(Read more about UNMCRH & Tax Funded Abortions HERE )
We are Proud to join Created Equal In This National Effort
Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ issued the following statement, “Now is the opportune time for all of the pro-life organizations across the country to be more strategic and unify our efforts in opposition to Planned Parenthood and the rest of the Abortion Cartel nationwide. Protest ABQ is proud to join Created Equal in exposing the abortion industry’s weak link…With every serial murderer, their biggest problem becomes, ‘What do I do with all of the dead bodies?’”
In December, videos of the 2013 National Abortion Federation conference were released by GotNews showing abortionist Renee Chelian saying, “We are all one incineration company away from being closed.”
Her admission shed light on the weak link of the abortion industry and specifically Planned Parenthood (i.e. medical waste companies). Abortionists depend on them to dispose of their victims’ bodies.
In undercover videos leaked by GotNews of a 2013 National Abortion Federation conference, Abortionist Renee Chelian discusses the problem of disposing of aborted babies. While proposing solutions she comments, “I had five months’ worth of fetal tissue in my freezers.”
Stericycle’s collaboration with Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry through its collection, transportation, and disposal of aborted children and the instruments used to kill them is well documented (see Evidence). Providing this service enables the killing of preborn children. Planned Parenthood depends upon medical waste companies to dispose of dead babies.
Question: What if Stericycle were to stop doing the dirty work of Planned Parenthood?
Answer: Planned Parenthood would be unable to dispose of the babies they kill, and the murder of millions of innocent children by Planned Parenthood would likely halt.
Take Action:
Contact Stericycle CEO Charles Alutto at 847-607-2004 or calutto@stericycle.com (sample script for calls and emails: view) and respectfully request Stericycle discontinue providing Planned Parenthood their services to dispose of aborted children and the instruments used to kill them (see important note below).
Sign the petition to stop Stericycle from collaborating in the deaths of millions of babies by abortion.
Donate to Created Equal, PO Box 360502, Columbus, OH 43236 or click HERE to give electronically. Your gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Last summer and fall, Created Equal helped lead 100,000 activists to protest at over 600 Planned Parenthood clinics in each of the fifty states. This coalition is capable of mounting serious opposition to Stericycle (See ProtestPP.com).
If we don’t act NOW to pressure these medical waste companies to sever agreements with Planned Parenthood, we will have missed a historic opportunity to stop the killing.
Important note:
Despite being caught red-handed by the Ohio Attorney General, Selin Hoboy, Vice-President of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, has said that Stericycle “does not accept fetuses” in accordance to their Regulated Medical Waste Acceptance Policy. This is merely a semantic ploy.
According to the policy, Stericycle will not accept “complete human remains,” which includes fetuses. However, babies are not “complete” after being dismembered, decapitated, and disemboweled in standard abortion methods. Their broken parts and torn tissue are categorized by Stericycle as “pathological waste”—defined as “human or animal parts, organs, tissues, and surgical specimens”—which they do accept. So while they may not be picking up intact fetuses, they do accept aborted babies’ fragmented body parts. Stericycle uses this technical exemption to justify their continued collaboration in child-killing.
Don’t allow Stericycle to get away with the lie that they don’t dispose of aborted babies for Planned Parenthood or other abortion providers.
Albuquerque, NM- On the verge of subpoena’s for records related to fetal tissue research, Southwestern Women’s Options and UNM scramble to comply with U.S. Panel inquiry.
The New Mexico Political Report obtained a statement, shortly after our initial report, from an attorney representing Southwestern Women’s Options stating that, “We have formally responded this afternoon to its [the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives] information request, as we previously arranged.” “We will continue to be responsive to the panel’s inquiries and will do so in a manner that protects individuals’ safety and privacy.”
The University of New Mexico, however, has not issued a public statement but behind the scenes emailed it’s employees today. This email was leaked by an internal source to Fr. Stephen Imbarrato of Priests for Life and Director of Life Ministries US this evening.
In the email it is clear that the UNM Health Sciences Center is doing damage control in light of the ABQ Journal article released yesterday.
The email reads, “This is the Health Sciences Center’s Response: The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center is, has been and will continue to cooperate voluntarily with the United States House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives. We received a letter signed by Committee Chairwoman Representative Marsha Blackburn on January 6, 2016. Today we will be releasing our correspondence with the Panel staff to set the record straight, verifying our cooperation. This initial letter included 19 individual areas, each encompassing a wide range of issues and documents related to our life-saving research. This critical research has already resulted in dramatic improvements in the health of extremely premature babies, including reducing brain damage and blindness. Research using fetal tissue has allowed for discoveries that have led to extremely premature babies now having a greater chance of survival and an improved quality of life at younger and younger ages. This is an historic accomplishment. We submitted an initial response on January 29, 2016, as per our agreement with Panel staff. We were granted an extension to respond with further documents by February 15, 2016 by Special Counsel to the Committee, Frank Scaturro. Our staff has been diligently working to gather responsive documents and we intend to honor our agreement.
We are disappointed that the majority would issue a precipitous press release prior to the February 15 deadline stating that we are not cooperating and are unwilling to submit the documents requested. In light of the documents we are releasing today, this statement is not supported by the actual interactions and agreements with the Panel staff.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center respects both the Committee and the United States House of Representatives. We remain committed to our mission to save lives, reduce suffering and to provide the best quality of care for our patients.“
It seems strange though that if UNM has indeed been voluntarily cooperating that Rep. Blackburn would feel the need to issue a subpoena next week.
UNM Leadership
For a little background to who is calling the shots at UNM Health Sciences Center, for years Protest ABQ has been bringing awareness to the fact that UNM is the heart of the abortion industry in New Mexico and Dr. Paul Roth, Chancellor for Health Sciences, CEO UNM Health System and Dean of UNM School of Medicine is the driving force behind the scenes.
Protest ABQ has been so vocal about this reality that Dr. Roth wrote a letter almost 18 months ago to Archbishop Michael Sheehan complaining about Fr Stephen Imbarrato. The letter was full of false accusations and untruths. The fact that Dr. Roth wrote the letter validates UNM’s concerns about the exposure that Protest ABQ has exposed about UNM’s radical abortion agenda.
As Chancellor of Health Sciences and CEO of UNM Health System Roth is responsible for the following:
-UNM Hospital- Performs late term abortions.
-School Based Health Centers- In Albuquerque High Schools and Middle Schools as a means of promoting abortion to NM youth.
-UNM Young Women’s Clinic- Also managed by Eve Espey who has worked since last summer with Albuquerque Mayor RJ Berry on a initiative to reduce teen pregnancies through contraception and other reproductive health initiatives such as abortion.
Politically Motivated
Dr. Roth, in the past over a 2-3 year period, worked with the New Mexico Chamber of Commerce and State Legislators including Republican Senators John Ryan and Rod Adair to try and legalize embryonic stem cell tissue research in New Mexico.
Dr. Roth recently donated $500 to New Mexico Speaker of the House, Republican Donald Tripp. The Republicans recently hosted Dr. Roth at the opening of the 2016 Legislative Session.
Dr. Roth has been a consistent donor to State Democrats who have squashed every pro-life legislation put forth in New Mexico in the last 2 years.
Dr. Roth’s long term relationship with notorious late term abortionist Dr Curtis Boyd is well known.
Is Dr. Roth the one who is behind the initial failure to comply with IPRA’s by NMAFL, Protest ABQ and now the failure to comply with the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives document requests?
Fr. Imbarrato issued the following statement:
“The proof of Dr. Roth’s lack of integrity and mindset can be seen in the email released today to Health and Science Center employees when he states, “We remain committed to our mission to save lives, reduce suffering, and to provide the best quality of care for our patients.”
Dr Roth, what about the unborn babies, some viable, that die each and every day under your supervision? How about the mothers who have been documented as wounded in your clinics including the poor mother who is believed to have died in your UNMCRH abortion clinic in July 2011 which I am still investigating?
There have been calls for the termination of abortionist Eve Espey and rightfully so, but it is Dr. Paul Roth who should resign or be terminated by the UNM Board of Regents.”
The UNM Board of Regents, Governor Martinez, and AG Hector Balderas, as Protest ABQ has consistently demanded, should begin conducting their own investigation of Dr. Paul Roth’s Health and Sciences Center and his control over the New Mexico abortion industry.
Albuquerque, NM- The Albuquerque Journal is reporting that because the University of New Mexico (UNM) and Southwestern Women’s Options provided no documents and failed to cooperate in a U.S. House inquiry into the harvesting of aborted baby body parts, these entities will be served subpoena’s early next week.
“The mission of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives (as it is informally known) is to gather information and get the facts about medical practices of abortion service providers and the business practices of the procurement organizations who sell baby body parts,” according to their website. The staff on this panel have sent more than 30 letters requesting documents related to the investigation.
Protest ABQ submitted documentation, compiled over 5 years of research, to the panel today in line with their scope of authority to review, such as “medical procedures and business practices used by entities involved in fetal tissue procurement and practices of providers of second and third trimester abortions.”
Protest ABQ and other pro-life groups were told that there were no responsive documents to an Inspection of Public Records Request in 2015, regarding UNM’s use of fetal tissue. Months after this request the Albuquerque Journal reported that Southwestern Women’s Options was, in fact, the sole provider of fetal tissue to the University of New Mexico.
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato with Priests for Lifeand Director of Life Ministries U.S., issued the following statement: “UNM is the heart of the abortion industry in NM and hopefully this will be the beginning of the end of their abortion cartel! I am convinced that Dr. Paul Roth is behind the entire cartel and also this coverup. UNM has tried to hide their dealings from NMAFL, Protest ABQ and now the Federal Government.
It is time for the Attorney General, Hector Balderas, to stop campaigning for Hillary Clinton and do a statewide investigation of the New Mexico abortion cartel. It is also time for Gov. Susana Martinez to put pressure on the UNM Board of Regents as well as use her agencies and executive powers to provide oversight to the New Mexico abortion cartel in the Late Term Abortion Capital of the Country.”
Protest ABQ filed a formal complaint in July 2015 with New Mexico AG Hector Balderas, asking for an investigation of Southwestern Women’s Options based on their consent form that states “pregnancy tissue may be used in medical research.”
“It is clear that both UNM and Southwestern Women’s Options believe that they are accountable to no one. This investigation by the U.S. House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives couldn’t be more timely as New Mexicans are consistently left with more questions than answers.
It is long overdue that UNM, a publicly funded institution and Southwestern Women’s Options, the notorious late term abortion facility, are forced to provide transparency about their involvement in using aborted baby body parts.
New Mexicans deserve to know just how deeply entrenched these two are in this further degradation of human life,” stated Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ.
