National League of Abortionists Targets RU-486
WASHINGTON - Complaining that advertisements touting the benefits of RU-486 are harming their profession, the National League of Abortionists has launched their own advertising campaign aimed at reclaiming their dwindling market share from the abortion pill. Marketed as the "Early Option Pill," ads for RU-486 began showing up in magazines this summer, taking their place along side ads for mineral water and Vagisil.
To combat a loss of market share to the abortion pill RU-486, the National League of Abortionists has started running its own ads explaining to women that they still have the right to choose an old-fashioned surgical abortion. Creators say it is no different than running ads for birth control pills, condoms, or Starburst Fruit Chews.
The Early Option Pill ad shows a photo of a young woman contemplating whether to take the abortion pill RU-486. "You have the freedom to choose. And now, you have another safe abortion choice,'' the full-page ad says.
The message is part of a national advertising campaign in major magazines that has drawn objections from abortionists across the country. Fearing a loss of income, many abortionists are expressing outrage at the ad campaign, claiming that they have been targeted for extinction.
"This ad is an outrageous attempt to mislead women by insinuating that they no longer need the option of a surgical abortion, and it is an attempt to cut the the throats of abortionists financially," said Dr. Ima Boozer, president of the National League of Abortionists (NLA).
A spokesman for the FDA, which approved RU-486, said that advertising the drug will have minimal effect on the careers of abortionists. "Since the drug can only be used in the earliest days of pregnancy, there will be plenty of opportunities for an old-fashioned mid-term or partial-birth abortion, and besides, the pill-caused abortion costs more than a surgical abortion, so there will be no financial loss to the abortionist," the spokesman said.
But according to Dr. Boozer, longtime abortionists are not just concerned about financial loss, they are also concerned that the new drug, and efforts to commercialize it, will degrade the abortion profession into nothing more than pill pushing and advertising, and hurt the quality of life that abortionists have fought to maintain.
"I worry about the next generation of abortionists," said Dr. Boozer. "What self-respecting medical student will want to become an abortionist if the profession becomes nothing more than administering a pill. Abortionists are surgeons, and it is the thrill of surgery that entices young medical students into our ranks. I fear that in 10 years we will have a generation of abortionists who will never know the thrill of sucking out a brain."
To combat this growing problem, the NLA has started running its own ads explaining to women that they still have the right to choose an old-fashioned surgical abortion. Creators of the ad say it is no different than running ads for birth control pills, condoms, or Starburst Fruit Chews.
"The ad is saying that just because there is this magical abortion pill out there, you don't have to be ashamed if you prefer having an old-fashioned surgical abortion," explains Dr. Boozer. "Besides, a surgical abortion is about $100.00 cheaper and women will be helping some young doctor feed his family. And isn't that what life is all about?"
Mebea Hoar, spokeswoman for Unplanned Parenthood's abortion clinics, says they are hopeful the ads will increase the percentage of women choosing surgical abortions over the pill.
"Most women who need abortions are pretty stupid,'' Hoar says. "They're going to see this ad and say, `Oh, I'm going to have an old-fashioned surgical abortion.'''
The ads are aimed at women like Tammy Jo, a 23-year-old resident of Cottonopolis, Mississippi, who did not know she could still have a surgical abortion until she saw the ad from the NLA. The unmarried, barefoot mother of 7 was pregnant again and didn't think she could afford both another child and her mushrooming Methamphetamine habit.
"Ah was scared, cuss it all t' tarnation. One of them had t'go, an' ah figgerd it was a lot easier t'have an abo'shun than t'kick Meth, but ah was afraid mah only choice was t'take this hyar pill an' haf mah abo'shun at home alone,'' says Tammy Jo, who couldn't remember her last name. But when she realized she could still get a surgical abortion in nearby New Orleans, she was relieved.
"Ah were so happy. Not only c'd ah git rid of mah youngun' wifout havin' t'do it mahse'f, but wif mah $100.00 savin's ah was able t'find some pow'ful fine Crank on Bourbon Street when ah was done."
And Tammy Jo is just the tip of the iceberg. Thanks to their new ad, Unplanned Parent and the NLA are improving the lives of thousands of women across America, just like Tammy Jo.
*Hopefully, we all recognize sarcasm when we see it.
