http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/02/04/duh-rapert-bill-is-unconstitutional Comments On: Duh — Rapert bill is unconstitutional by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:29:10 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Verla Sweere]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:25:09 -0600 Arkansas Times Dr Frank Beckwith noted:

First, Dr. Bernard Nathanson — who was one of the original leaders of the American pro-abortion movement and co-founder of N.A.R.A.L. (National Abortion Rights Action League), and who has since become pro-life — admits that he and others in the abortion rights movement intentionally fabricated the number of women who allegedly died as a result of illegal abortions.
How many deaths were we talking about when abortion was illegal? In N.A.R.A.L. we generally emphasized the drama of the individual case, not the mass statistics, but when we spoke of the latter it was always “5,000 to 10,000 deaths a year.” I confess that I knew the figures were totally false, and I suppose the others did too if they stopped to think of it. But in the “morality” of the revolution, it was a useful figure, widely accepted, so why go out of our way to correct it with honest statistics. The overriding concern was to get the laws eliminated, and anything within reason which had to be done was permissible.11
Second, Dr. Nathanson’s observation is borne out in the best official statistical studies available. According to the U.S. Bureau of Vital Statistics, there were a mere 39 women who died from illegal abortions in 1972, the year before Roe v. Wade.12 Dr. Andre Hellegers, the late Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Georgetown University Hospital, pointed out that there has been a steady decrease of abortion-related deaths since 1942. That year there were 1,231 deaths. Due to improved medical care and the use of penicillin, this number fell to 133 by 1968.13 The year before the first state-legalized abortion, 1966, there were about 120 abortion-related deaths.14 This is not to minimize the undeniable fact that such deaths were significant losses to the families and loved ones of those who died. But one must be willing to admit the equally undeniable fact that if the unborn are fully human, these abortion-related maternal deaths pale in comparison to the 1.5 million preborn humans who die (on the average) every year. And even if we grant that there were more abortion-related deaths than the low number confirmed, there is no doubt that the 5,000 to 10,000 deaths cited by the abortion rights movement is a gross exaggeration.15 Third, it is simply false to claim that there were nearly a million illegal abortions per year prior to legalization. There is no reliable statistical support for this claim.16 In addition, a highly sophisticated recent study has concluded that “a reasonable estimate for the actual number of criminal abortions per year in the prelegalization era [prior to 1967] would be from a low of 39,000 (1950) to a high of 210,000 (1961) and a mean of 98,000 per year.17
Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:23:10 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:43:57 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by RYD]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:57:03 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Doc]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:32:29 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by spunkrat]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:37 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by mrprincipal07]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:03:12 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Shayne Gray]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:48:46 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:44:13 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:43:10 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Wanda Delacerda]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:32:10 -0600 Arkansas Times Bernard Nathanson was a founder of NARAL and he often lied in order to allow himself to continue to run the largest abortion clinic in the nation. Here is a portion of an article by Robert George concerning his interaction with Dr. Nathanson about this:

There are many lessons in Bernard Nathanson’s life for those of us who recognize the worth and dignity of all human lives and who seek to win hearts and change laws. Two in particular stand out for me.

First is the luminous power of truth. As I have written elsewhere, and as Nathanson’s own testimony confirms, the edifice of abortion is built on a foundation of lies. Nathanson told those lies; indeed, he helped to invent them. But others witnessed to truth. And when he was exposed to their bold, un-intimidated, self-sacrificial witness, the truth overcame the darkness in Nathanson’s heart and convicted him in the court of his own conscience.

Bernie and I became friends in the early 1990s, shortly after my own pro-life writings came to his attention. Once during the question-and-answer session following a speech he gave at Princeton, I asked him: “When you were promoting abortion, you were willing to lie in what you regarded as a good cause. Now that you have been converted to the cause of life, would you be willing to lie to save babies? How do those who hear your speeches and read your books and articles know that you are not lying now?” It was, I confess, an impertinently phrased question, but also, I believe, an important one. He seemed a bit stunned by it, and after a moment said, very quietly, “No, I wouldn’t lie, even to save babies.” At the dinner he and I had with students afterward, he explained himself further: “You said that I was converted to the cause of life; and that’s true. But you must remember that I was converted to the cause of life only because I was converted to the cause of truth. That’s why I wouldn’t lie, even in a good cause.”

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Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:57:45 -0600 Arkansas Times http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptTwi6-ii-s
Posted by Arkie]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:46:18 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Arkie]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:45:23 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Sound Policy]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:40:43 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:30:42 -0600 Arkansas Times
I say bullcrap. Prove it or shut the hell up! Lying liars always lie.
Posted by ProfessorEmeritus]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:14:27 -0600 Arkansas Times
Only rightwingers can cause or wish death on the born, the unborn are the only protected class.

In a christian nation can I start drinking 21 years after conception, but in a heathen nation I have to wait 21 years after pokin my bald head out into the sunshine.

I wouldn't mind a 9 month sooner retirement though.
Posted by Citizen1]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:05:37 -0600 Arkansas Times The most infuriating part is that instead of learning from the experience, they come roaring back determined to fail even bigger than before.
Posted by evil monkey sez]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:59:56 -0600 Arkansas Times
Get a life, Saleen/Ev.
Posted by Sound Policy]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:55:20 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:40:19 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Pavel Korchagin]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:32:08 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Infamous Amos]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:23:08 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by PVNasby]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:16:01 -0600 Arkansas Times