The following comes from a Dec. 7 posting on Breitbart.com.
Embattled MIT professor Jonathan Gruber has not only gotten in trouble for bragging about helping President Obama put one over on the American people with Obamacare, he’s also been uncovered as an abortion advocate—but not a run-of-the-mill advocate of “women’s rights.”
No, Gruber’s abortion advocacy is of a particularly pungent eugenics variety. He’s on record repeatedly making the case from social science that abortion is a “social good” because it reduces the number of “marginal children,” by which he means urban poor—those he says can be counted on to commit crimes if they were ever born.
Gruber co-authored a paper during the Clinton years which argued that legal abortion had saved the U.S. taxpayer upwards of $14 billion in welfare benefits and that it also lowered crime.
Gruber’s work heavily influenced other researchers, including a paper called The Impact of Legalized Abortion by Steven Levitt of the University of Chicago, whose later book Freakonomics and whose ongoing work makes the strongest case that abortion legalizations in the 1970s caused a dramatic drop in crime twenty years later.
Pro-lifers have always wondered why the black community has not responded more aggressively to the fact that so many abortion clinics are located in poor neighborhoods and why the black abortion rate is so much higher than whites.
A documentary called Maafa 21 argues that abortion is a part of what they called a “black genocide.”
African-American marketing expert Ryan Scott Bomberger founded an organization called The Radiance Foundation that makes commercials for the unborn child with a special emphasis on the high incidence of black abortion. Emmy-wining Bomberger’s toomanyaborted.com campaign looks specifically at black abortion. One meme calls abortion a “civil wrong” and that blacks are “still not free at last” because of abortion. Bomberger is being sued by the NAACP for calling the group “pro-abortion.”
A group called 41 Percent tracks all abortions in New York City, which has an abortion rate at twice the national average, points out that the abortion rate in the largely black borough of The Bronx is an astounding 47%.
These are the types of communities Gruber meant when he referred the “marginal children” who were the most likely to end up on welfare and committing crimes if they were allowed to be born.
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Funny how these people always talk about “surplus” or “marginal children”. Could we talk maybe about “surplus” or marginal academics”? How much do they contribute to society for what they cost us? I wonder what they’d say to a debate over the number of crimes that might be prevented if their numbers were “reduced”? But it’s always Tim Crachits who are surplus, never the Scrooges.
And, Tom Byrne, these are the same people who tell you how concerned they are about immigrant children. Is it any wonder no one believes them?
Tom Byrne, you’ve hit the nail on the head. At a recent Congressional hearing, Dr. Gruber defended his approach, stating that he deals in the estimation of future empirical results rather than in ideologies. True. And the very heart of the problem. Dr. Gruber seems to forget that evaluating a proposed policy on a value-free basis has been disastrous more than once. Remember Stalin’s forced collectivization of smaller, privately-held farms in the name of increased production. Millions of the ousted farmers starved to death.
Creating a sense of ease and accommodation, if not praise, for abortion is one the great evils of post-WWII America (along with homosexual sexual rights). Yet abortion wears a second evil face, that of racial genocide.
Young white women wear the badge of abortion as an honor, something “won” against the tyranny of Men, like the vote, no-fault divorce, and contraception. Yet, they do not see (or perhaps they do, and do not care) that an enormous gap exists as to the percentage of white versus black pre-born babies that are killed. Abortion represents genocide to the black community, with Planned Parenthood acting as a sort of government-sanctioned vampire organization to keep the black population (and other poor people) to a manageable number.
Academics like Gruber write to impress each other. While they try to dazzle with claims of a higher intelligence, their work product suggest otherwise. Granting the sort of privilege demanded of society by the so-called “gifted” in academia is one of the great crocks of the past decades. These are not particularly gifted people, yet they use a significant amount of society’s resources. Students come out of so-called “elite” schools with little to show for it intellectually and little by way of professional or other skills.
Gruber reminds one of Adolf Eichmann. A little man that talks a good game and can pull the wool over the eyes of politicians, while securing a comfy place for himself.
We mustn’t fool ourselves as abortion and particularly contraception pills, along with low white birth rates is our genocide. A healthy nation has normal healthy birthrates instead we have third world immigration. Early 1960 stats (contraception pill use rising) show that the demographic makeup of the US was 90% white, 10% black/other. Today whites are around 63% and dropping. This current white population is older and has fewer replacements and when it begins to die off in the next 20 years, the demographic change will be astounding and overturn the historical 300 year Anglo/white demographics of this nation. It is totally sinful when a selfish people and nation refuse to create the next generation and rely on immigration because they slaughtered 55 million unborn creating a huge vacuum now being filled by third worlders. I used to believe that the Atomic Bomb was the worst invention of man, but now believe it to be a little pill and abortion.
