The Greatest Irony of All

Planned Parenthood is trying to build a new Infant Killing Center on Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans.  Fortunately, New Orleans, despite its reputation for being loose and easy and forgiving in almost every area of life, has deep roots in Catholicism.  So Planned Parenthood has had a devil of a time trying to find contractors and sub-contractors to work on its new Abortion Center.

River Parishes Disposal originally had the contract to dispose of construction debris, but when the President of the Company learned the real purpose of the building being constructed, he withdrew from a very lucrative contract and had all the disposal bins removed from the property.  The story has been repeated again and again with contractors and sub-contractors in the New Orleans area.

Now Planned Parenthood is appealing to "minority and disadvantaged" businesses (translation: those owned by Blacks and women) to join in the effort to "build better healthcare" for the women of New Orleans --- notice, nothing is said about the healthcare of the unborn infants.

But here's the ultimate irony:  One of the points of appeal to these businesses is that Louisiana ranks first in the nation in "infant mortality," and we can reduce infant mortality by building an abortion center:  "Let us kill your baby before birth, and Louisiana's infant mortality rating will be reduced."

If we would begin keeping statistics on abortion as part of the total of "infant mortality" ratings, we would overshadow India and every 3rd-world nation in infant deaths.  Surely, we can do better than this!  What if we put all the money we spend on government-subsidized abortion into making adoption affordable and possible for all those who ache for an infant?  Many families have much love to give but cannot afford the $30,000+ adoption fees. 

Couldn't we build centers to take in, house, and care for pregnant women, give them a safe place to live if they needed one, and help them to get back on their feet after giving birth instead of killing their babies -- the most "expedient" way to handle the problem of unwanted pregnancies.  I know that not all unplanned pregnancies are to poor women, but even those to privileged women could be handled with a safe end to their pregnancies.  Doctors could keep lists of would-be parents, and counsel women to bring the child to birth as their gift to those who ache for a child.  Maybe not all women would choose this route instead of abortion, but I believe many might.  No one in their right mind wants to kill an innocent child -- or so I would hope -- if there is another alternative.

Slavery in this country was a national policy and a national disgrace -- and we paid for "every drop of blood drawn by the lash with blood drawn by the sword," in the words of Abraham Lincoln.  I believe that America will and is paying for the blood of its children "crying out from the ground," as God spoke to Cain about his brother Abel.  I am so proud of those businesses in New Orleans that refuse to put money above their principles.  I would hope that no business in the future, whether "disadvantaged" or not would emerge from this venture with the blood of untold infants on their hands.    The Daughters of Charity are addressing the "infant mortality" rate by building clinics in poor neighborhoods and providing low-cost or free mother and infant care to all who walk in the door.  That is the alternative we are looking for!