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The annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., has always been identified with the anti-abortion hard-liners, the ones who openly call for the overturn of Roe v. Wade and insist, "No exception! No compromise!"--not even for cases of rape or incest, or to save a woman's life. But this year, the harsh rhetoric relaxed a bit, as, at least in this crowd, the end of Roe had gained the air of inevitability. Gone were the posters of bloody fetuses and shouts of "baby killers," replaced at Monday's march by images of cute fetuses, even cartoon fetuses, sonogram images with captions...

The annual March for Life will mark the 33rd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. The Jan. 23 event will begin with an ecumenical prayer service in the Senate Caucus Room of the Russell Building at 8:30 a.m., led by Fr. Frank Pavone, director of Priests for Life. All U.S. dioceses are also called to observe Monday as a day of penance and prayer for violations to the dignity of human life through acts of abortion and for full restoration of legal guarantees of the right to life. Fr. Pavone will present a Pro-life Recognition Award...

Former actress works to overturn Roe vs Wade Spreads new evidence of the physical, emotional, and psychological damage to women who have experienced abortion   Monday, June 06, 2005 by Matt C. Abbott Caron Strong is a former actress who has appeared on TV and in film. She's the mother of a young daughter, Cayla, her pride and joy. Caron recently became the national director of mobilization for Operation Outcry: Silent No More (www.operationoutcry.org), an organization "working to overturn Roe v. Wade in light of new evidence of the physical, emotional, and psychological damage to women who have experienced...

With receding interest in living individual lives of metaphysical and moral goodness has come increased interest in living physically healthy lives. An endless stream of scientific reports provide bases for an even larger stream of media reports about what is healthy and what is not. Many observers have commented on the obsession with health risks that seems pervasive in contemporary media and society. Yet, almost like unpersons in some Communist dystopia, some documented health risks do not receive media coverage or much attention from doctors, and have not penetrated the average American's psyche. Among these "unrisks" are those from abortion....

By 5 p.m. on Jan. 24, the temperature in Washington, D.C., had dipped to a bone-numbing 13 degrees—so cold that, had more experienced activists not given Leslie Graves disposable hand-warmers to tuck into her boots, she might have fled indoors. Instead, the 49-year-old stay-home mother of three shivered near a small stage erected in front of the United States Supreme Court, waiting for her turn to tell a crowd of 250 about her abortion. Others spoke before her: Actress and model Jennifer O'Neill, 57, a veteran of more than 30 films who aborted a child in the early '70s and...

Washington, DC -- A new post-abortion awareness campaign called "Silent No More: Women speak out about their abortion experience" will bring women who have had abortions together at state capitols and in Washington, D.C., in January 2003 to speak out about their abortion experience. According to Georgette Forney a co-founder of the campaign, "We are the voice that hasn't been heard. There is a lot of talk about whether or not abortion should be legal, but very little attention is given to the women who have actually had abortions. I regret having an abortion and I know that there are...

WASHINGTON, January 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Immediately following the January 24 US National March for Life in Washington, women who regret their abortions will speak at the Supreme Court. Guests include the national spokesperson for the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, actress, model, author, Jennifer O'Neill and the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Alveda King. The women will stand in front of the Supreme Court holding signs that say "I Regret My Abortion" and will be speaking about their abortion experience. LifeSiteNews.com will be reporting live from the March again this year. On Monday January 24, 2005...

Authors of Finnish Study Fail to Report Relationship Between Increased Suicides and Abortion January 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The December 2004 edition of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG) has published a letter to the editor from Dr. Nathan J. Hoeldtke of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, pointing out the failure by authors of a Finnish study to report the relationship between abortion and increased incidence of suicide. The 2004 study, Pregnancy-associated mortality after birth, spontaneous abortion, or induced abortion in Finland, failed to take into account the higher risk of death...

Post Abortion Healing VirtueMedia's newest film commercials, produced in partnership with the Silent No More Awareness campaign. Version will be available in :60 second and :30 second formats for television, and as a :60 radio ad.

MILWAUKEE (CNS) -- When she was 20, at a time when most young people are on the cusp of life, Yvonne Florczak-Seeman wanted nothing more than to end her life. That was until she found out about Project Rachel, founded in Milwaukee in 1984 by Vicki Thorn to offer post-abortion reconciliation and healing. Florczak-Seeman was in her second trimester of pregnancy and had decided to have an abortion; it would be her fifth abortion since her 16th birthday. "To me they were just fetuses," she said. "I was in total denial. ... I knew the routine, (I) lined up on...

