Star Parker: Born Alive Infants Protection Act needs to be enforced
by Kelli
My colleagues found in their investigations around the nation that [abortionist Kermit] Gosnell was by no means one of a kind. There are more. And, to our dismay, irresponsible and inhumane behavior continues regarding the treatment of women, particularly low-income minority women, in these facilities.
The grand jury that investigated Gosnell speculated why he operated so long without getting attention: “We think the reason no one acted is because the women in question were poor and of color, because the victims were infants without identities, and because the subject was the political football of abortion.”…
The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act was signed into law by President Bush in 2002 — after passing in the Democratic-controlled Senate unanimously. It outlaws the murder of infants born during late-term abortion procedures — what Gosnell was doing.
But the law… is just a warning shot, because it invokes no criminal or civil penalties when violated. Yes, it’s hard to believe that although the federal government recognized, finally, the humanity of every child once he or she arrives in the world, there is no penalty if that child is not protected from death by murder or intentional neglect.
In the memory of the souls of babies killed by Gosnell and others, and in the name of the decency of this nation, this should be changed. The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act should be revisited and both criminal and civil penalties included for the intentional destruction of any newborn infant.
~ Star Parker, GOPUSA.com, March 17
[Photo via mcwomen.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.
GO STAR PARKER!!!! This is awesome, that she is working on BAIPA. We should not let this nation forget Kermit Gosnell don’t let PP, NARAL, BHO, politicians, Republican or Democrats forget, sweep it under the rug or act like “we shouldn’t deal with social issues”. This is a human rights and moral issue. Never forget the Holocaust committed on these innocent babies.
She is a true Star!
I think she is such a striking woman.
Too bad our President would not lift a finger to help these infants born alive unless of course they were shot with a gun. Then, he would only work to ban the gun.
The operations of Gosnell is despicable and horrible. Overturning Roe vs Wade would create a market for hundreds of his kind.
Christine,
You’re apparently too young to remember that legalizing abortion was supposed to put the Gosnells of this country out of business once and for all.
Before Roe, Gosnell could not have conducted his business openly and with the full blessing of the state, as he did after Roe.
The only thing Roe did was give hacks, dregs, and the criminal element opportunities they never dreamed of.
Thank you Mary for your reply to Christine’s nonsense. Thank you. Nuf said.
Mary – when Gosnells shabby business was discovered, did he have the full blessing of the state or did he end up in court? And saying that “The only thing Roe did was give hacks, dregs, and the criminal element opportunities they never dreamed of.” is such a lie that you should blush with shame even saying it. So you seriously mean that it did NOT give women access to safe and legal abortions? And that it has not increased womens independency? Just one quote from a good site I found, and there are lots of them: “Legal abortion has saved women’s lives and kept populations from soaring. It has not only improved women’s quality of life and provided substantial health benefit but has contributed to a 60% decline in maternal mortality since 1970, and a decline of the rates of neonatal mortality, low birth weight and preterm births.” http://www.allwomensclinic.com/abortionstatistics.html But since you caaaare so much about womens health, I guess this is irrelevant…
No, abortion has definitely not increased women’s independence. Instead millions of women have become enslaved by their fears or ambitions, so much so that they actually kill their offspring. Truly free, independent people don’t kill those that they perceive are getting in their way. Women have now become dependent on abortionists so much that dangerous men like Gosnell are tolerated all in the name of an independence that doesn’t actually exist. Abortion, legal or not, brings only destruction.
Ah finally coming as close as possible as a true “pro lifer” will ever come – it is women having ambitions else than being a mother that is your problem. Not that I did not know that before, but now you put it in your own words. Thank you for your honesty.
And once again, when it was discovered what Gosnell did, it was not tolerated. Maybe you have noticed that he has been tried in a court of law and found guilty… odd way of tolerating his business.
Christine,
Of course he had the full blessing of the state. He’d been openly running his business. No one inspected or shut him down. He was legal Christine.
Exactly what I am saying, Roe did not give women access to safe legal abortion. What it gave was move back street hacks up to the avenue. Anyone and everyone could open a “clinic”…and did. Apparently you heard nothing of the abortion clinic scandal in 1978, and it occurred in the best neighborhood in Chicago in legal “clinics”. It was uncovered by undercover reporters, back when reporters were actually reporters and not White House stenographers. One of these places was run by a former used car salesman, another was a mortuary school dropout. Abortions were performed by moonlighting residents in need of extra cash. Since money was the name of the game, such trivialities as hand washing and sterilizing instruments was considered too time consuming.
Prior to Roe, most “illegal” abortions were done in doctor’s offices as well as in hospitals under false pretenses. A wink and a nod here and there. Check out the book “Aborting America” for info as to how the movement to legalize abortion deliberately deceived the American public and concocted death rates out of thin air, all the while knowing this was deliberate deceit.
BTW, have you checked out that lovely place in Nebraska run by Carhart? You might confuse it with a chopshop, which is the place nextdoor. Carhart has the full blessing of the state as well.
