I want to hug the necks of everyone associated with "Friday Night Lights" for being courageous enough to tell it like it is. I hope they win all four of the Emmys they were nominated for this month. By telling Becky's story, they empower women and girls who have struggled and made their best, most moral decisions despite difficult circumstances.

~Former Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt, commenting on a recent episode of Friday Night Lights in which a teenage girl decides to have an abortion, Washington Post, July 23

During times of trouble I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me and set me free from all of them. The LORD is on my side. I am not afraid. What can mortals do to me? The LORD is on my side as my helper. I will see the defeat of those who hate me.

It is better to depend on the LORD than to trust mortals. It is better to depend on the LORD than to trust influential people.

~ Psalm 118:5-9, God's Word translation

In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. In the name of... Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.

~Famed vampire author Anne Rice, as quoted by Huffington Post, July 29

In the beginning, we cried a lot. Now, looking back, we realize what idiots we were.

Spain's World Cup-winning coach Vicente del Bosque, remarking on the 1989 birth of 2nd son, Álvaro, who has Down's syndrome; as quoted by livejournal.com, July 16

[HT: MommyLife]

If I want to murder my fetus, it ain't nobody's business but my own.

~Pro-abort commenter Jenna, on Stanek Post: Are Pro-Life going to adopt all unwanted babies?, July 25

On July 25, 1968, Pope Paul VI issued the encyclical letter Humanae Vitae, which means, "Of Human Life." In that relatively short document... he outlines the Church's vision of human life, marriage, and the connection between human love and the creative action of God.

Love and life are 2 very simple and very similar words, and they represent 2 gifts that go together. Love leads to life; it does not close it off. Love welcomes life, it is not afraid of it. Love and life go together because ultimately, they are simply 2 aspects of the one God.

One of the best ways you can observe this anniversary of Humanae Vitae is to read it.... At priestsforlife.org... you will find the text along with helpful commentary.

~ Fr. Frank Pavone's blog, July 23

Abortion and How to Choose a Correct Clinic...

It is conjointly confusing to succeed in correct information online, concerning the procedures and ways to get the abortion done.... [Y]ou may be flooded with results that can guide you to centers dispensing medical data on the process, primarily created to frighten you to relinquish up the idea.

While searching on the web, the result might not lead you to services for abortion; instead they'll try to alter your mind by sending you to folks who have that intention in mind. There are various organizations in the USA that are operating towards anti-abortion....

Many websites that you may visit throughout your search can solely be promoting Pro-life thoughts, but you can simply browse through their intentions. Once the website talks concerning the risks concerned in terminating a pregnancy, and also the regrets that girl can have to undergo later, you are certain it is an anti-abortion website.

Sometimes visuals of abortion are exhibited to frighten you, and even visit the extent of suggesting that an abortion might lead to alternative health complications like breast cancer. They will also enlarge after-effects of abortion, like damages to your interior organs, scarring which could be a rarity, since abortions are undertaken by professionals who are trained to handle such situations.

~ Aaron Adish, The Clearing House, July 23

The abortion advocate attacks the unique sexuality of a woman and squashes the sense of pride she experiences in being able to bring life into the world - a miracle no man can replicate. Attempts to artificially sterilize and de-sex women by stripping their wombs of life are belittling and offensive. No woman should be made to feel by society - and have confirmed by pro-choice legislation - that something is intrinsically wrong with her body....

To strip women of their distinct sexuality in the name of feminism is senseless. It suggests an underlying belief that only those qualities which are male are valuable, or worth celebrating, or deserving of respect. It propagates the lie that pregnancy is a problem up to women to prevent at any and all costs....

~Catherine Palmer, Ethika Politika, July 19

There is no doubt that Elena Kagan is a leftist radical. I'm working my way through her senior thesis on the disintegration of the Socialist Party in America in early 20th century New York....

In Elena Kagan, we have a homosexual activist radical, a partial-birth abortion supporter, a despiser of our military, a would-be gun grabber and free speech killer - just an all-around good Marxist.

~Gina Miller, The Dakota Voice, July 22

Researchers in Sri Lanka have found what they say is a link between abortion and breast cancer. According to the study conducted by scientists at the University of Colombo, having an abortion can triple a woman's risk of the disease, and, in fact, abortion is the greatest reported risk factor associated with breast cancer.

