New -- Great Review of Abandoned

Monica Migliorino Miller’s Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars resists singular classification: It is equal parts memoir, documentary, and a history of her pro-life work. Her exposé hails from the front lines of the war on babies; it is packed with heart-wrenching drama that follows pro-life battles on the ground and in the courtroom. Miller is founder of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society and is associate professor of religious studies at Madonna University in Michigan. She is also one of a small group of intrepid souls who dumpster-dived to recover the destroyed bodies of abandoned, aborted babies, and arranged burials and funeral Masses for thousands of them.

TWO MORE MICHIGAN ABORTION CENTERS ARE CLOSED!

ABORTED BABIES WERE FOUND IN THE DUMPSTER OF ONE THESE CLINICS IN 2008

As of Saturday, March 2, 2013 the Women’s Advisory abortion center located at 27549 Six Mile Road, Livonia, MI. has closed its doors forever!

In addition—its sister clinic, Sharpe’s Family Planning,16738 East Warren in Detroit, is also NOW CLOSED and the building up for sale! Both clinics were owned and operated by abortionist, Reginald Sharpe.

The clinic closings were discovered by Livonia native and veteran pro-life activist Lynn Mills, who has focused much of her pro-life efforts at the Women’s Advisory clinic since it opened 31 years ago.

The Livonia Women’s Advisory clinic is the very same abortion center were in 2008 members of CPLS found the remains of aborted babies tossed in the clinic’s trash dumpster, as well excessive bio- hazard waste and patient records all in violation of Michigan State Statues and federal HIPAA law.

The discovery of the closing of the Livonia clinic was made Saturday morning March 2nd when Lynn Mills and seven other pro-lifers were praying outside of the facility. Noticing very little activity at the usually busy clinic Lynn asked a friend to call the clinic and see if the clinic was taking any appointments. To the utter astonishment of the pro-lifers, the clinic staff member said over the phone that the clinic was “permanently closed.” The clinic staff member then referred the pro-lifer to another clinic address where an abortion could be obtained at Six Mile Road and Greenfield in Detroit.

This clinic is none other than the Summit Women’s Center—the same abortion clinic that hired notorious abortionist Robert Alexander after his house-of-horrors clinic in Muskegon, MI. was forcibly shut down by the local fire marshal due to its unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Apparently Summit adopts abortionists who have no other place to go. However, Summit, after a few months, decided not to employ Alexander’s services —possibly due to his negative reputation following the adverse publicity surrounding his Muskegon facility. But is Reginald Sharpe really any better?

After the abortion the women experienced severe physical trauma. She delivered a dead baby at the clinic while Sharpe had already left to do abortions at his Detroit facility.

The late term abortion incident occurred Feb. 24-25, Sharpe’s license was suspended April 1st and his Livonia clinic mysteriously burnt four days later on April 5th. Sharpe seemed not to care that numerous patient records were blown all over the property. The abortion clinic was rebuilt and soon back in business. Proof of arson was never determined.

On January 11, 2008 at his Warren Avenue clinic in Detroit, Sharpe performed an abortion on a 26 year old woman, 15 weeks pregnant who later died of complications. The civil complaint filed against Sharpe states that he: “perforated [the woman’s] uterus, cut a uterine blood vessel, lacerated her intestines, and liver.” The woman experienced a series of seizures and heart attacks, had to have a total hysterectomy and a “neurological evaluation determined that she had massive swelling of the brain due to long periods of oxygen deprivation.” The woman died January 19th— eight days after the abortion began.

Also at his Detroit clinic, April 2, 2011 Sharpe performed an abortion on a woman whom he told “your pregnancy is barely visible.” It turns out that the woman had an ectopic pregnancy that Sharpe failed to diagnose. Fifteen days later the woman’s fallopian tube burst, causing the woman to pass out with pain, hit her head and fall on the bathroom floor. The bursting of a fallopian tube, due to an ectopic pregnancy is potentially fatal for the woman. The fallopian tube was subsequently removed. This is not the first time Sharpe failed to detect an ectopic pregnancy. When doing abortions at Renee Chelian’s Northland Family Clinic in Westland, MI. Sharpe failed to diagnose such a pregnancy which resulted in a March 2006 $50,000 settlement paid to the woman.

Back at his house-of-horrors in Livonia, August 5, 2011 Sharpe performed an abortion on a 23 year-year-old woman, 19 weeks pregnant. The woman complained that the procedure was extremely painful— “that it felt like he was stabbing her.” Sharpe called 911, the woman was taken to the nearest emergency room, where an ultra sound showed that the baby’s fetal head was left in her uterus. Exploratory surgery discovered the woman’s uterus was punctured at least seven times and that fetal parts were found outside of the uterine wall. The woman also suffered lacerations of the cervix and vaginal walls. The woman’s uterus needed to be removed, resulting in permanent sterility.

