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Cause and effect

November 11, 2014 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

“Imagine if every person saw every other person as equally amazing, equally valuable. Imagine how things might change.”

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Lest we forget

November 7, 2014 by Andrea Mrozek 2 Comments

I bought a poppy from a veteran in the mall the other day, in Calgary. I already had one, but he was standing there, next to a display, which included the poem In Flanders Fields written in big letters. I felt I couldn’t just pass by. I asked him where he had served and he had been in WWII. Then Korea, then stationed in Germany. As he described that last one, his eyes got misty. So did mine. I started to get embarrassed, so I said thank you for service somewhat abruptly and left. And then cried in Banana Republic, while looking at sweaters.

There was something odd about the juxtaposition of the modern mall, glassy and expensive and remembering our fallen soldiers. Though I’m certainly grateful they had that display.

This veteran was as old as my grandfathers would be, were they alive. These men won’t be around to thank in person forever.

There is a cool display in England for Remembrance Day, too. You can learn about that here.

Lest we forget.

Mass sterilizations underway in Kenya by UNICEF and the WHO

November 7, 2014 by Natalie Sonnen 4 Comments

Earlier this year a letter was sent out by the Bishops of Kenya. I was forwarded a copy of the letter alerting the international community that a UN campaign to inoculate against tetanus was underway in Kenya. The reason for the alert was because the campaign was rather unorthodox. It was only targeting women and girls of reproductive age.

The Bishops were asking some very pointed questions.

-Is there a tetanus crisis on women of child bearing age in Kenya? If this is so, why has it not been declared?
-Why does the campaign target women of 14 – 49 years?
– Why has the campaign left out young girls, boys and men even if they are all prone to tetanus?
– In the midst of so many life threatening diseases in Kenya, why has tetanus been prioritized?

What the Bishops were concerned about was the following:

Information in the public domain indicates that Tetanus Toxoid vaccine (TT) laced with Beta human chorionic gonadotropin (b-HCG) sub unit has been used in Philippines, Nicaragua and Mexico to vaccinate women against future pregnancy. Beta HCG sub unit is a hormone necessary for pregnancy.
When injected as a vaccine to a non-pregnant woman, this Beta HCG sub unit combined with tetanus toxoid develops antibodies against tetanus and HCG so that if a woman’s egg becomes fertilized, her own natural HCG will be destroyed rendering her permanently infertile.

In other words, UN vaccination programs are moving into developing nations and permanently sterilizing whole segments of the population without their knowledge or consent.

Their worst fears have been confirmed. According to this LifeSiteNews article, Kenya’s Catholic bishops are charging UNICEF and the WHO with sterilizing millions of girls and women with a tetanus vaccine that has been laced with HCG.

According to a statement released Tuesday by the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association, the organization has found an antigen that causes miscarriages in a vaccine being administered to 2.3 million girls and women by the World Health Organization and UNICEF.

We sent six samples from around Kenya to laboratories in South Africa. They tested positive for the HCG antigen,” Dr. Muhame Ngare of the Mercy Medical Centre in Nairobi told LifeSiteNews. “They were all laced with HCG.”

About that human rights museum

November 5, 2014 by Andrea Mrozek 1 Comment

This column–I loved it in many ways but especially this line:

There’s a reason that the activists of the abortion movement are in a museum: Because abortion activists are a thing of the past.

Bam. We have to protest these non-rights that are being portrayed as such.

This is who you are

November 5, 2014 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

Carolyn Arends is a singer/songwriter I had the honour of meeting on Monday night at the Christian Advocacy Society event. She sang this song. Enjoy.

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UK MPs vote to ban sex-selection abortion

November 5, 2014 by Faye Sonier 13 Comments

In Canada, we can’t even have a Parliamentary motion on this topic, but thankfully the UK is making progress where we’re unable to:

The vote of 181 to 1 for the Abortion (Sex-Selection) Bill tabled by pro-life Conservative MP Fiona Bruce will now go to second reading in January.

Bruce tabled the bill in an effort to end confusion over the legal status of sex-selective abortion in the UK.

“It is a shame that this clarification is needed. Successive health ministers and even the Prime Minister have been very clear … that abortion for reasons of gender alone is illegal. The Prime Minister has described the practice as appalling but they are being ignored,” Bruce told the Commons.

It remains appallingly controversial in Canada to state in Parliament that killing female pre-born children simply because they are female is wrong.

Canada, we can learn something from the UK about human rights. Wake up and get with the times.

“Childcare and academia can be juggled”

November 5, 2014 by Faye Sonier 4 Comments

Follow this link to see the photo of a mama with her babe that went viral.

“It wasn’t a statement [on breastfeeding] or anything like that. I would have sent the same picture to the uni had he [Alek] had a bottle or a sandwich … it was just the fact that I’m a mum, it’s not I’m a breastfeeding mum, just I’m a mum,” she said.

“It was really a message of thanks and that other mums can do it as well.

Women don’t require abortions in order to continue their education. Families and communities can rally around them and offer support. There are also organizations and programs that offer a helping hand as well. As this mama testifies, it can be done without a life being lost. There are choices other than abortion.

Pro-life event in Lethbridge on Saturday

November 5, 2014 by Faye Sonier Leave a Comment

This sounds like a great event:

Country music star George Canyon will be singing for a good cause Saturday when he pays a visit to Lethbridge.

Canyon will perform in concert at Southminster United Church starting at 7 p.m. in support of the Lethbridge Pregnancy Care Centre.

The centre provides emotional and practical support for those facing an unplanned pregnancy or pregnancy-related challenges.

On Brittany Maynard’s suicide

November 4, 2014 by Faye Sonier 2 Comments

I’m saddened for Brittany and her family. Both battling cancer and losing a loved one to cancer is so very difficult. I’m sorry for their loss.

The coverage of Brittany’s death has addressed the national and international debate regarding assisted suicide. I thought this piece was quite balanced.

One of the interviewees noted the actions of an insurance company with offices in a state that had legalized assisted suicide.

Tim Rosales, spokesman for Patients Rights Action Coalition based in Princeton, N.J., said that for every Brittany Maynard, there’s a Barbara Wagner, an Oregon woman who fought her insurance company when it said it would cover drugs for her suicide but not for chemotherapy to fight her lung cancer.

“We have to look at assisted suicide in much broader terms,” Rosales said in a phone interview Sunday evening. “Obviously, we’re very saddened to hear the news about Brittany Maynard. However, that being said, suicide or assisted suicide sends the wrong message to a lot of young people are the country, particularly those who are dealing with psychological or physical challenges or serious illnesses.”

I hope this was an isolated incident. And if assisted suicide is decriminalized in Canada, which it may very well be, I hope we don’t see insurance companies mailing out letters like these to Canadians. As someone who has struggled with cancer and chronic illness, these actions hit far too close to home.