Jivin J’s Life Links 12-30-09
by JivinJ
The Focus ad supposedly features the story of University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother. Pam Tebow and her husband were Christian missionaries in the Philippines in the ’80s, and during her pregnancy with Tim she developed amoebic dysentery. Doctors told her the strong drug they used to kill the infection had likely damaged the fetus, and they suggested an abortion. Pam refused. Tim was born healthy, won the Heisman Trophy in 2007, led Florida to the national championship a year ago and is a likely top draft pick in next spring’s NFL draft…..
Focus isn’t confirming anything about the ad, though it’s not a secret inside the organization. Reached by phone Tuesday, Focus media relations director Gary Schneeberger said: “I decline comment. Let’s just say that. I have nothing to say.”
But then he added: “If there is a Super Bowl commercial from Focus on the Family, I guess you’ll just have to wait and see it during the Super Bowl. I can say Tim Tebow does not appear in any Focus on the Family ad.” Schneeberger didn’t say anything about Tebow’s mother.
Just this month, the CA Institute for Regenerative Medicine voted to triple the salary of Art Torres. He’s not a scientist, but a former State Senator from Los Angeles, who later became CA’s Democratic Party chairman. He was making $75k a year working part time at the stem cell institute, but now he’ll be making $225k working full time, while state workers are facing furloughs and a resulting 14% pay cut.
Nearly 1,500 of the 19k girls under 18 who had a termination last year had previously undergone one earlier abortion for an unwanted pregnancy – and in at least one case a teenage girl had her 8th abortion.
Department of Health data for 2008 reveals 74 teenagers had their 3rd abortion and a further 15 girls under the age of 18 had previously had between 3 and 6 earlier abortions.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Eight abortions? This girl needs help.
The giant leap in income for Art Torres at the California Institute of Regnerative Medicine (read embyronic stem cell experiments) while other state employees are being laid off or having a cut in salary, sounds typical of the kind of corruption that goes along with a corrupt program. Sadly, the voters of California voted in this embyronic stem cell research several years ago. On another point, if Obama and the Democrats get their way in the so-called Health Care Bill, we can expect to be paying for not only abortions—but repeat abortions.
But…but…but I thought that abortion wasn’t used as birth control??!! Lord help us.
Off subject:
Is anybody else having trouble meeting pro-life people?
Where I live in the Washington DC area I can meet lots of anti-life women and not so many pro-life. I live in a very “liberal” area.
I would, for instance, be interested in exchanging emails with any attractive single pro-life women in the Washington-Baltimore region.
Anybody have any ideas or suggestions? Anybody else having trouble meeting people?
Maybe Jill would be interested in setting up something for single pro-life people to be able to meet each other.
Ha…so true Carla. They always say abortion is not used for birth control and my response is…so what if it is? If abortion does NOT kill a baby human being and does NOT hurt women then WHO CARES if you have 50 abortions? I think the fact that they do care shows the truth that abortion is not amoral. That it is not some simple surgical procedure with no moral relevance. That it IS the intentional destruction of another human being.
Joe, I feel for ya. It was hard for me to find guys to date who were pro-life. On my very first date with my husband I asked him what his views on abortion were. He told me he had kept himself pure with past girlfriends because he always thought he would impregnate one of them and was afraid they would have an abortion, which in his words “would’ve crushed me.” When he said that I knew I had found a good guy. And years later when we faced an unexpected pregnancy we were both on the same page…scared and shocked but ready to do whatever it took to give our baby life.
Joe, have you ever tried meeting prolife women at your church? Personally, I’m turned off by organized religion, but I heard that’s a good place to meet like-minded potential partners.
Hi Joe,
Phillymiss has a great idea. Go to Church(es). It’s not a guarantee, but it may work. (It worked for me.) Go to different masses (services) since some people have a habit of going at the same time every week. Let your friends know you are looking. Talk to your pastor… Find a pro-life group in DC. Stay away from Democrats (just kidding). Go to the Life March in January. I hope that helps! Good luck!
Embryo-destructive research is a phony, dead-end street. So long as California wants to throw money at ESC research instead of proven adult stem cell therapies, they might as well pay a phony, fraudulent director a corresponding salary.
At least it’s consistent.
Joe,
I don’t know what your faith is, but there are a couple of Catholic singles sites and Christian singles sites online. That might be a start.
National Right to Life is headquartered in DC. Maybe you could do some volunteer work for them.
And if you’ll permit me one piece of unsolicited advice. Pro-life is one facet of one’s personality, albeit a vital one. Make sure the rest clicks as well.
If you’re Catholic, let me know, I might have a few other ideas.
A suggestion for Joe- look up your local crisis pregnancy center/s and start volunteering! CPC volunteers are predominantly female and 100% pro-life, as well as consistently kind, selfless, resourceful and generous. About half of my agency’s staff are single- mostly college students and single mums. The CPC would love your help- and you’ll make lots of friends in the local pro-life community. :o)