When I first heard about partial-birth abortion I was absolutely disgusted. And I couldn't believe it was allowed to happen.
Pro-choicers often claim partial-birth abortion is done to save the mother's life. Are you actually serious?! They are delivering all but the head of the baby, and then with a poweful vacuum suck out the baby's brains, collasping the skull.
That's not considered murder because the baby has yet to draw in a breath of air. Really? I was under the impression a heartbeat and brain waves (which the baby has) is, by medical standards, alive.
It has also been noted by the way, that there is no medical reason for a partial-birth abortion. When you're ok to survive the baby being pulled through the birth canal there is no reason to kill your baby. If the mother can survive that, she can survive a live birth.
It was said by pro-choicers a mother wants her baby when they perform a partial-birth abortion but she can't keep it because her life is in danger. But she can survive the almost delivery? Yeah...
Keep in mind when a partial-birth abortion is done, the baby is at least five months along and with today's technology, most likely has a fighting chance in the NICU. There is no reason to have the baby's skull crushed.
Partial-birth abortion is horrible...it is beyond disgusting. How does a human deliver a little baby and do that? I can't understand that...It's awful.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Defund Planned Parenthood
I believe I said this before but I'm saying it again. Every life saved from abortion is a win for the pro-life side.
The other day a girl was saying who cares five states have defunded Planned Parenthood. She went on to say that we might as well not defund them because the other states still fund them; other countries perform abortions as well.
That is true, yes. But every state to defund Planned Parenthood is a win; a victory! I mean, think about it. Should we stop trying to feed the starving children? Absolutely not! Every child that gets fed is a victory! A war isn't won with a single battle. It takes time to see things through to the end.
Someone else also said that because of the "good" Planned Parenthood does (pregnancy tests, and other women's health care) we shouldn't defund them. There are literally hundreds of other clinics that do all the exact same things, only without performing abortions. If Planned Parenthood isn't about abortions, rather women as they claim they shouldn't even be crying over this. Fighting it so hard. They can still help women. But they want that money provided from abortion.
And abortion isn't even "helping" women. It hurts them. It may seem like help at the time, but then or later, it hurts. Not only does it hurt the woman, it hurts the father...It hurts the people around her.
Keep defunding Planned Parenthood- and Obama, back off. His administration is fighting Indiana. It's a state's right to defund them. He's trying to take away another freedom of the state; of the people. They voted to defund and he's trying to change it. Wow. I'm disgusted.
The other day a girl was saying who cares five states have defunded Planned Parenthood. She went on to say that we might as well not defund them because the other states still fund them; other countries perform abortions as well.
That is true, yes. But every state to defund Planned Parenthood is a win; a victory! I mean, think about it. Should we stop trying to feed the starving children? Absolutely not! Every child that gets fed is a victory! A war isn't won with a single battle. It takes time to see things through to the end.
Someone else also said that because of the "good" Planned Parenthood does (pregnancy tests, and other women's health care) we shouldn't defund them. There are literally hundreds of other clinics that do all the exact same things, only without performing abortions. If Planned Parenthood isn't about abortions, rather women as they claim they shouldn't even be crying over this. Fighting it so hard. They can still help women. But they want that money provided from abortion.
And abortion isn't even "helping" women. It hurts them. It may seem like help at the time, but then or later, it hurts. Not only does it hurt the woman, it hurts the father...It hurts the people around her.
Keep defunding Planned Parenthood- and Obama, back off. His administration is fighting Indiana. It's a state's right to defund them. He's trying to take away another freedom of the state; of the people. They voted to defund and he's trying to change it. Wow. I'm disgusted.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Soo
I have decided to return this blog back to its original roots. Abortion. I don't know how often I'll post a blog, but that's what this will go back. I have another blog I just started for other purposes. wisedomspeaks.wordpress.com and there's the link for it you'd like to visit.
It feels weird posting about other stuff on here when it's suppose to be a prolife blog so yup, it's going back to that.
It feels weird posting about other stuff on here when it's suppose to be a prolife blog so yup, it's going back to that.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
is it worth it?
So this is kind of a personal topic and all, but it has been on my mind lately. I'm not ashamed of the fact that I am a virgin or even a 'good' girl but sometimes people make me feel like it's something wrong. That it's wrong to be a 'good' girl and I don't know why I let them make me feel that way.
