{"id":68993,"date":"2015-08-01T03:01:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T07:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=68993"},"modified":"2015-08-03T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T22:02:46","slug":"saints-te-ben-watson-speaks-planned-parenthood-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/saints-te-ben-watson-speaks-planned-parenthood-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints TE Ben Watson speaks out about Planned Parenthood and abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Ben Watson is the tight end for the New Orleans Saints\u00a0with\u00a0a distinguished football career. But he is also a husband, a brother, a father of four, and <a href=\"http:\/\/beyondtheultimate.com\/athlete\/Ben-Watson\">a Christian<\/a> who is against abortion.<\/p>\n<p>After videos released by the Center for Medical Progress\u00a0showed\u00a0top Planned Parenthood employees discussing their fetal parts business,\u00a0Watson took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BenjaminWatsonOfficial\/posts\/732249436902190\">his Facebook<\/a> in response.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BenjaminWatsonOfficial\/posts\/732249436902190\" data-width=\"500\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BenjaminWatsonOfficial\/posts\/732249436902190\"><p>As horrific as it is, the issue isn&#8217;t really the sale of human parts. It&#8217;s the legal practice that allows this to even&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BenjaminWatsonOfficial\">Benjamin Watson<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BenjaminWatsonOfficial\/posts\/732249436902190\">Thursday, July 23, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watson, who often makes such thoughtful points on abortion and other issues across his social media accounts,\u00a0certainly does have a point. Planned Parenthood&#8217;s fetal parts business is &#8220;horrific,&#8221; but since Planned Parenthood is legally allowed to perform such abortions, one moral tragedy begets another.<\/p>\n<p>It is also not surprising that Planned Parenthood would be engaged in such a practice in lieu of the\u00a0other abuses they&#8217;ve committed, lies they&#8217;ve told, and laws they&#8217;ve broken. It all stems from them performing abortions in the first place. Whatever else they&#8217;ve done may be adding insult to injury, but when they\u00a0are\u00a0killing preborn babies, is it really surprising that other <a href=\"https:\/\/liveaction.org\/projects\/\">outrageous<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/plannedparenthoodexposed.com\/\">behavior <\/a>would follow?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/PlannedParenthoodExposed.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg\" alt=\"DefundAd-400b\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg 400w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watson is certainly a notable figure, both in sports and in American culture, and he is able to spread his message to many. As of Friday night, his post had over 26,000 likes and nearly 4,400 shares.<\/p>\n<p>It is rather refreshing to see those like Watson, who use their fame to speak out on issues affecting not just sports and his career, but our country as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Watson is the tight end for the New Orleans Saints\u00a0with\u00a0a distinguished football career. But he is also a husband, a brother, a father of four, and a Christian who is against abortion. 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