"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop." ~ Blessed Mother Teresa
Sometimes life throws you curve-balls. No, God sends you curve-balls. And how you react to said curve-balls is how your life turns out. Here’s an inspiring video of a woman and mother who made the right choice when her life didn’t turn out as planned.
Ever participated in a discussion which ended with the other person saying “Well, I guess we agree to disagree”? I have. Many times. And it really bugs me.
The conversations were all the same: I posted something (article, graphic, status), the person commented on it, we talked, they couldn’t refute what I said, then they ended the conversation by saying “I guess we agree to disagree.”
Funny thing? I never agreed to disagree. I simply stated my opinion on something. By commenting and starting a discussion, people invite me to explain my point of view and listen to theirs. When things get a little more intense, however, people tend to shy away and just shut the conversation down when they don’t know what to say. Why? I think people do this because there’s nothing else to do. If you don’t have statistics and facts backing your point of view up, it’s pretty hard to support your argument for long. You can only repeat rhetoric the media tells you for so long.
When you get to that point in a conversation where you realize things are getting intense, a decision has to be made: Will you continue to support your opinion which has been proven to be flawed? Will you take your new-found information and re-evaluate your position? Or will you shut logic and facts out of your mind and cut off the conversation? To me, shutting down the conversation is a sure sign of weakness in your argument. If you can’t support your position, either you don’t know enough about what you’re saying, or what you’re saying is wrong.
If you get into a conversation and it looks like you might not be right, have the character to admit you might be wrong. However, when you get into a discussion about something you have a strong opinion about (abortion or gay marriage for example) and do have facts and logic to back you up, don’t falter. Show the truth.
“Be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all you do be done in love.” ~ 1 Corinthians 16:13 – 14
Margaret Sanger, the woman responsible for much of the development of the modern birth control pill, was a terrifying woman. Not only did she want to make the world dependent on birth control, but she wanted to exterminate “undesirable” (black, minority) people by forcing sterilization, birth control, and family size limits. The woman had some terribly twisted views of the human person. See for yourself in this interview:
Last Friday, Tonya Reaves went to Planned Parenthood to have a cervical dilation and evacuation abortion procedure, and never made it home. She died in a hospital 12 hours after her procedure took place. Why? Abortion is a “safe and legal” procedure, right? Wrong.
Tonya went to America’s largest abortion chain for a second trimester abortion. Being that far along highly increased her risk of complications; something they may or may not have told her. Her family was heartbroken when they heard the news, as they hadn’t even know where Tonya had been. “It happened so fast. She was just fine one day and then the next day she was gone,” says her twin sister, Toni. Her family begged for answers, receiving none from Planned Parenthood. And now we know why.
New documents uncovered about this case reveal Planned Parenthood’s failure to assist Tonya following her abortion. She apparently suffered heavy bleeding after her procedure, but was not attended to until five hours later when an ambulance was called. 5 hours. Um, who the heck leaves a suffering bleeding woman unattended for 5 hours? [Yeah, Planned Parenthood did.]
After she was taken to the ER, doctors there were not informed about her complications. Dr. James Anderson, M.D. tells us:
“I have always had to evaluate the situation, come to my own conclusions, and initiate what I thought was appropriate treatment. This definitely created some time delays that were not in the patient’s best interest. These delays can have life-threatening implications when dealing with hemorrhage or infection.”
This delay eventually cost Tonya her life. She had been hemorrhaging, which wasn’t caught early enough by ER doctors (because PP didn’t tell them anything). After ultrasounds in the ER, they eventually found that Tonya’s uterus had been perforated, and her abortion had been incomplete, leading to more bleeding, and further complications.
After all that happened, Planned Parenthood of Illinois President and CEO Carole Brite issued a statement saying:
“While legal abortion services in the United States have a very high safety record, a tragedy such as this is devastating to loved ones and we offer our deepest sympathies. Planned Parenthood of Illinois cares deeply about the health and safety of each and every patient.”
While I assume most health care workers care about their patients, Planned Parenthood neglected a suffering woman, and caused her to die. Is that really caring? Her abortionist left her with a perforated uterus, an incomplete abortion, bleeding and alone. For 5 hours. Tonya’s family has obtained an attorney, and will possibly file a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood.
Will you help me spread the word about the danger of Planned Parenthood?
Skip to 2:05 in this video, and watch Obama’s response to this question from a viewer:
“What can you say about a healthcare bill that’ll mandate insurance companies to provide birth control, sterilization, etc. to employees of Catholic universities, hospitals and churches since this goes against the Catholic religion?”
What can he say about it? First thing he says: religious freedom is critical, it’s what we were founded on. Right. Second: we exempted religious institutions, but wait! “Big” Catholic hospitals, etc. employing “a lot” of non-Catholics and receiving “a lot” of federal money have to cover contraception because it would not be “fair” for their employees to have to pay for it themselves.
It wouldn’t be FAIR to make people pay for medically unnecessary pills? Huh? If THAT’S not fair to make people pay for, then I think it’s high time people started paying for me to have an unnecessary car, mansion, haircuts, pedicures, and prime steaks every. single. night. Also add a years supply of Yougurtland, and a season pass to Disneyland. Make sense? I didn’t think so. You see, it’s stupid to force people pay for other people’s fancies. You want to drive a three million dollar car? You have to buy it. You want to eat expensive organic food? You have to buy it. You want to get plastic surgery? You have to buy it. You want to use contraception? Um, taxpayers have to pay for it…..WHAT?!?!
No one is entitled to contraception. And to go even farther, absolutely no one is entitled to contraception for free.
If you really want to know what’s not fair, I’ll tell you what: forcing anyone to violate their conscience, and/or their religious beliefs. Freedom is what America was founded on. It’s time to re-claim our freedoms, and speak out against this nonsense.
*And if you’ve gotten this far and are wondering why I’m against contraception in the first place, check out this site for great explanations.
A Drop in the Ocean 