Frank Pavone - Abolishing Abortion: How You Can Play a Part in Ending the Greatest Evil of Our Day

Praise for Abolishing Abortion

We in public office cannot do our job unless the church does her job. In Abolishing Abortion, Father Pavone gives a stirring call to both church and state to protect the unborn. This book is a must for all who want to heed that call!

GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK OF KANSAS

Father Pavone insightfully writes that Roe v. Wade didnt just subvert the principle that no government can authorize the killing of the innocent, it subverted the very government our nations Founders created. Abolishing Abortion is about saving lives, but its also about saving our republic.

MIKE HUCKABEE, FORMER GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS, FORMER HOST OF HUCKABEE, ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL

I have known no better warrior in the fight to protect every human life than Father Pavone. His new book Abolishing Abortion makes the compelling case that the pro-life cause defends the same principles for which our Founding Fathers fought. As they pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor, so must we!

SENATOR RICK SANTORUM, FORMER US SENATOR, PENNSYLVANIA

A practical roadmap for those of us who share [Fr. Pavones] commitment to defending life in the womb.

JIM DALY, PRESIDENT, FOCUS ON THE FAMILY

Just as my uncle, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., fanned the flames of the civil rights movement, so today Rev. Frank Pavone is doing the same for the movement to end abortion.

DR. ALVEDA KING, NIECE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., COMMENTATOR ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL

Father Frank Pavone has written an eloquent, timely, and eminently practical account of how to take advantage of the horror abortion inspires in order to put an end to it.

RUSSELL SHAW, FORMER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF THE US BISHOPS CONFERENCE

Father Pavone has written a powerful book, one that makes the case that 55 million abortions in America since 1973 defies the principle that the sanctity and dignity of each and every life is precious in the eyes of Providence.

TIM GOEGLEIN, VICE PRESIDENT, FOCUS ON THE FAMILY

Abolishing Abortion is [Fr. Pavones] road map to put an end to the holocaust of abortion. What could be more important than heeding his advice?

BRENT BOZELL, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER

In Abolishing Abortion, Fr. Frank has provided for us a solid blueprint and the knowledge pro-lifers of every denomination, age, and ethnicity need to restore the right to life of the unborn.

ASTRID BENNETT GUTIERREZ, PRESIDENT, HISPANICS FOR LIFE

This book helps every pro-lifer to connect his or her pro-life convictions to the actions that government officials and other leaders need to take in order to end abortion in America.

REV. TERRY GENSEMER, DIRECTOR, CEC FOR LIFE (CHARISMATIC EPISCOPAL CHURCH)

In Abolishing Abortion, [Fr. Pavone] presents a clear and compelling case for why abortion will become unthinkable and unavailable in our lifetimes... if we take the strong, purposeful steps he recommends.

BRIAN FISHER, COFOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, ONLINE FOR LIFE

Fr. Frank is one of the few priests I know whose only mission is to save the blessed God-given life that comes from our Creator. No exceptions, no excuses.

DENISE F. COCCIOLONE, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, NATIONAL LIFE CENTER

Abolishing Abortion is an excellent new resource for those interested in the connection between faith and living that faith in the public square.

MARJORIE DANNENFELSER, PRESIDENT, SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST

Abolishing Abortion is an important book to encourage and guide all of us to join in combating the greatest evil of our times.

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY, CHAIRMAN, EAGLE FORUM

Even for those of us who have been leaders in the movement for many years, Fr. Frank Pavone always brings fresh and challenging insights into the problem of abortion and new inspiration to work to end it.

PEGGY HARTSHORN, PRESIDENT, HEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL

Father Frank Pavone has written a compelling and eloquent book about the importance of protecting human life.

GARY BAUER, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN VALUES

When you read Abolishing Abortion, you will come away not only saying, No more excuses, but, What can I do to make a difference?

TERESA TOMEO, MEDIA EXPERT, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, BESTSELLING AUTHOR, SYNDICATED CATHOLIC TALK SHOW HOST OF CATHOLIC CONNECTION AND THE CATHOLIC VIEW FOR WOMEN

This book is a beam of light that pierces the fog of the abortion industry, and those who aid and abet them.

TROY NEWMAN, DIRECTOR, OPERATION RESCUE

2015 by Fr. Frank Pavone

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ISBN 978-1-4002-0573-8 (eBook)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Pavone, Frank A.

Abolishing abortion : how you can play a part in ending the greatest evil of our day / Fr. Frank Pavone.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-4002-0572-1

1. Abortion--Religious aspects--Catholic Church. 2. Abortion--United States. 3. Pro-life movement--United States. I. Title.

HQ767.3.P39 2015

362.1988'80973--dc23

2014038437

15 16 17 18 19 RRD 6 5 4 3 2 1

I dedicate this book to my youngest brothers and sisters, the children still in the womb, and to all those who, in ways big and small, sacrifice themselves to save them.

CONTENTS

AMONG THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED to know, none stands taller than the physically diminutive Mother Teresa. I remember visiting with her in Calcutta just a few months after she gave her well-known speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, in 1994.

Speaking boldly that day in the presence of President and Mrs. Clinton, both of them beholden to the abortion industry, Mother Teresa ignored all the taboos about raising controversial subjects in a public forum. Well into her talk, she startled those gathered by saying, I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?