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September 6, 1996—Having learned that President Bill Clinton plans to give the Presidential Freedom Award to Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, the League issues a press release urging the Cardinal not to accept the award because of the president’s strongly pro-abortion policies. While the media ignores the League’s protest, Cardinal Bernardin responded immediately, saying he intended to use the occasion to talk about abortion. Unfortunately, his remarks on abortion at the ceremony three days later would be completely ignored by the press.
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On what basis should the media have reported your press release or the cardinal’s words on abortion? Do you think that you are that important?
Posted September 6, 2010 at 11:23 pm
Eric — A big part of the mission of the Pro-Life Action League is educating the public on the true nature of abortion as well as the various involvements that religious and political figures have with the abortion industry.
When Roe v. Wade was handed down, experts all predicted the issue would go away and within a few years nobody would care about it. But nearly 38 years later, abortion is still making headlines and is the key issue in a growing number of political debates.
We don’t expect to be covered because we “think we’re that important,” but rather because the public is interested in the abortion issue. We put out press releases to spread the word and keep the issue public and very often they do get picked up.
People want to know about abortion and, specifically, Catholics want to know about their leaders’ opinions on and involvement in abortion.
So it’s not all about us, Eric, it’s about getting the information people are looking for into their hands.
Posted September 7, 2010 at 2:17 pm
I wouldn’t call what you do ‘educating the public’ Matt. It is propagandizing your particular point of view in the hope of changing the status quo.
The only reason more than a handful of people think about abortion as a topic at all is because of your campaigning. And yes I know you consider that to be your ’cause’ and it’s good that it is discussed, but it’s not going to change things.
When push comes to shove, people will choose abortion if they think it’s their best option no matter what they may claim to think publicly.
No, people don’t ‘want to know’ about abortion. I reckon the vast majority wish you would just shut up and go away.
You mean the misinformation you shove in their hands and down their throats.
Posted September 7, 2010 at 6:26 pm
And the brutal murdering of 1,000,000 plus per year of dependent, defenseless, unborn innocent human beings continues.
Posted September 17, 2010 at 6:19 am