Sanctity of Life
The trend of marketers speaking out on important social issues has been taken to a new level with the “All is Beauty” campaign. It is bound to be controversial – especially when the 30-second abridged version hits television screens.
The video is very unsettling. La Maison Simons is treating euthanasia as performance art – a brilliant collage of photography, dance, puppetry, music, and sand art on a beach on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in the province of British Columbia.
But is it ethical for a company to use her death as the centrepiece for a major marketing campaign to sell its products? The glittering video can’t quite hide the ghoulish side of this stunt. Read more
November is National Adoption Month. Adoption unleashes purpose. It’s an act of love, mercy, justice, and sacrifice. It’s not an easy decision, and it’s not an easy road for anyone involved.
Since the Dobbs decision, the anti-adoption rhetoric has exponentially increased. Some claim abortion is a preemptive act that prevents someone from experiencing adversity. What a horrible social policy. You don’t eliminate the potential sufferer; you elevate the person who is suffering.
The true strength of our humanity is how we help those in their weakest moments. Vulnerable children need that strength. In 2020, there were an estimated 930,160 children aborted in our nation. The numbers have been increasing since 2017. That same year, there were only 79,161 total adoptions. This is a significant drop from 2019 where there were 94,743 adoptions. Read more
Lawmakers and advocates have pushed to make surrogacy, or similar reproductive options, an absolute right under state constitutions, federal law, and from insurance providers.
Michigan’s “Right to Reproductive Freedom” constitutional amendment is a prime example. Dubbed Proposition 3, this amendment is scheduled for vote via ballot measure on Nov. 8, 2022. If passed, it would ensure that “every individual has a fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which entails the right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to … infertility care.” Read more