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Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice Groups Celebrate ‘National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day’

Mar. 18, 2013 12:33pm Billy Hallowell

Abortion is, no doubt, one of the most contentious issues in the sociopolitical spectrum. So, considering that Planned Parenthood and other women’s organizations promoted the “National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day” (NAPAD) earlier this month, it’s no surprise that pro-life advocates have subsequently been up in arms.

Believe it or not, the commemorative “holiday” has been around for quite some time. It was launched in 1996 in an effort to praise the work of abortionists and their associated clinics.

According to a description published by Amplify, a youth organization that tackles reproductive issues, the NAPAD was created to honor these individuals and institutions amid alleged harassment and threats that they purportedly face from the pro-life cohort.

“Unfortunately, many abortion providers continue to face significant risks, including harassment, stalking, threats to family members, and even violence,” the group’s web site explains. “Despite these risks, they continue to stand with us and provide care.”

Today is the National Day of Appreciation for #Abortion Providers. We appreciate these courageous professionals today and every day. #NDAAP

Planned Parenthood, Pro Choice Groups Celebrate National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day

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@PPact

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So, for the past 17 years, abortion clinics have been honored annually on March 10 for their work. Planned Parenthood, among other groups, took the opportunity to tweet about the event, writing, “Today is the National Day of Appreciation for #Abortion Providers. We appreciate these courageous professionals today and every day. #NDAAP.”

National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, 10 March -- Let's make it international!!... http://t.co/o3yLrDO0Yw

March 13, 2013 5:59am via Facebook ReplyRetweetFavorite

@SafeAbortion1

Safe Abortion

Yesterday was National #Abortion Provider Appreciation Day - give #Minnesota's providers a thank you note: http://t.co/BfQT4qLsqB #prochoice

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Amplify also put together an initiative to help commemorate the day, encouraging readers to print signs that praise abortion providers, then take pictures of themselves holding the messages. Then, these individuals were encouraged to send the photos back to the organization.

Photo Credit: Amplify

Among the messages directed at abortion providers were notes telling them, “You are amazing” and “Thank you,” among other accolades.

Amplify also asked abortion providers to explain why they are actively engaged in offering the procedure. One unnamed individual praised the option as one that is much-needed by women.

“For me providing abortions is both a conscientious commitment to women and a political one,” it reads. “Abortion is about gender equity and self-determination, more than simply a medical procedure that women need when they determine that it is not the right time for them to carry a pregnancy any further or to raise a child.”

(H/T: Live Action News)

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CulperGang
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:16pm
And where does the ripped out child figure into this? according to these ghouls? It doesn’t. Maybe the USA does need a huge culling of the herd.
The insane filth that the Liberals heap onto the sane persons sensibility is getting way too much.
God please hurry and sort things out, send these ghouls back to where they belong. Civil society is not it.

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Woody4USA
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:14pm
Why is it if a woman kills her baby before it’s born she’s celebrated as a modern day woman standing up for her rights but if she killed that same baby 7-8 months after it’s born she is charged as a child murderer and looked at by “everyone” as a mentally sick woman who’s a modern day monster?

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- comforteagle
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:19pm
  Sentience
  
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- CABERNETQHS
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:30pm
  Don’t forget the father that kills an unborn child while assaulting the mother…he can be charged with murder. It’s either a life or it’s not. It’s either a crime or it’s not. This issue is horrific. Killing babies is ALWAYS bad.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:31pm
  Because our society is twisted. What could one say about a society that celebrates the murder of children?
  
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- Nanner-SW
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:32pm
  comforteagle
  Just for the intellectual discussion of it; some professionals believe self-actualization begins around age two but if you were going for the very base definition of sentience (the ability to feel and perceive base stimuli) that exists before birth. The main issue with this debate is when does life have worth.
  
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- Witness1974
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:51pm
  The first step toward committing atrocities is dehumanizing the victim. After that anything goes. It just takes that one step to twist thinking enough to justify the most horrific acts imaginable– Celebrating tyranny being among the worst.
  
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- comforteagle
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:54pm
  Nanner. i would need brain waves present before humN sentience is possible. bout the six month mark.
  
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- Nanner-SW
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:07pm
  http://www.uky.edu/Classes/PHI/305.002/fd.htm, http://healthquestions.medhelp.org/fetal-development-brain-waves, I like some of the discussions in this one ->http://str.typepad.com/weblog/2006/10/brain_waves_at_.html. An electroencephalogram can pick up activity within 6wks of development, but I don’t think that is what you meant.
  
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- comforteagle
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:19pm
  Different kinds of mental activity show differwnt kinds of brain waves. brain waves with regular patterns typical of adult humans do not appear in the fetus until about the 30th week. if a person wants to make the line sooner they could use the six month mark (that would allow for occasional precocious fetal brain development to count)
  
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- Nanner-SW
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:30pm
  I still believe human life has value before birth, but I’m appreciative of your politeness (rare on this particular subject). Thank you for encouraging me to learn some new things today. Take care sir. . . or ma’m my lunch is over. ^-^
  
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- blissdesignz
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 1:32am
  @COMFORTEAGLE
  @NANNER-SW
  I just wanted to pop into your convo real quickly & mention that they now know & accept medically that the child can feel pain at 20 mos gestation & believe it may even start earlier than that. That’s why so many states are passing the fetal pain bills banning abortion at a later stage.. The truth is the further we get with medical technology, the more we’re learning about just how much IS going on at phases of gestation earlier than ever imagined..
  To me the fact there’s pain being felt by a living creature, (this would be true for ANY living creature), as it’s slowly torn apart limb from limb, is more than enough for me to not be able to go there.. Of course that’s just me.. I mostly wanted to see if that stat added anything to the discussion in your opinion(s)?
  
