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5 Most Egregious Things

6/14/2016

 

The 5 Most Egregious Things to Happen at City Council Tonight:

Tonight was the "Public Hearing" on 1548-2016. Thanks to everyone who came out. For those who missed it, here were the five most egregious things to happen...

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5: Teeny Tiny Room
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Seriously, did they look for the smallest room possible? There was room in the hearing, counting standing room, for maybe 60 people.

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4: Dozens Locked Out
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Because City Council choose such a small location, dozens who wanted to attend were locked out of the building.

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3: City Police Officer Lied
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Columbus police officer Nicole, who occasionally worked as a private duty police officer at Founder's, told city council members of her experiences with volunteers. One anecdote that she shared was that volunteers would lie to women by telling them that the abortion clinic had employed a known sex offender, when that was not true. Except, it was true. Read all about it here: http://www.gcrtl.org/blog/abortion-provider-indicted-on-child-pornography-charges

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Note: updated post includes a link at the bottom of this entry to the full hearing.  You can watch Officer Nicole lie about this at the 1:05:27 point.

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2: Public Testimony Limited
Although billed as a public hearing which would allow proponents and opponents of the proposal to testify for/against the law in 3-minute, alternating witness statements, City Council filled the time with member statements, a presentation from their attorney, and the statements of one officer mentioned above. In total, only about fifteen minutes of the 5:30-7:00pm hearing were allotted to opponent speakers.

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1: It Was All A Farce
It was all a farce anyway, and it was obvious that this was little more than for-show hearing. City Council already showed its hand that it intends to act on this proposal next Monday.

We aren't going to let it happen without trying to stop it, though.

In in less than a week, we have gathered thousands of postcards from opponents of the proposed law, and more than 500 have signed our petition (www.gcrtl.org/city-council). Join us!
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Watch the full hearing.  To skip to the part where Officer Nicole lies about an abortion doctor being charged as a sex offender, forward to the 1:05:27 mark when Councilwoman Brown asks her about her experiences. 

Columbus Abortion Facility Going Out of Business: Capital Care Network Closing Columbus Abortion Facility

6/2/2012

 
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Greater Columbus Right to Life learned today that the Capital Care Women's Center (CCWC) abortion facility will likely close their Columbus abortion facility located at 4818 Indianola Avenue. After a noticeable decline in business over the past year or so, it appears that the abortion facility can no longer afford to remain in open. 
  
CCWC is affiliated with the Capital Care Women's Network, an affiliation of abortion facilities in Akron, Columbus, Lima and Toledo, Ohio, and Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Capital Care Network is informing potential clients that they are only scheduling appointment through Wednesday, June 6. After that date they are referring clients to the Founder's Women's Health abortion facility at 1243 East Broad Street. 
  
"One closed, three to go," said Ruth Yorston, Greater Columbus Right to Life Executive Director, referring to the number of abortion facilities in Columbus. "The pro-life movement's efforts to educate people on the unalterable consequence of abortion - the death of the pre-born child, and the dangers of abortion - the physical risks to the mother and emotional health risks to the mother and father, have led to the decline in business that appears to be forcing CCWC to close their doors."   
 
Yorston continued, saying that "the closing of this abortion facility is also a result of pro-life volunteers praying for and sidewalk counseling CCWC's clients that they deserve better than abortion. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, women need support and assistance that affirms them and supports them through and beyond their pregnancy. What we don't need are people telling us that we're incapable of leading meaningful and fulfilled lives while being pregnant and giving birth to a child. That attitude demeans women and paves the way for them to choose the path of ending the life of their child - a path from which there is no return."   
 
Earlier this year Greater Columbus Right to Life launched a sidewalk counselor training program designed to increase the number of sidewalk counselors at Columbus abortion facilities. Nearly 50 men and women attended the workshop to learn how to bring a message of love and hope to women and men standing on abortion's precipice. We are now working to engage these counselors and more who will follow them through our training in the life-saving work that is helping to close the Capital Care Women's Center abortion facility.
 
"Our hope is that this wonderful news will motivate even more to join us in our efforts to bring an end to abortion in Franklin County. While this is certainly a victory, we cannot yet say 'mission accomplished!' The number of abortion facilities in our community appears to be decreasing by 25%, but still nearly one out of every five abortions committed in the State of Ohio occur in the City of Columbus. It appears that there will now be three facilities in Columbus performing abortions five days a week and that the Founders abortion
facility will receive increased business due to CCWC's closing."
  
