The Texas Heartbeat Law went into effect about nine months ago, and a new story from AFP chronicles the tragic inconvenience suffered by pregnant women who now travel to other states to abort their babies. But there’s one party missing from this account.
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36 replies on “Tragic Inconvenience: Media Laments Aftermath of Texas Ban on Abortion After Heartbeat”
Safe, legal and rare my arse. As an Army Medevac Pilot in 1986 we flew 2 or 3 missions a week to Brunswick Hospital Ga.to pick up young women who suffered a botched abortion at the hands of Planned Parenthood and fly them to Savanna Memorial to save their lives.
Gentlemen, I will put it to you this way.
If any city in the country had a marauding monster that mauled girls at the rate of 2 or 3 a week the citizens would be up in arms, demanding local officials hunt this beast down and kill it.
One of your best gentlemen. The pain on each of your faces during this discussion shows how difficult this was. I for one appreaciated it.
Additionally can Zo please become a permanent 4th member on Right Angle? I immensely enjoyed when he filled in for Scott before also. I know it’s good to have a replacement host in the case of some unavailability but you could always just drop back to 3 hosts in these cases and it would still be quite a functional format. Looking forward to Bill coming back, but don’t want to give Zo up to make it happen. Three is good four is better.
Powerful, and spot on ….. thank you Scott, for the insight and perspective!
They never talk about the child’s father.
I was thinking the same thing. Isn’t the father of the child also responsible? A woman does not become pregnant on her own.
Not unless these people have suddenly become deeply Christian.
No, Daddy Government is with the woman all the way.
… the timing on this one has now become appropriate.
Sometimes God lets you know he is there is strange ways.
Live embryo transplant was done 30 years a go with animals. 20 years ago a baby was raised in an artificial womb for 8 weeks before court ordered murder. This blog post is old now.
http://appliedimpossibilies.blogspot.com/2012/08/ectogenesis-saving-millions-while.html
Its a pagan sacrificial rite. Funds will be found to keep the temple sacrifices going. Women will be found to supply the babies willingly. A child for the lord Baal.
Most excellent presentation/discussion on this issue! Thanks.
These Satan worshiping bloodthirsty savages who think a mother should be allowed to slaughter their own child, and the vermin who advocate for them, will burn in a very warm part of Hell. (For ALL who think this is “unloving,” crack open Jn 8:44. Jesus loved those men enough to tell them what THEIR lineage was.)
I can hear the bewilderment in your voices. In this matter there is no ‘pro-choice’. It’s either pro-life or pro murder.
The reason they use percentages is that they can be so misleading. For example, say an Oklahoma clinic had one person from Texas go there for the abortion just because it was closer than their nearest clinic. Well then if 8 go in one month that is an 800% increase. Sounds dramatic but it is not.
I think the tide is turning, but it is slow.
Tough one today gents. These things must be discussed. Keep fightin’ the good fight.
this episode is precisely why I am a member of the website. You just don’t find much in depth and well thought out and researched views and opinions on this most important subject. Scott asks some good questions of the pro-choice supporters but I am sure they will never answer them. I would like to see the trio or quad produce a R/A episode specifically dealing with the subject of the Dave Rubin decision with his partner to commit what I believe to be an incredible evil. I may be cancelled from access for my opinion but I am not afraid to take a stand even against a so-called “conservative”. Blessings to all of you on both sides of the screen.
California just passed Senate Bill 245, named the Abortion Accessibility Act, making abortions free to all residents. They are also considering creating a fund to help women travel to California to abort their children. I wonder if the tourism website will add that to their list of reasons to visit California and “get away from it all”.
Another point to add: where is the father in all this?
Probably in complete ignorance that the woman is pregnant. If not, probably relieved that there will be no responsibility on his part. Irresponsibility on both parts. And I’d lay odds on no birth control being used.
This is massively impactful. I read all I find on this topic, and none – none – has been so powerfully stated as yours. My life experience has contained “inconvenient” pregnancies in 3 family members, in addition to myself. I never considered abortion, but my very close (and dearly loved) family members did proceed to abort. Over the years, I’ve become ever more saddened by their choices. Because the deeds are done, and fortunately, not repeated, I am unable to discuss my very strong pro-life views with the women who matter most to me. In this segment, you have perfectly expressed my deep grief over the choices they made. It’s cathartic for me to hear you say what I cannot. Thank you so very much.
