Pro-Life Information

People for Life

People for Life are interested in promoting respect for life, marriage and family.

They e-mail, telephone or write to legislators, urging them to vote pro-life, pro-marriage and/or pro-family whenever appropriate.  They support neighboring pro-life activities such as the 40 Days for Life prayer vigil and help support crisis pregnancy centers like Living Alternatives, Birthright, and Baby Steps.  They help to promote and support the youth of our parishes to journey to Washington, D.C. for the annual March for Life.

If you would be interested in joining our efforts, please send your name and e-mail address to Sue Martensen at peopleoflife@stmarypaxton.org (suebobmart@gmail.com)  We need and would welcome you and your help!

Here are some DVD’s and VCR’s available for personal or group loan.  Also we would be happy to show them for you to a class or group. 

Events:

40 Days for Life Spring Campaign

Resources:

DVD and VCR Resources

Here are some DVD’s and VCR’s available for personal or group loan.  Also we would be happy to show them for you to a class or group. 

Father Frank Pavone,  The Procedure; the Horror of Abortion Exposed.  Father Frank hosts The Procedure an episode from Priests for Life’sGospel of Life television series.  Quoting from practicing abortionist, Fr. Frank details in vivid language the horrors of abortion.   Also several mothers from theSilent No More Awareness Campaign share the pain and anguish they have experienced over their decision to end the life of their unborn babies.  This DVD will be sure to renew your commitment to the pro-life movement.

180; 33 Minutes That Will Rock Your World!  Young people totally change from pro-abortion to pro-life in minutes.  DVD.

Life Dynamics, Maafa 21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America. They were stolen from their homes, locked in chains and taken across and taken across an ocean.  And for more than 200 years, their blood and seat would help to build the richest and most powerful nation the world has ever known.  Slavery ended; but some in America decided it was time for them to disappear and they were not particular about how it might be done.  The plan these people set in motion 150 years ago is still being carried out to this day.  This is happening right here and it is happening right now.  139 min.  DVD.

Pro-Life Action League.  Meet the Abortion Providers. 50 minutes; Abortion the Inside Story.  58 minutes.  Meet the Abortion Providers reveals the stark reality of what abortion is and is told by former providers themselves.  Abortion, the Inside Story tells what it is like inside the abortion clinic.  You will be riveted by the straightforward, unadorned testimony from these former abortion providers, doctors, clinicowners, abortion assistants and other clinic staff as they tell the truth about abortion, what it’s like inside the abortion clinic, whey they became involved and eventually left the abortion business.  There is an additional 29 minutes of Meet the Abortion Providers which is ideal for classroom use. 

Dr. Bernard N. Nathanson.  The Silent Scream.  Available in DVD and VCR. 30 minutes.  The modern technology of real-time ultrasound now reveals the actual responses of a 12-week-old fetus to being aborted.  A the unborn child attempts to escape the abortionist

S suction curette, her motions can be seen to become desperately agitated and her heart rate doubles.  Dr. Nathanson, who earlier in his career ran the world’s largest abortion clinic, explains the abortionist’s procedure.  Dr. Nathanson became ardently pro-life and dedicated the rest of his life to exposing the truth about “abortion on demand.”

  Norma McCorvey and Joyce Zounis.  “I Was Wrong;” A Moving Documentary That Captures the Changed Hearts of Two Women Forever Altered By Abortion.  30 minutes.

Norma McCorvey was the “Jane Roe” of Roe v. Wade.  She could never imagine the outcome of her deception:  4,000 abortions a day since 1973.  Working in an abortion clinic, darkness and disillusionment plagued her life until she found Jesus and became totally pro-life.  Joyce Zounis chose abortion seven times.  She lived a nightmare of anger, guilt, and disconnection.  God’s tender love touched her through a radio show and she now shares her gripping story to help others. 

     Silent No More Awareness Campaign.  The Truth About Abortion:  Experience vs. Rhetoric.  28 minute presentation of the campaign and a 14 minute presentation.  Silent No More is  a campaign whereby Christians make the public award of the devastation abortion brings to women and men.  They seek to expose and heal the secrecy and silence surrounding the emotional and physical pain of abortion.  As they are silent no more, society will see that abortion hurts and does not help.  The Campaign is sponsored by Anglicans for Life and Priests for Life.  There are 15 full-length personal testimonies, including one in French, one in Spanish and a man’s.

     Pro-Life Action League.  Action Speaks Louder than Words.  35 minutes.  This is a powerful new documentary that takes you inside the Pro-Life Action League for a close up look at one of the most effective activist organizations in the Pro-life movement today.  This emotionally charged, fast-moving, production dramatically documents, defines, defends and celebrates pro-life activism. 

     Demographic Winter; the Decline of the Human Family.  56 minutes.  This is a ground breaking film that will change the way you think about economics qand children.  “The family is crucial to a well functioning economy . . . particularly in the modern economy based on innovation, new ideas and development.”  (Dr. Gary S. Becker, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1992)  One of the most ominous events of modern history is quietly unfolding.  Social scientists and economists agree that we are headed toward a demographic winter which threatens to have catastrophic social and economic consequences.  The effects will be severe and long lasting and are already becoming manifest in much of Europe. 

     EWTN.  Life On the Rock.  Silent No More Awareness:  powerful testimonies from Janet Morana, Jacquie Stalnaker and Mary Keminsky.  60 minutes.

     Joni Eareckson Tada.  The Terri Schiavo Story.   50 minutes. The life and tragic death of Terri Schiavo has raised many significant cultural questions.  Her family’s struggle garnered the attention of a worldwide media spotlight, the U.S. Congress, the office of the President, and millions of Christians around the globe.  The final outcome leaves critical ethical matters needing examination.  This is a compelling new documentary film and helps to define the issues and investigate the facts.  It frames an important consideration of the life and death of Terri Schiavo.

     National Right to Life with Wanda Franz, Ph.D.  Stem Cells and Cloning.  34 minutes.

     Pro-Life CD’s:

     Dr. Bernard Nathanson.  Reflections of an Ex-Abortionist and Ex-Atheist.  65 minutes.  This incredible talk by Dr. Bernard Nathanson is a candid account of his conversion, first from the abortion industry, then to the Catholic Church.  He became an outspoken pro-life activist.

     Dr. Bernard Nathanson (Lighthouse Catholic Media).  Aborting America; the Story of an Ex-Abortionist and ExAtheist.  He explains how through the use of technology, he came to recognize the undeniable humanity of the unborn child and became an outspoken pro-life leader and journeyed to the Catholic Church.  Very inspirational!

Dana.  Perfect Gift; Songs for Life.  Songs include:  Perfect Gift; This Is My Body; Come Little Child; Let Me Live: Little Baby; I Saw My Lord This Morning; The Angelus; St. Joseph’s Song; Sweet Lady of Guadeloupe; The Might Have Beens; Oceans of Mercy. 

Father Frank Pavone, Priests for Life.  The Cross and the People of Life;  The Seven Last Words and Good Friday Homily Preached in 2007 at Holy Apostles Seminary, Cromwell, Connecticut:  Includes:  1.  Father Forgive Them;  2.  In Paradise;  3. Behold Your Mother; 4.  Forsaken; 5.  I Thirst; 6.  It Is Finished; 7.  Into Thy Hand.

Father Frank Pavone, Priests for Life.  Reflections on Terri Schiavo.

Life Dynamics.  Partial Birth Abortion.  Taken from actual abortion industry training tapes, hear this barbaric procedure performed by the abortionist who invented it.  Dr. Alan Keyes.  Listen as America’s premier speaker on cultural issues challenges the nation in this rousing Independence Day 2003 speech.