RADIOJune 13, 2022

Why this attack PROVES the left's losing the abortion debate

CompassCare Pregnancy Services in Buffalo, New York recently endured a VICIOUS attack from the far-left. The building was destroyed, CEO Jim Harden tells Glenn: ‘Glass was broken and fires lit, because we do not comply with the ruling elite's position,’ he says. But a strike like this may be proof the far-left is fully aware actions taken by the pro-life movement are WORKING: ‘The abortion industry is scrambling,’ he says. Plus, Harden describes what YOU can do to help this center continue to provide important healthcare for women...

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GLENN: You know, I -- I was telling somebody who was up here at the ranch yesterday, we were talking about how to solve America's problems. And I said, one of the biggest things we have to do. Is we have to return to the philosophy of George Washington. We have to be people of merit. We have to merit and earn the -- the right to even be able to ask God, can you help us with our problems?

And that doesn't mean doing the things we want to do. That doesn't mean, getting God on our side.

God is, believe it or not, on everybody's side. However, he can only help the people that are walking in his footsteps. Especially when we are facing evil. You can't have anything to do with evil. And malice. And revenge. And anger. Those do not come from him. So we need to look for things that we can do. And I'm on a kick this year, to this audience. I would like to see us raise enough money to save 50,000 children from being aborted. And I'll tell you about it later. But we have to have these centers around. And they are coming under attack. This is the third now pregnancy service, that has been attacked. This up, just happened outside of Buffalo, I believe. It's up -- up in upstate New York. And the CEO, James Harden is on with us now. It's Compass Care pregnancy services. And so you know, James is a guy, who has really done so much for life. He has -- he came up with the first measurable and repeatable medical model in the pregnancy center movement, which has helped hundreds of centers nationwide become more effective at reaching more women and saving more babies from abortion. There's a reason that they selected his abortion center. Their Buffalo office was the one that was hit. Welcome to the program, James Harden.

JAMES: Glenn, it's an honor to be with you. Thanks for having me on.

GLENN: You bet. So tell me what happened, first of all. This happened in the middle of the night. Everybody is safe, right? What happened?

JAMES: This is the pro-abortion Kristallnacht. What happened was gas was broken, and fires lit, because we do not comply with the ruling elite's position, that we should be referring and providing for abortion.

Women do not feel like they have a choice when they are facing a pregnancy. They feel stuck, trapped, like they've got no choice. Like they need to have an abortion. And what we do, is we erase the need for abortion, by transforming what we see in confidence, with ethical medical care and comprehensive community support, throughout the pregnancy and beyond. And they targeted women that night. They targeted women. This is a -- it's heinous. The building is totally destroyed. We got essentially 25 percent fire damage, 100 percent smoke damage. It's going to take months to repair. Hundreds of thousands of dollars. But, you know, the church in Western New York has rallied. We didn't lose one single patient that day, and we've relocated to a secure, undisclosed location, and we're serving patients, serving patients and up and running yesterday. They meant to shut us down, and we soldiered on.

GLENN: I have to tell you, I can't believe we're living in the days that I never really, truly could understand, when I would read and good would be evil. And evil would be called good.

Look at what's happening. You're going underground, because you refuse to kill children.

JAMES: Exactly right. I'm with you 100 percent, Glenn. I can't believe we're living in these days, either. When good is called evil. And evil is called good. Everything is upside down. And what's bothering me right now, is that there are politicians, that are refuse to go denounce the violence against pro-life pregnancy centers. They're refusing to say, hey. This is wrong.

Violence is wrong everywhere, all the time. This is not how you solve problems. And their silence can only be interpreted as complicity, and it's emboldening these terrorists.

GLENN: Yes.

JAMES: This is a national --

GLENN: Okay. So -- I know it is. So tell me what's happening in New York.

The governor of New York, earmarked millions of dollars to help pay for, you know, women to travel to New York for abortions. They're allocating more money to beef up security, for abortion providers. And they don't even seem really interested in finding out who did this, with you.

JAMES: No. The FBI is involved. The FBI has been involved since before the firebombing. Because we have threats. And they knew it was coming.

And Kathy Hochul. Governor Hochul has refused to denounce the violence against pro-life pregnancy centers. Furthermore, she added insult to injury, by getting the legislature to pass a bill to investigate pregnancy centers. What is that? She should be vetoing that bill.

GLENN: What do you mean investigating pregnancy -- what are they investigating you for?

