Press Releases 1999 - 2004

Archive Index of Press Releases between 1999 and 2004

Judgment, Mercy, and Justice Enter Washington, D.C.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 27, 2004
Operation Rescue/Operation Save America will walk into Washington, D.C. on Saturday, August 28, 2004. The “Walk Across America Prophetic Tour” began in San Clemente, California on March 2, and is now reaching its final destination. A graphic and prophetic picture of God's call to America has traveled by foot 2400 miles. A broken set of the Ten Commandments, a baby killed by abortion, a white horse (Judgment), a donkey (Mercy), and a final horse (Justice) will bring God's message to our nation's capital.

Supreme Court of the United States of America
In Contempt of the Court of Almighty God
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 2004
Operation Rescue/Operation Save America: On June 26, 2003 the Supreme Court of the United States of America declared itself God. The Church of Jesus Christ will take issue with this arrogant and foolish assertion and confront this court. An Ecclesiastical Court will be convened to hold this Court in contempt of the Court of Almighty God. "We will no longer sit idly by while our rich Christian heritage is being flushed down the toilet by Court Anti-Christ bigotry," Rev. Flip Benham, National Director, OR/OSA.

We Still Serve a God Who Answers by Fire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 21, 2004
Operation Rescue/Operation Save America: We attempted to follow the ordinances of Columbus by obtaining a burn permit. We submitted the forms and asked for an answer. The city is “neither hot nor cold.” They did not deny or allow. In true cowardly fashion, they simply did nothing. Then, they sent over 100 law enforcement officers to prevent our proclamation of repentance. While felonies were occurring in the city the police, until the early hours of the morning, followed a little band of Christians and an empty bucket around the streets of downtown Columbus. The police, trained professionals, sworn to protect the innocent, followed a bucket because the authorities of the city were too cowardly to answer. Today, Wednesday, July 21, 2004 we will again apply for a permit and we will not leave until we have an answer, yes or no. Then we will repent and burn the abominations.

We Serve a God Who Answers by Fire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 20, 2004
Operation Rescue/Operation Save America: The United States is under the manifest judgment of Almighty God. We have shaken our fist in open defiance in the face of the God of our forefathers. We have embraced false religions and gods inviting God’s wrath upon us. We have sacrificed our children on the altar of convenience so that the very ground is cursed. We have called an abomination a right and have become a laughing stock to the world.

Emancipation Proclamation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 19, 2004
Operation Rescue/Operation Save America: The U. S. Supreme Court once ruled that a black man was not fully human and therefore not worthy of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They were wrong! The Emancipation Proclamation did not free one black man - it did free our nation of the bloodguilt of slavery. The U. S. Supreme Court now rules that preborn boys and girls are not fully human therefore not worthy of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They are wrong!

A Call to Repentance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 17, 2004
Operation Rescue/Operation Save America: Judgment begins in the house of the Lord. Before we seek to remove the speck from our neighbor’s eye, we must remove the log from our own eye. Repentance must begin in the house of the Lord. * We, the Church of Jesus Christ in America, have failed to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. * We are guilty of compromise, apathy and syncretism. * As men of God, we have failed to live out our God ordained purpose. * We have embraced the fear of man and a man-pleasing spirit. * We have squandered our costly Godly heritage.

WE ARE FED UP!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 15, 2004
Operation Rescue/Operation Save America: It is time for a second American Revolution! We are fed up! We are absolutely fed up with the United States Senate and the elected officials who vote their own prejudice and narrow-minded causes rather than the will of God and the people who elected them! Mainstream America is not in favor of and will not accept homosexual, unnatural unions. Marriage is the bond between one woman and one man before Almighty God. No action or inaction of politicians, who are basically evil, or too weak to stand up for what is right, will change this. WE ARE FED UP! We are through with waiting for our government to do what is right. Now, we will act!

Christians of Six Area Churches Risk Arrest for Saving Innocent Children
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, 2004
Today at George Tiller’s abortuary, Christians from six area churches went on the property to deliver a message that we will adopt your baby for free.

Operation Rescue - To Hold Memorial Service in Wichita
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 28, 2004
Operation Rescue will hold a memorial service for the unborn children we sacrificed for our greed and convenience and the soldiers who died defending the freedoms we have denied to these innocent baby boys and girls. "Wichita cannot (or will not) protect her children."and donkey (Mercy), will carry God’s message to Wichita and America on our Memorial Weekend.

Operation Rescue - America's Most Effective Christian Witness
Returns to Wichita
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 27, 2004
Operation Rescue is returning to Wichita on Friday, May 28, 2004. The Walk Across America by Operation Rescue began in San Clemente California and has passed through five states on its way to Washington D.C. Wichita is the half-way point of the walk that calls America to humble herself and turn from her wicked ways so God will heal our land. Judgment and Mercy, a graphic and prophetic picture of God’s call to America, will enter Wichita Friday, May 28, 2004.

Local Sodomites in Charlotte Attack Marriage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 5, 2004
This morning, Mick Hinson, False prophet of MCC of Charlotte (better known as the synagogue of Satan), filed for a marriage license within the state of North Carolina. "This shocking parade of homosexual sodomy must have its end here. God calls homosexuality an abomination (Lev 18:22). This sin reveals, more than anything else, the complete and utter degradation of every Biblical principle from our pilgrim forefathers to our founding fathers to all of those who have given their lives for freedom and liberty and have made this nation a bastion of freedom," states Rev. Flip Benham, Director of Operation Save America.

Judgment Comes to Planned Parenthood
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 2004
Judgment and Mercy, a graphic and prophetic picture of God’s call to America, has come to Planned Parenthood of Denver. Operation Rescue/Operation Save America, America’s most effective prophetic Christian witness will bring Judgment to Planned Parenthood, May 1, 2004. The Walk Across America began in San Clemente California and has passed through five states on its way to Washington D.C.

