The Christian church and abortion

"First, people may disagree with Judeo-Christian ethics on abortion. But Christian thinking, historically and theologically, is unabashedly pro-life. Second, the “good reasons” land decisively on not supporting abortion as a Christian conviction."

Brian Norton has written this very detailed free booklet BEING HUMAN Abortion and the Church to explain the historical context (including copious references) of abortion from the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Christian Churches.

Norton felt called to write and publish this booklet after a friend asked his opinion on a blog written by a theologically liberal pastor. This was the pastor's conclusion about abortion:

• "Christian thinking on the issue has not always been what it is now.” 
• “There are good reasons to land on either side of this issue from Christian conviction.”

His conclusion was the spark that ignited Norton, and that ultimately ended in his 44 page response.

This:

"This is not to say there are not exceptions about the ethics of abortion by various theologically liberal or progressive individuals. In fact, there are a number of mainline Protestant denominations which are permissive about abortion, including the United Church of Canada, the United Church of Christ, and the Episcopal Church (USA)."

The audience for the booklet: 

"A booklet designed for Jesus followers who are “pro-choice” or “undecided” on abortion, or uncertain about the Christian legacy and beliefs on abortion"

A quote from Peter Kreeft on abortion: 

"Our contemporary West has moved decidedly away from baseline moral absolutes (inherent with Judeo-Christian belief) to postmodern moral relativism. Christian ethicist Peter Kreeft observes that this worldview says that “only some humans are persons, for those who are given rights by others (that is, by those in power).” Consequentially, Kreeft laments, “‘Hard pro-choice’ denies the sanctity or inviolability of all humans; ‘soft pro-choice’ denies the humanity of the fetus.”"

From a pregnancy care centre on how they accompany women on their journey through an unexpected pregnancy -- the Christian virtue of love on full display from these centres:

“If a client of our centre obtains an abortion, we love her. If she carries to term, we love her. If she releases a child in an adoption, we love her. If she grieves after the abortion, with zero judgment we will mourn with her. If she is in need during parenting, we will care for her. If she struggles after the adoption, we will support her.”

On POST-ABORTION STRESS:

"From a 2023 study, women who experience pressure from partners, family members, employers, or healthcare providers, “reported more negative emotions; more disruption of daily life, work, or relationships.”76 (David Reardon and Tessa Longbons, “Effects of Pressure to Abort on Women’s Emotional Responses and Mental Health,” abstract, Cureus 15(1), (January 31, 2023): e34456, doi:10.7759/cureus.34456.

Women who experience negative emotions convey the following reactions: sadness, guilt or shame, emotional numbing, depression, nightmares, thoughts of self-harm, and alcohol or drug abuse.77" (Priscilla Coleman, “Abortion and mental health: Quantitative synthesis and analysis of research published 1995-2009,” British Journal of Psychiatry 199(3), (September 2011): 180-86; and D.M. Fergusson, J.L. Horwood, and Joseph Broden, “Abortion and mental health disorders,” British Journal of Psychiatry 193(6), (December 2008): 444-451; and Natalie Mota, Margaret Burnett, and Jitender Sareen, “Associations between abortion, mental disorders, and suicidal behaviour in a nationally representative sample,” Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 55(4) (April 2010): 239-247.)

Finally, Christian organizations that do adhere to Christian beliefs about abortion:

"If you wish to know about Christian international ministries which embrace a consistent life ethic, here are some examples: Caritas Internationalis, Catholic Climate Covenant, Evangelical Environment Network, Heartbeat International, International Orthodox Christian Charities, MaterCare International, Missionaries of Charity, Samaritan’s Purse International, The Salvation Army International, World Evangelical Alliance, and World Vision International"

Profiting from your abortion

When someone gets an abortion, because they say they can't afford to have a child, then proceeds to make money from that abortion, I have a problem with this. This is what Rachel Cairns did.

Cairns tells her story via her podcast and website about her abortion in particular, and all things "reproductive rights" in general. She also has a one man stage show talking about said abortion. 

Cairns also interviews Joyce Arthur on her podcast, repeating Arthur's pro-abortion talking points as if they are somehow credible, especially when it comes to Arthur's vitriol and hatred for pregnancy care centres. In other words, Cairns buys into the dissemination of misinformation and fabrications about these centres.

Finally, Cairns has this to say when someone asked her if she was going to have somebody on the podcast from the other side, as in, a pro-life person:

”Should we even bother arguing with them? Should we even give them airtime? Or feed the narrative that abortion is up for debate?" 

