Peace…I dunno, they seems so wishy washy. Maybe being a guy this is not something I am equipped to understand. But I personally see too many abortions being used to remove a problem that resulted from irresponsible behavior, and to me it is a clear…

I wasn’t sure to whether I should be sickened, saddened, angry, or just comment on the utter stupidity of this….

Maybe some of the “abortion is a moral good” crowd could make more upbeat cards, written as though they came from the dead baby: “Dear Mommy, I’m glad you aborted me. Best of luck with the rest of your life. Don’t forget the condoms next time!” …

JadeNYU on March 14, 2007 at 2:08 PM

Sorry, you’re probably right. I’ve just been attacked countless times on the fact I adopted from China, that it has put me on a permanent state of defense.

It is a valid point. I know many people who are very healthy, financially stable, could be loving parents, but because their over the US age limit, are excluded. Yet, you hear stories about children being adopted out to some people under the limit, and end up abusing them.

During the 30’s and 40’s I knew of cases that went to Mexico for back alley abortions, sometimes with fatal results.

I think this poster’s message was that the people were going to abort, whether we like it or not.

During the 30’s and 40’s I knew of cases that went to Mexico for back alley abortions, sometimes with fatal results.

Sometimes? Abortion is always fatal for the fetus.

There are no words to express my sympathy for your loss. As you grieve, remember that you are loved. I am thinking of you.

Holy f*ck!

I don’t know what’s more disturbing, that they are suggesting grief over someone the recipient chose to butcher, or the fact that they are suggesting that you should show sympathy for such a person.

How you “kill” something not alive is anyone’s guess. And how you support killing something with “you can’t prove it’s alive” seems so vastly non-liberal … can I bomb that terrorists hideout – if no one can prove there are no innocents inside? Or do we err on the side of caution?

Yes you may, with Schrodinger’s blessing!

Think of that.

Every day we lose more lives to abortion than all the troops that have died in action in the four years of war in Iraq. Every day we lose more children to abortion than all the people who died on 9/11. How long will God hold his wrath?

Professor Blather on March 14, 2007 at 5:11 PM

Welcome back Professor…. haven’t seen you in a while.

I’m not sure what you meant by your comment. I think abortion is wrong and is the murder of a human being, but I desire no one to go to hell. God offers forgiveness to all who desire it. The ones who desire it are the ones who have realized that they need it and who want to live differently.

These cards make me angry because they act as if God not only has nothing to say about the killing of an unborn child, but condones the practice, and because they offer no consolation for remorse and guilt. In fact, by denying guilt they offer no hope for relief of remorse. You can console someone for their grief in loss, but not for any grief caused by guilt. Forgiveness is the balm for that pain.

Do you know someone who’s had an abortion?
Are you having trouble knowing what to say?
Do you want to let them know you care?

Send them…

… to HELL!

I’m stealing this story from Allahpundit at HotAir.
An “after abortion” website has started offering Hallmark-style sympathy E-cards. Here’s a sample, this one is labeled Religious:
As far as I can tell these are for real. I&#82…

Bill, I checked out the “Who We Are” page as well before I read the comments to see who was putting these out.

This card also really got to me:

There are no words to express my sympathy for your loss. As you grieve, remember that you are loved. I am thinking of you.

This was no involuntary miscarriage, this was a “choice” as the pro-choice advocates love to say.

It’s remarkable that they are realizing there’s a grieving process. Maybe next they’ll start to admit the reason behind the grief–the loss of a child.

I am against abortion as a birth control measure. Saying that, I grew up just 6 miles from the Mexico border. During the 30’s and 40’s I knew of cases that went to Mexico for back alley abortions, sometimes with fatal results. Thinking about this, I believe that woment who are bound to get abortions should do it in the best medical place possible.

navy1946 on March 14, 2007 at 3:47 PM

How about? –>

“I am against child rape as a means of sexual release. Saying that, I grew up just 6 miles from the Mexico border. During the 30’s and 40’s I knew of people that went to Mexico for child prostition, sometimes with horrific results – death for the pedophile, life-long scarring for the victim, years of imprisonment, etc. Thinking about this, I believe that men who are bound to rape children should do it in the best facility possible.”

Did it make as much sense when I changed a few words?

Hold on – if that was too complex of an anology, let’s just make it closer:

“I am against killing children as a population control measure. Saying that, I grew up just 6 miles from the Mexico border. During the 30’s and 40’s I knew of cases that went to Mexico for to murder their children, and sometimes they got caught; sometimes they even felt bad about it. Thinking about this, I believe that parents who are bound to murder their children should do it in the best medical place possible.”

It’s either wrong, or it isn’t. It’s either a life, or it isn’t. If it’s not, who cares? If it is, the fact that some people are going to take that life anyway, is not exactly a reason to make it legal.

Jesus wept. That logic scares me more than any other.

Bill Ramey on March 14, 2007 at 4:24 PM

Good call Bill. I like the insight.

Additionally, in the statement you quote, they not only call abortion “normal,” but mention that it is “normal in the reproductive lives of women and girls.”

Is it really supposed to be normal for abortion to be a part of a girl’s “reproductive life?” I certainly hope not.

Corn Beltway Boys’ sources have secured a few early proofs of the upcoming abortion cards and I present them to you:

* You got laid and knocked up, but all I got you was this lousy card…

create awareness that abortion, and having feelings afterward, is normal in the reproductive lives of women and girls.

Either this is bad writing, or they are literally stating that abortion is a normal part of female reproduction. If the latter is the case, isn’t that at odds with the notion that abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare“?

What’s especially strange is the notion that abortion is somehow a loss even though the fetus isn’t a person and can be killed with impunity; if the fetus is just a clump of cells, where’s the loss? I can understand an e-card that addresses abortion qua medical procedure, but what’s all this business about loss and transition and God’s forgiveness? It’s as if the sender tacitly admits that abortion isn’t just a morally neutral medical procedure akin to having one’s tonsils removed. Indeed, I first thought that the “loss” card contained an ironic pro-life message; after all, no one sends a “loss” card when one’s tonsils are removed. A “loss” card only makes sense when someone is lost.

navy1946 on March 14, 2007 at 3:47 PM

Those wives tales are always trotted out. It is always a back alley, why not a front alley or under a bridge, or on a deserted road? The old “I knew a friend whose niece used a coat hanger, and nearly died” trick. For every coat hanger, ten thousand “I can’t be bothered by my mistakes” abortions.