Tuesday of last week (16th of August) was the feast day of St. Stephen, proto-matryr of the Christian faith. There is another St. Stephen, who was grand prince of Hungary at the beginning of the last millennium. He is the patron saint of that country and, by reading her constitution, it's edifying for humanity that it bears the golden hallmarks of holiness and saintliness. In a recent article in the journal on religion and public life, First Things, there was a piece about how this awareness of it's own past and traditions has made it a shining jewel in an increasingly secular Europe. Enshrined in it's constitution is recognition of the dignity of all human life from conception to natural death and an upholding of the sanctity of marriage and an affirmation of it's primacy in the functioning of a healthy society and it's centrality to the genesis of new life. Children deserver to be brought up by their natural parents to the extent that this is possible. It's refreshing and proper that a government should uphold and sustain this time tested and naturally harmonious paradigm.
According to a report from EWTN
“Human dignity is inviolable,” the constitution states. “Everyone has the right to life and human dignity; the life of a fetus will be protected from conception.”
“Eugenic practices aimed at selection of persons, making the human body and its parts a source of profit and the reproductive cloning of human beings are prohibited,” the document adds.
The new constitution also states that “Hungary protects the institution of marriage between man and woman, a matrimonial relationship voluntarily established, as well as the family as the basis for the survival of the nation. Hungary supports child-bearing.”
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
The 3 % Planned Parenthood distortion
There was a very insightful article recently published by Abort73, a campaign to have the Roe Vs. Wade supreme court decision to ultimately be rolled back. The article can be found here and it speaks of the distorted numerics which Planned Parenthood bandy about to camouflage how many abortions they actually carry out and claim legitimacy as a general health care clinic to raise funds from an unsuspecting public and mislead federal initiatives. When I encountered a young man who was attempting to gather funds in the street for Planned Parenthood, he defended my accusation that they perform the bulk of the abortions in America, he responded with a canned reply - "abortions consist of only 3 % of our services. Since many debates and arguments have been seen to have been won and lost on the basis of definitions alone, it's worthwhile to consider what they mean by a service. It's turns out that an abortion is indeed a "service", although what kind of service this really is and in whose service it's really done is quite another matter. But by their economic reckoning, handing out a condom is also a service. So, they have played down the percentages by doing more of something else.
Since they are known to perform the bulk of abortions every year in America (around 305,000) there must be a more honest metric. They are, in the main, a private business and so making money is a large part of what they do, so in terms of revenue, the fraction of abortions per year brings in about $ 182 million of the $374 million total revenue as reported by the STOPP report of September 29th 2010. That's on top of the bone-chilling $536 million they get in government and contributions. So a much more fiscal, economical and common sense picture of how much of what Planned Parenthood actually does is abortion can be depicted as follows :
But the really interesting question is this : why are they downplaying the fact that providing abortion, amid the services which backup a promiscuous lifestyle (contraception, STD testing, etc), is such a large part of what they do. It's as if they really see abortion as the horror that it is, deep down. If there is nothing wrong with abortions why down play how much one does it ? And, as the Abort73
articles says : if there's nothing wrong with abortion, then what's wrong with teenage pregnancy ? You can leave a baby at any police station, hospital or manned firestation in Massachusetts within 10 days of giving birth. With the help and care of such crisis pregnancy centers as Caritas Christi, Daybreak and Pregnancy Help Boston, there's always support and hope if you have the courage and confidence to get through it. Anything is better for both the baby and parents, then the murder of an innocent.
Since they are known to perform the bulk of abortions every year in America (around 305,000) there must be a more honest metric. They are, in the main, a private business and so making money is a large part of what they do, so in terms of revenue, the fraction of abortions per year brings in about $ 182 million of the $374 million total revenue as reported by the STOPP report of September 29th 2010. That's on top of the bone-chilling $536 million they get in government and contributions. So a much more fiscal, economical and common sense picture of how much of what Planned Parenthood actually does is abortion can be depicted as follows :
But the really interesting question is this : why are they downplaying the fact that providing abortion, amid the services which backup a promiscuous lifestyle (contraception, STD testing, etc), is such a large part of what they do. It's as if they really see abortion as the horror that it is, deep down. If there is nothing wrong with abortions why down play how much one does it ? And, as the Abort73
articles says : if there's nothing wrong with abortion, then what's wrong with teenage pregnancy ? You can leave a baby at any police station, hospital or manned firestation in Massachusetts within 10 days of giving birth. With the help and care of such crisis pregnancy centers as Caritas Christi, Daybreak and Pregnancy Help Boston, there's always support and hope if you have the courage and confidence to get through it. Anything is better for both the baby and parents, then the murder of an innocent.
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