The irony here is clear. Cairns quotes Stephanie Gray Connor extensively on her podcast. But she clearly has no intention of debating someone like Gray Connor. “Not up for debate” to Cairns really means "I don't want to look like a fool if I debate her, because I would lose". It's difficult trying to defend the killing of a child in the womb, especially in a debate. So no. The pro-abortions do not want a debate on abortion.

So how much money has Cairns made from the abortion she had because she couldn't afford to have a child? So far she has pulled in $106,000 from the federal and provincial arts councils. This does not include dollars from the Toronto arts council (which hasn't been reported yet, but we know she got a grant because her website says so).

Ontario Arts council:

2022 Cairns, Rachel, Toronto, $14,500

2020 Cairns, Rachel, Toronto, $9,000

Canada Council for the Arts: $82,500

Total of $106,000

Choice quotes from Rachel Cairns:

"I also didn’t decide to get pregnant, so in that sense, this was fairly straightforward: just-a-ball-of-cells kind of abortion. A simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ question: to be or not to be a parent."

"There was a parasite inside my body"

410 livebirth abortions in Canada from 2018 to 2022

Statistics Canada continues to report live birth abortions. There were 410 of them from 2018 to 2022. Code is P96.4 Termination of pregnancy affecting fetus and newborn.

Why do we arrest peaceful protesters but not violent thugs?

Dear Mayor Olivia Chow, Renfrew Catholic School board Superintendent Jennifer Barnes, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford,

mayor_chow@toronto inquiry@rccdsb.ca Officeofthechief@torontopolice.on.ca Jagmeet.Singh@parl.gc.ca doug.fordco@pc.ola.org justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca

I had heard about how Josh Alexander was treated and suspended by the Catholic Renfrew high school last year. As a Catholic myself I was embarrassed that this happened, especially when Josh was standing up for the young ladies in his school, which one would naturally expect him to be praised for. But no, the sad truth is that the woke mob has infiltrated our Catholic schools.

Fast forward to this fall when I now learn how the Toronto police treated Josh, his brother Nick and their friends during their peaceful protest in Toronto. Dr. Jordan Peterson did Canadians the great public service of interviewing these two fine young men, so that we could all learn the horrific details of what transpired during their attempt at practicing their Charter rights in Toronto.

During this peaceful protest on Sept. 22, Nick was attacked by an antifa thug wearing a bladed glove, who was with a bunch of other antifa masked thugs (30 masked thugs against five young men AND hiding their identity tells us a lot). The police driving by this, did nothing to protect these young men, even as they witnessed this violent behaviour by the antifa thugs. And there were no repercussions to the thugs. But Nick was arrested. Does this make any sense at all?

And NDP leader Jagmeet Singh marched with Antifa. He actually made a sign at the young men gesturing: "I'm watching you". Wow. 

There is a lot more that transpired that day, way too much bullying to go into detail here. So I hope you will take the time to listen to Dr. Peterson's interview to get all the details of this horrific treatment of young Canadian citizens who stand up for freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, freedom of assembly and freedom of speech.

Today's gospel reading was the story of the only time in the Bible when Jesus got angry in the Temple. I wonder how Jesus would react if he witnessed the treatment of Josh and Nick Alexander that day? I think it might have been the second time we would witness Jesus getting publicly angry.

Thank God that Canada still has brave and courageous men like Josh, Nick and Jordan. There is hope for us yet.

Sincerely,

Patricia Maloney

NAF Canada gets $1.5 million to improve killing skills of abortion doctors

I finally received my ATIP regarding the $1,469,150 in funding given to the National Abortion Federation in 2022. It took Health Canada over a year to provide me with the information. (What is supposed to take 30 days took 450 days or 15 months.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hLRlO2UdyeJmZBV9nTS24zPDt9HZA-1p/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CcKqwHvmgak7sQbqQloykiXs6LOA5F5A/view?usp=sharing

First. NAF is concerned that more women are getting medical abortions and less women are getting surgical abortions. They will train more doctors to do surgical abortions. They don't want this "skill" to vanish. 

Second. The document uses the term “pregnant people” throughout. It's not actually just women who get pregnant anymore. 

