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Attend the Pro-Life Book Sale 1

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By Tom Quiner

For Quiner’s Diner’s readers in the Central Iowa area, plan on attending the Iowa Right to Life Book Sale through Saturday.

The Des Moines Register gave lavish photo coverage to the competing pro abortion Planned Parenthood book sale going on right now. A pro-life book sale doesn’t generate support from the mainstream media and very much relies on word-of-mouth advertising.

Here are details from the Iowa Right to Life website (http://iowartl.org/events/book-sale/):

“You won’t believe the incredible selection of books on every subject, magazines, videos and music available at Iowa Right to Life’s Pro-Life Book Sale!

The Book Sale, with proceeds going to assist expectant mothers and pro-life pregnancy centers in Iowa, is scheduled just before Planned Parenthood’s fund raising book sale, to provide book-lovers with an alternative.”

Jordan Park Camp Building
(Just west of Historical Jordan House at the old Nazarene Camp)
2251 Fuller Rd
West Des Moines, IA 50265
Free Admission all other days:
Wednesday, April 18: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Thursday, April 19: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Friday, April 20: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Saturday, April 21: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

Thousands of used books, home school material, DVDs, CDs, Videos, Craft/Cooking magazines/games and puzzles and much much more!

Recession friendly prices.

Help us Spread the Word!

Beware misleading negative campaign phone calls 1

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By Tom Quiner

The negative campaigning begins.

A group calling themselves Iowa Pro-Life Action is making robo calls suggesting that Newt Gingrich is not pro life.

The Executive Director of Iowa Right to Life, the largest pro life group in the state, set the record straight with a press release today. Jenifer Bowen said:

“A number of supporters have received robo-phone calls from a small, newly minted organization calling itself “Iowa Pro-Life Action” that seems intent on disparaging or distorting the record of one or more of the candidates for the Republican nomination for President.  The particular calls this week disparaged the record of candidate Newt Gingrich. We have provided several links below to reliable news reports and organizations regarding the matter.

We regret that this corrective is necessary.  Nevertheless it should not imply that Iowa Right to Life, the state’s largest pro-life organization, is endorsing any one candidate.  We will not, unless developments bring us to that point.  Barring more such misinformation, we believe the discernment of pro-life Iowans will result in the nomination of an effective pro-life candidate.”

To be clear, it is NOT Iowa Right to Life making the deceiving calls. Ms. Bowen, one of the leading pro life figures in Iowa, provided helpful links to “clear” Newt Gingrich’s name on these critical pro life issues. One link led to this quote from Mr. Gingrich:

“As I have stated many times throughout the course of my public life, I believe that human life begins at conception. I believe that every unborn life is precious, no matter how conceived. I also believe that we should work for the day when there will be no abortions for any reason, and that every unborn child will be welcomed into life and protected by law.”

“That is why I have supported, and will continue to support, pro-life legislation that not only limits, but also reduces, the total number of abortions, with a view to the eventual legal protection of all unborn human life.”

Unlike Mitt Romney or Jon Huntsman, Mr. Gingrich signed the following pledge to support human life from conception:

I PLEDGE that I will only support candidates for President who are committed to protecting Life. I demand that any candidate I support commit to these positions:

FIRST, to nominate to the U.S. federal bench judges who are committed to restraint and applying the original meaning of the Constitution, not legislating from the bench;

SECOND, to select only pro-life appointees for relevant Cabinet and Executive Branch positions, in particular the head of National Institutes of Health, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Health & Human Services;

THIRD, to advance pro-life legislation to permanently end all taxpayer funding of abortion in all domestic and international spending programs, and defund Planned Parenthood and all other contractors and recipients of federal funds with affiliates that perform or fund abortions;

FOURTH, advance and sign into law a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to protect unborn children who are capable of feeling pain from abortion.

Ignore the negative robo calls you’re receiving. Newt Gingrich is solidly pro life.

Thanks to Jenifer Bowen and Iowa Right to Life for providing accurate campaign information.

Governor Branstad’s Proclamation for LIFE! 2

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By Jenifer Bowen

Governor Terry Branstad has offered a Proclamation that, in Iowa, the first Sunday of each October will be “Respect for Life Sunday.”  The purpose of this proclamation is to educate all citizens of Iowa young and old that life is precious and should be respected.

This education will take place through the following statements:

Whereas: Life is to be respected in all stages of development beginning with fertilization to continuing to natural death.

Whereas: We shall show respect in our daily lives as we protect the unborn from the abuses of abortion.  We will raise them in the traditional values that come with a traditional family.

Whereas:  Life will be respected in the latter years of life by having in place a continued support system which will offer them the dignity earned through years of service to family, church, community, friends and country.

Whereas:  Life will be respected through the acceptance that Life is not ours to give nor is it ours to take.  These are the functions of a higher being.  That being is GOD!