The latest study is the 4th in the last 14 months to show such a link, following similar findings by researchers in China, Turkey, and the United States.

~The New American, July 20

From CA Catholic Daily, July 20:

This is not what we worked for. This is not what we fought for. You and I, and millions of Planned Parenthood supporters, fought for a year to make sure that health care reform would provide comprehensive coverage to every woman, man, and child in America. We achieved some tremendous victories, including defeating the Stupak amendment that would have banned private insurance coverage of abortion for millions of women. Now, a Stupak-like rule is back - and it came from the Obama administration. Tell the Obama administration to reverse this decision and allow women to secure the coverage they need.

~Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, in a July 16 email to PP followers.

Abortion is the most common surgical procedure women receive. At a time when the country is on the cusp of implementing nationwide health-insurance coverage, it is unacceptable to treat abortion care differently in the new high-risk pools... This decision puts in place a 3-year restriction that is similar to the proposal from Rep. Bart Stupak that was rejected during the legislative debate on health reform.

~Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, in a July 15 prepared statement.

Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop is urging a no vote on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan....

Koop accuses Kagan of lobbying successfully to change the language of a 1997 statement by American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists on a controversial procedure that critics call "partial-birth abortion."

Koop calls "unethical" and "disgraceful" Kagan's effort to convince the medical group to describe the procedure as medically necessary.

"She was willing to replace a medical statement with a political statement that was not supported by any existing medical data."

~USA Today, July 19

In Kindergarten, the new curriculum proposes that those 5 and 6 year olds know the proper terminology for body parts, such as penis, scrotum and testicles. You see, it's far more important that they don't use the word "pee-pee" and that they are sexually knowledgeable and empowered, at age 5, than that they know how to spell their own names and count to 20.

~Lori Ziganto, discussing MT's new public school "health curriculum," Hot Air, July 14

If you truly are "pro-life" in that you believe abortion is murder because the unborn child is a full-fledged human being, then you wouldn't so casually allow the child to be murdered simply based on its parent's misbehavior.

Allowing a rape-and-incest exception to any abortion ban essentially means we are willing to punish the children for the sins of the father. And that's not the way our society works.

~Self-described pro-choicer Zombie, PajamasMedia.com, July 14

Just last month at the White House, I asked President Obama to provide the American people with a progress report on the implementation of his Executive Order, which purports to ban taxpayer-funding of abortions. Unfortunately, the President provided no information, and the American people are still waiting for answers.

~House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio). as quoted by CNSNews.com, July 14

I don't feel as if feminism has passed me by - surely it is every woman's right to choose. I choose to be at home....

It makes me laugh when people say to me, rather pompously, at dinner parties: "And what do you do?" I am not going to apologize for being a stay-at-home mum and yet people can look at you in such a pitying way, as if you're sacrificing your ambition for the sake of your children and letting the sisterhood down.

... I love my life. I want to see my children's first steps, hear their first words, and be there to take them to school and pick them up. Those tiny moments in the day are so valuable to children, and you can never get them back.

~ Poppy Pickles (pictured right with daughter Rosanna), former Sotheby's auction house researcher, as quoted by the Daily Mail, July 13

CPCs are not only misleading, they also dispense false and medically inaccurate information to women. It is imperative that the medical community speak out on the deceptive practices of CPCs and help NARAL Pro-Choice CA to keep women safe.

~Dr. Michelle Sandberg, pediatrician, as quoted by PRNewsWire July 12.

An anti-tax advocacy group and an anti-abortion organization have filed suit against the state, saying that they want to make political contributions as corporations directly to parties and candidates and pay for political ads without going through the "burdensome registration, record-keeping and reporting requirements" of a political fund. Those actions are currently prohibited under state law.

Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Inc. and the Taxpayers League of Minnesota were joined by Coastal Travel Enterprises LLC in the suit filed Wednesday in federal court in Minneapolis. The suit was filed against a wide array of state officials, including Attorney General Lori Swanson, the state campaign finance board, several judges in the state's Office of Administrative Hearings and Hennepin Co. Attorney Michael Freeman.

James Bopp Jr., a Terre Haute, IN-based attorney representing the corporations, could not be reached for comment late Thursday.

~ TwinCities.com, July 9. Bopp previously represented Wisconson Right to Life before the US Supreme Court in 2007 in a successful challenge against a component of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Act.

