Clever strategy, Stevie
thought, for a New Age atheist like Dunsmuir to introduce “Elizabeth”
as a Christian and intimate that her abortion was an act of mercy. She is as
persistent as she is resourceful at poking holes in the stained-glass curtain
between her and Senator Bellardi.
Juanita played to the heartstrings of
the crowd with two more brief scenarios. The stories were carefully framed to
make each girl's choice for abortion appear logical and even moral.
"Legislation proposed by Senator Bellardi," she concluded,
"would brand as criminals the Jennys and Sarahs and Elizabeths of our new
state. Can you imagine your teenaged neighbor being handcuffed and hauled off
in a police car just for protecting an innocent child from a brief, painful
life and a horrible death? Can you imagine your own niece being arrested and
imprisoned simply because she made a hasty, emotional decision that will punish
her with regret for the rest of her life?
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