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The Texas Tribune recently posted a video interview with a man and woman frustrated by the recent abortion restrictions in Texas. The woman found out her abortion appointment had been canceled, and she had to travel to Austin in order to stop her child’s heartbeat.

The video is one-sided, of course, as it only shows the point of view of a pro-choice couple (who call the recent restrictions “fiendishly clever” and a “wake-up call” for people passionate about abortion rights).

What’s intriguing about the video, however, is how it seems to have backfired.

Glancing through the comments and blog streams about the video, there is a wide sense of revulsion at the fact that this couple who appear educated, financially stable, and established would choose to go through an abortion simply due to the stress of it “not being the right time.”

Americans feel a certain empathy for women in difficult circumstances who are convinced the only way option they have is abortion. That empathy tends to erode the longer the pregnancy goes on. (60% of American women agree that abortions after 20 weeks should be banned.)

Empathy also tends to erode when abortion is turned to as a matter of convenience or when a man is present and (apparently) willing to shoulder the responsibility, as is evident in this particular case.

Watch for yourself, and weep for the little one whose life was snuffed out. Then pray that more eyes would open to the humanity of the unborn.

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