It was so nice to hear your stories, what you’re studying, but especially where your heart is in regards to life.  Life is precious – young, middle-aged, and old alike.  Our group celebrates this precious gift of life – we all are connected to it!  So, thank you for allowing us to get to know you a little bit better.

This group is your best friend – it can be if you want to of course.  If you should ever know someone or even yourself experience an unplanned pregnancy, grief from a past abortion, or be attacked or ridiculed for your respect for human life – we want you to know that UWF Students for Life is here for YOU.  This group is here to arm you with the truth – cuz it sucks living a lie – support you/your friends with resources to help you make a satisfying, hope-filled choice, and to end the agony of suffering in silence from a past abortion.

Some ways to stay connected include:  our Facebook fan page, Twitter, Youtube, UWFStudentsForLife.org, and by emailing us here.

For us to support this campus with this much needed help, we need YOU.  You have the intuition, the ideas, the knowledge, the skills, that will make this group a LIFE-SAVER to many.  We need mathematicians, artists, businessmen, scientists, linguists, law experts, etc.  If you have a specialty, we have a place for you.  And what better experience to put your expertise toward than to help save lives.  You can make a difference.  You can be the change you desire to see in the world.

Bring your talents and ideas to our first planning meeting this Monday September 6th – LABOR DAY - 2PM on the Cannon Greens.  It’s a casual get-to-know ya/plan the semester type meeting.  Hope to see you there!

We saw them at Pro-Life Freedom Rides in Birmingham Alabama, we celebrated with them at their kick-off party, and now we are all invited to join them in their monthly “Solidarity Saturday” event.  From 8AM to 10AM, pro-life teens will pray for the ending of abortion in our city.  Let’s meet these awesome people with a purpose and “unite forces” in praying for an end to abortion.

Where: In the Hobby Lobby parking lot off Davis Hwy (6235 North Davis Highway, Pensacola, FL)

What: We will walk from Hobby Lobby to the abortion clinic behind it (1/4 mile) to pray for an end to abortion.

When: 8AM (meet at Hobby Lobby and then walk to abortion clinic) stand vigil til’ 10AM

We had the awesome opportunity to meet and converse with admirable pro-life leaders including: Father Frank Pavone, Dr. Alveda King, Jim Pinto, Ryan Bomberger, Joy Pinto, and other inspiring leaders.  Pictures and videos we took from the event are embedded below so that you can get a taste of what the future Pro-Life Freedom Rides will be like.  Keep in mind, these events are historical. These peaceful protests, pro-life assemblies, marches, and freedom rides are going to be in tomorrow’s history books.  Abortion is not forever. We are on the winning side, the side that exults LIFE!

What can you do to support this ministry?

FIRST – Watch the videos. Gain from the inspirational speeches. They are a gift to strengthen the pro-life community.

SECOND – Attend one of the Pro-Life Freedom Ride events.  If you cannot go to the one being held in Knoxville Tenn. this October, help us to bring it to Pensacola.  Only average Joe’s like you and I can make this happen.

THIRD – Seriously consider donating to Priests for Life, the organization hosting the Pro-Life Freedom Rides.  They are in dire need of help right now because they have $800,000 in bills to pay and are a completely non-profit, donation supported ministry.

MOST IMPORTANTLY:
Please pray for an end to abortion and for the success of the efforts of pro-lifers.

Coverage of first-ever Pro-Life Freedom Ride:

Fr. Pavone – Part 1

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Fr. Pavone – Part 2

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Dr. Alveda King

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Ryan Bomberger

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Day Gardner

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Dr. Tim Johnson

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Pictures from the events:

Life on the Rock

Pro Life Freedom Ride Rally

Pro Life Freedom Ride

BONUS:

For those of you actually still reading this, here’s a video clip of our president, Bernadette Ensley, speaking with Fr. Mitch Pacwa in German and Arabic.

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The list of speakers includes:

• Kristan Hawkins – President of Students for Life of America
• Abby Johnson – former Planned Parenthood director
• Eduardo Verastegui – Actor, Human Rights Advocate
• Alveda King – Niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Gianna Jessen – abortion survivor
• Lila Rose – founder of Live Action Films
• Jason Jones – Whole Life Ministries
• Marjorie Dannenfelser – Susan B. Anthony List
• Charmaine Yoest – Americans United for Life

…just to name a few. Please don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event.

Also, UWF Students for Life will be hosting a potluck webcast party if you would like to attend the webcast with us. Please RSVP on the Facebook event page if you are interested. Address and details can be found there as well.

Sign the petition to encourage Governor Charlie Crist to vote YES on HB1143!

