Pro-life activists keep abortion front and center to the end
Created Equal’s pro-life activists showed the reality of abortion outside President Obama’s campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, yesterday. “All the security lines converged on our position in front of the arena,” wrote Executive Director Mark Harrington in an email. A captive audience. I love this photo (click all photos to enlarge). …
Today, Created Equal showcased pro-life signs on an overpass over the busiest freeway in Central Ohio during morning rush hour….
See more photos here.
Meanwhile, as promised, The Center For Bio-Ethical Reform has been flying an abortion banner over major cities in Wisconsin since this past weekend…
The banner has “appalled” the citizenry. From todaystmj4.com, November 5:
There were shocking images in the skies over Racine as a pro-life group paid a plane to fly around showing a banner of an aborted fetus.
The stunning and graphic images had people in Racine looking to the skies Monday morning. Some people told TODAY’S TMJ4 they were outraged and said the banner went too far.
Robert Griffin couldn’t believe his eyes.
“I look up and I see something about abortion,” says Griffin.
He was pumping gas in Racine, when he looked up and saw a banner of a ten-week-old aborted fetus.
“It was upsetting when I’ve got my kids in the car,” explains Griffin….
“It’s inhumane, it’s not appropriate, there’s a lot of kids,” says Griffin.
The group’s leader is not apologizing to anyone, including kids who see it.
“We think stealing a child’s life is more important than sparing a child’s feelings,” says Gregg Cunningham….
It is a stand that has some questioning the group’s real motives.
“To openly fly around and pretty much have right in front of everyone’s face, its distasteful, its disgusting,” says Shane Morey.
It’s always so odd to me that people become angry with the people showing the carnage and not the people causing the carnage.
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.
These people who complain about these images are not too bright, or self aware.
“It was upsetting when I’ve got my kids in the car,” explains Griffin….
Yeah, my kids are also upset that people are killing babies. If your kids don’t like what you support, then they healthy and normal.
Well folks I did go to the polls today — I was voter number 177. Being this is Philadelphia, there were mostly Obama signs around. I voted for Tom Smith, not only because he is prolife but because Bob Casey Jr. is a do-nothing who got in partly because of his beloved father’s name. I also voted for my local state senator, one of the last remaining prolife Democarts in the city.
When it got to the presidential ballot, I wasn’t going to vote, but the image of Obama using his beautiful young daughters to shill for PP flashed across my brain, and I voted for — Romney.
May God have mercy upon my soul!
Lol Phillymiss! I’m voting for Tom SMith as well. I have voted Democrat before when they were (ironically) pro-life and the Republicans were pro-abortion. I tend to vote 3rd party when I can but this time I’m not only because if romney loses I want a lot of pro-life conservatives in DC to be a thorn in Obama’s side.
“May God have mercy upon my soul”
Lol phillymiss I literally had no choice but to vote Romney, seeing as Florida is neck and neck and if it goes to Obama then that’s a huge advantage. I wasn’t excited about it.
Phillymiss, hopefully you can be consoled by the fact that Obama will win PA anyway. Your sin has been forgiven.
Thank you Phillymiss. :)
The banners showing an abortion are inhumane or what abortion does to an innocent human being is inhumane? Good grief. Their anger is always misdirected.
You don’t like to look at PICTURES of abortion? Gee… I wonder why that is?
I don’t like to look at stinking garbage, either.. what do I do?
I GET RID OF IT!
So….do the same with abortion. You don’t have to look at something if it doesn’t exist.
DUH!
@Jack — I hope we won’t have buyer’s remorse! I also think that Romney would do better with the economy, but I still don’t feel good about voting for him.
@Hal, I don’t know if Obama will win PA. We will wait and see. If he does it will be the first time in nearly 25 years!
I do feel somewhat consoled by the fact that Mike Stack my state senator, is an old-fashioned, pro-life, pro-union Democrat like our late, great governor Bob Casey Sr. was, so maybe I am partially forgiven!
“@Jack — I hope we won’t have buyer’s remorse! I also think that Romney would do better with the economy, but I still don’t feel good about voting for him.”
