Pro-life blog buzz 9-14-12
by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN and Kelli
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- Sharp eyes at Moral Outcry found, while doing research on the release of former Susan G. Komen employee Karen Handel’s new book, Planned Bullyhood, that the pink Komen bibles marketed (and then removed) by LifeWay last year were mistakenly on sale again. LifeWay has been notified and has corrected this error.
Susan Tyrrell also details how the explosive news about Komen’s attempt to cease funding for Planned Parenthood was discovered last year.
- Pro-Life Action League discusses some tragic findings in the autopsy of Tonya Reaves (pictured far left), who died this summer due to a botched abortion and the negligence of a Chicago Planned Parenthood (which advertises that they only do birth control and chemical abortions). Reaves received an incomplete second trimester abortion and was transported to the hospital 5 1/2 hours later, suffering from uncontrollable bleeding.
- Right to Life of Michigan shares an article describing how hardened the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion – so much so, that even measures to protect women seeking abortions are considered too extreme for their support.
- ProLifeBlogs links to an article on an intimidation attempt by UK abortion giant, Marie Stopes International, to silence pro-lifers who give women information on abortion and mental health.
- Mommy Life links to new mom Cassy Fiano’s list of reasons why a child’s diagnosis of Down syndrome “won’t ruin your life.”
- Women of Faith in Culture takes exception to the religious left’s sentiments that the Democrats’ off-again, on-again mention of God in their party platform was really no big deal and we should get over it:
Platforms say a lot, especially when they say nothing at all. And being casual about the removal of God’s name says a lot about the culture we live in and the work the Church has before her.
[Reaves photo via inquisitr.com]
Sep.14, 2012 3:30 pm |
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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.
Tonya Reaves was in her 2nd trimester. It has LONG been known that abortions are more likely to have complications for the pregnant woman after the 3 month mark passes. When Eleanor Cooney, who has become a friend of mine, was pregnant when it was illegal. Talking to someone about a doctor who planned to perform the then-illegal procedure, she asked, “He knows I’m over 3 months, right?”
I’m not overly surprised that even with abortion legal, a pregnant woman or girl occasionally dies because of a 2nd trimester abortion.
In some Western European nations, abortion is legal but only in the first 3 months. One reason might be that it is more difficult to perform without injuring the aborting female. Of course, another is that while there are gruesome aspects to an early abortion, the grisly aspect worsens as the pregnancy advances.
Really enjoyed Cassy Fiano’s piece on having a Down Syndrome baby. Just wish I hadn’t read further to see her tired, offensive and poorly researched piece called “In Defense of Slut-Shaming.” Hard to believe something that stupid coming from the same person who wrote the moving piece Jill linked to.
And I’ve never been able to get over how many people think it’s okay to make really inappropriate remarks about a stranger’s baby.
“Just wish I hadn’t read further to see her tired, offensive and poorly researched piece called “In Defense of Slut-Shaming.””
Thanks for the heads up, Roxy. It’s always really disappointing when both good and bad works come from the same person. It will probably be easier to for me to appreciate the good if I don’t read the bad. :)
Roxy,
Well, having been a fan of Cassy Fiano’s blog posts in Right Wing News, I checked out the “Slut-Shaming” piece. It didn’t seem outrageous to me. She wasn’t slamming the typical unmarried abortion-seeker, or even the inner-city multiple-aborters.
She started with Sandra Fluke’s begging outstretched hand, but dwelled mostly on the feminist bragging of “sluthood” - the Slut Walks and so forth. Who can argue with shaming that kind of attitude?
“good and bad works come from the same person.” That’s probably the rule just as good and bad are mixed together in most people.
Hans, I wish she’s looked up how the Slutwalk thing got started — with a completely inappropriate remark from a Toronto police officer basically blaming women for being sexually victimized because of the way they dress! That was my main problem with this piece. The title didn’t thrill me either, even though I disapprove of some of the same things she does.
The reason some groups might oppose measures to ensure the safety of aborting women is that having to enact such measures admits that legality doesn’t automatically render this grisly procedure “safe.”
I read that some at Kermit Gosnell’s charnel house actually PLAYED with a baby aborted live for 20 minutes before cutting the spinal cord.
Denise. You are on a roll.
“some” should have been “someone.”
Operation Rescue has Tonya Reaves’ autopsy.
Page 4 says, “Per clinical history, during an exploratorylapareoscopy, there appeared to be extensive performation of the left broad ligamentwith possible transection of the left uterine artery/vein resulting in hemoperitoneum comprised of 1.0 to 1.5 L of blood and clot.”
Putting this together with the fact the Ms. Reaves surely lived for several hours before the hospital began exploring her abdomen, it is possible that this is what happened: ”blobs of flesh” otherwise known as baby parts remained in the womb, and a bone or surgical instrument may have nicked flesh to some degree causing bleeding. The bleeding was not heavy enough to immediately call 911, but persisted. Finally, either closing time or dizziness promted the transfer to the hospital.
At the hospital, the exploration for the cause of the bleeding, most likely a baby part, led to the accidental cutting of a uterine artery.
That injury, from the emergency team in the hospital cleaning up PP’s mess, might have been what lead to the death of Ms. Reaves.