WASHINGTON - Complaining that advertisements touting the benefits of RU-486 are harming their profession, the National League of Abortionists has launched their own advertising campaign aimed at reclaiming their dwindling market share from the abortion pill. Marketed as the "Early Option Pill," ads for RU-486 began showing up in magazines this summer, taking their place along side ads for mineral water and Vagisil.
To combat a loss of market share to the abortion pill RU-486, the National League of Abortionists has started running its own ads explaining to women that they still have the right to choose an old-fashioned surgical abortion. Creators say it is no different than running ads for birth control pills, condoms, or Starburst Fruit Chews.
The Early Option Pill ad shows a photo of a young woman contemplating whether to take the abortion pill RU-486. "You have the freedom to choose. And now, you have another safe abortion choice,'' the full-page ad says.
The message is part of a national advertising campaign in major magazines that has drawn objections from abortionists across the country. Fearing a loss of income, many abortionists are expressing outrage at the ad campaign, claiming that they have been targeted for extinction.
"This ad is an outrageous attempt to mislead women by insinuating that they no longer need the option of a surgical abortion, and it is an attempt to cut the the throats of abortionists financially," said Dr. Ima Boozer, president of the National League of Abortionists (NLA).
A spokesman for the FDA, which approved RU-486, said that advertising the drug will have minimal effect on the careers of abortionists. "Since the drug can only be used in the earliest days of pregnancy, there will be plenty of opportunities for an old-fashioned mid-term or partial-birth abortion, and besides, the pill-caused abortion costs more than a surgical abortion, so there will be no financial loss to the abortionist," the spokesman said.
But according to Dr. Boozer, longtime abortionists are not just concerned about financial loss, they are also concerned that the new drug, and efforts to commercialize it, will degrade the abortion profession into nothing more than pill pushing and advertising, and hurt the quality of life that abortionists have fought to maintain.
"I worry about the next generation of abortionists," said Dr. Boozer. "What self-respecting medical student will want to become an abortionist if the profession becomes nothing more than administering a pill. Abortionists are surgeons, and it is the thrill of surgery that entices young medical students into our ranks. I fear that in 10 years we will have a generation of abortionists who will never know the thrill of sucking out a brain."
To combat this growing problem, the NLA has started running its own ads explaining to women that they still have the right to choose an old-fashioned surgical abortion. Creators of the ad say it is no different than running ads for birth control pills, condoms, or Starburst Fruit Chews.
"The ad is saying that just because there is this magical abortion pill out there, you don't have to be ashamed if you prefer having an old-fashioned surgical abortion," explains Dr. Boozer. "Besides, a surgical abortion is about $100.00 cheaper and women will be helping some young doctor feed his family. And isn't that what life is all about?"
Mebea Hoar, spokeswoman for Unplanned Parenthood's abortion clinics, says they are hopeful the ads will increase the percentage of women choosing surgical abortions over the pill.
"Most women who need abortions are pretty stupid,'' Hoar says. "They're going to see this ad and say, `Oh, I'm going to have an old-fashioned surgical abortion.'''
The ads are aimed at women like Tammy Jo, a 23-year-old resident of Cottonopolis, Mississippi, who did not know she could still have a surgical abortion until she saw the ad from the NLA. The unmarried, barefoot mother of 7 was pregnant again and didn't think she could afford both another child and her mushrooming Methamphetamine habit.
"Ah was scared, cuss it all t' tarnation. One of them had t'go, an' ah figgerd it was a lot easier t'have an abo'shun than t'kick Meth, but ah was afraid mah only choice was t'take this hyar pill an' haf mah abo'shun at home alone,'' says Tammy Jo, who couldn't remember her last name. But when she realized she could still get a surgical abortion in nearby New Orleans, she was relieved.
"Ah were so happy. Not only c'd ah git rid of mah youngun' wifout havin' t'do it mahse'f, but wif mah $100.00 savin's ah was able t'find some pow'ful fine Crank on Bourbon Street when ah was done."
And Tammy Jo is just the tip of the iceberg. Thanks to their new ad, Unplanned Parent and the NLA are improving the lives of thousands of women across America, just like Tammy Jo.
*Hopefully, we all recognize sarcasm when we see it.
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