By Verne Strickland, August 27, 2015.
The people
gathered on Sixteenth and Seventeenth Streets in Wilmington on a sunny Saturday
morning would not draw attention at a shopping mall. Or a Little League ball
game. Or a church picnic.
Except for
one clue. These American moms, college kids and even a grandfather carried
homemade signs which proclaimed their dead-serious challenge to Planned
Parenthood, a nationwide abortion organization responsible for a staggering
number of infant deaths –
“infanticide”, if you please –
across the United States.
One of the
protesters was Shannon Tyson, who describes herself as “a mom. It’s my
full-time job. Part-time I am a post-partem doulah in the community, so I
support families when they bring their babies home.”
Add up the
two activities and you are talking about a serious but sunny young lady who is
devoted to motherhood and all that goes with it – including joining with others of like mind to stand on
a city thoroughfare and make a public statement to “stop the slaughter” of
innocent babies in the mother’s womb. (The “pro-choice” ladies have broadened
the rules of the abortion “game”, of course, to the point where babies are born
and then killed. And it even gets worse.
Shannon, who
lives in Wilmington, told me why she was on hand to join in the protest of the
abortion profession’s highly controversial modus operandi.
“This is
about a group of concerned citizens hoping to stop the abortion industry and
the atrocities that are happening at Planned Parenthood. We are organizing
under the national protest of the Planned Parenthood Association. I just have a heart for this, and God used
those awful videos to reignite this fire, and the people here have been
enthusiastic and ready to let their voices be heard. So it was the Lord that got me
interested – having my own son, learning
more about the issues through the videos and other information. Like the others
here, I hope to accomplish a lot of awareness and reach people who don’t know
what’s going on.”
As we talked
curbside, many of the autos passing by honked approval of the demonstration. It
was impossible to run the gauntlet between the anti-abortion protesters lining
both sides of the four-lane thoroughfare without being aware of what was going
on.
America has
become desensitized to rowdy demonstrations which even implode into riots,
shootings and fire-bombings. So the
civil and respectful gatherings which typify these public statements by
abortion opponents stand in stark contrast to the often raucous and ugly
outbursts which have been described in the headlines over the summer of 2015
where racial divisions provided the incendiary mix.
Planned parenthood: Quick Facts
According to their latest annual report (2013-2014), Planned Parenthood
reports that their affiliates performed 327,166
abortions- that's more than 30%
of the estimated 1.058 million abortions performed annually in the United
States.
Based on Planned Parenthood's most recent annual report, an unborn baby dies every 96 seconds inside a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Planned Parenthood's revenues for 2013-2014 exceeded $1.3 billion. They report that 41% of their
income came in the form of "Government Health Services Grants and
Reimbursements."
For
20-year-old Isaac Sawyer, who traveled to Wilmington from Sampson County, the
motivations were personal and nothing short of gut-wrenching.
“In 1994
when my mom was pregnant with me,” said the lanky, bearded Sawyer, “the doctors
said I would be retarded because of downe syndrome. They encouraged her to have an abortion, saying
I would be a hazard to my other siblings, and they threatened to call Child Protective Services to have her other
children seized if she didn’t have an abortion.
Mother stood her ground and did not go through with that, and here I am
today – perfectly fine, never had any mental problems, top of my class.”
Today the
baby marked for death by an abortion doctor just graduated from Sampson
Community College with an associates degree in horticulture. He is engaged and
working at a wholesale plant nursery near Dunn.
He has become an effective advocate for the unborn.
“It is wrong
that one person can end the life of another,” said Isaac. “People have no right
to murder others, saying they should have an abortion because the baby might
have mental problems. So I want to protect those who can’t speak for
themselves.
He said his
fiancée and her family “did a little research” on the Planned Parenthood clinic
on Tradd Court in Wilmington. The
abortion center is just blocks from where the demonstrations took place on
Seventeenth Street across from New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
Here is some
information the Planned Parenthood center at Tradd Court in Wilmington provies
about its abortion clinics:
Abortion is a safe and legal way to end pregnancy.
Abortions are very common. In fact, 3 out of 10
women in the U.S. have an abortion by the time they are 45 years old.
If you are pregnant, you have options. If you are trying to decide
if abortion is the right choice for you, you probably have many things to think
about. Learning the facts about abortion may help you in making your decision.
You may also want to learn more about parenting and adoption.
If you are under 18, your state may require one or both of
your parents to give permission for your abortion or be told of your decision
prior to the abortion. However, in most states you can ask a judge to excuse
you from these requirements. Learn more about parental consent for abortion.
Only you can decide what is best for you. But we are here to help.
A staff member at your local Planned Parenthood health center can
discuss abortion and all of your options with you and help you find the
services you need.
- See more at: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/abortion/#sthash.CHd3cx3x.dpuf
Also at the
Wilmington rally to expose Planned Parenthood and its slaughter by abortion was
Richard Fimbel. A veteran of the Viet
Nam War, he says, “I have some associated problems, but am doing okay with
God’s help.” He and his wife Mary
operate a prominent non-profit organization --
Andrew’s Toy Box --dedicated to providing special packages filled with
toys, crafts and books to children with life-threatening or chronic
illnesses. The charity group is
affiliated with St. Mark’s Church, and partners with local hospitals and
hospice organizations from its
headquarters at 607 Salo St. Wilmington NC.
“I’m here at
this right-to-life rally to stand up for the precious unborn babies, because we
believe life begins at conception, and should be defended and respected. We want to increase awareness – so parents
will not abort them.”
To this
reporter, she said, “We need a million more just like you out here spreading
the word. Education and awareness are what drives the public outcry against
abortion. The issue is ignored by most of the general news media.”
She observed
that 3,000 babies aborted daily in the United States every day – and three are
killed by abortion each day in Wilmington.
“It’s an
atrocity,” said Mary Fimbrel. “They’re not globs of cells – they’re human
beings. What is happening is barbaric.”
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