Tag Archives: mental health

Say No to Forcing Women to Register with the Selective Service

Posted on August 13, 2021 by David E Smith

Voluntary enlistment in the military provides an honorable career to many individuals, both male and female. With the establishment of the Selective Service Act, obtaining replacement personnel in catastrophic warfare is possible. Traditionally the draft only included young men ages 18-25. The idea of including women in the draft is recurring, first suggested during World War II for conscripting nurses, Congress rejected the plan in 1945. President Jimmy Carter revised the idea in 1980, which again was denied by Congress. In 1981, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that allowing women in the draft was illegal since women could not serve …

Posted in Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Department of Defense, Jimmy Carter, Joseph Heck, mental health, Naomi Parker, National Defense Authorization Act, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, RAND Corporation, Rosie the Riveter, Selective Services, sexual assault, Women in the Draft | Comments Off

Urge Gov. Pritzker to Let Kids Play

Posted on August 3, 2020 by David E Smith

On July 29th, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced new COVID-19 restrictions on youth sports statewide for the upcoming school year. Starting August 15, only “low-risk” sports like tennis, baseball, cross country, swimming and golf will be allowed, but “medium” and “high” risk sports, including football, wrestling, soccer and competitive cheering will not be allowed. The governor’s office released a list of sports ranked in terms of their risk for COVID-19 transmittal.

During his coronavirus update last Wednesday, Gov. Pritzker explained,

This isn’t news that anyone wants to hear. But this virus remains dangerous to kids and parents and grandparents, teachers

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Posted in Illinois Politics | Tagged CDC, COVID–19, JB Pritzker, lock-down, mental health, overdose, Robert Redfield, teen suicide, Youth sports | Comments Off

The “Trans” Nightmares of Children We Don’t Want to Hear

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Benjamin D. Smith

Here are just two of the countless unbearable stories of sorrow and regret that the mainstream press doesn’t want to tell. Here are just two of the many nightmarish stories that “gender therapists,” cosmetic surgeons, urologists, endocrinologists, pharmaceutical companies, and vocal coaches who profit from the confusion of children don’t want you to hear. Here are the accounts of bone-deep anguish from young people who feel betrayed by adults who facilitated the chemical and surgical ravaging of their once whole and healthy bodies:...

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged children, detransitioners, detransitioning, medicine, mental health, nightmare, stories, Tom Morrison, transgenderism, transitioning | Comments Off

What You Need to Know About Medical Abortion and Abortion Reversal

Posted on April 6, 2018 by David E Smith

[Last] month Governor Butch Otter signed a law making Idaho the fifth state to mandate that women getting a medical (drug-induced) abortion be told that the abortion may possibly be stopped after the first dose if the woman changes her mind about having the abortion. This abortion reversal process involves taking the hormone progesterone to counteract the first abortion drug mifepristone and before taking the second drug misoprostol 36-72 hours later that causes expulsion of the unborn baby.

Posted in Sanctity of Life | Tagged Abortion, Butch Otter, medical ethics, mental health, nursing, Planned Parenthood | Comments Off