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ALIVE From New York: The Day Abortion Died
Townhall.com ^ | May 5, 2019 | Kevin McCullough

Posted on 05/05/2019 9:27:21 AM PDT by Kaslin

Write it down!

On May 4th 2019, a near perfect 70 degree afternoon, in the middle of Times Square, in New York City, from three sound stages blasting thousands of decibels into the surrounding neighborhoods, the final speaker of the day said that, “Soon... Abortion will become... unthinkable!”

The statement came after a 90 minute program that had been slated as a “public celebration of life.”

Not content to believe the organizers, protestors attempted to disrupt the proceedings. But those protests, which began with profane chants, obscene signs, and thundering drums, ended with nary a whimper, and dispersed far more mysteriously than they had appeared.

The reason why the 2,000 protestors evaporated wasn’t because the 20,000 life supporters had shouted them down. In fact the very opposite was what occurred.

It was an amazing moment to observe yesterday.

I was there, at the corner of 43rd and 7th, face-to-face with Planned Parenthood supporters flipping me off and claiming “pro-life... is.. a.. lie...” “because all they want is... women.. to die.”

Moments later I watched from the main stage as women like Jeanne Mancini of National March For Life, Dr. Alveda King (niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.), multiple women whose mothers had attempted to abort them – – yet they survived – and a former Planned Parenthood clinic director who had volunteered—underwent a live 4D ultrasound and projected on jumbotrons.

It was even more amazing to witness Jim Daly, President of Focus On The Family, assert that the reason we had all gathered was to demonstrate love towards the baby in the womb for sure, but also to those (protestors) who “had gathered around the edges” of Times Square. Marjorie Dannenfelser, of the Susan B. Anthony’s List, took a moment out for the faithful to pray for the protestors. Jeanne Mancini expressed care and concern for them. Dr. Alveda King addressed them at one point reminding us all that she had once undergone an abortion and had once believed very much the same as those who angrily shouted back at her.

But the seminal moment was when Planned Parenthood’s former “Director of the Year,” Abby Johnson’s 4D ultrasound appeared on the big screens.

At that very moment she was on an examination table in a mobile medical unit behind the stage I was standing next to. For the first time in all my years of Times Square, I will never forget that moment.

In the middle of literally the world’s busiest intersection, a quiet fell across the multiple blocks that was so deafening you could literally have heard a pin drop.

No angry chants in protests.

No applause of agreement.

Just a sleepy little baby’s face, in beautiful 4D, staring out across New York City’s busiest neighborhoods.

The ultrasound technician’s voice, pleasant and sweet, began to talk to the little guy. And for a number of minutes the supporters, the protestors, and the various media assigned to cover the event eavesdropped on the procedure that happens in crisis pregnancy centers every day across America.

It wasn’t angry. It wasn’t some “white male politician” “telling a woman what to do with her body.”

It was a tiny little person having his picture taken for maybe the very first time.

It was a joyous day.

Nothing that the abortion protestors had been chanting turned out to be true.

Flummoxed media members awaited the abortion survivors behind the main stage to follow up on their personal stories.

And though he did not show up, rabid baby-killing Governor Andrew Cuomo, had the perfect opportunity to see and understand what real moms feel when they see their baby’s face for the first time.

It was a moment where the brutal dismembering, saline acid washing, or other methods of killing a woman’s baby...

Had become...

Literally...

Unthinkable!


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: abbyjohnson; abortion; proliferally; timessquare; ultrasounds

1 posted on 05/05/2019 9:27:21 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I can’t believe slavery was once acceptable. Here’s hoping that abortion goes the same way.


2 posted on 05/05/2019 9:30:31 AM PDT by dixie1202
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To: Kaslin

Good


3 posted on 05/05/2019 9:31:34 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Kaslin

Excellent!


4 posted on 05/05/2019 9:36:10 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: Kaslin
"But the seminal moment was when Planned Parenthood’s former “Director of the Year,” Abby Johnson’s 4D ultrasound appeared on the big screens. At that very moment she was on an examination table in a mobile medical unit behind the stage I was standing next to. For the first time in all my years of Times Square, I will never forget that moment. In the middle of literally the world’s busiest intersection, a quiet fell across the multiple blocks that was so deafening you could literally have heard a pin drop. No angry chants in protests. No applause of agreement."

I'd love to see some film footage aka the reaction of "the man on the street" to this event.

There have been few things that bring us together like this, as in the world stops if you will, perhaps 9/11 memorials after it happened, but definitely when we, not the Soviet's or some other repressive state Walked on the Moon.

I'd love to see if the reaction in Times Square was similar, albeit without worldwide exposure.

Maybe there is hope for this planet yet.

5 posted on 05/05/2019 9:41:54 AM PDT by taildragger ("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Songs of Angry Men!")
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To: Kaslin
"In the middle of literally the world’s busiest intersection, a quiet fell....that was so deafening you could literally have heard a pin drop."

This is how Christians "push back".
Praise God that they didn't take Governor Cuomo's vile rant sitting down.

"Standing" (Ephesians 6:13)

6 posted on 05/05/2019 9:43:19 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: dixie1202

Slavery has been around for thousands of years. Does Moses ring a bell?


7 posted on 05/05/2019 9:43:42 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

God bless!...God have mercy!.....I watched, heard this!
I never thought I could say this, but I believe abortion will be outlawed in my lifetime......God willing.

It is finally beginning....


8 posted on 05/05/2019 9:50:16 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Guenevere

How sad it can’t bring back the millions that have already been murdered.


9 posted on 05/05/2019 10:02:50 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Psalm 73
This is how Christians "push back".

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10 posted on 05/05/2019 10:13:28 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Kaslin

Beautiful report!


11 posted on 05/05/2019 10:41:37 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
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To: metmom; Psalm 73

12 posted on 05/05/2019 10:49:14 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 32:12))
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To: Kaslin; All

I hope and pray that in my remaining lifetime, we get to see ADOPTIONS outnumbering abortions each and every year!

I think we truly MAY have turned a corner, though Evil still lurks in the hearts of many. :(


13 posted on 05/05/2019 11:11:01 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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