Posted on 01/29/2015 7:40:51 PM PST by Morgana
The abortion lobby has taken note of Pro-Life Action Leagues mailer project and doesnt like it.
On January 22, the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Courts Roe v Wade decision, the League sent a mailer to every abortion clinic in the U.S.
Inside was a pair of plastic handcuffs, a photo of Oklahoma City abortionist Naresh Patel being arrested last month, and a note asking, Could you be next?
The note encouraged abortion workers to get out of the business for their own good and included PLALs Eric Scheidlers personal cell phone number.
The list of abortionists and workers who have been arrested in the past four decades since abortion was been legal and supposedly moved off the back alley is as long as the reasons: extortion, tax evasion, sex abuse, drug abuse, illegally prescribing and selling drugs, murder, negligence, on and on. criminality.
And it makes sense. Those in the business of killing babies for a living have already demonstrated rather gaping character flaws. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to conclude theyll commit other crimes.
But abortion proponents are up in arms. Quoting Planned Parenthood executive VP Dawn Laguens from a Cosmopolitan article devoted to the mailer:
I think it reads like what it is: intimidation and harassment and a very implied threat, she said. Abortion opponents want to outlaw abortion and put women and doctors in jail. I think theyre sending about as clear a message as they can that thats exactly what they want to do.
How PLALs mailer could be construed as a threat to lock up women is a stretch, but Cosmo wasnt alone. Kudos to BreitbartUnmasked.com for adding an illustration for flourish .
leftinalabama.com saw menace in the mailer as well, also accusing PLAL of supporting Chinas one-child policy by buying Chinese-manufactured handcuffs really.
I asked Scheidler, why all the attention? Its not as if pro-life activists havent done similar mailings before.
One reason is they think it makes us look like were trying to intimidate someone, said Scheidler. But if you think about it for more than a second toy handcuffs and a signed letter including a personal cell number a threat of what? If youre committing crimes and I know about it, then I am going to turn you into the police; thats not a threat.
We just laugh, said Scheidler.
But PLALs mailer also hit close to home.
I think they have a guilty conscience, noted Scheidler. Arrests like that of Naresh Patel put them in such a bad light. It exposes them for who they are. It has been really surprising to have two abortion providers actually call me as a result of the mailer a pro-life activist to try to justify what theyre doing.
One, Anise Burrell from Summit Medical Center in Detroit, argued with Scheidler on the phone for 10 minutes.
She kept repeating, This is an ugly cruel world she was sparing children from being born into, said Scheidler.
Abortion industry types know mailers such as PLALs may have the intended impact and prompt abortionists and workers to walk away. Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards tried to mitigate the damage in a tweet
Scheidler has indeed received calls and texts from workers wanting out.
But there is a flip side.
Ive received countless crank calls and crank texts, noted Scheidler, adding someone complained to Facebook about him yesterday, which led to his account being suspended for three hours.
Then there are real the real harassers.
“Gaping character flaws”?? How about “sold their souls to Satan.”
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