Below, is a powerful story about the regret a woman feels after her decision to abort her baby. If it isn't already clear: abortion not only hurts the unborn, it hurts women. Please read this story and the many others; for this is an irreversible trauma that no woman truly ever can heal from.
Received July 2001
I remember growing up I would talk about abortion like it was no big thing. I would get into debates with my mom on how it was O.K. My state of mind was who cares, if you want it done more power to you. I never thought of it as a life changing experience but boy was I wrong.
I was with my boyfriend for two months when I found out I was pregnant. I was only 18 and had just graduated from high school. I wasn't even late I had no reason to even think I was pregnant, I just had a voice tell me "Take a test." When I took the test I came up positive, when I told my boyfriend he was happy so that made feel more at ease with everything that I knew was going to be happening. When I told my mom she and my whole family were disappointed in me, but it was done and what could we do. I had already told everyone my choice (At that time it was to keep it.) About a month later I just started thinking about everything all at once and I got scared I started to realize I couldn't do it I could not see myself having a baby with this guy, first of all he was a 24 year old drop out never had a job and he lived with his grandma to top things off he was in a gang. I didn't want that kind of life for me or my baby. So I broke up with him. After I broke up with him that's when I started thinking about abortion, I thought of it as I didn't want to give him a reason to keep coming around.
My stepmother was the first person I told about what I was considering. I told her because I knew she would understand, she her self had had two abortions prior. She encouraged it, so I made up my mind to go through with it later that night I told my mom about my decision she begged me not to, she said I could have the baby and she would raise it for me, but I didn't pay attention to her I told her no, she finally gave in and said fine. The next day I went to my doctor to get a referral then the following day I called the clinic to set my appointment. Friday March 9, 2001. On that exact day I was two months. I remember that day as if it were yesterday, I woke up and got ready, my mom and me left to the clinic. I remember walking in the waiting room and just seeing all these young girls just like me. I thought to myself just stay strong I can do this. When they called me to go to the back I stood up and my body felt as if I were wearing 40 pound weights, but I went back I filled out the papers. The people there were really nice they made me feel comfortable but I couldn't help but wonder what they were really thinking about me. They took me to a little room where I undressed and they gave me a sonogram I watched I just saw a little dot, but to me it was everything that dot was my life my creation. After I changed in a gown I sat there for a while alone and I remember telling myself I cant do this I said it out loud to myself. I couldn't stop thinking about this baby all the what if's. I was about to let my baby down in so many ways possible, As a mother your job is to protect your child make sure its safe and feels loved. I denied all of that responsibility.
When they took me into the O.R. I took a deep breath and went to sleep. When I woke up I was in the recovery, I just felt so empty inside one minute I had a life living inside me and 20 min later there's nothing. I just started crying so hysterically. The nurse came up to me and said "why are you crying you got what you wanted, now be quiet you're going to worry the other girls." I got my self under control got dressed and walked out into the waiting room as soon as I got out of there I just started screaming and crying what did I do. My mom was crying with me telling me why did I do it. I had to be carried into the car. I cried all the way home I in my life have never felt so much pain like that day.
As of course you all may know at the clinic they tell you you can go to work the same day or even the next day. Ya right. They explained about the bleeding and slight cramping but oh man I was unable to walk for two weeks. The cramping they said should last for about 3 days, each day the cramps got worse and worse to the point where I was in fetal position the medicine didn't even work. My mom called the emergency hot line twice in one night and each time they told her it was normal. It had already been two weeks since the abortion and I was still in such pain, my mom took me to the emergency, they thought it might be infection so they gave me exams but it was nothing so they gave me a urine test, my mom and me were sitting waiting for the doctor to come back in, when she came in the room she looked at me and said, "I just gave you a pregnancy test and your test came back positive." What ended up happening was the doctor did the abortion he just didn't clean me out right, so I still had the baby inside me. So all that cramping I had was the contractions of my body trying to reject the baby since it was already dead. When the doctor told me all of this I felt as if I deserved it. I know I did. So that same day I went back to the clinic and I had to have the whole procedure done all over again.
Its been 4 months now, and it still hurts like it was yesterday. What made it harder for me was after everything was done with everybody acted as if nothing had ever happened. I had no one to talk to who could really understand. I still don't. I still have that emptiness in my heart and in my eyes.
To anyone who is considering abortion talk about it with someone first, because you have no idea what your getting yourself into mentally and emotionally. When I think back to that day when I was sitting in the room alone, I wish I had the strength to walk out.
Shantel Garcia
Onlyshanie@cs.com
This And More Abortion Regret Stories:
http://www.gargaro.com/regrets.html
Friday, March 26, 2010
Resources For The Pregnant Woman: You Have Options
This post is dedicated to women out there who are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. There are several resources available to you-people who can help you decide on options that don't include abortion. I will put these links on my side bar as well so they are always in view even when this post isn't. You don't have to go it alone so *Stay Strong*-you owe this to yourself and to your unborn baby. Remember this: God will work it out...
Adoption Resources:
http://www.adoptionnetwork.com/
http://www.americanadoptions.com/pregnant/
http://birthmothercounseling.com/
(800) 364-6933 Birth mother hotline
http://www.babyfromheaven.com/content/unplanned-pregnancy/Birth-Mother-Story.htm
I am a birthmother, and I am proud of it!
Everyday someone is stereotyped. In high school, if you play sports, you are a jock; if you are really smart, you are a nerd. When you get older, if you drink too much you are an alcoholic; if you do drugs you are a druggie. Whether the stereotype is good or bad, it is a brand that you usually live with forever.
Even though it’s not easy to do, I get stereotyped every day that I tell my story.
One minute I am selfish, but selfless the next and I am courageous one minute, but a coward the next. Yet there are so many people out there who depend on people like me. “Who are you?” you ask.
Let me introduce myself. I am a full-time employee, I am pregnant with my second child, I am a wife, a daughter, a sister, and a friend. I know right now you are looking at all of these things and saying “So, what makes you different?” The difference is, I am, most importantly, a birthmother.
Some of you may not know what a birthmother is so, let me tell you. A birthmother is a woman who carries a child for nine months and makes the most difficult decision in her life. She is a woman who realizes that the child she is carrying will not have the life that it deserves, so she decides to give it a better life. And last but not least, she’s a woman who takes the pain of someone else and puts that pain on herself.
For those of you that have never had a hand in the adoption world, let me help shed some light. There are three sides to the adoption triangle: the birthmother, the adoptive parents and the adoptee. The birthmother, as I explained, is the woman who actually gives birth to the child. The adoptive parents are the ones who adopt the child, and the adoptee is the actual child. One side of the triangle cannot work without the other one.
When most people think of adoption, they think about the adoptive parents. They see the couple that has tried to have a child on their own, and most of the time has tried fertility drugs, and has come to find out that their fate is going to be adopting a child. The next step for that couple is to find an agency or attorney to help them with this decision. From there they do a home study, put a profile together. They write their “Dear Birthmother” letter, some placing it on the Internet, while others just leave it with the attorney or agency. And then they wait.
While this is going on, on the other side of the coin is the birthmother. She finds out that she is pregnant (sometimes this is exciting, and sometimes devastating), and she has to figure out what she is going to do next. Most birthmothers first think that they are going to keep their child that they will find a way to care for it at any cost. Others think of abortion first, thinking that there is no way that she can have the child. In the end, both contemplate adoption. It is not a simple decision that is made overnight, it is not even a decision usually made in a week, it is a long, drawn-out, very emotional process that sometimes is not made until the very last minute. While adoptive parents are praying for their miracle child, the birthmother is praying for a miracle.
Most birthmothers read over hours and hours of “Dear Birthmother” letters, trying to find a family that is loving, caring and honest. Honesty is one of the biggest things when it comes to adoption. The birthmother has to be able to trust what the adoptive parents say, because she hears stories of other birthmothers that were promised simple things like letters and pictures, and 12 years later she has never seen what her child looks like. I am not saying that all adoptive parents are like this, but a number of them are. As the birthmother finds that one special couple, she calls or emails them to find out more information, and then if everything goes like she hopes, they meet.
