Killing Babies, Health Care and the State of the Union

OK, so why is it that people who think it’s ok to kill unborn babies also seem to think they are compassionate, caring people? OK maybe that’s unfair, but I’m getting a little tired of the pro-abortion group painting prolifers as uncaring because there are ethical lines of behavior that are just not ok to cross no matter what. This does not make someone uncaring in my book.

Life begins at conception. A unique human being is created at the moment of conception with its own unique genetic code. About three weeks from fertilization the heart starts beating and a week later the brain development speeds up so that by week six the first perceptible brain impulse can be found. By the 8th week 90% of adult structures can be found in the human embryo now called a fetus and by 10 weeks the unique human fingerprint can be found. It is a human being no matter how it came into being. It is a human being and as such is deserving of respect and a chance at life.

Andrew White, M.D. makes some very good points in his work, Abortion and the Ancient Practice of Child Sacrifice. He points out the parallel between the rites of child sacrifice and the practice of abortion as a way of parents killing their own offspring. He goes on to point out how “It is no secret that in American society extramarital sexual intercourse is the cause of most pregnancies that end in abortion. Pregnancy is a risk many are willing to take knowing that any undesired consequences can be eliminated by abortion. The theologian Carl Henry recognizes this fact in calling abortion "the horrendous modern immolation of millions of fetuses on the alter of sex gratification."" As suggested earlier, child sacrifice in Canaan may have been a convenient way to dispose of the consequences of the illicit sexual practice of temple prostitution associated with the cult of Molech. If so, the modern practice of men irresponsibly engaging in sexual intercourse with women to whom they do not intend to commit themselves and provide for parallels the wayward Israelite man engaging in extramarital relations with a temple prostitute. In both cases the men leave the women to bear the consequences of their aberrant sexual practices.”

So because people do not want to curtail their sexual experiences innocent lives are lost to the tune of about 1.6 million a year!!!!! This is a staggering number and these abortions are not the result of rape or incest. According to Wikipedia a study in 2000 found that cases of rape or incest accounted for 1% of abortions. Further, in 1998 another study revealed that in 1987-1988 women reported the following reasons for choosing an abortion:[27]
• 25.5% Want to postpone childbearing
• 21.3% Cannot afford a baby
• 14.1% Has relationship problem or partner does not want pregnancy
• 12.2% Too young; parent(s) or other(s) object to pregnancy
• 10.8% Having a child will disrupt education or job
• 7.9% Want no (more) children
• 3.3% Risk to fetal health
• 2.8% Risk to maternal health
• 2.1% Other
What is wrong with our society when killing a baby becomes a matter of convenience for the mother? In the face of the new health care debate and the Stupak amendment I am horrified by what I’m seeing. The Family Research Council reports that “the Stupak-Pitts language was entirely stripped from the liberal plan and replaced by the phony compromise first introduced by Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) in the House. On pages 116-124, the legislation authorizes the Secretary of HHS to fund abortion in the public option, offers tax credits to private plans that cover abortion on demand, and abolishes conscience protections for health providers who refuse to perform abortions. It even goes so far as to insist that a plan to cover abortion must be available in every U.S. District.”

Is this what our county has come to? It clearly has when people vote in an administration like Obama’s and his blatant pro-abortion stance. It is enough to make me physically ill.

My Grandfather was arrested and thrown into a Russian jail for being a spy. The man was many things a teacher, farmer, husband and father, but he was not a spy. What he also became was easy cheap labor for a government that viewed its desired plan above that of human life. Because of this devaluation of human life I grew up without ever knowing my grandfather, with parents who wore the scars of these and other losses. It is from these experiences that my firm conviction that human life is not an expendable commodity grew. It saddens me that I live in a nation where babies die because adults want to experience unencumbered sexual gratification and it saddens me even more that blood relatives of my children helped vote in this administration which supports these practices.


This is a long post and a bit of a rant but I needed to get it off my chest and if my pro life stance makes me uncaring then I guess so be it.