Posted on 05/27/2007 12:12:58 AM PDT by monomaniac
The National Right to Life Committee said it’s “in complete disagreement” with an ad sponsored by a state affiliate that attacks Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family Action.
The ad, which appeared in today’s Colorado Springs Gazette, asked Dobson to “repent” of his statement that a recent Supreme Court ruling will protect preborn children.
That ruling affirmed a federal ban on partial-birth abortion, a procedure that involves delivery of a baby feet first, making an incision in the back of the child’s head, and removing brain matter so that the dead child slips more easily through the birth canal.
The attack ad said the ruling “granted no authority to save the life of even a single child.” The ad was sponsored by Colorado Right to Life and three other groups.
David O’Steen, executive director of National Right to Life in Washington, D.C., said the Colorado affiliate is wrong about the court ruling.
“It’s the first time that the court has allowed the legislative branch to outlaw a specific abortion procedure,” O’Steen told CitizenLink. “We think it’s a great victory.”
The Colorado affiliate is also wrong about Dobson, he explained.
“We appreciate Dr. Dobson, and we appreciate his support to end partial birth abortion,” O’Steen said. “We agree with him that the decision is a breakthrough.”
Colorado state Sen. Dave Schultheis said that after knowing Dr. Dobson for more than a decade, he knows of no one "more committed to the sanctity of human life than he is."
"For Colorado Right to Life to twist this issue so egregiously is unconscionable," he said. "I suppose CRTL would prefer that viable babies would continue to be killed without anesthetics. This is incomprehensible to me."
Carrie Gordon Earll, senior director of issues analysis for Focus on the Family Action, said the ad is “an unwarranted attack.”
“It’s difficult to comprehend how a law outlawing the brutal killing of a nearly born fetus is anything but a victory for defenders of life,” Earll said. “Would those behind this ad be happier if the court had ruled the other way, upholding this barbaric practice?”
Earll pointed out that Focus on the Family has made more than 300 placements of ultrasound machines and sonography training in 46 states, potentially saving an estimated 40,000 babies.
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I lost interest in what NRTL had to say quite some time ago.
This is totally off topic, other than it deals with Dobson.
There was an interesting exchange between Dobson and Glenn Beck last week after Dobson called into the show. Beck was reading from an article that was written about what Dobson “supposedly” had to say about Fred Thompson, and Dobson called in to “set the record straight,” so to speak.
Dobson appeared really angry when he first called, Beck apologized for not calling Dobson to check out the “facts” of the story, and that defused the situation. Then they had a candid exchange about candidates, and who they could/couldn’t vote for and why.
Actually Dr. Dobson reamed Glen a new one, rightfully so.
Glen had been bashing Dobson for several days with untruths.
...as he has steadfastly & faithfully defended the life of the unborn.
Beck seemed actually enthused that Dobson encouraged him to call his organization and check out stories.
IMHO, Dobson was not necessarily “misqoted” in the article, but his words were taken out of context. However, if Dobson speaks on on candidates, he’s got to know this sort of thing is going to happen.
And, the interesting thing is that Dobson had done the same thing he accused Beck of doing, by taking someone else’s word for something and saying that Beck had compared him to the Taleban (which, in context, he hadn’t.)
I thought the following discussion (after the furor and apologies were exchanged) was interesting. About voting for candidates, no matter what their “religious” believe, but rather for what their core moral values were, i.e. pro-life, pro-family.
Dobson didn’t ream Beck because Beck didn’t fall for Dobson’s stunt. Beck was very kind and apologetic for anything that offended Dobson.
Dobson could have refuted the story days before when it was first reported but he chose not to do so until he got some air time on Beck’s show.
The good brother Dobson has been slipping since he suffered a mild stoke.
Depends on whose side that you are on. Glen should quit trying to be a theologian and stick to being a bad talk show host.
Dobson finally had had enough of Glen’s misstatements and called him on it.
If Beck is bad why do you listen to him? However,if you don’t listen to him you wouldn’t have any idea what Beck reported about Doctor Dobson or what was said in the radio segment with Beck and Dobson.
...so what’s the deal with Colorado RTL, and why do they support partial birth abortion?
Glen is only background noise for me. My husband is still asleep when he is on, and has the XM in his room.
From time to time he has people on that I want to hear what they have to say. So......
Noted!!!
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