Rape, Incest, and Murder

On this clear night I am moved to defend those who have few defenders.

Tell me... what is it that the child of incest has done that is so horrible he should forfiet his life? Has he murdered? Has he raped? Has he stolen?

No. His only sin is his existence.

And yet... it is because of his existence that you would see him torn apart... or chemicaly burned to death.

What is it... friends... that the child of rape has done to make him so guilty... that he should be sentenced to die, not at the hands of a court... but a single emotional woman?

See... its considered an extreme view isn't it? Denying abortion to victims of rape or incest? Why? What is it about the children who will be violently and painfully killed that is so offensive?

I've blogged at length about the myth of abortions being performed to save the life of the mother. This is extremely rare. Its basicly limited to the cases of ectopic pregnancies.... and guess what? The babies won't survive anyway. The number of cases where-in a healthy baby's gestation and birth would kill the mother... well... to be blunt... they just don't exist. I shouldn't say that... they do exist... I mean... babies are born with 2 heads for crying out loud. If you can think of it medically, its happened. However... I fail to see how 2 lottery winners a decade should affect the law as it relates to the deaths of millions unborn.

So let me state my position clearly.

If you're raped... abortion should not be an option for you. Why? Because the baby didn't rape you. She's not guilty of anything, and killing her is not justice. I'm sorry your attacker did such a thing. I'll make a deal with you... You have the baby and either keep it or give it up for adoption, and we kill the rapist by ripping him limb from limb or burning him to death chemicly.

Fair enough?

See... it all boils down to what the definition of Human is. Is an egg a human? Is sperm? No. But if you define Human as more than the combination of a human egg and human sperm... well lets be honest for a minute... you can't.

Are we really going to define human rights by physical location? Oh... I'm sorry... you're not in the right place right now... even though you didn't choose to be there... but we're going to torture and kill you anyway. Thanks for playing.

No?

So its age then? Because that's what stages of developement are. Is it less wrong to kill an 80 year old woman than a 30 year old woman? Some would argue that its sadder in the case of the younger... because she had so much more life taken from her. But doesn't that same logic say that the unborn have their whole life ahead of them?

Ancient cultures celebrate the first birth day 3 months after the child is born. Why? Pregnancies last 9 months... do the math.

No one wants to look at a rape victim and tell her she's pregnant. No one wants to tell her she has to have the baby.

On the other hand... no one wants to be ripped, torn, or cut to pieces... to die a brutal... violent death... for no other sin than their own existence.

And ya know... before you say this isn't personal... that these are big words from a man... please be aware... I have a friend... a white lady from a racist family, who was raped by a black man... and she had the baby. Her family practicly disowned her because when she refused to murder the child they figured she must not have been raped after all.

Yet still she had the baby and put him up for adoption.

What greater love is there?

Does she regret it? Hell no. She still keeps track of his birthday and thinks about him a lot.

That's what baby killers don't understand. Its not about them. Its about the innocent they want to kill.