The Morality of the
Right to
Abortion…And the
Immorality of Those
Who Oppose It
History of Roe vs Wade
The 14th Amendment “No State shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any
person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor
deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of
the laws.”
Skinner v. Oklahoma 1942. Justice Douglas viewed
procreation as one of the fundamental rights requiring the
judiciary's strict scrutiny.
Griswold v. Connectibut 1965. "Any person who
uses any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of
preventing conception shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or
imprisoned not less than sixty days nor more than one year or be
both fined and imprisoned."
Roe vs. Wade – Jan. 22, 1973
The Supreme Court ruled that a
woman’s right to terminate her
pregnancy came under the freedom
of personal choice in family matters
as protected by the 14th Amendment
of the US Constitution.
The fetus is not a “person” entitled to
protection under the Fourteenth
Amendment of the US Constitution
Before Roe vs Wade
If a woman “found herself pregnant”, she had
these choices:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Have the child
Go out of country to get abortion
Back-alley abortions
Self-induce abortions
Potential results:
Death or prosecution
One thing Roe vs Wade did do:
Reduce deaths from
abortions
A Speculum, a light, and a mirror
We developed menstrual extraction
“THE PILL” first
became available in
1963
The pill + legal abortion
= Reproductive
Freedom
Reproductive freedom
for women came in
response to the
movements of the
60’s.
There was tremendous backlash to
the 60’s generally and Roe vs
Wade specifically
Judie Brown
Phyllis Shlafly
Wanda Franz
American Life
League
Eagle Forum
National Right to
Life Committee
James Dobson
Focus on the Family
American Life League
Mission Statement: “A.L.L. denies
the moral acceptability of artificial
birth control and encourages each
individual to trust in God, to
surrender to His will, and be predisposed to welcoming children.”
Pro-life Encyclopedia
“Contraception cannot be separated from abortion. In
fact, anyone who debates on the topic of abortion will
inevitably be drawn to the topic of artificial
contraception over and over again, especially in the
post-Roe era of pro-life activism…How does
contraception lead to abortion? Quite simply, they are
virtually indistinguishable in the psychological,
physical and legal sense…those individuals who use
artificial contraception take the critical step of
separating sex from procreation. Contraception not
abortion was the first step don the slippery slope”
Fundraising was a key aspect of their
organizing and Richard Viguerie was
the man.
Richard Viguerie
•They helped fund a network of
conservative think tanks, advocacy
organizations and pressure groups
that, Viguerie believes, has finally
achieved its end with the
reelection of President Bush.
The right wing king of
direct mail
“Abortion is the door through which millions will
enter conservative politics.” Richard Viguerie
Randall Terry best known anti-abortion activists.
OPERATION RESCUE
Clinic
Blockade
Clinic
Bombing
Randall Terry denies endorsing
violence, but
The truth is that he and others
including the “Army of God”
promote targeting clinic
personnel with violence.
James Kopp murdered
Dr. Bart Slepian in NY
on October 23, 1998
James E. Kopp followed Randal
Terry into jail and remained for
40 days and followed Terry’s
orders not to give a real name
to the police or courts. Kopp
returned to Operation
Rescue’s headquarters and
continued to work side-by-side
with Terry to close down
clinics.
Defenders of the Defenders of
Life
“We the undersigned, declare the justice of taking all godly
action necessary, including the use of force, to defend
innocent human life (born and unborn). We proclaim that
whatever force is legitimate to defend the life of a born
child is legitimate to defend the life of an unborn child.”
• Paul J. Hill - Director, Defensive Action, Pensacola,
Florida
• * Regina Dinwiddie - Christian Pro-Life Activist &
Producer of Rescue Radio, MO and KS
• * Henry Felisone - Director, Queens Pro-Life
Group, Queens, New York
• * Jacob Miller - Evangelist, Assembly of Yahweh &
Pro-Life Activist, Tampa, Florida
THE NUREMBERG FILES
Mary E Smith, MD Family Practitioner, (maiden name:
Wilcox)TX DL#: 004233496
Gender: Female
Race: White
Height : 5’ 9“
Weight: 160 pounds
Eye color: Green
Hair: Gray
DOB: 12/16/44
Husband: Joseph A. DOB: 07/17/48
Son: Brian J. DOB: 12/29/77
Son: Mark D. DOB: 01/28/79
Residence: 1900 Hollyhill Denton, TX 76205-8256 940-3879173
Church: First United Methodist 201 S Locust, Denton, TX
76201
940-382-5478
Pastor: Gary Mueller
Denton Health Services for Women - 1019 N Elm St,
Denton, TX 76201 940-383-2609
Murder
At least 6 people have
been murdered by “prolife” activists. Many
others were injured with
bombs and guns.
The Army of God (AOG)
Advocates the murder
of abortion providers as
the only way to really
stop abortion.
The manual contains
not only strong antiabortion sentiments but
also anti-government
and anti-gay/lesbian
language.
Dr. David Gunn
shot in front of
abortion clinic
Michael Griffin
First to murder an
abortion doctor on
March 10, 1993
On July 29, 1994
murdered
Dr. Britton and
Bodyguard
Paul Hill
“American Hero”
Saved “innocent babies
from being murdered by
babykilling abortionist”
John Salvi III
December 30, 1994
Followed in Paul Hill’s
foot steps by:
Murdering Shannon
Lowney and Lee Ann
Nichols
Killed
Robert Sanderson
and injuring
Emily Lyons
Eric Rudolph
Bombed abortion clinic
on
January 29, 1998
James Kopp
On October 23, 1998
Spiner shot
Dr. Bernard Slepian
At his home in New
York
Jerry Falwell on 9-11
"I really believe that the pagans, and the
abortionists, and the feminists, and the
gays and the lesbians who are actively
trying to make that an alternative lifestyle,
the ACLU, People for the American Way,
all of them who have tried to secularize
America. I point the finger in their face and
say, 'You helped this happen.'"
