
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 20, 1990                   TAG: 9003202762
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: METRO 
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BLOCKING DOORS NOT A SELFISH ACT

ON FEB. 28, doors to the abortuary at 1119 2nd St. SW, Roanoke, were kept closed by 29 concerned Christians. In doing this they sacrificed their time, money and reputation. They risked arrest, insults and physical harm.

Their motives were not selfish but were for the cause of the innocent babies brought there on that day to be killed. It was for the moms who will be scarred physically, mentally and spiritually.

The operators of this abortuary are cruel when they do not fully explain to the moms how the abortionist rips and tears the little baby's body apart. They are cruel when they do not tell the mom that two out of every 100 abortions result in a perforated uterus. Or about the mental anguish the moms suffer when they realize they have killed their baby.

Added to the cruelty is the fact that the baby doesn't have a chance for life because its mom doesn't want to accept responsibility for her mistake. The abortionist uses that mistake to make his blood money. The parents of the girl or the boyfriend would rather see the baby destroyed to protect their reputation. All selfish reasons!

Wouldn't it be better to give that baby life with a famiy who wants it than to see it ripped apart and discarded in a garbage dumpster? Mom and baby would be saved the suffering!\ SUSAN JASEK\ LYNCHBURG

by CNB