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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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meeting with the presidents of NARAL, 13 Planned Parenthood andthe Femin<strong>is</strong>t Majority Foundation, to articulate a new abortionrights strategy.Although it <strong>is</strong> unlikely the requested meeting ever tookplace, the letter demonstrates the changes in the mainstreamabortion rights movement; abortion supporters are altering theirmessage to appeal to the spiritual and emotional needs of women.Marked “urgent,” Loonan’s letter was addressed to KateMichelman, Gloria Feldt and Eleanor Smeal. In it, sherecommended that abortion supporters “take back the higher moralground.” 14 Abortion “<strong>is</strong>n’t wrong, immoral, a criminal act or13NARAL Pro­Choice America, formerly known as the National Abortionand Reproduction Rights Action League.26Peggy Loonan to Kate Michelman; Gloria Feldt; Eleanor Smeal;November 18, 2002, Life and Liberty for Women, “Life and Liberty forWomen’s Abortion Rights Message ­ At Odds With Mainstream AbortionRights Organizations and Their Weak ‘Choice’ Message,”http://www.lifeandlibertyforwomen.org/mainstream.html.194

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