Jivin J’s Life Links 9-27-11
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
- There appear to be at least a couple of San Francisco supervisors who aren’t raving pro-aborts. Proponents of legislating the advertising activities of pregnancy centers didn’t get everyone on their side:
Supervisors, after being briefed by the city attorney, said that in order to mount a strong defense against a likely legal challenge, the city would have to produce a record of false and misleading advertising.
But both Supervisors John Avalos and Sean Elsbernd, who serve on the committee, said such a record wasn’t demonstrated. The best legislative backers could come up with were reviews on Yelp and a search on Google when people plugged in the phrase “abortions in San Francisco” and Plunkett’s First Resort organization popped up as the second link.
“This legislative record here, to me, is empty,” Elsbernd said.
And don’t miss this quote from Supervisor Malia Cohen, the main proponent of the legislation, who said, “This legislation has been carefully crafted to ensure a balance between protecting the most vulnerable members of our communities and protecting the constitutional rights of everyone.”
- Talent contract for an unborn baby?
“Toddlers and Tiaras” stage moms, take note. Lorenzo Lamas’ pregnant daughter, “The Bachelor” winner Shayne Lamas, is contemplating signing her fetus with a talent agency.
TMZ reports that the reality star’s unborn child may have an agent with talent management company Z Group, who have presented a contract. Lamas, 25, and husband Nik Richie [both pictured left] won’t welcome the baby for another two months.
- A Colorado abortion clinic has withdrawn its application for a local grant for its teen clinic (which doesn’t provide abortions) after community members spoke out against the grant:
The agency, which has operated a teen clinic in Longmont for 5 years and received city funding for 8, had asked for a $14,000 grant. City staff recommended it receive $11,000, but several residents objected to Boulder Valley Women’s Health Clinic’s being funded at all.
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.
LOL, did anyone else read the comments about the pregnancy centers? There are some level-headed people, but a few nutjobs. My favorite “The first amendment should not cover LIES!”
Oh my gosh. What LIES?! Their entire MOVEMENT is based on lies! The pro-abort obsession with CPCs is psychotic. It would be comical if the issue wasn’t so serious.
I don’t know why the “talent contract” is worth noting. It’s extremely common in Hollywood. I remember watching a child scouting expose years ago and one of the agencies saying ‘we have people bringing in ultrasound images of their kids every day’. It takes a couple of weeks at best, and usually a couple months, to get the paperwork filled out and accepted for a baby’s work permit, which is exceptionally detailed and restrictive. It’s *hard* to find very young babies for t.v. and movies (one of the reasons ‘newborns’ are so commonly about 2 month old babies.) and even a few days head start makes a big difference. Starting with the talent agents, contracts, and work permits when the baby is still in the uterus is very common. But given how abortion fanatic Hollywood is I expect it’s something of a dirty secret.
The first amendment does include lies!!!! As well as gossip, taunts, profanity, etc.
Anyway, that doesn’t matter because we are discussing commercial speech, in this case false advertising, which is a different category.