A law liberalizing Spain's abortion restrictions took effect [July 5]... but remains under review in the country's Constitutional Court....

Reforming abortion law is part of a larger social change program undertaken by Zapatero. His Socialist government has already removed religion from the public education curriculum, reformed divorce laws, and legalized gay marriage since assuming power in 2004....

~ Ms. Magazine, July 6

We need an army to destroy the American Taliban! Before Roe... women died in the streets every day!

...

We're really trying to make abortion not needed.

~Late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart, speaking at a Presbyterians Affirming Reproductive Options meeting, as quoted by The Layman Online, July 8

If you make these changes, I promise you, new foreign private investment will come in like you've never seen....

What is clear is that we are having a powerful elite in government supported by foreign powers against the weak forces of church leaders.

~Vice President Joe Biden, as quoted by FoxNews.com, July 6

The Obama administration is offering incentives to Kenya to approve a controversial new constitution that would legalize abortion for the first time, promising that passage will "allow money to flow" into the nation's coffers, including U.S. aid. Biden also said that Obama would visit the country only if the constitution is passed.

If you make these changes, I promise you, new foreign private investment will come in like you've never seen.
....

What is clear is that we are having a powerful elite in government supported by foreign powers against the weak forces of church leaders

Vice President Joe Biden. The Obama administration is offering incentives to Kenya to approve a controversial new constitution that would legalize abortion for the first time, promising that passage will "allow money to flow" into the nation's coffers, including U.S. aid. Biden also said that Obama would visit the country only if the constitution is passed.
As quoted by : FOXNews.com. July 6.

... [I]f a pregnancy is going to ruin her life in any way, she has a right to get the abortion. She has the right. She has an obligation to protect her life from being ruined.... Because you owe this respect to yourself because you're a child of God. You should feel guilty if you don't....

If you have an abortion, there is a fetus that will be killed.... This is true. But... for us, death is not the end of the story. And this unborn child or fetus or whatever you want to call it is... well, we do not know what God is going to do with this creature. God has a lot of mercy, maybe... we don't know.

~Elfriede Harth, Secretariat of European Parliament Study Group on Religion and Secularity and a Spanish member of Catholics for the Right to Decide, as quoted by DFW Metro Catholic, July 5

My friends are giving birth to rainbow babies. Infinitesimal babies. Brand new human burritos. So delicious. So warming. These babies melt my heart then re-shape it, and take it waltzing in a sunlit, crystalline ballroom. I realize I have a deep and gracious penchant for newborn children, for those cardinal and fleeting moments when a baby becomes a unique being on this earth.

Orange butterflies are dancing along summer's path. Hummingbirds. Fireflies are lighting the night. A female cardinal just landed in my yard.

~Daughter of Wands, abortionist from the Abortioneers blog, June 24

Elena Kagan won't admit to Orrin Hatch she wrote something but admits it's her handwriting...

[HT: BarackObamaVideos.net] July 1

If opinion research reveals anything about Americans' attitudes toward abortion, it's that they don't like to think about it - period....

Thus, an honest discussion would at least entertain the possibility that the easy availability of subsidized abortion weakens the cultural expectation that young men must take responsibility for their offspring.

~John Wilson, NY Post, July 1

Monday was Justice John Paul Stevens' final day on the Supreme Court - and it attracted a small group of protesters who showed up at the court to decry Stevens for his decisions on abortion.

One protester, dressed as the grim reaper, wielded a megaphone into which he suggested Stevens will go to hell. Another, bearing a sign reading "Abortionists for Justice Stevens," repeatedly stabbed a baby doll spattered with what appeared to be blood.

~CBS News, June 28

The Holocaust was a watershed event in the history of mankind, in which 6 million Jews - one-third of the world's Jewish population - were exterminated. But today the word is used in ways that cheapen it....

The enormity of the crimes of the Holocaust was such that if you were to try to call out 2,000 of the names every day of the 6 million who perished, it would take more than 8 years to complete the task. That's what a holocaust is.

~Rabbi Marvin Hier, Los Angeles Times opinion column, June 29

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

~ Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as quoted by Anna Halpine and Greg Pfundstein at National Review Online, June 26, who editorialized:

Does Hillary Clinton think it is more important to promote liberal Western ideologies than to address the critical needs of the women and children of Africa and Asia? Does she prefer to promote the tired, old eugenic orthodoxies of the largely discredited population-control movement?

