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What the pictures prevent
We should never discount, minimize or be forgetful of the immeasurable suffering experienced day in and day out by women who have to live with their decision to abort their baby. Our pictures save babies, yes. They also save mothers from this:
For some reason it had never entered my mind that with an abortion she would have to die. I had never wanted my baby to die; I only wanted to get rid of my “problem.” But it was too late to turn back now. There was no way to save her. So instead I talked to her. I tried to comfort her. I tried to ease her pain. I told her I didn’t want to do this to her, but it was too late to stop it. I didn’t want her to die. I begged her not to die. I told her I was sorry, to forgive me, that I was wrong, that I didn’t want to kill her.
For two hours I could feel her struggling inside me. But then, as suddenly as it began, she stopped. Even today, I remember her very last kick on my left side. She had no strength left. She gave up and died. Despite my grief and guilt, I was relieved that her pain was finally over. But I was never the same again. The abortion killed not only my daughter; it killed a part of me.
This heart-wrenching testimony of Nancy Jo Mann is of a saline abortion she had in the 1970’s. Saline abortions are rarely performed today but Nancy’s pain is felt by millions of women across this country. Roughly one out of three adult women in America have chosen abortion as a solution to an unwanted pregnancy, and half of those are coping with a past that includes more than just one. Our pictures save innocent human lives and spare women of Nancy’s grief.
H/T: Big Blue Wave and Blog Mammas.
More Open-Mindedness from Pro-“Choicers”
Warning: extremely vulgar language
(H/T to Big Blue Wave)
Recent Protests
Another great letter to the editor was published this week in the Kitsap Sun. Comments have dealt largely with abortion. Check it out!
And here are some pictures from a couple recent protests:
Pro-Choice
Recent Protests
“…we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Everyone Against Abortion, Please Raise Your Hand
It’s been 36 years. 50 million dead. Pictures are the new direction of the Pro-Life Movement.
Anti-Choice Project Responds
The following is a response to a letter to the editor entitled, “Don’t Force Abortion Pictures on Anybody.”
Ms. Habighorst is traumatized and takes offense to pictures of aborted babies. This is understandable; after all, those of us holding the pictures are deeply offended by them as well. But could someone please explain why Ms. Habighorst — and countless other Americans indifferent to the daily slaughter of unborn human beings — is more offended by an image of unspeakable injustice than by the injustice the image depicts? If abortion is a morally acceptable “choice,” why do pictures of it make pro-aborts so angry?
Ms. Habighorst is horrified that her children might be subjected to pictures of abortion. It is regrettable, and we never target young children with these images. Yet it is undeniable that these photos change minds and save lives. And so we must decide which it is we care more about: the sensibilities and feelings of born children, or the lives of unborn children. We at the Anti-Choice Project (www.antichoiceproject.com) operate under the principle that lives trump feelings, and so we will be using the photos. We will be bringing them to an intersection near you.
Let there be no mistake: we are very sympathetic and extend our condolences to Ms. Habighorst who discloses that she herself suffered a miscarriage 10 years ago. But if we acquiesce under the pressure of hurt feelings and painful memories, and concede to participate in the cover up of “Choice,” America will not stop the killing. Yes, the truth hurts. But the lie hurts so much more. As Dr. Martin Luther King wrote in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, “Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.”
When abortion is hidden, abortion is tolerated. When abortion is seen, everything changes. And for those who would argue our efforts are in vain — that they will not save even a single life (and you’ll have a good degree of trouble convincing us), it does not matter. We may not be able to stop the killing in Kitsap County; we will stop the pretending.
Tom Herring,
Co-Founder of the Anti-Choice Project
Letter in Kitsap Sun
A letter to the editor was published in today’s Kitsap Sun, of a woman upset with the efforts of the Anti-Choice Project, after witnessing our recent protest in Bremerton. Here is her letter in full:
Don’t Force Abortion Pictures on Anybody
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/03/letter-to-the- editor-dont-force-abortiona- on/ I am writing in response to the abortion protesters that I’m sure a lot of people saw on Saturday. I am very upset and horrified by this.
For those of you that did not see it, they had very large photos of dead babies on all four corners of an intersection near Warren Avenue Bridge. My children were with me and I am very appalled that they had to see that. I monitor what they see on television and never imagined that they would see something like this in their young lives.
I don’t care how strongly a person feels about abortion, they should never force these pictures on anybody. I lost a baby girl at 20 weeks and it will be 10 years on Sunday since her death. I can’t imagine how many women have gone through what I have only to have something like this shoved in their face.
If any of you protesters are reading this I hope you’re happy with yourselves. You have hurt far more many people than you will ever help. You have traumatized my children and I’m sure countless others. Thank you for nothing.
Amy R. Habighorst
This letter has already generated a lot of comments, and we hope it will continue to do so. This is a fantastic opportunity to reach out to those complacent in the killing of pre-born children.
From today’s protest
Today’s protest went really well. Thanks to all those who were able to come out! It was a fairly busy Saturday afternoon. Tom did a count and estimated about 3500 cars drove past in the hour and a half we were out. That’s 3500+ people who have probably never seen “Choice” like this before.
As we were leaving, we had a car drive by and throw eggs at us. Fortunately, their aim was a mile off. Another virtuous display from the Tolerant Left.
Nothing is more effective to end abortion.
From Fr. Frank Pavone:
Today I want to share with you the following email I received from a pro-abortion person who visited the our website at priestsforlife.org and saw the pictures of aborted babies. She wrote,
“I have been a pro abortion catholic… After seeing the pictures of what it exactly was, I nearly cried thinking I supported this awful murder. I ask Jesus my Christ to forgive my past way of thinking. I finally “get it.” This is pure murder. I pray that more people will get to know what it is they are supporting.”
The person then signed the letter with the pen name, “My Shame.” These pictures, at priestsforlife.org, have this effect on people every day. Invite others to view these images. You may email and print them. Nothing is more effective to end abortion.