Monday, January 05, 2009
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Pro-Life with a twist, please...
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Posted by:
Kevin McCullough at
7:39 PM
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This entry is a post from Michele Reithmayr, the newest blogger here. She serves as the director of a Women's Resource Center, and can be contacted at michelereith@gmail.com.
I have for some time been told that oppose women's right to true choices in the life debate that those who operate "Women's Resource Centers" (i.e. the WRC) seem to be "pushing a hidden, pro-life agenda." This got me thinking as I am trying to sleep at 1:35am.
Wrong, wrong, right. Push-we don't. Hidden, nope. Pro-life, yes.
But wait...we are also Pro-Choices. (gasp!)
Did she really just say that? You bet. We believe that a woman has a right to know ALL of her options before she makes a decision on her pregnancy. So...I think we are neither Pro-Life or Pro-Choice. The WRC is Pro-Woman.
Sounds too simple. But its true. If a young woman comes into our office and leaves determined to have an abortion, parent or adopt, we cannot tell her what to do. We just ask the questions, pass the tissue, and put and arm around her shoulders. Believe me, there are many that wonder into our office and in her given situation, its easy to think "that baby would be better off if that girl would only..." But THIS is not what we do. What we do is a labor of love, and many times sees very little return.
I have been there. Pregnant at 16, boyfriend gone after the words "its positive." I went to Planned Parenthood ALONE. It was there that I was explained all my "options." Single parent, or an abortion. Wait, isn't there more? Are these really all my choices? Where is the tissue?
There is NO easy option when comes to an unplanned pregnancy; you can dash your dreams and join the single parenthood league, give your baby away, or have a secret to carry with you for decades. None of these choices are easy or made without tears involved. The WRC is there to meet you where you are, regardless if you want an abortion. We even have an abortion support group--does Planned Parenthood do that?
But if I hadn't wandered into the WRC at age 16 to learn about ALL my options, I would not have found HOPE beyond my pregnancy. And maybe, just maybe, there would not be a tall, handsome boy in Indiana with his mother's blue eyes (and brains!) and father's smile playing football this season at school--with TWO loving parents cheering from the bleachers. I look forward to meeting him someday...
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Should Andrea Yates have had "the only choice" in whether her children lived or died?
You're making the same argument.
It's too intellectually dishonest, as is the whole "facade" of "choice."
You HAVE a choice to not have sex until you can bear the consequences...
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But neither should we be anti-abortion. The choice, so long as the abortion falls under the guidelines of Roe v. Wade, should not be anyone's but the mother's. And most Americans feel that way. Otherwise, you'd have your federal and state amendments banning abortion, requiring parental notification, etc, up the wazoo. You don't. They don't even pass in CA, when they banned gay marriage.
Stop posturing as though women abort babies like it means nothing. Unfortunately, those who claim they are pro life believes life begins at conception, but once the kid is born, it is on its own. |
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From ME to You... just frosted Frost...
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL |
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With respect to Ms. Reithmayr, and her valiant intentions, there is one fact she and her organization avoids and that is the child’s life. This is an old argument but one that cannot be avoided. Ending a human life has very dire consequences both physically and psychologically. The idea of WRC to just sort of be there with the woman and go over their options has been done before but has not deferred the inevitable affects of abortion - depression, substance abuse, abusive relationships, possible infertility, and on and on. Perhaps these are the result of human nature and the nature of motherhood. All people, especially mothers, have an instinctive drive to protect their young, and not only protect them but rear them, educate them, give them a good life. I believe that if these instincts are denied or betrayed, as is the case with abortion, women will become deeply scarred psychologically. Their idea of self-worth will plummet, which leads to the inevitable consequences mentioned above. This is not something I want to happen but believe will, simply because of our human nature. Help with healing after abortion is out there (Silent No More is a particularly good organization) and more and more information is being gathered about the terrible emotional, psychological and physical consequences of abortion. |
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Depending on where you live the Abortion Mill of America gets between $500 to $600 for each "procedure".
