Joyous Mothers Day

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Joyous Mothers Day!
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MOTHERHOOD

• a sublime calling!
• Honor thy father and thy mother.

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MOTHERHOOD

• a splendid sacrifice!

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MOTHERHOOD

• a beautiful choice!

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WHAT ABOUT THE CHOICE OF ABORTION?
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Many women testify that it is much easier to
scrape a baby from a mothers uterus than to
scrape him from her mind.
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• He does not treat us as our sins deserve, or
  repay us according to our iniquities. For as high
  as the heavens are above the earth, so great is
  his love for those who fear Him     Psalms 103
• He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but
  whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy 
  Proverbs 28
• Confess your sins to each other and pray for each
  other so that you may be healed James 516
• If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just
  and will forgive us our sins and purify us from
  all unrighteousness    1John 19

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MORE KILLED IN ABORTION THAN IN ALL WARS IN OUR
NATIONS HISTORY
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WHY SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE?

• We must stand up for Gods principles, especially
  the sanctity of life.
• We must speak against the destruction of the
  image of God, the temple of the Holy Spirit
  occurring with the destruction of innocent human
  life.
• We must be watchman, our brothers keepersnot
  just for the unborn but for the other victims of
  abortion that need healingespecially mothers of
  aborted children.
• We must expose deception.  Most prochoice
  advocates dont know what theyre supporting.
• We must restore the US Constitution as the basis
  for governing our nation.
• There are consequences of abortion our nation is
  being judged.

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• Psalms 13913,14
• For You formed my inward parts You wove me in
  my mother's womb. I will give thanks to You, for
  I am fearfully and wonderfully made Wonderful
  are Your works...
• Psalms 1273-5
• Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord and
  the fruit of the womb is His reward. As arrows
  are in the hand of a mighty man so are children
  of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his
  quiver full of them

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• Jeremiah 15
• Before I formed you in the belly I knew you and
  before you came forth out of the womb I
  consecrated you, and I ordained you a prophet to
  the nations.
• Isaiah 4915,16
• Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she
  should not have compassion on the son of her
  womb? Yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget
  you. Behold, I have carved you on the palms of My
  hands
• John 316
• For God so loved the world that He gave His
  only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
  should not perish but have everlasting life.

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• Ezekiel 336
• But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow
  not the trumpet, and the people be not warned if
  the sword come, and take any person from among
  them, he is taken away in his iniquity but his
  blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
• Proverbs 2411,12
• Deliver those being taken to death, and those
  stumbling to be killed, unless you hold back. If
  you say, Behold, we did not know does not He who
  searches the heart consider it? And the Keeper of
  your soul, does He know? And He repays to a man
  according to his works.

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WHY PROCHOICE PROPAGANDA ACCEPTED UNCRITICALLY

• Clever use of language
• Avoid images of the unborn, especially those
  aborted
• Lie about abortion prior to Roe v Wade, risk of
  pregnancy
• Use of emotional appeal of hard cases (lt3 for
  rape, incest, life of mother)

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LANGUAGE IS POWERFUL

• Lovely sounding clichés disguise the reality of
  abortionprochoice, reproductive liberty, right
  to privacy, my body-my choice, Every child a
  wanted child
• Vilify the oppositioncall Prolifers anti-choice,
  anti-abortion
• Dehumanize the unborncalled product of
  conception, blob of tissue, fertilized egg, blood
  clot, venereal disease, fetal material embryo,
  fetus, but never the B word
• Change the meaning of person
• Describe abortion as scraping the lining of the
  uterus or terminating the pregnancy.

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NO PICTURES ALLOWED!

• The distasteful truth revealed in photos
  evaporates prochoice argumentsif something is
  too horrible to look at, perhaps it is too
  horrible to condone

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UNQUESTIONABLY, HUMAN LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION
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Personhood is properly defined by membership in
the human species, not by stage of development
within that species.
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ATTEMPTS TO DEFINE PERSONHOOD IN OTHER WAYS

• age, stage of development, viability, size
• degree of skill, intelligence, education
• self-awareness, ability to relate to others
• ability to meaningfully contribute to society, to
  have a meaningful life

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• We hold these truths to be self evident, that
  all men are created equal, that they are endowed
  by their creator by certain unalienable rights,
  that among these are life, liberty, and the
  pursuit of happiness Declaration
  of Independence July 4, 1776

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You cannot reject the sanctity of human life and
simultaneously affirm the values of freedom and
human rights that distinguish the United States
of America.
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This isnt a political issue

• its a baby.

