‘Law and Order’ Tackles Abortion

NBC’s venerable crime procedural, “Law & Order,” has endured a fair amount of deserved criticism around here lately.  Big Hollywood’s thoughtful critiques of the show’s leftward slide and irksome predictability are, sadly, valid.  Like many L&O fans, I’ve been forced to admit that recent seasons have been quite disappointing.   The word “cancellation” has cropped up in my mind more than once.

That being said, this season has been refreshingly solid.  Aside from the atrocious “Let’s prosecute Cheney!” season premiere, each successive episode has been vintage “Law & Order.”  The most recent episode (”Dignity,” October 23) bordered on spectacular.  *Spoiler alert*

It did not begin auspiciously.  The opening sequence set the stage for yet another warmed-over episode wherein an abortionist is murdered, and the rest of the program consists of detectives trying to determine which anti-abortion nutter did the deed.  The show’s writers usually permit one character to utter a single token pro-life line (”Just because you might disagree with abortion doesn’t justify this violence!”), while the oh-so-reasonable pro-choice characters get the last word.  Having seen this template before, I almost flipped channels.  It seems as though at least one of the L&O spinoff series airs a “new” abortion-doctor-murder episode every year.  One wonders if more abortionists have been slain on this fictional television franchise over the past 20 years than in real life. (more…)

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Tags: abortion, cheney, law & order, nbc, Obama
Posted Oct 27th 2009 at 8:57 am in Politics, Television | 253318138 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/gbenson/2009/10/27/law-and-order-tackles-abortion/%27Law+and+Order%27+Tackles+Abortion2009-10-27+15%3A57%3A08Guy+Benson

The Choice: A One Act Play

Characters:
Possible: A well-spoken bit of biological material.
Mr. Patronus: Possible’s visitor.
The Setting: A warm, dark place.

(Curtain. Possible is alone on stage when Mr. Patronus enters.)

Possible: Who are you?

Patronus: My name is Mr. Pratronus. I’m sorry to suddenly intrude like this, but I’ve been assigned as your STO.

Possible: Stow?

Patronus: STO. Your Survival Training Officer. Your birth time is approaching and I’ve been sent in to train you in a few techniques that might increase your chances of surviving the next few days. (more…)

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Tags: abortion, birth, Hippocratic Oath, Law, partial birth abortion
Posted Mar 20th 2009 at 3:51 pm in Politics | 8363452 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bwillingham/2009/03/20/the-choice/The+Choice%3A+A+One+Act+Play2009-03-20+22%3A51%3A35Bill+Willingham

An Inconvenient Truth

Thank you Gary, for your insightful passionate piece defending life in the womb. I know you really took a risk, and I thank you. There’s no time anymore to pussyfoot around.

Funny isn’t it, how the party of acceptance is very unaccepting of an opposing view. They cling to the mantra that those who believe in protecting the unborn are religious nuts, uneducated and ignorant. It’s a great place to hide, but I believe that as time goes by they are running out of hiding places.

It was brilliant when you referred to the statement, “abortions should be rare.” Why would they say that when it’s a safe and legal “procedure” enjoyed by thousands every day? No big woop. Have abortion parties to celebrate saving the whales, lie in the stirrups and get a pedicure. No big deal, right? (more…)

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Tags: abortion, gary graham, Obama, partial birth abortion, Pro Life
Posted Feb 20th 2009 at 5:15 am in Featured Story, Politics | 49738172 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mmalone/2009/02/20/an-inconvenient-truth-2/An+Inconvenient+Truth2009-02-20+13%3A15%3A43Maggie+Malone

Flashpoint! A Woman’s Right To Choose

I’m not a person filled with hate. I don’t brew strong stomach acids when I hear/see things I think horrendously idiotic or unjust in the news or on the street. Initially, my reaction is to laugh. The irony is simply too much, and I crack up. Generally, it’s either laugh…or cry. And who wants to spend the day in tears? For I would, were I to give in to that option of dealing with the utter, naked insanity in our midst on a daily basis. I’m not just talking about something that ‘isn’t quite right’ or… ‘is just a tad out of whack’…I’m talking about the United States of America in this year of 2009 being completely off its moorings and slipping into the abyss.

“What the hell is Graham on about now?? What momentous, screeching rant is he conjuring up now; can somebody put him on a stupid TV show so he’d shut up already??” – Your name here.

No. I’m going to say it. I’m going to say what millions know in the front of their brains, and many, many more millions know in the depths of their hearts…but won’t allow themselves to think it, much less feel it. And believe me, I know I’ll be hated for saying it, I’ll be hated by people who don’t know me, have never worked with me, have never golfed with me, had a drink with me, shot the shit with me. They’ve never met me, don’t want to meet me…but they will hate me. I’m going to say it anyway: Abortion is murder. (more…)

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Tags: abortion, family planning, nancy pelosi, partial birth abortion
Posted Jan 27th 2009 at 3:47 pm in Featured Story, Politics | 32250358 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggraham/2009/01/27/flashpoint-a-womans-right-to-choose/Flashpoint%21+A+Woman%27s+Right+To+Choose2009-01-27+23%3A47%3A26Gary+Graham