—Ronald Reagan
The President of West Virginians for Life is Wanda Franz, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Child Development and Family Studies at West Virginia University. She is also the past president of the National Right to Life Committee, a position she held for 20 years. The "President’s Corner" contains her letters and up-to-date commentary....
Judy Fuller has been part of the pro-life movement in Pocahontas County for over 20 years with a brief break when she was in Tucker County and revitalized the group. She has been married for 40 years and has three sons and two grandsons. Her oldest son is Down Syndrome and lives at home with mom and dad. Read more....
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As of Wednesday, September 18, 32 organizations and lawmakers had filed or co-signed briefs to the Supreme Court of Texas, asking the court to intervene on behalf of the Pardo family and send four-year-old Drake Pardo back home.
The case has been pending at the Supreme Court of Texas for the past three weeks. Yesterday was the deadline for Child Protective Services (CPS) to file its response to the family’s request for emergency intervention by the Texas Supreme Court.
Instead, CPS filed a request for a 10-day extension. The Texas Supreme Court has not yet ruled on whether that extension will be granted.
In the agency’s brief at the Fifth Court of Appeals, CPS made a bizarre and jaw-dropping argument: that Ashley and Daniel Pardo have nothing to complain about because CPS is giving Drake the same medical care that Ashley and Daniel would have given him.
CPS bases this argument on the theory that there is no reason for the court to intervene provided that Drake is receiving the medical care everyone agrees that he needs. To support its argument, CPS outlined in extreme detail how Ashley and Daniel were already planning to give Drake the medical care he needs and how the two parents have stated repeatedly that they planned to follow the recommendations of Drake’s doctors.
However, rather than coming to the rather obvious conclusion that Drake should be returned home, CPS argued instead that they might as well be allowed to keep Drake if he is receiving the medical care he needs. A more calloused view of family rights can hardly be imagined.
It is yet to be seen whether CPS will maintain this argument at the Supreme Court of Texas, where a flurry of support for the family has arisen through the filing of the following briefs:
The Supreme Court of Texas has also requested a brief from the Texas solicitor general’s office to explain the opinion of the state of Texas regarding the relevant laws in the Pardo case. This type of invitation is only extended one to five times per year and indicates that the Supreme Court of Texas is taking the issue very seriously (although it does not indicate which direction the court may be leaning). Although CPS is a state agency, they represent themselves in CPS cases and are not represented by the solicitor general. Thus, the solicitor general, who works for the Texas attorney general, will be filing a brief as a third party.
The solicitor general’s office requested and was granted a 30-day extension to file their brief by Oct. 18. In light of the excellent attorney general opinion in defense of parental rights released back in February, we are hopeful that a brief from the solicitor general would be beneficial to the Pardo family. However, the 30-day delay in the case unnecessarily adds to the trauma that the family is already experiencing, requiring them to continue pursuing additional burdensome and costly trial strategies.
Today, the Houston Chronicle released the first in a series of articles detailing how cases similar to the Pardo’s case often lead to the destruction of families based on little to no evidence against the family. The problem has become systematic and statewide.
The Supreme Court of Texas has the chance to set right the severe abuses in this case that no other court or state employee has been willing to correct thus far. We are praying that they will intervene on behalf of the Pardo family and do so quickly.
To date, nearly 40,000 people have signed the petition demanding that Drake be returned home. More than 2.2 million people have viewed the viral video of Drake’s case. Thirty-two state lawmakers and organizations have intervened in the case to defend the family. People around the world have heard about the case and expressed their shock that these abuses could happen in Texas.
Hopefully the Supreme Court of Texas will add their name to that list, end this family’s three-month nightmare, and set a precedent that these abuses are not permitted in the state of Texas.
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Judy Fuller, President of Pocahontas County Chapter, WV For Life
Welcome! The Pocahontas Chapter of West Virginians for Life meets the 4th Monday of each month at the Pine Grove Brethren Church near Arbovale, WV at 7:00 PM. Officers are: Judith Fuller, President; Jason Bauserman, Vice President; Julia Bauserman, Secretary; Bev Anderton, Treasurer. For more information, contact Judy at 304-456-4994 or pocahontaswv4life@gmail.com. This chapter is over 30 years old!
President’s bio:
Judy Fuller has been part of the pro-life movement in Pocahontas County for over 20 years with a brief break when she was in Tucker County and revitalized the group. She has been married for 40 years and has three sons and two grandsons. Her oldest son is Down Syndrome and lives at home with mom and dad. Judy is active in the Dunmore UMC, Durbin Community Library, Upper Pocahontas Community Cooperative, Pocahontas County Parks and Recreation, and she works as she can to improve her community. She is passionate about saving the lives of unborn children, the handicapped, and the elderly.
