Talk:Human Life International

message: The anti-Defamation League has asserted that certain members of  Human Life International have expressed anti-semitic sentiments, presumably because of support for abortion among large sections of the American Jewish community. This could maybe be added in the controversies section if the article ever becomes more detailed.  ADM (talk) 04:47, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I would hope that it would be done very carefully.  It is all too common to attribute bigotry to those one disagrees with, and it doesn't necessarily warrant a mention.  The Anti-Defamation League, according to you (I don't question it, but I hadn't heard of it before) has asserted this.  Likewise, a former US President has labeled one who called Obama a liar as a racist.  Never mind that Obama is a liar--on record; one who merely asserts that truth is a racist, according to Jimmy Carter.  That's absurd on its face.  The assertion from the Anti-Defamation League might be just as absurd.    140.147.236.194 (talk) 14:54, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Allegations of antisemitism

message: The above ADL link has now been added to this article, given Marx' recent death.Calibanu (talk) 02:20, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Response to the Above

message: I have concerns about the tone and argument style of the article and its lack of neutrality; this is a partisan issue and parts appear to have been weaselly written, specifically the "rebuttal of ADL accusations" section that is an apologia rather than part of a Wikipedia article. Ogress smash! 16:36, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone concerns 

message: This charge has been published here for years, with no adequate citation. It would be odd for a deeply anti-Semitic organization to remain silent for so many years on an issue that supposedly defines them. This is clearly, as a previous editor noted as a possibility, a matter of attacking the organization based on a very old and poorly sourced charge in order to harm their reputation. The "antisemitism" charge should therefore be deleted.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.25.97.145 (talk) 12:43, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Response to antisemitism charge 

message: To the IP (23.25.97.145) who removed all the tags from the page, can you please explain your reasoning? Thanks Meatsgains (talk) 14:35, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Tags

message: If the organization touts itself as "pro-life," why is that language not being used? The fact that the writers framed it as "anti-abortion" not only reflects a clear bias but also detracts away from the purpose of the article, which is to be informative. Whatever personal views the Wiki writers/editors may hold (and I doubt it's very "diverse"), the site is read by millions of people of varying beliefs and outlooks, and in fairness to them, we owe them an objective article. MUST EVERYTHING be painted in anti-abortion hysteria?  —Preceding unsigned comment added 20:23, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Because "pro-life" is a biased term, it is a spin to put the happiest possible face on the stance against abortion (much as "pro-choice" is spin for those who wish abortion to be legal.) To obfuscate them being an anti-abortion organization would be to obfuscate. We're not saying being "anti-abortion" is bad. It is not a hysterical term. --Nat Gertler (talk) 21:42, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: NatGertler's right. Unless there's some consensus on high that I'm not aware of, let's stick to the more neutral terms.  Bluesphere 06:24, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article written with an obvious BIAS 

message: Currently the article lacks even a single source about HLI not published by the organization itself.  Assuming the characterizations in the article are correct, I find it difficult to believe that none exist.  My first attempt to find any was only somewhat successful, producing these three hits:
.  Perhaps these could be used to start turning this article into something less pointless.  --JBL (talk) 21:23, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  No sources