Do some research before believing an obvious McCain supporter. I did.

This man is unbelievable! This statute does NOT bar abortions. It never did. He is lying and he knows it! The part that really bothers me is that he professes to be a Christian and yet for him it is okay to call a viable child not human so it is okay to kill it and his conscience will be free of any guilt.

I am relaunching my blog this week with its new look and I will be dealing with this specific subject.

Great work!

That said, I think we have gotten to a place where the word “baby” triggers strong knee-jerk reactions in people. We have all been trained to coo and have strong feelings to protect children. Of course we have also evolved this way, too…some of this is innate or “God-given”.

Infanticide has been a practice since the beginning of time, as have abortions. And they were done by rational people. In other cultures, such as my parents’ it was practiced even in the last century for various reasons. People who do this do not necessarily lack any sense of attachment to their children. They do it for what they feel are rational reasons.

Let us not pretend that we have a problem killing “innocents” – in this case – babies – because frankly, historically the killing of innocents is the reason why those of us alive are here. Our ancestors were violent and killed innocents; one could argue we are the descendants of violent people.

What I’m trying to say is that it is possible to look at a baby and take its life. In addition to my parents’ culture, there are accounts of this being done in various parts of Asia and even by slaves in the US when slavery was practiced.

Yes, I find it disgusting and unsavory that a child was allowed to die after an attempted abortion. That is my personal reaction but seriously, I think people should calm down.

I’d like to see this same reaction to ANY “innocent” killed unjustly. That includes civilians in occupations, wars, etc. Most of the time, those innocents are helpless, just like babies, to prevent their deaths. Let’s not get apoplectic simply because the word “baby” is used instead of “adult”.

I’d admire the pro-life movement more if they were not selectively pro-life. And to loosely quote my pro-life mother: “Why don’t people who are pro-life adopt children more and why do they also seem to be against helping out poor women?”

I’d like to see posts like this followed by constructive plans to combat abortion – like helping women financially who choose to have their babies. Or adopting children who are given up or abandoned. I imagine some women who have abortions think its better than the child being in the foster system.

How much do you really value the life of a baby?