sigh

Sometimes reading my Facebook posts just makes me realize how much of a minority I am in my beliefs about human life.

A century later

100 years ago today, 146 garment workers died when a fire started in the factory they worked in. Why couldn't they escape?

The doors were locked.

An eyewitness describes the sight: Horrified and helpless, the crowds — I among them — looked up at the burning building, saw girl after girl appear at the reddened windows, pause for a terrified moment, and then leap to the pavement below, to land as mangled, bloody pulp. This went on for what seemed a ghastly eternity. Occasionally a girl who had hesitated too long was licked by pursuing flames and, screaming with clothing and hair ablaze, plunged like a living torch to the street. Life nets held by the firemen were torn by the impact of the falling bodies..

Some of the bodies were identified where they landed in the street. Others were identified by relatives in the morgue.

The youngest victims were barely teenagers. Most were immigrants.

If anyone ever wonders why I'm a liberal, here is a list of 146 reasons.

And now conservatives want to scale back on worker protection measures and break up unions. If you're one of those--what if one of your children was working in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?

I can't believe I missed this

“My switch to pro-life had nothing to do with religion”

Dr. Bernard Nathanson, 1926-2011, abortion doctor turned pro-life advocate.

Sometimes, I wonder if it's hypocritical of me to now speak against abortion when I had one myself. And then I read about men like Dr. Nathanson, and I realize it's never too late to do the right thing.

budget cuts

All over the country, states are being forced to cut their budgets, which also includes things like family-planning and womens' health services (Planned Parenthood). I get it..the money has to come from somewhere. But where's the money to help the already poor families and children?

I don't like Planned Parenthood any more than any other pro-life woman, but there's got to be some kind of alternative to make sure families are being cared for.

Victims of an ongoing tragedy

Photos of late-term fetuses included in grand jury report speak of horrifying conditions at clinic.

Warning: shocking and disturbing photos in the link.

EDIT: The full report can be found at http://operationrescue.org/pdfs/GrandJuryWomensMedical.pdf.

A sad anniversary indeed

Today, January 22, 2011 marks the 38th anniversary of Roe V. Wade. This decision has caused over 53,000,000 innocent human beings to lose their lives to voluntary pregnancy terminations (abortions). Today I am changing my status for life, to stand in unity with other pro-lifers against this horrible tragedy. Stand with me for life, copy and paste this status for one hour today.

Thank you, Cam, for posting this...I will be leaving it here on my blog as I don't use Facebook, but I encourage others to repost!

the birth of a moral compass

On this day in 1929, a great man was born. 39 years later he was brutally murdered.

He fought for equality, and even more importantly he stood for the right of all persons to live, born or unborn.

On January 17, 2000, Martin Luther King Jr.s niece, Alveda King, spoke at a pro-life meeting at Faneuil Hall of Boston University. She said:

"What would Martin Luther King say if he saw the skulls of babies at the bottom of abortion pits? If Martin Luther King's dream is to live, our babies must live. We have been fueled by the fires of women's rights. What about the rights of the baby who is artifically breached. We can't sit idly by and allow legal murder." (Martin Luther King's Niece Supports Right To Life, Boston University Daily Free Press, 18 January 2000, p.1)

Abortion, Alveda stated, "has done what the Klan could only dream of".
http://margaretsanger.blogspot.com/2007/08/niece-of-martin-luther-king-jr-abortion.html


Think about it. In YOUR city, what is the racial makeup of the neighborhoods that the abortion clinics are located in?