Ultrasounds Change the Life Debate
by Patrick Ruffini :: January 16th, 2007 7:07 pmAs an expectant father of twins this spring, this really hit home.
4D imagery let my wife and I come face to face with the little ones. For me, the debate about when life began was no longer an abstraction, but proven fact. Clumps of cells just don’t do the things you can see with your own eyes on an ultrasound.
When abortion on demand was imposed by judicial fiat in America, ultrasounds were rare. Now, they are common — it’s not unheard of for some women to get them every week or two. As America has moved culturally to the left in many areas, key indicators show that the millenial generation is growing more pro-life. This technology has a lot to do with it.
These machines will do more for the cause of life in the next 20 years than any politician will.
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In my younger days I was 100% knee jerk pro-choice. That had started to soften even before my wife’s pregnancy, but the ultrasound really threw that away.
I’m still not a traditional pro-lifer, but one of the affects it had on me is that I really don’t get motivated by abortion as an issue anymore. If someone describes a judge or a candidate as “pro-life” or “anti-choice”, then I just don’t mark it down. I would never give money to Planned Parenthood or NARAL these days, and I certainly wouldn’t give money to the PACS these groups work with.
I wonder how many other people are in the same boat, where abortion “rights” have disappeared from their mental map.
Congrats on the twins and I believe you are right!
[…] Excellent Point Patrick Ruffini has an excellent post up tonight. He blogs about the use of cutting edge 4D ultrasound technology and the impact it has and will have on the growing culture of life movement in this country. […]
[…] For this, I point out Patrick Ruffini’s blog. Ruffini was one of the leading technologists for President Bush’s campaign, one known for having people on both sides of the abortion debate. Ruffini and his wife are expecting twins, and he says he has been sold on the pro-life merits. How? Check this out. Take a look at those images, Mr. Krauthammer (and everyone else), and then try to tell me that isn’t a human life. And, remember, when you choose to use science as your be-all and end-all, you better at least take science in full. Science is clearly on the side of life. […]
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