Is Hillary Clinton - and the Obama administration - willing to hold up funding for maternal and infant health because of a dogmatic commitment to a universal right to abortion on demand? What about the rights of countless women all over the world who want to bring children into the world safely, without risking their lives and the lives of their children?

[HT: Hot Air]

You don't understand that being life bearing nurturers is something that makes women special, not lesser. You, instead, think that women are stupid, shouldn't be "trapped" by a child, and should be protected victims of their own actions....

So, you see, Miss Steinem - Women, and their children born and unborn, need feminists like fish need bicycles.

~Lori Ziganto, Hot Air, June 24

You can't be a feminist who says other women can't [have an abortion].

~ 76-yr-old liberal feminist icon Gloria Steinem, commenting on Sarah Palin, as quoted by CBS News, June 23

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"I have no regrets, none whatsoever," he said. It was windy outside, but it was also over 90 degrees in sunny Ann Arbor, MI. I was now sweating, and he was... well, cold.

He shifted his gaze from his lawyer back to me. "Sanjay, you want to know the single worst moment of my life?"

That wasn't the question I asked, but in fact I was curious to know the answer.

"OK," I replied - a little uneasily.

He smiled now and said in a very deliberate, almost staccato voice: "The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born." And, we had officially begun my sit-down interview with Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

~ CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, reporting on his interview with physician-suicide enthusiast Dr. Jack Kevorkian, June 14

[HT: LifeNews.com]

They still care about abortion but want to emphasize a broader range of issues. They want to present a different and, they say, less judgmental face to the world.

~ABC News, June 20, reporting that certain young Christian activists would rather focus on "educational inequality, poverty, genocide prevention and nuclear non-proliferation."

Well, if the president of Hand-Wringing Misogynists of America says it, it must be true! F**k you, SCIENCE!....

If [Wendy] Wright were really concerned about women, and of course she isn't, she would support making available every option for women to terminate unwanted pregnancies.

~Pro-abortion radical feminist Melissa McEwan from blog Shakesville, responding to Concerned Women for America President Wendy Wright's comment that with ella, women will be enticed to buy a poorly tested abortion pill in the guise of a morning-after pill, June 18

In 1869, being a feminist didn't automatically mean declaring war on unborn children....

...[A]s mama grizzly Susan B. Anthony astutely observed... abortion is no cure for a societal problem that harms women. It's a symptom.

~Barbara Hollingsworth, San Francisco Examiner, June 15

However much heartburn Palin's "mama grizzlies" give to those who associate feminism with the policies and prejudices of American liberalism, circa 1973, they should recognize their emergence for what it is: not a setback for the women's movement, but a happy consequence of its victories....

The more strong women in the Republican Party, the better. Even if a candidate's beliefs vary widely from my own, she still stands as a rebuttal against centuries of oppression. You can take the girl out of the Democratic Party, but you can't take the feminine viewpoint out of the girl, regardless of her stance on abortion.

~Donna Trussell, Politics Daily, June 15

Abortion care is health care. It's necessary to have it if you want healthy women.

~ Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check, June 13

Abortion care is health care. It's necessary to have it if you want healthy women.

~ Amanda Marcotte, from RH Reality Check, June 13.

Sen. Barbara Boxer already is attacking Carly Fiorina over abortion -- inaccurately....

Boxer also is wrong that getting rid of Roe "would mean women and doctors in jail." Back when abortion was illegal, women were not jailed in America, but pitied for their mistake. And as to "doctors," before being jailed for killing children, these quacks had their medical credentials taken away, so they no longer were doctors.

~John Seiler, Orange Punch, June 9

~ CNN anchor Dr. Sanjay Gupta, "refreshingly ma[king] an implicitly pro-life argument during a report about how toxic chemicals possibly affect the unborn children," as quoted by NewsBusters, June 8

For her to see a sign that says, "Even Jesus hates you" is just like this clinic is trying to cut the heart out of these women before they enter the building.

~Rockford, IL sidewalk prayer warrior Kevin Rilott, as quoted by OneNewsNow.com, June 8

Known for its extreme, anti-Christian displays, the latest "decoration" posted at the Northern IL Women's Center in Rockford is a picture of Christ making an obscene gesture with words at the bottom that read: "Even Jesus hates you."