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Zipit
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:13pm
Gosh GER! The respect meter just hit an all time high for you and your comments!!!
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- G.E.R
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:10pm
  I see the truth hurts my post was removed
  
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- Pontiaku
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:58pm
  A world without abortion…
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bavou_SEj1E
  After watching that you should be for mandatory sterilization of welfare recipients.
  
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- MDECKER
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:44pm
  “GER” Short for, gerbil. How’s the view, from Richard Gere’s @$$?
  
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walnutportconservative
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:11pm
I see this reducing the human tax on the planet, by reducing our numbers. These people will acheive this by convincing us to abort (selfishness) the baby. We should engage in unnatural sex… which will not result in procreation. This is a strange story.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:08pm
It is ‘murdered babies day’. Give a great big “thank you” to slimebag abortionist everywhere. Are you pregnant? Join your sisters and go to the nearest abortionist and get rid of that blob. You too can join the sisterhood of murderers. (Sarc>)

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- CatB
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:31pm
  This morning on the morning TV they were celebrating that Joe Biden was going to the services for Pope Francis … Joe being a Catholic and all .. I wonder what the Pope thinks of Catholics who support abortion and gay marriage (actually I know he has already come out against both –shocker!) .. they should have found someone who did not support infanticide .. no matter what their faith.
  
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red_white_blue2
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:08pm
Wow, i can not believe it! We are celebrating those that kill babies. It is beyond words, beyond reproach, beyond reasonable thinking, and Well Beyond God’s Will!

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- G.E.R
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:13pm
  God has a holiday for killing children. It’s called Passover
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:22pm
  G.E.R
  
  I usually don’t reply to any of your posts because you are one sick person.
  
  Passover is a holiday made by Man and not created by God.
  
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- G.E.R
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:12pm
  That holiday celebrates the 10 plagues. The 10th being the worst is when god kills all the Egyptian first born and where there was a door painted in the blood of a lamb god would Passover that house.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:27pm
  G.E.R
  
  Yes, I know the story. Still… Man came up with the single word “Passover” and the holiday, not God.
  
  BTW, if you are going to quote wiki and other links don’t change the words… here, I fixed it for you. You can’t fool an ole Monk.. ; )
  
  “That holiday celebrates the 10 plagues. The 10th being the worst is when god kills all the Egyptian first born and where there was a door painted in the blood of a lamb god would pass over that house.”
  
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- G.E.R
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:55pm
  Actually what I did is called a paraphrase that’s different than a quote
  
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- G.E.R
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:07pm
  I never said god made Passover. I said god has a holiday.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:11pm
  G.E.R
  
  Why not just be factual and not change words? Man calls it Passover because the belief that God did pass over those houses.
  
  And… Man has holidays not God. God does not have a holiday called Passover.
  
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- Grover_Standpipe
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:35pm
  God bless our valiant abortionists, noble defenders of liberty, and keep them safe from the vile depredations of the wicked foes of freedom.
  
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- G.E.R
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:05pm
  This country has a holiday, Columbus has a holiday, MLK has a holiday, former presidents have a holiday, mothers and fathers have a holiday, god has a holiday.
  
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RIGHTHOOK
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:07pm
Devoid of common sense and puts the price of “zero” on human life. More predictable and corrosive thought process and behavior that the liberals relish.

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lisalake
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:07pm
Is there a Halmark card too?

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- termyt
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:52pm
  Yes. It has the picture of a minority girl baby on the front with the text, “Where are all the orphanages full of unwanted children?” Inside it reads, “Nowhere! Thanks Planned Parenthood!”
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:06pm
If you believe it is wrong to have an abortion fine, don’t have one. Don’t push your beliefs on others. If you believe it is murder fine, don’t have an abortion. I see this as a personal decision just as I have made the decision to defend my life and my property with force of arms. That is my decision if someone else chooses to go unarmed that is their decision. I have no right to enforce my beliefs on them.

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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:14pm
  So, if I don’t feel that robbing a bank is right, the solution is for me not to rob a bank, but leave others alone to make their own “choices”?
  
  Just curious. You do understand that many rightly see children in the womb as human beings and endowed by their Creator with the right to Life.
  
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- Dan_o
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:46pm
  What you “see as a personal decision” doesn’t make it any less a murder. Post-modernism is for fools. An open mind is an empty one.
  
