April 2014Vol. 34 No. 2

Join Us for These Upcoming Prayer Vigils —

by Brian WalkerProgram Director

Our Lenten 40 Days for Life cam-paign continues outside Whole Woman’sabortion center, with a pastor-led interde-nominational prayer hour from 5:30-6:30p.m. every day. (You are encouraged topray there anytime of the day that youwish however. You do not have to hold asign or sidewalk counsel.) A JerichoMarch is scheduled for the final week,April 7-13, at 5:30 p.m. each day. On thefirst six days of the Jericho March, wewill walk around the building once, andthen on the final day, April 13, we will

Brian Walker (second from right), leads prayer on March 5, the first day of our Lenten 40Days for Life campaign outside the Parkside building in Minneapolis (825 S. 8th St.), whichhouses Whole Woman’s abortion center. The campaign continues until April 13, with aJericho March around the building the last week.(continued on page 7)

Good Friday Prayer Vigils — April 18Throughout the years, Christians have experienced a power-ful and moving commemoration of our Savior's death byattending the solemn Good Friday Prayer Vigils sponsored byPro-Life Action Ministries. Plan now to set aside some timeon Good Friday to commemorate Christ's redeeming act andto pray for the innocent children who are killed daily by abor-tion. We will carry a life-size cross, be led in Scripture andprayer by local clergy of various denominations and meditateon the redemption won by Christ. Experience Good Fridayas never before. Invite your whole church and come for aslong or as little time as your schedule allows.

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10)

40 Days for Life –Jericho March

8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Planned ParenthoodSt. Paul, Minn.

(Free shuttle buses fromUniversity of St. Thomas)

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

All Women’s Health Center431 Maitland Ave.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Women’s Health Center 32 East First St. Duluth, Minn.

Good Friday 2012, Planned Parenthood, St. PaulPhoto by Bob Conroy

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Publisher - Brian Gibson, Executive Director

Editor - Debra Braun, Education Director

Permission is granted to reprint articlesfrom this newsletter. Please credit Pro-Life Action News, Pro-Life ActionMinistries, St. Paul, Minn.

Pro-Life Action Ministries is an inter-denominational Christian organiza-tion dedicated to publicly defendingthe sanctity of human life, and savinglives from abortion, infanticide andeuthanasia now through peacefuldirect-action and educational pro-jects. It was founded in 1981 byMichael Gaworski, fbp, and PaulO’Donnell, fbp.

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On Ash Wednesday, Pro-Life ActionMinistries turned 33. Since March 5,1981, our mission has been to directlyintervene for the lives of the mostdefenseless of our brothers and sisters.Along the way we have organized thenation’s largest prayer vigils at abortionfacilities and prophetically witnessed tothe humanity of the unborn throughprayer marches, rescues, and demonstra-tions. We successfully led a boycott toget a major corporation to cease its fund-ing of Planned Parenthood and organizedthe efforts which brought about the firstclosure of an abortuary in Minnesotabecause of pro-life work. We openedbranches in Central Florida and Duluth,Minn., and strengthened efforts in St.Cloud and Rochester, Minn.

During this year, we will very likelydocument our 3,000th baby saved fromabortion. We have been passing on ourknowledge to others through NationalSidewalk Counseling Symposiums andelsewhere. We continue to organize acomprehensive sidewalk counseling pro-gram, always looking to bring in newvolunteers, increase our effectivenessand save more lives. And there has beenso much more.

But the work before us remains for-midable. Unborn children continue to bekilled with too few Christians respond-ing.

In the words of one of our founders,the late Br. Michael Gaworski, “If we aretruly pro-life, if we’re truly Christian,and that you and I really, truly believethat what’s going on inside these abortionchambers is the killing of our unbornbrothers and sisters, then you and I aren’tgoing to let one calendar month go bywithout spending at least two hours at thescene of the crime. I don’t believe thatanyone is too busy or is doing something

so important or vital, that he or she can-not spend at least two hours a month tosave babies and to help women, at thevery least to mourn the deaths.”

