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The New York City Council and Choice

November 18, 2010 by Gerard M. Nadal

What a day this has been. Chris Slattery and I met with a legislative director for a Councilwoman, and then with a Councilwoman from another district.

They don’t care. And they are horrifically ill-informed.

We were asked by both people what was so wrong with being made to advertise at the door and in the waiting room that we don’t do abortions, nor do we provide contraceptives. I asked if the legislation would require the abortionists to post all of the side effects on their doors, and if they would require posting whether women were killed at a particular center? Well… you know the reaction.

Then we needed to address the calumny that we were endangering a woman’s right to choose. My rejoinder was clear and simple:

We are the ones who guarantee choice by providing an alternative to abortion. Choice requires more than one option, or else it isn’t a choice. Without more than one option, choice collapses into compulsion and coercion. I explained that we offer women services that many don’t even realize exist.

Blank stares.

Chris was splendid in telling them just how successful EMC has been. 38,000 women, when presented with legitimate options have chosen life over the 25 years that EMC has been serving women in need.

The words got in there. Pray for a germination of those seeds.

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Posted in Abortion | Tagged Chris Slattery, EMC | 3 Comments

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  1. on November 19, 2010 at 3:31 AM ProLifeChristian

    Dear Dr. Nadal,

    Thank-you once again for speaking out for the unborn & voicing the importance of crisis pregnancy centers who help women by discussing an alternative to abortion.

    Many do not realize that “choice” is often coercion masquerading as “choice.”

    God bless you abundantly.

    ProLifeChristian


  2. on November 19, 2010 at 8:53 AM Nicole

    Chris words resonated with so much truth! Ahhhh! I love it!!!!


  3. on November 22, 2010 at 1:28 PM Janet

    “The words got in there. Pray for a germination of those seeds.”

    Will do.

    “We are the ones who guarantee choice by providing an alternative to abortion. Choice requires more than one option, or else it isn’t a choice. Without more than one option, choice collapses into compulsion and coercion. I explained that we offer women services that many don’t even realize exist.”

    Excellent!

    I came by your blog to see if you had written about the confused message from the mainstream media in the last few days about the Pope and contraceptive use. I heard an incorrect news story in the wee hours of the morning today on WGN radio, Chicago, which reaches a HUGE audience. Praying that this story will be clarified in the media soon!



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