Sincere Congratulations
Dear Steve:
My most sincere congratulations to you for the publication of Michael Greaney’s article, titled “The Tragedy of Baby Six Billion?: Some Micro-economic Aspects of International Socio-economic Development” (PRI Review, October-December 1999, 7; https://www.pop.org/reports/rvfeatures21299.htm). Never has there been greater silence on an essential element of the pro-life movement. There is an essential need for a pro-life economic agenda. By publishing Michael Greaney’s article, you have helped break the silence, which is a step toward removing the blindness of the need to reform the free enterprise system.
I congratulate you on your personal example and for the latest addition to your growing family. May the good Lord bless you forever.
Sincerely,
Mac McGrath
Woodbridge, VA
The Dangers of Norplant
Dear PRI:
I heard a portion of Mr. Mosher’s interview on the American Family Radio (15 February 2000) and wish to commend you for the work of your organization. I am an adjunct faculty member of Sociology at a local technical college in Little Rock, Arkansas, but I spent five years as a caseworker at a private children’s home previously. Some of the girls on my caseload would be admitted (against our policy of abstinence/non-contraceptive usage) with Norplant in their arms after they were told during preliminary visits that they couldn’t use pills, etc. That is how I first encountered the existence of Norplant, I even had one girl who was admitted through an interstate compact agreement and discovered that a judge in her former state had ordered her (a junior high kid) to have the Norplant. She cried daily in my office begging to have it removed, but the Department of Human Services refused in her case because the judge had ordered it. We could not get her emotions leveled out and her placement eventually failed. I had at least two other high school girls who convinced their DHS caseworkers and guardians to obtain permission for removal due to medical difficulties caused by the Norplant. I remained in the doctor’s office with one of the girls (at her request) during the outpatient procedure and there was some difficulty with the removal from the standpoint that scar tissue was strongly attached to some of the capsules.
Due to my experience with the girls at the childrens’ home, I was deeply concerned when someone submitted a bill to the Arkansas State legislature during 1997 which would have required all females using state assistance to receive Norplant. Thankfully, with a few choice telephone calls and emails, the bill was withdrawn. Reportedly, the individual submitting the bill was totally unaware of the full medical consequences of its use and the fact that it is an abortifacient.
Thanks for your additional “voice crying in the wilderness.”
Carla J. McDaniel
Jacksonville, AR
Dear PRI:
I recently stumbled across your page on the Internet. Until now, I had not heard about the Norplant issue. I also had Norplant inserted in 1994. Following insertion I bled for approximately 6 months, I became anemic and my doctor finally removed it. I remained on iron therapy for an additional 6 months. After three years of pain (my uterus had collapsed) I had to have a hysterectomy at the age of 28. The pain of the removal was unbelievable, although I was told at the time of insertion that it would be a painless procedure, but the tubes had shifted and some had traveled. The doctor had to do a lot of tugging and cutting to get them out. Since then, I have told every woman I could about my experience in the hope that they would not go through what I did.
Sincerely,
Rachele
Dear Rachele:
PRI has done a considerable amount of work on Norplant. In fact, we have petitioned the FDA to remove it from the list of approved drug devices because of its medical complications. Despite the settlement of a recent class action lawsuit filed by almost 40,000 victims of Norplant, the FDA persists in labeling Norplant as an acceptable form of contraception (see: “Norplant Manufacturer Persists Despite Settlement,” PRI Review, October-December 1999, 4). Thank you for helping to inform women of the dangers of Norplant.
Pitiful Shame!
In PRI’s Weekly Briefing of 3 March 2000, “Robbing From the Poor: Depopulation Strikes America,” Steve Mosher wrote that: “With America’s labor markets tightening, Alan Greenspan proposes to increase legal immigration levels. At the same time, President Clinton is paradoxically preparing to extract from the US taxpayer record sums aimed at reducing the number of babies born at home and abroad” ( www.poporg/briefings/robpoor.htm).
Mrs. Jo Dermondy responds via email:
This should be no surprise to anyone who has been monitoring the socialists for the past decade. They want no borders and no ethnic countries. They have pushed for zero population growth in this country and Europe.
Alan Greenspan now wants workers imported since a labor pool is needed. All the baby boomers who are now adults didn’t have children and became obsessed with material things instead. Pitiful shame!
