CatholicVote Hosts Protest Against Cindy Axne

Oct 21, 2022 |
Cindy Axne

Clive, IA – CatholicVote, the leading national grassroots Catholic advocacy organization, plans

to host a protest against self-proclaimed Catholic Cindy Axne ahead of her event with

pro-choice extremist group, EMILY’s List.

“Cindy Axne may claim to be Catholic, but her actions prove she hates Catholic values,” said

Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote. “From abortion to schools, she stands in direct

opposition to everything that Catholics believe,”Burch said.

Axne’s tenure in the House has earned her a F rating on the group’s Catholic Accountability

Project Scorecard, which analyzes the voting records of Catholic members of Congress on key

issues of importance to Catholic voters.

“Anxe has failed to represent Iowans’ traditional values, and It’s time to make a change,” said

Logan Church, Campaign Director for CatholicVote “She has not only consistently voted

against our faith, but she has also refused to condemn the acts of violence against pregnancy

resource centers in her district. ” Church declared.

The protest will be held outside the building where Axne’s event with EMILY’s List is taking place

at 13375 University Avenue in Clive.

The group will be gathering at 3:45 pm and the protest will kick off right at 4pm.

Media Contact: Lchurch@CatholicVote.org

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President Biden vows to codify Roe next year

Oct 19, 2022 |
codify roe

President Biden spoke at the Howard Theater yesterday where he vowed to codify Roe v Wade if voters deliver him majorities in both houses of Congress in next month’s midterm elections:

“In these midterm elections, it’s so critical to elect more Democratic senators to the United States Senate and more Democrats to keep control of the House of Representatives. And, folks, if we do that, here is the promise I make to you and the American people: The first bill that I will send to the Congress will be to codify Roe v. Wade. (Applause.) And when Congress passes it, I’ll sign it in January, 50 years after Roe was first decided the law of the land.”

This is his administration’s top issue. They’ve demonstrated their resolve by unleashing the full power of the Justice Department against pro-life activists at the same time they have left unresolved the 138 attacks on Catholic churches and pro-life groups since May.

Iowa Representative Cindy Axne votes lockstep with President Biden’s pro-abortion legislative wish list. Her opponent in this election cycle, Zach Nunn, opposes each and every single one, as does Charles Grassley on the Senate side.

Many voters don’t realize that abortion isn’t a single issue. It is many:

  1. It is always immoral to kill an innocent human being. We are human from the instant of fertilization. Therefore, each abortion is a grave evil.
  2. The party of abortion has pushed for taxpayer-funded abortion via Medicare for All and the Women’s Reproductive Health Act.
  3. The president’s party continually blocks born-alive legislation.
  4. They also want to remove conscience-protections and compel Catholic doctors and nurses, and other people of conscience to perform abortions or lose their jobs. Sadly, it happens.
  5. The president has already revoked the Mexico City policy, which prevents the U.S. government from using taxpayer dollars to export abortion to other countries. Under this president, we’re funding abortion internationally.
  6. Abortion is racist. Although Blacks represent by 13% of our population, they account for 35% of abortions, reducing their fertility rate below replacement levels. Some in the Black community call it ‘Black Genocide.’

So if President Biden and his party gain sufficient majorities in next month’s midterm elections, the five issues listed above not yet enacted could become a reality.

As you can see, your vote counts.

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Abortion politicians set their sights on Catholic hospitals

Oct 18, 2022 |
Catholic hospitals

Catholic hospitalsChrist called on His Church to heal the sick. Inspired by the teachings of Jesus, Catholic Benedictines proclaim proclaim that “the care of the sick is to be placed above and before every other duty, as if indeed Christ were being directly served by waiting on them.”

Down through the ages, Catholic Churches have cared for the sick, and it continues unabated to this very day. Catholic doctors advanced the study of the human anatomy, germ theory, and genetics.

The Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Mercy, and the Sisters of St. Francis, rolled up their sleeves to create some of the first modern general hospitals in the world.