Operation Rescue/Operation Save America, America's Most Effective Christian Witness Comes to Denver
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30, 2004
Operation Rescue/Operation Save America, America’s most effective prophetic Christian witness will come to Denver Friday, April 30, 2004. The Walk Across America began in San Clemente California and has passed through five states on its way to Washington D.C. Judgment and Mercy, a graphic and prophetic picture of God’s call to America, has come to Denver.

Rescue Rochester Press Release and Contact
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 31, 2004
Pro-life Christian Leader Jerry Crawford Begins 30-Day Federal Sentence Mr. Jerry Crawford will surrender to authorities April 1st in Niagara County to serve concurrently two 30-day sentences imposed by Federal Judge Richard Arcara. Although no law was broken Mr. Crawford and Rev. Mike Warren were convicted of disobeying Judge Araca's expired Temporary Restraining Order and sentenced March 6th 2002. The restraining order was requested by NYS Attorney General Elliot Spitzer to restrict peaceful pro-life demonstrations during an Operation Rescue National/Operation Save America Campaign held in Western New York in the spring of 1999.

Operation Save America Enters Los Angeles, CA with a Prophetic Message as they "Walk Across America"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 5, 2004
On January 22, 1973 , the Supreme Court decision Roe V Wade decriminalized the killing of children in their mother's womb. By this action, we betrayed the Law of Almighty God and the Constitution of the United States . No longer was life sacred in America . No longer had all human beings been endowed with certain unalienable rights. Because we have shed innocent blood in the womb, we are reaping it in the streets of our cities. - Press Conference at 12 Noon PST ...

Commission on Christian and Islamic Relations Must Address Islamic Persecution of Christian Faith
RESCUE ROCHESTER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 4, 2004
Islamic believers are welcome to freely practice their religion in the United States enjoying the freedoms this nation affords all religious faiths. But at the same time, Christian leaders would be remiss not to use our liberties to draw attention to the persecution of fellow Christians who live in Muslim nations.

Operation Save America Begins Prophetic "Walk Across America" in San Clemente, California
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 2, 2004
“We are in the throws of a cultural crisis in this nation,” states Rev. Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Save America/Operation Rescue. “Marriage is being redefined by the courts of our land, and the mayors in San Francisco and New York are openly defying even those laws. Divorce, abortion, homosexuality, false religions, ad nauseam, have left us morally and spiritually bankrupt. Blood is coursing down the corridors of our schools, workplaces, and streets. Murder has become the solution for everything. We are being terrorized by enemies from within and false religions from without. There is no solution in sight. We are at a crossroads in America.”

Operation Save America to Walk from California to Washington, DC with a Message for America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 1, 2004
Operation Rescue/Operation Save America will begin an incredible journey across America Tuesday, March 2, 2004 . Rev. Flip Benham, Rev. Rusty Thomas, and a team of others will begin the walk near Los Angeles, California that will span the continent and end at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. A set of broken Ten Commandments and a child murdered by abortion will lead the walk. This will be followed by a donkey with the word “Mercy” draped over its back, then a white horse with the words “King of Kings and Lord of Lords will follow.”

31st Memorial of Roe v. Wade Press Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2004
Local pastors, business leaders, crisis pregnancy center directors, and Christians will join Operation Rescue ( America 's largest pro-life activist group) for a press conference and a memorial service mourning 31 years of unabated child-killing. Their purpose: to end child-killing in the city of Charlotte by bringing the theology of the church house into the streets – right to the doors of the three local abortion mills in this city!

Concord High School to be Confronted by the Gospel of Christ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2003
At Concord High School in North Carolina, a guidance counselor was suspended with pay (though subsequently reinstated) because she dared give Bible verses and counseling to a Christian student who was in conflict concerning what the Bible says about homosexuality. In light of this event, Christian pastors, laymen, businessmen, and their families are joining together at Concord High School to say, “Enough! Homosexuality is a sin that leads to the early death of those who practice it, and death to a nation that approves of that behavior.”

"Years ago... at least women knew what they were getting with a coat hangar!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Small Victories - Granite City, IL
December 8, 2003
Convicted felon "botches" woman’s abortion behind the $2 million dollar "state of the art" facade of Hope for women. Woman fights for her life on operating table, doctors bring her back to life. On December 3, 2003 a young woman from Missouri seeking a second trimester abortion was rushed across the street to Gateway Regional Hospital that sits 200 feet across from the Midwest’s largest abortion mill, Hope Clinic for Women, in Granite City, IL. They perform between 10,000 and 13,000 abortions a year with price ranges from $400.00 to $2400.00 dollars. They specialize in late-term abortions and no parental consent is needed for underage pregnant girls. The woman was reportedly screaming to hospital employees to "keep Shah and Palmer away from me!" Yogendra Shah and felon Alan Palmer are the two remaining abortionists at this killing facility and both are currently on staff at this hospital. According to the St. Louis Globe Democrat, Palmer was convicted in Nov 1979, fined $5,000, and spent six months incarcerated in prison.

Abortionist "OUSTED" from Mecca of the Midwest..Slaughterhouse!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Small Victories - Granite City, IL
November 6, 2003
Abortionist Darwin Jackson Jr., no longer performs abortions at the Hope Clinic in Granite City, IL and is no longer on staff at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO and his OB/GYN office has been vacated. Gross, negligent, malpractice lawsuits have been filed against Mr. Jackson, Mr.Yogendra Shah, and the Hope Clinic, including wrongful death lawsuits.

