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im·per·a·tive ( m-p r -t v)
adj.

1. Expressing a command or plea; peremptory: requests that grew more and more imperative.
2. Having the power or authority to command or control.
3. Grammar Of, relating to, or constituting the mood that expresses a command or request.
4. Impossible to deter or evade; pressing: imperative needs. See Synonyms at urgent.

n.
1.
a. A command; an order.
b. An obligation; a duty: social imperatives.

2. A rule, principle, or instinct that compels a certain behavior: a people driven to aggression by territorial imperatives.


Posted 2008-08-18 12:13 AM (#91) By: EternalVigilance


A project of America's Independent Party and CAN-DO-USA

The Personhood Imperative

Proclamation and Pledge


To become effective January 1, 2009

By the undersigned Citizens of the United States of America:

A Proclamation and Pledge of Non-Cooperation with, and Perpetual Resistance to, the enablers and practitioners of abortion and euthanasia

 

Please read and then sign the Proclamation and Pledge today at www.LifeandLibertyReport.com!

Just CLICK HERE!

Posted 2009-01-02 6:06 AM (#5116 - in reply to #91) By: Editor


Finally, the way to end abortion!
bttt
Posted 2009-01-02 7:22 AM (#5124 - in reply to #91) By: patriot1


"I have often said we need to join in prayer to bring protection to the unborn. Prayer and action are needed to uphold the sanctity of human life. I believe it will not be possible to accomplish our work, the work of saving lives, "without being a soul of prayer." The famous British Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, prayed with his small group of influential friends, the "Clapham Sect," for decades to see an end to slavery in the British empire. Wilberforce led that struggle in Parliament, unflaggingly, because he believed in the sanctity of human life. He saw the fulfillment of his impossible dream when Parliament outlawed slavery just before his death.


"Let his faith and perseverance be our guide. We will never recognize the true value of our own lives until we affirm the value in the life of others, a value of which Malcolm Muggeridge says:. . . however low it flickers or fiercely burns, it is still a Divine flame which no man dare presume to put out, be his motives ever so humane and enlightened."


"Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide. My Administration is dedicated to the preservation of America as a free land, and there is no cause more important for preserving that freedom than affirming the transcendent right to life of all human beings, the right without which no other rights have any meaning."


President Ronald Reagan

Posted 2009-01-02 7:45 AM (#5125 - in reply to #5124) By: EternalVigilance


Any of you who are signed up at FreeRepublic.com I would ask to keep the thread below bumped to the top:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2157615/posts 

Posted 2009-01-02 7:48 AM (#5126 - in reply to #5125) By: EternalVigilance


bttt
Posted 2009-01-02 8:59 AM (#5128 - in reply to #5126) By: marchingon


Anyone who can email a link to http://www.LifeandLibertyReport.com and the Personhood Proclamation to the folks in your address book would be appreciated. You should include links to www.AIPNEWS.com and our Platform and Personal Affiliation Agreement as well.
Posted 2009-01-02 12:43 PM (#5133 - in reply to #5128) By: EternalVigilance


Thank you for this most inspiring document! Please continue this most needed thrust. There is no more compelling evidence that our nation has lost its conscience than the continued murder of its unborn children, and the ending of life prematurely by purpose.
Posted 2009-01-02 2:30 PM (#5139 - in reply to #5116) By: scotknight


bttt

 

Posted 2009-01-02 3:34 PM (#5141 - in reply to #5139) By: marchingon


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Posted 2009-01-03 6:23 PM (#5157 - in reply to #5124) By: Savvy


THE PLEA OF AN UNBORN CHILD

Let me have the chance to see the sun,
To laugh and play, to walk and run.
Let me see the stars at night.
Please, mommy, please, just hold me tight.

Don't let them take me from your womb
Into a dark and painful tomb.
Please, mommy, please, just say the word,
Since my tiny voice cannot be heard.


© 1989, D. Lynn Jacobs.

Edited by lynnjacobs 2009-01-04 7:27 AM
Posted 2009-01-04 7:26 AM (#5163 - in reply to #5116) By: lynnjacobs


Innocence personified
A gift to us from God on high
A precious soul for which He died
What kind of heart can kill a child?
Posted 2009-01-04 7:52 AM (#5165 - in reply to #5163) By: EternalVigilance


Graphic:  http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4867/storyuk9.jpg

Horton:  "A person's a person no matter how small ..."

From Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuz

From Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_Hears_a_Who!