JAMES: For -- for how we're potentially harming women's ability to access health care, and their -- in unmet resource needs. We are their health care and unmet resource need provider. And they are going to investigate -- they need to redirect the funds that they're sending to this investigation, to investigate the true criminals. Where is Letitia James, the attorney general? Why isn't she investigating criminals that are --

GLENN: If you live in New York, you need to be on the phone, with your legislators and your governor and the attorney general, probably most importantly. And ask them where they are. Why are they not investigating these things?

The -- on your building, Jane was here, was spray-painted on the building. What do you know about the group that is Jane's revenge, and how sure is anybody that they were the ones that did it?

JAMES: Well, Jane's Revenge is the organization that has been inciting violence against pro-life activity, specifically pro-life pregnancy centers. Jane's revenge refers to Jane's collective. Which is an underground abortion, you know, activist group, in the 1960s, in Chicago.

And they provided abortions out of people's houses. And so Jane's revenge, is afraid that Roe vs. Wade is going to get reversed, and they're doing everything they can with respect to using terror, to shut down any kind of pro-life activity.

But, you know what, when Roe vs. Wade. As you know, Glenn. If Roe vs. Wade is reversed by the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, it doesn't end abortion. It just concentrates abortion off-state, like New York. We're already seeing women coming from Texas, to receive services here.

GLENN: Right. You -- you are going to live in a state. Because I -- you know, when the regulator is off. And they feel like they -- they're making a point. I'm telling you, they're going to start killing children after birth. They're just going to let them die. And it will be totally legal to do that.

And the choice will be clear for so many people. Are you going to be a part of a state that is -- that is actually involved in this evil. Or will you go some place, and give your tax dollars to their place, that is doing the opposite?

And trying to save lives. And, you know, it's interesting, Jim. You know, I've been doing some workable with preborn.

And you are cut from the same cloth, I think. And it's -- it's not just about saving the baby. It is the aftercare and the care that goes all the way along, with the child, that is so important. That nobody is -- nobody on the left will do.

JAMES: Exactly. No. No. I defy anyone to find an abortionist, who will provide any care, other than what they get paid for. And that's only abortion. They will only do abortion, and they're only going to get paid for it. But we do everything for free. We provide all this ethical medical care and comprehensive community support for free. They're not lifting a finger for these women. They're not providing -- you know what abortion is? Abortion is abandonment. That's society's way of saying, we don't want anything to do with this. But the community rallies around women through pregnancy centers, pro-life pregnancy centers. Because we believe, we believe that everyone is made in the image of God. And therefore, equally, valuable and deserving of protection. That's where dignity emanates for the human being. And we've lost that. Because we've lost the belief that we all, human beings are the crown of creation, and must be protected. Even the people, that live in the dark. And firebombed our clinic the other day.

Those people are also made in God's image, and deserving a blessing of protection. And we're calling them out to life.

GLENN: Jim, how can we help you? First of all, let me just ask the audience.

Please, if you have money. And I know money is tight. So you have to be careful where you're giving money. But I'm telling you, God's blessings will rain down on us. If we are protecting God's children.

All of God's children. If we don't strike out in violence. If we live the teachings of Jesus Christ. And we help on this front.

It -- it may be the difference of survival, and not. For our nation.

So erasing the need.com/donate.

The money will go to compass care pregnancy services, so they can continue their work. They can rebuild and be secure. Erasingtheneed.com/donate.

Please, first thing, make a donation. What else can people do?

JAMES: What else can people do? They can pray. Pray for wisdom. Pray for strength. Pray for unity. Pray that the violence will end. Also, people can act. Beyond giving. Certainly, they can -- they can give. We have a national strategy. And our strategy is working. And that's why we've been attacked. We know that the abortion battle lines are shifting. And the abortion industry is scrambling. And the reason why they attack us, is what they're doing to reduce abortion, is working. And we have a model to expand services and infrastructure throughout New York State. To handle the increased load. We're at Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, expanding into the city. It's working, Glenn. And we've got a model -- all the abortion states to follow. And they know it. And what you can do, everybody can do this. Everybody can go to prolifepregnancycenter.com and sign a petition that will go to Joe Biden and other politicians like New York Governor Hochul, demanding that they denounce the violence to pro-life pregnancy centers, and veto this heinous, nefarious, frivolous investigation bill against pregnancy centers in New York.

GLENN: I never thought, Jim, that pro-life and -- and this fight would be the thing that would bring us together.

JAMES: Yeah.

GLENN: I always -- I always saw it as a divisive issue. And I spent many years of my career, probably half of my career, not even talking about abortion. Because it was so divisive.

But I have to tell you, I think it is the thing that will in the end, unite us. And unite us in a way of peace. And -- and healing.

JAMES: Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Abortion represents a flash point of culture, that forces us to think about the value of humanity.

