A television commercial featuring three important figures in the legalization of abortion is part to a renewed effort to reinvigorate the pro-life movement.
The television ad, which was unveiled Jan. 14, features Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the Roe vs. Wade case that resulted in legalized abortion; Sandra Cano, the plaintiff in the Doe vs. Bolton opinion that permitted abortion at all stages of pregnancy; and Bernard Nathanson, co-founder of the National Abortion Rights Action League. In the ad, the three say they once were part of the “lie” of abortion but “will not be part of that lie anymore.”
The ad, which provided an Internet address and phone number for viewers, began running Jan. 14 on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC and was expected to continue airing past Jan. 22, the 29th anniversary of the Roe and Doe decisions.
The commercial is the second spot in the “Shake the Nation Back to Life” campaign. The new ad and a Jan. 14 news conference were the latest parts of an effort that was introduced a week before the September terrorist attacks on the United States.
The change of stance by the three once-leading advocates of abortion “illustrates that no one is immune to a guilty conscience,” said Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. “We are winning the battle of hearts and minds for the lives of the unborn.”
(BP)
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