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For the Dignity of All,

Timmerie Millington

President Obama's ProAbortion Record

As young Catholic citizens of the United States we should be aware of the moves President Obama has made thus far during his presidency to devalue human life in the womb and further expose women to the emotional and physical devastation of abortion. Below is a list composed by Life News revealing some of the steps our President has made -- just this year -- to push his pro-abortion agenda.  

April 11, 2011 – Refuses Speaker John Boehner’s request to cut taxpayer funding to the Planned Parenthood abortion business.

April 14, 2011 – Obama administration castigates The Vatican over family planning.

April 19, 2011 – Obama Easter breakfast has pro-abortion religious leaders.

May 2, 2011 – Report shows the Obama administration met with abortion advocates during consideration of Obamacare.

May 10, 2011 – Senate confirms pro-abortion Obama judicial pick Edward Chen.

May 11, 2011 – Obama schmoozes with Planned Parenthood abortion business president, Cecile Richards.

May 17, 2011 – Obama administration targets peaceful pro-life advocate for prosecution.

May 19, 2011 – Names pro-abortion Morgan Christen to a federal appeals court position.

June 1, 2011 – Denies Indiana’s request to de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business.

June 2, 2011 – Obama administration approves more taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research.

June 17, 2011 – Defends forcing taxpayers to fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business in court.

July 7, 2011 – Report shows Obama policies resulted in 300 tax-funded abortions in Washington, D.C.

July 21, 2011 – Demands that New Hampshire make taxpayers fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business.

July 21, 2011 – Fines a peaceful pro-lifer $25,000.

August 1, 2011 – Forces insurance companies to pay for abortion drugs under Obamacare.
August 19, 2011 – Obama administration found to have spent taxpayer funds promoting pro-abortion Obamacare during the 2010 elections.

August 19, 2011 — Obama administration approves more taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research.

August 22, 2011 – Vice President Joe Biden fails to condemn China’s one-child, forced abortion policy.

August 23, 2011 — Obama administration calls children “sexual beings,” pushes sex on them.

A big thank you to Life News for creating this list! 

This is only some of the many moves President Obama has made over the last year to push abortion on America. Share this list with your family and friends. We have an obligation to stand for the sanctity of human life. That being said, we need pro-life leaders that will stand against the injustice of abortion. 

For the Dignity of Human Beings,

Timmerie Millington

Women's Equality Day

Today we celebrate Women's Equality Day and commemorate the 91st anniversary of the 19th amendment made to the Constitution. This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920. The Senate and House of Representatives designated August 26th as Women's Equality Day, and it is common that president release a proclamation.  I would like to highlight some of the statements made in President Obama's Presidential Proclamation--Women's Equality Day 2011. 

"They let their feet speak when their voices alone were not enough, protesting and marching for their fundamental right to vote in the face of heckling, jail, and abuse. Their efforts led to enormous progress millions upon millions of women have since used the power of the ballot to help shape our country." 

"On the 91st anniversary of this landmark in civil rights, we continue to uphold the foundational American principles that we are all equal, and that each of us deserves a chance to pursue our dreams. We honor the heroes who have given of themselves to advance the causes of justice, opportunity, and prosperity." 

What truly beautiful statements these are! I hope that our president means what he said in this proclamation, and that he will allow all women -- born and unborn -- to pursue their dreams. I hope that the heckling, jailing, and abuse on those who believe in protecting the innocent women in the womb ends.

I believe that the next generation will be convicted and will stand true to one of President Obama's last statement, "I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of gender equality in this country." (Presidential Proclamation--Women's Equality Day 2011)


I ask you to comment answering these questions.

How can you stand for the equality of women born and unborn? 

How does President Obama not stand for the equality of women born and unborn?

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

Update- Vice President Biden's Support of 1 Child Policy

Yesterday I shared with you a letter written to Vice President Biden after he conveyed his understanding to Chinese officials of their One Child Policy that forces women to have abortions.  Read my blog with the letter from Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women's Rights Without Frontiers.

Since the letter has been sent and severe public criticism has justifiably been made of Vice President Biden's support of China's One Child Policy, President Obama's administration has released a statement stating they "strongly opposes all aspects of China's coercive birth limitation policies, including forced abortion and forced sterilization."

True or false?

