Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

I was not able to get to Albany yesterday because of the death of a close friend, but Mary Beth who works in the office with me was able to go and shared the following with us.

We had a great day in Albany yesterday
!  About 500 people walked in front of
the State House for  the “Candle Light
Vigil.”  There were  quite a few groups walking under the umbrella
group NYers for Life.  Kathleen Gallagher
and her team from the NYS  Catholic
Conference  The folks were terrific,  prayerful and peaceful. The only “noise” came
from many, many supporters honking their horns as they drove by.  There were quite a few young people there
which was great to see.  We were also
fortunate to have a  Channel 12 news,
Hudson Valley news reporter interview us at the Sloatsburg rest stop on our way
up.  We made it onto last night’s  the Channel 12 news;  Ed Mechmann, of the NY Archdiocese Family
Life Office  and Nora Bucaj a teacher at
St. gave great interviews check out the story 
at  http://hudsonvalley.news12.com (scroll down for the story “Pro-life
activists rally in Albany”)

A few disappointments to note:   It seemed that many of the lawmakers had
left for the day prior to us getting there although we did see a few as they
headed out, and our candles weren’t too visible as it stayed light for so
long!   And of course, the terrible news
of the bombing at the Boston Marathon saddened us all, we all sent our prayers
for the victims and their families.

Ed Mechmann and Sister Lucy Marie emphasized
how important it is for all of us to follow up in the coming weeks.  We need to be heard in Albany,  so please, everyone,  look for links on the NY Archdiocese Family
Life Office website (http://flrl.org/Oppose_Abortion_Bills.htm) for petitions and information. We can make a
difference – let’s stop the expansion of the abortion laws in NYS.  Ed noted that NYS is a beacon for all other
states seeking to expand abortion laws. 
What happens here – our example – will be closely watched by both sides
of the issue. So please get involved, help change the hearts of our governor and
the NYS legislators.

Mary Beth

I think that our best strategy is educating the public so that they understand what exactly it is the Governor is trying to do. Of ocurse, contacting our legislators is also important. While certainly anyone can be converted, Cuomo is and always has been a staunch supporter of abortion and I would not be surprised to find out that he himself is post abortive.

As many of you know I sent him a request for Abortion Recovery Awareness Month, and never received a response, so certainly women who mourn are not among those he is concerned with. It is true that NY would be a test state because the chances of getting this through are so much better due to how liberal it is, but I do believe if people knew the truth they would be as outraged as all of us, so write letters to the editors and  educate whenever you can!