Horton Hears a Who! is a 1954 book by Dr. Seuss. It is the second Seuss book to feature Horton the Elephant, the first being Horton Hatches the Egg.  The Whos would later make a reappearance in How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.  The book was published in August 1954 ...

Plot

The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant who, on the fifteenth of May in the Jungle of Nool, hears a small speck of dust talking to him. It turns out the speck of dust is actually a tiny planet, home to a city called "Whoville", inhabited by microscopic-sized inhabitants known as Whos.

The Whos ask Horton (who, though he cannot see them, is able to hear them quite well) to protect them from harm, which Horton happily agrees to do, proclaiming throughout the book that "a person's a person, no matter how small." In doing so he is ridiculed and forced into a cage by the other animals in the jungle for believing in something that they are unable to see or hear. His chief tormentors are Vlad Vladikoff, the Wickersham Brothers and the Sour Kangaroo. Horton tells the Whos that, lest they end up being boiled in "Beezelnut Oil," they need to make themselves heard to the other animals. The Whos finally accomplish this by ensuring that all members of their society play their part. In the end it is a "very small shirker named Jo-Jo" whose final addition to the volume creates enough lift for the jungle to hear the sound, thus reinforcing the moral of "a person's a person no matter how small."

Now convinced of the Whos' existence, Horton's neighbors vow to help him protect the tiny community.

Posted 2009-01-06 7:57 PM (#5298 - in reply to #5165) By: Savvy


Posted 2009-01-06 8:21 PM (#5299 - in reply to #5298) By: EternalVigilance


There is a long history of the creators of Horton Hears a Who strongly denouncing any semblance of similarity to life in the womb.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88189147

Edited by Philomena 2009-01-07 6:30 AM
Posted 2009-01-07 6:20 AM (#5314 - in reply to #5299) By: Philomena


Pro-Life Message in "Horton Hears a Who?"
By Craig von Buseck

When I was a child, my favorite Dr. Seuss book, by far, was Horton Hears a Who. There was something extremely moving about the compassion of this giant elephant who wanted to protect and save the tiny inhabitants of "Who-ville" that he discovered in a speck of dust. The other element of the story that amazed me was that Horton was able to hear the small voices emanating from Who-ville, when others simply ignored them -- or insisted that they didn't exist.

But Horton courageously protects his new found friends, declaring famously, "A person's a person, no matter how small."

As the story unfolds, Horton becomes friends with the Mayor of Who-ville, and he and the Mayor must protect this tiny world and its inhabitants from the negative forces within Who-ville, and the forces without that want to destroy it. The rest of the jungle thinks Horton's hallucinating. But Horton refuses to give the speck to the Kangaroo, even as she declares, “If you can’t see, hear, or feel it, it does not exist!”

Now the book has become a Hollywood movie, featuring the voice talents of Jim Carrey (Horton), Steve Carell (the Mayor of Who-ville), and Carol Burnett (Kangaroo). Ty Burr of the Boston Globe writes in his review of the computer animated film, "…after the Saturday morning screening I attended, every 4-year-old stood and applauded. With a movie like this, they're the critics, not me."

But there are also some people in the Church who are pointing to a possible prophetic pro-life message embedded in this heart-warming tale.

Steve Shultz of The Elijah List re-issued an article this week by Lou Engle that was published last year pointing out the parallels between the pro-life position, which is informed by a biblical worldview, and the underlying message of Horton Hears a Who. I think these parallels -- and how the Lord prophetically revealed them -- are significant and should be prayerfully considered. 

Here is an excerpt from Lou Engle's message about Horton Hears a Who from The Elijah List:


God is communicating His big dream of ending abortion in a most profound way through the dream stream story of Horton Hears A Who by Dr. Seuss.

In February, 2005, one of our youth, a 15-year-old girl at the Justice House of Prayer, had a dream. In the dream she saw a large, beautiful building with the words "The Who" appearing over it. She and her sisters entered the house and began to look throughout the building until they found the attic where there was a series of old books from the past that they knew would be needed for the future. She shared her dream with the JHOP team.

I knew the dream was from God, but I wondered, "What is 'The Who,' and what are these old books?"

The next morning while pondering the dream, I received a remarkable e-mail from a man in Kansas City that included a sermon he gave several years ago on what must occur for abortion to end. He felt led to send it to me, even though he thought it was unusual that the analogy the Lord had given him was based on the Dr. Seuss book, Horton Hears a Who.

When I read this, I instantly connected "The Who" in the dream with "The Who" in the book. I was immediately interested!

In this children's book, written in 1954, ...

Read more ...



