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PRESS RELEASE
10/05/2006
Ms. Magazine's 'We Had Abortions' Campaign Saddens National Black Pro-Life Union WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- A new campaign by Ms. Magazine features the signatures of thousands of women who have had abortions. The Ms. campaign is smaller in scope compared to other campaigns which have had several times more women who say they regret their abortion decisions. Day Gardner, President of the Washington, DC based, National Black Pro-Life Union, is available for comment and offers the following statement in regard to next week’s release of Ms. Magazine’s fall issue with the cover story about women and their abortions. "It's interesting," said Day Gardner, President of the National Black Pro-Life Union, "because it seems that the women who signed the petition felt that in order to have productive lives they had to kill one or several of their children. My heart aches for them. I also think it's very sad that in the entertainment industry we hear about all the things women think they have to do to get that next role. We’ve heard about the casting couch, nudity in films, etc., and that many of them say they felt very uncomfortable, but did it anyway to secure a role. I guess for some of those women killing their child was lumped in there with the rest of the things they just had to do to become famous and yes, I do feel sadness for them. "People in all professions step on the backs of other people in order to rise to lofty positions. The unfortunate thing here is that many women have stepped on and 'crushed' the backs of very tiny people--people who also happen to have been their own children. Now, they have to tell themselves it was the right thing to. My heart aches for them." Some of the women who signed the Ms. petition include Ms. founder Gloria Steinem, comedian Carol Leifer, and actresses Kathy Najimy and Amy Brenneman.
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