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Archbishop: Pelosi’s Support of Abortion a “Scandal”

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who announced Friday that he would bar House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion due to her stance on abortion, said that the timing of his announcement had “nothing to do” with the leaked Supreme Court opinion overturning the abortion precedent Roe v. Wade.

San Francisco is home to Pelosi’ domicile mansion, and the City of San Francisco is represented in Congress by Pelosi.

“With all that’s going on right now – with Dobbs v. Jackson and the leaked opinion [suggesting] that Roe could be overturned – why make this decision now?” Gloria Purvis asked Cordileone in an interview for America, the magazine of the Jesuits of the United States.

“The leaked decision and the Dobbs case really have nothing to do with the timing of it,” the archbishop responded Friday. I’ve been trying to speak with her about this,” Cordileone added in the America interview. “I’ve been debating this within my own conscience for many years, actually. So this is not something that has just come up recently. I’ve been discerning this. ”

The archbishop defended his decision to make the decision public, saying, “If she’s not to be admitted to Holy Communion, our priests and extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, all those who are Communion ministers need to know that.”

He also described Pelosi’s outspoken support for abortion as a “scandal.”

“Scandal is an action that would lead others into error or into sin,” Cordileone said. “So the scandal here is that someone who is strongly advocating for something as evil as abortion and taking Communion creates confusion among people. And they can begin to think that it is acceptable for a Catholic to believe this.”

Anti Pro-Life Protests: “One of the scariest things I’ve ever witnessed”

Douglas Blair, a news editor for The Daily Signal, said the anti pro-life protests outside Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh’s home were “one of the scariest things” he’s ever witnessed.

Blair was on “Fox & Friends” Monday this morning.  He called the protests an “attempt at intimidation” and pointed out the Biden administrations failure to condemn the demonstrations.

Said Blair, “I did not see Justice Kavanaugh. My hope is that he wasn’t home. My hope is that he was safe with his family somewhere else because it was genuinely one of the scariest things I’ve ever witnessed. Watching these people yell and scream and try and change the vote of what is most possibly the most important vote in the history of this country: the right to live your life and to have a human being survive in the womb.”

Trust me friends, I’ve seen these wild leftist mobs in action as well. The first time it was chilling. The hatred was palpable. I honestly felt that the protestors were demon possessed. That’s not an exaggeration.

It’s time to stand in prayer against these forces of evil. If you are called of the Holy Spirit to counter-protest do so covered in the “armor of God” as described in the New Testament book of Ephesians 6:10-18 –

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

PS: I’m not posting comments on this article, except the one below. She provides a picture of  what we Pro-Life people are up against.  Please pray for this commenter…

Pinch Me: Planned Parenthood of Missouri to Shut Down

Like so many of you, my wife and I have been praying for the decimation of Planned Parenthood for decades.

A part of our offensive against Planned Parenthood was adoption.  We did it three times.  I also co-founded an organization (Brian’s Kids) that helped get over 400 kids out of foster care and into adoptive families.

Next week on my weekly Hidden Headlines Podcast I’m going to blow lid off Planned Parenthood’s evil history.

That’s right, I said EVIL.

And RACIST.

Meantime, here’s today’s story from my former employer, CBS News:

St. Louis, Missouri — The last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri says it expects to be shut down this week, effectively ending legal abortion in the state.

In a statement Tuesday, Planned Parenthood said Missouri’s health department is “refusing to renew” its annual license to provide abortion in the state. If the license is not renewed by May 31, Missouri would become the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since 1973 when Roe v. Wade was decided.

Planned Parenthood would still be able to provide non-abortion health services for women in Missouri.

Planned Parenthood said it plans to sue the state “in order to try to keep serving Missouri women.”

“This is not a drill. This is not a warning. This is a real public health crisis,” said Dr. Leana Wen, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Thank you, Lord!

Another Gruesome Abortion Bill Moving Forward in California

Earlier this week, pro-life leaders testified in the California Senate against a bill that would require all public universities in California to provide abortion pills to its students, for free.

The proposed law would mandate that California public universities provide students with RU-486, a drug used in first trimester abortions.  The drug works by blocking a hormone called progesterone that ensures the mother’s uterus thickens and allows a newly-created human to develop. Without that hormone, the uterine lining is shed and the human being subsequently dies.

This is why some call this gruesome drug, “The Toilet Seat Abortion Pill.”

The California Senate Education Committee held a hearing where advocates and critics of the bill were able to testify in favor of or against it.  At that hearing, Students for Life of America, a major campus pro-life organization, called upon California legislators to vote against the proposed law.

Kristan Hawkins, the President of Students for Life of America, flew to Sacramento to testify against the bill.  In her testimony, Hawkins cited a recent FDA report stating that in the past 20 years, 24 women have died from the abortion procedure this bill would force public universities to provide.

“Are California’s schools prepared to handle the repercussions of students experiencing possibly life-ending bleeding and infections, caused by the abortion pills the school is providing?” Hawkins asked during the hearing.

Hawkins also noted that SB-24 could pose an issue for the conscience rights of students and university employees.

“Given that the both UC and CSU health programs are funded through student fees, it is not just possible but likely students will ultimately be paying for their classmates’ abortions. Further, no provision has been made in the proposal to protect the conscience rights of students or health center personnel, who don’t want to fund or support toilet seat abortions, ending human life on college and university campuses,” she said.

Both chambers of the California state legislature passed a bill nearly identical to SB-24 last year, but Gov. Jerry Brown surprisingly vetoed it. Brown stated the bill was “not necessary” because most universities are located near abortion clinics.  California Democrats are hedging their bets that newly elected Gov. Newsom will sign the revived bill into law.

The Democrats have strong majorities in both chambers of the state legislature, likely guaranteeing that the bill will end up on Newsom’s desk.

 

California Legislature Approves Abortion on Campus Bill

The Senate Health Committee of the California state legislature has approved a bill that requires health clinics on college campuses to provide “medication abortion services.”

“Medication abortion” is fanciful name for an abortion pill.

The “College Student Right to Access Act,” or S.B. 24, would amend California’s public health code to require medical clinics located at public universities to “offer abortion by medication techniques” beginning in 2023. The law would go into effect if $10.2 million in private funds is “raised for the costs of equipment and training in clinics,” according to The Washington Times.

Interestingly, former Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed similar legislation in October 2018, as he said, “because the services required by this bill are widely available off-campus.” This time, however, the bill will likely be signed in by Governor Gavin Newsome (nephew of Nancy Pelosi, and likely Democrat presidential hopeful in 2024).

Democratic state Senator Connie Leyva introduced the legislation, and was the chief sponsor on the similar bill Brown vetoed. Leyva notably received $15,700 from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California during the 2018 election cycle, according to VoteSmart.org.  Planned Parenthood has voiced support for the legislation (of course), according to justCARE.

“Women do not lose the constitutional right to end a pregnancy simply because they are a college student,” Leyva said in January 2018, adding that collegiate women should not have to bear the cost of abortions or travel long distances for the procedure.

Wow.  A constitutional right to kill babies?

These people are sickeningly evil.

Follow the money: by they way, while Leyva received the majority of her 2018 fundraising through public and trade unions, she received nearly $18,000 from a health care union and about $8,000 from Blue Cross Blue Shield of California.

Sounds like Pro-Abortion/Healthcare Industry collusion to me.