Edited by Philomena 2009-01-07 6:32 AM
Posted 2009-01-07 6:27 AM (#5317 - in reply to #5314) By: Philomena


Review ... the proclamation will be housed at www.BanAbortionNOW.com

Currently it is housed at www.LifeAndLibertyReport.com

... specifically at http://LifeAndLibertyReport.com/llr/index.php?/archives/10-The-Personhood-Imperative-Proclamation-and-Pledge.html

.

www.BANABORTIONNOW.com 

.

Posted 2009-01-10 7:12 PM (#5517 - in reply to #5317) By: Savvy


cc, 1/13/09

Posted 2009-01-13 6:18 PM (#5645 - in reply to #5124) By: Savvy


cc, 1/13/09
Posted 2009-01-13 7:03 PM (#5657 - in reply to #91) By: Savvy


The list of signers at lifeandlibertyreport.com and BanAbortionNOW.com don't seem to be merged.
Posted 2009-01-17 1:04 PM (#5895 - in reply to #5657) By: groovsmyth


We're still working on BanAbortionNow. Thanks for being observant!
Posted 2009-01-17 1:21 PM (#5896 - in reply to #5895) By: EternalVigilance


cc, 1/27/09
Posted 2009-01-27 7:19 PM (#6490 - in reply to #91) By: Savvy


cc, 1/29/09
Posted 2009-01-29 7:49 PM (#6576 - in reply to #6490) By: Savvy


www.BanAbortionNOW.com
Posted 2009-01-29 7:57 PM (#6578 - in reply to #6576) By: EternalVigilance


cc, 2/3/09
Posted 2009-02-03 6:07 PM (#6854 - in reply to #6578) By: Savvy


A person's a person no matter how small.

 -- Dr. Seuz

Posted 2009-03-04 3:26 PM (#8722 - in reply to #6854) By: Savvy


Posted 2009-05-22 7:07 AM (#14493 - in reply to #8722) By: EternalVigilance


together we can help stop abortion.
Posted 2009-06-28 6:39 AM (#17083 - in reply to #5116) By: tobinatorstark


Discussed on tonight's America's Summit call
Posted 2009-10-03 6:36 PM (#24703 - in reply to #17083) By: SteveSchulin


From the wonderful research begun by Geketa Holman in KY:

 Here is the list of states:


  Full-Coverage Unborn Victim States (25)
(States With Homicide Laws That Recognize Unborn Children as Victims
Throughout the Period of Pre-natal Development)

Alabama: Legislation taking effect July 1, 2006 (HB 19) amended
Section 13A-6-1 of the Code of Alabama to include "an unborn child in
utero at any stage of development, regardless of viability" as a
"person" and "human being" for purposes of the state laws dealing with
murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and assault.

Alaska: Alaska Statutes 11.41 (as amended by Senate Bill 20, enacted
June 16, 2006) establishes the crimes of "murder of an unborn child,"
"manslaughter of an unborn child," "criminally negligent homicide of
an unborn child," and "assault of an unborn child." Alaska Statutes
11.81.900(b) defines "unborn child" as "a member of species Homo
sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb."

Arizona:  The "unborn child in the womb at any stage of its
development" is fully covered by the state's murder and manslaughter
statutes.  For purposes of establishing the level of punishment, a
victim who is "an unborn child shall be treated like a minor who is
under twelve years of age."  Senate Bill 1052, signed into law on
April 25, 2005, amending the following sections of the Arizona Revised
Statutes:  13-604, 13-604.01, 13-703, 13-1102, 13-1103, 13-1104,
13-1105, 13-4062, 31-412, 41-1604.11 and 41-1604.13.

Georgia: Legislation taking effect July 1, 2006 (SB 77) recognizes an
"unborn child" (defined as "a member of the species homo sapiens at
any stage of development who is carried in the womb") as a victim of
the offenses of feticide, voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child,
assault of an unborn child, and battery of an unborn child. (Official
Code of Georgia Annotated, Sections 16-5-20, 16-5-28, 16-5-29,
16-5-80)
Legislation (SB 529) taking effect July 1, 2008 recognizes the crimes
of "feticide by vehicle" in the first and second degree.  (Section
40-6-393.1)

Idaho: Murder is defined as the killing of a "human embryo or fetus"
under certain conditions. The law provides that manslaughter includes
the unlawful killing of a human embryo or fetus without malice. The
law provides that a person commits aggravated battery when, in
committing battery upon the person of a pregnant female, that person
causes great bodily harm, permanent disability or permanent
disfigurement to an embryo or fetus. Idaho Sess. Law Chap. 330
(SB1344)(2002).

