Pro-Life Group up in Arms over Krispy Kreme's Abortion Doughnuts
By Kyle Munzenrieder in Politicks
Thursday, Jan. 15 2009 @ 1:16PM

Krispy Kreme, being the genial purveyor of glazed goodness that it is, decided to get in on the Obama inauguration craze and is offering one free doughnut to every costumer on January 20, Inauguration day, and released this seemingly innocuous press release:

"Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is honoring American's sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day, Jan. 20. By doing so, participating Krispy Kreme stores nationwide are making an oath to tasty goodies -- just another reminder of how oh-so-sweet 'free' can be."

Well, The American Life League noticed the liberal use of the word choice and decided to blast the chain bakery for producing abortion doughnuts.

"The unfortunate reality of a post-Roe v. Wade America is that 'choice' is synonymous with abortion access, and celebration of 'freedom of choice' is a tacit endorsement of abortion rights on demand," the group's president, Judie Brown said in a statement.

File this under "Overreactionary Wing Nuts" and another attempt of conservatives to redefine words for their political means (You can try to rewrite the Constitution, but not the dictionary). Of course, the "overreactionary libtard" counter to this is that conservatives want to demonize all choice from America until we're living under a fundamentalist dictatorship. A fundamentalist dictatorship without doughnuts.

The full, completely unbelievable press release follows after the jump.


KRISPY KREME CELEBRATES OBAMA WITH PRO-ABORTION DOUGHNUTS Washington, DC (15 January 2009) -

The following is a statement from American Life League president Judie Brown:

"The next time you stare down a conveyor belt of slow-moving, hot, sugary glazed donuts at your local Krispy Kreme, you just might be supporting President-elect Barack Obama's radical support for abortion on demand - including his sweeping promise to sign the Freedom of Choice Act as soon as he steps in the Oval Office, Jan. 20.

"The doughnut giant released the following statement yesterday:

'Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is honoring American's sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day, Jan. 20. By doing so, participating Krispy Kreme stores nationwide are making an oath to tasty goodies -- just another reminder of how oh-so-sweet "free" can be.'

"Just an unfortunate choice of words? For the sake of our Wednesday morning doughnut runs, we hope so. The unfortunate reality of a post Roe v. Wade America is that 'choice' is synonymous with abortion access, and celebration of 'freedom of choice' is a tacit endorsement of abortion rights on demand.

"President-elect Barack Obama promises to be the most virulently pro-abortion president in history. Millions more children will be endangered by his radical abortion agenda.

"Celebrating his inauguration with 'Freedom of Choice' doughnuts - only two days before the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to decriminalize abortion - is not only extremely tacky, it's disrespectful and insensitive and makes a mockery of a national tragedy.

"A misconstrued concept of 'choice' has killed over 50 million preborn children since Jan. 22, 1973. Does Krispy Kreme really want their free doughnuts to celebrate this 'freedom.'

"As of Thursday morning, communications director Brian Little could not be reached for comment. We challenge Krispy Kreme doughnuts to reaffirm their commitment to true freedom - to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - and to separate themselves and their doughnuts from our great American shame.

"American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Julie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to natural death."

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/200.../pro-life_group_up_in_arms_over.php

Comments under the article are pretty funny.

ha, freedom of choice automatically means abortion?

Yeah dude, get with it.

I was hoping that they were making donuts in the shape of an abortion -- you know, you could make it jelly-filled with some goo leaking out.

I'll take a jelly...

haha did anyone see the daily show where they were at the RNC talking to all these palin fans about bristol's "choice" to keep the baby

The post and view count when I just clicked was 6/66. A sign.

mmmmm abortion doughnuts.

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I love calling and fucking with Christ tards. So I ring them up and asked if the Krispy Kreme press release was some sort of early April Fools joke. The lady got all serious and butt-hurt and said "no". I then told her that I was going to donate $100 to my local abortion clinic in the name of Julie Brown. She made a bunch of sounds approximating sheer disgust which nearly brought me to climax and then hung up.

I'd urge you all to similar tauntings.

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Oh my god. You should have recorded it somehow. I want to have your manbabies.

That was hilarious.

Idiots who bitch about abortion give the right wing a bad name. For christ's sake, abortion is a good idea -- eliminate the unwanted, especially from the impoverished, drunk, retarded, clueless, etc. We should offer a free sterilization after your second abortion.

Humanism, whether Christian or liberal, is retarded and slaps itself on the chest with a flipper while chanting I HAVE TEH POO I HAVE TEH POO.

When the right wing went to Jezuz, they lost it.

They went to the worst side of Jesus -- Christians who are more into salvation, doctrine and fundamentalism instead of metaphor, contemplation and wisdom.

Not all Christians are shitheads, but the ones they pander to, the populist Christians, have their heads up their asses.

I fucking hate people.

Brown said "Just an unfortunate choice of words?"

Does she mean "Just an unfortunate abortion of words?"


How can the leader of The American Life League be so insensitive to the pro-life movement.

To the lions...

I've always found it amusing that when you hear pro-lifers open up their mouths, you think "Man, if only they had been aborted."

i can't bring myself to laugh at this.