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- joboww
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:48pm
  so if you feel like Rape is evil, fine but dont tell others that because they dont think it so, and thus you should not put your faith in the discussion. and yest thats logical with your response. People (the child, who is a child, not an alligator or a mouse) are murdered, but somehow we have convinced ourselves that its ok because they are not fully formed? A child is not fully formed, neither is his mind functioning at its highest level until adulthood yet thats a person isnt it? There is no grey here, even apart from faith. Science tells you thats a person from the moment of conception. Its either a person or just a hunk of cells like my finger nail, but my finger nail wont develop a heart, grow and become a fully alive adult someday. +JMJ+
  
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- Nanner-SW
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:51pm
  We’re dealing with life or death situations, in which one section of the country views the life as a potential adorable toddler and the other an easily discardable chicken egg-like thing. These groups perceive the other as murderers or insane. “You are going to hell”; “I eat fetuses, yumm” (youtube quotes). As a member of the former camp, I gave up trying to reason with the latter and am now an advocate for ‘it’s a state issue’. I believe that emotions are too high for discussion on both sides.
  
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- Berbel73
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:09pm
  “Abortion is about gender equity and self-determination, more than simply a medical procedure that women need when they determine that it is not the right time for them to carry a pregnancy any further or to raise a child.” The key words here are ‘to raise a child’. With their statement they are admitting that they are murdering a child. These people are monsters. They do everything that they can to justify murder.
  
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lisalake
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:05pm
How ******* sick.

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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:05pm
I wish I were much more eloquent. I don’t have the words to describe my disgust.

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JEANNIEMAC
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:01pm
National Murdering Mothers Day would be appropriate.

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hi
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:56pm
“Abortion is about gender equity”
Actually all it does it take away responsibility from men and puts it all on a woman.
A woman should save herself for a man who is committed in marriage only to her and loves only her.

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IAMMADDOG
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:56pm
There’s an appreciation day for abortion providers? Wow, how sick.

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- Unbelievable
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:02pm
  You’re right… This is down right SICK!!!
  
  Hey… I’m not one to try to tell someone whether they should or should have an abortion… But to celebrate it?!?!?!?! That’s disgusting!!!
  
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- momrules
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:41pm
  IMAMMADDOG……………I’ve gone past the term sick to describe these people. The correct term, in my opinion, is………evil.
  
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- IAMMADDOG
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:43pm
  I agree fully.
  
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- formidable_foe
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 7:31pm
  The sign “YOU ARE AMAZING” is one I could agree with. It IS amazing that someone would dedicate their lives to a profession of killing children. It is also AMAZING that their minds are capable of believing there’s nothing wrong with the practice, and they can sleep well at night.
  
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darkeningskies
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:53pm
Evil begats Evil

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- Grover_Standpipe
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:31pm
  Begets. Begat is the past tense.
  
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Diane TX
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:53pm
Yes, I’m sure all the women that murdered their babies set aside a day to “celebrate” the death of their child. I’m sure it will be a good time for all. (/sarc)

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- biohazard23
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:59pm
  There’s a lot of women who experience post-murder regret and quite a few of them end up seeking psychiatric help for their depression or acting out in self-abusive ways to deal with the emotional pain. These pro-murder types will go out of their way to deny that such a thing happens. They want people to believe that killing your baby is no worse than getting a tooth pulled. They are sick, demented individuals who need help themselves. Pray for them.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:50pm
The sickees have taken America and we need to take to the streets and take it back..regardless of the threats. We also need to impeach and dethrone this maniac Marxist running this country.

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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:48pm
Planned parenthood (oxymoron) is a disgrace to human kind. We were given the gift of life from the first cell to death. We have a development of life from that first cell and we continue each day getting bigger and (hopefully) smarter or whatever our development takes us. Thou shall not kill is a commandment that was brought forth by our God (who gave us gift of life).

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biohazard23
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:47pm
They provide care? Really? So murder is the equivalent of providing medical care? Whatever happened to “do no harm”???

This is akin to having a National Serial Murderer Appreciation day. “Hey, kids, guess what? You get a day off from school in honor of National Ted Bundy Appreciation Day! Isn’t that cool?”

The left has absolutely zero shame and certainly no conscience of which to speak. Disgusting.

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Chromo200
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:43pm
Maybe they can parade on wagons the babies they killed and show how proud they are of their action in controlling population.

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Liberty1948
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:43pm
We are losing if we don’t start standing up and defying the unacceptable changes in our foundational beliefs in The United States of America!

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Angel_light
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:43pm
*sarc* – Yeah everybody, Happy Kill Your Babies Day!!!!

ridiculous

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spirited
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:43pm
This might verify that motherhood can be a thankless job.

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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:38pm
Gosh, murder is so cool!

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- vennoye
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:45pm
  In Mexico’s culture they have Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead)….in America we have Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. Perhaps we should pick out masks for America’s celebration of death, too!!
  
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- theromba
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:16pm
  @Vennoye
  
  There is no comparison for celebrating the dead versus the celebration of abortion. Death is part of life, so celebrate those that lived and died. Abortion denies babies the chance to ever live. In addition, they are not celebrating the aborted children that never lived, they are celebrating the murders themselves. I have never been overly religious, but at this point, we deserve whatever punishment God gives us for allowing this evil to fester in our society.
  
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IndyGuy
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:37pm
Unbeleivable…

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