Message 22100750
To: wstera_02 who wrote (17159) 1/26/2006 12:21:24 AM
From: wstera_02 of 17407
Deep Breath
Kellyanne's Take
Reconcilable Differences
Monday, as pro-lifers marched to mark the 33rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade and sadly mourned the loss of 47 million babies whose lives were cut short with the help of the federal judiciary, a commercial that has nothing to do with abortion (so it seemed) caught my eye. It features a diseased lung. A man squeezes the lung until a mass of yellow goo is fully emitted. The message is clear: smoke and you, too, could have lungs that look like this. Smoke and you, too, can meet the fate of the former owner of said lung.
The ad is graphic in an over-the-top, cover-the-kids-eyes kind of way. I wonder, then...if this ad is suitable for the family hour, why the refusal by a number of stations over the years to run the ads depicting another medical procedure, partial-birth abortion?
True, watching a baby delivered breach style, legs and arms flailing with anticipation of a whole new life about to begin on the outside only to have its head punctured and brains sucked out to allow the collapsed head to pass through the birth canal and complete mommy's right to choose may place at risk whatever dinner one just consumed, but while we are attempting to send health messages through unembellished visuals, what's the difference to the networks between diseased lungs and aborted fetuses?
You know the answer. Even with the blackballing of such shock-the-conscience ads, though, pro-lifers have even stronger ammunition. Sonograms are changing the "out of sight, out of mind mentality" that has sustained the Left for decades. CareNet reports that for expectant mothers unsure about what to do with their pregnancies and babies, the overwhelming majority of those who see a sonogram exercise their right to choose — to stick with the pregnancy.
In picking sides between the shrill demands to uphold Roe from women less likely to get pregnant in the first place and a 3-D picture of 10 fingers, 10 toes and one helluva heartbeat, to an increasing number of women, the CHOICE is clear.
conways.nationalreview.com |
