Laughably, The Providence Journal concealed the accurate professional identity of pro-abort Mary Ann Sorrentino in its Feb. 5 article about her new book, "The A Word: Abortion: Real Women, Tough Choices, Personal Freedom."
The liberal news organization esteemed Sorrentino as the former "director of the Rhode Island chapter of Planned Parenthood," making her sound something like the leader of a civics group. In reality Sorrentino was the executive director of Rhode Island Planned Parenthood, which operates a seond-trimester abortion mill and a feeder "express" pre-chop shop.
That aside, Sorrentino provided interesting glimpses into the mind of the enemy....
The anti-abortion movement has, Sorrentino says, gotten very smart of late, especially in the way it has controlled the language of the debate. "Partial birth abortion, that's a brilliant term but it has no medical meaning and it certainly more attention-grabbing than late-term abortion. ... 'Right to life' is a very powerful term, while 'pro-choice' sounds defensive."The anti-abortion movement is brilliant and very committed. These people aren't going anywhere," said Sorrentino.
In reality, "partial birth abortion" is both a legally and medically defined term, although it is no surprise Sorrentino lied and the reporter failed to challenge her. But since Sorrentino called us "brilliant," I'll let it go. I also found it interesting she considered "pro-choice" a defensive term.
An excerpt from Sorrentino's book could explain no better why abortion is not a revered and heralded "right." Even she as an abortion advocate could not make it sound pleasant:
Every day across America, women like these lie down on a stretcher, look up at a ceiling, and wait for the medical team to end their pregnancies. Every day this happens to people you know and love.
And here's a "duh" quote:
Sorrentino... worries that the two generations of women who have come of age since the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade which legalized abortion have come to take the freedom to terminate a pregnancy for granted."We want young people to have a fire in their belly about this right... ' said Sorrentino.
"Fire in the belly." Interesting Freudian slip. But why should young people trust the very people who tried to kill them before they were born, or support an effort that has resulted in the slaughter of 1/3 of their generation?
Last, a quote from the article pregnant with irony about Sorrentino's passion to push abortion:
"It is my life's work," Sorrentino said....
Comments:
Many practices of the past are no longer practiced.
Abortion should soon join the practices of old.
Wow-- this goes right along with the special from WorldNetDaily that talks about how pro-life causes are working in more ways than the high-profile ones. What excites my soul is the fact that fewer doctors are willing to perform these butcheries and that we may be able to kill it grass roots.
Posted by: MInTheGap at February 7, 2007 12:21 PMI'm so tired of hearing that "late term abortion" is more accurate than "partial birth abortion." "Late term" only implies that the abortion happens late in the pregnancy. "Partial birth" tells us specifically what actually happens -- babies are partially born before they are killed. How is our term the obfuscation?
Posted by: Michelle Potter at February 7, 2007 12:44 PM
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.