Most people reading this background on Catholic hospitals might feel a sense of gratitude towards these faithful followers of Christ for their healing outreach to the infirm. Today, some 654 Catholic hospitals are spread across the U.S., which includes 299 with obstetric services. One out of seven hospital patients in the U.S. are served by a Catholic hospital to the chagrin of Big Abortion, an increase of 22% over the past two decades.

Abortion advocates want to shut down Catholic hospitals

Although they assist in a half a million births a year and provide extensive pre and post natal services, they don’t provide abortions. Which is a problem to abortion activists, like Jill Filipovic. She’d rather see Catholic hospitals shut down if they refuse to provide abortions:

“If Catholic hospitals refuse to offer a basic standard of reproductive care, they should not be in business — and certainly shouldn’t be getting government resources or tax breaks.”

Democratic politicians are getting into the act, too. Connecticut’s Attorney General William Long, is concerned that hospitals that merge with Catholic-run systems will shrink the supply of “full range of care” services:

“We need to ensure that any new ownership can provide a full range of care — including reproductive health care, family planning, gender-affirming care and end-of-life care.”

Lois Utley of Community Catlyst considers the spread of Catholic Hospitals a ‘setback:’

“We are definitely sliding backwards in terms of comprehensive reproductive health. Catholic systems are taking over many physician practices, urgent care centers, ambulatory care centers, and patients seeking contraception won’t be able to get it if their physician is now part of that system.”

California pro-abortion politicians are monitoring the situation. State Senator Scott Wiener is very concerned about the expansion of Catholic hospitals because they …

“… absolutely deny people access to reproductive health care as well as gender-affirming care (for transgender people). It’s the bishop, not professional standards, that are dictating who can receive what health care. That is scary.”

How abortion politicians can hurt Catholic hospitals

So, is there anything pro-abortion politicians can do to stop the spread of pro-life Catholic hospitals? Maybe.

In Washington, Democrats want to empower the attorney general to block hospital mergers if hospitals don’t provide abortions and other destructive reproductive services.

In Oregon, the state already has the authority from the legislature to block mergers involving Catholic hospitals.

The political battle lines are being drawn. Catholic hospitals are willing to go into underserved communities that have been unprofitable for other health institutions, as Charles Camosy of the Creighton University School of Medicine points out:

“These mergers take place because Catholic institutions are willing to take on the really hard places where others have failed to make money. We should focus on what these institutions are doing in a positive way — stepping into the breach where virtually no one else wants to go, especially in rural areas.”

Sadly, political pressure is building to slow or block the spread of life-affirming Catholic hospitals.

Here is what Pulse will say at tonight’s City Council meeting

Oct 3, 2022 |
Des Moines City Hall
Des Moines City Hall

Des Moines City Hall

As we wrote we wrote last week, Des Moines City Councilman, Josh Mandelbaum, is trying to slip a pro-abortion proposal onto the City Council’s agenda. Pulse got wind of it and will attend tonight’s meeting in opposition to his proposal. We’ve heard that speakers aren’t going to be allowed. But if the opportunity arises, here is what we will say:

Executive Director, Maggie DeWitte’s remarks:

Maggie DeWitte

IFL Executive Director, Maggie DeWitte

“I am speaking in response to the proposal that the Des Moines City Council ignore abortion law.  It is a dangerous slippery slope when a city council decides certain laws should be ignored.  What other laws would then be considered? We cannot just ignore laws because we don’t agree with them.  Police Officers have a sworn duty to uphold the law; how can you possibly propose something that would require policy officers to not enforce the law?

This proposal states that reproductive health care is a fundamental human right.  Let’s be clear in that abortion is not healthcare; pregnancy is not a disease and taking a healthy human being from its mother’s womb is never healthcare.

In June of this year, the Iowa Supreme Court corrected the egregious 2018 ruling that had declared a fundamental right to abortion in our Iowa Constitution.  Those judges usurped their authority and tried to create law.  In a similar way, this council is taking up a proposal that is beyond their scope.  This is not an issue for the city council.

