Pro-life blog buzz 4-2-13
by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli
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- My Drop in the Ocean follows up on a previous post regarding the differing approaches of pro-life groups in their public prayer/demonstrations in front of abortion clinics. While some groups pray and practice peaceful outreach, others feel this is ineffective and that the response should be more aggressive since a murder is about to take place. These warring tactics have caused some pro-lifers to stay away completely.
- At Stand True, Bryan Kemper shares a graphic that uses the popular same-sex marriage support symbol, turning it into a pro-life message (pictured left; click to enlarge).
- At Reproductive Research Audit, Dr. Jacqueline Harvey analyzes the recent report from the Centers for Disease Control which shows that emergency contraceptive use has doubled and is now the likely contraceptive of choice for many women, instead of a mere “back-up” birth control. One unfortunate result of this EC dependency has been the rise in STDs among young women using it – a fact glossed over by the mainstream media.
- According to the Seattle Times, an attempt to force insurance coverage of abortion in Washington state (as previously discussed here) has failed.:
The bill, which supporters call the Reproductive Parity Act… would make Washington the first state to require insurers that cover maternity care — which they all must do — to also pay for abortions. Similar legislation has been introduced each session in the New York State Assembly for more than a decade but has never received a public hearing.
… [T]hose supporting the measure said it would ensure continued abortion coverage in the state once federal health-care changes taking effect next year trigger bureaucratic hurdles for insurers paying for the procedure….
Opponents countered that abortion-insurance coverage is already widespread in the state. They also said the measure threatens the religious freedoms of businesses and individuals who oppose abortion rights and do not want to subsidize the cost of the procedure for others.
- ProLifeBlogs shares Operation Rescue’s information on the identity of a young Illinois doctor who plans to fly to Kansas to perform abortions at George Tiller’s former clinic:
[Cheryl] Chastine, 31, …was first licensed to practice medicine in Illinois in August, 2011 and obtained licensure in Kansas on January 17, 2013. Chastine currently works at Total Wellness, Inc. in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago….
Ms. Chastine apparently thinks she can come to Wichita, kill babies surreptitiously then return home to her non-abortion patients in Chicago with no one the wiser. Now, we’ve uncovered her shadow business that will operate under a secret name at a facility that is not properly sanctioned…. These duplicitous business transactions coupled with her shocking inexperience as a licensed physician raise questions about whether her shady business dealings will be a reflection of what we can expect from her abortion practices.
Looks like Chastine may be the “family practice physician who will fly in as needed,” as stated by The Wichita Eagle. The recording here is extremely revealing.
- Women’s Rights without Frontiers reports on the alleged suicide of Yang Yuzhi, a Chinese mother of four who suffered from chronic pain as a result of two forced sterilizations by the government. Yang routinely visited the Office of Family Planning to petition for compensation for the cost of pain medication. She was found dead there, hanged and covered with suspicious bruises.
- Pro-Life Action League comments on a New York Times parenting blog written by Alison Piepmeier, a professor of gender studies and a mother to a child with Down syndrome, who finds nothing wrong with the high abortion rate of children who have Ds. Piepmeier supports parents who choose abortion after a “wanted and named” baby is prenatally diagnosed, and even calls one mother’s choice to abort – for fear her daughter might one day be sexually abused – a “protective choice.”
[HT on Seattle Times: Human Life of WA; Chastine photo via Operation Rescue]
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.
“and even calls one mother’s choice to abort – for fear her daughter might one day be sexually abused – a “protective choice.””
This seriously makes me want to cry. So instead of protecting children who are at risk for sexual abuse, or helping the mother get to a safer situation, this person thinks that preemptively killing off the kid is a good decision? That sounds like something my mom would support.
JackBorsch,
It’s chilling, isn’t it? Let’s kill off babies just IN CASE they suffer. People think Utopia exists in this life, but I don’t see how that’s possible.
You people are obviously trying to get the doctor killed like Tiller by exposing her identity.
“You people are obviously trying to get the doctor killed like Tiller by exposing her identity. “
Yes, that’s exactly what we’re trying to do. You have successfully uncovered our evil plan. 9_9
I’m never going to understand this crazy. If even 1% of the pro-life movement were as violent as they think we are, then murders and bombings would happen like every single day because that would be thousands of violent people. Instead, the violence in the pro-life movement is very rare.
But yeah we totally want everyone to die. EVERYONE.
Except for fetuses and hetero cis white middle class males.
Jack Borsch,
You admit there are some violent people who would go after this doctor. Don’t you think it would be more “pro-life” not to expose her to whatever risk of harm putting her name and face online entails?
If you see anyone celebrating Tiller’s death, let me know so I can tell them off. I haven’t seen that happen though.