We may have learned much through-out the years in how to approach the wo-men and what is more effective at savinglives, but nothing has changed over theseyears regarding the critical need to bethere, to be present, to pray, to offer help,to be a friend to those being led to death.

Not everyone is able to sidewalk coun-sel. But every single Christian can be awitness for life by taking time to pray ator near an abortuary, whether holding asign or not, speaking out or remainingsilent. Make a commitment for life. Areal commitment. Set a day, once amonth or once a week, to come out to

From the Executive Director, Brian Gibson . . .

pray and be a witness for Jesus by stand-ing up for the most defenseless.

Our 40 Days for Life campaigns haveproven that Christians can come out any-time day or night to pray and have anamazing impact. For those who workregular “business” hours, time beforegoing to work or right after work is avail-able. Saturdays and Sundays are perfectfor you as well. Commit to spending anhour in prayer where real living humanbeings are being put to death. Those whowork hours other than these are desper-ately needed to be there in prayer whenthe women are going in for their sched-uled death appointments. No sidewalkcounselor should ever be alone whileworking to save lives. And we shouldnever be short of sidewalk counselors.

“Like” Pro-Life Action Ministries’Facebook page to get updates aboutbabies saved and other importantnews. Go to: www.facebook.com/ProLifeActionMinistries

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“If we are truly pro-life, if we’re truly Christian, and that you and Ireally, truly believe that what’s going on inside these abortion chambersis the killing of our unborn brothers and sisters, then you and I aren’tgoing to let one calendar month go by without spending at least twohours at the scene of the crime.”

— Br. Michael Gaworski, co-founder of Pro-Life Action Ministries

33 Years of Saving Lives; Your Commitment Still Needed

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Abortionist Working at Catholic Hospital in La Crosse

Anne Arvidson, daughter of Leif and Karen Arvidson, stands up for her babybrother, Peter (photo inset), and other precious children by picketing outside MayoClinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare in La Crosse, Wis. Pro-lifers thereare asking the hospital to sever ties with Dr. Carl Rose, an OB-GYN who commitsabortions, and who had suggested the option of abortion to Karen when she waspregnant with Peter and a patient at the hospital.

by Debra Braun

Pro-lifers have been picketing theCatholic hospital in La Crosse, Wis.since March 5, asking that the hospitalsever ties with abortionist Carl Rose. Thehospital, Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare, is co-owned bythe Franciscan Sisters of PerpetualAdoration (FSPA) and is part of theMayo Clinic, based in Rochester, Minn.Rose is an OB/GYN who sees pregnantwomen at the hospital in La Crosse andwho kills unborn children elsewhere,presumably at Mayo Clinic Hospital,Methodist Campus in Rochester, wherewe know abortions are being committed.(See "Pray for Carl Rose" on page 6.)

The pro-life efforts are headed up byLeif and Karen Arvidson, who have per-sonal experience with Rose. DuringKaren’s most recent pregnancy, she wasseen by Rose at the La Crosse hospital.Although the baby was perfectly healthyat the time, Rose suggested that he couldhave Down Syndrome and that theyshould discuss their options (i.e., abor-tion).

When Karen suffered a placentalabruption, Rose seemed to have no con-cern for the life of the child, according tothe Arvidsons. The baby experiencedgreat distress, but Rose neglected to pro-vide help. In order to find out why hewas so calloused, Karen called his officein Rochester. An office worker informedher that Rose commits abortions for anyreason up to about 21 weeks. Since thestory went public, several other womenhave come forward with stories of simi-lar experiences with Rose. Some of theirstories are posted on a new website thatwas established to raise awareness of theissue — www.exposemayo.com.

The baby, Peter, now 18 months old,had some medical challenges after birth.By the grace of God, through the ferventprayers of many supporters, he is nowdoing well, with some developmentaldelays, said Leif.

The Arvidsons have asked the FSPASisters and hospital administrators tosever ties with the abortionist, but theydecided to continue to have him meetwith pregnant women. They said thatthey are morally obliged to provide abor-tion as an option. Yet, in May 2011,

hospital CEO Dr. Timothy Johnson hadsaid, "We are committed to maintainingour Catholic identity. It is a very big partof who we are."

