Woman Tells John Kerry She Regrets Her Abortion, Staffer Destroys Her Sign

LifeNews.com ^ | March 12, 2004 | Steven Ertelt

[WildReeling]

Tampa, FL (LifeNews.com) -- As the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Senator John Kerry backs abortion. But a woman in Florida who wanted Kerry to know she regretted her abortion says she is glad he saw a sign she carried at a recent campaign event -- even though his staff tore it up afterwards.

After watching the nightly news, Rebecca Porter had a dream envisioning herself letting Kerry know she had an abortion and regretted her decision.

Porter told LifeNews.com that she and a friend went to an event the Kerry campaign had scheduled in Tampa. She brought along a sign that simply read, "My abortion hurt me."

She hoped Kerry would see it, but knowing only a limited number of people were being allowed inside the event, her best prospects were to show it those attending.

"I almost didn't go because doubt and fear was beginning to set in," Porter said. "But I went to hold my sign for the people walking in. I did not go as a Bush supporter or as a Republican, but as a woman hurt by abortion."

Dozens of people walked by and saw her sign.

Some looked away. Wives talked with their husbands. Friends whispered to each other in hushed tones after passing by.

Other came to talk with her and Cindy, but few had anything negative to say.

Porter tells LifeNews.com that one detractor told her he wished the abortion had killed her. His wife elbowed him in the stomach afterwards.

"There was no protest. We were not there to say anything. Just to let our signs speak for us -- and they did, powerfully," Porter, the Florida director of the Operation Outcry Silent No More, said.

The two women were finally able to go inside the event and stand at the back of the crowd. As Kerry finished his speech, he closed by saying he would guarantee that "women would have the right to choose" abortion.

Not long after, Porter made her way to an area where Kerry was shaking hands with a large group of people. She eventually found herself exactly where she hoped she would be -- a few feet away from the man some hope will be the next president.

She held up her sign...

[WildReeling]

This is outrageous.

Katholic Kerry strikes again (Katholic as in Kennedy and ....well, Kerry)

It would be bad enough it was just any pro-life sign...but this was a pro-abortive woman, taking a stand for what she knows so that others might not suffer...exposing her pain - and the Kerry campaing literally trampled her statement.

He doesn't just advocate abortion anymore - if you've had one, Kerry thinks you should like it, too!

[WildReeling]

This has all the makings of an email urban legend....spread the word!

[Saundra Duffy]

I couldn't read the rest of the article for some reason. What happened? She held up her sign and then what?

Gutsy woman. Thank God for her courage. She has done a wonderful service on behalf of women and babies.

[Darksheare]

"You can't have that sign here," the Kerry staffer said.

The sign tore and Porter let go. After he had possession of it, the Kerry staffer "tore it to pieces" and walked away. "He wouldn't even let me have the pieces," Porter said.

"You can't have Free Speech here," the Kerry staffer said. -Corrected wording.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

She brought along a sign that simply read, "My abortion hurt me."

Had she shown the sign to John Edwards, he probably would have suggested that she sue the anesthesiologoist.

[bigpete_53]

Read the rest of the story here...

http://www.lifenews.com/nat378.html

[Brad’s Gramma]

http://www.lifenews.com/nat378.html

Try that. :-)

[stayathomemom]

Looks like they performed a sign abortion to get rid of that inconvenient sign.

[Darksheare]

Kerry looked up to shake someone's hand, and saw her sign.
He apparently had a staffer go and speak to her.
the staffer grabbed her sign and it began to tear, she let go, the staffer tore it to tiny bits and wouldn't even hand back the bits.
The staffer told her "You can't have that sign here."
In other words, "You can't have free speech here."

[Enterprise]

Any chance this incident was caught on film?

[nmh]

"Then it happened," Porter explains. "He reached up to shake a hand in the back and his eyes went up to my sign. He read it and then he looked into the crowd to see who was holding it -- and he looked me directly in the eyes."

"I hope he saw my pain. I was not angry, just pleading with him to understand. You could see the shock and surprise on his face," Porter said.

But within seconds, a Kerry campaign staff member approached Porter and grabbed her sign.

"You can't have that sign here," the Kerry staffer said.

The sign tore and Porter let go. After he had possession of it, the Kerry staffer "tore it to pieces" and walked away. "He wouldn't even let me have the pieces," Porter said.

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I really like how tolerant liberals are of a view different than their own. There is NO tolerance. They also gravitate toward evil.

[WOSG]

"Porter tells LifeNews.com that one detractor told her he wished the abortion had killed her. His wife elbowed him in the stomach afterwards. "

Whoa... that is just sick.

[WildReeling]

excerpted link is right after the elipses in the original post...

but thanks for making it more obvious, for those who miss it :)

[Howie66]

When it comes to a lack od class and dignity, Hanoi John Effin Kerry leads the pack. I've noticed that those that support this French-looking Vietnam Veteran War Hero tend to be the same in their demeanor. Gutless, spineless, lacking in any redeming social graces whatsoever. It seems as though Mr. Kerry brings out the absolute worst in people.

[Saundra Duffy]

"I was not upset. I felt like I had done what the Lord had wanted me to accomplish," she says. "I hope [Kerry will] remember my sign and my pain in my eyes. I know there were many people laying in their beds that night thinking about their abortions."

This part brought tears to my eyes. I love this woman. Thanks for posting the link to the story.

[Saundra Duffy]

The pro abortion crowd - sick puppies!

[PhilDragoo]

"It makes me nostalgic for my swift boat in Vietnam," Kerry remarked.

"One of the high moments was tearing up a mother and child with .50 cal. rounds," the senator added.

"Yes, that definitely hurt, while this woman and her sign, well, she can be [expletive deleted] grateful she didn't run across the most trigger-happy swift boat skipper war criminal murdering rapist in the Southeast Asian theater."

When told his microphone was switched on, the presumed Democrat presidential candidate hotly complained, "I expect this kind of [expletive deleted] from the Republican attack machine."

[Enterprise]

"Porter tells LifeNews.com that one detractor told her he wished the abortion had killed her."

Oh, it's just another compassionate RAT.

[moonman]

Thanks for the post.

[Brad’s Gramma]

She did what was right. Will Kerry think twice about it? Nope.