Operation Outcry Iowa Leader Luana Stolterberg testifying on behalf of herself and all of Operation Outcry before the Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. at the hearing,
"Planned Parenthood Exposed: Examining Abortion Procedures and Medical Ethics at the Nation's Large Abortion Provider." Luana was invited by the Judiciary Committee to
testify how abortion affected her. The Operation Outcry Declarations & Affidavits were presented at this hearing (see stacks on table) in October 2015. She also testified
this year in the successful Iowa Heartbeat Bill that was passed. All 4600 testimonies were submitted to the Legislature in Iowa to support the Heartbeat bill.
to provide resources, training, and
education on abortion laws. The
foundation is led by President Allan
Parker, a former law professor, and trial
lawyer. According to the CDC, in the
latest data from 2015, 638,169
abortions were reported in the United
States. Allan estimates unreported
abortions and “spontaneous abortions”
caused by Plan B contraceptives and
IUDs bring that number closer to one
million annually.
The Moral Outcry Petition
The Justice Foundation has developed
a petition, and is seeking one
million or more signatures, to provide
Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court)
Brief support for the case to be reevaluated
by the Supreme Court. Under
legal precedent, a Supreme Court
ruling can be overruled or reversed if it
met with “severe criticism,” or a lack of
acceptance by the American people.
They hope to reach 250,000 signatures
by Jan. 22, 2019, which is the anniversary
of the Roe v. Wade decision. The
Justice Foundation cites five reasons to
overturn Roe v. Wade in its petition:
1. The claim that abortion is a crime
against humanity. A crime against
humanity occurs when the government
withdraws legal protection
from a class of human beings – in
this case, a human embryo or fetus.
Parker recounts cases the Supreme
Court later challenged and
overturned. In 1857, the Supreme
Court ruled in the case of Dred Scott
v. John Sanford, that African Americans
were not and could not be
citizens. The case was later
overturned by the 13th Amendment,
which abolished slavery, and the
14th Amendment, which granted
citizenship and equal protection of
laws to “all persons born or naturalized
in the United States.”
Another significant case includes
the 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson,
in which the Supreme Court upheld
“separate but equal” doctrine
regarding racial segregation laws.
The case was later overturned in
1954, 58 years after the Plessy v.
Ferguson decision. “Like abortion,
people thought segregation was the
law of the land,” said Parker.
2. The claim that there is new evidence
that proves life begins at conception.
The Law of Judicial Precedent also
infers that a case should be reviewed
or overturned if there are major
changes in factual circumstance.
According to Parker, “We change the
laws because they become out of date.
In 1973, in Roe, (they concluded) that
at this 'stage in the development of
man’s knowledge,' we don’t know when
life begins. DNA testing use in courts
didn't even exist in 1973.”
Texas laws state life begins at
conception, meaning forced
abortions are a homicide and
abortion is only legal with consent
from the mother. The data for when
life deserves legal protection is still
highly debated and divided among
states, scholars, medical professionals,
and religious leaders, as is
“personhood” or when a person
should be protected equally under
the laws of the United States.
3. The claim that there is new evidence
that abortion hurts women. The
Justice Foundation, within its ministry,
Operation Outcry, has collected
more than 4,600
testimonies of
women who have
stated they have
been hurt by their
abortions, resulting
in severe
depression and
loss of self-esteem.
“In 1973, the court thought it was
helping women, by freeing them from
the burden of childcare, for those who
didn’t want to or couldn’t care for their
child,” said Parker. “But, what we’ve
seen ( from these testimonies) is that
it’s hurting women on a vast scale.” A
woman who believes she has been
hurt by abortion can confidentially
file her testimony with The Justice
Foundation at operationoutcry.org.
Pictured right to left: Rabbi Yehuda Glick, a member of
Israel's Knesset, Allan Parker and Cindy Collins at the
Knesset. November 2018.
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