Cartoon used by permission of the artist, John Francis Borra, who can be contacted at veritatis@eaglecom.net.

While newspapers such as the Kansas City Star continue to question whether coerced abortions are widespread, those of us who actually deal with pregnant and post-abortive women understand that this problem has reached epidemic proportions.

“The most common statement I have heard in my 24 years of counseling abortion-minded women has been , ‘You don’t understand. I don’t have a choice,’” said Operation Rescue spokesperson Cheryl Sullenger. “There are so many women out there who do not want to abort their babies, but do so because they feel pressured or threatened by people in their lives to the extent that they do not believe they can resist. Abortion mills are all too happy to play on the fears of these vulnerable women because today, due to the shrinking demand for abortion, there is cut-throat competition for each abortion dollar.”

The artist who created the cartoon below has this to say on the subject of coerced abortions:

This cartoon highlights an often overlooked fact about the so-called right to choose: more often than not, vulnerable young women are coerced into abortion. Coercion, under the guise of compassion, is the primary strategy employed to sell us on killing children, as well as the infirm and elderly. Parents, friends, school counselors, self-styled religious leaders and others often pressure young mothers, with little or no regard for the lives at stake or the common good. To be certain, many of those counseling abortion are themselves victims, their priorities, their understanding of life and of good and evil having been twisted by the false prophets of narcissism and nihilism. Which is why we must endeavor, like St. Francis, to be instruments of peace: “Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is darkness, light; where there is despair, hope.”

Read recently published stories of women who suffered coerced abortions at George Tiller’s late-term abortion mill, Women’s Health Care Services.

Wichita, KS – Wichita, Kansas, is the home of the most notorious late-term abortionist in the world: George R. Tiller. He has openly admitted killing babies up until the day before delivery and boasts of more late-term killing experience of anyone outside Communist China.

Now you have an opportunity to make a powerful pro-life statement – starting right in Tiller’s hometown!

Operation Rescue is proud to endorse the Kansas Coalition For Life’s 2008 signature ad and invite you to sign it. This ad is scheduled to be published in the Wichita Eagle on Mother’s Day, 2008, and other publications throughout the year as the budget allows.

The ad makes the following bold declaration:

Every human being is created by God, and has an inherent right to life and liberty. Therefore, like William Wilberforce and those who signed the petition to stop the English Slave Trade 200 years ago, we the undersigned urge those in public office, or in any position of power and influence, to stop taxpayer funding of organizations that promote abortion, and to help build a world where all human life is treated with justice, dignity, and love.

This ad campaign is being led by KCFL’s Mark Gietzen, who is also one of Operation Rescue’s faithful Truth Truck drivers. We encourage you to look over the full ad text, sign your name, and give as generous of a donation to the KCFL ad effort as you can.

To view and sign the ad, CLICK HERE.
(You will be given an opportunity to donate by following the links.)

OR calls for Judge Tatum to recuse himself in the interest of justice.

Olathe, KS — Judge Stephen Tatum told the Kansas Department of Health and Environment today that it did not have to honor a subpoena from county prosecutors for evidence in a criminal case against Planned Parenthood.

District Attorney Phill Kline had asked the KDH&E to supply the records, or admit that the records that Kline obtained during his term as State Attorney General were true representations. The KDH&E then filed a motion to quash the subpoena, saying District Attorneys are not entitled to such evidence.

Judge Richard Anderson, who oversaw Kline’s abortion clinic investigations while he was still the attorney general, has already testified before Judge Tatum that he had strong reason to believe that those same records regarding late-term abortions done at Planned Parenthood had been falsified.

“By denying evidence to prosecutors that could confirm that Planned Parenthood falsified reports to cover up for illegal abortions, Judge Tatum has officially joined the Kansas abortion corruption scandal. We call for Judge Tatum to immediately recuse himself from the Planned Parenthood case in the interest of justice, since he cannot be trusted to rule impartially,” said Operation Rescue spokesperson Cheryl Sullenger.

Former Attorney General Paul Morrison and two top members of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts have already resigned after their parts in abortion cover-ups came to light.

It is not believed that the quashing of the subpoena will hurt the prosecution of 107 criminal charges filed against Planned Parenthood last year, 23 of which are felonies. However, it will require lengthy questioning at the time of trial to establish a chain of custody of the records already in the possession of the DA’s office, something the KDH&E could have prevented.

“People should be aware that the records in question are not women’s medical files, but are simply reports that Planned Parenthood made to the KDH&E as mandated by the Legislature. At no time has anyone’s privacy ever been at risk,” said Sullenger. “This is just a blatant matter of preventing prosecutors from being able to properly do their jobs in order to conceal criminal conduct by abortionists. Judge Tatum should not only recuse himself, but he should face sanctions for obstructing justice.”