Black Chicago Girl Killed, No Media Outrage

The media blitz of Trayvon Martin's death, versus the virtual media blackout of the deaths of Tonya Reaves and her unborn child during an abortion . . .

One year after Tonya's death, Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is joining Chicago area pastors and the Life Education And Resource Network (LEARN) to demand that the Illinois General Assembly respond to the genocide.  The 3-day event began yesterday with a press conference -- absent the media.

“Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton were willing to move heaven and earth to get justice for Trayvon Martin, but they write off Tonya Reeves like she never existed.  Someone needs to ask these two why they think Trayvon’s life counts more than Tonya’s.”
-- Mark Crutcher, Life Dynamics

Deaths by guns = media outrage; deaths by abortion = media complicity

For background, read Abortionist Kills Chicago Mother in Second Trimester

And for further background, read Minorities Targeted by Planned Parenthood for Abortion: Study and also read Black Genocide in New York City (nearly 2 of 3 killed in womb)



-- From "Ministers call for tougher oversight on abortions" posted at WLS-TV7 (ABC Chicago) 7/18/13

A group of ministers is calling for tougher oversight of facilities in Illinois that provide abortions.

On Thursday, they also remembered Tonya Reaves. Reaves died nearly a year ago after undergoing an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago.

The ministers want lawmakers in Springfield to pass legislation to ensure the safety of all women. They say that includes making sure women are better informed of the risks of an abortion.

To see the above article original posting, CLICK HERE.

From "Mother of woman who died after abortion, suing Planned Parenthood" by Chicago Sun-Times Media Wire, posted at WFLD-TV32 5/20/13

Tonya Reaves died at Northwestern July 20 [2012] after she began to hemorrhage at a Planned Parenthood clinic located at 18 S. Michigan Ave., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. Reaves, of the 1500 block of North Kildare Avenue, was pronounced dead at 11:20 p.m.

An autopsy found she died of a hemorrhage following a cervical dilation and evacuation performed during an intrauterine pregnancy, according to the medical examiner's office. Her death was ruled an accident.

Dorsey Johns, Reaves' mother, claims staff at the Planned Parenthood clinic "carelessly performed" the elective abortion and failed to properly monitor and assess her daughter's condition after the procedure, according to the suit filed in Cook County Circuit Court.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.



From "Planned Parenthood Killed Tonya Reaves in an Abortion One Year Ago, No Justice Yet" by Cheryl Sullenger, Operation Rescue, posted at LifeNews.com 7/18/13

Planned Parenthood staff allowed Reaves to languish at the clinic after having botched her abortion while she hemorrhaged for 5½ long hours before seeking emergency care. Records show that Planned Parenthood did not call 911 for an ambulance, which was the quickest way to get help for her.

While the nation rages over the supposed “injustice” of the acquittal of George Zimmerman, a Hispanic man, in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a Black teen, there has been no mention in the national press about Tonya’s brutal death at the hands of Planned Parenthood, even though Tonya was also an African-American whose life was ended by a blonde white abortionist named Mandy Gittler.

In fact, while Pres. Barack Obama was quick to jump in to the Trayvon Martin fray, noting that if he had a son, he’d look like Trayvon, Obama disrespected Tonya and her grieving family with comments in support of Planned Parenthood made during a campaign speech in Portland just days after her death.

We have to wonder how Mr. Obama would have felt if that had been Malia or Sasha bleeding to death on that abortion table. . . .

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

Also read President Obama Asks God to Bless Planned Parenthood

From "#Justice4Tonya: Hold Planned Parenthood Accountable for Killing Black Woman in Abortion" by Ryan Bomberger, LifeNews.com 7/18/13

We are a culture that jumps on bandwagons. Trayvon’s tragic death brought out the racialists, the Civil Wrongs activists and other liberals in droves. A black woman is killed by Planned Parenthood, and the President praises the abortion chain, while the “I AM TRAYVON MARTIN” crowd is silent.

Sadly, [Tonya's] death proves that, for many so called “civil rights” leaders, sometimes violence toward women is simply…ok. The real war on women has killed again.  The simple truth is that protecting abortion is more important to Planned Parenthood than protecting women.

No mainstream news outlet has asked the question, “What is a late-term abortionist like Mandy Gittler doing in a Planned Parenthood clinic that claims to only do medication abortions?” Planned Parenthood of Illinois has never indicated that surgical abortions were ever done at their 18 South Michigan Ave (Loop Center) location. . . .

