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In post-Roe America, pilots take the abortion battle to the skies
Chicago Sun Times ^ | Nov 27, 2022 | Elly Fishman

Posted on 11/28/2022 6:47:29 AM PST by Salman

From 1,800 feet in the air, the pilot of this tiny, four-seater plane points to a stretch of land marked by a smattering of farms and one arterial road.

“That’s the Wisconsin border,” he says. “Doesn’t look like much from up here.”

But that sliver of land now marks a barrier between legal and illegal abortion care after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The pilot is part of a growing network of pilots who, through a fledgling Illinois nonprofit, are volunteering time, equipment and expertise to help connect people with abortion care. But there are risks, too, from antagonism and harassment from anti-abortion groups to potential legal threats, which is why the pilot asked that his name not be used in this story.

“Pilots take tremendous pride in the freedom we have to fly,” he says. “I can fly anywhere I want to. I don’t have to file a flight plan. I don’t have to talk to air traffic control. It felt right to use these freedoms to help someone whose freedoms are being threatened.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ellyfishman; prolife
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Front page story, but I have tagged it editorial.
1 posted on 11/28/2022 6:47:29 AM PST by Salman
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If flying is bad for the environment unless it’s to help abort a baby ... you might be a Democrat.


2 posted on 11/28/2022 6:49:00 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Salman

Good grief.


3 posted on 11/28/2022 6:49:50 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: Salman

The insanity rages the decision was a live and let live decision one state does the Pro-Life law the other state does the Pro-Choice law.

Those who rage about the Supreme Court decision on abortion law returning it to the states threaten the unity of our nation.


4 posted on 11/28/2022 6:50:06 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Salman

“abortion care”
There’s no “care” in abortion care.


5 posted on 11/28/2022 6:50:12 AM PST by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit. Neither is the democrat party. )
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To: Salman
“I can fly anywhere I want to. I don’t have to file a flight plan. I don’t have to talk to air traffic control."

Just curious -- that's a very sweeping statement. Is it true?

6 posted on 11/28/2022 6:51:43 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
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It felt right to use these freedoms to help someone whose freedoms are being threatened.

Funny, thats how I feel about being able to shoot criminals...

7 posted on 11/28/2022 6:51:56 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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The lengths people will go to to kill a child amaze me.


8 posted on 11/28/2022 6:52:53 AM PST by Turbo Pig ('To close with and destroy the enemy")
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To: ClearCase_guy
General aviation airports outside metro areas.

Really a publicity stunt. Buying a bus ticket works better.

9 posted on 11/28/2022 6:54:36 AM PST by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Magnum44

About forty years ago I was listening to the abortion debate and predicted that soon we would have cruise ship abortions.


10 posted on 11/28/2022 6:54:36 AM PST by Loud Mime ("The Real Constitution and its Real Enemies" now available on Amazon. Check it out!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

NO it is NOT true.

He cannot fly into a Restricted Area - like around the White House, or Area 51, or some military bases - and there are hundreds of them around the nation.


11 posted on 11/28/2022 6:58:42 AM PST by Arlis
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To: ClearCase_guy

It’s an exaggeration and oversimplification.


12 posted on 11/28/2022 6:59:31 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: ClearCase_guy

If you follow the rules of classified airspace, yes.


13 posted on 11/28/2022 7:00:14 AM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: ClearCase_guy
“I can fly anywhere I want to."

He should try that in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Fort Walton Beach, FL.

three words: range, weapons, testing

It'd be a real shame if there were a misfire...a REAL shame.

14 posted on 11/28/2022 7:06:09 AM PST by AF_Blue (My decision-making skills closely resemble those of a squirrel when crossing a road)
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Yet another TDS suffer who has now turned to the abortion issue

The above interview is of her book "Refugee High", which deals with refugees in America and suggests that we ignore our growing xenophobia at our peril, for these students are creative, resilient, adaptive, and caring. Her book is also a shout-out to the lasting value of public education. Refugee High showcases a school that not only serves as a welcoming landing pad for immigrants and refugees, but also as a launching pad for talented, productive, future generations of Americans.

In other words, another stupid individual who is deemed as being among the intelligent in today's world. 😋

15 posted on 11/28/2022 7:07:12 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Salman

Abortion care? Oxymoron.


16 posted on 11/28/2022 7:07:29 AM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Salman

The Bible says, woe to them that call evil, “good”...


17 posted on 11/28/2022 7:09:43 AM PST by Democrat = party of treason
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To: ClearCase_guy

Yes, it’s true. Under Visual Flight Rules, as long as he avoids uncontrolled airpspace, he doesn’t have to talk to anyone. If you land at an untowered or unmanned towered airfield, you need to make advisory calls for safety and coordination, but not ATC.

No VFR flight plan filing is required. VFR fligt plans are a good idea as they are the primary source to begin search and rescue and to determine if an aircraft is overdue (i.e. didn’t make it to where they were going...crashed).


18 posted on 11/28/2022 7:23:10 AM PST by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: Salman
to help connect people with abortion care kills.
19 posted on 11/28/2022 7:35:35 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, BY FAR, is that almost all of big media is agenda-driven, not-truth driven.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Let me see if I can help this guy's logic:

“I can fly drive anywhere I want to. I don’t have to file a flight driving plan. I don’t have to talk to air traffic control anyone ."

So he's attention seeking because he flies a plane?

Does his insurer know that he's providing medical flights?

Will he be liable if there's a complication with the abortion he delivers a woman to?

20 posted on 11/28/2022 8:18:09 AM PST by IncPen ("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowitz)
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