Bud and Tara are working to organize a constant peaceful and prayerful presence at local abortion clinics and several other proven strategies, in an effort to end abortion in New Mexico. We are also reaching out to the Christian community to educate, activate, and encourage them to stand for life. Our ministry is Christ centered and grace filled. There are many ways to get involved, our prayer is that you will join us in our life saving ministry.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

KNKT 40 Days For Life, ABQ



On October 31st, one of Calvary’s designated days to pray at Planned Parenthood about 30 people came to stand for life. Calvary of ABQ also has their own Christian radio station 107.1 KNKT, and Peter Benson who hosts ABQ Connect aired his show on location at Planned Parenthood on October 31st and interviewed Pastor Eric Lamb, Bud Shaver, Phil Leahy along with some other local pro-life organizations including: Project Defending Life, Care Net, Birthright, New Mexico Right to Life, and Aspen Project-an adoption agency.

This is a glimpse of the hour long broadcast. In this 9 min video excerpt Peter Benson interviews Pastor Lamb, Bud Shaver and Phil Leahy during the Fall 40 Days for Life campaign at Planned Parenthood.

Peter Benson who hosts ABQ Connect aired his show on location at Planned Parenthood on October 31st. This is a glimpse of the hour long broadcast, here in this 9 min video excerpt. Peter Benson interviews Eric P. Lamb, Bud Shaver and Phil Leahy during the Fall 40 Days for Life campaign at Planned Parenthood. A special thanks to Jesse for his latest video!

Listen to the entire (1 hour) show here:
http://www.knkt.com/abqconnect_player.asp?id=1383 (Click on 10/31/2012 ABQ Connect)

Monday, November 12, 2012

PRESS RELEASE: New Mexico Abortionist Faces Discipline for Botched 35 Week Abortion

By, Operation Rescue 

November 12, 2012

Albuquerque, NM – Acting on complaints filed by Operation Rescue and Project Defending Life, the New Mexico Medical Board (NMMB) has filed a Notice of Contemplated Action alleging gross negligence against late-term abortionist Shelley Sella during a 35-week abortion that landed the woman in the hospital with a ruptured uterus.

                                      

“Shelley Sella has a long and sordid history. We have been looking forward to the day when she would be held accountable for her abortion abuses. That day has finally arrived,” said Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor for Operation Rescue.

The abortion took place on May 12, 2011. Tara Shaver of Project Defending Life obtained a copy of the 911 call placed that day, which revealed incriminating details of the medical emergency. Mrs. Shaver worked with Operation Rescue to file a series of complaints that resulted in the Board’s action.

A hearing will be held on November 29-30 to determine what, if any, disciplinary action the Board will take, which could include suspension or revocation of Sella’s New Mexico medical license.

NMMB documents state that Sella wrongly conducted the dangerous 35-week abortion in a clinic setting instead of a hospital and disregarded the patient’s history of a previous Caesarean Section delivery. A Caesarean Section weakens the uterus, increasing the risks of rupture during subsequent labors. Sella is also accused of over-using uterine stimulants, which contributed to the life-threatening rupture.

Sella is a former associate of the late George Tiller, having worked for him at his infamous late-term abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas. After that clinic closed in 2009, Sella went to work for Curtis Boyd at Southwestern Women’s Options in Albuquerque, New Mexico, an affiliate of the troubled National Abortion Federation, conducting the same grisly late-term abortion procedure she learned in Wichita.

Sella cancelled her Kansas medical license the same week the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts notified Operation Rescue that a disciplinary petition had been filed against one of Sella’s Kansas co-workers, Ann Kristin Neuhaus, who had provided improper late-term abortion referrals to Tiller’s abortion clinic.

Testimony taken during Neuhaus’ disciplinary hearings indicated that late-term abortions done in Kansas by Sella were in fact illegal. The KSBHA revoked Neuhaus’ medical license, but because Sella had previously surrendered her license, she was outside their jurisdiction and avoided accountability for her actions.

Sella also works as an abortionist for Planned Parenthood in California.

