The following comes from a Mar 13 C-Fam article by Wendy Wright:
A UN conference room filled with nearly 400 young people sitting in diplomats’ chairs leapt to their feet to applaud a young woman last Thursday night [March 12].
Lila Rose and her undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s callous aborting of children made their debut appearance in the august building.
“I am asking for forgiveness for how my nation has exported violence against the most innocent” around the world, she said. “And I want to share what my teams have seen inside the abortion industry.”
Lila showed clips of Planned Parenthood employees explaining how to obtain a sex-selection abortion, a late-term abortion and how to fraudulently obtain government aid.
“If we don’t treat the weakest members of society with the respect that we have for ourselves, how is that justice? How is that equality? How is that upholding human rights?” Lila told the crowd.
Several women employees who thought they were fighting for reproductive justice have left Planned Parenthood, Lila recounted. They came to realize “maybe this isn’t the best for women, maybe we can do better for women than killing their flesh and blood, maybe it’s coercive, maybe this is a lie that we’ve been sold by powerful political and business interests,” who make multiple millions of dollars from abortion.
There’s a big push not to recognize the child inside the womb. “But once we recognize what science and reason tells us about life in the womb” people can see the humanity of an unborn child.
The notion of “my body, my rights,” leads to the idea that “I can do what I please” with the “body inside my body.” This puts the burden of a child completely on the woman, because society tells the woman, “You take care of it. You deal with it.”
One video contrasted Planned Parenthood providing late-term abortion with pictures of Toby, a baby born at 24 weeks, then his pictures at nine months, two years old, and playing on a boat at three years old.
A woman in the audience passed a note to an International Youth Coalition student who invited her to the event. She had favored abortion before, but now is against it, her note said.
Bravo Lila!! This young woman is a tour de force, thank God she is on our side. Passionate about life issues, she exposes the lies of Culture of Death and champions the truth of the Gospel. I believe she is a saint in the making!
Lila Rose is a beautiful witness. God bless her. Her parents are so blessed to have raised a holy soul and someone who continues to honor them well. I pray that many will learn from her.
Lila Rose sounds like a most wonderful young Catholic woman, and role model! The world is so BLESSED to have such a fine young Catholic lady!
Lila Rose is worth 100 Cardinal Dolans.
God bless you Lila Rose! Thank you for speaking out! You are touching the hearts of many! What a wonderful example of Catholic identity and courage! Your actions speak so loudly and so beautifully that even the most hardened heart is softened. Linda Maria’s post is right. The world is so BLESSED to have such a fine young Catholic lady!
Lila Rose and Walter Hoye, two great American Heroes!
Lila Rose would do well to read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, beginning with paragraph 1749, and especially paragraph 1753. She’s no “saint in the making.”
Dave N what was that? I’ll let you clarify before I comment.
CCC: ” 1756 It is therefore an error to judge the morality of human acts by considering only the intention that inspires them or the circumstances (environment, social pressure, duress or emergency, etc.) which supply their context.
There are acts which, in and of themselves, independently of circumstances and intentions, are always gravely illicit by reason of their object;
such as blasphemy and perjury, murder and adultery.
One may not do evil so that good may result from it. ”
“Thou shall not kill.” GOD’s Commandment (not suggestion).
Murder of the innocent is not subjective at any time.
“Moreover, we possess the prophetic message that is altogether reliable.” 2 Peter 1:16-19)
God Bless Lila Rose and Live Action for the tireless work they perform serving Our Lord.