It is still very painful for me to remember that, slightly more than a year ago, so many of us lost so much: a beloved friend, an exceptional human being, a compassionate doctor, a skilled teacher and mentor, and an inspirational role model. I knew Dr. Tiller and was aware that he viewed his Wichita medical practice at Women's Health Care Services as a reproductive health ministry. Truly a unique perspective from a unique man.

Dr. Tiller was affectionately called St. George by the close-knit community of abortion providers who were constantly drawn to his ever-present and upbeat courage, conviction, and compassion.

Marcy Bloom, as quoted by RH Reality Check, June 7

It is still very painful for me to remember that, slightly more than a year ago, so many of us lost so much: a beloved friend, an exceptional human being, a compassionate doctor, a skilled teacher and mentor, and an inspirational role model. I knew Dr. Tiller and was aware that he viewed his Wichita medical practice at Women's Health Care Services as a reproductive health ministry. Truly a unique perspective from a unique man. Dr. Tiller was affectionately called St. George by the close-knit community of abortion providers who were constantly drawn to his ever-present and upbeat courage, conviction, and compassion.

Marcy Bloom, as quoted by RH Reality Check. June 7.

If GOP women candidates are Prolife, they'll increase taxes & make government even Bigger. This is because banning abortion is "spendthrift." It makes taxpayers subsidize an unwed poor mom & one kid to age l8. But it costs us taxpayers $500,000 to give them welfare, ADC, food stamps, health care & subsidized housing. We also have to pay people to hand out those benefits & that means more Big Government.

But ProChoice is fiscally very thrifty & genuinely conservative in use of public treasuries. Abortion is cheap. To ten weeks, abortion costs $527. To 16 weeks, it's $735. If a woman must wait longer, it still costs only $1370. The difference is $498,630. So ProChoice is the far better money manager.

Dear GOP women, please shift over to be ProChoice and give us taxpayers relief. We're supporting unaborted conceptions born to Americans & also supporting illegals who sneak in here with big families because their homelands ban abortion. Arizona is flooded with overbreeding illegals....

~ Reader comment to June 4 US News & World Report story, "More Republican women running for Congress due to economic issue"

He had a real tight grip over my mouth, but I was screaming .. and trying to pull my legs together...And that's when I felt the worst pain in my stomach. It really felt like he was ripping everything in me out, that's how painful it was.

~Caitlin Bruce, recounting her experience at abortionist Alberto Hodari's Feminine Health Care Clinic in Flint, MI in an interview with ABCNews.com, June 4.

Bruce said she walked into Hodari's clinic in April 2008, intending to have an abortion, but when she changed her mind, she was pinned down, her mouth covered to muffle her screams, while Hodari forcibly terminated her pregnancy. A lawsuit filed by Bruce against Hodari is now winding its way through the Genesee County court system, but the case has raised questions about when an abortion can be stopped.

He had a real tight grip over my mouth, but I was screaming .. and trying to pull my legs together...And that's when I felt the worst pain in my stomach. It really felt like he was ripping everything in me out, that's how painful it was.

~Caitlin Bruce. Bruce said she walked into Hodari's Feminine Health Care Clinic in Flint, Mich in April 2008, intending to have an abortion. She claims in an interview with ABCNews.com she changed her mind, but was pinned down, her mouth covered to muffle her screams, while Hodari forcibly terminated her pregnancy.A lawsuit filed by 20-year-old against Dr. Abraham Hodari is now winding its way through the Genesee County court system, but the case has raised questions about when an abortion can be stopped.

As quoted by: ABCNews.com. June 4.

Notable quotes from 39online.com KIAH-TV video above, regarding the May 20, 2010 opening of the nation's largest Planned Parenthood in Houston, TX:

It is not about women, it is about families. And it's not about what we do here today, it is about our future.

~Houston Mayor Annise Parker

Planned Parenthood... is not just associated with a certain word... but with making sure that health care is accessible and affordable, and women can come here and be safe.

~TX State Rep. Carol Alvarado

Tiller finds good company among the ancient prophets who spoke truth to power, who kept on keeping-on with the faith that one day justice shall "roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream."

Our moral center never died. And, with each abortion delivered in compassion and care, George Tiller, Barnett Slepian, Shannon Lowey, Leanne Nichols, John Britton, and David Gunn are resurrected.

