Gloria Steinem: Killing My Baby in Abortion “Allowed Me to Live My Life”

lifenews.com ^ | Katie Yoder Nov 4, 2015

[Morgana]

Gloria Steinem doesn’t have her facts straight, but don’t expect the media to call her out on it.

On Tuesday, feminist activist Gloria Steinem appeared as a guest on PBS’ Tavis Smiley. During the show, Steinem praised abortion for giving her “my life” and bashed the controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood’s practice of aborted baby parts. She blamed the “attack” on Planned Parenthood on everything from the “ultra-right wing” to “patriarchy” and a “long-term racist system.”

Host Tavis Smiley hailed Steinem as a “feminist icon” and “renowned social activist” before asking about her newly published book, My Life on the Road.

From the beginning of the interview, Steinem recalled her own abortion as a young woman. Her life depended on the death of her unborn baby, she said – albeit phrased a bit differently.

“It gave me my life,” she insisted of the abortion. “I mean, I wouldn’t have been able to live my life otherwise.”

Her story prompted Smiley to ask about the Planned Parenthood controversy following the videos released by the Center for Medical Progress. “What you make all these years later then, of what many regard as an attack on Planned Parenthood?” he wanted to know.

Steinem began by praising Planned Parenthood as “the single-most-popular supported organization” in the United States because “it has helped so, so, so many people.”

“Something like one in five,” she added (according to Planned Parenthood’s own numbers, that’s actually one in five women).

Besides, Steinem continued, with Planned Parenthood, “only about 1% of what they do has anything to do with abortion.”

That stat was wrong too, according to Planned Parenthood’s numbers. Planned Parenthood lists abortion as 3% of total services. According to a Washington Post fact-checker, that number is misleadingly low.

Steinem’s claims only got worse, as she “explained” what inspired the recent “attack” on Planned Parenthood after videos revealed its practice with aborted baby parts.

“[The attack] is part of an ultra right-wing attempt to restore the basis of patriarchy or a male-dominant system and the necessity of a long-term racist system which is controlling reproduction,” she began. “And to control reproduction, you have to control the bodies of women.”

Because the criticism of Planned Parenthood could never be about what the pro-life movement says it is: saving unborn lives from death and ghoulish desecration.

What’s more, she demanded, women have every right to take over the world from men through reproduction. Steinem continued:

“So there is a huge backlash against what is a majority opinion in this country that this is an individual human right. It’s part of bodily integrity. The government shouldn’t intervene. Politicians don’t make this decision. But there are people on the other side who firmly believe the contrary and that this is – and it is, in fact – the beginning of the hierarchy they believe in.”

Smiley chimed in again to ask Steinem about the “debates about reproductive freedom and about women’s rights” led in “our body politic by men to begin with.”

(At least she didn’t reiterate how the pope caused global warming by “forcing women to have children.”)

Steinem again pointed to “authority” and “control” tied-in with democracy and nationalism.

“So the question is, who controls a woman’s body? Herself, which seems to me a requisite of it’s a basic human right. It’s a requisite of democracy. But without controlling reproduction, you lose control of nationalism, which has two pillars, which is territory and population. You lose the ability to decide how many workers, how many soldiers, what class, what race and so on.”

On abortion, Steinem concluded that “it’s helpful to realize that we are not dealing with human nature here,” but with a “political system.”

And, you know, human lives, Ms. Steinem. Freedom based on the destruction of others’ liberty isn’t freedom at all.

[Morgana]

What exactly has Miss Steinem done with her life that was so great she had to kill her baby for it?

[Calpublican]

Well, now that she puts it that way, I guess it’s alright.

[Politicalkiddo]

I’m sure many women have killed their husbands (and vice-versa) so that they could “live their lives”. That is not a justifiable reason for homicide.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Imagine having that malignant narcissist for a mother. However, on Judgment Day, her argument ain’t gonna cut it.

[Robwin]

Sad. This statement shows there is a deep inhumaneness that lies at the core of Ms Steinem’s being.

[American in Israel]

Child sacrifice on the altar of wealth. And now as her life comes to a close, she will pay an eternal price.

[TigersEye]

Yet if she had had her baby two people could have lived their lives.

[PGalt]

LIFE

it’s much bigger than you - and

me
me
me

[beethovenfan]

Ultimate self-centeredness.

[PGR88]

You are inconvenient to me - so I will kill you. That even goes beyond exploitation.

At least slaves had economic value.

[Rusty0604]

If you watch ID TV you know that’s true.

[Rusty0604]

Yes, I was thinking that I hope she really enjoyed this life because the next one may not be so great for her.

[goodnesswins]

How sick you have to be to publicly state this...aND for the reason she admits...women get abortions for many reasons...some very desperate...some convenience. ..some panic...etc...but to be proud of it seems sick

[Enterprise]

What she said can be interpreted to mean that if she hadn’t had an abortion she would have died. Or put another way, she had someone killed so she could live.

[hoagy62]

That’s nice. Hope she also realizes she’s earned a one-way ticket straight to Hell. Unless she repents...which, barring a Red Sea-class miracle, I don’t see happening.

[Sgt_Schultze]

For fifty fleeting years on earth, she traded an eternity paying for her transgressions. I hope the harlotry was exciting.

[Politicalkiddo]

I watch all sorts of real life crime show stories. Forensic stuff and stalker shows are my favorite.

[dp0622]

As long as SHE got HER life back. The baby’s life didn’t turn out so great. Pig.

You see, these are the NEW important words and phrases in America.

I, ME, MINE, GIVE ME and many more.

[Vesparado]

Why is this limited to human life in the womb? There are other times when a child can really interfere with living -— the “terrible 2’s” and teenage years come to mind particularly. Shouldn’t we be allowed to whack ‘em at any point up until they pay taxes (thus becoming of value to the State) or can no longer be covered by our health insurance?

[Rusty0604]

Yes, I’m an ID addict. I used to think Hollywood and crime authors had big imaginations until I started watching true crime and found out that most of their stuff comes from it. Hard to believe some humans can be so evil.