Comments on: Pro-lifers loose the cloture vote http://soundingthetrumpetblog.com/2006/09/30/pro-lifers-loose-the-cloture-vote/ Articulating a Christian conservative worldview in a constructive and appealing way. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:44:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Christina http://soundingthetrumpetblog.com/2006/09/30/pro-lifers-loose-the-cloture-vote/#comment-490 Christina Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:19:41 +0000 http://soundingthetrumpetblog.com/2006/09/30/pro-lifers-loose-the-cloture-vote/#comment-490 They'd sing a different song if it was their daughter, or their niece, being dragged across state lines by her abuser to be scraped out in some fly-by-night mill. If they got the phone call, "Your daughter is in our ICU. Her feet and hands are turning black from sepsis. We're hoping we can keep her alive long enough to do a hysterectomy to remove the source of the infection. You'd better get here quick if you want to see her alive." Other parents get that call, and these guys could not be any more indifferent. Trying to get abortion advocates to care about women and girls is like trying to generate Amish support for a new airport. They’d sing a different song if it was their daughter, or their niece, being dragged across state lines by her abuser to be scraped out in some fly-by-night mill. If they got the phone call, “Your daughter is in our ICU. Her feet and hands are turning black from sepsis. We’re hoping we can keep her alive long enough to do a hysterectomy to remove the source of the infection. You’d better get here quick if you want to see her alive.”

Other parents get that call, and these guys could not be any more indifferent.

Trying to get abortion advocates to care about women and girls is like trying to generate Amish support for a new airport.

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