from UNM’s search portal.

Further down in Roth’s email to UNM Health System Leaders, Paul Roth lectures them by saying,

“We must strive to behave professionally, with empathy and caring…”

Here is Dr. Paul Roth on video. Does Roth come across as professional, empathetic or caring to you?: Dr. Paul Roth on UNM HSC’s dissection of “fetal brains” with summer camp students

From The Daily Wire: “Can I ask you to repeat what you said before about the workshop with UNM fetal remains with high school students?” May asks Roth. “Yes, we had a faculty member who obtained some tissue, and during one of these summer workshops, uh, dissected I think one or two fetal brains,” answered Roth, unapologetically.   The dean did not disclose where the fetal remains were originally sourced. He also failed to show a glimmer of remorse.

Roth is clearly not doing a very good job of running UNM Hospital and as 2nd in command of the entire health system he has been given a pass for far too long.

“Paul Roth receives a salary of $656,500 paid for by New Mexico taxpayers. How is it that he maintains his position of CEO at UNM when both insiders and those outside looking in can see the problems as well as the atrocities he has brought upon UNM during his tenure? Could it be politically motivated that New Mexico legislators cover for him and support him despite the mounting evidence of his diabolical and deplorable leadership?” stated Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ.

[Note: Paul Roth’s email to Health System Leaders is on file with Protest ABQ.]

Continuing Impact of a Deeply Flawed Ruling

Sid Gutierrez is from Albuquerque, New Mexico and currently lives about 100 yards from where he grew up. He was a Distinguished Graduate of the USAF Academy with a BS in Aeronautical Engineering. He earned an MA in Management from Webster University. He is retired from the Air Force at the rank of Colonel where he flew the F-15, F-16, T-38 and many other aircraft while serving as a fighter pilot, test pilot, and instructor pilot. He joined NASA as an astronaut in 1984 and flew as the Pilot of Columbia on STS-40 and Commander of the Endevour on STS-59. He then served in several leadership positions at a national laboratory before retiring again to become an entrepreneur and spend more time with his grandchildren and the Pro-Life ministry. He and his wife of 39 years have three children and six grandchildren. They are devoted to the Sanctity of Human Life and are particularly interested in helping single Moms who have chosen life for their children. Sid has served on the Board of a state university, several for profit companies and multiple charities dedicated to helping those in need.

By Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest

New York Post: Sickening murder of 10-year-old ‘the most gruesome act of evil I’ve ever seen’

Albuquerque, NM- 10 YEAR POST BIRTH ABORTION!!!!! This is Susana Martinez’s New Mexico!!!! Reading this article, the horror and the evil jumps off the page, slaps you in the face, and breaks your heart. Dismembered, burned…the characterizations! “Unspeakable crime,” “most gruesome act of evil I have ever seen,” “A complete disregard for human life!”

Who does this to a child? Who? We do! Every day! This was the sadistic 10 year post birth abortion of a pre-teen child! Wake up ABQ!!!! This is our city and state! This is happening everyday in New Mexico. 

By Tara Shaver

Albuquerque, NM- On August 16, 2016 The UNM Health Sciences Center held a meeting during which they discussed the recent scandal regarding their use of aborted babies for experiential research. In addition to having UNM student residents involved in this inhumane and controversial research, documents obtained by the U.S. House Select Panel on Human Lives recently revealed that UNM conducted a  summer youth workshop where aborted babies brains were dissected!

New Mexico Alliance for Life was tipped off about the meeting late Monday night (Aug. 15th) and stated in their press release afterwards, “The UNM Board of Regents met today as well, and taxpayers showed up to ask more questions about these troubling practices. UNM Regents and UNM President Bob Franks were urged to be transparent with the public.”

Marcie May reporting for The HUB of New Mexico was able to ask Paul Roth directly about the controversy surrounding a UNM Summer Youth workshop where baby brains were dissected.

Since 2011 members of Protest ABQ have worked to expose and connect the dots regarding the University of New Mexico’s involvement in experimental abortion research and practices in collaboration with notorious late-term abortion killing center, Southwestern Women’s Options. We have long concluded that UNM is in fact the heart of the abortion industry in New Mexico and have exposed that Paul Roth is the driving force of their radical abortion agenda.

In addition to killing babies and using their body parts for experimental research, numerous women have been seriously injured during botched abortions at UNM’s own publicly funded free-standing abortion clinic, UNM Center for Reproductive Health. In fact, on August 16, 2016 the same day of the meeting conducted by the UNM Health Sciences Center, Operation Rescue reported on a horrendous abortion injury documented by a confidential informant to Protest ABQ.

Read Operation Rescue’s report here: Incomplete Abortion on Sick Woman at UNM Abortion Biz Puts Her in Hospital for 5 Days

Protest ABQ joins New Mexico Alliance for Life’s call to contact the UNM Board of Regents and urge them to stop the harvesting and experimental research of baby body parts and to sever all ties with notorious late-term abortionist Curtis Boyd’s Southwestern Women’s Options.