We elect legislators to create the law.  It is the duty of law enforcement and other bodies of the government to enforce those laws.  Currently we have a 20-week abortion law in Iowa, as well as parental notification of a minor obtaining an abortion, and that a woman obtaining an abortion must be provided the opportunity to have and view the ultra-sound of her unborn child.  Governor Reynolds has also filed a motion to vacate the injunction of our heartbeat law that was passed in 2018.  The voice of Iowans is reflected by their legislators they voted into office.  These are the laws in Iowa and we should be enforcing them to the full extent possible.  

Roe v. Wade is no longer the law of the land and most Iowans do not support abortion.  Abortion hurts women and research has shown the emotional, physical and psychological damaged caused by it.

Further, to propose taxpayers fund city employee’s travel to have abortion is absurd.  It is an outrage to consider forcing citizens to fund a procedure that the majority of Iowans find morally reprehensible.”  

Pulse Board President, Tom Quiner’s remarks

Tom Quiner, Board President

“I’m a proud, lifelong resident of Des Moines, a graduate of Roosevelt high school and Drake University.

I’m especially appreciative of the Renaissance I’ve witnessed over the past two years in Des Moines under the guidance of our City Council.

This abortion proposal is a great way to stop all of this great progress in its tracks. Talk about a perfect way to divide our city and pit people against each other.

A whole bunch of people in this town oppose abortion of any sort. But even citizens who believe there’s a case to made for some early term abortions agree that no one should be forced to pay for abortion with their taxes.

But I think the worst thing about this proposal is the way it insults our intelligence by basically saying it complies with state and federal law at the same time it demands that the city ignore these laws.

Des Moines deserves better than this. And I think a majority of the council understands this.

I thank each of you for your service to Des Moines and for allowing me to share my views.”

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ACTION ALERT:  Tell the Des Moines City Council to vote NO on abortion

Sep 30, 2022 |
Josh Mandelbaum
Josh Mandelbaum

Des Moines City Council member, Josh Mandelbaum

As we reported last month, City Council Member Josh Mandelbaum wants Des Moines to ignore pro-life laws on the books in Iowa, and for Iowa taxpayers to pay travel expenses for city employees who seek out-of-state abortions.

To that end, he has written a pro-abortion proposal that he is trying to get placed as an agenda item this Monday, October 3rd, at their scheduled 5PM council meeting. To be clear, the proposal posted below is NOT yet an agenda item. Mandelbaum wants a vote this Monday to put it on the agenda two weeks hence.

He needs four votes to get it on the agenda. He has two for sure: his and Indira Sheumaker’s. Pro-lifers need to contact the remaining council members and strongly encourage them to nip this anti-life proposal in the bud.

Here is the language of Mandelbaum’s proposal:

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PROPOSED 

WHEREAS, access to health care including reproductive health care is a fundamental human right; and 

WHEREAS, access to safe and legal abortion is a deciding factor in long-term health, safety, and quality of life; and 

WHEREAS, Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court of the United States decision that recognized the constitutionally protected right for a pregnant person to choose to have an abortion prior to viability, had been the law of the land for almost 50 years; and 

WHEREAS, a growing majority of lowans support abortion access in most or all cases; and 

WHEREAS, the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, rolling back essential protections for millions of people; and 

WHEREAS, just a week before the Dobbs decision, the Iowa Supreme Court, in Planned Parenthood v. Reynolds, reversed the Iowa Supreme Court precedent, significantly limiting state constitutional protections for the right to access abortion; and 

WHEREAS, residents across Des Moines, the state of Iowa, and the country are now at risk of losing access to essential health care services that many of them have had access to for their entire lives; 

WHEREAS, despite the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision in Planned Parenthood v. Reynolds, the Iowa Constitution continues to recognize the rights of all men and women to enjoy and defend liberty and pursue and obtain safety and happiness; 

WHEREAS, eliminating legal access to abortion has been empirically proven to dramatically increase the risk of death, bodily injury, and infertility, especially within low-income communities and communities of color; 