RH Reality Check, "Dr. Tiller's Crucifixion and Resurrection" via Daily Kos, June 1

Tiller finds good company among the ancient prophets who spoke truth to power, who kept on keeping-on with the faith that one day justice shall "roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream."

Our moral center never died. And, with each abortion delivered in compassion and care, George Tiller, Barnett Slepian, Shannon Lowey, Leanne Nichols, John Britton, and David Gunn are resurrected.

Article on Daily Kos by RH reality Check; Dr. Tiller's Crucifixion and Resurrection. June 1.

Tiller finds good company among the ancient prophets who spoke truth to power, who kept on keeping-on with the faith that one day justice shall "roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream."

Our moral center never died. And, with each abortion delivered in compassion and care, George Tiller, Barnett Slepian, Shannon Lowey, Leanne Nichols, John Britton, and David Gunn are resurrected.

Article on Daily Kos by RH reality Check; Dr. Tiller's Crucifixion and Resurrection. June 1.

Tiller finds good company among the ancient prophets who spoke truth to power, who kept on keeping-on with the faith that one day justice shall "roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream."

Our moral center never died. And, with each abortion delivered in compassion and care, George Tiller, Barnett Slepian, Shannon Lowey, Leanne Nichols, John Britton, and David Gunn are resurrected.

Article on Daily Kos by RH reality Check; Dr. Tiller's Crucifixion and Resurrection. June 1.

... [A] number of news organizations no longer use pro-life or pro-choice, the latest being National Public Radio. The thought here is that the word pro-life is fooling people.

That's fair as far as it goes. Just once, however, wouldn't it be interesting to see a leading newspaper write something like, "Nancy Pelosi, who opposes any restrictions on abortion, even in cases where a pregnant minor is taken across state lines without a parent's permission or where the fetus is halfway out the mother"?

~William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal opinion column, June 1

In observance of Memorial Day...

The LORD is pleased with those who fear him, with those who wait with hope for his mercy.

Praise the LORD, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!

He makes the bars across your gates strong. He blesses the children within you.

He is the one who brings peace to your borders and satisfies your hunger with the finest wheat.

~ Psalm 147:11-14, God's Word translation

Another saying of Dr. Tiller's, that I've meditated on numerous times since his assassination is this, "The only requirement for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing." This is why, in the darkest, bleakest hours, we must continue moving forward, one step at a time, one woman at a time, until we achieve equality for all people of this land.

We love you Dr. Tiller and thank you for being a leader and a beacon of light.

~ Julie Burkhart, one of late-term abortionist George Tiller's former staffers, as quoted by RH Reality Check, May 26.

Adoption agencies were founded to find healthy White infants for infertile White couples.

~J. Toni Oliver, president and CEO of Roots Adoption Agency in Atlanta, GA, as quoted by Ebony Magazine (available for viewing by subscription only), June 2010

[HT: carder]

Does being pro-choice mean I have to support Michelle Duggar?...

Then again, being pro-choice means that I have to respect every choice, even the ones I disagree with: to paraphrase Larry Flynt, "free speech isn't about protecting speech you like, it's about protecting speech you hate."

I should support Michelle's right to have as many kids as she wants to, but I'll tell you what I don't support: the effects her choices have on other people, namely her kids.

The suspect brought a carpet cutter, cut his daughter's stomach with it, opened her womb and took the female foetus and threw it in the garbage.

~Earth Times News, May 24, reporting that an unidentified Jordanian man was charged today with raping his teenage daughter and then killing her during a botched Cesarean section to terminate the baby he had fathered with her

"It is hard to imagine that we would have an employee who believes it would be appropriate to share plastic fetus dolls with students in one of our schools." ~ School Board Chairman Stephen Tonelson

"Very life like, and it's a pro-life tool. To be quite honest, that is so incredible to me, that a staff member would do something so... entirely inappropriate and unacceptable. [Board members] were all pretty dumbfounded." ~ Board member Kirk Houston Sr.

"The administration has to look at that. That's obviously inappropriate." ~ Board member Billy Cook

An aborted baby declared dead by doctors in south China's Guangdong Province cried before he was due to be cremated, but died hours later as doctors refused to treat him.

But doctors left him in the lobby, and confirmed after an hour that the baby died.

