Leftists Worry About The 3,200 American Deaths In Iraq
But don’t bat an eye at 4,000 deaths caused by abortion every day.
From J. Trandem at Scott Hennen’s Hot Talk blog:
Some of the same people who continually rant about the number of deaths suffered in this time of war support the scourge which is taking lives at a rate unparalleled by any other affliction. The number 4000 represents the number of abortions performed today and every day in the United States. About 25 of them happened in Fargo.
Is this what people mean by “women’s rights”? Is it reasonable to support this “right”? Many abortion supporters argue that these aren’t actually human lives that are being terminated. Two qualifying questions: Are they human? They have human DNA, what else could they be? Are they alive? They have a beating heart. Can you name something that has a beating heart which isn’t alive? The only reason someone would argue that something is not a human or alive is so they can kill it. Abortion supporters regularly refer to a baby as a fetus. When you are pregnant do you refer to it as a fetus? When you go to the doctor for your check-ups does he ask you how your fetus is doing? Do you tell people that you are having a fetus? Do people ask if they can feel your fetus kick? It seems that their logic is consistent regarding the designation as a fetus. They call a baby a fetus only when they want to kill it.
I know that this may sound like harsh language compared to the terms typically used by abortion supporters, but it isn’t. It’s realistic. They aren’t just pro-choice, they are pro-abortion. They fight to protect the right to kill one’s own child if it’s deemed necessary for ANY reason. They’ll throw the rape and incest garbage at you, but those aren’t the reasons behind most abortions. Don’t you think we would hear about it if there were really 4000 rapes resulting in pregnancy a day? The reality is, most abortions happen because the individual choosing it isn’t willing to make the sacrifices necessary to care for a child that she was complicit in creating. In a word, selfishness. I’m not giving the Dads a pass. They also need to be held accountable, but when they aren’t there to help, adoption is always an option.
Read the whole thing.
This post was prompted, I’m sure, by the advancement of two good pro-life goals in the North Dakota legislature.
First our legislators put a halt to a bill that would allow pregnant teenage girls to receive prenatal care without their parent’s knowledge or consent, something that prompted one of North Dakota’s more idiotic liberal bloggers to proclaim that she “hates this state.” I guess the idea that our minor children should have to, you know, tell their parents if they’re knocked up is just too much to take for some liberals. I mean, most schools send a note home to parents if their kids get detention, but if these liberals got their way we wouldn’t be extended that same courtesy if our little girl got pregnant. Which is lunacy, of course, but then nobody has ever accused many of these libs of being sane.
Second, the state has made good progress on an abortion “trigger bill” that would ban abortion in this state should the Roe vs. Wade ruling ever be overturned. Which is just fine with me. Should it pass, it would send a message to the rest of the nation that North Dakota a) does not appreciate it’s right to determine the abortion issue for itself being usurped by the Supreme Court and b) favors life over abortion.