WHEREAS, under Section 364.1 of the Iowa Code, the City ofDes Moines is empowered to “exercise any power and perform any function it deems appropriate to protect and preserve the rights, privileges, and property of the city or of its residents, and to preserve and improve the peace, safety, health, welfare, comfort, and convenience of its residents”; 

WHEREAS, under this power, the city may determine the appropriate use of city resources and services; 

WHEREAS, city services are already under significant resource constraints due to limited budgets and staffing shortages; and 

WHEREAS, the resources of the City must be dedicated to the health and wellbeing of its residents; 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT the City ofDes Moines supports the codification of the right to abortion into state and federal law; and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City ofDes Moines remains committed to providing our employees the same access to health care including reproductive health care that they have had previously and the City Council directs the City Manager and human resources director to develop a policy related to travel reimbursement to access health care services that become inaccessible in state; and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT it is the policy of the City of Des Moines that, except to the extent otherwise required by state or federal law, City funds will not be used to do any of the following: 

• Store or catalog any report of an abortion, miscarriage, or other reproductive healthcare act; 

• Provide information to any other governmental body or agency about any abortion, miscarriage, or other reproductive healthcare act, unless such information is provided to defend the patient’s right to abortion care or the healthcare provider’s right to provide that care; 

• Conduct surveillance or collect information related to an individual or organization for the purpose of determining whether an abortion has occurred, except for aggregated data without personally identifying information or personal health information which is collected for purposes unrelated to criminal investigation, enforcement, or prosecution. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the policy stated above does not apply in cases where coercion or force is alleged to have been used against the pregnant person, or in cases involving an allegation of conduct criminally negligent to the health of the pregnant person seeking care, or where the abortion, miscarriage, or reproductive healthcare is not the crime being investigated but evidence of another crime. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT it is the policy of the City ofDes Moines that the investigation or support for the prosecution of any allegation, charge or information relating to the outcome of a given pregnancy, including abortion and abortion-related care, or any party thereto, will be the lowest priority for enforcement and the use of City resources and personnel, except in cases (a) where coercion or force is used against the pregnant person, (b) of criminally negligent conduct involving the health of the pregnant person seeking care, or (c) where the abortion, miscarriage, or reproductive healthcare is not the crime being investigated but evidence of another crime. 

BE IT FUTRHER [sic] RESOLVED THAT the City Council directs City Manager to work with staff to draft an ordinance to prohibit discrimination based on reproductive health actions so that no person could be denied housing or employment for any perceived or actual pregnancy outcomes, including obtaining an abortion, or accessing any other reproductive health care.

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Should Des Moines become a sanctuary city for abortions?

If Mandelbaum has his way, he’d turn Des Moines into an abortion sanctuary city. To prevent the use of taxpayer monies for the abortions of city employees; and to prevent the willful disregard of existing pro-life laws on the books, Pulse encourages you to contact EACH of the city council members below and tell them to vote NO on Josh Mandelbaum’s pro-abortion proposal:

Frank Cownie, Mayor: 515-283-4944 | fcownie@dmgov.org

Linda Westergard: 515-988-4288 |LindaW@dmgov.org

Carl Voss: 515-210-0237 | carlvoss@dmgov.org

Joe Gatto: 515-402-2626 | joegatto@dmgov.org

Connie Boesen: 515-240-7929 | connieboesen@dmgov.org

Your email can be short and sweet:

Dear Council person [last name]: My name is [your name]. I understand the Council is considering a pro-abortion proposal that would involve using taxpayer money to pay abortion travel expenses for city employees. I strongly encourage you to vote no on such a terrible idea.

Respectfully,

[Your Name]

These council members need to hear from a LOT of pro-lifers, because we know Planned Parenthood is hard at work galvanizing their troops. 

Monday’s meeting takes place at City Hall, 400 Robert D Ray Drive. The meeting begins at 5PM. We encourage you to arrive early and let the Council know you support life.