• Its not a choice
• its a child.

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OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD SAY ABORTION PLACES
OUR NATION IN GREAT PERIL

• And can the liberties of a nation be thought
  secure when we have removed their only firm
  basis, a conviction in the minds of the people
  that these liberties are the gift of God?
  Thomas Jefferson
• We ought to be no less persuaded that the
  propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected
  on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of
  order and right which Heaven itself has
  ordained.       George Washingtons inaugural
  address 1789

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FIGHT AGAINST ALL ODDS AS WE SERVE OUR MIGHTY GOD

• In the beginning of the Contest with Great
  Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had
  daily prayer in this room for Divine
  protectionOur prayers, Sir, were heard and they
  were graciously answered.  All of us who were
  engaged in the struggle must have observed
  frequent instances of a superintending Providence
  in our favor.    Benjamin Franklin,
  Constitutional Convention 1787

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PERSONHOOD AMENDMENT
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Statement of Purpose

• CI-100 amends the Montana Constitutions
  Declaration of Rights to provide that all persons
  have a paramount and fundamental right to life.
• It extends constitutional rights to all persons
  from the moment of conception.
• It adds a definition of person that includes
  all stages of development, including
  fertilization.
• The definition of person also includes all
  stages of life regardless of age, health, level
  of functioning or condition of dependency.

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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States
Constitution (ratified 1868)

• Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the
  United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
  thereof, are citizens of the United States and of
  the State wherein they reside. No State shall
  make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
  privileges or immunities of citizens of the
  United States
• nor shall any State deprive any person of life,
  liberty, or property, without due process of law
  nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction
  the equal protection of the laws.

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Personhood is Pivotal

• In the Roe v. Wade decision, Supreme Court
  Justice Harry Blackmun wrote that, (If the)
  suggestion of personhood of the pre-born is
  established, the abortion rights case, of the
  course, collapses, for the fetus right to life
  is then guaranteed specifically by the 14th
  Amendment.
• Thus, the personhood of the pre-born child is the
  single point of which the entire debate turns.

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THE AMENDMENT

• Section 1. Article II, section 3, of The
  Constitution of the State of Montana is amended
  to read
• "Section 3. Inalienable Right to life and
  inalienable rights. (1) Every person has a
  paramount and fundamental right to life.
• (2) All persons are born created free and have
  certain inalienable rights from the moment of
  conception. They include the right to a clean and
  healthful environment and the rights of pursuing
  life's basic necessities, enjoying and defending
  their lives and liberties, acquiring, possessing
  and protecting property, and seeking their
  safety, health and happiness in all lawful ways.
  In enjoying these rights, all persons recognize
  corresponding responsibilities.
• (3) As used in this article, "person" includes a
  human being at all stages of human development or
  life, including the state of fertilization,
  regardless of age, health, level of functioning,
  or condition of dependency.
• (4) Subsections (1) and (3) and the language
  regarding the moment of conception in subsection
  (2) must be implemented by legislation."

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PETITION TO PLACE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO.
100 ON THE ELECTION BALLOT

• If 10 of the voters in each of 40 legislative
  districts sign this petition and the total number
  of voters signing the petition is 48,000, this
  constitutional amendment will appear on the next
  general election ballot.
• If a majority of voters vote for this amendment
  at that election, it will become part of the
  constitution.

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How to fill out petition

• Signature
• Today's Date
• Physical address Or PO Box Or Phone
• Print last name, First and Middle Initial
• Must be able to read printed name or it will not
  count

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2/2/08
Petition example
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Passage of the Personhood Amendment

• Allows high powered legal council to take it to
  the US Supreme Court
• Encourages other states to follow suit.
• Affirms that Montana is a pro-life state that
  recognizes the dignity and value of human life.
• Sends this message to our legislators.
• Pricks the collective conscience by dramatizing
  injustice. Social reform has always been achieved
  this way.

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• Speak up for those who cannot speak for
  themselves, for the rights of all who are
  destitute.  Speak up and judge fairly defend the
  rights of the poor and needy.        Proverbs
  318-9

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Stand Up

• For Mothers and Motherhood