La. State Senate In Favor of Forcing Victims of Rape and Incest to Carry to Term
Do they know no shame?
The La. State Senate approved a near total ban on abortion, except to save the life of the mother, by a 30-7 vote Wednesday, according to an AP story.
You know, although I don't have any kids that I know of, I love kids and am one myself. I refuse to grow up. Also, through my contract with the Indigent Defender Board, I am exposed to kids on a daily basis who have been mistreated and abused in every ghastly manner you can imagine. Try as we might, we have a hard time protecting these kids. Furthermore, many of the kids I see are not attractive for adoption for one reason or another - no one wants them.
If, as a society, we have such a hard time protecting kids who have come to life and finding them a loving home, how can we, in good conscience, resolve to force victims of rape and incest to bring to life foetuses they have not voluntarily conceived? Don't we have enough unwanted kids? How many of you who are for this type law have adopted a baby addicted to crack cocaine, a 15 year old with profound behavioral problems or one who suffers from Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (the first time I ever saw one, I was so shaken, I cried half the way back from Thibodaux)? If you haven't, then you are a hypocrite, plain and simple. Because, if you want to be honest, that is where the pedal meets the metal and when your belief that life is precious is manifested through action. Otherwise, all your pronouncements about how precious life is ain't genuine.
Personally, while it would be hard for me to advise a woman to have an abortion, if one that matters to me decides to terminate her pregnancy, I'll fly her to a blue state.
Furthermore, if organized religion persists in attempting to have its dogma adopted as public policy, then it should lose its tax exempt status.
Do they know no shame?
The La. State Senate approved a near total ban on abortion, except to save the life of the mother, by a 30-7 vote Wednesday, according to an AP story.
You know, although I don't have any kids that I know of, I love kids and am one myself. I refuse to grow up. Also, through my contract with the Indigent Defender Board, I am exposed to kids on a daily basis who have been mistreated and abused in every ghastly manner you can imagine. Try as we might, we have a hard time protecting these kids. Furthermore, many of the kids I see are not attractive for adoption for one reason or another - no one wants them.
If, as a society, we have such a hard time protecting kids who have come to life and finding them a loving home, how can we, in good conscience, resolve to force victims of rape and incest to bring to life foetuses they have not voluntarily conceived? Don't we have enough unwanted kids? How many of you who are for this type law have adopted a baby addicted to crack cocaine, a 15 year old with profound behavioral problems or one who suffers from Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (the first time I ever saw one, I was so shaken, I cried half the way back from Thibodaux)? If you haven't, then you are a hypocrite, plain and simple. Because, if you want to be honest, that is where the pedal meets the metal and when your belief that life is precious is manifested through action. Otherwise, all your pronouncements about how precious life is ain't genuine.
Personally, while it would be hard for me to advise a woman to have an abortion, if one that matters to me decides to terminate her pregnancy, I'll fly her to a blue state.
Furthermore, if organized religion persists in attempting to have its dogma adopted as public policy, then it should lose its tax exempt status.
posted by Carl A. Chauvin at 5:08 PM
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