Thank you! What, you might ask, is dominating the news right now? At this point, after a quite fruitless debate spawning nothing of entertainment value, coverage the mere steaming and possible eruption of Mt. Saint Helens is all the rage. Finally, after months of endless chatter having something to do with Kerry’s apparent appreciation for sandals, we get some news that has absolutely nothing to do with politics (except, of course, that memos were found detailing Bush administration plans to inject a catalyst deep into the earth’s core in order to cause an eruption, kill thousands of people, and allow Bush to appear compassionate towards the people of the northwest… and he made the hurricanes, too).
Needless to say.
Last night the Presidential Debate party was a bit of a dud. I’m not even sure the pizza was worth it. As much as representatives from both parties asked the Belmont audience to please be respectful and not make noise, it sounded like a UT Football game in the dining hall. If there were actually anything important said last night, I’d have to watch the debate again. After the televised debate, they set up a panel consisting of 3 reps from each party to give their take on the debate and then field questions from the audience. The most exciting part of the night was when an audience member asked what was the democratic take on what he felt was the most heinous act of terrorism against this country, partial-birth abortions. Clearly a loaded question. But the surprising thing was that before the moderator could cancel the question for not adhering to foreign policy, one of the Democrat’s jumped up and started hurling insults at the audience member. “I can’t believe you’d ask that! If you think that that has anything to do with foreign policy, then you’re just an idiot!”Planning on running for public office anytime soon there Cicero?
On that topic though, I thought I’d mention how much the two party’s positions surprise me. You’d think with all the liberal push towards any and all human rights that the Democrats would be gung ho about protecting even the unborn’s rights. It makes me wonder if one of the parties will simply take the opposing side of the other party. How do you decide that one is not subject to American laws and protection until they’ve hit air? I was under the understanding that the way we can tell if someone is still living is by checking their heartbeat and brainwaves. Under those criteria, even the unborn pass the litmus test. It’s not because I think women don’t have rights or anything, but why is this a “choice” that they have? What makes that a good thing at all? Perhaps we should extend that right for at least a year after birth, just in case they decide they’d rather not have a child anymore. The argument against letting babies live always seems to include the tired old examples of rape, incest, and danger to the mother’s life. Well sure, I’d agree with that. Most people do. No really, A USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll showed that 55% of Americans approve of abortions only in the cases of incest, rape, or to save the life of the mother. The truth is that the number of Americans that support abortions for any reason is declining.
The sad part about this whole thing is that the argument that abortion should be legal (including partial-birth abortions?) because the woman might have been raped, the victim of incest, or in danger for her own life is the very slimmest of percentages for reasons abortions are performed. I stand by my conviction that most people use abortion to avoid the consequences of poor planning. Consequences are a natural part of life. If something or someone gets in my way of a goal because of my own poor planning, I don’t have the right to annihilate my human obstacle.
- 25.5% wanted to postpone childbearing. Should have thought about that ahead of time.
- 21.3% cannot afford a baby. Plenty of people looking to adopt!
- 14.1% are in a relationship that does not want a child. Adoption, perhaps? Plan ahead next time?
- 10.8% think a child will disrupt career or education. You can’t just kill someone because they get in your way. Civilized societies generally call that premeditated murder.
- Only 2.8% abort due to maternal health! That’s hardly enough to generalize and suggest the entire population is at risk!
The most horrifying statistic I discovered was that over 90% of abortions were due to simply not wanting the child! During this unsettling war with Iraq, so many people are demanding to know the burden of proof for invading Iraq. It is no less important to have a undeniable reason for taking a life that lives within you. If you’re pregnant and were not raped, then you’ve committed to this child. Whether you planned it or not, part of the responsibility in having sex is understanding and accepting the ramifications of your actions. Abortion is certainly the most evil form of retreat.
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