I don’t know, I didn’t feel great about either candidate but Obama’s PP shilling just did it for me. Can’t support that, just can’t do it. Hopefully Romney won’t do terrible. Assuming he even wins Florida, I was in line for a couple hours this morning to vote and I heard a lot of ignorance. Apparently Romney wants all poor people to die or something, lol. I got in an abortion debate with the dude in front of me, he claimed that Obama is not very pro-choice and I set him straight so hopefully that did some good. Having internet on your phone is a great thing when you want to show someone the facts!
@phillymiss: You know he won’t be worse than Obama so lighten up. You voted against him and therefore there is nothing to be forgiven, you were limiting evil as best as you could, and if Romney wins we’ll still be watching very closely.
To the politically moderate or independent observer, these signs are just a visual reminder that the Republican Party has been hijacked by extremist ideologues and crackpots. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve helped to push a few undecided voters Obama’s way.
PHILLYMISS!!!
As my 9 year old son would say, “Hugs and kisses all around!!”
Joan, we merely showed the pictures. Its you and your whacked out liberal friends who actually advocate the REALITY of abortion. That’s the ONLY place where the extremism lies.
Advocate, promote and celebrate the killing of babies up until and on their due dates…..and we are the crackpots?? Yeah right.
Come on Joanie. Better go vote and then watch WI save America!! :)
@Jack – I heard some dumb things too, like Romney/Ryan are white supremacists. Yes, they’re white, but they don’t strike me as being racist.
The next few weeks are going to be tough if Obama loses. For one thing, there will be a great deal of anger and a sense of betrayal in the black community. Some anarchist types have threatened violence and even assasination attempts. As much as I dislike Obama, I never wanted him dead. This is just plain crazy.
lol Jack. I live in NYC so I figure that my presidential vote will never really count too much, and sometimes I get jealous of people like you, in key swing states. I bet it feels pretty cool to know that your vote actually really could change something. But I try to look on the bright side – it frees me to vote for ideological reasons rather than strategic ones, to vote for someone rather than against someone else. That feels pretty cool in its way too. :)
“For one thing, there will be a great deal of anger and a sense of betrayal in the black community. Some anarchist types have threatened violence and even assasination attempts. As much as I dislike Obama, I never wanted him dead. This is just plain crazy.”
I think it goes both ways. When Obama was elected last time a lot of the extreme righties down here said some pretty incredibly bad things. It does seem like there is a lot more threatening going down this election cycle though. It’s kinda scary.
Lol, Alexandra. Considering Bush won Florida by what was it? Like 400 votes in Miami-Dade or Broward or whatever? I can’t afford to vote on principle, I’m always voting against the worst case scenario. I am worried it’s gonna be another fiasco like 2000, they are running neck and neck and there are 29 electoral votes at stake.
Phillymiss, I am a white southerner, Conservative all my life. I can’t WAIT to vote for a black person (Allen West, Mia Love?). My rejection of Obama (and I think I can speak for lots of white Conservatives like myself) had not one IOTA of anything to do wiith the fact that he’s a person of color. Really and truly. I’ve said it before: I would vote for a lesbian Wiccan with purple hair and nipple rings if she advocated tenaciously for the unborn. Infact, I think it is the prolifers who can TRULY look beyond color, because we’ve already recognized that ALL folks are worthy of dignity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of age or color.
Phillymiss, I don’t want it to go unnoticed that today you did a very difficult thing. I am really proud of you, and I am still planning on seeing you in Washington in January!!!
“I am worried it’s gonna be another fiasco like 2000, they are running neck and neck and there are 29 electoral votes at stake.”
They’re not really running neck and neck at all. Obama is heavily favored to win Wisconsin, Ohio, and Nevada, which in the absence of a surprise upset in Pennsylvania or another safe blue state, would be enough to win reelection. That’s not even counting Iowa, Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire, or North Carolina, all of which he could afford to lose.
I think it goes both ways. When Obama was elected last time a lot of the extreme righties down here said some pretty incredibly bad things. It does seem like there is a lot more threatening going down this election cycle though. It’s kinda scary.
Yep, you’re right. All the nasty comments and name-calling on both sides are appalling.
Phillymiss, I am a white southerner, Conservative all my life. I can’t WAIT to vote for a black person (Allen West, Mia Love?). My rejection of Obama (and I think I can speak for lots of white Conservatives like myself) had not one IOTA of anything to do wiith the fact that he’s a person of color.
