Do as I say, not as I do.

Per Paul’s post below, I’d like to direct you here. (I got this link from Maha.) It's a collection of anecdotes from abortion providers who have provided abortions to "pro-lifers," some of whom they recognized as having picketed their clinics. It’s everything you need to know about the “pro-life” folks. A couple of snippets:

I have done several abortions on women who have regularly picketed my clinics, including a 16 year old schoolgirl who came back to picket the day after her abortion…

One morning, a woman who had been a regular 'sidewalk counselor' went into the clinic with a young woman who looked like she was 16-17, and obviously her daughter. When the mother came out about an hour later, I had to go up and ask her if her daughter's situation had caused her to change her mind. 'I don't expect you to understand my daughter's situation!' she angrily replied…

The sister of a Dutch bishop in Limburg once visited the abortion clinic in Beek where I used to work in the seventies. After entering the full waiting room she said to me, 'My dear Lord, what are all those young girls doing here?' 'Same as you', I replied. 'Dirty little dames,' she said…

A 21 year old woman and her mother drove three hours to come to their appointment for an abortion. They were surprised to find the clinic a 'nice' place with friendly, personable staff. While going over contraceptive options, they shared that they were Pro-Life and disagreed with abortion, but that the patient could not afford to raise a child right now. Also, she wouldn't need contraception since she wasn't going to have sex until she got married, because of her religious beliefs…

Unfortunately, many also think that somehow they are different than everyone else and they deserve to have an abortion, while no one else does…

The rationalization is pathological. And the further you delve into the hearts and minds of the “pro-life” crowd—whether it’s women who have abortions and consider themselves the exception, parents of such women, women who personally reject abortion as an option and fail to see that that is a choice too, men who seek to control women’s autonomy, or any of the other types that make up this movement—the more you realize that this isn’t about morality; it’s just about control.