“It is unacceptable that Franciscanbrings in an abortionist to work withpregnant women, unbeknownst to them,”the Arvidsons said in a statement. “It isgravely wrong for a Catholic hospital torefer patients out to abortion clinics. Butthis is worse – they are bringing the abor-tionist into their hospital to meet withpregnant women.”

The Arvidsons added that they arepicketing outside of the hospital so thatother women will know that an abortion-ist works in the OB/GYN department.“Pregnant women have the right to knowif an abortionist is assigned to care forthem,” they said.

More people are needed to hold pro-life and informational signs outside thehospital. Go to www.exposemayo.com tosee how you can get involved and to keepupdated on this situation.

Peter Arvidson

Photo by Will Goodman

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by Debra Braun

Pray that the U.S. Supreme Courtwould rule with wisdom and justice incurrent cases involving abortion and reli-gious freedom. By the time you receivethis newsletter, the Court will have heardoral arguments in cases involving theDepartment of Health and Human Ser-vices (HHS) mandate in Obamacare. Thismandate requires most health plans tocover “preventive services for women,”including drugs and procedures thatmany citizens find objectionable formoral and religious reasons. These ob-jectionable items include abortion-induc-ing drugs, sterilization, and birth control,and “education and counseling” to pro-mote these to all “women of reproductivecapacity,” including minor girls. Sebel-ius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga WoodSpecialties v. Sebelius are the first twocases involving the mandate (out of morethan 90) to reach the high court. Oralarguments were scheduled for March 25.

The other current case which weshould pray about is McCullen v. Coakleywhich involves a 2007 Massachusetts law

Minnesota Supreme Court Strikes Pro-Life LawAgainst ‘Advising, Encouraging’ Suicide(From a March 19, 2014 press release by Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life)

The Minnesota Supreme Court has overturned the state’s longstanding prohibition against encouraging and advising a person tocommit suicide. The 4-1 ruling is a significant setback in efforts to protect citizens from the danger and injustice of suicide andassisted suicide. Those most at risk are the elderly and persons with disabilities, whose lives are often the most devalued.

“Today’s ruling rolls back years of protections for vulnerable citizens who are not receiving the medical and mental health carethey need to live,” said Scott Fischbach, Executive Director of Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL). “Instead of guar-anteeing care for those with chronic pain or depression, for example, the Court has turned its back and said, ‘Let others urge themto commit suicide.’”

The Supreme Court ruling in State v. Melchert-Dinkel means that Minnesotans suffering from difficult physical or mental ill-nesses can be subjected to encouragement to commit suicide, including from those who may benefit financially from the death.

The Supreme Court overturned an appeals court ruling in the case of William Melchert-Dinkel, a Faribault ex-nurse who urgedtwo vulnerable people online to commit suicide by hanging. He gave them details about the length and diameter of rope, how to tiethe knot and where to place the noose on their necks. He also urged them to set up a webcam so he could watch them die; both com-mitted suicide.

Melchert-Dinkel was convicted in 2011 under Minnesota Statutes section 609.215, subdivision 1, which provides criminal penal-ties for anyone who “advises” or “encourages” suicide. MCCL was instrumental in the passage of this protective law in 1992.

The Supreme Court has not acted on a Minnesota Court of Appeals unpublished September ruling in the State v. Final Exit casethat said the law’s prohibition against advising and encouraging suicide was unconstitutional.

“MCCL will carefully consider the Court’s ruling that the current law’s wording lacks specificity,” Fischbach said. “We will lookat the possibility of clarifying the statute through legislation. People at risk of suicide need care and protection, not prodding andguidance on killing themselves.”

Pray for U.S. Supreme Court in Current Critical Casesto gag speech just because it doesn’treflect the government’s views or theviews of abortionists,” said ADF SeniorLegal Counsel Matt Bowman. “For thatreason, we are pleased that the anti-speech ordinance did not go into effect asscheduled, and we welcome the city’sattempt to reconsider it in the wake ofour lawsuit. We will monitor the citycouncil’s decisions as we continue ourfight to protect free speech for the peopleof Madison.”

that established restrictive, 35-foot “buf-fer zones” around the entrances of abor-tion mills in that state. Oral argumentswere heard in McCullen on January 15.The decision in this case could affectsidewalk counseling all over the country.

