A Chilling Reminder of America's Double Standard
Whatever happened to standing up for what's right and what's good-for taking a strong and public stand against behaviors and actions that go against God's laws? Is it so politically incorrect these days to apply morals to our society-and for our leaders to do the same? Today's commentary reflects upon one such recent event and cautions us to be wary of political figures who behave in this manner.
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| HEADLINES |  |  The Washington Times The federal government's only program aimed at preventing the discarding of "extra" frozen human embryos is itself in danger of being discarded. In a move that pro-lifers are calling more evidence of the Obama administration's "pro-abortion slant," the White House has sought to defund the Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign in its fiscal 2013 budget. The Department of Health and Human Services "is not requesting funds for this program" because "the Embryo Adoption program will be discontinued in FY2013," HHS officials said in a February funding report to Congress.
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|  LifeSiteNews Pro-life activists say they are thrilled that the UN is sponsoring its first World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), which will be celebrated at the UN Headquarters in New York on March 21 2012, with the focal point of the day being a conference titled "Building Our Future." Monica Rafie, the co-founder of Be Not Afraid, an online pro-life ministry that supports parents who are grappling with a poor prenatal diagnosis, including Down syndrome, told LifeSiteNews that the event "presents a beautiful opportunity to showcase the genuine solidarity shared among organizations and families everywhere."
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 Wall Street Journal If there is one word that captures the Orwellian nature of contemporary feminism, it is "choice." ... But contemporary feminism does not actually value choice, except as a means to an ideological end, which is the obliteration of differences between the sexes. The biggest such difference consists in the distinct and disparate demands that reproduction makes on women. Thus, in order to equalize the sexes, it is necessary to discourage fertility. Implicit in contemporary feminism is a normative judgment that having children is bad. |
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