Pro-life news brief 3-21-13
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat
- A mother writes to Dear Abby, wondering why she has taken her daughter’s abortion so hard:
Abby, I have taken this really hard. I have cried every day since she had the abortion, and I’m torturing myself thinking this is my fault because I went against everything I believe in when I supported her in her decision. - The Global Times has an article about sex-selection abortion in China and a group who illegally performed ultrasounds to identify the gender of the child:
“Pregnant women would call them according to the number on the name card. The gang members would tell these women to meet them at a specific time and place. Then, they would dispatch a minivan to pick them up, drive them to remote areas in the countryside, and carry out the ultrasound tests or abortions,” Zhang Rongmin, a local judge who took charge of the case, told the Global Times.The business was lucrative, Zhang said. It cost around 60,000 yuan to buy the vehicles and ultrasound machines, but the gang charged 800 to 1,200 yuan for a gender test and 3,800 yuan for an induced abortion.
- Yesterday, the Kermit Gosnell trial discussed why the abortionist saved dozens of feet (pictured left) from some of the children he killed:
“Do you think there is any medical reason to save the foot of a baby?” Assistant District Attorney Edward Cameron asked.“In my practice, we would have no reason to save the foot, and I’ve never seen that done,” replied Daniel H. Conway, a physician and neonatologist at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.
Questioned by Gosnell attorney Jack McMahon, Conway acknowledged that the creases on the bottom of the foot are one factor sometimes used to determine the age of a stillborn or premature baby.
But Conway maintained he had never heard of physicians or researchers preserving and saving severed fetal feet.
- A man in India has been arrested along with his mother for allegedly forcing his wife to have an abortion:
Sangrur resident Jyoti had complained to the police against her husband Naresh Bansal and other family members for forcing her to abort the 8 weeks old foetus at a private clinic. Sangrur DSP Gurmeet Singh Dhindsa said “Jyoti on Wednesday had complained to the police that her husband wanted to get rid of the child and forced to go in for the abortion. Working on her complaint the police has booked Naresh Bansal and his mother [for]… causing miscarriage without woman’s consent…. DSP said the
role of private clinic is also being investigated.
[Photo via ProLifeAction.org]
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.
The more I read about Kermit Gosnell the more I understand the moral depravity which is taking over this country. Why are we surprised by brutal massacres when we condone the Philadelphia House of Horrors? My pastor says “a society which condones abortion creates monsters.”
Murderers, especially serial murderers, often keep trophies. Gosnell may have saved the feet for similar reasons. He may have regarded them as trophies.
The Dear Abby writer mentions finances as a reason for aborting. Would a family allowance system get rid of this reason for getting rid of a pregnancy? The income would automatically increase with a newcomer.
Of course, people are afraid we will all turn into Michelle Duggars and/or Nadya Sulemans if a family allowance is instituted. Would we?
Leticia, your pastor is absolutely correct. Part of living life in the 21st century is not being shocked by any depth of depravity in the supposedly enlightened and civilized west. Sometimes it’s hard to remember how messed up we are, because abortion has been legal for so long that it’s become so normal to us.
“I went against everything I believe in when I supported her in her decision.”
If you don’t stand for what you believe in why believe in it?
Not surprisingly, Dear Abby fails to understand that this woman is grieving for an irreplaceable grandchild, the anguish of which will strain the relationship with her daughter. Perhaps, the mother feels as though she should have fought harder for the life of her grandchild.
The mother of the mother…in a sense she was forced to abort her grandchild. A truly horrible experience for her. I wonder why her daughter came to her – perhaps she wanted to be talked out of it? Afterwards is too late for her to regret supporting her daughter. Abortion cannot be undone.
As for India…unfortunately in places where scans are not allowed to determine gender people simply wait for the child to be born then kill it if it’s a girl. Abortion is not the problem in India and China – the appalling attitude towards daughters is the problem.
Dear Abby:
A loving parent should not support their child’s decision to drink and drive or rob a bank, much less abort their grandchild.
Support them during the fallout of a wrong decision, yes. But never support someone’s decision to do something you know to be wrong and harmful.