By Sarah-Marie Hoduski, Kansas City Ultrasound echoes of the unborn contribute to science based slowing of abortion rates. Echolocation: sight through sound— is a stunningly effective second sight for otherwise blind creatures. Bats are so effective at using their sonar sight that even in the darkness they can catch up to 1,200 insects an hour—one Texas cave system of bats consumes an incredible 200 tons of bugs every single night! One of the marvels of modern medicine is harnesses similar …
HOUSE votes to GIVE RIGHTS to children that SURVIVE ABORTIONS
House Votes to Give Rights to Babies that Survive Abortions By Sarah-Marie Hoduski Testimony: Nurse Jill L. Stanek during Born Alive Infant Protection Act Congressional Hearings (1) Did you know that sometimes babies survive abortions? There are abortion procedures that sometimes do not succeed in killing the child-subject. For instance, Jill Stanek, a nurse that testified in Congressional Hearings, describes one abortion process where children are medically induced and delivered— either to die in the process of delivery or to …
HOUSE votes to GIVE RIGHTS to children that SURVIVE ABORTIONS
HOUSE votes to GIVE RIGHTS to children that SURVIVE ABORTIONS By Sarah-Marie Hoduski Testimony: Nurse Jill L. Stanek during Born Alive Infant Protection Act Congressional Hearings Did you know that sometimes babies survive abortions? There are abortion procedures that sometimes do not succeed in killing the child-subject. For instance, Jill Stanek, a nurse that testified in Congressional Hearings, describes one abortion process where children are medically induced and delivered— either to die in the process of delivery or to be …
James Bond of Baker Street
By Sarah-Marie Hoduski Please enjoy for a moment that James Bond was inspired by true stories of WWII. Bond characters including M., Moneypenny, Q, and Vesper came out of Ian Fleming’s actual experiences working for WWII’s most covert operations, which were christened by Winston Churchill himself with, “go and set Europe ablaze.” This cloak and dagger outfit was operated with exploding brief cases, guns disguised as pens, and cyanide suicide pills as armament against capture, details Giles Milton in his …
The Malevolent 7: The Exception to American Exceptionalism
By Sarah-Marie Hoduski “What ever they were in life, here, at the end, each man stood with courage and honor. They fought for the ones who couldn’t fight for themselves, and the died for them, too. All to win something that didn’t belong to them. It was – magnificent.” —From the film Magnificent 7 …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: October 13, 2017
October 13, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Wow!! Anna is engaged! Yesterday, Megan and I took her to the DC Memorial and her boyfriend, James Strasburg surprised her. He took her to a French Patisserie and then to see the city from the original US Postal Service. Later, they went up to the National Cathedral Rose Garden, where Megan and I were hiding. James proposed in an ancient stone Gazebo overlooking the garden and cathedral. It was lovely! We …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: October 11, 2017
October 11, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Another crazy, great day! We met this morning with New Mexico Congressman Stevan Pearce to discuss the project. He told us a great story about his solo flight around the world in support of Vietnam War Veterans. We SO appreciate Congressmen who will fight for life; especially, we appreciate when they fight in states where the pro-life issue is a challenge! We also met with staffer Josh Stanford: he gave us great …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: October 10. 2017
October 10, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, We left Roland and Yvette Warrens’ home this morning. They have an 1850’s brick cabin that we got to stay in; it was so Jane Austen that we watched the movie Emma one night to celebrate. The Rolands stocked us with our favorite things: great cheese, sparkling water, dark chocolate; it was so lovely! Roland is the president of Care Net— it was really neat to hear his heart for men in …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: October 6, 2017
October 6, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Cruising through this last week of riding! Anna is out doing the Appalachians; the fall colors are spectacular! For a treat, today, she had chocolate milk from the cows in the area. Anna just crossed into Virginia. The last state of the journey before she hits DC, as I type this! We have experienced so much kindness and beauty in this state. There are historical markers everywhere— mountain by mountain, it feels …
Mattress Surfing and the More is Better Mentality
Mattress Surfing and the More is Better Mentality No one is quite sure who suggested the slip-and-slide that we graduated to, but before we knew it there were thirty kids in the yard, alternately standing in a foot of soap bubbles and surfing a 48 foot mattress slide. My mom had six kids in six years— I am the oldest, and at the time of this particular adventure I was twelve. My mom asked us to take our mattresses outside …
