11.06.13 UMMM, BEN

From The Esperansa Project

November 6, 2013

Dear Friends of the Unborn...and Born Alive:

One Year ago today, Governor Calvo signed into law an act which would require women seeking abortion to be given information about the procedure as well as their rights and alternatives. Across the nation, abortion numbers have fallen where ever this type of legislation has been enacted, not just because women become more aware about the life within them, but because they learn that they cannot be coerced to have an abortion which accounts for as many as 60% of abortions. (See Forced Abortion in America)

At the 11th hour of its passage, opponents of the bill, realizing they could not continue to oppose such common sense legislation publicly, inserted a provision requiring the informational materials to be subjected to a rule-making process which would tie up the implementation of the bill indefinitely.

Their plan worked. The law has never been implemented. And during this one year during which the law was successfully hobbled, another 286 children have been carved up and thrown in a dumpster. (5 year abortion average).

Note: The picture is of Amillia Taylor, born in 2006 in Miami at 23 weeks weighing just 283 grams.

How many of those children could have had a different fate, we don't know. The law would require that women seeking an abortion be made aware of the potential for adoption. And we know, according to CPS, that there are "at least ten" parents waiting and hoping to adopt a child. At least ten of those children could have ended up in caring homes instead of rotting away in our new landfill.

One of the most ardent champions of abortion over the years has been Senator Ben Pangelinan. He should not shirk from this label. He should wear it proudly. He believes in a "woman's right to choose". More power to him. He has a right and responsibility to stand up for his beliefs. But neither he, nor others who believe the same, should be allowed to mask what that choice really means: a dead, mutilated child, torn limb from limb, or painfully burnt to death by chemicals.

Senator Pangelinan had some interesting things to say during the legislative session on November 5, 2013. Realizing that the gig was up, that the informed consent bill which he had been battling since 2008 had already become law, and that with the passage of Bill 193 it would finally be implemented, Pangelinan thought he'd throw a few lies into the debate to see if he could derail it.

Lies is a harsh word. But what else to call them? Pangelinan is arguably the smartest, most educated man in the legislature. He's also the most politically savvy, as evidenced by his perpetual tenure as a senator. In short, Pangelinan is too smart not to know he was making it up.

Pangelinan impugned the AG's opinion that the printed materials did not constitute a rule and lamented that without the triple A process there would be "no opportunity for public comment or scrutiny", which he said "is consistent with what every single member of the this body voted for in the original legislation.

Umm, Ben, "every single member"?? You and three others voted AGAINST the original legislation. Remember? Or is that just an inconvenient fact?

Also, "no opportunity for public comment"??? What was the public hearing for? Every single provision governing what would go in to the booklet and checklist was available for public comment at the hearing for the bill! The Director of Public Health can NOT put anything into those materials that is not already prescribed in the law.

But of course Pangelinan is good at weaving yarns into straw. He's had twenty plus years plus of practice in the Guam Legislature.

Pangelinan also went on to accuse the Director of Public Health of "hiding" the materials and of being "afraid" to send them to the Legislature.

Umm, Ben, Section 4 of the law, the section Bill 193 is attempting to amend, requires that the materials be subjected to the Administrative Adjudication Law BEFORE they can be sent to the Legislature. And of course we KNOW why you want those materials back in your hands, don't we?

His biggest whopper was claiming that the delay in the implementation of the law was not the fault of the Legislature.

Umm, Ben, the requirement to subject the materials to the rules process was NOT in the original bill. That was forced in by you and your colleagues to delay the implementation of the law indefinitely and to keep your abortion industry friends happy. And, as already noted, it worked. There's three hundred more dead babies to your credit.

Pangelinan is too smart not to know this, but this little tirade played well to his financiers watching from the other side of the glass.

Watch it here: