Forced Abortions Are More Common Than You Think
— Posted by John (September 19, 2006 at 3:30 pm)
Operation Rescue has a great post today on Katelyn Kampf, the 19-year old Maine woman who was kidnapped by her parents in an attempt to force her to have an abortion.
OR’s Cheryl Sullenger, a 22-year sidewalk counseling veteran, notes that this high-profile case of forced abortion is hardly an isolated incident; rather, it’s a microcosm:
I have seen sobbing women dragged into abortion clinics by the neck and hair. I have seen women driven into abortion clinic parking lots mouthing the words “help me” through the window. I have seen desperate women run away from abusive boyfriends at abortion clinics only to see their abusers capture them and return them for abortions they did not want. We’ve called the police, but they just tell us that abortion is legal. They don’t want to get involved. The problem is epidemic in scope.
In the case of the Maine woman, when her parents discovered her pregnancy, they chased her into the yard and tied her up. Her father dragged her into the back of their car and they headed for New York, intending to force their daughter to abort her baby. One source indicated that she may have been over 20 weeks along and was unable to get an abortion that late in Maine.
The girl slipped away from her parents in New Hampshire and made a 911 call. Police found her crying hysterically behind a store.
Incredibly, one prominent pro-abortion blogger, Jill at Feministe, makes the case that pro-lifers are to blame:
And it would do them well to consider the fact that a government which can take away your right to prevent pregnancy can also take away your right to carry pregnancies to term. Laws which require parental consent for abortion or birth control can easily be taken a step further and require parental consent for childbirth.
JivinJ, with admirable candor — he starts off by saying, “I don’t know where to begin here” — gives this argument the smackdown it deserves.
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Smarty says:
Man, what a smart guy you are. So a feminist blogger is in favour of abusive boyfriends that make her girlfriends have abortions vs. the abused girl. You see them through. All feminists want nothing more than husbands and boyfriends slapping their souses/girls around and having control over ther wombs.
You know what, you are just sooo smart. Thank you for that insight.
And you are all for the girls. Give them the right to decide for themselves. That is what you are actually all about: Choice. That is why you all them pro-abortionists. Because they are only about abortions and you are about choice.
Thanks again.
Comment posted September 21st, 2006 at 8:54 am
mary kay says:
Does anybody else need the above post translated? I have no clue what they just said…
MK
Comment posted September 21st, 2006 at 10:09 am
Kasia says:
MK,
I think if we apply our sarcasm filter, we can get the following approximate translation (which I do not endorse). Please bear in mind that I’m cleaning it up some for charity’s sake – I imagine if the original poster translated, it would not be quite as civil.
“You (are not a smart guy). The feminist blogger would support the abused girl too.
“You don’t support choice. We do, and that is why we call ourselves ‘pro-choice’. You distort the issue by calling us ‘pro-abortion’ instead of ‘pro-choice’.”
Me again here: The problem with that is – well, there are a lot of probles with that. I’m not sure where to start.
In fairness, the feminist blogger (and the commenter) probably have their hearts in the right place with respect to the women in question. The problem is that they don’t believe things like that really happen, or if they do, that they happen more than once in a blue moon. They really do believe that they’re promoting individual choice. And their next argument would probably be “If things like that ARE happening, then it’s a distortion of choice and is wrong.”
Well…yes…but the question really is whether that’s a choice we as women should have anyway…but that’s a whole different story, and I’d be completely preaching to the choir here. For what it’s worth, my opinion is that fair, reasoned debate will consistently bring people over to be pro-life.
Comment posted September 21st, 2006 at 2:14 pm
John says:
Kasia said: “I think if we apply our sarcasm filter, we can get the following approximate translation…”
Nicely done, Kasia.
I’ve often that we could really use a sarcasm detector. ‘Tis a pity Comic Book Guy destroyed Professor Frink’s prototype.
“For what it’s worth, my opinion is that fair, reasoned debate will consistently bring people over to be pro-life.”
Amen to that!
Comment posted September 21st, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Kasia says:
Thanks John! (I LOVE the Simpsons!) I liked my cousin’s take: You don’t use sarcasm; sarcasm uses you. I’m also fond of the (was it Washington Post?) contest wherein submissions change one letter of a word and offer a new definition. “Sarchasm: the gulf between the user of sarcasm and its target.” I do occasionally fall into the sarcasm trap, but I try to resist.
Sadly, it’s folks like our “Smarty” above (on both sides) who keep the debate superficial. It can take a long time for someone to start thinking about the implications of abortion when the ‘debate’ doesn’t get to the heart of the matter…and pro-choicers can keep the status quo going. I’m glad you linked to JivinJ, b/c I also found his “How Pro-Choicers Argue” bit. Good stuff!
Comment posted September 22nd, 2006 at 12:23 pm
Kasia says:
Hey! You blogrolled me! The first person ever to blogroll me!
Thanks!!!
Needless to say, I am adding both you and JivinJ to my links posthaste.
Comment posted September 22nd, 2006 at 12:30 pm
Hailey says:
Thank you for talking about this important issue. What happened to this girl is a tragedy.
Comment posted September 24th, 2006 at 10:49 am