There is a recent surge of young girls who are wards of the state, residing in or under the aegis of Catholic organizations like Vista Maria, who are getting pregnant and having babies. Not only is the State of Michigan not reporting these pregnancies, the state is not providing services for the second generation of children being born in its care.
The reason a state, as this is not exclusive to Michigan, is not reporting pregnancies of foster girls, or we can take it a step further and not acknowledging in a court of law the father of the child, is due to the fact that it does not, or rather, is not mandated by federal law to report pregnancies of foster children.
The new crop of babies will go under a removal order with its statistics being sent up as abuse and neglect.
That is correct. These foster children do not receive any sex education. These foster children do not receive any access to protection. There is no place for foster children to even report sexual abuse because the state does not report it.
To fault the behavior of a youth who has suffered under a child welfare system so financially corrupt is not very compassionate.
So the question I pose to you is this: "Who holds the parent accountable for abuse and neglect when the state is the parent?"
"Who will hold the Roman Catholic Church accountable for abuse and neglect of children under their care paid for by taxpayers?"
Masses protest in Detroit, say health care law's change in birth control mandate not enough
More than 1,000 protesters rallied outside the federal building in Detroit on Friday to oppose the Obama administration's contraception mandate, saying their religious freedom is under attack.
The rally, organized by Catholic leaders, was one of 13 in cities across Michigan and more than 140 others across the U.S.
"Christians ... are a majority in this country," Teresa Tomeo, a Catholic author from St. Clair Shores, told the crowd. "We don't want this mandate."
The protesters, many holding signs that read "Stop Obama's HHS Mandate," listened to a range of speakers, from professors to a Catholic bishop to Protestant pastors.
"We will not comply," Professor Mary Healy of Sacred Heart Major Seminary said as the crowd cheered.
Healy said under the mandate, people could be forced to indirectly pay for "gourmet contraceptives" that give women "their choice of a sexually promiscuous lifestyle."
Catholic leaders say using contraception is morally wrong; under the mandate, most employers would be required to provide some sort of contraception coverage.
After an uproar, the White House modified the plan so that insurance companies, not religious employers, would pay for the contraception. But some religious groups say the change doesn't go far enough.
"We're on God's side," said Bishop Ira Combs, a Protestant leader from Jackson.
Quoting from the Bible and citing history, speakers said Christians were under attack by the government.
The president of Madonna University, Sister Rose Marie Kujawa, told the crowd that "the right to religious freedom is being ignored."
Auxiliary Bishop Michael Byrnes of the Archdiocese of Detroit said: "The purpose of freedom ... (is) for the pursuit of Christian excellence."
He also said people should "use our sexual powers for the building up of marriage and for the procreation of children."
A couple of counter-protesters were at the demonstration, holding up signs that read: "Catholic in support of the HHS mandate" and "Fund Church communities, not lawsuits," referring to the closing of Catholic parishes and lawsuits that Catholic groups have filed against the Obama administration over the mandate.
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