Illinois: The killing of an "unborn child" at any stage of pre-natal
development is intentional homicide, voluntary manslaughter, or
involuntary manslaughter or reckless homicide. Ill. Comp. Stat. ch.
720, §§5/9-1.2, 5/9-2.1, 5/9-3.2 (1993). Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 720 §
5/12-3.1. A person commits battery of an unborn child if he
intentionally or knowingly without legal justification and by any
means causes bodily harm to an unborn child. Read with Ill. Rev. Stat.
ch. 720 § 5/12-4.4.

Kansas: Under "Alexa's Law," signed into law on May 9, 2007, as part
of HB 2062, effective July 1, 2007, an "unborn child," meaning "a
living individual organism of the species homo sapiens, in utero, at
any stage of gestation from fertilization to birth," is defined as a
"person" and a "human being" for the purposes of the Kansas statutes
against first degree murder, second degree murder, capital murder,
voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, vehicular homicide,
and numerous battery offenses.

Kentucky:  Since February, 2004, Kentucky law establishes a crime of
"fetal homicide" in the first, second, third, and fourth degrees.  The
law covers an "unborn child," defined as "a member of the species homo
sapiens in utero from conception onward, without regard to age,
health, or condition of dependency."

Louisiana: The killing of an "unborn child" is first degree feticide,
second degree feticide, or third degree feticide. La. Rev. Stat. Ann.
§§14:32.5 - 14.32.8, read with §§14:2(1), (7), (11) (West 1997).

Michigan: The killing of an "unborn quick child" is manslaughter under
Mich. Stat. Ann. § 28.555. The Supreme Court of Michigan interpreted
this statute to apply to only those unborn children who are viable.
Larkin v. Cahalan, 208 N.W.2d 176 (Mich. 1973). However, a separate
Michigan law, effective Jan. 1, 1999, provides felony penalties for
actions that intentionally, or in wanton or willful disregard for
consequences, cause a "miscarriage or stillbirth," or cause
"aggravated physical injury to an embryo or fetus."(M.C.L. 750.90a
through 750.90f)

Minnesota: Since 1986 the killing of an "unborn child" at any stage of
pre-natal development is murder (first, second, or third degree) or
manslaughter, (first or second degree). It is also a felony to cause
the death of an "unborn child" during the commission of a felony.
Minn. Stat. Ann. §§609.266, 609.2661- 609.2665, 609.268(1) (West
1987). The death of an "unborn child" through operation of a motor
vehicle is criminal vehicular operation. Minn. Stat. Ann. §609.21
(West 1999).
Mississippi:  Under a law enacted May 6, 2004, and effective July 1,
2004, for purposes of enumerated state laws dealing with various types
of homicide and certain other violent crimes, "the term 'human being'
includes an unborn child at every stage of gestation from conception
until live birth and the term 'unborn child' means a member of the
species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in
the womb."  (SB 2869)

Missouri: The killing of an "unborn child" at any stage of pre-natal
development is involuntary manslaughter or first degree murder. Mo.
Ann. Stat. §§1.205, 565.024, 565.020 (Vernon Supp. 1999), State v.
Knapp, 843 S.W.2d 345 (Mo. 1992), State v. Holcomb, 956 S.W.2d 286
(Mo. App. W.D. 1997).

Nebraska: The killing of an "unborn child" at any stage of pre-natal
development is murder in the first degree, second degree, or
manslaughter. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-391 to § 28-394. (2002) In
addition, "The Assault of an Unborn Child Act," effective April 13,
2006, provides that a criminal attacker who causes "serious bodily
injury" to an unborn child commits the offense of "assault on an
unborn child" in the first, second, or third degree. "Unborn child" is
defined as "an individual member of the species Homo sapiens at any
stage of development in utero." (LB 57, 2006)

North Dakota: Since 1987 the killing of an "unborn child" at any stage
of pre-natal development is murder, felony murder, manslaughter, or
negligent homicide. N.D. Cent. Code §§12.1-17.1-01 to 12.1-17.1-04
(1997).

