Eugenics Makes A Comeback

America is now seeing 'eugenics' rise from the ashes from whence it came. Looking at Margaret Sanger's dream of eugenics, it gave rise to a purposely culled population, selective breeding, decreasing numbers, reducing Black population, and eliminating any unwanted pregnancies. The dream did not die with Sanger's death in the 1920's. But with the re-election of Obama eugenics rose again, under new names.

Abortion, birth control, euthanasia, sterilization, sex-selection, disabilities (club foot, Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida), same-sex marriage, selective breeding---all eugenic methods breaching moral ethics.

Nine hereditary conditions--feeble-mindedness, schizophrenia, manic--depressive disorder, genetic epilepsy, dementia, genetic blindness or deafness, physical deformity, and chronic alcoholism-are also attempted to be eliminated by eugenicists. Too many believe any 'perceived' physical deformity, before or after birth, could render a child a burden on the state, as well as the family.

Names With Same Meaning

According to progressives, any of these options are acceptable. Many believe their 'names' are different from past eugenic practices, so they're perfectly OK. They refuse to admit many of these practices are exactly what Nazis, Hitler, Mengele, and the Third Reich practiced.

Shockingly, Reich Central Office for Combating Homosexuality and Abortion wanted to prevent acts obstructing reproduction. Realizing homosexuality was linked to a falling birthrate (in 1936), German police chief Heinrich Himmler declared: "A people of good race which has too few children has a one-way ticket to the grave."

Reducing Population By Culling

Sanger said (12/1921): "Birth Control is thus the entering wedge for the Eugenic educator … the unbalance between the birth rate of the 'unfit' and the 'fit' is admittedly the greatest present menace to civilization[.] … The most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective."

Because of Roe, a third of our peers are dead. Justice Ginsburg stated her belief about abortions (7/09): "Frankly I had thought that, at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of." Yes, she was directly referring to "eugenics."

Planned Parenthood After Profits

This administration has given our government information to achieve lower population control. It's cooperation with Planned Parenthood (PP) shows it realizes abortion is a way to accomplish reduced population. From its last two annual reports, it received over a billion dollars in taxpayer money (6/10-6/12). [1]

David Schmidt (Washington, DC): "Planned Parenthood's increasing share of the abortion market is long-term trend that has seen them go from performing 1 in 10 US abortions in 1995 (139,899 of 1,359,400) to slightly more than 27% of abortions today (332,278 of 1,212,400)."

After Planned Parenthood (PP) videos showing staffers assisting in alleged sex-selection abortions, John Fletcher (National Institute of Health) discussed how often women aborted because they were pregnant with girls instead of boys. Dr. Mark Evans (OBGYN/Wayne Scott University), was quoted: "Probably 99% of nonmedical requests for prenatal diagnosis are made by people who want a boy." [2]

Pro-life legislators highlighted more than six studies showing sex-selection abortions taking place in the US. [3]

PP opposes laws allowing a woman to see her baby on ultrasound before an abortion. As the last acceptable form of discrimination and bigotry, abortion has always been premised on ignorance of scientific facts of human embryology and developmental biology. It's barbaric, and relegates humans to the status of non-persons who may be killed for no reason. It uses instruments/substances for dismemberment, disembowelment, decapitation, and poisoning and/or burning a developing baby to death.

Now, man is pushing artificial means of "moral enhancement", or improving behavior of humans. They want to use 'moral enhancement' to make us think and act in ways moral enhancers perceive to be moral.

Officials Believing They're Kings And Queens

Current officials believe they have the lawful power to decide when to suspend constitutional protections guaranteed to all persons, and kill them without any due process. This is the power--antagonistic to American values, claimed by kings and tyrants--Americans have fought countless wars to prevent. Now, with Obama, it's here.

As Judge Andrew Napolitano says, Obama has given himself permission to kill, and to suspend constitutional protections guaranteed to all persons, when he deems necessary. He seems devoid of any appreciation for the values of the Declaration and constitutional supremacy. The language of the Declaration guarantees the right to live, and the Constitution requires a jury trial before the government can deny that right.

It was always assumed history always results in moral progress. Not so with this Adminisration. Americans have overcome deeply-entrenched injustices before, and it's a given Americans will do so again.

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[1] Planned Parenthood Annual Financial Report 2010-2011 and Planned Parenthood Annual Report 2011-2012 are available at: <http://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/annual-report-4661.htm>.

[2] Christopher Farley "The Debate Over Uses of Prenatal Testing" USA Today (2/2/89)

[3] Cheryl Wetzstein "Bill to ban abortions for sex selection defeated"; 246-168 vote far short of passage The Washington Times, 6/1/12
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Kevin Roeten can be reached at roetenks@charter.net.