Recently Marion County Oregon commissioners ruled not to accept fetal material for burning in their incinerator. Yet since Roe vs. Wade 56,000,000 abortions have generated roughly 3.5 million pounds of this medical waste, so how could anyone now object to its disposal?
This ruling came in spite of the Supreme Court decision declaring that all fetuses not viable outside the womb can be extracted. Therefore, before viability removing the fetus must be equivalent to removing any other harmful matter from the human body. When legality provides such moral certitude surely burning this material must be acceptable?
The advances of science over the last forty years should not be a concern. Granted, in an office today one woman may excitedly present the framed ultrasound of the “baby” she and her husband have conceived and already named. Another woman looking on may have recently aborted a fetus more mature that the one depicted. However, doesn’t the legal ruling provide the assurance needed to celebrate both events simultaneously?
I am sure some will raise the allusion to cremating millions of Jews during the Holocaust. However, such misdirected passions must fall before the moral absolute provided to 300 million people by the deliberations of nine brilliant people on the Supreme Court. Surely our intellectual soundness has evolved sufficiently that ancient religions or philosophies should not intrude upon our society and its legal bulwarks?
This is not the first story Ive ever seen like this. Decades ago I remember reading about a sewer that over flowed in front of an abortion clinic. There were baby body parts in the streets and the sewer workers were having a nervous breakdown. A pro life worker got a pic of it too, an arm if I recall. I’ll see if I can find that story.