40 abortions take place at this clinic each week. Dr. Goodrick has shared that due to a “quiet”  pro-life presence, women feel safer to come to her clinic for abortions.

It’s time to take our pro-life convictions and put them into action through prayer, fasting and community outreach.

That’s why we are here for this spring campaign, which will be the second 40 Days for Life efforts outside of her clinic.

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Click here to read the Phoenix Magazine article that inspired this campaign.

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In a victory for the First Amendment and the right of free speech,  New York Federal district court judge William Pauley ruled yesterday that the New York City ordinance proscribing certain speech and requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to  post signs abortion advocates want put up to dissuade women from seeking alternatives as well as require the pregnancy centers to provide specific literature to women was unconstitutionally vague.

This marks the second such law struck down on constitutional grounds. The first ordinance passed in Baltimore, Maryland also attempted to control the rights of pro-life pregnancy centers.

Chris Slattery, the founder and Director of EMC Frontline, told LifeNews he is “thrilled by Judge William Pauley’s decision.”

“A victory was won in NYC today!  A judge has issued a ruling granting a preliminary injunction prohibiting a new pro-abortion law from taking effect in New York City.  The law would have placed harsh restrictions on pregnancy help centers offering women alternatives to abortion,” he added.

Slattery’s group was aided by the ACLJ while another pregnancy center was assisted by the ADF. Both organizations are known for their constant vigilance and defense of pro-life and pro-family organizations.

For more on the story read here, here and here.

Pro-Life Blogs and Operation Rescue are reporting that despite court orders and efforts by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, an abortion mill run by the notorious Steven Brigham is still in operation according to the mill’s website.  Yet the media’s coverage of this and other violations by this and other abortionists has been very weak at best. For the full story, read here.

In a sign of the continuing implosion of the abortion industry, another abortion “clinic” has been closed. According to LifeNews, abortionist Frank Silver was evicted from his office on North Buffalo in Las Vegas on December 10,2010. The local pro-life community only recently discovered that he had been evicted. The abortion mill was located far from the street in a business park. Operation Rescue president Troy Newman told LifeNews today that when the eviction notice was posted, pro-life supporters were not immediately aware of it. Newman explained further. “We knew that this office had closed, but we only got news of Silver’s eviction last week. This eviction is just more evidence of a failing abortion industry and of an abortionist who cannot or will not follow the law and keep his contractual obligations.”

“The building was sealed by authorities with an orange sticker that reads “Warning, Keep Out,” but the sticker has been broken” Newman said.

“In 1991, there was an estimated 2,200 abortion clinics in the U.S. Today that number had dropped to 679, and continues to decrease by the month,” said Newman. “The closing of Silver’s clinic brings us another step closer to a final end to abortion in this nation.”

Steve Ertelt reports that Silver’s eviction comes after news that the Planned Parenthood abortion business closed one of its northern California centers.

Ertelt further reported that that closing came after Planned Parenthood of Central Texas announced last month it would close two of its centers that make abortion referrals to its main location. The affiliate of the national abortion business did not give any reasons for closing the locations in Groesbeck and Marlin, Texas.

These closings follow the permanent closure of a Planned Parenthood abortion referral center in Ohio. Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio is closing one of its centers north of Columbus, in Galion, because it says it is has come up on financial difficulties that make it necessary to consolidate.

LifeNews referenced a recent March report from STOPP International pointing out a decline in the number of Planned Parenthood centers for the fifth straight year. In 2010, the Parenthood Federation of America opened 18 new clinics and closed 49, bringing its total clinic number down to 785 – the lowest it has been since 1986.

Planned Parenthood ended the year with a total of 321 abortion facilities with 165 doing surgical abortions and giving out the abortion drug mifepristone, and another 156 dispensing the abortion drug but not doing surgical abortions. This represents an increase of 5.5 percent from the 304 abortion facilities it operated at the end of 2009. More than 40 percent of its centers do some type of abortion.

The STOPP report also noted that Planned Parenthood appears to have abandoned the “Express Clinic” concept begun in 2003: small storefront operations in smaller cities and rural areas where a freestanding facility prove too costly to operate. Although some facilities still carry the “Express” name, all have returned to offering the range of services and physical exams as is done at a standard PPFA clinic, the report says.

