A Follower of Francis

Saturday, September 7, 2019

Abortion Fact Check Blog

I've started another blog - Abortion Fact Check.

The goal of the blog is to compile information related to abortion. Some of that information will be about the effects of abortion - mental, physical, social, and so on. It will also deal with legal issues and laws connected with abortion.

But another major purpose of it is to compile stories and information about pro-choice violence. Too often pro-lifers are painted by the media and pro-choice advocates as being violent. While that are individuals who commit violent acts or make threats claiming to be pro-life, they are almost immediately criticized or condemned by the vast majority of true pro-lifers. Moreover, statistics, police records, and reports show that pro-choicers are far more likely to commit acts of violence against pro-lifers.

My hope is this new blog will provide information to help defeat the Culture of Death.

There are only a few posts at this point. I will keep adding more. I hope people will point me to more information I can put there.

But I also hope always to act with charity when it comes to those who promote, provide, or procure abortions. They are our brothers and sisters, they are often hurting and need healing. The ideal result of pro-life efforts is to convert them.

I do believe "Love will end abortion."

Pax et bonum

I've contended repeatedly that pro-choicers are far more violent, and more likely to be violent, than are pro-lifers - despite the misinformation out there.

LifeNews has another report on a pro-choicer allegedly attacking a pro-lifer. That report contains a list of recent incidents against pro-lifers involving assaults, threats, property damage, vandalism, etc.

