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A good comeback

February 2, 2015 by Andrea Mrozek 1 Comment

I think if I were the mom I would have pummelled the lady. Not pretty. This mom responds to a cashier who implies her son with Down Syndrome should have been killed.

Like the cashier who gave me sad eyes and spit poison in a whisper, “I bet you wish you had known before he came out. You know they have a test for that now…”

Shock, horror, hurt and fury coursed through my body. I considered jerking her over the register and beating her senseless. I looked her up and down; I could take her.

Instead I used wit. I smiled a crazy lady smile. “I know right?! It’s so much harder to get rid of them once they come out. Believe me I’ve tried…” Jackpot! Her mouth dropped open, and she stared at me in shock. I leaned over the register and whispered to her, “What you’re saying is that it’s OK for me to kill him while he’s inside but not outside? In my book there isn’t a difference. For the record, we knew everything about him during my pregnancy. He’s our son now, and he was our son then. There is no way in hell that I would let any harm come to either of my children, including during the time that they’re so ridiculously considered disposable.”

“What we don’t know just might kill you”

January 30, 2015 by Andrea Mrozek 1 Comment

Great article. You’ll remember Brittany Maynard as the young woman who killed herself recently, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. The author of this piece asks important questions about how it is she may have gotten this brain tumour. We can’t say for sure, is the bottom line, but the questions are worth asking.

I happened to meet the author at a conference last weekend. I don’t think Canada has the same issue with widespread egg donation. If we do, I haven’t heard of it. I’m also not in the demographic where people would donate eggs. I’m in the demographic where people hold on to their eggs and hope they can still have children. My demographic may think they should use an egg donor if they can’t have kids, but I think that is the wrong course of action, because it encourages a young woman to wait to have kids, as if she had forever. It is sad to encourage young women to do something apparently altruistic, so that they can find out later they can’t have their own children. My demographic should not be responsible for perpetuating the problem for younger folks.

Anyways, I think Canada outlaws payment for egg donation. Am I right? Which is good, since even this free marketeer believes stridently that bodies and their parts ought never be for sale.

Does the Pill cause an abortion?

January 28, 2015 by Andrea Mrozek 1 Comment

Read here, and decide for yourself:

In order to reach high effectiveness rates, hormonal contraceptives rely on two main mechanisms: prevention of the fertilization of a woman’s egg (prefertilization effect), and prevention of the implantation of an embryo by the modification of the lining of the uterus (postfertilization effect). The second mechanism is what we’re concerned with here. If ovulation occurs and if the egg is fertilized by a sperm, which sometimes happens, especially with today’s low-dose pills[iv], the resulting embryo will travel to the uterus and attempt implantation. However, scientific literature shows that oral contraceptives, implants, the shot, the patch[v] and IUDs make the lining of the uterus inhospitable to it. It is also clearly stated in the labels of these contraceptive methods[vi].

27 years of Morgentaler

January 28, 2015 by Andrea Mrozek 1 Comment

The anniversary of Canada’s Roe v. Wade is today. 27 years since the Morgentaler decision. No cheering here, but that means ProWomanProLife is seven.

Mike Schouten of We Need a Law addresses what the decision did and did not say.

Abortion defenders enjoy referencing Justice Bertha Wilson – the first woman appointed to Canada’s Supreme Court. Unfortunately they all too often choose selective quotes that completely misrepresent what Justice Wilson wrote. It should be noted that Justice Wilson’s opinion was not shared with the other six judges – she wrote alone – and the other judges were all more “conservative” in their three written opinions; they contemplated an even more restrictive regime than Wilson.

Justice Wilson stated, “A developmental view of the foetus… supports a permissive approach to abortion in the early stages of pregnancy and a restrictive approach in the later stages…The precise point in the development of the foetus at which the state’s interest in its protection becomes “compelling” I leave to the informed judgment of the legislature… It seems to me, however, that it might fall somewhere in the second trimester.”

Justice Wilson, arguably the most iconic feminist judge in the history of our country, would be labeled an “anti-choice extremist” by the more adamant of today’s pro-choice movement. Justice Wilson was abundantly clear – abortion should not be legal throughout all the stages of fetal development as it is today. In fact, she was comfortably open to a gestational ban between 12 and 18 weeks, similar to most European countries.

What do children really need and want?

January 28, 2015 by Faye Sonier Leave a Comment

We put off having children until we can offer them what we think is the world, and we sometimes abort them because we think we don’t have enough to give them.

But what do children really want and need?

Two abortions and no kids when you are “ready”

January 27, 2015 by Andrea Mrozek 3 Comments

I actually worry about this kind of woman.

I called my male therapist a chauvinist pig when he labeled my childlessness “a biological tragedy.” What seemed tragic was that it took me until my 40s to feel together enough to bear a child. By then it was too late. I feared God was saying: “I offered you the miracle of birth. You don’t get to choose when.”

She bought the line our culture serves. Wait until you are ready! I don’t think egg freezing is the answer, of course, but rather a more laid back approach to life. After all, her mother by her own admission truly had it all. And when you look, I see these role model women all around me. Five children, three children, seven children, and sitting up on a political panel at the top of their game, political commentators, think tankers, doctors, lawyers, speechwriters, etc.

PS. If you are not actually waiting for anything and can’t find a good man to settle down with, this article is not for you. I know plenty of people who don’t think waiting to try for children at 40 is the best plan they could possibly come up with. People–pro-life people, even–can be so insensitive. So. If you want to be married and try for kids and it hasn’t happened, go enjoy what is before you today, regardless of what that might be, planned or unplanned.

These are the shoes you don’t wear with kids in tow, but can wear without. See? Advantages on both sides.

The mommy wars don’t typically end this well

January 25, 2015 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

It is hard to be a mom today. Not sure whether this is fun, silly or likely a bit of both.

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me9yrREXOj4]

Tell the College of Physicians and Surgeons not to deny conscience

January 22, 2015 by Andrea Mrozek 3 Comments

Ontario doctors will be forced to participate in abortions even if it goes against their beliefs, thanks to a new draft policy by the College of Physicians. Doctors must be able to practice medicine freely. The CPSO is accepting feedback until February 20th here. Please write in, telling the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario what you believe.

Don’t worry, folks! Killing patients is part of his job

January 21, 2015 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

So really, you shouldn’t worry about the fact that this doctor has killed 100 people in 12 years in Belgium. It’s part of his job! And when he does it right, it’s very quick. Two minutes! That’s it. Very expedient and he always makes sure he has the patient’s consent. So turn that frown upside down! Put any lingering discomfort aside about the woman you witness being killed because she has asked for it, and is simply getting the rest she needs.

This short ten minute documentary shows a woman who requests death and receives it. It’s not graphic.

Her doctor kills her, and then fills out the paperwork. All in a day’s work. [youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo8Hn0DEcpw]

“Welcome to the world” coin

January 18, 2015 by Andrea Mrozek 1 Comment

A friend sent me this link to a “welcome to the world” coin, new from the Canadian Mint, and pointed out it looks a lot like the little feet lapel pin many people who are against abortion wear. This is not, of course, what the Canadian Mint intends. I take it as a sign of how those who are pro-choice are fighting a losing battle, because at the end of the day, the feet you celebrate and the feet whose life ends look very, very similar.

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