Targeting Children–Born and Unborn
- Jan 27, 2009 - 4
Just a week into Barack Obama’s presidency and we have several tragic reminders that we live in an increasingly anti-child culture, where too many adults ignore society’s responsibility to protect children–both born and unborn–if it interferes with their adult “preferences” and “choices.”
President Obama was the most radically pro-choice candidate of a major party in American history, and during his campaign he pledged to Planned Parenthood’s supporters that he would never back down on this issue. Unfortunately, his January 23 Executive Order overturning the Mexico City Policy may be just the first step in his fulfillment of that campaign pledge to his radical pro-abortion supporters.
By a stroke of his pen, American taxpayers’ money once again will be used in part to fund abortions that end the lives of our fellow human beings in other countries.
A day earlier, in remarks on the 36th anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision, Obama reiterated his commitment to protect a “woman’s right to choose.”
More than 50 million babies have been aborted since the Supreme Court’s decision in 1973, because at least one parent considered that child too expensive, too embarrassing, too disruptive, too much of a burden or just too inconvenient.
And it is not only the unborn that are being victimized. Even in the face of overwhelming bipartisan congressional action to protect our children from hardcore Internet pornography that corrupts their hearts and souls and steals their innocence, the U.S. Supreme Court declined January 21 to review the Third Circuit Court’s decision on the Child Online Protection Act, effectively killing this measure.
This Act merely put the same restrictions on protecting children from hardcore material on the Internet that are currently placed on so-called “adult” book and DVD stores, with customers having to prove they are at least 18 years of age to gain entry.
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court concluded that an adult’s supposed “right” to see anything he wants to see online without having to identify himself trumped society’s obligation to protect children from corrosive exposure to such spiritual toxic waste. Untold human suffering will be the result of this incredibly wrong decision.
Since government has abdicated its responsibility, all reasonable adults must do everything they can to protect the children within their circle of influence from exposure to such spiritually and emotionally damaging material.
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1 On Jan 28th, 2009, at 6:37am, Ron Denlinger wrote:
I agree with your sentiments completely. I only stumbled a little at the wording of your last paragraph. It seems to me the first line of defense should always be parental influence. I doubt that the government ever has (or will have) the level of concern for our children that we have. I see a lot of parents who have been very naive and not vigilant all along - the problem in some cases is that they’ve relied too much on the government to “protect.”
I am sorry that the government seems intent on joining the side of predators. And of that, I’m thankful for your keeping us informed.
2 On Jan 28th, 2009, at 8:51am, Tonya Seals-Reed wrote:
There has to be something we can do! If it comes down to it, I believe we should let it be known that ANY political leader that signs for this bill will not be re-elected and may even risk being impeached by anyone left with the morals this country was founded on! This is an issue that I believe any conservative Christian of any denomination can stand together against! Obama is going as far as trying to force any private, religiously owned hospitals to perform abortions (even the Catholic hospitals)! Where is the freeedom of religion there? The government is seriously trying to overstep it’s bounderies! What a name, the “Freedom of Choice Act”. Where is the choice of the doctors to not perform murder? Where is the choice of the tax payers to not have to fund government regulated murder? Where is the choice of the innocent unborn child to live?
3 On Jan 28th, 2009, at 8:59am, tonya.seals-reed wrote:
There has to be something we can do! We could sign post cards and mail them to senators and legistlators of our areas to petition this bill. We can not allow this bill to pass! We can not give evil the upper hand. It is our moral obligation as children of Christ to spread the word that He is alive! There are plenty of organizations that help women in a crisis pregnancy without having to end a life! There are plenty of families out there who would like to have children, but are not able to. What an oppertunity to give a loving couple the chance to become a family. There are alternatives to abortion. How can we be fruitful and replinish the world with generations to come if they keep getting killed off?!?
4 On Jan 28th, 2009, at 11:26am, Vince Eccles wrote:
The ideological policies of Bush enriched the wealthy but increased poverty, which will increased abortion now.
I hold a middle ground position. Abortion should be a medical procedure that requires a doctor’s prescription for the health of the mother under guidelines established by AMA and our communities (read ‘government of “we the people”’). This policy must be supported by programs that try to reduce unwanted pregnancies and good social programs for poor mothers to come to term. This is the German policy.
When East-West Germany joined in the 1990’s, East Germany insisted on abortion because it was their birth control method. West Germans agreed for 2 years but grew uncomfortable with the terrible ethics. They returned to previous policy.
President Obama has asked for both sides to approach new ideas on how to reduce abortions. You just shout back ‘Godless Sinner!’. Ideology destroyed the economy. It also will destroy real world pregnant moms.