Abortion Advocates Struggle to Find Marchers, Look to Celebs for Help

LifeNews.com ^ | April 13, 2004 | by Steven Ertelt

[Artist]

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Pro-abortion groups are having a tough time finding enough abortion advocates across the country to attend their national march that will be held in less than two weeks. To get more people to the event, they have enlisted the support of top Hollywood celebrities to help them.

Leading groups like Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and the ACLU have spent over a year touting the April 25 march, but are now relying on leading television and movie stars and pop music icons to get more people to the nation's capital.

More than 100 celebrities have signed up to lend their endorsement to the pro-abortion march. Others will attend in person.

The list ranges from musicians such as Christina Aguilera, Lisa Loeb, and Ashley Judd to actors such as Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, and Alec Baldwin and other notables like Ted Turner, Cindy Crawford, and Jane Fonda.

"The right to decide when or whether to have a child is a fundamental human right," said actress Helen Hunt. She decried the cuts in taxpayer-funded abortions President Bush has put in place by reissuing the Mexico City Policy.

"It's important that all Americans stand up for their rights and the rights of all women worldwide," adds LisaGay Hamilton, actress in ABC's drama "The Practice."

Meanwhile, Bradley Whitford, an actor from the NBC political drama "West Wing," plans to attend the event in person.

"My message to the politicians will be simple: Enough is enough. We have the right to make our own deeply felt, deeply moral decisions," Whitford said.

But not all celebrities back abortion. Others say women deserve better than abortion.

Two-time Emmy award winning actress Patricia Heaton, a star on the hit comedy series "Everybody Loves Raymond," is unabashedly pro-woman and pro-life.

Heaton, who has been the honorary co-chair of Feminists for Life since 1998 believes it is better to "make the system conform to what is best for you and your baby instead of making the baby go away to conform to what is best for the system."

She decries groups like Planned Parenthood and NARAL who make it appear that abortion is preferential to motherhood.

"Even though we are a very baby-friendly environment, I still think that there's a lot of feeling out there that [mothers have] second-class status in society," Heaton said.

Kathy Ireland, the first "supermodel," agrees that the rights of women and unborn children can go hand in hand.

"I'm liberal about the rights of the unborn child," Ireland explained. "I'm [also] a person who always has and always will fight for the rights of women."

Ireland says that once she realized the humanity of the unborn, she could no longer take a pro-choice position. "From the moment of conception, a new life comes into being with a complete genetic blueprint. The sex is determined. The blood type is determined. It doesn't start out as one species and suddenly become a human being."

The coalition of Hollywood celebrities backing the pro-abortion March includes:

Margie Adam
Christina Aguilera
Jennifer Aniston
Curtis Armstrong
Elaine Aronson
Bea Arthur
Ed Asner
Kevin Bacon
Alec Baldwin
William Baldwin
Meredith Baxter
Shari Belafonte
Maria Bello
Polly Bergen
Thora Birch
Amy Brenneman
Betty Buckley
Jessica Capshaw
Lynda Carter
Stockard Channing
Jill Clayburgh
Kate Clinton
Glenn Close
Cindy Crawford
Sheryl Crow
Alan Cumming
Tyne Daly
Blythe Danner
Kristin Davis
Ossie Davis
Dana Delany
Laura Dern
Ellen DeGeneres
Ani DiFranco
Illeana Douglas
Denise Dowse
Fran Drescher
Kirsten Dunst
David Eigenberg
Hector Elizondo
Emme
Eve Ensler
Giancarlo Esposito
Melissa Etheridge
Morgan Fairchild
Edie Falco
Frances Fisher
Calista Flockhart
Jane Fonda
Bonnie Franklin
Janeane Garofalo
Ana Gasteyer
Indigo Girls
Annabeth Gish
Whoopi Goldberg
Lauren Graham
Maggie Gyllenhaal
LisaGay Hamilton
Ben Harper
Ed Harris
Salma Hayek
Marg Helgenberger
Isabella Hofmann
Helen Hunt
Amy Jo Johnson
Kathryn Joosten
Ashley Judd
Catherine Keener
Carole King
Swoosie Kurt
Christine Lahti
Sanaa Lathan
Sharon Lawrence
Lisa Loeb
Amy Madigan
Natalie Maines
Wendie Malick
Joshua Malina
Camryn Manheim
Frances McDormand
Ewan McGregor
Marilyn McIntyre
Sarah McLachlan
Moby
Demi Moore
Julianne Moore
Alanis Morissette
Kathy Najimy
Alyson Palmer
Joe Pantoliano
Mary-Louise Parker
Adrian Pasdar
Pink
Martha Plimpton
Doris Roberts
Paul Rudd
Susan Sarandon
Campbell Scott
Kyra Sedgwick
Martin Sheen
Cybill Shepherd
SONiA
Fisher Stevens
Gloria Steinem
Julia Stiles
Corky and Mike Stoller
Sharon Stone
Amber Tamblyn
Mary Testa
Charlize Theron
Uma Thurman
Heather Tom
Stanley Tucci
Kathleen Turner
Ted Turner
Sarah Weddington
Audrey Wells
Bradley Whitford
Alfre Woodard
Thom Yorke
Amy Ziff
Elizabeth Ziff

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"...We have the right to make our own deeply felt, deeply moral decisions," Whitford said..."