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

From "Grieved Over Strife Surrounding Zimmerman Verdict" by Dr. Alveda King 7/15/13

“I believe that the verdict in the Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin Case further exposes a grievous and deep vein of disharmony and racial tension in our nation that can only be healed when people realize that every human being should be treated with dignity and respect,” says Dr. Alveda King, Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life.

“Now in the wake of Trayvon’s senseless death and Mr. Zimmerman’s acquittal many people are angry at the tragic loss of life and what some perceive to be a shun on the Black race. For the record, Acts 17:26 teaches that there is one blood and one human race, not multiple races, so racism is based on a lie!

“Let’s face it. If both people in this tragedy were of common ethnicity, there would be no media feeding frenzy. The gun control debate is a smokescreen in that people do use guns to kill other people as Zimmerman did in this case. But guns don’t kill people. People kill people. Yes, sometimes they use guns, but they sometimes use bombs or knives too. We definitely need love control and heart control and nonviolence control.

“There are murders going on every day that the media overlooks. Remember Tonya Reaves. Millions of Black babies and many of their mothers are being slaughtered in abortion mills. Where is the justice for that?”

To read the entire statement above, CLICK HERE.

In addition, read Liberals Want Blacks & Hispanics Killed in Texas

Also read and view a vintage interview with Planned Parenthood founder, eugenicist Margaret Sanger

Rep. Nancy Pelosi is a Fraud, Catholic Leaders Say

Nancy Pelosi, the House Democrat from San Francisco, frequently refers to her "Catholic faith" when advocating issues such as the Gay Agenda and abortion.  This month, in a press conference wherein she denounced the House Republicans' passage of a bill limiting abortion after 20 weeks gestation, she said that advocacy for late-term abortion is "sacred ground" for her "as a practicing and respectful Catholic."

Catholic leaders have publicly responded to Rep. Pelosi, saying that the House's top Democrat is making a "mockery of the Catholic faith."

"Public servants are supposed to be able to tell the difference between serving the public and killing the public. Apparently, you can't. . . . Whatever Catholic faith you claim to respect and practice, it is not the faith that the Catholic Church teaches."
-- Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, wrote to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader

UPDATE 1/27/15: Archbishop Says Pelosi's 20-week Abortion Position is Unscientific & NOT Catholic

For background, read about Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's Pro-choice Stance and about her Catholic Opinion on Nuns and Abortion

Also read Biden and Pelosi Take Communion in Rome, Pope Opposed

In 2010 the Vatican proclaimed: Liberal Catholic Candidates Must Repent Publicly

-- From "Anti-abortion priests demand Pelosi renounce Catholicism" by Elise Viebeck, The Hill 6/20/13

"For decades you have gotten away with betraying and misrepresenting the Catholic faith as well as the responsibilities of public office. We have had enough of it. Either exercise your duties as a public servant and a Catholic, or have the honesty to formally renounce them," [Pavone] wrote.

Like many Catholic Democrats, Pelosi supports abortion rights. She is frequently challenged by anti-abortion rights groups and conservative reporters for this view.

The latest tangle came during a press conference on a GOP bill to ban late-term abortions across the country. That measure, from Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), passed the House on Tuesday.

Catholic leaders have denied or threatened to deny communion to several Catholic politicians who support abortion rights, including Vice President Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Pelosi Slaps Down Reporters Asking Questions on Abortion" by John Parkinson, ABC News 6/13/13

Pelosi began her news conference today by criticizing a Republican-sponsored bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks without exceptions for rape and incest. The bill, H.R. 1797, the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” . . .

“They passed legislation that was disrespectful to the rights, health and safety of American women,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said. “All the people who voted for the bill were men. Disrespectful.”

When she opened the newser up to questions, John McCormack, a reporter with the Weekly Standard, challenged Pelosi to explain the moral difference between murdering a live-born infant, exemplified by the horrors of a recently convicted Philadelphia [abortionist] doctor, Kermit Gosnell, and fetuses aborted in the womb during the final four months of pregnancy.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.



From "Nancy Pelosi Calls Late-Term Abortions 'Sacred Ground,' Triggering Mass Response From Advocates And Opponents Alike" by Samantha Olson, Medical Daily 6/14/13

. . . McCormack created tension when he asked, "What is the moral difference between what Dr. Gosnell did to a baby born alive at 23 weeks and aborting her moments before birth?," referring to the abortions and infanticides performed by Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia [abortionist] doctor found guilty last month of first-degree murder for cutting the spinal cords of three babies born alive in an abortion clinic, which led to their eventual death.

