(But abortion is the primary focus of Pro-Lifers and preeminent among all other issues during every election because it is the most deadly and the most heinous in kind and number. No other issue is proportionately comparable to the over 60 million babies destroyed in the USA since the Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton decisions in 1973. Many of these human beings have been incinerated at medical waste plants like the Stericycle plant in North Carolina which is eerily reminiscent of the Nazi incinerators used during World War 2)
The bigoted and extremely senseless pro-abortion advocates still stick to the false talking point made up by leading pro-abortion organizations that “Pro-Lifers are only Pro-Birth” (e.g., see Rhode Island Right to Life’s voter guide:
This is typical use of the smoke and mirrors tactic. It is meant to distract attention away from truth. This is similar to the verbal engineering tactics that abortion pioneer turned Pro-Life convert Dr. Bernard Nathanson (he co-founded NARAL) invented as a way to coverup the truth about abortion back in the late 60’s and early 70’s when he and his colleagues were selling abortion to a willfully ignorant media.
The pro-abortion statement that “Pro-Lifers are only Pro-Birth” is a lie! There is help available for pregnant women and young mothers and families in need and there are services for women in need of help and healing after abortion.
In the Diocese of Providence, there is the Little Flower Home for unwed mothers (it now has several locations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts) and there is St. Gabriel’s Call run by the diocese (“St. Gabriel's Call is an outreach ministry that helps moms during and beyond pregnancy with material, emotional and spiritual needs. All faiths are invited!”)
There is also the Mother of Life Center. They can also take advantage of the St. Vincent de Paul’s food pantries and parish drives and rose sales that help provide basic daily needs like food, hydration, diapers and baby food.
When it comes to heating oil, women and all peoples can turn to the diocese’s Keep the Heat On for free oil.
I wish these facts would be mentioned by the media because the pro-baby killers are intentionally lying about Pro-Lifers.
It is too bad these liars are never fact-checked because not even the politicians who vote in favor of abortion bills at the State House are aware of the options just mentioned.
There are many more Pro-Life organizations and services that prove Pro-Lifers care for all human needs before and after birth! Below is a long list but there are many more organizations and services that refute the aforementioned lie commonly spread by the pro-abortion crowd.
If you know of other organizations and services that can be added to the following list then please mention them in the comments section below.
From Servants of Life for Christ:
The next time you get into an argument about whether killing children in the womb should be legal or not, and the other person says Pro-Lifers/Catholics/Christians only care about children in the womb, but then abandon them after birth, show them this abbreviated Rhode Island list:
1. Anti-Euthanasia
RI Right to Life
266 Smith St., Providence, RI www.rirtl.org
2. Preventing Sex Trafficking / Child Pornography
Bethany Christian Services
706 Warwick Ave., Warwick, RI
3. Adoption Agencies / Foster Care
Bethany Christian Services (contact above)
4. Adoption By Choice - Catholic Social Services
Tiverton, RI, www.adoption-by-choice.com, 401-624-9270
5. Wide Horizons for Children
Providence, RI, www.whfc.org, 401-422-4752
6. Lutheran Social Services
Cranston, RI 401-785-0015
7. Hospital Care
St. Joseph Health Services of RI
21 Peace St., Providence, RI 02907
Our Lady of Fatima Hospital
200 High Service Ave., N. Providence, RI
8. Private Education Catholic School Alliance (39 schools in RI)
9. Orphanages
St. Mary's Home for Children
420 Fruit Hill Avenue, North Providence, RI, 401-353-3900
10. Child and Family RI
31 John Clarke Road Middletown, RI 02842
*In 1960 orphanages as traditionally understood became obsolete nationwide so many homes like St. Mary's and Child and Family RI transitioned into short-term Emergency Care Facilities for children.
11. Global Poverty Assistance Catholic Relief Services Northeast Office of Catholic Charities & Social Ministry
One Cathedral Square, Providence, RI 0290 401.421.7833
12. Housing for pregnant moms
Little Flower Home
401-625-5929
13. Free baby products, food, diapers, clothes for pregnant moms. Free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds for pregnant moms
