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- The Conservative Mommy
- I am a wife, a mom, a Christian, a small business owner, a journalist and a conservative. This blog is a place where I can express my thoughts and opinions about our country, our president, our media and raising conservative children in a liberal world. I'm honest, unafraid, highly opinionated, and tired of sitting back and letting the mainstream media "represent" moms. Welcome...
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I don't donate to Susan G Komen because of this. If there is a fundraiser and they are affiliated, I don't donate. I read an article a few weeks back posted by MCCL (MN Citizens Concerned for Life) that says Planned Parenthood can't produce the actual numbers where the money from Susan G Komen goes. They can't say for sure it doesn't go toward abortions. And that's something I'm not comfortable with.
ReplyDeleteAll I have to say about this article is this: If there is any amount of money from SGK that goes to PP for breast cancer screening, in my opinion it is a HUGE waste! I used to have to go to PP for my annual check ups as I was at a job that didn't offer insurance and PP charges based on your income. I had found a small lump in my breast during a self exam. My annual was right around the corner so when I went in I didn't say anything about finding the lump (I just wanted to see if they noticed it themselves.) Nope, after my breast exam was done and the lump was skipped right over and I was told I was 'good' I sat straight up and yelled 'Are you freaking kidding me? What about this OBVIOUS lump?!?' So for me, I don't think they're qualified to do breast cancer screening. If I wasn't smart enough to do a self exam they may have never noticed my lump. Thankfully it turned out to be just a cyst (I found that out through exams at Parkland.) I stopped getting my annual at PP after that.
ReplyDeleteI work at a Title I school. I have bought clothes, food, shoes and school supplies for children whose parents did not want them and now do not take care of them.
ReplyDeleteI've taught 8 year old children who were never show how to do simple things like how to bathe themselves or clean up a glass spilled milk. I've loved on children who see their parents approx 10hrs a week because "Mommy doesn't like being around our house" or "Daddy's goes and drinks his beer".
You have the right to not support a company that donates to something you don't believe in. But you don't have the right to take that something away from other people.
Maybe if those parents had easy access to a place where they could get free birth control or an abortion, there would be a lot less unloved, hungry, dirty children in this world.
Suzanne, I just want to make sure I have the whole picture. You would rather these precious children be murdered than have crummy parents? Is their potential in this world nothing just because they come from tough beginnings? Didn't some of our greatest leaders come from hard, abusive childhoods? Look at Oprah. She was neglected by both parents, abused, poorly educated, pregnant as a young teen...should she have just been aborted because she was going to end up with crummy parents? Is the sum of her existence simply the first years of her life? If you love these kids so much, which I believe you do, then you see the potential they have for greatness. The potential they have to be anyone they want to be as adults. Does their childhood suck? Yes! Do they deserve better? Of course! Should their little hearts have stopped beating at the hands of an abortionist just because their parents would have been crummy? No. Ever heard of adoption? A good friend of mine left TODAY for Africa to bring home her baby boy. There simply aren't enough American babies here. Wouldn't it have been nice for the parents of those children you love to have placed them for adoption into the homes of moms and dads dying to have a child? Wouldn't that make more sense than simply killing them because their parents suck?
ReplyDeleteLet me ask you this Conservative Mommy...when does a baby become a baby? When the sperm hits the egg? When the heart forms? When the brain forms? When "God puts the soul in"? In that case, are birth control pills abortion? What about condoms? It is a fuzzy line and I'd like to see you draw it clearly.
ReplyDeleteThere are hundreds, upon thousands of babies in America that need adopting. I am not exactly sure where your friend was looking, but one of my best friends from University works for an adoption agency here in Texas that see dozens of cases a month and she only works in one city, with one agency!
Let me also ask you these questions: have you ever had a mother that did crack while pregnant with you? Have you ever not been bathed for upwards of two weeks? Have you ever had roaches crawling in your mouth while you've slept? That is what some of my kids have gone through and guess what...when they grow up, 78% will live at the same income level or LOWER than their parents.
