Jivin J’s Life Links 11-23-10
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
- My FOX Orlando and a variety of celebrity tabloids are reporting that former American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino told the Mecklenburg County Court in NC that she had an abortion before attempting suicide 3 months ago.The father of the child was a married man named Antwaun Cook, whom Barrino claims she believed was separated from his wife.
- Pro-lifers in Council Bluffs, IA came out to a city council meeting to show their opposition to LeRoy Carhart’s plans to build a late-term abortion mill there:
Carhart, the Bellevue doctor who once performed late-term abortions in Nebraska, recently said he plans to open an abortion clinic in Council Bluffs.
If so, it won’t be on Avenue G and North 15th Street. At its meeting Monday, the council unanimously agreed to dispose of 24,393 square feet of vacant city ground near that intersection, but with the stipulation that an abortion clinic could not be built there.
- The LA Times has a long article on the CA Institute of Regenerative Medicine and their plans to ask CA for more stem cell money. Wesley Smith comments:
So who cares about fiscal sanity? Who cares that ESCR is now funded without the Bush restrictions? Who cares that human cloning hasn’t worked out? Who cares that CA is falling into the ocean fiscally? Who cares that our taxpayers are groaning under high taxes and an astonishing level of bond debt? Not the CA Institute of Regenerative Medicine.
- A Harvard researcher has developed a new way to reprogram “mature endothelial cells – which line the interior of blood vessels” into flexible adult stem cells:
Medici’s study, published online earlier this week in the journal Nature Medicine, found a mutated gene that causes a disease known as Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva induced endothelial cells to become cells very similar to adult mesenchymal stem cells, which have the ability to differentiate into bone, fat, and cartilage cells….
In addition, Medici said the new discovery is “a much safer alternative than induced pluripotent stem cells,” which also come from reprogrammed mature cells but can lead to cancer in patients.
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.
Fantasia is a hot ghetto mess.
I feel sorry for her. She found out the hard way that abortion solves nothing. At least she has her daughter. She made a mistake as a teen but she has a precious daughter as a result. She made a mistake as an adult and now has a suicide attempt and heartache as a result. Abortion does not undo sexual mistakes. It only adds to the mess.
hilarious parody of New York trying to require that CPC’s prominently display signs explaining that they don’t do abortions.
http://planetmoron.typepad.com/planet_moron/2010/11/they-also-want-taco-bell-to-warn-patrons-that-they-do-not-sell-hamburgers.html
November 18, 2010
THEY ALSO WANT TACO BELL TO WARN PATRONS THAT THEY DO NOT SELL HAMBURGERS
Some members of the New York City Council are very concernedthat people going to crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) with names such as “Bridge to Life,” “Sisters of Life,” and “Life Center,” might not be the best places for pro-choice supporters looking to get an abortion, and so are pushing for a law that would require these organizations to explicitly state in all their advertisements that they do not, in fact, provide abortions.
Of course, Planned Parenthood does provide abortions as can obviously be determined from its name, and so would be under no similar kind of full-disclosure requirements. As supporters pointed out at a hearing on the proposal, it would be silly to assume that an organization called Planned Parenthood would be primarily concerned with parenthood.
For example, one woman who was 28 weeks pregnant testified that she was looking for financial aid to purchase a car seat and so went to Planned Parenthood where she was obligingly advised that they could help her secure a medical waiver to get an abortion.
Hey, now that’s some innovative problem-solving but in no way proves that Planned Parenthood is obsessed with abortions.
However, for those of you who are expectant parents and are thinking of visiting a Planned Parenthood location to ask a few questions, we’ve put together a helpful FAQ for some of the likely responses you might receive:
Q: I have swelling in my feet. Is that normal?
A: Medically, abortions can be performed at any time as safely or more safely than birth.
Q: Is it okay to have a glass of wine while I’m pregnant?
A: Abortions are very common. In fact, more than 1 out of 3 women in the U.S. have an abortion by the time they are 45 years old.
Q: I typically run five miles, three times a week. Is that safe for my baby?
A: There is more than one kind of in-clinic abortion procedure. The most common is called aspiration.
Q: If I have trouble breastfeeding, is it okay if I feed my baby formula instead?
A: An aspiration procedure takes about 5 to 10 minutes. But more time may be needed to prepare your cervix.
Q: How can I tell if I’m going into labor.
A: Abortions are available at many Planned Parenthood health centers, clinics, and the offices of private health care providers.
As you can see, the people at Planned Parenthood have a broad array of information they can provide pregnant women, which is why it is so important that we protect people from organizations that do not provide abortions.
If fact, we believe the list should be expanded beyond just crisis pregnancy centers and demand that other organizations that do not provide abortions be required to advertise that fact so as to avoid any obvious confusion including:
The Catholic Archdiocese of New York.
The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America.
Ikea.
Christian Coalition of America.
The Long John Silvers on Route 9 just north of 195 in New Jersey.
The Smithsonian Institution.
Cinnabon.
Pipe Fitters Local 533.
The Kiwanis Club.
Only by forcing organizations to be honest and upfront about the fact that they do not perform abortions can we be certain that a vulnerable young woman won’t innocently wander into a Lowe’s and rather than having her pregnancy terminated, walk out with roofing materials instead.
“Ikea.”
LOL… and here I was thinking that they had everything!
That was hilarious, Hippie, thanks for sharing!
Hippie, I love it!! ROFL!!!
Hippie,
Awesome post! I can’t get a manicure at my local CPC either. The nerve!
How silly the City of NY must be feeling about now.
Does NY feel as silly as a city who voted to villify and outlaw the Happy Meal? Lol!
Dang, CPC’s don’t give manicures? They must be too busy trying to keep all those pregnant women they have chained in their cellars quiet.
Maybe Fantasia can write a follow-up to her song “Baby Momma,” “Dead Baby Momma.”
Thanks for sharing Hippie. The nerve of CPCs not promoting abortion. They must “cease and desist at once” from letting woman walk out of their doors with a live baby instead of a dead one, it is a crime worthy of the ultimate punishment. Every pregnant woman has the right to a dead baby even if she doesn’t want one. That is why I call it PADS Pro Abortion Derangement Syndrome. Sick, sick, sick.