Christine,
I have been grabbing my fingers to keep from jumping in on this discussion of starving chldren, big government, birth-control pills, late-term abortions, and what-else, but can hold back no longer. <g>
With regard to the starving and diseased children (and please don't neglect the starving and diseased adults) of the world, may I suggest a thorough reading of "All the Trouble in the World," by P. J. O'Rourke. This and others of his books might go a long way toward putting your mind at rest. As an aside, this book offers some actual low-cost, workable solutions. Another good book is Robert Ringer's "American Dream." If it is out of print, Father Terrence can help you find it.
From where I've been lo these past many years since the early 1960s when they were first used for birth-control, I have learned that birth-control pills are about as dangerous as nicotine patches. Birth-control pills consist of hormones and sometimes added iron and merely fool the body into thinking it is already pregnant. Many, many Catholic and other women take these pills for reasons other than the prevention of pregnancy. These little pink/white/blue pills that prevent people were in use for eons for other medical conditions, and it was happenstance that their use for prevention of pregnancy was discovered in the early 1960s.
With regard to the so-called late-term or partial-birth abortions, these are performed only in the event of great threat to the mother's physical health. I know of no reputable physician or hospital that permits this procedure for any other reason. In other words, they are not being performed on "young girls in denial."
Why does this misinformation become fact to the mainsteam? Again, our media is telling us what garners ratings and brings in advertising dollars.
I am most relieved to hear that Dolly Parton is not pregnant. Good thing I didn't call the "National Enquirer." <vvvbg>
Holly |