Ohio: At any stage of pre-natal development, if an "unborn member of
the species homo sapiens, who is or was carried in the womb of
another" is killed, it is aggravated murder, murder, voluntary
manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide, aggravated
vehicular homicide, and vehicular homicide. Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§
2903.01 to 2903.07, 2903.09 (Anderson 1996 & Supp. 1998).
Oklahoma:  House Bill 1686, signed into law on May 20, 2005,
recognizes "an unborn child" as a victim under state laws against
murder, manslaughter, and certain other acts of violence.  The law
defines "unborn child" as "the unborn offspring of human beings from
the moment of conception, through pregnancy, and until live birth
including the human conceptus, zygote, morula, blastocyst, embryo and
fetus." Following upon the law enacted in 2005, Senate Bill 1742,
signed into law May 23, 2006, ensures that Oklahoma’s recognition of
the unborn child as a separate victim applies uniformly across all of
Oklahoma’s homicide statutes.

Pennsylvania: An individual commits criminal homicide in the first,
second, or third-degree, or voluntary manslaughter of an "unborn
child" if the individual intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or
negligently causes the death of an unborn child. 18 Pa. Cons. Stat.
Ann. §§ 2601 to 2609 (1997)  "Unborn child" and "fetus." Each term
shall mean an individual organism of the species Homo sapiens from
fertilization until live birth."  On December 27, 2006, in the case of
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Bullock (J-43-2006), the Pennsylvania
Supreme Court unanimously rejected an array of constitutional
challenges to the law, including claims based on Roe v. Wade and equal
protection doctrine.

South Carolina: S. 1084, signed into law and effective on June 2,
2006, recognizes a "child in utero" who is enjured or killed during an
act of criminal violence as a separate victim of a separate offense.
The term "child in utero" is defined as "a member of the species homo
sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb."

South Dakota: The killing of an "unborn child" at any stage of
pre-natal development is fetal homicide, manslaughter, or vehicular
homicide. S.D. Codified Laws Ann. §22-16-1, 22-16-1.1, 22-16-15(5),
22-16-20, and 22-16-41, read with §§ 22-1-2(31), 22-1-2(50A) (Supp.
1997).

Texas:  Under a law signed June 20, 2003, and effective September 1,
2003, the protections of the entire criminal code extend to "an unborn
child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth."
The law does not apply to "conduct committed by the mother of the
unborn child" or to "a lawful medical procedure performed by a
physican or other licensed health care provider with the requisite
consent."  (SB 319, Prenatal Protection Act)

Utah: The killing of an "unborn child" at any stage of pre-natal
development is treated as any other homicide. Utah Code Ann. §
76-5-201 et seq. (Supp. 1998)and UT SB 178 (2002).  See Utah Supreme
Court decision in State of Utah v. MacGuire (January 23, 2004).

Virginia:  Effective July 1, 2004, Code of Virginia Section 18.2-32.2
provides:  "Any person who unlawfully, willfully, deliberately,
maliciously and with premeditation kills the fetus of another" may be
imprisoned from 20 years to life; and any person who does so without
premeditation may be imprisoned for not less than five nor more than
40 years.

West Virginia:  2005 Senate Bill 146, signed into law on May 20, 2005,
provided that "a pregnant woman and the embryo or fetus she is
carrying in the womb constitute separate and distinct victims" for
purposes of the state laws governing murder, manslaughter, and certain
other crimes of violence.  Code of West Virginia Section 61-2-30.

Wisconsin:  Since 1998 the killing of an "unborn child" at any stage
of pre-natal development is first-degree intentional homicide,
first-degree reckless homicide, second-degree intentional homicide,
second-degree reckless homicide, homicide by negligent handling of
dangerous weapon, explosives or fire, homicide by intoxicated use of
vehicle or firearm, or homicide by negligent operation of vehicle.
Wis. Stat. Ann. §§939.75, 939.24, 939.25, 940.01, 940.02, 940.05,
940.06, 940.08, 940.09, 940.10 (West 1998).

Partial-Coverage Unborn Victim States (10)
(States with Homicide Laws That Recognize Unborn Children as Victims,
But only During Part of the Period of Pre-natal Development)

NOTE: These laws are gravely deficient because they do not recognize
unborn children as victims during certain periods of their pre-natal
development. Nevertheless, they are described here for informational
purposes.

Arkansas: The killing of an "unborn child" of twelve weeks or greater
gestation is capital murder, murder in the first degree, murder in the
second degree, manslaughter, or negligent homicide. Ark. Stat. Ann. §
5-1-102(13)(b)(i)(a), read with Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 5-10-101 to
5-10-105. (A separate Arkansas law makes it a battery to cause injury
to a woman during a Class A misdemeanor to cause her to undergo a
miscarriage or stillbirth, or to cause injury under conditions
manifesting extreme indifference to human life and that results in a
miscarriage or stillbirth. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 5-13-201 (a)(5)(a)).

