Tag Archives: Parental Notification Act
Accomplices to Exploitation
Stories of children reported to be victims of sexual exploitation are so familiar these days that they have become little more than background noise in the daily news feed. Even our legislators don’t give this exploitation a second thought. At least, that’s the impression I get from a review of HB 5239.
Posted in Child Exploitation, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sanctity of Life
Tagged abuse, Brian Crowder, Candace Gingrich, child abuse, child exploitation, children, CPS, DCFS, family, HB 5239, Kelly Cassidy, Little Village High School, Parental Notification Act, Parents
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Ota Benga and Abortion
Why was a man named Ota Benga put in a display with an orangutan at the Bronx Zoo in 1906? What does this perverse act, part of our nation’s history, have to do with abortion? While the treatment of Benga and the atrocity of abortion are not identical, they do share a point in common – a refusal to recognize humanity, which leads to treating another person, or an unborn baby, as an object that can be taken, killed, or used in a way others deem acceptable.
Ota Benga, of the Mbuti people, was born in the Belgian Congo around …
Posted in Sanctity of Life
Tagged Bronx Zoo, Capitol Fax, David Catchpoole, Eric Scheidler, J.B. Pritzker, M.S. Gabriel, Mbuti, New York Times, Ota Benga, Parental Notification Act, Rich Miller, Wildlife Conservation Society
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