For years it has been evident that fetal tissue was being harvested in New Mexico. Protest ABQ continues to urge Governor Martinez and AG Hector Balderas to investigate at the local level.
Please be in prayer for this panel investigation, that it will shed light on the use of aborted baby body parts in Albuquerque.
Albuquerque, NM- To wrap up this 3 part series, the University of New Mexico’s Center for Reproductive Health (UNMCRH) free standing abortion clinic is in the spotlight. UNM is the heart of New Mexico’s abortion industry, one reason being that it participates in the Ryan Residency training program. This program has a concentrated effort to train medical students to perform abortions in hopes to raise up the next generation of abortionists.
You will hear firsthand from a resident in training at UNMCRH how a second trimester abortion is done, but when asked how much it costs or where the abortion facility is, she has no clue. Is this really what UNM wants to be known for, medical students performing abortions and risking women’s lives?
Also, in this final segment Planned Parenthood of New Mexico is caught assuring a 14 year old that her sexual relationship with an adult will be concealed because the state has no mandatory reporting laws. Apparently this kind of cover-up is commonplace in New Mexico, and still the legislature has failed to enact a parental notification bill.
In 2014, Whole Woman’s Health moved into Las Cruces, New Mexico to evade pro-life legislation in Texas. Even though New Mexico has no statewide restrictions on abortion, city laws require businesses to at least be licensed. Whole Woman’s Health is apparently above the law and in this video is caught operating without such a license. If this is a basic requirement that they refuse to meet, what else are they doing to cut corners?
From Albuquerque to Las Cruces, “Reproductive Health Clinics” are doing more harm to women despite their claim to provide quality health care. In fact, the notorious late term abortion clinic in Albuquerque, Southwestern Women’s Options admits that all they can provide women with is an abortion. (Part 1)
Southwestern Women’s Options and UNM have a history of sending injured women to local emergency rooms and UNM uses women as guinea pigs for their student residents to practice on. When will New Mexico lawmakers admit that enough is enough and pass pro-life laws to protect both mother and child?
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, with Protest Child Killing and Founder of Life Ministries NM, issued the following statement, “For five years, we have been calling on Governor Susana Martinez to use her investigative, executive, and administrative authority to investigate Southwestern Women’s Options, Planned Parenthood, and the University of New Mexico Center for Reproductive Health abortion clinic. She has not done anything nor has she even uttered a word about the deplorable situation that is the late term abortion capital of the country. She has tied her own hands by continuing to claim that all she can do is sign bills that come to her desk, therefore, during this 2016 legislative session we presented this research to legislators with the hope that they will make sure that uncompromised legislation reaches Governor Martinez’s desk and that she will sign it into law.”
(Picture Caption) “Tara and Bud Shaver, who home-school their children, make time for a weekday outing to a local park with their kids. Bud is the executive director of the anti-abortion group Protest ABQ, and Tara is the organization’s senior policy adviser.” (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
“We’re just Christian people who want to see babies’ lives saved and moms protected,” Tara said.
“We ultimately want to bring our culture and community in New Mexico to a point, not where we enforce our will on New Mexico,” Bud said, “but where New Mexico understands and embraces a culture of life.”
In many ways, the Shavers are indistinguishable from their neighbors. They live in a modest rented home in Albuquerque’s International District, where their children, two of whom were born with the aid of a midwife, are the center of daily family life…
jt082215a/a sec/ jim thompson/ Hundreds of protestors against abortion lined San Mateo Blvd. NE in front of the Planned Parenthood offices Saturday morning. There was a small group of people protesting in favor of abortion to the right of the photo. Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015.(Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal.)
For more information about our ministry efforts here in New Mexico visit:
Life Ministries NM introduces 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics. Part 2
Part 2 of 3 of this video series that was presented to New Mexico legislators by Fr. Stephen Imbarrato on January 26, 2016 gives a glimpse into the dangers posed to young women obtaining abortions in New Mexico. It is commonplace in New Mexico to talk with minors who come to Albuquerque for abortions because their state requires either parental notification or consent. In fact, as you will hear New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics pose a serious danger to ALL of the unsuspecting women who walk through their doors.
New Mexico is currently one of 17 states that has medicaid funded abortions using state tax dollars. Part 2 delves into tax funding of abortions in New Mexico and the shocking revelation of how much Late-Term abortions cost the taxpayers…$8,000-$16,000 the price for a baby’s life!
This segment wraps up with a brief look into the reality that the University of New Mexico, a publicly funded institution, is deeply entrenched in the abortion industry and their Center for Reproductive Health equally poses a danger to the general public. You will hear a horrifying recording of a woman who at one point during her abortion stopped breathing and is unresponsive, and in the next minute is moaning and seemingly fighting for her life. Did this woman whose skin tone was gray during the 911 call die?
This 3 part series pulls back the curtain and allows you to hear these workers in their own words without us interjecting our opinions. The videos speak for themselves. You can decide for yourself about the legitimacy of New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics.
Life Ministries NM lead by Fr. Stephen Imbarrato with Protest Child Killing debuted this presentation at the State Capital in Santa Fe, New Mexico to legislators with the hope that principled politicians will sponsor and pass uncompromised legislation.
Click here to contact your representative. Call them and also be sure to email them a link to this video for them to see and hear the truth about New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics for themselves.
As the first legislative session of 2016 kicked off here in New Mexico, Fr. Stephen Imbarrato felt the need to hand deliver the compilation of over 5 years of research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics to New Mexico legislators.
We are told that if we want our representatives to introduce and pass uncompromising legislation that we need to go to them, so that’s what Life Ministries NM did yesterday. A good crowd joined us and filled the Rotunda of the State Capital, Tuesday January 26th as we released the entire 45 minute investigative video exposing the abortion industry in NM. We are breaking it up into a 3 Part Series.
This segment of videos blows the lid off of Albuquerque’s late term abortion facility, Southwestern Women’s Options (SWO). The fact that it is considered by the abortion lobby to be a Reproductive Health Clinic is disturbing since as you will see, they only provide abortions. They don’t do well women exams, STD testing or even have the ability to detect a potentially life threatening ectopic pregnancy.
SWO is also caught showing how professional their health services are to women in footage obtained by Live Action when they send late term abortion patients to local hotels. Does healthcare really consist of instructing women to unlock their hotel door until the abortionist arrives and in the meantime push your dead baby into the toilet?
New Mexico is one of very few places in the world that allows abortions after 24 weeks, SWO abortionist Carmen Landau is caught on video bragging “women come from all across the country and the world to this clinic” to obtain late-term abortions.
The segment ends with (only a few of the) 911 calls we obtained documenting women being transported to local hospitals after suffering horrific injuries from SWO.
After viewing Part 1 of this series how can we not expect and demand that New Mexico legislators pass laws that would protect the women and children of New Mexico…and those coming from all across the world?
Click here to contact your representative. Call them and also be sure to email them a link to this video for them to see and hear the truth about New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics for themselves.
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato the Protest Priest with Protest Child Killing launches Life Ministries NM at the New Mexico State Roundhouse in Santa Fe! Good crowd (around 100) to watch the 45 minute investigative video exposing the abortion industry in NM.
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato and Tara Shaver Senior Policy Advisor for Protest ABQ and Life Ministries NM introduce our 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics.
State Senator Craig Brandt addressing the crowd at the Roundhouse. The good Senator is a pastor and closed our presentation in prayer.
Santa Fe, NM- Join Fr. Stephen Imbarrato as he unveils his new ministry, Life Ministries NM, Tuesday January, 26th at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We will release 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics. Also the debut of our CHASTITY AND ABSTINENCE initiative, TRUE LOVE, featuring UNM students Colt Bilok and Jolene Bullock.
Nine years ago, the 3 Catholic bishops of New Mexico and Fr. Imbarrato founded the Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day. However, “unity and awareness” of how “life is unique, precious and unrepeatable” is an ongoing, continuous endeavor especially here in New Mexico. As a followup to the Sanctity of life Awareness and Unity Day, Fr. Imbarrato of Priests for Life, Protest Child Killing, Protest ABQ, Pro-Life Witness, and True Love will sponsor a morning at the Roundhouse up in Santa Fe on January 26th.
We invite you to join us from 8:30-10:30am in the Rotunda for breakfast and coffee while we share 5 years of investigative research into our local reproductive health care clinics.
Tuesday’s Itinerary:
8:30-9:00am Coffee and Breakfast
9:00-9:30am Press Conference with Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Senator Craig Brandt, Representative Yvette Herrell (tentative), the “Abstinence Couple” Colt and Jolene of True Love and Tara Shaver – Senior Policy Advisor for Protest ABQ and Life Ministries NM
9:30-10:30am Presentation of investigative research
Father Stephen is a priest with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, ordained 10 years as a late life vocation. Fr Stephen has been given permission to do full-time national pro-life ministry and is currently a member of the Pastoral Staff of Priests for Life. Fr Stephen is the founder of several pro-life ministries including St Gerard’s CPC in Connecticut and Project Defending Life also Protest ABQ in New Mexico.
SPECIAL REPORT:
Operation Rescue released a report highlighting the six most dangerous abortion businesses in America since 1973…Southwestern Women’s Options in Albuquerque, New Mexico has been exposed as one of the most dangerous facilities in the country!
“I am very excited about the plan laid out by the [Senate-NM] to get a late term abortion ban passed in New Mexico. It is my hope that it is a bill that has no exceptions. I made it clear last year and again this year to the sponsors of the bill that I cannot support a bill with exceptions. Rape, incest, and health of the mother exceptions are not tolerable in pro life legislation. It is important that our Catholic leadership insist that our Catholic legislators support a late term ban with no exceptions. I recently submitted a ban bill to appropriate parties without exceptions that is law in 20 states. Let us unite around a late term ban with no exceptions.”
Father Stephen is a priest with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, ordained 10 years as a late life vocation. Fr Stephen has been given permission to do full-time national pro-life ministry and is currently a member of the Pastoral Staff of Priests for Life. Fr Stephen is the founder of several pro-life ministries including St Gerard’s CPC in Connecticut and Project Defending Life also Protest ABQ in New Mexico.
Santa Fe, NM- Join Fr. Stephen Imbarrato as he unveils his new ministry, Life Ministries NM, Tuesday January, 26th at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We will release 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics.
Nine years ago, the 3 Catholic bishops of New Mexico and Fr. Imbarrato founded the Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day. However, “unity and awareness” of how “life is unique, precious and unrepeatable” is an ongoing, continuous endeavor especially here in New Mexico. As a followup to the Sanctity of life Awareness and Unity Day, Fr. Imbarrato of Priests for Life, Protest Child Killing, Protest ABQ and Pro-Life Witness will sponsor a morning at the Roundhouse up in Santa Fe on January 26th.
