A Doctor's Wisdom

A friend forwarded this to me:

A DOCTOR'S WISDOM
A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said: 'Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 yr. old and I'm pregnant again. I don't wantkids so close together.'

So the doctor said: 'Ok, and what do you want me to do?'

She said: 'I want you to end my pregnancy, and I'm counting on your help with this.'

The doctor thought for a little while, and after some silence he said to the lady: 'I think I have a better solution for your problem. It's less dangerous for you too.'

She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request.
Then he continued: 'You see, in order for you not to have to take care of two babies at the same time, let's kill the one in your arms. That way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we're going to killone of them, it doesn't matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms.

The lady was horrified and said: 'No doctor! How terrible! It's a crime to kill a child!

'I agree', the doctor replied. 'But you seemed to be ok with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution.

The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point.

He convinced the mom that there is no difference in killing a child that's already been born and one that's still in the womb. The crime is the same!

One of my greatest fears...

Here it is! The moment I've been waiting for. With National Health Care on the brink of existence, we now learn of the philosophy of Obama's Science Czar: John Holdren.

(My emphasis in black, comments in yellow).

Obama's science czar suggested compulsory abortion, sterilization
By: David Freddoso
Commentary Staff Writer, Washington Examiner
07/14/09 4:55 PM EDT

Internet reports are now circulating that Obama's Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, John Holdren, penned a 1977 book that approved of and recommended compulsory sterilization and even abortion in some cases, as part of a government population control regime. (Are we sure this isn't really Peter Singer in disguise?)

Given the general unreliability of Internet quotations, I wanted to go straight to this now-rare text and make sure the reports were both accurate and kept Holdren's writings in context. Generally speaking, they are, and they do.

The Holdren book, titled Ecoscience and co-authored with Malthus enthusiasts Paul and Anne Ehrlich, weighs in at more than 1,000 pages. Of greatest importance to its discussion of how to limit the human population is its disregard for any ethical considerations. (no kidding? Are we surprised?)

Holdren (with the Ehrlichs) notes the existence of “moral objections to some proposals...especially to any kind of compulsion.” But his approach is completely amoral. He implies that compulsory population control is less preferable, because of some people's objections, (Uh, yeah! As sure as the day is long) but he argues repeatedly that it is sometimes necessary, and necessity trumps all ethical objections. (Obama Philosophy 101)

He writes:

Several coercive proposals deserve discussion, mainly because some countries may ultimately have to resort to them unless current trends in birth rates are rapidly reversed by other means. (of course this is old and today we are at birth rates below the replacement level...but why should that stop them?? Now they can use the "save the planet" argument to have fewer carbon breathers walking around.) Some involuntary measures (scariest 2 words ever) could be less repressive or discriminatory, in fact, than some of the socioeconomic measures suggested.

Holdren refers approvingly, for example, to Indira Gandhi's government for its then-recent attempt at a compulsory sterilization program:

India in the mid-1970s not only entertained the idea of compulsory sterilization, but moved toward implementing it...This decision was greeted with dismay abroad, (shocking) but Indira Gandhi's government felt it had little other choice. There is too little time left to experiment further with educational programs and hope that social change will generate a spontaneous fertility decline, and most of the Indian population is too poor for direct economic pressures (especially penalties) to be effective.

When necessary, then, compulsory sterilization is justified. This attitude suffuses the following passage, in which the possibility of putting a “sterilant” into a population's drinking water is seriously discussed. Holdren and his co-authors do not recommend this particular method, but their objections to it are merely practical and health-related, not moral or stemming from any concern for human freedom: (much like our leaders today...*sigh* Great!)

Adding a sterilant to drinking water or staple foods is a suggestion that seems to horrify people more than most proposals for involuntary fertility control. Indeed, this would pose some very difficult political, legal, and social questions, to say nothing of the technical problems. No such sterilant exists today, nor does one appear to be under development. To be acceptable, such a substance would have to meet some rather stiff requirements: it must be uniformly effective, despite widely varying doses received by individuals, and despite varying degrees of fertility and sensitivity among individuals; it must be free of dangerous or unpleasant side effects; and it must have no effect on members of the opposite sex, children, old people, pets, or livestock...Again, there is no sign of such an agent on the horizon. And the risk of serious, unforeseen side effects would, in our opinion, militate against the use of any such agent, even though this plan has the advantage of avoiding the need for socioeconomic pressures that might tend to discriminate against particular groups (30 years later this is no longer tickling anyone's conscience...embryonic stem cell research and other immoral scientific experiments exploit the poor every day, for example, harvesting eggs for money). or penalize children. (Again...commonly set aside as a consideration...i.e. killing children, same-sex adoption, performing abortions on minor illegally and/or sending them back to their rapists, etc.)

