Faith & Family Live! : Fearful Choices

Posted by MCH on Thursday, Aug 18, 2011 3:22 PM (EDT):

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us and our broken world.

Posted by Patricia on Thursday, Aug 18, 2011 3:54 PM (EDT):

MCH,
I could not agree more. Lord, have mercy!
I am uncomfortable with the comment of the mother of twins who said:
“And yet the thought of not having any one of them is unbearable now, because they are no longer shadowy fetuses but full-fledged human beings whom I love in a huge and aching way.”
This seems to imply that these “shadowy fetuses” were not yet “full-fledged human beings.”

Posted by Claire on Thursday, Aug 18, 2011 3:52 PM (EDT):

One of the commenters on Arwen’s post had posted a link to this article, and I was truly horrified by it. It’s not that the tangled web of IVF was foreign to me (I was aware of selective “reduction”, the destruction of “surplus” embryos, etc). But I couldn’t believe the woman who admitted that the process was “consumerish”, and instead of being alarmed by that revelation, used it to justify terminating the life of one of her children. And the lesbian who said that eventually they would have to let nature take its course?! Too bad she didn’t decide to let nature take its course before beginning the whole process.

Posted by Laura on Thursday, Aug 18, 2011 4:08 PM (EDT):

Totally, 100% agree with you, Rebecca. Thank you for taking the time to read and write about it, as I find this so horrifying my thoughts can hardly dwell on it.

Posted by Laurie on Friday, Aug 19, 2011 9:07 AM (EDT):

Wise words…Women are stronger than abortion, and we ought to help them be strong rather than sell them on their weakness.
This article and the horrifying facts so blandly discussed reminded me of the book “The Giver”, a Newberry Book by Lois Lowry. It describes a utopian type world where people live very ordered and neat lives without choices, love or pesky emotions. The common and accepted practice of “releasing” (euphamism for killing or “euthanasia”) old ones and children is found to be troubling by a young boy who is starting to question the way things are done. It is common practice in this society to “release” one child when twins are born. A quote from the book describing the boys thoughts reads •“Was there someone there, waiting, who would receive the tiny released twin? Would it grow up Elsewhere, not knowing, ever, that in this community lived a being who looked exactly the same? For a moment, he felt a tiny, fluttering hope that he knew was quite foolish. He hoped that it would be Larissa, waiting. Larissa, the old woman he had bathed.” (Larissa was also “released”). The book is shocking because of the outrageous assumptions and practices that have become acceptable in the culture so people can lead neat and predictable lives. Real life is starting to imitate art…

Posted by Anna on Friday, Aug 19, 2011 11:09 AM (EDT):

That “predictable lives” part was what got me in that article. Over and over, the justification was that twins “weren’t the life they [the parents] had envisioned for themselves.” The sole good in life is living out my personal daydream of perfection? There was just no frame of reference for anyone or anything else, or even a willingness to expand one’s view beyond that initial daydream. How many people’s lives actually fit what they had envisioned? And how many people would erase what they have (once they’ve really tried it, like the article’s writer) for their daydream? Not many, so far as I can see.

Posted by Rebecca Teti on Friday, Aug 19, 2011 12:00 PM (EDT):

Anna, you might also appreciate an email I got from a priest-friend:
“An aspect of “responsible parenthood” we don’t focus on much is the responsibility to love the child and nurture the child no matter how he comes - perfect and athletic and high IQ or a behavioral nightmare, or handicapped. What we see here is the very parent-centered view of parenting that is so destructive of real love and welcoming into life and into the family a new person as a gift. Accepting people as they are used to be an ideal. Soon “creating” a child will become more akin to selecting a pet dog from a pet store….”

Posted by Angela on Friday, Aug 19, 2011 4:52 PM (EDT):

Sadly I recently knew of someone trying to get pregnant w twins (first pg) and she terminated her pg bc she felt she just couldn’t deal w it. Two of my best friends have twins I know it’s hard but they wouldn’t trade those twins for the world! That first quote is just…sick.

Posted by lisag on Saturday, Aug 20, 2011 9:47 AM (EDT):

It so so amazing how people will twist the truth to get what they want. In other words they lie to themselves. Just think of your husband, your best friend, your daughter in law or son in law, your doctor, your minister, your neighbor. What if they had been aborted? How different your life would be. When a woman aborts her child she not only deletes that child she changes the future. What right does one have to decide who lives and who dies.

Posted by MightyMighty on Sunday, Aug 21, 2011 1:06 AM (EDT):

This article was really one of the most bloodless things I’ve ever read. I’m horrified that there are so many people involved in such fear-mongering, baby-killing, and ethical revising.

On the other hand, seeing sicko stuff like this makes me SO thankful for being raised Catholic! There but for the grace of God go I.

Posted by Bill Sr. on Sunday, Aug 21, 2011 8:20 AM (EDT):

I would submit that our current president has very well framed pregnancy for us.
If through voluntary action a female finds herself “pregnant” she (today as proclaimed by the supreme leader of our government) has the choice of determining whether she is endowed with motherhood or has been “punished” for her action. Furthermore, if she believes she is being punished it is her “right to eject” such punishment from her body with full medical support and funding from our government and the courts.
So we should not be surprised when modern American women view their reproductive system as laboratories for experimentation by a medical society bent on competing with the Creator for best practioner.

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