I fear I might develop a reputation for contrariness among the readers of the
Aitkin Independent Age, for more of my columns have been in argumentative response to other columnists than any other writer during the time I've been working there. But when they
argue for killing people, I have a moral obligation not to let it go unanswered.
Having been in the
pro-life movement since childhood, I’ve heard the arguments for abortion
hundreds of times, but they still make me furious. The arguments Pam
King makes in her Aug. 17, 2016 column are old, tired ones I’ve seen over and over but the duty to defend innocent life still calls me to rebut them.
Ms. King retells
the “back alley abortions” scare story that if abortion were illegal,
women would do it with wire hangers and kill themselves. For one thing,
in Minnesota, abortion facilities could very well be using wire hangers;
there’s nothing to stop them doing so. They are not required to be
licensed nor inspected. Restaurants get inspected. Tattoo parlors are
rigorously regulated for the health of customers. But for abortion
facilities, where they perform surgery, there are no health inspection
requirements whatsoever.
Hundreds of mothers have died from complications from completely legal
abortion procedures. Lakisha Wilson, Tonya Reaves and Jennifer Morbelli
are just some of the names of women who died in recent years. Reaves
bled to death, an ambulance not called for five hours, in a facility run
by Planned Parenthood, supposedly the most respectable abortion
provider, which receives billions in government funding. But even in the
cleanest and most professional facilities, someone dies in every single
abortion procedure. That’s the point of the procedure.
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2 comments:
This sentence: "But even in the cleanest and most professional facilities, someone dies in every single abortion procedure. That’s the point of the procedure"
really gets to the point. Can I translate your article, or parts of it, into Danish and bring it in a small tri-monthly catholic journal,I edit with 3 other catholics believing in the eachings pf the Church. You'll get only the treasures in Heaven as reward, as we're deep diaspora and poor in Denmark. Less tahn 1 % of the population are cahtolics, and most of these are immigrants or descendants thereof or comverts.
Thanks for keeping on! Like Paulus "Fidem servavi!"
Thank you.
That will probably be fine, but I'll have to ask the editor. I'll get back to you! Thanks for asking!
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