- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Bethany House Publishers; Newexpanded ed edition (January 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0764220500
- ISBN-13: 978-0764220500
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 13 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,290,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This book gets to the heart of the matter." C. Everett Koop, M.D.
The new edition of the pro-life classic, completely updated for the 25th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (January 22, 1998). Provides up-to-the-minute answers to the latest pro-choice arguments.
At a time when the partial-birth abortion debate has raised the national consciousness to a new level, Dr. Jean Garton provides additional slogans and the mind-set behind them in this expanded edition of her groundbreaking look at abortion euphemisms. The prochoice movement runs on the emotional fuel of its slogans: "A woman has a right to control her own body." "Every child a wanted child." "A fetus is not a person." After a quarter century of legalized abortion, the arguments have remained the same, and they remain unexamined and untrue. Garton masterfully probes the true meanings behind the smokescreen of words, slogan by slogan supplying ready answers for people who are prolife and who need help in answering the rhetoric or who might be hiding behind the most euphemistic smokescreen of all: "I am personally against abortion, but I believe in a woman's right to choose."
The new edition of the pro-life classic, completely updated for the 25th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (January 22, 1998). Provides up-to-the-minute answers to the latest pro-choice arguments.
At a time when the partial-birth abortion debate has raised the national consciousness to a new level, Dr. Jean Garton provides additional slogans and the mind-set behind them in this expanded edition of her groundbreaking look at abortion euphemisms. The prochoice movement runs on the emotional fuel of its slogans: "A woman has a right to control her own body." "Every child a wanted child." "A fetus is not a person." After a quarter century of legalized abortion, the arguments have remained the same, and they remain unexamined and untrue. Garton masterfully probes the true meanings behind the smokescreen of words, slogan by slogan supplying ready answers for people who are prolife and who need help in answering the rhetoric or who might be hiding behind the most euphemistic smokescreen of all: "I am personally against abortion, but I believe in a woman's right to choose."
About the Author
Jean Staker Garton was co-founder and president of the national organization Lutherans for Life. She continues to speak in venues around the world in support of the preborn. size : 5.2 x 7.5
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THE STORY IS TOLD BY A YOUNG MOTHER of her two little boys, ages four and six, who one day ran into the house and excitedly declared, We know where babies come from! Read the first page
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Rhetoric full of distortions,
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This review is from: Who Broke the Baby? (Expanded) (Paperback)
I get so TIRED of books that so slickly attempt to "know" what women who believe in pro-choice REALLY believe. I don't know ANY woman who IS pro-choice who thinks abortion is a good thing. Those of us who believe that it should be the woman's decision about what happens to our own bodies believe precisely that. We do not "believe" in abortion and many of us would not elect abortion if faced with that decison. What we DO believe is that no one else as the right to make our decisions FOR us. I know women who have chosen to abort who have gone through great agony in reaching that decision and who came to that decision only after much hard, serious thought, many painful discussions with other women AND men, and many, many sleepless nights. And after aborting, they continued to second-guess their decision for some time, until finally coming to terms with the fact that they did what was right for THEM given the circumstances of their lives. Women who believe in pro-choice do NOT "believe" in abortion -- they believe in their FREEDOM to make the most appropriate choice for them depending on the situations in which we live. People who decide to read books on this issue should be prepared to do so with an open mind and allow themselves to THINK based on what they read and to give themselves permission to CHANGE their minds accordingly. Passionate, unreasoned persuasion is no persuasion at all; it is nothing but acquescing to the rhetoric of mob behavior.
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Whoever controls the rhetoric controls the debate,
By Pat Goltz "PatGoltz" (Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Who Broke the Baby? (Expanded) (Paperback)
This book is all about the language of the abortion debate. It uncovers and dissects the rhetoric which the abortion choicers use to obfuscate the fact that abortion is the brutal axe murder of a defenseless child. For far too long, the abortion choicers have determined the language with which this political debate is discussed. The pro-life movement has allowed this to happen. Euphemisms have always been the tool of those who would hide the truth. The whole purpose of the book is to uncover the subterfuge. It does an excellent job of this. Unfortunately, many sincere people in the pro-life movement have fallen victim to the terminology of those who would excuse this horrible inhumanity to these tiny children. I urge every pro-life person to read this book thoroughly, commit to memory the information therein, and never again to let anyone get away with using language to rob people of their inalienable rights. The use of language in this manner has always been the tool of those who would legitimize evil. Do not let this continue to happen! Read this book and heed its message. Our very civilization depends on it.
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Poignant Arguments Against Abortion,
By Treyka (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Who Broke the Baby? (Expanded) (Paperback)
This book is an excellent addition to the library of any pro-life advocate. It contains carefully detailed political, scientific and biblical facts which get right to the heart of the pro-life/pro-choice argument. The author takes the focus off the woman and puts it where it rightfully belongs: on life itself. I plan to buy several copies of this book to give away as the need arises.
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