This Sunday’s Life Chain moves to new location

Sep 29, 2022 |

Life Chain 2022 takes place this Sunday from 2PM to 3:30PM. If you’ve regularly attended this event in the past, be aware it’s moved to a new location:

Des Moines Fellowship Church • 950 35th Street • Des Moines, IA (just south of Kingman Blvd.) • 2PM to 3:30PM

Abortion zealots are loud and profane. You have an opportunity to diffuse their invective with quiet prayer at Life Chain 2022. Life Chain 2022 provides you with a prayerful opportunity to stand up for society’s most vulnerable people, the unborn, in the public square.

Life Chain 2022 allows you to pray in gratitude to big pro-life victories this year, including the overturning of Roe v Wade and the Iowa Supreme Court’s judicial correction of the Reynolds decision.

As people drive by, several things occur:

  • Fellow pro-lifers can see that they’re not alone. You give them courage to be even bolder in their defense of our unborn brothers and sisters.
  • Moderate pro choice supporters notice how loving and peaceful the pro-life movement is, in contrast to zealous abortion advocates who curse and make obscene gestures. Love is the most powerful weapon for opposing human abortion.
  • And more than a few hardcore abortion zealots may feel their consciences squirm seeing such a Godly, loving expression of support for the weakest members of our society: the unborn.

If you’re a shy person who doesn’t feel comfortable talking about abortion with your pro-abortion family and friends, Life Chain 2022 is the perfect way to stand up in the public square for your convictions. God will smile upon your efforts. So will the 63 million victims of abortion from their perch in heaven.

RECAP: Life Chain 2022, Sunday, October 2nd, 2 to 3:30PM, Des Moines Fellowship Church, 950-35th Street, Des Moines, IA.

They are not the enemy

Sep 16, 2022 |
Democratic voters

Democratic votersDemocratic voters are not the enemy of the pro-life movement. They are our friends, even though too many are misguided on abortion policy in our view. It is our job to make the case for life and encourage them to ask questions.

Most of these voters hold views that are far more pro-life than their party’s leadership, as we discussed yesterday.

A Harvard Harris poll revealed that only 10% of all voters agree with Democratic leaders’ insistence on allowing abortions through all 40 weeks of a normal pregnancy. 

Politicians flip flop on abortion

Various polls affirm that 7 out of 10 Americans support limits on abortion. In fact, President Biden supported limits on abortion at one point in his career, asserting that the Supreme Court had gone “too far” on abortion with the Roe v Wade decision. Said then-Senator Biden:

… a woman shouldn’t have the “sole right to say what should happen to her body.”

But he changed his position during his vice presidency, claiming …

… the government doesn’t have “a right to tell other people that women, they can’t control their body.”

A 100% flip flop.

Democratic voters tend to disagree with President Biden on abortion

Most Democratic voters disagree with his new positions on many other aspects of the abortion debate, including taxpayer funding (he’s for; most of his party is against) and conscience protections (he’s against; most of his party is for).

And yet despite the more pro-life tilt of rank and file Democratic voters, party leaders continue to promote abortion-on-demand without restriction, as Ohio Senator Tim Ryan makes clear:

Democratic leaders won’t dialogue on abortion

One of the most prominent U.S. Catholics, Bishop Robert Barron, attempted to dialogue on the subject of abortion with leaders from the Democratic Party a couple of years ago.

Barron wrote of the encounter:

“Would they, I asked, consider the banning of third-trimester abortions? Absolutely not, came the reply.  Would they, I pressed, be open to restricting partial-birth abortion, the procedure by which a pair of scissors is inserted into the brain of a baby already in the birth canal? No way, they said.

All right, I wondered, would they be agreeable to supporting born-alive legislation, designed to protect the life of a baby who has miraculously managed to survive an abortion? No, they said.  And lest you think this intransigence was peculiar to this particular group, recall that, just a few months ago, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) made a born-alive proposal, and it couldn’t muster enough votes to break the Democratic filibuster.”

That’s how out-of-touch Democratic leaders have become, not just from the entire country, but much of their own party.

Democratic leaders are increasingly antagonistic to pro-lifers

Prominent Democrats have smeared pro-lifers for years, labeling them as “chumps” (Biden) and “deplorable” (Hillary Clinton). 