Texas – Pregnancy Center Vandalized for Second Time This Year (Christian Post)
Australia – Pro-Life MPs Receive Death Threats After Voting Against Radical Pro-Abortion Bill
England – Christian Family’s Window Smashed after Displaying Pro-Life Poster (UK Metro)
Illinois – Chicago Pregnancy Center’s Mobile Van Vandalized, Tires Slashed
Washington, D.C. – Man who mocked, threatened to shoot pro-lifers at D.C. Planned Parenthood goes free (Live Action News)
England – Scottish MP Receives Threats after Voting Against Pro-Abortion Bill (News Letter)
North Carolina – Pregnancy Center Van Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti
Wisconsin – Woman Arrested for Allegedly Vandalizing Pro-Life Display, Pushing Pro-Life Advocate (Created Equal)
Texas – Anarchist Group Threatens to Dox Students who Join Conservative Pro-Life Groups (College Fix)
Canada – Canadian Movie Theater Cancels “Unplanned” After Abortion Activists Threaten Violence, Catholic Herald Reports 2 Death Threats
Canada – “Unplanned” Movie Premiers in Theaters Across Canada Despite Censorship and Pro-Abortion Threats
North Carolina – Abortion Activists Arrested at City Council Meeting about Ordinance Restricting Free Speech (Charlotte Observer)
Washington state – Video: Person Caught Stealing Crosses from Pro-Life Display (Students for Life)
Ireland – Pro-Life Student Receives Death Threat after Writing Column Defending the Unborn (The Irish Catholic)
Alabama – Pro-Life Sidewalk Counselors: Driver Tried to Hit Us outside Abortion Clinic (Live Action)
Massachusetts – Abortion Activists Arrested After Throwing Urine on Pro-Life Speaker
Illinois – Pro-Life College Student Receives Death Threats for Proposing Cuts to Abortion Funding (Fox News)
Missouri – Abortion Activists Arrested at Protest Demanding Pro-Life Governor Keep Dangerous Abortion Clinic Open (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Florida – Video: Student Wrecks Pro-Life Display at University of Central Florida (Created Equal)
Alabama – Abortion Advocates Threatened to Rape Pro-Life Legislator’s Wife After He Voted for Abortion Ban
Mississippi – Pro-Life Advocate Hit with Cane, Pushed at Pro-Abortion Rally
Ohio – Abortion Activists Spit on Pro-Life Woman, Threaten Rape (Created Equal)
Ohio – Abortion Activist: Pro-Life Advocates “Deserve To Be Shot” (Created Equal)
Washington, D.C. – Student: Abortion Activists Pushed, Threatened Him at National Protest (Breitbart)
New Jersey – Student Pro-Life Display Vandalized, Signs Stolen (The Signal, College of New Jersey)
Pennsylvania – Catholic Church Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Slogan
Abortion Activists Threaten to Kill, Rape Wife and Daughter of Pro-Life Writer Matt Walsh
Michigan – Pro-Life Office Vandalized after Lawmakers Pass Bill to Protect Unborn Babies
North Carolina – Student Arrested for Stealing Sign from Pro-Life Advocates on Campus
Alabama — Abortion Activist Caught on Camera Assaulting Pro-Life Woman, Punches Her Repeatedly
California – Video: Student Destroys Pro-Life Display on Campus (Students for Life)
Washington state – Police Investigating Arson after Pro-Life Display Set on Fire on Campus
North Carolina – Video: Student Charged after Punching Pro-Lifer Repeatedly in the Face
Pennsylvania – State Lawmaker Berates Pro-Life Woman, Attempts to Doxx Pro-Life Teenage Girls
California – FBI Arrests Man for Allegedly “Serious” Death Threats against Pro-Life Speaker Ben Shapiro, Family (TMZ)
Alabama – Abortion Activist Throws Paint inside Alabama House as Lawmakers Vote to Ban Abortion
Texas – University of Texas Austin Student Pro-Life Materials Stolen, Thrown in the Gutter (Students for Life)
More Than 50 Pro-Life Student Displays Vandalized This School Year (Students for Life)
Texas – Abortion Activists Try to Shut Down Pro-Life Speaker With Smokebomb. They Failed
Washington state – Conservative Student: Man Vandalized Display, Tried to Hit Her With Car Twice (The College Fix)
Kentucky – Elderly Pro-Life Woman Attacked Outside Abortion Facility, Thighbone Broken
Illinois – Thief Steals Pro-Life Students’ Display at Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville (Students for Life)
Texas – Police Investigate Threats Against Pro-Life Republican Lawmakers (Dallas News)
Missouri – Pro-life Speaker Michael Knowles attacked during speech at University of Missouri-Kansas City (Campus Reform)
California – Pro-Abortion Students Throw Pro-Life Display Into River, Protest Pro-Life Speech With Coat Hangers
California – WATCH: Planned Parenthood Supporter Brutally Assaults Elderly Pro-Life Volunteer
Massachusetts – Massachusetts Citizens for Life Receives Suspicious Package, Building Shut Down
Michigan – Video: Abortion Activists Steal Crosses from Pro-Life Display at University of Michigan
Massachusetts – Pro-lifer Punched in Face Outside Abortion Facility
Connecticut – Pro-Life Students’ Display Vandalized at University of Connecticut
Missouri – Items Stolen, Vandalized from Church Pro-Life Display (WDAF Kansas City)
Minnesota – Campus Republican Club Catches Students on Video Tearing Down Pro-Life Fliers (College Fix)
Australia – Video: Pro-Abortion Students Vandalize Pro-Life Campus Display (LifeChoice Australia)
England – Police Investigate Violent Attacks on Pro-Life People at Prayer Vigils
Ohio – Abortion Activists Harass Pro-Life Rape Survivor, Police Called
Washington state – 3 Pro-Life Billboards Vandalized: “Your Life Drains Earth” (The Blaze)
California – Abortion Activists Destroy, Steal UCLA Pro-Life Club Signs (Live Action)
Virginia – Pregnancy Center Vandalized in Politically Motivated Attack
Washington, D.C. – Abortion Activists Smash Pro-Life Sign, Hit Boy and His Dad With a Stick
France – Abortion Activists Spraypaint “Blessed Abortion” on Catholic Church (National Catholic Register)
Texas – Pro-Life Advocate Brutally Assaulted for Telling Man “Jesus Loves You”

Pax et bonum

Monday, September 2, 2019

Fatima Shrine: Vietnamese Day

On Sunday, the Good Looking One and I visited the Fatima Shrine near Buffalo, where we saw some old friends.

But to our great pleasure, it was also a day for Vietnamese Catholics, who traveled from Canada, Cleveland, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, and other places to celebrate Mass, to pray a Rosary (in Vietnamese) while processing, went to Confession, and more.