It saddens me that those who work for abortion clinics are often fearful for their safety and sometimes have threats on their life. During this chapter Abby writes about the peaceful presence outside of the Planned Parenthood she worked at in Texas. Despite the peaceful presence instituted by the efforts of Coalition for Life there was a big deal made about the safely of clinic workers and the rhetoric enforced when speaking about sidewalk counselors.
The transportation of some abortionists would be such a dramatic and big deal that they would: park at a secret location, were picked up away from the secret parking place by clinic staff, then driven with a sheet covering them in the back seat, and run in a side security entrance -- before dawn-- with the sheet covering their head. Why are such drastic measures made to disguise and protect some abortionists? If abortion is legal what is there to fear? Clearly some of these abortionists are doing things illegally and/or fear for their life because of the type of work they do. Why would you take a job that brings such fear and dramatic precautions to your life? This I cannot understand.
Planned Parenthood has taught their employees rhetoric for years and Abby shares that she was trained to call peaceful sidewalk counselors "anti-choice extremists" that would harass anyone going into Planned Parenthood to take away their “right to choose”. Pro-life advocates don't need fancy rhetoric that depicts the other side as something they aren't. This reminds me that we have truth and evidence on our side, but that's not all... We want women to be confident in their choices and not weep from effect of post abortion syndrome for years to come. We want the children in the womb to be looked at with dignity and not torn apart after being called a 'blog of tissue’. Stand with women today!
Happy International Women's Day! I stand for respecting women both inside and outside of the womb!
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Chapter 4, 'The Cause'
Chapter 5, 'The Bond of Compassion'
Chapter 6, '40 Days and 40 Nights'
Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,
Planned Parenthood has taught their employees rhetoric for years and Abby shares that she was trained to call peaceful sidewalk counselors "anti-choice extremists" that would harass anyone going into Planned Parenthood to take away their “right to choose”. Pro-life advocates don't need fancy rhetoric that depicts the other side as something they aren't. This reminds me that we have truth and evidence on our side, but that's not all... We want women to be confident in their choices and not weep from effect of post abortion syndrome for years to come. We want the children in the womb to be looked at with dignity and not torn apart after being called a 'blog of tissue’. Stand with women today!
Happy International Women's Day! I stand for respecting women both inside and outside of the womb!
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Chapter 4, 'The Cause'
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Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,
Timmerie Millington
Good point. The whole sneaking the abortionist in from an undisclosed location through a secret entrance after driving him with a sheet over his head seems to me to be more about shame than about safety. True, such measures would help keep an abortionist safe from anyone who might want to do them harm. But honestly, how threatened are they? Attacks on abortionists are very rare (and not approved by the pro-life movement). They conceal their identities out of shame and to make it seem like there is a major threat to safety when there really isn't.
ReplyDeleteYou have a very strong point. There are some abortionists who are very confident in what they do, but I've also seen some who hide! The threats to those involved in abortion have significantly gone down compared to years past. As you said, these threats and any attacks are not approved by the pro-life movement.
ReplyDeleteI think we should say extra prayers for abortionists during this 40 Days for Life prayer vigil and fast.
Yep. Pray for the repentance and conversion of all abortionists as well as everyone else who works in the dirty business of abortion.
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