Komen no longer funding embryonic stem cell research

Re: Komen no longer funding embryonic stem cell research

• Tami87 member

  

  February 2012

  Hmmm... that's interesting. So I'm seeing a lot of angry people on facebook about SGK. I get the anger about spending money on pink products etc instead of spending money to help women get screened for breast cancner. But I don't understand why they can't provide money for screenings through anohter organization besides PP. Or why I feel like this has turned into an attack on people who are pro-life. I saw that my cousin (who is not Catholic) liked a picture that was on facebook that said
  
  Will you still be pro-life after she is born?
  Will you apply the same vigor to your work:
  against war
  against hunger
  against poverty
  against homelessness
  against our planet's degradation
  against capital punishment
  for human rights
  for opportunities for education and jobs
  that you do to your efforts to make abortion illegal?
  If not please stop calling yourself "pro-life"
  
  I was so confused, because I am for all those things listed and I believe the church is on board as well. I didn't understand if it was supposed to be attack against SGK or pro-life people in general? People on facebook make no sense.

  

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• lalaith50 member

  

  February 2012

  I just saw this--

  http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-aborts-hack-komen-website-over-cutting-planned-parenthood

  Real mature...

  

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• Ciardasully member

  

  February 2012

  This issue has really upset me because I am pro-life and no one thinks twice about attacking my beliefs.  I try to explain what life means to me but there are so many people out there that think an unborn child really isn't a child.  In light of what should be a great moment for the pro-life movement made me really sad.

  

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• newlyseliski member

  

  February 2012 edited February 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_komen-longer-funding-embryonic-stem-cell-research?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:615Discussion:c49e6ca6-1d59-429e-b359-9ba87f11311bPost:324c1e49-525c-4699-ac2c-840b650e7b3d">Re: Komen no longer funding embryonic stem cell research</a>:
  [QUOTE] Will you still be pro-life after she is born? Will you apply the same vigor to your work: against war against hunger against poverty against homelessness against our planet's degradation against capital punishment for human rights for opportunities for education and jobs that you do to your efforts to make abortion illegal? If not please stop calling yourself "pro-life" I was so confused, because I am for all those things listed and I believe the church is on board as well. I didn't understand if it was supposed to be attack against SGK or pro-life people in general? People on facebook make no sense.
  Posted by Tami87[/QUOTE]
  
  They need to turn that right back around on themselves... what has PP done for any of those issues?  They aren't exactly <u>directly</u> affecting hunger, poverty, homelessness, environment, capital punishment, education, jobs, etc.  They may claim that fewer unplanned pregnancies benefit women economically... but that is an incredibly utilitarian view of life.  Their own lobbying is very much focused on their own equally narrow (and radical) special interests.  Catholics have been around a LOT longer than Planned Parenthood has and already been in action on all of the above issues... for instance... Catholic Charities, Catholic Relief Services, Cor Unum, Cross International... I could go on.  for a long time.

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