Most people know who the actor Mark Ruffalo is: cute, so utterly watchable on screen in romantic comedies, and plays a Super Hero character…well sort of…the Hulk has his anger issues, but nonetheless, Mark Ruffalo is fun to watch. So I was sad to hear that he is using his voice for a less than chivalrous purpose…he speaks to protect and defend abortion. He brought up the issue and talked about his mother whom he says was “forced” to illegally have an abortion. Abortion was illegal in her state, and apparently she crossed to another state and had an abortion in a so-called cheap hotel room. He says, “When I heard the story I was aghast by the lowliness of a society that would make a woman do that. I could not understand its lack of humanity; today is no different.”
I’m so sad to know that he sides with those who are obviously blind to their own inhumanity. So sad that he, and they, can’t see the incongruity of their thoughts and statements. He speaks of the “lowliness of a society,” referring to those who would make laws to protect the life of an innocent child. And in so saying, that those who want the right to take the life of their child, are the pillars of society? Something is amiss here.
I’m so sad to hear him say, “What happened to my mother was a relic of an America that was not free nor equal nor very kind.” I know he, and they, will never get this, but my heart breaks for those who think like this. They just can’t see that they are free, free to say no to sex, which pretty much everyone realizes leads to pregnancy. He’s saying we are not kind when we put laws in place to protect the lives of babies? We are not kind when we work to protect women from abortion because we know how many thousands of women are broken and never forget the hole in their heart that abortion leaves with them?
I’m so sad to lose the voice of a public persona who could advocate for saving lives instead of taking them. Mr. Ruffalo concludes by saying that he trusts women with their choices, he trusts them with their bodies and he trusts them with their children. He has decided to speak for women and mothers; I guess he’s saying that he trusts mothers to make the right choice for their children, that they would have their best interest at heart. Which children? The ones they are going to deny life to? I just wonder if the children who are about to be ripped from their safe place in the womb and denied their right to live trust their mothers?
Shining The Light 