~ShanghaiDaily.com, May 14

... Abortion does not figure to make much of a contribution to maternal and infant health. Abortion is never in the health interest of the infant, after all; and whatever the position taken on abortion, it clearly is not a fruitful path to motherhood.

So to fund abortion as a part of a maternal and infant health package is rather like funding smoking as part of a cancer prevention initiative - the two just don't go together.

~Fr. Raymond J. DeSouza, National Post, May 20

That you would force a woman to go through this procedure... almost seems mean-spirited.

~FL Gov. Charlie Crist, commenting on a bill that would require women to get an ultrasound before an abortion. The bill passed in the state House on April 30 with a 76-44 vote and in the Senate with a 23-16 vote, as quoted by the Tampa Tribune, May 14

You can't just be like, 'Yeah, no big deal, we're just not going to do anything.' When you feel really strongly for someone, you want to do those things, but at the same time we do have the ability to control ourselves.

... I'm gaining the chance to really get to know and love a person for their character, as opposed to what their body can do for me.

~23-year-old graduate student Katrina Murata, as quoted in "The Waiting Game," New University, May 17

You've no more lost your fatherhood if your partner has an abortion than you've lost your wife if your fiancée breaks up with you.

~ Pro-abort commenter Doddibot at the liberal blog Jezebel.com, May 15

... President Obama seems bent on packing the court with people who never had children, and would suggest that if you haven't had your sleep disturbed for years on end; haven't subjugated everything in your life to someone else's interests... as opposed to subjugating everything to your career interests... if you haven't seen your hopes and dreams grow up, charge off in their own direction and start talking back to you; if you haven't dealt with abuse of authority and human rights issues sometimes encountered in dealings with obtuse school officials, class bullies and town sports leagues; then there's a high risk your understanding of life may be somewhat... academic.

It's a humbling experience, parenthood. As well as an inspiring one that gives life meaning. It also, as a friend of mine once put it, makes you sane. Even while it drives you crazy. Put another way, it's part of the maturation thing.
 
Doesn't the president know any soccer moms who went to a state school?

~Jules Crittenden, commenting on the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan, May 12 

[HT: carder]

I think Margaret Sanger would be proud that Planned Parenthood is the biggest provider of reproductive health care in America....

And I also think she would be dismayed that it is still so hard for so many women to get access to birth control.

~Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, as quoted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 7

We are told by governments, parliamentarians and pro-choice advocates, that abortion just involves the removal of "cells" and "tissues" from the human body. It should then not be an issue to allow images and videos that depict the process of how these "cells" and "tissues" are removed from the body... [j]ust like how a Google Image search brings up pictures of any other surgery.

It is totally hypocritical for anyone to claim abortion is just the removal of "cells" and not murder, but then claim it is OK to ban images of abortions because they are too graphic or too real.

~A Catholic League of Australia spokesperson, commenting on the recent revelation Australia's government censors certain pro-life sites (such as abortionNO.com) which feature photos of abortions, OzCatholicLeague.com, May 10

Happy Mother's Day!

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies....

Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all."

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

~ Proverbs 31:10a, 28-31, New International Version

And if the anti-choice forces succeed in getting a ban on abortion that will withstand the constitution, you can bet there will be a marked increase in abandoned babies, women of child bearing age dying from botched self-induced abortions and children suffering from child abuse/neglect because the parents (usually the mother since the father can just disappear) who never wanted them to begin with had no choice to abort and is now taking out her frustrations and anger on the child she never wanted.

~Alternet blog by rainbowlady, a self-described "ordained minister," "astrologer," "gay activist," and "spiritual counselor" (who believes we'll all get to the same place eventually), who is "married" to her "wife" and raising two sons from a previous marriage.

The people... should take a look at the young pregnant teens that walk around. They may shake their heads and say what a shame, but it's the people who are against Planned Parenthood and other clinics like it that made it happen because birth control and sex education was out of reach for those teens and young people.

~D. Martin of Fitchburg, UT, in a letter to the editor entitled, "Planned Parenthood helps prevent teen pregnancies," The Salt Lake Tribune, May 5

Forcing a woman to go through the probe, and detailed description of the embryo after she has already made up her mind to have the procedure can only [be] viewed as unconstitutional in that it violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment."

~Jayne Lyn Stahl, referring to OK's new ultrasound law, Counter Punch, May 4

The latest chapter in Sarah Palin's battle with the lamestream media occurred last night in Austin, TX, where Palin appeared at a fundraiser for an organization called Heroic Media, a group that seeks to reduce the number of abortions through media outreach....

