If this guy had the courage of his convictions, he should help eliminate the "human ecotumor" by cutting his own throat. After he kills his kids, if he has any.
On Aug 25, 4:53 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > *Culture Links > *The e-mail newsletter of the *Culture and Media > Institute<http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/> > > August 25, 2009 | Volume 3, Issue 3**4* > * > *To ensure delivery, add [email protected] to your safe senders > list > > [image: Culture and Media Institute]<http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/> > > Forward to a Friend <http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/> | > Subscribe<http://www.mrc.org/listmanager.asp> > > *Media’s Pro-Choice Darling Called Humans ‘Ecotumors' > Late-term abortionist is a victimized hero to left-wing media.* > > *by Colleen Raezler, Culture and Media Institute* > > To liberal media outlets, Warren Hern, one of the few late-term abortion > providers in the country, has been worthy of praise as a doctor who boldly > stands up for his beliefs in the face of intimidation – a lonely > humanitarian braving violent death for the sake of his patients. > > That’s the picture painted by TV and other media. What’s missing from the > portrait is Hern’s belief that humans are “malignant ecotumors,” his refusal > to be called an abortionist, and his strident denunciations of the pro-life > movement. > > Attention has turned to Hern in the wake of the May 31 murder of Kansas > late-term abortionist (and Hern friend) George Tiller. Since then, Hern has > appeared on MSNBC, CNN and NPR. Print media, including the Associated Press, > Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Boston Globe and The Chicago Tribune have > cited him. > > Esquire > magazine<http://www.esquire.com/print-this/abortion-doctor-warren-hern-0909>devoted > 9,000 words to Hern in its current issue, which sparked his Aug. 12 > appearance on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show and praise from Keith Olbermann. > > *‘Best Person in the World’?* > > Olbermann and Maddow highlighted Hern’s portrayal of pro-life advocates as > dangerous vigilantes, a point made repeatedly in the Esquire profile, but > MSNBC ignored another claim noted in the article. Hern thinks of mankind as > “a malignant ecotumor.” > > A statement like that, however, wouldn’t help Maddow and Olbermann’s > portrayal of Hern as a victim of far-right ideologues. > > Olbermann named Hern “Best Person in the World” on August 6 and used the > abortionist to fan the flames of his on-going feud with Fox News’ Bill > O’Reilly. Olbermann said of Hern: > > He says Tiller – Tiller’s death was the result of 35 years, of quote, hate > speech against doctors who performed abortions, like the drum beat on Fox > about Tiller the baby Killer. > > [Hern] says more than that. Quoting him, “Bill O’Reilly is a disgrace to > American society. He’s full of blank. This is not a debate. It’s a civil > war. And the other people are using bullets and bombs. I think,” he went on, > “O’Reilly is a fascist and would fit right in Nazi Germany, as far as I’m > concerned.” > > There it is. Bill O’Reilly will never understand that the people who agreed > with him on Tiller the baby killer do not stop at argument or political > action. They use bullets and bombs and he, O’Reilly, has voluntarily > associated himself with and encouraged them. > > Maddow noted Hern’s “considerable bravery” for appearing on television > “given the threats” he faces and invited him to draw comparisons to the > recent town hall outbursts about health care and the violence that ended > Tiller’s life. > > Maddow also allowed Hern to state unchallenged, that the term “abortionist” > is used by pro-life advocates to “stigmatize” doctors who perform abortions. > That’s a claim Hern made in the Esquire profile as well, and it suits his > self-portrayal and the media’s desire to show him as a victim. > > But there are other details in the Esquire article that don’t quite fit the > victim narrative. > > * * > > *Humans as a “Malignant Ecotumor”* > > Richardson’s Esquire article highlighted something MSNBC ignored: Hern has > repeatedly and publicly advanced a twisted, hateful view of humanity. > > “The human species is an example of a malignant ecotumor, an uncontrolled > proliferation of a single species that threatens the existence of other > species in their habitats,” he wrote in a > paper<http://www.drhern.com/pdfs/whysomany.pdf>published in Population > and Environment in 1990. He concluded that, “The > idea that the human population is a planetary cancer is a profoundly > disturbing conclusion, but the observations of the scientific community over > the last 20 years have provided massive support this hypothesis and little, > if anything, to refute it.” > > His opinion didn’t change over the course of 18 years. “From the point of > view of a physician, the expanding, invasive, colonizing urban form with > highly irregular borders resembles a malignant lesion,” wrote Hern in a 2008 > paper <http://www.drhern.com/pdfs/urbanmalignancy.pdf> published in the > International Journal of Anthropology. “Malignant