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Reflection from the sidewalk: “The War Rages On…”
by Bud Shaver Tucked away amidst quiet complicity battles are won, one by one, as eyes are opened and hearts are touched by a simple step of sacrificial faith, by the ones willing to boldly claim the sidewalk, for the kingdom sake, yet the war rages on. Battles are won one woman, one child, one day at a time, time after time as silence gives way to the lie shattering voice of truth, uttered and displayed, for those receptive to such acts of love most ridicule and dissuade, so the war rages on. Battles break the paralyzing grip of apathetic lives lived, neatly nestled, behind the four walls of the…
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Dec. Newsletter 2013: Campaign Season has Come and Gone…Our Work Remains
Thank you for your continued prayers, support and encouragement! We are so blessed and humbled by all of our partners in this ministry to save lives here in ABQ. Now that campaign season has come and gone we are looking forward to what God has in store as we seek to reach further into our community in the coming months and years until ABQ is abortion free. The late term abortion ban election on November 19 did not pass, the city of ABQ has affirmed it’s title as the “late term abortion capital” of the nation. The babies lost on November 19 but we are resolved to continue moving forward…
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ABQ Pro-Life Initiative Makes Progress in Neighboring County
ABQ Pro-Life Initiative Makes Progress in Neighboring County By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM – Before the vote was in on the Albuquerque Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance, activists in Valencia County, just south of Albuquerque, began the process of passing a similar law on the county level. Last week, County Commissioners voted 3-2 to forward the ordinance to a public hearing set for December 11. While no late-term abortion clinics exist in Valencia County, citizens were concerned that Southwestern Women’s Options, one of the few abortion clinics in the nation that will abort babies through all nine months of pregnancy, might attempt to relocate there if the Albuquerque effort…
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Words To Live By
Posted at the request of Dave Holmes (Pictured above) Words To Live By Pope John Paul II spoke these beautiful words at the World Youth Conference in Denver in August, 1993 “America, you are beautiful indeed, and blessed in so many ways… But your greatest beauty and your richest blessing is found in the human person: in each man, woman and child, in every immigrant, in every native-born son and daughter…For this reason, America, your deepest identity and truest character as a nation is revealed in the position you take towards the human person. The ultimate test of your greatness in the way you treat every human being, but especially…
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Tired of the baby killing? Protest ABQ…Year of Rebuke!
Protest ABQ Organization Meeting This Friday, I (PDL) will host an organizing meeting at Project Defending Life for a new campaign called Protest ABQ. Protest ABQ will be a ministry of Project Defending Life and will be a protest campaign utilizing graphic imaging and other means to send a message to the voters and leaders of ABQ (and NM) that their vote to kill babies and support baby killers will not be tolerated. This campaign is designed to end the baby killing in ABQ and in NM. Everyone is welcome to join us if you support the use of graphic imaging to show the truth about abortion…i.e. baby killing! This…
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Moving Forward in ABQ, UNMCRH…The Weak Link
[slideshow_deploy id=’1950′] There are three abortion clinics in ABQ providing abortions, Planned Parenthood located directly across the street (50 feet!) from Project Defending Life. Several people throughout the week frequently minister and sidewalk counsel there including local “Pro-Life Saint,” Phil Leahy. After three years of pretty intense public awareness, many people are going to Southwestern Women’s Options (SWO) pretty consistently to minister and sidewalk counsel. The third one has kind of slid under the radar, UNM Center for Reproductive Health, “UNMCRH (UNM’s free standing publicly funded abortion clinic doing abortions up to 22wks). I spoke with someone today out at UNMCRH, who mentioned that they wished people would come…
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Moving Forward in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Yesterday’s (Nov. 19th) election results are in and unfortunately the citizens of ABQ failed to rise to the occasion to lend their voices for the pre-born. While we lost this election we have won over many hearts and built amazing bridges within the community. We must resolve to proclaim even louder the truth about abortion, reach even further into our community and keep coming back until we win and establish justice for the babies. Thank you to everyone who poured your heart, soul and prayers into the petition and campaign process, your passion and zeal encourages and motivates us to keep moving forward. Let’s all come together as a stronger…
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Video: ABQ Woman Shares from Experience Why Fetal Anomalies Are No Justification for Late-term Abortion
November 17, 2013 Albuquerque, NM – On the weekend before a municipal election that will determine if Albuquerque, New Mexico, will become the first city in the nation ban abortions after 20 weeks, a woman has come forward in a new video to tell why, when faced with a prenatal diagnosis of a child with severe fetal anomalies, she heroically rejected pressure to abort her son, Chance. Calling the bid to end late-term abortion a “humanitarian issue,” Chantel Stuckman told of the heart-wrenching moment when she and her husband were told that her 24 week pre-born son had deformities so severe that he was not expected to live. While her…
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Early Voting Sets Records in ABQ Late-term Abortion Ban Contest; Planned Parenthood Pumps Big Money into Opposition
