In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Operation Rescue organized masses sit ins at abortion clinics, were pro-lifers attempted to prevent women and close the clinics and force the clinics to shut down. Operation Rescue’s actions garnered a lot of media attention, but most of it was negative. At one event, Randall Terry, the head of Operation Rescue, displayed an aborted baby to the media and tried to get them to photograph it in order to convey the reality of abortion:
He said:
“Do you have the integrity to show the people of Wichita the truth? This little child abolishes the proabortion arguments. I challenge you to show this baby. It’s reality.”…
None of the local television stations ran footage of the aborted baby. According to an article:
“No, no, no, no,” said Matthew Salkind, news director at KAKE–TV, Ch. 10. “I would not let us do that. I can’t see any point to that. Everybody gets the point without seeing something that graphic.”
Bob Yuna, news director at KSNW–TV, Ch. 3, said, “We chose not to run the picture of the purported fetus.”
Officials at KWCH–TV, Ch. 12, could not be reached for comment.
David Merritt Jr., editor of the Wichita Eagle, also declined comment.”
Julie Lundstrom Thomas “Abortion Foes’ Leader Says Media Lying” Wichita Eagle July 19, 1991
For young pro-lifers who grew up after the Internet became accessible and available, it is hard to imagine how difficult it was to spread the pro-life message in the past. It was very hard to reach people with the facts about abortion. In the 90s, I was lucky if I gave a talk and spread the pro-life message to 30 people in a month. Now this website, clinicquotes, has 1500 visitors a day. It’s amazing how the Internet has changed things – now the facts about abortion are accessible to everyone. Pro-lifers should make use of this tool.
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