I believe you. However, they say that there is a grain of truth in every stereotype, and there are some white conservatives that are quite racist. I try to be well-informed and read everything from Huffpo to Townhall. I see some comments on conservative sites that are shockingly racist. Whenever an article related to race is published on Drudge, I know that there are going to be some nasty comments on it worthy of the KKK, which is why I don’t read it. Breitbart is also pretty bad.
I’m looking forward to the day when we can see past color, disability, sexual orientation, gender, and just treat each other as human beings, but I don’t think that is going to happen in my lifetime.
“Obama is heavily favored to win Wisconsin, Ohio, and Nevada, which in the absence of a surprise upset in Pennsylvania or another safe blue state, would be enough to win reelection. That’s not even counting Iowa, Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire, or North Carolina, all of which he could afford to lose”
If Romney grabs NC, Florida, and Virginia that will put him at 248 electoral votes. That could happen fairly easily. Then if he could grab Colorado and and NH, that will put him at 261. Then all that needs to happen is Obama loses Wisconsin or Ohio, or both Nevada and Iowa. It could still happen. I am pretty pessimistic about it, but the elections not over yet. Wisconsin might surprise me, they did keep Walker after all when I thought he would be out on the recall.
“Advocate, promote and celebrate the killing of babies…” – ah, the ‘Captive Breeding & Uterus Policing Society’ is always just so classy.
That picture of Created Equal outside the Obama campaign rally is just AWESOME!!!!
‘Captive Breeding & Uterus Policing Society’
Uh, we’re not talking about sex slavery here, Reality. We’re talking about abortion. Try to stay on topic.
Certainly not Praxedes, but let me see now.
‘Don’t have sex outside of marriage’
‘Don’t use contraception’
‘Don’t have sex unless you are prepared to accept pregnancy’
‘If you are pregnant you must not terminate’
‘Whether you intended to get pregnant or not’
‘Even if your health or life is threatened’
‘Even if you are raped’
‘Even if you are subject to incest’
Yep, captive breeding and uterus policing.
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@Fantasy
Yeah! i mean what’s next telling men they can’t beat their wives? Marriage policing ticks me off!
Reality, I would say traditional values “protect the preborn and support self-respect.”
What do you want? Free breeding and a scraped/punctured uterus?
Well, what does that tell us about you U-104?
Or is it that you haven’t grasped the concept?
I advocate for women to have the right to control and make their own choices about their bodies. Not be subject to the control, behest or duress of others. To myself, and the majority of the rest of society, what you describe falls into the ‘control, behest or duress’ category and is thus frowned upon.
Groups which wish to prevent women from having sex when they decide to, use contraception if they wish to, or terminate an unwanted pregnancy if they choose to would fall into the same category as groups which would prevent them from choosing not to be abused.
The term ‘traditional values’ opens a very large can of worms Tyler, indeed it is a veritable minefield.
Which ‘traditional values’ do we refer to? Which culture’s values? At what point in time?
You and I may well agree that a number of ‘traditional values’ are ‘good’. We may also agree that some are inherently ‘bad’.
Then there would be those we don’t agree on at all.
“Free breeding” – what does that even mean? That women shouldn’t have to pay for prenatal services? That’d be good. Or do you mean that women should be forced to breed?
“and a scraped/punctured uterus?” – don’t forget that abortion is much safer than delivery.
@Fantasy
“Well, what does that tell us about you U-104?”
It tells us that i love pointing out hypocrisy.
“I advocate for women to have the right to control and make their own choices about their bodies”
I advocate for all people to have the right to control and make their own choices about their bodies and lives, not just whit.. i mean women.
You see an innocent person’s right to life is more important that the right to convenience, that’s why murdering newborns is illegal, i can’t choose to break my 2 year old’s neck with my body.
“ don’t forget that abortion is much safer than delivery.”
In what dimension?
“It tells us that i love pointing out hypocrisy” – so you still haven’t grasped the concept.
“In what dimension?” – the one that every sane person on planet earth exists in.
@Fantasy
“the one that every sane person on planet earth exists in”
You mean the one where ambulances at planned parenthood are more common than teleprompters at an obama speech?
