“I see what crosses my attempt will bring;
I know what thorns the growing rose defends;
I think the honey guarded with a sting;
All this, beforehand, counsel comprehends:
But will is deaf, and hears no heedful friends.”
—Shakespeare’s “The Rape of Lucrece”
In the book of Genesis, first chapter, the writer describes the action of God in creation where, “The earth had no form and was void: darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God hovered over the waters.”
In this void setting the “Word” not only existed but also participated in the act of creation. By the simple utterance by “The Word” of a word (or words) “Let there be light!” creation began to unfold.
It is not a difficult leap to consider that the womb of the woman impregnated, is a microcosm of the story of creation. The Spirit of God “hovers over the waters” where once existed a deep void. This dark hidden place, the womb, is where God and the woman meet to become co-creators in the beginning of a new life.
This sacred meeting has placed women for all time and eternity an exalted place regardless her historical (and present) unjust subordination and mistreatment. Illustrating this concept best are 
the words of Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand. “As when Moses met God on the Mountain his countenance was so bright that the Israelites could not look upon him and so he wore a veil or covering”. [i]
So, for millennia the woman who has had (or even has the potential of having) an intimate encounter with God such as Moses, have worn veils as an expression of that blessed meeting.
Darkness and light often meet in another place called the “Internet.” Purely a human invention, You Tube documents the good, bad and ugly of every single thing. It corrects and creates false impressions, and allows those words captured by camera to be greatly disseminated. This is called going “viral”.
“The Word” is her Favorite Word
One of the popular and recent viral videos circulating is that of the Pro –Choice Catholic Speaker of the House of the United States of America, Nancy Pelosi, speaking of “The Word”, saying that “The Word” is her “favorite” word.[ii] Of course, there has been a much needed retort to her video in which, a commentator asks, “Nancy, When did ‘The Word’ begin to exist? Was it at the moment of conception?”[iii]
Indiana Planned Parenthood Caught On Tape Giving Fabricated Medical Information
Another video gone viral is one called “Planned Parenthood Caught Giving Woman Fabricated Medical Information”. It begins with the caption, Planned Parenthood 9-11-2009. The inquisitive patient asks question about the heartbeat of the baby, and other poignant questions. The caring nurse tells her that “it’s not a baby”…and that they (the clinic where the caring nurse works) will remove “the contents of the uterus”. The most vivid truth stated in the aforementioned sentence is coupled with a multitude of alarming misstatements.[iv]
Post Abortive Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
A study published by BMC Psychiatry Journal[v] involved 155 women in South Africa who have had abortions. This study analyzed symptoms before abortion and at one month [vi] and three months after abortion. Nearly one-fifth of the women had symptoms of PTSD. The authors of the study noted that “high rates of PTSD characterize women who have undergone voluntary pregnancy termination.” And Again, at three months after the abortions, the number of women with PTSD had increased by 61 percent compared to before the abortion.”
Informed Consent Blocked by the Media
By today’s standards, it is hard to determine who are and who are not advocating on behalf of women, particularly when it comes to the issue of abortion. I know that the Pro- abortion advocates would win the debate if the debate were judged based on loudest voice with the most media advocates.
Yet, information such as that about PTSD above – just one of many abortion complications — cannot make it past the media censors.
The media characterizes pro-lifers as simpletons or crazed lunatics itching to blow up a clinic or kill abortion doctors. Violence perpetuated by the clinic escorts goes largely unreported, or is justified by the same main stream media.
The Quandary
So, with all of the conflicting details, how can women find proper and honest counsel when making the decision to terminate a pregnancy? By far, Planned Parenthood has the name known “brand” advantage simply by having the Federal Government as its major source of funding. They refuse to admit that there are any consequences at all for a woman who aborts her child, and, in fact, are only advantages: they cite advantages that are financial and “self-bettering” (i.e desire to finish school, extinction of an imperfect child, etc).
It is strangely different from that of the natural instinct of a mother: to protect her child at all cost. If a child were to lose a leg in a car accident, would a mother abandon her? If a child is found to have a brain tumor which would render him unable to function, would the natural reaction of a mother be to have him euthanized? Abortion goes against the natural instincts of a woman, indeed.
The Answer Demands Innovation
The odds against the Pro-Life movement getting their message out are slim to none, but it is this: We will help you and support you while you finish school, pay your medical bills, care for your other children while you travail through this difficult time.” While these purely privately-funded benefits are available to all women seeking abortion, it is nearly impossible to get the information to them. Women are guarded from those offering help, guarded by “escorts” hired by the clinic — often carrying pointed umbrellas to block the view of any pro-life information. Those wishing to advise women (advice often coming from many women who regret their own abortions) are unable by law to be within 150 feet of the entrance to the clinic.
Enter the “Hope Mobile”
The “Hope Mobile” is a motor home which is manned (sorry for the sexist reference) by an ultrasound technician and a driver. The interior has been transformed into a mini-clinic where a woman can receive alternatives to having an abortion. Women are allowed to look through a window to the womb, prior to making the decision to abort. In other words, a woman is fully informed of alternative choices and allowed to see the development stage of her child.
In an interview with Kelly Copeland[vii], one of the most driven (no pun intended) proponents of this project, I was told, that “Once a woman is allowed to see her child on an ultrasound, she realizes that she already IS a mom. Only two women in ten decide to continue on to terminate their pregnancy.”
Kelly Copeland is a working technician, chief architect and detail man. Kelly left his business to bring success to the Tucson Pro-Life movement full time. He was instrumental in opening the “Fatima Women’s Center” in Tucson, Arizona.[viii] Presently, he is the other half of what Eric and Kelly call, “A Partnership for Life”.
Their goal is to have at least one of these “Clinics” in every city in the United States.
With No Government Funding, Where Does the Money Come From?
Eric Genuis, [ix]is the other half of this brilliant and dedicated partnership. Eric is a career composer, and acclaimed worldwide performer. He is the Philosopher of the pair often quoting Plato, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good, true, and beautiful.”
Eric, is a virtuoso pianist, has found some of the most talented and dedicated Musicians to complete the fundraising side of this project. All are high ranking virtuoso’s themselves — violinists, cellists, and vocalists.[x] Eric’s original compositions never fail to inspire the audience to give generously to fund the Hope Mobile project. Further, volunteers are stirred to see that the once abstract project becomes a complete reality.
Free concerts are the avenues by which Parishes and Churches begin their own “Hope Mobile” project under the careful watch of the builder in chief, Kelly Copeland.
Pregnancy Counseling Center, Mission Hills, California[xi]
“Help, Hope, and Truth” is the tag line for the Pregnancy Counseling Center in Mission Hills, California. My sister in law Cristen became an advocate for the Center after miscarrying one of her twins. She was told by her doctor that Vinnie (the second twin and my Godson) would suffer from multiple health problems if carried to term. The doctors suggested that she abort. Cristen would not have it.
In order to support her, I attended one of these “Free Concerts”. My words will never adequately describe what I and the rest of the audience experienced that day. I interviewed Kelly and Eric at length afterward for this publication. We are hoping to transcribe that interview and make it available to the reading audience in the future.
For now, if you are interested in booking a “free concert”, or finding out more about starting a Hope Mobile project, please contact this author at calfocari@sbcglobal.net, or click any of “footnote” links. And while you are at it: make this article go viral.
[i] http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=6017
[ii] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_HoM6213kc
[iii] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSko2ixEB8U
[iv] http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/70445
[v] http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpsychiatry/
[vi] http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08021316.html
[vii] http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/ultrasound_on_wheels1/
[viii] http://fatimawomenscenter.com/
[ix] http://www.ericgenuis.com/
