'Pro-choicers' clap after partial-birth abortion

Worldnetdaily ^ | 17 October 2003 | Central_Floridian

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It's good versus evil and a tragic example of our how national conscience has been scarred beyond the ability to feel - the fires of Moloch all over again.

[joesnuffy]

No- they are no different
Than John Wayne Gacy
Those who hate God...love death

[ravingnutter]

Bout time to throw the Bible thumbers a bone, don't ya think?

This reminds me of my cat who always thinks she is starving to death just because her bowl happens to be empty at the moment. You've got your bone

[Lunatic Fringe]

Hmm, yes, I wonder why discovery health channel will not show an abortion.

[Central_Floridian]

IMHO, the slaughter of abortion in the US is worse than the Holocaust in several ways.
Because abortion is committed with the mother's consent, the populace is guiltier than the Germans of the the 1940s. Abortion has not (usually) been imposed by the government, it has been committed by the people.
We have less excuse than the Germans, who could plead they were over-reacting to the treachery of a few Jews (not that that excused their actions any). No-one in their right mind can say an unborn baby has harmed anyone or endangered the US.
Also, the truth about abortion is very available, whereas the Nazi regime tried to conceal the Holocaust.

[Central_Floridian]

I'm not surprised by anything anymore. There is nothing so evil or cruel that there are not people who would do it, right here in the USA.

[Central_Floridian]

"Someone MUST have made it up"?
No flame intended, but please tell me how you know, I could use some good news.

[wardaddy]

well I was gonna say that but....

[AD from SpringBay]

My cup is running over. I don't ever doubt that. But our nation continues to pull babies half way from their mother's wombs and then sucks their brains out. This type of murder is still legal and there's been a Republican administration (Executive and Legislative) for about three years now - thems the facts.

[biblewonk]

Yes that's true. Did you see the thread about the grandma who killed her granddaughter by putting a quarter inch of salt in the baby bottle?

[biblewonk]

I don't know but when I hear stuff like this it's just too hard to believe. Even the people I know that are pro-choice would never cheer after watching a partial birth abortion. On the contrary, they would have to stop and rething their position on abortion.

[Artist]

"Wait 5 more years, and a Disney subsuidiary will have Michael Caine playing this guy in a movie."

Good one. I haven't had the stomach to see his performance as a friendly abortionist in Cider House Rules (reading about it was bad enough). I used to like him as an actor, but that ruined it for me.

BTW, Paul Newman turned that role down:

One of the most peculiar choices made by director Hallstrom is his repeated focus upon the abortuary’s incinerator early in the film. Those who didn’t read Irving’s novel, or do not follow the film’s narration diligently, might not understand the significance of the curious structure — an outdoor oven with a brick chimney — until Homer bluntly refers to the fact that by being born he had been spared from the incinerator. Interestingly, it was the incinerator that caused veteran leftist agitator Paul Newman to balk when he was offered the role of Larch. "There are so many scenes at the incinerator," Newman told screenwriter Irving. "That incinerator really gets to me."

[freeangel]

Why would their reaction have been anything less? Murder for convenience is fun for them. I hope their elderly parents know what is in store for them.

[ravingnutter]

The Dems have been blocking the PBA ban bill. The latest news is that the House passed the bill. The Senate passed the bill in March 03. This leaves only one more legislative step before the bill can be sent to President Bush for his signature, a final vote in the Senate. Democratic senators blocked that vote on October 2, but it should occur later this month. The Senate just returned from their recess on Tuesday, so I expect a vote any day now. Just be a little more patient...

[inquest]

Didn't SCOTUS strike down a similar law passed by the Nebraska legislature?

[ravingnutter]

This law was crafted with the Nebraska decision in mind:

July 2, 2002—Washington, DC: Pro-life lawmakers yesterday renewed efforts to secure a ban on partial-birth abortion, introducing a revamped bill they say can be approved by Congress, signed into law this year and survive a constitutional challenge.

"We believe it will move quickly," said the bill's sponsor, pro-life Rep. Steve Chabot, an Ohio Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Constitution subcommittee. "This legislation is long overdue."

The Supreme Court in 2000 overturned a Nebraska partial-birth abortion ban, placing a significant obstacle in the path of congressional pro-lifers seeking a national ban. But Chabot and others have crafted new legislation language they say will address the high court's concerns.

"We have every reason to believe the Supreme Court should uphold this," Chabot said of his bipartisan bill, which would ban partial-birth abortions except when necessary to save the life of the mother. Medical experts have said a partial-birth abortion is never necessary to save the life of the mother, and the bill would essentially ban all partial-birth abortions.

The Nebraska ban was overturned partly because the Supreme Court thought it was too vague and could also have banned another, more common, type of abortion. To address these issues, Mr. Chabot's bill provides a new, more precise definition of the prohibited procedure. The Supreme Court also claimed the Nebraska ban placed an undue burden on women seeking abortions by failing to make an exception for partial-birth abortions deemed necessary to preserve the health of the mother.

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