Pro-life blog buzz 3-4-14
by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli
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- Abolitionist Society exposes abortion’s role in society’s eugenic attitude toward children with special needs. But the average family choosing to abort a special needs child does so for one of two reasons unrelated to eugenics:
The argument from the desire to eliminate pain…. [and] [t]he argument from the desire to preserve a personal level of living.
- A Culture of Life explains how the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists changed their definition of pregnancy to accommodate potentially abortifacient birth control pills. However, they calculate due dates by last menstrual period, which is about two weeks prior to conception. Hmm.
- Clinic Quotes posts a quote from abortionist Dr. Maureen Paul which explains why she chose her profession – because carrying her child to term and placing him/her for adoption was so painful for her:
I confided in a family friend and asked to borrow the $300. But he told my parents, who immediately pulled me out of school. They took me to a local hospital, where I went before a committee that had to decide whether there was a valid medical reason to give me an abortion.
When my request was turned down, I had no other option but to carry the baby to term and put [it] up for adoption. It was the most painful experience of my life. Though I wanted to have children one day – and years later had a daughter as the result of an intended pregnancy – I bitterly resented being forced to have a baby against my will. I consider that an act of violence against women.
- The Guiding Star Project asks if population control by way of contraceptives (the Melinda Gates philosophy) is the new “white man’s burden” and questions the motivations behind this movement:
Although the post is titled the “New” White Man’s Burden, to be accurate, the West imposing population control on others is not new. Indeed, the then top-secret government report that first highlighted the “necessity” of telling other people how many kids they can have was written 40 years ago already, having been written in 1974. This report, called The Kissinger Report, outlines the increasing need for minerals and fuel from developing nations and categorizes their increasing populations as a threat to US interests.
It proposes population control as the means in which we will have continued access to their resources that we want. Thirteen counties were considered of particular threat to US interests: Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, and Turkey. Since the initial report, many agencies have contributed and fought for the cause of population control. Though many agencies claim they want women to have “access” to birth control, time and again, abuses occur that shows that they don’t want women to have mere access; they want the vulnerable poor to do as we tell them and stop having children.
- 40 Days for Life shares a video that contain some amazing statistics – the staggering number of abortions worldwide (42 million annually), along with some good numbers about babies saved and abortion workers leaving the industry through maintaining a pro-life presence outside abortion facilities. A new 40 Days campaign starts in one week.
40 Days for Life: Save Lives. Change the World. from 40 Days for Life on Vimeo.
[Photos via womenofgrace.com and guidingstarproject.com]
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.
“I consider that an act of violence against women.”
Somebody really needs to buy this lady a dictionary because she is severely misinformed about the definition of the word violence.
Yes, JDC! I love that you are our terminology specialist! =)
I’m sure Dr. Paul’s baby and his adoptive parents feel differently about the whole experience. I can’t believe she could actually regret having given life to another human being. That’s just ugly.
As an adoptee, I deeply resent her choice of words over the experience. I am sorry for her pain, but I suggest she reframe how she looks at it. Perhaps, counseling, meeting her adult child, or discussing it with other members of the adoption triad would help. There is a way to work through the pain and find peace without taking it out on helpless babies through abortion.
I wonder about the circumstances of Maureen Paul’s experience. Was there any actual violence on the part of the baby’s father, or her parents? Should unrelated children be paying for the sins of others, with their very lives? And, this reminds us that in all these decades of abortion on demand, abortion advocates are NOT willing to address the reasons that women would even consider abortion in the first place. If Paul were the victim of domestic violence, she must see that killing other people’s babies does NOT undo her own past.
Regarding the White Man’s Burden: yes.
This document is easily found on the ‘net by googling “NSSM 200;” “National Security Study Memorandum, Number 200.”
I have posted before that this desire to control the number of dark-skinned people on the planet goes back farther in time.
When African-Americans were slaves, there was little concern with how “they” might reproduce. After all, “we” would simply benefit from the labor force. Once “they” posed an imposition on us by requiring social services, “we” began being bothered by “their” reproduction.
This we/them goes back farther. Racism just fit well. But farther back, it was classism: those of us in the stable classes have always looked down on the poor, the migratory, the sojourner, the vagabond, the ne’er-do-well, the foolishly unchaste.
Why?
Because “they” spoil our good thing, and or because ”we” are morally obliged to take care of “them.”
I have been reading up on this for the recent several years. This bothered-by-them issue may be as old as time. The Old Testament says quite a lot about how “sojourners” are to be treated. For a continuous historical legacy, I believe the current population-control drive has arisen from the politics that gave rise to the “Poor Laws” which date back to the 1300s. I think there is a continuous history from there to our global population control efforts.
The arguments are almost all the same.
Soemwhere along the line, a new one was added: population bomb/environmental collapse. The Man-Made Global-Warming Scam is just a current variant of this. It serves to disguise the classism and racism quite well.
The mercy of the wicked is cruel.
An act of VIOLENCE against women?! What the ….?!
no, honey, just no.
Violence against women is abortion.
There are a plethora of other words that may quite accurately describe what you’re feeling. Regret. Loss. Missing your child. I get that. Get some help if that’s truly how you feel. But your feelings don’t change the truth – it’s not violence.
I wonder if Dr Maureen Paul had access to open adoption, or some other arrangement where she had gotten to know her child instead of having a traditional adoption, if she would feel the same way about giving birth.