On this 40th anniversary, among the many thousands of Rockland County residents who have fought for life over the years, we’d like to remember those who served in leadership positions in our organization, The Rockland Right to Life Committee. The people below were officers, board members, key committee heads, or contributed in some special way to our mission. We thank them – and everyone whose sacrifices have kept the Right to Life movement alive throughout these 40 years.

Terry Anselmi    Cathy Baker    Jane Barry    Tina & Paul Bell    Mary Bentley    Peg Beirne    Betty Braun    Richard Bruno    Richard Byman    Geraldine Caifa    Catholic Daughters of America     Richard Caunitz    Gene Commerford    Ronald Cortazzo    Ann Costello    Peggy Coughlin    Betty Cunningham    Jack Donaldson    Tom Duff    Viola Duffy    Bob Ellsworth    Terry Gartner Escobar    Janet Botto Fenton        John Ferrao    Sr. Christine Ferrar O.P.    John Paul Fitton    Margaret Fitton    Peter Fitton    Lynn Gannon    Charles Gargiulo     Kathy Gartner    Mary Gartner    Eileen Gesner    Ginny Gulezian    Jeanmarie Grahn    Rev. Brendan Gormley    Ed Green    Assmblymn. Harold Grune    Msgr. John Harrington    Regina Fitton Hendrickson    Sally Holland    Marion Hoke    Kathy McSweeny Hornberger    George & Dorothy Kelly    Jo Kelly    Kathy Kelly        Joyce Kineke    Knights of Columbus    Nick La Bruno    Mary Loftus    Bob & Ann Loughman    Brendan & Betty Lynch    Julia Magnone    Jim Maloney    Bill Martin    Margaret McCabe    Marion McPhillips    Don Mellon    Kathy Melville    Marianne Modafferi    Sen. Tom Morahan    Dave Moynihan    Io Mura    Clarke Najac    Margie Najac    Rev. Ed Netter    Jim Niblo    Michael Niblo    Tom & Inez Niblo    Frank Orlando    Pat O’Brian    Liz O’Brien    Ann O’Connor    Mary Parisi    Peter & Mary-Anne Partridge    Eileen Peterson    Nancy & Joe Reeves    Sr. Helen Regina O.P.    Eileen Reninger    Jean Romano    Dorothy Roth   Rev. Frank Samoylo    Eileen Shine    Kathy Skae    Ellen Skelly    The Spear Family    Anna Stellwag    Ann Upton    Michael & Mary Walker    Bonnie Walsh    Msgr. Edward Weber    Leslie Weber    Margaret Whalen    Kenneth Zemsky

Planned Parenthood performed 333,964 abortions in 2011 — a new record for the organization, according to its latest annual report.

And during this time they received $542 million in taxpayer funding. Read more here.

According to National Right to LIfe Director of Education and Research Randall K. O’Bannion, PhD, that breaks down to 1 abortion every 94 seconds.

You can read Dr. O’Bannion’s complete article here.

As we mark the 40th anniversary of the Roe V. Wade, which legalized abortion at any time for any reason throughout pregnancy, Time magazine published an article showing that the pro-abortion side is losing the abortion debate.

The article is only available online to Time subscribers, but here’s the promotional video.

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 9,300 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 16 years to get that many views.

Click here to see the complete report.

The Adoration of the Shepherds by Charles Le Brun, 1689

May our hearts rejoice in the wondrous gift God gave through His son, and for the gift of Life He has given to us all. May you and yours be blessed this Christmas and in the coming year. ~The Rockland Right to Life Committee

If you open Amazon.com using a link from the New York State Right to Life website, a percentage of any purchases made will go to support their life-saving efforts.

Click here for a link to the NYS Right to Life site — and there you will find the link you need to Amazon.

Today in the House of Representatives, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act was defeated by a vote of  220-154, which was less than the two-thirds required for passage

This bill would have banned abortion in Washington, D.C.,  after 20 weeks of fetal age (i.e., in the sixth month, and later).

Eliott Engel (D-17 CD) and Nita Lowey (D-18 CD) voted against the bill. Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-19 CD) answered “present,” and did not vote yea or nay.

Republicans voted 203 to 6 for the bill; Democrats voted 148 to 17 against it. Fifty-seven members of the House did not vote on this bill.

On Tuesday, July 31 (probably around 6 pm), the U.S. House of Representatives will conduct a landmark roll call vote on H.R. 3803, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would end abortion in the federal District after 20 weeks fetal age (i.e., in the sixth month, and later), except to save a mother’s life.

There’s still time to call — today or tomorrow!! Click here for the number of your representative. There are also suggestions about what to say. You will also have the opportunity to forward the alert to six of your friends.  Please help save lives!

Please help!  On July 18, the House Judiciary Committee approved the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Unborn children have no voice, but their pain in real. This bill will ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of fetal age — when scientific evidence shows they are capable of feeling the excruciating pain of abortion —  except to save the mother’s life.

Bottom line: There are enough votes in the House to pass this bill and send it to the Senate in September, but well-funded pro-abortion groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood are trying to stop it.

The bill must pass by Aug. 3. Click here to find out what you can do to make this happen.