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God Loves Children

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In light of our various posts on abortion, here are some sermons that interacts with this critical topic.  Blessings.

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This is the introduction to our short Sunday series to Exodus 1-2 which I think shows God’s Love for the Lives of Babies.  I do think there are Pro-Life implications.

We begin with setting up the context and anticipating the question of whether or not we can use Exodus 1-2 as a passage that has Pro-Life implications.

Setting up the Context (Exodus 1:1-1:7)

  • Exodus 1:1-1:7 is the bridge between the previous book of Genesis and the book of Exodus as it summarizes the genealogy in Genesis 46:8-27.
  • This passage also tells us that the Jews were at this time in Egpyt.
  • Exodus 1:7 emphasized the growth of Israel by using five different verbs: “were fruitful,” “increased greatly,” “multiplied,” “and became exceedingly mighty,” “was filled.
  • This increase of having many babies led the king of Egypt to be concerned as recorded in Exodus 1:8-10: “8 Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are [f]more and mightier than we. 10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and [g]in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and [h]depart from the land.”
  • The Egyptian King’s three policies against Israel will provide the outline points for our series.

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Before I start, I would like to first thank these beloved brothers: David Beal and Steve Pivovaroff for their encouragement to me today.  They both reached out to me and impelled me to keep ministering at these aborturaries.  The warfare can be intense from time to time, but it is a joy to serve my King.  Here is what transpired today concerning our evangelism excursion there and elsewhere:

1) Brother Russell Magsanide from Christ Bible Church blessed me with his presence by joining me on the excursion to Planned Murderhood this morning. We were able to minister to a few people while there.  Besides being snared upon by pro-choice folks, it was pleasant to have received some encouragements from pro-life peeps.  One of the supporters was a lady named Yolanda who prayed for us (in the picture), and was joyful to see us here.  This is not the first person to show their support while we stood near the gates of death. Besides the acts of benevolence, one man who came out the door was enraged and uttered expletives to Brother Russell because of the sign: Babies Are Murdered Here.  It would not be a shocker if he attacked Russell.  It seemed like the fuse was lit and he appeared to be inches away of attacking.  The guy was livid.  It appears that someday, someone may attack us at the PP plant in Escondido.  That man in his ignorance does not know that he is speaking to a U.S. Marine. This was going on while I was speaking to Kevin and Vanessa, a couple whom Russell was able to divert from going into PP before his encounter with the enraged man who walked out from PP with a woman.  While the angry man got into his car along with his lady, I called him to repent as he was preparing to drive off.  After that episode, Russell and I continued talking with Vanessa and Kevin to do the pregnancy test at a pro-life pregnancy center.  Vanessa called the Christian based pregnancy center and was told to come tomorrow.  When Kevin heard that he wanted to go back into PP.  He was in a time crunch.  We earnestly pleaded and challenged him not to go inside that demonic facility.  By God’s grace, he decided not to.  I could tell Vanessa did not want to go.  I got down their number and we will be following-up with them.

2) A little past 11:00 a.m., Pastor Λουκας Ninh Khuu and myself met at Palomar College.  Luke spoke to a young lady who embraced moral relativism.  After a lengthy discussion, she realized the futility of it.  Please pray that the Gospel that was shared to her would be embraced. It was a long conversation. While that took place, the Lord brought four men (Alex, Marcus, and Hermon & Michel who came together) to me for a discussion on murder which ended up being a catalyst for the discussion on abortion.  All of them at first supported abortion in the event of rape, but by the grace of God, they realized that at the end, it was wrong.  No innocent life should be exterminated under no circumstances (i.e. rape and incest).  Praise God.  The talking point did not stop there.  You know they got the Gospel!  They all stood and listened and engaged when the Gospel was preached.  I got three out of the four contact information from them. Please pray that God would convert them.  Please pray that they will read the tract and watch the 180 movie (www.180movie.com).

