Regulations in Texas Abortion Industry Effective at Reducing Late Term Abortions

I read an article in Big Think "The Economics of Second Trimester Abortions: Market Supply".  I read the entire article, but came back to this, the very first paragraph.  This is what we pro-lifers work towards.  Less babies being killed by abortion, and given a chance at life.

New research finds that government regulations that restrict the supply of abortions performed after 15 weeks gestation in the state of Texas increased the price of late abortions by 37% ($454) and lead to an increase in the number of unintended births by over 6,600 in the three years following the implementation of the regulation.

The jist of the article is that regulations on the abortion industry in Texas, have adversely affected the price of late-term abortions, causing less women to have them. 

What this means to me, is that an average of 2,200 more babies a year, avoid being slaughtered by an abortionist.  This... is something I can live with.

Pro-Life Rally gets Rowdy - Bloomington, IN.

Scott, a pro-life warrior, sent this to me via email.

First, an article in the Indiana Daily Student.

“Stop Abortion Now.”
“It’s a Child Not a Choice.
”Men, women and families shivered in the icy cold, but they held their signs high to protest against abortion on the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
On Sunday afternoon, the 2012 Rally for Life took place on the Monroe County Courthouse lawn, its 20th year. This year, the protest attracted more pro-choice advocates than ever before to counter those who were pro-life.
“This is one of the biggest anti-life crowds I’ve seen,” said Andrew Henry, a pro-life activist who attended with his daughter and pregnant wife. “I had a couple of guys say things I’d never repeat. Oftentimes, they are very rude and impolite while we are here very calmly, peacefully.”

Well yeah, rude would be a good word for them.

Scott documented some of the, uh, conversation. I have to warn you, there is a wee bit of Foul language in it. Many thanks for this timely information!

Sex Selective Abortions, Here and Now

A Guest Post By Anonymous
True story.
There is a couple currently utilizing obstetric services from an OB/Gyn in the practice where I am currently employed. They conceived intentionally. They have a young daughter. They are currently at 14 weeks gestation. They have pressed the OB to order an amniocentesis for the sole purpose of determining gender. They will abort their child if it is a girl.
Yay for feminism! Score one for the bodily autonomy of the female. Satirical commentary (in case you had to ask).
My thoughts: I fear this happens a lot more often than we are aware.  I hope the doctor flatly refused. Perhaps Anonymous will keep us updated on the outcome of this horrific case.

***Update - The baby was allowed to live, because he happened to be boy.  Lucky for him.

Accessory to Murder

A guest post by Robert Bickel

Accessory to Murder

It’s a sad fact that murder is committed every day, in every country. Sometimes a murder is committed for vengeance. Sometimes for “religious” reasons. Oftentimes it is committed for money.

Here in the United States, an “accomplice” is one who is present and may even participate in the crime. An “accessory” is someone who has knowledge of a crime being committed or will be committed, and fails to report it. You can also be an accessory if you help the perpetrator in some way.

Let’s examine those who help the practitioners of infant murder, stay in business-----

1. Real estate broker/agent—helps with finding the “right place” and negotiating lease terms—and profits from it.

2. Landlord—gives them a place to commit the crime—and profits from it.

3. Maintenance personnel—makes sure things are kept running—and profits from it.

4. Lawn care—they make sure the “business” is presentable to the public—and profit from it.

5. Attorney—represents killers—and profits from it.

6. Medical supplier—yes, these people make sure the “procedures” continue with the right tools and supplies—and profit from it.

7. Office equipment supplier—provides the tools and maintenance to keep machines running, so records of the killings can be maintained—and profit from it.

8. Utilities provider—provides the necessary services for an efficient operation.

· Phone company—instrumental in making sure appointments can be made and kept—and profit from it.

· Electric company—instrumental in making sure there is plenty of light and electricity for killing the baby—and profit from it.

· Water company—instrumental in delivering an ample supply for sanitation and cleaning up after the killing—and profit from it.

