Thursday, May 17, 2007

Planned Parenthood Deception Exposed

A student journalist at UCLA has pulled away the proverbial curtain and exposed some disturbing facts about the deceptive, self-serving "advice" Planned Parenthood gives teenage girls. This would be a startling revelation, if anyone truly believed the organization's propaganda about providing reproductive health care and education. Pro-family advocates have long contended that Planned Parenthood's business model is not centered on a girl's best interests. Now, student reporter Lila Rose provides some concrete evidence about Planned Parenthood's underhanded tactics. Posing as a 15 year old, Rose went to a Santa Monica Planned Parenthood and disclosed that a 23-year-old man had gotten her pregnant. According to an article published in the Advocate, a student magazine at UCLA, Planned Parenthood staff informed Rose that this constituted statutory rape. The faux-teen was then encouraged to "figure out a birth-date that works," in order to obtain an abortion and avoid getting the man in trouble with the police. The Planned Parenthood staff assured Rose that if she said she was 16 or older, they wouldn't have to report the rape. California's mandatory reporting laws for statutory rape are supposed to protect pregnant minors. Apparently, the Planned Parenthood "counselor" saw no reason to let something as insignificant as the law get in the way of making a buck and killing a baby.It's evident that underage girls are being targeted by predators, and Planned Parenthood has no compunction about lying to exploit girls during a time of crisis. Considering the plethora of Planned Parenthood clinics across the United States, it's only logical to question how many other rapes have been covered up rather than reported to the appropriate authorities. Planned Parenthood's indiscretions are not limited to lying about the rape. The only option the counselor suggested the student consider was abortion, saying the unborn child is "just a collection of cells." Bible believers know otherwise. The UCLA administration added insult to injury, according to the student reporter, by using the student newspaper, The Daily Bruin, as a front to defend Planned Parenthood's image as an unbiased, plentiful pregnancy-care resource for women on campus. When teenage girls and young women are told that abortion is the most feasible option for them, that's not exactly a 'choice.' Neither Planned Parenthood, nor college administrations should be choosing abortion for someone who has come to them for advice. Of course, that's why people who love life and want to protect it are adamantly opposed to anything given out at planned Parenthood, particularly the advice.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

FACT & FICTION

Why, is it that anyone who opposes abortion is misguided or narrow minded and biased?

It has been stated that 1.3 million women in the United States have abortions a year. That is a staggering amount. Is this something we should be proud of? How many of those were women who had sex and then had an abortion as a form of birth control?

This is a question that I must ask because it has bothered me for quite awhile. Why is it that when a pregnancy is wanted, from the minute that the parents find out; it is a baby, but when it is an unwanted pregnancy it is a fetus, a collection of cells, a blob, tissue, nothing or a women’s right to choose? In my opinion the women’s right to choose was at the moment she decided to have sex. In all cases; rape, etc. it is not the baby’s fault. It is a product of an action. Why are we so appalled when we hear stories about new born babies being left in trash cans to die but are not appalled when we hear about abortions. I have even heard people make jokes about it!

Abortion is not a political issue. It is a social issue. It is not a women’s issue. It is a human rights/civil rights issue. It is a biblical/moral issue. Biologically there is no doubt that human life begins at fertilization.

To be fair, I went to the Planned Parenthood website and decided to compare their website to the medical information from a physician (who used to run an abortion clinic). Below are some questions from the PPH website and then some scientific facts.

PPH: These are the 3 ways in which to have an induced abortion:
With Medicine, vacuum aspiration, or surgery.


On their website, Planned Parenthood states the method of abortions but did not give a description of what each procedure entailed but here they are from a medical doctor (who used to run an abortion clinic).

WITH MEDICINE:

Salt Poisoning or Saline Method: 4-7 mo. Long needle inserted into mother’s abdomen & strong salt solution injected directly into the amniotic fluid surrounding the baby. Salt is swallowed, “breathed” and slowly poisons the baby and severely burns its skin. Mother goes into labor w/in 24 hrs and expels dead and shriveled baby. Some babies survive “salting out” and are born with severe complications.

Prostaglandin: 4-8 mos. These hormone-like compounds are injected or applied to uterine muscle, causing intense contractions, expelling developing baby. Side effects and live births are common.

Digoxin Induction: 5-8 mos. Cervix dilated as in D & E. Ultrasound imaging used to guide syringe filled with Digoxin (adult heart-moderating drug) into heart of baby, stopping it instantly. Prostaglandin induces labor, delivering dead baby. Virtually 100% effective.

