Category Archives: Nationwide ProLife News

Did a Netflix show kill Anna Bright?

From the AFA website:

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

Planned Parenthood Fires CEO Leana Wen After 10 Months, Wants More Aggressive Pro-Abortion Leader

Quote The Radiance Foundation: Well. That didn’t last long. Latest#PlannedParenthood president’s job gets aborted; fired in secret meeting because she’s not…pro-abortion enough! How did all that shilling work out for ya, Dr. Leana Wen? She wanted the abortion giant to be more medical. They want to be political. They’ve ALWAYS been political…and corrupt. Having an actual physician (willing to deny basic science) lead the abortion chain was good for PR. But they want a much more aggressive activist running the billion-dollar arm of the Democratic party. Details at lifenews.com.

CBS, NBC May Join Netflix and Disney in Boycotting Georgia After It Banned Abortions

From LifeNews.com: “In recent years, Georgia has become something of a second home for Hollywood as the state has opened itself up to filmmakers. But ever since the state took a stand to defend the lives of the unborn, the liberal elites on the other side of the country have demanded Georgia bend to their will or face a boycott. The CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News not only hyped the boycott Thursday, but they also touted that their parent companies might join in.” Click to read more!

CBS, NBC May Join Netflix and Disney in Boycotting Georgia After It Banned Abortions

New Mexico Senate defeats extreme abortion bill

In a surprising vote, the New Mexico Senate voted down HB-51, an extreme abortion bill that sought to ensure legal abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, remove parental notification, and force doctors to commit abortions despite their moral objections. In a vote of 18 in favor to 24 against, eight Democrats voted against the bill. Read more:
 

“Kavanaugh debate was about abortion” – Ben Shapiro – Election Special – Abortion Segment

“The word ‘abortion’ is itself is a euphemism,” Shapiro says. “The procedure of abortion isn’t an anodyne polyp removal. It involves doing terminal violence to an unborn child. Ignoring that fact allows abortion advocates to avoid looking reality directly in the face…. This is a picture of a 19-week-old baby. This is a human child. This is not a ball of goo. This is not a cluster of cells….”
 

Congratulations to Brett Kavanaugh, the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States!

Kavanaugh Confirmed, Justice Prevailed

The National Review editorial board writes, “After one of the most intense political fights of the last two decades, Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has become Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Supreme Court. This is a good thing for the integrity of our Constitution, for elementary American norms, and for the long-term health of our political institutions.”