I dislike how if I don't drink they try to pressure me into drinking. Why is that? I'm not pressuring them not to drink. I'm not telling them not to- I just respectfully decline the pro-offered alcoholic drink. Why don't they respect my decision not to drink? I mean, first off, I am underage and I do not believe that minors should be drinking so why would I? Secondly, I have absolutely no desire to drink Whatsoever. Is that odd? Because people make it seem like that's odd...
The other thing is, I am virgin- as I stated above- and I have never even kissed a guy. I know, wow! lol. Now, please, don't go and think that nobody's ever tried to kiss me. Haha. Guys have, I've pulled away. Why, you may ask? Because I guess I still hold onto my young girl's fantasty of waiting for my wedding to kiss for the first time. Actually, I'm not gonna lie, I haven't found a guy I wanna kiss. I hold onto the belief that kissing is quite special; that each kiss you give is givng away a part of yourself. I don't want to regret my first kiss- and if I were to just kiss any guy that I feel an attraction to, I would regret it. I know myself, and I know I would.
Just recently someone asked me if I'm a virgin, and I said yes. He asked if it's because I haven't found the right guy. How to explain it to have him understand? I wasn't sure. Nobody nowadays seem to understand or grasp the concept of waiting for marriage. I replied with "I'm waiting for marriage...so I guess you could say it's because I haven't found the right guy." I mean, that's true. I haven't found the right guy, the one I'm going to marry. But even when I do find that guy, he's not getting in my pants til our wedding night.
If I were to give away my virginity before marriage- just like if I were to give away my first kiss- I would regret it. In fact, I would probably hate myself. I want to live a full, fun life. But I don't want to look back and see regrets tainting it.
Of course, others believe once you find "the one" it's ok to have sex with him; after all you're going to get married. I don't buy into that. I mean, if you're going to marry him anyway, why not just wait a little longer? They say if you love him it's ok to have sex. Again, I don't buy that. Because nowadays the word love is so misused, so more than likely the love you two feel is just "I love you right now but I probably won't a little later down the road." There is no commitment with that love.
And that's about it, I guess. But if you're like me, the good girl, keep at it. Don't let others make you feel bad for being "good". If you don't wanna drink, it's ok. Don't wanna have sex, it's ok. Don't wanna smoke? Again, it's ok. Don't give in because people think you're weird. You're unique, and don't let anyone make you feel guilty for it.
I dislike how if I don't drink they try to pressure me into drinking. Why is that? I'm not pressuring them not to drink. I'm not telling them not to- I just respectfully decline the pro-offered alcoholic drink. Why don't they respect my decision not to drink? I mean, first off, I am underage and I do not believe that minors should be drinking so why would I? Secondly, I have absolutely no desire to drink Whatsoever. Is that odd? Because people make it seem like that's odd...
The other thing is, I am virgin- as I stated above- and I have never even kissed a guy. I know, wow! lol. Now, please, don't go and think that nobody's ever tried to kiss me. Haha. Guys have, I've pulled away. Why, you may ask? Because I guess I still hold onto my young girl's fantasty of waiting for my wedding to kiss for the first time. Actually, I'm not gonna lie, I haven't found a guy I wanna kiss. I hold onto the belief that kissing is quite special; that each kiss you give is givng away a part of yourself. I don't want to regret my first kiss- and if I were to just kiss any guy that I feel an attraction to, I would regret it. I know myself, and I know I would.
Just recently someone asked me if I'm a virgin, and I said yes. He asked if it's because I haven't found the right guy. How to explain it to have him understand? I wasn't sure. Nobody nowadays seem to understand or grasp the concept of waiting for marriage. I replied with "I'm waiting for marriage...so I guess you could say it's because I haven't found the right guy." I mean, that's true. I haven't found the right guy, the one I'm going to marry. But even when I do find that guy, he's not getting in my pants til our wedding night.
If I were to give away my virginity before marriage- just like if I were to give away my first kiss- I would regret it. In fact, I would probably hate myself. I want to live a full, fun life. But I don't want to look back and see regrets tainting it.
Of course, others believe once you find "the one" it's ok to have sex with him; after all you're going to get married. I don't buy into that. I mean, if you're going to marry him anyway, why not just wait a little longer? They say if you love him it's ok to have sex. Again, I don't buy that. Because nowadays the word love is so misused, so more than likely the love you two feel is just "I love you right now but I probably won't a little later down the road." There is no commitment with that love.
