Abortion Pill Approved For Over The Counter Sales?

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The Pill From Hell

Author: Barbara Kralis

Description: After listening to numerous pro life doctors, bioethicists and leaders warn of the dangers of allowing the abortifacient pill "Plan B" to be sold over the counter, the U.S. advisory panel to the FDA voted to recommend allowing the "morning after" contraceptive pill to be sold without a prescription. The pill is intended for use by women within 72 hours after sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy. Barbara Kralis discusses this issue and its ramifications for our country.

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Publisher & Date: Original, December 17, 2003

Today, December 16, 2003, is an important day in the United States. After listening to numerous pro life doctors, bioethicists and leaders warn of the dangers of allowing the abortifacient pill "Plan B" to be sold over the counter, the U.S. advisory panel to the FDA voted to recommend allowing the "morning after" contraceptive pill to be sold without a prescription. The pill is intended for use by women within 72 hours after sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy.

It's incredulous how these US advisors for the FDA could have made such an evil decision after having listened to the good Judie Brown testify that "these high doses of artificial hormones can and do terminate the lives of human beings after their lives have begun at conception/fertilization; these pills are dangerous for women, particularly adolescent women, and the damage to family life would be severe. Emergency contraception is not contraception...the Food and Drug Administration has a moral and ethical responsibility to assure, to the best of its ability, the health and welfare of every member of the human family. "

The USCCB read a statement before the advisory panel as well, saying that changing the abortion pill's status to an over-the-counter drug prevents any medical oversight that otherwise would be provided for by doctors and sends "the message that the drug is not medically or morally controversial." As the USCCB points out, such access, "may also increase risk-taking behavior and promiscuity," further endangering health and exposure to sexually transmitted diseases.

Illinois Leader's editorial team member Jill Stanek, testifying against the over-the-counter sale of these drugs said, "As a registered nurse, I have seen for myself the devastation when young girls who have been sexually abused by older men," Stanek said while waiting for her plane to take off on Monday. "If these drugs are made available over the counter, criminal rapists and sexual abusers will be able to cover their crimes and continue their behavior. This is the point I will be making at the hearing tomorrow."

Were these FDA appointed advisors not listening? How could they so easily refute the scientific and medical facts regarding this murderous, evil drug? Why were these truths so unintelligible to the FDA's advisory panel? It's because these Godless people, knowing well that what they do is wrong, still, perversely, reject these moral teaching (teachings that they have had written in their hearts since God created them in womb) and because the sinful will reject the moral teaching of Christ and His Church. Those who commit these sinful acts don't really think that what they do is good; they tell themselves that what they do is excused. Secular humanism.

Seeing things as God sees them, with the eyes of eternity, Pope John Paul II has said often: "This is the supremacy of the strong over the weak. If we continue to promote contraceptives, civilization will revert to barbarism."

Today reminds me of another time, not so long ago, of the horrific actions that our U.S. President Clinton committed just moments after the world famous speech that Mother Teresa gave before the President and US Congressmen, senators, State Heads and other dignitaries on February 3, 1994.

It was the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., held at the elegant Shorham Hotel. Although the participants were mainly Christians, the event is always inter-religious and open to adherents of all faiths. Hundreds of our government's brightest, sans pareil, were in attendance. This was a time in our nation when the culture of death was promoted by the highest levels of government.

By the grace of God my husband and I saw this hour long event live on CSpan. We will never forget the demeanor of that saintly, tiny, consecrated nun nor her memorable address that rocked an audience of powerful politicians. Mother Teresa, always so humble, so wise, graciously refused the invitation to sit on the dais with President Clinton and Hillary, VP Gore and his wife and with many other 'distinguished' politicians, where so-called 'honorary' seating is always reserved for the event's keynote speaker. Mother preferred to remain hidden behind the stage, without the benefit of having had anything to eat.