California:  California Penal Code § 187(a) says, "Murder is the
unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice
aforethought."  The words "or a fetus" were added by the legislature
in 1970.  The California Supreme Court later interpreted "fetus" to
apply "beyond the embryonic stage of seven to eight weeks."  (People
v. Davis, 1994) In addition, Penal Code  § 190.2(3) makes a defendant
eligible for capital punishment if convicted of more than one murder,
and the California Supreme Court ruled that fetal homicide is included
under this provision as well (People v. Dennis, 1998).

Florida: The unlawful killing of an "unborn quick child" is murder in
the same degree as if committed against the mother.  [Fla. Stat. Ann.
§ 782.09 (West 2005)].  Other provisions cover the killing of an
"unborn quick child" as manslaughter [Fla. Stat. Ann § 782.09 (West
2005)], vehicular homicide [Fla. Stat. Ann. § 782.071 (West 1999)],
and DUI manslaughter [Fla. Stat. Ann. § 316.193 (West 2005)].  Under
Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 316.193 and 782.09, the term "unborn quick child"
is the same as the term "viable fetus," which is defined in the
following way: "... a fetus is viable when it becomes capable of
meaningful life outside the womb through standard medical measures."
[Fla. Stat. Ann § 782.071 (West 2005)].

Indiana:  The killing of "a fetus that has attained viability" is
murder, voluntary manslaughter, or involuntary manslaughter.  Indiana
Code 35-42-1-1, 35-42-1-3, 35-42-1-4.
Maryland:  Under 2005 House Bill 398, amending Section 2-103 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, signed into law on May 26, 2005 and
effective October 1, 2005, "A prosecution may be instituted for murder
or manslaughter of a viable fetus," if the person prosecuted "intended
to cause the death of the viable fetus, intended to cause serious
physical injury to the viable fetus, or wantonly or recklessly
disregarded the likelihood that the person's actions would cause the
death of or serious physical injury to the viable fetus."

Massachusetts: The killing of an unborn child after viability is
vehicular homicide. Commonwealth v. Cass, 467 N.E.2d 1324 (Mass.
1984). The killing of an unborn child after viability is involuntary
manslaughter. Commonwealth v. Lawrence, 536 N.E.2d 571 (Mass. 1989).

Nevada: The killing of an "unborn quick child" is manslaughter. Nev.
Rev. Stat. § 200.210 (1997.

Rhode Island: The killing of an "unborn quick child" is manslaughter.
The statute defines "quick child" to mean a viable child. R.I. Gen.
Laws § 11-23-5 (1994).

Tennessee: The killing of an unborn child after viability is
first-degree murder, second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter,
vehicular homicide, and reckless homicide. Tenn. Code Ann. §39-13-201,
39-13-202, 39-13-210, 39-13-211, 39-13-213, 39-13-214, 39-13-215 (1997
& Supp. 1998).

Washington: The killing of an "unborn quick child" is manslaughter.
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9A.32.060(1)(b) (West Supp. 1999).

Conflicting Statutes

New York: Under New York statutory law, the killing of an "unborn
child" after twenty-four weeks of pregnancy is homicide. N.Y. Pen. Law
§ 125.00 (McKinney 1998). But under a separate statutory provision, a
"person" that is the victim of a homicide is statutorily defined as a
"human being who has been born and is alive." N.Y. Pen. Law § 125.05
(McKinney 1998). See People v. Joseph, 130 Misc. 2d 377, 496 N.Y.S.2d
328 (County Court 1985); In re Gloria C., 124 Misc.2d 313, 476
N.Y.S.2d 991 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1984); People v. Vercelletto, 514 N.Y.S.2d
177 (Co. Ct. 1987).


Geketa

Posted 2009-10-03 6:52 PM (#24704 - in reply to #24703) By: EternalVigilance


Thank you to Geketa Holman of KY and Tom Hoefling and his wife for all you do.  Especially for this work.  Here in SC with AIP, we will start working with groups and lawmakers with this penetrating Imperative and Proclamation.

Pray for us as we seek the opening window form the Lord to present and start the process of absolute protection for the unborn at any state all the way to the end of life when God decides to take them home.

 

Posted 2009-10-28 4:17 PM (#26652 - in reply to #24704) By: johnmadams


"God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. For he has created all things that they might exist ... God created man for incorruption, and made him in the image of his own eternity, but through the devil's envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his party experience it" (Wis 1:13-14; 2:23-24).

