Parents Against MS 26 is proud to present our “Trust Families” video:
We’re real Mississippi mothers, and these are our real experiences. These are our families, and these are our stories, and these are our reasons for voting NO.
We ask that you join us in voting NO ON 26 on November 8.
Touching and beautiful. Thank you ladies for sharing.
This made me tear up. Thanks for being strong enough to share your experiences with the world!
I feel like the women in these clips have been misinformed of the ‘true’ meaning of the ’26′.
We’ve presented thousands of words’ worth of explanations for exactly why we take the positions we do. All we hear back is that we’re “misinformed”, and nobody ever addresses the detailed points we raise.
If we’re misinformed about IVF, how do you answer our statements that the limitations proposed by 26 amount to an effective ban? If we’re misinformed about birth control, why do Dr. Beverly McMillan and Personhood Colorado both agree with us that birth control pills can potentially prevent implantation? (Actually, both of them go farther than we do and refer to hormonal birth control as “abortifacient”.) If we’re misinformed about ectopic pregnancies, why does Personhood Colorado agree with us that the only personhood-compatible treatment for ectopic pregnancies is tubal removal surgery?
We support our claims. Yes On 26 asks us to take your word for it.
This is absolutely ridiculous! ABORTION IS MURDER!!!!!!! You have an ectopic pregnancy, and you are not willing to give up your life for a baby? What a HORRIBLE mother! You have a miscarriage? Big whoop! An abortion is not needed! Birth control? If you don’t want kids, don’t have sex. It’s as simple as that! If you get raped and become pregnant from that, take it as a blessing from God! (Oh, wait. I forgot you people are anti-Christ!!) DO NOT KILL INNOCENT BABIES!!! It is the same as murder! Yes on 26!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Birth control is not only used for preventing pregnancies you know… I am currently on birth control because I have hereditary problems with my menstrual cycle. Miscarriages have devastating effects on the mother to be and her family, though judging from your response you’ve never been a part of that. If a 13 year old girl was brutally raped and became pregnant I SERIOUSLY doubt she would see it as a blessing. She would have to relive the experience every single day and probably become depressed or suicidal. I know that’s probably how I would feel. I am voting NO because this issue should be left up to the people, not the government. Everyone has a right to do what THEY think is right based on their circumstances.
“You have an ectopic pregnancy, and you are not willing to give up your life for a baby? What a HORRIBLE mother!”
Please check with your doctor if you ever have an ectopic pregnancy. I wouldn’t want you to die being a great mom to a baby that will never be. Untreated ectopic pregnancies will likely result in no baby and no mother.
If a 13 year old girl gets raped, she should understand God made that happen to her for a reason. If she is depressed and suicidal, then that’s how God wants her to be. Yes, the experience of getting raped is horrible, but that is a thing that is just a part of life for some people. We all have bad experiences. It should NOT be the people’s decision. It should be GOD’S decision. The government is enforcing God’s decision. “Did not he WHO MADE ME IN THE WOMB make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?” (Job 31:15). God treats a fetus in the womb as a living person. God’s decision was made clear to us in the Bible (there are obviously other verses than the one I quoted), but some of us have failed to see it. Also, you do NOT need birth control to help you with your menstrual cycle. Suck it up! YES ON 26!!!!
I have a disease. It’s called endometriosis. Aside from being incredibly painful, it can also cause your internal organs to stick together. Many women with endometriosis develop ovarian cysts the size of racquetballs or larger, which require surgery to resolve. I’ve had one surgery already to remove endometriosis, and will probably require another in the not too distant future. Are you suggesting that “sucking it up” can somehow prevent your ovaries from getting tangled up and stuck to your intestines?
Hormonal birth control, or the Mirena IUD, are a fertility-preserving treatment for menorrhagia (very heavy periods). Can you just “suck it up” and choose not to be severely anemic?
If you have very irregular cycles due to PCOS, can you just “suck it up” and choose not to be at higher risk for uterine and endometrial cancer, because you don’t have your period often enough? If you have hypothalamic amenorrhea, can you just “suck it up” and not have bone loss due to absence of estrogen? Can you “suck it up” and choose not to experience rupture of ovarian cysts — which, I might add from experience, is one of the most painful medical experiences possible?
