Abortotron

I have not updated my blogs for far too long. Sorry about that, I've been somewhat busy.

Anyway, the abortion conference mentioned in previous posts took place, and Christian Voice commented on the day itself. Apparently Christian Voice carried out a 'successful lobbying' - although I somehow doubt that everyone there decided to denounce abortion as evil).

WITNESS SUCCESS AT PRO-ABORTION CONFERENCE - Link to the press release

Leaflets were handed out to attendees. Apparently it was 'sad to see so many African and Asian faces and hear Eastern European accents', although I'm not quite sure why.

Steven Green's apparently cynical about reformation on the law of abortion, stating that we should 'expect all the effort being put into reducing the [number of] weeks [abortion is allowed] to result in nothing, or maybe just a two-week reduction, with massive further liberalisation including just one doctor's signature instead of two, and the legalisation of DIY back-street abortion kits.'

Yeah... back-street abortion kits. That's... really going to happen. I mean... surely having Steven Green as PM would encourage the proliferation of these back-street abortion kits, what with abortion being totally illegal under his crazy far-right control.

After a bizarre passage comparing the abolition of slavery with the potential abolition of abortion, we find that Jon Snow didn't attend the conference after all, pulling out 'after being inundated by critical emails, saying he would be "out of the country"'. Since when did Christian Voice have access to Jon Snow's inbox? Because being inundated by e-mails from one person (Steven Green), isn't really a point of interest at all.

And that's that.

Oh, and if you want to see some very selective quoting from the Koran and the Bible, look here: link.

Shriti Vadera And The Abortion Conference

Christian Voice are upset because Shriti Vadera, aka. Baroness Vadera, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, has attended a conference on safe abortion.

GOVERNMENT'S VADERA TAKES SIDES ON ABORTION - Link to the press release

There's some guff about the Government taking sides (which they may or may not have a point about, I don't really care) but then Steven Green comes out with this:

'It is especially disturbing to have a Government spokeswoman of Indian origin supporting abortion on demand given the abuses of abortion in India. Selective foeticide has resulted in a gender imbalance of 80 girls being born for every 100 boys. Clearly the Hindu dowry system is partly to blame, but abortion on demand in India is the evil which allows such an injustice to be done. For Shriti Vadera to go and support abortion on demand knowing about the misogyny it encourages in India is simply callous.'

Raised in India? Well then, the Indian abortion issue's entirely on your shoulders then! Ugh...

Shame On You, John Snow!

You probably know that Christian Voice aren't that keen on abortion. If you don't: Christian Voice aren't that keen on abortion. There, now you know.

Unsurprisingly, Christian Voice aren't (or weren't) overly happy about the conference on abortion that finished yesterday.

SO KILLING SOMEONE IS NOW A HUMAN RIGHT? - Link (bear in mind the page might have been updated)

The page on abortion starts with an abject lie:

"This page is for intelligent, open-minded people."

Is it? Is it really? Regardless of their opinions on abortion, I imagine most intelligent and open-minded people would be somewhat scornful of this page, especially since it ends with a call to:

"Join us in ridding the scourge of abortion from our land, by praying and working for justice, righteousness and repentance."

As you might have guessed, Christian Voice don't make much of an attempt to stay calm and objective. Here's an example:

"We shed the blood of innocents and wonder why our young people are shooting and knifing each other."

Oh! Now it all makes sense. We have so much violent crime because of abortion. Nothing to do with poverty, etc. at all. It's the abortion. That's... just so wrong that I don't know where to begin. Ugh.

Two journalists spoke at the event:

"Also speaking at the pro-abortion conference are two journalists. Suzanne Moore, the Mail-on-Sunday columnist, is entitled to an opinion at odds with that paper's editorial stance, but Channel 4 newscaster Jon Snow should value more highly a reputation for impartiality. Way back in 1981 he received the 'Valiant for Truth' media award; sadly it looks as if he won't be quite as valiant in exposing the truth about abortion."

So it's OK to support abortion if you write for a right-wing newspaper, but if you work for a pretty impartial news programme then it's 'sin, sin, sin'? That makes no sense whatsoever. And just what is the 'truth' about abortion?

Well, whatever the truth is, you won't be finding it on the Christian Voice website. An example:

Ironically, we now know so much about human development pre-birth that no intelligent, compassionate individual can deny that every child in the womb is a living, sentient human being.

The earliest that brain stem activity has been detected is 54 days after conception, so not all foetuses are sentient, no. To be fair, it's not all misleading bullshit though:

From day one, at conception, before our cells even start dividing and specialising, all genetic information is laid down, from gender to blood group. It's sobering to think that each one of us is unique (even you, dear reader) and that we all started life like that. In Britain today, a quarter of us don't make it to birth.

What does it mean, 'even you'? The statistic is actually correct, although badly worded - about 25% of pregnancies do end in abortion, which is food for thought.

Still, Christian Voice's views aren't going to get anywhere if they continue to rant about the 'corporate blood-guilt of abortion'. What does that even mean?