Pro-life blog buzz 7-20-12
by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli
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- Moral Outcry writes that California environmentalists are fighting to halt an infected tree’s destruction – a tree that lives in front of a San Fernando Valley hospital which performs “therapeutic” abortions on preborn children with abnormalities. Like the Roe decision, the tree is 40 years old.
- At National Review Online, Michael New notes broad support for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would ban abortions in D.C. after 22 weeks.
- At our newest blog, The Road to Roe, Clarke Forsythe describes how the perceived discord in the United States Supreme Court over the Obamacare ruling is small compared to the discord which took place in 1972 before the announcement of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton.
- Stand for Life reports on local media’s coverage of a Truth Truck, which parked in front of Southwestern Women’s Options late-term abortion mill. Local television covered the story, and radio talk show host Scott Stiegler chose to devote two hours to an interview with the pro-life leaders involved as well as listener reaction:
Stiegler’s approach was one of the fairest I have seen by the mainstream news media on an abortion-related subject. He started off by saying how we use graphic images for stop-smoking campaigns, driver training videos, and other examples, so why is this any different? Bud Shaver spoke for the first 10-15 minutes about why he uses the truck and the reactions he has received.
- University of Michigan Students for Life highlight their best and worst summer moments for the student pro-life campus club, including the unfortunate (and not very tolerant) removal of their purchased campus dialogue board.
- Secular Pro-Life continues a discussion on whether the outlawing of abortion should/would lead to prosecution for women who obtain abortions. Many pro-life activists admit they haven’t given this topic much consideration, as they are motivated by compassion for the aborted child as well as the child’s mother.
- Life Training Institute reviews Christopher Kaczor’s The Ethics of Abortion, advising pro-lifers to frame arguments with language that is not “loaded” in order to be more readily received.
- Reflections of a Paralytic counters the view of some that they would rather die than be confined to a wheelchair by highlighting the accomplishments of Paralympics athletes.
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Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
When abortion was illegal, aborting girls and women were rarely prosecuted. There is no reason to believe they would be if abortion were again criminalized.
The truth is that the criminalization is in and of itself a punishment since it leads inevitably to horrible conditions. The abortions themselves are the punishments for the girls and women.
Of course, the abortionists are a different story and likely would be prosecuted — although for abortion, not for murder.
Regarding punishing women who have abortions: suppose the woman in the infamous photo, Geraldine Santoro, had not died. Imagine a maid had come into that hotel room and found her doubled over on the floor, gushing blood and clutching desperately at a towel — but alive. She had been rescued and survived.
What would be the point of punishing her?
She had already been punished by what she had gone through.
Of course, in the above scenario, it would be possible that she would still have been pregnant and would have carried to term and given birth.
Folks, I know this is off-topic but my son Isaiah recently had a heart attack. The doctors aren’t sure what caused it, but he has to have a stent and a pacemaker put in. Naturally I am very upset — he’s only 22 — and has a 13 month old son. I am asking for your prayers. Thanks:
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Melissa
Oh my goodness Melissa! I’ll be praying for Isaiah.
We are with you, phillymiss.
Putting him on my prayer chain, Phillymiss. I also just put the link to your website on my Twitter page.
Praying for Isaiah.
Meanwhile…. What counts as “loaded language,” per LIFE TRAINING INSTITUTE?
Are terms like child and baby considered to be “loaded”? Is it “extreme” to say that abortion kills a child and wounds the mother?
I try to say this gently, and only to persons who are ready to hear it… but is there any other way to express the truth?