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The "Pro-choice" Movement: Abortion Safe, Legal And As Often As Possible |
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/benshapiro/2005/11/30/177147.html
The pro-choice movement: Safe, legal and as often as possible
Nov 30, 2005
by Ben Shapiro
A A Dr. William F. Harrison of Arkansas calls himself an "abortionist."
"I am destroying life," he proclaims. But Harrison, who estimates that
he has aborted over 20,000 unborn children, also sees abortion as a
life-giving procedure, describing his patients as "born again." "When
you end what the woman considers a disastrous pregnancy, she has
literally been given her life back," he proudly states. Harrison's goal
is to "try to make sure [a woman who chooses abortion] doesn't ever
feel guilty for what she feels she has to do."
Dr. George Tiller of Kansas has terminated over 60,000 pregnancies;
his website brags that the good doctor's clinic has "more experience in
late abortion services over 24 weeks than anyone else currently
practicing in the Western Hemisphere, Europe and Australia." Most
babies are considered viable (that is, can live outside the womb with
the help of medical technology) at 23-24 weeks. These are viable,
living children.
Dr. Dennis Christensen of Wisconsin, who has aborted between 80,000
and 100,000 fetuses, celebrates his career as a moral good. "When I
meet my maker," he grins, "I think she's going to say, 'Way to go!'"
Current liberal thought posits that abortion should be "safe, legal
and rare" in the words of former president Bill Clinton. Only by
stipulating that abortion should remain "rare" can liberal politicians
escape popular outrage. Yet these same politicians refuse to answer
just why abortion should remain rare. If abortion is a moral good under
any circumstances (as abortion-on-demand advocates declare), why should
it remain rare? And if keeping abortion rare is a rational goal, why
should state governments be barred from taking steps to discourage
abortion?
The fact of the matter is that mainstream pro-choice liberals are
lying through their teeth when they mouth the "safe, legal and rare"
mantra. Abortionists are celebrated as heroes, no matter what type of
abortions they perform. The Los Angeles Times' glowing profile of Dr.
Harrison ends with a description of the doctor's solemn determination
to "keep at it as long as his stamina holds, or as long as it is
legal." The National Abortion Federation (NAF), dedicated to unfettered
access to abortion, awarded Dr. Tiller its prestigious Christopher
Tietze Humanitarian Award. Incredibly, New York Times Magazine
describes the NAF as "a mini-AMA" (American Medical Association). Of
course, the difference between the AMA and the NAF is as simple as the
distinction between preserving life and destroying it, but to the
pro-choice crowd, all medical procedures are equal.
The pro-choice crowd has never wanted abortion to be rare. Were
abortion rare, women considering abortions would feel subtle societal
pressure to preserve the life growing within them. Such societal
pressure would create a "coercive" environment for women, inhibiting
their ability to choose. For abortion to thrive, it must be common.
With abortion statistics shockingly high (25 percent of pregnant women
abort their babies, and one third of women will have an abortion by age
45), abortionists and their advocates can make women who abort feel
accepted. At Dr. Harrison's office, abortion statistics are posted on
the exam-room mirror; a nurse rhetorically asks, "You think there's
room in hell for all those women?" Of course, no religion has ever
considered a population cap on Divine punishment -- surely, there is
room in hell for whomever God chooses to place there. But the nurse's
point is simple: You are not alone.
And the message works, as Harrison's patient "Amanda" demonstrates.
According to the LA Times, Amanda, a 20-year-old administrative
assistant, says it's not the obstacles that surprise her -- it's how
normal and unashamed she feels as she prepares to end her first
pregnancy. 'It's an everyday occurrence,' she says as she waits for her
2:30 p.m. abortion. 'It's not like this is a rare thing ... It's not
like it's illegal. It's not like I'm doing anything wrong.'"
This is the pro-choice agenda. For pro-choice activists, abortion is a
good in and of itself. It allows a woman to exercise her "freedom of
choice" at any time. Context does not matter; moral gradation does not
matter; timing does not matter. The high school volleyball player who
aborts her child because she does not want to ruin her body for nine
months -- "I realize just from the first three months how it changes
everything" -- is just as valid as the woman who aborts because her
life is seriously endangered by pregnancy. Abortion must remain an
absolute right, commonly exercised, if women are to be truly free.
