A Tale of Two Responses: Seeing Abortion for What It Is or Obscuring the Point

I recently watched a video from Planned Parenthood in which Cecile Richards, it's president, responds to the video that shows the chief abortion doctor discussing the sale of organs from aborted babies (see video below). I also watched Senator Lankford address the Senate about the same video (see video below). The contrast is striking and very telling.

Cecile Richards focuses on the issue of not making a profit of fetal tissue and that they are not doing anything illegal (which is actually debatable at this point). She apologizes for the "tone" of her staff member. Which seems to miss the point. If this is not human life we are talking about why is there a need to apologize? This is nothing more than a doctor talking about some routine organ removal. The apology seems to reveal that Cecile Richards knows that American's consciences are not buying that argument. Denny Burke has some good thoughts on her response, so I'll refer you to him. 

Senator Lankford speaks on the more fundamental question which cannot be dodged and he his clarity and conviction is tremendous. He basically asks, "How is that we have hearts and lungs and human heads to sell if abortion is nothing more than scraping out some tissue from a mother? If it has human organs it is a human. And if our declaration of independence declares that all persons are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, namely the rights to LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, how is that we allow abortion to continue in this nation?"

It will take more than a look into accounting ledgers to answer his questions. May God awaken the consciences of many and grant us mercy so that we might end the oppression of the weakest among us.





Note: Planned Parenthood performs about 900 abortions every DAY.