This year, it might seem as though the Walk for Life has entered a new era. The Dobbs decision, repealing the atrocity of Roe v. Wade, was an answer to our prayers. But as we know, all Dobbs does is return the decision of whether or not to protect innocent human life back to each state. And, as the passing of California’s Proposition 1 shows us, we still have so much to do. So, while we thank God for all the work of pro-lifers over the decades, and for the states that have chosen to protect the innocent, for us here in California, and most surrounding states, nothing has changed.
Neither Dobbs nor Proposition 1 has changed the Walk’s mission in any way.
Our mission is to proclaim that abortion hurts women. Our mission is to proclaim that women deserve better than abortion. And our mission, yesterday, today, and tomorrow, is to be a shining beacon of hope to women, to society, even to the pro-abortion state government, proclaiming that LIFE, not death is the foundation of choice!
Join us on January 21, 2023 as we witness to the dignity of women and the life and protection of the littlest among us at the 19th Annual Walk for Life West Coast!
Rebecca Kiessling to keynote 2023 Walk for Life West Coast
Rebecca Kiessling is an internationally known pro-life speaker and family life attorney. Conceived in rape, her life experience has made her a tireless advocate of unborn persons, and she is a living refutation of the ‘Except in cases of…’ argument for abortion. She will be one of the keynote speakers at the 19th Annual Walk for West Coast in San Francisco on January 21, 2023.
From the biography page on her website:
“I was adopted nearly from birth. At 18, I learned that I was conceived out of a brutal rape at knife-point by a serial rapist. Like most people, I’d never considered that abortion applied to my life, but once I received this information, all of a sudden I realized that, not only does it apply to my life, but it has to do with my very existence. It was as if I could hear the echoes of all those people who, with the most sympathetic of tones, would say, ‘Well, except in cases of rape. . . ,’ or who would rather fervently exclaim in disgust: ‘Especially in cases of rape!
“All these people are out there who don‘t even know me, but are standing in judgment of my life, so quick to dismiss it just because of how I was conceived. I felt like I was now going to have to justify my own existence, that I would have to prove myself to the world that I shouldn’t have been aborted and that I was worthy of living. I also remember feeling like garbage because of people who would say that my life was like garbage — that I was disposable….”
Nobody cares how you were conceived, honey. Get over yourself.
Here, we have an outstanding example
of a really, really bad attitude.
The woman’s biography claims this: “All these people are out there who don‘t even know me, but are standing in judgment of my life, so quick to dismiss it just because of how I was conceived.”
Please, please provide one example from among “all these people out there” who are dismissing her because of how she was conceived.
Name just one such person who is doing that.
She’s delusional and needs to get over herself. She’s contriving a false controversy about her circumstances of conception to fill seats and promote herself.
Not much different from State Senator Scott Wiener faking a hate message to himself. It was obvious he faked it because in the screenshot of the alleged hate text he posted the grammar lines and cursor were visible, proving he composed the hate message himself.
Fabricated controversy in an attempt to gain attention and self-promotion.
Here, again, we have an example
of a raw nerve being touched.
She means also the people who use rape and incest as excuses to keep abortion legal.
I care if you need me to care. If you don’t want me to know or to care, I will go that way.
I support you.
The point is that rape is often used as a justification for abortion.
And, it is apparent that you don’t care. “Honey… get over yourself” is not respectful of this woman or her mother, who chose to give her life, even after being a victim of rape. You may want to talk with your spiritual director or confessor about your attitude.
And, controversy, if you’re a different person, think about your statement, “Fabricated controversy in an attempt to gain attention and self-promotion.” The controversy is real. Children conceived as a result of rape are still children. And, who appointed you to judge her “self-promotion” and whether she is “delusional?” MIght you not give her the benefit of the doubt and refrain from judging her so quickly and harshly?
Maybe you deserve the benefit of the doubt and did not intend to come across as uncaring, disrespectful and judgmental as your post(s) seemed.
We all say (or post) things that we regret or, at least, could have been stated in a better way.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252760/worldwide-women-s-rosary-announced-for-dec-8-we-re-daughters-of-the-most-holy-virgin
Some biblical scholars say Jesus was conceived in rape. The book was called “The Illegitimacy of Jesus”. Argued that the Gospels obliquely reveal that Jesus was conceived by a Roman soldier with Mary.
illegitimate, would you name these Scripture scholars to whom you refer? “Scholars” have also claimed that Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, that He had an affair with Mary Magdalene and many other untrue, even blasphemous, things. That doesn’t make them true. If you’re a Catholic, or a Christian of any sort, I advise you to not read such authors (unless only to be able to better discount their outrageous claims).
Jesus is the eternally begotten Son of God and Savior of the world before Whom each of us will stand (or fall) on judgment day. We should be most careful about what we say about Him, for our sakes and the sake of others.
Using the title of the book, the author’s name is easy to find: Jane Schaberg, a feminist biblical scholar from the 1980s.
According to Wikipedia, her car was set on fire in response to the book being published. Wow!
She used to be a nun but abandoned her vows, she supported abortion, and called for religious pluralism. So maybe her scholarship isn’t very trustworthy.
So, one scholar, a pro-abortion ex-religious Sister, who got all her education at non-Catholic universities. There are not “some scholars,” apparently, at least with reputations as faithful Catholics, who hold that outrageous position.
At one time in the Church, Saints were often scholars. In modern times (with some notable exceptions) that has often not been the case. Scholars are usually not particularly saintly.
As I was taught, being holy is infinitely more important than being smart or educated, though all are good.
There is a lot of unfaithful Scripture scholarship. You have to know the Faith.
It’s interesting that it seems only one feminist publication reports her car fire. If she stayed in Detroit after renouncing her vows, what did the fire investigation report reveal and was anyone arrested for that crime? Detroit has long had one of the highest arson rates in the nation. How is her car fire necessarily related to her work? (An ideological or political motive?) As a retired fire investigator, I’ve investigated numerous vehicle fires, accidental and incendiary. No one should be a victim of arson and perpetrators should be brought to justice. May God grant rest to Ms. Schaberg’s soul. And, may she have repented of her heretical and immoral positions before her death.
That’s the stupidest one I ever heard.
stupidest, Please don’t tempt or challenge anyone. While it is difficult to imagine worse, Rev. James Martin SJ and some German bishops might come up with something even more stupid and blasphemous. I won’t even write what I think they could come up with, it’s so blasphemous.
Heresy is worse. What the German bishops are doing is wrong and short sighted but it is not heresy.
heresy is a mortal sin.
many years ago, there was a best-seller book, “The Best and the Brightest.”
Today we need a book called “The Worst and the Stupidest.”
I’ve gone to the Walk For Life West Coast twice and found both events to be very rewarding. I really pray for the participants of January 2023’s WFL (both east and west coasts) because now that Roe has been overturned, there is probably going to be a lot more aggressive counter-protesters than usual.
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