Christians to Stand with Chief Justice Roy Moore
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2003
Christians from across the nation will be joining Judge Roy Moore as he appears before the Court of the Judiciary this morning to face charges of judicial ethics violations while serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. “It is shocking that a man of such ethical integrity and character could be brought before a tribunal such as this,” said the National Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America, Rev. Flip Benham. “Chief Justice Moore has done more to remind this country of her biblical roots, and the ethical, moral, and legal foundations than any other person in the past 50 years.”

Partial Birth Abortion Ban- Bogus Piece of Legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 5, 2003
President Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban into law today. He signed it knowing full well that it was more a public relations ploy than a meaningful piece of legislation. He said, “I don’t think the culture has changed to the extent that the American people, or the Congress would totally ban abortion.” Who is waiting for the culture to change before we do what is right? ...

Granite City is in Flames
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Angela Michaels
October 27, 2003
As Rome was burning, Nero played the lyre.. and once again, the Christians were to blame [only this time the blame is deserved]....this once great city is cursed. Once again God's judgement is being poured out on "Babylon" as He answers with Fire! A four block area that houses warehouses has gone up in flames. The abortion mill and police department are within view and experiencing the smoke and heat from the flames. Granite City is the Valley of Slaughter. Jeremiah 19:3-6 "Hear the word of the Lord...

Partial Birth Abortion Ban- Bogus Piece of Legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 22, 2003
“The devil himself would have signed this bill,” said Rev. Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Save America/ Operation Rescue. “This piece of legislation will not save the life of one child for the following reasons:”

Operation Rescue/Operation Save America: Giving a Voice to Terri Schiavo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 21, 2003
“We are calling Christians to join with our Lord Jesus in giving a voice to the voiceless Terri Schiavo,” said Rev. Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America. What the courts are doing to Terri is just plain murder. Murder has become the answer for everything from babies in the womb to the weak and disabled in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Groups Giving a Voice to Terri Schiavo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 20, 2003
“We are calling Christians to join with our Lord Jesus in giving a voice to the voiceless Terri Schiavo,” said Rev. Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America. ...
... Martin Niemoeller, a witness to the Nazi holocaust, a clergyman, and a prisoner in the concentration camps during World War II, spoke these words: "The great majority of Europeans during the period of the holocaust were neither killers nor victims...most merely stood by, neither collaborating nor coming to the aid of victims. This passivity amounted to acquiescence, and the planners and executors of the "final solution" counted on the bystanders not intervening."

GIVING A VOICE TO TERRI SCHIAVO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 15, 2003
“We are calling Christians to join with our Lord Jesus in giving a voice to the voiceless Terri Schiavo,” said Rev. Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America. ...
... Martin Niemoeller, a witness to the Nazi holocaust, a clergyman, and a prisoner in the concentration camps during World War II, spoke these words: "The great majority of Europeans during the period of the holocaust were neither killers nor victims...most merely stood by, neither collaborating nor coming to the aid of victims. This passivity amounted to acquiescence, and the planners and executors of the "final solution" counted on the bystanders not intervening."

Supreme Court Decisions to Be Burned in Cities Across America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 25, 2003
In 30 cities across this nation, Christians will burn 6 intolerable Supreme Court Decisions at federal court buildings.. “The judicial tyranny of the Supreme Court and her sister federal courts must come to an end.” said Reverend Flip Benham, Director of Operation Save America. “The Second American Revolution has begun! Like the first, the Church of Jesus Christ must lead.”

Nationwide Confrontation of Federal Courts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 24, 2003
In an all out effort to stop the judicial tyranny that is destroying the biblical fabric of our nation, Christians will be conducting courts of their own in front of federal court buildings across America. “We are not waiting for Republicans, the President, or the Congress to move – we must act now!” said Rev. Flip Benham, Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America.

CHRISTIANS TO CONFRONT FEDERAL COURTS ACROSS THE NATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 22, 2003
In an all out effort to stop the judicial tyranny that is destroying the biblical fabric of our nation, Christians will be conducting courts of their own in front of federal court buildings. “We are not waiting for Republicans, the President, or the Congress to move – we must act now!” said Rev. Flip Benham, Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America.

PAUL HILL MUST BE EXECUTED
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 1, 2003
Paul Hill premeditatedly and with malice aforethought murdered two abortion industry employees in July of 1994. Mr. Hill has confessed his crime of killing Mr. Britton (an abortionist) and Mr. Barrett (an escort) at an abortion mill in Pensacola, FL. He has been tried by a jury of his peers and found guilty. He is sentenced to die by lethal injection on September 3, 2003. “If we consider life sacred, he must be executed,” said Rev Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America.

They Moved the Monument
But Nothing of God Has Been Moved!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Posted August 27, 2003
At roughly 9:05am on August 27, 2003, the Ten Commandments were removed from their place in the Alabama Supreme Court Building. “This is a clear trumpet sound to the Church of Jesus Christ. It is not time to shrink back! It is time to stand!” said Reverend Flip Benham, Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America, “This is not a time for whimpering...

Judge Myron Thompson to be Confronted by the Law of God
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 22, 2003
Christians will stand at the steps of Judge Myron Thompson’s court today to say, “Enough!” The judicial system in America has trampled true justice and nullified genuine liberty. These Christians come today to say that Myron Thompson is in contempt of the court which is truly supreme – the Court of Almighty God. “Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.” Proverbs 28:12

The Second American Revolution Begins in Montgomery, Alabama
August 21, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 21, 2003
The “shot heard around the world” marked the beginning of the American Revolution. In Montgomery, Alabama State Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore’s valiant stand to honor the Ten Commandments of God marks the beginning of the second American Revolution.