13 week old baby

When women see the picture truth of what is living inside them from an ultrasound image, most women choose NOT to abort.  On the other hand, when women go into an abortion clinic and are told “we are removing your pregnancy” or “it’s not a baby, just a blob of tissue” they more likely will abort believing the lie that their baby is not a real baby. (Proof for this claim can be found in the study below)

In order to abuse or kill someone, it is well known that you have to dehumanize it.  The Nazis did this when their Supreme Court defined Jewish people to be NON-PERSONS.  They were described as dirty vermin in various Nazi-era writings.  The same happened to the African Americans in the United States.  They were defined as NON-PERSONS too – and considered property!  Thankfully today these lies have been uprooted.

What if white slave-owners or Nazi soldiers were forced to see the humanity of their victims?  What if they were forced to see the parents and children hug each other and have family conversations?

Today, in Florida, we have the opportunity to help mothers to see the humanity of their unborn child through the use of ultrasound imaging!  This prevents mothers from being fooled by the unscientific, ridiculous lies abortion providers say about unborn children.

We need to urge our governor Charlie Crist to VOTE IN FAVOR OF BILL:  HB1143.

More detailed information found here.

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Study shows power of ultra-sound imaging to influence mothers to decide AGAINST abortion:

Dr. Eric J. Keroack, then medical director of five centers run by A Woman’s Concern in Massachusetts, studied the cases of 436 women considering abortion between October 2000 and April 2002 at a center in Revere and whose outcomes could be traced.

Of those who were considered “abortion-vulnerable” — that is, facing obstacles that they may feel incapable of or unwilling to handle but who had not yet decided to abort — 75.5 percent decided not to have an abortion after viewing the ultrasound of her unborn baby, while 24.5 percent went ahead with an abortion.

“We also observed that during the utilization of these technical advances, our clients frequently demonstrated bonding responses to their pregnancies as well,” Keroack wrote in a letter to colleagues about the study. “Our examinations were not performed with the intention of creating such responses; they were performed in a fashion consistent with accepted medical standards for diagnostic ultrasonography.”

Keroack, who later served briefly as director of the Office of Population Affairs in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, compared those figures to a similar study group from July 1998 to December 1999, before the center had an ultrasound machine.

The statistics were nearly reversed. Of the 344 “abortion-vulnerable” women whose cases were studied and whose outcomes could be determined, 61 percent decided after counseling at the Revere center to go ahead with an abortion, while 33.7 percent decided not to have an abortion.

Keroack’s study concluded: “The ability to decide one’s direction in an unplanned pregnancy is the foundational theory of the ‘pro-choice’ supporters. Allowing a patient to view her ultrasound examination implies respect for the dignity and autonomy of a patient, and her ability to participate wisely in her own plan of care.”

(Retreived from: http://www.the-tidings.com/2008/080108/ultrasound.htm  on May 6th 2010)

Pro-life Ambassador Training event!

It served to create a foundation for our understanding of abortion.   To be clear, Aaron presented a expansive history of abortion; what people believed about unborn children and what laws were in place.  We learned that science asserts that human life begins at conception, and with all further advancements, science continues to reassert this truth.   Also, statistical information from the CDC provided the various reasons why women aborted.  Lastly, we were informed on the various abortion procedures employed for younger to older unborn persons.

All this information has set the stage for us to fully grasp the topic of abortion in our country and time. This has prepared us for this upcoming week’s presentation on “Wisdom & Character.” (Wed,6PM,Bldg 11/Rm 223)

• Wisdom: Knowing the facts, having extensive knowledge on a topic, having expertise.

• Character: Employing an artful method, having an attractive manner.

For those who could not attend the first Pro-Life Ambassador event, we recorded it and will have it available online soon along with notes!  This can all be used whenever someone asks you about why you are against abortion. You can then show that you have looked deeper than the pro-abortion sing-songy slogans and studied the issue thoroughly.

Trust me. I have encountered many “pro-choicers” (as they say) who do NOT expect to hear sound logic when they speak to a pro-lifer. Prove ‘em wrong.  Remember, your beliefs are founded by irrefutable scientific facts and true logic.  If they don’t let you get a word in, it’s because they are afraid of the truth you hold.  Be kind, be friendly, and speak the truth

Short video for thought: The Miracle of Life

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If any of you watched C-SPAN as I did all Sunday, you would have seen an outrageous riot on TV between both sides of the debate.  Of all things I could have likened to this event, Roe v. Wade came to mind…  January 22nd 1973, the day murder of innocent unborn children was legalized nation-wide. I wonder what Americans my age and older must have felt?  This historical case was an abuse of power, just as today’s ruling was.  Abortion throughout all 9 months of pregnancy was legalized by 7 un-elected Supreme Court judges.  Watch this movie below to visualize the significance.

Like the historical Roe v Wade ruling in 1973, today, a bill was passed that will force YOU to fund elective abortions.  In addition, it will also force YOU to buy health insurance.   It will cost YOU and YOUR children freedom, add incredibly to our tremendous national debt, and cost jobs that are already scarce right now.