Some abortion advocates are not evenwaiting for the Supreme Court decisionin McCullen before trying to interferewith the free speech rights of pro-lifers.

In late February the city of Madison,Wis., passed an ordinance which impos-es “bubble zones” that are 320 feet indiameter and restrict free speech withinthem throughout the city. The bubblesexist around the entrances of every build-ing in Madison that happens to have alicensed physician’s office, clinic, or hos-pital inside. Within each bubble, no per-son may “approach” within eight feet ofanother person to leaflet, educate, displaya sign, protest, or counsel any passersby.

A lawsuit was immediately filedagainst the ordinance by Alliance De-fending Freedom (ADF). A week later,the city council decided to suspend thebubble zone for possible modification.

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Babies SavedSecond baby:

Two young ladies pulled in with oneabortion-bound. They were offered infor-mation but went inside. After looking atthe information and sitting inside apacked waiting room with so many otherabortion-bound patients, they got up andwalked out. As they were driving out,counselors approached and asked theabortion-bound mom if she had changedher mind and she said yes! The counselorlooked at them and said, "My, how dif-ferent your faces are now. When youcame in this morning you had tears ofsorrow, but now you have tears of joy!"How fitting for the saving of this pre-cious baby! They were shown where togo for an ultrasound and other services!

Third baby:A young couple pulled in the driveway,

stopping to take literature that was offer-ed by sidewalk counselors and allowingthem to speak to them for a few minutes.They pulled into the parking lot and sat intheir car for quite a while. They finallygot out, but walked down to speak withsidewalk counselor Dan telling him that

By the grace of God, we have docu-mented 14 babies saved so far thisyear. Here are several of these sto-ries:

Three Lives in One Day,One Place!* The following three babies were allsaved from AWHC in Altamonte Springson the same day, March 7!  This reportwas sent in by Michele Herzog, OrlandoBranch Manager:

First baby:A couple drove in and were greeted by

sidewalk counselors and given informa-tion. They pulled into the parking lot andsat for a good long time and then wentinside. After awhile, one of the coun-selors noticed them driving out and metthem at the driveway. The counselorasked if they had changed their mindsand they said, "Yes, we are keeping thebaby!" They asked questions about helpand were given more information and leftfor a pregnancy center. Praise the Lord!

they were not going to have the abortion.They told Dan that she is four monthspregnant and that they were feeling badabout having an abortion. After lookingat the material and talking, they just knewthey couldn't do it and wanted to keeptheir baby. They thanked Dan for every-one being out there. Thank you Lord!

Presence and Prayers Save a Life!* This report from Minneapolis is byDebra Braun, Education Director:

Saturday, March 1, was another verycold day outside Mildred Hanson's abor-tion center; the temperature was hover-ing around zero, there was a strong north-west wind and to make matters worse, thesky was overcast and gloomy. At least asunny sky would have taken the edge offthe bad weather conditions, I thought.But three sidewalk counselors came outto try to save lives, and the prayer groupled by Bob Loch was also there. Thisgroup has been very faithfully prayingoutside abortion centers twice a week forabout 20 years.

(continued on next page)

From Pro-Life Ministries of Duluth . . .We are so thankful to God for the provision of the ministry van which has been a witness to Duluth/Superior and sur-rounding areas of the sanctity of human life. It is a privilege to park the van in front of the Building for Women for moth-

ers passing by to see. We hope the beautiful picture of a 14-week-old unborn baby will have such an impact on them that it willcause them to change their minds. Many thanks to Bernie Kolarand Kolar Chevrolet who have made it possible for us to havethis van, and to Dennis Hollgran of “C-It Signs.”

— Jim Tuttle, Duluth Branch Manager

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Carl Rose, 45, is a Mayo ClinicOB/GYN who practices in Rochester,Minn., La Crosse, Wis., and other citiesin the region. He sees patients with high-risk pregnancies, sometimes suggestingabortion as an option, and he will killunborn children for any reason up toabout 21 weeks (see page 3).