You know, abortion represents a fundamental misunderstandings of what it means to be human under God. And if we take the lessons that we're learning right now, society can -- can rehumanize. We can return to civilized order. You know, the only way to do this is to follow in the footsteps of Christ. He died on the cross for us. But we can put up a center before God, who would die of exposure of our sins. And he said, I'm going to die for you. But you can go and do likewise. Go and do likewise for the weak and vulnerable. There's no one weaker in our society. No one in our society, than a woman who thinks she has been no choice but to end the life of her child. And the child in her womb, whose mother thinks she has to abort. There is no one weaker. And that is how you walk in the footsteps of Jesus. You serve them, you love them, you protect them, you bless them.

GLENN: Thank you so much, Jim. You feel free. Keep our number. You call me any time you need anything. All right?

JAMES: Thank you, Glenn.

GLENN: Is your staff mentally okay?

JAMES: Our staff, our morale is high. But I can tell you, we're getting a little tired. We've got a lot of work ahead of us. But no one is flagging -- no one is failing. Everybody is doing a fantastic job. And the people, New Yorkers in general, are rallying. It's a wonderful thing to see. You know what Satan means for evil, God will turn for his good.

GLENN: Yes, he will. Jim, thank you very much. It's Jim Harden, CEO Of Compass Care Services. You can donate and help at erasingtheneed.com/donate.

This is why we have taken on another sponsor. Preborn.com/Beck. We took them on as a sponsor on TheBlaze. And they really do so much good. We have to stand together, and help the children, help the children live. Back in a minute.

Could passengers have SAVED Iryna Zarutska?

Surveillance footage of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, reveals that the other passengers on the train took a long time to help her. Glenn, Stu, and Jason debate whether they were right or wrong to do so.

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GLENN: You know, I'm -- I'm torn on how I feel about the people on the train.

Because my first instinct is, they did nothing! They did nothing! Then my -- well, sit down and, you know -- you know, you're going to be judged. So be careful on judging others.

What would I have done? What would I want my wife to do in that situation?

STU: Yeah. Are those two different questions, by the way.

GLENN: Yeah, they are.

STU: I think they go far apart from each other. What would I want myself to do. I mean, it's tough to put yourself in a situation. It's very easy to watch a video on the internet and talk about your heroism. Everybody can do that very easily on Twitter. And everybody is.

You know, when you're in a vehicle that doesn't have an exit with a guy who just murdered somebody in front of you, and has a dripping blood off of a knife that's standing 10 feet away from you, 15 feet away from you.

There's probably a different standard there, that we should all kind of consider. And maybe give a little grace to what I saw at least was a woman, sitting across the -- the -- the aisle.

I think there is a difference there. But when you talk about that question. Those two questions are definitive.

You know, I know what I would want myself to do. I would hope I would act in a way that didn't completely embarrass myself afterward.

But I also think, when I'm thinking of my wife. My advice to my wife would not be to jump into the middle of that situation at all costs. She might do that anyway. She actually is a heck of a lot stronger than I am.

But she might do it anyway.

GLENN: How pathetic, but how true.

STU: Yes. But that would not be my advice to her.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: Now, maybe once the guy has certainly -- is out of the area. And you don't think the moment you step into that situation. He will turn around and kill you too. Then, of course, obviously. Anything you can do to step in.

Not that there was much anyone on the train could do.

I mean, I don't think there was an outcome change, no matter what anyone on that train did.

Unfortunately.

But would I want her to step in?

Of course. If she felt she was safe, yes.

Think about, you said, your wife. Think about your daughter. Your daughter is on that train, just watching someone else getting murdered like that. Would you advise your daughter to jump into a situation like that?

That girl sitting across the aisle was somebody's daughter. I don't know, man.

JASON: I would. You know, as a dad, would I advise.

Hmm. No.

As a human being, would I hope that my daughter or my wife or that I would get up and at least comfort that woman while she's dying on the floor of a train?

Yeah.

I would hope that my daughter, my son, that I would -- and, you know, I have more confidence in my son or daughter or my wife doing something courageous more than I would.

But, you know, I think I have a more realistic picture of myself than anybody else.

And I'm not sure that -- I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. I know what I would hope I would do. But I also know what I fear I would do. But I would have hoped that I would have gotten up and at least tried to help her. You know, help her up off the floor. At least be there with her, as she's seeing her life, you know, spill out in under a minute.

And that's it other thing we have to keep in mind. This all happened so rapidly.

A minute is -- will seem like a very long period of time in that situation. But it's a very short period of time in real life.

STU: Yeah. You watch the video, Glenn. You know, I don't need the video to -- to change my -- my position on this.