Project If Life Journey Update
What’s the furthest you’ve ever run at one time? For Anna Hoduski (23) pushing that limit is a daily question in her journey across America to bring awareness to the pro-life cause. Her mission is called Project If Life, which launched July of 2016 from the Kansas-Missouri border. Hoduski ran 1,700 miles to Santa Monica Beach in California. She averaged 10-20 miles a day of running. Cactus thorns, rattlesnakes, blizzards… sometimes it has been a true challenge to complete what …
The Berlin Wall Affair And the Day After Tomorrow
By Sarah-Marie Hoduski, October 2, 2017 It’s always the small people who change things. It’s never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn’t have a clue the day before. —Luc Besson Someone please explain why abortion in America is in crisis? Because it kind of feels like the Berlin Wall of Abortion is being pulled down by citizens with their bare hands… …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: October 2, 2017
October 2, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Big deal. Get excited! The House votes tomorrow on a 20 week Abortion Ban bill! That means that if this passes the House and Senate abortion will be banned after 20 weeks. Can you believe it? Please be praying and reaching out to your representatives! Anna spoke at Montrose, Colorado this weekend. She was flown out to Colorado to be the keynote speaker at Life Choices Pregnancy Center’s annual banquet fundraiser. She …
Colonel Astor Tells a Lie
Colonel Astor Tells A Lie By Sarah-Marie Hoduski He built what was at one time the world’s grandest hotel: The Waldorf-Astoria. He invented a bike brake. He was one of the world’s wealthiest men. He bred racehorses. He wrote a book on the era’s technological advancements. He wrote a science fiction novel on space travel. He once lent a yacht to the US Navy to use as a fighter ship. (1) Colonel John Jacob Astor was also newly married and …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: September 29, 2017
September 29, 2017 Our Dear Friend and Family, We are driving to Baltimore, Maryland, right now. A pregnancy center in Montrose, Co. is flying Anna out for the weekend to be their banquet speaker. It’s super exciting. She’s highlighting and practicing her speech as we head North. GREAT news! Annie has been invited to be a table host at the Family Research Council’s Voter’s Value Summit on Friday the 13th. Trump and Pence were guests there last year. This year …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: September 25, 2017
September 25, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, We are in Pennsylvania for the long weekend! Pennsylvania is SO lovely. I’ve always thought that Revolutionary War films were strategically filmed in lovely, rolling landscapes and dramatized by the morning fog, but this countryside is gorgeous. Living in a place with natural beauty is like having amazing background music to your life; it’s something you don’t miss until it’s gone. The beauty of Pennsylvania has filled us, and we have been …
The 12 Most Ridiculous Claims Made by Abortion Abettors
The 12 Most Ridiculous Claims Made by Abortion Abettors By Sarah-Marie Hoduski My body my choice. A) It’s not just a mother’s body involved: it’s also her child’s body. Their bodies are so different that a mother may not even be able to donate blood to her baby. What isn’t said enough is that it is also her partner’s body involved. It’s half her partner’s child. B) Dependency/Viability are moving targets; as science progresses, younger children are capable of surviving …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: September 22, 2017
September 22, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, We are in Clarksburg, West Virginia. So much music: we hung out with an Appalachian Folk singer who does American History ballads, girls from a family gospel group, and tonight Anna is speaking at a street concert! Wednesday, Megan and I worked out of Stonewall coffee, which turned out to be a Christian owned coffeeshop. Theywere very enthusiastic about the project— they invited us to stay after hours and join them for …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: September 18, 2017
September 18, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Parkersburg, West Virginia! We finished Ohio! Did you know one of the names we threw around for Project If Life was “The Habeus Corpus Underground”? The Latin means show me be the body of evidence— so it would mean show me the body of evidence that is underground or hidden. It is the evidence that is hidden, but with abortion it’s also, literally, the bodies. It was also a deep nod to …
Why TSA Pat Downs are Ridiculously Pro-Life