In a press release this morning from Women's Rights Without Frontiers the statement from President Obama's administration doesn't fly due to the constant suppor President Obama has given of China's One Child Policy. Here are some of the things that were pointed out in this morning's press release:

• Restored funding of UNFPA (Unites Nations Family Planning Fund) which is an abortion provider in China that the US stopped funding in 2001 because they were found to have been implementing the One Child Policy; yet President Obama wants to send a proposed $47 million to the UNFPA 
• US funds IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation) which works with Chinese population control.  On Planned Parenthood's website it says "The China Family Planning Association (CFPA) plays a very important role in China's family planning programme. It supports the present family planning policy of the government . . ."

Mr. President, do you really not support China's One Child Policy?  If so we challenge you to hold true to your administration's statement by removing all funding of UNFPA and IPPF. 

Action Item:

Sign the petition against forces abortion! 

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

Letter to Vice President Biden -- One Child Policy Understandable?

Vice President Biden on a recent visit to China conveyed his understanding for China's One Child Policy.  I encourage you now to take a look at the letter sent to Vice President Biden by China human rights advocate Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women's Rights Without Frontiers.

Dear Vice President Biden:


I write concerning the remark you made Sunday during your official visit to China: "Your policy has been one which I fully understand -- I'm not second-guessing -- of one child per family."


By your own admission, then, you "fully understand":

• That China's One Child Policy is enforced through forced abortion and involuntary sterilization;

• That, because of the traditional preference for boys, girls are disproportionately subject to abortion, abandonment and infanticide;

• That because of this gendercide, there are an estimated 37 million more males than females living in China today;

• That this severe gender imbalance is a powerful, driving force behind human trafficking and sexual slavery from nations surrounding China;

• That according to the World Health Organization, China has the highest female suicide rate of any country in the world. Approximately 500 Chinese women kill themselves each day. Could this extraordinary suicide rate be related to the trauma of enduring a forced abortion or forced sterilization?

Since you "fully understand" this, how can you then state that you do not "second-guess" this policy, which causes more violence to women and girls than any other official policy on earth? I understand that you have several children. Would you "second-guess" this policy if it were the law of the United States? Can you imagine the devastation if it were your own wife being dragged away to forcibly abort your children? Families in China endure this every day. Is such a policy acceptable so long as it does not affect U.S. families, but only Chinese families?


Or do you agree with CNN's Ted Turner, and with Norman Fleishman, the former Planned Parenthood executive, both of whom have stated that the United States should adopt the One Child Policy?


To say that you "fully understand" and yet do not "second-guess" the One Child Policy is to turn a blind eye to the incalculable suffering caused by this policy. If you disagree, please issue a statement clarifying your remarks. Otherwise, why should we not conclude that for you, forced abortion, forced sterilization, infanticide and gendercide are acceptable forms of population control?


If you truly wish to "fully understand" forced abortion in China, watch this four minute video: www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/blog/?p=219


I, too, "fully understand" the coercive enforcement of China's One Child Policy. It is an atrocity that must be abolished from the face of the earth.

Contact: Reggie Littlejohn, President,
Women's Rights Without Frontiers,
310-592-5722


I commend Reggie for standing up and defending women and children who have been and will continue to be victims of China's One Child Policy.  Stand against forced abortion and let others know!

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

 

Gender Pregnancy Test -- Sex selective abortion?

Oh how science continues to amaze me. Two weeks ago I saw a number of articles start to trickle through with headlines like ‘America next to Perform Sex Selective Abortions’. My first thought was “Oh brother, what now?” Then I found out about something pretty awesome! There is a safe over the counter test called Tell me Pink or Blue that is 95% accurate at detecting a baby’s gender only 7 weeks into the pregnancy. Apparently it’s been available online for a few years now, but it’s just starting to make its way into stores.

Then, I went and recalled the caption that had something to do with America and sex selective abortions . . . Supposedly scientists and the pro-abortion movement alike are looking at this as an opportunity to go back to -- the roots of the pro-abortion movement i.e. eugenics. I’m talking about Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, who found contraception necessary “to create a race of thoroughbreds” (Birth Control Review, Nov. 1921). And, when not trying to weed out "inferior races", Margarett Sanger was attempting to rid the world of those children at risk of diseases or physical handicaps. "More children from the fit, less from the unfit -- that is the chief aim of birth control." (Margaret Sanger Birth Control Review, May 1919, p. 12)

When I took a look at the website for this new pregnancy test I found what appeared to be a more positive agenda. On the landing page of TellMePinkorBlue.com here is a list of bullet points they have in bold:

Sex Detection at 7 Weeks Post Conception

Scientific Gender Test Based on Fetal DNA

Clinically Proven 95% Accurate*

Do-At-Home, Safe, Non-invasive

Prepare for Child Rearing Early

Begin Building Family Bonds

Sex selection vs further sentimental attachment?

