Monday, February 07, 2005
Bite me
Lie:
Unfortunately, congressional leaders chose to conflate that real and present danger with the, so far, unproven assumption that abortion causes widespread depression. Even C. Everett Koop, when he was President Reagan's surgeon general (and personally opposed to abortion), concluded after an exhaustive study that the psychological effects of abortion are minuscule from a public health perspective.
He actually said the opposite . . . he said the numbers were small compared to something like polio, but it was a very serious problem. Also, the research is there, it's just, how do you say, ignored. Talk to a few people with the disease, and it's hard to deny.
Problem:
The politics of abortion have no place in honoring the memory of Melanie Blocker-Stokes or Mine Ener's baby, or the other babies whose births have caused so much suffering. No place at all.
Well, look at it like this. Abortion says that life isn't worth living, it has no intrinsic value. Therefore, neither do any other lives. Therefore, abortion has bearing on this issue.
Neat.
Unfortunately, congressional leaders chose to conflate that real and present danger with the, so far, unproven assumption that abortion causes widespread depression. Even C. Everett Koop, when he was President Reagan's surgeon general (and personally opposed to abortion), concluded after an exhaustive study that the psychological effects of abortion are minuscule from a public health perspective.
He actually said the opposite . . . he said the numbers were small compared to something like polio, but it was a very serious problem. Also, the research is there, it's just, how do you say, ignored. Talk to a few people with the disease, and it's hard to deny.
Problem:
The politics of abortion have no place in honoring the memory of Melanie Blocker-Stokes or Mine Ener's baby, or the other babies whose births have caused so much suffering. No place at all.
Well, look at it like this. Abortion says that life isn't worth living, it has no intrinsic value. Therefore, neither do any other lives. Therefore, abortion has bearing on this issue.
Neat.
