There was a short interval between the Procession and Rally
for people to refresh themselves with coffee/cocoa and doughnuts.
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The 2013 ProLife Award recipients were:

The Maas Family from JTM Group

Past ProLife award recipients include:

Tom Condit and Addia Wuchner
Jackie Carney and Jane Hoffman
Katie Walker
Chris Monzel
Ray & Joan Loebker
Bob Cetrulo
Steve Chabot
Joanne Kemmerer
Joe Scheidler
Tom Brinkman
Cinny Roy
Mark Harrington,
James Condit Sr.
Ed Donohoe

Past Cincinnati ProLife Committee Rally speakers:

Ohio Sec'y. of State, Ken Blackwell
OH State Rep., Tom Brinkman
NKY Right to Life President, Bob Cetrulo
U.S. Congressman, Steve Chabot
Catholic Charities of Arlington, Katie Walker
Hamilton Cty. Clerk of Courts, Patricia Clancy
Ed Donohoe of Pregnancy Center East
Midwest Director for Bioethical Reform, Mark Harrington
Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati President, Jack Hart
Hamilton Cty. Commissioner, Phil Heimlich
City Councilman, Sam Malone
Cinny Roy of HEART
City Councilman, Chris Monzel
Joe Scheidler of the ProLife Action League
U.S. Congresswoman, Jean Schmidt
OH State Rep., Michele Schneider
OH State Senator, William Seitz
Exec. Director Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati, Paula Westwood
City Councilman, Charlie Winburn

Congratulations to Meg Witman, the winner of the 2012
giveaway drawing for the all-sterling silver rosary!

Cincinnati ProLife Committee
Attn:  Joanne Kemmerer
(513) 731-8080
PO Box 12512
Norwood, OH 45212
www.CincinnatiProLife.org
info@CincinnatiProLife.org

Two young Cincinnati-area sisters released an original
song this month with a special pro-life message. This
recording is bound to draw attention to the precious
value of each human life as its release comes on
the wake of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the
court case that legalized abortion. Click here to listen
or download.

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LOCAL STUDENT WINNERS!

The March for Life Education & Defense Fund national high school first place winners for 2013 are:

Essay, Elizabeth Walker, a junior at Immaculate Conception Academy, Norwood, Ohio, who lives in Norwood, OH

Poetry, Mary Margaret Shawhan, a senior homeschooler from Waynesville, Ohio, formerly a student at Immaculate Conception Academy, Norwood, OH

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Planned Parenthood's annual report for 2011-2012 reveals an astounding 333,964 abortions. Its contraceptive services decreased 12% since 2009. However, since many birth control pills act as abortafacients by preventing implantation of the fertilized egg into the uterine wall, one could say that the word 'contraceptive' is an oxymoron since it can not logically apply after a child is conceived. We all started life the same way: as a fertilized egg. Conception precedes implantation!

PP's cancer screening and prevention services have decreased 29%. That PP even pretends to provide such services is ironic, considering the fact that the World Health Organization regards the pill as a carcinogen. That the term abortion clinic is part of the American lexicon is a public relations achievement of the radical proponents of death. Each and every time we use that term, we promote acceptance of abortion. A clinic is a place of healing. Let's call any business facility where abortionists deliberately kill the developing life of a child in the womb an abortuary.

PP received $542 million in taxpayer funding, through government grants, contracts, and Medicaid reimbursements. Despite the propaganda that Planned Parenthood treats poor women, let us step back and acknowledge that poor women are being treated at health clinics all over this country that do NOT perform abortions. Since pregnancy is not a disease, killing babies is not healthcare. American taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood frees up money for promoting and providing abortions which otherwise would be needed to pay the light bill, ...or the executive director's $400,000 salary!

God has designed each baby as a unique individual who has a heart beat at three weeks, brain waves at six weeks, and a completely formed body, even fingerprints, at 2 1/2 months! Since euthanasiasts say there is no life without a brain wave at the end of life, then to be consistent, they should oppose abortion certainly after six weeks! The gift of life is a blessing. Let us count our blessings, not destroy them!

2012 Award Winning ProLife Poem

Our Unquestionable Gift, by Regina Marie Shawhan. Regina won 1st place in the national March for Life high school poetry contest that had 750 entries.

Our Founding Fathers sat one day and declared without a doubt.  The rights that God gave to mankind and what they were all about.  The most important they asserted was one endowed to all:
The right to life is guaranteed to persons large and small.  The Principles of Life are these, so listen carefully.  We must protect the life of each who trust so helplessly. The unborn's voice to us is silent, and though his plea is wordless, We must listen with our heart as each life has a purpose.
Conception is the beginning; a new soul where there was none.  Why would you end a person's life when it has just begun? With silent cries the unborn plea with us to be their voice.  Their home cannot become their tomb; life is the only choice. There can be no exception and not a compromise.
The stage of life does not matter when it comes to saving lives.  If the baby has a handicap, or is severely sick, we must remember life to all is an unquestionable gift.  It is not our place to make the choice of who will live and who will die.  God alone will decide, when it is time for us to say goodbye.  When the lives of mom and babe are threatened, we must not despair; Our obligation is to make sure they both get equal care.  And now these Principles of Life, so clearly stated and explained
Must be applied and shared with all; let no doubtful souls remain.  We will be the guardians of those who cannot fight,  And upon the Principles of Life together will unite.  Each person with a mind and soul for life he qualifies; No change can to the rule be made,
No Exception, No Compromise!

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