Why TSA Pat Downs are Ridiculously Pro-Life By Sarah-Marie Hoduski I am very sorry to be the first to tell you if you don’t know already that airport security sees your nearly naked form every time you queue up to fly out. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) may be sorry about that as well, but the truth remains that security, the protection of lives entitles them to demonstrate disrespect to your physical person, time, and possessions. Quotas are filled: one …
Pirate Ship Down
Pirate Ship Down Why it’s safer to be captured by Somali Pirates then to be born in some parts of America. By Sarah-Marie Hoduski They are some of the most dangerous waters in the world. We held our breath as we learned that Somalian pirates had boarded an American ship and taken its captain hostage. Captain Phillips had been taken by the pirates at his own request: courageously, he offered himself in exchange for his crew. Retired Rear Adm. Terry …
Cocoon Dreaming: The Secret Lives of Unborn Children
Cocoon Dreaming: The Secret Lives of Unborn Children By Sarah-Marie Hoduski Dreaming, laughing, listening to soap opera theme music, an interest in Swedish vs. American vowel sounds, and developing a palette for curry and cookies: our lives in the womb are busy. Once thought to merely be a clump of tissue, science has taken amazing strides in showing us how complex and amazing the lives of the unborn are. Babies in the womb go through REM cycle dreaming; however, when they …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: September 15, 2017
September 15, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Anna is out biking as I write; she will hit West Virginia, today. Anna will have less than 300 miles left to cover after today— out of a 3,000 mile journey! The outdoors community here is fabulous. We are SO close to the Appalachian Trail, which has some of the world’s ultra-athletes. Anna has a friend that is actually finishing the trail right now that we may get to meet up with! …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, We attended the Ohio court case, this morning! It’s amazing! It is being called the biggest piece of pro-life legislation ever for their state! It is our third pro-life legislation where we’ve been able to sit in on the action. Today’s was SO exciting! The pro-life counsel argued that the clinic in Toledo needs to be closed because they lack a transfer agreement with any local hospitals. It is such a loud …
Have You Been Kidnapped by a Violinist?
By Sarah-Marie Hoduski Chillicothe, Ohio You wake up in a room you don’t know. As your vision clears you find yourself connected to an IV. You turn over and find that the IV routes into a slender, unconscious form beside you. A nurse approaches. Nodding toward the small figure, the nurse remarks, “they are a violin genius. Your blood is necessary.” This scenario is a painting drawn from a highly influential pro-abortion argument given by Judith Jarvis Thomson. Thomson …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: September 9, 2017
September 9, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Yesterday, we met with Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton! What an awesome example for women to look up to! She grew up in a poor district of Detroit and is now an outspoken and active politician advocating for pro-life. We also got to meet Lorrie Parker with Right to Life; they have done an amazing job pushing pro-life laws! The entire building seems full of Believers and kindness: we met with Jon …
PROJECT IF Blog: September 6, 2017
September 6, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, For the last several weeks we have been hearing the rumors that Kentucky may be the first state in the Union to be completely abortion clinic free! They have one left… and that one is in court. AND this is the week that decision is being made. AND we are driving to Louisville, this morning! Honestly, I was just hoping to pat the sidewalk outside, because the first state in the US …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: September 4, 2017
September 4, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Skyline Chili, Labor Day Fireworks over the Cincinnati skyline, & Graeter’s Ice Cream: we feel like we’ve really seen the city with our hosts the Halls! Anna spoke at Hope Baptist Church, yesterday. She did a bang up job! She shared an eloquent letter by Courtney Baker to her doctor: he had advised Courtney to abort her unborn baby because the child has down syndrome. According to ABC News the mother wrote: …
PROJECT IF LIFE Blog: September 2, 2017
September 2, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, What a great weekend! We’re heading back on this rainy afternoon to where Anna left off biking. It took us about ten hours to get to DC from Cincinnati, but we loved getting the opportunity to do the Care Net conference! Last night we attended the Washington DC Care Net banquet for the conference! The conference unites pregnancy centers from around the nation— there were 1,500 in attendance at this one. Anna …
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