Nice strawman, Christine. As a woman with ambitions of my own, of course I have no problem with other women having ambition. I have a problem with women killing their offspring.
Christine,
http://www.abortionfacts.com/facts/12
If your independence is built on the back of your dead child, Christine, then that just makes you a user.
Mary, what you describe is the lack of supervising of any kind of medical clinic. Of course abortion providers should live up to the same standards as other medical clinics (or as here, being performed in the public health care without any interest of profit). The nod and the wink you describe is of course another injustice – abortions were provided to those who could pay for them, while those who needed them most were left on their own.
But I am interested in your theory that legalizing abortions make them more dangerous. I think worldwide trends counter that effectively.
And to Courtnay: if I am a user, then I am a proud user. I was stuck in a corner, the right to abortion took me out of it. But you really want women to be stuck in corners, don’t you? After all, women do not count half as much as a foetus does…not in a “pro life” world that is.
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/75173/1/WHO_RHR_12.01_eng.pdf
Christine,
Didn’t you read my post? Do you think 90% of these illegal abortions were only rich women? My very middle class cousin had an illegal abortion or two done in her OB’s office.
The facts speak for themselves. Gosnell could have never openly operated, and attracted hundreds of unsuspecting women, had this be pro Roe. Hacks like the ones I described in Chicago, who by the way killed 12 women, could not have opened up “clinics” in Chicago’s most exclusive neighborhoods were abortion illegal.
So yes, I think its very easy to see that legalizing an abortion:
1. Made it easier for the criminal element
2. Made it far more unsafe as the clinic operators, unlike the doctors of pre Roe, did not have to concern themselves with legal consequences, and apparently didn’t
Yes I read your post. And I am totally convinced that making abortions illegal would make it a matter of money. Maybe you do not have to be rich, maybe very average middle class is enough, but those who have the least money would also have the least chance to pay for an abortion that is illegal AND safe.
Re Gosnell, I assume you never heard the pro women mantra “Safe, legal and accessible” (in varying order). Those three are the keywords. Gosnell failed on the safe part. But that is part of another problem – the apparently insufficient supervision of health care.
So I still find your conclusion, that illegal abortions are safer for women, very odd and very much in conflict with facts and research in the field. Here is a quote:” The legalization of abortion in the United States led to the near elimination of deaths from the procedure. Between 1973 and 1977, the mortality rate associated with legal abortion procedures declined from4.1 to 0.6 per 100 000. abortions. The American Medical Associations Council on Scientific Affairs credits the shift from illegal to legal abortion services as an important factor in the decline of the abortion-related death rate after Roe vs Wade. Source: http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/media/fact-sheets/abortion-distorting-science-safety-legal-abortion.pdf
If you care to follow that link you will find three notes in this section referring to scientific works (as opposed to “pro life” babbling), all from reputed Universities/Journals.
So, finally, when the “pro life” (anti women) lobby try to make themselves appear as vanguards of womens health, it is hypocrisy at its finest.
Christine,
Do you think legal abortion is free? That people aren’t in the business to turn a quick profit? Do you think the socialite and celebrity sits in the same abortion clinic waiting room as the welfare mother or the teenager from the poor end of town? No, the former will continue to have their abortions discreetly done by the best doctors and the latter will continue to wind up with the Gosnells and Carharts.
Christine, when abortion was illegal, doctors had to exercise extreme caution or they would wind up in prison. That means they couldn’t have patients showing up in the ER. That means that unlike Gosnell, they couldn’t run factories with filthy conditions that would bring the state inspectors in. Illegal abortion might well have been considerably safer for these reasons.
I also showed you a source that says the death rate was declining long before R v W and why. My source also points out abortion related deaths that were not reported as such after 1973. Women didn’t stop dying, you just didn’t hear about them.
Concerning your post of 2:29am,
That number of illegal abortion deaths seems incredibly miniscule, given the world population. BTW how many women die every year from:
1.Warfare and civil unrest
2. Malnutrition
3.Preventable disease
4.Criminal violence
5 Accidents of every kind
6.Domestic violence
In developed countries where health care, and abortions are health care, we have no such problem. We do not even get the bonus of “pro lifers” screaming at us, because the few surgical abortions that are made, are made in the same premises as other surgery. As it should be
Christine,
There may be no such problem in developed countries because abortion is regulated. Do women just walk in off the street and get one? Can just anyone open a clinic and not concern themselves with regulations and state inspection? Abortion advocates here have fought tooth and nail against regulations, which I ‘m sure you will agree is strange. Wouldn’t they be fighting for regulations to protect women?
Of course all health care must be constantly supervised re quality. Where there is no profit involved, the risk of bad qualityis lower. Applies to all health care
Christine,
I’m glad we agree there must be constant supervision re: quality. However, I think where profit is involved quality is higher. People can always go elsewhere if they don’t like your service, and you must constantly thrive to provide a good service and keep prices competitive.
And yes, there needs to be regulation and state inspection. If I’m running a legitimate business I should have no qualms about state inspections and regulations.