· Gas company—making sure everyone is comfortable—except the baby. and they profit from it.

9. Advertisers—every business needs to advertise—don’t they?

· Billboards—informs and keeps the “service” in the minds of people—and profits from it.

· Signage company—puts the sign on the building, so people know right where to go and have the “problem” taken care of (and they profit from it).

· Phone book—gives the necessary information so people can call and get the process started (and they profit from it).

· Internet service provider, webhost, web designer—After all, abortion clinics, terrorists, pornographers, racist groups have to “get the word out” (and some one profits from it).

10. Post office—makes sure correspondence is picked up and delivered—and profits from it.

11. “Waste collection”—these people help with collecting dead babies and baby parts so they can be disposed of according to governmental regulations—and profit from it.

12. Receptionist—“helps” people with questions, directions, appointments and the necessary paperwork—and profits from it.

13. Security—makes sure everyone at the “facility” is kept safe—except the baby—and profits from it.

14. Counselor—gives women advice so an “informed” decision can be made—and they profit from it.

15. Insurance company—they ensure operations will resume after an accident or disaster—and profit from it.

16. Elected officials—they enact and uphold laws which permit the killing of babies—and profit from it (with our money).

Have you noticed a pattern? …..”and they profit from it.”

Unfortunately, this is not a complete list of “accessories to murder”. You may be thinking of even more who are involved. The cancer is indeed widespread.

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil:….” (American Standard Version)

What if, one or more of those mentioned above, decided to say “NO, I/we will not help murder babies anymore, and profit from it”? It takes courage to do the right thing, doesn’t it?

Robert bickel Jan. 2012

"Baby" Isn't A Scientific Term

If you know @RealtinConnor at all, you know he refuses to acknowledge that a fetus is a baby.  To him, babies breathe air.  So if it's not born yet, it isn't a baby, to him anyway.  I suppose an 8 month gestational fetus is a clump of cells to him, even though it is completely viable.  No, he would say it's a fetus, but never acknowledge it's really a baby just prior to being born.

Very often, he accuses pro-lifer's of 'confusing' embryos and babies, or in this case, infants.  Embryo is a scientific term, just as 'infant' is.  As @RealtinConnor admits. 'baby' is not.  'Baby' can mean any number of things, such as an infant, or a cat, a truck, or yes, even a fetus.  Anything that means the world to you at the time, can and often is referred to as your baby.  Jacked up 4-wheel drive?  "That's his baby". Big marketing project?  "That's her baby".  You get the idea. 

It kind of makes you wonder who's confused, doesn't it?  Why does the term 'baby' bother pro-aborts so much?  I think you know the answer, as do I. 

The Right to Survive

Many of you are familiar with Judith Jarvis Thompson's article "A Defense of Abortion". 

You wake up in the morning and find yourself back to back in bed with an unconscious violinist. A famous unconscious violinist. He has been found to have a fatal kidney ailment, and the Society of Music Lovers has canvassed all the available medical records and found that you alone have the right blood type to help. They have therefore kidnapped you, and last night the violinist's circulatory system was plugged into yours, so that your kidneys can be used to extract poisons from his blood as well as your own. [If he is unplugged from you now, he will die; but] in nine months he will have recovered from his ailment, and can safely be unplugged from you.

My goal here is not to dispute Ms. Thompson's analogy, because to me, it's ridiculously stupid and doesn't deserve comment.  I start with it only as a lead-in to the analogy below.  This new scenario is in response to the tweet below, and fully disputes the insane notion that babies don't have the legal right to use their mother's body.  I look forward to seeing the choicer's attempts at aborting it.