Please pray that Rose would stopcommitting abortions and use his skillsto help all his patients bring their chil-dren safely to birth, never again suggest-ing abortion as an option. And pray thathe would repent of his past involvementin abortion and become reconciled withGod.

Listing AbortionistsA hallmark of our ministry has been

confronting the evil of abortion with thelove of Christ. This approach has in-cluded publicly identifying who theabortionists (and pro-abortion leaders)are. The practice of placing the namesof abortionists in this newsletter has atwofold purpose: to ask for your heart-felt prayers for the conversion of thoselisted and to inform you so that you arenot patients of those committing abor-tions.

The criteria for placing someone onthe following list is that the individual is

Is Your Doctor Involved in Abortions?Does Your Doctor PrescribeAbortifacient Birth Control?

Ask your own doctor if he/she doesabortions or refers for them, or pre-scribes abortifacients such as the Pill,Ortho Evra (the “patch”), Depo-Provera(the “shot”), Nuva-Ring, the “morning-after pill,” implants, or the IUD. Allthese methods (and others) can causevery early abortions by thinning the lin-ing of the uterus so that if breakthroughovulation occurs (which it sometimesdoes) and a new life is conceived, theyoung human being may not be able toattach to the uterine lining and thereforehe or she dies. These methods can alsobe very dangerous, even deadly, to thewoman. If you would like to go to acompletely pro-life physician, we have alist of such doctors. Call (651) 771-1500.

Natural Family PlanningFor information about the safe, effec-

tive and morally acceptable methods ofNatural Family Planning (NFP), con-tact our office, or One More Soul at: 1-800-307-7685 or www.OMSoul.com.One More Soul has resources to helppeople understand how children are agreat blessing from God, and how con-traception is extremely harmful towomen, and their marriages, and conse-quently to families, Church and society.

Pray for . . . directly involved in committing abor-tions and that this can be reasonably ver-ified. We have resoundingly condemnedany sort of physical or psychologicalthreats to anyone involved in abortion.Our desire is for the love of God to per-meate the lives of those associated withabortion, that they will turn away fromthe harm they inflict and become follow-ers of Christ as so many before themhave done. Please pray for the followingabortionists:

MinnesotaCarol Ball, David Baram, RobinBresette, Steven Brown, Peter D’Ascoli,Kathryn Eggleston, June Fahrmann,Hope Frisch, Melvin Frisch, LynnHagedorn, Marilee Hanson, MildredHanson, Rise Hatten, Liz Jordan, Beni Katz, Frederick Kravitz, MaryMahoney, Miriam McCreary, CatherineMcKegney, George Miks, Judith Ney,Donna Randall, Mark Tanz, CarrieTerrell, Kenneth Trofatter, Dirk VanOppen

OrlandoJodelle Allen, Fernando Betancourt,Ralph Bundy, Gary Dresden, EmilFelski, Kathy Hirtz, Merri Morris,James Pendergraft, Jose Raul Quintana,Philip Waterman, Randall Whitney

OtherJill Meadows (Iowa), Janice Lee (Hartford, Conn.)

Carl Rose

approaches the abortion clinic and shesees people praying outside the mill,whether as part of the large prayerVigil or in a follow-up prayerful pres-ence or as individual counselors pray-ing, the pregnant woman immediately,consciously or subconsciously, thinksof God. God is made present throughyour prayerful presence. And the exis-tence of her hidden unborn baby, thepotential victim, whose existence oursociety forgets or denies, is also madepresent through your prayerful presence.Moreover, your prayers are obtainingfrom God for the frightened mothers thetrust and courage to choose life for theirunborn children. To be effective, thepray-ers and the counselors also needeach other and should act as one.”