But at his seem like there was a -- someone who did get there, eventually, to help, right? I saw someone seemingly trying to put pressure on her neck.

GLENN: Yeah. And tried to give her CPR.

STU: You know, no hope at that point. How long of a time period would you say that was?

Do you know off the top of your head?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know. I know that we watched the video that I saw. I haven't seen past 30 seconds after she --

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: -- is down. And, you know, for 30 seconds nothing is happening. You know, that is -- that is not a very long period of time.

STU: Right.

GLENN: In reality.

STU: And especially, I saw the pace he was walking. He certainly can't be -- you know, he may have left the actual train car by 30 seconds to a minute. But he wasn't that far away. Like he was still in visual.

He could still turn around and look and see what's going on at that point. So certainly still a threat is my point. He has not, like, left the area. This is not that type of situation.

You know, I -- look, as you point out, I think if I could be super duper sexist for a moment here, sort of my dividing line might just be men and women.

You know, I don't know if it's that a -- you're not supposed to say that, I suppose these days. But, like, there is a difference there. If I'm a man, you know, I would be -- I would want my son to jump in on that, I suppose. I don't know if he could do anything about it. But you would expect at least a grown man to be able to go in there and do something about it. A woman, you know, I don't know.

Maybe I'm -- I hope --

GLENN: Here's the thing I -- here's the thing that I -- that causes me to say, no. You should have jumped in.

And that is, you know, you've already killed one person on the train. So you've proven that you're a killer. And anybody who would have screamed and got up and was with her, she's dying. She's dying. Get him. Get him.

Then the whole train is responsible for stopping that guy. You know. And if you don't stop him, after he's killed one person, if you're not all as members of that train, if you're not stopping him, you know, the person at the side of that girl would be the least likely to be killed. It would be the ones that are standing you up and trying to stop him from getting back to your daughter or your wife or you.

JASON: There was a -- speaking of men and women and their roles in this. There was a video circling social media yesterday. In Sweden. There was a group of officials up on a stage. And one of the main. I think it was health official woman collapses on stage. Completely passes out.

All the men kind of look away. Or I don't know if they're looking away. Or pretending that they didn't know what was going on. There was another woman standing directly behind the woman passed out.

Immediately springs into action. Jumps on top. Grabs her pant leg. Grabs her shoulder. Spins her over and starts providing care.

What did she have that the other guys did not? Or women?

She was a sheepdog. There is a -- this is my issue. And I completely agree with Stu. I completely agree with you. There's some people that do not respond this way. My issue is the proportion of sheepdogs versus people that don't really know how to act. That is diminishing in western society. And American society.

We see it all the time in these critical actions. I mean, circumstances.

There are men and women, and it's actually a meme. That fantasize about hoards of people coming to attack their home and family. And they sit there and say, I've got it. You guys go. I'm staying behind, while I smoke my cigarette and wait for the hoards to come, because I will sacrifice myself. There are men and women that fantasize of block my highway. Go ahead. Block my highway. I'm going to do something about it. They fantasize about someone holding up -- not a liquor store. A convenience store or something. Because they will step in and do something. My issue now is that proportion of sheepdogs in society is disappearing. Just on statistical fact, there should be one within that train car, and there were none.

STU: Yeah. I mean --

JASON: They did not respond.

STU: We see what happens when they do, with Daniel Penny. Our society tries to vilify them and crush their existence. Now, there weren't that many people on that train. Right?

At least on that car. At least it's limited. I only saw three or four people there, there may have been more. I agree with you, though. Like, you see what happens when we actually do have a really recent example of someone doing exactly what Jason wants and what I would want a guy to do. Especially a marine to step up and stop this from happening. And the man was dragged by our legal system to a position where he nearly had to spend the rest of his life in prison.

I mean, I -- it's insanity. Thankfully, they came to their senses on that one.

GLENN: Well, the difference between that one and this one though is that the guy was threatening. This one, he killed somebody.

STU: Yeah. Right. Well, but -- I think -- but it's the opposite way. The debate with Penny, was should he have recognize that had this person might have just been crazy and not done anything?

Maybe. He hadn't actually acted yet. He was just saying things.

GLENN: Yeah. Well --

STU: He didn't wind up stabbing someone. This is a situation where these people have already seen what this man will do to you, even when you don't do anything to try to stop him. So if this woman, who is, again, looks to be an average American woman.

Across the aisle. Steps in and tries to do something. This guy could easily turn around and just make another pile of dead bodies next to the one that already exists.

And, you know, whether that is an optimal solution for our society, I don't know that that's helpful.

In that situation.

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Are Demonic Forces to Blame for Charlie Kirk, Minnesota & Charlotte Killings?

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