Read my previous posts on this here and here.

In January 2011 the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform posted what it called “the most shocking 4-minute abortion debate you will ever see.”

CBR juxtaposed a video produced by Northland Family Planning Centers touting “the goodness” of abortion with video cuts showing the reality of abortion.

Northland is a late-term abortion chain of 3 mills in Michigan that aborts babies up to 24 weeks old. CBR merely showed what those abortions look like.

But Northland did not appreciate CBR’s unauthorized use of its video and sued, going so far as to hire high-powered Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, the largest intellectual property law firm in the United States, to represent its case.

Last Friday  Judge James Selna, of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Santa Ana) dismissed Northland’s lawsuit, ruling in favor of CBR, which was represented by the American Freedom Law Center.

The obvious intent of CBR’s video was parody and critique, which is protected use of copyrighted material under the U.S. Fair Use trademark law.

Judge Selna got that, writing in his opinion:

[CBR] turn[s] the Northland Video’s message “on its head” by alternating clips of the calm, empathetic doctor explaining that choosing to have an abortion does not make you a bad woman, with shockingly graphic images of fetuses being dismembered and removed from the birth canal. For example, in the beginning of the [CBR] Videos, a clip from the Northland Video plays in which the narrator says, “to have an abortion is a normal decision”; then, the screen cuts to a video clip in which it appears that a fetal hand reaches out of the birth canal and gloved fingers – ostensibly those of a doctor – expose more of the hand before using forceps to rip off the appendage. Of course, [CBR’s] abundantly clear message is that deciding to have an abortion is anything but a “normal decision”….

Here is CBR’s video that Northland sued to censor from public view (and YouTube removed). WARNING: Graphic….

In AFLC’s press release Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi observed, “This case is yet another example of abortionists trying to hide the stark reality that they are engaged in the business of killing human life for profit. CBR’s video effectively and metaphorically forces open the door to the abortion clinic and allows the viewer to decide whether they are going to believe what they hear or what they see – with their own eyes. Abortionists can spin the facts, but the camera records the truth.”

AFLC Senior Counsel Robert Muise commented, “This is an important ruling. It sends a clear message to other abortionists and their complicit lawyers that this tactic of trying to silence the pro-life message through vexatious litigation will not work. CBR’s video effectively exposes the lies and deception of the Northland video, and it will continue to do so thanks to this ruling.”

The L Word drama about lesbian friends in Los Angeles, back on Sunday, January 28, 2007, featured the “Unauthorized Abortion of W,” a sculpture of Barbara Bush’s body with an exposed womb displaying George W. Bush’s adult face with each of his hands holding onto a rocket labeled “U.S. Air Force” (angled to suggest they represent forceps) while a vacuum cleaner hose was stuck in Mrs. Bush’s crotch.

~ Brent Baker, going back in time to revisit the controversial scene in The L Word drama featured on Showtime, Newsbusters, June 16

My top five favorite cartoons for the week, today honoring First Father, Barack Obama…

by Brian Farrington at Townhall.com…

 by Michael Ramirez at Townhall.com (click to enlarge)…

 by Steve Kelley at Townhall.com…

 by Glenn McCoy at Townhall.com…

 by RightHandedCartoonsBlogspot.com at The Bold Pursuit…

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

~ Psalm 68:5-6, New International Version

Calm down, ladies. You’re being hysterical. There’s no war on women! What are you talking about? Are you on your period again?

May was a busy month for legislating against women’s interests at the state level. In that month alone 34 provisions were enacted in 16 states including [these]…

The War on Women is a lie. Pass the Midol.

Angry Black Lady Chronicles, June 13

The Obama/Biden campaign is encouraging supporters to wish President Obama a Happy Father’s Day. What message would you like Obama to read?
 
 

Forgotten holiday?

There was a related tidbit by the Associated Press, in conjunction with Obama eating and (unpaid for) lunch with four winners of the “Lunch with Obama” on June 14:

President Barack Obama says his wife told him to knock it off for calling Father’s Day a “forgotten holiday.”

Obama ate lunch with four campaign supporters in downtown Washington on Friday and observed that people make a bigger deal out of Mother’s Day. He said he had shared his observation with Michelle Obama and that she told him to knock it off.

The president said the first lady told him Mother’s Day should be a bigger day because “every day is Father’s Day” and he is “always getting a treat.”

Obama’s comments came as he chatted with his lunch mates in view of the media. Later Friday, he and his family were flying home to Chicago, where they planned to spend Father’s Day weekend.

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli

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• Secular Pro-Life shares the story of one reader who chose open adoption for her baby girl – no thanks to Planned Parenthood:
  

  I was expecting a physical exam and some pamphlets discussing my options. I was wrong. The woman at the desk told me that unless I wanted to terminate, there was little they would do for me. With my insurance, I could be “rid of my problem” for $8 by noon the next day. I told her I was not there for an abortion, just prenatal care. She told me prenatal care was not offered at the clinic; I would need to go to a regular clinic. The young woman instead found the adoption option presented to her at a local Birthright pregnancy resource center.

• At National Review, Michael New discusses Guttmacher’s attempt to inflate abortion numbers in Colombia. New also shares more specific demographic information from Gallup’s latest poll showing an increase in the number of people who identify as “pro-life.”

• At My Drop in the Ocean, Laura Peredo remarks on the third anniversary of the death of notorious abortionist George Tiller. She points out the blindness behind Planned Parenthood’s claim that violence should have “no place” in the issue of abortion. While pro-lifers indeed believe violence is wrong, pro-choicers ignore the extremely violent act of abortion itself.
• At The New Feminism, Marjorie Murphy Campbell notes society’s inconsistency when it comes to discrimination. Discriminating against an individual because of sex is unacceptable unless that individual resides in the womb of a woman who desires a child of a different sex.
• Pro-Life Action League calls out the media for failing to accurately report on the second round of nationwide religious freedom rallies and encourages readers to contact media outlets when errors need to be corrected.
• Wesley J. Smith notes that the British Medical Association is encouraging their doctors to no longer express opposition to euthanasia, but to remain “neutral”:
  How a professional association can argue that doctors express “no opinion” on whether doctors should be able to kill their patients or assist in their suicides is beyond me. Could there be anything more impactful to the ethical practice of medicine? Could there be a more important issue with regard to proper patient care? And this at a time when the quality of patient care in the NHS is imploding. So the answer to worsening care crisis is allowing doctors to help kill patients? Good grief!This is just more evidence of the ongoing attempt to deprofessionalize medicine and turn it into an on demand technocracy.

[Photo via indybay.org]

by LauraLoo

The ladies of The View shared their compassion and empathy towards single-mom Bristol Palin who was featured on her new reality show Life’s a Tripp.

The conversation then took a turn as Elizabeth, Sherri, Joy and Whoopi discussed their memories of birthing and new motherhood.  (As usual, Whoopi’s a bit over the top.)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxM82sjTb2s[/youtube]

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