tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post5014885650278800457..comments2024-01-16T04:04:41.045-05:00Comments on Someday I'll Sleep Autism Blogs: More Genius Remarks in the Comments Box..."Kill Babies or they Might Cost You...."Cammie Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137080807945525006noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-7099847987761750292010-02-15T03:10:32.369-05:002010-02-15T03:10:32.369-05:00Allison-I'm a pro-life feminist with no partic...Allison-I'm a pro-life feminist with no particular religious leanings (other than a short stint in Wicca many years ago).<br /><br />I've read Humanae Vitae, primarily out of curiousity and because I wanted to understand *why* the Catholic Church was opposed to contraception. I think it's a beautiful explanation, but not one I personally ever felt I could commit to.<br /><br />I can understand why some people view a pregnancy as inconvenient-but what I find tragic is that they don't realize that their inconvenience could be another couple's blessing!Catherinehttp://protecteveryone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-87516353208803588452010-02-14T22:27:52.608-05:002010-02-14T22:27:52.608-05:00Catherine - I'm not familiar with your blog, o...Catherine - I'm not familiar with your blog, or you, so I'm just going off of my own faith beliefs. Of course I know that some married couples feel that they have an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy. I'm not naive.<br /><br />But, I'm Catholic, and I follow all of the Church's beliefs. As such, I see no child born to a married couple should be unwanted. Unplanned? Perhaps, but I believe God does not give us what we cannot handle. So while a child may be unplanned by the married couple, God certainly planned for that child to be on this earth.<br /><br />The Catholic Church also teaches that all married couples should be open to children. I know that not all couples can have children, due to infertility or health issues.<br /><br />It is a sad belief of many of our fellow humans who see children as an inconvenience. They don't see them as a blessing. If more people viewed children as a blessing rather than a curse I think that there wouldn't be a need for abortions (whether it be for single persons or married).<br /><br />This is how I see it. I know that not all people will agree with it, and not all people are Catholic. But I came to the Catholic faith after soul searching, and so I do not take the Church's teachings lightly.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037863893536646602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-2164906052591623722010-02-14T17:55:39.297-05:002010-02-14T17:55:39.297-05:00First, to address Allison's point: married co...First, to address Allison's point: married couples find themselves with unwanted/unplanned pregnancies also, at times that might not necesarily be the most convenient for them. Also-not all married couples feel the desire or calling to raise biological children, or have the health to do so. <br /><br />Secondly--people *love* to demonize 'welfare queens'. I wish to goodness that this attitude would STOP. It's dehumanizing and comes from racist attitudes to boot. A world that makes women feel like they *have* to kill their children is not a loving world. Welfare and WIC programs make up a small, TINY percentage of government spending. What kind of heartless, selfish person would begrudge an innocent child and their family a couple hundred dollars a month to make sure that child doesn't go to bed hungry?Catherinehttp://protecteveryone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-27780404349676594842010-02-14T12:01:22.888-05:002010-02-14T12:01:22.888-05:00That breaks my heart. I often had to be on welfare...That breaks my heart. I often had to be on welfare growing up because my mother was raising me by herself. My own child benefits from our state's wonderful child health care system, as the $300 it would cost for her to be on my husband's work insurance would make it difficult to buy necessities every month. I would much rather pay for the health care and feeding of innocent children than to pay for abortions for morally loose women who view killing a child as a substitute for abstinence.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558890826026404553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-27739512847134397142010-02-14T11:30:05.971-05:002010-02-14T11:30:05.971-05:00Or you know.. perhaps we could teach the world abo...Or you know.. perhaps we could teach the world about abstinence, it really isn't that hard. If more people could restrain themselves and save themselves for marriage we wouldn't need abortions. Hey, and that's a big money saver isn't it! No need for contraceptives (which are horrible for the environment, the pill with it's estrogen that enters water, and condoms which pollute the earth in landfills) or abortions which kill humans and cost us money.<br /><br />Let's think logically here shall we?Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037863893536646602noreply@blogger.com