Northland Family Planning Centers of Michigan are advertising their services with newly created videos which calls abortion “sacred work.”
Sacred? Sacred is defined as “entitled to veneration or religious respect by association with divinity or divine things; holy.”
The video is part of a series of videos highlighting their abortion services and states, “We believe in the goodness of our work.” The spokesperson points to a sign hanging in the abortion clinic that says “We do sacred work that honors women and the circle of life and death. When you come here bring only love.”
The clinic says that abortion while being a “normal experience” and sadly that is true as there have been over 45 million abortions since its legalization as the video points out. But the spokesperson goes further and says that abortion is also “a sign of strength courage and responsibility to thoughtfully consider whether or not to bring new life into the world.”
The video highlights a quote from murdered late term abortionist Dr. George Tiller and showcases it against a pink backdrop with a heart behind it while a soft piano plays in the background.
Abortion is not a cerebral or reproductive issue. Abortion is a matter of the heart. For until one understands the heart of a woman, nothing else about abortion makes any sense at all. Dr. George Tiller 1941-2009
The clinic’s spokesperson assures women, “We believe you are making your decision from a place of goodness” and reminds them that “Goodness is not perfection, not obedience and it is not martyrdom. There is not one way of living a good life and sometimes we have to make hard choices.”
The clinic’s website tells mothers about some ways of coping with abortion including “releasing a symbolic object into the water, planting a tree or writing a poem. It would be a way for you to memorialize the day and move forward.”
They also suggest writing a letter to “the spirit of the child.”
Many women find they are talking to the spirit of the child inside of them. It may be useful and helpful to write your thoughts on paper. Some women write how they came to their decision, some ask for forgiveness. Some thank the spirit for the wisdom or thoughts they have had about life. Some write about the love they feel. Sometimes, having a way to say goodbye is an important part of healing.
But the clinic warns women about where to go to find answers.
“Remember: Go to factual and supportive sites. Use our Resources, or Choice Link Up. Avoid the negative traps of anti-choice sites.”
I’m sure they wouldn’t want their patients reading sites that don’t think their clinic is quite so sacred.
Abortion is the result of the absence of love – love which is good, holy, sacred.
Update: As of 5 p.m. on Friday, it looks like the Northland clinic has pulled the video. All the attention of thousands of thousands of folks forced them to pull it. That’s good news.
Update: I found another copy and posted it on Youtube.
December 3, 2009 at 2:51 am
And…Lucifer continues his work
December 3, 2009 at 3:03 am
Don't bother commenting on that video, since all comments are "moderated". What I said was that this was a weak attempt on the part of the clinic to drum up business, since there is no basis for them to determine whether all these women who chose an abortion were actually "good". By their assessment, these women are "good" simply because they chose the procedure. It's stupid and transparent.
December 3, 2009 at 3:30 am
Again, at least they're honest in being outright creepy-evil and admitting they serve a god of some sort…perhaps the killing god, since we've already taken the Living God?
I suppose it must be a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the killing god; one could easily get their head pierced by scissors that way.
I wonder if they have heysachists in abortionism? "Lord" Moloch, son of the killing god, slay my baby, a punishment…
Obama might like that kind of prayer.
On a positive note, the redheaded spokeswoman is positively cute. God did a good job there. Very beautiful. I love Irish women.
December 3, 2009 at 4:14 am
The thing that gets me is the sort of quasi-endorsement of the notion that the baby is something that can be said goodbye to…
But wait. If it can be said goodbye to, maybe it already exists…
The tactics proposed to women for saying goodbye to an aborted child all seem sound to me, but the funny thing is that (at least for most of the cases PP is taking) to even suggest such tactics undermines the morality of the service you're providing…
Gah.
December 3, 2009 at 4:16 am
Sorry, not PP.
Bad assumption on my part!
December 3, 2009 at 5:21 am
Geoffrey, how do you know she's Irish? She may be…Scottish! *ghasp* (acually, Scotland does have the largest population of gingers).
December 3, 2009 at 12:44 pm
"Goodness is not perfection; it is not obedience, and it is not martyrdom."
That's classic! I suppose goodness is personal flaws, stubborness, and selfishness.
Who made her an authority on goodness?
December 3, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Holy Evil Quacamole!
December 3, 2009 at 3:02 pm
"Geoffrey, how do you know she's Irish? She may be…Scottish! *ghasp* (acually, Scotland does have the largest population of gingers)."
Good point. God bless the Scotts.
December 3, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Wow. Relativism at it's best. "I'm good, you're good, we're all good. There is no objective right." I'll bet Hitler believed in the "goodness" of his work, too.
December 3, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Good grief. This is disgusting. She's not interested in helping women feel good about themselves; she just wants a paycheck. They don't "honor women in the circle of life and death." They hurt women and kill their babies, and collect money from them for doing it. At least they're admitting the "death" part. Their sign should read, "We do diabolical work that degrades women and causes your baby's death. When you come here, bring only your checkbook."
December 3, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Athiests are waging a campaign to sever the
connection between good and God. "No one is good
but God alone." MK 10:18. We must look to God
and obey him and his commandments to find goodness. Also MT12:33 " Either declare the tree good and its fruit is good or declare the tree rotten and its fruit is rotten for a tree is Known by its fruit."
If we are not guided by scripture we will easily
mistake evil for good.
Pat B
December 3, 2009 at 3:43 pm
1.) In war, truth is the first casualty.
2.) Evil has to be packaged as good to sell.
3.) And the serpent from Eden continues to misguide Eve's daughters to their detriment once again.
4.) Hence there is an acute need to inform and educate. The enemy is wary about the woman getting the facts and knowing the truth. We need more pro-life web sites.
December 3, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Ugh that's creepy. Its really interesting to me though how they almost openly acknowledge that you are killing your baby. "circle of life and death" and writing a letter to the spirit of your child? If it's a child, and has a spirit, then its murder….so its good and sacred to murder your baby? Does this remind anyone of human sacrifices?
TOO creepy!! 😐
December 3, 2009 at 4:02 pm
In the end times good shall be called evil and evil shall be called good.
In 1989 I was pregnant, unmarried. I had my baby! Never did abortion enter into my mind as an option. I loved my unborn baby. He is now a 20 year old college student who plays football for the college he attends, he will graduate with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.All glory to GOD. Human life is a GIFT from GOD. To the woman in the video….. You are WRONG!!!!!Repent now while there is still time. May God have mercy on you. +JMJ
December 3, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Aaack! I need my brain back! Please, somebody, put it together!
December 3, 2009 at 4:05 pm
It's blasphemous, and soft tinkly piano music doesn't make it any less of an affront to God or to human dignity.
You know, instead of saying goodbye to the murdered child, why not talk to the child while still living? Seriously – if you're going to go ahead and do this "sacred work," then be really up-front and tell the unborn baby, "You will die today, and I am doing a good deed by seeking out your death. You are a burden I am scared to shoulder. I have good reasons. Trust me, I'm your mother."
Maybe that would be too honest for some folks?
December 3, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Holy Murder!
December 3, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I literally want to throw up.
December 3, 2009 at 5:14 pm
What irks me most about the entire contraception/abortion issue is the "support" given to this "sacred work" by Roman Catholics who support the culture of death through union dues, through charity contributions to organizations supporting this evil, by supporting companies and consumer goods that contribute funds to evil, by voting for candidates that support evil etc., etc.,…. Why? When will we prolifers really unite and act, act, act.