pro-life

I saw the documentary Jesus Camp on A&E last night. This part really got to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mefXbLXlRpw

Later in the film the children stand in front of the capital with the word "Life" taped over their mouths.

I'm not against children being in political rallies or being involved in political action. If my daughter asked me at young age what abortion was I would explain it to her. This kind of propaganda is dangerous. The way in which the woman says "don't be a promise breaker" is scary. Such a small sentence, but it could have a huge impact for the girls that are in that room and then young boys that are "warriors for Jesus".

Its official, the FDA has approved Plan B for sale over the counter. However, unlike some other over the counter medications, plan B will be kept behind the counter under lock and key. Only women over the age of 18, with state issued IDs will be able to purchase the drug. Women under the age of 18 will be able to access the drug, but only with a prescription from their doctor.

The reasons why women under the age of 18 cannot get Plan B, according to the director of the FDA, without a prescription are confusing to say the least. He claims that although their own studies showed the drug was safe for women of all ages, they believed women under the age of 18 would not be able to follow the directions for use of the drug. He continued to attempt to back that opinion up, by saying that we have lots of laws which exclude teens from adult activities. I find this interesting coming from the director of the FDA. Is he unaware that doctors frequently give medications tested only on adults to teens and pre-teens? Is he unaware that physically a woman IS an adult by the time she reaches her teens?

There are very, very few things that make my blood rise to temperatures above 100 degrees, my face turn rosey and steam come out of my ears, but a while ago I found one. This was written by an old friend of mine from High School. When I knew her, she was an outspoken, left-wing, debate extraordinaire and she was one of my closest friends. I’m not entirely sure what prompted such a 180 in her personal agenda. A lot of my close friends have different values than me, but I’ve never felt directly attacked by them, like I was when she posted this in her blog:

“Feminists For Life

If you were a feminist, you wouldnt be suggesting that the way for a woman to assert herself is to hop on a table and allow an (unnecessary) invasive surgical procedure to violate the sanctity of her body in order to have larger instrumental value to society.