Pelosi, a mother of five, eventually dismissed the reporter because of his obvious agenda to stir unwarranted provocative conversation, but not before saying, "As a practicing and respectful Catholic, this is sacred ground to me when we talk about this," referring to Gosnell. "This shouldn't have anything to do with politics and that's where you're taking it and I'm not going there."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Pelosi Lashes Out at Reporter's Question on Morality of Late-Term Abortions" by Billy House, National Journal 6/14/13

. . . Pelosi right away accused McCormack of enjoying or even "savoring" asking the question of her, prompting laughter from some other reporters. She then offered, "What was done in Philadelphia was reprehensible and everybody condemned it. For them to decide to disrespect a judgment a woman makes about her reproductive health is reprehensible."

But McCormack persisted, even as Pelosi was saying "next question," and asked, "What's the moral difference, then, between 26 weeks elective abortion and killing that same infant born alive?"

Pelosi turned to him again, saying, "This is not the issue."

. . . when a New York Times reporter at the same news conference said he wanted to return to the topic of abortion, Pelosi shut him down, saying, "I'm not going to."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Priests Urge Nancy Pelosi to Condemn Abortion or Leave the Catholic Church" by Vincent Funaro, Christian Post Reporter 6/20/13

. . . Pavone responded to her statements expressing his dissatisfaction with her as a Catholic and public servant.

"Abortion is not sacred ground; it is sacrilegious ground. To imagine God giving the slightest approval to an act that dismembers a child he created is offensive to both faith and reason," he wrote. "And to say that a question about the difference between legal and medical procedure and murder should not 'have anything to do with politics' reveals a profound failure to understand your own polical responsibilities, which start with the duty to secure the God-given right to life of every citizen."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Bishops Warn Voting for Democrats is 'Grave Sin'

And from the Vatican: NEVER Vote for a Pro-choice Candidate

The Power of Graphic Abortion Images

From "Fr. Frank Pavone on the Power of Graphic Abortion Images" posted 7/20/07 at LifeSite.org

Comments by Fr. Frank Pavone during March for Life 2007 Youth Conference in Ottawa Canada:

Let me leave for you what I am convinced is the most powerful tool to change someone's mind about abortion.

I told you that I had been involved in this since I was your age, been working on this fulltime across the world, worked with the Holy Father, and Mother Teresa and all these people, worked with the pro-life movement on every level. There is no single thing that I have seen more powerful to change people on abortion than simply showing them the pictures.

Show them what it looks like. I have challenged the media over and over again. Show the public what an abortion is because we can justify anything with our language. If you are a smooth talker, if you know how to manipulate language and logic - you can convince anyone of anything. But pictures, that is another story.

When people see what abortion does to a baby, they are stung to the heart and their consciences are awakened. I am not just talking about showing pictures of the baby living in the womb. People understand, by and large, that this is a baby in the womb. Now, they will be very surprised at how much the baby looks like a baby, so early in pregnancy when they do see the pictures, the ultrasound or other ways that we have of viewing the child. Many people will be very surprised to see how well-developed that baby is. But, even if you show them the baby, that still doesn't tell them what abortion does to the baby. That is a big difference.

Some people think abortion just makes the baby kind of disappear. They still don't appreciate that it is an act of violence. It is only the pictures of the aborted children, torn apart, limb for limb that convince people that abortion is an act of violence.

Now, at my website, we have one of the largest collection of these pictures - it is priestforlife.org.
(http://www.priestsforlife.org/images/index.htm)

Right on the front we have a statement on our front page that says, "America will not reject abortion until America sees abortion." And that is true for every country. Canada will not reject abortion until Canadians see it and you can make that happen.

You have somebody who disagrees with you on abortion - just ask them one simple question, "Have you ever seen one?" And you know what a lot of people will say - "Oh, no, no I don't have to see one but I am pro-choice." Ya, and you are also scared, you are also a coward. You think something should be allowed and you don't even have the courage to look at what you are allowing. You think something should be legal and you don't even have the courage to look at it in the face.

Show people, challenge them and let me tell you - as I get emails every day - you will hear people say, "I was 100% pro-choice until I saw those pictures." We get emails everyday saying that the people who went to our website and saw the pictures of the babies began to cry and in a minute, they moved from being 100% pro-abortion to being 100% pro-life.

There isn't anything more effective - there are all kinds of other things that we need to do, I am not saying that this is the only thing for us to do - I am saying, use this powerful tool. It will convert people, it will make people who are already pro-life more ready to devote themselves to this cause and it will make people who are scheduled to have an abortion, change their minds in an instant.

It is powerful.

See the Priests for Life website
http://www.priestsforlife.org/images/index.htm