Once they meet she agonizes over the decision and decides if this is them, the people that are going to be raising her child. She makes that decision she signs mounds of paperwork saying what can and can not be done for her and what she is expected to do and how much time she has to do it. So as time gets closer, the birthmother’s head and heart start to disagree, and she has to make a decision, the most difficult decision that she will probably ever make in her entire life. As the day comes and she is still praying for a miracle, she knows that she can not give her child the life that he or she deserves. So, as she hands her new beautiful child to its new parents, the pain that once filled the hearts of the adoptive parents now fills the heart of the birthmother.
As the years pass, every birthday and every Mother’s Day, her heart gets a little heavier as she thinks about that child and wonders if he or she knows about her, and if he or she will come to look for her. Adoptive parents get to live their lives with the child that they always wanted; a birthmother lives with the pain of the child she does not see.
I spent 17 hours reading letters trying to find the right parents for my son, and I believe that I found the best ones possible. Now I run a support group for birthmothers and help them with their grief and their pain. There is one thing that we all have in common: we all have children out there that we wonder if we will ever see again, and we all truly understand each other. Every day I defend my decision to place my son for adoption, and I will defend that decision every day until I die. I am proud of the decision I made. Not only did I give my son life, I gave him a home and a family that loves him and can give him the life that he deserves. I love that little boy, and not a day goes by that I do not think of him. But I smile with every picture I get and every letter I read, because I get to see the smile on his face and read about the progression in his life.
I am a birthmother, and I am proud of it. By Lindsay Schneider.
http://www.babyfromheaven.com/content/unplanned-pregnancy/Birth-Mother-Story.htm (the above article was from this website)
Resources On How To Keep Your Baby And How To Make It Work:
http://www.motherhelp.info/keepingyourchild.htm
Adoption Resources:
http://www.adoptionnetwork.com/
http://www.americanadoptions.com/pregnant/
http://birthmothercounseling.com/
(800) 364-6933 Birth mother hotline
http://www.babyfromheaven.com/content/unplanned-pregnancy/Birth-Mother-Story.htm
I am a birthmother, and I am proud of it!
Everyday someone is stereotyped. In high school, if you play sports, you are a jock; if you are really smart, you are a nerd. When you get older, if you drink too much you are an alcoholic; if you do drugs you are a druggie. Whether the stereotype is good or bad, it is a brand that you usually live with forever.
Even though it’s not easy to do, I get stereotyped every day that I tell my story.
One minute I am selfish, but selfless the next and I am courageous one minute, but a coward the next. Yet there are so many people out there who depend on people like me. “Who are you?” you ask.
Let me introduce myself. I am a full-time employee, I am pregnant with my second child, I am a wife, a daughter, a sister, and a friend. I know right now you are looking at all of these things and saying “So, what makes you different?” The difference is, I am, most importantly, a birthmother.
Some of you may not know what a birthmother is so, let me tell you. A birthmother is a woman who carries a child for nine months and makes the most difficult decision in her life. She is a woman who realizes that the child she is carrying will not have the life that it deserves, so she decides to give it a better life. And last but not least, she’s a woman who takes the pain of someone else and puts that pain on herself.
For those of you that have never had a hand in the adoption world, let me help shed some light. There are three sides to the adoption triangle: the birthmother, the adoptive parents and the adoptee. The birthmother, as I explained, is the woman who actually gives birth to the child. The adoptive parents are the ones who adopt the child, and the adoptee is the actual child. One side of the triangle cannot work without the other one.
When most people think of adoption, they think about the adoptive parents. They see the couple that has tried to have a child on their own, and most of the time has tried fertility drugs, and has come to find out that their fate is going to be adopting a child. The next step for that couple is to find an agency or attorney to help them with this decision. From there they do a home study, put a profile together. They write their “Dear Birthmother” letter, some placing it on the Internet, while others just leave it with the attorney or agency. And then they wait.
While this is going on, on the other side of the coin is the birthmother. She finds out that she is pregnant (sometimes this is exciting, and sometimes devastating), and she has to figure out what she is going to do next. Most birthmothers first think that they are going to keep their child that they will find a way to care for it at any cost. Others think of abortion first, thinking that there is no way that she can have the child. In the end, both contemplate adoption. It is not a simple decision that is made overnight, it is not even a decision usually made in a week, it is a long, drawn-out, very emotional process that sometimes is not made until the very last minute. While adoptive parents are praying for their miracle child, the birthmother is praying for a miracle.
Most birthmothers read over hours and hours of “Dear Birthmother” letters, trying to find a family that is loving, caring and honest. Honesty is one of the biggest things when it comes to adoption. The birthmother has to be able to trust what the adoptive parents say, because she hears stories of other birthmothers that were promised simple things like letters and pictures, and 12 years later she has never seen what her child looks like. I am not saying that all adoptive parents are like this, but a number of them are. As the birthmother finds that one special couple, she calls or emails them to find out more information, and then if everything goes like she hopes, they meet.
Once they meet she agonizes over the decision and decides if this is them, the people that are going to be raising her child. She makes that decision she signs mounds of paperwork saying what can and can not be done for her and what she is expected to do and how much time she has to do it. So as time gets closer, the birthmother’s head and heart start to disagree, and she has to make a decision, the most difficult decision that she will probably ever make in her entire life. As the day comes and she is still praying for a miracle, she knows that she can not give her child the life that he or she deserves. So, as she hands her new beautiful child to its new parents, the pain that once filled the hearts of the adoptive parents now fills the heart of the birthmother.
As the years pass, every birthday and every Mother’s Day, her heart gets a little heavier as she thinks about that child and wonders if he or she knows about her, and if he or she will come to look for her. Adoptive parents get to live their lives with the child that they always wanted; a birthmother lives with the pain of the child she does not see.
I spent 17 hours reading letters trying to find the right parents for my son, and I believe that I found the best ones possible. Now I run a support group for birthmothers and help them with their grief and their pain. There is one thing that we all have in common: we all have children out there that we wonder if we will ever see again, and we all truly understand each other. Every day I defend my decision to place my son for adoption, and I will defend that decision every day until I die. I am proud of the decision I made. Not only did I give my son life, I gave him a home and a family that loves him and can give him the life that he deserves. I love that little boy, and not a day goes by that I do not think of him. But I smile with every picture I get and every letter I read, because I get to see the smile on his face and read about the progression in his life.
I am a birthmother, and I am proud of it. By Lindsay Schneider.
http://www.babyfromheaven.com/content/unplanned-pregnancy/Birth-Mother-Story.htm (the above article was from this website)
Resources On How To Keep Your Baby And How To Make It Work:
http://www.motherhelp.info/keepingyourchild.htm
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Hypocrisy At It's Best:
One of the Pro-Choice women I have previously mentioned, had a discussion with me about the Health Care Reform bill when it was first introduced and debated on. Her reason was because she was afraid that the government would be able to devalue her life by the fact the amount of care she would receive in the event that she got very ill is contingent on her age (she's elderly) and could be rationed.
So it's okay for the government and/or women to devalue the unborn by the fact that their chance to live is contingent on whether or not it is convenient?
Such hypocrisy!How can anyone argue that there is a difference between these injustices????
So it's okay for the government and/or women to devalue the unborn by the fact that their chance to live is contingent on whether or not it is convenient?
Such hypocrisy!How can anyone argue that there is a difference between these injustices????
Prayer For The Unborn...
Prayer for the Unborn
- from EWTN
Heavenly Father, in Your love for us, protect against the wickedness of the devil, those helpless little ones to whom You have given the gift of life.
Touch with pity the hearts of those women pregnant in our world today who are not thinking of motherhood.
Help them to see that the child they carry is made in Your image - as well as theirs - made for eternal life.
Dispel their fear and selfishness; give them true womanly hearts to love their babies and give them birth and all the needed care that a mother can give.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, Your Son, Our Lord, Who lives and reigns forever and ever.
Amen.
http://www.prolifehelp.org/index.cfm?optionid=11316#i13541
- from EWTN
Heavenly Father, in Your love for us, protect against the wickedness of the devil, those helpless little ones to whom You have given the gift of life.
Touch with pity the hearts of those women pregnant in our world today who are not thinking of motherhood.
Help them to see that the child they carry is made in Your image - as well as theirs - made for eternal life.
Dispel their fear and selfishness; give them true womanly hearts to love their babies and give them birth and all the needed care that a mother can give.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, Your Son, Our Lord, Who lives and reigns forever and ever.
