Many of you participate at some level in pro-life causes–some of you volunteer at crisis pregnancy centers, some of you donate to pro-life causes, some of you listen heartbroken at Sanctity of Life Sunday in your church.  Now is the time to raise the level of your prayers for pro-life crusaders who lead the charge against the death, deception and dollars of abortion.   Several key hearings will take place–not ironically–over the next week when Sanctity of Life Sunday and The March for Life takes place, along with the prayers of thousands of Americans.  See the dates outlined below–key dates for prayer are January 15th when the Arkansas Supreme Court meets in private to discuss briefs filed.  Pray they take the case.  A second key date comes on January 22nd, when North Dakota Supreme Courts Justices will consider similar action–to take the case or not.  Take time on those dates to fast and pray for the advancement of pro-life legislation and the move of God’s Hand. More on these measures and dates below.

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From The Justice Foundation:

It’s now official. The Supreme Court has scheduled a status conference on January 22, 2016 – the 43rd anniversary of Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton – to consider whether to accept the North Dakota case banning abortion after six weeks.

This is a year of miracles, signs and wonders and this is a sign from the Lord. It only fell on this date because the Arkansas abortionists tried to ignore the case and not file a response brief, and the Supreme Court demanded a response brief from the Arkansas abortionists.  Seeing this unusual interest from the court,  the North Dakota abortionists asked for extra time to file their response brief.  That request for extra time by the abortionist was granted which threw the status conference consideration date for North Dakota to Jan 22.  Their time is up.  The covenant with death will be annulled, the agreement with the Lord will not stand. The Lord will rise up as in the valley of Gibeon, but we must pray and contend. Is 28:14-22

Thank you for your prayers and your support and the courageous testimonies of the women of Operation Outcry.  This is a team effort.  You can click here to read the brief.  Appendix A includes the names of all of the women and the names of the children of the women who chose to name their child, as well.  Appendix B are the excerpts of the testimony of  90 women of Arkansas.  The Table of Contents gives you a good summary of the Brief if you just want to read a summary.  See first two pages after title page.

Arkansas 

The Arkansas Petition for Certiorari (Please Take Our Case), the abortionist reply brief and The Justice Foundation Brief on behalf of 3,355 Women Hurt By Abortion And An Abortion Survivor have been distributed to the Supreme Court judges and clerks.  The Supreme Court will meet in private on January 15, 2016, at 9am Eastern to decide what to do with the case.  Each justice and their staff are reading the briefs and evaluating them independently.  On January 15, they will meet to discuss whether to take the case, to put the case on hold for further consideration or to deny the cert. petition which would mean that the decision below stands.  If they deny cert. (don’t take the case) then the decision below that the law was unconstitutional stands.  This is the first look by the whole Court and the case could die if they deny cert. on Jan. 15.

North Dakota

North Dakota’s briefing is now complete.   It was distributed to the judges last week and is set for status conference at 9 am Eastern on Jan. 22,2016, which could last all day.  Same options as above exist for the court at that time. The judges and their three briefing attorneys are reading the states briefs, the abortionist briefs, and the briefs of thousands of post abortive women who are part of Operating Outcry:Silent No More.  It is time to cry out to God so that our outcry may be heard.  Our three main arguments are:

1. The child in the womb is a human from the moment of conception.
2. Abortion hurts women
3. There is a better way to help women.  All 50 states are now willing to remove all burden of unwanted child care from any woman.  Safe Haven laws allow a woman to transfer here child to society without killing the child and injuring herself.   See brief below for more details.

Texas

Cert has already been granted in The Texas case involving ambulatory surgical centers and hospital admitting privileges and requirements and is set for Oral Argument on March 2, 2016.  This case has already been getting lots of media attention and the Reuters article (click here) shows that your prayers to bind the abortion powers have already been heard  because this is a tremendously fair article about the Texas case, including quotes by two women of Operation Outcry:Silent No More and myself.  Many prolife groups are  writing amicus briefs in this case which are due Feb 3.  Texas’ brief is due Jan 23.   The abortionists briefs and their friends are on file now, with many prominent democrat women telling the court they had to have abortions to get where they are now professionally.

Please continue to pray as before Isaiah 28:14-22 (that the covenant of death would be annulled, that the agreement with the grave would not stand) over the Court, Jeremiah 9:17-24 (asking that the women’s testimonies would teach the judges’ eyes to mourn for the children we have lost; and ask the Lord to bind the abortion power, to bind the strong man over abortion, over the Supreme Court of the United States and over the media as well.  Click Here for a link to “Binding the Abortion Power” prayer…
By Allan E. Parker – President, The Justice Foundation