Hormonal birth control and Mirena treat DISEASES. For many of these diseases, they are the only long-term treatment available other than hysterectomy.
you are an idiot! miscarriages are emotionally devastating and if you have never had to experience that then who are you to say “big whoop” Also birth control is used for other things besides preventing pregnancy. if you were the least bit intelligent you would know that. Anti-christ? Please…. you must be one of those religous extremist who blow up abortion clinics because abortion is murder and it makes so much sense to kill hundreds of adults. you are ignorant and that’s all i have to say.
Oh, wow. Atlee, You might as well gloat to cancer patients that there is a cure for your disease. You really are a pathetic person if you cannot handle pain. Pain is a part of life. A ruptured ovarian cyst is NOTHING compared to cancer, pain that, in my case, lasted for YEARS. If I can survive cancer that kept me down for more than 4 years, I believe you can SUCK UP pain from endometriosis. But, hey, we all have to die sometime, don’t we? At least the prevention of abortion will let an innocent child live longer. My words for you: I sucked it up for years, lived, and now, I am voting YES on INITIATIVE 26. I guess when this is passed, you will have to go out of state. Sorry. SUCK IT UP! (P.S. It really pisses me off when people silently refer to my words as childish bullcrap. Guess what! “Suck it up!!” I did!)
You do know that a ruptured ovarian cyst can cause ovarian torsion, and require you to undergo emergency surgery to remove the dead ovary? That’s not something you can grit your teeth and handle. That’s a life-threatening emergency, and it happens. So does bowel obstruction from endometriosis. So does severe menorrhagia.
It’s about so much more than just pain, and I notice you haven’t addressed how one can just “suck it up” and deal with any of the serious physical complications I mentioned.
You guys need to ignore the misleading information that planned parenthood is giving out and do some research so you make sure that you understand the truth about initiative 26. simply voting “yes” is not going to sign any laws into effect. “Initiative 26 proposes to clearly define ‘personhood’ s to include all human beings from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof.” And if you’re going to vote “no,” I mean come on, you’re just lying to yourself. Life begins from the moment of conception, everyone knows that. And this initiative is not going to make birth control illegal! I know there are rare cases where the mothers’ life is in danger, and I don’t know what they are planning to do for those women yet, but I’m pretty sure they’re not going to not allow them to go through with cancer treatments or anything. Besides, these are extremely rare cases, and babies are aborted every day in this state. They deserve a chance to live!
Ectopic pregnancies happen every day in this state, too. They’re not rare, and they are certainly life-threatening.
I don’t think you’ll find any information on this site that comes from Planned Parenthood. In fact, a great deal of it comes from pro-life sources such as the Association of Pro-Life Physicians. If you don’t think birth control could be at risk, I suggest you read what they have to say on the issue — bearing in mind that they’re hosting press conferences for Yes On 26.
I find it disturbing that you’re willing to handwave and say you’re “pretty sure”, when we’ve spent thousands of words telling you in great detail why we are very UNSURE.
I am still trying to figure out how IVF has anything to do with abortions. I am not for abortions, only if the mother’s life is effected. I have been married now for 14 years and started trying to conceive 3 months after getting married (we had dated off and on for 9 years). We had many test done and treatments over the years before trying IVF. August 2005 was our first try and it did not work we …tried several more times still nothing, Jan 2010 we tried again, they placed 3 day 3 embryo’s in hoping for 1, but nothing they were able to freeze the last 2 and Dec 17, 2010 we tranferred them. We found out Christmas we were pregnant, can you imagine how Blessed we felt?? 1 survived and grew for 38 weeks and born to us on my birthday, August 26, 2011…. Yes the best birthday present ever sits in my lap as I am typing this. She is a very healthy girl 8 pounds 10 ounces and 22 inches long at birth. If this Initiative 26 passes, I am not sure if Miracles like I have will exist. Please before you vote read more into this, its not just about abortions and they have left it pretty much open to what if’s and not exacts….it breaks my heart to think of all of the babies not surviving due to abortions especially after going through all we did to finally have ours but this is not what we need.
Thank you and God Bless,
Monica Korczak
I believe in WOMAN’S RIGHTS. It is HER body and she should be allowed to do what ever she decides to. This is bull***. I do not live in Mississippi and thankgoodness for that. I have several family members that live there. PRO CHOICE!!!