Amen.
http://www.prolifehelp.org/index.cfm?optionid=11316#i13541
Take Responsibility For Educating Yourself On Abortion
There are so many people who are Pro-Choice and actually have no idea what they are standing behind. Here are two personal experiences I've had with people that fall under that category:
I was once asked by a Pro-Choice woman where I stand on the issue. I told her I am Pro-Life and gave her the facts about abortion. Not only did she narrow her eyes and tighten her lips-looking almost annoyed that I'd stripped down the "truth" of convenience that a fetus is not a human being, but she couldn't even keep eye contact with me. When I got to the topic of Partial-Birth abortion, she ended the conversation by telling be that she doesn't believe that actually happens- that it seems more like something out of a science fiction movie. I told her to research the topic-to this day I don't believe she has.
The second example I have to give you is this same woman's daughter. Her daughter approached me one day (as she has so many times) with the fact that she is Pro-Choice. She told me she didn't believe a fetus is a human being because it isn't a seperate being from it's mother and it can't live outside of her body. I told her she was wrong about it not being a separate being and just because it can't live outside of the mother's body for a certain amount of time doesn't mean it isn't a human being. I gave her fact after fact to support my argument and she simply WALKED AWAY. She couldn't even counter act. It was unbelievable! If you are going to stand behind something, at least know the facts about it! But she, her mother and so many others refuse to educate themselves. It is convenient to keep your head in the sand because then, you don't have to take any personal responsibility when it comes to an unplanned pregnancy (whether you've had an abortion already, or are now looking for a way out of your unplanned pregnancy.) So please, for those of you who are Pro-Choice and for those of you who don't really have a stand on the issue-the best thing you can do for those babies and for yourselves is research. Read my posts, articles, links etc. and research other abortion blogs and websites. Find out what it actually entails. The more you know-will utterly repulse you. Unless you were born without a conscience, you will no longer be Pro-Choice once you research the facts about abortion. But if you choose to stick your head in the sand or to believe a convenient lie that a "fetus is not a human being", then you won't educate yourself. And you will continue to be a huge part of the problem. The ball is in your court...so make the right choice.
I was once asked by a Pro-Choice woman where I stand on the issue. I told her I am Pro-Life and gave her the facts about abortion. Not only did she narrow her eyes and tighten her lips-looking almost annoyed that I'd stripped down the "truth" of convenience that a fetus is not a human being, but she couldn't even keep eye contact with me. When I got to the topic of Partial-Birth abortion, she ended the conversation by telling be that she doesn't believe that actually happens- that it seems more like something out of a science fiction movie. I told her to research the topic-to this day I don't believe she has.
The second example I have to give you is this same woman's daughter. Her daughter approached me one day (as she has so many times) with the fact that she is Pro-Choice. She told me she didn't believe a fetus is a human being because it isn't a seperate being from it's mother and it can't live outside of her body. I told her she was wrong about it not being a separate being and just because it can't live outside of the mother's body for a certain amount of time doesn't mean it isn't a human being. I gave her fact after fact to support my argument and she simply WALKED AWAY. She couldn't even counter act. It was unbelievable! If you are going to stand behind something, at least know the facts about it! But she, her mother and so many others refuse to educate themselves. It is convenient to keep your head in the sand because then, you don't have to take any personal responsibility when it comes to an unplanned pregnancy (whether you've had an abortion already, or are now looking for a way out of your unplanned pregnancy.) So please, for those of you who are Pro-Choice and for those of you who don't really have a stand on the issue-the best thing you can do for those babies and for yourselves is research. Read my posts, articles, links etc. and research other abortion blogs and websites. Find out what it actually entails. The more you know-will utterly repulse you. Unless you were born without a conscience, you will no longer be Pro-Choice once you research the facts about abortion. But if you choose to stick your head in the sand or to believe a convenient lie that a "fetus is not a human being", then you won't educate yourself. And you will continue to be a huge part of the problem. The ball is in your court...so make the right choice.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Stages Of Fetal Development And Other Scientific Facts....
· Day 1 - conception takes place.
· 7 days - tiny human implants in mother’s uterus.
· 10 days - mother’s menses stop.
· 18 days - heart begins to beat.
· 21 days - pumps own blood through separate closed circulatory system with own blood type.
· 28 days - eye, ear and respiratory system begin to form.
· 42 days - brain waves recorded, skeleton complete, reflexes present.
· 7 weeks - photo of thumbsucking.
· 8 weeks - all body systems present.
· 9 weeks - squints, swallows, moves tongue, makes fist.
· 11 weeks - spontaneous breathing movements, has fingernails, all body systems working.
· 12 weeks - weighs one ounce.
· 16 weeks - genital organs clearly differentiated, grasps with hands, swims, kicks, turns, somersaults, (still not felt by the mother.)
· 18 weeks - vocal cords work – can cry.
· 20 weeks - has hair on head, weighs one pound, 12 inches long.
· 23 weeks - 15% chance of viability outside of womb if birth premature.*
· 24 weeks - 56% of babies survive premature birth.*
· 25 weeks - 79% of babies survive premature birth.*
(*Source: M. Allen et. al., "The Limits of Viability." New England Journal
of Medicine. 11/25/93: Vol. 329, No. 22, p. 1597.)
http://www.prolife.com/FETALDEV.html
The following is a great article and I encourage you all to read it:
When Does Human Life Begin?
Doctors Testify to U.S. Senate
Many internationally-known geneticists and biologists have testified that human life begins at conception. In 1981 (April 23-24) a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee held hearings on the very question: When does human life begin? Following are testimonies from two of the doctors who testified:
1. Dr. Hymie Gordon, Chairman of the Department of Genetics at the Mayo Clinic, said: "By all the criteria of modern molecular biology, life is present from the moment of conception."
2. Dr. McCarthy de Mere, a medical doctor and law professor at the University of Tennessee, testified: "The exact moment of the beginning of personhood and of the human body is at the moment of conception."
"The Father of Modern Genetics" Testifies
Dr. Jerome Lejeune, known as "The Father of Modern Genetics," also testified that human life begins at conception before the Louisiana Legislature's House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice on June 7, 1990.
Dr. Lejeune explained that within three to seven days after fertilization we can determine if the new human being is a boy or a girl. "At no time," Dr. Lejeune said, "is the human being a blob of protoplasm. As far as your nature is concerned, I see no difference between the early person that you were at conception and the late person which you are now. You were, and are, a human being."
Dr. Lejeune also pointed out that each human being is unique -- different from the mother -- from the moment of conception. He said, "Recent discoveries by Dr. Alec Jeffreys of England demonstrate that this information [on the DNA molecule] is stored by a system of bar codes not unlike those found on products at the supermarket...it's not any longer a theory that each of us is unique."
Dr. Jerome Lejeune died on April 3, 1994. Dr. Lejeune of Paris, France was a medical doctor, a Doctor of Science and a professor of Fundamental Genetics for over twenty years. Dr. Lejeune discovered the genetic cause of Down Syndrome, receiving the Kennedy Prize for the discovery and, in addition, received the Memorial Allen Award Medal, the world's highest award for work in the field of Genetics. He practiced his profession at the Hôpital des Enfants Malades (Sick Children's Hospital) in Paris. Dr. Lejeune was a member of the American Academy of the Arts and Science, a member of the Royal Society of Medicine in London, The Royal Society of Science in Stockholm, the Science Academy in Italy and Argentina, The Pontifical Academy of Science and The Academy of Medicine in France. http://www.prolife.com/FETALDEV.html
· 7 days - tiny human implants in mother’s uterus.
· 10 days - mother’s menses stop.
· 18 days - heart begins to beat.
· 21 days - pumps own blood through separate closed circulatory system with own blood type.
· 28 days - eye, ear and respiratory system begin to form.
· 42 days - brain waves recorded, skeleton complete, reflexes present.
· 7 weeks - photo of thumbsucking.
· 8 weeks - all body systems present.
· 9 weeks - squints, swallows, moves tongue, makes fist.
· 11 weeks - spontaneous breathing movements, has fingernails, all body systems working.
· 12 weeks - weighs one ounce.
· 16 weeks - genital organs clearly differentiated, grasps with hands, swims, kicks, turns, somersaults, (still not felt by the mother.)
· 18 weeks - vocal cords work – can cry.
