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By
Don Nelson &
Melissa Clement
Reno Gazette Journal
January 27, 2013
At
the 40th anniversary of
the notorious Roe v.
Wade decision,
pro-abortion Time
magazine says that
“Abortion-rights
activists won an epic
victory in Roe v. Wade.
They’ve been losing ever
since.” Abortion
advocates have serious
political and financial
assets. But despite
their vast political and
financial resources,
abortion advocates are
losing traction.
Polling consistently
shows that a majority of
Americans oppose almost
all abortions and a
greater number support
abortion limitations.
Only 25 percent support
Planned Parenthood’s
policy of abortion
throughout pregnancy
with no restrictions. In
the past 20 years,
abortions are down 25
percent, though our
population has increased
25 percent. The rate of
women having abortions
is down 33 percent, and
the ratio of abortions
to live births is also
down. Many laws
supported by people who
are pro-choice are being
passed in the states.
Why the change on
abortion?
First, Roe and abortion
advocates are
extremists. Roe struck
down abortion laws in
all 50 states and, along
with its companion case
Doe v. Bolton, made
abortion on demand legal
throughout pregnancy for
almost any reason. The
result and legacy is an
unconscionable 55
million abortions,
almost all of which are
because the child was in
the way and could not
defend herself; not for
the rare instances of
rape, incest or the life
of the mother.
Abortion advocates
oppose almost any
restriction on abortion
including brutal
partial-birth abortions,
parental involvement,
waiting periods, clinic
safety regulations, and
they oppose conscience
rights of medical
personnel, hospitals and
insurers to not provide,
pay for or participate
in abortion. They even
oppose abortion
restrictions after the
unborn can feel pain.
Second, the pro-life
movement is vibrant with
young people. NARAL
Pro-Choice president
Nancy Keenan is retiring
because she sees so many
young people at pro-life
rallies and people at
pro-choice rallies for
the most part are old.
Third, new technological
advances prevent
abortion advocates from
hiding behind their
dehumanizing
descriptions of the
unborn as a blob of
tissue, contents of the
uterus and products of
conception.
Fourth, the personal
cost of abortion is
staggering. Abortion has
come with huge
emotional,
psychological, spiritual
and physical costs for
many.
Two-thirds of abortion
clinics have closed, and
fewer doctors are
willing to do abortions.
This explains the
attempt to force some
medical residents to
take and force medical
schools to provide
abortion training, and
to force ob-gyns to
perform or refer for
abortions. It also
explains their advocacy
for laws to allow others
besides doctors to do
abortions.
These are some of the
reasons that abortion
advocates are said to be
losing despite their
considerable financial
and political clout.
Don Nelson is
president on Nevada
LIFE. Melissa Clement is
president of
Nevada Right to Life.
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