And that's about it, I guess. But if you're like me, the good girl, keep at it. Don't let others make you feel bad for being "good". If you don't wanna drink, it's ok. Don't wanna have sex, it's ok. Don't wanna smoke? Again, it's ok. Don't give in because people think you're weird. You're unique, and don't let anyone make you feel guilty for it.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
12 Reasons to Defund Planned Parenthood
I got this list from Live Action and wanted to share....
This comes via SBA List:
This comes via SBA List:
1. President Obama and Senate Democrats are willing to shut down the federal government to ensure tax dollars keep flowing to one of their biggest political allies. During his run for president, Planned Parenthood Action Fund endorsed Obama, marking only the second time in their history that they endorsed in a presidential election.[i] They poured money into his campaign and churned out volunteers. Imagine the reaction if a Republican president was willing to shutdown the government in order to prevent a single organization from sharing one penny in the belt-tightening all Americans are facing.
2. Planned Parenthood is an independently wealthy entity. According to its latest annual report, it has nearly one billion dollars in net assets.[ii] Data shows that over the last nine years, Planned Parenthood has taken in over $500 million in profits.[iii]
3. Planned Parenthood is America’s largest abortion provider. One out of every four abortions in the U.S. is performed in a Planned Parenthood facility. Data shows that since 1970, Planned Parenthood has performed at least 5.3 million abortions. In 2009 alone, Planned Parenthood performed a record 332,278 abortions.[iv]
4. Planned Parenthood’s business model is centered on abortion. Former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson has written that she was given an “abortion quota” and was even told by her superiors to double the number of abortions in order to bring in more revenue.[v] Abortion patients constitute 12 percent of Planned Parenthood clients — 332,000 of 3 million unduplicated clients in its most current report. 37 percent of all Planned Parenthood clinic income revenue is from abortion procedures, according to conservative estimates. Planned Parenthood has issued a directive instructing that all affiliates must have at least one clinic that performs abortion by 2013.[vi]
5. More taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood equals more abortions, fewer adoption referrals. Claims that taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood results in fewer abortions are false. From 2000 to 2009, Planned Parenthood saw an 80 percent increase in taxpayer funding, receiving $202 million in 2000 and $363 million in 2009. In 2000, Planned Parenthood performed 197,070 abortions while making 2,486 adoption referrals. In 2009, they performed 332,278 abortions and made just 977 adoption referrals. That means an 80 percent increase in taxpayer funding resulted in a 69 percent increase in the number of abortions and a 61 percent decrease in the number of adoption referrals.[vii]
6. Planned Parenthood is not safe for women and young girls. Recent undercover footage released by Lila Rose’s Live Action shows Planned Parenthood employees in several states willing to aid and abet in acknowledged human sex trafficking of girls as young as 14.[viii] The undercover footage resulted in the firing of Amy Woodruff, manager of the Central New Jersey Planned Parenthood clinic.[ix] It also caused Planned Parenthood to call for mandatory training sessions of thousands of its employees across the country on reporting requirements.[x
7. Planned Parenthood opposes commonsense measures to protect women and underage girls. Presently, Planned Parenthood is fighting a bill in Illinois that would require its staff and volunteers to be mandatory reporters when they suspect the sexual abuse of minors. They’ve also consistently fought parental notification laws – all the way to the Supreme Court – which would simply inform a parent if their underage daughter is seeking an abortion. They’ve opposed state efforts to impose health and safety regulations for abortion facilities.[xi]
8. Women have other options for seeking primary care, contraception, STI testing, and cancer screening. According to the Chiaroscuro Foundation, in addition to the tens of thousands of U.S. doctors and hospitals providing this care, there were 1,048 federally qualified health centers in the U.S. which provide women cancer screening, contraception, and STI testing.[xii]
9. Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms and is not a significant primary care provider to women. Despite claims made by Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards and members of the media, Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms. They are also not a significant primary care provider in general. In recent reports, Planned Parenthood acknowledges that it provided primary care only to about 19,700 of its 3 million unduplicated clients. These services have been trending downward for years, from 21,247 in 2007 to 20,235 in 2008, to today’s 19,796.[xiii]
