March 17, 2023
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
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Dear Readers from Lake County
We are trying to gather folks from Lake County to help defeat the dangerous and evil ballot initiative in Ohio. Right now we are inviting everyone to pray for its defeat and that they do not get the required amount of signatures needed for it to get on the ballot. Please start talking to friends, family, neighbors and fellow church goers and ask them to pray also and not to sign if they are approached to do so. We would like to meet sometime between Easter and May so that we can brainstorm ideas to educate and get people on board to defeat this evil. A meeting date will be announced in the near future. We need all hands on deck. If you are from other counties, I encourage you to work with your pro-life orgs in your area.
All are welcome to join us, but our efforts will be limited to Lake County.
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THIS IN FROM PROTECT WOMEN OHIO
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ACLU ADMITS ANTI-PARENT BALLOT INITIATIVE PUTS PARENTAL RIGHTS ON THE LINE IN OHIO
"The ACLU and the abortion industry have a long history of working to abolish parental rights and they are now bringing this anti-parent campaign to our state, hoping to enshrine their hostile political agenda in our state constitution."
-Molly Smith, Board member, Protect Women Ohio.
COLUMBUS, OH — The ACLU has unequivocally declared war on parental rights in Ohio, telling local media this week that existing parental consent and notification laws in Ohio "should not be enforced" if the abortion industry succeeds in passing its anti-parent ballot initiative later this fall.
ACLU of Ohio attorney Jessie Hill recently admitted that passage of the dangerous constitutional amendment proposed by the ACLU, abortion industry insiders, and their out-of-state allies "would mean that laws that conflict with it cannot be enforced, should not be enforced."
Courts across the country have already interpreted language similarly contained in the proposed Ohio amendment to strike down parental notification and consent laws, erasing parents from the picture and forbidding them from providing consent – or even being notified – if their underage daughter chooses to undergo an abortion. Unfortunately, the Ohio amendment takes this even further. Its loosely defined language forbidding any law that "directly or indirectly" would "burden" or interfere" with "reproductive decisions" means parents would also be left blindfolded if their child chose to pursue sex change surgery.
The ACLU has been fighting against parental rights for decades now – and Ohio parents are simply their latest target. In 2 016, they fought to undo parental notification laws in Alaska. The following year, they claimed Indiana parental consent laws create an "unconstitutional burden on emancipated minors... who wish to obtain an abortion."
The ACLU even has an entire page on its website outlining its opposition to parental consent and notification laws.
Hill was responding to the launch of Protect Women Ohio (PWO), a pro-woman, pro-parent coalition that wants parents to remain involved in important medical decisions involving their minor children.
Earlier this week, PWO launched its first ad in a multimillion-dollar campaign to defeat the dangerous anti-parent amendment proposed in Ohio. The ad can be viewed HERE.
And a legal analysis of the extreme anti-parent amendment is available HERE from constitutional scholars Carrie Campbell Severino, President of Judicial Crisis Network, and Frank J. Scaturro, a former special counsel to the House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives.
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Protect Women Ohio is a coalition of concerned family and life leaders, parents, health and medical experts, and faith leaders in Ohio. Molly Smith, Founding Member of Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio, Aaron Baer, president of Center for Christian Virtue, and Peter Range, CEO of Ohio Right to Life, serve as members of the PWO Board of Directors.
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This in from Cleveland Prays for Life
Hello 40 Days for Life Supporters, the 40 Days for Life national team has received numerous reports that law enforcement in the U.S. and around the world is requesting interviews with 40 Days for Life campaign leaders and participants. Please inform me of any law enforcement contact. Please follow the Commandments of Safety provided in this website under RESOURCES.
IF ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REQUESTS A MEETING, AN INTERVIEW, INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION ABOUT 40 DAYS FOR LIFE AND/OR YOUR ACTIVITIES, WE REQUEST THAT YOU CONTACT LEGAL@40DAYSFORLIFE.COM IMMEDIATELY BEFORE RESPONDING OR HAVING ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS.
Thank you for your commitment to our unborn brothers and sisters in the womb.
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UPCOMING PROLIFE EVENTS
40 Days for Life go to https://www.40daysforlife.com/en/cleveland or https://www.40daysforlife.com/en/painesville
to sign up for vigil hours.
April 7. 2023, Cleveland Prays for Life and Lake County Right to Life cordially invite you to pray The Stations of the Cross for the Victims of Abortion on Good Friday at Preterm abortion facility beginning at 12 noon. Mark your calendar and plan to attend! Address: 12000 Shaker Blvd., Cleveland.
April 22, 2023, Sanctity of Life Conference, Go HERE to see updated flyer. Contact Pastor Mike at Grove Church for more info at 440-363-1160
Rosary for Life every Saturday at Preterm 9:30 am except for First Saturdays which begin at St. Andrew's Benedictine Monastery with confession at 8:30 am and Mass at 9:15 am. Rosary at Preterm immediately following.
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LET US PRAY
For the defeat of the dangerous and evil ballot initiative to make abortion a constitutional right in Ohio.