anti-abortion cause stirs new generation

[niyad]

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Antiabortion cause stirs new generation

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Linda Johnson / For The Times
At Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Philadelphia, the Teen Board for Generations for Life group, a pro-life group for young people, holds a meeting.
Born into a time after Roe vs. Wade, many young adults are eager to reverse it. And veteran activists are happy to enlist their help.
By Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
January 22, 2008
WALLINGFORD, PA. -- The bell rang and the eighth graders jumped up, eager to compare notes.

"I named my baby Kyle Patrick," one shouted.

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"Mine is Antonio!"

At the urging of an antiabortion activist, they had each pledged to "spiritually adopt" a fetus developing in an unknown woman -- to name it, love it from afar and above all, pray daily that the mother-to-be would not choose abortion.

"Maybe one day you'll get to heaven and these people will come running to you . . . and say, 'We're all the little children you saved,' " activist Cristina Barba said. She smiled at the students in their Catholic school uniforms. "Maybe you really can make a difference."

Thirty-five years after Roe vs. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, opponents are pouring resources into building new generations of activists. Young people are responding with passion.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-youth22jan22,1,5600743.story?track=rss&ctrack=4&cset=true

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I've got a better idea

"adopt" a child that a mother chose to bring into the world but who has limited resources to nourish it. That way these kids see, first hand, what it is like to raise a child in poverty--and can reward a woman who "chose life". Of course, this would involve actually spending money on real people, so they probably won't do it.

[uppityperson]

3. Pledge middle of the night childcare so the exhausted mom can sleep

Pledge and give financial and emotional support, drive them to doctor's appointments, stay and comfort the infant when it has a temp from immunizations, or is just needing comforting. Check in daily, asking "what can I do" and then DO it. Without whining. Or prodding. Or proselytizing.

[patrice]

2. More magical thinking. Neo-Pro-Life will stir them alright, all of the way up to the point at which

it costs them $$$$, then it'll be "Everyone must be responsible for his/her own life." And one of the problems with that is, because of synergy with other aspects of "millenial" culture and psychological development, it will eventually be directed at us Boomers too.

[Traps]

4. Abortion is a racist, genocidal act according to Dr Alveda King

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/traps/2008/03/01/abortion-is-a-racist-genocidal-act/

My concern, regardless of your beliefs, is that it is becoming some kind of sick form of contraception.

[Cerridwen]

5. Yeah, I want to read the words of a "religious" fanatic who's had her 2 abortions

and has now decided what's right for the rest of us based on her twisted view of the world. Oh yeah, we should take someone's words as sacrosanct because they come from a good family; er, I don't think so. BTW, she has endorsed Brownback for president and is a champion of right-wing causes. Hers are not words I find reliable, to say the least.

Two things I notice about your posts; every one of your posts I've looked at is linking to your articles with no other commentary or disscussion. Are you here to discuss politics or are you here to promote your articles?

In the article you linked to in this post, you link to world net daily. You should know that world nut daily is not considered a valid source of information at DU. world nut daily is "peopled" with racist, sexist, homophobic, snake-oil salesmen and their rubes. If you consider them a valid source, then I would suggest you won't be very happy for very long at DU.

Now, on to the genetically connected, doctor and her warped view of the world. From her site:

It is time for America, perhaps the most blessed nation on earth to lead the world in repentance, and in restoration of life! If only we can carry the freedom of repentance to its fullest potential. If only America can repent and turn away from the sins of our nation. Abortion is at the forefront of our destruction. Partial Birth Abortion is perhaps the most heinous form of this legal genocide. Direct links connecting abortion and serious conditions such as breast and cervical cancer, emotional disorders and other serious ills must be considered! The only healing and redemption is in the blood of Jesus, blood willingly shed so that we could stand today and cry out for the blood of the unborn that is drenching the land of our children.

<snip>

My involuntary abortion was performed just prior to Roe v. Wade by my private physician without my consent. I had gone to the doctor to ask why my cycle had not resumed after the birth of my son. I did not ask for and did not want an abortion. The doctor said, “You don’t need to be pregnant, let’s see.” He proceeded to perform a painful examination which resulted in a gush of blood and tissue emanating from my womb. He explained that he had performed a “local D and C.”

Soon after the Roe v. Wade decision, I became pregnant again. There was adverse pressure and threat of violence from the baby’s father. The ease and convenience provided through Roe v. Wade made it too easy for me to make the fateful and fatal decision to abort our child.

<snip>

Over the next few years, I experienced medical problems. I had trouble bonding with my son, and his five siblings who were born after the abortions. I began to suffer from eating disorders, depression, nightmares, sexual dysfunctions and a host of other issues related to the abortion that I chose to have. I felt angry about both abortions, and very guilty about the abortion I chose to have. The guilt made me very ill.

<snip>

{there is more at her site but I'm not sending her any traffic. I'll leave it to the reader to google.}

That lady has some serious issues. Her two abortions are the least of them.

If the best you've got in the way of discussion is posting r/w talking points made by r/w stooges, you're gonna hate DU.

[plantwomyn]

6. Not to mention the fact that

She is NOT a medical Doctor. In fact her "Doctorate" in HONORARY! The "Dr." demanded that Planned Parenthood stop using her uncles words. Well we should All notice that the "Dr." is NOT a member of the King Center an the King Center licenses the use of MLK's words. So got to your cousins "Dr." and make your demands to them. They're the ones making a profit.

[cap]

7. they are anti-abortion but not pro-child

the will not support funding for foster children programs, child health programs, child care programs. Stuff that really factors into people's decisions not to want that child.

Also, the way that they do this is designing language that limits women's rights in more areas than just abortion.