A. Abortion is constantly condemned through rhetoric and language destroying feminismTrish
Wilson of The womens network is the editor at large for feminista
. Works for the Coalition for Parents and Families which is an organization which focused on pending welfare reform legislation. She is also part of the National Writer's Union
"WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE FOLLOWING NOW v. SCHEIDLER" 2006
The use of language to condemn both feminism and abortion itself was employed andencouraged. Dawn Stover, an activist with Advocates for Life Ministries, while speakingat a group fund-raiser, had advised parents who had brought their children to the fund-raiser to tell their children that abortion rights protesters were "sodomites" and the"mouths of Satan."
In a means identical to what I described in my earlier piece about anti-feminist propaganda ["Not The 'F' Word,"Feminista!, Feb. 8, 1998.], PLAN's Joseph Schiedler, who was called the "Green Beret of the pro-life movement" by
Pat Buchanan,resorted to both name-calling and euphemism in his book "Closed: 99 Ways To StopAbortion." He emphasized the use of specific language. As reported by Faludi, "... whenspeaking to the press, his manual instructed, Rarely use the word 'fetus.' Use 'baby' or 'unborn child.' ... You don't have to surrender to their vocabulary ... They will start usingyour terms if you use them. Schiedler also prefers the use of other "inflammatoryrhetoric" that pro-lifers (a name that is a bit of propaganda itself, since anyone whodisagrees with their stance is automatically rendered "pro-death.") must use "... atappropriate times to counter pro-abortion jargon are; 'holocaust,' for America's abortionculture, 'abortuary' or 'death camp,' to describe the abortion clinic, 'abortifacient,' for pillsand IUDs, 'fornication,' for sex outside of marriage, 'adultery,' for 'having an affair.”How about "hypocrites" and "woman-haters" for the anti-abortionists? Oh, my mistake.The technique is supposed to mask the truth, not bring it out.B.
Being Pro-Life destroys the Feminist MovementKate
Michelman, Former head of the NARAL Pro-choice of America
, January 8,20
06
; in an interview with Tim Russert, Meet the Press, NBC; page lexis.You can’t be a feminist and oppose the act of abortion on moral and ethical, religiousand personal grounds on face value; absolutely cannot be. Many people who are pro-life should respect the diversity of views on these issues related to pregnancy andchildbearing, abortion, and reproductive matters, that there is a diversity of viewsand they are informed by one's values, as they are mine. My personal valuesinformed my decision about abortion. But you can be absolutely anti-abortion, if youwill, and pro-choice; believing that women ultimately, not the government, notDennis Hastert and Tom DeLay and Bill Frist, but women themselves must determinethe course of their lives, and central to that determining the course of their lives isdetermining when and under what circumstances they will become mothers. Because
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