Posted on 03/25/2009 6:20:45 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
In our youth, some of us may have been awarded honor roll car stickers that gave us great pride. Others might have marched in a St. Patrick’s Day parade proudly displaying our Irish heritage. One bioethicist, Jacob Appel, wants to take prideful behavior to a new level with his call for an “Abortion Pride Movement.”
Appel, an Ivy League-educated lawyer and medical historian, recently wrote that “the moment is ripe—more than ripe—for an Abortion Pride Movement.” He believes such a movement is necessary because women should “feel comfortable expressing public pride in their brave and wise choices.” Along with glorifying abortion, Appel has in the past contemplated a market for the fetal organs of abortion victims. With Appel having such radical beliefs, it is truly laughable that he is a bioethicist.
[W]omen who have chosen to terminate their pregnancies are rarely encouraged to take pride in their decisions. That is unfortunate. This kind of irrational thought and behavior is nothing new to the pro-choice movement. Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in this country, stated that abortion wasn’t shameful and even had the audacity to make shirts proudly announcing “I had an abortion.” Planned Parenthood also distributed “Choice on Earth” Christmas cards mocking the Slaughter of the Innocents told in the Gospel of Matthew. Locally, the NARAL Pro-Choice group of Maryland ironically wants to celebrate this year’s Mother’s Day with a brunch commemorating reproductive freedom.
For unplanned pregnancies, Appel seems to think that abortion is a better choice than allowing the child to be born and grow up. He believes this because, as he says, “there is enough suffering in this world.” This kind of thinking probably led to the recent dumping of a newborn baby’s body in a College Park lake. Adoption can easily alleviate the so-called “suffering” as there are plenty of willing parents that would love to adopt children.
I dream of the day when women are not afraid to walk the streets with pins reading, ‘I had an abortion and it was the right decision.’ I can understand a woman advocating for the right to choose an abortion, but what I cannot understand is the sickening way some people and groups engage in celebrations and prideful displays over abortion. This is the sad and sick state of affairs today over the abortion issue.
I wish I was more surprised.
Proud of abortion.
Evil.
Just plain evil.
He sounds a little light in the loafers
Perfect quote! Thank you.
If you are so inclined, pray that Jacob Appel, ‘bioethicist’ does not die suddenly, for his fate is so obviously bound currently to the demons in Hell.
Yes, but denying that this mentality exists is surely wrong.
that which is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.—Luke 16:15
The ‘proud of abortion’ psychotics are just doing what they like. eff you man! /sarcasm off
Amen.
How much more pride is he looking for?
Does he expect NEA funded artists to display their aborted babies in a glass jars?
Oh... that’s right. They already do that.
Appalling. In a time of horrible headlines, this is a stand out. The Devil truly walks on earth, in the form of evil humans. The libtards are going completely insane. They used to hold back a little on letting the world know how evil they are. Not anymore.....it’s all out in the open.
Seared consciences....hard hearts....depraved minds. They take pride in their sin - and want post-abortive women to do the same.
Dr Mengele, Kvorkian and their evil ilk are very proud and grateful for your donation to HELL while you find false solace among those that celebrate and facilitated your murders!!!
See tagline.
How about ‘proud to be an aborter of leftists day.’
No doubt...but in actuality I hope they do this...it will expose those who don’t really care about the right to “choose”, but rather will show their blood lust of the extermination of human life...
The contrasts could not be any more clear after something like that.
I guess even the Culture of Death needs its bio-"ethicists."
...shudder...
Since this is all about a “woman’s right to choose”, and a “private issue between a woman and her doctor” why is some man involved in this horrendous public display of pride in murder of the innocent?
It’s a good question, KIR - except when we remember that men are in favor of abortion at a higher % than women. No self-interest there....
Wonderful citation. The Magnificat would work, too.
However, the notion that abortion-pride is ripe is SO over the top, SO movement-damaging, so utterly inane that it almost seems prolife-inspired. Remember The Man Called Thursday?
Next in line: Proud to Murder the Elderly.
Then: I chose abortion because I wanted a boy.
Let the libs squirm on those for awhile.
Yes, all those pro-choicers who say they want to make abortion “rare,” I ask, why?
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Thanks for the ping. I don’t know if you saw the ironic news about the plane crash this week in Montana, but it is clear evidence that flagrant disregard for our Lord’s commandments DOES NOT go unnoticed.
The ironic news? No.
Psa 73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.
Pro 8:13 “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate.
Pro 16:5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.
Pro 21:24 “Proud,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names, Who acts with insolent pride.
Pro 29:23 A man’s pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Isa 2:17 The pride of man will be humbled And the loftiness of men will be abased; And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
2) RvW unconstitionally overtook the states. Murder is a federal crime, and for it to be "declared not such", it took the fed judiciary branch. The irony is revealed. Truth has a way of doing just that.
3) and lastly, from the article itself: Pro-Choice group of Maryland ironically wants to celebrate this year’s Mother’s Day with a brunch commemorating reproductive freedom There are no words that can describe the irony of this "celebration".
Lifesite also has a story on this-
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/mar/09032602.html
This quote is particularly chilling-
“Our message should not be merely toleration or resigned acquiescence, but genuine joy that someone has made a decision for their own and for the collective good.”
The pro-aborts are like the homosexuals and their enablers. They obviously know what they’re doing is wrong and it hurts their conscience. Therefore, they have to coerce everyone else to agree with them to try to ease the guilt they feel.
We are seeing the enemies of God attempting to destroy life, love, and light. Life - they curse the gift as inconvenient, claim it is infestation, and minimize murder. Love - they pervert it, claim it is righteous in any form, and minimize God-ordained marriage. Light - they attempted to snuff it out (see the crucifixion of our LORD, and martydom within the Church), minimize its power to save, and claim that the darkness is actually light.
Most men are not in favor of abortion.
That is a matriarchal myth, and sustaining that myth keeps abortion legal.
How?
By demonizing the fathers of the babies as presumptive deserters and thus reinforcing the ‘desperate deserted women’ portrayal that is the number one reason so many people just look the other way while abortion goes on.
Those many people would not be inclined to look the other way if they felt that the fathers of the babies were good guys willing and able to raise their own children.
So, everyone who stereotypes men as deserters and abortion supporters by default is directly fueling the ongoing availability of abortion.
Having said that, the power to stop abortion is with men.
Yet, they oppose any law that would actually stop any abortion.
One weird thing about abortion advocates is how fast they leap to say that abortion 'must' stay legal because of worst case scenarios.
Right to Life folks need to respond by noting that, notwithstanding debate over such worse case scenarios, most abortions don't fall into such categories.
Most abortions kill the child because pregnancy and raising the child would be inconvenient for the mother.
It is total pre-Christian tribalism: one 'special' group is accorded a dispensation in law to murder the members of another group, in this case the most innocent amongst us, pre-born babies.
If you want to be constructive, please spend your time advocating for a father of the baby veto to be enshrined in law.
That would stop a lot of abortions.
Recasting fathers as parents instead of paychecks would help a lot too.
The more that fathers are understood to be real parents of their children, including of their baby daughters and sons, the more unwilling the general public will be to look the other way as abortion happens because they will instead see the father raising the child as a valid and likely alternative.
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