“You admit there are some violent people who would go after this doctor. Don’t you think it would be more “pro-life” not to expose her to whatever risk of harm putting her name and face online entails?”
I actually don’t personally agree with sharing people’s personal information online, whatever the movement. A lot of animal rights groups do that with scientists that do animal testing and whatnot and I think it’s ethically wrong. But, the fact remains it’s the information age, and there isn’t anything illegal about sharing this information, whether I agree with it or not.
Hello CS/Casey,
Pick a name.
I deleted one of your comments.
“Hello CS/Casey,”
Wow, yet another silly troll that can’t even figure out their own name.
Carla- Apologies, I go by both.
Jack, I’m not saying this was illegal–just cruel and dangerous, but Jill exposing the Morbelli family broke the law.
I haven’t seen any concrete evidence that Jill broke the law with any of the Morbelli stuff. If you have some go and talk to an authority about it I suppose. Whining on the blog’s not going to help you.
“Dangerous”.. this woman isn’t an any more danger than any other public figure with controversial opinions.
If my family doctor was flying around the continent and secretly doing abortions under a fake name, I would certainly want to know about it.
Lol yes some link stating your unsourced opinion is totes proof that Jill broke the law. Like I said, if you have proof a law was broken go complain to the proper people.
Fun fact: it’s completely impossible to take a URl seriously that contains the term “forced birth”.
Listen to the tape. Pretty revealing.
You don’t like Jill Stanek CS/Casey and feel like coming here to post links on her blog to disparage her?
I will delete those too.
You have said your peace. We get it.
Anything else?
Navi,
Exactly!!!
And goodness gracious if she is flying around “empowering” women you’d think she would want us all to know the heroic work she does! :)
The tape is interesting, Susie. Ms. Chastine doesn’t care about American’s Freedom of Speech.
My browser won’t let me listen to it, what does it say?
So I look at the pretty face of the fly-in abortionist and am reminded of the countless beautiful children condemned to death by elective abortion. It appears that the dead babies are not the only victims of the abortion mentality…it goes so far as to victimize vast swaths of our culture as seen in part by this gifted young woman thinking she is doing a virtuous and heroic thing by performing abortions.
She can’t think it’s that “virtuous and heroic”, or she wouldn’t be flying out of state anonymously to do it.
I will never understand the “you’re not allowed to criticize abortionists or you want them to be murdered!” mentality, because no one ever applies that logic to anyone else. Were liberals calling for George W. Bush’s assassination when they demonized him and pointed out the fact that he killed a lot of people?
Of course, they just want pro-lifers to shut up about abortion altogether. Which I won’t :)
Casey 7:27PM
Kindly dispense with the theatrics. I put my life in greater danger working as a nurse on the floor and the ER but it was my job and I did it. If you want to know what danger is take care of some of the most dangerous people in the prison system.
BTW Casey, do you know if this doctor is a board certified OB/GYN capable of managing complications or will patients be dumped on the local OB/GYN on call for emergencies? Under no other circumstances is this considered acceptable or ethical medical practice.
Hi Jack 6:38PM
Outstanding post.
Thanks Mary.
It seriously drives me crazy that with our millions of years of evolution and highly developed sentience that our first solution to child abuse seems to be “kill them before anyone touches them!!”. I mean, wow. We should just nuke the developing world if death is the solution for suffering. It’s ludicrous.
Hi Jack.
You are entirely welcome. As I have said before, we may not always agree with or like what each other has to say, but that in no way diminishes the great respect I have for you. You are a man who shoots straight from the hip, tells it like it is, and from whom we will always get an honest opinion and a great deal of insight.
Hi Mother In Texas,
While I have you here, did you ever see “Lincoln”?
Mary,
Nah, I haven’t seen it, yet. Things have been hectic on my end. Is it out on DVD, yet? We almost never get to the theaters.
JackBorsch says:
April 2, 2013 at 11:42 pm
Thanks Mary.
It seriously drives me crazy that with our millions of years of evolution and highly developed sentience that our first solution to child abuse seems to be “kill them before anyone touches them!!”. I mean, wow. We should just nuke the developing world if death is the solution for suffering. It’s ludicrous.
I know this wasn’t addressed to me, but Jack, I wanted to add an AMEN to what you said. Do people REALLY expect there to NEVER be any suffering in an IMperfect world?
Like I said–this ain’t Utopia. (Yeah, I said “ain’t” I’m a Texan; I’m allowed LOL)
Hi Mother in Texas,
I don’t know if it is out on DVD. Hopefully you will be able to see it one way or the other.
You may have to find a different browser to listen the the tape. I listened on IE