Poignant. I am weary of those who would say a fetus is not a baby is not a person. Duh. But this is what, given time and growth, they become. (And if your answer is no, I don’t, then fine, so be it. Many others do.)
Planned Parenthood and the sale of fetus parts
I just couldn’t blog about this lunch eating lady describing her organ sales from aborted fetuses. Too macabre. But then a friend wrote with this link to a New York Magazine article. And she asked these questions, which I’ll just cut and paste here:
Do people really think the issue is whether or not you can do useful things with aborted tissue?
How much do you have to deaden your soul to be ok with listening to her discuss how you position a baby so you don’t damage its liver when you dismember it?
More good questions asked about Planned Parenthood on this CNN blog:
Planned Parenthood is sensitive to us getting the wrong idea about what it does. But we’re sensitive about not having to find out.
Whoever thinks about the reality of abortion unless they actually have to participate in one? Whoever considers the crushed organs: the hearts, lungs and livers? We all prefer to mask this truth behind euphemisms, of which Planned Parenthood is simply the market leader. Reproductive health centers. Medical services. Procedures. Anything but calling it what abortion really is — the obliteration of a fetus.
Now, we may argue that sometimes abortion is necessary or a matter of privacy between a woman and her doctor. But that shouldn’t stop us from being honest about it. On the contrary, what’s troubling about modern society is its habit of dressing up difficult things in comforting language — discouraging people from dwelling too hard on the realities of what they are doing.
I’ll say.
What’s worse than a one-child policy?
On legitimate choices
I’m looking forward to reading this book, Girl in Glass. Just heard an interview on NPR yesterday with the author, who is the mother of the “distressed baby” born at 25 weeks. Here’s an article about the story. I never heard about the initial controversy.
In an age of CEO gaffes and snafus, one in particular drew significant backlash last year.
At a town hall with employees, AOL Chief Executive Tim Armstrong explained his reasoning behind the cuts that had recently been made to the company’s retirement benefits: He blamed rising costs linked with the Affordable Care Act — and, more specifically, he blamed the costs of covering two “distressed babies.”
Some other highlights:
On her daughter’s time in the neonatal intensive care unit
The first time I reached into her incubator, she held onto my hand. Her fingers were so tiny that they hardly felt like fingers, but they grasped my finger, and from that moment on, I could see, you know, she’s fighting for her life, and the least that I can do as her mother is to be here with her.
On any given day I might feel, you know, that this is a good day — she gained an ounce, her oxygen levels are steady, her heart rate is steady — and then, three hours later, her lung had collapsed or her weight had plummeted. And, you know, I have to say there’s nothing like having a child on life support for three months to give you perspective on what matters.
What a painful time this must have been. I love the respect the author shows this tiny person, fighting for her life.
Of course all the pro-choicers in the world say they too love this story. Because the mom wanted to have this baby, it was right and good for her to be born. But if she had not wanted the baby, then it would have been right and good to have an abortion. For anti-choicers like me, we are saying some things are not a choice. Everyone is anti-choice in some ways. So the question is what are legit choices for you? And by what standard do you decide?
Deanna Fei is the mother of Mila, born at 25 weeks, and author of Girl in Glass
Hush
Definitely is a lot you can’t say about abortion, because the topic is too political. I don’t know that the terms “pro-life” and “pro-choice” aren’t part of the problem when it comes to getting good information. Nonetheless, those are the labels we got for the political side of the debate. The thing is that I believe once you get more information, you are more likely to be pro-life. First just for yourself and then for others too.
This looks like it will be an interesting documentary. It’s called Hush.
Your summer reading list
Want to know what Canadian pro-life leaders think you should be reading? The National Campus Life Network just provided you with that list here. It’s a wide ranging list with something for everyone and I’m looking forward to working through the recommendations over the next year.
Enjoy!
Youtube censorship
Do you think this video should be censored? Just became aware that it had been. The creator of the video is suing.
Movie to Movement exists to discover, create, and promote works of art that highlight the dignity and sanctity of human life—and do so beautifully. We were thrilled to learn of “What Was Your Name”, a music video that did all that, which was burning up Youtube, thanks to the thousands of people who were moved by its message. We went to look for ourselves, and found that it was gone. Down the memory hole, thanks to arbitrary policies of content censorship in place at Youtube. This wasn’t the first time that Youtube has done something like this, and it won’t be the last, but we’re proud to be helping the makers of “What Was Your Name”, evade the censors. That’s why we’re helping to promote the film on Vimeo, at iTunes, and on the artist Joyce Bartholomew’s website. Go check it out. You’ll see why we want you to share it—and why some people don’t. And we publicly support the makers of “What Was Your Name”, in their lawsuit against Google, demanding that their video be restored and Youtube’s policies changed.
“He was cold and I wanted him to be warm and alive”
Get your tissues ready.
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So long as you’re not doing wrong things
This is “Canada without abortion, by choice.” So there’s some libertarian in me. You can not care for laws on abortion and still be profoundly against abortion, campaigning against it in the culture and with your friends.
This libertarian moment comes courtesy of a different story. Don’t bother clicking on the link unless you feel you must. It’s the story of a porn star in Gatineau, who had sex with 25 men in one night to pay for breast implants. The mayor of Gatineau was perplexed about this, and tried to stop the event.
To which the “adult entertainer” responded as follows:
He called the cops. He called everybody, but he couldn’t do anything. We know the law. We respect all the law,” de la Seine said. “We deal with Bell, we deal with Videotron, we deal with Telus because we are a supplier of porn movies for TV stations. And every movie we do has to have the stamp of the CRTC, so we can’t just do wrong things.”
So the CRTC approves? Why didn’t you just tell me that? Clearly, you “can’t just do wrong things.” Forgive me for thinking you were a greasy, conscience-free, selfish lech. I was wrong. You deal with Bell and Telus and, wait for it, the CRTC.
The only thing worse would be to be one of the mealy-mouthed bureacrats on the CRTC panel.
What is abortion if not a conscience issue?
War, death penalty, assisted suicide, abortion–these are all what one calls conscience issues.
Pursuant to Order made Tuesday, June 16, 2015, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Komarnicki (Souris—Moose Mountain), seconded by Mr. Payne (Medicine Hat), — That, in the opinion of the House, all Members of Parliament should be allowed to vote freely on all matters of conscience. (Private Members’ Business M-590)
Harper allows for conscience rights by never allowing any MP to raise the issue:
As you know, in our party, as in any broadly based party, there are people with a range of views on this issue,” Harper said. “But I think I’ve been very clear as party leader.… As long as I’m prime minister we are not reopening the abortion debate.”
The NDP–ever so open to conscience here, too:
The NDP believes that “it’s not debatable, it’s not negotiable, it is a woman’s right to determine her own health questions and her own reproductive choices,” Mulcair said.
And no one can forget this from Justin Trudeau:
Justin Trudeau paused, looked over the heads of reporters, and started to respond three times before finally spitting out the surprise announcement that Liberal MPs elected in 2015 would be expected to vote against putting limits on abortion.
I suppose the only way to vote for conscience rights and then be stridently pro-choice is to ensure no pro-lifer ever enters your party. And if they have a change of heart while sitting as an MP, then you boot them out or shut them up. Conscience rights. What does that even mean? I suspect these days, there are a great many people who believe it means not entering politics.
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