After the recent Supreme Court ruling
on "Gonzalez v.Carhart" also known as the "Partial
Birth Abortion Ban"
Colorado
Right To Life issued an
analysis to the public. Writing for CRTL, Bob Enyart noted...
Our Christian leaders have
misled millions into thinking this ban would prevent at least some abortions.
In reality, pro-lifers
volunteered, they made phone calls, and gave money, all to promote a
ban that utterly lacked the authority to save even
a single baby. Sadly, our leaders are not wiser than that. Rank-and-file
pro-lifers were never told that this ban had no ability
to actually save a child, and instead was a public relations event "to
keep the issue in the news",
but the children deserved better.
Almost all our leaders, from the protestant Dr. James Dobson of Focus
on the Family , to the
Roman Catholic president of National Right to Life Wanda Franz, led
Christians to believe that the PBA ban would
reduce late term abortions . Two less-known syndicated Christian radio
hosts, unnamed, were saying exactly that while
celebrating this ruling until they took a call from Colorado Right To
Life board member Lolita Hanks, RN, MS,
who informed them that late-term abortionists will continue unabated
under this ruling because the ban only
prohibits a particular technique, and does NOT prohibit the murder of
even a single child.
As a result, a new strategy
was implemented to get the pro-life community re focused on saving pre
born children.
An open
letter to Dr. James Dobson was written and published in many newspapers
nationwide.
WPOS listeners were given a detailed account of the truth behind this
unfortunate and deceptive ruling.
Bob shared how Colorado Right to Life produced a DVD called 40
Years in the Wilderness
at the Capitol in Denver Colorado on April 25th, 2007.
Speakers include Alan Keyes, Bob Enyart, and Judie Brown. That
video is availiable here.