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Don DeMarco short essay: "Supreme Folly"

DeMarco points out huge past errors by the Court, when it legislates from the bench as it did in the recent gay marriage ruling.

We all know about The Dred Scott decision and Roe v. Wade, both of which are mentioned in the essay.

Here's another one, and hit the link for the full essay which is well worth reading.

The Buck v. Bell ruling in 1927 permitted forced sterilization. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. stated that “The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the Fallopian tubes. Three generations of imbeciles is enough.” 

Pope Francis: abortion & care for ecology interrelated

From the National Journal on today's Encyclical "On Care for Our Common Home".

#1 on National Journal's "six points from the Encyclical."

Population Control Is Not the Answer

For Pope Francis, caring about the environment goes hand in hand with taking a strong stand against abortion. "Since everything is interrelated, concern for the protection of nature is also incompatible with the justification of abortion," the encyclical says. "How can we genuinely teach the importance of concern for other vulnerable beings, however troublesome or inconvenient they may be, if we fail to protect a human embryo, even when its presence is uncomfortable and creates difficulties?"

Francis suggests that efforts to slow population growth are misguided and a distraction from the underlying cause of the world's environmental crisis—the hoarding of the Earth's resources by the rich and powerful. "To blame population growth instead of extreme and selective consumerism on the part of some, is one way of refusing to face the issues," the encyclical says.

We would expect the encyclical to make the connection - for Catholics it should be self-evident.

 

Saturday: Annual Yonkers Prolife Vigil

From Advocates for Life of Yonkers -

Dear Friend of Life:

     Our annual Mass, consecration of pro-life work to
God through Our 
Lady, and procession to the Yonkers Planned Parenthood will
take place 
this Saturday, June 13.  Please see attached flyer for details.  
If you have any questions do not hesitate to call me 
at 914-815-30098.  
 
Thanks and may God bless us all!  
Tony

FEAST OF THE

IMMACULATE HEART

OF MARY

10 A.M: HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

                    (ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH…141 ASHBURTON AVENUE…YONKERS 10703)

                                 PARKING AVAILABLE!!!!

 

11 A.M: PROCESSION TO

PLANNED PARENTHOOD

(20  SOUTH BROADWAY – Rides available for those unable to walk)       

 

    * ROSARY   *DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET   *HYMNS

NOON: PROCESSION BACK   TO ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH

               RAIN OR SHINE!!!!

Choose Life license plate on FOX and Friends

From NY Director, Elizabeth Rx:

Dear Friends,

 

I just received this link to national media coverage of our 11-year federal lawsuit case!

 

ADF was invited to speak about our "NY Choose Life Plate" Case on "Fox & Friends" last Sunday, May 31!!

 

California State Senate OK's Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Bill

23-14 mostly along party lines. One Democrat voted against it. No idea how it will go in their State Assembly. Or what religious leaders in California will really do or say.

This will give a big impetus to the efforts in NY State; we want to keep up with those progressive Californians, right?

The usual euphemisms about "choice." The culture of death - so aptly named by Pope John Paul II - continues to expand.

Democratic state Sens. Lois Wolk of Davis and Bill Monning of Carmel modeled their End of Life Option Act after the voter-approved law that took effect in 1997 in Oregon.

The measure continues to be opposed by many physicians, who say their role is to heal patients, and by religious leaders and activists for the disabled who fear that group may be put under duress to end their lives prematurely.

Groups in opposition include the California Catholic Conference, the Medical Oncology Assn. of Southern California and the California Disability Alliance.

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In a 17-year period ending last year, 1,327 Oregon residents asked for aid in dying prescriptions and 859 patients had died from ingesting medication, according to a study by that state’s health officials. Since Oregon adopted its law, medical aid in dying has also been authorized in Washington state, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico.

 

Chilean "Women in White for Life" demonstration

An effective approach!