Whenever a new study comes out, there’s a race of press statements trying to stake claim on the findings. It doesn’t matter what the issue is. Both sides always claim they are responsible for the cause. Statistics can be manipulated to say anything.
Case in point: the Guttmacher Institute study on abortion. Bottom line [...]
Archive for the ‘Abortion’ Category
Fewer Abortions. Why?
Posted in Abortion on January 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Fight for Life Online
Posted in Abortion on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I wrote about getting Grandma on Facebook. Forget Facebook. The pro-life movement needs to start with capturing grandma’s email.
Our activities translate so well onto the web. Pew’s recent Poli-fluential study found that social networking works best for progressive and social conservative issues. Isn’t abortion one of the main social conservative issues? We should [...]
Real Women’s Voices
Posted in Abortion on October 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, I went to Real Women’s Voices, sponsored by Susan B. Anthony List. It was refreshing to sit in a room with other articulate, pro-life women.
Kellyanne Conway gave a report about polling information and public opinion. Fascinating stuff. We’re fighting this tooth and nail battle over an abortion-on-demand “right” that only about 12% of [...]
Open Thread: The Freedom to Text?
Posted in Abortion, communications, politics, technology on September 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
UPDATE: Verizon has reversed their decision and will allow NARAL to carry out their campaign.
Thanks to NARAL, we now know that texting isn’t considered free speech. While I’m not sad to see a pro-choice group take a few knocks, this has repercussions for everyone.
The US is far behind Europe with our cell phone technology, so [...]
Abortion in the UK
Posted in Abortion on September 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Abortion continues to be a world-wide problem. Look at Russia’s population problems and the rapid aging of Western Europe.
A column in The Daily Mail reveals some startling information on abortion in the United Kingdom.
Last year, there were more than 214,000 – the highest rate of abortion of any European nation, and equivalent to a population [...]
How to Ensure a GOP Victory in ‘08
Posted in Abortion, Election '08, politics on July 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Want to motivate conservatives to vote on Election Day so that you get a Republican in the White House? There are two possible strategies:
1) Engage them with something like Contract for America so that they feel like the party respects their views and values them. (Unlike the current state of conservatives.)
2) Pray that the Democratic front-runners [...]
