An open letter to the Premier of Victoria
Today I have the great pleasure of publishing a tremendously powerful open letter to the Victorian Premier, Denis Napthine. It relates to Victoria’s atrocious abortion laws that have legalised the murder of probably over 1 million children. ***** Dear Mr Napthine I was delighted when you took over as Premier because of your principled stance in voting against the 2008 abortion bill. What led you to make a 180 degree U-turn?...
Abortion: the political death of Mary Wooldridge
Apparently, Mary Wooldridge was a future leadership prospect within the Victorian Liberal Party – a “premieral” foetus, one might say. And then some mean, nasty and hateful people terminated her, pulling apart her political ambition bit by bit and ejecting it unceremoniously into the bin labelled “Hazardous Waste – Do not touch”. What a pity. The weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth from the pro-abortion crowd has filled the air and...
Bishop of Wagga, Gerard Hanna, speaks up
Those who read these pages would certainly know that I have been very critical of Catholic bishops for their silence on political issues that touch faith and morals, or for their deliberately ambiguous statements. However, when they do act as the Shepherds of the Flock, I will support them 100 per cent. We need strong bishops much more than strong politicians. The Bishop of Wagga, Gerard Hanna, has spoken up. He’s told the media...
Aborting baby girls in Victoria
It used to be occasional. Now it happens all too often. I’m talking about government sanctioned barbarity: the legislation of pure evil. And no, I’m not referring to laws passed in some far off land. Unfortunately, this is all about Victoria. Apparently, Melbourne is the sporting capital of Australia. It’s also home to a parliament that legalised abortion up until the day of birth. I guess it is no surprise that a society that...
Where are the feminist breast cancer crusaders?
I got stuck into the feminist movement the other day and so I might as well continue riding that horse now. One could believe that the feminist movement is interested in the welfare of women. But if you did have that wild and romantic notion floating around somewhere inside your noggin’ then you’d be wrong. Only an air-headed blonde ditz with a Cleo subscription would think that. The feminist movement does not care about women and...
I’m sorry Archbishop Porteous, but you are wrong
One of the reasons we have bishops is to explain the wisdom of the Catholic Church. Not that you would know this from their recent public pronouncements. Because going by these, you could be forgiven for thinking that they preferred instead to hide or obscure the Church’s clear cut teachings. First we had Bishop Putney from Townsville tell us that each and every family had a gay member. Then he waxed lyrical on the ABC for some time...
Liberals & Abortion: Crawling forward & leaping backwards
I’m the first to admit that I’m not the greatest fan of the Liberal Party. But I’m also happy to acknowledge when they get it right. And over the weekend, the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party got it right. At the State Council, members voted to repeal provisions of the Victorian abortion laws that prevent doctors from exercising their conscience. These anti-choice laws were put in by the Labor party in its dying days of...
Puerile Politics
This piece is gratefully republished from Mishka Gora’s blog, Eyes of the Mind. She expresses so much more clearly than I could the problems with the Tasmanian parliament’s recent decision to decriminalise abortion. ***** The Tasmanian parliament has finally passed the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013 after a drawn-out committee process and numerous amendments. The original bill was a highly flawed...
No more sweeping under the carpet….
Today features this site’s first guest author, Mishka Gora. Mishka offers an insightful piece about the importance of understanding suffering and autonomy in the context of the seemingly never-ending push by pro-euthanasia and pro-abortion advocates in our parliaments. Mishka has witnessed tremendous suffering while volunteering in war-torn former Yugoslavia. I hope that interesting and articulate guest authors will become a...
Sorting out the good guys from the bad
Remember the brouhaha earlier this year? You know, the one about abortion and whether our taxes should fund terminal ‘medical procedures’ carried out because the unwanted lump of ‘non-human’ cells has the wrong human genitalia? Well it’s back in the news. Not because our politicians are finally going to do something useful and say no, it’s a waste of money to fund a practice that, at best, could be described as ethically questionable....
