-
When in Rome, March for Life
May 14, 2013 | 1 comment
-
Paul Ryan Preview (Hi, Barney!)
May 8, 2013 | 4 comments
-
Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust
April 19, 2013 | 3 comments
-
Catholics and Human Trafficking
April 18, 2013 | 3 comments
-
Finally a Republican Talks Back — Rep. Pompeo Shows How
February 26, 2013 | 8 comments
The Spectacle Blog
It’s not everyday these days that the New York Times allows “the other side” to have its say in the paper’s Letters column. Yet somehow in today’s print edition this letter slipped by, and in a single entry no less, under the heading “Planned Parenthood.” Perhaps all it required was that the letter-writer not use the term “pro-life”:
Gail Collins (“Behind the Abortion War,” column, April 14) obscures the main point of opposition to federal funding for Planned Parenthood by stating that doctrinaire (in her view) opinions against contraception actually motivated the opponents, who seek to defund all forms of artificial contraception.
Such opinions, however, are of little moment before the stark truth that Planned Parenthood performed 330,000 abortions in 2009, as the largest provider in the country, and that if, in truth, it doesn’t use federal money for that enterprise, such financing nonetheless frees up other money to bolster its abortion industry.
These facts joined to the conviction that abortion is the (often savage) destruction of the innocent embryo or fetus — a human being in development — warrants cessation of financing, even when used only for nonabortion services, and awarding it to agencies in no way associated with this high-production abortion industry.
(Msgr.) DANIEL S. HAMILTON
Lindenhurst, N.Y., April 15, 2011
View all comments (9) | Leave a comment
More Blog Posts by Wlady Pleszczynski
http://spectator.org/blog/2011/04/20/a-letter-fit-to-print
Follow us:
ADVERTISEMENT
Current Issue
- Ailes: A Voice for the Silent Majority
- Eugenic Abortion 2.0
- The Great Train Robbery
SPONSORED LINKS
FLASHBACK TO: 1995
-
Pope Culture
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
-
Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
-
Dames at Sea
-
In the Absence of Guns
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
-
The Metaphysical Martini
-
Counting the Costs of Clintonism
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
-
Chuck McHagel
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
-
The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted
-
It’s the Best Time of the Year
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
-
The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
Clip of the Day
ADVERTISEMENT
Deborah D | 4.20.11 @ 12:59PM
Bravo!
John Thomas| 4.21.11 @ 9:47PM
Mrgr Hamilton says the embryo or fetus is "a human being in development," and speaks of the same as "innocent." He should pause to ponder that: (a) an embryo or fetus cannot be "innocent" if they cannot be "guilty" since moral terms can only be applied to full moral agents, which the embryonic and fetal states of human development aren't. And more basically, (b) a human being "in development" is not a human being (i.e., a person, a moral agent) any more than an airplane in development is an airplane. It's the fundamental error of those passionately against abortions that they think otherwise.
Al Adab| 4.20.11 @ 2:08PM
The reason to defund PP is the same reason to defund SEIU, La Raza, The Urban League and every other private agency pursuing their agenda with taxpayer dollars. None of them have a legitimate claim to those monies. They simply exist by favor of the ruling class to further their own (governmentally approved) agendas. If their ideas and causes are viable, they can raise their own money, if not then they do no good in any event. Now is the time. End the taxpayer subsidy of lobbyists.
David T| 4.20.11 @ 2:19PM
Well said, Al Adab. Perhaps you should submit this post to the NYT Letters column and see if it too slips by.
Occam's Tool| 4.20.11 @ 3:24PM
Correct me if I'm wrong, Al Adab, but aren't the majority of babies murdered by Planned Parenthood from minorities? How do the Liberals square their championship of the "non-racist" movement with murder of minorities? How does Obama square his principles regarding "Championing The Black Race" with murder of black babies?
Al Adab| 4.20.11 @ 3:37PM
I believe you are correct OT. The questions you pose are right on point. However, a wise man once said, "If hypocricy were oil, this place (Wash D C) would be Saudi Arabia." We should expect nothing less from the Janus faced Left.
Margie| 4.20.11 @ 9:10PM
Besides, they raise enough money for themselves anyway.
Remember the guy from NPR? He was caught saying they didn't need government funding anyhow?
It's a national disgrace that we've allowed this for so long.
Time to end it!
Tina B| 4.20.11 @ 5:22PM
Wonderful letter and excellent posts. IMHO.