3) My excursion did not end.  After PP and Palomar, I made my way to Westminster Seminary to look-up some resources for my message this Sunday.  While coming to a stop in my vehicle at a residential intersection–all of a sudden a young man reversed his car without seeing me and ended up hitting my front bumper.  We both pulled over to inspect the accident.  It was very minor.  As a result, I told him that I will not contact the insurance company.  I wanted to extend grace.  By God’s providence, I was compelled to use this little accident as an opportunity to share the Gospel.  I asked him, “Do you believe you are a good person?” He said yes because he does many religious activities at the church and goes to catechism class.  I believe it is at the Catholic Church. I took him to God’s moral law. And I explained to him that the small accident we had was a minor thing, but with God, one violation of His law is no small thing before the Holy God. From there, I gave him the Gospel, a tract, and invited him to church.  He said he plans on coming to church this Sunday.  If not, next Sunday he will come.  Please pray that the Lord will save Antonio.

4) The day ended with a sweet time of fellowship and discipleship with some members from Christ Bible Church.

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Heretics and Heroes How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World

Thomas Cahill. Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World.  New York: Doubleday, October 29th, 2013. 368 pp.

This is the sixth installment of a series on history books called Hinges of History by Thomas Cahill, a former editor of religious literature for Double Day.  The series is focused on different groups of people and historical period which have made their contributions felt today.  This particular work focused on the Protestant Reformation and the Italian Renaissance in which the author tries to argue that the Reformation and Renaissance has made its contribution towards the modern concept of self.  It is a fascinating thesis but in the end I felt the author wasn’t as concern about arguing his case as rigorously as possible as he was more excited to give us his biographical sketches of various individuals from the Renaissance and the Reformation.

I don’t think any serious reader would fault the book as a dry historical textbook since the author writes in a journalistic fashion with an upbeat tempo.  The author’s humor is evident through his writing.  There were times when the book reads like a gossip column.  The book was not only able to capture my attention but left me wanting to read up more concerning the Reformation and the Renaissance.

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Babies Are Murdered Here

What a day at Planned Murderhood. I will not be able to explain all the details. Further details will be provided through video and perhaps another blog post on some of the conversations I had with people, in the near future. As of now, I will provide snapshots. The work of God spanned from conversations with other believers, PP patients, critics, unbelievers, etc. Please pray because a lady approached me and indicated that she is working on a pro-life video; and stated that our participation maybe needed. At any rate, here are some main highlights from today. I request that the body of Christ be in prayer for these people because the war in the heart is strong. Only Christ can break the bondage of sin. One highlight was Saul. Please pray for him. He saw me with a sign outside PP while strolling down in his truck. He was scoffing at us. I asked him if I can speak with him for a few minutes while he was in his car. He said yes. Hence, I walked towards his truck, challenging his worldview and then presented his desperate need for Christ. He denied the existence of God and supported the murder of babies even though he does not view it as murder. I argued that apart from God you fall prey to relativistic thinking. The conversation was cordial and at the end of the conversation, he gave me his number. As a result, I will try to set-up a future meeting with him. I don’t know, but it seems like Saul enjoyed the conversation. Another encounter I had was with a young lady who was on her way into the doors of PP. I informed her that PP is guilty of murder and supports the continual annihilation of pre-born babies. I also presented the neccessity of the Gospel and exhorted her to come to Christ. Praise God because near the end of the conversation, she decided not to enter PP, but go to Alternative Women’s Center that is pro-life. At the end I asked if I could pray for her and she complied. Another blessed moment was an encounter with a solid brother from a Prysbyterian Church in Temecula, CA that Pastor Luke and I met. We were both able to open-air preach for a few minutes outside PP. We exchanged numbers and hope for more Gospel partnerships. Praise God. His message was God-honoring and Christ-centered. I am immensely blessed that the Lord would send down like-minded believers. The Lord of the Harvest answered our prayers.

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Many Christians from our church and elsewhere came too. I pray that the Lord will continue to embolden them more and more because they made an impact today. There are so many stories to share, but I hope that the readers of this post will be encouraged and incited to go out and reach the lost.