More Information


 



Bud and Tara Shaver- "We are former intern's with Operation Rescue. We moved to Albuquerque, NM to work alongside Project Defending Life to implement proven strategies to peacefully and legally end abortion in New Mexico." 

Check out the endorsement by Operation Rescue published by www.lifenews.com:

Pro-Life Advocates in New Mexico Keep Fighting Abortion Industry


Prayerfully consider making a donation so that we can continue to make every effort to see all the Albuquerque abortion clinic's closed! 
You can donate securely here: (Click link) Prayer and a Pro-Life Witness  (Cornerstone is a pro-life alternative to paypal)

Or, your donation can be mailed to:

Bud and Tara Shaver
P.O. Box 50351
Albuquerque, NM 87181

All donations made out to Project Defending Life, earmarked for "Bud or Tara Shaver" are tax deductible.
 

Thursday, November 1, 2012

November Newsletter: The Calvary Has Arrived!

The Calvary Has Arrived!


This month, the 40 Days For Life campaign was out in full force! We are so pleased that during this campaign Calvary of Albuquerque stepped up in a big way. On October 31st, one of Calvary’s designated days to pray at Planned Parenthood about 30 people
came to stand for life. Calvary of ABQ also has their own Christian radio station 107.1 KNKT, and Peter Benson who hosts ABQ Connect aired his show on location at Planned Parenthood on October 31st and interviewed Bud along with some other local pro-life organizations including: Care Net, Birthright, New Mexico Right to Life, and Aspen Project-an adoption agency.


(Peter Benson interviewing Pastor Eric Lamb)

Also, this month the first of a series of videos was finished titled: “The Calvary Has Arrived” you can watch this encouraging 11 min. promo video here at our blog. Calvary of Albuquerque is the largest Christian Church by attendance in the entire state of New Mexico! It is encouraging to see them step up in a big way! A vital part of our ministry consists of helping to educate and activate the Christian community to stand for life. This month we are seeing the fruit of this effort. God is moving the biggest hearts, Churches, and mountains in New Mexico!


The Survivors Campus Life Tour was in town this month. We love having them join us at the clinics and doing outreach at the local colleges and high schools. Education is key in abortion prevention.


(Picture by Survivors CLT)

“The Campus Life Team is COMMITTED. After stopping in an Albuquerque shopping center to order pizza for dinner, the team noticed a Planned Parenthood a few doors down. They placed their order, grabbed some sidewalk chalk, and spent all the time it took to make the pizza writing pro-life messages across the walk in front of PP's door. Unwavering abolitionists! “


Sidewalk Testimonies

This month out at late-term abortion mill SWO as I approached a woman in her car who was leaving the parking lot I noticed tears in her eyes but she was smiling, and said "Thank you, I didn't do it! I just could not do it!" I gave her local resources just in case she needed anything. Praise God! Another sidewalk counselor was able to pray and minister to a woman who had come to schedule an abortion. We are confident and prayerful that she will not have the abortion! We also spoke with a young father for quite a while who was open and honest. He brought his girlfriend for an abortion and she did go through with it. However, after our conversation he stated that our talk had changed his perspective and changed him. He openly stated that he was ashamed of himself. He was sorry that we met at an abortion clinic. He wanted us to know that he would never do this again, he was going to try to marry his girlfriend and he wished he would see us again "Not like this...Maybe at the mall."

This month a young man walked through the parking lot headed toward late-term abortion mill SWO. He was offered a gift packet that has been put together to hand out. He remarked "I can't say no to a gift." When asked why he was headed into SWO, he replied that his mother worked there and he was getting a ride home. He remarked when prodded that he did not like that his mom worked at an abortion clinic. He was encouraged to talk to his mom about his concerns...because according to one sidewalk counselor, "A mom always listens to her children." Pray that this is the seed that is planted that brings his mother out of the abortion industry!


This month after urgently ministering to a couple from California we realized they had come for a late-term abortion and that it was too late for the child, when we are at a loss for words and struggling to understand how best to serve the couples who refuse our resources...Prayer remains our most precious resource. Our God is bigger than the greatest mountains we face!