Personhood and the Ontology of Personalism:*

A Natural Moral Law Perspective, for the Personhood Imperative.

http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=9442&posts=3

 


 

"God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. For he has created all things that they might exist ... God created man for incorruption, and made him in the image of his own eternity, but through the devil's envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his party experience it" (Wis 1:13-14; 2:23-24).

Instead they reconcile with it.

Some will choose strategy over substance, mission over purpose, some will embrace the struggle, all over justice. We should not do what is right or wrong but what we ought. Personhood or personalism is the act of Social Justice according to the churchs doctrine. Was it not Judas who tried to reconcile with political advantage the Lords keep?

We are, the Holy Father John Paul II writes, “facing an enormous and dramatic clash between good and evil, death and life, the “culture of death’ and the ‘culture of Life’.” There are no nuetrals, no bystanders, no lets wait for the sun to shine on darkness, in this  clash. “We find ourselves,” according to John Paul (the Great), “not only ‘faced with’  but necessarily ‘in the midst of this conflict: we are all involved and we all share in it, with the inescapable responsibility of choosing to be unconditionally pro-life, pro-personalism. For us too Moses’ invitation rings out loud and clear: ‘See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil. I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore, choose life, that you and your descendants may live (Deuteronomy 30:15,19). “3 

1 Cf. John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae 57, 62, 65.
2 Cf. ibid., 56.

Evangelium-vitae.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae_en.html

Posted 2009-10-29 6:36 AM (#26687 - in reply to #26652) By: gcsteven


The Personhood Imperative
Proclamation and Pledge

To become effective January 1, 2009

By the undersigned Citizens of the United States of America:

A Proclamation and Pledge of Non-Cooperation with, and Perpetual Resistance to, the enablers and practitioners of abortion and euthanasia

Whereas, more than three thousand innocent pre-born American children continue to be unlawfully and unconstitutionally killed every day, by cruel and unusual means, and the evil practice of euthanasia against the elderly and the infirm grows daily, the undersigned citizens of these United States do hereby, in accordance with America’s founding principles, declare that:

“All human beings, without exception, unborn and born, from the very first moment of fertilization, the beginning of biological development, until natural death, existing within any State or Territory of the United States, in accordance with natural rights that preceded, and are preeminent to, the formation and existence of our government, are fully Persons, with the self-evident and attendant God-given, unalienable Right to Life that is possessed by all citizens of the United States; and shall henceforth, and forever, be protected in their Lives and in their Persons under the self-evident principles contained in the Organic Law of the United States: the provisions of the Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance, which binds all state governments to enforce the unalienable rights guaranteed in the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the United States Constitution, the specific provisions of the Fifth, the Eighth, the Ninth, and the Fourteenth Amendments to that document, and in the clear provisions of the constitutions of all fifty States in the Union.

“Commencing on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine, we hereby call upon the Executive Branch of the United States Government, including the law enforcement and military authority thereof, upon the Congress of the United States, and upon all members of the Judiciary of the United States; as well as the executive, legislative, judicial, and law enforcement authorities of all member States and Territories of the United States; to give due regard to the imperative duty created by their sworn oaths made before God, and to therefore recognize and actively protect the unalienable Right to Life of all such Persons, and to do no act or acts to repress such Persons, or to allow or effectuate the taking of any human life; the only exceptions being in the conduct of lawful and just war, justifiable homicide, or after trial and conviction by a jury on a capital offense as explicitly provided for in laws ratified by the elected representatives of the People or by the People themselves.

“The undersigned citizens hereby call upon the President of the United States, and the chief executives of the several States and local jurisdictions, to give due regard to the imperative duty created by their sworn oaths made before God, and so to, by proclamation or executive order, declare the Humanity of the aforesaid Persons, from fertilization until natural death; and to henceforth use the power and authority of their offices in the perpetual task of protecting the God-given, unalienable Right to Life of said Persons, and to use all the power of their offices to enforce the constitutional guarantee of their right to the equal protection of the laws.

“The undersigned citizens hereby call upon the Congress of the United States, the Legislatures of all the States, and the legislative bodies of all local, municipal and county governments, to give due regard to the imperative duty created by their sworn oaths made before God, and so to, by legislation, declare the Humanity of the aforesaid Persons, from fertilization until natural death; and to henceforth use all legislative power to resist those who would alienate the God-given, unalienable Right to Life of said Persons, and the constitutional guarantee of their right to the equal protection of the laws.

