Media Promote Pro-Abortion View Covering Popular Twitter Topic
In the wake of a huge GOP midterm victory, pro-abortion women actively took to the social website Twitter to reject the incoming wave of pro-life candidates. Those who have had abortions spoke out on Twitter, proudly tweeting “#ihadanabortion.” From the Chicago Sun-Times, to The Washington Post, the media obliged these women and their left-wing social agenda by complaining conservatives wish to “scrub the ‘a-word’ of stigma and shame” and compare pro-abortion women to those fighting for civil rights.
When a “hashtag” (a pound sign) followed by a series of words is used on Twitter (for example - #ihadanabortion) an online community is created for those who are discussing a similar topic. According to the Post, on Nov. 5 the #ihadanabortion topic was among the top 10 most popular or “trending” topics on Twitter.
With more than 75 million users, Twitter has proved to be an effective marketing and communication tool, social network site, and information-sharing platform. Recognizing Twitter’s impact, the media gave these pro-choice women an unobstructed podium to share their views. Donna Trussell of Politics Daily, used her coverage to declare pro-choice women share the same human rights struggle of those in the civil rights movement and women “suffragists”:
“Wrote one commenter: ‘It just seems like bad manners to tweet your abortion. So you decided to kill your child. That's your right. But don't assume everyone else wants to hear about it. I don't want to hear about your rape, your cheating on your spouse, your diarrhea. I don't even want to see the baby pictures of children you didn't kill.’
Key phrase: ‘That's your right.’ Left unspoken: For now. Until the pro-life movement can get Roe v. Wade overturned.
The struggle for human rights is not about manners or what people want to hear, is it? I'm sure segregationists in the Old South didn't want to hear about civil rights. Suffragists had to be plenty obnoxious to secure women's right to vote. Sex education pioneer Margaret Sanger risked jail time to get her word out.
As if Trussell’s liberal leanings were not clear enough, her skewed description of pro-life activists surely clued in the reader. “Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider, was murdered in 2009 by an anti-abortion activist. Despite pro-life efforts to depict Dr. Tiller as a sociopath motivated by greed, his stated preference was dermatology, but he changed his specialty after hearing about a patient who died from an illegal abortion.” The Twitter user behind the name @IAmDrTiller began the movement by tweeting, ‘Time for us to come out. Who’s had an abortion? Show antis we’re not intimidated by scare tactics. Use: #ihadanabortion.”
Salon.com writer Tracy Clark-Flory defended the provocative topic as necessary “bold rhetoric” following the 2010 midterm elections. “Political slogans are not about nuance…” she wrote. “There are surprisingly few anti-choice tweets and, for the most part, the thread feels like a small, intimate conversation -- so much so that I feel trepidation writing about it. That's the whole point, though -- to take this private conversation public, to scrub the ‘a-word’ of stigma and shame. This is part of a long tradition of feminist consciousness-raising, it's just that the medium has changed.” The Chicago Sun-Times reprinted the liberal Salon.com article as well.
The opening line for The Washington Post's On Faith blog post about the #ihadanabortion topic clearly showed where writer Elizabeth Tenety comes down on the life issue. “With Tuesday'ssweep of antiabortion candidates into Congress (including a handful of 'hardliners' who say they would outlaw the procedure in all circumstances), some pro-abortion rights activists took to Twitter under the hashtag #ihadanabortion.” Among admittedly hundreds of tweets that appeared on the topic, Tenety only featured three– and naturally, they were conservative-bashing, pro-choice liberal comments.
“Conservatives should stop being so judgmental contraception, sex and abortion. #ihadanabortion” was one tweet Tenety featured.
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#ikeptmybaby
Submitted by mnemosyne23 on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 10:58am.
Here's an idea for another hashtag: #ikeptmybaby .
If the left is so convinced that an "inopportune" pregnancy is the worst possible thing that could happen to a woman, transforming her into a virtual invalid incapable of pursuing higher education, a well-paying job, and a quality future, then I say let's show them what idiots they are. I'd love to see all the proud mothers out there who chose to keep their "untimely" babies stand up and say it, loud and clear.
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"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils."
~General John Stark, 1809
#ikeptmybaby2
Submitted by SamC on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 2:49pm.
I often introduce my three children as "my first", "my last" and "my little reminder that I'm not in charge".
Here is mine
Submitted by sherylsims on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 11:47am.
