Pro-Life Actress Patricia Heaton Challenges Pro-Abortion Marchers

LifeNews.com ^ | April 22, 2004 | Steven Ertelt

[nickcarraway]

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Unlike many of her Hollywood friends, two-time Emmy winner Patricia Heaton, star of the hit comedy series "Everybody Loves Raymond," won't be attending Sunday's pro-abortion march in Washington.

"Many of the celebrities on the list are my friends," Heaton explained, "but when it comes to championing abortion, we go our separate ways."

"I find it impossible to subscribe to a philosophy that believes that the destruction of human life is a legitimate solution to a problem that is mostly social, economic and psychological," said Heaton. "In reality, most women 'choose' abortion because they believe they have no other choice."

Looking to bolster the number of march participants, abortion advocates have recruited a litany of pro-abortion celebrities to pump their cause.

The list ranges from musicians such as Christina Aguilera, Lisa Loeb, and Ashley Judd to actors such as Jennifer Aniston, Helen Hunt, and Lynda Carter and other notables like Ellen DeGeneres, Emme, Cindy Crawford, and Jane Fonda.

According to recent polls, the pro-abortion women celebrities don't represent the majority of women.

A September 2003 poll conducted by the Polling Company found 54 percent of women selected one of three different pro-life views opposing all or almost all abortions. Only 39 percent backed abortion.

The results are similar to those found in a poll conducted by a pro-abortion group.

In June, the Center for the Advancement of Women released the results of a poll showing that 51 percent of women took a pro-life position. Their poll also found that keeping abortion legal was the next to last most important priority for women as compared with other public policy issues.

Heaton is not surprised by such polling, saying that women often turn to abortion because of a lack of practical resources and emotional support. Many women who have had abortions report that they felt abandoned, or even coerced into abortion.

"Women who experience unplanned pregnancy also deserve unplanned joy," said Heaton, who believes abortion is evidence that society has failed to meet the real needs of women.

Marchers say, "We won't go back." Heaton responds, "If it is up to march organizers, we won't move forward either. It's time to raise the bar, not protect the status quo. Every woman deserves better than abortion, and every child deserves a chance at life."

Heaton is the honorary chairwoman of Feminists for Life, a pro-woman, pro-life group that works to find solutions to abortion that affirm the dignity of women.

"Being a mother is one of the most rewarding experiences of my life," Heaton concludes. "As a member of Feminists for Life, I want to share the joy of motherhood with other women, to enable women to make life-affirming choices for themselves and their children, and to elevate our society's perception of mothers."

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

Related web sites:

Feminists for Life - http://www.feministsforlife.org

[RedMonqey]

My thoughts exactly... Truly pathetic.


When was the last time ANY of these people had ANY movie, song, book, etc. on the Top Ten lists...

I guess their t.v. is broken in their retirement homes.

[Woahhs]

Most people's reasoning....I would never have an abortion, BUT I would never want to tell someone else what they should do. Next time someone makes this claim, ask them why they wouldn't have an abortion, and then ask why they would allow someone else to do it.

I like to tell them "I don't beat my wife, but it's not my place to tell others how to run a family. Their family, their choice."

[giotto]

Quite a few of these names are "has beens"

That's what I noticed. "Has beens," "never has beens," and "never will be's." I would be willing to bet that most of them have had abortions, too.

[uncitizen]

Dang, Ashley Judd is pro-abort..

Yeah, i thought she would be better than that.

[Prolifeconservative]

Wow, that's quite a list of stars headed straight for Hell!!

And my favorite sitcom: "Everybody Loves Raymond."

[stands2reason]

Great List!

LOL - "Glenn Close--She couldn't stop at bunnies and Dalmatians..."

"If you need a reason abortion should be legal, go to Helen Hunt for it." - heee

"Cybill Shepherd--Boinked Elvis once. Oh wait, yeah, she was on Moonlighting and in some movies too." - (snicker)

[RedMonqey]

Great Response. I gottah remember that one!!!

[threat matrix]

You'd think her mama would have taught her better than that..

[stands2reason]

RedMonqey - "Great Response. I gottah remember that one!!!"

I agree. Unfortunately I'm female, so it won't work for me. And Mr. S2R is pro-choice.

[uncitizen]

Yep. Naomi seems (from her books and TV appearances) like a very strong, no-nonsense, and down to earth person.

[RedMonqey]

"I wonder if their opinion would change if the existence of a "gay gene" is found and detectable with an amnio."


Only then it will become an "Holocaust" in the eyes of the Gays

But not All liberals. Remember 3 out of 5 black babies are aborted and still blacks libs(like Whoopi, Ossi Davis...) support abortion.

Self Holocaust. Go figure.....

[bondjamesbond]

Adrian Pasdar--Judging Amy

Actually Adrian is from Iran and is most famous as "Husband of Natalie Maines".

[Liberty Valance]

That list of pro-abortion "stars" makes me sick. Why would ANYONE want to be on a list that supports killing unborn children? Don't they know what that means? It seems to me that people in the public eye would shy away from public support of a death cult. I guess I don't understand the lure of the dark side.

[Arthur McGowan]

Bonnie Franklin once played Saint Margaret Sanger in a TV movie. In the late 80's.

[geedee]

Geez....dont' mean to snicker but...some of the names on this list are a riot. Hanoi Jane? Cybil Shepherd? Ed Asner? The baldwins? Ha,ha....the list is really a joke. Hanoi Jane and cybil Shepherd? Yipes....ancient aren't they?

LOL. And Ellen Degenerate? She made her choice . . . and it won't put her in the line of fire of the dreaded pregnancy-producing spermlet.

[zoyd]

Lisa Loeb is funny because she is, or was, a vegetarian, possibly even a vegan... until she got a show on the Food Network with... Dweezil Zappa?

They cook up some good-lookin' meat or fish on every show, and it's making Lisa's vegan friends very upset! Great stuff.

[Mr. Silverback]

Actually Adrian is from Iran and is most famous as "Husband of Natalie Maines".

Ah...you see, this is what happens when you don't read People magazine...not that i'm going to start!

Thanks for the heads up; if I ever post the list again it will be corrected to reflect his main claim to fame: Being brave enough to wake up next to her every morning!

[Mr. Silverback]

I like to tell them "I don't beat my wife, but it's not my place to tell others how to run a family. Their family, their choice."

Ooh...that's a good one!

[Mr. Silverback]

That's what I noticed. "Has beens," "never has beens," and "never will be's." I would be willing to bet that most of them have had abortions, too.

For every Hollywood star, like Judy Garland, who had an abortion to "save" their career and then became famous, there are 99 who never went anywhere, and now have to figure out a way to justify their decision to themselves. I'd bet a good number of them are on this list.

[Mr. Silverback]

Great List!

Thank you, thank you! I'm here all week! Try the veal!