Ashley Judd Video Mocks Abortion, Santorum: Women of Virtue Needed

By Jennifer Hartline
4/30/2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

The history of our civilization is being written right now by women. There've been enough chapters of hedonism and death already. It's time for women of virtue to start rewriting the story.

The stars of the "choice" universe have gone way beyond their worn-out euphemisms and are now embracing shameless mockery. Ashley Judd and crew have made a video that mocks the act of killing babies in the womb. They mock the violence of stopping the heartbeat of a child. What a hilarious analogy they've drawn by comparing an abortion to Rick Santorum's suspended Presidential campaign, if you're someone who finds dead babies and wounded mothers hilarious. Apparently they do.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Catholic Online) - The juvenile and malicious video featuring Ashley Judd on the FunnyorDie website ("Rick Santorum Aborts Presidential Campaign") immediately brought to mind my favorite quote from Archbishop Fulton Sheen:

"To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood. When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women."

O, how the lovely have fallen, and what a grotesque crop they've sown. Indeed, what passes for womanhood in our society today is nothing but a cheap, crass knock-off of the original; a crude and sloppy hack painting being sold as the masterpiece. The modern-day "feminist" woman foolishly champions faithlessness, promiscuity, contraception, and abortion and she degrades herself in the process. This latest evidence of just how far women have sunk is not only sad, but alarming.

The stars of the "choice" universe have gone way, way beyond their worn-out euphemisms and are now embracing shameless mockery. Ashley Judd and crew have made themselves a little video (how clever and funny they are!) that mocks the act of killing babies in the womb. They mock the violence of stopping the heartbeat of a child. Ha ha ha ha!! What a hilarious analogy they've drawn by comparing an abortion to Rick Santorum's suspended Presidential campaign, if you're someone who finds dead babies and wounded mothers hilarious. Apparently they do.

Babies are meaningless, doncha know. What matters is insulting and smearing the name of a faithful husband and father who happens to believe that every human life is sacred and deserving of protection. He's a man, and worse, a conservative, Catholic man; therefore, he has no right to any opinion or belief about the legalized baby killing we call "reproductive freedom." In fact, men have no say whatsoever unless they're going to pipe up in favor of exterminating babies.

So this is what we've come to? This is the present and future of "feminism" in America? Women openly mocking the deaths of their own children; deaths fought long and hard for; deaths campaigned and paid for; deaths celebrated as "freedom" and "rights" for women? I'd say that's officially the bottom, folks. There's nowhere lower to sink. That's as pathetic and wicked as it gets.

So now that we've seen the bottom, it's time to work our way up. Women own this mess, and we must be the ones to correct it, through the mercy and power of God. We have a vile legacy behind us. It's rooted deeply in the psyche and hearts of our entire culture. Women opened the door and welcomed the enemy inside because he called himself freedom and "choice" and we were stupid and selfish enough to believe it. Now the equilibrium of our society will never, ever be restored until women get serious about raising the level of womanhood in our culture again.

Not only are men the enemy, but children are commodities now. We manufacture them, buy them, sell them, store them in freezers, discard them if we don't want them, and donate them for scientific study. We do all this because in our minds we own them. They are not persons to us, but property. They are merely "potential" that only will be realized if we so choose. Forget God - we hold the power of life and death in our hands now.

Our children are slaves to our wishes, and when they inconvenience us or disrupt our plans, we kill them and congratulate ourselves for our prudence. Perhaps we go on and on about how difficult the "choice" was for us, but ultimately, we kill them anyway because it was "the right thing to do."

Yes, oh yes, nobody does delusion better than modern women. Mourning abortion is forbidden; denouncing or avoiding abortion is a betrayal of the collective; abortion "only when absolutely necessary" is wimpy and embarrassing; celebrating abortion, finding humor in abortion, adoring abortion - now that's what "feminists" do these days! Look how far we've come! We don't need to question or agonize over the "choice" to kill our babies - it's a good thing. God help us.

I just recently saw the movie "Courageous" and that powerful final scene is still stuck in my head. As Adam Mitchell asked the men in his church that morning, I have to ask a similar question: Where are you, women of virtue?

