He Prayed Outside Abortion Clinics as a Kid, Now He's About to Become a U.S. Senator | LifeNews.com

In Business For Life salutes U.S. Senate candidate Ben Sasse for his pro-life commitment. Up by over 20 points in most polls, Sasse is the heavily favored candidate to represent Nebraska in the United States after next month's election, and he is a strong pro-lifer.



He Prayed Outside Abortion Clinics as a Kid, Now He's About to Become a U.S. Senator | LifeNews.com

Doctors Wanted Me to Abort at 23 Weeks, But Look at My Little Girl Now | LifeNews.com

In Business For Life salutes Leanne and Chris Duffield for bravely declining easy options and pursuing life for their 23 week-old premie. This has special significance for me, as my wife and I lost our first baby, Spencer, in 1996 due to his premature birth at 23 weeks. It is wonderful to see stories like this emerging, kind of like athletes who were pursuing the four minute mile; what was was "impossible" is increasingly becoming possible, if only we change our perspective and governing assumptions.



-- Chris Mann



Doctors Wanted Me to Abort at 23 Weeks, But Look at My Little Girl Now | LifeNews.com

1-Pound Baby Kept Alive in Freezer Bag Celebrates His First Birthday | LifeNews.com

In Business For Life salutes Rachel Crockett and partner Craig Walkow for discovering that babies should be protected from abortion at least at the 20th week of life. We have another salute ready for when they figure out that every baby deserves life, regardless of age.



1-Pound Baby Kept Alive in Freezer Bag Celebrates His First Birthday | LifeNews.com

Is CVS Caremark's decision to quit selling tobacco simply a $2 billion tactical retreat? Maybe, but WHO CARES.

by Chris Mann

My dad is, generally speaking, a pretty mellow guy. He has a good sense of humor and he rolls with jokes pretty well. There is, however, one painful chapter in his life that is not only not funny, but when the subject comes up, he can hardly resist the craving to attack.

"I gave up so much of my life to smoking," Dad told me over the phone in the fall of 1997 following a heart condition that landed him in the hospital. "Even worse, I put you, your mother, and your brother at risk. Of course, quitting smoking helped my health and I can now taste food, I can breathe, and so forth, but I can't take back the effect on the family."

I called dad this afternoon to share the news that CVS Caremark announced today that it would no longer sell tobacco products. As I expected, he was delighted. We meandered to this and that element of the story--what this would mean to CVS's bottom line, how they might leverage this for the good of the company, and so forth. But none of that seemed to figure much into his calculus about whether CVS President Larry Merlo deserves kudos or onions for the announcement. "I think that's great news," he said decisively.

Oh, but the onion throwers approacheth, and they remind me of a band of jealousy pimps recorded in a letter written by the Apostle Paul to a small church in Philippi in ~A.D. 60. In this letter, Paul admonishes the Philippian church to take chill pills over their angst about this or that preacher with this or that level of motivational purity.

15 Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. 16 The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. 17 The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. 18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. (emph. added) Philippians 1:15-18

My dad is concerned about tobacco truth, and Paul is concerned about gospel truth, but what they share in common is concern about truth, and the talking head industry will do well to snark less over CVS' motivations and applaud more for the truth getting out, however and why-ever it has.

Yes, yes, we know:

• CVS is worth $128 billion and giving up their tobacco sales amounts to only ("only") a $2 billion loss, or 1.5% reduction in income. 
• CVS--and all tobacco retail outlets--are facing increasingly stiff regulation from states and communities around the country, and maybe CVS is reading the writing on the wall and opting to trade an inevitability in exchange for good PR, as opposed to maxing out sales for the remaining few years until the law eventually makes it a done deal.
• There are, arguably, many unsafe and/or unhealthy things that remain on CVS shelves and, without an the accompanying publicity pressure, their placement on those shelves won't change any time soon, with or without CVS's change of corporate heart.

But, the truth has won, and CVS should be applauded. In Business For Life salutes not only CVS President Larry Merlo, but the CVS board of directors that at least had to give a positive nod on this massive decision, and the creative agency that rolled out the publicity campaign.

#OneGoodReason.

Justice for Eli: IBFL Salutes Chad and Ashley Justice

In 2009, Chad and Ashley Justice discovered that their unborn son, Eli, suffered from spina bifida.  Their doctors advised abortion, but Chad and Ashley chose life for Eli. Many parents make this noble choice, but too many don't; upwards of 80 percent of mentally- or physically-challenged babies are aborted simply because their perceived value does not measure up to society's expectations.

In Business For Life finds Chad's story especially inspiring because of the initiative leadership that Chad takes in the decision-making process to save Eli. The New York Post article and the interview are both good to read and watch in their entirety, but pay attention especially to Chad's retelling of the temptations they faced at minute 4:15--which represent the temptations and fears that we all face when we resort to our own natural thinking--and his sudden realization that the Holy Spirit was calling them to love.

http://nypost.com/2014/08/18/how-choosing-life-changed-everything