Australian Lawmaker: Abortions May Result in Muslim Nation

A report fom the Antipodean Front courtesy of CNSNews.com:

An Australian lawmaker has set off a storm after comments tackling two subjects many consider taboo -- the country's high abortion rate and fears of a Muslim "takeover."

Citing estimates of 100,000 abortions a year, Danna Vale, a member of Prime Minister John Howard's ruling coalition, told a press conference that Australians were "aborting ourselves almost out of existence."

Vale linked the concern with worries about the growth of Australia's Muslim community.

"Growth"? Perhaps. Observant moslems don't abort or contracept. (Do the left-fascists know this? "Screw the cartoons! Wrap those people in latex!" ) You'd be surprised at how fast our population would grow if we behaved in a similar fashion.

She recalled reading a newspaper article in which an imam from a leading mosque in Sydney was quoted as saying Australia would be a Muslim nation within 50 years.

"I didn't believe him at the time, but you know when you actually look at the birthrates and when you look at the fact that we are aborting ourselves almost out of existence by 100,000 abortions every year ... you multiply that by 50 years, that's five million potential Australians we won't have here."

Asked whether Australians should therefore be concerned about abortion "in case we become a Muslim nation," Vale added: "I'm talking about the ramifications it actually has for the community and the nation we'll become in the future."

Vale and three other female lawmakers were addressing the media on their opposition to a bill on the RU486 abortion pill which has triggered emotional debate in parliament and the media.

Last week the Senate voted for the bill, which removes the responsibility for approving importation of RU486 from the government's health minister -- the current situation -- and hands it to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), a bureaucratic expert structure similar to the FDA.

If passed, the measure is expected to make it easier for women to get hold of the controversial drug, which is now effectively banned.

Some of those arguing for the change are particularly unhappy at the fact that the current health minister, Tony Abbott, is a pro-life Catholic.

One opposition Senator caused a stir during the debate by wearing a t-shirt bearing the words: "Mr. Abbott, get your rosaries off my ovaries."

Lovely.

Don't worry, kiddies. The time of these ignorant hate-filled wretches is coming to an end. We should pray for her immortal soul because we don't want anyone to burn in unquenchable Hellfire for eternity. Not even reality deniers like her.

Howard called the slogan "offensive" and said it was ironic that at a time "when everybody is being lectured about being sensitive to Muslims in our community" -- a reference to the Mohammed cartoon uproar -- a lawmaker was sneering at a Catholic devotional practice.

The debate moved Tuesday to the House of Representatives where political parties are allowing their members a rare conscience vote. The bill passed in the Senate by 17 votes, but a closer result is expected in the House.

Vale's remarks sparked controversy, with some coalition colleagues distancing themselves from them, the opposition Labor leader calling her "an authentic representative of this government's growing extremism," and Islamic leaders describing the comments as racist and xenophobic.

Does this mean that "moslem leaders" value the propect of dominating Australia more than the lives of Christian babies? That doesn't sound like The Religion Of Peace and Love I know.

I would think that all good moslems wouldwant to stop all abortions, regardless of the effect on their own political fortunes. Allah must not be too pleased with them...

...Hey, wait a minute. Maybe these guys aren't good moslems at all. Maybe they are just using their religion as cover for some serious sinning they are doing while everyone concentrates on not offending them!

How Kennedyesque!

While the "us" and "them" implication, "Australians" versus Muslims, was the most sensitive element of what local media described as a "gaffe," available statistics do bear out some of Vale's concerns.

Although a huge country, Australia has a population of just 20.4 million, and about 250,000 children are born each year. A further 100,000 pregnancies end in abortion.

Australia's total fertility rate (TFR) has dropped from 3.5 in 1961 to 1.7 in 2005. (TFR is the average number of babies born to women during the reproductive years of 15-44.)

The Australian Bureau of Statistics projects that by the middle of the century, the total population will be somewhere between 24.9 and 33.4 million, depending on differing assumptions regarding fertility rates, migration levels and life expectancy.