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Amanda
1 year ago
The article doesn't mention that not only are these actresses turning abortion into a joke, but they also are making fun of RAPE and VICTIM-BLAMING RAPE SITUATIONS (in the first minute of the video, if you listen to the language they use you will recognize this atrocity). This is just as appalling and just as damaging as making fun of abortion. This is NOT okay to blatantly attack sexual assault victims like this; they are just fueling the fire of making a woman whose heart and soul is already shattered to make her feel like such a trauma is HER fault and she should have been able to prevent it. It is disgraceful and disgusting for these women to dare call themselves "feminists" while promoting these negative, oppressive, offensive, cruel and destructive ideals to impressionable young women. Girls will grow up tricked into thinking it is alright to make themselves into sex objects, at the whim of any and every man with no regard to their integrity or self-respect. Should sexual violence become a factor, they will be told it was their own fault and will be humiliated and forced into believing they "let it happen" and in turn will be shamed into declining to seek out support (counseling etc) and will deteriorate emotionally, mentally, and physically. What's more, if a baby should start to grow in their womb, that child will be viewed as a burden, an object, an abomination; something to be repulsed and eliminated--akin to slavery or a cancerous tumor--and that poor life will be lost without even the slightest chance or consideration. Society is trying to raise the daughters of this country with such highly misguided and destructive carelessness; they want us to be animalistic, valueless, and easily manipulated. It is our job to fight back and retain our humanity and morality.
Jennifer Hartline
1 year ago
Emma, I am wiping away tears after reading your comment! How I thank God for your beautiful son and your courage and trust! I can imagine how frightening it must have been for you and your husband, and the leap of faith you took in trusting the Lord, and your example is inspiring. You and your husband are heroes of LIFE. I thank God also for revealing your heart condition and helping you get the care you need! I will remember you and little Mateo in my prayers and be rejoicing for a long time to come at your miracle. I can't thank you enough for sharing it with us. You've given me and all of us at Catholic Online a real gift. I promise you we will continue to expose and confront evil with the truth and because God is greater, He will do amazing things. I'll be smiling all day because of your letter! God bless you!
Emma
1 year ago
Jennifer,

I first visited this site almost 2 yrs. ago. At that time, I stumbled here doing research for a summer school class. This month my husband and I will celebrate our first wedding anniversary. Last fall I discovered that I was pregnant. Because of some medication that I'd been taking at the time, there was a high probability that any child that I had would suffer serious birth defects. The first doctor that I saw was at a Planned Parenthood Clinic who highly recommended abortion or more nicely put, "terminating the pregnancy". I was so bereft and confused! I was not even sure that I would even tell my husband about it. I couldn't see both of us sufferring through the ordeal. After leaving that day, I came to this site. It was one of those many articles posted here that made me wonder if there was another way. I searched through referrals on my campus and came up with a doctor affiliated with our university med school who specializes in high risk pregnancies and made an appointment, then sat down with my husband. When I went to this doctor, I discovered that the prognosis was not as grim as I'd been led to believe and we decided to put our faith in God, pray (ALOT) and go forth and give our child a chance at life. Further on, I was also diagnosed with a heart defect which went unnoticed until the pregnancy had progressed to the third trimester. That put me to bed until last week when it was decided that to go any longer would more than likely put me in the grave. So, with a wonderful team consisting of not only my obstetrician, but also cardiologist and neonatologist I delivered a beautiful 3 1/2 lb. perfectly normal (for his age and size) little baby boy! I won't say that our resources weren't maxed out. But, neither of us would trade this little fellow for the luxury of having had it easier the last few months!!! I only put this here because the three of us wanted to say thank you to all of you for putting the truth out there. Had I listened to that first doctor at pp, had I not read about them here, I would not have questioned their advice. So, thank you all for this beautiful little baby!!!! Emma, Rico, and little Mateo :)
Judy
1 year ago
Rob: Your statement of 3 days ago was very good. Not only good, but True! Again, Blessings...
"G.G" a pro-life Catholic
1 year ago

Jennifer, I love most all of your articles, but this one is like a Hollywood gossip column!
STOP ALREADY! Why doesn't Catholic Online stop mentioning this woman's video....STOP
mentioning her name....She hasn't contributed anything to society to mentor our young girls
to live a life of virtue and self respect....She is NOT a decent role model for our young girls...
I have had the belief that she is a good self respecting Christian....Seems she has fallen for all
the lies and deceit of Hollywood's evil lifestyle to accomplish "being a star"! Is it worth it?

