Matt C. Abbott
A 'strong' response to Yale's abortion 'artist'
By Matt C. Abbott
In recent days, articles have been written about a rather disgusting situation at Yale University.
According to an April 18, 2008 story on FOXNews.com:
Caron Strong, director of the women's council on abortion for Trinity Legal Center, is "sickened" by Ms. Shvarts' so-called art.
Ms. Strong, whom I've featured in previous columns, says:
"I am deeply saddened for this woman's heart and soul — whatever is left of it. And I'm grieved that this nation has cultivated such an atmosphere of contempt for the precious gift of life in the name of freedom. How ironic. Though there is public outrage, I would suggest each outraged individual take some time to reflect on how they, in their own personal lives, may have contributed to Ms. Shvarts 'freedoms' to exploit her unborn children under the guise of 'art.' Maybe we should not be so shocked after all."
Ms. Strong "has experienced the pain and grief of abortion, and she is dedicated to ending abortion."
© Matt C. Abbott
In recent days, articles have been written about a rather disgusting situation at Yale University.
According to an April 18, 2008 story on FOXNews.com:
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'A Yale University student who touched off a campus firestorm with her shocking claims of repeatedly artificially inseminating herself and then inducing miscarriages as part of an art project stood by her story Friday, despite statements from the university that her version of events is 'creative fiction.'
'In a guest column that ran in Friday's Yale Daily News — which first reported her claims in Thursday's edition — senior art major Aliza Shvarts maintained that she had conducted artificial inseminations and carried out what she characterized as self-induced miscarriage procedures, though she never actually knew whether she was pregnant.
''For the past year, I performed repeated self-induced miscarriages,' Shvarts wrote in Friday's column. 'Using a needleless syringe, I would inject the sperm near my cervix within 30 minutes of its collection, so as to insure the possibility of fertilization.
''On the 28th day of my cycle, I would ingest an abortifacient, after which I would experience cramps and heavy bleeding. ... Because the miscarriages coincide with the expected date of menstruation (the 28th day of my cycle), it remains ambiguous whether the there (sic) was ever a fertilized ovum or not.
''The reality of the pregnancy, both for myself and for the audience, is a matter of reading.'
Caron Strong, director of the women's council on abortion for Trinity Legal Center, is "sickened" by Ms. Shvarts' so-called art.Ms. Strong, whom I've featured in previous columns, says:
"I am deeply saddened for this woman's heart and soul — whatever is left of it. And I'm grieved that this nation has cultivated such an atmosphere of contempt for the precious gift of life in the name of freedom. How ironic. Though there is public outrage, I would suggest each outraged individual take some time to reflect on how they, in their own personal lives, may have contributed to Ms. Shvarts 'freedoms' to exploit her unborn children under the guise of 'art.' Maybe we should not be so shocked after all."
Ms. Strong "has experienced the pain and grief of abortion, and she is dedicated to ending abortion."
© Matt C. Abbott
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