Moroccan warships block abortion ship yacht
Read backstory here.
Per NBC, October 11:
Morocco barred Dutch abortion rights activists Thursday from docking their campaign ship to spread awareness about safe abortion methods in a Muslim country that bans the practice….
Earlier Thursday, Marlies Schellekens, a doctor from Women on Waves, said that Smir harbour was “totally blocked by warships so no one can get in,” a day after Rabat said the activists would be barred from arriving by sea.
More from the Associated Press:
Some 200 protesters in Smir targeted the activists outside the sealed gates of the marina. The protesters, some in conservative Muslim robes and headscarves, carried pictures of bloody embryos and shouted “Terrorist!” and “Assassin!” at Gomperts.
“We are here because we cannot accept these values, the values of massacre,” said protester Abdessamad Zilali, 23. “It is not part of our tradition to kill the unborn.”
Wow, good for them.
And it turns out Women on Waves didn’t send its ship (top), it sent a yacht (bottom)…
From opednews.com, October 5:
Moroccan police Thursday escorted from its waters a small yacht carrying women’s rights activists claiming to be able to perform abortions on board, after anti-abortion protesters jeered them on land.
More from the NBC:
But Moroccan sources later said Women on Waves had actually sent only a yacht into Smir several days ago rather than their usual larger main campaign ship in the apparent expectation that Morocco would not let the group in anyway.
“The yacht has now left Smir to head back home. It was a publicity stunt,” an official source said.
“The organizers took everyone for a ride … The people (in the yacht) stayed aboard and did not complete immigration procedures that would have allowed them to enter Moroccan territory.”
Meanwhile Women on Waves personnel had already stationed themselves on the ground and had to be protected by police.
From the Associated Press:
That boat took off around the harbor, about an hour after the group’s founder approached crowds of protesters on the ground, trying to hand out fliers on abortion in Arabic and French….
Police pushed back shouting protesters who tried to get closer to Gomperts, and said she was escorted away for her own protection.
I’m certainly proud of Moroccan Muslims, both women and men, for upholding the sanctity of life. I also appreciated their use of graphic images to show the horror of abortion.
[Top and bottom photos via the Associated Press]
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.
The first photo is so beautiful! Ladies!! You are an inspiration! I hope your sisters in America come out and stand with us at 40 Days and join us in the Walks for Life. We welcome you and we need you!
carried pictures of bloody embryos. Those are not embryos. Those are fetuses. Is it really that hard for the mainstream media to get its facts straight?
Good for them… protecting life is always important.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the proper purpose of military forces: the protection of the weak by the strong from those who would oppress or kill them.
Thanks be to the Lord of all temperance and fortitude that they didn’t need to fire a single shot to accomplish this.
“The protesters, some in conservative Muslim robes and headscarves, carried pictures of bloody [children] and shouted ‘Terrorist!’ and ‘Assassin!’ at Gomperts.”
While labeling them as terrorists seems a bit much (more fear-mongers than terrorists, in my opinion), they fit the definition of assassin shamefully well:
(from dictionary.reference.com/browse/assassin)
“a murderer, especially one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons.”
Murderer?
Well, we all know what abortion does and to whom.
Politically prominent person?
Considering all the attention the unborn and their continuing execution have been getting lately in politics, I’d say this is increasingly accurate.
Fanatical reasons?
In the face of mounting public awareness and acknowledgement of the evil nature of abortion, it’s no surprise that pro-aborts are abandoning reason and doing exactly what they slanderously accuse us of doing; basing everything on feelings and opinions (and misinformed ones at that). With rising fervor in this regard, this definition’s accuracy grows.
Monetary reasons?
Six-figure salaries, annual net profits nearing a hundred million, business policies driven by income-maximization, resistance to the enforcement of standard facility requirements and basic standards of care, and fraud (to name a few) … yeah.
I find it refreshing to hear such a damning yet truthful observation given such clear voice in public, unfettered by fears of political incorrectness.
Love it!! Stand!! Fight!! Win!!
Good for Morocco. It’s nice to see a country actually protecting its most vulnerable.
Good for them! That is what should happen anywhere that this ship tries to dock! That is one thing that the Muslims and true Christians seem to agree on.
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I’m wondering what (if any) back up plans this abortion ship has in mind for when a woman suffers the complications we so oftern hear about in clinics on DRY LAND.
Surely that water craft doesn’t have a mini hospital on board.
What did they think would happen? They’d show up in someone’s country and go, “Hey, we’re going to kill some of your folks. That’s okay, right?” and nobody would care?
Idiots. Bullies and idiots. Good on Morocco for showing them the door.
Radical Christians and radical Muslims cut from the same mentally ill cloth.
Good thing Pro-Life comes in “Sane, secular” flavors now, eh?
(Cont.)Abortion is not supported by the Constitution, so the Federal Government shuold be out of it. It is a State issue. Because the Left has managed to seemingly force abortion being settled law at the Federal level, Pro Lifers and Conservatives are limited in what they can do about the broader concept of Abortion. However, Pro Lifers have fought with tremendous success by focusing on issues, such as Partial Birth Abortion and taxpayer funding of Abortion (through Federally funded Planned Parenthood and soon to a clinic near you Obamacare). (Note on Pro Lifer success: Over 50% of the American people are against Abortion and 80% are against Partial Birth Abortion. So much in fact, Democrats no longer desire to make Abortion a central campaign issue.) The Left uses the smaller government argument to avoid these truths. It is all about the game . The Left believes that if they give up on Partial Birth Abortion, then the Conservatives inch one step closer to the elimination of Abortion. Both sides refer to this argument as the slippery slope . Of course, Conservatives are on the right side of the slope. Then the Left uses the rape, or incest, argument to push back. Horrible, with tragic and real consequences. But, there are medical procedures to PREVENT pregnancy in the cases of rape and incest. So, the real issues are .those not educated enough to understand they are pregnant within 12-14 weeks? The Federal Government / Constitution and taxpayers shuold be responsible for all sex education and all social issues? When, in some states (and even supported by Lefty inspired laws), women are compensated for being a baby machine through insane entitlement programs? And, when the baby maker decided she had enough , they run to Planned Parenthood for a lifestyle change? Taxpayer funded? (Didn t Dan Quayle say something about this in the 80s?) Conservatives rejecting these entitlements and laws and expectations = bigger government? I don’t think so. And, those who wait for (and can afford) the amniocentesis (at week 18, or 5 months right?) to determine if they desire to even want their child. Which leads to the gruesome and murderous act of Partial Birth Abortion. More lifestyle (murder) decision making? When the Left s entire argument rests on the phrase, A Woman s Right to Choose , but never explain, Choose What? , they are left defeated. And, they know it. Of course, any woman shuold be able to choose when her life hangs in the balance. It is a given. However, current laws and Partial Birth Abortion allow for an abortion because of lifestyle choices, or even something short of a hang-nail, and that is wrong and shuoldn’t be a Federal / taxpayer issue. If a State desires to make abortions legal and fund them, let them decide (citizens and taxpayers decide).(Cont.)