Pro-life news brief 5-3-13
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
- AZ Central covers Live Action’s sting of The Family Planning Associates Medical Group and got a statement from the abortion clinic:
The Family Planning Associates Medical Group’s e-mail said: “The individuals in the video were never in the position to provide direct medical care to patients undergoing second trimester abortions and no longer counsel patients at our clinic. Family Planning Associates Medical Group strictly adheres to all applicable state and federal laws regarding the delivery of abortion care.”This seems to claim that abortionist Laura Mercer wasn’t going to commit the late-term abortion and was just there to read the state-mandated law.
- Former tennis star Jimmy Connors is claiming Chris Evert’s (both pictured left, then and now) decision to have an abortion played a role in ending their relationship:
He has indicated that his fiancée decided to have an abortion after he made her pregnant. He was 22 at the time, with a volatile bad boy reputation, while she was 19, the all-American girl from a devout Catholic family….
“Chrissie, however, had already made up her mind that the timing was bad and too much was riding on her future,” he writes. “She asked me to handle the details.”
He adds that he told her: “Well, thanks for letting me know. Since I don’t have any say in the matter, I guess I am just here to help.”
- Abortion advocates are gearing up for Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016:
The liberal backlash against President Obama coincides with a new, nationwide campaign to elect a female president – with his former rival-turned-secretary-of-state at the top of the list. The “Madam President” initiative was launched Thursday by EMILY’s List, which raises money for female, Democratic candidates who support abortion rights.“There is one name that seems to be getting mentioned more than the others. We do not know if Hillary is going to run, but we are hopeful that she will,” EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock said.
- During the Pennsylvania governor’s race, will the media investigate whether Democratic candidate Allyson Schwartz’s (pictured right) abortion clinic referred late-term patients to Kermit Gosnell?
At [the Elizabeth Blackwell Health Center, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood], the answers aren’t clear, either. The doctors there don’t perform abortions on site, but they do refer patients to abortion clinics in the area. These days, Blackwell’s policy is to provide no referrals for any patient seeking an abortion past 21 weeks of gestation. The law in Pennsylvania allows for abortions up until 24 weeks, but a Blackwell employee who answered the phone says a woman after 21 weeks would have to travel to New Jersey or Delaware to get an abortion that late. Why?
“No clinics in Pennsylvania will take patients past 21 weeks,” the employee confirmed.
Not anymore, but there was a time when at least one clinic in the Philadelphia area was performing late-term abortions on women who were past 21 weeks of gestation: Gosnell’s. Late-term abortions were his specialty, particularly for poor minority women. If a woman at 23 weeks came to Blackwell looking for an abortion, where would Blackwell refer her to if not Gosnell’s clinic?
[Connors/Everts photos via tumblr.com and nydailynews.com; Schwartz photo via sfmedicalsociety.wordpress.com]
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 I was in college, I knew a Roman Catholic boy who strongly opposed abortion. Although something of a ladies’ man who “came on strong,” he did not engage in the type of sex that leads to pregnancy. Perhaps Jimmy Connor should have taken a lesson from him.
I’ve never been very fond of Jimmy Connors, IMO an egotistical spoiled brat, and I think even less of him now. Why is it necessary to bring this up 40 years later? Jimmy has as much class now as he did back then, and that isn’t saying much.
Mary, I was never a big Connors fan myself. But if what he is saying is true–and why bring this up now if it’s not–he at least wanted to do the right thing. It might be that he is coming out with this now because he has been dealing with Post Abortion Stress. A lot of things could bring this to the forefront for him, for example the Kermit Gosnell trial.
I’m not saying that’s what’s going on, and I’m not trying to justify Connors in any way. I’m just holding this out as a possibility; he might be looking for some healing or closure.
On another note, it’s clear that Evert was not the blameless party in their torrid relationship that many thought she was. And yes I was a Chris Evert fan.
Hi Victor,
I have no doubt what he said is true, but why bring it up now? I don’t think his intentions are all that honoroable. I respect you Victor and I think you are being very charitable.
To me Connors is the egotist he always was and I don’t see how exposing Everet, who I don’t consider an innocent party either, serves any purpose. I think a real man would keep quiet, if Everet want to discuss this, fine. I think we all have skeletons in the closet and wouldn’t appreciate someone taking it upon themselves to expose them, especially if we have children and families to consider.
I thought Barbara Walters was just as low class when she discussed her affair with a deceased married senator. The man is dead and he has a family. Why is it necessary to even discuss this, and more important, who cares?
I once read an account of a daughter who discovered her deceased father had an affair with his married secretary. Shocked and outraged, the daughter wanted to expose this secretary to her family and community. Her mother, showing immeasurable class, stopped her. Her father is dead, this is the past, there was no need to devastate any more lives.
More people should follow this woman’s example.
Thank you Mary, I respect you as well, and I agree with you. If this is Connor’s way of dealing with Post Abortion Stress it’s not a very good way. If it’s not Post Abortion Stress, then it would seem he’s just being vindictive at this time for some unknown reason. Talking with Evert quietly about this, or just getting some counseling, would be the best way to handle it.