Just Wednesday, Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono went on the Senate floor threatening violence to pro-lifers for supporting Lindsay Graham’s proposed legislation to limit abortion to 15 weeks. Said Hirono:

“This is an outright attack on women in this country. That’s how I see it … That is how more and more women and those who support our right to make decisions about our own bodies, that is how we see it. And why? Because that’s what’s happening … But clearly, this is a — literally call to arms in our country.”

Hirono’s ‘literal’ call to arms threat of violence to pro-lifers is scary, especially in light of the 66 attacks on women’s pregnancy resource enters (including 2 in Des Moines) and 72 Catholic churches since the Dobbs decision was leaked in May (none of which have been solved).

The pro-life movement rejects violence as a solution to the violence of abortion

The pro-life movement needs to reject both the rhetorical and physical violence that defines the abortion movement and focus on changing the hearts and minds of ambivalent Democratic voters. After all, 60% of Democratic voters, according to the Harvard Harris poll, agree with Republicans that abortion should be banned after 15 weeks.

For 50 years, Pulse Life Advocates (formerly Iowans for LIFE) has informed, educated, and inspired new generations to value the sanctity of all human life from fertilization to natural death.

In recent years, we’ve produced a growing body of video content to address in a very direct way the pro-life concerns on the minds of Democratic voters, such as this:

And this:

If you tend to vote Democrat, we encourage you to push your party’s leadership in a more moderate direction on life issues. You won’t be alone. Most of your rank and file voters will agree with you. We certainly don’t view you as an enemy and hope you’ll be open-minded to sincerely dialogue with us on the critical life-and-death issue of abortion. Thank-you for reading to the end. We appreciate it.

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Real Democrats are more pro-life than their leaders

Sep 15, 2022 |
Real Democrats

The leaders of the Democratic Party are out of touch with the rank and file members of their party. Despite media reports to the contrary, real Democrats are more in alignment with Republicans on this issue than with President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, Iowa Representative Cindy Axne, and the rest of the party’s leadership.

Democratic Party leadership is even wildly out of synch with the rest of the world.

The position of the party’s leadership is clearly defined in the dishonestly named “Women’s Health Protection Act,” which includes these elements:

  • The end of all abortion regulations at the state level.
  • Limitless abortion for the full nine months of a pregnancy.
  • The end of conscience protection rights for doctors, nurses, and anyone who doesn’t want to participate in the process of ending the life of the unborn via abortion.
  • Taxpayer funding for abortion.

Polling reveals the divide

A Harvard/Harris Poll just released in June shows that real Democrats are more in alignment with Republicans on abortion than with their own party leadership. 

Sixty percent of real Democrats say that abortion should not be permitted after 15 weeks, putting them at odds with their leadership that calls for abortions through the entire 40 weeks of a normal pregnancy.

Eighty percent of rank and file Republicans agree with Real Democrats on restricting abortions to less than fifteen weeks.

For that matter, 47 out of 50 European countries have abortions bans between 12 and 15 weeks.

Only six other countries in the world have abortion laws as permissive as ours, including North Korea, China, and Vietnam. 

In other words, it is Democratic Party leadership that is the outlier here. Real rank and file Democratic voters are more in touch with Republican voters and the rest of the world than their party leadership.

Nearly a third of Democrats believe abortion should be left up to the states

A large swath of real Democrats, 32%, believe abortion regulations should be left up to the individual states, affirming the Dobbs decision which overturned Roe v Wade. 

By contrast, the Democratic leadership is adamant at ‘codifying’ Roe at the federal level via the previously mentioned “Women’s Health Protection Act.” This puts real Democrats more in alignment with Republican voters, 52% of whom agree that abortion regulations be handled by state legislatures.

Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham introduced a bill Tuesday called the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act. It would prohibit most abortions after 15 weeks, keeping it in synch with the views of real Democrats as well as the international community. It allows exceptions for standard life and health issues of the mother. And it allows individual states to regulate abortion within 15 weeks of fertilization.

