Out of the picture on the abortion ban (Ellen Goodman/Boston Globe Imbecil Alert)

Boston Globe ^ | 11-13-03 | ELLEN GOODMAN

[Lance Romance]

MAYBE THIS picture isn't worth a thousand words. That honor probably belongs to the flight deck portrait of the president under the sign "Mission Accomplished." Maybe the presidential photo op now flying around the Internet and soon to be available on your local T-shirt is only worth 750 words.

[Lance Romance]

It's a single-sex class photo of men making laws governing something they will never have: a womb.

I'm sure some women voted for the banning of this Partial Birth Annihilation Procedure.

[Lance Romance]

There was a picture to go with this article, which is what sent Mrs. Goodman into hysterics.

[isthisnickcool]

[DManA]

Janet Parshal (sp?) was in the picture I saw in our local paper. I can't help it if Goodman's paper chose to ignore this woman.

[ken5050]

JUst wondering..has anyoneever seen Ellen and Maureen Dowd together, at the same time....sounds Dowdian in her rant, no?

[Callahan]

So according to Ms. Goodman there's not a single woman in the United States who supports the partial-birth abortion ban. They're out there Ellen, you just can't see them.

[moodyskeptic]

I see, Ellen. Men cannot make any judgements about women taking lives. Life and death morality is now gender exclusive. Got it.
You suppose we could shut women up about war? How about the death penalty?

Ellen is a fading humorist. Stick to kitchen humor and shopping mishaps, because politics is far over your head, Ellen.

[Callahan]

I'm sure there are plenty of men who love partial-birth abortions. Beats paying child support, right Ellen?

[avital2]

wouldn't it save us all a lot of time if women/men would take responsibility for their lives, not get pregnant when it was not wanted so we can move on from this discussion. i as a woman who fought for freedom over my body in the 1960's am appalled at how women have abused this in the last 30 years. take responsibility, ladies and gentlemen. imagine what we could do with the time, energy and money we expend on this NEVERENDING disagreement. it's solveable, folks: don't get pregnant unless you want to!!!!!!

[goodnesswins]

Yeah....women are the only part of BABY MAKING....no man is involved in a feminist's mind.....sheesh....our education system is REALLY failing! Earth to Ellen...women don't have SPERM!

[Callahan]

By Leftist decree, you're not really a woman or a feminist unless you've had an abortion or performed one.

[Callahan]

Ellen is just concerned for the future health of our daughters. Except the ones in the waste basket with their brains sucked out.

[SunStar]

The picture shows the president surrounded by an all-male chorus line of legislators as he signs the first ban on an abortion procedure. It's a single-sex class photo of men making laws governing something they will never have: a womb.

Ahh yes, the enlightened world view of militant feminism.

How dare these brave conservative men stand up for the rights of full-grown babies????

[luckymom]

Did she expect to see Barbara Boxer in the picture? Or Nancy Pelosi? There are a few MALE legislators "missing" in the picture as well. For instance Lautenberg, who spoke of the need to KEEP partial birth abortion so his own daughters and daughter-in-law could access it should they so choose... and in doing so, exterminate HIS grandbabies.

[ken5050]

the question that should be asked, is why, after years of sex education in the schools..free condoms, and bananas to demonstrate how to use them..the number of babies out of wedlock is rising..among Afro-Americans..it's about 80%...

[SunStar]

Sixty-eight percent of Americans have been convinced by a public relations coup that this new law bans only a fringe and outrageous procedure.

This is so typical of leftist elitists... If 68% of Americans oppose their liberal ideas, they must have been somehow brainwashed by a PR coup. What an insult!

[Callahan]

Pelosi and Boxer? How many abortions have they had? If it's less than four a piece they are barely qualified to speak out for liberal women.

[netmilsmom]

No thought at all to the female fetus being murdered, huh??

BTW, hysterectomy is not a bad thing if it saves the life of your child. What is that crap? I would gladly rip my own uterus out and dash it to the floor to dance on if it would save the life of one of my children.
Heartless B!tches!!!!!

[isthisnickcool]

Maybe Goodman would have been happier if the president had mounds of dead female fetuses piled around the desk as he signed the bill?

[Van Jenerette]

...This is what brings me back, kicking and screaming...

Ellen; you just used the right words. Now, substitute the word 'me' (above) with 'the baby' and you just might understand.