(Prolifer)ations 2-19-10
by Susie Allen, TN pro-life activist
There is a Facebook group set up for support and prayers.
It is also because of the results of this latest study and the traditionally high failure rate in the PVS diagnosis that we need to stop using it as a guideline to kill those in these so-called PVS conditions.
There are many in the legal and medical profession who choose not to see what we saw in Terri’s behaviors and what these imaging studies reveal about the human brain. It is incumbent upon all of us to ensure that the lives of vulnerable people are not needlessly ended by flawed diagnostic practices, careless legislation or the idea that a person with a disability must prove themselves worthy of life’s most ordinary needs: food and water.
Feb.19, 2010 3:30 pm |
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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.
“The smartest investment the federal government can make”? She doesn’t think, say, vaccinations would be a smarter investment?
It just kills me how they kep thinking everything should be free, too. Nobody should have to pay for anything, just get it for “free” and make someone else pay for it.
I hate Planned Parenthood, but I can see where Cecile is coming from. Pro-lifers don’t seem to be offering good solutions other than 1) wait to have sex until your married and then 2) when you do get married have as many as you possibly can and then start a reality show.
More birth control (even just more condoms) would be helpful, when coupled with proper education.
I hope the people in Rockford learn before it’s to late what a joke these bubble zones are.
I agree with Nate.
Although, I would add that it seems more helpful to airlift food and medicine. But I understand the argument for birth control. Airlifting it seems a little drastic (at least to me- I would have to hear the argument better), but thinking about access to it is a good plan. :)
How can anyone claim Americans aren’t educated about birth control or don’t have access. you can walk into walmart and pick up a 3 pack of condoms for a few bucks…gimme a break.
And PP has to “correct” the “misinformation” spread by abstinence only programs? What misinformation…that sex can lead to pregnancy or STD’s and if you don’t have sex you don’t have to worry about that? yeah..misinformation. And PP doesn’t even know basic biological facts like, a fetus at 10 weeks is NOT a blob of tissue.
Furthermore, that police officer is NASTY. Sorry to get you all worked up honey, but you have stripes on your arm and you don’t know the law?
And how does your department let you get away with being so fat and out of shape? As someone who was seriously pursuing a career in law enforcement…let me tell you the police department that took me under their wing was BIG on fitness. You ended every shift with an intense workout. If you are so out of shape that you can’t run after the bad guys…I guess she looks like that cause she spends her days hassling pro-lifers instead of actually catching bad guys. She gives female cops a bad name. You actually don’t have to talk to people like that to keep the peace. You can actually do your job more efficiently if you are respectful to citizens…but hey, just sayin!
have to disagree with you Nate. Its birth control and condoms and disrespect for the gift of sexuality that got us into this mess.
Condoms don’t heal a broken heart when a girl is dumped by a guy who wants to sleep with every girl he can or when she aborts for HIM to stay with her, but he still leaves her.
And birth control does not protect against STDS. Condoms don’t provide 100% protection. Would you trust a piece of rubber to protect you from a gunman? Why would you trust it to protect you from a deadly disease? (and no, pregnancy is NOT a disease).
Planned Parenthood’s solution is MORE of their style of sex ed, which is sex ed earlier and earlier. That’s NOT the solution.
Positive role models and mentors, raising self esteem (especially for vulnerable girls who could be taken advantage of), and empowering kids to have lifelong goals is the solution. If they are concentrating on positive goals, they won’t think they HAVE to have sex. They can get a good education and start a family before they’re too old.
Here you go Vannah…..
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/feb/10021812.html
Self-esteem isn’t always the problem when it comes to being taken advantage of…It’s usually really easy to take advantage of someone who knows a lot less about a given subject than you do.
“How can anyone claim Americans aren’t educated about birth control or don’t have access. you can walk into walmart and pick up a 3 pack of condoms for a few bucks…gimme a break.”
Exactly. If you live near a college campus, you can probably wander into their student health center and grab a bunch for free.
We have condoms in vending machines at the student “health” center on campus. Yippee.
All of my friends who had unplanned pregnancies were well aware of contraception, how to use it, had access to it and for whatever reason chose not to. My one friend knew that she could get pregnant. She had been pregnant and aborted before. She still didn’t contracept and continued to have sex with her boyfriend. When she got pregnant again she planned another abortion. THANKFULLY just days before she was supposed to abort she chose to have her baby who is a sweet two year old girl today!
I on the other hand DID use contraception. I used it the way I was supposed to…didn’t skip any doses, didn’t take antibiotics etc…and I STILL WOUND UP PREGNANT.
Contraception does not and will not ever “cure” the need for abortion.
“Condoms don’t heal a broken heart when a girl is dumped by a guy who wants to sleep with every girl he can or when she aborts for HIM to stay with her, but he still leaves her.”
Neither does non-use of birth control, leading to said abortion.
Lets face it, birth control is here to stay, and as long as people realize that if it fails, you are carrying a child, then I find nothing wrong with it.
What you blame on BC I say is an abortion mentality. If you think, ‘if I get pregnant I will get an abortion” then what is the big deal with “forgetting” those one or 2 times. After all, you can just get an abortion right? If people abandon the abortion mentality, BC is a great tool for preventing unwanted pregnancies from the start.
