Pro-life organization the Chiaroscuro Foundation is putting up the above ad on buses across the city for the next month. The ads are in response to a report last month that 41 percent of viable pregnancies end in abortion in NYC. After the report was released, the Chiaroscuro Foundation organized a press conference with Archbishop Timothy Dolan, during which he called the figure "downright chilling." The group is allegedly annoyed at Mayor Bloomberg's understated response to the figure—he told WNYC, “I have no idea if that’s an accurate number or not. I just don’t know."
In a statement, Foundation Executive Director Greg Pfundstein said: "We held a news conference to highlight the city's 41% abortion ratio; we wrote the mayor asking for his leadership and assistance. And, the mayor's only response to date suggests that he is not prepared to address the City's abortion crisis. We sincerely hope the bus ads will elicit a response from the Mayor and that he will take a leadership role in addressing this problem." Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs responded to the criticism, “While we’ve seen real progress over the years, these numbers are still unacceptably high and we have more to do."
We wonder if the Chiaroscuro Foundation knew they could have saved some money by investing in Choose Life license plates. But while we wait for Mayor Bloomberg's response to the ads, at least we can read all about Justin Bieber's opinion on abortion.
