Reflections for May 5

God bless

Planned Parenthood?

Sunday's readings can be found here.

On Friday, April 26, President Obama spoke to around one thousand excited members of Planned Parenthood (PP).  He told them, “[You have] a president who’s going to be with you fighting every step of the way.”  During his speech, the President talked about “women’s health” and “access to quality, affordable healthcare,” and “a woman’s right to make her own choices about her own health,” which we know are code words for abortion.  Yet, he never used the word “abortion” in his speech.

As National Right to Life correctly notes, President Obama avoids using the word “abortion.”  He and the media and PP themselves have long engaged in a delicate verbal dance where they let abortion supporters know they are on their side, without ever letting the general public know how deeply involved PP is engaged in the grisly practice.  However, PP killed 333,964 unborn babies by abortion in the United States in 2011, and every PP affiliate in the country is required to either perform or refer for abortions.  PP does 27% of all the abortions in the U.S., yet they market themselves magically as a “health care” outfit that provides “services.”  And worst of all, PP and its affiliates receive more than half a billion dollars in federal, state and local government grant money every year!

As if the President’s support for PP were not bad enough, he found it opportune to take a swipe at Pro-Life activists during his speech.  “The fact is, after decades of progress, there's still those who want to turn back the clock to policies more suited to the 1950s than the 21st Century,” Obama said. “And they've been involved in an orchestrated and historic effort to roll back basic rights when it comes to women's health.”  I’m sorry, Mr. President, but murdering babies is not health care no matter how much you dress it up with nice words.  And a baby in the womb is a person whether it is 1950 or 2050.

The President ended his speech with something that is almost unbelievable: “Thank you Planned Parenthood. God bless you.”  I cannot even begin to articulate how egregious of a blasphemy this is.  All I can say is that we must pray and do penance for Mr. Obama.  If he is pledging undying support for baby killers in the midst of a declining economy, domestic terror attacks, and potential war threats from abroad, I am even more convinced that we need to put our trust in God’s help alone for the future of our nation.