10. Polling shows Americans don’t believe efforts to defund Planned Parenthood are extreme. A March 2011 poll conducted by The Hill, before Planned Parenthood became a critical issue in the budget debate, showed that Americans are virtually split in half over whether Planned Parenthood’s funding should be left alone or completely cut. Forty-six percent said it should be left alone; 42 percent said it should be completely cut. The poll has a 3 percent margin of error.[xiv] When asked specifically about taxpayer funding of abortion, polls consistently show a healthy majority of Americans, 60 to 70 percent, oppose their tax dollars funding abortion.[xv]
11. Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger, was a strong believer in eugenics. Following is just a sampling of her documented beliefs. “In this matter, the example of the inferior classes, the fertility of the feeble-minded, the mentally defective, the poverty-stricken classes, should not be held up for emulation…”[xvi] Referring to immigrants and Catholics, she wrote: “[They’re] an unceasingly spawning class of human beings who never should have been born at all.”[xvii] She also wrote, “The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.”[xviii] Planned Parenthood is carrying on her legacy today, centering itself on population control efforts. In a recently filed tax return, Planned Parenthood stated as part of their mission statement that they are committed to “a U.S. population of stable size in an optimum environment.”[xix]
12. Planned Parenthood has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of hours of employee time in order to protect its government handout. Planned Parenthood has flooded the airwaves with TV commercials[xx] and radio ads[xxi] in order to protect its funding. Its employees – whose paychecks are subsidized by tax dollars — have participated in bus tours and rallies across the country.[xxii]
2. Planned Parenthood is an independently wealthy entity. According to its latest annual report, it has nearly one billion dollars in net assets.[ii] Data shows that over the last nine years, Planned Parenthood has taken in over $500 million in profits.[iii]
3. Planned Parenthood is America’s largest abortion provider. One out of every four abortions in the U.S. is performed in a Planned Parenthood facility. Data shows that since 1970, Planned Parenthood has performed at least 5.3 million abortions. In 2009 alone, Planned Parenthood performed a record 332,278 abortions.[iv]
4. Planned Parenthood’s business model is centered on abortion. Former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson has written that she was given an “abortion quota” and was even told by her superiors to double the number of abortions in order to bring in more revenue.[v] Abortion patients constitute 12 percent of Planned Parenthood clients — 332,000 of 3 million unduplicated clients in its most current report. 37 percent of all Planned Parenthood clinic income revenue is from abortion procedures, according to conservative estimates. Planned Parenthood has issued a directive instructing that all affiliates must have at least one clinic that performs abortion by 2013.[vi]
5. More taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood equals more abortions, fewer adoption referrals. Claims that taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood results in fewer abortions are false. From 2000 to 2009, Planned Parenthood saw an 80 percent increase in taxpayer funding, receiving $202 million in 2000 and $363 million in 2009. In 2000, Planned Parenthood performed 197,070 abortions while making 2,486 adoption referrals. In 2009, they performed 332,278 abortions and made just 977 adoption referrals. That means an 80 percent increase in taxpayer funding resulted in a 69 percent increase in the number of abortions and a 61 percent decrease in the number of adoption referrals.[vii]
6. Planned Parenthood is not safe for women and young girls. Recent undercover footage released by Lila Rose’s Live Action shows Planned Parenthood employees in several states willing to aid and abet in acknowledged human sex trafficking of girls as young as 14.[viii] The undercover footage resulted in the firing of Amy Woodruff, manager of the Central New Jersey Planned Parenthood clinic.[ix] It also caused Planned Parenthood to call for mandatory training sessions of thousands of its employees across the country on reporting requirements.[x
7. Planned Parenthood opposes commonsense measures to protect women and underage girls. Presently, Planned Parenthood is fighting a bill in Illinois that would require its staff and volunteers to be mandatory reporters when they suspect the sexual abuse of minors. They’ve also consistently fought parental notification laws – all the way to the Supreme Court – which would simply inform a parent if their underage daughter is seeking an abortion. They’ve opposed state efforts to impose health and safety regulations for abortion facilities.[xi]
