Sex marketing?

by Letters Editor · July 21, 2011

From Annabel Horn, Cape Town

While praying outside a place of abortion recently, I talked to employees of the clinic who had just given a talk to one of the prestigious schools in the southern suburbs of Cape Town.

I was shocked that one of the best schools in the Cape actually invited a speaker from an abortion clinic to speak to the parents! Are other schools doing this too in the interest of �education�?

The speaker from an abortion clinic is, at the end of the day, a marketer, and the product is abortion. The language is soft and lulling: �We only �terminate� a �foetus�.� Not a baby, though science is clear that once an egg is fertilised, life has begun.

There is only a �procedure room� for what are simply �procedures�, she says. An abortuary I say. Not a �butchery�, the promoter of abortion says.

The way the private abortion clinics market to the youth is through contraception. The schools invite them in and through guidance class discussion is held. Sexual activity amongst the youth is encouraged, awareness is made of the inexpensive contraceptives available at the abortion clinic, and, well, if the contraceptives fail, then the youth is already familiar with the clinic and it becomes the place to return to.

So what can we do as parents who love our children and who love and respect life in the womb?

� If there is a speaker at your child�s school, ask what organisation they are representing. If they represent an abortion clinic, rally other parents and get the talk stopped. If it has happened already make the principal aware that you will not tolerate speeches from these organisations in the future.

� Raise your need for organisations that love life to be represented at your school. Speak out at public meetings, such as AGMs, at your school or raise it with the governing body of the school. Be courageous!

� Talk about pregnancy and let your daughter know that in the event of an unplanned pregnancy, you would be there for her, loving and supporting her. At the same time you need to explain to your male and female children that sexual activities belong in the context of marriage. We can do this even if we have made mistakes ourselves.

� Join or start prayer vigils for the protection of life in your town or city. Do these exist already? Find out where they are happening.

Let us stand up against forces which threaten to destroy our families and in love support and nurture our unborn children.