People on the other side of the aisle consistently resort to lies instead of facts to prove their points. Even one of the founders of the pro-abortion movement has admitted they used tactics learned from Goebels, a Nazi leader credited (though it is believed Hitler really came up with it) with creating the "big lie".
What are all the lies?
Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the Ayotte vs Planned Parenthood case. At issue is whether or not an underaged girl seeking an abortion should be forced to notify her parents of her pregnancy in emergency situations or if even if her situation is not life threatening.
Gregg at Pundit Review knocks it out of the park with his response to these comments by Roger Pilon in WSJ
Whether we believe that the right to life begins at conception or at some point over the next 270 days, we all believe, I hope, that it begins at some point along that line. We all agree, there is some point at which abortion amounts to murder…we just can’t agree on where that point is.
Gregg fires back:
This is utter nonsense. We should be able to agree on “when life begins” since it is an undisputed empirical biological fact that can be found in any first year medical student’s embryology textbook that life begins at conception when the human sperm fertilizes the egg-called the process of “fecundation.” Any other arbitrary demarcation of “when human life begins” contradicts this scientific fact. There is no debate on “when human life begins.”
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This is mind-boggling considering that the euthanasia of children is still technically illegal in Holland. But leave it to the Dutch to find new ways to make the rule of law meaningless.
From Reuters:
The Netherlands is setting up a commission to regulate the practice of ending the lives of "seriously suffering" newborn babies, the government said on Tuesday, in a move critics say could allow more euthanasia.Euthanasia of newborns and late abortions remain illegal, but the commission -- composed of three doctors, a lawyer and a ethicist -- is likely to recommend that doctors who follow certain rules are not charged in concrete cases.
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I got a comment on the article "What are we praying for?" who challenged my right as a Christian to demand that laws be in place to protect human beings in the womb.
I will post his comments in block quotes.
Those who have suffered through past Christmases with me know that I am very bad at sending Christmas cards. I get so busy, then I get overwhelmed, then it's the New Year, and once again, no one got a flat, little present from me. Sad, but true.
Read the rest on The Revolution.
Tom Davis added his name to the list of Virginia Republicans who use the Pro-Life movement for their political gain.
The Boston Globe reported the following on Mr. Davis:
South Korean professor and cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk, is in yet more trouble. And the MSM (mainstream media), who remain desperately committed to push embryonic stem cell research despite its failures, dangers, and immoral foundations, may soon be reeling at the fall of one of their heroes.
And, make no mistake; "hero" is the right word for how Hwang Woo-suk is revered by the media -- and by a large section of the Korean public who have bought into the false promises of embryonic stem cell and cloning researchers. For instance, just a few days ago (even after the revelation of his lying about the source of the eggs used in his experiments), the Telegraph (U.K.) described Woo-suk as "a scientific superstar" whose "laboratory is without doubt leading the rest of the world in using human embryos as a source of stem cells, flexible cells that could offer a treatments for ailments such as heart disease, diabetes and motor neuron disease."
Obviously this message is directed at believers, so those of you who don't believe can either continue reading or browse some of our other Pro-Life messages.
Millions around the world pray every day for the end of abortion, euthenasia, infanticide and other horrible crimes against humanity. My question is, what are we praying for?
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, the Los Angeles Times had a story on an unmarried Catholic school teacher named Michelle McCusker who was fired after she told her employers that she was pregnant.
Read the rest at JivinJehoshaphat.
I had mentioned in yesterday's post how euthanasia advocates were gearing up to propose new legislation in New Zealand. Into this fray comes Dr. Philip Nitschke. If New Zealand seemed a better political climate for his views, it should also be pointed out that the main reason for the move is that he had worn out his welcome in his native Australia.
Continued at Marlowe's Shade
A federal appeals panel has upheld a decision striking down a Missouri ban on partial birth abortions. The ruling cited a prior U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling against Nebraska's partial-birth abortion ban which, the court said, failed to include a "health exception" for the mother.
Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday this week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. Although the case centers around a New Hampshire law that requires parental notification before a minor child obtains an abortion, the broader legal issue could either open the floodgates or slam the door on future challenges to abortion laws.
This Friday, the 2nd of December is the next Call for Life Day. At MarchTogether.com we encourage all Pro-Life individuals and organizations to call, email and/or march once a month on the first Friday to let our representatives know that we will not just fade away and accept legal abortion as the law of the land.
Can we stop abortion with phone calls and emails?
Here's a round-up of the euthanasia-related reports I missed while I languished in a tryptophan-induced haze the past few days.
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Babies born alive in Britain.
After failed abortions, at least 50 babies are still born alive in England every year.
Sound familiar?
Lorie Brown, the mother of a 14 year old girl who died because of the birth control patch last year said "I know too many young girls that got pregnant and their whole life was done".
Now her daughter's life is done.
In the article Que Sera Sera I discussed the need for Christians and Christian churches to have and set moral standards on abortion.
The Catholic Church established guidelines which do exactly that.
Thank you Lord for all the Pro-Life individuals and organizations who who put forth their efforts to save your children.
The power of God is working through all of us in our cause to save His children / our children. I know that legally ending abortion alone is not the final answer, and I know there are many other pieces to the Pro-Life puzzle. Fortunately we are diverse in our efforts and through our different missions we help put together the puzzle one piece at a time.
United we stand - Divided they die - Pass it on
Dawn Eden comes out of hibernation to refute Planned Parenthood's "outrageous disdain for women's health" in Women's Abortion Deaths Only 'a Local Issue,' Says Planned Parenthood. (HT: RealChoice)
LifeSiteNews author Hilary White calls attention to the FDA's investigation of RU-486, a pill used to chemically induce abortion.
NEW YORK, November 23, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The New York Times reports today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating four of the numerous deaths associated with the abortion pill, RU-486, also called Mifeprex.
Jill Stanek delivers a great message of thanks for state and local pro-life organizations in her case study of Michigan Right to Life published by LifeNews:
State and local pro-life organizations form the political and educational nucleus of our movement. The importance of these groups cannot be overstated. Our one strength with politicians is our grassroots. Our one way around liberals and the mainstream press is by direct education.Read the rest here.In my opinion, the foremost state pro-life organization is Right to Life of Michigan. I give thanks for this group today and want to spotlight its inner workings to assist other groups.
The Pro-Life Action League will lead a picket by parents and their daughters at American Girl Place in Chicago on Friday, November 25, from 10:00 a.m. to noon, in protest of American Girl's ties to the pro-abortion advocacy group, Girls Incorporated.
"The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year," said League Executive Director Ann Scheidler. "Our picket will reach thousands of shoppers on Chicago's Magnificent Mile with the unfortunate news that American Girl is funding Girls Inc., a group that strongly advocates abortion."
Reuters AlertNet | Many women victim of 'gendercide,' study finds:
There is a shortfall of some 200 million women in the world -- "missing" due to what a three-year study on violence against women calls "gendercide."The number of what the study describes as 'missing' women is based on the random birthrate of males and females and how many fewer women there are than what would be expected in the world population, said Theodor Winkler, head of a research center that directed the project.
And where are the self-appointed guardians of womanhood, and what is their response to the "gendercide" problem? As I write this post, NOW's frontpage is primarily about the Alito nomination. Whatever Judge Alito might have written in a job application 20 years ago seems to pale in comparison to the sheer horror of 200 million dead women.
Why is abortion the hot topic of politics almost 33 years after Roe v. Wade? Why does it seem to dominate almost every single election and political race? Why is it that Democrats primarily object to Republican nominees for the Supreme Court for that reason?
Some might argue it is because there are money people behind each side and they are controlling the puppet strings behind the parties.
Besides making for a riveting 35 minute short, ADT is also a memorable depiction of the medical facts surrounding partial birth abortion.
