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San Antonio Coalition for Life has come together for one goal; to end the injustice of abortion in our great city through peaceful prayer. Women, men and their children deserve better than abortion. Our mission is to show them the great love of God and to help them through this most difficult time. No one deserves to go through the agony of abortion.

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Wounded Warriors

Fri, 11/18/2011 - 10:00am
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Today's blog post comes from an amazing woman, Cathy Kerr.  She is one of my personal heroes!  As a post abortive woman, she has been an amazing leader for helping young women to see the truth of abortion.  Cathy currently serves as the Regional Coordinator for Silent No More Awareness Campaign.

"I met a woman on the sidewalk today.  A group of pro-life prayer warriors gathered in front of a Planned Parenthood facility to stand against the death of innocent babies in the womb.  I always watch my fellow prayer partners as they pray and reach out to the young women who enter that building, and I am encouraged by their presence and their witness to life. 

As she was leaving, this particular woman stopped and talked to me.  She said, “Thank you for your sign (I Regret My Abortion).  I know what that means.  I’ve been there.”  She had tears in her eyes as we talked.  I asked her if she had been to a retreat for healing, and she said no, but she felt that she needed that, as she had not yet come to terms with her abortion.  It has been many years since her abortion.  I hugged her and gave her my card. 

As I continued to stand there and pray, I included her in my prayers.  She is not the first woman I have met on the sidewalk who has had an abortion.  Once we realize the gravity of our sin, we feel compelled to do something to atone for it.  We are the wounded warriors who know exactly what is going on in that dark building.  This is not an easy thing to do.  I am reminded of the novel “The Scarlet Letter,” in which Hester Prynne must wear a bright red letter “A” on her chest as a symbol of her sin.  Her letter symbolized adultery; mine symbolizes abortion. 

 I am so grateful to those who support the efforts of those of us in the Silent No More Awareness movement, and particularly for those who have given me words of love and encouragement.  For so many years, as this woman on the sidewalk shared with me, we felt that we had no support and no alternatives.  We accept responsibility for our sins, but we also realize that we must no longer remain silent about what is going on.  Abortion hurts unborn children, women, men and families.

It is Christ who gives us the courage and the grace to do what we do.  We thank all of you in the pro-life movement for your support, love and encouragement.  May we soon see an end to this tragedy."

Cathy Kerr

Regional Coordinator

Silent No More Awareness Campaign

www.SilentNoMoreAwareness.org

sanantonio@SilentNoMoreAwareness.org

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 1:32pm

On July 4th, 1776 the Congress of the thirteen united States of America issued The Declaration of Independence.  It was just the beginning of what became a hard fought and, eventually won, freedom.  Certainly one of the most famous lines in this declaration is that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Time and time again we have heard these words whenever an unjustice against persons in seen.  Using these words we saw the end to slavery in recongnition that "all men are created equal".  Our country has come so far but yet again these words must used to point out an injustice: abortion. 

Each day over 3000 tiny human are lost to abortion because they are not thought to be "created equal".  In the unfortunate "pursuit of happiness" by some they are denied one of the most basic of Rights: LIFE. 

How ironic is it that some believe that their comfort and happiness is more important that the individual person, albeit small, that only seeks to live out the words of The Declaration of Independence.  How tragic is it that misinformed and scared women are convinced that the child in their womb is only a "clump of cells".  How terrible is it that families are torn apart over the loss of that life....

But in the darkness of abortion there is a light beginning to shine.  More Americans report that they are pro life than those that report they are pro abortion.  Our youth are coming up in support of life, planned or not, and are getting educated and active in the pro life effort.  Americans overwhelmingly believe that they should not be forced to pay for abortion via federal or state monies. 

For the first time we are seeing states stand up successfully to remove funds from abortion providers and afiliates, to provide life saving ultrasounds, that show a heartbeat, before the abortion and to give women the true informed consent discussion with her abortion doctor so that she can make a truly informed choice. 

