Behar expressed her unique view of morality during the Nov. 3 "Hot Topics" discussion about Abby Johnson, a Texas Planned Parenthood director who resigned from her post last month after seeing an abortion on an ultrasound.
Johnson explained to the local Texas CBS affiliate that Planned Parenthood had been pressuring her to focus on abortion, not pregnancy prevention because abortions brought in more money than family planning services.
ABC's "View" host Barbara Walters brought up Johnson's story, calling it "controversial" and Behar quickly denounced Planned Parenthood for making money off abortions. She called it "gross" and "obnoxious" before she stated, "I don't see abortions as a profit-making industry. I think that that is the real immorality of it."
Sherri Shepherd insisted that Planned Parenthood does profit from abortions and offered her own experience to confirm what Johnson saw at the clinic in Texas.
Shepherd related:
When I was considering an abortion, I went to a Planned Parenthood in Los Angeles, California, and when I sat there in front of that lady, she wanted me to fill out the form and she was rushing me through. And I said to her - I was 17. I said I'm not quite sure what I should do. And she was pressuring me to get the abortion. We ended up leaving because I was just scared. But they never gave me any alternative or any other thing.
Despite the news from Texas and Shepherd's testimonial, Walters warned the women not to "condemn all of Planned Parenthood because of one" clinic. Walters also praised Planned Parenthood for "giving advice" and "helping people who may not want to have their baby."
"I don't think anybody really wants to push an abortion. I'm surprised to hear this," stated Walters.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck wondered if Johnson would now "advise people who were walking in uncertain to watch a video" of an abortion "before they were to make a decision." This sparked a discussion about the decision-making process that surrounds abortion.
While one of the arguments pro-abortion activists use is that abortion is not always an easy decision, Behar inexplicably refused to allow Hasselbeck to make the same argument.
"It's never an easy [decision], mark my words there," stated Hasselbeck. Behar responded in a condescending manner, "To some people, Elisabeth, believe it or not, it is a very easy decision. I know that's hard to understand."
Hasselbeck and Shepherd argued in favor of showing women a picture of a fetus before during the decision process. "Some people don't think of it as a fetus," said Shepherd. "Maybe they'll think about it differently if they saw - remember when I brought in the ultrasound -" started Hasselbeck.
Shepherd added, "I think some people think it is an easy decision. But I think that time goes by and I don't know, sometimes it just hits you." Walters quickly refuted Shepherd's words, "But for other people it doesn't hit them."
Walters concluded the segment by citing reasons women seek abortions. "Listen, if you've got five children and and you can't cope with these children or you have been raped, or it is incest, there all different reasons. Nobody says, I hope this is fun, let's do it."
And just like in Shepherd's experience with Planned Parenthood in LA, there was no room for any alternatives and the show rushed to commercial.
—Colleen Raezler is a research assistant at the Culture and Media Institute
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Some 4,000 babies will be
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 09:07 ET by jdhawkSome 4,000 babies will be killed by abortion today in the United States alone. Over 1,000,000 babies will be killed by abortion in the United States this calendar year.
And, it is a very profitable business. Planned Parenthood will earn over billion dollars this year. Abortion is "good" and buiness is "great!!!"
Planned Parenthood is a corrupt business with blood on their hands. And, the best part is all of us taxpayers are subsidizing their profits with our tax dollars!
Just think how many orphanages we could fund if these obscene bloodthirsty people were put out of business.
Strike everything above about saving babies and orphanages and such. I am particuarly glad African-American women are aborting! Hey, 70% of African-American women have at least one abortion. The founder of Planned Parenthood's dream of culling the "races" is working. And, I am all for it! Yeah!!!
Can I get a cheer from Whoopi? Whoopi . . . .?
So killing babies because
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 09:38 ET by notonmywatchSo killing babies because they are incapable of defending themselves from the knife - that's no problem?
This is just a pitch for marxist healthcare, isn't it.
The left are evil.
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1) personal response. 2) out
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 09:39 ET by notonmywatch1) personal response.
2) out their leftist template.
1-2.
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She's right when she says
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 09:20 ET by Willis_Leon_Johnson"To some people, Elisabeth, believe it or not, it is a very easy decision. I know that's hard to understand."
It comes from being taught in school that a fetus is just an unwanted tissue mass, unless you're stupid enough to believe otherwise.
In which case YOUR PARENTS are medievalists and haven't grown into the real world around them.
Just one more reason to 'thank a teacher'.
http://gjresult.com
Joy on morality...
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 09:46 ET by nolotrippen...missed it by that much.
Then again, I think you making money off of yourself is immoral.
