By Bud Shaver We started out the month of October in Flagstaff, AZ for a Pro-Life presentation titled, “Making States Abortion Free,One City at a Time.” We shared the story of how we began our ministry, the abortion free strategy we are implementing here and our protest efforts. This was an awesome opportunity considering that Flagstaff is where we began our pro-life ministry back in 2007. It’s amazing to see how our work has come full circle and it was a blessing to have the chance to encourage the locals of Flagstaff with our own journey of faith and cast the vision for an abortion free city. Who will rise up for…

By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- Trifecta…this past week three major articles were published exposing all three abortion killing centers in our city. As pro-life missionaries we came here 5 years ago to make New Mexico abortion free. To have ALL three abortion clinics come under scrutiny in one week is a small victory! Read the three articles here: Reality Check: We’re at War Against Incarnate Evil How Much Money Does it Take For New Mexico GOP Leadership to Turn A Blind Eye?  Planned Parenthood moves to deflect attention  As Christians reflecting Christ, we must be the light shining the truth into the darkness. It is our responsibility to rise above the status quo…

By Bud and Tara Shaver, As Pro-Life Missionaries we are NOT in this battle over Life and Death to build up an organization or to build up our database…WE are in this to END this and Stop The Killing. We are willing to lay our lives down each and every day and sacrifice ourselves and our reputation for the sake of the lives being lost each day and for God’s kingdom. We don’t do what is popular or trendy…we do what is necessary to expose the deeds of darkness! In the month of September we worked hard at pushing back the darkness in Albuquerque as well as planting seeds of…

(Street View from the ABQ Journal) Aug. 2015: Historic Month of Protests (Picture from the ABQ Protest by Tish) Dear Friends and Partners in the battle for LIFE, In the month of August, people across the nation and across New Mexico, came together like NEVER before to protest Planned Parenthood, the nations largest abortion provider! On August 22, 2015 the largest Pro-Life Protest EVER took place in over 350 cities across 49 states …and 5 countries! More than 77,000 people took to the streets across the country in one day to peacefully protest America’s Abortion “Goliath.” THANK YOU for making our efforts possible and for stepping out in faith to…

Featured Picture: Our Protest at the Albuquerque Planned Parenthood just 3 days after the first Center for Medical Progress video was released was a featured image on ABC news show “This Week With George Stephanopoulos.” We had an amazing crowd of primarily families with young children. Our protests in conjunction with these videos showing PP’s true nature have sent shockwaves to the highest authorities in NM. Dear Friends and Partners in the battle for LIFE, This month has been chock full of positive pro-life momentum nationwide. The biggest news has surrounded the Center for Medical Progress’ investigative videos that has completely blown the lid off of the abortion industry’s (namely…

What would you do if you only had 24 hours to save a life? This month (in May), we faced that challenge head on when we were contacted by the pro-life community in Lubbock, Texas alerting us about a couple who was traveling to Albuquerque to kill their baby who had been diagnosed with down syndrome. We did all that we could in 24 hours with the information that we had received in addition to mobilizing a prayer and protest presence out at the late-term “killing center.” Thankfully, on the afternoon of the woman’s appointment we received great news from someone close to the family that this baby girl was…

Real Estate For Life!! Are you planning a move or do you know someone who is? Now, at no cost, you can work with Realtors who share your values & in doing so you will help support Bud and Tara Shaver’s Pro-Life Ministry. Real Estate For Life (REFL) makes it easy for you to support Traditional Values. Here is how it works: You or a friend… –Decide to purchase/sell a home or Commercial property anywhere in the World. -Call REFL first, before you call a Real Estate Company (e.g., an Independent Broker, C-21, Remax, etc.), and REFL will make the necessary arrangements to market your home. -One phone call to…

Dear Friends and Partners in the battle for LIFE, Thank you for your continued prayers and support! You will never know how much your partnership has made a tremendous difference in New Mexico. Last month we made a big announcement about the fact that we are working on THREE projects that have the potential to bring Late-Term Abortion to an end in New Mexico! This month we began the process of consulting with attorneys and coming up with a plan of action. Have you ever worked so hard to get something done and in those moments have everything seem to go wrong? Things break down, emails won’t send and it…