By Cheryl Sullenger Albuquerque, NM – As of yesterday, over 25,000 Albuquerque citizens had cast early ballots in a city-wide initiative that would ban abortions after 20 weeks and is on pace to set a new early-voting record. This trend is generally a positive sign for Conservatives, who have a history of early voting. Early voting ends Friday, with thousands more voters expected to cast ballots by the end of the week. Election Day is November 19 with a high voter turnout expected because of strong feelings evoked by the issue of abortion, especially halfway through pregnancy or later. Meanwhile, campaign finance records show that Planned Parenthood and the ACLU…
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November Newsletter 2013: A New Season Has Begun
Since the launch of Project 52 at the Late-Term abortion clinic Southwestern Women’s Options we continue to work on making sure that it is being covered every hour, every day, reaching every woman! As in everything, including sidewalk counseling, there are seasons. We have endured many weeks of difficult to even talk to anyone coming to Southwestern Women’s Options (SWO) in ABQ. We attribute this, in part, to the heightened publicity both locally and nationally has factored in. While we have visibly noticed a decrease in women seeking abortions, due to our public awareness efforts, those who still choose to go to SWO despite all the overflow of awareness are the hardest…
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BarackObama.com Behind Opposition to ABQ Late-term Abortion Ban as Archbishop Sheehan Calls For “Day of Prayer”
By Cheryl Sullenger Albuquerque, NM – Operation Rescue has learned that the pro-abortion Respect ABQ Women Coalition, which is the main opposition to the Albuquerque “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance,” is actually an affiliate of Pres. Barack Obama’s “Organizing for Action,” which encourages activism for radical leftist causes. The two groups are working together under the banner of “Stand With Women,” which is coordinating a national effort against the municipal ordinance through BarackObama.com. [View screen shot of website] Operation Rescue received a copy of an e-mail concerning a “Stand with Women” national conference call held on October 24, which originated from Kelli Lamb, Barack Obama.com, who is the Women’s…
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New Albuquerque Investigation Reveals Tax-Funded Medicaid Pays For Hundreds of Late-term Abortions
By Tara Shaver, Project Defending Life Albuquerque, NM – In just under 30 days, Albuquerque will be the first city in the country with the opportunity to vote to ban late-term abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy. That vote is more important than ever in light of new research that reveals New Mexico’s taxpayers pay for hundreds of abortions each year that are halfway though pregnancy and later – often at the encouragement of the abortion providers themselves. New Mexico is one of 15 states that uses taxpayer money to fully fund abortions. In 2011, taxpayers funded 1,786 abortions through state Medicaid to the tune of over 1.1 million…
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Survivors ABQ Pro-Life Conference: Q & A with Bud and Tara hosted by Jeff White Founder/Director of Survivors
The Survivors New Mexico Pro-Life Training Conference kicks off with a Q and A session with Pro-Life Missionaries to ABQ Bud and Tara Shaver. They talk about how they got involved in the pro-life movement, what brought them to Albuquerque, and what they have been up to over the past three years since moving to ABQ. Jeff White, Founder and Director of Survivors shares his vision for the ABQ Public Awareness Campaign and Protest and how through the power of Jesus Christ, we will “Bind up the Strongman and plunder his house to take his most prized possession”…the babies scheduled for death. Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3…
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Survivors ABQ Pro-Life Conference: Don Blythe, Sidewalk Counseling
Don Blythe of At the Well Ministry shares his wealth of knowledge, experience and his heart for sidewalk ministry at abortion clinics during the Survivors New Mexico Pro-Life Training Conference. Part 1 of 4 (The First three and a half minutes is a video presentation of Don in action at an abortion clinic…its a little hard to hear. Don starts his sidewalk training presentation at 3:30.) Part 2 of 4 Part 3 of 4 Part 4 of 4
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Survivors ABQ Pro-Life Conference: Brendan O’ Morchoe, Pro-Life Leadership Training
Brendan O’ Morchoe of Students For Life of America is making sure that “We Are the Pro-Life Generation,” by teaching and equipping the the next generation of Pro-Life Leaders during the Survivors New Mexico Pro-Life Training Conference. Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3 Part 3 of 3
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Mark Your Calendars “FOR” Nov. 19th
Dear Friends, The November 19 special election to ban late term abortions in ABQ is just around the corner. Mark your calendars for this historic election day! We have just under one month to continue to educate and mobilize our base to vote “FOR” the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance. You can now print the absentee ballot application by visiting our website here. Please print extra copies and distribute to your friends and families, this will save you all a trip to the polls. Mail them back right away to ensure that you get your ballot in time. A trip to the polls isn’t a bad thing though.…
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Survivors ABQ Pro-Life Conference: Kristina Garza, Persuasively Defending Life
Kristina Garza, Campus Outreach Director for Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust presents how to be “Persuasively Pro-Life” during the Survivors New Mexico Pro-Life Training Conference. Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3 Part 3 of 3
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Survivors ABQ Pro-Life Conference: Mark Harrington, “Killers Among Us”
Mark Harrington Executive Director of Created Equal shares his knowledge about the use of “Abortion Victim Photography” and how to expose the “Killers Among Us” during the Survivors New Mexico Pro-Life Training Conference.
