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NRL News
Questioning Abortion: A Revolution in Reverse
“The
feminist establishment has tended to dismiss such stories [of women
grappling with crisis pregnancies and regretting having had
abortions] as evidence of patriarchal brainwashing. That explanation
may comfort pro-choice feminists who see their ranks dwindling. Yet
today’s young women are questioning abortion not because they know
too little, but because they know too much. They have paid the price
for the modern feminist embrace of counterfeit liberation. Now they
are standing up to demand the real thing-whether or not their elders
approve.”
“Look,
Erin ... I understand. This right here ... this could be the most
important decision you’ll ever make. And if you choose to give this
a chance, I will be there with you ... every day. You won’t be the
only one living with it. 100%, anything you need, anything you ask,
I will be there.” “... [W]omen are questioning abortion not because they know too little, but because they know too much.” In a mere 16 words Ms. Campbell has latched on to a great truth, one that is turning the abortion debate on its head. In the other editorial on this page (which talks about the movie 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) and in an editorial in the February NRL News (which analyzed the surprise hit Juno), I write about the power of art to rip away the canopy of lies that has hidden the ugly, dehumanizing reality of human abortion. In the former case, a baby dies, almost literally before the audience’s eyes. In the latter, the teenager almost stumbles into a life-affirming decision. While Juno makes us feel good, 4 months leaves a horrid taste in the viewer’s mouth. The Abortion Establishment may wrap the “right” to abortion in gauzy language about “choice.” But that nonsense cannot survive a close-up of a dead baby, partially wrapped in a towel. There are other signs that the tide is turning against the death peddlers. Last year an amendment to an appropriations bill sponsored by pro-life Congressman Mike Pence (R-In.) to deny family planning funds to Planned Parenthood garnered 189 votes, surprising many of the organization’s defenders. A switch of 22 votes would have led to the amendment’s passage. At the end of February the Virginia state Senate joined the state House in agreeing to defund Planned Parenthood. The amendment was offered by Republican state Senator Ken Cuccinelli and would deny over $200,000 to Planned Parenthood. The governor is pro-abortion and by the time you read this Democrat Tim Kaine may have figured out some way to restore state funding for the largest abortion “provider” in the world. But the point is the same in both instances: not so long ago it would have been unthinkable for an organization with the exalted PR image of Planned Parenthood to have its government funding at risk. It will take a while, maybe even a long while, but sooner or later the truth will emerge about this killing behemoth whose annual revenues approach a billion dollars. There really is such a thing as a “climate of opinion,” and it is gradually turning from warm to chilly for an organization that has duped the American public for decades and decades. Speaking of truth, let me conclude with this from the March 4 Washington Post. After months of fawning media coverage, pro-abortion presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama ran into a buzz saw following a speech in San Antonio, the day before the big and potentially pivotal primaries in Texas and Ohio. As the Post’s Dana Milbank wrote, “It took many months and the mockery of Saturday Night Life to make it happen, but the lumbering beast that is the press corps finally roused itself from its slumber Monday and greeted Barack Obama with a menacing growl.” For the first time ever, instead of the usual softballs, some of the questions were heaters up and in the strike zone. There are changes everywhere and they take place virtually everyday. Nowhere is this more obvious than with young people. I encourage you to read the story that begins on page one. The best way to keep track of all these developments is to visit Today’s News & Views, a daily feature found at www.nrlc.org. Our audience is growing day by day. Thanks for all you are doing for National Right to Life and the Littlest Americans. It is an honor to work with you. |