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Kansas NOW Throws a Party and No One Shows Up.

There really is nothing like the pro-abortion press machine.  They really can make a mountain out of a mole hill quite effectively.  Case in point... an article in the Kansas Free Press promoting a candlelight vigil for the anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the celebrating the life of Dr. George Tiller.  This really is a must read. Some of the highlights from their spin machine.  

First of all, the outrage they feel at the "thousands of women who died prior to Roe v. Wade and the abortion providers and staff that the nation has lost to senseless acts of violence".  Hello... just this January, an estimate on the number of abortions as topping over 52 million children.  Now, I certainly feel bad for the small number of women who suffered injury or death seeking illegal abortions prior to Roe v. Wade, but c'mon, comparing the thousands to 52 million.  Wow.  And no where in the article is there a mention of the number 52.  Surprising?

Second, in reading the article, it sounded like a fairly significant event.  Wondering how many people actually skip dinner with the family to show up to support Roe v. Wade and "honor" an abortionist, I thought I'd check out the photos on the Kansas NOW site.  Heck, PBS even covered the event.  Must have been quite a shin-dig.  Boy was I a bit underwhelmed to find the Candlelight Vigil Photos from the vigil web site.  This looks really sleepy.  A lot of open chairs and a few votives doesn't seem to map to the coverage given by the Kansas "Free" Press.  Not sure how free these guys are...

Third, and most disturbing is the glowing references made to Tiller by NOW as well as other late term Abortionists Warren Hern and Susan Wicklund.  Now remember, these guys perform late term abortions.  These are the most controversial of all procedures as they kill children that are viable outside the womb if allowed to be delivered.  So... when I read things like the following quotes, I just can't find a way to map it to the reality of what they are actually doing.  Think about it.  They are killing human lives and the glowing references keep coming:

"His purpose was to liberate and save women by providing them with abortion care."

"George was a wonderful, kind, generous human being and dedicated physician."

"We know that the Pro Choice movement lost one of our biggest heroes, a compassionate, extremely competent physician, a voice that spoke truth, a rock we all thought could never be moved."

Again, you're losing me on the compassionate, kind and "abortion care" comments.   Remember, these are kids he's been killing for the last several decades.  Then... and maybe most disturbing are the quotes from abortionists Wicklund and Hern around their own struggle: 

Wicklund is required to read abortion patients misleading, politician-penned scripts that refer to an embryo as an "unborn baby"

"We don't know how many more clinics will be burned, staff terrorized or doctors killed. We don't know if our government will actually step up and make sure abortion is treated as the basic health care we all know it is."

"And it is about your mothers and wives, your sisters and daughters and granddaughters and best friends. It is about someone else wanting to control us. It is about power."

God forbid we call a "fetus" an unborn baby in front of a mother that is discerning ending the life of her baby.  And we'd surely want to trade a baby's life for more power and control over our own lives...  Wow, the spin continues. The truth of the matter is that with Roe v. Wade, millions die and without it, perhaps a few do... No excuse for what happened to Tiller, but I just don't want to be played.  Let's tell it like it is, folks.  Agree?

Texas Rally for Life 2010

I marched with the family today in the 2010 Texas Rally for Life.  What a great event that seems to grow each year.  A few observations:

• Youth - I'd estimate that young folks (sub 21 years old) outnumbered us older folks by 4 to 1.  I have a theory that the children and children's children of the 60's and 70's are now getting older and hence the younger generation is coming up without the baggage of the free love generation.  Perhaps a generation or two away from abortion being a thing of the past.
• Opposition - I'm always struck by how lame the pro-abortion grass roots movement really is.  There were perhaps 30-40 very shaggy looking people protesting at the gates of the Capitol.  They seemed really mad and perhaps a bit scared.  I would be too being outnumbered 3000 - 30. 
• Social Media - I was Twittering the entire event (@tcfundsabortion) and plan on adding more to the social graph as it comes up.  Being connected as a pro-life community has never been easier.
• Involvement - If you think about it, even though we have a huge turnout... for our numbers in Central Texas... still seemed like we should have mobilized better.  We have around 3000 families in our parish... that if we could have mobilized, would  have been something to see.

Will be great to see how things grow next year. 

MLK's Neice: "Protect the Civil Rights of the Unborn"

Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, does a great job of explaining pro-life issues in the context of civil rights.  Having gone through two abortions herself, she is an excellent example of how education on the lies of planned parentood and the pro-abortion media can change hearts. 

Is this not a life?

Cool video.  It's amazing to me that in the United States, abortion is legal through full term.  It's hard to look at these pictures and justify, for any reason, that these humans do not have the sames right to life as those outside the womb.   98 of the 154 most populous countries in the world ban late term abortions.  The Unites States does not. 

Choice is a only a smart marketing slogan

Certainly the "abortion rights" movement launched one of the most successful,  clever marketing campaigns in modern advertising history.  Prior to the 1960's, abortion was widely rejected throughout the US and in most parts of the world, and the thought of legal abortions for virtually any reason, including simple convenience, was unthinkable.   In fact, by 1965,  all 50 states had laws banning abortion in all cases with the exception of rape, incest or health issues.  With broad changes in the moral and cultural fabric of the US in the late 60's and early 70's, a relatively small group of abortion activists sought to quickly capture the attention of the media and use their quick momentum to change the law of the land... ultimately resulting in Roe v Wade in 1973.  Since Colorado began to loosen up abortion laws in the late 60's, over 50million americans have been aborted.   

The  positioning dreamed up by the abortion ad execs at the time was rather simple...  freedom.  What could  be more american than the freedom of choice.  Even the word choice was carefully selected and tailored to deliver the maximum impact at a time when the culture was transfixed on personal freedom.    They used a tried and true advertising tactic of diverting attention away from the core issue... what abortion actually is and does to a human... and focused the debate on the newly created issues of choice.  Very, very clever.  ...and sinister.

Bernard Nathanson, then a primary leader in the pro-abortion movement and cofounder of NARAL, was at the forefront of the positioning effort (read Confessions of an Abortionist for details).  He states, "we persuaded the media  that the cause of the permissive abortion was a liberal, enlightened, sophisticated one.  Knowing  if a true poll were taken we would be soundly defeated, we simply fabricated the results of the fictional polls and that 60% of americans were in favor of abortion.  This is the tactic of the self-fulfilling lie.  Few people care to be in the minority,  We aroused enough sympathy to sell our program of permissive abortion by fabricating the number of illegal abortions done annually in the US."   Dr.  Nathanson, after countless abortions is now an outspoken proponent of the pro-life movement. 

In today's society, this simple positioning of choice continues to be the primary cornerstone of the abortion movement.  Now, backed by billions of dollars a year in revenue that flows through lobbyists, medical manufacturers, drug marketers, abortionists (the biggest being Planned Parenthood) and politicians, there are many reasons for the "industry" to keep this appealing positioning alive.  There are a billion reason to keep the factories open.  Yet for the individual, to fall into the advertiser's trap and be blinded by this genius marketing positioning seems to be the very antithesis of choice.  Choice is made by the informed... not by those buying into a lie.   

For a great read on this subject and the media in general, check out.  The Marketing of Evil.