We invite you to join us from 8:30-10:30am in the Rotunda for breakfast and coffee while we share 5 years of investigative research into our local reproductive health care clinics.
Tuesday’s Itinerary:
8:30-9:00am Coffee and Breakfast
9:00-9:30am Press Conference with Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Senator Craig Brandt, and Tara Shaver – Senior Policy Advisor for Protest ABQ
9:30-10:30am Presentation of investigative research
Father Stephen is a priest with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, ordained 10 years as a late life vocation. Fr Stephen has been given permission to do full-time national pro-life ministry and is currently a member of the Pastoral Staff of Priests for Life. Fr Stephen is the founder of several pro-life ministries including St Gerard’s CPC in Connecticut and Project Defending Life also Protest ABQ in New Mexico.
“I am very excited about the plan laid out by the [Senate-NM] to get a late term abortion ban passed in New Mexico. It is my hope that it is a bill that has no exceptions. I made it clear last year and again this year to the sponsors of the bill that I cannot support a bill with exceptions. Rape, incest, and health of the mother exceptions are not tolerable in pro life legislation. It is important that our Catholic leadership insist that our Catholic legislators support a late term ban with no exceptions. I recently submitted a ban bill to appropriate parties without exceptions that is law in 20 states. Let us unite around a late term ban with no exceptions.”
Father Stephen is a priest with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, ordained 10 years as a late life vocation. Fr Stephen has been given permission to do full-time national pro-life ministry and is currently a member of the Pastoral Staff of Priests for Life. Fr Stephen is the founder of several pro-life ministries including St Gerard’s CPC in Connecticut and Project Defending Life also Protest ABQ in New Mexico.
Before Operation Rescue sent us as Pro-Life Missionaries to New Mexico back in 2010, Operation Rescue released a five part series: “Abortion Capital” which delves into the business of lucrative late-term abortions in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In case you missed this 5 part series back in 2010, here is an in depth look into the late-term abortion business and the key players at Southwestern Women’s Options late term abortion facility in Albuquerque:
This quote by Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue is the final paragraph of “Abortion Capital” revealing Operation Rescues purpose in releasing this extensive 5 part series and goal in sending us to Albuquerque:
“We plan to use every legal option available to us to make sure the killing stops, from First Amendment street activism, to political lobbying, to options that may be available through the legal system. But the first step is to raise public awareness and warn others of the dangers so they don’t fall victim to this predatory late-term abortion mill. We pray that this series of investigative reports will help do that.”
With God’s favor, Operation Rescue’s continued help and the resolved commitment of local Albuquerque Protest Priest Fr. Stephen Imbarrato…a unified collaborative effort has produced great fruit in raising national and local awareness about the New Mexico abortion cartel and has also laid a foundation for the great things that continue to bring us closer to seeing abortion end in the state.
Operation Rescue just released a report highlighting the six most dangerous abortion businesses in America since 1973…Southwestern Women’s Options has been exposed as one of the most dangerous facilities in the country!
We hope that you have been able to promote the sanctity of human life this month, whether it be in your church or among friends.
There are THREE special events in New Mexico that we’d like to encourage you to attend.
Sanctity of Life Awareness & Unity Day Mass/March/Rally Wed Jan 20 in Santa Fe
Join us as the three dioceses of New Mexico prayerfully mark the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade legalizing abortion with a Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day on January 20, 2016. The day includes a noon Mass with the three bishops of New Mexico, Archbishop John C. Wester (Archdiocese of Santa Fe), Bishop Oscar Cantú (Diocese of Las Cruces) and Bishop James S. Wall (Diocese of Gallup) at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis in Santa Fe, a prayer procession and rally with Allen Sánchez at the Roundhouse.
Participants are asked to bring baby items like diapers, blankets, bottles, etc. and/or socks and toiletries for the elderly to be collected at the Mass and distributed to organizations that provide support to expectant mothers in need or nursing homes.
Sponsored by the NM Conference of Catholic Bishops. For more information please click here.
Details: Mass begins at Noon
Procession after Mass proceeds from the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis Assisi with Rally to follow at about 1:00pm
Memorial To The Pre-Born: Friday January 22nd Sponsored by Right to Life of New Mexico
Life Ministries NM Releasing 5 years of Investigative Research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics
Nine years ago, the 3 Catholic bishops of New Mexico and Fr. Stephen Imbarrato founded the Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day. However, “unity and awareness” of how “life is unique, precious and unrepeatable” is an ongoing, continuous endeavor especially here in New Mexico. As a followup to the Sanctity of life Awareness and Unity Day, Fr. Imbarrato of Priests for Life, Protest Child Killing, Protest ABQ and Pro-Life Witness will sponsor a morning at the Roundhouse up in Santa Fe on January 26th. Life Ministries NM will be presenting presenting 5 years of Investigative Research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics to New Mexico legislators and those in attendance.
This event will be on Tuesday January 26th from 8:30-10:30AM in the Rotunda of the NM State Capitol building.
Free parking is available Monday through Friday at 420 Galisteo St.
(Life Ministries NM is a local NM awareness effort sponsored by Life Ministries U.S.)
Saturday Jan. 23rd Protest Southwestern Women’s Options (522 Lomas NE.) Look for Truth Truck 10AM-11AM
All are welcome and encouraged to attend these family friendly events.
Protest ABQ and I began protesting Mayor Berry, who professes to be pro-life, in 2015 after his repeated refusals to meet with us about our concerns regarding the nature of the abortion industry in Albuquerque as well as the difficulty we were having obtaining information about 911 emergency calls coming from city abortion facilities. We also had concerns about abortion clinic zoning and other issues. Not only has the Mayor ignored our pleas to meet, but now it appears as if he is working with the abortion industry in Albuquerque.
“Pregnant” is a teen pregnancy documentary that debuted August 15th, 2015 at the Kimo theater. Led by the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council, the 30 minute film was a combined effort of the City of Albuquerque, the NM Dept of Health, multiple pro-abortion organizations including Planned Parenthood, and University of New Mexico (UNM) abortionist Eve Espey.
Dr. Eve Espey is the Chair of the UNM Dept of OB-GYN and oversees UNM’s large, multifaceted abortion business under the direction of Dr Paul Roth, who is the CEO of the entire UNM Health System. Espey directs the UNM Center for Reproductive Health (abortion facility) and the UNM Young Women’s Health Clinic (which provides abortion related services for teens as young as 14 years old). Espey’s involvement in the NM abortion industry has been well documented over the years. Most recently she was the focus of an investigation by the New Mexico Alliance for Life who exposed that Espey entered into a number of dubious contracts with late term abortion doctor Curtis Boyd. NMAFL properly is calling for Espey’s termination. I, as well as others, have called for the UNM Regents to do a full investigation of the UNM abortion business and to also terminate Dr. Paul Roth. Espey works directly for him and it is Roth who oversees every aspect of the abortion industry at UNM.
It is very telling that the self proclaimed pro-life mayor chose to work with the abortion industry in his teen initiatives; not the clergy or church, but those who profit from killing unborn children. ‘Pregnant’ detailed various sex education initiatives available to students through their school and the Department of Health. The documentary encourages parents to become comfortable enough with their children having sex to help them obtain contraception. Both kids and parents receive a brief lesson on new birth control methods besides the pill. Espey is even given a segment to push her favorite method, the IUD.
Also featured in the film, pro-abortion doctor for the NM Dept of Health, Carletta Bullock, was given a special thanks and acknowledgement along with Espey immediately following Mayor Berry’s introduction at the Kimo screening. Also mentioned was, Lalita Russ of Planned Parenthood who appears to be involved in Planned Parenthood’s school based sex education programs. Both Bullock and Russ testified for the NM abortion industry against pro-life legislation at the Roundhouse during the 2015 legislative session. At the premier, Mayor Berry thanked Nirvana Mañana Institute for their contribution to the making of the documentary. Nirvana Mañana Institute partially funded “Pregnant” as well as the “After Tiller” abortion documentary that glorified two of New Mexico’s third trimester abortion doctors employed at Curtis Boyd’s late term clinic.
More recently while Protest ABQ was protesting a radically pro-abortion Democrat Pat Davis, Mayor Berry made a video criticizing Protest ABQ’s 1st amendment tactics of showing the truth about the abortion industry. In essence Berry was doing nothing more than endorsing Davis. I as well as others immediately pointed out that Berry should be as upset about the pre-born babies that are dying in his city because of people like Davis as he is about the use of images of these innocent aborted babies. In answer to criticism against him, the Mayor said he desired to meet with us. Our repeated requests for a meeting have always been met with silence.
Is Mayor Berry so entrenched in the NM abortion industry that he will continue to refuse to act on behalf of the babies dying in his city? ABQ will keep it’s reputation as the late term abortion capital of the nation so long as leaders like Mayor Berry refuse to act.
Please call the following with your concerns:
Mayor Berry: (505) 768-3000 mayorberry@cabq.gov
Dr Paul Roth: (505) 272-5849 Jack Fortner (UNM Regents’ President) (505) 326-1817
Father Stephen is a priest with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, ordained 10 years as a late life vocation. Fr Stephen has been given permission to do full-time national pro-life ministry and is currently a member of the Pastoral Staff of Priests for Life. Fr Stephen is the founder of several pro-life ministries including St Gerard’s CPC in Connecticut and Project Defending Life also Protest ABQ in New Mexico.
Birmingham, AL- Who would have ever foreseen that the unlawful arrest of a peaceful team of pro-life youth activists with Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust at Parker High School located in Birmingham Alabama would culminate seven years later with the demolishing of an abortion killing center New Woman All Women?
Fast forward to 2010, due to the unlawful arrest of the team of Survivors at Parker High School and the unwillingness of the City of Birmingham to drop the charges…Survivors law team at Life Legal Defense Foundation (LLDF) obtained a restraining order preventing law enforcement officers from illegally arresting those (including Bud Shaver) and/or from being ill treated during their return participation in the Pro-Life Freedom Ride:
“Because the Survivors planned to travel to Birmingham this month to participate in various pro-life activities scheduled for late July, they asked LLDF to obtain a preliminary injunction to ensure that they would not suffer the same treatment from police as they had last year. In the course of seeking that injunction, LLDF lawyers learned that the city had a “demonstration” ordinance that required groups as small as two persons to obtain permits before engaging in various free speech activity.
“What started as a lawsuit to get fair treatment for the Survivors has evolved into a broader challenge to the city’s unconstitutional permit scheme,” said Katie Short, legal director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation. “We have learned from local pro-lifers that this law has been a thorn in their side for years. We are hopeful that when this suit is over, we will have not only vindicated the Survivors’ rights, but also have relieved the local pro-life community of the burden of this onerous law.”
This national event culminated in the freeing of the sidewalk in front of New Woman All Women abortion killing center!
