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In our youth, some of us may have been awarded honor roll car stickers that gave us great pride. Others might have marched in a St. Patrick’s Day parade proudly displaying our Irish heritage. One bioethicist, Jacob Appel, wants to take prideful behavior to a new level with his call for an “Abortion Pride Movement.”
Appel, an Ivy League-educated lawyer and medical historian, recently wrote that “the moment is ripe—more than ripe—for an Abortion Pride Movement.” He believes such a movement is necessary because women should “feel comfortable expressing public pride in their brave and wise choices.” Along with glorifying abortion, Appel has in the past contemplated a market for the fetal organs of abortion victims. With Appel having such radical beliefs, it is truly laughable that he is a bioethicist.
[W]omen who have chosen to terminate their pregnancies are rarely encouraged to take pride in their decisions. That is unfortunate.
This kind of irrational thought and behavior is nothing new to the pro-choice movement. Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in this country, stated that abortion wasn’t shameful and even had the audacity to make shirts proudly announcing “I had an abortion.” Planned Parenthood also distributed “Choice on Earth” Christmas cards mocking the Slaughter of the Innocents told in the Gospel of Matthew. Locally, the NARAL Pro-Choice group of Maryland ironically wants to celebrate this year’s Mother’s Day with a brunch commemorating reproductive freedom.
For unplanned pregnancies, Appel seems to think that abortion is a better choice than allowing the child to be born and grow up. He believes this because, as he says, “there is enough suffering in this world.” This kind of thinking probably led to the recent dumping of a newborn baby’s body in a College Park lake. Adoption can easily alleviate the so-called “suffering” as there are plenty of willing parents that would love to adopt children.
I dream of the day when women are not afraid to walk the streets with pins reading, ‘I had an abortion and it was the right decision.’
I can understand a woman advocating for the right to choose an abortion, but what I cannot understand is the sickening way some people and groups engage in celebrations and prideful displays over abortion. This is the sad and sick state of affairs today over the abortion issue.
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i really feel ashame to know that educated men and women in our socity feel that abortion is ethical so much so that there want to take pride in it because most women that do it live with the guilt forever.
"in their brave and wise choices"
How brave is it to kill a helpless human being?
This man is a real sick puppy.
I can see the bumper stickers now.
Proud Parent of a Daughter who killed her child
Anatomic Gift Foundation (AGF) began doing business in 1994. They were headquartered in Laurel, MD. Its founders, Jim and Brenda Bardsley, didn't actually sell baby body parts, they rented spaces on the floor next to the abortion table and disected babies on the spot, sending their parts all over the world in dry-ice filled styrofoam boxes. Of course, the mothers had no choice. Pro-life groups in Maryland were instrumental in getting them out of the state. Look it up on Life Issues Institued.
Hi again Sean, You never fail to amaze me. Your article clearly states the issue and I can only say I agree with you. There is a certain amount crimes against women that causes a woman to not want to carry the fetus to full term and then birth it. I am sure this abortion that is done for the future life of the woman and her physical and mental health. According to government figures less that 12.5 percent of aboutions are done for that reason. 87.5 percent of aboutions are simply a form of birth control. With all the pro choice people out there wouldn't you think some of them would be pro-active and use contraceptives to prevent an unwanted pregnancy? Call me crazy but 50.00 for the pill is healthier and more certain than some screwball clinic regularly botching aboutions. By the way, most abortions are botched in some way or another. In fact all women that have had aboutions have had to have more medical treatment to their female organs and some die from it. One of your commenters mentioned the PSYCHOLOGICAL aspects of abortion. Why doesn't you do an article on Abortion survivors.
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Nice caps, Wade. It lends a degree of screeching insanity to your already maniacal remark.
Wade, thanks for your irrational comments.
The idea of "abortion pride" is a silly red herring. Nobody is proud of abortion.
Abortion is an issue of civil liberties. A woman has the right to determine if she will carry a fetus to term.
Portland, apparently you didn't read the article.
Of course there should be pride - we must never feel shame, that wouldn't be "healthy". Therefore, we must feel the opposite of shame. How about sorrow, grief, remorse, loss? And, yes, shame, guilt. Not "healthy" feelings, but valid.
the point of such a movement is to appreciate the decision that is very hard to come too and is a great burden upon these women. furthermore the author should do a bit more research before he judges others- many children are neglected beaten or never adopted and age out of the system, 8/10 of which die or are sent to prison. many of these women would not gamble with lives they are not prepared to take responsibility for- in other words do not birth a child which you can not support. does that make sense to you? as for the rest of these commentors, the basis of pride is in considering the outcome for the person growing inside them. do they feel loss- perhaps- most likely. shame? why because they chose an outcome that is certain not to lead to more suffering? try and imagine the p.o.v of the people you so righteously claim to protect only so much as the person was an unborn child. what happens afterward? can you imagine that? if you are not one of the lucky ones to find a good home through adoption? think before you post.
I wouldn't be a candidate for the pride in abortion pin or bumper sticker.
I had an abortion at 16 and cried about it for 10 years. I was tortured emotionally with grief, pain, guilt, loss - it was very painful and horrible. Only when I attended a PACE (post abortion counselling and education) class 35 years later - yes ... abortion at 16, continuing in emotional pain at 50 did I find freedom and healing. If you have had an abortion and it breaks your heart like it did mine, I encourage you to find a PACE group to attend.
I think abortion is the right choice for many women, but that doesn't mean we should celebrate it. I think it should be legal and safe and that we should also teach people about birth control, so it's also rare. I really am a Republican who believes in small government, and that includes keeping out of private decisions like abortion. People should be responsible for following their own beliefs on this issue.
Well, wonders never cease.
Good for you Jacob Appel! I am so "proud" of you....
This is truly sicking...
Sorry, Type O in my last post...
"sickning"
This is sick and disgusting to ever think you should be proud of throwing away a gift of God. You and all your pro-abortion freaks can go to hell, cus Oh, let me tell you, you will be going there =] have fun burning killers
This deranged "bioethicist" worked for Brown University, which is like Abortion Central. They train abortionists there, they only have Pro-abortion speakers on their campus (like Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who got Roe v. Wade passed) and even their Chaplain's office works openly with pro-abortion groups!
I had an abortion last year. While I do not regret my decision, I certainly don't take pride in the fact that it happened. Growing up in a conservative Catholic family you're given several messages: birth control doesn't work (thanks abstinence only training for trying to misinform us by saying that everything after kissing should be saved for marriage and so we aren't going to talk about it), being an unwed mother is the most shameful thing for both you and your family, oh, but if you do get pregnant abortion is not an option, regardless of how much you do not want a child. So I say is NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHAT TO DO WITH MY BODY JUST LIKE NO ONE CAN TELL YOU WHAT TO DO WITH YOURS. The people at planned parenthood were compassionate and sympathetic. They explained what ALL of my options were. All the people who yelled at me and called me a murderer on the way into the clinic did not do anything to sway my decision. It is my life and I do want to have children someday, the right way.
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