One of the aspects I admire about Mr. Flora's film is his presentation of a life that wasn't lived, at least not here on earth. God is kind, no matter what the naysayers may claim, and is good to every soul. If heaven is good far beyond what man can imagine, then we can imagine that God gives every life the fulfillment He had originally intended.
A collection of pro-life cartoons and illustrations can be found at faithmouse.
From Lousiana Weekly... "The whole process of trying to ferret out the personal agenda through the confirmation process isn't an endeavor that I think is worth the price we are paying," said Thomas. "I think the only thing it does is rats out the agenda of the people asking the questions."
Thomas, who opposes the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, said the fight he faced during his own confirmation hearings in 1991 went back to abortion politics. Thomas was accused of sexual harassment, charges he referred to at the time as a "high-tech lynching" for an "uppity" black man.
"I think we all should be honest with one another that the only issue, the central issue in all of this, is abortion. It's not the other things that people throw out," he said. "The whole judiciary now is being held, in a sense, hostage to that one issue."
This LifeNews reports perpetuates the cover that the Koreans are doing "stem cell research" but I believe it is more to the point that the defining characteristic of their efforts is the unfettered use of "therapeutic" cloning, which is a bogus distinction.
The stem cell research program in South Korea has already been saddled with worldwide criticism for allegations in scientific journals saying a junior researcher donated her eggs for use in stem cell studies. Now another member of the research team says it ran afoul of ethical considerations.Speaking at a news conference, Roh Sung Il, head of Miz Medi Hospital in Seoul, said he paid 20 women for contributing their eggs for research. Roh works with human cloning scientist Hwang Woo Suk, who has come under tremendous fire.
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As Tim pointed out in "Abortion Stance Draws Filibuster Threat" the Dems are beginning to posture for a filibuster on Judge Alito. Joe Biden said "I think he's got a lot of explaining to do,".
Ruth Bader Ginsberg flew through the nomination process even though she made comments like this one:
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito wrote in a 1985 letter that that he found no right to abortion in Constitution. He also stated that he was proud to have worked in the Justice Department where he was fighting for a limited judiciary and against abortion.
For this, abortion rights extremist and Delaware Democrat Sen. Joe Biden is threatening to filibuster his nomination. "I think he's got a lot of explaining to do," Biden was quoted as saying in a LifeNews article.
Biden and the Senate's clan of abortion supporters are unlikely to succeed should they attempt to block a vote on Alito's nomination.
...most of the members of the group of 14 Republican and Democratic lawmakers who participated in a filibuster compromise earlier this year say they like Alito or don't plan to filibuster.Yes, Senate Republicans appear to have both the will and the power (votes) to squash a filibuster via the nuclear option. However, as abortion rights activists begin their smear campaign of distortion and fear mongering it remains important to contact your representatives in support of Alito. Every nomination deserves and up or down vote!
The Children First Foundation was notified last Friday that the New Jersey "Choose Life" License Plate won an important legal battle in federal court which "ruled in (CFF's) favor, and denied the state's second attempt at petitioning this case be thrown out of court," according to Jeff Shafer, CFF's lead attorney and Senior Legal Counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund.
Working at an organization that strongly advocates on behalf of legal abortion must be trying in a lot of ways. One thing that I think a lot of people would find difficult would be language usage. When you're an abortion advocate and you're discussing abortion, words like "child," "baby," and "living" aren't the correct words to describe the unborn because then some people might get the idea that the unborn are living human beings. We all know that Planned Parenthood and company wouldn't want that.
Yet Planned Parenthood has posted part of an article on the possible dangers of anticonvulsant drugs might have on women on their web site. The article was written by Ann Scherer and originally appeared on Epilepsy USA's website.
Quotes I thought I'd never see grace Planned Parenthood's web site include:
"Potential effects on children whose mothers take anticonvulsants during pregnancy are even more troubling..."
"Now pregnant with her first child, Julie has had seizures since childhood and has taken anticonvulsants for years."
