Cui bono, abortion?

Oops. I forgot to “read more” before commenting. Dr. Veith already made the point.

I find it disturbing that a black actor would go on record in support of abortion on demand. It has been a catastrophe for the black community and is even called genocide by some because of the disproportionate rate of abortion of black children. Here are some quotes from an article that was linked to by the Cyberbretheran BLOG.

“Black genocide.

That’s Clenard Childress’s term for abortion in America and its pervasive effects in the last generation, especially in the Black community. The statistics are outrageous. One in four African Americans conceived in the last forty years have been cut down by the “black genocide” of legal abortion.
A decade ago Childress founded a website by and for African Americans (blackgenocide.org) “to expose the disproportionate amount of Black babies destroyed by the abortion industry. For every two African American women that get pregnant, one will choose to abort.”

The article is at: http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/mlk-s-dream-and-the-nightmare-of-black-genocide

http://www.stopforcedabortions.org/forced.htm
In a national study of women, 64% of those who aborted felt pressured to do so by others.1 This pressure can become violent.2 65% suffered symptoms of trauma.1 In the year following an abortion, suicide rates are 6-7 times higher.3

Creepy jerks love abortion because it allows them to use women for sex and avoid paying child support.

Ugh, Would it be ok for me to slug him for being a creep and a poor excuse of a man? Please let me. This video is just sick and shows how deprave the pro-abortion side truly is.

The sacrifice of children to the god of selfindulgence cannot end soon enough.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2013/01/pro-whatever-the-situation-is/#comments
Todd @39

Waiting to hear from Todd. Since Margaret Sanger’s ideas are old and dead. (Really?!)

I still think Dr Veith’s descriptive title works best — pro-death. Why can’t they just say it like it is? Follow their leader. Right now I’m dealing with a sister-in-law who is rabidly pro-death — beginning from her first abortion and now with the treatment of her mother who has Alzeihmers. Assisted suicide. These things don’t just swirl about us in the media — they come right into your home. They’re not just “words” — people are looking for anyway they can to murder legally and “get away” with it. It doesn’t matter who you are. My sister-in-law was brought up in the church (silent though they were on issues), and of course hasn’t attended most of her life. She still keeps it near the edge of her life though, for when “her time comes.” I absolutely do not see how a church-going Christian can in any way sanction anything to do with the “pro-choice” side. “Thou shalt have no other gods.”

OK, first, so what happened to “men get no say at all on abortion”?

And B, is it at all possible that this guy is doing this in a cynical fashion–to highlight just how crass and depraved that worldview really is? That would be the only way I could put the best construction on it.

Jon @ 14 – It does look like something straight off of The Onion doesn’t it? And who is Mehcad Brooks anyway? Never heard of him.

@16 “who is Mehcad Brooks anyway?”
“The Background: “To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade we didn’t buy a ruby,” says the Center for Reproductive Rights. “Instead [the Center] asked asked Mehcad Brooks of the USA Network’s “Necessary Roughness” and HBO’s “True Blood” to prepare a special video message just for you.”

Disgusting. I found it revolting how he equated Roe v Wade with his wife/lover. If abortion is sexy then I am content with being ugly.

“. . .is it not possible that he used the opportunity to put one over on the Center” No, they would have fired him. And, if he were really opposing them — knowing their agenda — why would he consent to do it? He has to know he is helping their cause. And, if only one young girl out there has an abortion because of his ad, would he not feel horrible about that? You absolutely cannot participate in this agenda if you don’t agree with it. Sometimes I wish I could be young and naiive again. But that would only be a burying my head in the sand.

Meh, a cad.

(Sorry, couldn’t help myself.)

I get the trope they’re aiming for here. But honestly, who approved this copy? As Orianna mentioned (@5), the repetition of the word “baby” — while, yes, certainly part of the trope they’re going for — really does seem awful. And you’d think that someone trying to put a good spin on abortion would not intentionally employ imagery that brings to mind the grotesque nature of abortions, with words like “never make it”, or “trying to tear us apart, take you away”. Yes, baby, someone is trying to tear you apart and take you away, and that’s what this man is celebrating. But as tone-deaf as all that was — even for a pro-choice ad — I do wonder if they at least intentionally put these words into the script: “No, no, no, no, baby.”

Curiously, the recent YouTube comments on that video are entirely opposed to the video. And the votes on it are overwhelmingly negative. In such a situation, I’d expect the group to disable comments, or possibly even take down the video. But they haven’t. Which almost makes me wonder if they’re intentionally garnering opposition. Because that makes for better fundraising, I guess.

Of course, this is the same group that put out a pro-choice video called, and I am not making this up, Fundamental Human Rights, that asks you to ponder: what if you could “stop a terrible injustice from happening in one woman’s life”? And Meryl Streep joins in, asking what if you could “change the lives … for millions of women”. I mean, wow. The recent comments on that video are also uniformly negative.

Wow, what the?!?! This video is really odd. sg made a comment about “creepy jerks”. I think that about sums up how this guy is coming across. As someone else said, repeating the word “baby”, using terms like “tear us apart”. I can’t imagine even the staunchest Pro-Choice would not see this as disturbing and completely counter-productive.

That was the most repulsive thing I’ve seen in a long time.

@4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyYnbG4zVCM