Having ended its first week, earlier chapters of the [abortionist Kermit Gosnell] trial were much more charged. Those included gruesome and revolting descriptions of dead babies – oh, excuse me, I mean fetuses, not babies, not even the one that was seven months along [gestational age depicted in image, right] who could have walked Gosnell to the bus, he reportedly joked.

It’s nice to have fun on the job.

Jurors nearly sobbed when they learned that Gosnell reportedly cut the spinal cords of dozens of fetuses and babies, which means the state believes at least some survived birth, allowing Gosnell to be charged with murder.

It’s amazing that what separates human from nonhuman, baby from fetus, is the thickness of the wall of the mother’s belly.

Uh-oh. This is heading where maybe it shouldn’t.

~ Stu Bykofsky, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 22

[Image via ehd.org]

by LauraLoo

As reported by Newsbusters:

On her MSNBC show this morning, MH-P repeatedly revealed how little respect she has for life in its early forms.

At one point, [Melissa] Harris-Perry callously spoke of how much it costs “to have this thing turn into a human.”

Watch as MH-P makes light as she accidentally breaks a model of a fertilized egg, claims there is no science supporting the notion that life in its early forms could be considered a person, and dismissively refers to that early life as “this” and “this thing.”  You really have to watch and listen to hear the dismissivness, the virtual contempt, with which MH-P speaks of “this thing.”…

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[HT: Thomas S.]

  [Apparently], it is much more important for the school to have Planned Parenthood at Benson than it is to have a teacher teach computer science and math.

~ High school teacher Bill Diss (pictured), who was escorted by police out of his classroom at Benson High School in Portland, Oregon, last week because of his opposition to Planned Parenthood’s presence on campus, as reported by Christian News Network, March 22

[HT: Barb and Brian; photo via Catholic Sentinel]

I have a new poll question up:

Is it fair to equate abortion with slavery?

Virginia Democrats are attacking Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli for comments he made last year connecting the two, this on the heels of Susan B. Anthony List president Marjorie Dannenfelser doing the same at CPAC.

Cuccinelli was spot on:

Over time, the truth demonstrates its own rightness, and its own righteousness. Our experience as a country has demonstrated that on one issue after another. Start right at the beginning, slavery. Today, abortion.

History has shown us what the right position was, and those were issues that were attacked by people of faith aggressively to change the course of this country. We need to fight for the respect for life, not just for life but for respect for life. One leads to the other.

As RH Reality Check’s Robin Marty fairly pointed out, “Maybe this language is somehow new to those who don’t pay much attention to the abortion issue. For those who do spend any time listening, this is rhetoric we’ve heard over and over again.”

But apparently Democrats are looking for fodder in anticipation of Terry McAuliffe’s run against Cuccinelli. IMO, it’s a place Democrats should rather not go, but ok. What do you think? Are the two issues related? Or not? Answer the poll at the bottom right side of the home page.

Our last poll question was a bit screwed up. So we’re rebooting.

As always, make comments to either the previous or current poll here, not on the Poll Daddy website.

Here were my top five six favorite political cartoons this week. Vote for your favorite in the poll at the end of the post.

by Steve Kelley at GoComics.com…

 by Dana Summers at GoComics.com…

 … in reference to this brouhaha…

 another one by Steve Kelley at GoComics.com…

 … regarding this video posted by Hillary on March 18…
[youtube]http://youtu.be/6RP9pbKMJ7c[/youtube]
 by Henry Payne at Townhall.com…

 by Glenn Foden at Townhall.com…

 by Walt Handelsman at GoComics.com…

When they neared Jerusalem, having arrived at Bethphage on Mount Olives, Jesus sent two disciples with these instructions: “Go over to the village across from you. You’ll find a donkey tethered there, her colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me. If anyone asks what you’re doing, say, ‘The Master needs them!’ He will send them with you.”

This is the full story of what was sketched earlier by the prophet: Tell Zion’s daughter, “Look, your king’s on his way, poised and ready, mounted On a donkey, on a colt, foal of a pack animal.”

The disciples went and did exactly what Jesus told them to do. They led the donkey and colt out, laid some of their clothes on them, and Jesus mounted. Nearly all the people in the crowd threw their garments down on the road, giving him a royal welcome. Others cut branches from the trees and threw them down as a welcome mat. Crowds went ahead and crowds followed, all of them calling out, “Hosanna to David’s son!” “Blessed is he who comes in God’s name!” “Hosanna in highest heaven!”

As he made his entrance into Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken. Unnerved, people were asking, “What’s going on here? Who is this?” The parade crowd answered, “This is the prophet Jesus, the one from Nazareth in Galilee.”

~ Matthew 21:1-11, The Message translation

by Hans Johnson

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aE0nSQTw0k[/youtube]

That’s Niall Donnelly singing Ronan Keating’s “This I Promise You.”

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[HT: GodTube]

Robin Kelly was endorsed by Planned Parenthood Illinois Action because she knows that women don’t turn to politicians for advice about birth control, mammograms, or cancer screenings.

~ Carole Brite, pictured right, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, using sleight of hand in a candidate endorsement to make it appear to the uninformed reader that Planned Parenthood performs mammograms, which it does not, as quoted by Progress Illinois, March 20. Planned Parenthood only refers for mammograms.

[Ht: Fran Eaton at Illinois Review]