“It is almost impossible to distinguish a politician from a gangster.” (Will Durant, 1931)
Abortion aside, what's Joy got against people making money?
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 12:43 ET by ProudAmerican58She does it all the time, doesn't she?
Maybe she should say
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 14:33 ET by Thinking.ManThe real problem with the death camps was that they were making money off of them.
Makes about as much sense.
More like Bob Eucker's
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 19:35 ET by MikeBMore like Bob Eucker's character Harry Doyle from Major League : Just a bit outside!
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Won't be long now
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 09:57 ET by ThisnThatIt won't be long now before Walters will be saying this, if health care passes into law:
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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song
→ Joy's perspective
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:24 ET by Cool ArrowSome limits beyond which Joy will not go. People have a way justifying their beliefs by pointing to the unthinkable.
Somewhere, there's a psycho looking at the horrendous mass murder in Cleveland, justifying himself, thinking to himself "I would never keep a corpse more than a day or two".
In another time, Joy would have found the removal of gold fillings as the real horror of the Final Solution.
ACORN - creating or saving votes since 1970
Remind me again: How much does she make?
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:25 ET by CO2MakerGive it back, Joy. Give it to an abortion clinic, or an orphanage, or a NICU somewhere.
On the other hand, maybe she's on to something: Pass a law (they do that, you know) to make abortions safe, cheap, and legal ... and clinics unprofitable. Then see how many of them remain open.
Oops. I see the flaw in that logic: when the abortion clinics become unprofitable, they'll just ask for Federal money--either bailout or stimulus money.
They'll think of something to make sure abortion clinics thrive and survive. (Not like the fetuses.)
Relativism
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:25 ET by iveseenitallBehar's comments demonstrate the moral relativism which spews from the ignorant every day. Life is precious --- depending on how you look at it. Sad.
Never, Never trust a "liberal"
Of Course!
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:45 ET by slickwillie2001Remember that in the case of Tiller the Baby Killer, Tiller was principally driven by money. He made a fortune doing his late term abortions. I suppose you could claim he was a 'valiant defender of women's rights' as well, but without the money from abortions I think he would have been doing some other scam.
Behar, just another one ignorant in understanding she is one...
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 10:46 ET by vrwc13to those who call evil good and good evil
...killing unborn babies is evil
..making money is not, but the love of money is the root of all evil
Joy is just a little confused, that's all...
v
Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. -Winston Churchill.
I guess when I get home
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:07 ET by GrannyGrump42I guess when I get home today, I need to post a lot of links to more examples of Planned Parenthood pushing abortion. I actually once had a PP administrator defend the practice by saying, "If they don't already know that they want an abortion, they have no business walking into a Planned Parenthood."
Planned Parenthood - oxymoron?
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:13 ET by vrwc13...shouldn't they be Planned Don't-want-to-be-a-Parent hood?
v
Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. -Winston Churchill.
Idea for improved ratings !!
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:29 ET by Southern voterWhy doesn't Barbara or better yet "Oprah" do a show...an investigative report on the actual profits of abortion ...of course Barbara and Joy and more appropriately the Nancy Pelosi's of the world don't want to hear where the ingrediants of their facial plastic surgury fillers come from ...or what happens to the bodies of the 'partial birth abortion' full term babies....do you really think all of these babies are put in plastic bags and discarded in the garbage..answer the questions once and for all....beside the money made off an abortion ...what actually happens to the remains of aborted babies...who in this country or the world 'buys' these baby parts and for what reasons ...yes, the thought may be gross ...but America needs to see ALL the uglies of abortion ...and Bravo to the centers that now use ultrasound to show the mother her baby growing inside her...How many women actually allow the murder of their own baby after seeing an ultrasound...America will not end abortion until America sees abortion...
The NB Forum topic
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 12:15 ET by G. MayThe NB Forum topic Conservatism and Our Constitution has an interesting abortion debate from the standpoint of providing decent insight into the rationale of an abortion supporter. There's no new ground being broken in the discussion, but it is still instructive...and active.
It's the old "don't condemn
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 13:31 ET by HockeyKidIt's the old "don't condemn the organization because of one bad office" tripe, same as ACORN's defenders try to hide behind.
Well, then, Baba, how 'bout this: Planned Parenthood is an evil organization due to its founding principles, put forth by Margaret Sanger, who believed wholly in eugenics and racial purity. It is not, and has never been, about ensuring healthy environments for babies who are allowed to be born. It is completely about removing the population's "undesirables".
If you don't see that as evil, you're beyond hope.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Killing babies - A OK,
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 14:01 ET by mattmKilling babies - A OK, Making a profit - bad.
If these libocrites are so pro abortion - let them abort themselves.
