Abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted on May 20 of three counts of first-degree murder. Dr. Gosnell ran an abortion business in West Philadelphia that prosecutors called a “house of horrors.” After ten days of deliberation, the jury found Gosnell guilty in the deaths of Baby A, Baby C, and Baby D.

Also on May 20, Cardinal Sean O’Malley boycotted Boston College’s graduation ceremony due to the Jesuit university’s decision to confer an honorary law degree on Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, whom the Cardinal protested for “aggressively promoting abortion legislation.” Since 2004, the USCCB has called on Catholic institutions to “not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles.”

The Choice Medical Group, a chain of six Northern California late-term abortion businesses, went out of business in May. A Choice Medical representative explained, “We just didn’t have enough patients.” In 2008 and 2009, the Sacramento 40 Days for Life prayed at Choice Medical on Butano Drive, one of the businesses that closed.

In parting, I’d like to share a poem that I wrote for one of the babies saved from Choice Medical on Butano.

Khya (kai-ya)

The courage of a mother and
The love she showed her child
The Lord repaid a thousand-fold
When baby Khya smiled.

The doctors said her baby could
Not possibly survive,
But Khya proved the doctors wrong
And is today alive.

The doctors said abortion was
The only thing to do,
But Stephanie had faith and hope
And love to see her through.

Vivat Jesus!

Bill James
Culture of Life Director

With just three weeks to go before our Pasta Feed for LIFE, seats for only three tables had been sold. Yet, by the grace of God (and some sweat of the brow by our Knights), Council 953’s first annual Pasta Feed was a whopping success, with some 180 guests in attendance! This year’s Pasta Feed fell on Thursday, February 28, the same day that a pre-born baby’s life was saved at the local Wright Street abortion business. Prayer volunteers from the 40 Days for Life collected more than enough money to pay the rent for a couple about to go through with an abortion due to financial hardship. Their generosity was sufficient to inspire the couple to choose LIFE and keep their baby! Later that very evening we had our Pasta Feed, profits from which went to the Sacramento Life Center and the Bishop Gallegos Maternity Home. One of the speakers, “Tina,” told us how she had come to the Sac Life Center homeless, with stage 2 cancer, and pregnant. A referral was made to the Bishop Gallegos Maternity Home, where Tina has found love, shelter, and transportation to her chemotherapy appointments. The day after our Pasta Feed, Tina gave birth to a healthy baby girl, whose adoptive parents had already driven up from San Diego in anticipation. Thank you to all of our Knights who made the Pasta Feed possible, especially our Worthy Grand Knight Ricardo Saldana. Approximately $1500 was raised for these worthiest of charitable organizations!

The day after our Pasta Feed was also the day that Knights from our council prayed with the 40 Days for Life on the sidewalk outside of the Wright Street abortion business. Thank you to PGK Alex Kachmar, who prayed with me on the sidewalk, and to all of our brother Knights praying for the 40 Days for Life at home. In closing, let us remember the life of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who died on Monday, February 25, at the age of 96. Koop, a pro-life giant, will leave behind a legacy of helping evangelicals and the general public to understand the critical importance of fighting against abortion and euthanasia.

Vivat Jesus!

Bill James
Culture of Life Director