This moment was purchased with airtime.
She rests blissfully because we didn’t.
Life is our
soul mission.
Failure to deliver is
simply not an option.
-Sarah Palin, American Politician, Author, Speaker, and Political Commentator
“I am thankful for groups like yours that spread the message that allows faith to grow within those women who are faced with a pregnancy in less than ideal circumstances. You affirm the value of the child. You remind us that every child has purpose and value and a destiny.”
-Lisa Welchel, Actress who portrayed Blair on Facts of Life;
“I’m really excited about being part of the Vitae Caring Foundation because I understand the power of media. I understand the power of having a message that is strong and clear and powerful. I want to applaud you for your work.”
- Governor Mike Huckabee, Former Presidential Candidate and Host of Fox News Channel’s Huckabee
“Investments in Vitae aren’t just saving a single life, but saving a culture.”
The Secret to the
Success of a
Vitae Media Campaign
is in the Delivery
- Glenn Beck, Radio Personality, Author, and Host of Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck Show
“We are the guardians. If we fail, who will complete this task?
If we fail here, where does the rest of the world run? Answer: nowhere.
Stand up. Get in the race. You can, will and must win.”
-Sean Hannity, Co-host of FOX News Channel’s Hannity’s America
“The Vitae Caring Foundation is at the forefront of where
this movement needs to go and I really applaud you.
You’re changing minds, you’re changing hearts, and the
world is a better place for your vision.”
-Alan Keyes, Former presidential candidate; US Ambassador to the UN Social & Economic Council
“I am glad to speak on behalf of an endeavor that recognizes the truth. If we’re willing to pool our resources, if we’re willing to do the work that is necessary to get the simple messages of truth stated with love to pierce the heart of this society, then we can break the hardening shell of its selfishness and its self-indulgence.”
-Cal Thomas, Nationally syndicated columnist and Author
“I cannot minimize the importance, in a ‘life-unfriendly’ media environment, of getting messages like this, that are positive—that are TRUTHFUL— out to the American people.”
-Laura Ingraham, radio talk show host
“Why can’t we see groups like Vitae on a national level, multiplied by ten?”
-Colonel Oliver North, Combat Decorated U.S. Marine, Author and Correspondent for Fox News
“The masters of media are the people defining the moral value system...that is why what you’re doing [Vitae Caring Foundation] is of such vital importance. You are saving lives.”
-Dave Dravecky, Motivational speaker and former major league pitcher
“I am so grateful for an organization that will hold true and stand firm in the midst of an incredible storm that is trying to destroy the moral fabric of our country... The Vitae Caring Foundation stands up and shouts, with a loud shout, that life is precious. It is a privilege to be a part of what they are doing.”

Dramatic Decrease in Missouri Abortions Reported

Vitae Foundation always braces itself for abortion numbers that are reported in Missouri.  According to newly-released State Department of Health figures, Missouri women had 1,019 fewer abortions in 2010 than in the previous year – a 9.4 percent decline! 

We get caught up in numbers and statistics all the time.  We must remember the lives behind these statistics.  We pray for the 9,796 babies that were lost to abortion and the mothers and families that have to deal with those losses.  At the same time, we are grateful for the lives that were saved from abortion—as evidenced by this report.

The following supplemental information has been generated by Sam Lee, Director of Campaign Life Missouri.  The actual Missouri data can be found at http://health.mo.gov/data/focus/pdf/FOCUS_Oct11.pdf:

♦  The 9,796 abortions performed on Missouri women in 2010 marks the first time these numbers were below 10,000 since 1973, the year Roe v. Wade was decided.  The peak year was 1980 when 21,671 Missouri women had abortions;

♦  The one-year 9.4% reduction was greater than the decrease in the five previous years combined (down 8.9% from 2004-2009);

♦  Kansas health officials report that the number of Missouri girls under 18 crossing state lines to get abortions there dropped almost 20% from 2009 to 2010;

♦  Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri had fewer abortion patients.  RHS/Planned Parenthood’s annual reports indicate that for the year ending June 30, 2010, RHS performed 603 fewer abortions compared to the year before – down almost 10%;

♦  RHS ended the year with a net loss of over half a million dollars (according to Form 990 returns submitted to the IRS), and cut payments to its abortion doctors by almost one-sixth.

In Lee’s estimation, he credited the more than 1,000 babies saved from abortion to five factors:  (1) The 56 Pregnancy Help Centers and 14 maternity homes and agencies that provide concrete assistance to pregnant moms in need.  (2)  Ongoing pro-life educational efforts from groups like Vitae Foundation.  (3)  Public, prayerful witness, like the 40 Days for Life participants.  (4)  New pro-life laws that make it harder for Missouri clinics to perform abortions.  (5)  Prayer.

“It’s exciting to see so many concerned groups and citizens working together to reduce abortion numbers,” Vitae President Carl Landwehr, stated.  “Even the number of Missouri residents having abortions outside of Missouri declined.  This speaks to the importance of education on the value of the sanctity of human life.”

During 2010, Vitae conducted eight Call-for-Help campaigns around the state of Missouri.  These campaigns helped direct women to positive abortion alternatives at a number of Pregnancy Help Centers.  There were indoor billboards in St. Louis, outdoor billboards in Kansas City/Lee’s Summit, billboards and bus ads in St. Joseph, radio ads in Springfield, television ads in Central Missouri, print ad in The ADD Sheet in Columbia, radio ads on the state-wide Mizzou Sports Network, and Internet ads promoting YourOptions.com in Mid-Missouri.  Women can find helpful information on the Your Options site and also where to find a local Pregnancy Help Center. (View sample of Vitae ads.)

“With this kind of measurable success we can all expect this type of trend to continue so that one day abortion will be unthinkable.  Future generations will ask: How could a society abort their children back then?” Landwehr noted.