If they're so anti-profit - let them give away all their money.
Until they do that, they can simply shut their yaps.
Abortions are 25% of Planned Parenthoods health center revenue
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 14:11 ET by kufir77If you look at their annual report, they peformed over 300,000 abortions in 2007. If you put an average price of $300 on each of those, thats $90 million (and i'm guessing the price is higher than that). Their health center bring in $374 million annually.
You will commonly hear "abortion services are only 3% of our services", but you won't hear they make up 25% of their non-government, non-private donor revenue.
And to add to the horror,
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 14:20 ET by celatorAnd to add to the horror, aborted babies are marketed to "research laboratories" for experiments and research. Lots of money made in that process.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/nov/07113008.html
and to create cosmetic applications in many countries of the world ...
http://www.lifenews.com/nat2486.html
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
→ kufir
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 14:29 ET by Cool ArrowWho cashes in on the ramaining 1.2 million abortions performed yearly?
Sounds like PP needs to upgrade their marketing model.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Part of how they make the
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 17:40 ET by GrannyGrump42Part of how they make the statistics look like abortion is such a small percentage of their "services" is called "unbundling" -- they count the pregnancy test, ultrasound, "counseling", physical exam, medication, and other components of the abortion package separately! They also use this method to commit fraud:
http://www.valuesvoternews.com/2009/08/planned-parenthood-fined-700000-for.html
Joy Behar is, without
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 15:18 ET by RogerCfromSDJoy Behar is, without doubt, the most representative example of liberal thinking there is: specious, petty, wrong, simple-minded, immoral, repulsive, arrogant, and hypocritical.
Who's the idiot that gave this cretin her own show?
A nation cannot be free without a free, unbiased media. We are not free.
Just a few examples of
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 17:38 ET by GrannyGrump42Just a few examples of PP:
1. A friend of mine, newly married, wanted advice to get into optimal health prior to trying to get pregnant. She looked in the phone book and saw "Planned Parenthood". She called and said she wanted to make an appointment to talk about how to get herself healthy before becoming pregnant so her baby would have the best start in life. They told her, "We don't really do that." She was a bit perplexed as to why an organization calling itself "Planned Parenthood" didn't help people who were actually planning parenthood. (This was the first step toward her becoming a prolifer!)
2. Teenage sexual abuse victim aborted and returned to her abuser: http://realchoice.0catch.com/library/weekly/aa122105a.htm
3. PP's part in competition for the abortion dollar: http://realchoice.0catch.com/library/archives/news/aa010701news1.htm
4. PP abortionist is a child pornographer: http://realchoice.0catch.com/library/weekly/aa120507a.htm
5. PP endangers women with wanted pregnancies in order to score political points protecting those who want to sell late term abortions: http://realchoice.0catch.com/library/archives/aa072800a.htm
6. PP creates and perpetuates a hoax to try to shut down prolife pregnancy centers: http://realchoice.blogspot.com/2006/05/more-on-evil-cpc-hoax.html
And just as a wrap up, here are some women that died because they trusted Planned Parenthood: http://realchoice.0catch.com/library/deaths/plannedparenthooddeaths.htm
I've noticed lately no
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 18:02 ET by Radical1979I've noticed lately no matter what Elisabeth says, Joy argues with her.
Behar doesn't think health care should be a profit making business. Are you kidding? The industry that takes of us when we're sick shouldn't make money? How can one woman be so stupid?!
So conventional wisdom
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 18:30 ET by RR GOPSo conventional wisdom dictates that we should all subsidize this.
Duuuuuu-uh.
With all these free condoms the Libtards like to hand out, I'm surprised that unwanted pregnancies (and AIDS) are still around. Actually, they probably actually prefer abortions because that negates abstinence, pisses off Christians and Conservatives, and weakens the mother's morality so that she's more compliant under and beholden to the Socialist system.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Abortions FUND democrat
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 18:41 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonAbortions FUND democrat politicians campaigns.
Cut out the profits that allow for political contributions and you get rid of abortions.
But Joy shewhard doesn't think that far into the subject.
On the medical front.
Is it possible to get swine flu from watching her show?
http://gjresult.com
To a True Believer profit
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 19:29 ET by MikeBTo a True Believer profit is always "immoral". That is about the only moral judgement a marxist-socialist will make. Oil company profits are immoral, banking industry profits are immoral, insurance company profits are immoral, auto manufacturer's profits are immoral (whenever they happen to make a profit), and so on.
Joyless, don't try and lecture about that which you know nothing. Your degree was in English. Gripe about ending sentences with prepositions, but don't bother about economics or morality, as you know not about which you speak when you do so.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan