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In an age where it is chic to be “politically correct,"
animal activists have emerged far and wide. The once ingeniously brilliant What
Becomes A Legend Most? Blackglama
advertising campaign which highlighted many Hollywood legends such as: Sofia
Loren, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Audrey
Hepburn, Catherine Denuve, Diana Ross and more is now considered contemptuous by
many today.
Why?
Because The American Legend Cooperative is the exclusive
marketer of the world’s finest ranch raised mink in the world.
In 2005, Elle Macpherson of Elle Magazine, tried to get out of a $2.3 million contract to
promote fur after receiving a threat from animal rights activists.
The then 42-year-old model, who signed on as the new
"face" of Blackglama mink in July of that year, was convinced that
she would be terrorized by anti-fur extremists.
Macpherson, a mother of two, did in fact receive a letter
from PETA vice-president Dan Matthews, warning that she would become a
"target" for agreeing to promote Blackglama.
American Vogue
editor and fur supporter Anna Wintour also was a target of PETA campaigners,
who have thrust carcasses in her face.
Carcasses in her face? I guess they’ve never slipped
on a luxurious Blackglama fur before or they’d have rethought their actions….
Personally, I am as much of an animal lover as anyone; in
fact I am often the brunt of many jokes because of how I pamper my dog, Shadow.
My dog is so spoiled that I honestly don’t know if he even realizes that he is
an animal…
…but I honestly don’t think I’d ever refuse the opportunity
to own a Blackglama fur.
To quote Jerry Seinfeld, “not that anything’s wrong
with that," but I choose to keep animal rights in perspective. I am a
meat-eater and, politically correct or not, love the feel and smell of leather.
Somehow, my “guilt-level" isn’t quite as strong as is
harming our innocent unborn babies.
As a woman who has had four miscarriages and birthed one
child, I know that the unborn “fetus" is human and is not, as science puts it, a "product of
conception."
Within reason, let’s examine the nine stages of pregnancy:
The First Month: (1/2 inch, less than 1 ounce)
• The
fertilized egg attaches to the lining of the uterus. Some of these cells will
grow into a baby while other cells will form the placenta.
•
Arms and legs begin to form.
•
Brain and spinal cord begin to form.
• Heart and lungs begin to develop. The heart begins to
beat near the end of this month.
The Second Month: (1 inch, less than 1 ounce)
•
Eyelids form, but remain closed.
• The
inner ear begins to develop.
•
Bones appear.
•
Ankles, wrists, fingers, and toes form.
• The
genitals begin to develop.
By the end of the month, all major organs and body
systems have begun to develop.
The Third Month: (3-1/2 inches, just more than 1 ounce)
•
Twenty buds for future teeth appear.
• All
internal parts are formed, but are not fully developed.
•
Fingers and toes continue to grow. Soft nails begin to form.
•
Bones and muscles begin to grow.
• The
intestines begin to form.
• The
backbone is soft and can flex.
• The
skin is almost transparent.
• The
hands are more developed than the feet.
• The arms are longer than the legs.
The Fourth Month: (6–7 inches, 5 ounces)
•
Eyebrows, eyelashes, and fingernails form.
•
Arms and legs can flex.
•
External sex organs are formed.
• The skin is wrinkled and
the body is covered with a waxy coating (vernix) and fine hair (lanugo).
• The
placenta is fully formed.
• The
outer ear begins to develop.
• The
fetus can swallow and hear.
• The
neck is formed.
• Kidneys are functioning and begin to produce urine.
The Fifth Month: (10 inches, 1/2–1 pound)
• The sucking reflex develops. If the hand floats to the
mouth, the fetus may suck his or her thumb.
• He or she is more active. You may be able to feel him or
her move.
• The fetus sleeps and wakes regularly.
• Nails grow to the tips of the fingers.
•
Gall bladder begins producing bile, which is needed to digest nutrients.
• In
girls, all her eggs have formed in the ovaries.
• In boys, the testicles begin to descend from the abdomen
into the scrotum.
The Sixth Month: (12 inches, 1 to 1-1/2 pounds)
• Real hair begins to grow.
• The brain is rapidly
developing.
• The eyes begin to open.
• Finger and toe prints can
be seen.
• The lungs are fully
formed, but not yet functioning.
The Seventh Month: (14 inches, 2 to 2-1/2 pounds)
• The eyes can open and
close and sense changes in light.
• Lanugo begins to
disappear.
• The fetus kicks and
stretches.
• The fetus can make
grasping motions and responds to sound.
The Eighth Month:
(18 inches, 5 pounds)
• With its major development finished, the fetus
gains weight very quickly.
• Bones harden, but the skull remains soft and
flexible for delivery.
• The different regions of the brain are forming.
• Taste buds develop and the fetus can taste sweet
and sour.
• The fetus may now hic-cup.
The Ninth Month: (20 inches, 6–9 pounds)
• The fetus usually turns
into a head-down position for birth.
• The skin is less wrinkled.
• The lungs mature and are
ready to function on their own.
• Sleeping patterns
develop.
• The fetus will gain about
½ pound per week during this month.
Every unborn child has rights; why on earth is saving a baby
not “politically correct?"
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Prayer for the Unborn Child
Almighty God, our Father,
You who have given us life
And intended us to have it forever,
Grant us your blessings.
Enlighten our minds to an awareness
And to a renewed conviction
That all human life is sacred
Because it is created
in your image and likeness. |
