Pro-life news brief 7-10-13
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
- The West Virginia abortionist being sued for allegedly continuing an abortion against a patient’s wishes is denying the allegations and is claiming that leaving a pieces of the child in the patient wasn’t his fault:
Her complaint claims she came to the clinic for an abortion but that she wasn’t given enough medication ahead of the procedure because the center and [Rodney Lee] Stephens didn’t know enough about her history with “use and/or abuse” of pain medication.Stephens refused to stop the procedure when [Itai] Gravely told him to and staff members restrained her while he finished the procedure, according to her complaint. She says she felt enough pain after the procedure to eventually go to Charleston Area Medical Center.
At the hospital, Gravely says the doctors removed more materials from her uterus, including a skull….
Stephens and the center also state they are “of information and belief” that CAMC removed “additional products of conception.” But Gravely was told that “retained fragments and tissue” could remain after the abortion, which could lead to the need for further medical attention.
If any “products of conception” remained in Gravely, it wasn’t because Stephens or the center didn’t provide the proper care, according to the response.
- At Slate, Jessica Grose is not happy with wrenching abortion stories. Instead, she wants more stories from women who have abortions “and don’t look back”:
A lot of women don’t want a baby, and they don’t care whether the fetus is viable or how much money is in their bank account. Where are their essays?…[A] 23-year-old anonymous author… tried googling “abortion blog” and only came up with anti-choice nonsense and women who regretted their terminations. So she wanted to publish something servicey that explained what an abortion was like and how to go about getting one. But what I liked best about the site was how blithe and unapologetic she was about her choice. She described the aftermath of her abortion like this:
By monday my hormones were a little wonky but in all i just felt like this parasitic creature that burrowed its way into me and fed of my energy, apetite, [sic] and joy was removed. And I had been restored….
This kind of honesty… has the potential to nudge the battle back leftward after ceding so much ground.
- The Fairfax City Council has voted in favor of adding a new term to their zoning law which abortion advocates oppose because they believe it will prevent an abortion clinic from setting up in the city.
The council voted Tuesday night to create a new term in its zoning law, “medical care facility,” delete the term “clinic” from the current definition of a doctor’s office, and require all medical care facilities to obtain a special use permit at a cost of $4,800, along with a detailed approval process and a final vote by the city council. Pro-choice activists said the move was aimed at keeping abortion clinics out of Fairfax City, including an existing clinic in the city which was trying to relocate to meet Virginia’s new hospital-style zoning standards for abortion clinics.
[Photo via Slate, by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images]
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.
By monday my hormones were a little wonky but in all i just felt like this parasitic creature that burrowed its way into me and fed of my energy, apetite, [sic] and joy was removed. And I had been restored….
And she thinks that this kind of rhetoric – “parasitic creature” – is going to endear the pro-choice crowd to the masses? Seriously??
They will always seek out new words to sell their message — words like “choice” and “rights” have lost their impact. ”Healthcare” is still playing well for them, but not so much since Gosnell and the rest have come to light. Real doctors at real healthcare clinics have clean facilities and professional relationships with nearby hospitals.
In the meantime, pro-aborts will try a lot of poorly chosen words along the way — “tumor,” “parasite,” “blob” and “potential life” come to mind. A commentor over at Jane Dough (Collette’s “Sharpen Your Talons” blog) asserted that “nothing dies” during an abortion. That won’t play long in the real world….
Gosh.
How in the world did that parasitic creature get there????
a parasite is of a different species than the host. So no points for that.
But I do love the word WONKY!! :)
“A commentor over at Jane Dough (Collette’s “Sharpen Your Talons” blog) asserted that “nothing dies” during an abortion”
they said this only about an abortion before the third trimester. So I guess the life fairy casts her spell the moment the second trimester ends.
@ 23-year-old anonymous
Okay, so 24 years ago you were a non-human parasite. That thought alone should make anyone feel wonky.
“professional relationships with nearby hospitals.” -yes, often by guaranteeing a minimum number of admissions each year. Abortion is too safe to meet that requirement.
I really chaff at the term “parasite” when it’s used in reference to babies. I have a few coworkers who, whenever I mention any amount of fatigue or discomfort, love to pull out that term. Every time, I insist that my baby is NOT a parasite and yet they persist. Can I not discuss my pregnancy at all without this level of disrespect toward my body and my child??
Not surprisingly, they’re both pro-abortion.