8. Women have other options for seeking primary care, contraception, STI testing, and cancer screening. According to the Chiaroscuro Foundation, in addition to the tens of thousands of U.S. doctors and hospitals providing this care, there were 1,048 federally qualified health centers in the U.S. which provide women cancer screening, contraception, and STI testing.[xii]
9. Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms and is not a significant primary care provider to women. Despite claims made by Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards and members of the media, Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms. They are also not a significant primary care provider in general. In recent reports, Planned Parenthood acknowledges that it provided primary care only to about 19,700 of its 3 million unduplicated clients. These services have been trending downward for years, from 21,247 in 2007 to 20,235 in 2008, to today’s 19,796.[xiii]
10. Polling shows Americans don’t believe efforts to defund Planned Parenthood are extreme. A March 2011 poll conducted by The Hill, before Planned Parenthood became a critical issue in the budget debate, showed that Americans are virtually split in half over whether Planned Parenthood’s funding should be left alone or completely cut. Forty-six percent said it should be left alone; 42 percent said it should be completely cut. The poll has a 3 percent margin of error.[xiv] When asked specifically about taxpayer funding of abortion, polls consistently show a healthy majority of Americans, 60 to 70 percent, oppose their tax dollars funding abortion.[xv]
11. Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger, was a strong believer in eugenics. Following is just a sampling of her documented beliefs. “In this matter, the example of the inferior classes, the fertility of the feeble-minded, the mentally defective, the poverty-stricken classes, should not be held up for emulation…”[xvi] Referring to immigrants and Catholics, she wrote: “[They’re] an unceasingly spawning class of human beings who never should have been born at all.”[xvii] She also wrote, “The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.”[xviii] Planned Parenthood is carrying on her legacy today, centering itself on population control efforts. In a recently filed tax return, Planned Parenthood stated as part of their mission statement that they are committed to “a U.S. population of stable size in an optimum environment.”[xix]
12. Planned Parenthood has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of hours of employee time in order to protect its government handout. Planned Parenthood has flooded the airwaves with TV commercials[xx] and radio ads[xxi] in order to protect its funding. Its employees – whose paychecks are subsidized by tax dollars — have participated in bus tours and rallies across the country.[xxii]
[i] Planned Parenthood Press Release, “Planned Parenthood Action Fund Endorses Barack Obama,” July 7, 2008
[ii] Chiaroscuro Foundation Report, “Does Planned Parenthood Need or Deserve Federal Funds?,” March, 2011
[iii] Life Issues Institute, “Planned Parenthood Fact Page”, 2011
[iv] Chiaroscuro Foundation Report, “Does Planned Parenthood Need or Deserve Federal Funds?,” March, 2011
[v] Abby Johnson Op-Ed in The Hill, “Exposing the Planned Parenthood business model,” April 4, 2011
[vi] Chiaroscuro Foundation Report, “Does Planned Parenthood Need or Deserve Federal Funds?,” March, 2011
[vii] SBA List Press Release, “Fact Check: Clinton Misleads on Planned Parenthood Funding,” April 6, 2011
[viii] Live Action Press Release, “Caught on Tape: Planned Parenthood Aids Pimp’s Underage Sex Ring,” February 1, 2011
[ix] New Jersey Star Ledger, “Central Jersey Planned Parenthood fires worker after release of undercover video,” February 2, 2011.
[x] New York Times, “Planned Parenthood to Retrain Public Staff,” February 7, 2011
[xi] Dr. Helen Alvare op-ed in the Weekly Standard, “Note to Congress: Planned Parenthood is Not a ‘Women’s Health’ Organization,” April 6, 2011
[xii] Chiaroscuro Foundation Report, “Does Planned Parenthood Need or Deserve Federal Funds?,” March, 2011
[xiii] Ibid.
[xiv] The Hill, “The Hill Poll: Planned Parenthood cut splits voters by gender, race,” March 28, 2011
[xv] CNN: “Poll: Majority favor abortion funding ban,” November 18, 2009
[xvi] Birth Control Review, “The Eugenic Value of Birth Control Propaganda.” October 1921, page 5.
[xvii] Margaret Sanger, “Pilot of Civilization,” p. 187
[xviii] Margaret Sanger, “Women and the New Race,” 1920
[xix] Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., 2008 Income Tax Return
[xx] YouTube, “Planned Parenthood Action Fund TV Ad: Carolyn Telling Her Story,” February 25, 2011
[xxi] NPR, “Planned Parenthood Radio Ads To Target Congressional Opponents,” February 18, 2011
[xxii] Planned Parenthood, “Planned Parenthood Truth Tour Cities & Events,” March 29, 2011
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