{"id":5255,"date":"2010-11-19T07:44:11","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T07:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/11\/an-abortion-stunt.html"},"modified":"2010-11-19T07:44:11","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T07:44:11","slug":"an-abortion-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/11\/an-abortion-stunt.html","title":{"rendered":"An abortion stunt?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"500x_petealishasmall.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>By now you may have heard about this couple <\/a>inviting people to vote online whether or not they should have an abortion.<\/p>\n

Blogger Jill Stanek<\/a> smells something fishy: <\/p>\n

\nA pregnant married couple is taking votes whether to abort their baby boy or carry him to term.<\/p>\n

The last day of the pregnancy they say they can legally abort in their home state of Minnesota is December 9, a day before the baby is 20 weeks old. And, they say, they will go however the final vote tally goes.<\/p>\n

Although the posts appeared plausible when I perused them, the concept had “scam” written all over it. So I didn’t buy in…  <\/p>\n

..The reaction has been most interesting. Pro-aborts think this is a scam against them. Now, while pro-lifers are becoming incensed and begging the couple not to abort, pro-aborts are becoming incensed and wanting the couple to be shot.<\/p>\n

Reading more closely what the couple writes, I’ve come to agree this is a pro-life stunt. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read on<\/a> to find out why. The evidence is compelling. <\/p>\n

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