· 20 weeks - has hair on head, weighs one pound, 12 inches long.
· 23 weeks - 15% chance of viability outside of womb if birth premature.*
· 24 weeks - 56% of babies survive premature birth.*
· 25 weeks - 79% of babies survive premature birth.*
(*Source: M. Allen et. al., "The Limits of Viability." New England Journal
of Medicine. 11/25/93: Vol. 329, No. 22, p. 1597.)
http://www.prolife.com/FETALDEV.html
The following is a great article and I encourage you all to read it:
When Does Human Life Begin?
Doctors Testify to U.S. Senate
Many internationally-known geneticists and biologists have testified that human life begins at conception. In 1981 (April 23-24) a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee held hearings on the very question: When does human life begin? Following are testimonies from two of the doctors who testified:
1. Dr. Hymie Gordon, Chairman of the Department of Genetics at the Mayo Clinic, said: "By all the criteria of modern molecular biology, life is present from the moment of conception."
2. Dr. McCarthy de Mere, a medical doctor and law professor at the University of Tennessee, testified: "The exact moment of the beginning of personhood and of the human body is at the moment of conception."
"The Father of Modern Genetics" Testifies
Dr. Jerome Lejeune, known as "The Father of Modern Genetics," also testified that human life begins at conception before the Louisiana Legislature's House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice on June 7, 1990.
Dr. Lejeune explained that within three to seven days after fertilization we can determine if the new human being is a boy or a girl. "At no time," Dr. Lejeune said, "is the human being a blob of protoplasm. As far as your nature is concerned, I see no difference between the early person that you were at conception and the late person which you are now. You were, and are, a human being."
Dr. Lejeune also pointed out that each human being is unique -- different from the mother -- from the moment of conception. He said, "Recent discoveries by Dr. Alec Jeffreys of England demonstrate that this information [on the DNA molecule] is stored by a system of bar codes not unlike those found on products at the supermarket...it's not any longer a theory that each of us is unique."
Dr. Jerome Lejeune died on April 3, 1994. Dr. Lejeune of Paris, France was a medical doctor, a Doctor of Science and a professor of Fundamental Genetics for over twenty years. Dr. Lejeune discovered the genetic cause of Down Syndrome, receiving the Kennedy Prize for the discovery and, in addition, received the Memorial Allen Award Medal, the world's highest award for work in the field of Genetics. He practiced his profession at the Hôpital des Enfants Malades (Sick Children's Hospital) in Paris. Dr. Lejeune was a member of the American Academy of the Arts and Science, a member of the Royal Society of Medicine in London, The Royal Society of Science in Stockholm, the Science Academy in Italy and Argentina, The Pontifical Academy of Science and The Academy of Medicine in France. http://www.prolife.com/FETALDEV.html
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Education In Schools
So, teen pregnancies are on the rise and guess what, so are abortions. I think we would see a huge drop in unsafe sex that not only leads to STDs but unwanted pregnancy if schools started educating students (male & female) on abortion. They show detailed videos such as "The Miracle of Life", so there shouldn't be any issues with the content of any abortion pictures or videos. In fact, that same content would deter students from unsafe sex and possibly sex all together, promoting abstinence. I think it would horrify and scare students too much to risk an unwanted pregnancy. They would not only learn about the tragic robbery of life that it is for the child, but the physical complications and mental illnesses women develop due to abortion. They would see that the "quick fix" abortionists and Pro-Choice individuals want them to believe is perfectly "safe" and "acceptable", really isn't fixing anything at all. And, in the case that an unplanned pregnancy would happen, they'd be: A.) More likely to give the baby up for adoption as opposed to abortion or B.) Actually take responsibility for their actions and raise their baby. Either way, we would see a dramatic drop in abortions. Abortionists specifically target teenage girls because they know most, if not all, don't have all the facts on abortion. They believe this group of women can be easily manipulated and pushed into a decision without weighing all of the options. Abortionists try to make it seem like they sympathize with the young girls' situation and that they are there to “help” them so they "counsel" them, and by doing so they push abortion on them. If these women had all the facts with pictures and video footage-along with the facts and stages of a human being inside of the womb, these abortionists would lose a lot of business. The Progressives and Pro-Choice Liberals don't want any part of that and will fight it. They will do this in fear that they will no longer be able to crumble the family values & morals that this country was built; that they will no longer be able to hide behind "a woman's right to choose" to feed their own agenda. They will do this in fear that another means of fragmenting this country will be destroyed. And we, the Pro-Life individuals and organizations, will PUSH THIS because it is the RIGHT thing to do. Because it will save numerous lives-those of innocent babies and those of uneducated women. Both ultimately die to to abortion (even if physical complications do not kill those women, the grief does).
Monday, March 22, 2010
Will The True Feminists Please Stand Up.....The Rest Of You, Take Your Masks Off....
A true feminist believes in women and everything that is good for women. They believe things like: a woman should have the right to vote. A woman should have the right to work out of the home. A woman should have the right to speak her mind. A woman should be equal to men in all aspects.
A true feminist:
-Does not believe a woman should have the right to kill her child.
-Understands that real women, nurture, love and protect their children.
-Knows and acknowledges that abortion, not only kills an innocent human being; it also hurts women.
*As discussed in my Planned Parenthood post, women suffer from physical complications and mental disorders due to abortion.
To the so-called feminists who argue that women should have the right to abort due to rape and incest: You’re WRONG.
First of all, statistics show that abortions due to rape and incest cover 1% of all abortions.
http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html
It is extremely rare that a pregnancy even comes from either of those circumstances.
The following is an article from http://www.truthtv.org/women/sexual-assault/pregnancy-as-a-result-of-rape/ that supports this fact:
Pregancy from rape is rare
This may be because :
· Many women are infertile at the time they are raped - they may be in the infertile phase of their monthly cycle, too old or too young to conceive.
· Trauma from the rape may bring into play some natural defence mechanisms that reduce the likelihood of pregnancy, such as hormonal change and spasms of the fallopian tubes which inhibit ovulation or fertilisation.
· Rape does not always involve a complete act of sexual intercourse - ejaculation may not occur - or the rapist may be infertile.
· The chance of conception resulting from a single act of unprotected intercourse even between consenting fertile individuals has been estimated at only 2 to 4%.
(Great information and statistics in the above article.)
Secondly, even if a woman does get pregnant due to rape or incest, that still doesn’t give her the right to kill an innocent human being. But wait a minute, despite what the abortion companies and pro-choice individuals want us to believe, here are some interesting FACTS:
“The Elliot Institute found 73 percent of rape victims chose to give birth to their babies.” ~ http://www.truthtv.org/women/sexual-assault/pregnancy-as-a-result-of-rape/
“In 1981, Dr. Sandra Makhorn conducted a major research of pregnant rape victims in the USA. Of the 37 women, 75 - 85% choose to give life to their children.
Pregnancy and Sexual Assault, New Perspectives on Human Abortion. Makhorn. 1981”~ http://www.truthtv.org/women/sexual-assault/pregnancy-as-a-result-of-rape/
So, “feminists”: where does that leave one of your strongest arguments now? In the toilet…(flush)
In the case of abortion a baby is being held accountable for SOMEONE ELSE’S actions; including abortion due to rape and incest (even though the statistics for this are low.) No matter how that baby was conceived, it is completely innocent. A woman is not going to get over rape or incest any faster by aborting the baby that came from it. In fact, it will compound the trauma she has already experienced. It’s understandable if she couldn’t bear to keep the baby after he/she was born, but that’s where adoption comes in. How is it not okay for a woman to be a victim of a hate crime (rape or incest), but it’s okay for a baby to be a victim of one (abortion)? How can you compensate for one hate crime with another? A woman, with the proper counseling, can overcome her rape or incest. A baby can never overcome death. THAT is the final and ultimate hate crime.
With your wrongfulness and ignorance, you use abortion to abuse the Feminist Movement and the power of women’s rights. With your wrongfulness and ignorance, you also give a woman who voluntarily took part in sex, got pregnant and doesn’t want to deal with the consequence of her action, a way out of her motherly responsibility.
