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"The political
battle today is astonishingly vibrant"
Part Two of Five By Dave Andrusko Naturally you cannot take everything pro-abortionists say in a public forum as the unvarnished truth (from their perspective). On the one hand, just as they read TN&V and National Right to Life News, they know we read pro-abortion publications and blogs, such as "The American Prospect." On the other hand, they could simply be exaggerating their situation to panic their supporters. But if you read enough, clearly there are some apprehensions that transcend spin, at one end, and camouflaging the truth, at the other. Let me quote just four remarks from Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, in a Q&A with The American Prospect (TAP). * "The political battle today is astonishingly vibrant. For those of us in reproductive rights … it's troubling that [after] these 38 years since Roe v. Wade that we are still enmeshed in the politics of this and have not had it strongly enough protected as a rights issue." "We are usually tracking over 500 anti-choice bills every year, and we expect this year, because there were more anti-choice governors elected, to see a huge deluge of anti-choice laws." "We also expect to continue to see biased counseling laws, mandatory ultrasound laws, as well as unnecessary burdens states keep putting on the providers of abortion services... and thus block women's ability to access abortion services." *We had the largest litigation docket we've had in over a decade because there has been such an attack on access to abortion services at the state level." The subhead for the interview reads, "TAP talks with Nancy Northup about how nearly 40 years after Roe v. Wade, the battle to ensure reproductive rights has gone local." But the battle to save the unborn has always been local….and always been national. The difference is that courtesy of the November elections which produced a huge upsurge in the number of pro-life state legislators and governors, there is much more potential for meaningful legislation to pass. Everything to pro-abortionists that is "biased" and "unnecessary" just happens to have the effect of allowing abortion-vulnerable women to take a deep breath before making a life-and-death decision. This cannot be allowed, because as part of that reflection, these women may actually see via an ultrasound who it is whose life they are about to extinguish. And once abstractions become concrete realities, pro-abortionists know they lose far more often than they prevail. To do the best job possible I need your feedback on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today. Please send your comments to daveandrusko@gmail.com. If you like, join those who are following me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/daveha. |