(Prolifer)ations 9-2-11
by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli
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- The Anti Abortion Gang responds to Amanda Marcotte’s “‘realities’ pro-choicers should ‘throw in the face’ of pro-lifers” with an excellent post on “10 Things I’d Say To Pro-Aborts Who Blame Conservatives For Their Abortion.”
- Generations for Life promotes the upcoming LIFEapalooza 2011, to be held September 25 in Lombard, IL, hosted by pro-life flash mob originators Crusaders for Life. View the trailer:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ap3SLHSaU[/youtube]
- The FRC Blog points out another victory for adult stem cells, this time in the treatment of stroke victims.
- Culture Campaign discusses the recent case of a Massachusetts middle school which administered an oral sex survey to students (without parental permission) in a quest to apply for government grants. Concerned parents filed a complaint with the US Department of Education with the help of Rita Dunaway of the Rutherford Institute. Dunaway wrote that parents “send their children to public schools to receive an education; not to become subjects of governmental data mining.” Bingo.
- Moral Outcry introduces the well-received idea of encouraging hairstylists and barbers in the African-American community to talk about abortion in their shops. 1,000+ committed to this after going by a booth at the Bronner Brothers International Hair Show in Atlanta. Stylists each received a window decal and a copy of Maafa 21.
- Fletcher Armstrong tells about his experiences with the Genocide Awareness Project at Liberty University – a Christian, liberal arts campus.
- American Life League released a video in July explaining the fungibility of money to Planned Parenthood. PP understands this concept and so should you. It also explains why we should not allow PP to hide behind the Hyde Amendment.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwFSMsrCnn8[/youtube]

Oh, Amanda. I would love to debate her one day. This was kind of touched on, but I want to go over it here.
1.) It’s important to note that 53.7% of women who obtain abortion don’t become pregnant despite using contraceptives. In fact, a large portion of that 53.7% weren’t using contraceptives at the time they became pregnant. Hell, that 53.7% even includes non-contraceptive use, such as the 7.3% of women obtaining an abortion using the WITHDRAWAL method, which is the third most used ‘contraceptive’ method behind the pill and the condom. But moving on, for example, 75.9% of pill users reported inconsistent use at the time they got pregnant:
-45.1% simply forgot to take pills
-15.9% were away from home and didn’t have pills
-10.3% ran out of supplies
-7.7% were sick
-2.1% didn’t think they would have sex again
-1.6% didn’t feel like taking pills
-0.3% reported their partner didn’t want them to take any pill
-0.2% thought they might have wanted to get pregnant
-3.6% report some other, undisclosed reason
For condom users 49.3% reported inconsistent use at the time they got pregnant:
-20.4% didn’t use because they didn’t think they’d get pregnant
-14.3% didn’t have one
-12.8% didn’t expect to have sex
-7.1% simply forgot about it
-5.6% didn’t feel like using one
-3.5% reported their partner didn’t feel like using one
-1.0% reported that their partner was supposed to bring one
-1.0% said their partner wanted them to get pregnant
-0.5% were forced to have sex
-0.5% thought they wanted to get pregnant
-0.5% didn’t care if they got pregnant
(http://www.guttmacher.org/tables/3429402t.html#t5)
Keep in mind, these are women who reported using a contraception method. How much of that– outside of rape/being forced to have sex– sounds like a woman trying to prevent a pregnancy from occurring in the first place? The overwhelming majority of that is simply forgetting to bring/use contraceptive methods or simply not caring at all.
2.) Slightly related to the first point, women are more apt to use contraception when abortion is not readily available or attainable than they are when it’s not readily available or not easy to obtain. They’re also less apt to become pregnant when abortion is unavailable than when it is. This is a documented fact and there are literally tens, maybe even hundreds, of studies documenting this. She either needs to read “Sex and Consequences: Abortion, Public Policy and the Economics of Fertility”, or she just needs to do a casual search on the internet at some studies on the fact. For example, this is taken from the abstract of a study called “The Response of Abortion Demand to Changes in Abortion Costs”:
“The empirical results also provide support for the hypothesis that increases in abortion costs not only reduce the number of abortions, but also reduce the number of pregnancies by altering women’s sexual/contraceptive practices.”
(http://www.springerlink.com/content/b41t86264u67245p/)
You know things are not going well when you phone your local sucide hot line and you are re-directed to call center in Yemen and they want to fit you for a vest.
Or as we call them in Dearborn, Michigan: An al qaeda recruiting office.
You know things are not going well when you phone your local sucide hot line and you are re-directed to call center in Yemen and they want to fit you for a vest.
:) :)
Doug, please don’t encourage him…
Hal, that one *was* funny… :)
This blog post is super juicy. It looks like they are going to start fighting back. It’s about time somebody took on these counter-productive ignoramuses!
http://mittromneycentral.com/2011/09/04/misguided-freedomworks-protests-romneys-tea-party-appearance/
If FreedomWorks gets their way, President Obama is going to get re-elected… Can’t we all just allow the candidates speak and let people decide for themselves!
Dan-
That’s what the primaries are for, to weed out people like Romney. They should protest ’til their heart’s content right now, and after the primaries, if Romney is the last one standing, they’d better swallow hard and pull that lever for him, like I plan on doing.
I’d never willingly vote for Romney myself (a $50 co-pay for abortion in Romneycare? He’s Pro-Life like the pope’s a deacon in the Anglican Church), but even if he lacked a pulse, he’d make a better president than Obamination.
Trying to tell Tea Partiers they should shut up and fall into line is what got us into the “big tent” mess we were in last cycle. We’ll do as we please, thankyouverymuch.
Of course Mitt thinks they’re counter-productive. They’re counter-productive to him getting elected, because THAT IS THEIR GOAL! Duuuuuuurrrrrrr. XD
Dan: Shaking out the weak candidates ensures Obama doesn’t get re-elected. It’s a good thing, not a bad thing.
Xalisae: He’s Pro-Life like the pope’s a deacon in the Anglican Church
:) ;) That was a good one.