“Deeply Upsetting and Unsettling”
— Posted by John (June 3, 2010 at 12:50 pm)
There was an entry posted this week on The Abortioneers — a group blog whose contributors work in the abortion industry — that provides an interesting glimpse into their mindset.
As with most other entries on The Abortioneers blog, apparently its purpose is to reaffirm the belief that providing abortions is right, good, and noble. This particular post also aims to make “antis” (i.e., pro-lifers) feel as if all of our efforts are worthless:
Despite the hatred flowing out of your mouths, they have their abortions anyway. What you say, though it may upset, does not stop them from getting abortions.
“Hatred”? Please.
“…does not stop them from getting abortions”?
Watch No Greater Joy and hear interviews with three of the thousands of women who went to an abortion clinic planning to have an abortion, but then freely chose to change their minds and give birth to their babies instead. (Notice also the lack of hatred flowing out of the mouths of the sidewalk counselors.)
The post continues:
It does not stop the doctor from going to the office.
Except it sometimes does — witness, for example, Dr. Anthony Levatino.
It does not stop the secretary from going to work.
Except it sometimes does — witness, for example, Luhra Tivis.
It does not stop the escort who stands outside all day helping women get inside the building because you have way too much free time.
Except it sometimes does — witness, for example, Mark Bomchill.
It does not stop me from helping women get abortions.
Except it sometimes does — witness, for example, Joan Appleton.
It does not stop us.
It’s as if this abortion provider is entirely unaware that his industry is a sinking ship that has seen employees leave in droves over the past few decades.
The post continues:
We have our abortions anyway. Despite you. We have our abortions any way. Women will do literally anything to get that out of their bodies. …They will travel hundreds of miles. They will stick coat hangers inside themselves, hoping. They will take herbal cocktails, hoping. Hoping beyond hope. That this will stop and it can be over.
This has to be deeply upsetting and unsettling to know, from an anti’s perspective. Knowing that women will do it anyway.
Yes, it is deeply upsetting and unsettling every single time an unborn child is killed by abortion, not only because of the violent act itself, but because of the horrific consequences so many women suffer in the wake of their abortion — some soon after the fact, but for others, maybe not until 10, 20, or 30 (or more) years later.
And the staggering number of women who do go through with their abortions — despite the best efforts of sidewalk counselors, prayer supporters, pregnancy resource centers, etc. — has the potential to bring pro-lifers to the brink of despair (especially those who do not have their own spiritual house in order).
But this is where our opposition misses the big picture.
Every time a woman has an abortion, it’s not as if “they” win, and “we” lose. The struggle against abortion is nothing if it is not a spiritual battle, and it goes on.
It’s for this reason that just as we encourage sidewalk counselors to offer women help and information on abortion alternatives as they are walking into the abortion clinic, we also encourage them them to offer them help and information on post-abortion healing as they are walking out of the abortion clinic.
Think of how much more “deeply upsetting and unsettling” it is for abortion workers and their supporters to know that there are legions of women who have spoken out about how they deeply regret their abortions, and believe abortion is the worst thing that ever happened to them.
Case in point — this excerpt from another recent Abortioneers post:
HYPOCRITICAL
What are the statistics of abortions procedures since the legalization of Roe vs. Wade?
Of those tens of thousands (how many more?), I cannot comprehend that any one of those individuals, OR their partners, could consciously be against it now. How many mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers are among us who now claim to be anti?
How dare they!
They took advantage of the privilege of choice. That choice monumentally changed the course of their lives — for the better? Because it did not unnecessarily burden them with a responsibility they felt unable to accept at that point in their lives.
How can they take a position against choice now that their life’s journey has led them to a comfortable position because of the choice they once had the privilege to make?
“How dare they!”?
In other words: How dare women who have had abortions choose to believe that what they did was wrong!
So much for the abortion industry being “pro-choice”.
[Cross-posted at Pro-Life Action League]
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Ceecee says:
The statement of the abortioneers titled, ‘hypocritical,’ presumes a couple of things about people who’ve had abortions that may not be true. Number one, it presumes they’ve all had abortions by their own free choice. But studies show about 60% of abortions are not choosen by the woman, but submited to under coercion by other people in the woman’s life, who fear her baby will inconvenience them. Women who are coerced into unwanted abortions often turn against abortion and work with the pro-life movement in the years following the abortion.
Second wrong assumption is that every person who has an abortion has their lives improved by them. Studies show that isn’t true also. Often people who had no history of emotional problems before the abortion, start to have them afterwards. Addictions, nightmares, post-traumatic stress syndrome, depression, mental breakdowns, and sometimes physical complications that can leave a woman sterile have been known to crop up in relation to abortion.
Many people feel that the abortion made their lives worse, not better. There’s no money back guarantee if you don’t like the results of your abortion. There’s no way to undo it. Yet, it’s often the first suggestion given to women when the make the mistake of announcing their pregnancy to the wrong person.
All other services and products have some dissatisfied customers. But somehow abortion is special. No dissatisfaction allowed. You must be grateful. Boy, are these guys arrogant and demanding.
Comment posted June 3rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Ceecee says:
I copied and pasted the above comment to the abortioneers site in response to their ‘hypocritical’ post. I got a message that the post would be put up pending approval. Fat chance. My post does not glorify abortion and I think that is a pre-requisite to getting your comments published there. They are truly a back scratching, mutual admiration society.
Comment posted June 3rd, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Christina says:
It’s whistling past the graveyard. They know that the experience of abortion leads normal people to eventually turn away, horrified and ashamed.
Comment posted June 3rd, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Nikolia says:
The Abortioneers blog was blocked at work under the label “Personals and Dating.” No deep thoughts here, but I just found it interesting that I can get to the GfL blog and not the Abortioneers.
Comment posted June 4th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Ninek says:
22 years later, I have a perspective that a hot-headed young abortionist doesn’t: My life was not improved, it was devastated. My health did not improve, the effects were swift, horrific, and long term. My parents were permanently wounded by the loss of their first grandchild, the effects continue to this day. Ungiven gift languished, gathering dust, unable to be moved, sold, or given away. Ungiven gift moved from house to house, because getting rid of it meant the final admission of defeat, the final loss of that one last thread connecting one to the hoped-for child. The parent dies and the gift is discovered, grief compounded. I look at young people going about their lives and I ask myself, “why isn’t my child among them?”
Comment posted June 8th, 2010 at 4:44 pm