RU 486 (Morning After Pill) Produces bad cramping and side effects. Used in conjunction with Prostaglandin.

VACUUM ASPIRATION:

Suction Curettage: 1-3 mos. 80% of all abortions (15 min procedure). Dilatation with dilator rods. Powerful suction tube inserted through the cervix into the womb. Developing baby’s body and placenta are torn into pieces and sucked into a jar. Head crushed and extracted.

Dilatation and Evacuation (D & E): 4-8 mo. Cervix dilated using laminaria (seaweed) and dilator rods. Forceps inserted grasping body parts, twisting them off and removing them in pieces. Spine and skull are crushed and extracted. Curette (sharp, oval-shaped knife) used to scrape out uterus. Body pieces reassembled to verify completion.

SURGERY:

Hysterotomy or Cesarean Section 6-8 mo. Incision is made through abdomen into womb. Baby is removed, allowed to die by neglect, or is killed by strangulation or other direct act while inside mother.

The Most Common Reasons Women Choose Abortion are:

* She is not ready to become a parent

OPTION: ADOPTION
* She cannot afford a baby
OPTION: ADOPTION
* She doesn’t want to be a single parent
OPTION: ADOPTION
* She doesn’t want anyone to know she has had sex or is pregnant
OPTION: GROW UP & TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS (that is the problem with society today)
* She is too young or too immature to have a child
OPTION: ADOPTION (she was old enough to have sex)
* She has all the children she wants
OPTION: ADOPTION
* Her husband, partner, or parent wants her to have an abortion
OPTION: HAVE IT OR ADOPTION
* She or the fetus has a health problem
OPTION: FOLLOW DOCTORS ORDERS FOR HERSELF &/OR PREPARE FOR A BABY WITH MEDICAL PROBLEMS OR ADOPTION
*She was a survivor of rape or incest
OPTION: ADOPTION (getting rid of the baby will not take that pain away and shouldn’t the criminal be made to pay – not the other victim involved.)

When are abortions performed?

90% of abortions are provided in the first trimester (1-3 months).

DAY 21 THE HEART BEGINS TO BEAT

DAY 28 THE BACKBONE & MUSCLES ARE FORMING
ARMS, LEGS, EYES & EARS HAVE BEGUN TO SHOW

WK 6 THE LIVER IS NOW WORKING & THE BRAIN IS BEGINNING TO CONTROL MOVEMENT OF MUSCLES & ORGANS
THE MOTHER HAS PROBABLY JUST CONFIRMED SHE IS PREGNANT

WK 8 EVERYTHING IS NOW PRESENT THAT WILL BE FOUND IN A FULLY DEVELOPED ADULT
THE BABY’S BODY RESPONDS TO TOUCH

Fewer than 11% take place in the second trimester (4-6 months).

MO 4 EARS ARE FUNCTIONING (THE BABY CAN HEAR IT’S MOTHER’S HEARTBEAT)

Abortion is very rare and only done for serious health reasons after 24 weeks.

MO 7 THE BABY NOW USES ALL FOUR SENSES

Can an embryo or fetus feel pain?

We know for sure that the embryo or fetus cannot perceive pain in the nearly 99% of all abortions that occur before the 20th week of pregnancy. It is even possible that a fetus is unable to perceive pain at any time during pregnancy. If, however, the ability to feel pain does develop before birth and consciousness, it is likely to happen only after the 28th week of pregnancy, when abortion is performed only for urgent medical reasons.

MOST ABORTIONS ARE DONE AFTER SIX WEEKS. AT SIX WEEKS, WHEN THE FACE OF A DEVELOPING BABY IS TOUCHED, IT MOVES IT’S HEAD BACK. AT 11 WEEKS THE FETUS WILL MOVE AWAY FROM A NEEDLE USED FOR AMNIOCENTESIS. IN THE FILM, THE SILENT SCREAM (an ultrasound video of an abortion), YOU SEE THE SUCTION CURET COMING INTO THE AMNIOTIC FLUID. THIS 12 WEEK-OLD BABY’S HEART RATE GOES UP, AND IT HIDES AT THE TOP OF THE UTERUS AND THRASHES AROUND IN A VAIN ATTEMPT TO GET AWAY.

How will I feel after an abortion?

Most women feel relief. Some women feel anger, regret, guilt, or sadness for a little while. Sudden hormonal changes may intensify these feelings.
Some people who oppose women’s right to make their own decisions claim that abortion often causes long-lasting emotional problems, or “post-abortion syndrome.” There is no scientific proof for these claims.