In an article titled Blood Test Detects Baby's Sex At 7 Weeks from the Huffington Post by Lindsey Tanner:

“The authors say the results suggest blood tests like those studied could be a breakthrough for women at risk of having babies with certain diseases, who could avoid invasive procedures if they learned their fetus was a gender not affected by those illnesses. But, the study also raises concerns about couples using such tests for gender selection and abortion.”

So what do you think? Will this test be used to perpetuate the excitement of pregnancy and create stronger bonds between parents and child earlier on, or will it open new doors to sex selective abortion and, as Margaret Sanger might put it, weed out the less fit?

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

ALERT: Students are Planned Parenthood's Target

I was just browsing through a few pro-life articles and I came across 'Back to School Means Back to Work for Planned Parenthood' by Kristen Hawkins, Executive Director of Students for Life of America. Now I'm aware that Planned Parenthood has already been in high schools and colleges targeting young people with their idea of 'reproductive health care' (sex education, contraception, and abortion), but now they are amping up their sex-ed campaign more than ever. I encourage you, no matter your age, to read the article below and beware! Help educate your friends, family, children, and coworkers because Planned Parenthood does not care for the well being of these students. Planned Parenthood cares about manipulating open minded young people into bringing revenue in for them with abortion and contraceptive service.

"I am sending you this critical pro-life update because you need to know about Planned Parenthood’s deadly agenda for students in the fall. The nation’s premier anti-life organization is planning an unprecedented campaign to promote abortions in high schools and colleges across the nation. Unless we act right now, we will witness a tragic outbreak of abortions on American campuses. . ." Continue reading this article by Kristan Hawkins.

Re-post, email, and discuss with your friends and family!

List of pro-life actions to take once back to school. 

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

Violation of Constitutional Rights - AB 123

My latest blog written for Pro-Life Secular:

It has recently come to my attention that a new bill (AB123) has been signed into state law by Governor Jerry Brown last week. This Bill AB123 by Democratic Assemblyman Tony Mendoza is to protect preschool, elementary, and middle school students from harassment while entering and leaving school grounds. The consequences of these actions is a misdemeanor. This law may sound reasonable and once again another great thing our government has done to protect it’s children, but our rights are being violated.

This bill was written after a 2003 pro-life picket on the public sidewalk outside of Dodson Middle School in Rancho Palos Verdes. This was a peaceful pro-life picket where pro-life activists reached out to middle school students about abortion, and students were faced with the gruesome reality of abortion in the graphic images that were displayed. According to the LA Times article some students cried and others became angry after seeing these graphic images (Jerry Brown signs school safety law prompted by abortion protest). Do you blame these pre-teens for crying or being angry? When I look at the image below, I feel the same exact way.

Before I even get into the violation of First Amendment Rights . . . Here is my question to you: Is it wrong for these pre-teens to see images of children who have been aborted? The question isn’t whether or not you think it is or is not wrong. It also isn’t about how it makes you feel. I believe that these kids need to see the truth, and they shouldn’t be protected from knowing it.

These kids are aware of what abortion is along with many other horrible things that take place in this world. Believe it or not, these pre-teens are having abortions already. Some abortion clinics are intentionally located next to middle schools; so that they can provide these kids with sex education, birth control, and offer abortions. If you think these kids aren’t aware of abortion at this age, you would be heart broken to know how impacted these kids are by it. Why then are we protecting them from seeing the truth and the horrible reality if they’re already living it?

I am not going to address that this new law prevents the exposure of graphic abortion images outside of preschools and elementary schools children; but truly, I’ve never heard of pro-life activists ever standing outside either types of schools because they really believe that educating this age with aborted baby signs isn’t age appropriate. So I find it to be a non-issue, other than the fact that it violates First Amendment rights.

Lastly, as citizens of the United States of America our rights are being violated here. Whether you’re for or against activists educating about abortion on the streets, you should be against any violation of our right to free speech in the public arena. It is our right to discuss whatever, to whomever, whenever we like, and it’s a slippery slope when we’re not allowed to do so.

Do you find this new law to be constitutional?

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." - - - First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

11th Circuit Appeals Court Mandates Healthcare Unconstitutional

Last year we received the devastating news that President Barack Obama’s new Healthcare plan had passed through Congress and then through the Senate. Some of you may have even watched it live on television, I know I did . . . Today, nearly a year and half later, a Unites States Appeals Court in Georgia deemed it unconstitutional to mandate President Obama’s Healthcare plan.

