Chateau Lloyd

On the Feast Day of St. Joseph last week it was announced that a major Planned Parenthood facility in New York City was closing down.

This is glorious news, and it highlights the need to press forward against the evil of abortion on all fronts.  It is well and good to lobby for legislation, or file lawsuits, but another key theater of the war is in the hearts of both workers and those seeking abortions.  I've remarked before on how strange it is that highly secular England bans prayer around abortion mills.  Note that this does not refer to open services, but simply standing silently can now land one in jail.

Clearly, the prayer makes the demons uncomfortable.  The British also seem troubled that women might change their mind, which is now an illegal form of coercion.  That admission gives the game away, because we know for a fact that many abortions are coerced, either by men who want to avoid child support or families who fear the scandal or burden of a teen mother.

I am often frustrated by Right to Life organizations that collect money but seem to have no real legislative strategy other than endless "trainings," but this is proof that street presence matters.

It also shows that the economics of abortion are shifting against its profiteers.  It would be nice to see more on this front, something similar to what happened in Lansing some years ago, when an abortion clinic's lease came up and a Catholic parish bought out the property, forcing the clinic to close.  The building was given an exorcism and now is a pregnancy resource center.

In recent years, the Enemy has played up the fears of women through lies about ectopic pregnancies.  These lies must be exposed and the reality of abortion made clear, as well as the sordid wealth gained from it.  As abortion demand falls, there will inevitably be pressure for tax dollars to sustain it.  This will only play well in the most lop-sided jurisdictions, and even there it will not be without controversy.  

In the mean time, we must continue our prayers, which are clearly proving efficacious.