ABORTION INVOLVES RISKS, TRAUMA & SIDE EFFECTS. BECAUSE INDUCED ABORTION IS AN UNNATURAL, HOSTILE, PENETRATION OF A CLOSED AND SAFEGUARDED BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM – THE CHILD IN THE WOMB – THE MOTHER IS ALWAYS EXPOSED TO RISKS AND TO SHORT AND LONG TERM COMPLICATIONS, BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL.
INCOMPLETE ABORTIONS RESULTING IN BLOOD CLOTTING, BLEEDING HEMORRHAGE AND INFECTIONS ARE NOT UNCOMMON. MENSTRUAL DISTUBANCE, MISCARRIAGE, TUBAL PREGNANCIES, AND STERILITY ARE ALWAYS RISKS AND TEND TO MULTIPLY WITH SUCCESSIVE ABORTIONS. CERVICAL LACERATION AND UTERINE PERFORATION CAN RESULT FROM SUCTION AND D&C PROCEDURES. CARDIAC ARRESTS AND MATERNAL DEATHS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED.

LONG TERM PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS, WHICH ARE JUST NOW BEGINNING TO BE SERIOUSLY STUDIED, INCLUDE GUILT, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, ANGER, SENSE OF LOSS, NIGHTMARES, DEATH SCENES, DETERIORATION OF SELF IMAGE AND EVEN SUICIDE.

IN FACT; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS ARE SEEING A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WITH PAD.

The Planned Parenthood website has a warning: Hundreds of so-called “crisis centers” scare women about abortion. They lie about the medical and emotional effects of abortion. Most often, they give pregnancy tests without professional medical supervision. And they discourage sexually active women from using the most common and effective methods of birth-control.

I am amazed at the audacity that this website has to say that clinics lie about the medical and emotion effects of abortion. No where did I see where it detailed what an abortion really is. It is made to sound as nonchalant as a trip to the dentist. Not the ripping out, chopping up or crushing of a human being. Unfortunately, I know several people who have had abortions and they have all regretted it.

Being a mother, it astounds me even more that the destruction of a life, an innocent, defenseless child is taken so lightly. There are so many people out there that cannot have children and would and have done so many medical procedures and spent countless amounts of money to have one. My desire is this – if you are pregnant and you don’t want the child, find someone who does.

I am also tired of this issue being used as a political tool. It has nothing to do with politics. However, if the babies were alive today that have been aborted since it became legal, we would not be in the situation we are right now with social security and other financial problems within our communities. At least 40 million babies have been aborted. How much social security would they have brought? How much money into the economy would they have brought?

Abortion goes against the Hippocratic Oath: “I will not give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest counsel; and in a like manner I will not give a woman a pessary to induce abortion.” That was 400 yrs before Christ was born.

In Duet 30:19 God told Moses “I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.” God said “Choose life.” In the Bible it is clear that a child’s life was to be protected, even while in the mother’s womb. In Exodus 21:22-23 God says that if you hurt a pregnant women and she loses the baby, you have to pay a penalty because it was a living human being.


God spoke even to babies in the womb. He told Isaiah and Jeremiah they were to be prophets and John the Baptist received the Holy Spirit while in Elizabeth’s womb. An unborn child is not a blob of flesh but a life sophisticated enough to have a relationship with God!

Abortion is not about the rights a woman has to her body. It has to do with the rights of innocent victims who do not have a voice. We should protect them! We were once just like them.

DO YOU NEED HELP?!

I created this blog also to help those who are scared and do not know what to do.

Your first option should always be to pray. God is always available and it is His desire for us to seek Him. If you feel you are undeserving of His attention, first let me say that Jesus came to wash us clean of our sins. The Word says that once you repent and ask for forgiveness He no longer sees your sins. Repent and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior 1John1:7 says "If we are living and walking in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin and guilt." There is NO sin too big for God. There is nothing we can do to make Him not want to accept us back into His fold. He loves us!!

If you would like to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior please say this prayer:

"Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus. Your Word says, "Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Acts 2:21). I am calling on You. I pray and ask Jesus to come into my heart and be Lord over my life according to Romans 10:9-10: "If thou shalt confess with my mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." I do that now. I confess that Jesus is Lord, and I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead. I am now reborn! I am a Christian - a child of the Almighty God! I am saved! "

Find a good church that preaches God's Word and obeys it. Become part of a church family who will love and care for you as you love and care for them. Get couseling - usually it is free at churches and read your bible - daily!

I love you and God loves you!!