By Judie Brown
Congressman Shri Thanedar, of the thirteenth district of Michigan, recently commented on his “favorite kind of abortion.” In an X (Twitter) post, he opined, “My favorite kind of abortion is the kind that’s safe, legal, accessible, and none of your damn business to regulate. And no amount of fearmongering by describing what goes on to a half-ounce fetus with no consciousness, self-awareness, or feeling of pain is going to change that.”
Fellow pro-life leader Monica Migliorino Miller expressed the very same view we have—that Thanedar’s words expose a level of ignorance, prejudice against babies, and disdain unlike nothing we have seen in recent years.
In response to this, LifeSiteNews shared that fellow member of Congress Brandon Gill wrote, “‘Not surprising that the Congressman who made his money abusing dogs also has a favorite method of abortion,’ referring to allegations that a testing lab that Thanedar owned abandoned over a hundred beagles after defaulting on loans.” Gill continued, “I care a lot more about saving babies than being politically correct. . . . We are done with euphemisms when talking about abortion. It’s not ‘reproductive healthcare.’ Abortion is barbaric and evil.”
Thankfully, Gill took up the cause of the babies in this particular instance, but overall, babies and their parents have a rough road ahead. The act of killing the preborn baby, wounding his mother, and destroying families never enters the discussion these days. It seems that those garnering the headlines must be outrageous, even when they are totally in error.
Where are the defenders of truth among elected officials? We wonder why none can be found to point out certain devastating facts, such as that half of abortion patients’ suicide attempts are attributed to their abortions. This is so because, as many professionals have taught, the psychological pain after abortion is very real when the mother who aborted her baby is left alone to consider what she has done.
This subject has been controversial and sometimes unbelievably unfair to the men and women who conduct this valuable research. One such example comes from New Zealand. According to the Lozier Institute, “When pro-choice scholar David Fergusson studied the mental health ramifications of abortion, he expected to find no association and was surprised to discover that women who had abortions had a higher risk of mental health problems. The New Zealand Abortion Advisory Committee discouraged him from publishing his results, but Dr. Fergusson stated it would be ‘scientifically irresponsible’ not to publish his findings.”
The atmosphere surrounding abortion is clearly imbalanced, and in many cases, loathsome to a fault. This is why we must also acknowledge the controversy surrounding the mailing of the abortion pill.
Last week, in a very temporary “victory,” a three-judge panel ruled that the “FDA conceded it had failed to adequately study whether remotely prescribing mifepristone is safe.” So it blocked the mailing of this drug.
NPR quickly noted, “‘This is going to affect patients’ access to abortion and miscarriage care in every state in the nation,’ said Julia Kaye, an ACLU lawyer. ‘When telemedicine is restricted, rural communities, people with low incomes, people with disabilities, survivors of intimate partner violence and communities of color suffer the most.’”
On Monday of this week, the Supreme Court “temporarily blocked a federal appeals court ruling that would have sharply restricted access to the abortion pill, restoring, for now, the ability of patients to obtain the drug through telehealth, mail and pharmacies.”
Thus, we’re back to allowing this deadly drug to be available through the mail. Telemedicine: The magic term for enabling expectant mothers to kill their babies in the privacy of their homes. The abortion cartel is once again able to compromise the health of the women they claim to serve, as these moms can continue to receive this drug and take it alone in their homes, without any medical supervision. As research has already shown, this is fraught with danger; it’s deadly for the baby and detrimental to the mom.
But abortion proponents don’t care. When it comes to killing preborn children, there is no depth to which the maniacal will not sink. If you don’t believe us, ask Congressman Shri Thanedar!