Are Democrats for Life & Feminists for Life the same? Maybe.

[madfloridian]

Here is a speech by the president of Democrats for Life. She says she is also state contact for Feminists for Life. I connect Patricia Heaton and Judge Roberts' wife with the latter. I am posting the last paragraph of the speech.

What are we getting into here? Am I missing something?
Here is the Feminists for Life site, and below is the speech connecting the two groups.
http://www.feministsforlife.org/

And the president's speech.
http://www.priestsforlife.org/government/kerschen.htm

Also at the booth will be literature from Feminists for Life of America. I serve as the state contact for Feminists for Life. Those of you who attended the banquet that Greater Austin Right to Life hosted last fall got to hear Fredericka Matthews-Green, one of the most well known speakers from Feminists for Life. So, many of you know something about that organization, but I would like to remind you about our current major project, the College Outreach Program. Feminists for Life members are teaming with Crisis Pregnancy Centers to offer referrals and other information for the use of health clinics on college campuses. Far too often, these clinics don't know where to send a young woman with a problem pregnancy except to an abortion clinic. By providing them with alternatives, they know that we are giving women a real choice instead of leaving them to feel that there is no other way. If you are interested in one of our college health clinic kits or other information, please come to see me after the rally.

The Democrats for Life and Feminists for Life organizations are proof that all people can and should be pro-life. It is consistent with the root principles of both the Democratic Party and the feminist movement to respect life and to encourage the development of everyone's full potential. Freedom and equality are unattainable if there is not first life.

So, my rallying cry for this rally is to call upon former Democrats who are pro-life to come back to the party, take your place, and make your opinion known. Democrats who are closet pro-lifers, I call upon you to stop being afraid to speak the truth. On Judgment Day you will not be asked if you are a follower of the Democratic platform, but if you were a follower of the word of God. A little political power is not worth becoming an accomplice to the murder of millions of babies.

Pro-Life Democrats, let's take our party back; let's work towards transforming all Democrats into Democrats for Life!"

I was a Southern Baptist, and I still am in some ways though we left our church over the war and bigotry. These two groups make me very uncomfortable in the way they want to control the views of the party.

The Democratic Party is the party of choice. I don't want that to change.

[madfloridian]

1. DFLA advisors and policies

National Advisory Board, one woman
http://www.democratsforlife.org/dfla/national_advisory_board.htm

Board of Directors
http://www.democratsforlife.org/dfla/board.htm

Position papers
http://www.democratsforlife.org/dfla/position%20papers.htm

[madfloridian]

2. Pres. of Dems for life is state contact Feminists for life.

Feminists for life is the group of which Jane Roberts is a huge part.
http://www.feministsforlife.org/news/jsroberts.htm

Jane Sullivan Roberts' Service to Women

"Jane Sullivan Roberts currently serves as legal counsel to Feminists for Life of America (FFLA) on a pro bono basis. From 1995 to 1999 she served as Executive Vice President on the Board of Directors of FFL. Serrin Foster, President of FFL, said, “Jane is a brilliant attorney. We are very proud of her and appreciative of her service to Feminists for Life and women and children.” Ms. Roberts is married to Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts, Jr.

Established in 1972, Feminists for Life is a nonsectarian, nonpartisan, grassroots organization that seeks real solutions to the challenges women face. FFL's efforts are shaped by the core feminist values of nondiscrimination, nonviolence, and justice for all. FFL continues the tradition of early American feminists such as Susan B. Anthony who sought to address the root causes that drive women to abortion."

OK, I have no objection to groups who want to oppose abortion rights for women, and I am sure their goals are good in many areas. However, I don't want our party to include either group as part of their agenda.

Pure and simple, they are wanting to make the choices for women's medical care. If I thought it were only rare, safe, and legal...that would be one thing. But look at the pressure they are exerting.

Democrats for life wants to only have 5% of the abortions that go on now. Well, who gets to decide....bottom line. Giving other options is one thing. But we all know it will not end there.