I haven’t watched David Letterman since I was in high-school (my 20 year reunion was last year, so he must be getting pretty old); however, this exchange between him and Governor Sarah Palin has caught my attention. It’s not the crudeness of Letterman’s joke that caught my attention (although I did send an e-mail to CBS through the American Family Association asking for an apology). What really caught my attention was the environment in which this joke was deemed acceptable.

I accept that Letterman made a mistake about which daughter was with Governor Palin at the ball game, and that the intended subject of the joke was Bristol and not Willow. What I don’t accept is that the American public seems to think that this joke is acceptable now that Bristol is 18 years old. Implying that Bristol Palin is promiscuous because she became pregnant at 17 by who she thought would be her future husband is completely unacceptable.

What is even worse is that if she were promiscuous, as long as she didn’t get pregnant, likely no one would make a joke because she’d be considered a normal teenager. If the Palin family decided to keep the whole thing quiet and make Bristol have an abortion, there would be no joke because nobody would know (Do the laws in Alaska allow teenagers to get abortions with out their parent knowledge? If not, Obama will soon give them such rights.)

Bristol made a mistake by having pre-marital sex with the person she thought she was going to marry. Now that it looks like they aren’t going to get married, she’s probably regretting it; although, I’m sure she and the whole Palin family do not regret having little baby Tripp.

There are many young women that make the same mistake. Sometimes they go on to marry the father of their child. Sometimes these are good and happy marriages where the only person the couple ever know sexually is their marriage partner. Sometimes the story isn’t so happy. Nonetheless, it is appalling that these moral young women are the subject of such vulgar humour.

It is an appalling and sad reflection on western culture: It’s OK to have pre-marital sex, just don’t get pregnant, but if you do, just have an abortion before anyone knows. It doesn’t matter. Just don’t have a baby before you’re married.

I’ve been following the George Tiller story, and there’s one thing I just don’t understand: Why are so many pro-abortion advocates drawing a connection between this killing and the pro-life movement? Anyone with any acquaintance with the pro-life movement will know the aim of this movement is the protection of life from conception to natural death. This means that the pro-life movement entails a lot more than just an anti-abortion agenda. The agenda also includes being anti-euthanasia, anti-human cloning, anti-human embryonic stem cells research and anti-death penalty (It should also include being anti-contraception, but I’m not going to debate that right now).

George Tiller did not die a natural death; therefore, the person responsible for his death is not pro-life. In case any pro-abortion advocates miss this, I’ll say it again. The person responsible for George Tiller’s death is not pro-life. It is a contradiction to say that a murderer is pro-life. The issue gets a little fuzzy with the just war theory and with self-defence, but in this case, the issue is clear: it was wrong for George Tiller’s killer to take Dr. Tiller’s life.

Over and over again, pro-life groups have been denouncing Dr. Tiller’s killing and demonstrating they had no involvement, but they really shouldn’t have to. When a drug lord is murdered, anti-drug advocates don’t have to denounce the killing or prove their innocence to the media. Why are pro-life groups not given the same courtesy?

The man arrested and charged with Dr. Tiller’s killing, Scott Roeder, has no connection to any legitimate pro-life organisation. His family members, however, say he does suffer from a mental illness. Why doesn’t the media and pro-abortion advocates attack the mentally ill? We (that’s right, I have a mental illness) usually don’t kill anyone, but, unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Pro-life advocates, on the other hand, never kill anyone, if they do, they are no longer pro-life advocates.

It is a sad fact that some mentally ill persons succeed in killing people, most commonly themselves. It is an even sadder fact that far more people are killed through abortion than through mental illness. For the most part, people involved with abortion don’t fully realise that a person is being killed. If they did, only a few mentally ill persons or the most callous of people could actually go through with it. Many times the after affects of abortion induce mental illness, sometimes resulting in suicide.

The death of babies and the suicides over their deaths are what the pro-life movement is trying to prevent. Murdering an abortionist will not achieve this goal. Even though the facts prove otherwise, it seems that George Tiller is becoming a martyr for the pro-abortion cause. People believe the lie that “it’s not really a baby,” so they’re likely to believe the lie that the pro-life movement killed George Tiller.

http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1621830

This story about the procedures orthodox Jews can go through to use in vitro fertilization and artificial insemination is missing one very important piece of information: natural family planing is nearly three times more successful and far cheaper.

President Obama has lifted a ban on federal funding for international groups that promote or perform abortions, reversing a policy of his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Obama’s actions mean that hundreds of millions of your tax dollars will go to help groups like Planned Parenthood perform abortions around the world.

His actions came one day after the 36th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in all 50 states.

Please take the action suggested below; even if you are not a U.S. citizen. It will not cause Obama to reverse his decision, but it will send a notice to him that unborn babies are human and deserve the same rights as the born.

Dear Friend,

The UN will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this December 10th.

To celebrate this occasion, radical pro-abortion groups intend to present the UN General Assembly with petitions calling for a universal right to abortion.

The largest, richest and most powerful pro-abortion groups are even now planning their attack on the unborn at the General Assembly.

Campaigns are being waged right now by International Planned Parenthood Federation and Maire Stopes International, the two groups responsible for more abortions than any other groups in the world. Both are beloved of the powers that be at the UN; and their efforts to promote an international right to abortion are welcomed by many UN Member States, perhaps most of the UN bureaucracy, and powerful US foundations that give millions to promote abortion at the UN and around the world.

We must stop them this December.

I am writing to ask you to sign a petition calling on UN Members States to interpret the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as protecting the unborn child from abortion. Did you know that the Universal Declaration calls for a right to life? Did you know that UN committees now interpret that as a right to abortion? We can stop them.

Please go HERE to sign the petition which we will present at the UN on December 10th, the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. At the very least we must match what the pro-abortion advocates will present to the UN that day! They will present thousands and thousands of names. WE MUST MATCH THEM!

Go HERE to sign the petition and then please send this email to all of your family and friends. Our goal is to present 50,000+ names to the General Assembly. We need your help right now to block the pro-aborts from making huge progress for abortion at the UN.

We are going to run this campaign for the next six weeks. There is plenty of time to get this petition to everyone in your address book and all around the world. This is an international right. Please help us now.

Imagine the look on their faces when we slam down 50,000 names! Be a part of that. Sign the petition HERE and send this all over the world.

Yours sincerely,

Austin Ruse
President
C-FAM
(The only pro-life group working exclusively on UN social policy)

At the close of their 2008 Plenary Assembly which met in Cornwall, 22-26 September, the Bishops of Canada issued a pastoral letter, titled “Liberating Potential”, which invites all the faithful “to discover or rediscover,” the message of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae, issued by Pope Paul VI in 1968.

http://www.cccb.ca/site/images/stories/pdf/humanae_vitae_en.pdf

This is one of the easiest ‘NO’ votes you can make.

Please call immediately. I just did. You don’t have to say anything…..

If you do not approve of Dr. Morgentaler receiving the Order of Canada award kindly call this number:

1-416-870-4444

It is to CTV and it is a ‘No’ vote call. You do not have to say anything. It is answered with, ‘This is CTV and your ‘No Vote’ has been recorded.’ That’s it.

Archbishop Tom Collins from Toronto is asking that all people of good will protest ‘this act of dishonor’ and ask that this action be revoked.’

I got this from Doug and Adele.