This report from Rusty should encourage all of our hearts that our God is on the move. His unseen hand is being seen by those who have eyes to see. His unheard message is being heard by those who have ears to hear. And soon, very soon, it will be heralded from the rooftops, that the gates of hell cannot prevail against God’s prevailing church. ~ Flip
Dear Champion of the Lord and the Preborn,
“After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go” (Luke 10:1).
Evidence is mounting the States of Refuge campaign has been the recipient of a vision ordained by the Lord. Luke’s Gospel narrates how the Lord sent out his disciples to places where He Himself would eventually visit. States of Refuge was birthed with the knowledge that there were five states with one surgical death camp remaining still defiling our land. Those states are Arkansas, Mississippi, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
As of this writing, Mississippi stands on the verge of becoming the first abortion free state in America. This is why the States of Refuge campaign chose Jackson, MS for our 40th year anniversary memorial for Roe vs. Wade. According to the following article, South Dakota appears to be next on the list to become an abortion free state. During our leadership meeting in Jackson, we will lay out our plans to visit South Dakota, perhaps in the Spring to help nudge the last remaining death camp in South Dakota into oblivion. Our prayer is the Lord will continue to draw us and we will faithfully run after him to fulfill His will to liberate America from bloodguiltiness one state at a time in Jesus’ name!
Merry Christmas and have a blessed New Year in God’s Kingdom.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Planned Parenthood filed notice Friday that it is dropping its appeal of a legal provision that requires women seeking abortions in South Dakota to wait three days.
A law passed in 2011 required women in South Dakota to wait 72 hours before they are allowed to end a pregnancy – the longest waiting period in the country – but the provision had been temporarily blocked until the lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood made its way through court.
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota said Friday that it was dropping the appeal of the 72-hour wait but will continue to fight another provision that requires women to undergo counseling at pregnancy help centers, which discourage abortions, before they can terminate a pregnancy. The group filed a motion to dismiss that part of the lawsuit without prejudice, meaning they may decide to challenge it in the future.
A judge must still sign off on the dismissal.
“This was not an easy decision for us to make by any means. We believe that this law is wrong and that it is disrespectful to women and it is completely unnecessary and for a host of reasons is ill-conceived,” said Sarah Stoesz, the president of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota.
Stoesz said Planned Parenthood, which operates South Dakota’s only abortion clinic in Sioux Falls, did not feel confident that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals would have sided with them on the provision, saying the court has “ruled against women’s interests time after time.”
Instead, she said the group will continue to focus on fighting the counseling provision.
“This is something that is just shocking in its lack of ethical basis and we will be fighting very, very hard to make sure that piece of the law is never enacted while regretfully enacting the 72-hour portion of the law,” she said.
A spokeswoman for the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office said the motion is being reviewed and couldn’t comment further. A lawyer for the Alpha Center, a Sioux Falls pregnancy help center involved in the case, said he could not comment.
In June, U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier ruled that a third provision of the law could go into effect starting July 1. That provision requires doctors who perform abortions to first assess women to determine if they have been coerced into getting abortions or are at risk of suffering psychological problems if they undergo the procedure.