A young couple took literature fromme as they drove in, but then an abortion"escort" interfered so we weren't able tohave much of a conversation. They park-ed near the building and walked in silent-ly as I continued to speak to them. About30 minutes later, the young man came outand sat in his car. All three of us sidewalkcounselors were momentarily preoccu-pied at the various entrance points asmore abortion clients arrived, but then Inoticed this young man move his carcloser to the front door of the building. Iasked him to please come over so that Icould give him some additional informa-tion. He came over to talk and told methat he had texted his girlfriend and she

was leaving! I asked if there was any-thing in particular that had changed theirminds, something in the literature? Hereplied, "The people praying. I told her Idon't want her to go to hell." I gave himmy business card, told him to call if theyneed anything and said, "God bless you!""And you too," he said. "Thank you allfor being here." The young woman sooncame out and they left. This incident wassuch a day-brightener, infinitely betterthan if the sun had been shining!

It also reminded me of an article byMsgr. Philip J. Reilly, founder of theHelpers of God’s Precious Infants, whoteaches sidewalk counseling around theworld. He wrote, "The most importantthing to happen outside of an abortionclinic is for people to be there in prayer.When a pregnant woman in difficulty

Babies Saved (from page 5)

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Regular Prayer Times Outside the Abortion CentersWe encourage you to join in with the following groups or start your own prayer timeoutside an abortion center. Many of these (not all) are Catholic Rosary groups, butwe strongly encourage prayer groups from all other denominations as well. If youstart going out and would like to have your group listed here, please contact DebraBraun at (651) 797-6364.

OrlandoAll Women's Health Center 431 Maitland Ave., Altamonte SpringsTuesday 11:30 a.m., (Rosary), St. Margaret Mary, Jim (407) 864-8934Wednesday 9:30 a.m., (Rosary), St. Mary Magdalen, Larry (407) 453-4583

EPOC 609 Virginia Dr., OrlandoSaturday 10:00 a.m., Resound Ministries, Larry and Leah Ramirez (407) 340-0204Third Saturday 9:00 a.m. St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Nita (407) 737-2907

Planned Parenthood 726 Tampa Ave. (SW corner of the Citrus Bowl), OrlandoWednesday 10:00 a.m., (Rosary), Blessed Trinity Catholic Church

St. Paul/MinneapolisMildred Hanson’s abortion center 710 E. 24th St., MinneapolisTwo Saturdays a month 7:30 a.m., (Rosary), Bob (651) 464-1541

Planned Parenthood 671 Vandalia St., St. PaulThursday 5:00 p.m., (Rosary), Bob (651) 464-1541Friday 9:30 a.m., (Rosary), Knights of Columbus, John (612) 618-8900Friday 3:00 p.m., (Rosary), Legion of Mary (651) 439-9098Friday 3:15 p.m., (Rosary), St. John Vianney SeminariansThird Saturday 11:00 a.m., (Rosary), Cathedral of St. Paul Knights of

Columbus #14752, Al Rohweder (651) 779-6171

Robbinsdale abortion center 3819 W. Broadway, RobbinsdaleLast Friday of month 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Hope Community Church,

Sarah (612) 703-1407Saturday 10:00 a.m., (Rosary), led by Rev. Thomas Dufner

Whole Woman’s 825 S. 8th St., MinneapolisSunday 3:00 p.m., during 40 Days for Life, (Rosary), Knights of Columbus,

Michael (612) 599-9607Two Saturdays a month 7:30 a.m., (Rosary), Bob (651) 464-1541Second Saturday 8:00 a.m., (Rosary), Joyce (612) 644-3232

Duluth Women’s Health Center 32 E. First St.Tuesday 10:00 a.m., (Rosary), Marie Opfahl (320) 384-6292

St. Cloud, Minn.Planned Parenthood 451 E. Saint Germain St.Friday 6:00 p.m., (Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet), Knights of Columbus,

Jim Tembrock (320) 253-1564

Rochester, Minn.Planned Parenthood 1212 7th St., NWCall Paula (507) 398-5677 for details.

40 Days for Life(from page 1)

walk around the building seven times(see the biblical account of the originalJericho March in the book of Joshua,chapter 6).

Whole Woman's is the second largestabortion provider in Minnesota. Basedin Texas, Whole Woman's until recentlyowned seven abortion facilities—the onein Minneapolis at 825 S. 8th St., five inTexas, and one in Baltimore. However,in early March, it closed for good two ofits Texas abortion centers—in Beaumontand McAllen (which, in part, catered towomen from across the border inMexico)—because of regulations put inplace by the new Texas pro-life law. Aspokeswoman for Whole Woman’s com-plained that now “some women will notbe able to end their pregnancy.”

