Operation Save America and its anti-abortion message

March 12, 2002

Saints,
Below is a response to Leslie Cozzi's column in the Yale Daily News March 6, 2002. We republished Leslie's column on this web site, "A misguided way to fight abortion" under the title, "A Response to the Yale Press Release" and asked you to pray that truth would prevail and that our Lord would silence the lies of the enemy. "We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against prncipalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:12) Here is just one small part of the answer to those prayers that King Jesus sovereignly ordained. There are more to come!

Published Friday, March 8, 2002, Yale Daily News:

Operation Save America and its anti-abortion message

To the Editor,

Wednesday's column by Leslie Cozzi's '03 ("A misguided way of fighting abortion," 3/6) perpetuates many false stereotypes concerning Operation Save America.

Although I have always been stauchly pro-life, I used to be embarrassed when people would place me in the same category as OSA. They're misogynist, they're clinic-bombers, and they give the pro-life movement a bad name - or so I thought. A conversation with Jane Roe and a little research changed my mind.

In doing research for a paper last term, I got the opportunity to interview Norma McCorvey, otherwise known as Jane Roe of the infamous Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade. McCorvey was working at an abortion mill in Dallas when the kindness and charity of Flip Benham and his OSA - then Operation Rescue - staff not only converted her to the pro-life cause, but also converted the six other women working there as well.

When she first told me this, I didn't understand how that could be possible. How do rash insults and violence convert someone to a movement that at its core, is about non-violence and respect humanity?

McCorvey explained that although Benham never shirked from telling her that what she was doing was evil, he was always kind. He never ceased to tell her how much both he and God loved her.

When OSA held protests where she worked, they were never violent or abusive. In fact, it was she and other abortionists, not OSA, who often hurled insults and acted violently.

Although OSA's rhetoric may be at times too severe, it is certainly not an "incitement to domestic terrorism," as Cozzi would have us believe.

As even Roe can testify, it is not said out of misogyny, but out of genuine love and a belief that no matter how unpleasant the truth is, it should be told.

LAUREN MUTTI '03
Yale Student

(below is a quote from Prof. Chu, after the lecture by Flip Benham on the Yale campus)

"I thought Rev. Benham's presentation was excellent. Thanks be to God! I was especially impressed by the respect and truly Christian manner he treated his critics. It is abundantly clear that he loves them just as Christ has commanded us to. This is not easy when our fallen nature would rather strike back, especially since we know for certain what is the truth and the facts. His talk verifies every word Lauren Mutti wrote about him! All the people I know on our side have the same opinion.
We are all impressed by his faithfulness to Christ and genuine love for all!"

Professor Jim B.T. Chu, Yale University