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Bush Recalls Graphic Pro-Life Moment: Mom Showed Me Her Miscarried Fetus in a Jar
The Blaze ^ | NOVEMBER 8, 2010 | Jonathon M. Seidl

Posted on 11/08/2010 12:59:18 PM PST by RobinMasters

Over the last week, excerpts of George W. Bush’s Monday-night interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer have shown a candid former president. But if a new excerpt obtained by the New York Post is any indication, the George W. Bush we may see tonight isn’t going to hold much back, and it could get graphic.

According to the Post, Bush will recall a detailed story about what set him down the path to becoming pro-life. That story includes his mother, Barbara, preserving and showing a young George one of her miscarried fetuses. From the Post:

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: barbarabush; bush; miscarriage; presgeorgewbush; presidentbush; presidentgeorgewbush; prolife
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To: Cicero

He was in his teens. I’m not sure if I’d show it or not. It was his only chance to see that brother/sister in this life, so I think I’d make the offer. People used to photograph dead children and send the photos to relatives who hadn’t had a chance to see the child in life (18th-century era).


21 posted on 11/08/2010 1:26:51 PM PST by nina0113
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To: RobinMasters

Should of kept it and showed Laura and the twins.


22 posted on 11/08/2010 1:32:08 PM PST by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: mrmeyer

me too! Yuck!


23 posted on 11/08/2010 1:33:12 PM PST by ronniesgal ( I miss George Bush. Hell, I miss Bill Clinton!!)
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To: mrmeyer

If you read the article, you’ll discover that she
placed the lost babe in a receptacle to take to the
hospital, standard procedure in miscarriages, where
they need to analyze to diagnose the reasons,
genetic abnormalities, etc.

There’s NO mention at all about the final resting
place for this lost child.

God bless her, and for the gift of forever opening
her son’s eyes to the sacred preciousness of life.


24 posted on 11/08/2010 1:36:13 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: GraceG
But why keep the baby in a jar, why not give it a proper burial?

Go back and re-read it again - sheez. She wasn't 'keeping it' in a jar. She was transporting it to the hospital....personally I would have used a jar instead of my purse but that's just me.

If you re-read the story Bush was driving his 'distraught mother' to the hospital. She had just miscarried apparently at home and they were heading to the hospital. She was taking it to the doctors which is what you are supposed to do when you miscarry.

25 posted on 11/08/2010 1:36:13 PM PST by conservativegramma
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To: mrmeyer
It is a “lump of flesh” after all. It is not a human being. Just like your tonsils or your appendix. /sarc

But isn't that the issue? Cold and unfeeling disrespect for life. A human life.

26 posted on 11/08/2010 1:39:33 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: earlJam; GeronL; All
READ THE DANG ARTICLE !!!

Sheesh, people!

I encourage THOSE WHO ACTUALLY READ, to also read the comments at the article link.

27 posted on 11/08/2010 1:39:36 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: bolobaby

Ugh. You are right. I should have clicked through to read the whole thing.

I hate excerpting.


28 posted on 11/08/2010 1:40:56 PM PST by earlJam
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To: bolobaby; earlJam; mrmeyer; Constitution Day
Apparently there are a lot of freepers who need to go back to school for a brush up on reading comprehension. Sad.

Babs wasn't keeping the fetus in a jar for posterity - good God. She was transporting it to the hospital for diagnostic reasons having JUST miscarried per Bush's statement, 'driving his distraught mother to the hospital'.

Apparently none of these yahoos have ever suffered a miscarriage and been instructed by the Doctor to BRING the fetus..........

29 posted on 11/08/2010 1:41:01 PM PST by conservativegramma
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To: Cicero
But it seems very strange to me that a mother would show it to her small child. That is strange, indeed.

Since when is a teenager old enough to 'drive his distraught mother to the hospital' considered a SMALL child???? A small child driving a car would indeed be strange - a teenager old enough to drive not so much.

30 posted on 11/08/2010 1:43:05 PM PST by conservativegramma
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To: conservativegramma

What a tragedy... a baby that was wanted.

Heck, a person would have to be pretty cold hearted to not be disturbed by an abortion. Don’t know how doctors can do it or how they rationalize it.

Similar to an executioner. Or having to kill on the battlefield. Only, an unborn child is innocent.


31 posted on 11/08/2010 1:46:37 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: conservativegramma

I plead guilty to not clicking through to every original source before I comment.

But I think I am qualified to comment on the subject. We had one baby at 2 pounds 14 ounces and miscarried another.

If I had excerpted this article, I would have made sure that the juicy tidbit about taking the fetus to the doctor would have made it onto this forum.


32 posted on 11/08/2010 1:47:31 PM PST by earlJam
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To: conservativegramma
My comment was, as follows: "Bizarre."

I can understand saving the fetus to show to the doctor. I cannot, however, comprehend being a parent and showing my child the fetus of their baby brother or sister!

I do, in fact, find that bizarre and so, my comment stands.

I must add that my reading comprehension probably rivals that of many "yahoos" on this site.

In closing: Pound sand.

33 posted on 11/08/2010 1:49:22 PM PST by Constitution Day
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To: dhs12345
.....a person would have to be pretty cold hearted to not be disturbed....

Boy you nailed that one. Absolutely cold hearted, no doubt about it.

Now imagine Obamacare and we're all paying for abortions and the doctors are now answering to some govt beaurocrat. I don't think we've even begun to see cold hearted yet! (Paging Dr. Mengele.......)

34 posted on 11/08/2010 1:49:24 PM PST by conservativegramma
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To: 1Peter2:16; 2Trievers; 4integrity; 4mycountry; A_perfect_lady; Alberta's Child; Allegra; ...

..God bless Dubya (and his Mom) .. Ping!

PS .. DISregard the zombies.


35 posted on 11/08/2010 1:50:12 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: bolobaby
Do the vast majority of Freepers not actually read an article to dig deeper into the facts?

Rhetorical question.

It's becoming more and more apparent that a sizable percentage of freepers were voters in Palm Beach County in November 2000.

36 posted on 11/08/2010 1:50:27 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: conservativegramma

Oh, OK. The article wouldn’t load, so I just read the extract and comments.


37 posted on 11/08/2010 1:52:58 PM PST by Cicero
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To: Constitution Day

Fair enough you’re entitled to your opinion that showing a miscarried fetus to a teenage boy is bizarre. And maybe it is, but I’m glad she did it.

I would even go so far as to suggest that if every teenage child (male or female) could see this we might have hundreds if not thousands fewer abortions in this country!!!

So kudos to Barbara Bush. So go pound sand yourself, and have fun.


38 posted on 11/08/2010 1:53:13 PM PST by conservativegramma
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To: RobinMasters
Gruesome!
39 posted on 11/08/2010 2:09:08 PM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: conservativegramma

And there are other freepers that need to brush up on their manners and take some time to learn what the view replies link is for. Perhaps they’d realize that someone else already beat them at providing an explanation without resorting to name calling and arrogant self righteousness.


40 posted on 11/08/2010 2:09:23 PM PST by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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