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This is the key to final justice for the unborn in the form of legal protection worthy of innocent persons. "(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil...)" (Romans 9:10 KJV); "and Rebekah his wife conceived. And the children struggled together within her;" (Genesis 25:21b,22a). Innocent (except for original sin), and alive or "struggling".

So, what should be seen once the casket is open? First, one should be able to decide from the pictures if the fetus is indeed an innocent human person. If it is, then the question of how, if ever, it is justifiable to end an innocent human's life must be answered. One must either conclude that there are times when it is OK to end an innocent human life or that abortion is murder and must be stopped.

That has always bothered me the most: Anyone being putting to death must be convicted first of a capital crime. I once backed a pro-choicer into the corner on this one. She was forced back to the increasingly untennable "personhood" argument. As 1) scientific observational capacity advances, and 2) groups distributing and displaying these horrific images increase and disseminate, more people will be obliged to resolve this in their own minds.

Second, if abortion is nothing more than a simple medical procedure, then the aftermath should not be a problem to look at. If the panels contained pictures of pulled wisdom teeth or of women and men with stitches, although it might seem odd and disgusting, one would not object to this as fiercely as he might the Justice for All demonstration.

A solid polemic to be used to bring out the inconsistency of the pro-choice position. Reasonable people, not blinded by self interest, will see it.

Now, why isn't this an election issue? If Bush is a "murderer" for pursuing murderers, where's that leave Kerry, having supported policies that have murdered more than 44 MILLION?

"Now, why isn't this an election issue?"

For the simple reason that not all Christians vote as Christians. There is a major disconnect between what people say they believe about abortion and what they do about it in the voting booth.

And this is because the Christian Churches in this country for the most part have been silent. The Church is supposed to inform the conscience of it's people, and here it has failed miserably. There is not ample bandwidth to express how utterly miserable the failure has been.

IMO--The most responsible are the leaders in the Church.