I know I'm really late in weighing in on this topic of aborting Downs Syndrome babies, but here's my experience as a priest who used to be involved in medicine:
Obviously, a baby with a genetic disorder is made just as much in the image and likeness of God as one conceived with a normal genome. That goes without saying.
But I can't even begin to tell you how many crying couples I have counseled over the years who were told by their OB clinician that their baby had Trisomy 18 or Trisomy 21 or another issue... and yet the baby was born totally normal!
Yes, docs are giving false diagnoses to big families in order to lead them to abortion. This might sound far-fetched, but I have seen this numerous times. In fact, such false diagnoses are suspiciously given to families who already have numerous children.
And yet, baby is born totally normal and healthy... over and over in my experience counseling big families.
Again, the babies born with disabilities are just as precious (some would say even more!) than those born without disabilities.
But do NOT believe every pre-natal diagnosis you receive. Many of them are false-positives on a host of genetic issues for the sake of "population control."
Ivanka Trump:
"We were on a friend's boat, stopped for a swim. We swam to the island. Went on a hike barefoot to the top. We were captivated."
Then they bought it. $1.4 billion. Through Kushner's firm.
Saudi money. 3,600 bunkers. 10 miles of nuclear tunnels. No sand. No beach. From a romantic swim... to a military deal. What are they building?
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Last night I re-read Vatican II’s document “Sacrosanctum Concilium” on the liturgy.
I'm convinced that the liturgical Mass we received in 1969-1970 did not accurately fulfill what the 1963 document approved by the assembled bishops by a vote of 2,147 to 4. (Yes, Lefebvre voted IN FAVOR of the document.)
Yes, we need a healthy 1962 preservation TLM discussion, but we also need to reexamine whether the current Novus Ordo is actually the Mass envisioned by Vatican II. I argue that it is not and that Pope Leo might need to properly reform the sacramentary back to a more traditional format.
Agree or disagree?
Babies are born with LOW vitamin K on purpose — it’s not a flaw. It’s God’s perfect design.
Cord blood is packed with stem cells specifically meant to repair the physical stress and micro-trauma of birth.
Low vitamin K keeps the blood naturally thin so those stem cells can flow freely and travel exactly where they’re needed — to heal tissues, support organ repair, and jumpstart the newborn’s developing systems without premature clotting getting in the way.
God made it this way so the baby’s own cord blood stem cells can circulate optimally in those critical first moments and hours.
Thin blood = maximum mobility for healing. High clotting factors right at birth would slow or trap those precious stem cells, interfering with their God-given job.
Benefits of lower vitamin K at birth (by design):
• Stem cells & cord blood: Allows unrestricted travel of hematopoietic stem cells throughout the body to repair birth trauma, reduce inflammation, and support tissue regeneration.
• Immune system: Cord blood stem cells help establish and strengthen the newborn’s naive immune system. Low vitamin K ensures they reach the bone marrow, thymus, and other sites without clotting interference.
• Neurological & organ protection: Stem cells can migrate to the brain and vital organs to protect against the oxidative stress of labor and delivery.
• Natural timing: Colostrum (that first “liquid gold”) is rich in natural vitamin K — delivered orally, slowly, and gently through breastfeeding exactly when the baby needs it. God’s perfect dose at the perfect moment.
Instead, we cut the cord early (stealing up to 30-40% of the baby’s blood volume and those vital stem cells), then inject synthetic vitamin K loaded with polysorbate 80, propylene glycol, benzyl alcohol, and sometimes aluminum — straight into an immune system that’s barely online.
Why are we “fixing” what God already designed perfectly?
Think about it before you consent.
Nature doesn’t make mistakes. God doesn’t either.
Delay cord clamping. Keep the cord blood. Trust colostrum. Respect the design.
Your baby’s body was fearfully and wonderfully made. ❤️
If you’re an American living in America, your sovereignty, Constitutional rights and expectation of privacy have been surrendered to mass-murdering war criminals, pedophiles and private equity oligarchs.
You’re living in an Israeli slave state—an open air prison, like Gaza.
This is one of the greatest photos in Catholic history.
Despite his greatness, Fulton Sheen had been ostracized and cast away by the powers that be in the American Church by the time he was an old man. When Pope John Paul II came to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 1981, Sheen was relegated to a far off side section.
As everyone was applauding and greeting the pope, he kept looking around, and finally asked: “Where’s Fulton?”
The pope embraced Fulton and said: “You have written and spoken well of the Lord Jesus Christ. You are a loyal son of the Church!"
This makes me cry with love.
Soon-to-be Blessed Fulton Sheen…Pray for us. 🙏