Queens

Last  Tuesday i got my first chance to speak with women alone. I was sent to the queens office with marina. It was our first time there and we couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous. However, that feeling disappeared as soon as the first woman came in to the office. We suddenly felt very excited and hoped for the best. I had no idea what her situation was or what we were going to say to her but I prayed to the Holy Spirit asking for help and inspiration. Like Linda says, we don’t save the babies, god saves them and the mother comes first. I believe that in this internship we are Gods instruments and are here to get across his message to other people. Because of this, God helps us while counseling the moms. I don’t think I could ever have spoken with true confidence to them if it wasn’t for Gods help.

 At the end of the day, four moms had come to see us, two bringing  their babies fathers and two alone. We had one turn around which was the best news possible, another was undecided, another one wanted to parent and the last one took a pregnancy test and it came out negative. Overall, I enjoyed my experience in Queens and am grateful to Marina for helping me and to God above all

Holocaust museum

I know the word Holocaust is harsh. It takes us back to a time that nobody wants to remember, but we are not aware that a new holocaust is taking place today.

 During our trip to Washington DC we had the chance to visit the Holocaust Museum and to compare and contrast the information that we learned there with the current situation going on in abortion clinics.

 This new "extermination" in which, again, allies and accomplices play a very important part, is the biggest threat that the World is going through right now and yet it is barely discussed or talked about on the news. Why is that? Why are we so aware of what happened so many years ago but are afraid to defend something equally despicable that is happening right now as you read this blog?

When we see movies about the Holocaust or read books on the topic we always ask ourselves why nobody did anything to stop it, and we brag about how much society has changed since then and how everybodys rights are listened to and respected nowadays. However, this is far from the truth.
Just like during World War II, what is much needed right now is ACTION. We cant go through life like passengers on a bus, who just observe through the window and dont participate in what is going on around them. We need to be the voice that unborn babies dont have yet.

Dont be fooled by the lack of information that we receive about abortion. Our goal is to make people as aware of the tragedy of the extermination of "unwanted" babies as they are of the extermination of Jews during the Nazi period.

What choice?

7:30 am, Dr Emily´s Clinic, the Bronx. Today, we dont only face the challenge of getting through to mothers that have decided to get an abortion. Its saturday, so we also have many "pro-choice" people and activists at both the front and the back entrances to the clinic. Whenever a woman goes into Emily´s these people escort them in and dont let us talk to them or rip the brochures that we have given them. However, even though this complicates what we do, we dont give up. We need to respect the pro-choice just as we expect to be respected by them, but we cant be outspoken by them.

This morning there were three different groups of people at the entrances of the clinic. First of all, the prolife interns. Secondly, there was a group of women who meet up on saturdays to pray the rosary together. Finally, the previously mentioned pro-choice people. Between the last group and the first two, there is a significant difference in terms of attitude. The dull or even angry faces of the pro-choice contrast with the hope and faith that is reflected on the women standing outside praying. Another difference that I would like to point out is the lack of care with which  women are treated with by these pro-choice people when they are leaving the clinic. The promises of prayers to help them, the giving out of brochures with emc pregnancy center numbers on them and the smile with which pro-life people (not necessarily us) say goodbye to the women coming outside of the clinic have got nothing to do with the lack of attention that the escorts pay to them when they leave. As I mentioned, they also deserve our respect because they have the same right to be there as we do, but I cant help but wonder if the women coming out of the clinic notice as well as I do the difference in the approach they have to them and the way we pro-lifers do things.

Giving back

Giving back. Busy schedules, hectic classes and constant complaining: those are the ingredients that make up the recipe of my school year in a big city like Madrid. When reaching the end of the last semester of class, you start analizing and reflecting on your past year while feeling the growing excitement that comes with kicking off the summer. You start making all sorts of different plans with friends, thinking that the more places you visit, the more you go clubbing or the more you kick back and relax on the beach, the better your summer will be but, at the end of the day, every year you do the same things. What is all of that worth? What is the point of always thinking about yourself, your needs and your own fun? Little did I know that all of these questions that were popping up in my head were going to end up taking me to the U.S to help out at Expectant Mother Care for the summer. What I did know was that I wanted to give back. I want to give back and learn from others. I want to make a difference to someone and know that I havent wasted my summer focusing only on me. My name is Virginia Libano and in this blog I will be keeping you posted on how all of that is working out for me.