Mother of Life Center
400 Atwells Ave, Providence, RI
14. Homeless shelters
Emmanuel House
239 Public St., Providence, RI
15. Holy Family Home for Women and Children
5 Gibbs St., N. Providence, RI
16. Post abortive healing
Rachel's Vineyard
401.351.7730
*Locations not made public
17. Free heat in the winter for poor families
Keep the Heat On
One Cathedral Square Providence, RI 02903 401/421-7833
18. Soup Kitchens St.
Charles Soup Kitchen
178 Dexter St., Providence, RI
19. Bread Lines Every Friday at 5PM in Cathedral Square
20. Prison Ministry / - Post Prison Help Martha Paone Catholic Chaplaincy Coordinator, RI Department of Corrections 401.462.5238 (ACI) or 401.421.7833 (Diocese)
21. Elderly Care
St. Martin de Porres Center
Esther Price Center Director
401.274.6783 epricedioceseofprovidence.org
St. Antoine Residence St. Clare Home Wendy Fargnoli, Administrator
10 Rhodes Avenue North Smithfield, RI 02896 401.767.3500 www.stantoine.net
St. Clare-Newport
Mary Beth Daigneault, Administrator
309 Spring Street Newport, RI 02840 401.849.3204
The Villa at St. Antoine (Assisted Living) Jean Larkin, Administrator
400 Mendon Road North Smithfield, RI 02896 401.767.2574 www.stantoine.net
Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence
964 Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860-4842 Phone: (401) 723-4314 Fax: (401) 723-2124 Mother Superior Sister Mercy Stella Theresa pwmothersuperior@littlesistersofthepoor.org
22. Diocese of Providence - Immigration and refugee services - Drug rehab - Troubled teen housing - Free tax preparation - Free financial management - Assistance to war-torn countries - Disabled care - Job training
23. Food Pantries Holy Ghost Conference 472 Atwells Avenue, Providence, RI 401-421-3551
Our Lady of the Rosary Food Pantry
17 Traverse St., Providence, RI 401-453-0174
*There are close to 50 food pantries statewide that are run by Catholic and other Christian churches.
Rhode Island Right to Life
The critics of Pro-Lifers who keep repeating the lie that “Pro-Lifers are only Pro-Birth” will often ask if we have done anything to help victims of the China Virus. What world do these critics live in? All of us have in one way or another been affected by the pandemic. The Catholic Church has done much to help people hurt by the lockdown and its regulations. Last March, the Diocese of Providence, for example, announced it was offering grocery store gift cards to the unemployed...
“Helping those in need is a mission of the Catholic Church. The Diocese of Providence will be distributing grocery store gift cards to those temporarily out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more here:”
Either the critics honestly do not know what the diocese has done to help victims of the pandemic or they are willfully ignorant. It is inexcusable either way because all it takes to know the facts is by doing research which would require very little effort or a simple phone call or email to the diocese.
“How Pro-Lifers Care for People after Birth”
By Brian Clowes, PhD
The most detailed recent study of giving in the United States was published by the Chronicle of Philanthropy in November 2017. The numbers are staggering:
• This study showed that 12 of the top 13 states in average individual giving were “red” states ― those states that tend to vote for Republicans.
• Romney’s home state Utah took the top spot, and the others were all from the much-maligned “Bible belt.”
• The bottom seven and the bottom 11 of 12 states in average individual giving in 2012 were “blue” states ― those states that tend to vote for Democrats.
• Not surprisingly, a Pew Forum study showed that the seventeen most religious states (where respondents said that religion was “very important in their lives”) all voted for Romney, and 21 of the 25 least religious states voted for Obama.3 In other words, people in more religious states are much more generous than people in less religious states.
• People in 86 of the most generous 88 cities were in states that voted for Romney, and 88 of the 100 least generous cities were in states that voted for Obama in 2012.4 These numbers are even more remarkable when we take into account the fact that “blue” states are much more secular (so they do not contribute as much to churches) and have fewer children to spend money on.
• In addition to being more charitable, pro-life people are much more generous in the service of life than pro-abortion people; the ten states with the highest fertility rates all voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, and the ten states with the lowest fertility rates all voted for Barack Obama.5
1. “How Religious is Your State?” The Pew Research Center at http://www.pewforum.org/how-religious-is-your-state-.aspx, December 21, 2009.
2. For a detailed analysis and listings of all states and cities, write to Brian Clowes at bclowes@hli.org and ask for Excel spreadsheet ‘GENEROUS.XLS.”
3. The ten states with the highest fertility rates all voted for Mitt Romney: Idaho [77.4]; Kansas [74.7]; Nebraska [76.4]; North Dakota [70.8]; Oklahoma [74.9]; South Dakota [77.8]; Texas [77.6]; Utah [88.4]; Wyoming [75.0]; and Alaska [78.3]. The ten states with the lowest fertility rates all voted for Barak Obama: Vermont [50.8]; New Hampshire [51.9]; Rhode Island [53.6]; Maine [54.8]; Massachusetts [55.4]; Connecticut [56.5]; Michigan [59.8]; Pennsylvania [60.1]; New York [61.7]; Oregon [62.5]; and Florida [63.6] (Reference Data Book and Guide to Sources, Statistical Abstract of the United States [Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office], 2012 [132nd Edition], Table 82, “Births ― Numbers and Rates by State and Island Areas” (number of births per 1,000 women aged 15-44).
Source: “Why Do Pro-Lifers Stop Caring about Children after They’re Born?” Is it true that the anti-abortion side is “pro-life until you’re born?”
By Brian Clowes, PhD
May 14th, 2017
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H/T: Kevin D.
