The Attacks Aren’t Because Palin Is Pro-Life…..
It’s been over a year since the election of 2008 and yet Sarah Palin cannot
show up in the news without a barrage of vicious attacks from the media.
Although she is no longer a candidate for vice president, the vitriol
continues to spew over the release of her book, "Going Rogue: An American
Life." Many think the anti-Sarah sentiment stems from her solid pro-life
position but I would like to explore reasons that go way beyond her feelings
about abortion.
As you look back in history to the late 1960s and 1970s, you see a wave of
feminist ideals being sold to women, including the notion that they needed
to delay motherhood to get ahead in their careers. Many women bought into
this belief that giving birth and career advancement didn’t mix. So what
happened?
Many women chose the birth control route, delaying marriage and childbirth
well into their thirties and even forties. Their biological clocks ticked
away and they sacrificed the most fertile time in their lives for career
advancement and what they thought would be true happiness.
Some, when faced with an unplanned pregnancy they believed would interfere
with their careers, chose the abortion route. They sacrificed the life of
their unborn child for their own personal career advancement. Now enter
Sarah Palin, a woman with a husband, children and a high-profile career.
Yes, this hockey Mom went from school board, to mayor, to governor to a vice
presidential candidate! And her own unplanned pregnancy ended not in the
hands of an abortionist, but in the loving embrace of the Palin family.
Now when the women who sacrificed motherhood either by abortion or birth
control look at Sarah, they can’t stand her, even if they can’t explain why.
Because she was able to have a family and a career, they see her as having
the best of both worlds. They see, in this confident, self-possessed,
accomplished woman, surrounded by a loving family, everything they gave up.
In a nation that has lost more than 50 million children to abortion, we have
millions of women who have these repressed feelings. Many have suffered
silently from these negative consequences since their abortion. I know
first-hand about this trauma and I invite anyone still dealing with the
pain, shame and regret of abortion to visit
www.SilentNoMoreAwareness.org.
The next time you hear Sarah being attacked so viciously, consider that it
might be because we are a nation that has been wounded by abortion.
Janet Morana, Executive Director, Priests For Life
Co-Founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign
Dec. 2009