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Save the fetus, kill the child.
Author: TriSec    Date: 07/02/2011 13:45:45

Good Morning.

Anybody out there have babies? Were you regulated in any way when you decided to do so, or did it just happen?

I wonder, did that automatically make any of us "good parents"?

The GOP has many curious fixations. Most of them, as we know, are truly damaging to the country, but some are just obsessions to pacify their "base". Of course, I have abortion on the brain today.

Some of the religious extremists take a look at the ancient texts and find things to cherry-pick. For whatever reason, it's not enough for these beliefs to remain in their faith community...so they've made it their lifelong mission to turn it into the law of the land. "Thou shalt not kill" is the entire basis for the anti-abortion crusade.


But of course....it's probably the wrong approach. All of you here know our story. To paraphrase, we were unable to have children in the normal fashion, so Mrs. TriSec and I went through a lengthy process to prove we were good people worthy of having a child.

Over the years since, I believe my worldview has changed somewhat, and I too have obsessively and sometimes violently argued my point; ANYONE who wants to have children needs to go through the same kind of screening process that adoptive parents do. In short...perhaps the time has come for the US Government to issue a 'breeding license".

Can you buy a gun without a licence? Drive a car, bus, or truck? Practice medicine or law? Then why not? Politicians, for whatever reason, will embrace the most ludicrous positions for money, or to pacify influential supporters. I don't think such a position would be indefensible now. Personally, I have long believed that it might be the bigger crime to bring a child into the world when you are unable to support and shelter it, yet there are probably thousands of babies born every day to people without homes, shelter, mental stability, or indeed the will to love and nurture a child to maturity. It's a huge commitment...and some people are simply not up to the task and should not do it.

I realize this isn't going to be a popular position today....but there were a number of stories in the news this week that illustrate my point. Can anyone defend these "parents"? Should these children have even been born, if this was to be the end result? Perhaps they should have been, after all it's not their fault what happened to them. But some kind of intervention certainly seems warranted.


Four year old dumped by road

Eleven year old "coerced" into driving car across the desert

Woman microwaves baby to death

And then there's the whole Casey Anthony affair in Orlando.


If the GOP truly cared about children, don't you think some of these things would make a fair bit of common sense? But since they don't, it's all about abortion and pacifying the religious extremists among us. Funny that....banning abortion on religious grounds. Wouldn't that be Christian Sharia?
 

5 comments (Latest Comment: 07/03/2011 00:30:46 by TriSec)
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Comment by livingonli on 07/02/2011 15:59:09
I still like the George Carlin quote, "Isn't it just a bit ironic that the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn't want to fuck in the first place?"

Comment by Raine on 07/02/2011 16:36:36
much like we have end of life counseling, I think it would be a good idea for prospective parents to take parental counseling.

I have jokes about it many times, but the practicality of such an idea poses many dangers. 20 years ago, this was a big debate.
In the California case, Tulare County Superior Court Judge Howard Broadman last week ordered the implantation of the device in Darlene Johnson, a 27-year-old mother of four who pleaded guilty to beating two of her children with a belt.

The order was issued at her sentencing, without notice to either the woman or her lawyer, Charles Rothbaum. Judge Broadman is to reconsider the order at a hearing this morning on a motion filed by Mr. Rothbaum.

Mr. Rothbaum said his client had been completely taken by surprise by the Judge's decision. In a plea agreement arranged earlier, Ms. Johnson was to be sentenced to one year in jail and three years of probation
I would not want to be in a country that does such things.

The irony is not lost on me with the links you posted, TriSec.

Comment by Raine on 07/02/2011 21:13:34
I am happy to announce that my sister came for a visit today! IT was really nice to see her. She is driving back home from Vacation, and came by for a few hours.


Comment by Raine on 07/03/2011 00:19:47
BTW, I might surprise y'all with my stance on this:

Maybe, just maybe if we stopped trying to take away a woman's right to choose, maybe, just maybe we would be more enlightened as a society. As a result, we might now have to keep reading such wretched stories.

By and large, women are pretty smart. Maybe we we would benefit start empowering them to make good choices. That begins with education -- and that includes empowerment.

Tri, I truly understand the idea that you are talking about, but I still think the issues we are dealing with have to do with an American Society that is male oriented. Women are still not considered equals. We are not embraced as such and thus are forced to do certain terrible things -- based on the societal aspect of the country.

I know this sounds radical, but think about it. Would any of these women have done these dastardly actions if they were given a real safety net?

Comment by TriSec on 07/03/2011 00:30:46
Ya know, I'd have to say probably not.

There's a certain desperation to some of these acts...I do have to wonder if somebody came up with a child and said "please help", if they got some support instead of turned backs and a "pull up your own bootstraps" attitude, things might be different.