By way of update, a young lady whom me and another brother ministered to that week on Thursday, met up with a sister from my local church.  When we first spoke to her, she was broken and needed guidance from the Lord concerning her past experience with abortion.  Praise God, that she met a sister yesterday.  I received word that she was open to hearing the Gospel and will be joining our church service this Sunday.

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We will have a new short series on the first two chapters of Exodus and its implications concerning God’s views of the lives of babes.

Stay tune!

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In a tweet railing Presidential candidate Ted Cruz, Planned Parenthood Executive Vice President Dawn Laguens ‏claimed that there are “polls showing the majority of the American public supports continued federal funding for PP.”

I’ve been seeing Planned Parenthood supporters on social media claiming the moral high gounds with this statistics but I want to definitely interact with someone more official and the executive Vice President of Planned Parenthood certaintly fits the bill.

What is the source for Dawn Laguens’ claim?  She provides a link in her tweet to a Progressive Liberal website called “Think Progress.”  I’m more interested in finding the original source behind her source from a Liberal webpage.

What are we to make of Planned Parenthood’s claim and also the implied argument utilizing this claim?

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A Commentary on Exodus

Duane A. Garrett. A Commentary on Exodus.  Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, November, 1st, 2014. 741 pp.

I must begin with a bit of a personal note.  Many years ago when I was a young Christian I had used the author’s commentary on Hosea and Joel that was my first real exposure to an exegetical commentary.  I was blown away.  I was likewise blown away with Duane Garrett’s recent commentary on Exodus.  Of course this time around I am much older and I felt I was able to benefit more from Garrett exegetical insights than when I was a young college student reading through Hosea and Joel.  Garrett has done an excellent job with his Exodus commentary.

The Introduction was well over a hundred page.  I appreciated Garrett’s point that many commentators on Exodus have neglected the important contribution of Egyptology and one sees Garrett’s tremendous effort in bringing up-to-date scholarship from Egyptology to bear concerning Introductory matters of the book of Exodus.  In particular I thought his discussion of anything chronological stood out, especially with the dating of the events of Exodus.  It is incredibly detailed: He considers the difficulties of Egyptian method of counting how many days are to be in a year, when various Pharaohs ruled and archaeological findings in the area of Canaan as he weighs the pros and cons of various arguments for the late or early dating of the book.  I think it is worth getting the book for the Introduction alone.  While he does not come to a fixed conclusion of when the events of Exodus takes place nevertheless his interaction of the arguments of the various views is a good summary of the various views.

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Like the previous round up of Good Memes Refuting the Defense of Planned Parenthood, I’ve included links to the original post so that you can share them on social media.

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Today, August 22nd, 2015 was the scheduled nationwide protest of Planned Parenthood.  Pro-abortionist side also came out in opposition of the Pro-Life protest.

From Planned Parenthood Ohio’s Twitter account they re-tweeted this picture of Pro-abortionist protesters and their signs:

 

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If you don’t see the irony, go a little slower and think about it.

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Here are the Presuppositional links from the world wide web between August 15th-21st, 2015.

1.) Book Review “The Love of God”

2.) Logic is Ethical

3.) Eight Steps to Proving The Existence of God

4.) Van Til’s Common Grace and the Gospel

5.) Understanding understanding: using you loaf

6.) APOLOGETICS AND YOUR KIDS (PT. 9) – IS “ALL TRUTH GOD’S TRUTH”?

7.) Collection of Posts Responding to Planned Parenthood #DefundPP

 

Missed the last round up?  Check out the re-blogged post from a friend

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Babies Are Murdered Here

Today was quite different from all the other days at Planned Parenthood.  It was a day that was absent of police presence.  Yes, that is right–no police.  Looks like PP finally got the note, that my first amendment rights are protected and that I cannot be bullied by them.  When I arrived within the first few minutes, an employee of PP took a picture of me outside the door.  I told her, I am also recording you.   Besides the absence of police presence, whom I love by the way–today the Lord worked mightily.  It helps tremendously when you have two brothers co-laboring with you: Uncle Nestor and Pastor Luke.  It is encouraging when you have solid believers come with you and are zealous for the lost.

