I recently wrote a couple of blogs about New York’s new abortion laws (see: Abortion is Not a Celebration and Full Text of the Reproductive Health Act).
But now, our politicians are voting on whether living, breathing human babies have the right to life. This has nothing to do with abortion.
People who are pro-choice used to determine whether abortion was acceptable based on the moment they agreed that life started. Many would say somewhere around 21-24 weeks was the time frame.
Recently, many have decided that life only begins at birth.
But now, even babies that are fully born are not safe. 44 Senate Democrats voted on Monday to block a bill that would have provided protection to babies that were born accidentally during an attempted abortion. It was called the Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act and there were only 3 Democrats who did not vote to block it. THREE.
This bill was simply trying to protect the babies that were born alive; it did not change anything with regard to abortion laws. It would allow for penalties (fines and jail time) for doctors who did not care for a baby that was born alive. Everyone can agree that these are living babies, but some are arguing that they still don’t have the right to life, even after birth. I truly cannot fathom this point of view.
If a live baby is born (even though an abortion was attempted), how can anyone choose to either kill it intentionally or let it die as a result of not caring for it or feeding it? People may not agree with my views on abortion, but I thought that most people agreed that infanticide was a heinous crime.
But this is what happens with the slippery slope of abortion. First, abortion is legalized during the first trimester, then in the second, then in the third, and then any moment up until birth, but what is happening now cannot be called abortion. Abortion requires a pregnant mother. What is being legalized now is blatant infanticide –the killing of a precious and defenseless human baby.
Some people may argue that this type of situation is rare. I don’t care. Is murder allowed as long as it’s not common? No. One baby that is left to die from a botched abortion is one too many.
Many news sources are saying that babies never survive abortion. Fine. Then why block a bill like this? In that view, a doctor would then never be fined, end of story. They are incorrect. No, it’s not common, but it’s possible and it does happen.
Yes, the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 already exists, but it provides zero penalties to doctors and it mentions nothing specifically about what type of medical care is required. The new act was going to ensure that a living baby was given necessary medical care if it was alive. It would have also punished doctors who failed to heed that protocol.
There are plenty of parents who want to adopt. We don’t have to force that mother to parent the baby, but let’s feed it and protect it and put it up for adoption. How can anyone live with themselves knowing that they think it is perfectly acceptable to kill that baby?
I simply cannot understand. I am heartbroken. I am irate. I am ashamed of this godforsaken country that thinks that it is progressive. No, we’re not. We’re shameful.
We’re full of thousands of people who agree with my stance but who are too indifferent to even make themselves aware of the news. Too indifferent to care about what is happening outside of their own needs. Too busy having “me time” and swimming in narcissism to care about things that actually matter. Disgusting.
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