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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Difference You Can Make
The Associated Press reported an interesting fact today. Apparently, just before the current recession reared it's ugly head, the national birth rate went down. There has been a steep decline in the number of children under one year of age. Apparently, people do pay attention to their economic situation when planning a family. Of course, that translates into fewer children being placed for adoption, since fewer are born. Other disturbing reports indicate that the national abortion rate has increased dramatically. In his commencement speech to Notre Dame graduates, President Obama stated that "We need to make adoption more available". Please exercise your American right and write to Mr. Obama to tell him to put his money where his mouth is. Instead of funding more abortions, let's help fund adoptions and put some of that money into programs for single mothers, so that these children won't need to be aborted. I am reminded of the starfish story...where a little boy is walking along the shore throwing starfish back into the water before they dry up and die. A man approaches and says, "Why are you doing that? You see how many starfish there are? You can't possibly make a difference." The little boy bent down and picked up a starfish and flung it far out into the ocean. He smiled at the man and said, "Made a difference to that one!". We can all make a difference, as small and insignificant as we are -- but we have to make an effort, even a little one. Write your congress people and write Mr. Obama. What if that effort saved even a single life? The life you save may be the child who will eventually be yours.
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I couldn't agree with you more! I would love to see government money helping birth moms and assistanting adoptive families as well. I can't even comprehend government funding for abortion. I look at my beautiful daughter each day and give thanks that her birth mom chose life for her. It appauls me to think that Mr. Obama would actually give our hard earned money to programs that would have ended her life should her birth mom have chosen that for her. She is my one starfish that I am truly eternally grateful and beyond words thankful for!
I agree tons! (btw saw your blog on facebook under Desha's thread :) )
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