Lumina - a ray of light after abortion

Men's Day

On May 3^rd we will be having our last men’s day until the fall. Please pass around the word.

Post Abortion  Announcement:

An "Entering Canaan" Men's day for those men who are suffering as a result of loosing a child to abortion will take place Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Our Lady of New York Convent in the

Bronx

. The day will be hosted by The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. For further information and confidential reservations please call: Lumina/Hope & Healing after abortion: 1-877-586-4621, or email at lumina@postabortionhelp.org

 

 

 

Thank you!

Theresa Bonopartis

Lumina/Hope & Healing after Abortion

www.postabortionhelp.org

1-877-586-4621

lumina@postabortionhelp.org

 

Entering Canaan Post abortion ministry

"In every moment, in order for you to see what God truly expects from you, you have to take your eyes off your own image and fix them on the Lord." (Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock, pg. 49)

 

 

The Unchoice Challenge

From the Elliot Institute ...

Take the UnChoice challenge!
Test your knowledge ... Take our UnChoice Pop Quiz!

Go to: www.unchoice.info/unchoicepopquiz.htm

Download this quiz and share it with others! For a printable
version, go to www.unchoice.info/pdf/PopQuizGeneral.pdf

Or email this link to others and invite them to take the
UnChoice Challenge!

How'd you do? Let us know at elliotinstitute@gmail.com

Teen Wire

I just lifted this off of Planned Parenthoods "Teenwire" site

"Despite overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary, anti-choice organizations continue to spread the false idea that it is common for abortion to have severe, emotionally negative effects. They want people to believe that most women who choose abortion suffer severe and long-lasting emotional trauma. This is not true. In fact, studies show that most women, in the long-term, experience feelings of relief after they have an abortion.

Anti-abortion groups have invented this so-called "post-abortion syndrome" to further their efforts to make abortion illegal. But neither the American Psychological Association nor the American Psychiatric Association recognizes the existence of so-called "post abortion syndrome." These medical professionals found the anti-choice research flawed. For example, the authors of many "post abortion syndrome" studies only interviewed women who claimed to have emotional problems after an abortion procedure."

It is so completely irresponsible for them to make the statements above.
First of all, feeling relief "immediately" after means nothing...what exactly does immediate mean an hour, a day, a month, perhaps a year?

secondly, to say our feelings and experienced are "invented" by anti abortion groups is ridiculous.

Sadly, many teens will believe (and have believed) the junk they write and find out too late that Planned Parenthood has fed them bunch of lies.

An triple tragedy

I often wonder how many "Emmas" there are in the world. There is no way of really knowing but I am sure we would find the numbers staggering. Of course, the pro abortion community does not seemed concerned with their deaths as we hear the deafening silence when it comes to cases like this...if they do manage to say anything it is usually that she must have had emotional problems prior to her abortion.

First of all, so what? even more reason fo r screening and counseling before abortion, but they fight against that as well....

May Emma and her children rest in peace...

from the NY Post:

ABORTION: UNTOLD TRUTHS

March 1, 2008 -- SHE didn't have to die. And neither did her unborn chil
dren. Last weekend, London newspapers reported on the 2007 suicide of
30-year-old Emma Beck, a young British artist who hung herself after the
abortion of her twin babies. Perhaps the retelling of her suffering can
prevent more needless deaths.

The agony and loneliness in Beck's suicide note resonate across racial and
class lines, across generations. She was distraught over a breakup with her
boyfriend, who didn't want the children. She was suffering intense grief
from her decision to end the lives inside her. And so she ended her own.

"I should never have had an abortion. I see now I would have been a good
mum," Beck wrote. "I told everyone I didn't want to do it, even at the
hospital. I was frightened, now it is too late. I died when my babies died.
I want to be with my babies - they need me, no one else does."

Beck's family blames the medical establishment. The judicial system, as is
so often the case, has become a coping mechanism. A British court recently
held a hearing on Beck's suicide. Beck's mother revealed that her daughter
"was not given the opportunity to see a counselor."

When a professional "counselor" can't be found, isn't that what mothers are
for?

But it's not just jaded abortion providers and medical assistants, AWOL
counselors and MIA parents who need to look in the mirror. We've tolerated a
culture of callousness and nurtured an entitlement to convenience for
decades. Feminists shush women with post-abortion regrets.
Population-control zealots and Planned Parenthood drum it into the heads of
young women around the world: "The fewer, the merrier" and "Why carry more
burdens?" their T-shirts and bumper stickers proclaim.

Last fall, the British press went gaga over an environmental nitwit who had
an abortion and got her tubes tied to "protect the planet." She told
London's Daily Mail: "Every person who is born uses more food, more water,
more land, more fossil fuels, more trees and produces more rubbish, more
pollution, more greenhouse gases and adds to the problem of
over-population."

This is What a Feminist Looks Like!

According to the Feminist Majority foundation the following video portrays what a feminist looks like. Personally, I think they left  some women out..the countless women suffering because of the pro abortion agenda pushed by them and other extreme organizations...a true feminist is pro life, not pro self
http://feminist.org/FeministVideo/index.html

Pre Natal Diagnosis is not always bad....

