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The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your
neck are the arms of your children.
– Robert Orben
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BIRTH DEARTH
WHY DOES IT MATTER? WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
By Anne O’Meara
May 18, 2021
A couple of weeks ago, the CDC announced alarming fertility news: The birth rate in the United States is now below replacement levels which means more people die every day in the US than are being born. In fact, in 2020, half of American states saw more deaths than births.[1]
How did we get here?
“We’ve hit a record low birth rate in the United States (1.64 babies per American woman) and we’re well below the necessary replacement rate of 2.1 births per woman.” (Source: Has Legal Abortion Contributed to U.S. 'birth dearth'?) There are a number of contributing factors to this downward plunge.
- The financial instability resulting from a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic has been a factor, but not necessarily a significant one, as the number of births fell for the sixth consecutive year in 2020.[2]
- Parents are choosing to have fewer children, and fewer women are choosing to have babies at all. Abortion, of course, plays a role in this, with hundreds of thousands of babies aborted in the US each year.
- Our political climate and culture discourage people from having children. We only need to look to Hollywood to understand this. Repeatedly, we have seen celebrities claim they want a small family due to environmental concerns, “overpopulation” or similar reasons. All of these influences potentially result in people who want to have larger families feeling guilty.
- Use of “birth control” options – contraceptive drugs and devices and surgical sterilization -- has become extremely common in the last 60 years.
- Fertility rates are also at record lows. Rising divorce rates may be a contributing factor as lower fertility rates tend to result from uncertainty about the future of marriages.
- We have also seen a shift in population from rural areas to cities. In the country, child labor is frequently viewed as an asset. In cities, additional children may be viewed as added costs.
- Finally, increased educational opportunities for women has meant more participation in the paid work force, resulting in less time to raise children.
Why is the birth dearth a crucial issue?
Declining birth rates combined with an increase in life expectancy have led to an aging society whose number of taxpayers continues to shrink. One is left wondering how so few taxpayers will be able to support our aged baby boomers. We must recognize that the fewer children we have in our country, the more our elderly will be endangered. In fact, many experts believe the birth dearth will increase support for rationing health care resources and legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia. Witnessing the unprecedented, global battle with the coronavirus pandemic over the past year, we saw disturbing headlines regarding doctors and hospitals discussing the “necessity” of rationing ventilators and other “scarce” healthcare resources. Do we want health care rationing to become a permanent reality?
Changes in a country’s birth rate are not simply a data point; rather, birth rates relate to a society’s overall viability. As the birth dearth increasingly affects every facet of human life, it is not surprising that this issue is gripping the attention of leaders around the globe. Its magnitude transcends almost every other major concern.
With more and more Americans choosing not to bring children into the world, our nation is slowly dying. This slow death can be attributed to many different factors – a loss of religious faith, fewer marriages and more divorces, a society that has become more mobile and less rooted in family and community, a pandemic which has forced us all online and away from each other, and a host of other issues.
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Where do we go from here?
Here are four considerations for change.
- Educate yourself and others. A wealth of information is available from One More Soul (OMS), www.onemoresoul.com. OMS is a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading the truth about the blessings of children and the harms of contraception.
- Introduce economic policies that advantage parents (baby bonus programs, increased tax credits, etc.). After all, one of the top reasons for putting off having children is financial challenges.
- Stop funding organizations like Planned Parenthood who are waging a war to reduce our population.
- Start a debate around this issue so that everyone becomes aware.
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1 New Hampshire Among Half Of U.S. States That Saw More Deaths Than Births In 2020
2 More People in the U.S. Are Dying Than Being Born, According to the CDC
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We need to look at life as being precious and fragile; one that sees life with all its grief, pains and trials, and understands our duty to pass the torch.
(Source: The Great American Birth Dearth has Arrived)
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EMPLOYERS WHO MANDATE COVID-19 VACCINES MAY HAVE LIABILITY FOR ADVERSE REACTIONS
On March 3, HALO sent out an Alert notifying you that under federal law, your employer cannot mandate vaccines which are distributed under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). To date, the Covid-19 vaccines which have received FDA authorization are for emergency use. Being approved under EUA means the products are investigational and experimental only, their investigational studies have not been completed, and the vaccine would not otherwise have been approved at their stage of testing.
Despite the fact that the vaccines are distributed under a EUA, some employers are mandating their employees take a Covid-19 vaccine. If an employee is an at-will employee, an employer can fire the employee for no reason. However, if the employer specifically fires an at-will employee for refusing to take a Covid-19 vaccine, they are going to incur potential legal liability. While organizations are certainly free to encourage their employees, students, and other members to be vaccinated, federal law provides that, at least until the vaccine is licensed, individuals must have the option to decline to be vaccinated.
And for those employers who have chosen to mandate these vaccines, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has said employers may be liable for any adverse reactions resulting from the Covid-19 shots. Click here for more information.
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BETRAYED BY HOSPICE
Put on your Seatbelt for this Program!
By Marsha Joiner
Did you ever watch the TV series from 2011, Person of Interest? Did you think, like I, that it was someone’s wild imagination of "what if?" This is not a drill, today we are looking straight into the reality of that show. Privacy and safety are luxuries of the past.
And just what is Genocide? We believe as a society that we are progressing forward but what if we are repeating history? And what if the future was decided by elitists decades ago? What is the Nuremberg Code of 1947 and what does it have to do with today? And what does 1963 have to do with any of this? And who are these elitists who may be running the show for the rest of us peons?
Come join Marti and Marsha on May 19, 2021 and listen to our special guest, Attorney Michael Swinwood, who will share his vast knowledge and answer these questions and many more!
Michael Swinwood is an attorney in Canada and fights for the rights of groups that might not otherwise be represented. He incorporated the group Elders Without Borders which is dedicated to pursuit of sovereignty and self-determination of indigenous people. Currently he is fighting with Canadian Frontline Nurses exposing the corruption from the inside. He is also part of over 1000 attorneys worldwide who have recently filed charges in the Nuremberg Trial 2021.
Dial 917-388-4520 at 5 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Mountain, 7 p.m. Central, 8 p.m. Eastern or listen via the link.
Questions will be taken so press 1 if you wish to ask one.
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MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Healthcare Advocacy and Leadership Organization is to promote, protect, and advocate for the rights of the medically vulnerable through direct patient and family interactions; through intercessory prayer; through community education and awareness programs; and through promotion and development of concrete *"life-affirming healthcare"* alternatives for those facing the grave consequences of healthcare rationing and unethical practices, especially those at risk of euthanasia and assisted suicide
*"Life-affirming healthcare" is defined as medical care in which the paramount principle is the sanctity of life, which means that the life and safety of each person come first and each person receives medical care across their lifespan based on their need for care and never with an intention to hasten death, regardless of their abilities or perceived "quality of life."
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