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Finally, Some Abortion Sanity The Supreme Court recently ruled that the Federal law against late term abortions in which a baby is partially delivered in the birth canal is constitutional. There has been an outcry from the left that this is an inappropriate infringement on a woman's right to choose. In fact, the ruling finally brings some sanity to the abortion issue. The original Roe v. Wade case specifically said that there can be reasonable limits on abortion in appropriate circumstances. Yet until this case, the only recognized limit had been carefully crafted parental notification laws. It could be argued that the whole claim that a woman must have a right to choose is bogus. The natural result of heterosexual intercourse is pregnancy and child birth. Thus, when people decide to have sex, they make the choice to risk pregnancy. What really is at issue is human intervention to negate the natural consequences of a choice, not the right to choose. People could have chosen not to have sex. But then we would have to worry about morals, and we cannot question each other's judgments. Getting beyond that, however, is the evolving scientific proof of when life begins. The cell division and evolution is so unique once an egg is fertilized, it is reasonable to argue that such is the beginning of life, or at least that implantation which allows continued growth is the beginning of life. Current medical techniques allow you to see the development of a human being as early as a few weeks after conception. Finally, there is the fact that babies born at about 24 weeks can regularly be kept alive through neo-natal intervention. Ask a doctor who practices in this area. The procedure of partially delivering a baby which, if fully delivered, could live, and then puncturing the skull or crushing it in order to stop life can only be classified as murder. The claim that there must be concern for the life of the mother is also a joke since a baby, if fully delivered rather than killed, could be kept alive without hurting the mother. Given the heinous nature of the procedures involved and the medical evidence concerning conception and the ability to sustain life, it is totally irresponsible to say that this decision does anything other than honor and preserve life.
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