And because you are so interested in feminism and the Feminist Movement, calling yourself a feminist, when indeed you are only masquerading as one; you should take the time to actually educate yourselves on these things and the people who contributed to them. Here is some information about some of the early feminists:
Susan B. Anthony: American Civil Rights Leader: Pro-Life
"Guilty? Yes. No matter what the motive, love of ease, or a desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; But oh, thrice guilty is he who drove her to the desperation which impelled her to the crime!" ~ http://www.feministsforlife.org/
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Activist/Leading Figure of the Women’s Movement: Pro-Life
"When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit."
Letter to Julia Ward Howe, October 16, 1873, recorded in Howe's diary at Harvard University Library~ http://www.feministsforlife.org/
Mattie Brinkerhoff: Suffrage Movement Leader: Pro-Life
"When a man steals to satisfy hunger, we may safely conclude that there is something wrong in society - so when a woman destroys the life of her unborn child, it is an evidence that either by education or circumstances she has been greatly wronged."
The Revolution, 4(9):138-9 September 2, 1869~ http://www.feministsforlife.org/
Victoria Woodhull: First Female Presidential Candidate: Pro-Life
"The rights of children as individuals begin while yet they remain the foetus."
Woodhull's and Claflin's Weekly 2(6):4 December 24, 1870~http://www.feministsforlife.org/
A true feminist:
-Does not believe a woman should have the right to kill her child.
-Understands that real women, nurture, love and protect their children.
-Knows and acknowledges that abortion, not only kills an innocent human being; it also hurts women.
*As discussed in my Planned Parenthood post, women suffer from physical complications and mental disorders due to abortion.
To the so-called feminists who argue that women should have the right to abort due to rape and incest: You’re WRONG.
First of all, statistics show that abortions due to rape and incest cover 1% of all abortions.
http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html
It is extremely rare that a pregnancy even comes from either of those circumstances.
The following is an article from http://www.truthtv.org/women/sexual-assault/pregnancy-as-a-result-of-rape/ that supports this fact:
Pregancy from rape is rare
This may be because :
· Many women are infertile at the time they are raped - they may be in the infertile phase of their monthly cycle, too old or too young to conceive.
· Trauma from the rape may bring into play some natural defence mechanisms that reduce the likelihood of pregnancy, such as hormonal change and spasms of the fallopian tubes which inhibit ovulation or fertilisation.
· Rape does not always involve a complete act of sexual intercourse - ejaculation may not occur - or the rapist may be infertile.
· The chance of conception resulting from a single act of unprotected intercourse even between consenting fertile individuals has been estimated at only 2 to 4%.
(Great information and statistics in the above article.)
Secondly, even if a woman does get pregnant due to rape or incest, that still doesn’t give her the right to kill an innocent human being. But wait a minute, despite what the abortion companies and pro-choice individuals want us to believe, here are some interesting FACTS:
“The Elliot Institute found 73 percent of rape victims chose to give birth to their babies.” ~ http://www.truthtv.org/women/sexual-assault/pregnancy-as-a-result-of-rape/
“In 1981, Dr. Sandra Makhorn conducted a major research of pregnant rape victims in the USA. Of the 37 women, 75 - 85% choose to give life to their children.
Pregnancy and Sexual Assault, New Perspectives on Human Abortion. Makhorn. 1981”~ http://www.truthtv.org/women/sexual-assault/pregnancy-as-a-result-of-rape/
So, “feminists”: where does that leave one of your strongest arguments now? In the toilet…(flush)
In the case of abortion a baby is being held accountable for SOMEONE ELSE’S actions; including abortion due to rape and incest (even though the statistics for this are low.) No matter how that baby was conceived, it is completely innocent. A woman is not going to get over rape or incest any faster by aborting the baby that came from it. In fact, it will compound the trauma she has already experienced. It’s understandable if she couldn’t bear to keep the baby after he/she was born, but that’s where adoption comes in. How is it not okay for a woman to be a victim of a hate crime (rape or incest), but it’s okay for a baby to be a victim of one (abortion)? How can you compensate for one hate crime with another? A woman, with the proper counseling, can overcome her rape or incest. A baby can never overcome death. THAT is the final and ultimate hate crime.
With your wrongfulness and ignorance, you use abortion to abuse the Feminist Movement and the power of women’s rights. With your wrongfulness and ignorance, you also give a woman who voluntarily took part in sex, got pregnant and doesn’t want to deal with the consequence of her action, a way out of her motherly responsibility.
And because you are so interested in feminism and the Feminist Movement, calling yourself a feminist, when indeed you are only masquerading as one; you should take the time to actually educate yourselves on these things and the people who contributed to them. Here is some information about some of the early feminists:
Susan B. Anthony: American Civil Rights Leader: Pro-Life
"Guilty? Yes. No matter what the motive, love of ease, or a desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; But oh, thrice guilty is he who drove her to the desperation which impelled her to the crime!" ~ http://www.feministsforlife.org/
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Activist/Leading Figure of the Women’s Movement: Pro-Life
"When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit."
Letter to Julia Ward Howe, October 16, 1873, recorded in Howe's diary at Harvard University Library~ http://www.feministsforlife.org/
Mattie Brinkerhoff: Suffrage Movement Leader: Pro-Life
"When a man steals to satisfy hunger, we may safely conclude that there is something wrong in society - so when a woman destroys the life of her unborn child, it is an evidence that either by education or circumstances she has been greatly wronged."
The Revolution, 4(9):138-9 September 2, 1869~ http://www.feministsforlife.org/
Victoria Woodhull: First Female Presidential Candidate: Pro-Life
"The rights of children as individuals begin while yet they remain the foetus."
Woodhull's and Claflin's Weekly 2(6):4 December 24, 1870~http://www.feministsforlife.org/
Can You Tell Me What The Difference Is?
The following photo is from the Holocaust. Dead bodies of human beings piled on top of eachother after being gassed. This photo was taken from: http://www.oskarschindler.com/Albums3/jpg_hol1.htm 
The above photo is from an abortion clinic. Dead bodies of human beings piled on top of eachother in a trash bag after being aborted. This photo is from: http://www.100abortionpictures.com/Aborted_Baby_Pictures_Abortion_Photos/index.cfm
Both pictures depict Genocide....
Can you tell me what the difference is?
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Planned Parenthood and Other Abortionists Exposed...Part II
Planned Parenthood, as well as all other abortion clinics, is well aware that they are killing a human being. These next quotes are directly from a Planned Parenthood brochure back when they were against abortion:
· "An abortion kills the life of a baby after it has begun. It is dangerous to your life and health."
-- Planned Parenthood 'Plan Your Children' pamphlet,
1963
Wait a minute, in the above quote aren’t they saying it’s dangerous? Hmm…but now on their website, they’re marketing abortion as “safe.”
"Abortion is the taking of a life."
-- Former Planned Parenthood Medical Director
Mary Calderone, who is pro-choice [American
Journal of Public Health]
I got both of those quotes from: http://www.gargaro.com/ppquotes.html
I suggest you also visit this link to see other quotes from abortionists: http://www.pregnantpause.org/abort/workers_say.htm
And also, a former Planned Parenthood employee speaks out:
http://www.pregnantpause.org/abort/workers_say.htm
http://unitedfamiliesinternational.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/planned-parenthood-employ-quits-after-viewing-ultrasound-of-abortion/
· "An abortion kills the life of a baby after it has begun. It is dangerous to your life and health."
-- Planned Parenthood 'Plan Your Children' pamphlet,
1963
Wait a minute, in the above quote aren’t they saying it’s dangerous? Hmm…but now on their website, they’re marketing abortion as “safe.”
"Abortion is the taking of a life."
-- Former Planned Parenthood Medical Director
Mary Calderone, who is pro-choice [American
Journal of Public Health]
I got both of those quotes from: http://www.gargaro.com/ppquotes.html
I suggest you also visit this link to see other quotes from abortionists: http://www.pregnantpause.org/abort/workers_say.htm
And also, a former Planned Parenthood employee speaks out:
http://www.pregnantpause.org/abort/workers_say.htm
http://unitedfamiliesinternational.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/planned-parenthood-employ-quits-after-viewing-ultrasound-of-abortion/
Planned Parenthood and Other Abortionists Exposed...
Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion clinic in the United States and has received a third of its money in government grants.