Wow, what a great witness to the community....this month, instead of meeting in their home or a coffee shop two women’s groups had their ladies weekly/monthly meeting on the sidewalks in front of abortion clinics SWO and UNMCRH. They are sharing fellowship here, praying here, worshiping here, lighting up the darkness, and sharing the love of Christ!



INSIDE THE HEART OF A PRO-LIFE ACTIVIST

This originally appeared on Tyler Ellis' blog btylerellis.com

"Tyler Ellis is a College Minister at the University of Delaware and author of Question Everything. His blog is dedicated to exploring the challenge of knowing God and helping others do the same."

Bud and I have been roommates, groomsmen, and friends for more than a decade now. We went to Bible College together years ago and later got to do ministry together in Arizona. It was in Arizona that Bud and his wife first got their feet wet volunteering in a pro-life ministry. Since then, they have become full-time missionaries. They currently live in Albuquerque, NM and work alongside Project Defending Life www.lateterm.com. Their mission is to end abortion in New Mexico and to minister to women and families in crisis.

TYLER: What is it that you do?

BUD:
Click here to read the full interview with Bud.

This also appeared on www.lifenews.com Interview: Inside the Heart of a Pro-Life Activist

With the end of the year approaching, now is a great time to make a year end tax-deductible donation so we can continue our life saving ministry in New Mexico!

You can donate securely here: (Click link) Prayer and a Pro-Life Witness (Cornerstone is a pro-life alternative to paypal)

Or, your donation can be mailed to:

Bud and Tara Shaver
P.O. Box 50351
Albuquerque, NM 87181

All donations made out to Project Defending Life, earmarked for "Bud or Tara Shaver" are tax deductible.

Please Pray:

~For an end to abortion in New Mexico.
~For the conversion of every abortion doctor and clinic worker.
~For softened hearts of the women we speak to each day at abortion clinics.
~For the moms who have already chosen life and for the means to continue to serve them.
~For a continued grace filled and Christ centered ministry focus.
~For more opportunities to share the truth about abortion and it’s effects with the Christian community.
~For the Christian community to rise up out of apathy and a spiritual awakening.
~For more workers for this ripe harvest.
~For our safety in this spiritual battle.





ABQ Connect Live (1 Hour) Broadcast For 40 Days For Life

(Peter Benson interviewing Pastor Eric Lamb)

On October 31st, one of Calvary’s designated days to pray at Planned Parenthood about 30 people came to stand for life. Calvary of ABQ also has their own Christian radio station 107.1 KNKT, and Peter Benson who hosts ABQ Connect aired his show on location at Planned Parenthood on October 31st and interviewed Bud along with some other local pro-life organizations including: Care Net, Birthright, New Mexico Right to Life, and Aspen Project-an adoption agency.

Listen to the entire (1 hour) show here:
http://www.knkt.com/abqconnect_player.asp?id=1383 (Click on 10/31/2012 ABQ Connect)

Monday, October 29, 2012

The Calvary Has Arrived!



Calvary Chapel ABQ in New Mexico is stepping up in a big way. Pastor Eric Lamb shares his vision and motivation behind the Pro-Life Movement "9 Months." This movement is bigger than Calvary Chapel ABQ and must be achieved by the Christian community standing together and utilizing our collective resources to oppose the injustice of abortion and minister to the women and couples in need.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

INSIDE THE HEART OF A PRO-LIFE ACTIVIST


(Image by: ~hellosunshine19)

This originally appeared on Tyler Ellis' blog btylerellis.com

"Tyler Ellis is a College Minister at the University of Delaware and author of Question Everything. His blog is dedicated to exploring the challenge of knowing God and helping others do the same."

Bud and I have been roommates, groomsmen, and friends for more than a decade now. We went to Bible College together years ago and later got to do ministry together in Arizona. It was in Arizona that Bud and his wife first got their feet wet volunteering in a pro-life ministry. Since then, they have become full-time missionaries. They currently live in Albuquerque, NM and work alongside Project Defending Life www.lateterm.com. Their mission is to end abortion in New Mexico and to minister to women and families in crisis.

TYLER: What is it that you do?

BUD:
Click here to read the full interview with Bud.


This also appeared on www.lifenews.com Interview: Inside the Heart of a Pro-Life Activist