Please contact the UNM Regents and urge them to abandon their radical abortion agenda and terminate the contract of Dr. Paul Roth:

Phone- (505) 277 7639
Email- regents@unm.edu 

Listen to Marcie’s interview with The Hub of New Mexico as she recounts her testimony before the Regents and interview with Paul Roth here:

Marcie May authored a pro-life book, Ebelize – A New Mexican Christmas Carol  It is available online to purchase HERE

RELATED: Video Confession: UNM Official Confirms that Aborted Baby Brains Were Dissected by High School Students

By Tara Shaver,

Albuquerque, NM- A confidential informant has come forward to Protest ABQ with information about a 27 year old woman who suffered an incomplete abortion at the University of New Mexico Center for Reproductive Health (UNMCRH) abortion facility. The next day the woman was admitted to UNM Hospital with an elevated white blood cell count, rapid heart beat, fever and abdominal pain. According to the Mayo Clinic’s website, Patient “A” exhibited symptoms that warrant a sepsis diagnosis.

On May 17, 2016 Patient A arrived at UNMCRH 19.6 weeks pregnant for a two day D&E abortion procedure. On this day laminaria was inserted into Patient A’s cervix for artificial dilation despite the fact that she wasn’t feeling well and her lab results showed that her white blood cell count was alarmingly high at 21.7. The website Perinatology.com states that a normal wbc count for a pregnant woman in the second trimester is between 5.6-14.8. An elevated white blood cell count is an indication that a patient has an infection, disease or weakened immune system. Patient A was already at a high risk for infection.

Despite the fact that this patient had a compromised immune system UNMCRH placed performing the abortion above Patient A’s overall health and well being. They proceeded with the second trimester abortion procedure, and dismembered the 19 week old pre-born child. After the procedure an IUD was inserted, as is the practice of many abortionists under the guise of preventing future pregnancies for up to five years. UNM has a special research interest in this protocol and women have told Protest ABQ that they are ruthlessly pressured into having IUD’s inserted after abortions and after live births at UNM Hospital.

The very next day, after a restless night of sleep and increasing pain Patient A sought medical attention at UNM Hospital, where physicians that attended her suspected post abortion endometritis (an infection of the uterus) and an incomplete abortion. Patient A’s IUD was removed. She spent three days on antibiotics but on the fourth day her temperature spiked again and the UNM Family Planning Service division was consulted to provide a D&C to suction out any remaining fetal parts and or tissue.

All surgical abortion procedures are very invasive and opens a woman’s body up to germs and bacteria. It is completely unacceptable and may even constitute medical malpractice, that UNMCRH performed an incomplete abortion, knowing that Patient A had a compromised immune system and then inserted an IUD. This is not the kind of “care” that puts the patient first.

On May 22nd she was scheduled for the operating room at UNM Hospital for the D&C and was then discharged the next day. It is likely that an acute infection of this kind will leave Patient A with significant uterine scarring that could prevent future pregnancies.

The University of New Mexico (UNM) has been plagued by scandals over the past few years due to its abortion involvement. UNMCRH utilizes medical residents in experimental research and also trains them to perform late-term abortions. In addition to Patient A, several women have been injured at UNM’s free standing abortion facility UNMCRH. 

In 2012 members of Protest ABQ reported that UNMCRH is no longer calling 911 for medical emergencies to ensure there isn’t a public record of how many injuries are actually occurring. Now in 2016, this state funded institution has been implicated with a criminal referral by a congressional panel regarding the use of aborted baby body parts and is currently under investigation by the New Mexico Attorney General.

Despite all of this, The University of New Mexico is still perpetuating a radical abortion agenda and New Mexico tax payers are involuntarily footing the bill for it.

Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest with Priests for Life issued the following statement, “We know in the past that ambulances have been sent to UNMCRH on several occasions. Of course, that information is now being denied the public as is much of what The University of New Mexico does. What will it take for all interested parties (Regents, students, alumni, elected leaders) to wake up, speak up, and put a stop to a business that has been wounding women while making money aborting babies at every stage of pregnancy?”

For years Protest ABQ has been exposing the fact that New Mexico continues to be a state without any laws protecting pre-born babies because of the silent inaction of New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez and other leaders who continue to turn a blind eye hoping that this injustice will just go away. The University of New Mexico is the heart of the New Mexico abortion industry, and has been given cover by corrupt politicians in both parties.

In a recent interview Congressman Steve Pearce (R-NM) echoed the concerns of Protest ABQ about the lack of leadership at all levels of government in New Mexico stating, “I’m to the point where I’m saying that you must be approving of what is happening or you would be responding. New Mexico has evolved into the largest, the most abortion friendly state in the country right under our eyes and I for one do not think it’s appropriate.” 