When they introduced Mother, then age 83, to come to the podium, she humbly approached from behind a large heavy curtain backdrop behind the dais. In her simple white linen sari trimmed in blue, which cost $l in India, this holy diminutive nun was barely visible to the several hundred in the audience over the top of the podium. I thought of the scripture verse: "For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." (Lk. 14:10a, 11)

Mother Teresa didn't care that in America it's not PC to criticize the President and VP about their policies of killing babies in their mother's wombs...she didn't care that she might shock the nation's leaders and take on the 'culture of death' in Washington, D.C..... she spoke as Jesus would expect any faithful follower to speak. "The greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion. Abortion never solves problems, it just leads to more abortion," the living saint said. For Mother Teresa, who devoted her life to the succor of the sick, the outcast, the lonely, the unwanted, earthly opinions meant nothing to her. She spoke without notes and pleaded for America to save the babies, not throw them away, "Please don't destroy the child; we will take the child." Her entire address is given below.

Many in this audience were caught up in the historic moment with sustained applause. They gave her three thunderous ovations. Mother Teresa dared to say what no one there dared to say. Most gave her three thunderous ovations, but, President Clinton and Vice President Gore & their wives did not. They just sat there, unresponsive, in stony silence. No American President and First Lady had ever been more vocally pro-abortion than Bill and Hillary. Our President and Vice President clearly resented Mother Teresa and hated even more her warning message. (A VHS copy of this event can be purchased from C-SPAN.)

Immediately following this incredibly powerful speech by Mother Teresa, Clinton takes the podium and spoke briefly, praised the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, but did not directly respond to her statements on abortion. Instead, he thanked her for her "moving words and, more importantly, for the lifetime of commitment" that he said she had "truly lived."

"If Christ said we would all be judged by how we treated the least of these -- the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, the strangers, the imprisoned -- how can we meet that test in a town where we all spend so much time obsessed with ourselves and how we stand on the totem pole and how we look in the morning paper?" Clinton said. "It is important to reaffirm that in this nation where we have freedom of religion, we need not seek freedom from religion." Quoting from Professor Stephen Carter's book, "The Culture of Disbelief," the President stated that "we should all seek to know and to do God's will, even when we differ." What hypocrisy!

Here is something that few people know about, because only small mention of it was made anywhere in the World newspapers the next day. Incredulously, this is a factual account.

Clinton closed the meeting, and, get this, this terrible man then walked outside and crossed the street to the World Population Planning committee and signed a U.S. Presidential commitment to spend in the next year of l995, $500 million dollars of American taxpayers' money to International Planned Parenthood for abortion facilities in Third World countries, with the stipulation that if these third world countries did not accept these abortion facilities of Planned Parenthood into their nation's cities, the U.S. would withhold all monies promised to them to feed their hungry and clothe their poor. Incredible. Did Clinton not listen to the profound warnings, pleas and admonitions just minutes before from Saintly Mother Teresa? The Pope a day later exclaimed that Clinton and the United States was the 'most evil of all evil imperialisms in the world' and the Pope denounced Clinton's actions. Clinton, who said he wanted to be remembered most as "the abortion President" did exactly what he promised his Democratic party he would do and the world stood by and watched with barely a whimper, except for the Vatican's condemnation. Let us remember this when someone tells us they hope Hillary runs for President.

The comparison is too great not to be remembered. Today, December 16, 2003, great leaders in pro life movement gave factual testimony to the many reasons why the evil abortifacient "Morning After Pill" should not be allowed to be sold over the counter. Yet, within minutes, the FDA's advisory panel proclaims that they've OK'd the Pill to be sold over the counter. Were these government people not listening to the profound medical and scientific warnings and admonitions just minutes before? "If we continue to promote contraceptives, civilization will revert to barbarism," said John Paul II.

The greatest sin of the world, said Pius XII, is the "sin of the century." "The sin of the century," the Holy Father told a catechetical congress meeting in the United States in 1946, "is the loss of the sense of sin" (Pius XII, Radio Address to the United States Catechetical Congress held in Boston [26 Oct., 1946: AAS Discorsi e Radiomessaggi, VIII (1946), 288] ).

Mother Teresa died of a heart attack on September 5, l997, on the Feast of 'Mary, Queen of the Apostles.' At the time of Mother Teresa's death, the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity numbered 3,914 members and were established in 594 communities in 123 countries of the world. Today, those numbers have greatly increased. Mother was elevated to Beautification as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta by Pope John Paul II in Rome on World Mission Sunday, October 19, 2003.

Barbara Kralis is a writer/editor from Howe, Tx. She and her husband, Mitch, co-direct the Jesus Through Mary Foundation. Barbara is also a member of the Catholic Media Coalition.

