August 2018 – Article 3: Georgia Right to Life’s 2018 Reach Banquet will feature a truly heartwarming story of how the son of a holocaust survivor became a powerful defender of innocent life in the United States. The riveting keynote speaker will be Sol Pitchon, whose captivating and remarkable testimony will carry you from the concentration camps of Auschwitz to Tampa, Florida where he ministers Christ to thousands through multiple pro-life organizations. Sol said: “My mother survived the...
2018 Session: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
June 2018 – Article 2: The 2018 Georgia General Assembly was very busy for Georgia Right to Life (GRTL). This year the primary focus was the “Woman’s Right to Recover Act” (HB 882). This legislation was sponsored by Rep. Wes Cantrell (R-22). It would give women who have been harmed during an abortion the right to take legal action against an abortionist. Additionally, it would give a private right of action (allow women to bring a lawsuit, even though such a remedy may not be explicitly...
Endowment Fund Launched
March 2018 – Article 2: The leadership of Georgia Right to Life was quite pleased and grateful when in 2016, a longtime and generous donor approached the leadership with the notion of establishing an endowment fund and “seeding” that fund. As with most non-profits, income variability throughout the year can help or hamper our outreach programs. The goal of the endowment fund is to create long term, sustained income for the educational programs of Georgia Right to Life (GRTL). An endowment...
More Than a March
January 2018 – Article 3: All pro-life supporters are encouraged to register and attend the 2018 March for Life and Memorial Service to be held on January 19 at Atlanta's Liberty Plaza. Keynote speaker for the event will be Dr. James Merritt, Christian speaker, author and pastor of Cross Pointe Church in Duluth. The event is intended to express sorrow for the more than 60 million children denied the chance at life, as well as for the women who have had their lives damaged physically...
2018 Legislative Session Opens
January 2018 – Article 2: The 2018 session of the Georgia General Assembly will begin on January 8. It involves 40 “legislative days” and is expected to end in mid- to late-March. A legislative day means a day when the assembly is actually meeting, not a calendar day, which is why it’s impossible to predict the exact day the session will end. For the second year Georgia Right to Life’s (GRTL) government affairs representative in the legislature will be Jessica DuBois, owner of...
Hospice: People Beware
January 2018 – Article 1: (This is the third of several articles dealing with protecting the elderly and infirm). When a loved one is nearing the end of life, families are faced with many stressful issues, especially how to make their last days as pain free and comfortable as possible. To meet those needs, the more than 4,000 hospice care agencies throughout the country promise to provide terminally ill individuals with physical, psychological, spiritual, and emotional support. In the...
The Perfect Storm
January 2013 marks the 40th year of legalized abortion in the United States. We have watched in horror as the ‘slippery slope’ many had predicated continues to degrade the inherent value of human life. The life movement is at a cross roads. There is dissension even among proclaimed ‘prolifers’ on just what is needed to turn our current ‘culture of death’ around. Do we head into the storm – or take a different path? While prolifers may agree on the end goal, the specific strategy on just...
The Ides Of March (Of Dimes)
For years, Georgia Right to Life has held a no-support policy for the March of Dimes (MOD). One of the most frequent questions we are asked is if there is any new information on MOD, or is our boycott based on old information? After some recent study, there is new information. However, it does not bode well for the March of Dimes. Just to refresh you, the MOD boycott began in 1972, because they sponsored and pushed the technique of amniocentesis in order to diagnose handicapped children in the...
You Are Not Called To Adopt
You are sure of it. You know families built through foster care and adoption. You may admire them, however, it just isn’t for you. Please exhale, my friend. It’s okay. You may be right. Adoption is beautiful, redemptive, traumatic and hard. It is always birthed in brokenness. Many strong marriages don’t make it through, and there are lasting side effects. That is the bad news. The fantastic news is that when a fire is burning, there is light. When we are broken, we realize our deep need for...
I Don’t Make Deals
I have written before about my journey to become a no exceptions prolifer. I have never shared this story publicly, but I think the time is right. In 2011, I worked very hard to make sure that our “ultrasound law” was passed in Texas. It was a good bill and I was proud to support it. It did have a rape exception, but I figured that wasn’t really a big deal since there are so few babies aborted that are conceived in rape. I mean…it’s less than 1%…let’s just work to save the 99%, right? The bill...
