Thompson OMG. We Are Killing Babies

Society Has Two Choices: The Baby Lives or the Baby Dies
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5439-6916-0
Verlag: BookBaby
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 140 Seiten

Through definitions, surveys, statistics and laws, OMG. We Are Killing Babies suggests that the existence of legal abortions in the U.S. results in the deaths of discrete human beings and requires the cooperation of many, including some who may be complicit or passive participants because of a lack of information. This book aims to provide that information, with commentary on numerous quoted sources which present a concise summary of key aspects of the issue. Those who share the views presented are encouraged to take action.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thompson, J.R.

Leseproben

Chapter 2 “BLUF”—Bottom Line Up Front In 1917, British Admiral Lord John Fisher wrote disdainfully to Winston Churchill about the performance of the British Navy in WWI. His terse letter is credited with the first use of the now familiar exclamation “OMG” (Oh! My God!).1 To be sure, there are some who consider the use of OMG disrespectful, if not sacrilegious. My own view, reflected in the title of this book, agrees with that of preacher and blogger Wes McAdams: “When we say, “Oh my God,” let us be praising Him or imploring Him. Let us strive for His name to be hallowed on our lips and across the world, just as it is in heaven.”2 So my bottom line, if it hasn’t already been clearly discerned, is here emboldened for emphasis, with conviction and humility but without apology. ****************************** We’re killing babies, and most—if not all—of us know it. After all the rhetoric and memes are silent, a pregnant woman is left with only two choices: The Baby Lives
or
The Baby Dies ****************************** “Hitler had supreme authority . . . but could not have risen to power or committed such atrocities on his own. He had the active support of the powerful German officer class and of millions of everyday citizens...” 3 “Americans had access to reliable information about the Nazi regime’s persecution of Jews as it happened, but most could not imagine that a mass murder campaign was possible. Though most Americans sympathized with the plight of European Jews, assisting refugees and rescuing the victims of Nazism never became a national priority.” 4 “Deliver those who are drawn toward death, And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, ‘Surely we did not know this,’ Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?” 5 I believe many Americans bear some portion of guilt for the current state of legalized infanticide. I also believe that most Americans would adamantly deny they had any part in condoning the status quo. What is my evidence? Following are a few examples. “When Abortion Suddenly Stopped Making Sense” 6 The author, Frederica Mathewes-Green was a college student when the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade. She said at the time she thought of abortion as a procedure that just involved the fetus as “a blob of tissue...” Several years later, reading an article describing a 19 week abortion “disturbed” her “deeply.” A poignant line from Ms. Matthews-Green’s article is her rebuttal to those who present abortion as “something that women want, something they demand, they find liberating.” She wrote, “No one wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as an animal, caught in a trap, wants to gnaw off its own leg.” In their 2018 fact sheet titled “Public Opinion on Abortion” the Pew Research Center summarized results of polls on views about abortion from 1995 to 2018. Overall, the data suggests that for the past two decades, 37% of those polled say abortion “should be illegal in all or most cases.” Responses for men and women were similar. An interesting difference arises when the respondents’ education levels are considered. 47% of those with no more than high-school education said abortion should be illegal, while 35% of those with some college, and only 25% of those with college degrees said abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. 7 Why would people with more education say abortion should be legal? Is it because they’ve gotten smarter or because they’ve become better at rationalizing? Or perhaps they learned that abortion is protected by the Constitution, according the Supreme Court. After all, before the Roe v. Wade ruling, almost every state had laws restricting abortion. So, if the Supreme Court said abortion is OK, it must be OK, right? But, what if it really isn’t protected by the Constitution? At least one person who was in a position to have a well-educated opinion didn’t think so. A former clerk of the Justice who wrote the court’s opinion in Roe, Edward Lazarus, opined this: “[Roe v. Wade] has little connection to the Constitutional right it purportedly interpreted… [W]hen Democratic senators oppose a judicial appointment because of the nominee’s opposition to Roe, they not only endorse but make a litmus test out of one of the most intellectually suspect constitutional decisions of the modern era. They practically require that a judicial nominee sign on to logic that is, at best, questionable, and at worst, disingenuous and results-oriented.” 8 In their in-depth topic on abortion on the Gallup organization’s website, responses to a variety of relevant questions are given. Percentages are similar to those in the Pew poll referenced earlier, but with a broader time horizon; i.e., 1975 to 2018. It’s interesting to note a difference in how the data is collated in this Gallup polls versus the Pew polls. Opinions in the Pew data are divided into only two categories; viz., abortion should be “legal in all/most cases,” or “illegal in all/most cases.” The Gallup data divides answers to abortion “circumstances” into four categories; “Legal under any,” “Legal only under certain,” Illegal in all,” and “No opinion.” “Legal only under certain” circumstances might also have been titled Illegal under certain circumstances. Using that title to logically interpret the data, the combined percentages for Illegal under all or certain circumstances would be 76% in the 1975 poll and still 68% even 43 years later in 2018. In response to a question asking in what stage of pregnancy an abortion “should generally be legal or generally illegal,” 34% of respondents in 2018 said it should be illegal in the first three months; 65%, in the second three months; and 81% in the last three months. Those numbers are roughly the same for the last 20 years. 9 So, a reasonable question arises, Why should it matter in what stage of pregnancy it should be legal to terminate a developing life? The Gallup data doesn’t directly answer that question, but it does address elective abortions with a section including this question: “Thinking specifically about the THIRD trimester, please say whether you think abortion should be legal in that situation, or illegal. How about...When the woman does not want the child for any reason.” 77% of 2018 Respondents to that question said “Illegal.” Earlier, I stated that I believe most Americans bear some portion of guilt for the current state of legalized infanticide. I think this last example from the Gallup data tends to support that conclusion. The Gallup question was, “Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, ...tell me whether you personally believe that in general it is morally acceptable or morally wrong. How about abortion?” In May 2018, 48% of respondents said “Morally wrong.” The reason many advocates of abortion give to justify the practice is that it is nobody’s business but the woman’s, or the woman and her caregiver’s. Without question, a pregnant woman has more invested in the 280 days of human gestation than anyone else. That fact is curiously reflected in the words sometimes used to estimate the date when the pregnancy will end with the baby’s birth. It is called the “EDC,” or the “Estimated Date of Confinement” (emphasis mine). I believe it is without serious question for both Pro-choice and Pro-life advocates that the woman’s right to make decisions about her body must be considered . . . morally, legally, and practically. But aren’t the moral, legal, and practical factors affecting the rights of the discrete human life growing within the woman also worthy of respect? Human cultures and customs are generally designed to protect those who can’t protect themselves. There are laws to protect children from abuse, laws to protect the patients of physicians, laws to ensure the disabled have access to care—even laws to ensure the disabled have access to buildings! What human lives are more vulnerable than the boys and girls who are growing inside their mothers? When a strong, healthy girl punches a small, frail child, we shout angrily and run to defend the oppressed child. If a mother beats her child or fails to feed her, society says we must remove the child from the mother’s custody and place her in a better home. Why, then, don’t we shout angrily and run to protect a fetus from mortal injury inflicted by the mother and/or the abortionist? Is it because we have forgotten our obligation to the most vulnerable among...