We’re Losing To These Guys?
That was my response to Denise on Saturday night after witnessing a so-called debate over abortion between Katherine Kneer and Scott Klusendorf. Katherine has served as the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of California and Scott is the President of the Life Training Institute.
One would think that the president of the Planned Parenthood franchise in the most populous and, perhaps, liberal state in the US would have some command of the facts of abortion or a mastery of just a few of the philosophical/moral/ethical justifications for the practice! This was not the case and she conceded over and over that she did not intend to argue a case for abortion. Instead, she played to the emotions of the audience, poured effusive praise upon the work that that the LivingWell Clinic is doing in Nevada County and made the most pathetic plea to embrace her cynical real world view that infanticide is inevitable in our world, so we all need to welcome the culture of death. With the Sacramento cultural and political scene dominated by policy makers like Katherine, it’s no wonder people are plunging into despair and anti-depressant use (abuse)! She almost had me running for the prozac!
Scott responded with facts, well-reasoned arguments and plenty of compassion, even helping Katherine to articulate her position at times. He was kind, gracious and loving. His presentation was one of optimism, hope and courage in the face of a very nasty crowd that imposes their dogma of intolerance, violence and hopelessness on the rest of us.
For those women who have had an abortion and the men who pressured them into that decision, Scott offered compassion, understanding and real solutions.
Denise and I came away with the realization that the combination of government, the media, the educational system… the entire culture, militates against and is prevailing over common sense, common decency and the common good. But, we will not surrender.
Credit: Photo of post-natal abortion courtesy of the University of Maryland
October 13th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Good stuff, Bo. I wish I could’ve been there.
This is one social area that seems to be making huge progress. It’s amazing how much my generation views abortion (albeit with varying convictions) as bad. You’d be hard pressed to find teens or twenty-somthings “celebrating abortion” as Planned Parenthood encourages us to do. A lie can only be told so long before the truth comes out. The only people who seem to be pushing abortion with conviction nowdays is the over-40 crowd.
Just wait until the Democrats realize all the votes that’ll swing their way when they stop endorsing killing babies. Any Democrat could win my attention (and quite possibly my vote) right now if they ran pro-life. Buttt…
October 28th, 2006 at 2:41 pm
Yes, Levi… it does this ol’ heart good to see young folks coming along to take the place of old, broken down eugenicists… they wanted to clean up the species and, in their own way (dying off and not having kids), they really are!