Homosexuals Attack Church Volunteer
Church on the Rise - Westlake Ohio
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 20, 2003
At approximately 7:00 am August 17, 2003, 4 homosexual men arrived at Church on the Rise in Westlake, Ohio looking for the Senior Pastor, Pastor Paul Endrei. Instead, they met volunteer Rich Bilski, former Army Ranger, as he was taking out the garbage in the back of the church, well hidden from busy Crocker Road.

Judge Myron Thompson to Be Found in Contempt of the Court of Almighty God
August 20, 2003
The moment is here. The line has been drawn. Federal Court Judge Myron Thompson will attempt to hold Judge Roy Moore in contempt of court in the State of Alabama. In this attempt to remove the foundation stone of our law based on the Ten Commandments, Judge Thompson will find that this stone will roll upon him. “… and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.” Proverbs 26:27

Judge Roy Moore - A Light Piercing Through the Darkness
August 15, 2003
“Just a couple of hours after Judge Moore's press conference declaring his stand for God and the Ten Commandments -- the lights went out in New York City!” states Reverend Flip Benham, Director of Operation Save America. “The die has been cast, the line has been drawn. Like the prophet Elijah before him, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama has aligned himself with God and His Law.”

Operation Save America/Operation Rescue Statement on Arrests
July 18, 2003
On July 18, 2003 the City of Charlotte decided it was above the Constitution of the United States. At a peaceful assembly on the public sidewalk outside the Federal Court Building, two pastors, Rev. Flip Benham of Charlotte and Rev. Michael Warren were arrested. Operation Save America held Ecclesiastical Court and held the Supreme Court of the United States dead to the Law of God and burned copies of six anti-Christ decisions in a safe fire proof container.

Police and City of Charlotte Align Themselves with Child Killers
Operation Save America/Operation Rescue News Advisory
July 17, 2003
In an obviously orchestrated move, the police of Charlotte attempted to intimidate gentle Christians standing and praying on the public sidewalk outside of both the killing centers on Latrobe and Hebron... Operation Save America will hold a memorial service in Charlotte to honor two tiny baby girls who died by abortion. They will be given the respect in death that was denied them in life by a city, a nation and a church that did not value them.

City of Charlotte Aligns Itself with Abortion Industry, Homosexual Agenda, and the Nation Islam
OPERATION SAVE AMERICA/OPERATION RESCUE PRESS STATEMENT
July 12, 2003
How long will you waiver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal be God, follow him. (1 Kings 18:21). While the city of Charlotte is free to align itself with the enemies of the Lord Jesus under the banner of tolerance, it is not free to deter the severe consequences that will come as a result of her decision.

Operation Save America Releases Press Statement Concerning Arrest of Flip Benham
PRESS RELEASE
July 8, 2003
In an attempt to power-up and intimidate those who desire to live out their faith in the streets, the Charlotte police arrested Reverend Flip Benham this past Saturday at the abortion mill. They gave no warning and preceded to tell us that this will be the approach they will use in the coming weeks.

Charlotte Police Declare War on the Gospel of Jesus Christ
PRESS RELEASE
July 5, 2003
Flip Benham was arrested in front of the abortion mill early Saturday morning, as a result of a police set-up. There were hidden cameras and no warnings. Things are heating up in the city of Charlotte. He will remain in jail until Tuesday morning, and is being denied visitors for 48 hours. There is a court hearing scheduled for Tuesday at 9 am. Please continue praying as the battle intensifies and the enemies of God are being stirred up!

SUPREME COURT'S SHOCKING APPROVAL OF SODOMY
PRESS RELEASE
June 26, 2003
In a 6-3 decision the United States Supreme Court ruled today in Lawrence v. Texas that there is a Constitutional right to private consensual sodomy. Please! We are shocked, but not surprised by this totally absurd ruling. The Supreme Court has a history of finding things in the Constitution that are not there. It found the right of a mother to kill her pre-born child somewhere in the Constitution on January 22, 1973.

HOMOSEXUAL FIESTA TO BE CONFRONTED BY THE WORD OF GOD
PRESS RELEASE
May 2, 2003
In light of the events this past week in Concord, North Carolina, where the Pastor of the McGill Baptist Church began baptizing practicing homosexuals and was removed from the Cabarrus County Baptist Association, gentle Christians will confront the sodomite fiesta planned at Marshall Park this Saturday morning.

Granite City's Abortionist Exposed Again
PRESS RELEASE
Posted May 1, 2003
The Illinois Department of Registration has filed charges against Abortionist Yogendra Shah over a recent lawsuit filed against him, May, 2002. The lawsuit alleges, Shah did an abortion on Mary Doe, when she wasn't pregnant...

PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S MURDEROUS WAYS EXPOSED AGAIN!
PRESS RELEASE
April 3, 2003
The day of reckoning has finally come. With the help of the United States Justice Foundation, the city of Waco and Planned Parenthood will now be held accountable in a court of law for their blatant disregard for the concerns of Waco's tax paying citizens, their refusal to protect our children from predators, and their violation of our First Amendment rights as peaceful, pro-life Christians to enter a public library.

Operation Rescue to Confront the Church in Tulsa with Its Failure to Protect Unborn Children
March 21, 2003
In an unprecedented move, Operation Rescue, the nation's leading pro-life activist group, will confront the Church of Jesus Christ in Tulsa, Oklahoma, over its failure to protect unborn children in the womb. Yes, in this religious epicenter of the "faith movement," pre-born children are being slaughtered by abortion with nary a discouraging word being spoken by the Church.

GIANT VICTORY FOR CHRIST AND HIS UNBORN BABIES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 26, 2003
"This morning the Supreme Court of the United States of America issued a fateful ruling that stopped the enemies of Christ dead in their tracks," said Rev Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Rescue, "The ruling in the NOW v. Scheidler case is a spectacular victory for those living out the Gospel of Christ in the streets. Today, Operation Rescue is free. Free from the chilling effects of the strong arm of NOW and the United States Department of Justice. Free to bring mothers a real choice at abortion mills."

