Happy Anniversary for millions never born

TownHall.com ^ | 1/22/03 | Kathleen Parker

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[wardaddy]

Congrats.

I've got a wee one as well (#4) born 11-07-02.....same birthday as his daddy.

Pro-Life Bump!

[hocndoc]

This is what we face, from a letter by a man, trained as a family physician, whose website is focused on his abortion practice, a letter sent to a national email listserve on Women's issues in Family Practice (I've removed his name for the integrity of that list). This column, from a frequent writer for the Nation, is a blatant call for active opposition - a coordinated, premeditated attack -- on women who are in pain, and who are the victims of abuse in the name of choice. Although, if you will notice, this woman will not own up to ever having an abortion, herself.
Over the next few days, as we discussed abortion, one abortionist claimed that none of the studies about the risks of abortion could be trusted, because women would lie about past abortions. This same doctor who sent the letter below suggested that women should be informed of and consent to the risks on their health due to pregnancy, which he claims is less than that of abortion. He then ranted that, although he has performed 50,000 (fifty thousand ) abortions, he has never been sued except once for a normal delivery - so he quit delivering babies and focused on killing them to avoid the risk of malpractice suits.
The misogyny and the disrespect for life will never cease to amaze me.



""I am passing along this column by Katha Pollit for you interest and--hopefully--your action, either personally or through the actions of your friends and/or patients/
____, M.D.


Dear Friends,
As the article below details, forces opposed to legal abortion are
mounting a major public relations campaign, "Silent No More," to portray
abortion as a traumatic, dangerous and often coercive experience that
invariably leads to regret and sorrow. They are encouraging women who
regret their abortions to come forward. Those women have every right to
express themselves, of course, but as the Republicans move forward with
their anti-choice agenda, it is crucial for women who have had abortions
and feel it has made a positive difference in their lives to speak up.
If you have had an abortion, please consider writing about what it did
for you in an op-ed, article, letter to the editor, and so forth. Call
radio talk shows where Silent No More representatives are speaking and
give the other side. Find out where they are scheduled to speak (see e
mail address at the bottom of the article) and show up. Be creative--
but if you possibly can, be vocal.
We know that abortion has given countless women good lives --
education, jobs, health, partners we choose, and children when we are ready for them, not before. This is the truth that the anti-choicers want to obscure, to give anti-choice legislation a caring, woman-friendly face. But how can it be woman-friendly to take away our right to decide, just because some people come to feel they made the wrong decision?
Don't let the anti-choicers own the "voice of experience" on abortion!
Please pass this e mail along to as many people and lists as you can.


Katha Pollitt
Columnist, The Nation""

[hocndoc]

Thanks for the ping.

[Rome2000]

God Bless the children thanks!

[daughterofTGSL]

That's disgusting! I can't believe that doctor and those nurses can get up every morning and accept money for the destruction of human life. People like that don't seem to notice that the "fetus" has a heartbeat, and it moves, and it's fully human, whether it's born or not. I went to the March For Life today, and there were many very graphic photos of aborted babies. The one that got my attention the most showed on one side a 24-week premature baby, in the neonatal ICU, that would grow up to lead a normal, healthy life. The other half of the picture was a 24-week aborted baby, bloody and mutilated. I completely agree with the writer of this article, and I wish more people would realize the truth about abortion.

[William Wallace]

Abortion advocates are worried. They see deception, trickery and threats to women's rights in recent maneuverings of the Bush administration. Bush has redefined "fetuses" as "children" in some federal regulations and promises to sign into law a bill banning "partial-birth abortions."

LOL! This statement is reminiscent of the line from 1066 and All That that at the time of the British Reformation "the Pope and his followers seceeded from the Church of England." The difference is these people are actually serious.

Of course "fetus" is simply the Latin word for "unborn baby." The pro-abortion forces deliberately used the unfamiliar term relying on ignorance to deceive people into thinking that a fetus is something other than an unborn baby. In their view, replacing the commonly misunderstood Latin term with its plain English equivalent somehow constitutes trickery and deception.

The pro-abortion crowd use the same tactics as charlatans ike Uri Geller or Jonathan Edwards who use trickery and deception to bamboozle their credulous followers into believing they possess paranormal powers. When someone exposes their methods, their fans get angry at the exposers instead of the charlatans.

The difference is Geller and Edwards are basically entertainers. Nobody gets hurt from their readings. If anything, the folks who believe their cold readings are messages from their departed loved ones are comforted by them. The pro-abortion forces also deceive gullible women into believing that abortion is their right, but there is nothing entertaining or harmless about their Lie.

[William Wallace]

Switching to a Pro-life tag line

[philman_36]

Because of technology - the ability to photograph, observe, engage and operate on in utero fetuses at various stages of development - people are not as likely to see a developing human as a "cluster of cells" or a "blob."
Baby Samuel BTTT! (one of those "graphic" photos)
I can remember a time in the not too distant past when my linking to that photo/story caused quite a stir.

[tdadams]

That is one of the most compelling photographs I've ever seen. Do you know who the photographer is?

[Uncle Bill]

Hi. If you email these folks, they can probably tell you. It's on their site. I've seen it on many other sites also.

[MHGinTN]

BTTT