neoplasms have at least > four major characteristic: rapid, uncontrolled growth; invasion and > destruction of adjacent normal tissues (eco systems); metastasis (distant > colonization); and de-differentiation.” > > In the recent profile, Esquire writer John H. Richardson asked Hern if his > belief that humans are a “malignant ecotumor” “invites the hate.” Hern > claimed, “I’m not inviting people to do anything. I’d like them to think. > What a concept …” > > It’s Hern’s “humans as cancer” hypothesis that drives him to perform > abortions. He told Richardson, I do think that helping people control their > fertility is highly consistent with helping people be responsible citizens > of the planet. If somebody misunderstands it or tries to distort it, I don’t > give a s---.” > > And back in 1990, he told the Edmonton Journal, “Providing abortion services > is not only consistent with my personal and professional ethics, but I see > it as consistent with this larger view that one of the most urgent > necessities is providing people with fertility control that’s safe, > effective, and offered in a humane and dignified way.” > > “Humane and dignified?” During the heated debate surrounding the 2003 > partial-birth abortion ban, Hern discussed what he perceived as the gray > area in the law in a Slate.com article <http://www.slate.com/id/2090215/>. > “The fetus cannot be delivered ‘alive’ in my procedure – as the ban > stipulates in defining prohibited procedures – because I begin by giving the > fetus an injection that stops its heart immediately,” he explained. Later in > the article Hern described an abortion he performed on a woman in her > 17thweek: > > Because of the two days of prior treatment, the amniotic membranes were > visible and bulging. I ruptured the membranes and released the fluid to > reduce the risk of amniotic fluid embolism. Then I inserted my forceps into > the uterus and applied them to the head of the fetus, which was still alive, > since fetal injection is not done at that stage of pregnancy. I closed the > forceps, crushing the skull of the fetus, and withdrew the forceps. The > fetus, now dead, slid out more or less intact. > > None of this was mentioned when Hern appeared on television. > > *Not an “Abortionist” * > > * * > > While Hern has been unapologetic and not the lease reluctant to describe > abortions in graphic detail, he still claimed to hate the term > “abortionist.” > > Hern explained to Richardson that the “abortionist” label is now “a > degrading and demeaning word that has the same negative connotations as the > most despicable racial epithet.” > > Richardson, to his credit, called the word “a simple descriptive term like > ‘podiatrist’” and “the right word, an accurate word,” and continued to use > “abortionist” throughout the article. But he noted that “our discomfort with > it is but a measure of how poisoned the language of abortion has become.” > > Richardson’s insistent use of “abortionist” is rare for mainstream media > outlets. Others use “abortion provider,” “doctor who performs abortions,” or > simply “doctor” or “physician” as descriptors for abortionists. The terms, > while accurate, obfuscate the intent of abortion – to end a human life. > > The media further water down abortion in their descriptions of the > procedure, as CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta did in his June > 2 description of late-term abortion following Tiller’s murder. > > “The type of abortion that does happen late is often something where the > cervix is dilated, the fetus is removed, sometimes medicines or chemicals > are injected into the womb as well. So that’s typically what you’re talking > about when you’re talking about late-term abortion,” he stated on CNN’s > Newsroom. > > One wonders whether Gupta read Hern’s abortion description in Slate. And > that description was for an abortion at 17 weeks. What would one at a later > stage entail, and how would Gupta downplay its horror? > > *Pro-Life “Fascists,” “Terrorists” * > > * * > > Just after George Tiller’s murder, Hern pleaded for a cooling off of the > rhetoric in the abortion debate. He told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on June 1, > “We need to use language that is respectful instead of the hateful hate > language of the anti-abortion movement, which is often used by legitimate > so-called journalists like William Saletan, Ellen Goodman, and Chris > Matthews.” > > But as MSNBC’s Olbermann approvingly noted, Hern doesn’t shrink from > inflammatory speech. And, just as Hern’s view of “humans as malignant > ecotumors” has been consistent, so has his characterization of pro-life > advocates as fascists. > > In a 2002 op-ed <http://www.drhern.com/owensabpolicy.htm> for The Colorado > Statesman, Hern compared pro-life advocates to the Taliban and the violent > Egyptian Islamic Brotherhood. He described a confrontation between him and > members of the Brotherhood in 1994 and concluded, “The Egyptian Islamic > Brotherhood has something in common with the American anti-abortion > fanatics. For both, I represent an idea that they hate: freedom. > ... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
