Ramesh Ponnoru has a new book called the "Party of Death", which I have not read, but I can guess what it says. From the rights of women, abortion is now simply a luxury where people kill their children because of cosmetic defects. (Via Drudge). My God, what monsters have we become. How is this any different than the past injustices that mankind has visited on others. In all of them (the Holocaust, the ethnic cleansing etc), one group viewed the other as less than human, vulnerable, and undesrving of life. How is this any different than today with the unborn? People: we will have to answer for our negliegnce, our docility in the face of these daily massacres. Before we thumb our noses at other societies (which deserve to be thumbed at), let us also remember that daily atrocities are being committed in the name of fundamental rights.
The pro-life movement must be vigilant in keeping the pressure on the Supreme Court to at least allow the states to fashion their laws. That way, at least if your stomach churns at night knowing of the horrors being committed, you can cross the state line to a more enligtened state that takes life seriously. Abortion has gone from protecting young unwed (who back then faced a stigma) mothers who will be mired in poverty forever if they had the baby, to just another medical procedure.