I was 40 years old and had three perfect children. My husband and I had finally managed to begin building our "dream home" and our nest would soon be empty. I found out I was pregnant and thought my whole world was about to end. I cried every day that I was pregnant, and actually went so far as to research places I could get an abortion. I am a Christian and I am ashamed of that part of my life. Thankfully I couldnt bring myself to go through with the act, and when I went into labor two months premature I realized that it was possible she could die. Suddenly in that hospital room all my selfishness came down upon my conscience and I cried to God and begged him to forgive me and protect my baby's life. I was blessed with a perfect and beautiful 4 lb daughter. I can't imagine life without her. She is a blessing to me every day. I thought I knew what was best for my life, but as it turns out God's plan for my life (and hers) was so much higher. I can't imagine what my life would be like now if I had gone my own way. My husband and I are so blessed. I am ashamed of myself that I was so immature and shallow, but I am so glad that God is so much greater than my selfishness.
God bless you sheryl... He did already, but you know that :-)
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:06pm.
I too had a baby at 40 (when I had twins that were 16).
She's 22 now, and she is my best friend.
If a black man says it, will they finally believe it???
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:11pm.
Black Genocide
We are dying. Our population is negative. We are not even replenishing ourselves.
(2:20 of the video)
H/T The Deacon's Bench
Very true and very sad, "sad"
Submitted by lotr on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 1:49pm.
Very true and very sad, "sad" also including the size of his audience.
Lest we forget, African Americans were forecast to remain the largest minority group in the year 2000 -- the Census revealing the "premature" emergence of Hispanics in claiming this title ought to have raised a red flag 10 years ago. Granted, much the Hispanic surge is due to immigration, but much of it is also due to good old fashioned pro-life Catholicism.
mb
Submitted by sherylsims on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:17pm.
My first daughter was a twin. But the other baby didn't live. I have been blessed with the children God gave me though. She is 28 and also my best friend. The "baby" is now 12 and is about the most perfect child a mother could ask for. I have two sons as well. I am proud of each of my children (and grandchildren) but I am sure there is a different web page for that. Maybre facebook? =D
An Idea for an Abortion Commercial
Submitted by dbz77 on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:27pm.
Here is an idea for a satirical abortion commercial.
A visibly pregnant teenage girl is shopping for a prom dress with her mother in a store.
MOTHER: This dress will look great on you.
GIRL: But it won't fit me and I'll still be pregnant the night of the prom. What do I do?
Then a man in a white lab coat appears.
DOCTOR: I have the solution. We cut up that little sucker inside and take it out and you will fit into that dress in no time.
The scene cuts into a room in the abortion clinic. The doctor puts fetal body parts in the bucket. GIRL: Thank you for killing that baby, Doctor. Mother walks into the room with the prom dress.
MOTHER: Now my baby can fit in this cute dress.
DOCTOR (looking to the screen): If you or your daughter is pregnant and needs to get rid of it, I can help. Because every girl has a right to look good in a swinsuit or a prom dress.
There have been over 43 million abortions
Submitted by Southern voter on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:32pm.
in the United States since the legalization of abortions in 1973 ...43 MILLION babies lost ...all under the term 'legal abortion' or the 'legal murder' of an innocent baby.
There are millions of women who can't even admit they made a decision to end the life of their own child ....a buried secret ...a few 'proud tweets' of women who have had an abortion is not a movement ...it's a disgrace...
Let Pro-Choice activist give women a real choice : Place an 'Ultra-Sound' machine in every abortion clinic so that every women choosing an abortion can actually see the life inside of them....tell these women the truth about what an abortion will do to not only the baby but also to them .....show them the videos and interviews from women in the "Silent no more' group....it's all about education ....that's real CHOICE....millions of women live with this 'choice' because they didn't know better ....this is their time to speak out and let their voices be heard in an effort to save future generations from this culture of ignorance as it relates to acceptable abortions.
in the United States since
Submitted by dbz77 on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:42pm.
The phrase legal murder is an oxymoron.
Are girls who would kill their babies just so that they can fit into a swimsuit or a prom dress the kind of girls that should be breeding?
A real sign of decline
Submitted by exLib on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 2:47pm.
You can tell when a society is in free fall, when women go out of their way to happily brag about an event that should only be spoken about in regret.
One of the saddest days in the world was when the "women's movement" somehow claimed abortion as a sacrament and identified "being for women's rights" or more insanely, a civil rights issue our of abortion.
Swimsuits and Prom Dresses
Submitted by dbz77 on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 10:25pm.
Yeah, because every girl has a right to fit into the swim suit or a prom dress of her choice. And if a baby happens to be in the way...
#ihadanabortion Twitter twits
Submitted by Scout Finch on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 4:14pm.
They must be really proud of their accomplishments. What if their moms had done the same thing?
Oh, snap!