"Grotesque"

William Saletan says that from a pro-life viewpoint, this story is "grotesque" and from a "pro-choice" viewpoint it is "agonizing."

The story involves a couple in Japan who underwent in vitro fertilization only to be told that it was possible that the baby growing inside the woman (about 8 weeks along) was not theirs. The couple aborted. The other couple who were the possible biological parents of the child had also been undergoing in vitro. The woman was older (40) and she wasn't told that her baby was possibly aborted until two and a half months later.

Obviously, for pro-lifers, a baby lost his or her life and the families involved will always be haunted by this horrific sequence of events.

Now, my question for the pro-abortion side would be why would this be an "agonizing" situation for pro-abortionists? If a fetus is just a "blob of tissue" or the "products of conception" then this should be a non-issue or at most a dispute over property rights. Is it "agonizing" because it points out all the errors in judgment and the fallacies that pro-abortion groups use in justifying abortion? Or is it agonizing because the reality is that a fetus is more than a "blob of tissue"?

The truth is our gut instinct is to recognize that there is more here than just malpractice issues or property rights.

Kmiec in Denial

Douglas Kmiec, the widely recognized Catholic who supported Barack Obama during the election and claimed that Obama was pro-life, still believes this.

I think that instead of maintaining any Catholic supporters who believed the falsehood that Obama was pro-life, Kmiec is hurting his own credibility by continuing to promote the lie. Despite all the pro-abortion policy Obama has signed, Kmiec still says Obama is pro-life.

Maybe in an alternate universe, but not this one.

Obama Signs Order Allowing Embryo-destroying Stem Cell Research

It's official. LifeNews.com notes that Congress may have something to say.

President Obama Set to Reverse Federal Funding on Embryo-Killing Stem Cell Research

President Obama is doing a great job fulfilling all of his campaign promises: to pro-abortion groups.

Tonight, Obama signed an executive order overturning Mexico City Policy which banned U.S. funds from going to groups that perform or promote abortion overseas. Monday, Mr. Obama will sign an executive order overturning the Bush Administration's ban on federal funding for embryo-killing stem cell research.

And for all of you pro-lifers who voted for him, congratulations for buying into the Douglas Kmiec-hype about Obama "really" being pro-life. Next time, please listen to the rest of us pro-lifers who have been in the trenches. When we say someone is pro-abortion to the gills and Planned Parenthood likes them, well then, it's pretty safe to say that they are for abortion on demand.

'Nuff said.

Universal Health Care-- Redux

It may not be called the "Clinton" Health Care Plan but it's guaranteed to be just as expensive, just as cumbersome and just as pro-abortion.



So, we're headed for even more economic woes and we're going to throw federal monies and bureaucracy into the health care system?!

As for pro-abortion: don't believe me? Look at his speech before Planned Parenthood Action Fund in July 2007 (go ahead, I'll wait, the transcript is on the right, yup, just there...) At the end of the transcript, Barack Obama is asked some questions by three audience members. The first question is how "reproductive rights" and Planned Parenthood fit into a universal health care plan. Barack Obama's answer:

Well, look, in my mind reproductive care is essential care--basic care--so it is at the center, the heart of the plan that I propose. . . .

But, essentially, what we are doing is to say that we’re going to set up a public plan that all persons and all women can access if they don’t have health insurance. It’ll be a plan that will provide all essential services, including reproductive services, as well as mental health services and disease management services. [scattered applause]

. . .

Now, I know I’m limited on time but I just want to expand on that second part of your question which is the role that organizations like Planned Parenthood play. . . .my hope is that we still have non-profit participation under my plan.

But, in the meantime, what I’ve said is that I believe we can have universal health care in this country by the end of the next president’s first term. By the end of my first term as president [applause] of the United States of America.

[Italics mine]

In pro-abortion parlance "reproductive healthcare" doesn't just mean pre-natal care (by the way, check out the "pre-natal care" section of a recent Planned Parenthood Annual Report and you'll notice that they don't do a lot of that.) The foundation of "reproductive healthcare" is abortion on demand. To sum up:

Obama Health Care Plan = abortion-on-demand with your tax dollars

Say It Ain't So, Sam!

Sam Brownback looks likely to vote for Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius for HHS Secretary.

Now he may be wanting to get her out of Kansas but the rest of us don't want her!

National Right to Life notes how the Sebelius nomination moves the Obama abortion agenda forward.

Pro-abortion Plans

A friend of mine forwarded a copy of an article that appeared on The New Republic website yesterday. While it's probably one of the worst cases of a "chasing your tail" argument I've ever seen, it does give insight into what pro-abortion groups may be thinking on FOCA.

The Future of the Hyde Amendment

W. James Antle, III, the associate editor of The American Spectator, writes about the danger the Hyde Amendment faces in this congress.

Alleged Assisted-Suicide Ring Arrested

This falls under the "shocking-but-true" category. Pro-life groups have long fought the legalization of assisted suicide for a variety of reasons. One of the scariest concerns is the possibility that a person may change their mind and someone "helping" prevents them from stopping the suicide at the last moment.

Most people seeking assisted suicide (at least 95 percent) are clinically depressed and should receive medical attention for depression.