So, Idaho Pete, what exactly would be wrong if American stopped being a white country? It might have been 90% white in 1960 (I don’t know, I’ll take your word for it), but I’m pretty sure in 1491 it was 0% white.
Of course, “Your Fellow Catholic,” you select an irrelevant fact and try to deflect the direction of the moral issues presented. The points here involve (1) murder of the pre-born in staggering numbers, (2) the obvious genocide of blacks through entirely legal abortion, (3) the economic “model” created by Liberals, like Prof. Gruber, to protect this publicly-sanctioned murder, and (4) the complicity of the Church in this, through lazy, and non-believing bishops, who are likely going to destroy the remnants of the Church in October by “permitting” fornication, abortion, homosexual sex, and adultery, all in the name of “accommodation” of modern mores (i.e., sin).
The “whiteness” of America was never the issue, but its morality is. The level of illegitimate births among white women has been climbing to alarming rates, too. Many white women, apparently more in rural areas, are simply forsaking marriage, even of the common-law variety, and engaging in serial relationships, with many kids now being born with different dads. You really need to focus on the issue, or at least say what you mean: perhaps, that to you, things look pretty good.
YFC, pay attention. Most abortions are in the Black and Hispanic communities. And don’t think that Gruber and other Democrats do not know this.
This is no excuse for ILLEGAL immigration.
Maria Pay attention to this: Declining birth rate by white people does not mean that they are immoral, abortion seekers, or anything else. Besides, If you are right that most abortions are in the black and african populations, then Idaho Pete’s worry about the white population becoming less prevalent would not have any bearing. As it is, the whole “I”m so scared white people are going to be in the minority” is just another racist rant by the right.
I was expecting the “Anonymous” or other random ‘never before seen name’ or ‘acronym’ follow up to “yfc’s provocative post and, to be sure, I wasn’t disappointed. This is becoming so predictable that it is beyond boring. It sure is amazing, (not) how “anonymous”, etc., always has the same tone and wording as “yfc”. Apparently you have a need to have your opinion appear significant, but really you would need to utilize a little more creativity than this. My best advice is for you to save yourself the trouble and follow your own advice by being tolerant of differing view points on this site.
What do you expect from a society that is almost totally morally bankrupt? By taking prayer out of schools, and God out of the government, things like this will just get progressively worse. When democracy is stressed and God’s laws are abandoned, this is the result.
Father Karl— Prescinding for a moment from Federal constitutional issues, could it be that you’ve put the cart before the horse? Is the forbidding of prayer in schools and the dismissal of religious values when deciding social policy the RESULT of a morally bankrupt society or the CAUSE of it?
“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born”.
Ronald Reagan
Margaret Sanger must be this guys hero.. Today’s progressives live in an upside down world and unfortunately they always justify the means for the common “good”.. Unfortunately that means taking from one group to give to another whether its a life or economic status. Bottom line is innocent lives are affected and snuffed out for the common good which includes the unborn to the elderly or disabled. This is today’s progressive world view as a result of today’s higher education. In the old days we would call it communism.
Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood – wanted two things:
1) to get rid of the “weeds” in human society who should not be allowed to live;
2) to promote sexual activity without responsibility.
https://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/28/margaret-sangers-eugenic-legacy-abortion-and-planned-parenthood/
Let us not forget that potential Democratic presidential candidate – HILLARY CLINTON – OBAMA’s appointed Secretary of State,
received the PP Margaret Sanger Award in 2009.
https://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/28/margaret-sangers-eugenic-legacy-abortion-and-planned-parenthood/
and
‘Catholic’ – NANCY PELOSI – , Democratic Speaker of the House, received the PP Margaret Sanger award in 2014.
https://www.lifenews.com/2014/01/31/nancy-pelosi-will-received-planned-parenthoods-top-margaret-sanger-award/
When are the Catholic Bishops, going to tell people to read the National and State Platforms of each Party prior to voting? And that Catholics who support these evil politicians may not receive Holy Communion.
These Platforms are very clear on the Party goals.
The 2014 CA State Democratic Platform’s goals include the intrinsic evils of: Abortion, Contraception, Voluntary Sterilization, Euthanasia (aka death with dignity), homosexual marriage.
“WORTHINESS to RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION, General Principles” –
https://www.priestsforlife.org/magisterium/bishops/04-07ratzingerommunion.htm
There is nothing proportionate in the USA today to the murder of approx. 1 MILLION innocent human beings each year for the convenience of others.
https://www.numberofabortions.com/
Barack Hussein Obama and Jonathan Gruber are very deceitful.
Obama told the American People that Obamacare (Affordable Health Care Act) was not a tax;
then he had his Justice Dept under appointee Eric Holder argue before the Supreme Court that it is a tax.
