Posted on 02/14/2019 9:05:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
In response to New York's new abortion law, which effectively allows unlimited abortion until birth, Focus on the Family launched the largest pro-life effort in the organization's history.
The 12-week campaign, dubbed SEE LIFE CLEARLY, will culminate in a May 4 event in Times Square, "Alive from New York," where live 4-D ultrasounds will be broadcast on a jumbotron.
"We’re looking to fill Times Square with pro-life Americans, and it will feature live music, compelling and inspirational speakers, and best of all, live 4-D ultrasounds broadcast on a massive digital marquee in Times Square, powerfully showing the world that a baby inside the womb is fully human and should be given the chance to be born," Focus announced.
Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, believes the images will have a powerful impact.
"We'll have great speakers. We're going to have music, but we're also going to do a live ultrasound of a third-trimester baby. And with the 4-D technology that we have, it looks like a picture of a 1-year-old. There is no way a person is going to be able to say, 'That is not a child.' It is a child and we want everybody to see it," he told CBN News Tuesday.
A series of events in recent weeks have brought more attention to late-term abortions and the killing of babies who survive botched abortions.
On Jan. 22, New York passed a law protecting abortion rights through an entire pregnancy. The law stated that an abortion can be performed for any reason before 24 weeks or "at any time when necessary to protect a patient's life or health." Since the Supreme Court ruled in Doe v. Bolton that the health reasons are defined by the doctor, the law effectively allows unlimited abortion until birth.
Later that week, during a subcommittee hearing in the Virginia legislature, Democrat Kathy Tran was answering questions about an abortion bill and said it would allow abortion while the mom was in labor and dilating. In an attempt to clarify those remarks, Gov. Ralph Northam, who is embroiled in a blackface scandal within his own party, said that the abortion bill would allow doctors to withhold care from a baby born alive, presumably after an abortion failed to kill the fetus.
In response to Northam's comments, Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., has been seeking passage of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, to protect the lives of babies marked for abortion but born alive.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., blocked the bill, arguing, “We have laws against infanticide in this country. This is a gross misinterpretation of the actual language of the bill that is being asked to be considered and therefore I object."
In a Wednesday Fox News interview, Sasse appeared with Daly to talk about the legislation and the Focus on the Family campaign.
"The reality is, what New York did is try to strip protections from babies right up until the moment of birth and then they went out and they said let's celebrate this and light up the World Trade Center in pink lights," Sasse said.
"The pro-life movement is pro-compassion, it's pro-baby, it's pro-mom and it's pro-science," he added.
The SEE LIFE CLEARLY campaign is asking supporters to sign "A Declaration for Life," attend the May 4 "Alive from New York" event in Times Square, and donate to its Option Ultrasound program.
I can’t see this going through - somebody will put the brakes on it. If it does happen....WONDERFUL idea.
RE: I can’t see this going through - somebody will put the brakes on it.
If the Jumbotron is owned by a private entity, then yes, they could simply NOT ACCEPT the ad. If it is owned by the City, it will be a First Amendment/ Equal Protection issue if they refuse to show it.
I think it’s silly either way. This is an issue that you’re not going to convince anyone on. They’re either for it or against it.
It’s just like the 2A.
No wiggle room.
I like the idea except the filling the square with pro-lifers.
Isn’t that preaching to the choir.
Wouldn’t be better to do it unannounced during regular rush hour with regular everyday New Yorkers in the square.
The shock on their faces would be something to see.
If this plan actually comes to be, you can be sure that you have witnessed a miracle!
Some years ago I attended a Bible study with a good woman who believed the “blob of cells” lie. During that time, my daughter had a late term miscarriage at 20 weeks gestation.
On of the things the hospital did for us was take pictures of the baby after she had been bathed and dressed in tiny garments made by hospital volunteers.
Those pictures went with me to the next Bible study, where my friend immediately broke down in tears and changed her mind on abortion.
History has shown that educating women with the truth, pictures of a real growing human being in the womb, are very effective at changing minds.
Maybe. But it depends a lot on the way that person was raised and on their belief system. What state was this in? I’m willing to be the demographics were slightly different than NY. There are always exceptions as you show.
Ping!
“This is an issue that you’re not going to convince anyone on.”
I disagree. The ultrasound has changed a lot of minds and hearts. That’s why abortionists don’t want women to see them before they abort. I think the only problem with this idea of babies on the Jumbotron is that it is combined with a pro-life rally. That means that anybody who hasn’t already seen an ultrasound won’t be there. I would rather have these images pop up randomlly on the Jumbotron during peak commuter hours.
Excellent idea.
It will just make these ghouls hungry.
I have known several women who were pro-abortion and changed their minds once they got pregnant and felt their baby kick. But I also know one woman lawyer who argued an abortion case (advocating for an abortion for a minor) when she was 9 months pregnant herself. Depends on the hardness of the heart...
Ohio. Previously we had been members of a Presbyterian church when the same daughter had an earlier miscarriage. Nobody there cared, and couldn’t understand why I was devastated. It would have been my first grandchild. We left that church.
There was a mere 15 miles difference between churches.
This is an AWESOME idea!!
God bless them!!!!...The time has come!!!!
What is 4-D? Is it Smokin'
Samantha Smurf's bra size?
Yikes. I mean, regardless about how one feels about abortion a wanted baby and a miscarriage is still a bonafide reason to be sad. Geez...
I suffered through 2 and were it not for the brilliance of the doctor team we had, likely would never have been able to have kids.
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