Changing Hearts & Minds in Wayne County WV

“It is a poverty to decide that a ‘child must die,’ so that you may live as you wish....”

—Mother Teresa

State President's Blog

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....

County President's Blog

Linda Carver is president of the Wayne County chapter of West Virginians For Life. Linda is passionately determined to see change in the culture regarding abortion and other areas affected by the "culture of death" around us, and she is excited by all the progress that has been made. Join her in support of the basic rights of all human beings. Click here for life-changing info....

Calendar of Events

Stay up to date with Pro-Life events, chapter planning meetings, legislative involvements & deadlines, etc. Since our calendar is Google-based, if you have a free Google account you can subscribe to our calendar and get reminders (via email, SMS text message, or direct pop-up in the browser) for upcoming events.

16 Teens Rescued From Sex Trafficking in Super Bowl Sting | LifeNews.com

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It’s the ugly side of the Super Bowl – the reality that America’s most popular sporting event is also likely America’s biggest day for sexual slavery. The day that sells the most tickets and the most coveted ad spaces is also the day that results in the most sales of little girls and women, at prices inflated to match the expense of the event. In a cruel outplay  of the economic reality of “supply and demand,” it is not only local pimps who make a big profit – women and girls from all over the country are often brought in to the destination city to ensure that travelers for the big game have enough “side entertainment” available. Read more: 16 Teens Rescued From Sex Trafficking in Super Bowl Sting | LifeNews.com.

Dobson to gov’t: You can’t make us comply with birth-control mandate

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Respected Christian leader and author James Dobson makes it clear his pro-family ministry puts the issue of life first and foremost – even if it means shutting down.

Dr. Dobson didn’t hold back Thursday during an interview regarding his organization, Family Talk, and its challenge of a federal mandate for employers to cover abortifacients.

“We are suing [HHS Secretary] Kathleen Sebelius for forcing or trying to force all of us to give abortifacient medications to our employees,” he summarized on American Family Radio, “and I just absolutely refuse to do it. We’ll close down before I’ll do it.”

Several other employers are challenging the mandate, including the for-profit Hobby Lobby.

“Ours is a Christian non-profit,” he explained. “[The government has] exempted churches from having to do this, but they’ve concluded that other Christian non-profits are not ‘Christian enough.'”

[Read more on the OneNewsNow site.]

Here’s a secret — marriage is America’s most effective anti-poverty program | Fox News

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If you graduate from high school, work full time, and postpone marriage and childbearing until after the age of 21, your chances of being in poverty are only 2 percent. If you don’t do all of those three things, your chances of poverty rise to 77 percent.

via Here’s a secret — marriage is America’s most effective anti-poverty program | Fox News.

Annual Pro-Life Rally & Day at the Legislature

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Come in car pools, vans and busses!  Please join West Virginians for Life in traveling to Charleston on Tuesday, February 11, for the annual Pro-Life Rally and Day at the Legislature.  The day’s events last from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and include special music and a Prayer Walk through the Capitol following the main rally at noon.

This year’s rally is more important than ever given that West Virginians DO NOT want abortion coverage included in the new WV Health Care Exchange.  Abortion is NOT health care.  It takes the life of a defenseless unborn baby.

Let your legislators know you support not only an Abortion Opt-Out in the new health care exchange, but also that you stand in defense of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, which would outlaw abortions in WV after the unborn child feels pain, which has been scientifically proven to be at least 20 weeks.  Free t-shirts until they run out to the first ones to arrive.

Please print out a flyer and for more detailed information, call the State Office at 304-594-9845.

1 Easy Step to Help the Cause of Life

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Our president just finished his State of the Union address. I watched it live on YouTube. (The live link is gone, but archive links abound.)  Many statements were laudable. Some represented some degree of obfuscation and thus were irritating. Sometimes I agreed, while at other times I disagreed strongly. However, one phrase in particular both “stuck out” and especially irritated me. There was nothing terribly wrong with the statement itself. What was wrong was the conflict between the statement and the extreme pro-abortion attitude of the man who issued the statement. He indicated that the best thing we can do for our children is to invest in early education (referring to pre-K schooling).