Happy New Year Friends,We have had an eventful month in the late-term abortion capital of the nation. Exactly one year ago we along with Fr. Imbarrato launched Protest ABQ as a “year of rebuke” after the residents of ABQ decided that killing babies after 20 weeks of pregnancy is tolerable here. The mission of Protest ABQ has been simple, we protested and exposed those who profit from, condone and support abortion. These protests have finally culminated into the first ever National Protests and Strike for Life that was observed on Jan. 22-23, we had both nationwide and statewide participation. Click here for a recap: Success! National Protests and Strike Event…

Hardcore interview with Fr. Stephen Imbarrato and Tara Shaver laying out the vision, purpose and plans of Protest ABQ‘s National Call To Action: National Protests & National Strike Jan. 22-23, 2015! Special thanks to Spectrum for having them on their show! “Spectrum Daily 1-5-15 with Fr. Stephen Imbarrato & Tara Shaver” Note: The Interview in Spectrum starts at time 13:40 – if you would like to skip forward, click here. Protest ABQ has big PROTEST plans for 2015 find out more information about the first EVER National Call To Action: National Protests and National Strike Jan. 22-23, 2015 and how you can join us in this new year here: www.ProtestABQ.com…

2014 Year In Review It’s hard to believe that it’s that time of year again, a time to reflect and praise God for all that He has done. As pro-life missionaries we strive to heed God’s prompting and the Holy Spirit’s leading. This year has been chock full of EXPOSING and PROTESTING those who perpetuate abortion in New Mexico. We continue to be amazed by how He refocuses our efforts and gives us the strength and endurance to continue moving forward to END the injustice of abortion. Just this month as we arrived for family photos, we were surprised by who our photographer was. You may remember the story we…

“We Are Committed to Ending Abortion In New Mexico” “Everything we do and EVERY decision we make as Pro-Life Missionaries to New Mexico…It is with ONE goal in mind: ENDING abortion in New Mexico, and to GOD alone be the Glory!” Dear Friends, In the spirit of thanksgiving we want to reiterate to all of you how grateful we are for your continued support of our ministry here in New Mexico. It is our mission to expose the deeds of darkness in Albuquerque together with saving the lives of precious babies AND their moms, while proclaiming the name of Jesus Christ. Even though beginning January 1, 2015 we will no…

“God Has Not Called Us To Be Successful, He Has Called Us To Be Faithful” ~Mother Teresa This month we have continued to put the pressure on UNM through protest and public awareness. We also educated the masses who came to ABQ for the International Balloon Fiesta through protests primarily at Plaza Inn hotel which houses Boyd’s late term abortion patients. Our consistent group of faithful protesters, who are merely trying to be the hands and feet of Jesus, continue to encourage us with their passion and participation in various outreaches. Thank you to everyone who stands with us in prayer, support and encouragement! Sometimes the fruit of our efforts…

JAM PACKED Month of Research, Outreach, and Protest! Albuquerque, NM — Since 2008, New Mexico’s abortion rate has been on a steady decline. This is great news in a state where abortions are performed through all nine months of pregnancy without restriction. However, that news is tempered by the fact that abortions funded by tax dollars are on the rise. Read this report by Tara Shaver from this month here: Tax Funded Abortions on the Rise In New Mexico While Overall Abortions on the Decline This month has been JAM PACKED with research projects, outreach, and PROTEST! Click here for our newsletter from this month which includes pictures from some…

Public Protest and Outcry Works…A BIG Thank YOU To All Of YOU! We thank UNM for their public apology and acknowledgement that “Sex Week” is in fact truly offensive. UNM statement regarding ‘Sex Week’ “The Women’s Resource Center and the Graduate and Professional Students Association were well intended in creating the workshops billed as “Sex Week.” However, the initiative did not have clear oversight or close enough supervision to prevent the inclusion of topics that are sensational and controversial. For that UNM apologizes. While the university administration believes that it is important to offer opportunities for sex education to college students, it should be done in a careful and respectful…