Whereas:  Respect for Life Sunday is a day of recognition that we were given the gift of choice not as a weapon against Life, but so that we can call upon our God and receive eternal life.

The Proclamation Signing will occur Friday, October 7, at 11:15 am. This signing will be held in the Governor’s Formal Office at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.

[Jenifer Bowen is Executive Director for Iowa Right to Life.]

Pro-Life book sale moves to new location 1

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By Jenifer Bowen

Iowa Right to Life is pleased to announce that we are celebrating our 10th book sale in 5 years!

“With sale proceeds benefiting pro-life pregnancy centers, maternity shelters and adoption agencies across Iowa, this has been such an exciting journey,” stated Jenifer Bowen, Executive Director of Iowa Right to Life.  ”Through the diligence of our book sale coordinator, Rhonda Phillips and 100s of dedicated volunteers, our organization has been able to send a significant amount of money to dozens of centers that receive no government funding.”

The 10th Sale will be held in Our NEW venue, Jordan Park Camp, 2251 Fuller Road (Corner of Fuller and Grand), in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Admission is free.

Here is the schedule:

Wednesday, September 28: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm

Thursday, September 29: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm

Friday, September 30: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm

Saturday, October 1: 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

In addition to 1,000s of books, DVDs, CDs and more, the Iowa Right to Life Book Sale is the premier place to purchase pro-life t-shirts, mugs, books, and many more resources.

[Jenifer Bowen is Executive Director for Iowa Right to Life]

 

Why TeleMed abortions should be halted 3

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By Tom Quiner

Maggie DeWitte, Executive Director, Iowans for Life

I attended a rainy outdoors press conference this afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa, on a subject that will have national implications: TeleMed abortions.

For the uninitiated, TeleMed abortions are abortions that take place without a doctor physically present.  The doctor dispenses advice from afar via a computer screen. Planned Parenthood (PP) is the agency utilizing TeleMed abortions.  They’re using Iowa as their guinea pig with the hope of rolling it out nationally.

PP likes the idea of TeleMed abortions because of their profit potential.  Their costs are lower.  And it helps solve the growing problem in the abortion industry:  fewer doctors are willing to perform abortions regardless of the money.

With TeleMed, abortionists are able to leverage their time and increase their “productivity” be aborting more babies throughout the state on the same day.  This is the business model of the future for an industry running out of doctors.

Iowa Right to Life (IRTL) has warned about this procedure for a long time.  PP in their usual inimitable style called IRTL liars, claiming they only publish ideology, not truth. It turns out that it was PP who was being disingenuous all along.

A new issue has come up regarding TeleMed abortions.  Is it legal?  Iowa law mandates that a physician must perform an abortion.  In addition, FDA regulations state that RU-486 (the abortion pill used in TeleMed abortions) may only be used up to the seventh week of pregnancy.

PP is apparently in violation of both laws.

That leads us back to today’s press conference.  Leaders in the Pro-LIfe movement throughout the state of Iowa have asked the Iowa Board of Medicine to intervene and acknowledge that TeleMed abortions are in violation of existing standards.

In a letter to the Iowa Board of Medicine signed by 57 different groups, it was argued that “a physical examination never occurs by a licensed physician who is supposed to perform the abortion.”

By law, it’s supposed to.  The letter points out another concern:

“… the mother never sees her ultrasound, as it is privately e-mailed to the doctor at a different location.”

This is a big deal.  Nine out ten women who see an ultrasound of the baby in her womb change their mind and don’t go through with the abortion.  Is PP putting their patient first … or their profits?

Finally, the letter to the Iowa Board of Medicine points out the psychological implications of the TeleMed abortion:

” [PP abortionist] Dr. Tom Ross trivializes what happens at home as the “miscarriage experience.”  Anyone who has suffered a miscarriage will attest that it is emotional, traumatic, and can result in individuals being grief-stricken for a long time. [See article below.] To trivialize this is shameful.”

Jennifer Bowen, Executive Director, Iowa Right to Life

Speakers at today’s press conference included Maggie DeWitte, Executive Director ofIowans for Life, Jenifer Bowen, Executive Director for Iowa Right to Life, and Monsignor Frank Bognanno, pastor at Christ the King parish.  In addition, Kris Gaspari gave a heart-wrenching description of her life after having an abortion.  I have reproduced her remarks below and encourage you to read them in their entirety.

Ultimately, TeleMed can result in traumatic outcomes when unprepared mothers see the remains of their baby in the toilet.  Does she simply flush it? PP is used to discarding baby’s bodies everyday.  They’re okay with it.  It’s a critical source of their profits.

But it is devastating to a woman.

Let us hope the Iowa Board of Medicine intervenes to help end this unique form of exploitation of women in Iowa.  If they don’t, it will be coming to a state near you soon.