BACK ABORTED3 3'?m2f Abortion and the right to privacy AMY -- (enters carrying an armful of handbills, crosses) Here's some eye-opening information for you. (offers handbill, continues) LIZ -- (enters opposite, takes handbill, glances) This is an outrage! (turns, follows) This really makes me mad! AMY -- (turns) Excuse me? LIZ -- This is a picture of a dead baby! AMY -- Yes. That's what happens to a baby during an abortion. LIZ -- This really makes me mad! AMY -- I thought it might. Can you imagine a doctor going to medical school and then using his training as a healer to kill babies in the womb? LIZ -- That's not what makes me mad! AMY -- Oh, you're mad at the mother of that baby for allowing a doctor to kill it so brutally. LIZ -- No! (slaps handbill) This PICTURE of a dead baby makes me mad! AMY -- Oh, so you're upset with the medical technician who would photograph such a sickening picture. LIZ -- No! I'm angry with you for this handout. AMY -- Why are you angry with me? I didn't xerox the picture. LIZ -- Because you gave it to me! AMY -- You're angry with me for giving you a picture? LIZ -- Yes. AMY -- Why? Don't you find this picture to be informative? LIZ -- Yes. That's why I'm angry. AMY -- Why? LIZ -- Because I'm PRO-CHOICE. By showing me this picture, you just removed my choice! AMY -- How did I remove your choice? LIZ -- Well, for years I have been happily ignorant of what PRO-CHOICE women were CHOOSING to do. But now, how can I be PRO-CHOICE if one of the choices is (slaps handbill) THIS! What woman in her right mind would do this to a baby?! AMY -- And that makes you angry at me? LIZ -- Yes! My happy ignorance is protected by my constitutional right to privacy. AMY -- I'm sorry, but there is no such thing as a constitutional right to privacy. LIZ -- Yes, there is! What about the right to privacy that protects a woman's right to... to do this? (points at handbill) AMY -- I'm sorry to disappoint you. But the word privacy is not even mentioned in the constitution. LIZ -- It's not? AMY -- No. LIZ -- What about the Bill of Rights? AMY -- Privacy is not even hinted at in the Bill of Rights. LIZ -- Well, what about Roe vs Wade? AMY -- Five judges fabricated the right to privacy in order to allow a woman to do that. (points) LIZ -- (pushes handbill at Amy) This really makes me ill. AMY -- (takes handbill) I'm sorry, but... LIZ -- Are you saying that women have been doing that (points) to their babies for all these years because of some right that... that was made up out of thin air? AMY -- I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but.... LIZ -- Give me that! (snatches handbill) AMY -- I thought it made you sick. LIZ -- It does. But I need it as evidence against you. AMY -- Evidence? Against me? LIZ -- Yes, I'm going to sue you! AMY -- You're going to SUE me?! LIZ -- Yes. AMY -- For what? These hand bills are covered by my constitutional right to free speech. LIZ -- (exiting) Well, if judges can fabricate the right to privacy, they can fabricate a way to take away your right to free speech. AMY -- (exiting opposite) They've already done that. It's illegal for me to distribute these flyers near an abortion clinic. ©2013 Bob Snook. Conditions for use: Do not sell any part of this script, even if you rewrite it. Pay no royalties, even if you make money from performances. You may reproduce and distribute this script freely, but all copies must contain this copyright statement. http://www.bobsnook.org email: [email protected] BACK |