Obama told the American People that they could keep their own Doctors;
now most can not.
Obama told the American People that abortion, will not be requirements of Obamacare;
now he is requiring that Abortion, Contraception, Voluntary Sterilization, all be paid for by the taxpayers.
Obama told the American People that Obamacare would not affect Freedom of Religion;
now he requires many to violate their Faith by paying for evil actions.
The NUNS who are members of the LCWR, their NETWORK and NUNS on the BUS should be excommunicated for going against our Bishops in these matters, or MUST take a public position against Obamacare, and forcing Americans to violate their consciences.
Either these Nuns are terribly stupid or heretics. They should stay out of politics.
The USCCB had very good lawyers keeping track of the Obamacare legislation throughout the process and these Nuns chose to listen to the god – Obama.
“The USCCB had very good lawyers keeping track of the Obamacare legislation throughout the process and these Nuns chose to listen to the god – Obama.” Anna
Anna – Do You Mean their ‘Mess-I-Ya’ whom they treat as a ‘small g – god’ – POTUS Barry ‘on the Down Low’ Soetoro?
Just wunderin
McDermott, have no idea what you are talking about.
Are you supporting the heretical LCWR, and their NETWORK and NUNS on the Bus, etc ? and Obamacare? If yes, just say so.
Here, this should help your needed education regarding the USCCB and the legal groups involved.
https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/hhs-mandate/hhs-mandate-legal-resources.cfm
Also check out religious liberty on the USCCB web site.
The LCWR, their affiliated NETWORK and NUNs on the Bus defined church teaching with their ignorance or heresy. Take your pick.
https://www.networklobby.org/legislation/catholic-sisters-letter-support-healthcare-reform-bill
Check out the signatures at the bottom, and see if you can find your favorite Order supporting Obamacare – against freedom of religion, and in favor of abortion, contraception, voluntary sterilization, all at taxpayer expense.
If the Democrats have their way you can add “euthanasia under death with dignity” in the next few years.
LCWR should be “DEFIED” not defined (my typo) Church teaching.
LCWR Orders do not care about Church teaching.
Maria, It doesn’t matter. McDermott confuses even people who agree with him, which is why we all ignore him.
Actually, most of us ignore you anon (the rest just humor you).
Speak for yourself anonymous…you don’t even have a name! Michael is much addicted to punditry and bellicose rhetoric but he’s easy to understand, for all that :)
I’d be interested in knowing to which ‘we’ (outside fellow mice and culture-of-death trolls) mous believes he/she is referring. Certainly not those with a taste for truth and a jolly sense of humor – a much needed attribute if only to not take oneself too seriously :)
There are people who claim to be Catholics that post on this site and they voted for Obama, the most pro-abortion, anti-Catholic President in the history of the United States!
Because the United States was founded on false (non Catholic principles), sooner or later she was bound to become a moral sewer. Because the Supreme Court (the same court that said Blacks were NOT 100% human) ruled that prayer must not be in public schools, students were slowly but surely being instructed to live immoral lives. So, it was because of the courts that we are morally bankrupt. To be politically correct means to deny Christ, and to give to Caesar what belongs to God. Christmas IS a national holiday, but everywhere you hear holiday instead of Christmas. This is one small example of what is happening to the United States and Western Europe.
This is actually a very interesting point: the foundational principles of a nation leading to its ultimate political decline. There has some recent writing about the need to re-unify Catholic moral principles with actual practical political authority. Of course, this issue is anathema to very many in America, who see the need to insist on the separation of these concepts.
Yet, the application of a “Papal-State” concept is interesting. America is certainly not that, and most politicians are terrified of injecting “moral” content into arguments. Interesting that Muslims see a natural connection with the “caliphate” and with the ruling faith. Perhaps that partially explains the appeal of Islam to many.
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Justice Denied in Peru’s Sterilization:
Who’s Behind the Program to Sterilize Kenyan Women Without Their Consent?
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It wasn’t the main stream Liberal Media which exposed Gruber. I would lay you odds that the majority of those who voted for Obama have never or rarely sought out their news from alternative sources. Those of us who care about the truth need to find creative ways to engage those who ignorantly obtain their news from deceitful media sources. The problem we have is that too many Americans equate “professionals” with “virtuous”. This has been disastrous for the world.
He’s a fairly accurate stereotype for those in the academic world. They have a
corporate ego problem. Not all, but many, see themselves as intrinsically superior
to the “common” people.
I have worked in colleges (IT) and never understood why the faculties seem to regard themselves as gods. I’ll just close by expressing wonder why the path to an advanced degree doesn’t include telling the candidates that humility is actually a virtue. Many, if they ever hear it, disregard it or disagree.