Pro-life vid of the day: Man with cerebral palsy sees life story in “The Giver”
by Hans Johnson
Among a number of well-received family-friendly movies this year was The Giver, based on a popular novel for young adults. It describes a futuristic world where a seeming utopia masks a Culture of Death where those deemed a burden on society – whether old or newborn – are done away with.
In a column at Bound4Life, Aaron Welty (pictured left) describes the impact the film had on him. and proceeds to “delve into his own personal story of living with cerebral palsy” and the real possibility of his “not making it into life to begin with.”
Born 10 weeks premature with cp, his doctors wanted to give up the effort to keep him alive. If not for the interference of a family friend who worked at the hospital, he never would have grown up to be a congressional aide and inspirational speaker.
Here Aaron relates his story of a life in which he has certainly given as much as he has received:
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/50337705[/vimeo]
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[HT: John Shepherd]
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.
Our 11-year old daughter is reading “Logan’s Run”, where a futuristic Utopian society demands the extermination of aged people to eliminate their burden on others. She’s asked how far are we from such a society.
A Brave New World.
I liked the old one.
I see Eric Northman up there.
Eric (a different Eric): She’s asked how far are we from such a society.
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Eric, ever see a picture like that before? You know what eventually happens when it’s like that?
Doug, we are like “that”… 7.2 billion people. Your point in the context of this article is… what? Killing the burdens on society is a solution to large population?
Eric: Doug, we are like “that”… 7.2 billion people. Your point in the context of this article is… what? Killing the burdens on society is a solution to large population?
Eric, that such a chart is always followed by a crash, one way or another.