But it's not quite time to rest from our work.  Planned Parenthood and NARAL are fighting back.  All over our nation suits are being filed, injuctions are being asked for and temper tantrums are being thrown.  Like a two year old, upset that they can't have that second cookie, the abortion advocates are stamping their feet and throwing themselves on the floor yelling about how women will die in back alley coat hanger abortions.  Wake up call: abortion isn't safe TODAY!  Women die from legal abortions right now.  For those that physically survive the abortion, there are years of regret, sorrow and emotional pain. 

If we want the best for women then we want to rid our world of abortion.  Women deserve the best we can give for their health both physically and mentally.  The "pursuit of Happiness" can not only apply to the individuals that breath our air.  If we are truly a free nation where all men are "created equal" then we must include the smallest of our population. 

It's true that some women are not ready or able to be a parent.  That does not mean, however, that they should take away the opportunity for couples who are ready and able to be parents. 

In a society filled with "me, me, me" it's time we stopped thinking about ourselves and start thinking about how to make the world a better place.  What could make the world a better place more easily than an innocent, wide eyed, child!

So many couples are waiting years and years for the opportunity to be called "dad and mom".  For nine short months of uncomfort a woman can spend a lifetime, filled with happiness, knowing that she has given a child the opportunity to have "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".

What brought you to the sidewalk to pray?

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 5:46pm
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I have a personal history with abortion- in many ways.  Although I grew up believing that abortion was wrong, and hoped to see an end to abortion, I wasn't personally involved in working for an end to abortion.  Both my husband and I prayed in our home for an end to abortion...but we never physically DID anything about it.  As far as our children knowing that abortion was wrong- we never told them what it was so how could they know it was wrong? 

All that changed in 2003 when friends asked us to go on a pro life march in Bryan, TX.  It was a simple invitation, and one we didn't think twice about saying "yes" to.  Soon after that march we were invited, by these same friends, to attend a banquet for the Brazos Valley Coalition for Life where we eagerly listened as, an amazing, Alan Keyes spoke to us about abortion.  After that, you could say, we were "hooked".  We became stand and pray volunteers and signed up to peacefully pray each Monday morning at 10am.  Our stand and pray hour led to becoming a trained sidewalk counselor. 

I will never forget my first time as a sidewalk counselor when I spoke to a young woman leaving the Planned Parenthood clinic.  Nervously I asked if I could offer her some free information.  She replied that she had already gotten the birth control and information she needed from the PP.  I, somewhat timidly, replied "did you know that birth control can cause an abortion?".  I will never forget the look on her face as her jaw dropped and she slowly walked over to me on the other side of the fence.  By the grace of God I found the words to speak to her and gave her a brochure about how birth control truly works.  She took it and left the clinic.  I'll never know if she took what I said to heart- but I do know that she had the opportunity to be more fully informed about her birth control choice that day.

When the first 40 Days for Life campaign occurred in Bryan in 2004 my husband and I were volunteers.  By the end of the campaign our children we begging us to go to "pray for the babies" and my husband, to this day, made some of his best friends in the middle of the night on a sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood.    In 2007, as we prepared to move to San Antonio, news arrived of the first National 40 Days for Life Campaign and I, somewhat crazily, said "Oh, I'll run the San Antonio location!".  By the grace of God once again- the first ever San Antonio 40 Days for Life Campaign was a HUGE success.  From the first 40 Days for Life the San Antonio Coalition for Life was born- dedicated to being present for every abortion day in front of the Babcock Planned Parenthood- working to end abortion peacefully and prayerfully. 

Today we have grown to almost 1400 volunteers, over 100 trained sidewalk counselors, 5 successful 40 Days for Life Campaigns and, now, 81 children saved from abortion- that we know of!

And all this was because two friends, willing to stand out and speak out about the horrors of abortion, invited my husband and I to a pro life march.  Even with my own abortion history I had never thought to physically be active in ending abortion.  Today we know that most of our volunteers found our organization because a friend told them about our work on the sidewalk.

Maybe you are involved because a friend invited to a banquet, or to a peaceful prayer vigil- or maybe you have a friend who will be involved next week because you stand up and speak out for the unborn in danger of losing their life to abortion.  Maybe you get to be my hero for bringing a friend with you to the next abortion day prayer vigil. 

Thank you Dennis and Darby Macha- because of your invitation 81 children in San Antonio are alive.  You are just two of my heroes in this world! 

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