“The Birmingham Letter Project, a four day event, began Wednesday morning with a small group of prayerful pro-lifers crossing a street. It probably looked like a small act to any uninvolved bystander, but, to the people of the Birmingham pro-life community, it was an act of immense courage, a miracle of God, and a moment of brilliantly shining hope.
The street that was crossed lies directly in front of the New Woman All Women abortion clinic. For thirteen years there has been a sign posted in front of that building which states that any pro-life person stepping within 20 ft of the property will be arrested and prosecuted by a federal court. This means that anyone in the pro-life community who has come to that abortion clinic to pray for the preborn, to peacefully protest against the lawful killing of children, or to sidewalk counsel women who have been told that their only option is abortion, has been forced to do so from a distance. For thirteen long years, not one group advocating for Life has planted their feet on the concrete and grass beside that clinic and made a stand for the babies being murdered behind closed doors. Until Wednesday.
On Wednesday morning, around nine o’clock, the Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust (a youth-based pro-life group from California) led by Jeff White, and accompanied by Rev. Pat Mahoney, Bud Shaver, Pastor Walter Hoye, and long-time local pro-life advocate Fr. Terry Gensemer boldly crossed the street to the clinic to pray a liturgy for the preborn…”
But according to Operation Rescue, “Over the next two years, NWAW [New Woman All Women] attempted to reopen under one deceptive scheme after another. Each time the coalition of pro-life groups jumped in to expose the deception and each time, NWAW was blocked from continuing abortions.”
Until finally in March, 2014, owners of New Woman All Women finally gave up and placed the clinic property up for sale.
“In the end, for the Birmingham and Selma clinics, the Abortion Cartel’s own illegal activity and arrogance brought them down, but it took pro-life groups working within the system to point that out to state regulators.”
“When pro-life groups work peacefully within the law in unity toward a common goal, we can accomplish almost anything,” said Troy Newman. “The demolished rubble that was once Alabama’s abortion stronghold is a public testimony to that fact.”
Two prominent leaders in New Mexico, Pastor Dewey Moede and Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, are leading the charge by calling on New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez to resign.
Pastor Dewey Moede, News Director at fggam.org For God’s Glory Alone Ministries- FGGAM reportedthat according to Peter St. Cyr, an award winning watchdog journalist, Gov. Susana Martinez may have committed a fourth degree felony when she pressured an emergency dispatcher and repeatedly demanded witness information after a noise complaint was made to hotel staff during an after-party hosted by the Governor at a posh Santa Fe hotel.
“10-16-3. Ethical principles of public service; certain official acts prohibited; penalty.
A. A legislator or public officer or employee shall treat the legislator’s or public officer’s or employee’s government position as a public trust. The legislator or public officer or employee shall use the powers and resources of public office ONLY TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC INTEREST and NOT to OBTAIN PERSONAL BENEFITS or PURSUE PRIVATE INTERESTS. Note: It’s a fourth degree felony.”
On December 22, 2015 Pastor Dewey Moede issued the following statement after new information came to light contradicting Gov. Susana Martinez’s account of the events that took place after a hotel staff party:
“Time for Gov. Martinez to resign. Her story does not add up. I no longer trust her to lead our state, our Children and the effort to defeat drunk driving and work with Law Enforcement Officials.”
According to audio captured by Santa Fe police Sgt. Anthony Tapia contradicts Governor Martinez’s account and indicated that she was clearly “inebriated.” (Audio files released by New Mexico Political Report)
KRQE-13 reported that Governor Martinez’s actions could warrant, “disciplinary action.”
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Local and National Pro-Life Activist on staff with Priests For Life also publicly called on Governor Martinez to resign on December 23, 2015 issuing the following statement,
“Isn’t it time for New Mexican conservatives especially the Prolife community to unite and demand Susana Martinez’s resignation. It is time to let [Lieutenant Governor] John Sanchez restore integrity and true family and life values to our state. Will the Prolife community remain as silent about Martinez as she has been about the out of control abortion industry in our state? John Sanchez would be a much more respectable Governor and leader of the Republican Party. Please resign so the Republican Party can regroup from your embarrassing tenure as Governor.”
In addition to this current scandal, Protest ABQ has been sounding the alarm about Governor Susana Martinez and her administration. Find out why here: Silent Susana
Also,
New Mexico is currently ranked the worst state in the nation in almost all the polls…and Albuquerque is known nationally as the Late-Term Abortion Capital of America.
By Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Local and National Pro-Life Activist on staff with Priests For Life
Isn’t it time for New Mexican conservatives especially the Prolife community to unite and demand Susana Martinez’s resignation. It is time to let John Sanchez restore integrity and true family and life values to our state. Will the Prolife community remain as silent about Martinez as she has been about the out of control abortion industry in our state?
PLEASE SHARE THIS!!!! We need to let the entire country know how horrible our Governor is. This news report is only part of her terrible tenure here in NM. She is the worst PLINO (pro-life in name only) politician in the country.
How is Susana Martinez not the Hillary Clinton of the Republican Party? Anyone listening to this news report [Here] can clearly see she is dodging, weaving, and lying just like Hillary does. Has anyone asked who else was at the party? Time to go, Susana! John Sanchez would be a much more respectable Governor and leader of the Republican Party. Please resign so the Republican Party can regroup from your embarrassing tenure as Governor.
“Audio files and [all of] the fallout from the infamous 2015 holiday party and post-party in a hotel room that caused hotel to call the police on a loud room—one that happened to include Gov. Susana Martinez. Martinez also spoke to police and security” Compiled by New Mexico Political Report here.
“In new audio [below], officer, security guard say Gov. Martinez appears ‘inebriated’” (Audio files released by New Mexico Political Report)
“Audio below: The first clip is the front desk calling police. The second clip has the woman at the front desk saying Martinez is there to speak to police and Martinez speaks to a dispatcher. The third clip features Martinez speaking to a dispatcher and police.” (Audio files released by New Mexico Political Report)
Protest ABQ has been sounding the alarm about Governor Susana Martinez and her administration. Find out why here: Silent Susana
New Mexico is currently ranked the worst state in the nation in almost all the polls…and Albuquerque is known nationally as the Late-Term Abortion Capital of America.
Albuquerque, NM- The ABQ Journal newspaper is reporting that the University of New Mexico, which is a publicly-funded institution, has partially cut ties with Southwestern Women’s Options, a late-term abortion facility owned by Texas abortionist Curtis Boyd, that conducts abortions through all nine months of pregnancy.
UNM has severed an agreement with SWO to provide abortion training for UNM medical students. However, it says it will continue to accept harvested aborted baby parts from this facility. Before UNM’s move to cut formal ties with SWO, it appeared that the university was providing staffing to the abortion facility in exchange for the fetal remains that it says it uses for “research.”
The problem with this body parts arrangement is that it is in violation of New Mexico law.
Protest ABQ obtained Curtis Boyd’s consent forms from 2012 and 2015 that states: “pregnancy tissue may be used in medical research.”
This clearly violates NM Statute Chapter 24 Section 6b, which states:
For this reason, Protest ABQ filed a formal complaint in July 2015, with the New Mexico Attorney General seeking an investigation into the illegal use of aborted baby remains for research since the baby cannot consent to the donation. That complaint is still pending.
UNM Abortion Ties
For the past five years members of Protest ABQ have been exposing and protesting the University of New Mexico’s abortion agenda. The pro-life group exposed the fact that SWO is training UNM medical students through the Ryan Residency Abortion Training Program. In addition, UNM runs a free-standing abortion facility through the illegal use of taxpayer funds. Her work at the UNM-operated abortion facility has led to the promotion of UNM staff physician and abortionist Eve Espey to the position as Chair of the OBGYN Department.
“UNM is the heart of the abortion industry in the state, but perhaps that is beginning to change,” said Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ. “But UNM’s continued harvesting of aborted baby organs at Southwestern Women’s Options remains a huge issue since the law prohibits the use of aborted baby remains for research purposes.”
The University of New Mexico had been utilizing Curtis Boyd and other late-term abortionists to train residents and fellows in second trimester procedures. Through an on-site clinical rotation these procedures required students to dismember pre-born children in the womb and then extract their tiny bodies in pieces through the 25th week of pregnancy. UNM has had training agreements with Curtis Boyd going back at least to the 2011-2012 school year.
No Transparency or Accountability
On November 2, 2015, Protest ABQ submitted an Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) request in reference to fetal tissue contracts and agreements between UNM and Curtis Boyd’s abortion business. UNM responded with a letter informing Protest ABQ that no such documents were found.
This withholding of information from a legally submitted IPRA request is in violation of New Mexico’s public information laws.
“UNM is a publicly funded state institution, but like other leaders in the state, they feel no need to obey the laws and provide transparency about the abortion agenda they embrace and promote. This is a disgrace that will require legal action on our part,” stated Bud Shaver.
According to a 2015 training agreement between Curtis Boyd and UNM, Boyd describes abortion procedures beyond 20 weeks as causing “feticide” using a drug called digoxin. He specifies that after the procedure, the fetal tissue will then be given to UNM.
However, digoxin, a drug that essentially causes the baby in the womb to die from a heart attack, contaminates the tissue, making it unusable for medical research. This fact was publicized widely over the summer as the Center for Medical Progress released several videos that showed Planned Parenthood abortionists and representatives from biotech companies clearly discussing the topic of digoxin and how it taints the fetal tissue.
This has led to suspicions that Boyd may have lied about using digoxin and is instead using the now illegal partial-birth abortion procedure to obtain body parts that are suitable for medical research.
UPDATE: We have learned that the documents showing the relationship between UNM and Boyd were actually obtained through the efforts of the New Mexico Alliance for Life and their legal counsel. The Journal article was unclear as to how the documents were obtained. We apologize for any misunderstanding and congratulate NMAFL on providing this information to the public.
Procedures used by Curtis Boyd during the late-term abortion procedures that have resulted in the use of human remains for research must be investigated.
Rampant Complicity
“Members of Protest ABQ met with Martinez four years ago and laid out the case against UNM and Paul Roth, CEO of UNM Health Sciences Center, who heavily promotes abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Roth has been highly instrumental in pushing a pro-abortion agenda at UNM,” stated Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Founder of Protest ABQ. “Earlier this year we exposed an uncharacteristic donation made by Roth to New Mexico GOP Speaker of the House Don Tripp, which suspiciously occurred shortly after a closed door meeting between legislators and UNM officials about fetal tissue research and disposal.”
Protest ABQ leaders have met with the UNM Board of Regents President Jack Fortnerabout the UNM abortion agenda. Both Gov. Martinez and Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry are well aware of the tentacles of the abortion industry in New Mexico that extend from UNM. Nevertheless, Mayor Berry recently teamed up with abortionist Eve Espey on an initiative targeting high school teens for sex education and abortion.