Noticeably missing from Planned Parenthood's web site version of the article is this:
During the ninth month of her pregnancy, Liz experienced a seizure, a grand mal convulsion that stopped her breathing. "I almost died, and I almost lost the baby," she recalled. (Emphasis added)
An article in yesterday's Boston Globe entitled, "The problem with an almost-perfect genetic world," included this:
Supporters of abortion are especially wary of wading into a discussion over the ethics of prenatal testing, lest they be seen as playing into the opposing side in the fraught national debate over abortion rights.The topic was a November 10 announcement in The New England Journal of Medicine of reliable prenatal screening for handicaps that can be conducted earlier in the pregnancy.
This means moms will be able to abort defective babies sooner rather than later, which is good. (Although we're told abortions are safer than eating an ice cream cone, early abortions must be 110% safe as opposed to 100% later.)
The fact that pro-aborts don't want to talk about this surprises me and is useful information. After all, "fetal anomalies" is one of the big four reasons pro-aborts use to keep abortion on demand legal (the other three being rape/incest and health and life of the mother).
So let's talk about it. On my blog are compelling points to ponder, many surprisingly brought forth in the BG piece.
[Photo courtesy of the Boston Globe.]
By Judie Brown
November 21, 2005
Some days it seems as though the world has turned completely upside
down; nothing makes sense. I just experienced a couple of those days
and it has left me nearly — but not totally — speechless.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops just finished their
annual meeting in Washington, D.C. I am certain a large number of
topics were discussed, but the big news coming out of the meetings is
that the bishops approved an 11 page statement entitled A Culture of
Life and the Penalty of Death. According to one news report, 237
bishops voted for it while four did not.
The bishops are quoted as saying that the country we live in cannot
"teach that killing is wrong by killing those who kill."
Do you remember that Doris Day song?
Que Sera Sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que Sera Sera
Judie Brown from the American Life League makes the case that leaders in the Catholic Church went out of their way to make sure that convicted criminals get better treatment than innocent human beings in the womb. If DNA is used to save people who are falsely accused of murder, then why can't the same technology prove that a person in the womb, who also has unique DNA, deserves a right to live?
Other points:
> Why should Bishops seek advice on abortion from elected officials?
> A Priest shouldn't try to win popularity contests.
In about 20 minutes I will post an article that talks about the Christian Church in general and how the topic of abortion is not being addressed. I started the article this morning but saw this one by Judy a few minutes ago and I want to get her message out first.
My minimum Weekly Wisdom Requirement from Wesley J Smith:
A Swiss assisted suicide organization called Dignitas has helped a depressed woman kill herself in Germany. True, the woman presented a fake medical report, stating she was very ill. But the head of Dignitas said it didn't matter since, "in any case every person in Europe has the right to choose to die, even if they are not terminally ill." (As a result of the suicide, the doctor who faked the medical report also killed himself.)This is reminiscent of Dr. Philip Nitschke in Australia counseling a "terminally ill" woman named Nancy Crick about how to go about committing suicide. (Assisted suicide advocates who were present clapped when she swallowed the poison pills.) But when it was discovered upon autopsy that Crick was not actually dying, Nitschke said he'd known it all the time and shrugged it off: She wanted to die, he sniffed, so no big deal.
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Since cord blood retrieval was challenged by GOP Christian I thought it would be best to do more research into the procedure.
For those of you who aren't familiar with cord blood stem cell procedures, I will provide you with some facts and opinions about it.
You can make up your own mind.
I read the article by GOP Christian and decided this issue needs more examination. I obviously would not support any research that would hurt another living human being.
I thought I read that this bill supports cord blood from umbilical cords which have already been removed.
I think there is a difference between what is described on the GOP Christian website as "cord blood banking" and other cord blood usage.
A couple entries down I put out the call for action on umbilical cord research. The following is an example of what this kind of research is yielding.
Ethical and moral legislation is held hostage many times, but the most recent example is one that shows how the culture of death wants people who are Pro-Life to give up life principals in order to make a "deal with the devil".
