Missouri Congressman’s Dark Remarks Have Silver Lining
Kevin M. Nelson 8/20/12
In a recent St. Louis television interview, a Missouri Congressman seeking a U.S. Senate post, Todd Akin, made some unfounded remarks on conception resulting from rape. He reportedly remarked "…If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," alleging that pregnancy from rape is rare as the result of some sort of female biological defense mechanism.
As you can imagine, these remarks created quite a fire storm of criticism from all sides of the issue, and rightfully so. But for uncompromising pro-Lifers who make no exception on the murder of babies in the womb, this tragic misstep on Akin’s part came with a silver lining of sorts… Romney’s incomplete and compromising stance on the protection of innocent life is publicly stated once again for all to see.
"Gov. Romney and Congressman (Paul) Ryan disagree with Mr. Akin's statement, and a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape," Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said.
Rape is a horrific violation of a human body. Rapists should be punished with a fierce and heavy hand, and their victims treated with compassion and support of the community. However, executing an innocent unborn child for the crimes of their father is no more admirable or righteous, than executing an unborn child as an act of after-the-fact “birth control”. When we attempt to differentiate between which innocent babies are worthy of execution, and which innocent babies are worthy of life, we have lost sight of the fact that ALL innocent babies are nothing less than innocent human life. Adding to the physical and emotional wounds of a rape with the execution of an innocent baby, only compounds the tragedy, and brings a new immoral injustice to the situation.
Bottom line, if you support Romney, you support the execution of over 13,505 innocent babies each year (though ironically, those who advocate for abortion claim rape abortions are as many as THREE Times this many), and that’s putting a lot of false hope in his judicial supremacy position of waiting to appoint conservative justices being successful, as well as assuming that if Planned Parenthood receives no federal funds of any kind, that other abortion mills will somehow disappear as well. In other words, by supporting Romney, who will not make a bold stand for Life from the Oval Office, you endorse the murder of a minimum of 13,505 babies per year at best, and more than 1,350,500 if his status quo stance reaps the same results as the similar weak efforts of others.
If everyone who claims to be pro-Life would settle for no less than a total ban on murdering innocent human babies, and stop rejoicing over baby steps of incremental legislation that only serves to codify which babies are eligible for protection, or how abortions are paid for, we would see an end to the abortion holocaust.
K.Nelson 8/20/2012
Kevin M. Nelson 8/20/12
In a recent St. Louis television interview, a Missouri Congressman seeking a U.S. Senate post, Todd Akin, made some unfounded remarks on conception resulting from rape. He reportedly remarked "…If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," alleging that pregnancy from rape is rare as the result of some sort of female biological defense mechanism.
As you can imagine, these remarks created quite a fire storm of criticism from all sides of the issue, and rightfully so. But for uncompromising pro-Lifers who make no exception on the murder of babies in the womb, this tragic misstep on Akin’s part came with a silver lining of sorts… Romney’s incomplete and compromising stance on the protection of innocent life is publicly stated once again for all to see.
"Gov. Romney and Congressman (Paul) Ryan disagree with Mr. Akin's statement, and a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape," Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said.
Rape is a horrific violation of a human body. Rapists should be punished with a fierce and heavy hand, and their victims treated with compassion and support of the community. However, executing an innocent unborn child for the crimes of their father is no more admirable or righteous, than executing an unborn child as an act of after-the-fact “birth control”. When we attempt to differentiate between which innocent babies are worthy of execution, and which innocent babies are worthy of life, we have lost sight of the fact that ALL innocent babies are nothing less than innocent human life. Adding to the physical and emotional wounds of a rape with the execution of an innocent baby, only compounds the tragedy, and brings a new immoral injustice to the situation.
Bottom line, if you support Romney, you support the execution of over 13,505 innocent babies each year (though ironically, those who advocate for abortion claim rape abortions are as many as THREE Times this many), and that’s putting a lot of false hope in his judicial supremacy position of waiting to appoint conservative justices being successful, as well as assuming that if Planned Parenthood receives no federal funds of any kind, that other abortion mills will somehow disappear as well. In other words, by supporting Romney, who will not make a bold stand for Life from the Oval Office, you endorse the murder of a minimum of 13,505 babies per year at best, and more than 1,350,500 if his status quo stance reaps the same results as the similar weak efforts of others.
If everyone who claims to be pro-Life would settle for no less than a total ban on murdering innocent human babies, and stop rejoicing over baby steps of incremental legislation that only serves to codify which babies are eligible for protection, or how abortions are paid for, we would see an end to the abortion holocaust.
K.Nelson 8/20/2012