Dear National Organization for Women:
For over a year, this story of abuse, scam artistry, malpractice, murder, and endangerment of impoverished women has stayed mostly under the mainstream radar... but it was originally highlighted by national news organizations.
It's on the topic of more than one of your pet issues. Surely, NOW, you haven't kept your silence on this.
Surely you haven't decided it's okay to scam women, taking payment for services not provided, have you? Or is that only wrong when the service in question isn't an abortion?
Surely you aren't approving the provision of substandard health care where women are concerned, are you? Or are you taking the position that any abortion is a good abortion... even one performed under unsanitary and questionable conditions?
Surely you're still pro-choice, as you claim, and not pro-abortion, right? Or is forcing an abortion on an unwilling patient acceptable to you? How about withholding information which would affect the woman's decision? Are you pro-choice, or pro-con?
Surely you haven't let your political position on abortion eclipse your position on rape, have you? Or is imposing penetration of the vagina only rape when it doesn't involve an abortion being performed against the patient's will?
Surely your abortion stance is all about bodily autonomy of the mother, and not simply about the opportunity to kill with impunity, right? Or do you approve of using a cutting instrument to sever the spine of a moving, breathing, crying baby, simply because he is unwanted?
The events of this story do not relate to any medical practice - what went on here is no less "back alley abortion" than that which would have been performed in 1970.
Ignoring this story is not a pro-woman act. It's anti-woman.
Talking about this story is not an anti-choice act. It's anti-exploitation, anti-abuse, anti-malpractice, and anti-murder.
Where is your outrage for these victims?
Does your capacity for human empathy really end at the doors of an abortion clinic?
Do you approve of making women a part of this barbaric practice?
Is your emotional investment in the issue really so heavy that supporters are willing to ignore and tolerate circumstances like this?
Are you so invested in defending abortion that you cannot differentiate between the horrors of Dr. Gosnell's "clinic," and the face you present to the public in the name of "a woman's right to choose?"
Do you have your heads buried so far up your asses that you seriously cannot object to heinous malpractice just because that practice is related to abortion?
Or are you simply afraid to admit that the problem is more widespread than just this one location?
Why should the women of America trust you to as women's leaders, if you're willing to tolerate such atrocity to support just this one issue?
Why haven't you spoken up for the right of women to be protected from unscrupulous, neglectful, abusive, and dishonest practitioners like Dr. Gosnell?
Did you miss the story, NOW, or did you just not care?
C'mon, now, NOW. I'd like to have heard for the last year what you think if this situation, but it's too late for that.
Wanna tell me, and anyone else who will listen, where your attention has been during the unfolding of this story?
Do you still claim to advocate "for women," or are you willing to admit that you only advocate for women whose issues fit your agenda?
For over a year, this story of abuse, scam artistry, malpractice, murder, and endangerment of impoverished women has stayed mostly under the mainstream radar... but it was originally highlighted by national news organizations.
It's on the topic of more than one of your pet issues. Surely, NOW, you haven't kept your silence on this.
Surely you haven't decided it's okay to scam women, taking payment for services not provided, have you? Or is that only wrong when the service in question isn't an abortion?
Surely you aren't approving the provision of substandard health care where women are concerned, are you? Or are you taking the position that any abortion is a good abortion... even one performed under unsanitary and questionable conditions?
Surely you're still pro-choice, as you claim, and not pro-abortion, right? Or is forcing an abortion on an unwilling patient acceptable to you? How about withholding information which would affect the woman's decision? Are you pro-choice, or pro-con?
Surely you haven't let your political position on abortion eclipse your position on rape, have you? Or is imposing penetration of the vagina only rape when it doesn't involve an abortion being performed against the patient's will?
Surely your abortion stance is all about bodily autonomy of the mother, and not simply about the opportunity to kill with impunity, right? Or do you approve of using a cutting instrument to sever the spine of a moving, breathing, crying baby, simply because he is unwanted?
The events of this story do not relate to any medical practice - what went on here is no less "back alley abortion" than that which would have been performed in 1970.
Ignoring this story is not a pro-woman act. It's anti-woman.
Talking about this story is not an anti-choice act. It's anti-exploitation, anti-abuse, anti-malpractice, and anti-murder.
Where is your outrage for these victims?
Does your capacity for human empathy really end at the doors of an abortion clinic?
Do you approve of making women a part of this barbaric practice?
Is your emotional investment in the issue really so heavy that supporters are willing to ignore and tolerate circumstances like this?
Are you so invested in defending abortion that you cannot differentiate between the horrors of Dr. Gosnell's "clinic," and the face you present to the public in the name of "a woman's right to choose?"
Do you have your heads buried so far up your asses that you seriously cannot object to heinous malpractice just because that practice is related to abortion?
Or are you simply afraid to admit that the problem is more widespread than just this one location?
Why should the women of America trust you to as women's leaders, if you're willing to tolerate such atrocity to support just this one issue?
Why haven't you spoken up for the right of women to be protected from unscrupulous, neglectful, abusive, and dishonest practitioners like Dr. Gosnell?
Did you miss the story, NOW, or did you just not care?
C'mon, now, NOW. I'd like to have heard for the last year what you think if this situation, but it's too late for that.
Wanna tell me, and anyone else who will listen, where your attention has been during the unfolding of this story?
Do you still claim to advocate "for women," or are you willing to admit that you only advocate for women whose issues fit your agenda?
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