Pro-Life
It’s all about me
By Tom Quiner “It’s not about you.” That is the first sentence in Rick Warren’s best-selling book, “The Purpose-Drive Life.” Mr. Warren’s premise, that our lives belong to God, that true happiness only comes when we do what God placed us on earth to do, is counter-cultural. American culture disagrees with Mr. Warren. Our culture…
Read MoreVending machine abortions victimize women
By Jeane Bishop Four years ago I helped my daughter and her friend with their National History Day project. The 10 year old girls studied Dr. Nancy Hill, a pioneer female doctor in Iowa. The girls and I discovered that Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, (1821-1910) the first female physician in this country, became a doctor in…
Read MoreThe risks of a “vending-machine attitude” toward gynecological care
By Tom Quiner Maggie Dewitte is Executive Director for Iowans for L.I.F.E. She stood up before the Iowa Board of Medicine last Friday and read a statement prepared by Dr. Donna J. Harrison on the dangers of telabortions. Dr. Harrison is President of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (www.aaplog.org). Here are the takeaway…
Read MoreIowa Board of Medicine considers telemed abortions
By Tom Quiner I just got back from the Iowa Board of Medicine who heard various speakers express their concern about telemedicine abortions. If the Board decides that telemed abortions are unsafe, they could halt this practice in its tracks before it spreads nationwide through other Planned Parenthood clinics. One speaker, Charles Burke, produced 1960…
Read MoreThe largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade takes place this Friday. Maybe.
By Tom Quiner Cardinal Francis Arinze spoke in Des Moines this past weekend. He said something amazing. He talked about the sanctity of human life. He compared us pro-lifers to Saint Peter and the other disciples, but he didn’t mean it favorably. He said while the disciples were sleeping in the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas…
Read MoreIs it wrong to deliberately kill an innocent person?
By Tom Quiner I’m bothered by two conversations I’ve had. One took place years ago at Fridays Restaurant. I can’t remember when. Perhaps the late eighties. Over a festive dinner on a Friday night, politics were the subject. The good Republican with whom I was talking said something to the effect, “we’ve got to move…
Read MoreHere’s what happened at Planned Parenthood yesterday
By Tom Quiner The weather was perfect. We prayed. We held up signs promoting life and discouraging abortion. As a marketing guy, I counted the number of cars going by at certain times so I could extrapolate the number of cars that saw our pro-life message. I’d guess we reached about 3500 cars in our…
Read MoreThe #1 way to end abortion
By Tom Quiner At 4 PM this afternoon, I’m going over to Planned Parenthood on Army Post Road here in Des Moines, Iowa. Please join me. This is their facility where they perform abortions. This is the day on which they perform abortions. I am joining folks on the sidewalk in front of this facility…
Read MoreThe story the media doesn’t like to cover
By Tom Quiner Thousands and thousands of people across America lined the streets of their communities in prayer for the end of abortion. Here in Des Moines, masses lined Merle Hay Road. The Des Moines Register did not photograph the event. They didn’t include a single word of coverage in their Monday edition. Keep…
Read MoreWhy Reduce the Number of Abortions?
As seen in the Des Moines Register on October 4th, 2009 By Tom Quiner “The president explicitly expressed his commitment to reducing the numbers of abortions and to listen to the church’s concern on moral issues.” This is the news release much of the media missed on July 16th after President Obama met with Pope…
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