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Welcome to the Gospel of Life Institute (a.k.a. Western Washington Pro-Life Network). Our mission is to provide a communication avenue for the pro-life community of Washington state which will help to build unity and promote a culture of life.
Announcements and News
Washington State Committee Makes No Decision on Bill Attacking Pregnancy Centers
Olympia, WA (LifeNews.com) -- A Washington state legislative committee did not make a decision on a bill that goes after pregnancy centers in the state that help women find abortion alternatives and pregnancy support. The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee held a hearing Wednesday morning on the bill.
The measure, Senate Bill 6452, has the backing of pro-abortion groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood, which loses abortion business when women find positive alternatives.
Sen. Rodney Tom, a Democrat from Medina, is the sponsor of the legislation and the panel has until February 4 to make a decision on it.
His bill would place a "gag order" on the centers
because they don't push abortion on women.
The legislation would apply the Consumer Protection
Act to religious non-profit organization and, as
opponents say, would violate the pregnancy center's
rights of freedom of faith and conscience.
Read more...
January 29, 2010
Washington State March for Life Photos
Photos from the Washington State March for Life can be seen here and here.
January 28, 2010
Washington State March for Life Homily
Fr. Ed White's homily from the March for Life Mass at St. Michael's in Olympia can be heard by visiting Fr. White's website and clicking on 1.19.10 Pro Life Mass, St. Michael's, Olympia, Matthew 5:1-12.WAV or directly here.
January 22, 2010
Top Abortion Provider Cashes in on Haiti Crisis, Pro-Life Medics Respond
(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Immediately after the earthquake that devastated Haiti last week, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) used the crisis to solicit funds for its family planning clinics in the country. At the same time, a pro-life medical team arrived in Port au Prince to provide emergency medical services and skilled birth attendants. The responses highlight a rising dispute over the current United Nations (UN) program for reducing maternal mortality which puts fertility control first, a program in which Haiti has been a main target but has nonetheless maintained one of the world’s highest rates of maternal death. Read more...
January 21, 2010
40 Days for Life
40 Days for Life teams in 156 cities in the United States, Canada, and Australia are
preparing for the spring 40 Days for Life campaign that will run from
February 17 through March 28. Eight of those cities are in Washington
state. They include:
Everett
Kitsap County
Olympia
Renton
Spokane
Tacoma
Tri-Cities
Yakima
Register to participate at one of the above links. Please remember to pray and fast during the Lenten season for an end to abortion in America, and for a successful 40 Days for Life campaign, both nationally, internationally, and here locally.
January 21, 2010
32nd Annual Washington State March for Life
You are cordially invited to attend 10:00 a.m. Mass at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Olympia on Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Priests from the Archdiocese of Seattle will be concelebrating the Mass. After Mass, everyone will proceed by foot or carpool to the state capitol for the 32nd Annual March for Life in Olympia (limited transportation will be provided to and from the Capitol). All are welcome to return to St. Michael's after the March for a complimentary lunch, which will be served by the Knights of Columbus. Please invite family and friends to join you in letting our state representatives know that all life is sacred from conception until natural death.
January 6, 2010
U.S. Voters Oppose Health Care Plan By Wide Margin, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Say 3-1, Plan Should Not Pay For Abortions
As the Senate prepares to vote on health care reform, American voters "mostly disapprove" of the plan 53 - 36 percent and disapprove 56 - 38 percent of President Barack Obama's handling of the health care issue, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
Voters also oppose 72 - 23 percent using any public money in the health care overhaul to pay for abortions, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Read more...
December 23, 2009
Manhattan Declaration
If you wish to sign the Declaration and/or encourage others to do so, the website is www.manhattandeclaration.org
November 24, 2009
Blood Money Film
The following link is to a new independent film which needs our support to expose the corruption of Planned Parenthood. The movie is called Blood Money and in order for the producers to get it into the theaters they need to show that millions of interested people have visited their website. You need only visit the website; there is no need to sign-up as a supporter unless you are compelled to do so. The trailer for the movie can be viewed here. PLEASE HELP GET THIS IMPORTANT FILM INTO THEATERS BY VISITING THE WEBSITE. Americans NEED to see this.November 10, 2009
ABSOLUTE OPPOSITION TO
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE REFORM A MUST
Posted: Monday November 2,
2009 at 10:49 am EST by Judie Brown
A couple of recent news items from South America have reminded me once again why the United States government — or any government, for that matter — must never be entrusted with the health care of its population. Political arrangements or authoritarian actions are always just the stroke of a pen away from oppression of religious liberty.
It is the rare country these days that can boast of a politician who actually stands up for truth, life and the ethics of honest government. When I first read of the actions of the president of the Constitutional Court of Peru, I was in total disbelief and had to immediately check sources to make sure that the news I had read was accurate. The president, Juan Vergara, has asked Peru’s minister of health, Oscar Ugarte, to prohibit the sale of the morning-after pill in pharmacies, due to the fact that the pill can cause an abortion.
This announcement came almost three years to the day after Chile’s feminist president, Michelle Bachelet, fought to liberalize the nation’s policies regarding the availability of contraception by making this very pill, the morning-after pill, available free at state-run hospitals. Read more...
November 7, 2009