Mommy’s Choice?
— Posted by Eric (February 9, 2007 at 2:04 pm)
My cousin Matt, who lives in Indianapolis, sent me an article from the Indianapolis Star about a “sex-ed” rally at the statehouse which included the picture at right, with a little girl in a stroller holding a sign reading, “I was Mommy’s choice.” Lucky for her.
Here’s my response—a baby who wasn’t so lucky:
I was also reminded of the pictures I’ve seen of a pregnant woman with the words “My baby is pro-choice” written on her belly. I wonder what the baby thinks about that?
And by the way, if the unborn baby can have moral and political opinions of her own, doesn’t that mean she’s a real person with a right to life? Then again, how does one even begin to unpack the irony in these bizarre manipulations of children?
We know from long experience that children are naturally pro-life. You have to indoctrinate them into the “pro-choice” mentality, dismantling their natural sympathy with unborn babies. Sad stuff.
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Rosie says:
Exactly, and these are the same people who complain about what a horrible childhood they had.
Comment posted February 9th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Christina says:
If her baby is prochoice, then she’s admitting that it IS a baby, and she’s attributing to it the ability to take a political stand.
Then she wants to be allowed to kill it.
Women like that should have their children taken away at birth and given to somebody civilized to raise. Like wolves.
Comment posted February 9th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Christina says:
Did you read the comment about the “strong religious element” to the rally? What religion? Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism all stress sacrificial love, protection of the weak, and compassion for the forgotten and unloved. Exactly the opposite of an abortion-rights stand.
Comment posted February 9th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Rosie says:
I really liked this too:
“The right-wing agenda is telling us we’re not Christian, not pro-God, not patriotic, and I’m damn sick of it,” Simpson said.
Well, gosh, i’m pretty darn sick of saying it.
” What religion?”, you ask? Satanism? That’s the only one I can think of that would think sacrificing a life for theirselves is a good and noble thing, not to mention something to boast about.
Comment posted February 9th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
mary kay says:
“Betty Cockrum, president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood of Indiana, said Indiana ranks 49th among states in access to family planning and contraceptive services.”
I like that Indiana place. How do I get Illinois to follow suit?
Who is in 50th place, and does anybody want to move there with me?
Both superbowl teams had coaches that put Jesus at the top of their “to do” list. I was wondering how God would decide which states’ prayers He would listen to. Perhaps Indiana’s view on “family planning” was the deciding factor…just a thought!
MK
Comment posted February 10th, 2007 at 5:34 am
Young Christian Woman says:
If they want women to have a real choice, shouldn’t they throw at least some of their money into preventing miscarriage and “pregnancy loss”? Because I sure wish it was my choice whether my babies lived or died. Shouldn’t they want to make sure that women who are pregnant with babies with disabilities get informed about the truth, not just advised to abort them? And as I have said before, shouldn’t they want women to know what is involved in an abortion? Shouldn’t they promote abstinence as a choice, instead of assuming all are doomed to have sex? Shouldn’t they be as willing to endorse the choice to have 12 children as the choice to have none? (Some will do this, but not a majority. And only in theory; they certainly would not want to be friends with someone that “irresponsible.”)
Just pointing out some inconsistencies, not that anyone doesn’t know them.
Comment posted February 10th, 2007 at 5:49 am
Rosie says:
MK,
“Who is in 50th place,”
I have no clue but if I were to guess Utah would be low on the list. I remember trying to find a wedding dress and was amazed at how slutty some of them looked until I found some made by Mormons, they’re very into modesty.
Has anyone heard about South Dakota intruducing stricter penalties on abortion. Now Georgia is trying to pass a similar bill that South Dakota did. Go Georgia!!
Comment posted February 10th, 2007 at 9:27 am
mary kay says:
Hey Rosie,
Aren’t we coming up to baby time soon?
tick, tick, tick…
MK
Comment posted February 11th, 2007 at 5:33 am
Rosie says:
MK,
7 more weeks!!! It feels like forever!
Comment posted February 11th, 2007 at 9:15 am
Christine says:
I’ll never understand how someone can be proud of announcing that their child is a choice, because it’s straight-out stating that if you had been in a situation where that “choice” didn’t fit into your “plan” than that child would have been ripped to shreds then thrown in a dumpster.
This is not love for your child because real love is unconditional, not circumstantial
Comment posted February 11th, 2007 at 9:40 am
mary kay says:
I’ve been reading Theology of the Body (Christopher West’s commentary) and John Paull II said that lust (and other sins of the body) are not disorders of the mind, but disorders of the heart. Heal the heart, the mind will obey.
These peoples hearts are disordered. We will never reach them with logic. He says that the difference between ethics and ethos is the reason for so much sin. Ethics is following the written law, but ethos is following the law written on you heart. (Natural Law) Only when we stop following the letter of the law will we be free from the law. Then we will be able to do the right thing because we will be incapable of doing the wrong thing. Now that’s freedom!
I have also been listening to Scott Hahn. He was praying about his wifes conversion and asking God what he needed to do to change her heart. God’s reply? It’s not yours to change! You are not the Holy Spirit. So keep quiet and let Him do His job.
How can we change these peoples hearts? With love, and prayer. And trust the Holy Spirit to do the rest.
MK
Comment posted February 11th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
mary kay says:
Rosie,
Just a few more weeks until Lent and then the baby countdown begins. It will go fast. Just think about the Easter Basket you have to prepare. She’ll be here by then and we wouldn’t want her to be disappointed!
And you have a Christening to plan. Is her room ready? What names did we finally decide on?
I’ll be waiting with you.
Love,
MK
Comment posted February 11th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Rosie says:
“God’s reply? It’s not yours to change! You are not the Holy Spirit. So keep quiet and let Him do His job.”
I believe that, though i’m sure it’s so hard to not want to do something.
MK,
The baby will be in our room until we find another house. We live in a 2 bedroom bungalow and my husband works out of the house. We decided on Hannah Ruth or Dominic George. The offer still stands to come to the baptism and the party after. Hope you like politics and religion as conversation topics, it’s never a dull moment! There will be tons of kids for yours to hang out with too. There will be ages ranging from 0-17.
Comment posted February 11th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Mike says:
If the baby in the womb is communicating to the woman he/ or she is “pro-choice” then at least the Culture of Death crowd has to now admit the baby is a human being.
My sister was just on NBC’s Today Show & NBC Nightly News. She is a sister at Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor, MI. To get to the link to the video’s, go to this link…
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?p=1902151#post1902151
By the way they show up to the March For Life every year in Washington DC!
Mike
Comment posted February 11th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Young Christian Woman says:
Rosie:
I want to name the first to girls I give birth to Hannah Jane and Rebecca Ruth
So I love your girl name!
Comment posted February 13th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Rosie says:
Thanks!
Comment posted February 13th, 2007 at 9:26 am
mary kay says:
Mike,
That was awesome! I can’t tell you how good it felt to read and hear something good for a change. Whatever they are doing, they are doing it well. God bless your sister!
MK
Comment posted February 13th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Steve says:
Thanks for your great blog! Pro-choice babies? What will they think of next? I can just hear the unborn now: “Momma, kill me or keep me, I don’t care. You know best.” Unbelieveable!
Comment posted February 16th, 2007 at 2:45 am