This item 5385 digitally provided courtesy of CatholicCulture.org

[Don John of Austria]

I also personally know of one situation where a woman was forced to have an abortion by her husband because he didn't want to have a child. She was so disempowered in the relationship that it would never have crossed her mind to question what her husband was saying she had to do. She never received any counselling before it happened which might just have made her realise the reality of what was happening and enabled her to stop it.

Young girls are also often forced by their parents to have an abortion.

I don't know what it's like in Britian, but in America no women can be forced to have an abortion, they can be pressured or even coherced but not forced. I know a women who lived in Red China SHe was an american citizn and her husband was a Chinese citizen, they got pregnant with out permission from her boss( in cina your political boss desides if you can get pregnant or even if you can live with your spouse) well even they didn't dare FORCE her to have an abortion they coherced her( now it was a particularly ruthless form of cohercion) by telling her that if she had the baby they would kill her husband. She had the abortion. I don't want to reqason out the double effect on that one because I am afraid of what I might conclude, But cohercion isn't FORCE in this country( the USA) women can't even be coherced with any real threats ( such as above) they can only be pressured, No man can make her have an abortion and more importantly no man can stop her.

Rape is a cop out, as if it was the baby's fault that he was created in a violent union. And as for rape not being about sex, I realize that is the current psycobabble but history shos a very differant picture. Historically Rape was more common in areas without legalized prostitution. More than that there are types of rape which are rape which are certianly about sex, ie. date rape by drugs, anyone who says that rape has nothing to do with sex hasn't been paying attention.

[MrsFrozen]

Your right it takes two to make a baby but only one to kill it;men have NO rights in the matter what so ever. As long as all the power of killing a child rest with the women so does all the responsability.

If a man does not do all that he can possibly do to stop the woman from having an abortion, that is, if he just lets her go with the thought of, "Well, I don't agree with it, but it's her body," then he is JUST AS MUCH TO BLAME AS SHE IS FOR THE DEATH OF THE CHILD.

[PedroX]

Just wanted to clear up that "Plan B" is the drug currently being discussed for over-the-counter use. It is not the same as RU-486. They are different pills and have different ways of working on the body. Both are evil. However, RU-486 is always used as an abortificant and "Plan B" only sometimes.

I just wanted to post this so that if people are writing letters, they are clear as to what they are talking about. It doesn't do as much good to write a letter, and then come off as though we don't know what we're talking about.

peace...

[Don John of Austria]

really ? see this is what you get for trusting the news. However all after sex contraceptives are abortificantes by there nature, they work by denieing a fertalized eggthe ability to grow thereby killing it.

[Don John of Austria]

MRsfrozen many many times the man never even knows, I have personally known men who never even knew their wife/ girlfriend was pregnant before the women killed his child.

[MrsFrozen]

MRsfrozen many many times the man never even knows, I have personally known men who never even knew their wife/ girlfriend was pregnant before the women killed his child.

Hi, Don..

If the man doesn't know, then it is the fault of the woman. But if the man is aware, and hides behind, "Well, it's her body, so I can't stop her," instead of doing what he can to try to stop her, then it's his fault, too.

I was talking to my priest because I was concerned that I have a friend who has had an abortion and is pro-choice still. I was worried that I was sinning by being her friend, though she knows that I am pro-life and consider abortion murder. He told me that as long as I am not driving her to the abortion clinic and as long as I am trying to change her to pro-life, then I'm not sinning. Anyhow, the point of that was it can be the fault of more people than just the woman having the abortion.

God bless..

[musturde]

We can buy 'em all and them throw them away and keep doing this till the prices get raging high and peeps won't buy them anymore... like that'll ever happen

[musturde]

"Your right it takes two to make a baby but only one to kill it;men have NO rights in the matter what so ever. As long as all the power of killing a child rest with the women so does all the responsability."

I heard dat abortions happen most to women who have had their bfs leave them which would mean the best thing to do is ta make sure u don't break up with her... and that u keep buggin her about not having an abortion...

Edited December 21, 2003 by musturde

[CICCIO]

ok, smeone said they work at wallmart. If they wont listen to consumers, what other ption than vandalism eo we have to get their attention?