Civil suits filed against Sharpe for botched abortions may have led to his decision to file for bankruptcy last Oct.15, 2012. This means that women, victims of his abortion practice, will not see a single cent. All their cases were dismissed by the court 2 weeks after Sharpe filed for the bankruptcy.

In the days prior to Saturday, March 2nd Women’s Advisory in Livonia was up and running. On Saturday the clinic was dead. One of those praying at the clinic on Saturday with Lynn Mills noticed that the clinic’s front door was open—yet no one was in the building. Oddly the empty clinic was left unsecured. Police were called to the site and locked the clinic doors-- hopefully these clinic doors will remain forever locked against the killing of the innocent unborn, and the Sharpe clinics will be a sad, but ended chapter in Michigan abortion history.

Needless to say, pro-lifers rejoice in the closing of the latest Michigan abortion centers. A great—huge thank you goes out to all the faithful pro-lifers who ever prayed, sidewalk counseled, blocked the doors—pulled babies out of the clinic’s trash and were a witness to the sanctity of human life at the Reginald Sharpe death-centers. Pray that he will be converted.

A memorial service for all the unborn killed at the Women’s Advisory clinic in Livonia will take place in the coming weeks. So stay tuned!

The Newtown Slaughter: 
A Pro-Life Commentary

By Monica Migliorino Miller

On December 16, 2012, Barack Obama visited Newtown, Connecticut –scene of the slaughter of the Innocents—namely those 20 school children gunned down by a mad man. In the flash of an eye these precious children, with six adults, were gone in an unspeakable, unimaginable act of cruelty. Obama attended a religious memorial service at the Newtown public high school—a service drenched in prayers to God—notice the ACLU dared NOT raise a voice of protest. There Obama delivered a speech.

Here Are Some Highlights of What CPLS Accomplished in 2012

Citizens for a Pro-Life Society was very busy— even more busy than usual in the year 2012—working to end abortion and standing up for Religious Freedom! Here are just some highlights of our work:

• This year CPLS STOPPED Planned Parenthood from opening it’s mega mill in Auburn Hills, MI. !
• This year CPLS was the co-organizer of the three nationwide Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rallies!
• AND THIS YEAR, the book , Abandoned—The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars, written by your CPLS director, was published! God be praised! Called “…the best book ever written on abortion.”

CPLS is one of the most vigorous and effective activist pro-life groups in the country—and we had an amazing year!

I hope that you will send us an end-of-the-year contribution. I HATE asking for donations—but financial support is needed for us to continue our life-saving work-- Your contribution is tax-deductible. Please send to:

Year End Summary 2012

Planned Parenthood Stopped!

In May 2012 CPLS rejoiced when, after an 18-month-long battle, we, successfull at last, kept Planned Parenthood of Mid-and South Michigan from opening their 17,000 square foot mega mill in Auburn Hills, MI. This was a non-stop, months-long effort that resulted in an enormous, nearly unprecedented pro-life victory, a victory in which PP was forced to put the building where it hoped to do abortions up for sale. Planned Parenthood CEO, Lori Lamerand, even signed a new deed restriction in which PP legally vowed NOT to ever perform abortion procedures of any kind at the Opdyke Road property! That document is worth framing in gold! As of right now, the building purchased by PP still sits dark and empty and remains up for sale.

The HHS Mandate Protested!

This year CPLS led nationwide opposition to the Health and Human Services Mandate – the Obama administration’s attack on religious liberty. CPLS teamed up with the Pro-Life Action League and was the national co-organizer of the largest and most publicly vocal and visible protests against the Mandate. This Mandate continues to be a dangerous threat to American first-amendment liberties as it forces religious institutions, under penalty of law, to facilitate contraception, sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs in their employee health plans. It provides a so-called exemption that is so ridiculously narrow that even Jesus and the apostles would not qualify!

CPLS helped organize three huge nationwide rallies in over 200 cities with a total of 160,000 people participating! These rallies took place in March, June and October of 2012. These rallies were a huge financial and time-consuming commitment for CPLS. We vow to continue to be a public voice of opposition to this Mandate as we head into the year 2013.

Abandoned Published! A Narrative of the Abortion Wars

Citizens for a Prolife Society's Director, Monica Miller, wants to thank Saint Benedict Press for the publication of her book: Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars. "It is my great hope and prayer that the publishing of this work will help bring an end to the slaughter of the unborn. The book was a 12 year project for CPLS. That the book came out this year made 2012 especially meaningful."

"Most importantly, as this year comes to an end with the re-election of a rabidly pro-abortion president, and as we face the 40 anniversary of the Roe versus Wade decision, I ask for your prayers. Please pray for us at CPLS and let us all recommit ourselves to pray and work to end abortion. No matter what the obstacles may be, we must never give up this fight for Life."

A TALE FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE ABORTION WAR

Reviewed by Mark Sullivan (Catholic World Report: December 4, 2012)

“The time may come when we date the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet system from the appearance of Gulag,”wrote a German reviewer of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s masterpiece, The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation. It may sound crazy, but the time may also come when we date the end of legalized abortion in the United States from the publication of Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars by Monica Migliorino Miller (Saint Benedict Press, 2012).

