From: HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.)
Subject: Re: Arthur S. DeMoss
Organization: University of Houston Administrative Computing
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 17:50:07 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.20

In <sprice.920731100530@eng.auburn.edu> sprice@eng.auburn.edu writes:

> I posted a question last week about Arthur S. DeMoss.  Looks like Linda
> Birmingham  has been doing her homework.  My original inquiry asked about
> the Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation which is currently sponsoring some 
> commercials on television.  These commericals always show children
> who were "children of parents who chose not to have an abortion."  The slogan
> at the end is "Life what a beautiful choice."  Some comments I received 
> attacked the DeMoss Fnd for being pro-life, but it almost seems to be a
> pro-choice commercial to me since they really stress that the parents had
> to make a decision.  Maybe this is a new approach from the pro-choice camp
> trying to show the other, less emphasized choice.  

  Well, I rather doubt it's the pro-choicers.  Not to impugn their motives,
but I've never seen them advocate another choice--to be fair, this is not a
good spot to catch that kind of talk, and most pro-choicers do seem to
consider abortion undesirable (as opposed to prevention), if nevertheless 
needed.  More likely (esp given the religious bent of the group, as noted
below), these are pro-lifers trying to approach the issue from a different
angle.

  Personally, I like the idea.  Its a lot better than screaming outside of
clinics, and much more positive.  At least as long as they advocate making
the choice...

> Here's what Linda gave me.... it's a re-post, but I've gotten several 
> requests to summarize....
> 
> ========
> Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
> Distribution: na
> Date: Tuesday, 14 Apr 1992 14:08:31 EST
> From: Linda Birmingham <ADMN8647@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
> Message-ID: <92105.140831ADMN8647@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
> Newsgroups: talk.abortion
> Subject:    DeMoss Foundation
> 
> "The Arthur S. De Moss Foundation is almost invisible
> to the public, since it shuns publicity and doesn't
> issue annual reports.  Named for its founder, a born-
> again Christian who made a fortune in the insurance
> business and died in 1979, De Moss funds various
> causes, most of them evangelical.  In 1989 (the most
> recent year for which figures are available), its
> donations included $2.4 million to Campus Crusade for
> Christ, $500,000 to Walk Thru the Bible Ministries,
> $225,000 to the Pat Boone Foundation and $130,000 to
> the Fellowship of Christian Athletes"
> 
> Newsweek, April 6, 1992, "A Hymn to Adoption - Or is it?"

  Wild.  I was born on April 6, 1967.  And I'm adopted, too.  And people
wonder why I think the way I do.

> Shannon Price

semper fi,

Jammer Jim Miller 
Texas A&M University '89 and '91
********************************************************************************
* Aggie in Cougarland -- I just work here.				       *
* Speak for my employers?  They don't even know I exist!		       *
*"Become one with the Student Billing System. *BE* the Student Billing System."*
*             *********************************************		       *
* "Power finds its way to those who take a stand.  Stand up, Ordinary Man."    *
*      ---Rik Emmet, Gil Moore, Mark Levine: Triumph 		               *
********************************************************************************
Newsgroups: talk.abortion