In 2009-2010 while working as interns with Operation Rescue, Bud and I worked on various projects. One of those was to compile an accurate updated list of free standing abortion clinics in the US, you can access this data at abortiondocs.com. This project revealed that over 70% of abortion clinics have closed since 1991.  While compiling this data, Tara called a Planned Parenthood in Iowa and discovered “telemed abortions.” Telemed abortion is a process where dangerous abortion pills are dispensed via teleconferencing hook-up. An abortionist sits in front of a webcam and pushes a button to electronically open a drawer in the faraway clinic containing the drugs. A licensed physician…

Tara and I met at a Bible College in Texas where God gave us a heart for the mission field. Tara spent a year in Nottingham, England and I (Bud) was ordained and graduated in 2003 with a degree in Missions. I spent an additional 6 months in an Advanced Missions program where my concentration was on “domestic” missions. Tara and I married shortly after Tara returned from England and since then we have worked in full-time pastoral ministry, traveled the country for a year with Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust visiting over 180 high schools and colleges across the country educating our peers about the injustice of abortion, and…

Click here to meet Moriah Shaver the newest member of our family and read our latest newsletter! “…To successfully end slavery [abortion], the abolitionists needed to do 2 things: make people aware of what was going on & put pressure on those with the power to change the law.” ~ABORT67.co.uk  (http://abolition.e2bn.org/campaign.html) Protest ABQ is utilizing HISTORICALLY PROVEN strategies in the fight for LIFE…to end [abortion] our generation’s greatest injustice. To find out how, read Protest ABQ Parts 1 & 2: Protest ABQ Part 1: “Albuquerque is the Protest Capital of America” Protest ABQ Part 2: “GOP Vice Presidential Hopeful: Is New Mexico Gov. Martinez a Pro-life Hero or Zero?” Click…

The verse that comes to mind as I sit down to write this newsletter is from Romans 8:31, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” In June we faced the masses in ABQ during so many events…some were friendly and some were foes, but at the end of the day: God is FOR us and is blessing every effort! Click here to read our latest Newsletter We are truly thankful for what God is accomplishing and trust that one day the killing in the womb will end, until that day we must remain faithful following God’s call. IN THE NEWS THIS MONTH: KOB 4- Albuquerque groups react…

In this month’s newsletter, you’ll see by the testimonies included that much has been happening and that our work here is blessed and bearing fruit. We are truly thankful for what God is accomplishing and trust that one day the killing in the womb will end, until that day we must remain faithful following God’s call. Click here to read our latest Newsletter In May, we had 3 donors withdraw their support due to unforeseen circumstances. These donations equaled $175 per month that paid most of our utilities-water, electricity, gas. Please pray for us, that God will supply all of our needs and raise up new supporters. Also included in…

  PROTEST ABQ is in full swing and is shaking the University of New Mexico (UNM) to its very core! We have a daily presence at UNM’s own freestanding abortion clinic and we have hosted various peaceful public awareness campaigns throughout the city. UNM is feeling the heat from the LIGHT being shown on their radical abortion agenda! Keep our efforts here in Albuquerque in your prayers. Click here to read our latest Newsletter and read testimonies from the FRONT LINES OF THE ABORTION WARS In the News this month: ABQ Journal: Abortion protests not equally covered, by Sid Gutierrez Tara and I have been blessed to host a weekly…

This month was the month of PROTEST as we officially launched PROTEST ABQ. Peaceful and lawful PROTEST has its place in the pro-life movement and this month confirmed that fact in a big way! In fact, our consistent and strategic PROTEST literally moved the UNM abortion clinic UNM Center For Reproductive Health! We are hoping that with enough public exposure of UNM’s pro-abortion agenda and accountability demanded of all of the individuals who are perpetuating this agenda at UNM, we can STOP THE KILLING! Click here to read our latest Newsletter…and to find out how PEACEFUL PROTEST moved an abortion clinic! In the News this month: KOB-4: Group launches new…

Albuquerque, NM- At 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 27th an ambulance arrived at late term abortion mill Southwestern Women’s Options (SWO) and spent 20 minutes inside the clinic before bringing a woman out on a gurney completely covered by a sheet. The woman was rushed to the hospital and her condition is unknown.   On February 13, 2014 another woman was rushed to the hospital from SWO. This is the 16th botched abortion that we’ve documented since 2008 at SWO and the 2nd in two months. Women will continue to be injured at this clinic until it is closed in the interest of the public safety. “We are also very…