It's a beautiful sunny spring day.  You're in the latter part of your pregnancy, and decide to take a walk to help bring labor on.  You walk on a posted nature trail, but you veer off the beaten path to see an unusual bird.  You're not concerned about getting lost, because you know how to use the sun and shadows to guide your way.  Suddenly, a dark cloud appears that blocks your compass.  You're pretty sure you came from 'that direction', so you walk toward it.  Oh wait, maybe it was from 'over there'.  As you repeat this pattern, you realize you're lost.  You know you're close to home, but you have no idea which direction home is.  You feel contractions beginning.  You walk some more, in an effort to find home.  The more you walk, the stronger your contractions become.  Without knowing it, you've ventured for miles, in the wrong direction.  Without knowing it, there is no one around you, for miles and miles. 

The final stages of labor are well in progress.  You give birth to your baby.  You've had no intention of breast feeding, ever.  You've said "I'm not a diner!" many, many times.  This baby coming when it did doesn't change that.    But if you don't supply the baby with nourishment, it will surely die.  There are no cows or goats around for you to milk, and even if there were, you have no bottle to put the milk in.  You had no reason to bring supplies for this baby, for this was supposed to be just a short walk.  You didn't consider the risk of getting lost and going into labor.

The time it will take you to get home is just a bit longer than your baby can survive with no nutrition.  You now have 3 choices. 

1. Breast feed the baby.  You're not a diner, but allowing this baby to use your body is the only possible way it can survive.
2. Let the baby die of starvation and dehydration.  Painful for the baby, and unless you leave it by a tree and walk away, it would be painful for you to watch.
3. Kill the baby.  So you can rid yourself of the burden it brings.  You will get to your goal, which is home, much quicker this way.

Which do you choose?  Killing the baby, or even just letting it die, is illegal.  Your only legal option is to breast feed the baby.  Which means... The baby has the legal right to use your body, even if you don't want it to.

Now, compare this unplanned birth experience to an unplanned pregnancy.  Unplanned pregnancies occur most often because the woman didn't consider the risk of getting pregnant when she had sex.  And even if she did consider it, she took the risk, in the heat of passion.  She now has 3 choices.

1. Continue the pregnancy, so the baby can survive.
2. Take steps to 'let the baby die', by drinking concoctions or falling down stairs, intending to induce a miscarriage.
3. Go to your neighborhood abortionist and have he/she kill it for you.

Many times in the abortion debate, we hear that "women are not incubators", much like the woman above is not a 'diner'.  But in order for the baby to survive, it must be allowed to take nutrition from the mother.  Whether it's via the umbilical cord in the womb, or via breast feeding, the baby must be attached to the mother.  It's a matter of survival.  And yes, it should have the legal right to survive.

Abortion Gang Promotes Late Term Abortion

This is truly disturbing.  Over at Abortion Gang, Serena writes about some of the women 'helped' by abortion funds, in this case, in Arizona.  One in particular stood out, because the abortion fund organization Serena volunteers for, helped a woman pay for killing her 21 week old baby. 

Delores was 21 weeks pregnant – bumping right up against the legal limit for abortion in Arizona. She was getting a late term abortion because she didn’t know she was pregnant until 20 weeks. The birth control method she uses eliminates her period. The only clue about pregnancy was the weight gain. We helped Delores pay for her abortion, as well as gave her money for gas and helped connect her with housing, since she, too, had to drive to Phoenix from a small, rural community.

Abortion Gang is headed up by Steph Herold, who herself works to 'help' women pay for killing their babies.  Her twitter handle is @IAmDrTiller, named in memory of George Tiller MD, who specialized in late term abortions.  It should come as no surprise then, that they take great pride in 'helping' women kill their 'half way there' babies. 

If you have any doubt about what that 21 week old 'clump of cells' looks like, look no further than Amillia Sonja Taylor, who was born at 21 weeks gestation, and who thrives today.

Pro-aborts would love nothing more than to abort the 24 week limit on abortion (for any reason).  Pro-lifers are working to stop the slaughter of these innocent fragile human beings.  Personhood will eliminate the legality of slaughtering these tiny babies.

I wonder how Serena feels knowing she helped kill a baby the same age as Amillia?