This organization prides itself on promoting “women’s health”. If this is the case then shouldn’t they be promoting family planning and celebrating life? Counseling women to keep their babies or to give them up for adoption? Giving them the resources they need to do those things? Well they do exactly the opposite. Planned Parenthood could care less about women’s health and here’s why: They promote abortion, not caring about women’s health or the life of the unborn, but caring about the dollar. And abortion is their most lucrative service. When they “counsel” a woman about her unplanned pregnancy, it is not to give her other options; it is to push abortion on her. They do this knowing that the act of killing a baby goes against everything inside of a woman that tells her to love, to nurture and to protect. Knowing that making that choice causes such an emotional trauma for women, that it leads to mental illness such as depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and even suicide. Not to mention the physical complications associated with abortion. These complications can include death of not only the baby, but also the mother. It’s not safe for a woman emotionally or physically, but that’s what Planned Parenthood tells you on their website. Their claim that abortion is safe is a lie. The claim that they are in the business of “women’s health” is a lie. The FACT that they shed innocent money all to make a buck is the truth. Below, I have attached some links to articles on botched abortions as well as physical complications due to abortion. I have also attached articles on abortion causing mental illness and suicide.
http://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/abortion_and_substance_abuse.asp
http://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/post_abortion_syndrome_character.asp
http://www.abortionfacts.com/literature/literature_928YC.asp
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/335/7625/845
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,488644,00.html
In one of the above articles, a botched abortion in Florida is discussed. An instance where a baby was aborted by induced-labor. Here’s how it was aborted: This woman was given medication to induce labor and when she was told to come back in to see the doctor, the doctor was two hours late for her appointment. At 23 weeks, this woman went into labor and had the baby. When the baby was born, a clinician picked the baby up, stuffed it into a plastic bag and simply threw it in the trash. That is horrifying, outrageous and SICK! How have people become so desensitized? That baby was killed, like so many others, ruthlessly, wrongfully and because they were considered an inconvenience. Unacceptable. Disgusting.
In the following articles taken from Planned Parenthood’s website, Pro-Life organizations and individuals are referred to as “extremists.” To me, extreme isn’t believing in the sanctity and preservation of life. To me, extreme is ending a life, simply because it was looked at as an inconvenience (by the parents) and a dollar sign (abortion clinics.)
Opposing Attacks on Women’s Health
Women must be able to access health care without fear of violence, harassment, or intimidation. Young people must be able to get accurate information about their health and how to protect it. And women, men, and teens must able to make their own decisions about their health and their futures without government intrusion.
Anti-choice extremists do everything they can to prevent women and men from taking charge of their lives. If these radicals truly were concerned about women and families, they would work with Planned Parenthood to reduce unintended pregnancy in the first place by doing the only thing that works — increasing access to affordable birth control and comprehensive sex education.
Planned Parenthood fights anti-choice extremism on every level. Unfortunately, anti-choice extremists continue their attacks on Planned Parenthood and the people we serve. Join us to fight:
· In reference to the above article from Planned Parenthood’s website: I find it funny they say “without government intrusion” but they're ready and willing to take government money to fund their operation. Hypocrites. As far as unintended pregnancies, they shouldn’t be happening. And in the event that they do, people should be taught to take responsibility for it. Maybe if that were the case, you wouldn’t see so many unplanned pregnancies. Food for thought.
Here is another article from Planned Parenthood’s website:
Protecting Abortion Access
Planned Parenthood believes every woman should have access to the full range of reproductive health care.
Our primary goal is prevention — reducing the number of unintended pregnancies, especially the alarmingly high number of teenage pregnancies, in the U.S. At the same time, to protect their health and the health of their families, women facing an unintended pregnancy must have access to safe, legal abortion services without interference from the government. Decisions about childbearing should be made by a woman in consultation with her family and doctor — not by politicians.
Access to abortion is legal, constitutionally protected, and consistently supported by a majority of Americans; yet anti-choice organizations and policymakers have made it increasingly harder for women to access needed care. Anti-choice hardliners erode access to abortion through court battles, ballot measures, and burdensome legislative restrictions on abortion services — some extremists even resort to intimidation, harassment, and violence against women and health care providers.
Planned Parenthood fights these anti-choice efforts on every level. From courthouses to statehouses to Capitol Hill to the grassroots, we work to protect access to reproductive health care through education of elected officials, litigation, and mobilization of our more than four million activists, donors, and supporters.
In reference to the above article from Planned Parenthood: The quote, "...consistently supported by a majority of Americans” where are they getting these facts? Oh wait, they're not. Because what I saw during the Health Care Reform news coverage, is that they were having trouble passing the bill. Not only because it’s ridiculous and the gateway to Socialism, but because it was going to federally fund abortion and THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DON’T WANT THAT. If abortion were truly supported by the majority of Americans, there wouldn’t be an issue with federally funding it. And as far as an alarmingly high rate of teenage pregnancy: maybe if schools educated women not only on safe sex, but ABORTION AND EVERYTHING IT ENTAILS, you wouldn’t see such a high number of teenage pregnancies.
This organization prides itself on promoting “women’s health”. If this is the case then shouldn’t they be promoting family planning and celebrating life? Counseling women to keep their babies or to give them up for adoption? Giving them the resources they need to do those things? Well they do exactly the opposite. Planned Parenthood could care less about women’s health and here’s why: They promote abortion, not caring about women’s health or the life of the unborn, but caring about the dollar. And abortion is their most lucrative service. When they “counsel” a woman about her unplanned pregnancy, it is not to give her other options; it is to push abortion on her. They do this knowing that the act of killing a baby goes against everything inside of a woman that tells her to love, to nurture and to protect. Knowing that making that choice causes such an emotional trauma for women, that it leads to mental illness such as depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and even suicide. Not to mention the physical complications associated with abortion. These complications can include death of not only the baby, but also the mother. It’s not safe for a woman emotionally or physically, but that’s what Planned Parenthood tells you on their website. Their claim that abortion is safe is a lie. The claim that they are in the business of “women’s health” is a lie. The FACT that they shed innocent money all to make a buck is the truth. Below, I have attached some links to articles on botched abortions as well as physical complications due to abortion. I have also attached articles on abortion causing mental illness and suicide.
http://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/abortion_and_substance_abuse.asp
http://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/post_abortion_syndrome_character.asp
http://www.abortionfacts.com/literature/literature_928YC.asp
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/335/7625/845
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,488644,00.html
In one of the above articles, a botched abortion in Florida is discussed. An instance where a baby was aborted by induced-labor. Here’s how it was aborted: This woman was given medication to induce labor and when she was told to come back in to see the doctor, the doctor was two hours late for her appointment. At 23 weeks, this woman went into labor and had the baby. When the baby was born, a clinician picked the baby up, stuffed it into a plastic bag and simply threw it in the trash. That is horrifying, outrageous and SICK! How have people become so desensitized? That baby was killed, like so many others, ruthlessly, wrongfully and because they were considered an inconvenience. Unacceptable. Disgusting.
In the following articles taken from Planned Parenthood’s website, Pro-Life organizations and individuals are referred to as “extremists.” To me, extreme isn’t believing in the sanctity and preservation of life. To me, extreme is ending a life, simply because it was looked at as an inconvenience (by the parents) and a dollar sign (abortion clinics.)
Opposing Attacks on Women’s Health
Women must be able to access health care without fear of violence, harassment, or intimidation. Young people must be able to get accurate information about their health and how to protect it. And women, men, and teens must able to make their own decisions about their health and their futures without government intrusion.
Anti-choice extremists do everything they can to prevent women and men from taking charge of their lives. If these radicals truly were concerned about women and families, they would work with Planned Parenthood to reduce unintended pregnancy in the first place by doing the only thing that works — increasing access to affordable birth control and comprehensive sex education.
Planned Parenthood fights anti-choice extremism on every level. Unfortunately, anti-choice extremists continue their attacks on Planned Parenthood and the people we serve. Join us to fight:
· In reference to the above article from Planned Parenthood’s website: I find it funny they say “without government intrusion” but they're ready and willing to take government money to fund their operation. Hypocrites. As far as unintended pregnancies, they shouldn’t be happening. And in the event that they do, people should be taught to take responsibility for it. Maybe if that were the case, you wouldn’t see so many unplanned pregnancies. Food for thought.
Here is another article from Planned Parenthood’s website:
Protecting Abortion Access
Planned Parenthood believes every woman should have access to the full range of reproductive health care.
