Life Links 11-30-11
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
- The Washington Post covers the Maryland Board of Physicians’ decision to close its investigation into abortionist LeRoy Carhart’s failure to disclose how he would be performing late-term abortions in MD.
- A human child at 24 weeks gestation was found in a trash can in Manhattan:
“The way I found it was perfectly placed, covered with garbage,” said Gregory Santana, 20, who is the son of the building’s super.
“It was inside a small bucket, inside a couple of extra bags,” he said. “I ripped it open, immediately saw the baby [and] closed it back up.”
- The National Catholic Reporter has a piece on Democrats for Life. Of note is DFL’s continued support for Senator Bob Casey despite his rather lackluster voting record.
- Kathleen Parker writes about Mitt Romney’s (pictured left) pro-life conversion:
The result of that conversation and others was a pro-life Romney, who kept his campaign promise to honor the state’s democratically asserted preference for abortion choice but also began a personal path that happened to serve him well, at least theoretically, among social conservatives. Was his conversion sincere? No one can know another’s heart, but [William] Hurlbut is convinced that it was.
“Several things about our conversation still stand out strongly in my mind,” Hurlbut [a physician and professor of biomedical ethics at Stanford University Medical School] told me. “First, he clearly recognized the significance of the issue, not just as a current controversy but as a matter that would define the character of our culture way into the future.
“Second, it was obvious that he had put in a real effort to understand both the scientific prospects and the broader social implications. Finally, I was impressed by both his clarity of mind and sincerity of heart…. He recognized that this was not a matter of purely abstract theory or merely pragmatic governance, but a crucial moment in how we are to regard nascent human life and the broader meaning of medicine in the service of life.”
[Photo by Alex Wong via usconservatives.about.com]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Woah, that baby girl was found less than 10 blocks from my apartment. How very sad.
Poor baby. May she be safe in the arms of God.
Thanks to the National Catholic Reporter article on Democrats for Life, we now know what Ambassador Judas, oops, I mean Douglas Kmiec is doing these days: “Day has recently added three high-profile members to her board: Dahlkemper, Ambassador Douglas Kmiec and legal scholar Tom Berg.”
Democrats for Life is more of a cover group for those Democrats that want to appear pro-life than really being pro-life. That is why they have no problem supporting Sen Casey.
Nor is it suprizing to see the (Anything but authenticly Catholic Reporter plugging them.
Poor sweet baby. :(
So close to you, Alexandra? wow
Killing a 24 week old baby is legal in NYC: For example: http://www.dremily.com/dremily/pricing.html
From that website:
“I had my abortion the same day as my pregnancy test.”
So much for the myth that women never take the abortion decision lightly.
Kate, why does a woman have a pregnancy test?
Could it be because she thinks she might be pregnant? There’s some thinking time.
Could she have previously considered what she might do if she found herself in that situation? There’s some thinking time.
I very much doubt she made her choice right then and there.
Yeah, Carla – here is a more in-depth article from a local news site: http://www.dnainfo.com/20111130/washington-heights-inwood/newborn-baby-girl-found-dead-washington-heights-alley
I don’t really think of it as close because you know how these things are here – ”That’s a whole different subway station from where I live!” (Someone once asked me what it was like working so close to a site where so many people I knew died, ie the WTC. I said, “I don’t work anywhere near there!” Only later did I realize that “on paper” it was just two miles away. It seems like an afternoon trip away, in my mind.) I live very far uptown in a beautiful, though lower-income, area. I don’t really ever think of that address where the baby girl was found as being “close” to me, because I think of myself as being in Inwood and that as being Washington Heights, but that’s just a stupid mental habit, because I could walk there in about ten minutes.
Very sad to think about.
Another atrocious example of the devaluing of human life. It’s not going to stop, either, until we get serious.
i went to the cemetery of choice web site one day to kill some time. not all of the women died but many were maimed. one woman had an abortion performed by carheartless….she said he came into the operating room using profanity and complaining that hed been at a speaking event in california the day before. she said his lab caot was dirty and wrinkled. she said ” please dont hurt me down there.” she said his response was ” be still and i wont.” i cant believe women feel this treatment from a doctor is appropriate. a doctor cursing? for real? anyway just keep in mind george tiller was a very evil man and carhart is a very evil man.
when women get behind these creeps it just sickens me. they ignore the women who are dead from abortions. they ignore the butchered women. they ignore the pain it brings men and women who lose their babies to murder. but they still need prayer. i look at carhart. a broken schlub of a man. his mind isnt ticking right. i know if a doctor came to perform surgery on me in a filthy lab coat id run like heck! cursing in front of a patient? yeah let a real doctor try it and his arse would be grass. but these hard hearted women want abortion. we just moved the back alley and moved it to the front.
No woman 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. ~Frederica Mathewes-Green
but one thing i have noticed. when you talk about this stuff with pro aborts they avoid it. ever notice when you get to the grit of abortion pro deathers stay mum. they would like you to believe that clinics are safe and clean. doctors and staff are friendly. lol even joy behar had anne coulter on her show the other night and joy told anne ” you know we have to keep abortion legal or women WILL DIE” okay joyless…so glad your show tanked. i hope they kick you off of ‘the view’ next. joy whoopie and babs walters~ all liberal pro aborts.
and MANY women said george tiller had a terrible attitude and he was mean!!!!! he was not a compassionate man.
Carla–wondering what your opinion is of Fredericka M-G’s quote is.
Since I posted it, I agree with it. :)
“Wanting” an abortion to me is a sort of DESPERATION.
And after the abortion? She is post abortive. Like me.
Sorry. I am beyond tired of hearing how women know exactly what they are doing and exactly what happens to their babies and exactly what an abortion entails. It is legal. It is touted as no big deal. Safe. Easy. Simple. Quick. Safe sex has been shoved down our throats, friends, family members, boyfriends and husbands urge a woman to abort and then walk away and we continually BLAME the women.
And when a woman walks into an abortion mill EVERY SINGLE PERSON there LIES to her. LIES to her about everything!!!
Ok. deep cleansing breath. Stepping away from the computer.
“For the question remains, do women want abortion? Not like she [sic] wants a Porsche or an ice cream cone. Like an animal caught in a trap, trying to gnaw off its own leg, a woman who seeks an abortion is trying to escape a desperate situation by an act of violence and self-loss. Abortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate.” Frederica Mathewes-Green
The reason I asked is I am a huge fan of hers, read her books, been to her talks when she gets to TN. I really appreciate her witness.
Rock on sister. :)
LOL
So I could have just written I agree with it. :)
Let us both rock on, Courtnay!!
well lets all rock on cuz the devil wont divide us today! get behind us satan!
National Catholic Reporter is the liberal paper….don’t trust it…the fact that they reported on Democrats for Life is suspicious….
National Catholic REGISTER is owned by EWTN and is a better newspaper. I get it downloaded to my Kindle daily.
and as expected i dont see any defense of what id written about carhart. where is reality? megan? bigzz? oh the horror you all support.