Different Kind of Atrocity
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President Obama certainly deserves credit for his actions attempting to place restrictions on ownership of certain types of guns, especially those with ammunition clips in excess of ten rounds.
He was wise in announcing that “No law or set of laws can prevent every senseless act of violence completely.”
What happened in Newtown resulting in the deaths of 20 first-grade children and six adults was indeed senseless. I would think that everyone can sympathize with the people of that community, especially with those who lost loved ones, even though we have difficulty imagining the extent of the hurt and sadness they experienced. The tragedy left the entire country with the thought that something needed to be done to prevent another terrible episode like it.
The president said action needed to be taken to protect the “most vulnerable people in our society,” meaning schoolchildren. Children in classrooms and people gathered in close quarters such as theaters are accurately “very” vulnerable to mentally deranged acts of violence.
When he said “most” vulnerable, the thought occurred to me that term should be reserved to the children in the womb whose lives are snuffed out by a medical procedure sought by the mother and approved by seven Supreme Court Justices. The Court said that the right to an abortion must be balanced against the state’s interest in protecting prenatal life and protecting woman’s health. Protection of prenatal life seems to have been forgotten.
The most recent count is that the lives of 53 million children have been ended since that decision was handed down, yet there is no widespread uproar. Ironically, the death of 20 children has caused people to call out, “Something must be done.”
Gene Jacobs
Pinehurst
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JimRussell44 4 months ago
Mr. Jacobs, do you or have you ever used a condom during intercourse? If so, you prevented a human from being born, becoming a valuable member of society, maybe even the founder of a cure for a horrible disease. Abortions prior to 20 weeks of pregnancy are no different than your condom use.You just did it sooner.
getreal 4 months ago
It always astounds me when I read once again, another righteous opinion that women should not be allowed to make their legal choice for the termination of their pregnancy. Those who decry the loss of the "babies murdered" never discuss the fact that it is usually embryos removed not full term viable children. The person responsible for the condemnation is usually using their religion of choice as their sword to strike down the rights of others. The disgraceful aspects of these constantly arrogant soap box orators is that they offer no recourse to address the resulting unwanted children they insist be born.
I would suggest Mr. Jacobs purchase a van and enlarge his home. Since he is so adamant about "saving" 53 million children, he will need incredible resources and all of his time to round up those considering abortion, to take them into his home to assist them in the care and health care costs required for their pregnancies and to eventually adopt and raise the resulting children. Does Mr. Jacob volunteer at abortion facilities to counsel those considering the procedure? Does he donate a substantial portion of his income to support unwanted, abused, starved, beaten and abandoned children? I would bet the answer would be NO.
How easy it is to sit upon that high holy horse and direct your judgement at women who must make serious and hard decisions affecting their entire lives. How easy it is to sit on the side lines and want to force your beliefs on strangers, then turn you back on them after the fact. You proponents of "have the baby and the rest is your problem", make my stomach turn. What arrogance, what righteousness, what utter stupidity.
"I THINK IN MANY CASES, YOUR MORALITY IS DEEPLY LACKING IF ALL YOU WANT IS A CHILD BORN NOT A CHILD FED, NOT A CHILD EDUCATED, NOT A CHILD HOUSED.
THAT IS NOT PRO-LIFE. THAT IS PRO-BIRTH" "Sister Joan Chittister
skylinefirepest 4 months ago
I always find it difficult to understand how you bleeding heart liberals can stand up in public and cry about a "woman's right" to kill her baby. I would think that instead of calling it a "woman's right" you would get upset about the woman being too damn lazy to not have the baby in the first place. There are cheap preventions for that nowadays, you know??
AFCHIEF 4 months ago
Jimruss don't worry about condoms as long as us taxpayers are paying for abortions.
fugitiveguy 4 months ago
"Abortions prior to 20 weeks of pregnancy are no different than your condom use"
thats sick.
fugitiveguy 4 months ago
"He was wise in announcing that “No law or set of laws can prevent every senseless act of violence completely.”
Wise? That was stating the obvious. You set the bar way too low for "wise"
pgericson 4 months ago
AFCHIEF... I guess your problems would melt away if taxpayers were not paying for abortions, which just happens to be the case. I believe there is room for serious discussion on the pros and cons of various of the right to have an abortion, but discussions should at least be fact based where possible, don't you think? One useful fact could be the long standing prohibition against federal funding for abortions, under any circumstance. Just saying...
AFCHIEF 4 months ago
Pgeric, facts are Planned Parenthood received over $500,000,000 of taxpayer money last year and performed over 300,000 abortions, fact look it up
thelastword 4 months ago
fugitiveguy when you mention abortion then you can see just how sick these liberals are. No morals is one of the reasons for all the the problems that we are having and the liberals are driving that bus!
JimRussell44 4 months ago
AFCHIEF, Planned Parenthood provides a multitude of services for women, not just access to abortion. Federal law prevents Planned Parenthood from using any taxpayer money on the abortion segment of their services. Look it up yourself.
JimRussell44 4 months ago
Condoms prevent babies from being born, abortion prior to 20 weeks prevents babies from being born. Not sick, just fact.
Middleman522 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Russell That is the most twisted illogical mindset I have ever heard. Sorta like higher taxes create jobs, SUV's control weather more than the sun, more government spending will lower debt, and less guns for law abiding citizens will cut crime. Where do you get these screwed up ideas. Nothing you believe in makes real sense. Does that ever accur to you?