Category Archives: Abortion

Pro-Life Tactics Stumble

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Bob F.

I was surprised to read that Planned Parenthood (PP) performed more abortions rather than fewer abortions according to their recent report. How can this be? You had to be living under a rock not to realize that PP has been … Continue reading →

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Pregnancy the Old Fashion Way – With a Machine

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Bob F.

In 1969 it was a one-hit-wonder called: “In the Year 2525.” In its dystopian view of the future artificial technology will replace the usefulness of humans. As relates to procreation one verse goes: In the year 6565 You won’t need … Continue reading →

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Iceland and Down Syndrome

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Bob F.

What do you do if you can’t find a solution? If you are Iceland, you terminate it. On August 14, 2017 CBS news did a sobering “On Assignment” segment about Iceland’s solution to Down syndrome. This was not a story … Continue reading →

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Did Our Zeal Overshadow Judgment?

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Bob F.

Some of the most devoted and loving people I know are in the pro-life movement.  They don’t simply have an opinion but they are on the front lines, helping, lobbying, writing, feeding, counseling and caring.  Sometimes, however, we have allowed … Continue reading →

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14-Minute Film Perspective on Abortion: “Mitosis”

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Bob F.

I heard about this pro-life video entitled, “Motosis,” through an online World Magazine article you can read here. Normally I find such media perspectives of the pro-life side overly preachy or sappy.  This is neither.  It is subtle and yet … Continue reading →

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Too Many or Too Few?!?!

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Bob F.

In an earlier blog I reported about the Boston College ethicists who argued that single women should not be permitted to undergo in-vitro fertilization (IVF) because we have too many people.  (ref: http://www.robertfleischmann.com/archives/145).  Now, consider the story of the effectiveness … Continue reading →

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Changing Rhetoric Suggests Changing Hearts – It is Not Good!

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Bob F.

In January of 2013 I wrote an article on the changing language of abortion.  In 1974 when the House of Representatives considered the merits of a Human Life Amendment advocates of abortion rights testified this would all be a different … Continue reading →

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Jesus Wrong?

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Bob F.

The following is an adaptation of a chapel address I delivered on July 2, 2014 at the headquarters of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Luke 20:20-26: Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be honest. … Continue reading →

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Thoughtless Words

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Bob F.

The late Art Linkletter used to do a segment in his radio and television show entitled, “Kids Say the Darnedest Things.”  Growing up my mother used to say, “If you want to know the truth ask a drunk or ask … Continue reading →

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Summary of Arguments Before Supreme Court

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Bob F.

The Hobby Lobby case on the birth control requirement in the Affordable Health Care Act has generated a lot of discussion.  On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 the case was argued before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).  I … Continue reading →

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