Almost 90% of US Counties have no Provider
and currently 35% of women have no provider in
their county. These are mostly rural.
100%
80%
Unserved
counties
60%
40%
Women
in
unserved
counties
20%
0%
78 980 982 984 986 988 990 992 994 996 998 000
9
1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 2
Source: Finer and Henshaw, 2003
The number of hospitals providing
abortion services has greatly
diminished since 1980
Number of Providers
1600
1400
1200
Abortion
clinic
1000
800
Other clinic
600
Hospital
400
Physicians'
office
200
0
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
Source: Finer and Henshaw, 2003
Number of trained Doctors has
decreased:
Nationally:
1982 2,908 doctors
2000 1,819 doctors
State examples:
Mississippi 1 clinic
Kansas
2 clinics
57% of all ob/gyns who perform abortion are 50
years of age or older.
In 2000 the anti-abortion people got
a friend in the White House:
Health and Human Services
Anti-abortion activists to head it and on it’s
Reproductive Committee people like
Hager :
Private practice
-Opposed to birth control for unmarried
women
-Menstrual problems – prayer
-Opposed to Emergency Contraception
-Opposed to abortion
South Dakota Ban on abortion
March, 2006
They want to force the issue before the
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Appointments
Roberts' confirmation as
chief justice 2005
Samuel Alito was
confirmed to the Supreme
Court Jan. 31, 2006
Both are
Opposed to Roe vs Wade
Bush signs the “Partial Birth
Abortion” Act in 2003
Legislation making a fetus and
embryo a person
Fetal homocide law
– 34 states
Scott Peterson
was convicted
of Killing his
wife Laci and the
Fetus she was
carrying
Unborn
Victims of
Violence
Act 2004
Laci Conner Law
”This new law acknowledges a commonsense proposition: When a crime of violence
against a pregnant woman kills or injures her
unborn child, there are two victims”
George W. Bush
Health Insurance for the Fetus –
not the pregnant woman
1-30-02 – State Children’s Health
Insurance Program – SCHIP
States can classify a fertilized egg as an
“unborn child” eligible for coverage
under the SCHIP, rather than allowing
coverage of pregnant women under
the program
Woman charged with murder for
refusing c-section
Melissa Rowland, aged 28, charged with murder in
Salt Lake City, Utah, following a stillbirth.
Prosecutors accused her of "depraved indifference
to human life" after she allegedly failed to undergo a
timely caesarean section when pregnant with twins.
On 7 April 2004, she agreed a "plea-bargain" with
prosecutors, pleading guilty to two counts of child
endangerment in return for the authorities agreeing
to drop the murder charge. Her lawyer explained that
his client wanted an early resolution, and he
supported her in that decision. She now faces
anything up to five years in jail.
Wrongful death
Illinois Judge Rules That Couple Can
File Wrongful Death Suit Over
Accidentally Discarded Embryo
Feb 2005
Todd Parrish and
Alison Miller
George W. Bush is pushing Abstinence until
marriage.
True Love Waits
Teen birth rate has declined since
Roe vs Wade and Sex Education in
the schools
The Bush Regime has a BIG plan for
Sex Education – STOP IT
President Bush’s 5 year plan:
-Abstinence Only funded $270 Million/year
-Abstinence Plus funded $48 Million/year
Eliminates
Sex Education in the Schools
What is Abstinence Only
Education?
Exclusive Purpose:
Abstinence until Marriage
What they cannot discuss:
Birth Control
The use of condoms
STIs
Abortion
Even with a sexually active student!
Virginity Pledge
Amy Fritsche and Rick
Gutierrez plan to do what
more than two million
young people have already
done in the past 10 years
– take a pledge to remain
virgins until marriage.
“Adolescents who take
virginity pledges – who
remain virgins, that is, who
don’t have vaginal sex, who
technically remain virgins,
are much more likely to
have oral and anal sex,".
"They're not thinking they’re
having sex?"
Lies these publications tell:
Breast Cancer is
linked to abortions
Condoms don’t protect
you from HIV
Laws already passed:
Laws have been passed in
South Dakota, Arkansas, and
Mississippi that legally allow
pharmacists to refuse to fill
birth control prescriptions on
moral and religious grounds.
Hitler 1932
“The use of contraception means
a violation of nature, a
degredation of womenhood,
motherhood and love. Nazi ideals
demand that the practice of
abortion shall be exterminated
with a strong hand.”
The Christian Fascists
Want to return women to their “rightful place”
barefoot and pregnant and under the
domination of men.
Isaiah 14: ”Behold the day of
the LORD comes, cruel, with
wrath and fierce
anger…..Whoever is found will
be thrust through, and
whoever is caught will fall by
the sword. Their infants will be
dashed in pieces before their
eyes; their houses will be
plundered and their wives
ravished.
PLEASE, No more Gerri’s
If you think you can rely on the
Democrats. Look at this:
“Abortions should be
performed only in very rare
circumstances”
Hillary Rodham Clinton
We want “to make a
home for pro-life
Democrats”
John Dean, Chair of the
Democratic National
Committee