“The Republican leadership in this state have done nothing but cooperate with and shelter UNM and the late-term abortion industry in New Mexico. Under Martinez and Berry’s watch, with their full knowledge, Roth and Espey have built up and expanded the abortion industry in the state through UNM,” stated Bud Shaver.
The bottom line is that while UNM is cutting ties with the local late-term abortion business, UNM still is in violation of the ban on aborted baby tissue use in research. In addition, any affiliation or use of University resources to promote abortion is strictly forbidden under Federal Law that bars tax money from funding abortion services.
The ban on using tax money for abortions is being blatantly violated at the UNM Center for Reproductive Health (UNMCRH), which is an abortion facility operated with the help of tax funds by UNM.
Protest ABQ calls on UNM to stop violating the law by halting the practice of harvesting aborted baby remains and closing down the UNMCRH abortion facility. This will restore the rule of law and do great good for the community of Albuquerque and for the lives of children who will be saved in the womb as a result.
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez was caught partying while New Mexico burns! Be sure to listen to the 911 calls here: New Mexico Political Report
Pastor Dewey Moede, News Director at For God’s Glory Alone Ministries issued the following statement, “Sadly the Governor’s true colors come out through the audio! Martinez is unfit for office. I am getting really tired of having to report on misbehaving politicians who think they are more mightier than God!”
KRQE TV REPORTS: “The Office of Governor Susana Martinez is refusing to comment on a late-night phone call made by the governor to Santa Fe police following a noise complaint involving a party for the governor’s staff held at a posh Santa Fe hotel.”
Protest ABQ has been sounding the alarm about Governor Susana Martinez and her administration. Find out why here: Silent Susana
New Mexico is currently ranked the worst state in the nation in almost all the polls…and Albuquerque is known nationally as the Late-Term Abortion Capital of America.
Governor Martinez, when will you start addressing the real issues facing our state? We are very disappointed in you.
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato invited our family to New Mexico five years ago to work together to make New Mexico Abortion Free. Fr. Imbarrato best summarizes the last 2 years together and why we have transitioned our primary focus to peaceful and prayerful protests…
New Mexico True: Why We are the Pre-born Child Killing Capital of the Country!
Let me start this blog with some context. New Mexico is the pre-born child killing capital of the Southwest and the late term pre-born child killing capital of the country. The abortion industry in NM brags that NM is the least restrictive state in the country for abortions. Just this year, a young lady over 30 weeks pregnant came here from the United Kingdom to have her baby killed at Southwest Women’s Options. Albuquerque is truly the heart of the pre-born child killing industry and the University of New Mexico can be said to be the heart’s aorta, fueling the citywide and statewide industry of death. UNM operates 3 of the 5 abortion centers in the city as well as manages several high school referral clinics. UNM also trains abortionists and promotes other aspects of the culture of death. To further this context, NM Governor Susana Martinez, and ABQ Mayor RJ Berry both claim to be pro-life. Let’s further paint the picture with the reality that the pro-life movement here has not been able to pass any true baby saving legislation…ever!
Indulge me now while I continue with some personal context. When I was still in the seminary, I founded a pregnancy resource center across the street from a baby killing facility in Hartford, CT. My first year doing ministry here in NM, 2005, I founded Project Defending Life (PDL), a pro-life ministry located next to Planned Parenthood. We started the Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day in Santa Fe, used sidewalk counseling and ultrasounds to save hundreds of babies’ lives. We likewise helped hundreds of moms in need. We sponsored various local protests including LifeChains and 40 Days for Life. We initiated post abortion healing ministries such as SilentNoMore and Rachel’s Vineyard. We were the only ministry in the entire country that celebrated Mass multiple times a week with Eucharistic Processions to Planned Parenthood. Most importantly we organized and energized a ministerial pro-life movement where before there was little more than a narrow, politically focused, pro-life effort. Most importantly, when I went on sabbatical at the beginning of 2013, the pro-life movement was as unified and energized as it had ever been and has ever been.
During this period, I invited Bud and Tara Shaver and their family to Albuquerque to help expand the PDL ministry to our non-Catholic Christian brothers and sisters. Since then I feel the Shavers and I have been like family. Indeed I feel I am their spiritual father and I hope they feel the same way. I feel privileged to have worked side by side with these young Christian pro-life activists and it is my hope that we will continue to work as closely together until pre-born child killing ends.
I began to transition away from Project Defending Life in 2013. In 2014, I began ProtestABQ with the Shavers. In 2015, I began national pro-life ministry with Priests for Life and founded Protest Child Killing, a national pro-life protest movement which I believe can end pre-born child killing in 5 years. I left ProtestABQ(the local aspect of Protest Child Killing) to be lead by Bud and Tara. We have always worked hand in hand and still do.
In the 2 years we have been exclusively doing peaceful and prayerful protests, we have had 3 focuses; NM state leadership, ABQ city leadership, and the leadership of UNM. Why? We have felt and have come to realize that these three leaderships had the greatest potential to impact, provide oversight, and restrict the pre-born child killing industry in our state. The Governor claims to be pro-life, the Mayor claims to be pro-life, and the President of the UNM Regents claims to be pro-life. We met with the Governor the 1st year she was in office. We met with representatives of the Regents more than once. We have sought to meet with Mayor Berry for years. He has always refused our efforts to meet.
Having given these leaders more than ample orientation of the situation that exists in their city, state, and university, we began protesting their lack of concern, their silence, their lack of action, and their lack of leadership. Today, we find these leaders not only condoning the pre-born child killing industry, but in some ways, they are aiding and abetting the industry. It is more than interesting that the only energy they have spent on this issue during this time is attacking we pro-lifers who have been making the taxpaying public aware of the deplorable situation in our city and state while exposing the complicity of those in leadership positions.
The Shavers and I have been disparaged by supporters of the Governor, the Mayor, and the University. We have been called radical extremists, outsiders, and part of a fringe element of the pro-life movement. We have been accused of being violent and dangerous. We have had our 1st amendment rights violated more than once. Recently the city election ethics board fined the Shavers (a Christian family with 3 children) $1000. The fine came about from a sham hearing with a ruling that is clearly unconstitutional. The Shavers have been forced to sue the city! We have also been harassed by one of the Governor’s state agencies and have been obstructed by others. It is interesting, though, that on the streets during all of this our relationship with law enforcement has always been excellent! Why? We are always respectful, peaceful, and prayerful.
We, among many others, are convinced that the Governor and the Mayor aspire for higher offices. Yet [the] Governor’s advisers have verbally accosted us and recently the Mayor made a video in support of a pro-abortion ultra-liberal city council candidate; a video that clearly was an attempt to “chill” our free speech. The Mayor now seems to be politically aligned with this pro-abortion councilman who filed the ethics complaint about our protests. The Mayor also has, in the recent past, worked closely with an abortionist and other leaders of the local abortion industry on an initiative directed at teens.
I could go on and on, but suffice it to say, we stand by our peaceful and prayerful protests trying to hold our elected, so- called pro-life leadership accountable. We have asked them to do any number of things to provide oversight and inspection of the abortion industry. We have encouraged them for years to speak out about this deplorable situation in our city and state.
We find it nothing more than a substantiation of what we have believed for the last two years that these leaders have used their influence, their administrations, their followers, and even some politically oriented pro-lifers to not only protect the pre-born child killing industry, but attack and harass those of us who believe we have a moral obligation to protest pre-born child killing especially under our current local conditions.
I am asking the Mayor to do what he has promised he would do numerous times. Meet with us. I am asking the Governor to stop attacking us and work with us to restrict and provide oversight of the pre-born child killing industry in NM. There is much that can be done. I am asking that UNM remove Dr. Paul Roth or reassign him, replacing him with someone who is more closely aligned with the traditional family and life values of the people of NM. I am asking everyone who is pro-life to join us in not only denouncing the conspiracy of complicity in our state, but also to work with us to change the reputation of our city and state away from the pre-born child killing capital of the Southwest.
Let’s ask ourselves! Why doesn’t our elected pro-life leaders take the same energy they use to harass and obstruct pro-lifers and use it to save pre-born babies?
Albuquerque, NM- On November 19th the Albuquerque Board of Ethics ruled that Protest ABQ violated the city’s election code when postcards were mailed to residents of District 6 that showed the pro-abortion position of Pat Davis who at the time was running for city council. An employee of Pat Davis filed the initial complaint.
Protest ABQ believes that the city’s election code is unconstitutional. The code currently requires that if any individual or group spends $250 or more in support of, or in opposition to a candidate for city office, they must register with the City Clerk’s Office, submit “campaign spending” financial reports, establish separate bank accounts for any such spending, attend a mandatory meeting prior to the election, are subject to having their books audited, and comply with other administrative and regulatory requirements. During the hearing the Board of Ethics members refused to consider whether the election code is constitutional, despite the fact that Protest ABQ’s counsel provided them with legal cases showing the it is not. See, e.g., New Mexico Youth Organized v. Herrera, 611 F.3d 669, a 2010 case from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals holding that New Mexico’s state campaign reporting act was unconstitutional because it automatically made anyone who spent $500 a year for “political purposes” subject to mandatory registration and reporting requirements.
For this reason Protest ABQ filed a Notice of Appeal in State District Court on November 24th and plans to challenge the ruling that resulted in a public reprimand and a $1000 fine.
The postcards, which were mailed as an educational outreach, featured a picture of a late term aborted child from Douglas Karpen’s abortion facility in Houston, TX as well as an autopsy photo of Marla Cardamone who was 18 at the time of her abortion-related death.
As important as it is to show to the truth about what abortion does to women and children, it is equally important to make sure that our right to do so peacefully is also protected. The complaint filed against Protest ABQ was merely an attempt to block our ability to show the residents of Albuquerque what happens when the abortion industry reigns out of control.
Freedom of speech and the Constitution are under attack in this nation but we have the opportunity to to defend both in Albuquerque with this appeal. “The constitution exists to protect both the message bearer and message receiver. Through the constitution the founding father’s had the intent of safeguarding the ability for the general public to receive a controversial message it would receive no other way. It’s not the popular message that needs protection but the unpopular one. The message that saves the lives of innocent pre-born children is what we are committed to defending,” stated Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ.
This is not the City’s first attempt to silence Protest ABQ. In recent weeks, self proclaimed pro-life Mayor Richard Berry called for Protest ABQ to stop driving the truth truck in District 6. His statements echoed Pat Davis’s own disapproval about our protests in his district. For Mayor Berry to align himself with a leftist like Pat Davis instead of taking pro-active measures and tackling the abortion crisis in his city is very alarming.
