Girl Denied Transplant due to Mental Disability

Please everyone, share this story with as many people as possible, and go to the facebook page of the CHoP to let them know what you think! A little girl named Amelia is being denied life-saving treatment due to her intellectual disability and concern over her quality of life 30 years down the road once her parents are no longer there to care for her. I can hardly believe that there are people, doctors and social workers no less, who would do and say such things to a beautiful young girl and her family. This type of discrimination is outrageous, and is all the more horrifying because it is directed at a child.

Details concerning this specific case from the Hospital have yet to be released, but you can read the family's testimony here.

2012/04/20 EDIT: Turns out that the public outcry had an amazing impact on this decision - Amelia is now (as of Feb 15 which was the most recent article I could find) being considered for a kidney transplant! How amazing that the public rallied around this beautiful little girl. This really gives me hope for others with disabilities - even amongst all of the media attention being devoted to why those with disabilities would not want to live (look here or here for recent examples), enough people saw Amelia's life as valuable (as all lives are) to make a difference.

Seeing Hope (5): Back to Life

"January, 1973 Roe v. Wade declares abortion as a woman's right. Since then an estimated 54 million have been aborted in our nation.

This spring, 39 young women, each signifying a year marked by Roe v. Wade will walk over 250 miles from the nations largest abortion clinic in Houston, Texas, back to the Dallas court house where it all began to call our nation Back to Life."

This is an amazing idea, and I look forward to following their blog and learning more about what kind of message these young women will promote as they bring the US "back to life".

More Carleton Controversy: Referendum to Ban Pro-lifers on Campus

Double posting today because I just read this on Carleton Lifeline's blog. This kind of censorship is what pro-life Canadian students absolutely have to defeat, or the battle will be lost.

Ask Them What They Mean By Choice

On January 22nd, respond to NARAL's "Blog for Choice Day" by asking anyone discussing choice what exactly that euphemism means. Hopefully this gets people thinking about abortion and gives some attention to our point of view. Make sure you get involved! :)

See Jill Stanek's blog for instructions, and spread the word!

Mainstream media going undercover

http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3d3c85c837501307bc4aaab0a&id=49c77e5c99

Not sure what to think about this since groups like Live Action have done something similar. I do wonder if the reporter will actually be fair and unbiased ... perhaps he should talk to girls that this pregnancy centre has helped to get a different perspective? 

Down's Syndrome

A friend of mine was discussing an acquaintance the other day. This acquaintance just had a baby. You'd think that having a baby is an exciting thing! But instead of being happy for her acquaintance, she focused on the tragedy of giving birth to a baby with Down's Syndrome. The family knew ahead of time that their child was disabled, and she just couldn't understand it. Especially because this family already had 5 children before this little one.

"What a sad thing. They went into it knowingly. Well, they made their choice."

Where is the joy for this new baby? :(

Checking in - and Merry Christmas :)

Hi all! Sorry for the extremely LONG hiatus ... I've been ridiculously busy with school, and once that ordeal was over with I promised myself I would take a break and have an amazing holiday - which meant no abortion news, no thinking about abortion, and no writing about it. Just needed a break from stress in general, but obviously I couldn't keep myself away for long. So This is just a quick post to tell you that (1) I'm still alive (hooray!!) and (2) I hope everyone reading this has an absolutely wonderful Christmas and New Years!

I'll leave you with a video I found on refuting key abortion arguments.  I think he does a great job going through all of the arguments, especially the most common argument I've seen lately from pro-choicers, which is that consent to sex is not consent to a pregnancy. Happy watching!! :)