The Greater Columbus pro-life community must increase our education and advocacy work to support women facing difficult circumstances while they nurture the child developing within. "Greater Columbus Right to Life is committed to staying the course until we see the day that women in unplanned pregnancies receive the assistance they need to chose life and health for themselves and their children and the last abortion facility in our city closes its doors. With the support and involvement of local pro-life people we look forward to not only decreasing the number of abortion facilities but the number of abortions as well", said Yorston.

Click here to partner with Greater Columbus Right to Life by volunteering or making a tax-deductable donation to our Educational Foundation.


Let's Get Some Momentium!

5/25/2012

 
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How's your exercise routine these days?  Is that little voice inside you saying "Hey, you should get out there and start walking or running and get in shape!"  Perhaps your doctor suggested that a little exercise would go a long way to improving your overall health and longevity?  

Hmmm. . . maybe we can help each other!  Did you know that you can walk or run (for fun or for health) and help raise support for Greater Columbus Right to Life?  Exercise for your life - and help save the lives of others, too! 
 
Learn how you can do ALL this and more!  St. Andrew Respect Life Society is co-hosting an information meeting on Momentium. Join us for refreshments, fellowship and Momentium. Three opportunities are available for your convenience:

          Getting Some Momentium
           - Tuesday May 29, 7 pm
           - Saturday June 2, 10 am
           - Sunday June 3, 7 pm.

          St. Andrew Nugent Hall
          1899 McCoy Rd.
          Columbus, OH 43220

          Please RSVP to rsvp.gcrtl@gmail.com.

Sponsored by Pregnancy Decision Health Centers and Greater Columbus Right to Life. Questions? Melissa Lentz 614/888-8774 x6124.

$100 Million Donation to Pro-Abortion Human Rights Watch

9/9/2010

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This morning LifeNews.com reported that billionaire George Soros has committed to donate $100 million to the pro-abortion Human Rights Watch. New York based Human Rights Watch actively promotes abortion and even goes so far as to attack countries that protect the lives of the innocent pre-born.  Their report "A State of Isolation: Access to Abortion for Women in Ireland", claims that Ireland, which has not legalized abortion, is in violation of international law.  In August of this year HRW published "Illusions of Care, Lack of Accountability for Reproductive Rights in Argentina", in which they claim that country is also in violation of international laws.

Organizations like Human Rights Watch are received money hand-over-fist from wealthy liberal supporters like George Soros. Others, such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Ted Turner, have each given millions of dollars to support abortion, sterilization and contraception of the human race.

Conversely, most pro-life organizations, including Greater Columbus Right to Life, struggle greatly to raise the funds we need to continue our work. We have very small staffs and operate almost completely through volunteer support.  Here at GCRTL, with only one staff member, we organize numerous education and advocacy events throughout the year, including
  • Rally for Life at the Ohio Statehouse
  • 40 Days for Life campaigns
  • BloodMoney: The Business of Abortion
  • Life Chain
  • Quarterly training events
  • College grant and mentoring program
  • Speakers Bureau
  • Information booths at local fairs and festival
  • And even more. . .

Just think of the impact we could have if we were able to grow our organization and to more fully fund these and other programs, such as a stronger youth education and advocacy program, seminars and workshops with visiting lecturers on topics such as care for the elderly and medically vulnerable, the value of adult stem-cell research (as opposed to life-taking embryonic stem-cell research) and others. 

Please consider how you can help us to achieve our mission to promote a community the protects innocent human life from conception until natural death, and our 20/20 vision, to bring an end to abortion in Greater Columbus by the year 2020. 

One way you can help is by donating online today. 

Another way is by attending our annual fundraiser, Tailgate for Life, on September 26.  Our speaker, Rebecca Kiessling, will share her incredible story of learning the circumstances of her conception at the knifepoint of a serial rapist, and how God has used her to advance the cause of life.  Register today.  Better yet, sponsor a table and invite your friends to join you to hear Rebecca and to be generous in their support of GCRTL. 

Thank you for supporting our work. Together, we can make a difference; we can save lives; we can bring an end to abortion in Greater Columbus by the year 2020. 

Always for
Life,

Ruth Yorston
Executive Director
Greater Columbus Right to Life


 
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