Protest ABQ also found it interesting that 3 of the 4 Board of Ethics members who ruled against Protest ABQ have made political donations primarily to Republicans and those backed by Jay McCleskey.
Jay McCleskey is Governor Susana Martinez’s chief political advisor and is currently under investigation by the FBI. McCleskey verbally assaultedmembers of Protest ABQ during a protest in 2014 and also helped Mayor Berry get elected in 2009 and 2013. Could it be that those who claim to be pro-life don’t really want to prove their worth but instead silence those trying to end abortion in New Mexico?
Please pray for us and our legal counsel as we move forward with all of our efforts to stop the killing in New Mexico and protect the right to free speech.
Albuquerque, NM- Details about the suspected Colorado shooter Robert Lewis Dear are beginning to come out, Right-Wing News best summarizes the bizarre reports about this man:
“The story surrounding Robert Lewis Dear just gets weirder and weirder. He comes from South Carolina and relocated to Colorado, where he wanted to be left alone. He’s been arrested as a peeping Tom and charged with animal cruelty for shooting a dog with a pellet gun. Both charges were dropped. He’s been accused of domestic violence and threatening numerous other people with violence as well. His voter registration lists him as a woman… I kid you not. But he’s not a registered Republican. He’s a non-practicing Christian and he legally bought the guns used in the shooting. People who know him say he has a hard time focusing. Since arriving in Colorado he has taken to smoking pot all the time and is evidently into bondage and sadomasochism. Charming fella. Obama is using the Colorado shooting as an excuse to push gun control and confiscation once more. It is just despicable. The man was clearly unstable and went off the rails. Planned Parenthood officials have confirmed none of the people killed in the shooting or any of the 9 victims who were injured were Planned Parenthood abortion clinic staff or patients. The man ranted about no more baby parts and then ranted about Obama. His insane babble was so incoherent the police still can’t give a real motive. But the Liberals are pointing to his alleged ‘conservatism’ and Planned Parenthood as an excuse to ban guns and protect butchers.”
One thing is for certain he is NOT Pro-Life
Tara Shaver spokesperson for Protest ABQ was interviewed by local Albuquerque CBS station, KRQE-13
“When you hear about a gunman anywhere, your heart automatically goes out to those that are involved and the victims of such senseless violence,” said Tara Shaver.
The group was quick to release a statement condemning the shooter’s actions and they say they want to make sure people realize he does not represent their views or the Pro-Life community’s.
Shaver said, “We find comfort in knowing that Pro-Life people really don’t do things like this. We are Pro-Life because we care about people and we want to see lives saved.”
By Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ and Pro-Life Missionary at Pro-Life Witness
Our prayers go out to all those involved today in the senseless shooting at the Planned Parenthood located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We continue to pray for the law enforcement officers and all of those who were shot and for the safety of those currently responding to this ongoing situation.
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, founder of Protest ABQ and Director of Protest Child Killing issued the following statement, “Those of us who protest pre-born child killing with Protest ABQ and Protest Child Killing never condone any act of violence, indeed we are protesting the violent act of abortion that kills pre-born children in the womb. We are committed to peacefully protesting this violence. Our prayers go out to all victims of violence.”
Operation Rescue and the Christian Defense Coalition issued the following press release:
Colorado Springs, CO — Operation Rescue and the Christian Defense Coalition are denouncing the violence that appears to be in progress at a Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Details are still sketchy regarding the motives of the perpetrator and we urge the public not to draw any conclusions until police can make an official determination.
“Operation Rescue unequivocally deplores and denounces all violence at abortion clinics and has a long history of working through peaceful channels to advocate on behalf of women and their babies. We express deep concern for everyone involved and are praying for the safety of those at the Planned Parenthood office and for law enforcement personnel. We pray this tragic situation can be quickly resolved without further injury to anyone,” said Troy Newman President of Operation Rescue.
“Although we don’t know the reasons for the shooting near the Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs today, the pro-life movement is praying for the safety of all involved and as a movement we have always unequivocally condemned all forms of violence at abortion clinics. We must continually as a nation stand against violence on all levels.,” said Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, based in Washington, D.C.
As of this writing, the situation remains active and fluid. Operation Rescue and the Christian Defense Coalition urges people of good will everywhere to pray for a speedy and peaceful resolution to this situation and tweet their thoughts for the safety of those in danger under the hashtag #AllLivesMatter.
At the time of publishing this several other Pro-Life groups issued statements:
“Fr. Frank Pavone calls for Calm and Avoidance of Rash Judgment. Information is very sketchy about the currently active shooting situation in Colorado Springs. The Planned Parenthood was the address given in the initial call to the police, but we still do not know what connection, if any, the shooting has to do with Planned Parenthood or abortion.
As leaders in the pro-life movement, we call for calm and pray for a peaceful resolution of this situation.
What is motivating this shooting will become clearer in due time. We ask that in the meantime, nobody jump to conclusions regarding the connection between this violence and the controversy over abortion and Planned Parenthood, and we ask that people do not use this situation to inflame emotions on either side of the abortion issue.”
“The tragic situation in Colorado is still active, though details remain sketchy. CEC For Life has and always will use non-violent, peaceful means in our continued efforts to declare that All Life is Sacred. We condemn in the strongest way possible violence against those people who disagree with us on the issue of abortion. We are praying for a peaceful and speedy end to the situation in Colorado and pray for the safety of everyone on the scene.”
“At this time, it is unclear if the shooter(s) in #ColoradoSprings was targeting #PlannedParenthood or was just within proximity of it. In any event, it is abhorrent to us at KeepLifeLegal that anyone would use violence at any abortion facility for any reason in the United States. We are in continued prayer that this situation will come to a peaceful end.”
“Pray for an end to violence and especially for those injured in the ongoing Colorado Springs shooting. No one yet knows the motive of the shooter, but, violence against the innocent for any reason violates the Commandment against killing, contradicts the gospel and the model of Christ, and is inimical to the principle of the Sanctity of Life. God help us.”
Protest ABQ called on Mayor Richard J. Berry during his 2016 State of the City address today. We urged his constituents, supporters and friends to encourage him to speak up for and act to protect the most defenseless citizens of Albuquerque…children in the womb.
Today as attendees of this event went inside to eat, network and hear from Mayor Berry, babies were murdered in their mothers wombs right across the street from the venue. Yes, right across the street is where Southwestern Women’s Options, the largest late term abortion facility in America is located.
Protest ABQ thinks that it’s inexcusable for another day to go by without hearing what Berry intends to do about it. Albuquerque has a shameful reputation and we should not be the only ones saying so, Mayor Berry needs to take ownership of the bloodshed in his city.
Please join us in contacting Mayor Berry’s office and ask him:
–How does he feel about the fact that ABQ is known nationally as the late term abortion capital since abortions are performed up to the day of birth in HIS city?
-Why are abortion facilities are operating out of zone? The late term facility is not properly zoned to do the 4 day late term procedure. It is actually supposed to be done in a hospital setting per the criminal abortion statute.
-Does it concern him that abortion facilities are never inspected for cleanliness and safety in ABQ?
-Why he is ignoring the women who have been and continue to be injured by Albuquerque abortion facilities?
-When does he plan to openly oppose the out of control abortion industry in HIS city and take proactive steps to change it?
Albuquerque, NM- Today the leader of the late term abortion capital of the nation, Mayor Richard Berry, will give his “2016 State of the City” address. This Mayoral event is being held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Albuquerque which is right across the street from Southwestern Women’s Option late term abortion facility. The city of Albuquerque is engulfed in an abortion crisis and Protest ABQ is urging Mayor Berry to address this in his address today.
Mayor Berry claims to be pro-life, however, he has not done one thing to protect the women and children in his city that face imminent death and possible injury from the out of control abortion industry in new Mexico.
Members of Protest ABQ have sought meetings with Berry and have even hand delivered letters to him about the state of his city, the late term abortion capital of the nation. These efforts have not been reciprocated by the Mayor’s office. Mayor Berry’s silence perpetuates the the innocent bloodshed that takes place each day in Albuquerque where baby’s are killed through all nine months of pregnancy.
State of the City of Albuquerque:
-Late term abortion capital under Mayor Berry.
-Killing Babies through all nine months of pregnancy.
-Staggering number of documented abortion injuries.
-Abortion facilities are operating out of zone.
-Ignoring baby body parts harvesting in violation of NM law.
Protest ABQ will be present to peacefully protest this event today beginning at 10:30am. Our presence will serve to let attendees know the truth about the state of the city of Albuquerque and about Mayor Berry’s inaction to protect the most vulnerable in Albuquerque.
“It is imperative that Mayor Berry be held publicly accountable for what his city has become, the late term abortion capital of the country. If Mayor Berry is truly “pro-life” he will stop siding with leftist pro-aborts like Pat Davis who seek only to hide the reality that abortion kills human beings. He will not use his voice to try and stop the pro-life efforts of Protest ABQ while ignoring his own responsibility to tackle the out of control abortion cartel in his city. Instead he will do what is right and what he was elected for, to make Albuquerque a better place for all of it’s citizens,” stated Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ.
Mayor Berry, the streets of your city are full of the blood of the most defenseless children that is crying out for justice, what do you plan to do about it?
Please contact Mayor Berry’s office and ask him:
–What he plans to do about the abortion crisis we face here in Albuquerque?
-Why abortion facilities are operating out of zone?
-Why he is ignoring the women who have been and continue to be injured by Albuquerque abortion facilities?
-When does he plan to openly oppose the out of control abortion industry in HIS city and take proactive steps to change it?
Albuquerque, NM- Pro-Life Activists strategically focused their protests across two states by holding simultaneous protests exposing Bank of America’s financial support of Planned Parenthood. Protest ABQ joined forces with Pro-Life Waco and lead a protest at a Bank of America location in Albuquerque, New Mexico while Pro-Life Waco lead a protest of Bank of America located in Austin, Texas on Thursday November 12, 2015.
Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ reported that the protest was a success, “Great response in Albuquerque, New Mexico to our Bank of America Protest sponsored by Pro-Life Waco and Protest ABQ. At least one person told us they were going to close their Bank of America account due to the awareness raised by our protest! Several people thanked us!”
John Pisciotta #ProtestBOA organizer and Director of Pro-Life Waco reported about the protest in Austin, Texas:
“#ProtestBOA (Bank of America) in Austin today. Of our six weekly excursions to Austin, today was possibly the best.
–When we gathered to pray before beginning our protest/outreach, one of the pedestrians joined us holding hands in prayer.
–While we did get some brief negative words and hand signs, no one was in our face attempting to disrupt for an extensive period of time.
–Nine from Waco joined three from the Austin area to deliver today’s #ProtestBOA.
–One person came out of the bank with thumbs up saying, “I’ve just closed my account.”