Filling planes, trains and automobiles, hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers traveled to the nation’s capitol for the annual March for Life. The excitement and determination of the throng was especially evident as they marched from the mall to the steps of the Supreme Court building. There in front of the courthouse, members of “Silent No More” held signs which said that “We regret our abortion.” Many women provided testimony of the damaging effect that the abortion had in their lives.

Earlier in the day the crowd heard from organizer and founder Nellie Gray who introduced political, religious and public figures who spoke of the need to restore legal protection for the unborn child.

The weekend prior to the March saw numerous events, including a Students for Life Conference that brought together over1700 students from across the nation. The annual mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was filled to capacity with over 10,000 participants. The next morning over 27, 000 students attended the mass at the Verizon Center.

Numerous meetings were held with representatives throughout the senate and congressional office buildings. following the march Rock for Life held a concert near the Union Station.

Pro-life leaders met throughout the weekend and discussed strategies for ending taxpayer funding of abortion giants such as Planned Parenthood. They focused energies on the repeal of  Obama’s Health Care bill. The ghastly shadows of the revelations out of Philadelphia were also on everyone’s mind. They returned home to renew their efforts to end legalized abortion in their states and throughout the nation.

Just 38 years ago the United States Supreme Court made a decision that altered the very fabric of life in America. In their decision that affirmed a woman’s right to abort the life of the child in her womb, if she chose, they opened a proverbial Pandora’s box that has culminated in the death of over 50 million babies and counting. In Arizona we will commemorate this tragic court decision over the weekend of January 21-23, 2011.

Friday, January 21, 2011 – Diocese of Phoenix Youth and Young Adult Rally

Join Bishop Thomas Olmsted for a walk up Arizona State University’s  A-Mountain in Tempe, which leaves the ASU Newman Center at 7:00 p.m. Events include: the March up A-Mountain, prayer, music, testimonials, refreshments, and other activities. This event is sponsored by the Diocese of Phoenix.

Saturday, January 22, 2011 – Tucson March for Life

Supporters of life will gather at St. Margaret Mary’s Catholic Church, 801 N. Grande Avenue,  in Tucson at 10:30 a.m. for the March for Life to Holy Hope Catholic Cemetery, 3555 N. Oracle Road. The march culminates in a memorial service at the “Statute of Rachel” monument to the unborn.

Sunday, January 23, 2011 Phoenix March and Rally for Life

Commemoration of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision will continue in Phoenix with the 38th Annual Pro-Life March and Rally. Gather at Xavier College Preparatory School, 4701 N. Central Avenue in Phoenix and join hundreds of supporters of our precious unborn, in a March to Steele Indian School Park. At 1:30 p.m. the annual Pro-Life rally will begin.

At the Rally, listen to inspirational speakers such as: Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix; Melanie Pritchard, Executive Director of the Foundation for Life and Love; Kay Allen, Executive Director of 1st Way, and Cathi Herrod, President of the Center for Arizona Policy.  Music will be provided by Raising Faith. Bring your donations for the annual diaper drive to benefit crisis pregnancy centers. Join your fellow pro-life supporters to “REMEMBER the 50 million lives lost to abortion, CELEBRATE those mothers who chose life, and BELIEVE in victory for life with God’s help!”

Each year we remember the lives lost since that fateful 1973 court decision. Let 2011 be no different. We must continue to come together to mourn death, celebrate life, and renew our hope that together we can defeat the Culture of Death and put an end once and for all to abortion. Come and join us for these important pro-life events.

Would you know…

“How to help an abortion-bound woman make a life-affirming choice“

            … in your family and neighborhood, 

                             … on the sidewalk,

                                      …without judgment and condemnation,

                                                …with love and hope?

 OUR LADY’S MANTLE Proudly Presents…  

~ Sidewalk Counselor Training ~
 ~ for everyone, not  just those on the sidewalk ~

Saturday, January 29, 2011
9am – 1pm   Light Refreshments provided

St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Weidner Hall
3801 East Greenway, Phoenix, AZ 85032

This 4-hour workshop is for anyone wanting to intelligently, graciously, and effectively save women and their unborn children from the horrors of abortion.  Learn how to become an effective prayer warrior even if you are not on the sidewalk.  This workshop is designed to teach you how to effectively be pro-life in a culture of death. All aspects of “sidewalking” will be discussed and taught.

 RSVP:            Sheila Casey, 602-952-0262, scasey15@cox.net

Presenters: Sidewalk Counselors, LeeAnne Abel & Karen Williams

No registration fee or cost

Optional donation of diapers for a pregnancy support center

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you”