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Survivors ABQ Pro-Life Conference: Troy Newman, Pro-Life Nation
Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue shows us how a Pro-Life Nation is possible and being accomplished during the Survivors New Mexico Pro-Life Training Conference. Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3 Part 3 of 3
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Survivors ABQ Pro-Life Conference: Jason Walsh, The History of Graphic Images in Social Reform
Jason Walsh, Executive Director of Arizona Right To Life presents his exceptional research and knowledge of “The History of Graphic Images in Social Reform” during the Survivors New Mexico Pro-Life Training Conference. Part 1 of 2 Part 2 of 2
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Survivors ABQ Pro-Life Conference: Cheryl Sullenger, Abortion Facts
Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor of Operation Rescue shares her wealth of knowledge and years of research exposing the Abortion Cartel during the Survivors New Mexico Pro-Life Training Conference. Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3 Part 3 of 3
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We are Hard at Work, Will You Join Us?
Dear Friends, ABQ Voters For Late Term Abortion Ban is hard at work to ensure that the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance” passes on the November 19th special election. This election is a “walk in” election, which means that we must work hard to get people to the polls or to request an absentee ballot. This election has so much hanging on it, yes, ultimately the lives of precious children in the womb, but there are also national implications on many levels. Pro-Life groups around the nation are eagerly anticipating the final outcome and what happens here will inspire them to tackle abortion in their own cities. ABQ Voters…
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A Rare Glimpse Into Our Survivors ABQ DO YOU KNOW? DO YOU CARE? Campaign
Forget the “main-stream” media…Peek behind the curtain and get an in-depth look into the Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust’s ABQ Public Awareness Campaign, “DO YOU KNOW? DO YOU CARE?” See for yourself, listen to the conversations, witness lives changed and awareness achieved! Part 1 of 2 Part 2 of 2
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Church Outside the Box…Sunday Church Service at Late-Term Abortion Clinic SWO
Today is Sunday, where did you go to church today? We went to Late-Term abortion clinic (SWO) Southwestern Women’s Options! WHAT?…Yep…Pastor Manny at Transformation Ministries is transforming more than just lives through the name and authority of Jesus Christ, he is transforming the box that we placed “Sunday Church Service!” He presented a powerful message from God’s Word and we prayed, sang, and had church service on a sidewalk in front of late-term abortion clinic SWO. This is how you light up the darkness. [slideshow_deploy id=’1818′] There is power in the name of Jesus…to break every chain, break every chain, let’s break every chain! This is how you light up…
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Speeches From The Heart: ABQ City Councilors Hear From Pro-Lifers
This originally appeared at www.standforlife.net Albuquerque City Councilor Trudy Jones planned to introduce a resolution at the October 9th City Council meeting to stop the upcoming election to ban abortions at twenty weeks in the city. Numerous speakers came forward at that meeting to denounce Jones and her proposal and also to defend the unborn. The resolution was eventually sent to the finance committee which wouldn’t meet until after the November 19th election, so the election is set in stone! The first video is an excellent impassioned speech by Laura Morrison. Laura’s comment about her speech: “I do not speak for my glory … all glory is God’s. I speak for…
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Dear Friends of Life, History is in the Making in Albuquerque, New Mexico!