For years, pro-life advocates have described their opponents as
pro-abortion. After viewing the pro-choice movement's support for
across-the-board abortions, that description seems apt.
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| User: "Lost Planet Airman" |
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15 Jan 2006 12:45:59 AM |
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Abel wrote:
If i`m a fascist for protectring the unborn you are a ????? for murdering
them?Zionazi,communist, satanist atheist,what?
In the Bible, the penalty for killing an unborn child was bout 45shekles
I think, or perhaps 15. I don't remember exactly.
It costs about $500 now. I would say that's even more than the Law
delivered by God declares. What do you have to protect then?
<flaviaR@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:8kfwf.32709$uy3.31889@trnddc08...
On 8-Jan-2006, "Crusader" <white@xyz.com> wrote:
Why is it that fags are discussing women issues?
I figure it's because you are fascist in nature.
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| User: "" |
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15 Jan 2006 05:10:43 PM |
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On 15-Jan-2006, "Abel" <abel@tinored.cu> wrote:
If i`m a fascist for protectring the unborn you are a ?????
Honest & for everyone's freedom.
for murdering
them?
A figment of your fascist imagination.
Zionazi,communist, satanist atheist,what?
Thanks for admitting the extent of your bigotry.
Not that anyone is surprised.
Susan
<flaviaR@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:8kfwf.32709$uy3.31889@trnddc08...
On 8-Jan-2006, "Crusader" <white@xyz.com> wrote:
Why is it that fags are discussing women issues?
I figure it's because you are fascist in nature.
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| User: "Paul Duca" |
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15 Jan 2006 08:07:37 AM |
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in article 0Kkyf.40889$0y2.32030@bignews2.bellsouth.net, Abel at
abel@tinored.cu wrote on 1/15/06 12:07 AM:
If i`m a fascist for protectring the unborn you are a ????? for murdering
them?Zionazi,communist, satanist atheist,what?
What will you do if they ever fail to protect you in return?
Paul
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| User: "Bonnie Bitch" |
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08 Jan 2006 04:07:39 PM |
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On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 04:03:43 -0500, the faaaaabulous supreme deity
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Ruler of the heavens and host of fab parties,
opened the heavens and shone his light upon the wisdom of "Crusader"
<white@xyz.com>
Why is it that fags are discussing women issues?
Then why are you here?
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| User: "Abel" |
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| Title: Re: The "Pro-Liar" Movement: Abortion Dangerous, Illegal And As Often As Possible |
14 Jan 2006 11:08:52 PM |
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To ***** bitches, and femidikes off,about that?
"Bonnie *****" <bonnieb@fifismaxi.pad> wrote in message
news:j833s15th33lf6c8bfo3m6unso6rq8q409@fe04.buzzardnews.com...
On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 04:03:43 -0500, the faaaaabulous supreme deity
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Ruler of the heavens and host of fab parties,
opened the heavens and shone his light upon the wisdom of "Crusader"
<white@xyz.com>
Why is it that fags are discussing women issues?
Then why are you here?
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| User: "Bonnie Bitch" |
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14 Jan 2006 11:19:59 PM |
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:08:52 -0500, the faaaaabulous supreme deity
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Ruler of the heavens and host of fab parties,
opened the heavens and shone his light upon the wisdom of "Abel"
<abel@tinored.cu>
"Bonnie *****" <bonnieb@fifismaxi.pad> wrote in message
news:j833s15th33lf6c8bfo3m6unso6rq8q409@fe04.buzzardnews.com...
On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 04:03:43 -0500, the faaaaabulous supreme deity
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Ruler of the heavens and host of fab parties,
opened the heavens and shone his light upon the wisdom of "Crusader"
<white@xyz.com>
Why is it that fags are discussing women issues?
Then why are you here?
To ***** bitches, and femidikes off,about that?
You should really see a therapist about your self-inflicted masochism,
then.
And thanks for admitting that your butt buddy Crusader is a *****
smoker.
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| User: "Paul Duca" |
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15 Jan 2006 08:08:19 AM |
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in article RKkyf.40890$0y2.23699@bignews2.bellsouth.net, Abel at
abel@tinored.cu wrote on 1/15/06 12:08 AM:
To ***** bitches, and femidikes off,about that?
Try having sex with them...no, wait--your inepitude would just AMUSE
them.
Paul
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