Available October 15, 2004, VirtueMedia's newest film commercials, produced in partnership with the Silent No More Awareness campaign. Version will be available in :60 second and :30 second formats for television, and as a :60 radio ad.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Shop Planned Parenthood's online store, and you'll find a collection of items promoting the organization -- everything from pins to posters, from condoms to "milk chocolate birth control pill packs." But recently, Planned Parenthood's sales site tried to expand its merchandise line by touting a t-shirt proclaiming "I had an abortion." The shirt offer has sparked an outcry from women who have had abortions, who believe that Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion operation, is sending the wrong message to young women. "When I saw the shirt, I thought they are simply trying to mainstream abortion,"...

The View gang ganged up, though politely, on a guest on Tuesday who dared to suggest that abortion may not always be a wonderful experience. Actress Jennifer O'Neill came aboard to promote her “Silent No More” campaign and told how she regrets having an abortion and how pregnancy sites with which she's affiliated inform mothers of the physical and emotional risk of an abortion.      Her variance from the “pro-choice” line clearly appalled the regulars on the ABC daytime show, especially Joy Behar and former NBC News reporter Star Jones, though former CBS News reporter Meredith Viera also revealed...

The March, in three words: "viciously, mercilessly abusive." The amount of verbal aggression and abuse hurled at me personally, by women and men, of all ages, for carrying the I REGRET MY ABORTION sign, well, I thought that from all the nastiness and name-calling I've withstood recently on ampersand and calpundit's blogs, that I was ready for it. I wasn't. Not even close. I consider myself fairly far along on the "healing" and "public-appearances" scales. We stood, all 500 of us in the Silent No More Awareness groups, in total silence as planned, for over five hours, not replying or...

The D.C. Chapter of Free Republic welcomes pro-life FReepers who are coming to D.C. this weekend to stand for life against the pro-abortion "March for Women's Lives" on Sunday.There are a host of pro-life activities going on today, Saturday and Sunday sponsored by various groups.Today's activities are hard to find on the web, but I've been told there will be a prayer gathering at the Supreme Court at 1 p.m. followed by a pro-life protest outside John Kerry's office. Contact The American Life League for details, 540-659-4171.Saturday at 11 a.m. there will be a counter-protest of so-called pro-choice Catholics who...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Many of the nearly 60 students in attendance at a lecture sponsored by Penn State's Students for Life grew emotional last night as they heard a woman's experience of dealing with life after having an abortion. Georgette Forney, co-founder of Silent No More Awareness Campaign, told of an abortion she had in 1976, when she was 16 years old. Audience members -- about half men and half women -- sniffled during parts of the presentation. By the end of the two-hour event, the audience was cheering in response to a sudden...

I just wanted to let everyone know that when pro-choice activists march on Washington DC in April, there are plans to respond with a peaceful pro-life counter-protest. If you are interested in joining the counter-protest, go to http://www.operationwitness.com for more details. For those of you who have been hurt by abortion firsthand, there is a special event being held by the Silent No More Awareness campaign on April 25th to protest the pro-choice march. Silent No More Awareness will provide "I Regret My Abortion " signs for post-abortion women to hold, "I Regret Lost Fatherhood" signs for post-abortion men, and...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has refused to respond to requests for comment as to why a campaign staffer destroyed a woman's sign at a recent Kerry rally. Kerry saw Rebecca Porter's sign, saying "My Abortion Hurt Me," and a staffer tore it to shreds only moments after. In an exclusive LifeNews.com story last week, Porter said Kerry was "shocked and surprised" to see her sign. She said a campaign official then took her sign and tore it to pieces. The same staff member destroy a similar sign brought by Porter's friend Cindy....

Tampa, FL (LifeNews.com) -- As the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Senator John Kerry backs abortion. But a woman in Florida who wanted Kerry to know she regretted her abortion says she is glad he saw a sign she carried at a recent campaign event -- even though his staff tore it up afterwards. After watching the nightly news, Rebecca Porter had a dream envisioning herself letting Kerry know she had an abortion and regretted her decision. Porter told LifeNews.com that she and a friend went to an event the Kerry campaign had scheduled in Tampa. She brought along a sign...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The post-abortion movement is picking up steam and women who are sharing the tragedies of their abortion experiences are rapidly becoming the face of the pro-life movement and encouraging young women not to make the same mistakes they did. Led by actress and model Jennifer O'Neill, women who regret their abortions participated in the March for Life, where they held hundreds of signs saying just that. They also planned their own rallies to promote their message. O'Neill was joined at a rally at the Supreme Court on Thursday by actress and singer Melba Moore and Dr....