The Lord worked here today.  If there is anytime to speak up and reach out to the downtrodden, vulnerable, and defenseless–it is now. Magnify the love of Christ by not only praying, speaking, but acting. This is no condemnatory address, but a wake-up call to the Bride of Christ to be watchful concerning spiritual slumber. Why? Because evil is taking place in various ways.   Evil is taking place at the Supreme Court and we have seen its massive effects upon our nation.  But the greatest evil takes place in human hearts.  The heart is what drives people to reject Christ and to murder their babies.

We must not sit quietly, but we must ride out and do battle. Our weapons are not of this world, but our weapons are prayer and the use of His immortal Word. The Lord has eyes of scanning power observing every step we take in this pilgrimage before we meet Christ face-to-face. Let’s not be remembered by the future generation as a apathetic generation that spoke only from our ivory towers, pulpits, conferences, and gatherings, while many victims are being devoured by dark powers, but let us be a generation that will descend down onto the battlefield to engage evil face-to-face. We must fight relentlessly until the Lord calls us home or when He returns. The Lord will ride out in battle with you, dear Saint. Fear not darkness. Fear the Creator and may you shine the light of the Gospel on a dark and demented world. Serve Him loyally in whatever sphere He has placed you. Do not compromise. By His grace, may we have the mentality that I would rather die than to compromise. Redeem the time because the days are evil (Ephesians 5:16).  Praise the Lord for using us.  It appears that the posts concerning our trips to the mill is moving the hearts of believers to be involved at this mills.  I was able to communicate with a young man who attend a Gospel-centered church from Northern CA.  He desires to minister at a murder mill.  I plan on speaking with him next week to help prepare him for this new journey.  Please pray that God opens up doors for him to minister at these murder mills.  Here are some ways you can be involved in the pro-life movement/abolition movement to abolish abortion.  It is a fair and balanced article: http://highlandsministriesonline.org/blogs/highlands-blog/is-pro-life-ministry-a-christian-duty/.

Beloved, today was an immensely encouraging day. As we waited for patients to walk outside the doors of Planned Parenthood, there was a young woman whom we pleaded to speak to us for a few minutes.  As she began speaking with us, she broke down in tears because of the scars of abortion.  I won’t go into the details, but all I know was that she was broken and we knew that she needed spiritual help and guidance from the Word of God.  Praise God, she took our Gospel literature.  We prayed for her and took down her contact information so that one of our sisters could reach out to her.  And praise God, we got word, that next Tuesday, Melanie will meet-up with one of our sisters from church.  Please pray that she will receive the Gospel and be convicted about concerning salvation.  May she turn from sin and to turn to Christ in faith and repentance.

Another conversation I had was with Erica.  As she walked out the door, she actually turned around because I pleaded with her speak with me.  Her mind was pricked which is why she decided to come speak with me and had questions for me.  I answered her questions and asked her questions myself in order to reveal the futility of her worldview.  By the grace of God, we were able to share the Gospel with her too.  Near the close of the conversation, I asked her if I could give her a Gospel tract and she said no.  I pleaded again, and she took it.  Praise God for the power of pleadings.  God has ordained them for His glory.  Don’t be too proud to beg.

One of our other highlights of the day was our conversation with an armed security guard.  I have never seen an armed security guard at Planned Parenthood.  I wonder if the videos that were released by The Center for Medical Progress had anything to do with it.  I have a feeling that the tension is high for PP due to the scandal concerning the harvesting and selling of baby organs.  I pray that they would ultimately fear God.  At any rate, the guard was willing to interact with us.  I shared with him a short clip from Matt Chandler sermon on abortion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=absW29h8KGA) and also challenged him on his worldview concerning abortion.  The conversation ended with civilly. Please pray for him to be saved.  We will probably see him again in the future.