–We have some Austin “regulars” who stop by each week to cheer us on and bless us. I love protesting in the midst of heavy pedestrian traffic. The experience is so personal with positive and negative interactions. I was so proud of the way our gang kept our cool at all times.
–We stopped for our late lunch at Whataburger in Georgetown, Texas. We met a pro-life couple from Waco who had also been in Austin. (Our pro-life T-shirts, make us stand out in a group.) The wife said she had seen us at BOA in Austin and showed us the photo of us she posted on her Facebook page. Gave us her email address so we could stay in touch.
–It was a great encouragement to know that while we were delivering #ProtestBOA in Austin, our friends from ProtestABQ were delivering #ProtestBOA in Albuquerque.
I am hoping and praying #ProtestBOA will spring up in your hometown. Will we win this? I am 100% sure we will win. We win for the precious babies in the womb and their moms and dads EVERY time we stand in the public square in #ProtestBOA.”
JOIN PROTEST ABQ this Thursday, November 12th from 12PM-1PM to protest Bank of America located at 6605 Uptown Blvd.
(Free street parking available at the Indiana St. located where the Bus Depot is. Also, look for the Truth Truck. Signs will be provided or feel free to make your own.)
John Pisciotta, Director of Pro-Life Waco issued the following statement, “Pro-Life Waco is leading a campaign to convince national management of Bank of America to completely terminate its financial support for Planned Parenthood.Bank of America supports Planned Parenthood through a 100% match for all employees donations to the now-disgraced Planned Parenthood. Pro-Life Waco is waging a national campaign, #ProtestBOA, to expose Bank of America’s misplaced “philanthropy” and to get BOA to stop.
Other national efforts to protest Bank of America include Dallas (TX), Austin (TX) and Charlotte, North Carolina where Bank of America’s national headquarters is located.
For more information about the #ProtestBOA campaign click here.
For more information on other companies that fund Planned Parenthood click hereand here.
Protest ABQ is commited to unifying our protest efforts locally and nationally in opposition of the abortion cartel in America. We protest individuals and corporations that perpetuate, condone, and/or support the abortion industry which is killing the most defensless individuals…children in the womb.
Protest ABQ holds local protests every week. If you would like to join our weekly protests please fill out our get involved form here.
By Bud Shaver
“Huge news as the FBI has been asking around about Gov. Susana Martinez’s fundraising activities; that means Jay McCleskey’s name is being mentioned.” –New Mexico Political Report
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Director at Protest Child Killing and founder of Protest ABQissued the following statement, “It is amazing that so many people for so long have known the kind of person McCleskey is…his past and his tactics. Yet they have given him a pass. This is the guy who controls not just Governor Martinez, but also ABQ Mayor RJ Berry, both political leaders whom we pro-life activists have focused on for their lack of oversightand concern about the out of control pre-born baby killing industry in our state and city respectively. Both these politicians, who claim to be pro-life, under McCleskey’s guidance, have not only done nothing to bring any attention to the issue of baby killing, but have been critical of pro-life efforts to exposetheir poor records. Abortion has always been about money and power. Seems the same may be true about these two administrations who have for years condoned abortion here in NM.”
“Unfortunately we have a Governor that is not being a strong woman caring for other women and children, she just kind of maintains the status quo and looking out for her own interests not the people who elected her.” -Tara Shaver
In one of the BIGGEST Fuax Pas in 40 years of journalism, Newsmax names Silent Done-Nothing Governor Susana Martinez (NM) as one of the country’s “100 Most Influential Pro-life Advocates”over the past 42 YEARS…since 1973!
Newsmax asserts, “Based on a variety of media and pro-life sources, Newsmax has compiled this roster of the nation’s top 100 pro-life icons. These cultural warriors long for the day when the last abortion is conducted in the United States, and they won’t cease their protests until that time…62. Susana Martinez, governor of New Mexico — The Susan B. Anthony List endorsed her bid for governor. Martinez says one reason she is staunchly pro-life is because “I have seen what abortion can do to a woman.” She calls partial birth abortion “atrocious.” Named “Woman of the Year” by Heart Magazine, Martinez is getting a lot of buzz as a possible GOP vice-presidential candidate.”
WHAT? SERIOUSLY?
Is Newsmax attempting to conjure up someone out of…NOTHING?
By Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, The Protest Priest, ProtestChildKilling.com and founder of Protest ABQ
Words in [] and links by [Bud Shaver, Executive Director at Protest ABQ]
Governor Susana Martinez #62? So Newsmax uses a quote she gave during her 1st election campaign…while she was running for governor. [And Susan B. Anthony List DID NOT endorse her 2nd election campaign specifically because Protest ABQ exposed that she did NOTHING during her first term: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a32388/susana-martinez-pro-life-protest-abq/] She said what she needed to say to get elected. Since then she has done nothing and has said little. Governing the “late term abortion capital of the country” she has not only done nothing but has been a hindrance to pro-life efforts. Her administration has called pro-lifers [fringe protesters] and “pieces of sh&t.” Her most infamous quote (in the face of pro-lifers protesting her) as Governor…”if a bill protecting fetuses comes to my desk, I would ‘consider’ signing it.”
She only supported the late term abortion ban because, again, pro-lifers protested her into it and then her cronies conspired to write a meaningless bill doomed for failure. Susana Martinez, if pro-life, is a PLINO (pro-life in name only). It is telling that Newsmax could not come up with a single thing she has said or done in office to warrant a pro-life mantle. [Newsmax states, “She calls partial birth abortion “atrocious.” Does Silent Done Nothing “Influential Pro-Life Advocate” Susana even know that partial birth abortion has been banned?] That is because there is nothing she has said or done.
What is also telling is that Newsmax mentions her higher GOP aspirations. Yes, indeed, this is her sole motivation for everything she does or doesn’t do. Susana Martinez condones abortion and should not be on any pro-life list.
Albuquerque, NM- On October 22, 2015 a Congressional whistleblower leaked 11 undercover videos recorded by The Center for Medical Progress to Gotnews.com. This bundle of over four hours of video had been blocked from public release in July after a lawsuit was filed by the National Abortion Federation. This set of videos have members of the New Mexico abortion cartel mentioned throughout.
While many have done their own analysis of this chunk of video footage and everyone who views this footage picks up on different things, I want to hone in on what I observed and took away from the perspective of a pro-life missionary to New Mexico and an activist, who interned with Operation Rescue for over a year.
During our time as intern’s with Operation Rescue and over the past 5 years in Albuquerque New Mexico, now known as the Late-Term Abortion Capital of America, we did a lot of research and undercover investigations of several of the abortionists featured in this footage. While we disagree with the work abortionists do because they murder babies we do agree with the abortionists in these videos when they state that abortion is, “grotesque, it is killing, and it is violent.”
The first set of videos I watched were titled “Fetal Disposition” and were merely a forum to bemoan the increasing legislation regarding disposal of fetal tissue after an abortion. This topic alone strikes fear into the heart of those running abortion mills as they have to figure out what to do with the bodies of their victims.
Isn’t this the problem of every murderer though- “How am I going to get rid of this dead body?”
Three things in particular stuck with me after this segment. The first is the mentality of Northland Family Planning abortion facility owner, Renee Chelian, she talks about her experience exploring disposal options at crematoriums, funeral homes and even comments that it would be great if “fetus’” could be used to produce energy (Fetal Disposition Part 3 at 18:55). How to dispose of aborted baby body parts is an issue for many abortionists which is why Planned Parenthood has been caught selling body parts to biotech companies for research purposes.
Since disposal options in Michigan were not readily available Renee Chilean expresses her overall frustration and desperation when she states in all seriousness that they were tempted to give the dead baby body parts back to the women after their abortions in a “gift bag” to take home and figure out what to do with it. She states (Part 1 at 28:22 into Part 2), “It’s their pregnancy and why is this our problem?” So killing the pre-born child is their “problem” but that’s as far as they feel they should go because disposal legislation is making their job too difficult.
The second statement that stuck with me occurred during the question and answer portion of the segment where Renee Chelian (Fetal Disposition Part 2 at 17:53) sums up the problem with America. “This country doesn’t want to deal with death and dead bodies or tissue.” I think she is right and this is why so many, even among pro-lifers, want to dismiss showing or seeing the victims of abortion and also why many politicians, especially those in New Mexico are consistently turning a blind eye to the murder of pre-born children.
The third thing that was very evident during this discussion is the involvement of Universities in the procurement and use of of aborted baby body parts in research. This is a cause of great concern regarding our own University of New Mexico (UNM) which has a research arm that has most recently announced groundbreaking vaccines that may potentially use aborted fetal cells and or tissue.
All of these discussions were held at National Abortion Federation (NAF) conferences and the history of NAF hits close to home here in Albuquerque as Curtis and Glenna Boyd, owners of Southwestern Women’s Options late term abortion facility, have been involved with NAF since its inception. In fact, Curtis Boyd is a founding member of NAF.
Curtis Boyd who brags about doing illegal “back alley” abortions in the 1960’s…
In April of 2014 when the video titled “2nd Trimester Provider Self Care” was recorded by CMP, Glenna was introduced (Part 2 at 12:49) as Chair of the NAF Board of Directors. This particular video footage is centered around a panel of abortion industry workers, including Glenna, who had been asked to give 2nd trimester abortionists tips on self care and overcoming the stigma that haunts them. These folks do after all dismember human babies for a living, this forum proves that it takes a toll on them.
In addition to the stigma they receive from killing babies, Glenna Boyd also lamented that reporters dared to report on a woman who died from an abortion complication at their Texas facility back in 1980. Several abortionists referenced the higher stigma that they receive as abortionists when a patient dies from an abortion related complication.
Glenna Boyd also spoke about the emotional toll and outrage she experienced due to our tireless efforts working with Operation Rescue to document several abortion related complications at their late-term abortion facility, Southwestern Women’s Options, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Glenna specifically referenced an article that ran on the front page of the Albuquerque Journal after abortionist Shelley Sella, who works at Southwestern Women’s Options, ruptured the uterus of a woman during a 35 week abortion.
While the speakers all shared their perceived persecution from pro-lifers, the in fighting of the pro-abortion movement was spoken about as well. Some in the abortion industry feel that Planned Parenthood doesn’t respect independent facilities and thus tries to steal their clientele.
Abortionist Uta Landy also spoke on the panel titled “2nd Trimester Provider Self Care.” Landy recounted an incident by a fellow abortionist about an eyeball falling into their lap during an abortion (Second Trimester Provider Care Part 4 at 9:30). This disturbing account has gotten quite a bit of attention, since the scenario provoked an eruption of laughter and applause. The fact that this all happened during a panel designed to address and attempt to overcome the stigma surrounding abortion really highlights the mindset of individuals who are in the business of killing and how desensitized they are to it. The reason that NAF tried so hard to suppress this footage from being seen by the general public is because they don’t want the world to know that their industry really is just about, death, dead bodies and tissue.