It was announced ahead of time that Heroic Media was going to "try to prohibit video and audio recordings of Palin's appearance."

That didn't mean that the media wasn't allowed to cover the event, however. But, there was a catch! You had to be willing to pony up some scrilla to buy the $50 ticket....

~ Jason Linkons, Huffington Post, April 30

Anti-abortionists are calling the new facility the largest late-term abortion center in the Western Hemisphere....

Schools don't tell teens, "We know many of you will drink and drive, so make sure you wear a seat belt!" or "Because studies show that some of you will smoke, we have installed cigarette machines in the cafeteria with safer filtered cigarettes."

No, we tell them to avoid these destructive behaviors for better health and a better future. Why would we want to compromise when it comes to sex education?

~Dan Bailey, Dallas News, April 30

He's just perfect, I can't even describe him any other way... It's like he's always been a part of our lives.

~Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock, on her newly adopted infant son, Louis Bardo Bullock, as quoted by People.com, April 28

[HT: LauraLoo]

The fact is... women without children achieve, on average, more in their career lives because they spend more time at work than those with children to raise.

[To prove her point, Erbe said of her friend]... with an Ivy League degree and a promising career... [she] flushed her chance at real world success down the drain and became a willing slave to her children.

~Bonnie Erbe, contributing editor at U.S. News and World Report, as quoted by NewsBusters, April 27

"Safe abortion... Safe abortion... Dead!"  Members of the Feminist League for Agitation Propaganda mostly dressed up in ball gowns race around a circle in front of the Westin Hotel in Halifax, playing a modified version of the game "Duck, Duck, Goose." ...

"My body's nobody's body but mine, you run own body, let me run mine" sing FLAP participants during the demonstration.

~Jessica Ross, Halifax Media Co-op, April 25

Despite the pro-abortion movement's stranglehold on the entertainment media, our educational institutions, our laws - they're selling an unsustainable bill of goods. They're asking us to deny our womanhood and our femininity in exchange for a selfish me-first philosophy that has led too many of our friends, too many of our mothers to pain and suffering in the aftermath of their abortions, their divorces, their joyless corporate climb....

Most young women I know, myself included, are looking at the joy on the faces of the young mothers in our lives and thinking - "I want to be just like that some day."

~ American Life League Communications Dir. Katie Walker, as quoted by The Bulletin, April 25

Anti-abortion groups are poised to launch a multimillion-dollar offensive against a collection of former allies - House Democrats who also oppose abortion - in an effort to discredit their credibility with anti-abortion voters and oust them from office.

Four separate campaigns are in the works, aimed at anti-abortion House Democrats who voted for the health care bill....

This week, the Family Research Council Action PAC announced it would spend $500k targeting 20 House Democrats....

[T]he Campaign for Working Families PAC... run by... Gary Bauer will... spend $2 million... targeting 12 to 15 House Democrats and several Democratic senators....

[T]he Susan B. Anthony List... will soon launch a $1 million campaign targeting 5 House Democrats....

The Concerned Women Political Action Committee... said it will bundle $10k to $15k for candidates running against anti-abortion House Democrats who backed the bill....

Last week, the National Right to Life PAC announced that it was endorsing both primary and general election candidates running against [WV Reps. Alan] Mollohan and [Nick] Rahall.

~ Politico, April 22

Michaels, 36, tells Women's Health she is unwilling to become pregnant because of the way it would change her body.

"I'm going to adopt. I can't handle doing that to my body," she told the magazine.

~ As quoted from an April 22 Huffington Post article entitled, "I won't ruin my body with pregnancy," about Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels.

Michaels also revealed she dates both men and women, stating, "I've been in love with both."

The liberal Supreme Court litmus test (and there is one) mandates an outcome - a general abortion right - that cannot be democratically overturned. The conservative litmus test allows pro-choice Americans to fight for their views and, if they persuade a majority, prevail. The liberal litmus test prevents pro-life Americans from prevailing, no matter what a democratic majority is persuaded to believe.

In spite of his protests, Obama is employing and defending a litmus test, which insists on a certain controversial constitutional interpretation, which imposes a legal and ethical outcome on the entire country.

~Michael Gerson, The Washington Post, April 22