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Thursday, February 17, 2011

When pro-lifers get abortions = Cognitive Dissonance 101 - "The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion."

Just jaw-droppingly astounding the levels of denial, rationalization, justification and stupidity. Cognitive Dissonance 101, indeed. Here's only two of many examples. Completely worth the clickover to read them all.

"The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion" - When the Anti-Choice Choose:
"'In 1990, in the Boston area, Operation Rescue and other groups were regularly blockading the clinics, and many of us went every Saturday morning for months to help women and staff get in. As a result, we knew many of the 'antis' by face. One morning, a woman who had been a regular 'sidewalk counselor' went into the clinic with a young woman who looked like she was 16-17, and obviously her daughter. When the mother came out about an hour later, I had to go up and ask her if her daughter's situation had caused her to change her mind. 'I don't expect you to understand my daughter's situation!' she angrily replied. The following Saturday, she was back, pleading with women entering the clinic not to 'murder their babies.'' (Clinic escort, Massachusetts)

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"We have anti-choice women in for abortions all the time. Many of them are just naive and ignorant until they find themselves with an unwanted pregnancy. Many of them are not malicious. They just haven't given it the proper amount of thought until it completely affects them. They can be judgmental about their friends, family, and other women. Then suddenly they become pregnant. Suddenly they see the truth. That it should only be their own choice. Unfortunately, many also think that somehow they are different than everyone else and they deserve to have an abortion, while no one else does." (Physician, Washington State)"
Via We have anti-choice women in for abortions all the... - APE IN A CAPE

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