A leading abortion rights organization has enlisted Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep and other movie/television stars in a campaign against pro-life legislative efforts.
The "Draw the Line" campaign of the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) kicked off with online videos Oct. 9 featuring Streep, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Lisa Kudrow, Tea Leoni, Audra McDonald, Olympia Dukakis, Amy Poehler and others.
"Every day, the opponents of our fundamental reproductive rights are passing laws designed to take those rights away," Streep says in her video. "They're shutting down doctors and clinics across the nation. They're making it nearly impossible for millions of women to get the essential health care they need."
The effort urges endorsements of CRR's "Bill of Reproductive Rights," which calls for protection for the right to abortion and other services.
C. Ben Mitchell, professor of moral philosophy at Union University in Jackson, Tenn., asked by Baptist Press for comment, noted, "Even wonderfully talented people need to be educated about the sanctity of EVERY human life. Women's rights matter. And so do the rights of unborn children, especially the right not to be killed in the womb.
"Pro-life Christians are at least as concerned as these actors and actresses about every woman's right to get accurate information about abortion," said Mitchell, who serves as editor of Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics.
Source: Baptist Press