Dear Friends of Life, History is in the making in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ongoing efforts there could result in a stunning pro-life victory that would be the beginning of the end of late-term abortions in America. Right now, I need your help to make sure that victory isn’t snatched away at the cost of untold innocent lives. Why Albuquerque and why now? In America, only a few states still allow barbaric abortions halfway through pregnancy and later – and New Mexico is one of them! In fact, Albuquerque is the site of the largest free-standing late-term abortion clinic in the United States. Southwestern Women’s Options attracts women from every…
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VICTORY! IT’S OFFICIAL, OUR ELECTION TO END LATE-TERM ABORTION IS SET FOR NOV. 19
VICTORY! [slideshow_deploy id=’1792′] The citizens of ABQ will have an election on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance. This battle has been up and down from the beginning, we are so thankful for yet another victory. Its official and set in stone we have our election at the polls on Nov. 19th to end late-term abortion…thanks to Don Harris and Dan Lewis making sure that the resolution R-15-250 was neutralized until after Nov. 19th! This just in from Dan McKay, Albuquerque Journal reporter: “After much parliamentary maneuvering, Trudy Jones’ bill has been referred to a committee meeting set for Nov. 25. In other words, it’s dead.” This from KOAT…
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Rally and Press Conference: ABQ City Council Cautioned Against Violating Voter Rights
Press Release For Immediate Release In response to city councilor Trudy Jones’ resolution to deny the citizens of ABQ an election on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance, members of the pro-life community will hold a rally and press conference outside the County Government Center at One Civic Plaza, at 4:00pm today. “As soon as we were alerted to Jones’ resolution attempt to deny the citizens of ABQ an election on the “20 week late term abortion ban” we enlisted our attorneys at Life Legal Defense Foundation to caution the city council on moving forward. The citizens of ABQ followed the rules set forth in the city charter, which…
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RED ALERT: Action Needed to Halt Effort to Derail Vote on ABQ Late-term Abortion Ban
October 8, 2013 By Chery Sullenger Albuquerque, NM – All pro-life supporters are urged to take urgent action to block an effort to cancel a scheduled November 19 vote on the Albuquerque Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance, which would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Albuquerque city councilor Trudy Jones seeks to introduce Resolution R-15-250, which would seek to hire an independent counsel to obtain an injunction against the vote and seek a declaratory ruling from a judge as to the Constitutionality of the proposed ordinance, which is nearly identical to laws already in force in 11 states. Similar legislation has also been introduced at the Federal…
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New Campaign Launches to Pass 20-Week Abortion Ban in America’s Late-Term Abortion Capital
Albuquerque, NM – In a historic effort to become the first city in America to ban late-term abortions beginning at 20 weeks after fertilization, the campaign “ABQ Voters For Late-Term Abortion Ban” launches today. On November 19, the citizens of Albuquerque will cast their votes on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance, which is supported by 54% of the people, according to a recent ABQ Journal poll. A grassroots coalition gathered 27,000 signatures in just 20 days to place this ordinance on the ballot. “While putting forth this ordinance has been a local grass-roots effort, this election has important national implications. We believe that the good people of Albuquerque…
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Oct. Newsletter 2013: ABQ BECOMES LATEST FOCAL POINT IN ABORTION WARS
In August, we worked with Project Defending Life to host the first ever Survivors Pro-Life Training Camp and public awareness campaign in NM “ABQ Do You Know? Do You Care? The results of these events were simply amazing! We are always amazed by God’s perfect timing and His sovereign hand guiding our efforts. The Survivors camp in conjunction with the historic, first in the nation, municipal referendum to ban abortions at 20 weeks, has catapulted Albuquerque into the national spotlight! The city of ABQ now awaits an election either on November 19th or by a mail in ballot to once and for all end late term abortions in the late…
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Manny is a Mighty Spiritual Warfare Warrior, Today He was Speechless
Today as I arrived at Southwestern Women’s Options (SWO) driving the “Truth Truck” (A box truck fitted with images of abortion victims), I was greeted by Pastor Manny from Transformation Ministries. Manny had been out at SWO since they opened and had saved me a parking spot for the Truth Truck. After I parked he stated, “Wow, I never expected this ministry to be so tough! I never realized how intense this spiritual battle is at the abortion clinic! A couple pulled in as soon as I got here this morning, they were from Colorado. As they pulled into the parking lot I was able to stop them and they…
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A New Season Has Begun at Southwestern Women’s Options
Bud Shaver, Project Defending Life Sidewalk testimony: Tuesday October 1, 2013 As in everything, including sidewalk counseling, there are seasons. Over the past few weeks it has been quite difficult to even talk to anyone coming to Southwestern Women’s Options (SWO) in ABQ. Possibly the heightened publicity both locally and nationally has factored in. While I have visibly noticed a decrease in women seeking abortions, in part I believe from the public awareness, those who still choose to go to SWO despite all the overflow of awareness are the hardest of hearts and the hardest to reach. Maybe this has been the case. Today however, was different! This week kicked…
