By Dave Andrusko

Gosh, I should surely have noticed this before now. President George W. Bush, as modest as he is pro-life, is going to be the featured speaker at the 27th annual Life Centers Celebration of Life fund-raiser in Indianapolis. The special musical guest is Grammy Award-winning artist Sandi Patty. Sandi, and 2009 Miss America Katie Stam, will join the 43rd President at Conseco Fieldhouse April 15.

I went on Life Centers' webpage and found this information:

Pro-Life President George W. Bush

"We are honored to welcome President George W. Bush, whose strong record on life issues demonstrates his belief that every life matters," Brian Boone, Life Centers president and CEO, said. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate life - with a keynote address from a public servant who made the sanctity of human life a priority."

According to the website (lifecenters.com) Life Centers is "a nonprofit Christian ministry which helps women in unplanned pregnancies by providing free services including pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, confidential peer counseling, 24-hour help line calls, post-abortion and maternity support at its eight pregnancy resource centers across Central Indiana."

How appropriate that Mr. Bush should help out. "Bush is a fitting speaker for this event," writes Russ Pulliam in an op-ed for the Indianapolis Star. "He ranks with Ronald Reagan as one of the most pro-life presidents since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision made abortion a legal right."

The one time I met President Bush in person he was gracious, kind, at-ease, and a perfect host. (A group of us from NRLC met with the President at the White House.)

Mr. Bush is a former President of the United States, still a very powerful man. It does not surprise me in the least that he would find time to travel to Indiana to speak on behalf of an organization whose mission it is to help women find life-affirming solutions. What a contrast to our current President.

Just a word about Sandi Patty. When my children were young we exposed them to a lot of great music. Among the very best was an album Sandi put together titled "Friendship Company."

There are a number of life-affirming songs, but none more special to me and my family than "Masterpiece." You can listen to it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1R1lctzsOM&feature=related.

If you can attend the event, tickets are available at the Conseco Fieldhouse Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at (800) 745-3000 or online at Ticketmaster.com. For all other information, call (317) 280-2635.

Please visit www.nationalrighttolifenews.org and send your comments to daveandrusko@gmail.com.

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