Uta Landy, is the National Director of the Ryan Residency Programs and Family Planning Fellowship of which the University of New Mexico is a member. The mission of the Ryan program is to “integrate and enhance family planning [Abortion] training for obstetrics and gynecology residents in the United States and Canada.”
The University of New Mexico (UNM) is the heart of the abortion cartel in New Mexico. For years myself and Fr. Stephen Imbarrato have met with UNM officials all the way up to the President of the Board of Regents about UNM’s radical abortion agenda with the desire to see their free standing abortion facility closed and their abortion training to be removed.
However, UNM has a deep seated agenda in trying to raise up the next generation of abortionists and this desire is evident by their move to make abortionist Eve Espey the Chair of the OBGYN department. Espey is also mentioned (Second Trimester Provider Care Part 4 at 24:10) during this segment as an asset “who can be perceived as external who can help abortionists to have credibility within their departments.”
Late-term abortionist, Susan Robinson who works at Southwestern Women’s Options in Albuquerque, New Mexico, shared her position with a panel on the “Planned Parenthood Michigan Workshop Video” that is very telling (PP MI Workshop Video at 18:55). Someone previously asked Robinson, “What do you think about conscientious refusal to do abortions?” Her response, “I don’t think people should go into OBGYN if they’re going to refuse to do the most common procedures that OBGYN’s do.” This gives clear indication that Robinson and other New Mexico abortion industry workers have the mindset that there should be no choice for medical students or OBGYN’s to opt out of performing abortions. We have personally been told how the faculty staff at UNM treats students who opt out of abortion training, they are belittled and looked down upon.
These latest videos have given us a glimpse into the heart of the abortion cartel. These people know that they’re killing babies, in fact they revel in it. They know that what we’ve been showing through abortion victim photography and when we say that, “Abortion Kills Children”…it is TRUE. Our country is at a point where we must apply the necessary pressure to stop this needless murder once and for all.
How is it that abortionists can admit that they’re killing human beings in a violent manner and Roe vs. Wade still remains in effect? All the blinders need to come off and, “We the People” have the responsibility to demand an end to this atrocity.
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, with Priests for Life, who we work closely with in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has a decisive strategy to end pre-born child killing in this nation. Protests leading to a national strike, where we all refuse to go to work or spend any money, bringing the nation to a halt. This decisive strategy has the potential to END abortion outright if enough people embrace it.
The pro-life movement is doing a lot of great and necessary work but all of our great efforts are merely a bandaid and will never end pre-born child killing entirely. Thanks to these leaked videos we can clearly see the mindset of the abortionists and those in the deepest levels of the abortion cartel. Now is the time to protest and to demand that this country and its leaders deal with the death and dead bodies that are piling up in our communities.
For more information about National Protests visit ProtestABQ.com.
How Much Money Does it Take For New Mexico GOP Leadership to Turn A Blind Eye To Baby Body Part Harvesting?
By Tara Shaver
Albuquerque, NM- As congressional hearings regarding Planned Parenthood’s aborted baby part selling practices are still underway, New Mexico legislators have asked questions of their own to the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center.
On July 23, 2015 a meeting was held to discuss any potential illegal activity regarding the use and or sale of aborted baby body parts that may be occurring at the University of New Mexico with several New Mexico legislators and the Chancellor of the Health Sciences Center, Paul Roth M.D.
This video and those that followed have opened the eyes of the nation to the reality that aborted baby parts are sold by Planned Parenthood to biotech companies for a profit, it also raised suspicion about the practices of abortion facilities in New Mexico.
According to the New Mexico Campaign Finance website, just seven days after this meeting between Roth and New Mexico legislators, Roth made a $500 donation to the Don Tripp Speaker PAC.
Don Tripp is the first New Mexican Republican Speaker of the House in 60 years. Roth on the other hand is an avid abortion supporter and for several years in a row has tried to pass Embryonic Stem Cell Research bills at the New Mexico legislature.
Protest ABQ would like to know why Paul Roth gave an uncharacteristic donation to the Republican Speaker of the House, could it be that he doesn’t want Republican leadership asking anymore questions about what the University of New Mexico is doing with the remains of aborted babies?
In 2012, Roth donated to Senator Michael Sanchez (D) the current Majority Floor Leader and ActBlue New Mexico, “a non-profit, building fundraising technology for the left.”
The University of New Mexico is also a research institution which would lend itself to the practice of using aborted baby parts for medical research.New Mexico law forbids the use of aborted babies in medical research.
“The University of New Mexico, a publicly funded institution, is entrenched in promoting abortion and an overall pro-death agenda. These questions remain: What did Paul Roth discuss in the meeting with Republican legislators? Why did Paul Roth donate to Republican leadership seven days after this closed door meeting?
Speaker Don Tripp should return Mr. Roth’s $500, and if he’s being pressured or tempted to turn a blind eye to what the University of New Mexico is doing with aborted baby body parts, we encourage him to keep probing to ensure that there is not any illegal activity taking place. The state of New Mexico needs leaders who can’t be bought or silenced, our future depends on it,” stated Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ.
(Bud pictured above) This How We Wage War: With Grace, Love, and the Truth!
Giving Hope to the Hopeless…In the Name of Jesus!
By Tara Shaver
Albuquerque, NM- On October 2, 2015 Glenn Beck interviewed David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) on The Blaze. The CMP released a series of videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s aborted baby body part selling scheme and have sent shock waves through the world. These videos have given every single one of us a glimpse of just how far the abortion cartel has embraced evil by ending human lives and profiting from the harvested organs, tissues and limbs.
Watch the Interview with Glenn Beck and David Daleiden here:
During this interview Daleiden shares what he considered to be a face to face encounter with evil. During all of his hours inside of Planned Parenthood abortion clinics, witnessing the remains of aborted children, and speaking to countless abortionists, he names one of Albuquerque’s late-term abortionists, Shelley Sella as his first encounter with “Incarnate Evil“. This encounter with Sella occurred early on during his investigation of Planned Parenthood where Sella lives and performs abortions while in California when she’s not killing babies in New Mexico up to the day of birth.
An excerpt from Daleidon’s interview details this encounter:
“And while I was speaking with her (Sella)… all of a sudden she looked straight in my eyes, and I saw a flash from one side to the other, and all of a sudden, her eyes looked really hard and mean and aggressive.”
“And for the first time during this entire project, I felt really afraid, like an actual fear, a fight-or-flight kind of response. I felt very exposed, like she knew everything about me. And then all of a sudden … back to laughing and joking, totally casual, normal. And I talked about that with several people afterwards, and on some level, we feel like that was the predator look or the predator instinct that you see in someone who is accustomed to killing people. This is a late-term abortion doctor who has terminated many, many, many big babies over the years.”
Daleiden concluded, “That was probably the most significant moment that I had kind of early on encountering, as you said, the evil that we were going to be directly in contact (with).”
An integral part of Boyd’s plan to market and perform late-term abortions in New Mexico was to employ late-term abortion “specialists”, Shelley Sella and Susan Robinson.
The only botched abortion that the NMMB bothered to investigate was performed by Sella on a 35 week pregnant woman from New York state. The woman, who had a previous c-section, experienced a ruptured uterus at Southwestern Women’s Options during the course of her four day procedure to kill her baby.
From a Christian perspective, we are at war against (as David Daleiden articulated best) incarnate “Evil.” We get up every morning and ask ourselves, “What more can we do to work to end abortion in this state?” For 5 years nearly all of our efforts have been shut down to the point where we are now exploring legal action to get some projects moving again.
When we spoke to a church in Flagstaff last week, we shared with our audience that one of the top reasons that we believe God brought us to New Mexico is the acute demonic stronghold that persists here. There can be no doubt about this when you look at all of the state’s national rankings and you look at it’s largest city of Albuquerque through spiritual eyes.
Many pro-life leaders that we have spoken to over the past five years have expressed that they have little hope for New Mexico, however, we do have hope and will continue to press on. But we need your prayers.
We have put Albuquerque on the map, it is now known nationally as the Late-Term Abortion Capital of America.
We are pro-life missionaries and even when so called pro-life political leaders turn a blind eye and try to stop our efforts we remain steadfast.
Please continue to keep our efforts in your prayers:
-Our formal complaint filed with the NM Attorney General will bear fruit.
-A spiritual breakthrough will occur here and that light will overcome the darkness.
-For continued protection and provision for our family.
Albuquerque, NM- As Christians and Pro- life missionaries we have been commissioned by the Holy Spirit to speak and show the truth. Any backlash that comes from our efforts are considered as badges of honor, because we know that in every way what we do is moral, legal and necessary.
This month we, under the ministry banner of Protest ABQ, we mailed postcards to residents in Albuquerque’s District 6 to inform voters about the pro-abortion and anti-woman position that Pat Davis champions. Why? Because if we don’t, who will?
There is no other group that is willing to hold leaders and those who aspire to lead in our city accountable, so the burden lies with us.
We have also been commissioned, by Operation Rescue in 2010, to make NM abortion free but how will this happen if the tough job of exposing and protesting pre-born child killing is neglected?
Pat Davis and his minions have filed a complaint against us for the mailers. They merely want to silence us and hide the truth of what they support.
This aside, our self proclaimed pro-life Mayor Richard Berry recorded a video calling for Protest ABQ to cease exercising our first amendment free speech rights in Albuquerque neighborhoods.
Mayor Berry has not done one thing to stop abortions in his city, known nationally as the late term abortion capital of America. Members of Protest ABQ have sought a meeting with him for over a year to no avail.
So the question remains: What good are you Mayor Berry if you pander to the pro- aborts, while neglecting the plight of the pre-born children murdered in your city every day of the week?
The Mayor’s audacity is a prime example of the nonsense that continues to perpetuate abortion in this state and what we have been dealing with in NM for the past 5 years.
This wicked place is under a demonic stronghold and our leaders who claim to be with us are blinded by distractions that keep them from doing their jobs.
It’s no wonder that New Mexico is the Abortion Capital of America with leaders like Susana Martinez and Mayor Richard Berry, they are more concerned about thier own agendas and pandering to the Pro-Abortion Left, than fulfilling the responsibilities that their constituents elected them into office to fulfill…”For such a time as this.”
Please pray for us as we endure and persevere in the face of evil.
We need your prayers and support more than ever, please consider becoming a monthly financial partner with us so that we may continue doing what others are unwilling to do to make NM abortion free.
Thank you, we cannot continue this ministry to New Mexico without your prayers and faithful support.
Tara did interviews and gave statements to every news outlet in the city, in response to his video targeting Protest ABQ…the tables were turned on Mayor Berry!
