Posted on 11/13/2016 2:26:15 PM PST by Morgana
It's a remarkable photo. A woman in tears, her face contorted with anguish, apparently being comforted by a man - perhaps her boyfriend or husband? - who himself appears to be on the verge of breaking down, both their gazes set apprehensively at something happening above them, in the distance.
The caption explains what's going on: "Shock was the dominant reaction, rather than anger at what was meant to be Hillary Clinton’s presidential victory party." The pair were photographed at Clinton campaign headquarters on election night, and are presumably staring at the TV screens on which are unfolding one of the greatest political upsets in history.
But as poignant as that caption may be, it only tells half the story.
That woman? Her name is Ilyse Hogue, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, one of the country's most powerful pro-abortion lobbying groups, an organization created for precisely one purpose: to ensure that a woman and the father of her unborn baby can kill that baby at any time and for any reason whatsoever. Earlier this year, Hogue recounted to an enthusiastic crowd at a Clinton rally her own past abortion, saying that she had been “fortunate” to have received a “compassionate” abortion, and defended abortion on demand, adding, “We need Hillary Clinton.”
The man is her husband, John Neffinger.
And there, captured in remarkable vividness, is the mood of the pro-abortion movement in the wake of Trump's victory.
Everything that extremist groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood took for granted - Clinton's ascendency, the full weight of the United State's executive branch actively promoting the most extreme version of their inhuman ideology, more taxpayer funding than they would know what to do with, a Supreme Court permanently closed to the possibility of reevaluating Roe v. Wade and wholly inimical to any restriction on abortion no matter how mundane or commonsensical, the continued use of the Department of State to impose abortion, population control, and anti-family ideology on unwilling third-world nations, and on and on - all of this crumbling before their very eyes.
As Trump's election became more and more assured, Hogue told Elle Magazine that she was scrambling to catch up, admitting that she had not even read the e-mail that her staff had drafted earlier in the day in case of a Trump victory. As recently as that afternoon, a Trump victory had been literally unthinkable. "We no longer get to live under the illusion that we're going to elect people who reflect our best interest," she bemoaned. "We're going to have to take control of our own destiny and take care of each other in ways we haven't had to do for a long time. But we've done it before and we'll do it again."
Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards is not the sort of woman you're likely to find crumpled in a heap on the floor any time soon. But she tweeted out her emotions: “Let's get all these words out of the way: Devastated. Angry. Heartbroken. Outraged. Shocked. Sad. Disgusted. Ashamed. Discouraged. Exhausted. Shattered.”
One does not like even to appear to gloat in the face of another's very real sorrow. But the anger and the sorrow of Hogue and Richards are anger and sorrow at the loss of things evil and inhuman, and point to the possibility of better days ahead. Gloat, we must not, but we may indeed cautiously take heart that, for lack of a better way of putting it, the "right" people are as upset as they are.
Trump, however, remains the wildcard that he has always been. While he has pledged to be pro-life, and made some specific promises to validate his commitment, the pro-life cause received distressingly scant personal attention from him during the campaign. It is now up to us to ensure that Hogue's despair is well-merited, and that Trump takes the promised steps to defend the most defenseless among us - to ensure that the power of government is employed in its most important task: protecting the right to life of all the country's citizens.
Take a moment to sign the petition to President-Elect Trump, urging him to follow through on his pro-life promises without delay. Click here.
“saying that she had been “fortunate” to have received a “compassionate” abortion...”
A “compassionate” abortion? What’s that mean? You say “sorry about that” before you have your own child murdered?
That these two soulless ghouls and murderers are crying brings happiness to me. What malignancies they are on the unborn children.
God is in control and if a President Trump won’t stop abortion and infanticide, he will ultimately be held to stronger judgement because he is in a position of authority. Woe to these people who do not take the Bible seriously.
Thanks for the post. . .I had not seen it. Not everyone is on here 24/7.
Reports are that as Dr Mengele was preparing to pull the liver out of some unfortunate Jew...in the interest of science,of course...the person was given an anesthetic to minimize the pain.
On New York City or at Dachau compassion is a beautiful thing.
I know the search works but I had not had my coffee yet. Yes I know what time it is too. Please don’t harp on me I’m not awake until I get my coffee.
“Not everyone is on here 24/7.” - Maudeen quote.
Thank you, Maudeen. Same here. I have other work to do and
can’t stay on the computer, or on FR 24/7 either; as I’m
sure many others can’t either.
Sitting at the screen 24/7 makes people ill-tempered, it
would appear.
Oh, and these PP ghouls’ tears are balm to my soul.
Thank the Lord this abortion “business” has a chance to
be curbed.
Hillary got partial birth aborted last Tues PM.
I just have my million dollar idea...
Take the safety pins the liberals are wearing and have them made in the shape of a coat hanger. I’ll sell millions.
someone please explain what these safety pins mean...
A “compassionate” abortion? What’s that mean?
Planned Parenthood had white liberal male counselors who told Chicago’s pregnant Hispanic teens “You can’t get anymore pregnant than you already are. So now is the time to have fun.”
They had sex with the pregnant teens. They invitc teens to PP parties/fundraisers where rich older white men would pay to have sex with the Hispanic teens... which of course paid for the abortions, plus the salaries of the staff who were counseling and helping the teens.
Maybe that is what she referred to?
The safety pins are a way to show solidarity with all those infantile souls who need a safe space after Trump’s win. I considered wearing a diaper pin, but I don’t think those people are sharp enough to get the point. Pun intended.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
A compassionate abortion would have been on her mother.
It’s a remarkable photo.
If it’s so remarkable why didn’t you post it with the rant?
Shes gonna melt when she starts seeing SCOTUS picks.
Already posted 811 posts ago is like it was never posted...as of 5:51 PM CST.
The post Gestapo never sleeps. I gives them some kind of thrill to scold fellow Freepers.
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