OPERATION RESCUE MOVING TO CHARLOTTE, NC
January 16, 2003
Operation Rescue/ Operation Save America, America's largest pro-life activist group, will be announcing at a press conference on January 22, 2003, its move into the Charlotte area. On the 30th Memorial of Roe v. Wade, the National Director of Operation Rescue, Rev. Flip Benham, will be on hand to remember the 45 million children slaughtered during 30 years of "legalized" abortion.

"PRO-CHOICE" MURDERERS TO RALLY IN BUFFALO ON JANUARY 22, 2003
Posted January 13, 2003
Rev. Flip Benham, the National Director of Operation Rescue, America's largest pro-life activist group, addresses a salient issue in a new pamphlet entitled: "Why We Don't Shoot Abortionists".
On the 30th Memorial of Roe v. Wade - a day to mourn the deaths of over 45 million children killed by "legalized" abortion - our nation's attention will be diverted from its most egregious national sin, to a small group of people rallying in Buffalo, New York, to support James Kopp. Kopp is the self-confessed murderer of abortionist Barnett Slepian. Those who advocate murdering abortionists are going to be given a national platform from which to spew their vitriolic poison. How sad!

American Family Association (AFA) Wins Another One!
Two Florida Laws Bite the Dust
Posted January 10, 2003
The old saying goes, "The wheels of justice move exceedingly slow and grind exceedingly fine." Ordinarily when we Christians are found living out our faith in the streets, and are thrown in jail, the court system generally grinds us into pixie dust. Not this time!

O'Reilly / Fox News Threatens Legal Action Against 39 Year Old Christian Minister, Former Homosexual
Released January 3, 2003
Bill O'Reilly of 'The O'Reilly Factor' and Fox News threatened legal action Thursday against Stephen Bennett, a Christian Evangelist, for the ministry's October 'Audio Resource of the Month' entitled 'The O'Reilly Shocker.'

MEDIA ALERT - MSNBC 'Is Jesus the Only Way Into Heaven?'
By Stephen Bennett
(this preceded the Donahue show on December 17,2002 - LOT's of GOOD info in here!)
TONIGHT 8:00 pm & 11:00 pm EST
A dear friend of mine, Rev. Flip Benham, will be on the show, defending the Christian faith and I'm sure, preaching the soul saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. Flip may seem to come across strong, but he doesn't pussy foot around or sugar coat the Truth. He's NOT afraid of the media.

ABORTION BATTLE BEING WON ON THE STREETS
December 4, 2002
.The National Director of Operation Rescue, Rev. Flip Benham, will be in Washington, D.C. this morning to speak from the steps of the Supreme Court. Operation Rescue is a co-defendant with Joe Scheidler in the NOW v. Scheidler case being heard in the Supreme Court today. ... THE HEART OF OUR NATION IS CHANGING! What the Abortion Statistics are Saying: "Christians winning!" - What the Abortion Industry is Saying: "We are losing!" )

James Kopp Became What He Abhorred
November 20, 2002
Rescue Rochester
"James Kopp's cold-blooded murder of abortionist Bart Slepian was and is an act of grave betrayal. Mr. Kopp has betrayed the Lord Jesus Christ, the Gospel of Christ, and the pro-life cause," said Rev. Mike Warren Director of Rescue Rochester. Warren went on, "Murder is never justifiable and Mr. Kopp became what he abhorred. A person by act of his own will choosing to end the life of another human being by an act of cruel violence."

PRO-LIFE COMMUNITY CALLS UPON JAMES KOPP TO REPENT
November 20, 2002
Last Call Ministries and Operation Save America Buffalo has always denounced the violence associated with the abortion industry INCLUDING any violent means to end abortion. We have always supported peaceful, non-violent activism working towards the ultimate goal of ending the slaughter of millions of innocent children and the exploitation of women.

JAMES KOPP BETRAYS THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT, UNBORN CHILDREN, AND THE LORD HE PROCLAIMS TO SERVE
November 20, 2002
Operation Rescue / Operation Save America
James Kopp has today publicly confessed the fact that he premeditatedly murdered Abortionist Barnett Slepian. On November 6, 1998 Chet Gallagher and I held a press conference outside an abortion mill in Dallas, Texas, asking James Kopp to surrender himself to authorities. We asked that he do this for the sake of the Pro-life Movement, the unborn children, and the Lord he proclaimed to serve. Mr. Kopp chose to go into hiding for almost three years. He has betrayed the Pro-life Movement, the unborn children, and Jesus Himself.

Unholy Alliance City of Waco and Planned Parenthood
October 28, 2002
The essence of the press conference will deal with our objection to the city of Waco for granting Planned Parenthood's private library the status of a fully functional branch of the McLennan County Library system. The legal, political, financial, and moral aspects of this contractual agreement will be addressed.

BLOODSHED IS PURSUING AMERICA - WE ARE POWERLESS TO STOP IT!
NEW PRESS RELEASE
October 24, 2002
Statement concerning sniper(s) shootings by Rev Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America, given to pastors in Wichita, Kansas, October 24, 2002.

SEX SCANDAL HITS TEXAS Undercover Tapes Being Released to Texas Media
October 17, 2002
During a recent nationwide undercover sting operation, Texas family planning clinics were caught on tape covering up what they believed was the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl. Life Dynamics Incorporated of Denton, Texas recorded over 800 calls made to Planned Parenthood and National Abortion Federation facilities across America, including 67 in Texas. The female caller portrayed a 13-year-old girl who was pregnant by an adult and wanted an abortion in order to hide the illegal sexual relationship from her parents and the authorities.