Here is what our Congressman Jeff Miller had to say:

After over a year of trying to ram through a trillion dollar government takeover of our health care system, Nancy Pelosi and the majority party waited until the middle of the night to take one of the most important votes in history.  This bill was written behind closed doors using backroom deals to buy enough votes to pass, and puts the future of our great country at great risk.  It does nothing to protect the sanctity of human life, will not lower health care costs for the American family, cuts Medicare by $500 billion, and raises taxes on middle-class Americans.  I strongly denounce the passage of this bill and will work for its swift repeal.

As the UWF Students for Life president, I ask you all to pray for our nation and get active in making your voice heard.

We have rights as American citizens.  If we sit back and let others take our freedom away, that will be our fault.  In case you hadn’t noticed, the health care bill won by only a 7 vote margin.  That means if Stupak coalition (a specific group of pro-life Democrats) would have held out, stayed strong, and voted against the bill, it would not have passed. Many times, you may not feel like your one vote or one word makes much of a difference.  In the case of today’s vote, it is easy to see how each person is vital to upholding true social justice for all human persons.

Our country has taken one large step in the wrong direction.  Instead of working for a bi-partisan solution to reform health care, Congress has assaulted our freedom with this health insurance mandate that will cost MORE human lives through tax-dollar funded abortion and severely handicap our economy. These same congressmen need to hear what a big mistake they have made, and those that have stood up against the tide to do what is right need to also hear our appreciation.  Please write your representative.

Stay tuned for further updates.  We will not go down without a fight.

at the AMS Pensacola abortion clinic!

40 Days for Life participants were praying in front of the abortion clinic today while abortions were being done.  Their loving presence inspired courage and hope in these mothers, helping them to choose life.  Come participate with us in 40 Days for Life so you can help support women in choosing life as well as pray for the closing of this abortion clinic,  To read the story go to:  40daysforlifepensacola.com

UWF Students for Life meeting: Window inside the Womb

Details: Learn about UWF Students for Life mission and past activities,  sign-up for the powerful,  life-saving campaign: 40 Days for Life, and view a short video that shows the baby in the womb from day 1 – birth!

Where/When:  Commons Rm 272, February 24th Wednesday 7-9PM

Hope to see you there- bring a friend!

Bernadette Ensley

Belated Christmas wishes in February

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break!  Yes, I do say “Christmas break” rather than “winter break” because that is the reason for the break; the reason why we have always had our school semesters designed to break around the month of December.  During this time, we acknowledge if not praise the powerful and historical story of a baby born of one simple young woman.  A woman who encountered very difficult circumstances, but at the same time trusted in God’s providence … and then gave birth to a King who would redeem all mankind.  This is the hope we bear as pro-life students: that each human life has infinite worth and potential!  Regardless of your faith background, I hope at least this hope-filled recount touched your heart during a wonderful several weeks off from school!

March for Life wrap-up

Following our break, UWF Students for Life made its first-ever trip to Washington D.C. to get a taste of the super large pro-life march.  This year, we had an estimated 400,000!!!  90% being young people – abortion holocaust SURVIVORS – taking a stand against the unjust ruling of Roe v. Wade and the other degrading rulings that mark our history!

We saw great numbers of college students, such as the group from Notre Dame numbering in the HUNDREDS.  We saw highschoolers, middleschoolers, kids, toddlers, babies, young parents, and even a couple older parents…  If anyone tells you that the March for Life is for senior citizens, they have not set foot NEAR the March for Life!

To find out more about our experience, come to our first UWF Students for Life meeting this February 24th (Wednesday) from 7PM-9PM in the Commons Room 225.

Also, don’t forget to check out our pictures from the March on our website!  We will definitely be going up to the March for Life next year, and with many more people.  Start saving up now and thinking about who else might like to go, and I will do my part to keep you posted about trip planning.

Upcoming Events:

1. 40 Days for Life (February 17th-March 28)
2. First meeting: February 24th, Wednesday 7-9PM Commons Rm 272
3. Panhandle Run for Life opportunity March 27th
4. Tentative Movie night: “Bella” 2nd week of April

More details to come….

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Valentines Day, etc…

Bernadette Ensley

There will be a recount on the success of this fall’s 40 Days for Life campaign and I highly recommend listening!  This will be a national webcast with former-director of Planned Parenthood, Abby Johnson, our local 40 Days for Life coordinators: Ernie and Mary-Beth Cyr, and other influential people who have experienced miracles in their own towns.  Also, plans for this coming Spring’s 40 Days will be discussed.  The webcast will start at 8PM Central time this Monday, and last an hour.  If you can’t catch all of it, maybe you can catch some…

Click here to go to the webcast.

Have a great weekend and remember to pass on the great news!

Bernadette Ensley