By Nathan A. Cherry

Martinsburg, W.V. – Abortion remains a hotly debated topic in America. It does not remain nearly as controversial as it once was. Amidst the national “40 Days for Life” campaign taking place is a campaign by President Obama to ram federally funded abortions in healthcare reform through Congress. Though some liberals try to deny the federal funding of abortion in the new Health-Care legislation, H.R. 3590, it has been heavily criticized as the single most pro-abortion piece of legislation since Roe v. Wade.

The outpouring of support for life and the opposition to federally funded abortions has been massive. Only someone with their head in the sand can’t admit that Americans overwhelmingly support life. Recent polls show that up to 73% of Americans oppose abortion in nearly every circumstance, while two-thirds of all abortion clinics open in 1991 are now closed. But there is more than just facts and figures to this issue, there is the lives being saved by a mother’s choice not to abort her unborn baby.

Here is where I disagree with the pro-abortion crowd, not on the morality of abortion, or its legal limits, or even who should be paying for it – though I highly disagree with them on all of these issues as well. Rather, I disagree with them over their self-identification.

Groups like Planned Parenthood and their supporters claim to be pro-choice and support a woman’s right to decide for herself what is best. They claim to be about women’s health and the need to allow access to abortion services for that reason. They claim that it’s a woman’s body and she has the constitutional freedom to decide whether to keep the unborn child or not.

I disagree.

As far as I can tell Planned Parenthood is about abortion, and nothing more. As far as I can tell many within the pro-choice movement care only about choosing abortion and nothing more.

Pro-abortion proponents further hurt their reputations by attacking a commercial featuring Pam and Tim Tebow that aired during the Super Bowl. The commercial, sponsored by Focus on the Family, told the story of the difficult choice Pam Tebow made to keep her unborn son despite the health risks she faced. Their attacks on one woman’s choice and the celebration of her choice seem to contradict their party-line “pro-choice” mantra. Shouldn’t they celebrate with Pam Tebow for her freedom and ability to make a choice?

Some have even described, quite incorrectly, the 40 Days for Life campaign as “a nasty campaign of anti-women harassers.” (Click here for full article) An uninformed sentiment such as this ignores the fact that a majority of activists within the campaign are women. Are these women “Anti-women?”

A more accurate description of what the 40 Days for Life campaign is all about comes from a single woman that, already having had four abortions, was prepared to have a fifth abortion. Until that is, she spoke with counselors outside the abortion clinic. After hours of prayer and counseling she said;

“If you guys weren’t out there praying I would have pulled up to the facility, sat in my car for hours on end — and ended up going inside for a fifth abortion. Since you were on the sidewalk praying, I knew I could find comfort and support there, so I went there to cry instead. Thank you for being there.”

Another life saved.

We at the Family Policy Council believe that all human life is sacred from the moment of conception. We will continue to advocate for the rights of the unborn in West Virginia, the United States, and around the world. We encourage every woman considering ending a baby’s life through abortion to seek counseling at a Pregnancy Resource Center.

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