Washington NARAL Director Admits Abortion, 'Hard for Women," Won't Say Why

Life News ^ | 2/26/08 | Steven Ertelt

[wagglebee]

Olympia, WA (LifeNews.com) -- The Washington affiliate of NARAL issued the results of a new study earlier this month complaining that not all pharmacies in the state stock the morning after pill or have pharmacists willing to dispense the drug. The writers of a pro-life blog contacted the director of the group, who made some rather surprising comments about abortion.

The writers at Abortion in Washington talked with NARAL Washington director Karen Cooper.

The blog first indicated that Cooper said her group conducted the campaign to contact pharmacists to see if they were following state Board of Pharmacy rules requiring them to dispense the Plan B pills.

AIW indicated "Cooper appeared to be unaware of the fact that this rule was no longer in effect due to an injunction from U.S. District Court Judge Ronald B. Leighton."

As LifeNews.com has reported, Leighton declared the rule a violation of the conscience rights of pharmacists.

"Such ignorance seems inexplicable since NARAL Washington was involved in the appeal of the ruling," the blog author Jonathan Bloedow wrote.

He indicated the blog asked Cooper why a pro-abortion group would promote a drug to reduce abortions if it was okay with abortions being done.

"This was met with a long silence, followed by a nervous confession that, 'abortion is a very hard thing for women emotionally,'" Bloedow wrote. He said Cooper quickly added, "a very hard decision."

Bloedow said Cooper tried to end the phone call repeatedly during the interview.

"It was clear these were not questions she was keen on answering. Early in the interview she became hostile and argumentative. After responding to this last question, clearly uncomfortable, she hung up," he said.

"As a result, we were unable to discover what it is about abortion that makes it such a difficult decision for women," he concluded. "If it's just the removal of a blob of tissue, why should it be so hard?"

[wagglebee]

"As a result, we were unable to discover what it is about abortion that makes it such a difficult decision for women," he concluded. "If it's just the removal of a blob of tissue, why should it be so hard?"

Abortionists NEVER want to answer this question.

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Washington NARAL Director Admits Abortion, 'Hard for Women," Won't Say Why

Hell, what about the unborn child? Isn't it much harder for him/her?

[rfp1234]

"As a result, we were unable to discover what it is about abortion that makes it such a difficult decision for women," he concluded. "If it's just the removal of a blob of tissue, why should it be so hard?"

Some of those blobs have beating hearts. Ultrasound technology has caught up with the NARAL ignorance-peddlers.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Good thread posting.

Yep, ask pro-choicers two questions:

1.) Is it just a blob a flesh?

2.) Do you think that having an abortion is a difficult decision for women to make?

If they answer yes to both, ask them:

Why is it a difficult decision to make if it is just a blob of flesh?

[wagglebee]

To listen to some abortionists talk, a young woman should give more thought to changing her hairstyle than she should to murdering her baby.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Does Planned Parenthood make alot of money from abortions being performed?

[wagglebee]

Planned Barrenhood gets a lot of money from the government, though they can’t LEGALLY use it for abortion. They are non-profit and shouldn’t have a profit, but in 2006, they had “excess revenue” of almost $56 million and they have assets of almost $840 million.

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jun/07060811.html

[markomalley]

"If it's just the removal of a blob of tissue, why should it be so hard?"

bears repeating...and often.

[markomalley]

You do realize you’re preaching to the choir here, right?

[wagglebee]

I personally have no problem with the picture in post #12 (aside from the fact that 50 MILLION AMERICAN CHILDREN have been murdered in this fashion since 1973); however, I do know that some people can get very upset seeing it (especially if they have children nearby), so maybe it should be removed. But Jim and the mods can decide what’s best.

[markomalley]

reality is reality. (But perhaps a NSFW label would now be appropriate in the title)

[wagglebee]

I just know that I wouldn’t want to explain this to a young child.

[cpforlife.org]

Pro-Choice Advocates Agree that Abortion Kills Humans

Excerpts of chapter 3 from The Public Policy of Casey v. Planned Parenthood by Michael G. Smith
http://www.leaderu.com/humanities/casey/ch3.html#S4

Many abortion advocates have agreed that abortion kills human life: A 1963 Planned Parenthood brochure says that life begins at conception: “An abortion kills the life of a baby after it has begun.”[1] Former Planned Parenthood President Faye Wattleton admits that the preborn are alive in her 1986 book:

“There are many sperm cells in the [seminal] fluid. If one of them meets an egg cell inside the mother, new life can begin to grow... If one of your friends is pregnant, ask her to let your child ‘feel the baby move.’ ... A baby grows in a special place inside the mother, called the uterus — not in her stomach. In nine months it is born.”[2]

Similarly, Dr. Mary Calderone, former director of Planned Parenthood has stated that “[a]bortion is the taking of a human life”[3] and Dr. Alan Guttmacher,[4] former president of Planned Parenthood and founder of the Guttmacher Institute, the research affiliate of Planned Parenthood, has stated “[f]ertilization has then taken place; a baby has been conceived.” [5] [6] While many abortion defenders readily concede that abortion kills human life, it is necessary to expound on this point because examining the nature of the unborn human being at the point of conception shows the inherent dignity that we all share from our biologic beginnings that are hidden from eyes of the world.

Not only have representatives from the nations largest abortion provider agreed that life begins at conception, but others who support abortion have agreed that abortion is murder. Dr. Magda Denes who performed two years of research in an abortion facility and compiled her results [7] told a Chicago newspaper “There wasn’t an (abortion) doctor who at one time or another in the questioning did not say ‘this is murder.’” [8] Even Kate Michelman, President of N.AR.A.L. seems to be moving in the direction of agreeing that abortion is murder by her statement that “[a]bortion is a bad thing.” [9] Others who have at one time been heavily involved with abortion have later agreed, such as “Jane Roe” Norma McCorvey, Dr. Bernard Nathanson, and Carol Everett.

In addition, everyone who uses the term “fetus” unwittingly acknowledges that the unborn human is an unborn child because fetus is Latin for “unborn child.” Unfortunately for the unborn child, the term fetus has fallen into use as a way of dehumanizing the unborn child, as shown by the primary use of this term by people when they are arguing for abortion rights, in comparison to when they are discussing a baby that is wanted by the mother.

[1] Pamphlet: Plan Your Children (Planned Parenthood, 1963).
[2] Faye Wattleton, How to Talk with Your Child About Sexuality 95 (1986).
[3] Dr. Mary Calderone, Illegal Abortion as a Public Health Problem, 50 American Journal of Public
Health 7, 951 (1960)
[4] Katherine S. O’Keefe, Crypto-Eugenics: The Hidden Agenda of Planned Parenthood Appendix B
(1991)
[5] Birth Control and Love: The Complete Guide to Contraception and Fertility 12 (1961) quoted in
Stephen M. Krason, Abortion: Politics, Morality, and the Constitution: A Critical Study of Roe v. Wade
and Doe v. Bolton and a Basis for Change 445 (1984)
[6] Planning Your Family 16 (1964)
[7] In Necessity and Sorrow: Life and Death in an Abortion Hospital (1976)
[8] Daily News, Oct. 22, 1976
[9] Philadelphia Enquirer, Dec. 11, 1993

[the invisib1e hand]

because not every place is the right place for a gruesome graphic.

in this context, it's gratuitous. We all know how despicable abortion is. It was a picture similar to that turned me around so long ago. But I cannot, and need not, see such a thing today. And I stand by my pro-life credentials, and might even be able to vouch for Wagglebee's, if his dedication to these threads is any indication.