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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

BUSTED: Pro-Abortion Filmmaker Caught in Documentary Deception

 

Pro-Life activist Carlos Polo turns tables on abortion-promoter Eve Reinhardt

 

Pro-abortion filmmaker Eve Reinhardt got the proverbial taste of her own medicine recently after contacting Carlos Polo, Latin American director for the pro-life Population Research Institute (PRI), to request an interview for her latest project, a theatrical performance using video images.

 

According to Polo, Reinhardt claimed that she was an independent filmmaker seeking to do an "impartial" documentary on the abortion issue, and wanted to shoot an interview with him.

 

But after doing some research, Polo discovered that the project's website is entitled "The Decency Gap", a slogan long used by abortion proponents who object to the United States' Mexico City Policy, which prohibits funding for international organizations that perform or provide information about abortions.  The site is filled with pro-abortion rhetoric, and states openly that the documentary is being funded by Planned Parenthood, among other pro-abortion organizations.

 

Polo decided to turn the tables on Reinhardt, and arranged a meeting with her - and his own cameraman.

 

"What's the name of the project?" asks Polo at the beginning of his interview, which was posted on YouTube by the Catholic news agency ACI Prensa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83JXW41BRA0).   Reinhardt responds: "Oh we don't know yet, we're kind of like, toying around with different things. I have about two more years to go before this is complete."

 

"I'm a little afraid," says Polo, "because I do know what your project is. I know that your project is called 'The Decency Gap'."

 

"This is an old website..." begins Reinhardt, but Polo cuts her off.  "What you're doing isn't decent. You told me that you're impartial. This isn't impartial.  This is insulting to many people."

 

Reinhardt asserts her neutrality by claiming that she's trying to find a "way to be able to decrease the number of abortions in the world and also limit the number of women who die."

 

Although Reinhardt claims the website is old, implying it is somehow out of date, Polo points out that she is still using "thedecencygap.org" as the domain for her email address.  "It isn't decent to kill children," says Polo.  "It isn't decent to come to another country to try to change the laws."

 

"Why didn't you tell me the truth?" asks Polo. Reinhardt, flustered, says she's not telling the truth, apparently intending to say she is. Polo then tells her to think things over, and leaves.

 

The front page of the Decency Gap website, now removed, rails against the "Global Gag Rule" (as the Mexico City Policy is called by its opponents), and asserts that "contrary to its stated intentions, the Global Gag Rule results in more unwanted pregnancies, more unsafe abortions, and more deaths of women and girls."

 

Although the site's operators removed the front page text and links after Polo's video exposé, they neglected to remove the site's informational pages, which can still be viewed at http://www.thedecencygap.org/issue.html.

 

Under the heading "Who's Involved" the site boasts that it has "benefited from the guidance and participation of over 30 leading organizations and agencies, including International Planned Parenthood, Marie Stopes International, Center for Reproductive Rights and Policy, and PROMSEX (Peru)" - organizations that provide abortions and campaign to legalize the practice worldwide.

 

The "About" section explains, "The Decency Gap is an original and dynamic production being developed for the live stage in New York City. Combining live theatre, innovative media, and traditional journalism, The Decency Gap aims to bring world audiences face to face with the hidden reality of unsafe abortion and maternal mortality on women's health and lives throughout the developing world."

 

"Using the theatre as a key platform for social and political change, we hope to inspire and help enable citizens and governments to make future policy decisions that are firmly rooted in the reality of women's health and survival," the webpage continues.

 

Related Links:

 

Eve Reinhardt's Email Address...

eve@thedecencygap.org

 

The Decency Gap's Still-Exposed Webpage

Contact: Matthew Cullinan Hoffman

Source: LifeSiteNews.com

Source URL: http://www.lifesitenews.com

 

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