I attended a workshop today on pre natal diagnosis. Dr Rielly of Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center in the Bronx was the presenter.

It was so interesting to hear all that is  happening in pre natal diagnosis. For me it was a reminder of the benefits of some tests when they are used for good.  Trouble is, many times they are like a search and destroy mission, but it is good to remember that they also benefit the baby in times when steps can be taken to prepare parents so that they can make their children comfortable no matter what happens, or when the unborn can be operated on in the womb.

Having met many couples who aborted because of pressure due to a poor diagnosis my heart breaks for the pain they have endured and sometimes it is hard for me to remember the good...I pray there are more doctors like Dr Rielly out there, who uses the knowledge for the dignity of life, no matter how short , so that there will be less couples out there experiencing the pain I have seen from those who were pressured to terminate.

Stop Forced Abortions

Paula Talley is a friend ...you go girl!

For Immediate Release

 

Only 120 Volunteers Needed
to Stop Forced Abortions

Circulation of Missouri Petition Initiative Has Begun

St. Louis, MO (March 19, 2008) - Organizers of a Missouri petition initiative that would reduce the risk of women being pressured into unwanted and unsafe abortions have begun the process of gathering the 85,000 signatures needed to put the measure before voters in November.

According to Janice Lewis, an organizer of the petition drive for the Stop Forced Abortions Alliance, the group is seeking 120 individuals or church groups to circulate the petition. "On average, we need only about 1,000 signatures per county," said Lewis. "We need only about 120 people to coordinate small groups of friends or church groups to gather the signatures. All the instructions and paperwork people need are on our website, www.StopForcedAbortions.org."

If passed, the initiative petition would make it easier for women to sue abortion providers for negligence if they fail to screen for coercion or other risk factors which put women at higher risk of psychological or emotional complications after an abortion.

"This measure will put an end to negligent, one-size-fits-all, assembly-line abortion counseling," says Paula Talley, another organizer of the group. "If this law had been in place in 1980, I would have been spared the years of grief and depression which followed my own unwanted abortion."

The group's goal of improving screening standards, Talley says, has indirectly received an endorsement from an unexpected source, Britain's Royal College of Psychiatrists. On March 14th, the Royal College issued a statement recognizing studies linking abortion to mental health problems and recommending the screening of women prior to an abortion for risk factors associated with a higher risk of mental health problems.

The Royal College's report followed the highly publicized suicide of artist Emma Beck following the abortion of her twins. Beck's suicide note stated: "Living is hell for me. I should never have had an abortion. I see now I would have been a good mum. I want to be with my babies; they need me, no one else does."

"Tragedies like the death of Emma Beck can be avoided by proper pre-abortion screening," says Lewis. "Our volunteers can help protect women from the negligence which leads to thousands of unwanted, unsafe, and unnecessary abortions every year in Missouri."

Talley agrees. "This is a very pro-woman law. The only people who can oppose this common sense measure are those who care less about women than they do about the profits of the abortion industry."

Planned Parenthood attorneys have filed suit in Cole County challenging the ballot summary issued by Secretary of State Carnahan in relation to the Stop Forced Abortions Alliance's initiative.

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Regarding Royal College of Psychiatrists' Statement and Emma Beck: see " Royal college warns abortions can lead to mental illness" TimesOnline.co.uk accessed March 18, 2008

A copy of the new initiative language is available for viewing at www.stopforcedabortions.org

Holy Week

Well, here we are in Holy week

The basis of our faith; the suffering, death and Resurrection of Christ!

 It is truly my favorite time of year because it is the manifestation of His Mercy.

 In doing the Stations of the Cross, I have been recognizing that although I want to be like the Mary’s and John who stood by the foot of the cross, most times, as much as I do not like to admit it, I am like the others portrayed in the stations,.

 Sure, I try to follow Him, but most often I am like Simon the reluctant helper, who drags himself along instead of going gratefully, for that is what our faith is, a gift we should always be grateful for no matter what we are going through.

 It is hard to see that when we are in the suffering. When our abortion, or any of the other millions of trials of life,  may be weighing us down, but in spite of our feelings, as I always say, if we really trust Jesus, we would be grateful for it all knowing full well His love for us and that He is watching over us, caring for us and leading us to our salvation.

 As we celebrate the Easter Tridium this year, may we all unite whatever crosses we have with the cross of Christ, especially the cross of our abortions, and thank Him for the gift of being called forth to Him, for our faith, however weak it may appear, and for His Sacrifice on the Cross. In the end, it is He who will increase faith in us, and with every step of trust, we will continue to grow so that we may not only heal, but rise with Him to new life!

 A very blessed Holy Week and Easter to all of you!

Praised be Jesus Christ!

Warning..abortion can lead to mental illness

Not that it i s funny, but sometimes I have to laugh at research...it does not take a rock scientist to know abortion is harmful to women...just thinking it through and recognizing you are participating in the death of your own child should be enough of a clue. Still, I am so glad that there are actual studies and research supporting what those of us who have lived this nightmare could have told them from the beginning...abortion hurts women!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3559486.ece

Abortionists

I often mention the deafening silence of proabortion groups when it comes to abortionists who hurt women

http://www.lifenews.com/nat3785.html