Troy Newman - Why the "Morning After" Pill Is Bad

Speaker assails 'morning after' pill
President of Operation Rescue speaks at Dubuque County Right to Life's annual dinner.
BY ERIK HOGSTROM TH STAFF WRITER

Troy Newman calls the decision by the Food and Drug Administration to allow 17-year-olds the ability to buy the "morning after" emergency contraception pill without a doctor's prescription "a classic bait and switch."
"It's not a contraceptive -- a barrier method would be a contraceptive," said Newman, president of Wichita, Kan.-based Operation Rescue. "It is an abortifacient (a drug or instrument which produces an abortion.)"
Newman became the leader of Operation Rescue in 1998 and refashioned the group into a nationally active organization. He spoke Friday night at the Dubuque County Right to Life's annual LIFE dinner at the Grand River Center. He sat with the Telegraph Herald earlier to discuss current events surrounding opposition to abortion.
Question: What was your reaction to the decision to allow 17-year-olds over-the-counter access to the "morning ,after" pill?
Answer: "This pill is taking the life of a baby. You cannot take a human life; it is immoral to do so."

Question: Are you troubled by the administration's decisions related to abortion?
Answer: "Troubling is the least amount I could say about President Obama. It is a radical left-wing revolution, but I see the sleeping giant awakening, the Red States, the heartland of America. That is what we're here for: to be the watchdog."
Question: Why do you think sign-carrying opponents continue to stand outside Dubuque's Planned Parenthood facility?
Answer: "This isn't an ideology for us. This isn't lower taxes, this isn't a new subdivision going up in town. What they have to understand is we believe -- and we know -- this is about the taking of innocent life, and we find it reprehensible."
Question: Why did you become involved in the movement against abortion?
Answer: "Somebody invited me to a men's conference in Orange County, California. He drove me past an abortion clinic. I saw a picture of an aborted baby.
I immediately knew there was good and evil. It was just that black and white for me."

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This is about as fair & balanced as the TH gets. I was amazed that it actually made the front page. But Saturday was a slow news day. It also shows how lazy they are in covering something they oppose. There is nothing about his speech at the DCRTL banquet. I couldn't make it, but I am willing to bet the TH didn't have anyone there to cover it. But I know they would have it it was a Planned Parenthood fundraiser. There would have been a glowing report of every word the speaker said.

Still, the TH got across more of the truth than it hoped to. Of course the comments section has the usual gang of hate mongering pro-aborts spreading their venom & lies.

PS I talked to some friends who were there that sayed Troy Newman's talk was basicly 1 of encouraging us in our efforts to fight PP & the evils of the abortion industry.