My husband heard a radio caller talk about how her abortion had ‘saved’ her life. She believes if she’d carried the child to term that she’d never have been able to get her degree and move on to become successful. She believes that both she and her child would have been eternally miserable if she’d allowed that child to be born. My husband was livid, nearly speechless. I kept thinking how deluded that woman is, how she’s been betrayed into believing such terrible lies. She has absolutely no idea what life could have been if that child would have lived. To believe what she believes she has to turn blind eyes and deaf ears to everyone who chose life, and went on to bright, happy and successful lives. Her success was purchased at a terrible price. She has no idea how much it cost her to do what she did. I also find it interesting that she used the word “child” in reference to the baby she aborted. Somewhere in her soul, she does understand, I think.
Thank you for your comment. The unrelenting grief and guilt that she will ultimately feel is an overwhelmingly unaffordable price to pay for the temporary enjoyment of her “accomplishment”.
And imagine my shock to see and hear a clip of Janet Yellin giving testimony at a hearing about how abortion will increase the labor participation and allow women to improve their prospects for higher earning potential, as well as having a sense of satisfaction over being able to provide for all ‘wanted’ children, presumably as compared to the struggle to provide for the ‘unwanted’ while you’re trying to better your lot in life. Just breathtaking to go on record with that kind of comments.
There seems to be an unlimited lack of self-awareness on the Left. Their narcissism has apparently overpowered any “filter” they might have on their speech. Or maybe they simply have no soul…
Well done, gentlemen! Great points, all.
Scott – marvelous close. I hope you each went for a cleansing walk to enjoy God’s creation after recording this one.
Powwrful points guys!
Powerful stuff. Well done, Scott.
God bless all of you for this segment. It slices through the ridiculous to expose the tragedy and horror and casual evil and cruelty that is taking place everyday. I have family who favor this narrative and weep and wail for the ‘health’ of women being compromised when restrictions are placed on abortions. Everything has been so sanitized that they don’t ever seem to make the connection between the process of killing a baby in the womb with the reality of their own living, breathing, much beloved children. It enrages me to the point that i can’t talk about it rationally.
I totally get that. All 3 of my family (mentioned above, in my post) have healthy beautiful children, and all 3 are still pro-choice. It breaks my heart.
This might be the first time I’ve ever seen Scott even hint at righteous, unequivocal anger. And rightfully so. Those who support murder of defenseless human beings, irrespective of their size, will be judged accordingly in the hereafter.
If you have an abortion, if you provide an abortion, if you perform an abortion, if you assist with an abortion, if you pay for someone’s abortion you are either a murderer or an accessory to murder.
IUD’s are suppose to be better than the pill and last 8 years and you never forget to take it in the morning
Two things about IUDs. 1) They can cause physical harm to the women including sterility, and even “life threatening infections” (death) . Not common, but happens. 2) Some are hormones preventing pregnancy. Some cause spontaneous abortions. (Rejection of fertilized egg. ie, A human)
While what you maintain is true, the numbers are very small. According to this logic pregnancy carries risk as well. See a recent report from New York on the matter of maternal deaths during and one year after pregnancy. What is without risk? Nothing. If numbers matter, if economics matter, all that information should be brought out in the public square and matched against one’s ideology or morality, against one’s concept (pun intended) of when life begins, the presence or absence of a soul or at least a “spirit” in life beyond the physical. The rabbit hole gets deeper as well: free will, which cannot exist without a separation from the purely physical realm, or no free will and unknowable influence of the mechanical world.
As a father of 7, who has had experience in and out of hospital births, I can tell you that midwifery has a much better record in having less complications and less post partum issues. Sure, more pain, but less issues with drugs which stop or slow down contractions, which is where most of the issues come from.
My wife always had issues with the meds, when she needed to be induced, or with extraction of the cord and placenta, but at the midwife none of these issues were present. The cord is left intact until it drains, leaving ther baby with more blood and weight, whereas the doctors have to reach in up to the elbow to detach otherwise (without pain suppressants).
And it’s not exactly supposed to be a stroll in the park. This pain is their burden and part and parcel with the Fall. Where there is life, there is risk.
That being said, I recommend people find an experienced midwife to consult and consider not throwing their most precious things on what is treated like a callous birth assembly line. Midwives do better work, are more humane, and have much more experience by far than many obgyn’s.
Just wanted to point it out. You are quite right. But some people don’t know about part one. On part two, if the IUD has no hormones (seen advertisements) the IUD causes a fertilized egg to not implant, causing death of the fertilized egg. One advertisement says it is copper, not hormone. Copper causes the above situation.