Full interview recap here: NM Rep. Steve Pearce Asks, “Is This Going to Become a Political Coverup?”

Inside New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics: 5 years of Investigative Research

THIS VIDEO PULLS BACK THE CURTIAN OF THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CLINICS IN NEW MEXICO. YOU WILL HEAR THEM IN THEIR OWN WORDS. YOU CAN DECIDE IF WOMEN ARE RECEIVING QUALITY HEALTH CARE: WATCH FULL FEATURE

RELATED: Protest ABQ’s Response To SCOTUS Decision And Its Implications On New Mexico

ProtestChildkilling: Can We End Preborn Childkilling in 5 Years or Less?

Everything we do in defense of life, whether we walk for life or march for life, counsel, pray, fast, witness, or standup for life, we should also do in protest of pre-born childkilling. Using the mantle of “protest,” always peaceful and prayerful, is what can unite us within the diversity of our work as well as also send the message that we have the collective “will” to finally end this holocaust in time definite.

The movement has known protests in the past, the most dramatic being the Operation Rescue movement. Today we have “ProtestPP.” Many groups protest on an ongoing basis as their charism. We need to build on this movement until we are unified enough and have the resolve to finally end this – with 5 years being the goal.

Some Thoughts for Prayer and Reflection…

By Tara Shaver,

Albuquerque, NM- In an exclusive interview with The Hub of New Mexico, Congressman Steve Pearce takes on the baby body parts scandal happening in New Mexico head on. Without mincing words, the congressman talks about the lack of transparency within the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the silence of New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez and other leaders.

Congressman Pearce correctly stated that, “New Mexico has evolved into the largest, the most abortion friendly state in the country right under our eyes and I for one do not think it’s appropriate.”

According to Pearce, in 2015, members of the Select Panel on Infant Lives brought to his attention that “UNM is the only institution in the country that appears to be buying these harvested body parts from babies.” Pearce claims to have reached out to officials at UNM, including the new president of the Board of Regents Robert Doughty who mentioned willingness to meet with panel member in D.C. but never pursued such a meeting. Pearce also claims that Governor Martinez never reciprocated the panels efforts to work together which in turn led to the panel filing a criminal referral with New Mexico Attorney General, Hector Balderas.

Listen to the full interview here: CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE Statement on UNMHSC & Southwestern Women’s Options Investigation

Pearce expounded more about his involvement from the beginning and his efforts to get cooperation from UNM and Governor Martinez’s office by stating, “I think that the institution [UNM] has been willing to look the other way while things are happening on its watch. We’ve been very transparent all the way through with UNM, with the state of New Mexico, and the governor’s office and really with almost no response [from] them. So I’m to the point where I’m saying that you must be approving of what is happening or you would be responding.”

Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, The Protest Priest urges other state leaders to follow congressman Pearce’s leadership and to come out publicly about this matter stating, “Why aren’t we hearing from every pro-life elected official from the Governor, to the Speaker of the house, his Whip, pro-life state senators and house members about Balderas’ inaction? Where is the outcry from the elected pro-life community? It is the same silence that Pearce speaks of that has gotten us here! Silence about pre-born baby killing and all its effects is the same as condoning and consenting to it!”

In July 2015 Protest ABQ filed a formal criminal complaint with Attorney General Hector Balderas’ office regarding concerns that, according to his consent form, Curtis Boyd was harvesting aborted baby body parts at his late term abortion facility Southwestern Women’s Options and allocating them for medical experimentation without getting proper consent from his patients. That complaint set the stage for the recent criminal referral issued to Balderas’ office by the congressional panel on Infant lives.

In the wake an overflow of public outcry over this scandal in New Mexico, AG Balderas has asked that concerned citizens stop calling his office. When asked by The HUB of NM what to do moving forward and how to get AG Balderas to act Pearce responded, “First of all I would take his thing saying no more phone calls and I would begin to play that as a radio ad saying this is your Attorney General saying that he does not want to hear about the issue! Secondly, I would begin to work in the circles of the democrat party that are pro-life and say look, you’re going to have things that a congressional research committee believe have been infractions of the law and maybe you can be helpful’. At the end of the day I would be talking publicly not privately! Does the public believe that it has a valid nature for him to look deeper into it or is it going to simply become a political cover up? That frankly is the question.”

Protest ABQ along with New Mexico Alliance for Life have been attempting to get to the bottom of this over the past year.

Bud Shaver, executive director of Protest ABQ issued the following statement, “Protest ABQ would like to thank Congressman Pearce for taking a strong leadership role in digging into this scandal effecting our state and the web of complicity from the New Mexico abortion cartel that is perpetuating the culture of death rampant here. It is our hope that more leaders in New Mexico will rise up and be a public advocate for our pre-born neighbors dying daily.”