BLOODSHED IS PURSUING AMERICA AND WE ARE POWERLESS TO STOP IT!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 11, 2002
Blood is coursing down the corridors of our schools, workplaces, and streets. We have sown bloodshed in the womb and are reaping its horrible harvest. Obviously, airplanes crashing into buildings did not capture our attention. Kids killing kids in our nation's schools did not capture our attention. Perhaps now, snipers killing people at whim in the streets will capture our attention. When will it all end? Only when we stop the killing of the most innocent among us-the pre-born child.

Press Release - Operation Rescue / Operation Save America to confront Catholic Bishops
June 11, 2002
"This is a real set-back for the Pro-life movement!" said Rev. Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America. "Jesus made it very clear to those of us who claim His Name that, if we are to see clearly to remove the speck from our brother's eye, we must first remove the plank from our own. If we are to say that abortion is murder and yet are enslaved by the sin of homosexuality or its cover-up, we are most of all hypocrites."

+PRESS RELEASE - Christians Jailed for Passing Out Ten Commandment Tracts
May 10, 2002
"Our desire was simply to bring Jesus to Palmetto High School and give kids tracts of the Ten Commandments, that they might know that their only hope is in Him. We remained only on the public sidewalk and were arrested at the whim of the principle and the police department of Palmetto." said Tom McGlade, one of the six arrested.

PRESS RELEASE - Supreme Court to Hear Operation Rescue Case
April 22, 2002
In a case long awaited by Christians living out their faith at abortion mills, the Supreme Court of the United States of America has agreed to hear Operation Rescue vs. NOW, et al. "We are thankful that the Supreme Court has decided to hear this case..." said Rev Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Rescue. "It has been a long time coming!" "For years the abortion industry, NOW, Planned Parenthood, and their ilk, have been, hand in glove, using the courts of this land to bully Christians off of the streets," said Rev. Benham. "By their continuous harassment with frivolous civil suits, law suits, court injunctions, RICO statutes, ad nauseam, they have done everything possible to prevent Christians from giving mothers in crisis pregnancy situations a real choice."

OPERATION RESCUE CONFRONTS YALE UNIVERSITY
March 5, 2002 PRESS RELEASE
Leader of controversial anti-abortion group to speak on Yale Campus
Rev. Flip Benham, the National Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America will be taking the abortion battle right to the very gates of Yale University.

Notorious Child Killers George Tiller & LeRoy Carhart Team Up to Celebrate 29 Years of Killing God's Children in Wichita - Three Press Releases
January 17, 2002
Christians in Wichita, KS respond to terrorists Tiller/Carhart's press release that shocks even the "pro-choice" community. "To Commemorate both the 1973 Roe V. Wade decision, which made abortion legal, and the 2000 Carhart v. Steinberg Supreme Court decision which affirmed that right, WHCS will provide free first trimester abortions on January 19th to low income Kansas women who have Medicaid assistance. The free clinic will be preceded by a rally in the parking lot against domestic anti-abortion terrorism and religious intolerance. The rally will include a March for Women's Lives, chanting and singing, American Flag Services, and a free Pro-choice breakfast. The new social order that, "For every woman, each pregnancy is an invited guest into her body and a welcome addition to her family" will be reaffirmed. Dr. LeRoy Carhart, the victor in the most recent Supreme Court decision reaffirming a woman's right to legal safe abortion is the guest speaker."

AFTER 29 YEARS OF ROE v. WADE, ABORTION STATISTICS TAKE DRAMATIC PLUNGE!
PRESS RELEASE
January 17, 2002
That’s right! According to the latest Texas Department of Health – Bureau of Vital Statistics (Annual Report) the number of abortions in Texas dropped from 91,619 in 1996, to 73,155 in the year 2,000. In Dallas, Texas alone (the home of Roe v. Wade) the number of abortions dropped from 13,207 in 1996 to 10,160 in the year 2,000.

OPERATION RESCUE TO PICKET CHURCHES IN 43 CITIES ACROSS THE NATION! MANY OF THEM OPERATION RESCUE’S STRONGEST SUPPORTERS!
PRESS RELEASE
January 17, 2002
On Jan. 20, Operation Rescue National/Operation Save America will be taking the abortion battle right to the very door of the Church of Jesus Christ. The campaign will begin this January and continue on the third Sunday of every month.

PRO-ABORTION ALLY CLAYTON LEE WAAGNER CAUGHT IN CINCINNATI
PRESS RELEASE
DECEMBER 3. 2001
We thank God that Clayton Lee Waagner has finally been apprehended and that perhaps the truth will be told about the collusion between him, anthrax and the abortion industry. More than anything else, Clayton Lee Waagner, the self-proclaimed "abortion avenger," is an invention of his own warped mind, with the willing help of the abortion industry and its spin machine. The two are, hand in glove, perpetrating one of the most heinous hoaxes in American history.

THE ABORTION INDUSTRY AND CLAYTON LEE WAAGNER
30 November 2001
Statement by Rev. Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Rescue and Operation Save America, November 30, 2001. After scurrilous attacks by abortion industry spin machine.

WILL THE REAL TERRORIST PLEASE STAND UP
November 16, 2001
Rarely in America have there been organizations willing to exploit the tragic events of September 11, 2001, for their own gain. Rarely that is, until one examines the pathetic behavior of Planned Parenthood and the "self-absorbed" abortion industry.