“The undersigned citizens hereby call upon the Supreme Court of the United States, and all lesser Federal, State and local courts in the United States, to give due regard to the imperative duty created by their sworn oaths made before God, and so to immediately recognize the self-evident Humanity and the unalienable Right to Life of all aforesaid Persons, from the genesis of their physical being until natural death, and to henceforth use all judicial power to resist any who would attempt to alienate the God-given, unalienable Right to Life of said Persons, and the constitutional guarantee of their right to the equal protection of the laws.

“The undersigned citizens hereby call upon each and every elected or appointed official or officer of the United States, and of any of the States, to henceforth give no assistance of any kind to those who enable or effectuate abortion or euthanasia, and that they adhere faithfully to their sworn oath of office, made before God, to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, whose central principle is the preservation and protection of innocent human life.

“We hereby solemnly pledge to our fellow citizens as a sacred obligation to withhold, from this day forward, any and all political or financial support from any candidate for public office, at any level of governance, who fails or refuses to adhere to the explicit provisions of this Proclamation. We also hereby pledge to withhold, from this day forward, support of any kind for the continued employment in government of any person or officer of the United States who fails in their sworn duty to protect innocent human life from its bodily genesis.

“The undersigned, by virtue of the power and duties vested in them as citizens, in time of rebellion against the natural law and nature’s God, as well as against the transcendent founding principle of our Republic, the unalienable Right to Life, as a fit and necessary measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, beginning on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine, and in accordance with our purpose so to do publicly, proclaim our intent to peaceably, but boldly and resolutely, resist any individual, political body, or organization, that perpetuates or effectuates the practices of abortion or euthanasia. We do so in accord with the primary stated purpose of the United States Constitution: “To secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.”

“The undersigned hereby pledge continuous active opposition to the enablers and practitioners of abortion and euthanasia, and to those who enable or effectuate human embryonic scientific research that destroys human life at any point after its biological inception.

“This Proclamation will remain in full force until such time as all of its provisions have been carried into law and practice throughout the jurisdiction and territory of the United States, and into perpetuity.

“Upon this compact, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the United States Constitution, upon societal necessity, we invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.

“In witness whereof, the undersigned have hereunto set their hand, in their own names, for the sake of posterity.

“Done this first day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty third.”

By the undersigned,

http://www.banabortionnow.com/

Posted 2009-11-30 12:39 PM (#29412 - in reply to #91) By: Editor


Open letter to Bloomberg News columnist Ann Woolner

re: column about abortion in today's Austin American-Spokesman

I'm one of those folks who think the Bible is clear that abortion is murder. I've read that opposition to abortion was one of the many beliefs that distinguished the early Christians from the Roman empire's norm.

You say that not everyone holds the same religious view on when life begins. Yet, biologically speaking, we can identify the baby as a human individual using DNA analysis from the earliest stages of development. And by the way, did you know that Planned Parenthood used to agree that abortion is the killing of a baby?

Surely we can all agree that the U.S. Constitution is quite explicit in stating that no person shall be deprived of life without due process. The Roe v Wade opinion emphasizes the importance of this matter of personhood when it states that if the fetus is a person, then "of course" the 14th Amendment's protections would apply. That's one of the few points in that opinion with which I agree.

More and more Americans are seeing, via modern ultrasound video, that the littlest humans are persons. A woman in Texas left her job as manager of a Planned Parenthood facility in Texas a few months ago after seeing an abortion via ultrasound. She had worked for Planned Parenthood for about eight years, and had seen jars of body parts every day, but until she saw a baby reacting to the suction tool, she never thought of the babies as being alive. I've heard that very few mothers who see their babies via ultrasound go on to abort.

My conclusion: the Supreme Court's failure in Roe to recognize the personhood of these littlest humans is the same kind of mistake that the Court made in Dred Scott case where it failed to recognize the personhood of blacks.

Many of the most powerful 'pro-life' groups have adopted the regulatory approach you describe. But these measures are unacceptable to those of us who oppose any law which ends with the equivalent of "and then it's ok to kill the baby".

Very truly,

Steve Schulin,
Rockville, Maryland

Refs:

The Personhood Imperative Proclamation and Pledge
http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=69

Planned Parenthood: "Abortion kills the life of a baby after it has begun"
http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5019

Video - former Planned Parenthood branch director Abby Johnson
http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=10617

No Opening Too Tiny for Abortion Foes to Slam Shut: Ann Woolner
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aU6yoJkMWlMk
Posted 2010-04-10 11:51 AM (#35840 - in reply to #29412) By: SteveSchulin

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