If you are ever out there at an abortion mill, please make it an effort to hand people Gospel-centered tracts as well as information to pregnancy crisis centers that are pro-life.  Many of the ladies are ignorant of other pro-life centers that provide services for free except for abortion.  I also recommend using signs when you are at a murder mill because it will prick the conscience of those who walk into those mills.  You have only a few seconds; make it count.

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It is incredible to see the ignorance of many who called themselves Pastors and teachers of the Bible not knowing…the Bible.

Yet churches tolerate it.

“But the Pastor is so caring and relational!”

“He makes up for it by being a people person and have no time to study.”

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Dear Mother,

I love and care for you.  I do not write this letter out of hate for you.  I write this with compassion.  There is too much at stake concerning this matter than to just stand on the fringes and not take any action.  I want to protect you from the emotional, physical, and spiritual scarring that many woman have experienced.  I write this letter with words not drawn from the well of human subjectivity or rationalism, but it comes from the profundity of God’s Word.  They are the words of God that reveals who we are before our Holy Maker. We do not deserve to live, but in His grace, He has preserved our heartbeat.  His truth has the power to provide peace and tranquility.  But the words of the world that are anchored in lies brings a melancholy spirit that causes the soul to cleave to the dust.  The lies of the world destroys lives because it comes from the father of lies, who is Satan.  At this moment, he is one of the agents who provides the weapons of death to the medical killers.

I plead with you to listen to His divine communication, which leads to the safety of His arms.  With God, He will not poison, burn, or pummel the contrite of heart with surgical weapons of death, but He brings to you a flower of peace.  I pray that as you are reading this letter, that you will not close the curtains concerning the contents that makes up this pleading address. The letter reveals the silent horrors.  The horror I am speaking about is not the 11 million that died in the holocaust, nor the 40 million that died under Genghis Khan, but the the killer I am speaking about is the silent holocaust taking place in our nation.  It is taking place near our schools, communities, and churches. These death camps are prevalent.  You will become its next statistic if you decide to walk into the shadow of its death.  The pro-choice/pro-abortionalist/pro-murder person(s) will give you a painting to look at that appears to be beautiful, but in reality it is a cheap and poor quality painting that will mar and deteriorate in a few days.  Pro-abortionist will make abortion appear viable via it being legalized or by sanitizing the crime scene so that your conscience will be free from guilt. But there is nothing clean about it.  It is immoral and wicked because it violates God’s law and the imago dei.  These babies are created in God’s image.  Killing the baby will not stop making you a mother, but it will make you a mother of a dead baby.