"AMERICA - THIS IS YOUR THIRD AND FINAL WARNING!"
PRESS RELEASE
September 11, 2001
The horrific attack on America this morning was no coincidence. Reminiscent of accounts in the Old Testament when God used prophets to warn nations of their wicked ways, America has been given its own warning over the shedding of innocent blood. The most recent national rebuke was this past weekend when a prophetic word was spoken to the White House and President George W. Bush on Saturday, September 8, 2001.

How Long Will You Waver Between Two Opinions, America?
August 10, 2001
His [the President's] words were right, but his actions betrayed the words of his mouth. "The federal government," he said, "would fund research on the 60 stem cell lines already existing but no more." Hopefully this would pacify both pro-life and pro-death groups. What he failed to realize is that there is no "common ground" between these two. One serves God, the author of life; the other serves Baal, the author of child sacrifice.

Will the Real Law Breakers Please Stand Up?
July 11, 2001
Rev. Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Save America, in response to Mayor Knight's statements declared, "Operation Save America is not the one bringing trouble into the city of Wichita. The trouble lies with those who claim to be pro-life with their mouths yet prove to be pro-death with their actions. Mayor Knight is the real troubler in Wichita. It is not George Tiller, Planned Parenthood, NOW, or NARAL that is the primary problem with abortion in America. It is those of us who claim the name of Christ and call ourselves pro-life, yet do nothing, that are perpetuating this heinous atrocity of abortion in our land. Abortion will end in Wichita when the Church of Jesus Christ makes up her mind that it will end. By his statement today, Mayor Knight indicates he is far more willing to live under the smoke stack of George Tiller's incinerated babies than he is to lift a finger to save their lives."

Another Abortionist Quits
May 11, 2001
It was announced today in the Lawrence World News, that Dr. Kristen Neuhaus will stop killing children in Wichita, Kansas. Neuhaus has, for several years, been a circuit-riding abortionist killing children in both Wichita and Lawrence. The News reported that Neuhaus made the decision to quit because Christians from around the nation will gather again in Wichita this summer to proclaim the Gospel of Christ at the gates of hell (abortion mills).

If Abortions are Down 40% Nationwide, Why are they up 30% in Kansas?
May 8, 2001
According to an Associated Press report done by Katrina Hull on March 26, 2001, the 30% increase in the number of abortions in the state of Kansas is due, in large part, to the number of out of state folks coming into Kansas to kill their children. "Nearly half the women who had abortions in Kansas last year were from other states … and legislators cited George Tiller's Wichita clinic as the main reason."

Unborn Victims of Violence Act - A Very Bad Idea!
April 26, 2001
Though well intentioned, our Congressman in the beltway of Washington, D.C., in a desperate attempt to ameliorate their pro-life constituencies, are sponsoring bills (Parental Notification, Parental Consent, etc.) that are so watered down they end up denying the very Word of God. This is exactly what is happening with the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. It is not all right to kill children if their parents have been notified, if their parents have given consent, or if their parents don't want them.
Webmaster's Note: For more clarification, please read the article Incrementalism - A Lie from the Pit of Hell!

James Kopp's Arrest: A Response from Operation Rescue
March 30, 2001
The media will attempt to paint every Christian, who loves life and lives out that belief in the streets of their cities, as wild-eyed, lunatic, fanatics bent on shooting abortionists and blowing up abortion mills. "Nothing could be further from the truth," said Rev. Flip Benham, National Director of Operation Rescue, "Nevertheless, James Kopp will be the abortion industry's trophy and the media tool to brand all pro-lifers as violent. It doesn't matter whether Mr. Kopp is innocent or guilty. He is just another human tool to be savaged by the abortion industry to promote its murderous ends." (Operation Rescue's historical perspective on this issue may be seen by clicking on the press release issued November 5, 1998)

Another Abortion Mill in Dallas Closes
March 16, 2001
The mill where Norma McCorvey, aka Jane Roe, met Jesus... The closing of "A Choice for Women" marks the sixth closing of an abortion mill in Dallas since 1991. This is commensurate with the large national decline in the number of abortion mills, abortionists, and abortions. "There were 12 abortion mills in Dallas in 1988 when we first began this ministry," said Rev. Benham, "Today there are only six.

Why Kids are Killing Kids in High Schools
March 5, 2001
At Santana High School in Santee, California, there are two confirmed dead and thirteen wounded. The shooter is a fellow classmate at Santana High. Operation Save America Director, Rev. Flip Benham has made the following statement...

FDA Approval of RU 486 a National Travesty
September 28, 2000
"...our young mothers will be subjected to chemical experimentation and our tiniest citizens subjected to chemical extermination. The abortion industry's never ending saga of seeking cleaner and quieter ways to kill children is reminiscent of another country's desire for a cleaner and quieter way to exterminate its citizens. "

Physicians Dispensing RU 486 Will Be Exposed
September 28, 2000
We may not be able to win this battle in Washington, D. C., but we will win it on the streets in cities across our nation. No doctor will be able to kill children in the privacy of his own practice without it being made known to the community at large.

Radical Homosexual Pastor Presses Charges Against National Director of Operation Rescue
September 18, 2000
After leaving the premises, Benham was told by Dallas Police that Mr. Piazza filed assault charges against him. Piazza claimed Benham held his hand too long during the greeting. Ironically, the title of Mr. Piazza’s sermon for September 17, 2000 - HOLD MY HAND!

Kimberly Mayoral Candidate, Scott Morro, Not Qualified to Hold Public Office!
September 5, 2000
Scott Morro, a Birmingham Police Officer, who also works off duty jobs has been harassing and persecuting Christians at Birmingham abortion clinics. Trying to peacefully and legally share their faith for over seven years, these people have endured much at the hands of this officer. Morro has made over fifty arrests, NONE of which resulted in convictions.

