I'm thrilled that the March For Women's Lives drew so many people. I wish I could have been there (I consoled myself with donations to Planned Parenthood and John Kerry's campaign. So should you.)
Me being me, I have to point out two of the most annoying comments I came across about the thing.
Bush was at Camp David this weekend, but a White House spokesman, Taylor Gross, said: "The president believes we should work to build a culture of life in America. And regardless of where one stands on the issue of abortion, we can all work together to reduce the number of abortions through promotion of abstinence-education programs, support for parental notification laws and support for the ban on partial birth abortions." (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Well, considering that abstinence education without birth control education has been shown not to work, parental notification laws are bad for kids who have abusive parents, and the partial birth abortion ban is dangerously murky, I'd have to say that we can't all work together on those things. Because we don't all support them. That sure was a lot of people in that mall, eh, Mr. President? I don't think they like you much.Counterprotester Mike Muench of Manassas, Va.: "Most people that support abortion have no idea the development of the unborn child ... and it's certainly not anything they're told by Planned Parenthood or their school." (AP/SFGate)
I bet Mr. Muench knows a lot about the development of the unborn child...
Edited to add: I also loved the guy I heard on the radio who said "I love life, I love babies, and I love Jesus." Note the absence of love for women in that statement. (Of course, had he professed such love, I'd still be more than a bit dubious.)