I recently began reading the abridged version of Gulag, and I was stuck by Solzhenitsyn’s descriptions of the injustice and the powerlessness of the people in communist Russia — in particular, by how fittingly his descriptions of the power structures of the Soviet system could be applied to the institutions that promote and protect legalized abortion in this country. I thought it would make an interesting story, so I requested a review copy of Abandoned. I thought it would make a good point of departure to talk about Solzhenitsyn.

THE THIRD STAND UP RALLY SEES NEW ATTENDEES, GREAT SPEAKERS AND GREAT ENTHUSIASM!

We Rallied For Religious Freedom --- What Does This Mean?

A Reflection on the October 20th Nationwide
Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally

By Monica Migliorino Miller, Ph.D.
Citizens for a Pro-life Society, Director
Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rallies, National Co-Chairman

As I write these words—the most important election in American history will take place in just two weeks—an election that will decide the very future of our nation and so much is at stake. For the first time since the pilgrims disembarked the May Flower the issue of religious liberty is something that voters must take into consideration when they discern for whom they will cast their vote on Nov. 6th. This is the time in which we live! Even with the election of Obama four short years ago (and for many it may seem like a lot longer) who would have predicted that religious liberty would be under attack through this president’s administration in the Health and Human Services Mandate? Even all those Catholics who voted for Obama—but for whom Obama’s support for legalized abortion should have been enough of a disincentive—never envisioned that this president would initiate and stand by a decree that so seriously compromises the consciences of people of faith. Now Catholics, Protestants, Jews, all people of faith, and indeed all people of good will have another serious issue with which to measure current candidates for office!

Obama announced the HHS mandate at the end of January 2012. The Stand Up for Religious Freedom nationwide rally, immediately in the wake of this announcement, became a reality, and it is still the only national public event that has voiced opposition to the HHS mandate—the only event that took this opposition to the streets and provided the absolutely essential public voice of protest to this unjust government intrusion into religious practice and ministry. While the turn out for the 3rd rally was not as high as the first two-- OK-- well-- let’s put some perspective into the October 20th head-count--

We need to keep in mind that it is very possible that holding the rally on a Saturday, rather than a Friday, actually contributed to lower attendance. Weekends are actually a time when families have other duties to which they must attended. October weather may have played its role and let’s also keep in mind that many of those who support these rallies and who would have attended the October 20th event were actually out working for the candidates that support religious freedom—which is exactly what we want!

This is the 3rd rally since the end of March! There is simply nothing that can compare to the national scope, success and influence of these rallies—after all, even the March for Life happens only once a year! That the Stand Up rally kept the momentum going since March means that the October rally was a huge success. October 20th rallies took place in 140 cities. This means that we have seen no less than a whopping 440 rallies for religious freedom in just 9 months with a total of 150,000 people participating literally all across America—coast to coast! This sort of public protest is unprecedented!

The October 20th rally attracted tens of thousands of participants—the vast majority of whom were new attendees! The October rally saw great speakers, great enthusiasm and more than respectable press coverage!

The following is all that needs to be said:-- no matter how many people come out, no matter whether speakers are mediocre or spectacular orators, no matter if media coverage is extensive or poor-- THESE RALLIES HAVE TO TAKE PLACE—AND IF OBAMA WINS THE ELECTION-- MORE AND MORE PUBLIC OPPOSITION MUST BE LAUNCHED!

These Stand Up rallies have raised up hundreds of new activist leaders—leaders with fire in their belly who have now cultivated significant organizational skills to take this movement into the future! New leaders have been raised up prepared for the fight! That alone is a huge success—and let’s not ever underestimate the importance of this dimension of what these rallies are all about!

The October rally is one of the most important ways that public awareness is kept alive concerning the threat of the HHS mandate—indeed, it may be argued that this rally was the primary way that attention has been kept on the injustice of the HHS mandate as our nation heads into the general election. It’s not just about the rally event itself but the post-rally videos, blogs, Face Book pages, Tweets, news articles and photos, still being generated, that extends the rally into the future and also keeps the issue of the threat to religious liberty alive in these final days before the election.

A great huge heartfelt thanks goes to all the dedicated rally captains. You are the engine that drive these rallies! Thank you to all the speakers who lent their time, talent and prestige to these events. Thanks to all the bishops and religious leaders who spoke at these rallies and gave their support for this public protest. And thanks to all those who came out and participated in this essential exercise of our American First Amendment right to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.

Let us pray and work for the defense of that primary First Amendment right—the right to religious liberty—and for the graces needed to stand up for what we believe against all governmental attacks and persecution –even if it means jail—even if it means death.

Obama-- "Gay Marriage" is NOT Marriage. Here’s Why.

By Monica Migliorino Miller, Ph.D.