Operation Rescue National/Operation Save America announces National Campaign to Confront The Supreme Court of the United States of America
July 28, 2000
Operation Rescue and Operation Save America will confront the abortion industry and the Supreme Court during a weeklong campaign that begins in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 30, 2000. "It is not in the political arena that the battle for the lives of our children will be won but in the streets of our cities" said Rev. Benham. "It will not be won in Philadelphia (home of the Republican National Convention) but in St. Louis, where the Church of Jesus Christ will move against the gates of hell."

Treachery in the Supreme Court of the United States of America
June 29, 2000
One of the more revealing cases of the Supreme Court's utter disdain for God came in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992. Here the Supreme Court put into writing what it really thought. In a joint majority opinion penned by justices Kennedy, O'Conner, and Souter the court stated: "At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning of the universe, and the mystery of human life." With one stroke of the pen the Supreme Court rejected any belief in an absolute, transcendent, historical standard. The Supreme Court declared God irrelevant. We can all become like God now with an all-wise Supreme Court leading us.

Treachery in the Supreme Court of the United States of America
June 29, 2000
Perhaps this decision will allow us now to focus on the truth of the matter that ALL abortions are the taking of a human life. We can not determine these preborn children to be any more worthy of life at 24 weeks than they are at 8 weeks. All aborted children will feel horrendous pain. All women will experience exploitation and tremendous loss at the hands of the abortion industry. We can not 'select' which children are lucky enough to be born depending upon their circumstances of conception.

United States Department of Justice Slam Dunked in Dayton FACE Trial
May 31, 2000
Thursday, May 25, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the Department of Justice was turned upside down and inside out by Almighty God. The charges filed against us during our national event in Dayton, Ohio in 1997 have been dismissed by Judge Walter Rice.

Wichita Christians Confront the Tragedy of Abortion
April 21, 2000
Two very high profile cases will be heard by this court on Tuesday, April 25 and Wednesday, April 26. One concerning the legality of state bans on Partial Birth Abortions (Carhart v. Stenberg), the other concerning homosexual men desiring to be troop leaders in the Boy Scouts of America.

AN UNCONSCIONABLE CONGRESSIONAL OUTRAGE
February 2, 2000
An unthinking Senate today voted to strip protection from gentle Christians living out their faith at abortion mills across our nation. In an 80-17 vote, the United States Senate determined to invent legislation that would make it impossible for Christians to declare bankruptcy to protect themselves from the frivolous lawsuits brought on them by a rabid and very powerful abortion industry.

Wichita Christians Confront the Tragedy of Abortion
January 21, 2000
This day will not be only an occasion for mourning, but also a time of joy. God is in control, and He has delivered over 1,000 little boys and girls from abortion's graveyard since the 1991 Summer of Mercy.

Roe and Wade in Court Again
January 12, 2000
Roe meets Wade in the courtroom again as we near the 27^th memorial of the infamous Supreme Court decision that bears both of their names. This time the former “Jane Roe” comes to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. What a difference Jesus makes!

Abortion Decline is Not New News
January 7, 2000
No new laws have been enacted in Washington, D.C. that would account for this radical decline. As a matter of fact, since President Clinton (the most pro-abortion President ever) has been in office, the number of abortions have declined steadily. Why? The battle for the lives of children is being won as simple Christians live out their faith in the streets of their cities. We have been taking the Gospel truth to abortion mills, high school campuses, college campuses, the market places, the courts, city halls, and the halls of Congress. The truth is overcoming the lie!

United States of America vs. Operation Rescue, et al.
December 8, 1999
Why is the Justice Department using its big howitzers on a small little mesquito like Operation Rescue? Because it is beholden to the abortion industry and all that it stands for. Because Operation Rescue represents the Church of Jesus Christ fighting God’s battle in God’s way. Simple Christians living out their faith day after day, at places where children die - offering mother’s a real choice.

John Reyes to be Freed!
November 30, 1999
That which men condemned, God apparently justified. Over twenty men converted to Christianity, through John’s ministrations in the jail. Dozens have joined him in nightly Bible Studies. Some have asked John to come to the streets and speak with gang and criminal friends once he is released from jail. Others have publicly thanked God for their sentences because they led to their salvation while in jail!

Operation Rescue Confronts MCC
October 24, 1999
"Christianity and homosexuality do not go hand in hand," said the National Director of Operation Rescue, Rev. Flip Benham. "We will not sit back while enemies of the Gospel of Christ like Mel White continue to attack the veracity of the Christian faith. We must love our fellow man enough to speak the truth that sexual immorality of any type is a sin against God, one's self, and the Church of Jesus Christ."

KIDS FROM AROUND THE NATION TO BRING GOD BACK TO SCHOOL
September 16, 1999
In a sweeping plan to return the Bible to America's public schools and restore biblical literacy to America's children, Operation Save America, Scriptures in Schools (SIS), and Operation Rescue are joining hands to bring God back to school.

Operation Save America Coming to Wichita, Kansas
27 May 1999
As we did in Buffalo, New York last month, we will sound the trumpet and call the Church of Jesus Christ to George Tiller's abortion mill in Wichita, Kansas to take a stand!

Cobb County Solicitor General Guilty of Aiding and Abetting Rape of Five Year Old
May 14, 1999
The two books found in the possession of Wayne Cody Morita (principal suspect in the abduction, rape and attempted murder of a five year old girl) were brought to the attention of Solicitor General, Barry Morgan and District Attorney Pat Head months before the tragedy took place.

New York Attorney General Uses F.A.C.E to Censor Gospel of Christ
April 14, 1999
Elliot Sptizer, Attorney General of New York, is seeking a federal injunction to censor the Gospel of Jesus Christ from being proclaimed within 60 feet of abortion mills or hospitals that kill children.

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