Third. The funding went to NAF under the THE HEALTHCARE POLICY AND STRATEGIES PROGRAM. The thing is, this program was meant for “home and community care; palliative and end of care; mental health care; and other Federal provincial territorial and emerging priorities”. So how does the government justify granting dollars for training abortion doctors to kill babies? By using a program designed for actual health care, and diverting the dollars into abortion programs. Read their wiggle words here:

“The 43.3 million for the new sexual and reproductive health initiative is is a new investment and is separate from the program (THE HEALTHCARE POLICY AND STRATEGIes PROGRAM ) core budget. This funding will be provided for the program using its existing authorities (i.e. we will just make it fit here). The terms and conditions of the program allow for contribution funding to flow to other levels of government, non-governmental and not-for profit organizations, who in turn may further distribute funding to third parties to conduct approved activities.”

The full description of the Health Care Policy and Strategies Program from their website. You won't see anything in here about using these funds for abortion programs. Never mind that this government already spends a gazillion dollars on all kinds of “sexual and reproductive health”. Apparently they need to spend more.

"The Health Care Policy and Strategies Program provides time-limited funding for projects to non-profit organizations and other levels of government for projects that aim to improve the accessibility, quality, sustainability and accountability of Canada's health care system. The program supports the federal government's commitment to maintain a strong and effective publicly funded health care system. Health Canada supports project proposals from organizations based on the program’s 4 priority areas: mental health care, home and community care, palliative and end-of-life care other federal, provincial/territorial and emerging priorities. One-time funding through contribution agreements supports projects that: increase understanding, knowledge and research on data, policies, best practices, products, technologies and processes including identifying gaps, needs and trends identify, develop, implement, assess and promote new or modified tools, approaches and models that promote people-centred health care systems identify, develop, implement, assess and promote new learning opportunities, skills development, standards, products and technological solutions. Projects should aim to increase opportunities for collaboration and coordination among federal, provincial and territorial governments, other health care policy makers, service providers, users, researchers and other stakeholders. The program cannot provide funding to individuals or for-profit organizations, and cannot fund the delivery of health care services. For more information, email the Health Care Policy and Strategies Program: hcpsp-ppsss@hc-sc.gc.ca."

Fourth. Other recipients of this (up to $25,168,166) cold blooded killing of children in the womb (future ATIPs perhaps?):

• Action Canada
• Community-Based Research Centre
• Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity
• Centre for Sexuality
• Egale Canada
• Quebec
• Sherbourne Health Centre Corporation
• Sex Information and Education Council of Canada
• Trans Care BC

Fifth. Pages 279 and 342:

“research indicates there are key barriers and challenges related to in inequitable and variable access to sexual and reproductive health information and services in Canada. The availability of effective SRH interventions, in particular for populations for marginalized groups, including women (women are marginalized...who are they kidding?), youth, LGBTQ2 people, racialized Canadians, and indigenous populations, remains a gap across Canada.” 

Page 252 

"health care policy and strategies program (HCPSP) sexual and reproductive health fund (SRHF). INFORMATION SESSION FOR SRHF REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS OCTOBER 14TH, 2021. priority areas for action. "in some cases women, transgender and non binary individuals are required to travel considerable distances if they wish to access abortion services which can have significant accessibility and financial implications."

Page 332

"Those with multiple intersection identities face even higher barriers to access sexual reproductive health information services. Too often they do not receive the same quality of care particulate particularly if they are from under served communities. Key populations: Indigenous people. Inter sex people. LGBTQ2 people. Newcomers, immigrants, refugees, international students. People with disabilities physical sensory and cognitive. Under served populations. Seniors. Sex workers. Women. Youth." (seniors get abortions?)"

Where is their evidence for these subjective claims that  "in some cases" and "too often" there are "barriers and challenges" to getting abortions? None is provided. We are simply expected to believe that they exist, because the government says so. They make all kinds of statements of fact with absolutely no supporting evidence or research. It seems they just want to justify their preoccupation with abortion for every imagined underserved segment of the population.

P 487 and 488. 

Sixth. Here is a note from a possible Question period question: 

"If pressed on whether the government will provide funding to organizations offering alternatives to abortion (i.e. Continuing the pregnancy)"

"Answer: This fund will not support initiatives that discourage or are opposed to freedom of choice or attempt to override the individual right to make decisions about their own bodies."

The Government refuses funding to organizations that offer alternatives to abortion. Not a surprise of course, but seeing them write it in black and write that "continuing a pregnancy" isn't worthy of funding, is a stark reality of this abortion obsessed regime under Justin Trudeau. 

But if you want to kill your child, then we got money for you, and lots of it.

Finally, the Department of Health actually has a unit called the Sexual and reproductive health unit.