AMERICA, ABORTION & THE CULTURE OF DEATH
20/03/07 16:50
This election has left me saddened about the fate of America. Especially disheartening is the loss in South Dakota of a total abortion ban. Judie Brown of the American Life League says it so well...
"...one thing we do know is this: America wants abortion. America wants to continue its affair with sexual freedom. America wants, even in the heartland, to pretend that killing a baby in the womb is not really an act of murder; it is simply and only a "choice" that one must make when the "accident" occurs after a sexual encounter with someone of the opposite sex. If that sounds a bit offensive to you, you'd better take a hard look at these election results and ponder what they mean. South Dakota is not the liberal West Coast nor is [it] the ultra-liberal East Coast. It is part of America's heartland."
"As far as I can tell, the people of that state approve of virtually unrestricted abortion on demand. As sad as that might be for some of us to accept, it is a truth we might be able to turn into a teaching moment."
"The question is this: will the average American ever see the preborn child as a fellow human being if he or she is conceived as a result of an act whose only purpose is sexual gratification? I wonder about that. I wonder even more about the reasons why, the day after an election, in all the punditry over how the White House will deal with a Democrat-controlled House, no one will ask George W. Bush a simple, basic question: Mr. President, where were you when South Dakotans were debating abortion? Why didn't you visit the state? Did the act of aborting a human person prior to birth really matter to you?"
"I, on the other hand, have often been described as politically naïve, if not politically retarded. I do not pay attention to party labels, polling data or what the public can bear. I only pay attention to the babies — each and every one of them. I only care about what will happen to them if a particular bill passes — or if a particular person defines himself as pro-life but then acts differently. And yes, I am one of those absolutists who cannot tolerate "exceptions" for rape, incest or life of the mother. I care about those babies and their mothers, regardless of the circumstances. To my mind, both mother and child, always and in every case, have intrinsic value. I naively believe that we pro-lifers, including and most particularly political types, need to strive to do all we can to protect both of them."
"With that kind of attitude, I am often defined as the politically stupid part of the pro-life political equation. But this election might just prove to some doubters the actual value of my position. No, it's not my unique position, it is the position of the Catholic Church, the position of the Bible, the position of those who understand that a baby is a baby is a baby; never is a baby an "issue." In other words, maybe it's time to put babies and truth ahead of political parties, polling data and fund raising."
"I reflect on the 2006 elections and have a different take than most. I do not see the results in South Dakota and Missouri as a problem or a defeat; they are opportunities. They are chances for all of us to get with the program and recall a simple fact: The work we do is work for God Himself. Our work is about babies."
"The results of the 2006 elections make one thing perfectly clear to me. Our goal is never, and I do mean never, to serve the interests of politics or political parties, but only to serve the babies. We are not looking for an avenue that justifies the "lesser of two evils." We are looking for the chance to save every single preborn child without exception. Why? Well, because it's the babies, stupid!"
Excerpts taken from: "2006 election: It's the babies, stupid!" by Judie Brown.
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