Man if only abortion was legal then it could be safe!
The one where the maternal death rate from delivery is somewhere around nine times higher than that for abortions.
Can’t grasp concepts. Don’t know or don’t want to know the death rates. Not very good at this are you.
Reality, good grief. Who doesn’t want women to control their own bodies? I totally support women controlling their own bodies. Deciding to dismember SOMEONE ELSE’S body? No. Can’t support that. And must we REALLY go over biology with you again Reality? A pregnant woman has ANOTHER body in hers. That baby is not PART of her body. My male offspring were never part of my body. They were at one time IN my body but not part of. Why is this concept so hard to grasp?
I am not a Republican and never have been. I’m a 3rd party snob to be sure, BUT I will never understand the claims that Republicans are racist. In the 1800 it was the Republicans who freed black slaves. It was the white Democrats who enslaved the black people. In the 1960’s it was the Republicans who supported civil rights. It was the white Democrats who fought against civil rights. So explain to me why so many black people think they must be a Democrat? This shows perfectly why history must be taught (and learned)!
Whose body is the uterus a part of? What about the womb? Where does the placenta originate from?
It is within a woman’s body that conception, implantation and gestation take place. Woman owns it, woman rules it.
Not a claim, just a question – Could it be that the republicans have done what they have done to placate blacks so as to circumvent potential trouble?
So if i own a house and then marry a woman and she moves into my house i can beat her and kill her because it’s my house, got it.
You really struggle with this stuff don’t you U-104. Do you make a habit of concocting absurd, illogical analogies?
If you own a house and find yourself with an univited guest purloining your property, who won’t depart of their own volition, what does the law say?
Reality, is biology so hard a concept for you? The placenta originates from the trophoblast which is the baby and the other cells that will become the placenta and amniotic sac. The trophoblast implants and splits. Half of the cells develop into the baby’s body. The other half develop into an amniotic sac and placenta. Did you know the placenta does not have the same DNA as the mom? DIFFERENT DNA Reality because it belongs to the BABY who is a different PERSON and has a different BODY THAN THE MOM.
Really complicated stuff, I know.
Did you know Reality that when I’m in my house I am actually not part OF my house???? Wow. Who knew????
Reality, if you invite someone into your house you cannot turn around and kill them. By virtue of the fact that when you have sex you may get pregnant that baby is an invited guest in the woman’s womb.
Well what if she doesn’t want the baby, right? Or is raped? As pointed out many times before parents have the basic responsibility to provide for their children at least until someone else can (if they no longer want to parent).
That baby is exactly where he is supposed to be. In the womb of his mother. And she, as his mother, has a basic responsibility to him until such a time that he can be taken care of by another.
Thank you for answering my question. Now, what about the uterus? The womb?
It is within a woman’s body that conception, implantation and gestation take place. Woman owns it, woman rules it – that’s the start and that’s the end on any decision making.
“Did you know Reality that when I’m in my house I am actually not part OF my house???? Wow. Who knew????” – well if you didn’t that then you must be a bit thick. Is your house the single source of your air, water and nutrients? Could you survive outside of it?
“if you invite someone into your house you cannot turn around and kill them.” – hence my use of the term ‘uninvited’, albiet I did mispell it although it still said ‘un..’.
“By virtue of the fact that when you have sex you may get pregnant that baby is an invited guest in the woman’s womb.” – wrong. If the woman wishes to get pregnant then the fetus is an invited guest. Otherwise, no.
What happens with an unwanted pregnancy is based entirely on the personal choices of the woman affected.
Particularly in the case of rape or incest, women do not have responsibility for something that is forced upon them.
Reality what is a womb for?
Reality, I could survive outside of my house…but not during a hurricane. Whats your point? At some point in the pregnancy the baby is able to survive outside of the womb. That has no bearing on the fact that the baby is a SEPARATE individual with a SEPARATE body from the mother. And as such, she should not be able to allow someone to enter her body with the purpose of killing him/her.
This shows perfectly why history must be taught (and learned)!
And why we need to become involved in what is being taught in history classes. If the truth was stressed in high school and college history classes the last ten years, I don’t believe Obama would be president.