AN INTRIGUING
QUESTION... Fr.
Frank Pavone, "Priests For Life"
I recently asked a representative of a major secular news network, "Why not show the American people what an abortion is?" He was intrigued by the question, and we had a good discussion about it. He suggested I should continue asking it, privately and publicly.
HOW MANY HAVE SEEN AN ABORTION?
Ask
any audience around the country... if they have seen any kind of
surgery on television. Almost all will... say yes... but if you ask
that same audience how many have seen an abortion on those same
networks, none raise their hands.
THE
SINGLE MOST FREQUENTLY PERFORMED SURGERY
Abortion
is the single
most frequently performed surgery
in America.
Some claim it is legitimate medicine, and in fact an integral part of
women's health. But look at it... take it out from under the veil of
euphemism and abstract language... this argument is not true at all.
WHY DO SO MANY
WHO OPPOSE ABORTION ALSO
OPPOSE
LETTING IT BE SEEN FOR WHAT IT IS?
Certainly,
showing images of an abortion, and what an abortion does to a baby,
has to be done in ways that properly prepare the audience for what
they are about to see. The matter must be placed in the context
of the compassionate
care which
the Church gives to those who are guilty of an abortion.
THE "HARDER
TRUTH"
One
of the most well-known videos of abortion footage is called "The
Harder Truth"
(a revision of the previous "Hard Truth")... comes with a
manual of clear instructions about how to prepare the audience for
viewing. People are told that they are not being asked to watch
anything that they don't want to see. They are invited to avert their
eyes, and the video has no narration, so that people do not even have
to hear anything they don't want to hear. (The video, incidentally,
has been used with great effect in Churches.)
Yet even with all that in place, there is still a great deal of
resistance to the notion that we should expose the evil for what it
is, bringing
it into the light of day for the naked eye to see.
ARE
YOU READY?
The
pictures you are about to view may be disturbing to some people.
Disturbing or not they are the truth
and the truth must be told. If you are not up to viewing these graphics
within the next pages we suggest that you wait and pray
until such a time that you are ready and able to
accept what
you will see. If you're ready,
click here