Even though they do not recommend it, note that Holdren and his co-authors treat this as a serious policy proposal with serious drawbacks -- not as an insane idea unworthy of consideration. (What are the odds he's had a conversion of heart??)

They look with more favor on this “milder” form of coercive sterilization: (Doesn't that phrase just make your scalp itch?)

Of course, a government might require only implantation of the contraceptive capsule, leaving its removal to the individual's discretion but requiring reimplantation after childbirth. (Via national health care? He must be dancing in his boots right about now!) Since having a child would require positive action (removal of the capsule), many more births would be prevented than in the reverse situation.

Holdren and his co-authors also tackle the problem of illegitimacy, recognizing that it could be one consequence of a society which, in its effort to limit births, downgrades the value of intact nuclear families and encourages lifelong bachelorhood: (Duh!)

[R]esponsible parenthood ought to be encouraged and illegitimate childbearing could be strongly discouraged. (Obviously on the surface that sounds great...but this is the Anti-Humanae Vitae form of Responsible Parenthood...read on) One way to carry out this disapproval might be to insist that all illegitimate babies be put up for adoption (how generous) -- especially those born to minors, who generally are not capable of caring properly for a child alone...It would even be possible to require pregnant single women to marry or have abortions, perhaps as an alternative to placement for adoption, depending on the society. (Again, via national health care?)

Holdren's suggestion here is presented perfectly in context. It stands alone in the text without any accompanying reservations.

President Obama has spoken repeatedly in favor of putting science before ideology. The real debate, however, has never been about whether ethics are needed in science, but rather over whose ethics should determine where science will or will not go. (God help us all)

Nowhere has Obama suggested that science should be completely ethics-free. But Holdren is his Science Czar all the same.

'Abortion is a Blessing' - Catholic Online

???????...sad...
From New President of Episcopal Divinity School: 'Abortion is a Blessing' - Catholic Online

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Meet Countess Dracula:

All she wants for Christmas is her two front teeth:

Why I'm not getting any packing done:

Michelle Obama's Mantilla

I know it's old news, but...it was nice to see:

"Baby"-tific Vision

Every night Gianna and I are the last to fall asleep. There are TV shows I enjoy watching or books that I try to keep up with, but my favorite activity is lying in bed and looking at Gianna's smile. Her smile gives me the happiest feeling imaginable. I often stare at her and wonder if this is what the beautific vision will be like. Of course, as wonderful as this "baby"-tific vision is, I'm sure it pales in comparison to the face of God. Still, I know that her purpose in life at that moment is to give the gift of happiness to all who enjoy her smile. That is how my baby girl glorifies God today.

Thank you Lord for this moment of bliss, this sweet gift you give to the world through the face of my child. May I never fail to appreciate her innocent and beautiful smile.

How to feed a boy vegetables:

Make it violent!

[chomp on carrot]....say, "Ouch!" "Ow!" "Oh!" "Don't Hurt Me!"

He went from ZERO vegetables to 4 baby carrots a day for a whole week!

Every week for months I've put an okra on his plate. Every week he puts it back on mine. Well, today he at least put it in his mouth and said "Ouch!" but spit it back out. Hey! It's progress!

Maria Goretti Party

I told Jamie today that it was the feast of St. Maria Goretti. She knew a little about her because we watched the movie about a month ago. So, she suggested that we have a St. Maria Goretti Party!

I asked, "How do we do that?"

She said, "We should treat it like our St. Patrick's Day party: green clothes and food and stuff, but choose a different color!"

"What color?"

"Red."

"Why?"

"Because she died!"

"That's what I thought."

She wanted everyone to dress in red, have red food and watch the movie again. So Mom came over with her movie and we had a St. Maria Goretti party complete with Strawberry ice cream and red lemonade! Can anyone doubt Maria was smiling??