This month we have GREAT news to announce…and not so great news! First the not so great news… Over the past few months we have been under direct attack from the violent pro-aborts, in fact we recently found out that the sign shop that made all of our campaign (ABQ Voters For Late-Term Abortion Ban) signs for the November 19th election had a bomb EXPLODE while they were at the shop making our campaign signs! Local news station KRQE- 13 reported that it is possible the shop was targeted because it was believed to be our campaign headquarters! Watch the report from KRQE 13 titled: “FBI investigating Albuquerque pipe bomb…

After prayer and reflection, moving our pro-life momentum forward in Albuquerque, we believe that UNM free-standing abortion clinic UNMCRH is the weak link of the abortion cartel in ABQ (due to the fact that since UNM is a public institution and publicly funded, they are highly sensitive to public exposure concerning their radical abortion agenda). Kicking off the new year in 2014 Bud has committed to being out at UNMCRH everyday that they are doing abortions (Mon-Fri). This means that all 3 abortion clinics in our city are consistently covered each week! Here is a testimony from ministry this month at UNMCRH: “Our life is best described as a life…

We have been so blessed and humbled to be a part of what God has accomplished in 2013. The citizens of ABQ have risen up in big ways and have brought so much awareness about late term abortions out into the open. This city is well on it’s way to seeing an end to all abortions as we move forward sounding the alarm. We appreciate everyone who has stood by us this last year, lifting us up and encouraging us to keep going. A special thank you as well to those at Project Defending Life for continuing to be the most active and comprehensive pro-life ministry in the state and…

“Exposed the fact that abortions are being done through all NINE months of pregnancy in ABQ, the reality that women who get abortions are putting their lives at risk…and oh yeah, put an abortionist under scrutiny by the New Mexico Medical Board for a botched 35 week abortion!” 2013 kicked off with the culmination of several years of hard work,  investigations, and countless hours of research which produced a New Mexico Medical Board investigation into late-term abortionist Shelley Sella. In 2012, complaints were filed with the NM Medical Board (NMMB) regarding 11 abortion injuries at Southwestern Women’s Options, Albuquerque’s late term abortion clinic. The Board’s initial response was to resist…

Thank you for your continued prayers, support and encouragement! We are so blessed and humbled by all of our partners in this ministry to save lives here in ABQ.  Now that campaign season has come and gone we are looking forward to what God has in store as we seek to reach further into our community in the coming months and years until ABQ is abortion free. The late term abortion ban election on November 19 did not pass, the city of ABQ has affirmed it’s title as the “late term abortion capital” of the nation. The babies lost on November 19 but we are resolved to continue moving forward…

ABQ Pro-Life Initiative Makes Progress in Neighboring County By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM – Before the vote was in on the Albuquerque Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance, activists in Valencia County, just south of Albuquerque, began the process of passing a similar law on the county level.  Last week, County Commissioners voted 3-2 to forward the ordinance to a public hearing set for December 11. While no late-term abortion clinics exist in Valencia County, citizens were concerned that Southwestern Women’s Options, one of the few abortion clinics in the nation that will abort babies through all nine months of pregnancy, might attempt to relocate there if the Albuquerque effort…

Since the launch of Project 52 at the Late-Term abortion clinic Southwestern Women’s Options  we continue to work on making sure that it is being covered every hour, every day, reaching every woman! As in everything, including sidewalk counseling, there are seasons. We have endured many weeks of difficult to even talk to anyone coming to Southwestern Women’s Options (SWO) in ABQ. We attribute this, in part, to the heightened publicity both locally and nationally has factored in. While we have visibly noticed a decrease in women seeking abortions, due to our public awareness efforts, those who still choose to go to SWO despite all the overflow of awareness are the hardest…

The Survivors New Mexico Pro-Life Training Conference kicks off with a Q and A session with Pro-Life Missionaries to ABQ Bud and Tara Shaver. They talk about how they got involved in the pro-life movement, what brought them to Albuquerque, and what they have been up to over the past three years since moving to ABQ. Jeff White, Founder and Director of Survivors shares his vision for the ABQ Public Awareness Campaign and Protest and how through the power of Jesus Christ, we will “Bind up the Strongman and plunder his house to take his most prized possession”…the babies scheduled for death. Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3…