For some, this new healthcare plan was an effort to provide medical care for all United States citizens. However, it was forcing Americans to purchase a health insurance plan against their will and in violation of the United States Constitution. This healthcare plan, that citizens would be forced to pay into, could cover: contraception, chemical and surgical abortion, along with risky wording regarding “end of life care” (Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia). Whether you do or do not obtain services such as contraception and abortion you would have to pay for an expensive plan that covers them. Even if you’re satisfied with the health insurance you currently have, there is a strong likelihood it would not be available to you because the prices would significantly increase, or your employer would drop his employee health care plan in exchange for the Federally funded plan.

The Georgia Appeals Court is made up of three judges: 2 democrat and 1 republican. Despite President Obama insisting that mandating his healthcare plan was constitutional, even his own democratic party said otherwise. The 11th Circuit Court clearly stated:

the individual mandate contained in the Act exceeds Congress’s enumerated commerce power. This conclusion is limited in scope. The power that Congress has wielded via the Commerce Clause for the life of this country remains undiminished. Congress may regulate commercial actors. It may forbid certain commercial activity. It may enact hundreds of new laws and federally-funded programs, as it has elected to do in this massive 975- page Act. But what Congress cannot do under the Commerce Clause is mandate that individuals enter into contracts with private insurance companies for the purchase of an expensive product from the time they are born until the time they die.

It cannot be denied that the individual mandate is an unprecedented exercise of congressional power. As the CBO observed, Congress “has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the United States.” CBO MANDATE MEMO, supra p.115, at 1. Never before has Congress sought to regulate commerce by compelling non-market participants to enter into commerce so that Congress may regulate them. The statutory language of the mandate is not tied to health care consumption—past, present, or in the future. Rather, the mandate is to buy insurance now and forever. The individual mandate does not wait for market entry.

Here we go to the Supreme Court!

Your thoughts?

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

p.s. checkout my newly updated "about me" page to learn what I'm up to. 

Abortion is legal through . . .

I've always been very surprised to find that the majority of people don't know when abortion is legal till.  Take the poll below and let's see what people think.  I'll comment some time next week with the answer.  

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

New Facebook Page

Hey Everyone,

I just created a Facebook page for my blog.  Check it out and be sure to "Like" it.

Timmerie's Blog Facebook Page

If you haven't read my latest blog yer, check it out: 'Summer 2011 Update'

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

Summer 2011 Update

Hey Guys,

I know it's been a few weeks since my last blog post and I'm very sorry to everyone who has been waiting for news about different events I've been involved with this summer. Here is a little update on what I've been up to the last month. I strongly encourage you to read all the way to the end because your help is needed.

July 6-16th I was blessed with the opportunity to help run Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust's 14th annual ProLife Training Camp. Over 60 young people from across the country were activated and educated to be involved in the fight for the innocent lives in the womb. I personally had the honor of training the new young pro-life activists on ‘Why ProLife: the Child’, social media activism, media interviews, how to write a press release, and videography and photography. You can read more about Survivors ProLife Training Camp at the blog I wrote for ProLife Secular News. Below is the ProLife Falsh Mob I choreographed during camp that was performed at Griffith Park in Hollywood and at Santa Monica Pier:

Since camp I have been on the go with pro-life events in southern California (checkout this blog about an event in San Diego last week) and helping run and chaperon church retreats for high school and middle school age youth. God has blessed me this summer with these opportunities to protect the innocent in the womb and bring youth closer to Christ.

As I've been catching up on emails this morning it has come to my attention that additional funds are needed to pay an outstanding balance from this year's first annual Walk for Life Youth Rally. For those of you who are not aware, this year I coordinated the Walk for Life Youth Rally for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The rally was held immediately after the 50,000 person West Coast Walk for Life. With a large majority of young people at Walk for Life being between the age of 13 and 25, we saw this as an opportunity to convict young people to be more involved in the pro-life movement.

Walk for Life Youth Rally helped the youth understand different ways to be involved that suite their abilities. I will go into further detail within the next couple of days, but right now I ask you to please consider donating what you can, no matter the amount, to help pay the $5,000 balance of this year's Walk for Life Youth Rally that activated over 3,000 young people to the pro-life movement. Next year’s Walk for Life Youth Rally cannot and will not take place if we do not raise the necessary funds to pay the remaining balance of this year’s rally. Read more about the Walk for Life Youth Rally and watch EWTN's coverage of Walk for Life Youth Rally.

To donate:

Please make the check payable to: SF Archdiocese, Respect Life Program
For: Walk for Life Youth Rally

Mailing address is:

Respect Life Program, Archdiocese of San Francisco
One Peter Yorke Way
San Francisco‎ CA‎ 94109
United States

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington