Little Rock, AR — Abortionist Jerry Edwards of Little Rock, Arkansas, is offering free abortions to victims of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. This move has stirred national controversy as pro-lifers expressed outrage that he would prey upon vulnerable women dealing with the aftermath of two natural disasters.

But Edwards is not new to controversy. He was the medical director and primary abortionist for Planned Parenthood of Houston, TX from 1991-98. He developed new techniques for killing children before six weeks gestation, earlier than most abortionists are willing to kill for safety reasons. He also was one of the first abortionists to jump onto the RU486 bandwagon, a dangerous abortion drug responsible for at least four maternal deaths that now carries new FDA warnings.

“Abortionist Edwards seems to enjoy child-killing to the extent that he is willing to try new methods, in spite of the risks to women. One has to wonder who he experimented on when developing his early abortion method and what happened to those unfortunate women,” said Operation Rescue spokesperson Cheryl Sullenger.

“When considering Edwards, it is hard not to think of the Nazi doctors of World War II, who invented new ways to kill Jews in order to reach the ‘Final Solution’ to the so-called Jewish problem. They murdered their victims free of charge as well,” said Sullenger. “The world was shocked and outraged that the Nazi doctors could be so cruel and psychotic. We should be similarly horrified by Edwards’ perverted efforts to find his own ‘Final Solution’ to pregnant hurricane victims.”

Washington, DC — Today the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted 78-22 to confirm John Roberts, a 50-year-old U.S. Appeals Court judge, as the successor to the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died earlier this month.

Rehnquist was the sole survivor of the Roe vs. Wade court and was a vocal opponent of Roe, a decision he voted against in 1973.

Operation Rescue encourages Chief Justice John Roberts to be a man of character and principal and fulfill the vision and dreams of his predecessor, William Rehnquist, by restoring the protections of legal personhood to the pre-born.

“Rehnquist understood that a faithful interpretation of the Constitution would produce an abortion-free America. Today, his replacement, John Roberts, has been given a mandate to stand true to the original intent of the Founding Fathers by restoring the rights of personhood to pre-born children — ending abortion in America.”
-Troy Newman, President, Operation Rescue

“We pray for Chief Justice Roberts to have the strength of character to be faithful to the Constitution, faithful to the innocent children yet to be conceived, and faithful to his faith by restoring legal protections to the pre-born and thus begin to heal the emotional and cultural devastation that 32 years of abortion on demand has wrought in our nation.”
—Cheryl Sullenger, Spokesperson, Operation Rescue

[We would like to extend our gratitude to Dr. Kelly Hollowell for writing the following column published by WorldNetDaily about the tragic death of Christin Gilbert on January 13, 2005, from a botched third-trimester abortion procured at George Tiller’s Women’s Health Care Services. To read more about this story and view documentation, click here. —OR Staff]

Botched abortion kills both mother & baby

Posted: September 24, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

I have written only a handful of columns that required fighting back the tears. This is one of them.

I got a call last Thursday from a colleague-in-arms asking me for help. He wanted me to write the story I am about to tell because it has been buried by a conspiratorial level of silence rooted in political and media bias.

This is the story about an incredibly loving young girl named Christin. A very active high-school graduate and a beloved member of her softball team and community, she was sweet beyond the norm as so often is the case for children with her diagnosis. She had Down syndrome. (I have heard it said, anecdotally, the extra chromosome which characterizes Trisomy 21, encodes for love. For those of you blessed enough to know anyone with Down syndrome, you will likely agree.)

There is simply something about these gifted children that reminds us all about what really matters in life no matter how busy and how complicated our lives appear. Sen. Brownback, R-Kan., made just that point last week on the third day of hearings on the nomination of Judge Roberts. Read the rest of this entry »