The chain has a checkered history inTexas with violations for expired operat-ing room equipment, disregard for steril-ization procedures and violation of the24-hour Women's Right to Know Act. Ithas also been cited by the Texas Com-mission on Environmental Quality forillegal dumping of infectious and haz-ardous waste along with patient records.If it has this track record in Texas, whatcan its clients in Minnesota expect?

Of equal concern is Whole Woman'sphilosophy about abortions. Recently at aforum at the University of MinnesotaMedical School, founder and CEO AmyHagstrom Miller did not dispute that theunborn are human but she believes thereproductive rights of the woman havepriority. Whole Woman's also takes a"holistic” approach, offering its abortionclients “specialty visits” — upgrades forprivate waiting areas and “healing herbaltea” . . . for a price.

By buying out two former abortionfacilities in downtown Minneapolis(Midwest and Meadowbrook) this abor-tion chain will undoubtedly become amore prominent player in the move to“normalize” abortion and make the prac-tice more acceptable. Even though WholeWoman's has less of a political presencethan Planned Parenthood, Minnesota'sleading abortion provider, it is as danger-ous to the unborn and as devastating towomen. Committing abortions up to 22weeks, this business is inherently evil and

needs fervent prayer, fasting and peacefulvigil in order to close.

It’s not too late to participate in 40Days! Call me at 651-797-6363 or go to:www.plam.org and click on “40 Days for

Life” for more information. There is alsoa video covering where to stand and pray.See also: www.facebook.com/40DaysForLifeTwinCities and www.40daysforlife.com/twincities.

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St. PaulMarch 5 - April 13 — Lenten 40 Days for Life Twin Cities, concluding with Jericho March, April 7-13 (see page 1)April 18 — Good Friday All-Day Solemn Prayer Vigil, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Planned Parenthood (see page 1 or go to www.plam.org)Weekly — “Living the Gospel of Life” radio show with Brian Gibson and Kim MorganRelevant Radio, 1330 AM, Twin Cities, 11:30 a.m., Saturdays, and K-YES, 1180 AM, St. Cloud, Minn., 9:30 a.m., Fridays, or listen online at:

www.plam.org/programs/radio-show/Orlando

March 5 - April 13 — 40 Days for Life, Planned Parenthood, 726 Tampa Ave. (SW corner of the Citrus Bowl)(Although this is not a PLAM Central Florida sponsored event, we are helping to promote it and participating/helping alongside.)April 18 — Good Friday Hour of Prayer & Praise, 10:00 - 11:00, AWHC, 431 Maitland Ave., Altamonte Springs (see page 1)April 24 and May 22 — “Jesus Loves the Little Children” Days — Parents, bring your children and teens to witness for life!EPOC, 609 Virginia Dr., Orlando — 9:45-11:00 a.m. Call (407) 230-4557 for more information.

DuluthApril 18 — Good Friday Solemn Public Prayer Service, 11:00 - 12:00, Building for Women, 32 East First St. (see page 1)Starting in late May — Cemetery of the InnocentsJune 14 — 10K Walk For Life Call (218) 393-4954 for more information.

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National Sidewalk Counseling SymposiumAugust 8-9, 2014 — Birmingham, Alabama

This fourth annual symposium, sponsored by Pro-Life Action Ministries, is meant topromote and encourage sidewalk counseling across the country. It is open to any pro-lifer interested in sidewalk counseling. There will be inspiring general sessions aswell as separate workshops for leaders and for beginners. The symposium will beginon Friday evening and continue all day Saturday (including the evening).

Workshops will include these topics (among many others):• Purpose, Focus and Essence of Sidewalk Counseling

• Advanced Sidewalk Counseling Training • Legal Rights of Sidewalk Counselors • Recruiting Volunteers and Organizing a Local Sidewalk Counseling Program

Watch for details in future mailings or go to: http://plam.org/national-sidewalk-counseling-symposium/

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