Our primary goal is prevention — reducing the number of unintended pregnancies, especially the alarmingly high number of teenage pregnancies, in the U.S. At the same time, to protect their health and the health of their families, women facing an unintended pregnancy must have access to safe, legal abortion services without interference from the government. Decisions about childbearing should be made by a woman in consultation with her family and doctor — not by politicians.
Access to abortion is legal, constitutionally protected, and consistently supported by a majority of Americans; yet anti-choice organizations and policymakers have made it increasingly harder for women to access needed care. Anti-choice hardliners erode access to abortion through court battles, ballot measures, and burdensome legislative restrictions on abortion services — some extremists even resort to intimidation, harassment, and violence against women and health care providers.
Planned Parenthood fights these anti-choice efforts on every level. From courthouses to statehouses to Capitol Hill to the grassroots, we work to protect access to reproductive health care through education of elected officials, litigation, and mobilization of our more than four million activists, donors, and supporters.
In reference to the above article from Planned Parenthood: The quote, "...consistently supported by a majority of Americans” where are they getting these facts? Oh wait, they're not. Because what I saw during the Health Care Reform news coverage, is that they were having trouble passing the bill. Not only because it’s ridiculous and the gateway to Socialism, but because it was going to federally fund abortion and THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DON’T WANT THAT. If abortion were truly supported by the majority of Americans, there wouldn’t be an issue with federally funding it. And as far as an alarmingly high rate of teenage pregnancy: maybe if schools educated women not only on safe sex, but ABORTION AND EVERYTHING IT ENTAILS, you wouldn’t see such a high number of teenage pregnancies.
How does he know "what the right thing to do" is?
The Facts About Obama on Abortion
· Obama supports the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, a law which guards pro-life citizens against being forced to pay for any abortion that is not being carried out because of incest, rape, or unusually great threat to the life of the mother. The pro-abortion (as "pro-choice" should be called) group NARAL hates the Hyde Amendment because they say it "forces about half the women who would otherwise have abortions to carry unintended pregnancies to term and bear children against their wishes instead."
· On January 23rd, 2009, the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, Obama signed legislation reversing the “Mexico City Policy”, which had stated that the U.S. will never use taxpayer money to fund international planned parenthood groups that support or perform abortions.
· Obama still has not made good, but we are sure he eventually will, on what he promised would be the “very first thing” he would do once in office-- "sign the Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA), which Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia has summed up as the "right to abort a fully developed child in the final weeks for undefined 'health' reasons". FOCA says that any woman is allowed to abort her child for virtually any conceivable reasons at any time throughout the entire nine months of her pregnancy. Had a bad day? Had a fight with your boyfriend? Just abort that fetus—or that fully formed baby. You’ll feel so much better.
· Obama is well known for having called an unwanted baby a female’s “punishment”, and for this reason he supports something that even many pro-abortion people find disgusting and immoral—partial-birth abortion. If a doctor attempts to abort a baby when it is close to being born, and the abortion doesn’t work and the child is emerging alive from the womb, Obama says that the doctor is within legal rights to kill it—on the spot.
· Obama supports all legislation that would legalize the killing of a new baby that is born alive and separated from the mother—all she has to do is decide in those moments that she doesn’t want it or never did, and according our illustrious mad Lib President the doctors should have the legal right to commit infanticide. Fittingly, the Obama Administration lied about this blatantly until documented evidence was brought to light proving that Obama does indeed support infanticide and the removal of federal laws protecting fully birthed children from post-partum “abortion”.
· Obama, as a Senator, co-sponsored a bill that would permit and condone the mass production cloning of human embryos which would then be killed by biomedical research. And, get this—it would be mandatory that they be killed; it would be a severely punished federal crime for any woman to have one of the embryos implanted in her womb and made into a full-fledged human baby.
· Obama has turned against his own party by staunchly refusing to support the Pregnant Women Support Act, the Democrats for Life group’s signature bill which intends to reduce abortions via the provision of assistance to women who are facing crisis pregnancies.
The above article was taken from: http://www.americanconservativevalues.com/articles/against-abortion.html
So, when Obama references Health Care reform as “the right thing to do” he just sounds ignorant to me. One, because it is so obviously NOT the right thing to do since 75% of Americans don’t want it. Two, because he obviously has no idea what doing the right thing is. I mean this man and his wife seemed ignorant to me when they did their little fist pound up on stage. Instead of having respect that this was an election that could and turns out would change our country forever, they treated it like they were in the middle of a high school basketball game and their team just scored a point. She sounded ignorant to me when she referred to Obama as “my babies’ daddy” while addressing America. That was ignorant and disrespectful, are we a ghetto? So being married to a woman of her ignorance, he is ignorant. He associated himself with people that hate America, because I believe he hates America.
He has Socialists and Marxists (and at one time, a Communist) in the White House. For those of you who didn’t know this, I suggest you watch Glenn Beck, if you don’t already. He is a wealth of information.
More ignorance: Obama is associated with Jeremiah Wright- I have taken the following article from:
http://bumpshack.com/2008/03/18/pastor-jeremiah-wright-controversy-quotes/
Conservative talking head Sean Hannity was the first to expose Barack Obama’s preacher, Jeremiah Wright, for his controversial and racist rants he has made during sermons, on the church’s website, and in his writings.
Wright married Barack and his wife Michelle. He baptizes Barack’s two daughters and has been Obama’s pastor for more than twenty years. He is even credited in Barack’s book, The Audacity of Hope, and the title actually came from one of Wright’s sermons.
I have tried to gather and compile some of the more inflammatory remarks from Wright below. If I have missed any of his most outrageous rants then please feel free to drop a comment with it below.
All Quotes Attributed to Pastor Jeremiah Wright
“We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye.”
“We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost.” (Sep 2001)
“The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America.’ No, no, no, God damn America, that’s in the Bible for killing innocent people . God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.” (2003)
“In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just ‘disappeared’ as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.” (magazine article)
“Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run!…We [in the U.S.] believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God.” (sermon)
“Barack knows what it means living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich white people. Hillary would never know that. Hillary ain’t never been called a nigger. Hillary has never had a people defined as a non-person.”
“Hillary is married to Bill, and Bill has been good to us. No he ain’t! Bill did us, just like he did Monica Lewinsky. He was riding dirty.” (sermon)
“The Israelis have illegally occupied Palestinian territories for over 40 years now. Divestment has now hit the table again as a strategy to wake the business community and wake up Americans concerning the injustice and the racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism.”
So once again, for being associated with this man Obama is ignorant. So with all of these facts and the fact that Obama supports the murder of the born (live birth abortion) and unborn, it is a joke for him to talk about doing the right thing. The fact that he believes that he can just shove a bill down the throats of the American people “because it is the right thing to do” regardless of what the people want and making people pay for something that is morally and ethically wrong- he is ignorant. And this Ladies and Gentlemen is our president. What an utter disappointment. But hey, I voted for the other guy!
And by the way, Jeremiah Wright. In reference to your statement:
“Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run!…We [in the U.S.] believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God.” (sermon)
This country was actually founded on Christian principles, NOT racism. In fact, it’s people like you that keep racism alive, or at least try to. Trying to further fragment this country. You’re ignorant, and it has nothing to do with the color of your skin.
· Obama supports the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, a law which guards pro-life citizens against being forced to pay for any abortion that is not being carried out because of incest, rape, or unusually great threat to the life of the mother. The pro-abortion (as "pro-choice" should be called) group NARAL hates the Hyde Amendment because they say it "forces about half the women who would otherwise have abortions to carry unintended pregnancies to term and bear children against their wishes instead."
· On January 23rd, 2009, the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, Obama signed legislation reversing the “Mexico City Policy”, which had stated that the U.S. will never use taxpayer money to fund international planned parenthood groups that support or perform abortions.
· Obama still has not made good, but we are sure he eventually will, on what he promised would be the “very first thing” he would do once in office-- "sign the Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA), which Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia has summed up as the "right to abort a fully developed child in the final weeks for undefined 'health' reasons". FOCA says that any woman is allowed to abort her child for virtually any conceivable reasons at any time throughout the entire nine months of her pregnancy. Had a bad day? Had a fight with your boyfriend? Just abort that fetus—or that fully formed baby. You’ll feel so much better.