It would be really nice if everyone lived the life you live, having a house in a gated community, owning your own business, driving a luxury car, having that perfect nuclear family. I hope you are saying thank you every day, because you seem to have NO idea about the real world around you.
P.S. Your points would probably go across better if you weren't so condescending :D. Have a good day!
Suzanne, you're obviously bitter, so my advice to you is read another blog. I'm a conservative and you're a liberal. I will never agree with you on most points and vice versa. You can rant and rave because you think screaming louder (so to speak) will make you sound more intelligent and will make you heard. Do you have children? Did you listen to their heartbeat at your OB's office? Did you think, "that heartbeat is no big deal...that's not my baby kicking and moving around inside of me...that's just some fetus I'm carrying around"? If you would have gone into pre-term labor, would you have said, "oh well, it was just a fetus"? You would have fought. You would have wanted your baby to live. Why is it ok to want a baby to live only when it's convenient and not any other time? If girls don't want to get pregnant, then they shouldn't be having sex. That is the one sure thing that will stop unwanted pregnancies. I know you're just mad. You're mad and bitter and lashing out on a Friday night is the only thing you can do to soothe yourself. I hope it worked. Next time, blog hop over to a liberals blog for a nice pick me up...oh yeah, they don't have much to be happy about these days do they?
ReplyDeleteI too have had the opportunity to work at a Title I campus where I have seen poverty and mistreatment of children that was so difficult to accept or comprehend that someone would actually be capable of treating children in such a manner. I also have worked in upper class schools where parents also abuse, starve, and mistreat their children. However, I have been so impressed at the remarkable gifts each of the children possess, regardless of their parents. I couldn’t possibly even consider not giving any child the opportunity to succeed, share their God given talents and precious gifts. Despite their circumstances, they are capable of love, compassion and remarkable intelligence. It kills me to see parents treat these kids they way they do; however, denying them life is not an option. Instead of providing money to the SKG Foundation or Planned Parenthood, give your money to the agencies which are on the children’s side, fighting to provide them with safety and security. If not your money,give your time. Honor your role as a teacher and mentor to these children by giving them an education in which they can overcome their circumstances. We can all make a difference in the lives of these children --- everyone deserves a chance to succeed.
ReplyDeleteBTW- abortion was and is legal and most likely an option with most or all of these parents but they choose to have their children anyway and still treat them they way they do!!
Psalms 139:13-16: "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." That alone stands enough evidence that NO, we should not abort babies.
ReplyDeleteIf a baby is not wanted, it may be born into a terrible life! Should the standard for life be “wantedness?” If so, and if I don’t want pro-abortion people around, should I then have the right to kill them (or anyone else that I do not want around)?
Yes, kids are mistreated and abused, but I agree with Nancy, each child has a remarkable gift regardless of their parents. For example, Babe Ruth. He learned to play baseball while growing up in an orphanage and was/is one of the greatest and most beloved players to ever set foot on a baseball field. Dave Thomas, the founder of fast-food restaurant giant Wendy's, was given up for adoption at birth. Next time you enjoy your burger, fries or shake from Wendy's, think ... hmm if his mother would of killed him, I wouldn't be eating these yummy foods.
I believe life begins at conception. I believe birth control pills to be abortificants. I also believe that throwing condoms and bc to young people do not solve the problem. I am the product of a 16 year old mother...and I thank her EVERY DAY for choosing life in a time when abortions were rampant.
ReplyDeleteThe bigger problem is WHY do people value sex over life and morals? Today's world lives in the moment...immediate gratification. They may think, "I'm pregnant...I'll get an abortion and I'll be fine again." The immediate result is they feel good. 2 months later...they typically are happy with their choice. However, the sad fact that our nation hides is that most women who have abortions suffer from depression 2-5 years after their abortions. We need to teach the DELAYED consequences.
I will not support SGK because of their ties to Planned Parenthood. As a Title I teacher myself (and one of those schools was the 2nd poorest school in Texas), I love my kiddos...even those whose parents are the lowest of low. I can NOT imagine a world without them. I truly feel as though you disrespect their live by insinuating they should have been aborted. Shame on you.