Shame On The Bishops Of Mississippi!

It was announced today that Mississippi Initiative 26 failed to pass in a general vote today.  This measure would have amended the Mississippi Constitution to recognize personhood as beginning at the moment of fertilization. 

It failed by a rather narrow margin - 52% to 48%.  In this New York Times article, we see that among its opponents are the "usual suspects" - NARAL, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU.  That's so typical that it isn't worth the bother to comment.  However, once again National Right to Life disappointed grass-roots pro-life activists.  Sadly, it's no surprise and I learned long ago that National Right to Life is not to be taken seriously in terms of its political courage and resolve (or lack thereof).

However, the Catholic bishops of Mississippi have abysmally disgraced themeselves and their high offices by opposing the Personhood Initiative.  Yes!  The bishops joined ranks with NARAL et al to oppose the measure and thus throw babies under the bus!  It's not strategic, you see?  Their fears of it hindering "efforts to overturn Roe" (Efforts!??!  What efforts??!?!?!) are nothing more than lame excuses for cowardice (and I hope for nothing worse). 

Your Excellencies, if Initiative 26 would have been so harmful to the pro-life cause, don't you think the pro-aborts would have figured that out??  Instead of vociferously opposing the measure, they would have quietly let it pass - if what you said was true.

As noted before, the initiative failed by a thin margin.  Had the Mississippi bishops lent their support to this measure - or at least not opposed it - perhaps Initiative 26 would have passed.  Lame excuses to the contrary, I believe they failed the babies miserably and will answer for that, should they not change course.

More Proof Of The Undeniable Linkage Between Abortion And Contraception

Those who think that abortion can be fought without overtly combatting contraception are not being honest with themselves.  That goes for National Right to Life Committee and its various local affiliates.  Priests and other clergy, you MUST start preaching this from the pulpits.  Enough of the deplorable silence on this matter!

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Dr. Mildred Jefferson - Requiescat In Pace

Dr. Mildred Jefferson, a long-time pro-life activist and a founder and past president of the National Right to Life Committee, passed away yesterday at the age of 84 yrs.

Although her pro-life activism was the most prominent aspect of her life, she had many other accomplishments.  She was the first African American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School.  This wikipedia article cites many other "firsts" for Dr. Jefferson.

She also voiced well-founded criticism of the hypocrisy of the Democratic Party towards minorities and the poor.  Think about it - the so-called "party of the little man" and "party of compassion" espouses and facilitates the murders of the littlest amongst us who stand in most need of compassion.  She saw through that set of smoke and mirrors.  That's why I doubt that you'll see any feminazi group such as NOW pay any sort of tribute to the strides she made.

Dr. Jefferson, rest in peace - and pray for us who carry on the pro-life battle on earth!