It was Nathanson who made up
the early slogans – "Freedom of choice" and "Women must have control
over their own bodies."
"I remember laughing when we
made those slogans up," recalls Nathanson, reminiscing about the early
days of the abortion-rights movement in the late '60s and early '70s.
"We were looking for some sexy, catchy slogans to capture public
opinion. They were very cynical slogans then, just as all of these
slogans today are very, very cynical."
One of the principal
architects and strategists of the abortion movement in the United
States, Nathanson tells an astonishing story.
"We persuaded the media that
the cause of permissive abortion was a liberal, enlightened,
sophisticated one. Knowing that if a true poll were taken, we would be
soundly defeated, we simply fabricated the results of fictional
polls," he confesses. "We announced to the media that we had taken
polls and that 60 percent of Americans were in favor of permissive
abortion. … We aroused enough sympathy to sell our program of
permissive abortion by fabricating the number of illegal abortions
done annually in the U.S. The actual figure was approaching 100,000,
but the figure we gave to the media repeatedly was 1,000,000."
Noting that "repeating the big
lie often enough convinces the public," Nathanson adds: "The number of
women dying from illegal abortions was around 200-250 annually. The
figure we constantly fed to the media was 10,000. These false figures
took root in the consciousness of Americans, convincing many that we
needed to crack the abortion law."
He and a handful of other
early abortion proponents succeeded in "cracking" the nation's
abortion laws – beyond their wildest dreams, says Nathanson.
Ultimately, however, although
he performed some 5,000 abortions with his own hands and supervised
another 10,000 in his clinic, Nathanson also changed. Something
profound happened to him – and today, like McCorvey, he is a tireless
pro-life advocate and speaker, laboring to stuff the abortion genie
back into the bottle.
But there is a great deal more
in the January Whistleblower. Indeed, this is an issue full of
whistleblowers. For following in McCorvey's ("Jane Roe") and
Nathanson's footsteps are many other physicians and clinic personnel
who tell all – no punches are pulled, no holds barred – in describing
what the abortion industry is really all about.
"ABORTION: The 30-year war"
blows the lid off of the extraordinarily deceitful, destructive but
lucrative abortion business, long protected by the establishment
media's reluctance to investigate it.
"This issue of Whistleblower
is shattering," said Editor and CEO Joseph Farah. "I don't think the
reality of abortion and the surrounding issues have ever been
communicated in a more compelling way. The story laid out here is
comprehensive, documented, gut-wrenching and totally, undeniably,
scandalously true. You simply won't be the same after you read it."
(Editor's note: This issue contains graphic photographs of abortions,
and may not be suitable for children.)
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