It’s the twenty year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall tomorrow. This article interviews some of those who experienced it and I liked this quote:

“What was more amazing?” I asked her. “That the wall could come down, or that it could be built in the first place?”

“That it could be built in the first place,” she replied. “I find it amazing that it is possible to put an entire country into a cage and keep them there without producing a major uproar; that you can frighten people so much that they don’t object to a wall being placed around their lives.”

Watch number 15 in this short soccer clip.

Look, I’m open to the idea that the mainstream media got the story wrong on this former Planned Parenthood person turned pro-life.

But honestly–this sort of lengthy analysis into how one could not possibly become pro-life? Because it seems too strange to be true? Guess what? It happens. Talk to Bernard Nathanson who aborted his own children, created America’s Largest Abortion Clinic and then…poof. He became pro-life. I read his book which tells his story–called The Hand of God–but as I recall there’s no huge moment where God taps him on the shoulder and says, “Hey, take a look at what you’re doing here.” Nonetheless, pro-life he did become and he changed his ways.

The heart cannot be so easily explained, and I think the story is possible and plausible and will continue to think so until I hear something other than nitpicky, extremely pro-abortion reasons not to.

Must of missed something. Is it Groundhog Day?

On October 29th the Lakehead University Student Union (LUSU) voted 7:6 in favour of banning the campus club, Lakehead University Life Support (LULS). This development occurred after the club had battled with LUSU for over two years and was finally granted club status in March.

Fair treatment of LULS was short lived however as their club status was called into question after a false complaint was made against the club after a clubs day display table event. LUSU never proved that this accusation was true nor did they even attempt to verify its veracity but it played a significant role during the discussion at the meeting.

LULS was denied club status with a motion brought forward by Josh Kolic, LUSU’s VP Finance. Kolic’s justification for taking away their status was that LULS is an “exclusive” club with “extremist views on abortion”.

Maggie Ten Hoeve, LULS President, explains, “We are disappointed yet again in our student union. It is understood that on a university campus ideologies and beliefs will be expressed that may be opposite to others. Instead our student union is anxious to shut down these discussions at the first mention of a false accusation without any investigation.”

The club will be appealing this decision.

Keep on keeping on, pro-lifers at Lakehead. And all the students out there facing extremist student union leaders.

More from the director of Planned Parenthood in Texas who had a change of heart. This is so interesting, it deserves its own post:

Johnson said she became disillusioned with her job after her bosses pressured her for months to increase profits by performing more and more abortions, which cost patients between $505 and $695. “Every meeting that we had was, ‘We don’t have enough money, we don’t have enough money — we’ve got to keep these abortions coming,'” Johnson told FoxNews.com. “It’s a very lucrative business and that’s why they want to increase numbers.”

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Brigitte is shocked, shocked: And here I thought it was only heartless right-wing capitalists who were interested in profits above all else.

As you may recall, pro-life students at the UofC had been charged with trespassing on their own campus for having a pro-life display. Those charges have been stayed:

November 2, 2009: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CROWN STAYS CHARGES AGAINST CALGARY PRO-LIFE STUDENTS

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The group’s display, held on the University of Calgary campus every semester since 2006, termed the Genocide Awareness Project, precipitated the charges. The display compares abortion to past historical atrocities, such as the Rwandan genocide and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.

Club president Leah Hallman stated, “We are relieved by this decision on the part of the Crown Prosecutor; Campus Pro-Life has consistently maintained that all of our actions were in full compliance under the law. The charges were initially delivered to the homes of several students by members of the Calgary Police Service in February of 2009. On March 16th, all charged members pleaded not guilty. At the time, Hallman argued “We have asked the university several times which of its by-laws, policies, regulations or other authority it relies on for censoring our viewpoint, and have received no answer to date.”

The staying of the charges takes place nearly one year after the November 2008 display on campus that was the catalyst for the charges being laid. “Campus Pro-Life will continue being a voice for the voiceless,” states club treasurer Alanna Campbell. “We hope to continue our activities on campus and raise awareness among the next generation of community leaders.”