Bowl-a-thon to raise money for abortion?

WOW! I realize this stuff happens, but it
disturbs me when I actually see an ad like this!


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>'Bowling for abortion' raises $400,000
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>http://www.lifesitenews.com/images/sized/images/news/Bowling4Ab
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>BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, April 25, 2012,
>(<http://lifesitenews.com>LifeSiteNews.com) –
>People seldom associate the bowling alley with
>the abortion alley, but an annual "bowling for
>abortion" event has raised more than $400,000 to
>fund abortions across the country.
>The National Abortion Access Bowl-a-Thon
><http://bowlathon.nnaf.org/nnafbowl/default.asp>describes
>itself as "a nationwide series of local events
>that allow community members (you!) to captain
>your own bowling team, participate in a kickass
>national event– and raise money to help women
>and girls pay for abortions they couldn't
>otherwise afford." In addition offering partial
>funding for abortions, the proceeds "buy bus or
>plane tickets, and even offer a place to stay
>for those who have to travel for an abortion."
>As of this writing, the group has raised more than $401,000.
>A total of
><http://bowlathon.nnaf.org/nnafbowl/findevent.asp>32
>bowl-a-thons, from Rhode Island to California,
>are scheduled in the last two weeks of April.
>Those in other locations can take part in a
><http://bowlathon.nnaf.org/nnafbowl/fundevent.asp?nnaffundid=30&eventid=104>virutal
>bowl-a-thon on April 30.
>On Sunday, there will also be one
><http://bowlathon.nnaf.org/nnafbowl/fundevent.asp?nnaffundid=48>miniature
>golf-a-thon. Last year, the D.C. HOLE-a-thon
>raised $28,000 for abortions in the nation's
>capital. This year, its goal is $40,000.
>Some engage in
><http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalnetworkofabortionfunds/5726240641/>transvestitism
>or
><http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalnetworkofabortionfunds/5726799976/>mock
>priests and nuns with their costumes.
>Some participants
><http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalnetworkofabortionfunds/5750074491/>take
>their
><http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalnetworkofabortionfunds/5756595103/>babies
>or
><http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalnetworkofabortionfunds/5726799650/>young
><http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalnetworkofabortionfunds/5750074333/>children
>along. Others
><http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2011/04/08/bowling-for-abortion-access-again/>joked,
>"abortion stops a beating heart."
>According to its
><http://fundabortionnow.org/sites/default/files/fund_abortion_now_press_kit.pdf>press
>kit the bowl-a-thons' beneficiary, the National
>Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF), is "an
>affiliation of more than 100 grassroots abortion
>Funds in 40 states in the United States, as well
>as Funds in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and online."
>Last year, NNAF distributed more than $2.9
>million last year to pay for 21,000 women to
>have abortions. Its
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Tiller>George
>Tiller Memorial Abortion Fund "provides funding
>to women seeking later abortion care."
>"Over the past two months, more than 75% of the
>calls we received were from women who were 16
>weeks or further into their pregnancy," the foundation states.
>The fund concentrates its work on "women living
>in the South," as well as "women in prison,
>immigrant women, very young women and girls, and
>women for whom English is a second language."
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