Follow the Money

 
This is a great little article written by Carol LeFreniere and published in the Fort Worth Star Telegram. She tells it like it is. Carol and her husband Dan are faithful sidewalk counselors in Fort Worth, Texas.

Follow the Money 

"Exactly what are they celebrating?"

Mon, Nov. 17, 2003

Star-Telegram

Amid the victory celebrations in the pro-life camp over passage of the partial-birth abortion ban, I almost feel mean asking, "Exactly what are they celebrating?"

The new law will not stop one abortion from taking place; it will not save one life. Yet it's being hailed as a stunning victory for the pro-life community.

How can you claim victory with a law that will make no difference to the children who are scheduled to die? One would conclude that it's not the fact that babies are killed that matters but the method that's used to kill them that bothers the pro-life community!

So why the celebrating? I'd suggest that you follow the money. I suspect that this ban will be used to raise thousands of dollars for various groups across America that lobby on behalf of the pre-born.

The Republican Party will use this meaningless ban to recruit and keep the pro-life constituency mollified with the status quo. Pro-abortion forces will use it to raise thousands of dollars to lobby on behalf of a woman's right to choose. The Democratic Party will use it to recruit and keep the pro-choice base solidly within its ranks.

The partial-birth abortion ban is not a piece of pro-life legislation but rather a wonderfully crafted law that helps both sides to raise funds.

It's a political win-win solution for everyone on the abortion issue -- except, of course, the children who will continue to die.

Carole LaFreniere, White Settlement