Say.... an average of $550 each times 289,750(the number of procedures in the 2006-2007 PPFofA Annual Report)equals $159,362,500.
As they say...follow the money!!! |
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To put it another way:
Of 292,160 pregnant women being "informed of their choices" at Planned Parenthood 289,750 had abortions. That's 99.18% of pregnant women going to Planned Parenthood for "services"!
A local pregnancy resource center, on the other hand, makes free ultrasounds available to all of their clients and report that over 80% of the women who see the ultrasound decide, on their own, AGAINST abortion.
It's hard NOT to see that Planned Parenthood pushes women into having abortions.
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From Planned Parenthood of America's 2006-2007 Annual Report:
Abortions: 289750
Adoption referrals: 2410
Ratio of abortions to adoptions to abortions: OVER 120 to 1
I think that pretty much tells you what Planned Parenthood is selling!!! |
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First...Thank you for choosing life! I pray that someday you do meet that boy and he learns how much he was (and is) loved!
Second...I also am (peripherally, I'm male)involved with a "pregnancy resource center". I know the ladies who work there and they are scrupulous in their actions in NOT imposing their agenda. They are VERY, VERY careful and caring to fully inform all of the clients of ALL the options. They, as you said, "ust ask the questions, pass the tissue, and put and arm around her shoulders". All of the staff and volunteers there have lived it in one form or another. They know, not through an intellectual exercise in a classroom, but through real life circumstances.
Thirdly...Why I'm involved. If my girlfriend had not decided to get an abortion I would have a child. As a male you get to discuss, plead and beg but in the end the decision is the woman's and as a male you don't even have legal recourse. All I'm left with is a hole in my soul that can't be filled until "that day" when we are all reunited.
Lastly...The ultimate goal is to convince everyone to choose life over abortion. You may not succeed every time but don't get discouraged. Keep running the good race and fighting the good fight. The reward?? Knowing that because of what you said/did there is another smiling face on the earth that might not have been. |
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Well documented, 'ay? Hey, state your source(s) or kindly stuff-it, please. From what I've read: A breakdown of PP's health services --
Contraception: 37%
STD testing: 29%
Cancer Screening and Prevention: 20%
Other Women's Health Services: 10%
Abortion: 3%
That's right. THREE percent.
If those figures are wrong, sorry, I didn't copy down the place where I read it; my error -- so, sure, they could be wrong, perhaps - - but people with agendas are always trying to con others with bogus numbers. Your witness - - -
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That's it people! Keep massaging your sin.... you'll get there.
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footage that show that...
1. Planned Parenthood does not offer the same choices with the same vigor.
2. Planned Parenthood pushes abortion.
3. Planned Parenthood pushes the sexual activity envelope especially for teenagers who are not yet ready for the consequences of sexual activity.
4. Planned Parenthood specifically targets poor inner city neighborhoods because Margaret Sanger was racist and want to selectively weed out black children.
5. Planned Parenthood has a documented pattern of willfully ignoring rape laws in order to not be forced to report, known rapes. (27 year old males, 14 year old females.)
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The so-called "Pro Life" and "Pro Choice" sides are full of equal number of lies.
The problem is not abortion. The problem is unwanted pregnancies.
I am not "Pro Choice," and I am not "Pro Life." I am pro birth control and pro restructured adoption laws.
Yet, the same Republicans who make darn sure Viagra is covered by most insurance RX policies will also deny birth control coverage.
The same Republicans who talk about encouraging the miracle of adoption will be the first onces to deny single people the right to adopt for FEAR that the person might be (gasp!) gay or lesbian.
But, you want me to believe that you are some how concerned about the child in question?
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Wonderful post!
I volunteered at my local crisis pregnancy center for several years. In the volunteer training session they stressed that the WOMAN--not the baby--is the client. She is the one who will have to live her life with the decision she makes, so that decision must be hers and not ours, no matter how much we might hurt for her sake over what she decides.
I'm so glad you found the WRC and made a choice that gives you hope. May the Lord God bless you! |
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