{"id":1358993,"date":"2022-03-04T10:22:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T15:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358993"},"modified":"2022-03-04T15:22:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:22:44","slug":"virginia-dems-to-vote-on-unconscionable-abortion-provider-appreciation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-dems-to-vote-on-unconscionable-abortion-provider-appreciation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Dems To Vote On \u2018Unconscionable\u2019 Abortion Provider \u2018Appreciation\u2019 Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-dems-to-vote-on-unconscionable-abortion-provider-appreciation-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358993&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-04-at-2.10.48-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Virginia Democrats are attempting to celebrate abortionists by designating March 10 as \u201cAbortion Provider Appreciation Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Alexandria City Council will consider a <a href=\"https:\/\/alexandria.legistar.com\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5471682&#038;GUID=B95247B1-5B44-4B73-83C7-90867A31B8C4\">proposed proclamation<\/a> on March 8 that calls on Alexandria residents to\u00a0\u201ccelebrate the courage, compassion, and the high-quality care that abortion providers and clinic staff provide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an email obtained by The Daily Wire, Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/562656358\/Abortion-Provider-Appreciation-Day\">proclamation<\/a> is \u201cpart of a national effort, timed to occur 29 years after the date of the murder of an OB-GYN in Florida, who was murdered for providing legal and safe healthcare services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor was referring to prolific abortionist David Gunn, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/dr-david-gunn-is-murdered-by-anti-abortion-activist\">who was murdered<\/a> by a pro-life activist on March 10, 1993.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alexandria, VA Democrats are celebrating abortion by attempting to designate March 10 as &#8220;Abortion Provider Appreciation Day.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lWqV6oFbJY\">pic.twitter.com\/lWqV6oFbJY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/1499819946955657221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOur proclamation is to recognize the healthcare professionals in our City who provide these legal and safe healthcare services to our residents, oftentimes under adverse conditions,\u201d he continued. \u201cI certainly recognize that there is controversy associated with the provision of abortion services, but our effort is to recognize the healthcare workers for the work that they do in our City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson did not immediately respond to The Daily Wire\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued Friday, Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge urged Alexandria residents to express opposition to the proclamation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence of every kind must be condemned, and abortion is a direct, violent attack on human life,\u201d Burbidge said in a statement. \u201cProposing a celebration of abortion and an \u2018appreciation day\u2019 for those who destroy lives defies comprehension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City of Alexandria should instead do the opposite,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt should celebrate all those who save, protect and care for human life. It should re-direct its focus toward recognizing and supporting both mothers and their children, as so many dedicated and compassionate people in Alexandria do each day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chad Pecknold, a professor at The Catholic University of America who leads the Institute for Faith and Public Culture at the Basilica of St. Mary\u2019s in Alexandria, VA, told Wilson in an email that he was \u201cshocked\u201d to hear of the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a community, we honor things we all agree on, not things which deeply divide us,\u201d Pecknold said the email to the mayor reviewed by The Daily Wire. \u201cAnd there are few moral issues today which divide us as much as abortion. As a matter of civic solidarity, I strongly urge you to reject this proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must not celebrate violence of any kind, and there can be no doubt that abortion is violence \u2014 even if one believes that a woman has the right to terminate the life in her womb, it is unconscionable to think any sane person should celebrate this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pecknold told Wilson that city council members \u201chave a duty to serve all, not according to extreme partisan agendas, but according to the dictates of reason for the common good of all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis proclamation is radical, divisive, and will not in any way help pregnant mothers in crisis or their children,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Democrats are attempting to celebrate abortionists by designating March 10 as \u201cAbortion Provider Appreciation Day.\u201dThe Alexandria City Council will consider a proposed proclamation on March 8 that calls on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1358993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1358993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1358993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1358993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1358993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}