Where, oh where do I begin? So, Ms Magazine wants wouldn't be mothers to brag about their abortions. I didn't know that killing one’s own child was an event worth bragging about. It just gives proof that the girl/woman is self-indulgent and disrespects the sanctity of human life and it is obvious she also has no respect for God.

Then there is the FACT that these wouldn't be mothers are risking their own health and their very lives, even if they do not care about the life of their own child.

In 1997, the top Scandinavian medical journal in the field of obstetrics and gynecology published that Finnish women who had an induced abortion had 3.5 times the TOTAL risk of dying as women who delivered in the 12 months after 'the end of pregnancy.' (Acta Obstet Gyn Scand 1997;76:651-657)

This ALL-CAUSE maternal mortality -- comparing the relative mortality risks in the 12 months after the end of pregnancy for women who delivered versus those who had induced abortions was easily computed from the data.

This TRIPLING of a woman's one year risk of death can hardly be considered in a woman's best interest, and you would think that Ms Magazine would want to spread this lifesaving news, but instead they want women to crow about having their child killed.

It reminds me about Sarah Weddington, the layer who argued the case that legalized the killing of unborn children in 1973, Roe v. Wade.

In 1967, unmarried, she went to Mexico, and had her unborn child killed. She wrote in her book, "I was one of the lucky ones," meaning that she had the money to go to Mexico. "I was able to finish law school myself, to put Ron (her future husband) through law school. She was also free to accept the challenge of Roe when it came. "For me…the whole reason I did not want to go through a pregnancy, similar to many women, was there were other things in our lives that we needed to do right then."

So, just kill your child; that way, you won't be inconvenienced. What is this world coming to?

Sarah and her husband Ron were divorced in 1974, she never remarried and never had any children.

She is now fighting breast cancer.

It is common knowledge among the medical profession and even the ACS and the NCI will admit that if a teenage girl has an abortion before she has a full term birth, she increases her risk of breast cancer. This is a no-brainer. They just refuse to use the word "abortion." They say, "if they delay their first full term birth." As if an abortion does not delay a FFTB.

In the study by Dr. Janet Daling, who, by the way, is pro-choice, the risk was increased to 150%. If there was also a history of breast cancer in the family (mother, sister, aunt, grandmother) all the girls in this category developed breast cancer by age 45.

In her book, Sarah Weddington said she was one of the lucky ones.

LUCKY? I think not. Had she not had her child killed, the chances are great that right now, she would NOT have breast cancer.

Did the abortion make her sterile? Could be; it happens. A childless woman is at a very high risk for breast cancer.

Also, there is nothing lucky about going through life without having children and then grandchildren. Never seeing their first steps, or hearing their first words, or saying, "I love you mommy."

I tell you this story about Sarah Weddington, not for the purpose gloating, vengeance, or "I told you so," but just as a reminder that "Man reaps what he sows" and that God REALLY knows what's best for us. Actually, we should all say a prayer for Sarah; I have.

Also, the irony of the story. The woman whose actions ignited the killing of over 46 million innocent children by what is known as an abortion, is now fighting the number one risk of an abortion: breast cancer.

No, Sarah Weddington, you were NOT one of the lucky ones, just as the girls who would take the advice of Ms Magazine and brag about having their child killed, are NOT one of the lucky ones.

For more on the life of Sarah Weddington: http://www.goodlifemag.com/archives/05-03/05-03_weddington.htm/

Frank Joseph MD
Contact Dr. Frank

---

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200608/CUL20060801a.html

'I Have Had an Abortion,' Mag Asks Women to Declare
By Alison Espach
CNSNews.com Correspondent
August 01, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - Ms. Magazine's latest pro-abortion message invites women and girls who have undergone the procedure to submit their names for inclusion in the magazine and sign an online petition stating that "I have had an abortion."

The petition targets the recent South Dakota abortion ban, which has been stayed until voters in the state decide on the November ballot whether they want to overturn the ban.

"Whatever happens in South Dakota, 17 states now have trigger laws or pre-Roe bans that will ban abortion if the Supreme Court were to reverse Roe v. Wade," Ms. Magazine warns.

The South Dakota case is the likeliest avenue for Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in 1973, to eventually be challenged in the nation's highest court.

The Ms. Magazine petition asks females to "publicly join the millions of women in the United States who have had an abortion in demanding a repeal of laws that restrict women's reproductive freedom." Then the magazine asks for money.

Judie Brown, president of the American Life League, told Cybercast News Service in that the pitch from Ms. Magazine takes "absurdity to a new level with a campaign bragging about their past abortions."

"These women are celebrating an act of violence that has proven traumatic for millions of mothers and deadly for their innocent pre-born children," Brown stated. "We know from all the research that's been done that most woman who have aborted their children are number one, not proud of what they did, and number two, are not going to come out and publicly say that they are," she said.

But Ms. Magazine insists that abortion is "a very common, necessary and important procedure for millions of women in the U.S." and promises to send all of the petition signatures it collects to the Bush White House.

According to Ms. Magazine, illegal abortions in the 1970s caused untold suffering in the United States, "especially for poor women who had to resort to unsafe self-induced or back-alley abortions."

The magazine also claims that in developing nations each year, "approximately 70,000 women and girls die from botched and unsafe abortions and another 500,000 maternal deaths occur," although it does not cite the source of those statistics.

The petition states that the Bush administration's international family planning policies, including the funding of abstinence-only education, contribute to the death toll because the policies do not provide comprehensive information and resources.

Brown cited post-abortion research conducted by the Springfield, Ill., based Elliot Institute. The Institute reported in 1997 on its of [sic] women eight weeks after they had undergone an abortion. Forty-four percent complained of nervous disorders, 36 percent said they experienced sleep disturbances, 31 percent said they regretted their decision and 11 percent admitted that they had been prescribed psychotropic drugs by their family doctor.

"Of course, it is in the best interest of the feminist movement to make sure the women don't have a guilty conscience or negative feelings towards their abortion," Brown added.

The Ms. Magazine campaign, Brown said is fueled by fears of the growing "pro-life" movement.

"The biggest reason why they are doing this is because they are petrified," said Brown. "The pro life movement has made tremendous advances in Congress, in the state legislatures and it continues to move forward. And I think that some of this is to frighten the complacent woman who has had an abortion into thinking that if they don't do something they will lose their 'right to abortion.'"

Feminist Gloria Steinem founded Ms. Magazine in 1971 and served as its aggressive spokeswoman for many years. But since 2001 the magazine has been owned by the Feminist Majority Foundation, whose president is Eleanor Smeal.

In 2006 Steinem's name doesn't appear until the 12th paragraph of a "HerStory" section on the magazine's website.

Home