As pretty as she is on the outside she should especially be on the inside....Being a planned
parenthood supporter makes her an accomplice to murder!!...How cheap she is treating her
sexuality and herself....When her youthful beauty fades and no one in Hollywood wants her anymore she will feel "used"... Then I pray that she will become a woman of Virtue and remember that she is one of GOD'S children...Ridiculing Rick Santorum and comparing the
termination of his presidency as an abortive act was disgusting and evil....

So stop advertising for her stardom and don't do anything to acknowledge her....We DO NOT
need these kind of articles on Catholic Online....You've said enough already! Stop emulating
"The Enquirer"!
N
1 year ago
This is sad but true. We have let this world degrade women and we thought it was freedom. Freedom to be bold, but how wrong we have been. In obtaining this false freedom, we have lost families, lost purity, lost respect for ourselves as women. It is not shameful to cover ourselves, but empowering. It is not shameful if one chooses not to paint themselves. A woman's beauty comes from within her soul. Our souls have been corrupted - tv, radio. We are NOT man's equal we ARE his helpmate. We have a place in this world and it is NOT to be greater than man. God gave us a special gift to help procreate life with our bodies. Having large families is not a sin, crime or burdensome, but a blessing. We have become impatient and require immediate gratification in life. That is not the way. I suggest every woman and man get the book "How to Change Your Husband", by a friend of Medjugorje. It will inspire you to turn away from these unfeministic ways and obey as our Blessed Mother does. Obey is NOT a dirty word, we have made it one.
A mnority voice
1 year ago
Now that the lynch mob has hung Ms. Judd in effigy (Although I am sure there are those who would hang her literally), perhaps we can pray for her, that God will open her eyes? On the subject, perhaps we can pray that those women who are actually considering abortion are enlightened to the reality that God loves them and has a plan for them AND their child. I have generally found prayer more effective than venting, not to mention more Christian? Just a thought...
JeanCatherine
1 year ago
Michael

God Bless but dont dispare remember to go to your Lord and dont be bitter by women. Remember your Lady was and is a woman. She is the epitomy of womenhood to the world but the world cant see past the mist and veil that have temporarily blinded us from this.

If you get the chance go to adoration and ask the Lord for healing if that is what you need now. Also Im sure that you could find a good Catholic women out there if this is the case you might find one on the "Singles" button above. Or maybe God will show you one out there. Just ask for Him to guide you. Check it out. If not may God Bless you anyway.
Eileen Wicke
1 year ago
I am here, Jennifer. But thanks for reminding me. Maybe our prayers should also be for us, women, to be strong, to get off the fence, to nurture one another, to pray for our holiness.
I am a substitute teacher. I always try to get in my little prolife, pro holy woman, holy man speech as often as I can to my students without crossing the boundaries of promoting my religion.My children are grown, but everday I pray for my sons' future wives. I have done that since they were young.
Dawn in Kansas
1 year ago
We are followng an old outdated feminist model where women hate themselves so much that they want to shred every piece of dignity and femininity that they have; so much as to kill the very life that strives to spring from their womb. How much more have we allowed the man, who is under God and protector over the woman and child, to be shredded into utter meaningless as to heading the family. Freedom comes from God's law and God's kingdom. I pray that enlightenment of God's design for the family be restored. Each and everyone of us must first pray that God strengthen our men and release them from all sorts of bondage. Women will never benefit if not for being fulfilled with devotion to one's family. If I am free to make the wrong choice then I will reap the punishment. If I am free to make the choice pleasing to God then I will reap the reward. Over and over, scripture tells us that we will not know or understand if we do not have eyes to see or ears to hear. When God fills us with the Holy Spirit, then we are no longer left to wander in darkness of sin, we are finally enlightened. So, learn to nurture and praise your young men when they follow the Lord. Then we will see gentle servants of God who become good husbands and fathers. If the man is seperated from God; all else fails.

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