· Obama is well known for having called an unwanted baby a female’s “punishment”, and for this reason he supports something that even many pro-abortion people find disgusting and immoral—partial-birth abortion. If a doctor attempts to abort a baby when it is close to being born, and the abortion doesn’t work and the child is emerging alive from the womb, Obama says that the doctor is within legal rights to kill it—on the spot.
· Obama supports all legislation that would legalize the killing of a new baby that is born alive and separated from the mother—all she has to do is decide in those moments that she doesn’t want it or never did, and according our illustrious mad Lib President the doctors should have the legal right to commit infanticide. Fittingly, the Obama Administration lied about this blatantly until documented evidence was brought to light proving that Obama does indeed support infanticide and the removal of federal laws protecting fully birthed children from post-partum “abortion”.
· Obama, as a Senator, co-sponsored a bill that would permit and condone the mass production cloning of human embryos which would then be killed by biomedical research. And, get this—it would be mandatory that they be killed; it would be a severely punished federal crime for any woman to have one of the embryos implanted in her womb and made into a full-fledged human baby.
· Obama has turned against his own party by staunchly refusing to support the Pregnant Women Support Act, the Democrats for Life group’s signature bill which intends to reduce abortions via the provision of assistance to women who are facing crisis pregnancies.
The above article was taken from: http://www.americanconservativevalues.com/articles/against-abortion.html
So, when Obama references Health Care reform as “the right thing to do” he just sounds ignorant to me. One, because it is so obviously NOT the right thing to do since 75% of Americans don’t want it. Two, because he obviously has no idea what doing the right thing is. I mean this man and his wife seemed ignorant to me when they did their little fist pound up on stage. Instead of having respect that this was an election that could and turns out would change our country forever, they treated it like they were in the middle of a high school basketball game and their team just scored a point. She sounded ignorant to me when she referred to Obama as “my babies’ daddy” while addressing America. That was ignorant and disrespectful, are we a ghetto? So being married to a woman of her ignorance, he is ignorant. He associated himself with people that hate America, because I believe he hates America.
He has Socialists and Marxists (and at one time, a Communist) in the White House. For those of you who didn’t know this, I suggest you watch Glenn Beck, if you don’t already. He is a wealth of information.
More ignorance: Obama is associated with Jeremiah Wright- I have taken the following article from:
http://bumpshack.com/2008/03/18/pastor-jeremiah-wright-controversy-quotes/
Conservative talking head Sean Hannity was the first to expose Barack Obama’s preacher, Jeremiah Wright, for his controversial and racist rants he has made during sermons, on the church’s website, and in his writings.
Wright married Barack and his wife Michelle. He baptizes Barack’s two daughters and has been Obama’s pastor for more than twenty years. He is even credited in Barack’s book, The Audacity of Hope, and the title actually came from one of Wright’s sermons.
I have tried to gather and compile some of the more inflammatory remarks from Wright below. If I have missed any of his most outrageous rants then please feel free to drop a comment with it below.
All Quotes Attributed to Pastor Jeremiah Wright
“We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye.”
“We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost.” (Sep 2001)
“The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America.’ No, no, no, God damn America, that’s in the Bible for killing innocent people . God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.” (2003)
“In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just ‘disappeared’ as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.” (magazine article)
“Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run!…We [in the U.S.] believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God.” (sermon)
“Barack knows what it means living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich white people. Hillary would never know that. Hillary ain’t never been called a nigger. Hillary has never had a people defined as a non-person.”
“Hillary is married to Bill, and Bill has been good to us. No he ain’t! Bill did us, just like he did Monica Lewinsky. He was riding dirty.” (sermon)
“The Israelis have illegally occupied Palestinian territories for over 40 years now. Divestment has now hit the table again as a strategy to wake the business community and wake up Americans concerning the injustice and the racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism.”
So once again, for being associated with this man Obama is ignorant. So with all of these facts and the fact that Obama supports the murder of the born (live birth abortion) and unborn, it is a joke for him to talk about doing the right thing. The fact that he believes that he can just shove a bill down the throats of the American people “because it is the right thing to do” regardless of what the people want and making people pay for something that is morally and ethically wrong- he is ignorant. And this Ladies and Gentlemen is our president. What an utter disappointment. But hey, I voted for the other guy!
And by the way, Jeremiah Wright. In reference to your statement:
“Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run!…We [in the U.S.] believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God.” (sermon)
This country was actually founded on Christian principles, NOT racism. In fact, it’s people like you that keep racism alive, or at least try to. Trying to further fragment this country. You’re ignorant, and it has nothing to do with the color of your skin.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Imagine Spot 1 - Rejected by NBC and CNN
Funny how someone who faced the same circumstances so many aborted babies face (and those same circustances are used to justify abortion by individuals who are Pro-Choice), is trying to force abortion down people's throats.
Everyone Against Abortion Please Raise Your Hand
I urge you all to contact your senators and congressmen about the Health Care Reform bill. This bill will cost tax payers billions, open the gateway for Socialism and LIFT THE VARIOUS BANS ON ABORTION. I refuse to pay for abortions with my tax dollars because I am morally against them- Abortion is wrong. I will continue to fight that, as should you, even if this bill goes through. We have to do everything in our power to stop this. In these final hours, continue to contact your government officials and PRAY.
You can also visit http://stoptheabortionagenda.com/ and sign the petition to stop abortion.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Abortion Statistics
Today I am going to focus on abortion statistics. These numbers should give you chills. How can this many people truly believe that these human beings do not have the right to life? Why? Because it may be an inconvenience for someone? Maybe that should have been thought about before the pregnancy happened. Either way, I’m tired of society teaching people not to take responsibility for their actions. This is a prime example! Actions have consequences. You need to do the RIGHT thing and take responsibility for them. A baby doesn’t ask to be conceived. It’s parents make that decision for them by their actions whether it is planned or unplanned. So why are these innocent human beings held accountable for other people’s actions? In the case of an unwanted pregnancy, why would a woman be encouraged to end an innocent life? I would think she would be encouraged to give that child into the loving arms of parents who have been waiting for him/her to come into their lives via adoption. Let me ask you this: Why do people think the death penalty shouldn’t be allowed (even though those who are on death row have committed heinous crimes including murder), but these same people think nothing of murdering an innocent baby? Because that’s exactly what abortion is. Here are some of the statistics I've found:
-There are approximately 42 Million abortions each year worldwide
-There are approximately 115,000 each day worldwide
-In the United States alone, each year there are 1.37 million abortions (1996)
-In the United States alone, each day there are approximately 3,700
-Abortions due to rape or incest: 1%
-Abortions due to health problems for either the mother or the child: 6%
-Abortions due to unwanted pregnancy: 93%
-It is estimated that 43% of women will have at least one abortion by the age of 45.
-It is estimated that 47% of all abortions performed, are on women who have had at least one previous abortion.
The above statistics were provided by:
The Alan Guttmacher Institute. (http://www.agi-usa.org/) & Planned Parenthood’s Family Planning Perspectives
The information was gathered from http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html
-There are approximately 42 Million abortions each year worldwide
-There are approximately 115,000 each day worldwide
-In the United States alone, each year there are 1.37 million abortions (1996)
-In the United States alone, each day there are approximately 3,700
-Abortions due to rape or incest: 1%
-Abortions due to health problems for either the mother or the child: 6%
-Abortions due to unwanted pregnancy: 93%
-It is estimated that 43% of women will have at least one abortion by the age of 45.
-It is estimated that 47% of all abortions performed, are on women who have had at least one previous abortion.
The above statistics were provided by:
The Alan Guttmacher Institute. (http://www.agi-usa.org/) & Planned Parenthood’s Family Planning Perspectives
The information was gathered from http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Medical Science Proves Abortion Is Killing of Human Beings - Pro-Life Anti-Abortion Video
There are many different types of abortion, all of which I got information about from the following website:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/abortiontypes/
I suggest you visit this site as well because it goes in depth about the different procedures, which are:
-Suction Aspiration
-Dilation and Curettage
-Dilation and Evacuation
-Saline Injection
-Prostaglandin Chemical Abortion
-Hysterotomy or Caesarean Section
-Partial-Birth Abortion
There is also an abortion pill. Information on this pill can be found at the following site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_abortion
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