I was listening to Rush and he mentioned that a group has actually created sympathy ecards to send to women after who have abortions,
"A nonprofit organization has unveiled a series of electronic greeting cards that concerned friends and relatives can send to a woman after she chooses to have an abortion.Like Exhale's confidential talk line for women who have had abortions, the six e-cards available on the group's Web site were designed to be nonpartisan and encompass the range of someone's potential responses to going through an abortion.
..."We designed them to deal with different peoples' response to abortion. Not everyone is grieving their loss. Not everyone has a relationship with God. Not everyone thinks it is the best thing," Baker said. "We hope the people who send them take the time to think not only about the message they want to send, but about what is best for the person receiving it and what they need to hear."
Now, Rush made a great point here; don't you usually send sympathy cards to the victim? In this case, the victim is dead after the abortion is over. So, why are you sending a card?
Anyway, Rush suggested, tongue-in-cheek, a couple of potential cards for this company, which I decided to create;
First of all, here's Rush's suggestion for a card from the child that was aborted to his mother,

Here's Rush's 2nd suggestion, for a card from the mother to the child she just had killed,

If those seem a little cruel, well, having your own child put to death is an extraordinarily cruel act.
Roh-roh shaggy...
Posted by AlexinCT
March 14, 2007 2:07 PM |
Agree 100% with the sentiment. But, Rush's idea is just a bit over the top for me. It can be argued that some souls can only be saved by a "hell and brimstone" message. But in this case, the deed has been done to the victim and I don't know if fostering guilt and shame will have the desired affect on the mothers. Now, sending the card pre-abortion might make some sense but with the caveats listed below
Also at issue here is the right of medical privacy. So I imagine that the only way of knowing if a woman has an abortion is via heresay or hearing it straight from the horses mouth. Acting on heresay could invite a nasty law suit. Acting on personal confidence pits principle against friendship. Even in that case, maintaining the friendship might be the wiser choice if one hopes to change another's value system.
Posted by groundhog
March 14, 2007 2:19 PM |