When the movement stops trying to block access to contraception I think a lot more liberals will be on board to the pro-life cause. People have a right to do whatever they darn well please with their bodies, and that includes birth control. From there, more people might be open to the idea that the babies they carry are separate beings worthy of life.
Carla,
I will agree that blocking bandages, food, and water for birth control is ridiculous. I think that birth control is a good idea, but I mean, come on…after the earthquake hit, the first thing that the Haitians likely did was look for their family and try and find medical care and nourishment…not condoms.
Pip’s stance on birth control- that’s sort of my stance, but I’m more of the opinion that instead of airlifting birth control and leaving (I’m thinking of places like Africa or South America, for the record, not the U.S. where we have lots of access to it), make sure that there are doctors there first. Don’t drop it and run- train doctors in these regions who can help in deliveries, pediatrics, prenatal care, and other conditions unrelated to pregnancy and young childhood- they could probably prescribe the correct type of birth control better than airlifting it and hoping that it works.
LOL Vannah that is my stance too. I don’t think what Cecile posed was that serious. I mean, airlifting birth control?? I think she was being metaphorical (er…I hope?). Of course when it comes to international aid, then food, water, and medicine would be the first things to give.
Hi Pip,
Who is trying to block access to birth control? There are condoms everywhere….
Liberals should be on board regardless of anyone’s personal position on birth control. It is the lives of unborn babies we are talking about!
The abortion industry uses birth control(low does BC pills, condoms which are rated LOW in effectiveness)to lure teens in and keep them coming back for treatment for their STD’s and those pesky pregnancies. They depend on repeat customers.
from Carol Everett former abortionist
Thanks for the link by the way, Carla. :)
I was a little stunned that food was blocked by condoms, and I sincerely hope that the Haitians are getting food and water and finding their families, their children. The earthquake was so tragic. :(
I am still trying to figure out the logic of that.
Someone has just lost their home, family members, they have no food, water or shelter and might need medical attention. Better give them some condoms in case they want to get busy in the rubble. ??!!
Vannah,
Check out my blog and see what I did today. :)
Carla, you can’t deny that a healthy amount of pro-lifers are anti-contraception and anti-premarital sex. So they would oppose contraceptive use in anyone and thus opposing that which would help nonmarried couples have sex safer in the “well they shouldn’t have been doing it” way of thinking. As I said before, I believe it isn’t a contraceptive mentality that is causing abortion it is an abortive mentality. You are right though that there needs to be education on how to use it properly and the reality of the consequences of sex shoudl they occur.
Pip,
I hear ya. Even though one could be anti-contraception or anti premarital sex that battle is a hard one to fight!!
So….I will instill my values in my own children and see what happens. :)
there are also bad side effects with contraception (increased risk for certain cancers, blood clots, etc).
What the people of Haiti need is food and clean water and medicines (REAL MEDICINES) not more condoms. Do you think a woman who has lost her husband is thinking about SEX? No, she’s trying to stay alive! She doesn’t want a bunch of pills that mess with her fertility.
Interesting dialog everyone! I can’t stand here as a hypocrite and say I am anti-contraception. My husband and I have used birth control because we aren’t rich and struggle financially. We wanted to make sure that we could buy diapers etc…so yes, we used birth control.
I am however against IUD’s and birth control pills because they cause early abortions…the IUD’s especially!
I am against pre-marital sex because it is a misuse of a gift God has given husbands and wives. HOWEVER, I try to be careful about how judgmental I am about that because if we look down our noses at people having pre-marital sex they may feel abortion is their only option to save them from shame when they end up pregnant.
I was in the mall yesterday and I saw a teenage girl…MAYBE 15. Maybe not even…belly swollen with pregnancy. It shocked me a little to see such a young girl pregnant. She looked embarrassed standing at the mall with her friends but I wanted to hi-five her and say “you go girl!” Think about it…she is giving life to her child. I really respect that. She didn’t take the easy way out.
Sydney M., I wish you would have been able to give that girl a pat on the back (I know you couldn’t because drawing attention to her would have embarassed her further). That story reminded me of a friend of mine from way back when I was a Freshman in high school. She got pregnant at 14 and had her son shortly after her 15th birthday. I often wonder where she is now, how she is doing. Although she was a bit messed up at the time, I hope she has gotten her life straight now, if not for her own sake then at least for her son’s.
Re: birth control. I don’t have a problem with any method that is a true contraceptive (prevents conception to begin with, instead of destroying an already-conceived child). In other words, I wouldn’t use hormonal methods or IUDs.
I’m against premarital sex. I’ve been there (I didn’t become a Christian until I was a married young adult). I know how destructive premarital sex is on an emotional/spiritual level, to say nothing of the risk of disease. However, until people truly understand how destructive this lifestyle is and why, they’ll continue learning the hard way, like me. Not many people are willing to go against the grain of society. They’d rather sell their bodies in order to convince themselves that “this is what love is” and to look cool in front of friends/society in general. When God says no, He has good reasons – not just “because I said so” as so many parents say to their kids (myself included, sometimes). ;-)