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VIDEO from “Recent State Pro-Life Laws-Idealist or Pragmatic: Pursuing an Effective Legal Strategy to Protect the Unborn and Overturn Roe v. Wade”- Taken from a workshop given at the National Right to Life Convention in Charleston, South Carolina on July 6th, 2019.
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Pro-life groups/ads have been blocked by Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, et al. As reported by IrishCentral and Lifesite: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that Facebook deliberately banned pro-life ads from the US during the Irish abortion referendum after the Irish government told them they had no laws either way to cover such foreign advertising.
The depth of their bias is being revealed. As reported by Mat Staver (Liberty Counsel): a senior software engineer at Google stepped out of the shadows to confirm that Google is “very politically biased.” Greg Coppola has a Ph.D. in computer science. This executive, who was with Google for five years, went on camera with Project Veritas to issue these explosive charges: “I’m very concerned to see Big Tech and the Big Media merge, basically, with a political party, with the Democrat Party…. We…are seeing tech use its power to manipulate people…. We have tech that really, first of all, is taking sides in a political contest.” Coppola, who works on artificial intelligence and Google Assistant—or at least he did, until the tech giant put him on “administrative leave” insists, “We’re just at a really important point in human history.” Coppola declares, “It’s time to decide. Are we going to just let the biggest tech companies decide who wins every election from now on?”
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Nik had his limbs ripped off by an abortionist, but he is determined to live life to the fullest despite the brutal attack.
“I knew that I was supposed to be an aborted baby and it failed. It makes me angry because I would never want for that to happen to any kid. Anybody can become anything, and getting rid of a kid like that isn’t right to me.”
New Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill-Johnson Says Pro-Lifers are Racist, But Aborting Black Babies is OK.
More than two years after its debut, a graphic suicide scene has been cut from the first season of 13 Reasons Why, Netflix announced Monday.
AFA has repeatedly urged Netflix to remove 13 Reasons Why from its lineup since the death of Anna Bright, a 14-year-old who mimicked the suicide scene after binge-watching the first season episodes.
Netflix has come under stronger scrutiny since a report last April showed suicides among U.S. kids aged 10 to 17 spiked to a 19-year high in the month following the release of 13 Reasons Why.
During April 2017 alone, 190 U.S. tweens and teens took their own lives. Their April 2017 suicide rate was .57 per 100,000 people, nearly 30 percent higher than in the preceding five years included in the study. An additional analysis found that the April rate was higher than in the previous 19 years, said lead author Jeff Bridge, a suicide researcher at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
By pulling the graphic suicide scene, Netflix has finally acknowledged the harmful influence that 13 Reasons Why is capable of inflicting on teens. Along with AFA’s repeated warnings, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention joined the cause by advising Netflix to remove the scene. Finally, they may be listening to common sense.
Netflix is clearly at a critical moment. It has the opportunity to distance its close association with teen suicide by completely removing the series altogether. We hope it will…before another child is lost.
TAKE ACTION
If you haven’t yet, please sign the petition to Netflix. Then,…
Help me warn as many parents as possible about 13 Reasons Why.Despite pleas from pro-family groups to cancel 13 Reasons Why, Netflix is already planning to release Season 3 soon.
Please copy and paste the information below into an email and send it to everyone in your address book, especially those who have teenagers in their home.
I wanted to let you know about a petition that I signed to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. Through the American Family Association (AFA), I learned of a show called 13 Reasons Why that is airing on Netflix right now.
13 Reasons Why is extremely dangerous and has become a lightning rod for critics who say it glorifies suicide and may even make it an attractive option for teenagers who are enduring difficult times in their lives.
I’m warning my family and friends about 13 Reasons Why and am asking you to learn more at www.afa.net/netflix. I hope you will take time to read about 14-year-old Anna Bright, who is just one of many who committed suicide after binge-watching 13 Reasons Why.
Then, join me in signing the petition to Netflix, urging them to pull 13 Reasons Why before another teen decides to end their life through suicide.
Thank you for standing for righteousness and for fighting with us on this important issue.
Sincerely,
Tim Wildmon, President
American Family Association
Quote Greater Columbus Right to Life: “So, Dr Wen found an 8-month termination which she opposes. Maybe this is the start of a beautiful conversion…” Details at NRL News Today.
