Posted on 03/14/2007 8:07:26 AM PDT by Stoat
SAN FRANCISCO Mar 13, 2007 (AP)— A nonprofit organization has unveiled a series of electronic greeting cards that concerned friends and relatives can send to a woman after she chooses to have an abortion.
Like Exhale's confidential talk line for women who have had abortions, the six e-cards available on the group's Web site were designed to be nonpartisan and encompass the range of someone's potential responses to going through an abortion.
"Women having abortions are calling our line because often they don't have someone to talk to it's a stigmatized issue," said Aspen Baker, founder and executive director of Oakland-based Exhale.
One card expresses sympathy, offering the gentle reminder that, "As you grieve, remember that you are loved." Another provides encouragement for someone who "did the right thing." Yet another strikes a religious tone with the thought that "God will never leave you or forsake you."
Although greeting card offerings have expanded in recent years to include such milestones as divorce, potty-training and half-birthdays, Baker said she was unaware of anyone else providing after-abortion cards online. The inspiration for the project came in part from a longtime abortion provider who frequently observed there were no Hallmark cards for abortion, she said.
The cards, offered in English and Spanish, are part of a broader effort by Baker, who launched Exhale in January 2002, to bring the agency's work into a broader arena. In two weeks, the agency plans to publish a magazine featuring stories, poems, letters and rituals by and for women who have had abortions.
"We designed them to deal with different peoples' response to abortion. Not everyone is grieving their loss. Not everyone has a relationship with God. Not everyone thinks it is the best thing," Baker said. "We hope the people who send them take the time to think not only about the message they want to send, but about what is best for the person receiving it and what they need to hear."
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The evil of the abortionists has no bound. That is really sick and disgusting.
"Dear Mommy, thanks for killing me. I probably would have inherited your miserable uncaring piece of crap gene anyway."
What a revealingly cumbersome way for the reporter to put it.
When you deliberately destroy something and throw it away, it isn't a "loss".
Amazing newspeak.
It almost sounds like parody?
It was just a clump of cells
So go kill it, what the Hell.
The daddy, he's a jerk
He don't believe in work.
Kids cost a lot these days
Gettin' my Ipod in May,
Need the cash for lots of fun.
Don't like it? don't get one!
This thread should have had "Barf Alert" attached, especially with the mawkish cards worthy of the mentality of those who watch Oprah Winfrey.
Why would a woman need sympathy if an abortion is just removing part of the woman's body. Like getting a tumor removed?? Maybe because they know it wasn't just a clump of tissue but a living, breathing, thinking, feeling person.
Just sad beyond belief. Of course we are no better than the Germans during WWII who did little or nothing to stop the genocide. Shame on you and I for being so lazy and risk adverse.
What really toasts me is the one where God still loves you.
You know, if my kid killed a child, I would always still love them, but I would still make sure their sorry tail got toasted.
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If it's a woman's "choice" and she is just having a "clump of cells" removed, then why does she need a sympathy card? In fact, if you were to believe the feminazis, she should probably get a congratulatory card.
The FACT that this feminazi group acknowledges the need for sympathy is a clear indication that woman are actually feeling guilty after MURDERING THEIR BABIES.
Most FAQ to after-abortion call-in services: "When can I start having sex again."
A PRAYER OF MARY
You didn't make it, Unborn Child, they wouldn't let you be. To your bud of life they took a knife … it's the New Morality.
They didn't mean to hurt you, Love, you have to understand. Forgive them what they did to you, their life was so well-planned.
They couldn't take you with them up the ladder of success, Money, it meant more to them than a child from heaven-blessed.
Tell me, little Unborn Child, what did Creator say? Did He wrap you in his love and wipe your tears away?
You hover on the edge of time. I see your faceless form. You laugh whenever children play, Oh God, for you I mourn!
He sent His only precious Son to teach us all The Way. Still, we kill the unborn ones, it happens every day!
You didn't make it, Unborn Child. They wouldn't let you be. They just expunged a blob of cells…. It's the New Morality.
Rush is getting ready to mention this.
How about "Abortion Credits" that a woman can pay to offset her "loss" and assuage her guilt? Kind of like "Carbon Credits."
Congratualations, you worthless skank,
You killed the baby, your womb is blank,
The time will come when the baby will have it's say,
You'll have to answer to it on Judgement Day.
This is sick. Just...plain...sick.
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