I feel a deep sadness for this country. To kill our own unborn human babies is a tragedy. The beginning of legalized abortion led us down a path of selfishness and hate. It’s an industry focused on profit only, not helping women. People should be more important to us than money and until this country learns to cherish human life again this tragedy will continue. I look at my beautiful children, my three boys, one of whom is just 4 months old and my heart breaks for the babies that are killed. The only question that repeats in my mind is “how can a mother KILL her OWN baby?”
That question is what kept me silent in my church for 9 years.
It was asked over and over and over again and this post abortive mom was shamed into silence.
The questions are no longer HOW or WHY. They get us nowhere. Women DO abort. They DO pay someone to kill their children. They do. We do. I did.
The questions are what does it look like for the body of Christ to truly be there for women BEFORE they ever get to that mill? What are we doing to help them? Support them and love them? What do we offer them?
And if they do choose abortion? What will we offer them then?
For those of you that find yourself asking How in the world can a woman kill her own child? or Why in the world would a woman kill her own child?
Please read. Read our stories. Open your heart. Open your eyes.
http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/testimonies/index.aspx
In Texas 900 abortion stories of regret were submitted as friend of the court briefs by the women of Operation Outcry. To help pass HB2.
It is our voices of regret that are raising with yours to end abortion!!
http://operationoutcry.org
What these women including yourself have been through was very difficult and heartbreaking to say the least. The testimonies I read were beautiful in that you and the other women realized the tragedy of abortion even though you had to go through so much to come to that conclusion. If only other women could learn to love and not hate the beautiful life that’s growing inside them. True, not every situation is ideal for having a baby, but God will always give you what you need. He will always provide and care for you. We all have to learn to trust in His will.
My question is directed at the callous women who are pushing for more murderous freedoms. Killing babies late term,as if killing them in the first trimester isn’t horrible enough, is undeniably horrific. So for selfish reasons they still want to deny that there is a human life inside the women’s body, even though science allows us to physically see inside a women’s uterus to see the baby! So to those people, my question still stands. How can a mother kill her own baby? And more importantly, why do you want to murder babies without limits?
I wouldn’t doubt they are post abortive. That anger comes from anyone DARING to say that what they did was wrong. They justify just as I did.
And I would be standing there with them today screaming for my “right to choose” had I not been so broken over my abortion.
Pray with me against this evil. Pray for them. Pray that these women find help and healing. Satan uses abortion to keep us from Him. It keeps women in bondage.
God will not allow it to continue for much longer.
“professional relationships with nearby hospitals” occur when doctors don’t fly in from out of state as a number of abortionists do to ply their trade.
Professional relationships also happen with clean, safe, law abiding operations. Too often, we see abortionists who fail clinic inspections, have license suspensions, are sued, have criminal records for drug charges, assault, etc. No hospital wants to associate itself with such a reputation. Furthermore, abortionists attract us pesky pro-lifers.
By monday my hormones were a little wonky but in all i just felt like this parasitic creature that burrowed its way into me and fed of my energy, apetite, [sic] and joy was removed. And I had been restored….
This is just so sad!!! Not just the complete hatred towards her own child, but just how depraved someone has to be to even come up with conclusions like that. I mean really, just a short time ago she was that “parasite” in her mothers womb draining her energy, and here she is – UNIQUE, HUMAN, ALIVE. The disconnect is just mind boggling!
“professional relationships with nearby hospitals” occur when doctors don’t fly in from out of state as a number of abortionists do to ply their trade.” – indeed. Although it’s not just abortionists who do so.
And as I said “often by guaranteeing a minimum number of admissions each year. Abortion is too safe to meet that requirement”
Then there are those who won’t allow admitting rights for abortion doctors because they operate according to doctrine, not just law.
“Too often, we see abortionists who fail clinic inspections, have license suspensions, are sued, have criminal records for drug charges, assault, etc. No hospital wants to associate itself with such a reputation.” – that’s not exclusive to abortion doctors.
“Furthermore, abortionists attract us pesky pro-lifers.” – yes, making things less safe.
Which all goes to show that the legislation’s intent isn’t to make things safer for women at all.
I never said those things were exclusive to abortionists or ought to be.
“they operate according to doctrine, not just law” Are you saying a private entity e.g. hospital can’t set its own rules or decide who’s in the club?
Reality, Tell me how the abortion was safe for Gravely?