Mr. Barrack Obama is the most extremely pro-abortion president in history. (Some time ago he actually attended the annual “Planned Parenthood” conference, officially addressed them, and concluded by telling this tax-supported, baby-murdering organization, “God bless you.” Thus, it galled me to hear him say that what was most beneficial for our children was to invest in early education.

After his speech, his supporters (who organized the follow-through) invited online viewers to go to a White House-operated website and watch while questions from Twitter and the blogosphere were answered by a panel appointed by the administration. The hashtag (to post a question or participate in the conversation) is: #SOTUchat

So, I fired up my Twitter account, put in the hashtag, and tweeted this:

Feel free to copy and paste. If you have a Twitter account, retweet it. If you have a Facebook, a blog, or whatever, use your platform say something for the cause of Life. Regardless, do something, even if it’s just teaching your family in devotions or discussing it with a neighbor or coworker. Do something to participate. Be part of the Pro-Life Generation that will see Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton overturned in our lifetime.

Note: If you are looking for solid stats and amazing information to bolster your argument in favor of life—great information that is usable in everything from family devotions to debates with liberals—click to watch the awesome video below.

During quite a few of these frozen days of being snowed in, I spent many, many hours editing the video of a major Pro-Life event, at the request of Dr. Wanda Franz, Ph.D., who is the former head of the National Right To Life Committee, and current President of West Virginians For Life, and Mary Anne Buchanan, who is the Program Director for West Virginians For Life. Recently I finished the DVD production phase, and this past Monday I mailed out the DVDs to the WV For Life office. The next phase was to distill the video stream for YouTube. Last night I finished that aspect of this project, and started the upload to YouTube. Early this morning (in the wee hours) the upload to YouTube was finally completed. Behold:

Share this link to an awesome Pro-Life video: http://youtu.be/Im5pFzDfpWA

Only 6 Percent of Teen Girls Who Practice Abstinence Will Ever Have Abortions | LifeNews.com

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Family Research Council released a report this week that gave valuable insight to those who want to understand the women in our culture who are most vulnerable to abortion industry pressures and what risk factors affect them. This valuable research about the demographics of women who have had abortions reinforces what common sense would suggest – the more sexual partners a woman has, and the earlier she becomes sexually active, the more likely she is to have one or more abortions in her lifetime. Most importantly, the research shows how important strong families are in decreasing the likelihood of a woman having an abortion. Read more at LifeNews.com.

U.S. House Judiciary Committee Advances Abortion Funding Ban | NRL News Today

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WASHINGTON (January 16, 2014) – Yesterday, the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved NRLC-backed legislation to permanently prohibit subsidies for abortion in federally funded health programs. [Read more…]

Abortion’s Forgotten Victim: The Aborted Baby’s Father | LifeNews.com

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The articles and blog posts leading up to the 40th commemoration of the single greatest American tragedy all tell a similar story.  The thread that runs common through all the stories is the unimaginable numbers.  And the numbers drive the narrative of a nation painfully realizing that there are now fifty-five million children, who have been poisoned, dismembered, shredded and suffocated by abortionists who were given the right to do so by judicial fiat. [Read more at LifeNews.com.]

Birth Control Mandate In Health Care Law Blocked Hours Before Implementation | Family Policy of WV

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has thrown a hitch into President Barack Obama’s new health care law by blocking a requirement that some religion-affiliated organizations provide health insurance that includes birth control.

Read the full article: Birth Control Mandate In Health Care Law Blocked Hours Before Implementation | Family Policy of WV.

Former Billy Graham writer to lead Family Policy Council of West Virginia | Family Policy of WV

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Billygraham-420x280The Board of Directors of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia has formally named Allen Whitt as the new President of the state’s leading faith-based public policy organization. Whitt is a former media writer and consultant for Dr. Billy Graham. He also served as Assistant to the President for Dr. James Dobson while at the international radio ministry Focus on the Family. Whitt is returning home to Appalachia after winning several pro-life and pro-family legislative victories in his roll as the Director of Policy for the Montana Family Policy Council. He is the successor to Jeremy Dys who pioneered the post for six years. Dys, now Senior Counsel for the Liberty Institute based in Dallas, TX, continues the fight for freedom by litigating cases to restore religious liberty according to the vision of the founding fathers. Chairman of the Council’s Board of Directors Jim Larrita, said, “Opposition groups on the left have recently… [Read more at the Family Policy of WV website.