IMHO, it started with abortion. Life became cheap and expendable at that moment.
No, it started before that with the idea of "planned parenthood." Before then, babies 'just happened. Parents simply accepted the children that came into their lives. Contraception was used but known to have lots of failure.
By the '60's, when contraception became more reliable (and baby-boomers became rebellious teenagers), people were told that they didn't just HAVE to accept babies into their families. They could PLAN those that they wanted and prevent those they didn't want. Parenthood became something to be chosen or not chosen, NOT just something a couple had to expect. For better or worse, richer or poorer was a vow adult couples made to each other, NOT to their children.
Abortion came later, after "planning parenthood" was fully ingrained into our culture, especially into our churches. Did you know that most churches opposed contraception until the last half of the 20th century?
Unconditional love was replaced with "every child a wanted child." Well, now that applies to people in general. "Every person a wanted person" or 'terminate' them.
"Every person a wanted person" or 'terminate' them.Yes, except for poor Terri, who is very much wanted and loved by her real family. I hate it when liberals call this a "family feud."
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by John F. Kennedy
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During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition. These heroes include John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957, Profiles in Courage -- now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring a new introduction by Caroline Kennedy, as well as Robert Kennedy's foreword written for the memorial edition of the volume in 1964 -- resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtues and is a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit. It is as Robert Kennedy states in the foreword, "not just stories of the past but a hook of hope and confidence for the future. What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us."