tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571775593743039867.post2922551596041200951..comments2023-07-02T06:44:59.891-07:00Comments on Coffee Talk with Leslie: Happy or unhappy anniversary? The Catholic Church and Roe v. WadeLeslie Anne Mirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402907416806204979noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571775593743039867.post-58092646831699424442011-01-23T13:50:56.438-08:002011-01-23T13:50:56.438-08:00I am very much looking forward to reading all of &...I am very much looking forward to reading all of "Unplanned," Denise -- I read the first chapter online, but don't have a copy of the book yet. And I have the feeling that Johnson's first-hand account will reveal many of the far-from-noble motives of Planned Parenthood that you mention above, Matthew. Also, here's an article I found (originally posted on USCCB's website) titled "Ten Legal Reasons to Reject Roe" that you might enjoy, Matthew -- I've only skimmed it so far, but it looks interesting: <br /><br />http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1058038/posts<br /><br />Thank you both for reading, and for your comments!Leslie Anne Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402907416806204979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571775593743039867.post-72605867625678856502011-01-23T10:02:22.381-08:002011-01-23T10:02:22.381-08:00sevaral thoughts thoughts come to mind:
- the firs...sevaral thoughts thoughts come to mind:<br />- the first is that people often forget that 'Ms. Roe' who won her case allowing her to have an abortion is a strong pro-life advocate - I would not say her position switched so much as it 'evolved' like so many of the rest of us...<br /><br />-the second, often over looked in public policy discussion regarding abortion is the un-holy tilt towards the death of girls, of <br />minorities, and the poor; the African-american population (and voting bloc) has been discimated by abortion and the effects it will have on Africa and China will take centuries to recooperate; if it was just a matter of sometimes women decide to have abortions that's one type of political arguement but in reality its much more heanous than that - some gov'ts specific plan for social development is the killing of children; this was brought up by a Chinese Catholic political prisoner on the World Over on EWTN and they keep contrasting the squads of chinese officials forcing their poor into abortions they don't want with Obama's statement -'well, we got pandas now...'<br /><br />-thirdly, the concept of planned parenthood stems directly out of the discredite and immoral field of eugenics - the same science that Hitler and the Nazis followed regardint their final solution; there is not one thing American in the idea that our lives would be better if a select group of people die and yet now, history is so ignored, college students are out their argueing that G.Washington and A. Lincoln won their wars for the right to an abortion protected by their 1st amendment - most arguements about where eugenics comes from and its legitimacy as a science are ahistorical<br /><br />-fourthly, the law itself never said what pro-choice people say it said; specifically, there was a graduated scale of public/gov't repsonsibility in which 0-3 was pure indiv responsibility, 6-9 was indiv/gov't responsibility (this is why late-term abortion laws are being upheld though there is still some legalities to be settled) and from 3-6 months it depends... but it never said that a woman can do what ever she wants because its her body...Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571775593743039867.post-68524791651930985202011-01-22T23:33:49.990-08:002011-01-22T23:33:49.990-08:00I received the book "unPlanned" last wee...I received the book "unPlanned" last week and I stayed up late to read it...all of it. I couldn't put it down. It was an amazing story. <br /><br />I know a handful of friends who have had abortions. Each of them have their own reasons for why. My heart broke with them as they told me their stories. Not one of them was proud of what they did. One's husband threatened to leave her if she didn't have an abortion, not once but twice. One didn't think she could put her parents through her second pregnancy in her teens. Another had two when she was in a wild and crazy stage. One is now divorced and can't believe she stayed with her husband. One went on to have eight children and mourns her children. The other just doesn't talk about the baby she aborted. She says it doesn't bother her. So much sadness.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528191023707738531noreply@blogger.com