See:http://liveaction.org/index.php/projects/rosaacuna/104

My point is we are looking at this the wrong way, the truth is abortions happen. No one is “for” aborting pregnancies, so your argument as to whether or not they are “bad” is a moot point. Make this an issue of whether or not you support promoting safe sex, and safe abortions, because they both will happen regularly, with or without funding to courageous groups such as the IPPF. If you pull funding from this group men won’t stop pressuring women abusively, AIDS won’t stop spreading from unprotected sex, and people will not stop aborting pregnancies.

Finally, saying that the IPPF supports the, “…murder of unborn children, they’re getting filthy rich doing it.” Is entirely misguided and serves to misinform people looking to be truly educated on this very complicated issue.

You can attempt to nullify religion, but you cannot nullify science, because when you do you lose all credibility.

Also, name calling does you no good either, because it shows your lack of intelligence and that you are incapable of debate and understanding how democracy works.

As Brutus said, “Science Bless you”, but make sure you respect science.

Plenty of faith based organizations taking part in this field are actually promoting abstinence until marriage, in Africa! Cultural ignorance directly effecting the spread of AIDS. Programs such as the IPPF, however are taking a better approach. (Although plenty of faith based organizations in Africa also do a great deal of awesome humanitarian work, for this I give credit.)

The fact that some people on this message board can come to conclusions that represent Chris Stoicheff or any other supporter of funding the IPPF as having a lesser value of life is way off base. Chris and those that agree with him, (those that aren’t highjacking the poll connected to this article) support maintaining funding, and opposing Brad Trost because it is the right thing to do.

Dear “pro-lifers”
What is imperative to understand, is that “not agreeing with abortions” shouldn’t lead anyone with such a high value of life to support pulling funding from the IPPF. You’ve been misguided by Mr. Trost and other interest groups. You have demonstrated through the poll on this site that you have a great deal of power with your votes, and I suggest you use those votes more wisely, not as a knee-jerk reaction. (Because you know who liked knee-jerk reactions? Hitler. And the Nazis. and Stalin. and Mao. And Darth Vader. and Dr. Claw. and any other evil vilian I can mention to scare you and be melodramatic with through mentioning. kidding.)

While I was expecting my daughter my doctor referred to an unborn child as “a parasite”.
I immediately changed “doctors” and since then I’ve heard of many women who’s babies died while he was delivering them.

Coincidence…. I think not.

There is little doubt that the IPPF has in fact prevented the transmition of AIDS simply by providing condoms. The catholic church has promoted a failed policy of “dont have sex before your married” and has done very little to stop people from having sex anyway. EPIC FAIL

sure the bible says not to kill but i have a tapeworm growing in my lower intestine. its a life growing inside me. but in the long run it will only damage my own. so abort that parasite and live a life without fear of reprisal from God. morality is subjective, deal with it.

Therin lies the problem. Often it is men who are making these decisions for women and pushing women into something they really don’t want to do. I know, it happened to me.

At the time of the abortion in June, 2003, 6 years ago, (my son would be 5 now) abortion headlines were on the news because it was some anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, I was praying that by some miracle they would outlaw abortion thus taking the decision out of my hands (the father’s in actuality) but that was not to be.

Now I just try to live with “My” decision. When I went for counselling the psychiatrist told me point blank I had killed my child and prescribed anti-depressant’s. They don’t work.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
~Abraham Lincoln

If the Sheaf wants to print this in their letters section go ahead, these people need to grow up.

Who do you think put you through your school years if not “tax dollars”? But then in turn you don’t want to contribute… just take?

2) You criticize Mr. Stoicheff and the rest of the USSU Executive – who are student politicians – for supporting an issue that is of the utmost importance to many students. Why? Because it is not in the interest of all students, you say. Well I ask you this: what one issue exists around which every last student has formed a consensus? None. There will always be some who disagree with an issue. And in the absence of a consensus, decisions must be made. Thus is politics.

3) Many of the criticisms on here bring in the fact that ‘god’ doesn’t want people to have abortions. He said so in the bible. You are followers of the bible, and thus feel that your tax dollars should not be supporting the IPPF (which does a lot more than just abortions). However, I would fall under the category of agnostic. So I do not want my tax dollars going to catholic schools, fair? In fact, I do not have any children who are in school, so I do not want my tax dollars going to schools at all. Furthermore, I work out regularly, I eat properly, I do not engage in coitus with hookers, and I do not use heavy drugs. As a result, I have never had to go to the hospital. So I do not want my tax dollars going to the hospitals, either. Fair?

Moreover, I doubt all of you are prophets. Hence, you cannot claim to be legitimately speaking on behalf of your god. So why don’t you do what you do and go pray to your god that he might smite Mr. Stoicheff and the rest of the USSU Executive with one of his omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient lightning beams? Or maybe you could simply turn the other cheek? Either way, you should do something more productive than posting these hateful, theologian messages on the Sheaf’s message board so that I don’t have to read them and feel that I need to respond in order to show that there is some decency and reason in the world.

Science bless you.

Wake up and do something Canada before we get deeper in this culture of death.

How many of you crazies are actually students and how many of you were directed here by some anti-abortion forum?

Don’t you have somewhere else you could be, like volunteering to actually help those in the third world you are misappropriating for your cause?

“Planned Parenthood” should realize they’re doing the same.

The Students Union should aim to ensure the academic success of students in University, not involve itself in unrelated, divided issue on campus.

Where are Stoicheff’s initiatives on government funding for the UofS to keep tuition affordable, or lobbying efforts for more childcare spaces? Instead he’s actively lobbying for something unrelated to student success, and that students are ultimately divided on anyways.