Don’t let them get away with saying people of faith abandon kids
One of abortion advocates’ most offensive arguments is that pro-life supporters “don’t care about children after they’re born.”
Indeed, pro-choice propaganda on choicematters.org essentially says that the term “pro life” is a ruse — that those who are pro-life aren’t really; they’re really just anti-abortion.
“The ‘pro-life’ concerns of abortion foes are only for fetal lives, not the lives of women or unwanted babies,” the propaganda says.
It’s one of the most foul, vile and disingenuous lies you’ll ever run into.
Religious people have, forever, built and supported orphanages, adopted other people’s children, started and supported charities that care for children — and have even traveled to other countries on a regular basis to help the poorest of the poor care for their children.
As The Chronicle’s Kelly Jasper reported on Sunday, the Mormon church runs one of the world’s largest private adoption agencies and in 1899, the Catholic Home Bureau became the first agency in the country to place children in homes rather than orphanages.
That’s just a couple of examples of how people of faith put their beliefs into action.
Often, adoptive parents aren’t doing it because they can’t have children of their own, for they do. They just want to spread the love around.
They do often at great cost. An adoption can cost up to $30,000. Former Augustan Dee Thompson took out a loan to adopt one child, then cashed out her 401(k) to adopt a second.
Don’t let anyone ever suggest to you that people of faith don’t care about children.