What a crock of crap! The "experts" and paragons of moral virtue in whorellyweird are attempting to preach to us? They know NOTHING about morality, except how do circumvent it. Surpising about Cindy Crawford. She seemed to be a good mother figure, what with the commercials that includes her kids. You never know do you?

If anyone on the pro-murder list wants to lead by example, they can offer THEMSELVES up for a very late term abortion. Do so on a pay-per-view event so as to make one last truck of bucks. They make me sick!

[TightyRighty]

I'm continually amazed at women who have babies and still support abortion. If you can look at your baby and still believe in abortion - then you are depraved.

[whereasandsoforth]

Patricia Heaton is doing Albertson's commercials. I wrote the food store chain and told them how much I appreciate their choice of Miss Heaton to represent their company (and why). More letters could help give her a boost.

But I sit here without a link or address. I'll be back...

[Kuksool]

What a list of "has-beens".

[Corporate Law]

Here it is: Albertsons Comments

Unfortunately, no Albertsons here to patronize.

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"It's important that all Americans stand up for their rights and the rights of all women worldwide," adds LisaGay Hamilton, actress in ABC's drama "The Practice."

Children under the age of 18 are not "women".

And do people still name their kids stuff like LisaGay???

[Artist]

"Geesh, what a total disappointment."

Absolutely. She's never stopped backing the pro-abortion agenda.

[Artist]

"Well, at least I can take comfort in Kathy Ireland."

That's gotta be quite a comfort. :^)

[maryz]

Pro-abortion groups are having a tough time finding enough abortion advocates across the country to attend their national march that will be held in less than two weeks.

James Taranto of "Best of the Web Today" on OpinionJournal.com keeps mentioning unintended consequences -- what he calls "the Roe effect," i.e., women who believe in abortion are naturally more likely to have abortions than women who don't, so each year a greater proportion of children will be brought up by anti-abortion mothers than pro-abortion. (He postulated that that was where all the young people who should have gone for Howard Dean were when they didn't show up in the numbers expected: they weren't born!)

[Artist]

"I don't think any of the names surprised me..."

I was surprised by Ashley Judd. I'd bet her mom and sister (Naomi and Wynonna) aren't in the pro-abortion camp. They both choose life when faced with pregnancies outside of marriage. If Naomi hadn't, there wouldn't be any Wynonna.

While Jennifer Anniston was listed, I was glad to see that Courtney Cox and Lisa Kudrow were not. I'm sure they were asked. Jennifer sure doesn't seem so cute and funny anymore.

[Artist]

"Patricia Heaton is a real class act. She's not afraid to have her pro-life convictions be public knowledge."

I'll second that! She's great.

[Artist]

"I am only sorry that I was not home when they called so that I could voice my opinion to them personally."

They've never called me. I'd love to give them an earful too.

[Hillary's Folly]

Now that I know Paul Rudd and Stanley Tucci are pro-abortion, I've decided to change my long-held beliefs and join the fight to ensure that the fundamental right of a woman to have sex without consequence is now and forever preserved. Thank you Stanley. Thank you Paul.

[Artist]

That was funny. Mean, but funny.

[Corporate Law]

Her comment about Clinton in her autobiography was worth the price of the book alone.

[Artist]

"I've never heard of the vast majority of people on the list, and I'm not surprised at any of those who I have heard of."

Yeah, I'm surprised at some of the names that are missing. Glenn Close and Demi Moore are regulars....as is Whoopi. In her biography she says she can't even remember how many abortions she's had.

[Skooz]

I am surprised to see Lynda Carter on that list. She became a born again Christian about 20 years or so ago.

I will have to have to hire an accountant to keep track of all the celebs I am boycotting.

[Artist]

"Her comment about Clinton in her autobiography was worth the price of the book alone."

I haven't heard it. Do you remember the gist of it?

BTW, thanks for the Albertson's link.

[TontoKowalski]

In her biography she (Whoopi Goldberg) says she can't even remember how many abortions she's had.

That is the most depraved thing I've ever heard coming from a celebrity. And that's saying a lot.

[Artist]

"I will have to have to hire an accountant to keep track of all the celebs I am boycotting."

The list is rather extensive, isn't it? It's not entertaining for many people to watch pro-aborts.