Editor's note. Part Two talks about a wonderful memorial to the 50 million unborn children who have lost their lives to abortion.

Let me begin by quickly saying, "thank you."

Yesterday, I asked our readers to please drop me an e-mail and I would send them back the "National Petition to Stop the Federal No-Limits-On-Abortion Bill." The petition urges all United States Senators and House members to reject the so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA), a radical pro-abortion battering ram intended to demolish all state and federal limitations on abortion.

I was not surprised, but pleasantly pleased by the volume of e-mail send to daveandrusko@gmail.com. I spent a couple of hours last night and this morning sending the petition out as an attachment that you can both forward to your pro-life contacts and download for your own use.

One minister told me he planned to download the petition, make 500 copies, and pass it out at his church. Many others talked about the various social networks (such as MySpace and FaceBook) on which they would post the petition. Still others said circulating the petition was a perfect outlet for the surge of renewed energy they felt because of the victory Tuesday of pro-life Sen. Saxby Chambliss in a runoff in Georgia.

As I say, please e-mail me at daveandrusko@gmail.com, and ask to have the "National Petition to Stop the Federal No-Limits-On-Abortion Bill" sent to you as an attachment to be downloaded and forwarded to your pro-life contacts.

Tomorrow Dr. Randall K. O'Bannon will talk about another blatant example of a PPFA affiliate skirting the law. The incident took place in Indiana, the same state you may remember whose state office has the poor judgment and abysmal taste to offer "certificates" during the "holiday" season that can be used to pay for abortions. (http://nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Dec08/nv120208.html)

Naturally, the official line is that the conduct is confined to a rogue employee, the PPFA would never even think about getting around parental notification laws or fail to report suspected cases of statutory rape.

As for today, I never thought I could find a silver lining in our nation's economic downturn, but I have. Just found out (according to the Associated Press) that "Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota said the bad economy prompted it to eliminate 9.5 positions, including the director of its two South Dakota clinics."

A spokeswoman, Kathi Di Nicola, told the AP "the organization felt it could not keep its public affairs staffing level and also maintain enough workers for health care services." Unfortunately, the cutbacks do not mean that the Sioux Falls and Rapid City clinics will close.

Please take a moment to read Part Two: "Memorial to the Missing."