Just Look
The Archbishop of my diocese of New York, Edward Cardinal Egan, has just written this in his weekly column. It’s so hard-hitting I had to put it here.
Just Look
The picture on this page is an untouched photograph of a being that has been within its mother for 20 weeks. Please do me the favor of looking at it carefully.
20-week old baby in womb
Have you any doubt that it is a human being?
If you do not have any such doubt, have you any doubt that it is an innocent human being?
If you have no doubt about this either, have you any doubt that the authorities in a civilized society are duty-bound to protect this innocent human being if anyone were to wish to kill it?
If your answer to this last query is negative, that is, if you have no doubt that the authorities in a civilized society would be duty-bound to protect this innocent human being if someone were to wish to kill it, I would suggest—even insist—that there is not a lot more to be said about the issue of abortion in our society. It is wrong, and it cannot—must not—be tolerated.
Read the rest of what the Cardinal had to say here:
He is right, there’s not a lot more to be said about the issue at this point. The choice in this election seems pretty clear to me. We don’t have a choice, unfortunately, between an unequivocally pro-life and an unequivocably pro-abortion candidate. (McCain is not wholly against embryonic stem-cell research).
But we do have an unequivocably pro-death candidate (let’s call him by his right name), who would withdraw ALL protection from this baby and millions of others. I say he should be stopped.
I say this as a registered DEMOCRAT who longs to see a candidate with a “seamless garment” approach. I long to vote as a Democrat to ensure social justice and programs that would help the poor and the helpless on a variety of issues — but have been unable to do so for the past 30 years because the party supports the death of this baby and millions of others. And Obama has pledged to do away with all laws on the books supporting unborn children through the FOCA act.
My choice is clear. I hope you will think about yours.