Pro-life dust-up on Fox News

Senator Graham went on Fox News Jesse Watters’ show (above), and the conservative host took the Senator to task:

“What were the Republicans doing? On the day inflation roared back, and the market crashed, I thought I’d see Republican senators holding press conferences in front of grocery stores and gas stations, you know, promising to bring prices down if you put them back in charge. But that’s not what happened. Instead, Lindsey Graham called a press conference to propose a nationwide abortion ban.”

Watters misspoke. The bill calls for a 15 week ban, not a nationwide ban. Watters blasted the Senator for the timing of the bill:

WATTERS: “You know that’s not smart politics, right?”

GRAHAM: “There’s no bad time to defend the unborn.”

WATTERS: “No one is saying you need to sit on the sidelines, but yesterday wasn’t the day to do that. Yesterday was the day they lost all momentum when this inflation thing punched them right in the face, and you gave them an out.”

Pulse Life Advocates agrees with Senator Graham. There’s no bad time to defend the unborn. And the bill being proposed is not only NOT extreme, it aligns with a significant portion of real Democratic voters, as well as Republicans.

That’s the message pro-life politicians and their supporters need to emphasize non-stop between now and the midterm elections. Democratic leadership may be on the same page with North Korea and Red China, but they are wildly out of synch with the rest of the world, including their own party.

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Abortion is violent

Aug 31, 2022 |
abortion is violent

abortion is violentThe act of killing a living human being in the womb is grotesquely violent. Proponents justify the violence in the name of rights of the mother at the expense of the rights of the unborn child. Since the Dobbs decision was leaked earlier this year, we can see that even the politics of abortion is violent.

Tracking the violence

Catholic Vote tracks the political violence of pro-abortion groups. Since May, these abortion zealots have attacked 66 women’s pregnancy resource centers and offices, including two attacks in Des Moines.

Two domestic terror groups, Jane’s Revenge and Ruth Sent Us, have taken ‘credit’ for these attacks.

In addition, 72 Catholic churches have been attacked since May, bringing the total number of attacks on Catholic churches to 210 since May 28th, 2020. The attacks have focused on damaging Catholic churches as opposed to theft. Damage includes:

  • arson
  • destruction of historic churches
  • spray painting and graffiti of satanic messages (interesting how Satanism correlates with abortion)
  • windows broken by rocks and bricks
  • statues destroyed, often with heads cut off.

Violence is anti-life

The pro-life movement opposes violence to women and their babies wrought by abortion, as well as the destruction and defacement of property, whether inflicted by pro-abortion or pro-life advocates.

Pulse Life Advocates calls on federal law enforcement agencies to track down  the perpetrators of these attacks on Catholic churches which stretches across 39 states thus far, and 29 states for women’s pregnancy centers. To be clear, these pro-abortion groups proudly threaten violence with threats like:

“If abortion aint (sic) safe you aint (sic) safe” as you can see in the photo above.

So far, no one has been brought to justice. President Joe Biden, who identifies as a Catholic, tells the violent abortion protestors to

“keep protesting, keep making your point.”

By contrast, when churches were under attack in the 1960s, another Catholic president, John Kennedy, quickly labeled the violence as “cowardly” and “outrageous.” He said :

“As soon as we’re able to find out who did it, we’ll arrest them.”

Thanks to Catholic Vote for running ads like the one below, calling the most pro-abortion president in history and a politicized FBI to account. Abortion is violent. If the FBI doesn’t bring people to justice for these attacks, the violence will continue to spread and people (in and out of the womb) will get hurt.

Make your Qualified Charitable Distribution to Pulse

Aug 30, 2022 |
qualified charitable contribution

qualified charitable contributionIf you have a 70th birthday approaching, you should be prepared to begin making a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) each year.

For those 70 1/2 and older, the IRS allows you to make nontaxable distributions from your IRA, as it will count towards your individual minimum distribution.

You simply direct the trustee of your IRA to make your QCD directly to an organization, such as Pulse Life Advocates, a 501 c(3) corporation, which is eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

Talk to your financial planner for details. This is a great way for you to support Pulse Life Advocates.

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