New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a new “public
awareness” campaign to promote abortion centers and to expose pro-life
“misinformation.”
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"While the federal government wages war on
women's reproductive rights, New York will fight back to protect women's access
to comprehensive, safe and affordable health care," Cuomo declared.
"In New York, we refuse to let President Trump and Washington take us
backwards and jeopardize the rights of New Yorkers. We are launching this
public awareness campaign to combat the insidious spread of misleading,
medically inaccurate information about reproductive health and to ensure all
New York women know the options they are legally entitled to."
Hmm? I hadn’t realized that the Fed had been waging a war on
woman’s reproductive rights. As far as I was aware, women can still buy
pregnancy blocking drugs, devices, and services. No one is prohibiting women
from exercising these rights. Nor have I heard that the Fed has any initiative
planned to stop women from reproducing. Instead, it seems that if anyone is
stopping women from reproducing, it is the women themselves – no assistance
needed from the Fed.
But perhaps I have been deceived about the “insidious spread
of misleading, medically inaccurate information about reproductive health.” The
Governor talks as if women aren’t aware of the legal options. However, they seem
to be advertised all over our City. Instead, it seems that governors like A.
Cuomo have been attempting to muzzle the pro-life groups, but of course, I
might be the product of their misinformation campaign.
Whom do I trust? Well, I’ve been told that we have to look
at the past behavior and moral rectitude of the spokesmen themselves. This
should tell us which parties are most likely to spread misinformation. I began
to wonder whether proponents of abortion are exemplars of trustworthiness. I’ve
always known that thieves can’t be trusted. They have established a strong
track-record of deception.
But how about those who promote abortion? Isn’t abortion a matter
of killing babies? But isn’t this just a matter of deception that babies are
being killed? I began to recall the message of abortion – “Women have a right
to their own bodies.” This always puzzled me. It seemed to me that more than a
woman’s body was at stake. Before all else, the life of the infant was at stake,
but it didn’t seem as if the pro-abortionists recognized this fact. Funny, the way
language works.
But A. Cuomo must be a trustworthy man. He was elected
governor, wasn’t he? And he speaks with such authority! But then I remembered
the NY Post’s headline: “Gov. Cuomo to Conservatives: Leave NY!” Did he really
say that? Not exactly! Here’s what he stated in an interview:
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“They're searching to define their soul, that's
what's going on. Is the Republican Party in this state a moderate party or is
it an extreme conservative party?” Cuomo
then defined “extreme conservatives” as “right-to-life, pro-assault weapon,
anti-gay,” and said such people “have no place in the state of New York,
because that's not who New Yorkers are.” (LifesiteNews.com)
Evidently, according to the governor, this is what New
Yorkers, at least some of them, are about. How, then, could he say that this is
what some New Yorkers are about but then claim that they aren’t about this? Some
said that, “This is just the way politicians speak.” In any event, he was
clearly saying that those who disagreed with him on these issues “have no place
in the state of New York.” Who then does have a place in NY State? Those who
would kill their children or would celebrate this “right,” but those who wouldn’t
would not be welcome. Something seemed wrong about this, perhaps even
deceptive.
I began to feel very unwelcome in my own state, even deplorable. Perhaps my governor was right. Perhaps abortion is just a matter of removing unwanted tissue. That thought relieved me. But then I recalled the photos of babies in the womb. They seemed to be more than a mere collection of cells, and the photos should decide whether or not they are just tissue, wouldn’t they? But I’m told that this kind of evidence is just too “graphic.” Who’s misleading whom?
I began to feel very unwelcome in my own state, even deplorable. Perhaps my governor was right. Perhaps abortion is just a matter of removing unwanted tissue. That thought relieved me. But then I recalled the photos of babies in the womb. They seemed to be more than a mere collection of cells, and the photos should decide whether or not they are just tissue, wouldn’t they? But I’m told that this kind of evidence is just too “graphic.” Who’s misleading whom?
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