Recently, a 13 year old girl in Italy was forced to have an abortion AGAINST her wishes, by her parents. She had stated emphatically that she wanted to continue the pregnancy, but her parents refused and the state forced her to undergo the abortion. Now, she is in psychiatric care because she is under a suicide watch. She was so distraught at being forced to kill her unborn child, she has threatened to end her own life. And this was in her best interest???
(See the link to lifesite for the full story)
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/feb/07021904.html


I often wonder about some of the arguements presented by pro-aborts. One of their favorites, of course, is "it's a private matter; a woman's right to choose." If this is so true, then why aren't the pro-aborts rallying to this girl's defense? Who are they to say "she's too young to be a mother" (that is often their arguement). If she was old enought to have sex, and could conceive, then yes, by all technicalities, she IS perfectly capable of becoming a mother. She may not be the ideal age, but I happen to know a couple of people in their 30's whose parenting abilities are questionable, to say the least!!
That aside, exactly HOW do they conisder themselves "pro-choice"? It'll be interesting to see how the pro-aborts worm their way out of this one. Oh yeah.... they'll just conveniently ignore it!!

This is the video about the smallest baby born to survive. Weighing just 10 ozs., this little girl was born at 21 weeks, 6 days, almost 2 weeks earlier than had previously been considered "viable".
The parents had to lie about the gestational age of their baby, stating that the mother was about 23 weeks along, to get the doctors to work on saving the baby. Why, you ask? Because in Florida, they ABORT babies on a regular basis at this age, and OLDER....
Maybe with more media coverage of images like this, the world will finally figure it out....

Check out the video!
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2886441

We held a youth rally in celebration of Respect Life Week this past Friday evening. This achieved a three-fold purpose: education, fellowship, and outreach - youth from several different churches were in attendance. While the organizer (okay, it was me) was a little disappointed with the turnout of 44 youths, most were very pleased with this number, especially considering a) it was a “first time” event; b) there were several other major events happening in the city that evening; and c) it was REALLY COLD out! Still, I would have like to see a LITTLE more support, especially from my own church....
The youth that did turn out were treated to great music, hot dogs, chips and drinks while learning some really valuable information regarding their faith, chastity and abstinence. One significant demonstration was when two youth were “duct-taped” together on the arms, the presenter explaining that this represented a “bonding union” of two people. The duct-tape was quickly ripped off the two, representing the “break up”(giving a very real analogy of the pain, as well!). The same duct-tape was applied to the girl and a different partner, and then repeated again. The two were asked how the duct-tape felt by this last “sticking”. Both confirmed that the tape was much less sticky, and unable to hold the two together very well. The moral significance of this experiment was loud and clear, and definitely not lost on the youth present!
The chastity team imparted accurate, truthful information on the physical, emotional and spiritual harm caused by sex outside of marriage. Statistics on sexually transmitted diseases (one in 4 teens are infected yearly with an incurable infection) were sobering, to say the least. Those present learned condoms can have a failure rate as high as 30%, and that condoms DO NOT offer protection from all sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, as reported in a recent review by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Information on healthy relationships and the freedom abstinence gives (freedom from sexually transmitted diseases, fear of pregnancy, heartache, bad memories, guilt, having to lie to parents, etc) was also focused on.
While some youth were a little disappointed that they didn’t have more “free” time to fellowship – mainly due to a mix up by one youth group that didn’t arrive until after 7:30, most were eager to hear the presentation. One mother expressed before the rally that it was “great to be having a “church youth group” gathering where they would actually learn something about their Christian faith”! It is amazing how many youth groups from churches organize funbowling outings, roller skating, sleigh rides, etc, but don't give a second thought to actual Christian instruction! There was time before and after the presentation to mingle, and several chances to win a door prize. One youth pastor voiced his appreciation for the chance to fellowship with other Christians outside their own church community, and expressed great interest in getting together again.
Even though some of the youth may not be facing many decisions about their sexuality just yet, it is crucial that they get good information now rather than when it is too late. With the offensive and often erroneous messages from TV, music and the mainstream media, we as caring Christians have a responsibility to offer our children the Truth.

I found this great quiz on a fellow blogger's site, the bird's nest. It is HARD.... I only got 86%.
It is an eyeopener of how well you know your faith...Too bad they don't show which ones you got wrong!

Good luck!!!

Do You Know Your Baltimore Catechism?


I did it a second time, and at least I improved to 89%, but I STILL don't know which ones were wrong.....