Since the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling, over 55 million babies have been murdered.  It has been estimated that there has been close to 61 million total deaths since then.  What have we done?  In our country, myriads of modern day altars of Molech are erected for child sacrifice.  The lie of Molech is alive and well today.  The lie towards Israel and the pagan nations was that the exchange of your baby for slaughter and sacrifice would provide comfort and wellness.  We have bought this lie!  He lied to Eve and continues to lie today to many women.  He will say that this is a women’s rights issue. Really?  Do you have a right to murder?  Do you have a right to govern your life apart from God?  We kill them for the sake of convenience. What we have done in this country is worse than the Holocaust statistically speaking. This is happening to the most vulnerable and innocent of all.  At least in the Holocaust and the Killing Fields, prisoners were able to escape to some extent, but these babies can’t because they are defenseless and are the voiceless. The abortion mills are the gates of Hell. One baby at a time are being poisoned, burned, and teared to pieces one by one.  They are tossed into the toilet and into trash bins once they are murdered.  Have you seen a live movement of the baby from the ultrasound before making the decision?  Have you seen the pictures of the babies who were killed? That is how we are to see this tragedy.  One by one they stand in line waiting to be killed.  Mam, if you decide to perform this abortion, you will regret it for the rest of your life. Whether it is the one who kills the baby or the one who hires the killer, or anyone aiding or abetting in the crime, they are guilty of it.  Your living and eternal Creator knows every evil act (Proverbs 15:3, “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, watching the evil and the good.”).  Please remember that Your Creator gave you life.  Even in your sin, He did not abort you.  Many kill their baby to hide their sin, but Jesus died to wash away their sins.  Mam, repent from your sins.  You have violated God’s law. You are guilty and stand as a criminal.  Just as the child who stands in line awaiting its death sentence by the hired medical assassin, you too stand awaiting the eternal judgment of God.  It will not be pretty.  It is worse than an abortion.  Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”  Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Now can God forgive you of this sin?  Yes!  He can. He sent His Son into the womb of a virgin girl to save sinners.  The womb whereby many babies have been murdered even before the incarnation of Christ, is the place and instrument that God used to perform His rescue mission.  Mother, come to Christ!  Without Him, there is no hope, but misery, perpetual guilt, and Hell once you die.  We have broken many of God’s law.  All of it stems from a wicked heart that needs to be transformed.  The heart is what leads many in this country to murder their child. The heart is what leads us to hate Christ.  The heart reveals that we are not good.  There is nothing good about us outside of Christ.  If the heart is not tamed, it can lead to other unspeakable acts of crimes against God.  Jesus can clean that sick heart.  Yes, Jesus can.  If you have committed murder, coming to Christ does not change what you have done to your aborted baby. Your baby will not return back to earth, but coming to Christ does change your eternity.  God will forgive you if you come to Christ.  He can heal your broken heart.  He loves you.  Romans 10:9, “That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”  The power of Christ to provide forgiveness is a reality.  How?  He is the perfect sacrifice.  You may have sacrificed your child already, but remember that Jesus Christ took on the most ghastly and hellish sacrifice on the cross for sinners.  He not only bore sin, but He absorbed and satisfied the righteous anger of God that is to befall upon you.  Come to Him in humility.  Do not presume upon His grace.  He warns against that.  If you do not come to Him with a contrite heart, you remain in your guilt and sin.  Cling to Him now.  Do not be double-minded (James 4:8).  Repent and place faith upon His beautiful Son.  If you die, you need not fear.  Christ is your advocate.  If He can forgive thieves and murderers, He can forgive you. He can wash you white as snow.

Sincerely,

EvangelZ

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Here’s a round up of links on our blog in light of all the heat with Planned Parenthood.

Guest Post: Abortion – a Worldview Approach

Original Refutations

1.) A fallacious argument that Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards’ Facebooked on July 28th 2015

2.) Planned Parenthood President claim they provide “high-quality, nonjudgmental, compassionate care”

3.) Response to Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards’ Washington Post’s Opinion Piece

4.) Implication of Planned Parenthood President’s admission that Videos show “medical and scientific conversations”

5.) Considering the “Planned Parenthood’s Abortion is only 3% of what it does” Defense

6.) Documenting Planned Parenthood Lies that They Provide Mammograms

7.) Straight Out of Planned Parenthood’s Abortion #DefundPP

8.) What about the Preborn? Look at Cosmopolitan’s article on “The GOP Candidates Completely Disregarded the Reality of Women’s Lives”

9.) Planned Parenthood’s strange argument from its clinics in States that aren’t involved with “Tissue Donations”

10.) Ironic Tweet: Supporting Planned Parenthood because “I have a heartbeat”

11.) “The majority of the American public supports continued federal funding for PP?” Closer Look at a Claim by Planned Parenthood

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13.) Planned Parenthood just tweeted supporters to let Congress know that Planned Parenthood is more popular than cheeseburgers

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16.) Another bad Planned Parenthood Tweet: People seek abortion even if they are illegal

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18.) A Pro-abortionist’s claim: “We haven’t seen one pro-choice activist attack anyone”

19.) Do you see the irony of Planned Parenthood’s Response to the Orlando Shooting?

20.) What’s the Difference Between Monster’s Inc and Planned Parenthood?

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