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Supermodel Kathy Ireland Lashes Out Against Pro Choice
It’s no secret that the majority of Hollywood stars are strong advocates for a woman’s right to choose whether or not she wants to terminate a pregnancy, however former "Sports Illustrated" supermodel-turned-entrepreneur-turned-author Kathy Ireland has gone against the grain of the glitterati and spoken out against abortion.
"My entire life I was pro-choice — who was I to tell another woman what she could or couldn’t do with her body? But when I was 18, I became a Christian and I dove into the medical books, I dove into science," Ireland told Tarts while promoting her insightful new book "Real Solutions for Busy Mom: Your Guide to Success and Sanity."
"What I read was astounding and I learned that at the moment of conception a new life comes into being. The complete genetic blueprint is there, the DNA is determined, the blood type is determined, the sex is determined, the unique set of fingerprints that nobody has had or ever will have is already there."
However Ireland admitted that she did everything she could to avoid becoming a believer in pro-life.
"I called Planned Parenthood and begged them to give me their best argument and all they could come up with that it is really just a clump of cells and if you get it early enough it doesn’t even look like a baby. Well, we’re all clumps of cells and the unborn does not look like a baby the same way the baby does not look like a teenager, a teenager does not look like a senior citizen. That unborn baby looks exactly the way human beings are supposed to look at that stage of development. It doesn’t suddenly become a human being at a certain point in time," Ireland argued. "I’ve also asked leading scientists across our country to please show me some shred of evidence that the unborn is not a human being. I didn’t want to be pro-life, but this is not a woman’s rights issue but a human rights issue."
Ireland also asserted that she believes "no justification is adequate" (for an abortion) unless another the mother's life is in danger.
"In that instant, your intention is not to kill but to save the life of another. If we’re about to demolish a building we make absolute certain there are no human beings in there before we take a wrecking ball to it, but the unborn doesn’t have a voice so it's up to us to speak for them," she added passionately. "If I see someone abusing a child I am going to stand up against that, and that’s how I feel about abortion. Women are not given all the facts, they’re told it is a harmless procedure and now it has turned into such a political football."
The committed Christian and devoted mother even dedicated the chapter "Faith & Your Family" in her new book to her foundations in Christianity and believes that this is what’s missing from so many American families today.
"You have to figure out your own values and why you have them. People are going to try and push and pull at your convictions, so you have to have boundaries and put them in place," she said.
But on the opposite end of the spectrum, "Judging Amy" star Amy Brenneman has been busy voicing her views as a strong advocate of pro-choice over recent years.
"(My involvement) is really through this feminist majority that I work with and it is a very important issue that’s close to my heart," Brenneman told Tarts at last week’s Autism Speaks event in Hollywood. "Unless a woman really has sovereignty over her own body we really haven’t come that far."
Heidi & Spencer’s Freebie Wedding, Whitney Port’s Scripted 'City'
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt reportedly each earn $65,000 per episode of "The Hills" (not to mention the hundreds of endorsements and appearances) but even so, the cheesy couple apparently didn’t want to pay for their own wedding and had that sponsored too.
The day before the bid day (Montag and Pratt officially tied-the-knot at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pasadena on Saturday) we’re told a "Hills" production assistant was frantically calling around in desperate search for a "donated location" to host the reception. When it was suggested they contact SBE’s swanky strange hotel SLS, the "wedding planner" was quick to say that "the bride has had issues there in the past." (Funny that, Montag’s former employers over at SBE/Brent Bolthouse actually own the hotel. Her ex-boss Brent Bolthouse even attended the wedding as a friend which makes us wonder why one of their venues didn’t want to accommodate …)
The newlyweds ended up settling for a party at Social Hollywood following the extra-long ceremony (they were filming for the reality show which ofcourse means lots of re-takes).
Speaking of "The Hills," it seems Whitney Port’s spin-off "The City" is just as scripted. Port was spotted filming the second season of the show on Clinton Street on the Lower East Side last Thursday and was apparently shuffling scripts around.
"Whitney is terrified people will find out that her show is scripted. If anyone comes within view or hearing of filming of 'The City,' Whitney freaks out and makes a production assistant give the person a non-disclosure form to sign," an inside source on the set said. "She drops character the minute she sees someone who is not part of the crew. She doesn't want people to know she's 'acting' if you would even call it that. She believes she is a part of reality TV and wants everyone else to believe that."
Last year Pop Tarts reported before the series had even begun that Port was being "directed" to have a disagreement with her co-worker Olivia Palermo and then the second the cameras stopped rolling the two were seen happily chatting and laughing together.
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